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|NYC LOCAL: Sunday 9 November 2008 Computers and Society Class: Lawrence Lessig on REMIX, Art, Culture, and the Hybrid Economy
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<blockquote what="official Computers and Society announcement by Evan Korth" edits="pdf attachment removed"> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:56:26 -0500 (EST) From: Evan Korth <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: email@example.com,ACM chapter <email@example.com>,women-in-computing <firstname.lastname@example.com>,firstname.lastname@example.com We are honored to have a special lecture this Sunday by Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford University. In this talk entitled, "REMIX - Making Art and Culture Thrive in the Hybrid Economy," Professor Lessig describes the creative and profitable future that culture and industry could realize, if only we gave up IP extremism. A flyer is attached. e. ----- Short Bio: Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was the Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a Professor at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. For much of his career, Professor Lessig focused on law and technology, especially as it affects copyright. He represented web site operator Eric Eldred in the ground-breaking case Eldred v. Ashcroft, a challenge to the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. His current academic work addresses a kind of "corruption." He has won numerous awards, including the Free Software Foundation's Freedom Award, and was named one of Scientific American's Top 50 Visionaries, for arguing "against interpretations of copyright that could stifle innovation and discourse online." Professor Lessig is the author of Remix (2008), Code v2 (2007), Free Culture (2004), The Future of Ideas (2001) and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999). He is on the board of the Creative Commons project, MAPLight, Free Press, Brave New Film Foundation, Change Congress, The American Academy, Berlin and iCommons.org. He is on the advisory board of the Sunlight Foundation and LiveJournal. He has served on the board of the Free Software Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Public Library of Science, and Public Knowledge. He was also a columnist for Wired, Red Herring, and the Industry Standard. Professor Lessig earned a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge, and a JD from Yale. Professor Lessig teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, contracts, and the law of cyberspace. ----------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Computers and Society speakers at NYU: Lawrence Lessig - Sunday, November 9th, 2008 - 6:00pm Amanda Michel - Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 - 3:30 Andrew Rasiej - Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 - 3:30pm Susan Crawford - Monday, December 1st, 2008 - 3:30pm All talks are open to the public in room 109 Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer Street) Join the list: http://www.cs.nyu.edu/mailman/listinfo/computers_and_society_announcements </blockquote> Distributed poC TINC: Jay Sulzberger <email@example.com> Corresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org
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10 Gift Ideas for Tween Gymnasts
Tawnya is a freelance writer and mom of a tiny gymnast. When it comes to buying gymnastics-related gear, I'm an industry pro.
Great Gifts Ideas for Tween Gymnasts
If you have any tween gymnasts on your Christmas list, you may be struggling with the perfect gift. To make this easier, I have created 10 Gift Ideas for Tween Gymnasts. Why is buying for tweens so difficult? This age group is hard to buy for because they aren't "little" kids, but they aren't "big" kids either. Many tweens don't have much interest in toys. Instead, most kids are excited about electronics, clothes, and iTunes. But, if the tween on your list is a gymnast, I have some great gymnastics gifts ideas for you. Whether you are buying for their birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah, or just because, you will certainly find the right present for your budget. Make sure you browse the entire list for a variety of gifts at different prices.
Great Gymnastics Gift Ideas
I spend a great deal of time at the gym sitting in bleachers with other parents and in our gym's team shop. With all this exposure to gymnastics, I'm an expert when it comes to what gymnasts want or need. Since my daughter is 10, I'm especially good at determining what makes the best tween gymnastics gifts.
Check out these Great Gymnasts' Gift Ideas - Whether you have a Small or Large Budget, you can Find a Gift Here
#1 Gymnastics Mat
Make sure you Keep Your Gymnasts Safe; Buy them a Gymnastics Mat
Whether your tween has just started gymnastics or is competitive, you will find your home turns into a gym fast. This happens whether you like it or not. It seems my daughter can't help but bust out into round-offs, cartwheels, and back walkovers at anytime throughout the day. Her love for gymnastics in my living room has caused more than one trip to the emergency room because my house isn't designed to be an at-home gym. To reduce some of the danger and to save my sanity as well, we are turning her play room into a gymnastics-friendly space. My husband and my first purchase is a gymnastics mat. We went with a 4X10, 2-inch thick mat, but if you search on Amazon or Ebay, you can find a variety of mats at different prices.
My Daughter Uses Her Mat Everyday, Check her Out in her School's Talent Show
#2 Practice Beam
Build your Gymnast's Confidence with a Practice Beam
Being a tween is an odd time in kids life because they are just finding out who they are, and who they want to be. For this reason, some tweens will feel self-conscious in front of their peers. This lack of self-confidence extends to gymnastics lessons. To help your gymnasts build their self-confidence at home get her a practice beam.
Different Types of Practice Beams
When you start shopping for a beam, you'll notice there are many beams to choose from including those that set directly on the floor, or beams that can set 4" to 8" off the floor. Practice beams can also be four feet or eight feet long.
Choose a Beam that Will Grow with Your Daughter
When your buying a beam for your gymnast, don't get overwhelmed. There are beams that look like mats and lay on the floor, floor beams, and beams that can be elevated 4 to 12-inches off the ground.
With so many choices, it may be hard to choose exactly which beam is best. To help you make the best decision, I want to point out some pros and cons about each beam choice. First off, beams that fold up or look like mats are designed for small, young gymnasts. This type of equipment will be outgrown and forgot about. Many of the girls on my daughter's team had these types of mats as toddlers and haven't touched them in years.
In my opinion, the best beam choice for any gymnast to use at home is a beam that sets just off the floor. For the best training at home, you should choose a beam that is 4-inches wide and at least 8-feet long. Young gymnasts will get use to how the beam feels under their feet without risking injury due to height. Experienced gymnasts will appreciate the opportunity to try new stunts for the same reason.
The best part about this type of beam is that it can grow with your gymnast. Several gymnastics home equipment manufacturers have created beam risers that allow you to raise the height of your beam. With these risers, you can choose to raise the beam to a comfortable height.
#3 Practice Uneven Bars
Practice Makes Perfect
Many young gymnasts struggle with uneven bars because it requires upper body strength. As is in any sport, the best way for your gymnast to perfect their front hip circles is to practice. When you buy practice uneven bars for your gymnast, they can practice their shoot thru, hip circles, and front mills whenever they like.
No Room for Bars? Consider a Pull-Up Bar
If your home is like mine, you might not have enough room for a practice set of bars in your home. Considering we already have a mat and beam in our home, I couldn't find a spot to put practice bars. However, when my daughter was struggling to master the kip, I thought about getting her a pull-up bar.
As soon as the pull-up bar was installed, my daughter was on it. In fact, she was on it constantly. Although she couldn't quite do a kip in the doorway, she did improve her upper body strength, which lead to the mastery of the kip.
Practice Makes Perfect on the Bars
#4 Paws
Don't worry, I'm not Suggesting you Buy them a Puppy
Eventually, your gymnast will probably ask for paws. What are paws, you ask? Paws are gymnastics equipment that gymnasts wear on their hands. This equipment aids gymnasts when they are tumbling and vaulting. There are a variety of different paws available to choose from. While my daughter's paws, the ones featured in the picture here, are tan, I have seen colored paws as well. It's important to note that paws are sold in sizes such as small, medium, large, and extra large.
Wearing Paws Helps Protect Hands and Wrist While Tumbling
#5 Grips
Grips Make the Uneven Bar Possible
We purchased grips for my daughter after she "ripped" her hand during practice. If you don't know what a gymnastics rip is, it is when a gymnast rips the skin off the inside of their hand while working on the uneven bars. Grips are made of leather material that have finger holes for the ring finger and middle finger and cover the palm of the gymnasts hand. This equipment has Velcro around the wrist that keeps the grips in place. To keep the Velcro from chafing, my daughter wears wristbands over the straps.
More Fantastic Gymnastics Gift Ideas
Many Pairs of Grips Throughout the Years
The grips featured here were my daughters very first pair of grips. She wore these particular grips until the leather split (about 2 years). As her bar routines get more difficult, she has gone through several pairs of bar grips.
If you have any doubt about what type of grips your daughter or son needs to wear on the bars, it's important to talk to a coach before buying them. As skill improves and routines become more difficult, the need of quality grips gets more important. As you can imagine, the better your son or daughter gets the more expensive their grips get as well.
#6 Small Equipment Bag
Help your Tween Gymnasts Stay Organized
An easy way to keep your gymnasts organized is to buy them a small equipment bag. With this little bag, gymnasts can easily keep track of their equipment such as grips and paws. My daughter has two equipment bags; one for grips and one for paws. We have two different bags because my daughter hates the chalk from her grips getting onto her paws.
#7 Gymnastics Leo
Let Your Gymnast Show off their Unique Style with a Beautiful New Leo
When it comes to leos, your gymnast can never have enough, especially if they spend a great deal of time at the gym. For hygienic reasons, leos should only be worn once and then washed. This means your gymnasts probably goes through quite a few leos every week. A simple Amazon search will provide you with a variety of leos to choose from. The best manufacturers will even provide easy sizing guides that ensure you can choose the right size.
Leo Buying Tip:
In my personal opinion, the best gymnastics leotards are from GK. Many other companies make leotards that are great, but GK is my favorite.
Get Adorable Brand New Leos on Ebay - My Personal Favorite Ebay Seller for Leos is FlipFlop Leos
FlipFlop Leos was created by a gymnastics mom just like me. I know her story because I have bought leos from her in the past. I ran across her online store on Ebay, and I'm in love with these leos. My daughter has two leos, a camo leo and a skeleton leo from this store. I can vouch on the quality and craftsmanship of the leos created by this store. One of my favorite things about this store is the way she sizes the leos. When I buy GK leos, my daughter wears a size Adult Small. When I buy her t-shirts, she wears a size 12. According to FlipFlop Leos listing, this meant my daughter was an Adult Small. I ordered the leos hoping the sizing was accurate, and it was.
#8 Gymnastics-Themed Bedroom Décor
Use your Imagination when it Comes to Choosing Fun Gymnastics Bedroom Décor
My daughter is in love with gymnastics. From her clothes to her bedroom décor, it is obvious that she is passionate about this sport. If you are looking for a surefire hit; choose gymnastics-themed bedroom décor for the gymnasts on your Christmas list. When browsing think about bed sheets, comforters, posters, wall decor, and figurines.
#9 Colored Athletic Tape
Colored Tape makes a Sprain or Injury a Little Easier to Handle
Most tweens like to decorate with duct tape, fake tattoos, and other fun embellishments. Tween gymnasts also like to use colored athletic tape. Even if your gymnasts hasn't used tape in the past, they will probably need it at some point in their gymnastics career. With colored tape, sprains and rips are a bit easier to deal with a bright colored tape on your hand or foot.
Colored Tape Buying Tip:
For my daughter, I bought red tape to match her competition leo. This way if she needs tape at a meet, it will look great with her red, black, and silver leo.
#10 Gift Certificate to her Home Gym
Your Gymnast's Team Shop is Full of Great Gift Ideas
If you are totally unsure of what you should buy, consider purchasing a gift certificate from your gymnasts' home gym. Almost every gym has a team shop, and with a gift certificate to the shop, your gymnasts can walk in and pick out her own gift.
Did you Find the Perfect Gymnastics Gift Idea? - Do you have something to add to the List?
Tawnya (author) from NE Ohio on December 26, 2013:
@Pipa-bipa: Thanks, Pipa-bipa. I will do that
Pipa-bipa on December 26, 2013:
Loved your list. I have a relative whose daughter has been practicing gymnastics for years and it came up to me as a thought to give her a gym mat or an equipment bag as a gift. Thanks for the ideas! It would also be helpful if you added a picture to each item, for example, I'm not sure how uneven practice bars look like :)))

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Peter Thiel, the go-to tech guy of the new administration, is reportedly leading the move to facilitate mass deportations. A new report suggests that Thiel's secretive Palantir Technologies is finalizing the digital "engine for Donald Trump's deportation machine".
Peter Thiel - the real winner of 2016 US election?
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deploying a new intelligence system called Investigative Case Management (ICM), created by Palantir Technologies, that will assist in President Donald Trump's efforts to deport millions of immigrants from the United States," The Intercept reported.
Co-founded by Thiel, Palantir was awarded a $41 million contract to construct and maintain ICM, according to government funding records. While the system won't be finalized until September, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is already using it.
According to the publication, ICE provides the agency with an ecosystem of data that facilitates "immigration officials in both discovering targets and then creating and administering cases against them".
The system provides its users access to intelligence platforms maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and an array of other federal and private law enforcement entities.
It can provide ICE agents access to information on a subject's schooling, family relationships, employment information, phone records, immigration history, foreign exchange program status, personal connections, biometric traits, criminal records, and home and work addresses.
In short, it is a weapon that uses information from a growing network of interconnected databases that will potentially help the agency in deporting millions of people.
"If President Trump's rhetoric on mass deportations is going to be turned into reality, then we're going to see these tools turned in that direction, and these documents show that there are very powerful and intrusive tools that can be used toward that end," Jay Stanley, a privacy expert at the American Civil Liberties Union told The Intercept.
Obama started the expansion of intelligence systems aimed at immigrants
Peter Thiel rose to popularity after Trump's election victory and is also known as the "shadow president" in Silicon Valley. However, Palantir had received government surveillance contracts way before Trump was elected. In fact, this $41 million contract was approved back in 2014 by the Obama administration. The Intercept added that Palantir's ICM documents offer details on the Obama administration's expansion of the federal government's tools to track and deport immigrants.
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Chapter XIV
Mr. Fentolin, on leaving the dining-room, steered his chair with great precision through the open, wrought-iron doors of a small lift at the further end of the hall, which Doctor Sarson, who stepped in with him, promptly directed to the second floor. Here they made their way to the room in which Mr. Dunster was lying. Doctor Sarson opened the door and looked in. Almost immediately he stood at one side, out of sight of Mr. Dunster, and nodded to Mr. Fentolin.
"If there is any trouble," he whispered, "send for me. I am better away, for the present. My presence only excites him."
Mr. Fentolin nodded.
"You are right," he said. "Go down into the dining-room. I am not sure about that fellow Hamel, and Gerald is in a queer temper. Stay with them. See that they are not alone."
The doctor silently withdrew, and Mr. Fentolin promptly glided past him into the room. Mr. John P. Dunster, in his night clothes, was sitting on the side of the bed. Standing within a few feet of him, watching him all the time with the subtle intentness of a cat watching a mouse, stood Meekins. Mr. Dunster's head was still bound, although the bandage had slipped a little, apparently in some struggle. His face was chalklike, and he was breathing quickly.
"So you've come at last!" he exclaimed, a little truculently. "Are you Mr. Fentolin?"
Mr. Fentolin gravely admitted his identity. His eyes rested upon his guest with an air of tender interest. His face was almost beautiful.
"You are the owner of this house - I am underneath your roof - is that so?"
"This is certainly St. David's Hall," Mr. Fentolin replied. "It really appears as though your conclusions were correct."
"Then will you tell me why I am kept a prisoner here?"
Mr. Fentolin's expression was for a moment clouded. He seemed hurt.
"A prisoner," he repeated softly. "My dear Mr. Dunster, you have surely forgotten the circumstances which procured for me the pleasure of this visit; the condition in which you arrived here - only, after all, a very few hours ago?"
"The circumstances," Mr. Dunster declared drily, "are to me still inexplicable. At Liverpool Street Station I was accosted by a young man who informed me that his name was Gerald Fentolin, and that he was on his way to The Hague to play in a golf tournament. His story seemed entirely probable, and I permitted him a seat in the special train I had chartered for Harwich. There was an accident and I received this blow to my head - only a trifling affair, after all. I come to my senses to find myself here. I do not know exactly what part of the world you call this, but from the fact that I can see the sea from my window, it must be some considerable distance from the scene of the accident. I find that my dressing-case has been opened, my pocket-book examined, and I am apparently a prisoner. I ask you, Mr. Fentolin, for an explanation."
Mr. Fentolin smiled reassuringly.
"My dear sir," he said, "my dear Mr. Dunster, I believe I may have the pleasure of calling you - your conclusions seem to me just a little melodramatic. My nephew - Gerald Fentolin - did what I consider the natural thing, under the circumstances. You had been courteous to him, and he repaid the obligation to the best of his ability. The accident to your train happened in a dreary part of the country, some thirty miles from here. My nephew adopted a course which I think, under the circumstances, was the natural and hospitable one. He brought you to his home. There was no hospital or town of any importance nearer."
"Very well," Mr. Dunster decided. "I will accept your version of the affair. I will, then, up to this point acknowledge myself your debtor. But will you tell me why my dressing-case has been opened, my clothes removed, and a pocket-book containing papers of great importance to me has been tampered with?"
"My dear Mr. Dunster," his host replled calmly, "you surely cannot imagine that you are among thieves! Your dressing-case was opened and the contents of your pocket-book inspected with a view to ascertaining your address, or the names of some friends with whom we might communicate."
"Am I to understand that they are to be restored to me, then?" Mr. Dunster demanded.
"Without a doubt, yes!" Mr. Fentolin assured him. "You, however, are not fit for anything, at the present moment, but to return to your bed, from which I understand you rose rather suddenly a few minutes ago."
"On the contrary," Mr. Dunster insisted, "I am feeling absolutely well enough to travel. I have an appointment on the Continent of great importance, as you may judge by the fact that at Liverpool Street I chartered a special train. I trust that nothing in my manner may have given you offence, but I am anxious to get through with the business which brought me over to this side of the water. I have sent for you to ask that my pocket-book, dressing-case, and clothes be at once restored to me, and that I be provided with the means of continuing my journey without a moment's further delay."
Mr. Fentolin shook his head very gently, very regretfully, but also firmly.
"Mr. Dunster," he pleaded, "do be reasonable. Think of all you have been through. I can quite sympathise with you in your impatience, but I am forced to tell you that the doctor who has been attending you since the moment you were brought into this house has absolutely forbidden anything of the sort."
Mr. Dunster seemed, for a moment, to struggle for composure.
"I am an American citizen," he declared. "I am willing to listen to the advice of any physician, but so long as I take the risk, I am not bound to follow it.
In the present case I decline to follow it. I ask for facilities to leave this house at once."
Mr. Fentolin sighed.
"In your own interests," he said calmly, "they will not be granted to you."
Mr. Dunster had spoken all the time like a man struggling to preserve his self-control. There were signs now that his will was ceasing to serve him. His eyes flashed fire, his voice was raised.
"Will not be granted to me?" he repeated. "Do you mean to say, then, that I am to be kept here against my will?"
Mr. Fentolin made no immediate reply. With the delicate fingers of his right hand he pushed back the hair from his forehead. He looked at his questioner soothingly, as one might look at a spoiled child.
"Against my will?" Mr. Dunster repeated, raising his voice still higher. "Mr. Fentolin, if the truth must be told, I have heard of you before and been warned against you. I decline to accept any longer the hospitality of your roof. I insist upon leaving it. If you will not provide me with any means of doing so, I will walk."
He made a motion as though to rise from the bed. Meekins' hand very gently closed upon his arm. One could judge that the grip was like a grip of iron.
"Dear me," Mr. Fentolin said, "this is really very unreasonable of you! If you have heard of me, Mr. Dunster, you ought to understand that notwithstanding my unfortunate physical trouble, I am a person of consequence and position in this county. I am a magistrate, ex-high sheriff, and a great land-owner here. I think I may say without boasting that I represent one of the most ancient families in this country. Why, therefore, should you treat me as though it were to my interest to inveigle you under my roof and keep you there for some guilty purpose? Cannot you understand that it is for your own good I hesitate to part with you?"
"I understand nothing of the sort," Mr. Dunster exclaimed angrily. "Let us bring this nonsense to an end. I want my clothes, and if you won't lend me a car or a trap, I'll walk to the nearest railway station."
Mr. Fentolin shook his head.
"I am quite sure," he said, "that you are not in a position to travel. Even in the dining-room just now I heard a disturbance for which I was told that you were responsible."
"I simply insisted upon having my clothes," Mr. Dunster explained. "Your servant refused to fetch them. rerhaps I lost my temper. If so, I am sorry. I am not used to being thwarted."
"A few days' rest -" Mr. Fentolin began.
"A few days' rest be hanged!" Mr. Dunster interrupted fiercely. "Listen, Mr. Fentolin," he added, with the air of one making a last effort to preserve his temper, "the mission with which I am charged is one of greater importance than you can imagine. So much depends upon it that my own life, if that is in danger, would be a mere trifle in comparison with the issues involved. If I am not allowed to continue upon my journey at once, the consequences may be more serious than I can tell you, to you and yours, to your own country. There! - I am telling you a great deal, but I want you to understand that I am in earnest. I have a mission which I must perform, and which I must perform quickly."
"You are very mysterious," Mr. Fentolin murinured.
"I will leave nothing to chance," Mr. Dunster continued. "Send this man who seems to have constituted himself my jailer out of earshot, and I will tell you even more."
Mr. Fentolin turned to Meekins.
"You can leave the room for a moment," he ordered. "Wait upon the threshold."
Meekins very unwillingly turned to obey.
"You will excuse me, sir," he objected doubtfully, "but I am not at all sure that he is safe."
Mr. Fentolin smiled faintly.
"You need have no fear, Meekins," he declared. "I am quite sure that you are mistaken. I think that Mr. Dunster is incapable of any act of violence towards a person in my unfortunate position. I am willing to trust myself with him - perfectly willing, Meekins."
Meekins, with ponderous footsteps, left the room and closed the door behind him. Mr. Fentolin leaned a little forward in his chair. It seemed as though he were on springs. The fingers of his right hand had disappeared in the pocket of his black velvet dinner-coat. He was certainly prepared for all emergencies.
"Now, Mr. Dunster," he said softly, "you can speak to me without reserve."
Mr. Dunster dropped his voice. His tone became one of fierce eagerness.
"Look here," he exclaimed, "I don't think you ought to force me to give myself away like this, but, after all, you are an Englishman, with a stake in your country, and I presume you don't want her to take a back seat for the next few generations. Listen here. It's to save your country that I want to get to The Hague without a second's delay. I tell you that if I don't get there, if the message I convey doesn't reach its destination, you may find an agreement signed between certain Powers which will mean the greatest diplomatic humiliation which Great Britain has ever known. Aye, and more than that!" Mr. Dunster continued. "It may be that the bogey you've been setting before yourself for all these years may trot out into life, and you may find St. David's Hall a barrack for German soldiers before many months have passed."
Mr. Fentolin shook his head in gentle disbelief.
"You are speaking to one," he declared, "who knows more of the political situation than you imagine. In my younger days I was in the Foreign Office. Since my unfortunate accident I have preserved the keenest interest in politics. I tell you frankly that I do not believe you. As the Powers are grouped at present, I do not believe in the possibility of a successful invasion of this country."
"Perhaps not," Mr. Dunster replied eagerly, "but the grouping of the Powers as it has existed during the last few years is on the eve of a great change. I cannot take you wholly into my confidence. I can only give you my word of honour as a friend to your country that the message I carry is her only salvation. Having told you as much as that, I do not think I am asking too much if I ask you for my clothes and dressing-case, and for the fastest motor-car you can furnish me with. I guess I can get from here to Yarmouth, and from there I can charter something which will take me to the other side."
Mr. Fentolin raised the little gold whistle to his lips and blew it very softly. Meekins at once entered, closing the door behind him. He moved silently to the side of the man who bad risen now from the bed, and who was standing with his hand grasping the post and his eyes fixed upon Mr. Fentolin, as though awaiting his answer.
"Our conversation," the latter said calmly, "has reached a point, Mr. Dunster, at which I think we may leave it for the moment. You have told me some very surprising things. I perceive that you are a more interesting visitor even than I had thought."
He raised his left hand, and Meekins, who seemed to have been waiting for some signal of the sort, suddenly, with a movement of his knee and right arm, flung Dunster hack upon the bed. The man opened his mouth to shout, but already, with lightning-like dexterity, his assailant had inserted a gag between his teeth. Treating his struggles as the struggles of a baby, Meekins next proceeded to secure his wrists with handcuffs. He then held his feet together while he quietly wound a coil of cord around them. Mr. Fentolin watched the proceedings from his chair with an air of pleased and critical interest.
"Very well done, Meekins - very neatly done, indeed!" he exclaimed. "As I was saying, Mr. Dunster," he continued, turning his chair, "our conversation has reached a point at which I think we may safely leave it for a time. We will discuss these matters again. Your pretext of a political mission is, of course, an absurd one, but fortunately you have fallen into good hands. Take good care of Mr. Dunster, Meekins. I can see that he is a very important personage. We must be careful not to lose sight of him."
Mr. Fentolin steered his chair to the door, opened it, and passed out. On the landing he blew his whistle; the lift almost immediately ascended. A moment or two later he glided into the dining-room. The three men were still seated around the table. A decanter of wine, almost empty, was before Doctor Sarson, whose pallid cheeks, however, were as yet unflushed.
"At last, my dear guest," Mr. Fentolin exclaimed, turning to Hamel, "I am able to return to you. If you will drink no more wine, let us have our coffee in the library, you and I. I want to talk to you about the Tower."Next


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Ladd scores 2 as Islanders beat rival Rangers 4-2 (Feb 16, 2017)
NEW YORK (AP) Two nights after a bad road loss, the New York Islanders bounced back with a key home win against one of their biggest rivals.
Andrew Ladd scored twice to lead the Islanders to a 4-2 victory over the Rangers on Thursday night. Anders Lee and Nikolay Kulemin also scored, and Thomas Greiss stopped 25 shots to help the Islanders improve to 8-0-2 in their last 10 at home.
''It was a huge game for us,'' Lee said. ''A good response from our last outing.''
The Islanders were coming off a 7-1 loss at Toronto on Tuesday night when they had a chance to move past the Maple Leafs into a playoff spot.
John Tavares had two assists for his 12th multipoint game of the season, helping the Islanders move back within a point of Toronto for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.
When asked if this was the Islanders' biggest win of the season, interim coach Doug Weight didn't hesitate to agree.
''Our place in the standings would be an obvious (reason),'' he said. ''Crucial bounce-back. ... If you don't have a deep effort against the New York Rangers, you're not going to beat them. They're too good. They're deep. ... They've got a solid team.''
The Islanders, who swept the four games between the teams a year ago, beat the Rangers for the second time in three meetings this season. The Rangers have also lost all four matchups at Barclays Center since the Islanders moved to Brooklyn before last season.
''We just had a hard time making plays in their end tonight,'' Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. ''You've got to give the opposition credit, they played a good game. We seem to be having issues in this building right now.''
Nick Holden and Jimmy Vesey scored for the Rangers, whose season-high six-game winning streak was snapped. Henrik Lundqvist finished with 19 saves.
Ladd had an empty-netter for his 14th with 1:10 left, and then nearly got another in the final minute when he hit a goalpost.
The Rangers went on a four-minute power play on a high-sticking double-minor on the Islanders' Josh Bailey in the closing seconds of the second period. However, the Islanders extended their lead to 3-1 with a short-handed goal at 3:03 of the third. Tavares and Kulemin were attacking in the offensive zone and had several chances in front. Tavares then got the puck behind the net and passed it to Kulemin in front, and he put it past Lundqvist for his 10th.
''It was right there, and he kept hacking and whacking and the puck was bouncing,'' Lundqvist said. ''When it went behind (the net), I thought we had it covered. ... We didn't sort it out and it cost us.''
Vesey pulled the Rangers back within one 43 seconds later - with seconds left on the power play - when he knocked in a rebound of a shot by Brady Skjei for his 14th. Weight challenged for goalie interference because the Rangers' Rick Nash fell into Greiss before Vesey knocked it in, but the goal stood after a review.
The Rangers, who lead the NHL with 19 road wins, lost for just the second time in their last 10 away from home.
Trailing 1-0 after one period, the Islanders took the lead with two goals less than 4 minutes apart in the second.
The tying score came after some slick passing as Tavares sent it from the right corner to Bailey in the right circle. Bailey then quickly sent it across the front of the crease to Lee, who settled the puck, turned and put it into the open left side of the net for his 22nd at 2:43.
Stephen Gionta then knocked the Rangers' Marc Staal off the puck behind the net and sent a pass in front to Ladd, who poked it in past Lundqvist from the right side at 6:24.
Holden got the Rangers on the scoreboard in the first period just 8 seconds after his hooking penalty expired with his ninth at 6:23 on the Rangers' first shot on goal.
NOTES: Rangers D Kevin Klein missed the game due to flu-like symptoms. He was replaced in the lineup by Adam Clendening. Vigneault also put LW Matt Puempel in place of fellow rookie Pavel Buchnevich. ... The Rangers won at home 5-3 in the teams' season opener and the Islanders won 4-2 in Brooklyn on Dec. 6. The teams conclude the season series March 22 at Madison Square Garden. ... The Islanders play 18 of their last 26 games on the road, where they are just 7-12-4. ''We have a lot of road games and a crappy road record. ... We've got to get better on the road,'' Weight said. ''We haven't played horribly, but we're not getting the results.'' ... Injured Islanders D Travis Hamonic and RW Cal Clutterbuck both skated Thursday morning, but neither is ready to return.
Rangers: Host Eastern Conference-leading Washington on Sunday.
Islanders: At New Jersey on Saturday night to start a two-night, home-and-home set with the Devils.
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A well-written proposal has perhaps the biggest influence on the decision of the customers to award a software project to a particular service provider. A proposal is the culmination of all the efforts that the marketing or the sales team expends – right from creating the interest in the customer thru submitting the bid. A well-written proposal should contain everything that has been discussed with the clients with respect to the service being provided and everything that you feel the customers need to know.
Getting Started
Before starting a proposal, you should be very clear about the purpose of the proposal. It is counterproductive (and costly) to begin writing a proposal until you know your target audience and the precise advantages your product or service can offer them. Having answers to the questions similar to the following is a good way to ensure that you are well prepared.
- Who is this proposal addressed to i.e. do you have an idea about the business and profile of your customer
- What are the exact needs of the customer
- How do you plan to satisfy that need – technologically
- What would be the rough shape of the solution
- How would the management and monitoring of the project be achieved
- How would you ensure good quality of the work
- Who are the other people who are providing similar service
- What is it that differentiates your service from theirs
- How much time would you take for the entire work
- How much money would you charge the customers
- What are your assumptions
- What are your terms and conditions
Components of a killer proposal
A killer proposal should have everything that'll convince the customers that you have not only understood his problem properly, you also have 'the' solution he needs. All the components of a proposal should aim at achieving the faith and confidence of the customer. Your proposal should first define the boundary of your work, then talk about what you are proposing and how you will achieve it technically, then you have to convince him how the entire project would be managed keeping customer focus and satisfaction in view and finally inform him how much you'll charge for your services and how long will it take to complete the whole work. The following components cover all these:
- Cover Page
- Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- Scope of work
- Technical Plan
- Management Plan
- Commercial Plan
- Appendices
I hope you all know what a cover page and the table of content means. For those of you who don't, the cover page should contain the name of the service, the name of the company or the organization this proposal is addressed to, the date, and of course the name of your organization. The table of contents should contain all the headers in the proposal and their page numbers.
Following are the details of the rest of the sections of the proposal. Remember that there are no hard and fast rules regarding these sections. You should modify these according to the requirements of the customers. Remember, the important thing is not to have a good proposal, the important thing is to have a proposal that sells.
Executive Summary
Usually the person who has to take a decision is a very busy person. He does not have enough time to go through the entire proposal hence we provide a summary of the entire proposal in the beginning and call it the Executive Summary. Keep the following things in mind while writing an Executive Summary.
- Provide a couple of lines about the business and the needs of the customer
- Provide a couple of lines about the proposed solution
- Provide a couple of lines about why this is the best solution. Try keeping the language as lucid as possible. Remember the guy who'll read this is perhaps the CEO who does not have any idea about what "Collaborative Computing using the APIs of XSLT XHTML and XLinks" means.
- Put down couple of lines about the supremacy of your organization in providing similar solutions
- Finally mention a line about how much you'll charge for this service including the taxes etc and how long will the project last.
- The entire executive summary should not be longer than one page. You make it longer than this and you have just lost the interest of this CEO and hence this project.
Scope of work
The scope of work is where you define in very precise terms both the problem that you are trying to address and the boundaries of your service. This section is perhaps the most important section in the whole proposal because the rest of the proposal is based on the contents of this section. You should keep at least the following things in mind while composing this section
- Mention what you have understood about the requirements of the customer
- Mention in quantifiable terms your service
- Mention what is included in the scope of work
- Mention what all you will NOT do, so that there are no ambiguities in the requirements.
- Remember to keep your Scope of work good and accurate as this is almost equivalent to defining the requirements ib which the entire project is based on.
Technical Plan
The Technical plan is where you show your technical prowess and your ability to provide the solution using a technology that is most suitable for the customer. This is one place where you can use all your favorite jargons and TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms ;-) . It is a good idea to break down the entire project into phases. Some of the most common phases are Requirements Study, Project Planning, System Design, Development, Testing, Acceptance, Support etc. Each phase should have clear entry and exit criteria and should have well defined deliverables on the completion on each phase. Also mention about the location of each phase i.e. whether the phase would take place at your development center or at customers premises, and also mention how long will each phase last. Be very clear about the proposed solution while preparing this section because if the customers don't like what you propose, then thats the end of it. Hence, as I always say, be very clear about the needs of the customers and then come up with a solution. Some of the things to be kept in mind while working on this section are as follows.
- Although there is no limit to the length of this section, you should ensure that your explanations are relevant and precise
- Try using numbers, bullets and subheadings to make this section more readable
- Remember that your technical plan is not your system design. The customers are not interested in knowing the set of APIs or screens or database tables you plan to design, they are more interested in getting an overview.
- Whenever you have certain phases that'll be executed at the customers site, always mention the number of consultants you'll place there. This'll give them a good idea of the resources that they have to arrange for you.
- Try keeping your language lucid. Remember, you don't want to confuse your customers, you want to convince him.
- Provide a list of assumptions that this technical plan is based on.
Management Plan
Management Plan is the section where you convince the customers that they'll always be in control of the entire project. This is the section where you tell them how the project monitoring, status reporting, quality assurance etc happens in your organization and how it'll happen during this project. In this section you also specify the team structure and hierarchy and the role and responsibility of each person in the team as well as the contact person of the customers. Some of the things to keep in mind are:
- Again there are no limits about how long this section should be but that only makes it more difficult for you.
- It is a good idea to have diagrammatic representation of the team structure
- If your consultants have to be placed at customers location, mention clearly about what facilities you expect the customers to provide them e.g. computer with WindowsNT and MS Office and mail and internet access etc...
- Mention very clearly what you expect from the contact person of the customer. Do you want him to be a person with technical knowledge or functional knowledge or do you want him to be a manager or all the above.
- Mention the assumptions that you have used to create the management plan.
Commercial Plan
This is perhaps the first thing that'll be read by your customers. This section tells about the cost, duration, breakup of the payment and terms and conditions of this proposal and the project. Don't forget to mention any additional costs that the customer might have to bear viz. "the consultants placed at customers site have to be paid a sum of USD 120 per day by the customers" etc.
It is usually a good idea to breakup the entire payment and associate each payment with a deliverable. Be very clear about the terms and conditions and don't forget to mention the duration of the validity of this proposal.
Add any supporting document that you think the customers might need to get a better understanding of your solution and service. You might put some sample status report, templates for user communication, a write up on the methodology of your service etc.


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. YES. The best way to inspect a roof system is to walk on it and when safe to do so, that's exactly what I do. I carry a 32' extension ladder which will reach a raised 2 story house with 9' ceilings.
. YES. All readily accessible attic/crawl spaces are viewed from the access hatch(s), and entered when the inspector believes that it is necessary & safe to do so.
. YES. I inspect the major appliances in the kitchen(s). Clothes washing & drying machines are generally not inspected.
. I adhere to CAHPI's (Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors) comprehensive Standards of Practice, which means that you'll receive a detailed and accurate home inspection. I also abide by CAHPI's strict Code of Ethics, which puts your interests first and protects your rights as a consumer. As per standard industry practice the inspection is visual and non-invasive;
The following are excluded: Fences, sheds, underground sprinklers, humidifiers, window coverings, smart home, cable/telephone/alarm/audio systems, cosmetic deficiencies, hot tubs, pests, positive identification of mold or asbestos (this would require testing in a lab), compliance with building codes, verification of permits, methods or costs of repairs, wells, septic systems, water softeners. Refer to the CAHPI® Standards of Practice for a detailed explanation of what is, and is not inspected.
. The inspection includes any attached, and one directly adjacent detached garage but does not include any other out buildings or other structures which may be present on the property.
. ABSOLUTELY! Even apartment style condos can have costly deficiencies not noticed by a potential buyer. Since the common areas/elements (roof/exterior) are not inspected, the cost of a condo inspection is very affordable and much less than for a detached house. A condo document inspection (by others) is strongly encouraged to gain an understanding of the common areas.
. A lot of home inspectors are anxious to sell you a mold inspection upgrade. A mold inspection should start with a visual inspection for moisture intrusion in any form including roof leaks, plumbing leaks or humidity/condensation issues & ventilation problems. That is exactly what my visual home inspection attempts to identify. If any suspected mold is observed, further testing and air quality analysis (by an independent EXPERT) will be recommended.
. Usually, but will they recommend them? Think about the obvious conflict(s) of interest;
1) The referred home inspector may be more worried about maintaining a good relationship with the agent (to get subsequent referrals), rather than safe-guarding the best interests of the buyer. Who is the home inspector loyal to?
2) A real estate agent who stands to gain financially from the sale of the property may be tempted to recommend a home inspector who will not be an "alarmist" and "screw-up the deal". Make sure your agent has YOUR best interests in mind when they make a recommendation.
Agents who refer me want the very best for their clients and know exactly what to expect, an unbiased, accurate and complete home inspection with NO conflict of interest. Driven by Principles, separated by character. I pledge HONESTY, INTEGRITY, CONFIDENTIALITY.
. ABSOLUTELY NOT! I dedicate an entire day to each property inspected. My physical inspection of an average sized detached house takes ~ 3 to 4 hours and about that long again to write a report filled with photos and descriptions of all identified deficiencies. Taking into account lunch and commute time, this is ~8+ hours. What kind of an inspection and written report can you expect from a home inspector that takes 2, 3 or even more bookings each day?
. Are you selling your home? Let me inspect it before you even list it. A "pre-listing" inspection alerts you to deficiencies with your home so that you can address them before a prospective buyer discovers them. You can then take the time you need to obtain reasonable repair estimates. Show prospective buyers that you are dealing in good faith. Avoid 11th-hour negotiations and delays, and justify your full asking price by having your home for sale inspected now.
. Are you shopping for the cheapest home inspection available? Why would you even consider spending the least amount of money on one of the most expensive purchases, and decisions of your lifetime?
Complete, accurate, unbiased condo inspections starting at $349.00. There will always be an inspector willing to perform a cheaper inspection and it will almost certainly prove to be of lesser value, this is true for any service provider. The value of my service FAR exceeds the price of the inspection, and I believe that you will not find a better value at any price.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. -- Warren Buffett --
. I have utilized a professional grade FLIR infrared camera on my home inspections since 2012, this 10 years of field experience along with my professional training is a great asset to my clients. Anyone can wave around a cheap infrared camera attached to their cell phone but a professional would never consider using such a toy for a fee paid home inspection... or would they? Check out the infrared page for more info.
. Why am I singling out Calgary infill homes?... because some of the worst homes I have ever inspected have been brand new infills! To be fair, some of the best built homes have also been infills, why this discrepancy? Many infills are built by very small builders, some just in it for a quick buck, some going bankrupt even before completing the build. How much do you know about your builder and the tradespeople they are using?... did the lowest bidder get all the work?
. With the exception of infill properties (see the FAQ on infill's), I generally recommend waiting until your new home warranty is just about to expire. It would be unusual for a home inspector to find anything serious enough for you to refuse delivery of a new house constructed by a larger builder. Inspecting your new home about 2 months before the warranty expiration gives you a chance to notice any problems while living in the house, and yet still be eligible to have any significant deficiencies uncovered by a professional home inspector, and addressed by the builder or warranty company. Settled grading around the perimeter of the house is common after 10 months, and correction by the builder can be recommended in your home inspection report before finding water in your basement. That being said, some clients choose to have their new home inspected before taking possession, and then again before the new home warranty expires.
. Test your house! Radon gas is invisible, odorless and tasteless. It is a radioactive gas found naturally in the environment produced by the decay of uranium. As a gas, radon can move freely up through the soil where it can seep into your house through cracks in the foundation walls & floors, sump pump pits, floor drains, gaps around pipes & cables etc. When radon gas is confined inside a structure it can accumulate to high levels and pose a health / cancer risk to occupants. Test your house! Its easy and inexpensive. A long term test for a minimum of 3 months is required to gain a useful measurement, and can be accomplished with a do-it-yourself test kit.
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18 & Under: Chopt Creative Salads
November 14, 2016
Eating healthier has definitely been a growing trend in the past few years. Luckily, more healthy options are popping up all over the city of Rockville.
The new chain restaurant "Chopt" on Rockville Pike is a perfect example of one such business that is offering healthy yet cheap food. They serve salads of all sorts for a very affordable price. They opened recently in Rockville this past summer and have multiple other locations in North Carolina, Washington D.C. and New York.
Walking into the restaurant I encountered a modern and minimalistic vibe. The logo is a simplistic loop that resembles a smiley face. As soon as you step foot into the establishment, you are hit with a whiff of freshness which is very reassuring and adds to the overall healthiness. The menus are posted above the salad-making station and give brief descriptions and pictures of each item.
On the walls adjacent to the menu, the featured salads were written on a chalkboard and had fun designs. Behind the cash register, there was the soft drink dispenser as well as Chopt's very own Ice Tea and Lemonade which had five selections; Sweet and Unsweet Ice Tea, along with Strawberry, Raspberry and regular lemonade variations.
There is a two-part process to ordering a salad. First, a Chopt employee will ask you what type of salad you want and if you prefer any extra toppings or want to take certain things out. They add all the ingredients of your choice and sit it on top on a small bar behind the sneeze guard while you wait for the next employee to prepare your salad. Very classy.
When the next employee is available, they will chop up all the ingredients with a very fancy looking lettuce knife. They ask you when you want them to stop which was a little difficult for me since the process was so mesmerizing. However I pulled it together and finalized my order.
I ordered the Classic Cobb Salad ($10.29) while my dad ordered the Smoky Spanish Caesar Salad($10.99). My dad and I were surprised at how huge the salad bowls were and ended up taking some home after not being able to finish the bowl in one sitting. Our check came to a total of $28.47. This was a little pricy in my opinion but my we did order two of the most expensive salads so it was expected.
The day we went it was particularly cold inside the restaurant. We sat inside for about six minutes before we decided to leave and find seating in a warmer, more accomodating environment. Fortunately, Congressional Plaza (the area in which Chopt is located) offers a ton of places if you choose to sit outside to enjoy your meal.
Overall, the salad I chose was absolutely one of the best salads I have ever had. My dad said the same except he could not enjoy his as much due to how spicy it was.
I highly recommend trying one of their salads if you have not previously done so, or if you happen to be headed in the direction of congressional plaza. However, I would stay away from the Baskin Robin's ice cream shop nearby so you can stay on track and keep the healthy streak.


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Date of Award
Spring 2014
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
International Studies
First Advisor
Isaac Kamola
2014 marks the first time that al Qaeda's supremacy in the Jihadist community has been challenged. al Qaeda's former franchise in Iraq, now called the "Islamic State," has declared the organization responsible for 9/11 "Tyrants" and "Apostates." The Islamic State has begun openly attacking al Qaeda's official franchise in Syria, Jabhat al Nusra. These events are a consequence of the strategy of franchising that al Qaeda undertook following 9/11. The root of the issue between al Qaeda and its former Iraqi franchise is over a difference over the importance placed on popular support as a key ingredient in achieving the larger objectives of Global Jihad. This schism in the jihadist community will have a large impact on al Qaeda, as well as implications for United States security policy.
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. Full text access is limited to the campus only.
Recommended Citation
Doerfer, Byron J., "Vanguards No Longer: Challenges to al Qaeda Leadership of the Jihadist Community". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2014.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/382


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I am very pleased to announce that my writing student Alexa Nourafchan has won a national silver medal in the "Personal Essay" category from the Scholastic Artists and Writing contest. This is the oldest and most prestigious writing contest for youth in the United States and required Alexa to win a Gold Key in the Western region (8 states) before even being considered on the national level. There were over 330,000 entries in art and writing in the national contest and Alexa's award of a silver medal places her in the top 1% of all submissions. She joins a whole group of famous authors who have also won a silver medal in this contest since 1923: Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Robert Redford and Lena Dunham.
I couldn't be more pleased or proud!
Alexa will be attending the University of Pennsylvania in the Fall, 2017.
Congratulations, Alexa. Well deserved.


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When summer kicks into high gear, there is nothing like the easygoing and effortless chic of sterling silver. The subtle nature of this metal allows me to pile bracelets on my wrist and never look overdone. One of my favorite aspects of some of the pieces that I am wearing is that they are set with rock crystal which has a magical vibe.
A stone that is used for its healing and spiritual properties, it's also imbued with an elegance that is at once mystical and clean-lined. I have designed it with a geometric feeling in a three-row bracelet that is the perfect contrast for me to wear combined with more jingly charm bracelets and chunky link chains. The earrings are more fluid with movement in elongated teardrop shapes with sparkly white sapphire surrounds which add a nonchalant femininity to the bolder layers on my wrist.
I love the idea of earth and sky meeting and to me the Earth charm on my bracelet and the faceted crystal men's cocktail ring on my pointer finger evoke how they collide to form jewelry that speaks to different aspects of life and a women's own moods and how she can combine many adventures into one day, including snatching her husband's ring to wear with her other pieces.
Another favorite of mine is the Vesta case necklace which opens up so that you can put a little message inside. I have one in mine. Are you wondering what it says? That is the added beauty of these pendants, it helps us keeps our secrets safe. This piece was inspired by vintage Vesta cases which once held matches. One of my passions is translating pieces you would not think of as jewelry into extremely wearable style and this is one of them.
Since my clothes are often a backdrop for my jewelry, I have chosen a pared-down white The Row blouse, and these playful and summery Stella McCartney polka dot pants which I am wearing with Manolo Blahnik sandals.
This is the type of look that allows me to go light, airy and laid back in summer while still looking pulled together - a style that is perfect for any age…


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The Dog of Alcibiades
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The Dog of Alcibiades
Published 2016-12-22T11:29:52+00:00
The Dog of Alcibiades (also known as The Jennings Dog after it was appropriated by Henry Hostantine Jennings). The dog depicted, standing at 1.05m in height, is a 2nd Century AD Roman copy of a Hellenistic bronze original. Its leonine muzzle and one leg have been repaired since its rediscovery. Though it is one of only a few animal sculptures surviving from antiquity, a pair of similar marble mastiffs of the same model can be seen in the Belvedere Court of the Vatican Museums.
It is identified at the British Museum as a Molossian guard dog. The Molossian breed was native to Epirus in northwestern Greece, which was sacked by Rome in 168 BC, so it is assumed to have been associated with some civic monument in Epirus, and to have been brought to Rome. Pliny mentions a highly valued bronze dog surviving in Rome into his lifetime, before being lost in 69 AD:
... our own generation saw on the Capitol, before it went up in flames burnt at the hands of the adherents of Vitellius, in the shrine of Juno, a bronze figure of a hound licking its wound, the miraculous excellence and absolute truth to life of which is shown not only by the fact of its dedication in that place but also by the method taken for insuring it; for as no sum of money seemed to equal its value, the government enacted that its custodians should be answerable for its safety with their lives.
A story in Plutarch's life of Alcibiades tells of the statesman owning a large, handsome dog whose tail Alcibiades cut off so as to invoke pity from the Athenians and distract them from his worse deeds. The broken tail of this sculpture led Jennings to link it to this story, calling it "the dog of Alcibiades"; under this title a pair of copies[9] in Portland stone were installed by Robert Adam at Newby Hall, Yorkshire, about 1780, and in the later 19th century a pair in cast stone were set in the gardens at Basildon Park, Bedfordshire. A 19th-century pair carved in serpentine were sold by Bonham's, London, in 2005.
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The 1950s might look like the golden years to some Tea Partiers. It was back before the Kennedys, the Clintons, and Obama ruined this great country, always looking to tax the rich, ignoring the guiding principles of capitalism. That view of the world ignores the actual history, argues author Toby Barlow in the Huffington Post.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, president from 1953 until 1961, passed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, a massive public works project that today would be the equivalent of $197 billion, reports Barlow. Obama's $50 billion infrastructure proposal clocks in at a fraction of the price. And the Federal Aid Highway Act wasn't paid for by some grand Republican–or Tea Party–plan that all at once lowered taxes and the deficit; it was paid for by a lot of new taxes. The richest among the U.S. population during the tenure of that celebrated Army general were taxed a staggering 91 percent, compared to today's 35 percent, and Barlow writes,
They still golfed, drove around in shiny automobiles, and ate caviar in fancy dining cars, but they paid a lot more back to society. Instead of fleeing en masse to Cuba they stayed in Connecticut and sent their kids to boarding schools and private colleges. America rewarded them by becoming a stronger nation, allowing the wealthy in turn to become even wealthier. America rocked.
We have been trained to believe that taxation is the worst ill that can strike a society, and yet for decades our nation prospered while asking those who profited from our strength to give significantly more. Ike understood this and protected our nation's prosperity.
Barlow suggests that we all start wearing "I like Ike" buttons again to show that there is a way to work together, a way beyond the hysterical rhetoric that now injects itself into most of our political debates. And, Barlow suggests, we should start asking Tea Party candidates what they think about Ike.
(Side note: Barlow writes regularly for the Huffington Post and other places, but if you're in the mood for a highly entertaining read, pick up his book Sharp Teeth. Set in L.A., the book is about gangs of werewolves and is written completely in verse. I know, it sounds crazy, but it's great.)
Source: Huffington Post
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The following facts, using the actual communications made by a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene who has an LGBT ministry, ought to bring up great concern from any Bible-believing Christian:
- Why is such a ministry active in the Church of the Nazarene that uses symbols and colors associated with the secular gay agenda?
- On what merits was this ministry allowed to have a booth at the General Assembly?
- Why have the leaders of the denomination not seen this ministry for what it is- a ministry that cannot even give straight answers to questions?
- Why have the leadership and so many churches and pastors bowed the knees to the agenda of the LGBT/homosexuality movement?
- Will there be more Love Wins-type of churches forming soon, for the purpose of promoting the false, empty gospel that Love Wins:LGBT promotes?
- What is this obsession by the Church of the Nazarene now, to focus so much on a particular behavior that is a sin, like any other sin?
So for your consideration, here is some very disturbing information about Andy McGee, founder of Love Wins:LGBT. Andy McGee has: supported gay activists who promote same sex marriage, praised a "gay Christian" conference, praised a racist organization, praised the National Coming Out Day, and has testified that he is bi-sexual.
This report was written by a Nazarene pastor. I believe Andy McGee and his ministry, and other ministries following the pattern of his organization, is causing great harm to the church and leading many down a false path.
Who Is Andy McGee?
Although Pastor McGee says all the right sounding things, tossing around generalities about "building bridges" and ambiguously using fine-sounding words such as "love" and "outreach," I believe that he may not necessarily mean what he wants everyone to assume. There are other individuals who have sounded the alarm with regards to Mr. McGee, but I have purposely not included any of that material. Instead, I am allowing Andy to speak completely for himself through his own tweets, blog comments, and Facebook postings.
Prior to each tweet(s) or post, I will provide the necessary background information regarding the people and events that Pastor McGee is referring to. Please feel free to verify anything I say. Each post comes directly from either Andy's personal or Love Wins Twitter accounts or Andy's personal or Love Wins Facebook pages. (The only exception is Andy's comment on an article written by Dr. Dan Boone.)
For clarity's sake and to avoid being repetitive, one final note is in order before proceeding any further:
Any time I refer to "gay Christianity," here's exactly what I mean: The false belief that a person can be both a godly/obedient Christian and, at the same time, be homosexually active in a monogamous, same-sex "marriage" arrangement. What I do not mean is a Christian who has same-sex attractions, but remains celibate or is currently living in a monogamous, mixed-gender marriage. The latter is generally and rightly considered to be biblical, but the former is definitely not. Moreover, "gay Christianity" is, as you know, 100% at odds with Nazarene doctrine as well.
So, here we go (and this is only a portion of what I found)…
The President of Trevecca Nazarene University wrote an excellent article in defense of Title IX exemptions, which legally protect a Christian school's constitutional right to not be forced to affirm homosexual behavior and ideology. Rev. Dan Boone's article is well worth the read. You can click on this link later to read it:
Andy McGee posted the following comment at the end of Rev. Boone's article. Below, I have included the relevant portion of his comment, but it can be viewed in its entirety (including where he clearly identifies himself as the director of Love Wins: LGBT) by using the aforementioned link.
Andy indicates that transgender people do not simply choose "as they see fit" to transition to the opposite of their birth gender, but instead they only make such a life-altering decision after much time spent in prayer. So, as long as a person prays about it, then it apparently becomes okay to switch from male to female or vice versa. This presumably implies that God answers their prayers and somehow gives such individuals the green light to reject their anatomical and genetic gender. This is just another failed attempt at spiritualizing sin.
You might be wondering, why would Dr. Boone have allowed Andy to speak at his school, given what he said in this comment? I obviously can't answer for Dr. Boone, but I do know that Andy spoke at Trevecca (July 2015) before making this post on Dan's blog (Jan. 27, 2016.)
(NOTE: Of all of my specific concerns, this one about Dr. Boone is the only one that Andy has answered during our email exchanges. He said, "I was in no way trying to convey that such decisions were Biblically sound choices but was rather asking that a more loving language be used." However, please read the rest of what I have found before rushing to any conclusions.)
Here's a favorable tweet supporting homosexual activist Kevin Garcia. Andy is encouraging Mr. Garcia to "keep being a revolutionary." What revolution might he be leading, you ask? He's a self-described "gay Christian advocate," trying to promote the false notion that Christianity and homosexual behavior are compatible. That's not the kind of "revolution" any Christian should be cheering on!
Here's Andy tweeting support for a recent GCN Conference (Gay Christian Network) that he attended, which teaches that we really don't/can't know or don't even have to agree as Christians with what the Bible says about homosexuality. And the last thing a morally-adrift world needs right now is more of that kind of confusion and uncertainty. Furthermore, the speaker that he commends in this tweet (Misty Irons) said in her presentation (21 pages posted on the Love Wins' Facebook page, which I read) that godly Christianity and "gay Christianity" are not mutually exclusive concepts. She also said a lot of other misleading things in the same speech. Pastor Andy might argue that he was only referring to portions of her speech, but then he really should be more specific to avoid giving people the wrong impression. However, he never does that. He only tweets positive things about those who promote homosexual falsehoods, and he only posts negative things about evangelical individuals who are defending the truth — at least, that's the only kind of tweets that I've been able to find. If, as Andy McGee tweeted, Misty really did "hit it out of the park," then I would have to say that she hit it "out in left field somewhere!" (He also retweets Allyson Robinson who equates the Gay Christian Network Conference with "revival." However, the full embrace of its theology would actually be the undoing of the church, not any kind of real revival.)
This tweet praises a bisexual activist's speech at TRPinKC (stands for The Reformation Project conference in Kansas City). The TRP goes even further off the deep end than the Gay Christian Network (mentioned above). The TRP unequivocally supports "gay Christianity" and "same-sex "marriage." They also go to great lengths to distort the clear teachings of Scripture on homosexuality to make their deceptive case.
Tweeting his approval of Matthew Vines, the founder of The Reformation Project (mentioned above). Mr. Vines likes to label anyone who disagrees with his false teachings as a "bad tree" producing "bad fruit." In other words, those telling the truth are the actual "bad guys." (There's more on Matthew later in this post)
Here's a tweet praising a lesbian activist (Vicky Beeching) who was pushing more LGBT contortionist theology at the same Reformation Project Conference. He calls her an "inspiring voice." A voice inspired by who? Certainly not God! A voice inspiring us to do what? To abandon solid Biblical teaching on the subject of homosexuality! (And I've heard her before on YouTube so I know that's exactly what she's been doing every chance she gets.)
Retweeting praise for the racist Black Lives Matter movement, which very recently sent a representative to a Harvard University debate to argue in favor of whites killing themselves because of their "white privilege." I have also included a link to a video of the Harvard debate for your viewing.
Here's a tweet praising a lesbian activist (Vicky Beecham) who was pushing more LGBT contortionist theology at the same Reformation Project Conference. He calls her an "inspiring voice." A voice inspired by who? Certainly not God! A voice inspiring us to do what? To abandon solid Biblical teaching on the subject of homosexuality! (And I've heard her before on YouTube so I know that's exactly what she's been doing every chance she gets.)
A Facebook post in support of National Coming Out Day, which encourages people to come out and celebrate their homosexuality. To be out loud and proud…and to publicly embrace the gay lifestyle. Andy describes those who "come out" as being "honest with themselves and with those around them." Truth is, though, they are falling prey to the world's lies by succumbing to sin's deceptiveness!
He also implies that there are only two possible responses that heterosexuals can have towards those that "come out": Rejection or Celebration. But BOTH are wrong. There is third better way: to lovingly point them to Christ (repentance) and His powerful transformation through the Holy Spirit. After all, I thought we were a holiness denomination, not a sin-celebrating one!
Here he tweets his affirmation for open lesbian Jan Shannon, a minister in the liberal UCC denomination, which has completely sold out to the pro-homosexual viewpoint. Following this tweet is a picture of "Rev." Shannon with her "wife" Deb Roth. So, yet again, Andy gushingly pours out the approval for a woman who is promoting outright heresy and apostasy in her church. Proverbs 28:23 would actually be more appropriate in this case: "Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue."
A tweet congratulating Adam (Hamilton) and Rachel (Held Evans) for their appointment to President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. So, these two can now go national with their destructive teachings. In my opinion, congratulations are not in order.
Hamilton's gay activism is well known to me because he is a United Methodist pastor in Leawood, Kansas, and he was promoting a plan at the UMC General Conference during the Summer of 2016 in Portland, Oregon, which (if passed) would have allow for individual districts to abandon the denomination's historic stance on homosexuality. This terrible plan would enable pastors to 1. Be openly gay/lesbian/bi/transgender themselves, 2. Preach in favor of homosexuality, and 3. Officiate same-sex "marriage" ceremonies even though all of this currently violates their Book of Discipline (the equivalent of the Nazarene Manual). Hamilton has also written books that push the idea that the Bible does not prohibit all kinds of homosexual behavior.
Rachel Held Evans, likewise, supports same-sex marriage, transgenderism, so-called "gay Christianity," etc. She has spent a lot of time boasting about leaving evangelicalism for episcopalianism, and as most people know, the Episcopalians have gone gay all the way and effectively ripped their denomination apart in the process. Following the tweet below are links to two of her pro-sin/Bible-distorting/confusion-sowing blogs. Rachel's second article sings the praises of Matthew Vines' Bible-mangling book God and the Gay Christian. As you might recall from earlier in this post, Matthew is the founder of The Reformation Project, which is a group that holds conferences all across the country to spread the false gospel of "gay Christianity" and distorts the clear teachings of the Bible on homosexuality. You might also remember that Andy McGee recently attended one of the Reformation Project conferences, and he praised its founder, speakers, and the overall impact of their efforts.
Rachel's first article: The False Gospel of Gender Binaries:
Rachel's second article: God and the Gay Christian Discussion
Finally, I saved the "best" for last. In this tweet, Andy links to a video of his personal testimony. It's not that the video is entirely bad per se, but it's just that he buys into the whole idea that our identity is primarily based upon our sexual desires instead of Christ and the image of God. You can click on the link immediately below the following tweet and watch the brief 3-1/2 minute video for yourself.
Here is Andy McGee of "Love Wins: LGBT," who spoke at our District Assembly [a few years ago] and set up a booth at our General Assembly (6/2017) in his own words: [NOTE: This link takes you to a YouTube video, but it's no longer viewable. Since I originally pointed it out, Andy has made it private access. But in the video, Andy describes how he's bisexual. It's part of some #stillbisexual movement. If you look under that hashtag on YouTube, you'll see others doing the same thing. I asked him about this during a Q&A session at our District Assembly [a few years ago], and he affirmed that he is bisexual, but non-practicing. It's also safe to assume that Andy may have removed some of the incriminating posts mentioned above, and that's exactly why I saved the screen shots as proof.]
Taken individually, Pastor McGee might be able to explain away single pieces of the above information, but overall, it is my belief that they paint a comprehensive picture of one who supports unbiblical teachings and is endeavoring to subtly disseminate them throughout our denomination.
At the Mission 15 Conference held in Kansas City on Feb. 11, 2015, Andy McGee, the Director of Love Wins: LGBT, moderated a panel discussion based upon the following question: "What to Do After a Congregant Says, 'I'm Gay'?"
Below is a transcript of a very disturbing remark made by one of the panelists: Rev. Rick Power, Hawaii-Pacific District Superintendent.
Rev. Powers was specifically asked the following question: "Does being gay make one ineligible for membership and/or church leadership positions?" (The key portions of his quote are printed in bold, and the most appalling portions come near the end of the citation. So, please completely read this quotation in its entirety before drawing any conclusions.)
Here's Rev. Power's verbatim answer to the above-mentioned question (see footnotes below for my comments):
"It keeps occurring to me that my view/our view and our convictions on these issues are shaped by our context and our history in this faith community. You know, this is not, our views are not just dropped down out of heaven into our laps.1 They are mediated to us. Our view of Scripture, the way we interpret it, our definition of marriage and our understanding of human sexuality and our definition of sin and all these things come to us through our tradition.2 So, we might pretend like we have a God's-eye view of these things,3 but really we're a product of this stream of [indecipherable word], which is a good thing. I mean, I believe the Spirit is at work, speaking to the church, but it's always mixed with fallibility and sinfulness so I think we have to be humble in our pronouncements.
"This particular question is, uh, I have encountered as a pastor and because of what we've learned about sexual orientation,4 uh, having same sex orientation in no way should hinder a person from membership in the church or leadership, but because of where we are in this journey,5 there probably are some qualifications. And so, when a young man who was an outstanding youth worker came to me and came out to me as a gay man, I had some questions for him. I said, 'Are you now or have you been active in a same-sex relationship?' And he answered, 'no,' because the call is to sexual purity for heterosexuals and homosexuals. Then, the next question related more specifically to his role as a leader in the church. I said, 'Are you planning publicly to come out, because if you do, this faith community at the present moment is not able to bear that knowledge. And so, as long as you keep this to yourself, you can continue in your ministry role. We have confidence in you. You're doing a wonderful job. But at such time that you choose to come out, then we're not going to be able to bear that at this moment in our history. I hope that will change.' And then, I think it's also a pastoral responsibility to let people know that there are other faith communities that will affirm them in a covenantal, monogamous relationship, and that perhaps the Spirit would lead them to such a community.6 That's not my way of saying, 'We hope you'll leave our fellowship' because I don't want them to leave. I want them to stay and work with us and be a catalyst for change and growth in this area.7 And so, I hope the Spirit will speak to them and lead them to stay, but I feel like it's a pastoral responsibility to say that within the kingdom, there are other faith communities that have a different stand on this,8 but here in the Church of the Nazarene, we have definition of marriage, we have a view of homosexual activity, and that's who we are, and again, that's where we stand at this point on the journey."5
Here's the audio Link to hear this for yourself (http://www.graceandpeacemagazine.org/m15-conference-wednesday-session-4-audio).
It's the last audio file in the list, entitled: "What to Do After a Congregant Says, 'I'm Gay'?"
Rev. Power's words begin at the 17:53 mark and runs until 22:11.
1, 2, 3 Each of these phrases seem to downplay the inspiration of Scripture, and overemphasize the traditions and ideas of humanity. However, through the Bible, we do have truth "dropped down out of heaven" and "a God's-eye view" of human sexuality and the definition of sin.
4 Modern understandings of sexual orientation may be somewhat helpful, but ultimately, we're all oriented towards sin (born with a sin nature). Therefore, much of our contemporary psychobabble is in direct conflict with biblical teachings.
5 Rev. Power repeatedly talks about our "journey" regarding the COTN's stance on the issue of homosexuality. In speaking of our "definition of marriage" and "view of homosexuality," he concludes his comments by stating "that's where we stand at this point on the journey." But that's were we should stand FOREVER. The Word of God is NEVER going to change so neither should our beliefs regarding homosexuality.
6 Rev. Powers thinks that in certain instances, it's his "pastoral responsibility" to point people to churches that affirm homosexual relationships and homosexual behavior. AND he shockingly thinks that the Holy Spirit might actually lead members of the LGBT community to these same apostate churches!? The Holy Spirit is definitely NOT going to direct anyone to a church that lies to them and leads them to hell. The Devil might do this, but not the Holy Spirit…NEVER!
7 Based upon portions of this quotation, I can't help but wonder what kind of "change and growth in this area" that Rev. Power might have in mind. Personally, I don't think his ideas for change are in accord with the doctrines of the Church of the Nazarene.
8 Once again, Rev. Power refers to his "pastoral responsibility" to let people know about other churches that have "a different stand on [homosexuality]." And shockingly, he says that they are "within the kingdom." NO, THEY ARE NOT! These deceiving churches are most certainly and completely outside of the kingdom of God.


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