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New Media Film Festival: The Best in New Media-What's New, What's Next...Honoring Stories Worth Telling in all media that are innovative, imaginative and inspirational. Stories that can make you laugh, cry, think & go beyond the ordinary.
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This year 84 New Media Films from 17 Countries including USA, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Ireland, India, South Africa, Switzerland, Brazil, Finland, UK, Mexico, Italy France, Belgium Denmark and Spain round out a spectacular screening program for 4th Annual New Media Film Festival June 11 & 12, 2013 in Los Angeles.
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DAVID SEDARIS' THE LEARNING CURVE - Los Angeles Premiere Starring Matthew Gubler
2012/USA/17:37/Dir. Phil McCarty
David Sedaris is a new creative writing teacher and tries to teach his students creative writing, failing miserably.
STANLEY KUBRICKS FULL METAL JACKET DIARY APP - World Premiere BY MATTHEW MODINE
2012/USA/03:47/Matthew Modine and Adam Rackoff
During the two years Matthew Modine filmed Full Metal Jacket, he kept a detailed account of his entire experience with Stanley Kubrick, including a diary and photographs from behind-the-scenes. Full Metal Jacket Diary. Intended only as a collector's item, once these books sold out they were never seen again, until now. Working with artist and filmmaker Adam Rackoff, Modine creates an all-new interactive version of the book for the iPad that immerses you into the world of Kubrick and Full Metal Jacket. Besides the journal and photography, film enthusiasts will swim through the project, enjoying audio from Modine, sound effects, original music, and other never-before-seen images and content; really grasping the intensity of Kubrick and what he was all about as an artist.
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT HERO - Animatoin
2012/USA/03:00/Dir. Sierra Lewis & Trent Correy
A young monster is inspired to become a superhero, but discovers there's just one problem with his plan -- and it isn't a little one.
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Allison Dollar - CEO ITV Alliance- TV Academy's IMPG Executive Committee.
Logan Mulvey (moderator) - CEO Award Winning GoDigital Distribution
Russell Burke - CFO Magic Leap Inc.
Lon Strickland - Entertainment Programming Manager for Machinima, Inc.
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Artist Brent Armstrong has worked in the firm industry as a makeup FX artist, sculptor, painter, and mold maker and SAG puppeteer for over 35 years and now owns and operates his own sculpture studio, catering to the film industry as well as several galleries in Los Angeles and New York. Brent is prepping for Monsterpalooza (See above pic) in April of Paul Blaisdell, makeup/costumer/ fabricator in the 50's, worked on many low to no budget horror movies for AIP, where Roger Corman also got his start. Brent has exhibited Bela Lugosi Mummy Sculpture and Vincent Prince's House of Wax Sculpture to New Media Film Festival in previous years. We are delighted to have this amazing artist back with us again.
Xaque Gruber is a fine artist from Boston. He holds a BFA in Drawing from Pratt Institute, and has shown his work in galleries from Maine to the British Virgin Islands. He has been nominated for Massachusetts Art Teacher of the Year. A published author/illustrator, he works in Los Angeles as a writer for film, television, and online media including The Huffington Post.
Jeff Fasano is a well-respected photographer and author living in Los Angeles California. He has photographed Broadway theater, and a wide range of musicians, and Hollywood stars that include the Avette Brothers, Terrence Howard, Wilco, James Earl Jones, Conor Oberst, Phylicia Rashad, Blair Underwood, Quincy Jones, and Leighton Meester. His work is unique and expresses his passion and what he loves most. Jeff found his calling to move beyond the lens and published his first book in 2010, Journey of he Awakened Heart. At this time, he began to make the profound connection between his unique gift of capturing the essence of the person in his photography images with his desire to reveal the elegance and authenticity of their heart and soul.
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lka's blog 'Sindhi Rasoi' mermerises me.There's so much of information in her space. If anyone needs to do a detailed study on Sindhi Cuisine all they need to do is visit her space. I made 2 dishes from her blog, but I just couldn't find time to 'click & post' it. Sorry, Alka. I'm pressed for free time these days. But here's what other's cooked from her blog :
Ksenia Klykova of Tales of a spoon made Dal Puri
Sweatha of Tasty Curry Leaf made a Simple Sindhi Lunch
Usha Rao of My Spicy Kitchen made Soya Nuggets Curry
Shobana Karthik of Soups n Desserts made a Sindhi Dinner
Satya Nivas of Super Yummy Recipes made Satpura Phulko with Black Chickpeas
Sukanya of Sukanya's Musings made Mattar Paneer
Priya of Enveetu Kitchen made Bread Chaat, Paneer Burji & Seero
Denise D Nathan of Oh Taste n See made Sindhi Sai Bhaji
Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes made Tidaali Dal,Aloo Tamatar & Satpuro Phulko
Nivedita of Nivedita's Kitchen made Saayi Dal , Paneer Burji, Chaawaran Jho Dodo, Singhar ji Mithai
Wasn't that a feast for the eyes? I hope you all had a great time trying out these dishes from Alka's blog. Thank you for participating and I thank Lakshmi for giving me the opportunity to host Tried & Tasted for the month of September 2010. I apologise for the delay in posting the round-up.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
The 4 Stages of EMR Adaption
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We're switching to EMR in 2012. I'm dreading it. When I was working at the VA, the EMR was awesome because it was so easy to use and intuitive. But I've also used a bunch of EMRs where I had to call tech support any time I wanted to do anything. I have this bad feeling it's going to be the latter at my hospital.ReplyDelete
Plus the unit where I work has four computers total. I have no faith that new computers will be purchased to keep up with the demand for electronic charting.
14 clicks for labs! ACK! I was really fortunate to come into a practice that started EMR (All Scripts) 6 years ago, so I just had to learn the system (everyone else had it down!) It has its issues, but for the most part is fairly intuitive. We still use paper charts for our OBs, but that will go electronic eventually. The only problem for me is that during a busy day, while I can do paper charts quickly between patients, the electronic ones cater to my OCD so much that I don't have time to put as much detail as I like, so they don't get done until the end of the morning/afternoon.ReplyDelete
Good post. We are knee-deep in EMR / EHR drama ourselves.ReplyDelete
When I started at my practice they had already been using an EMR...which is great but does NOT satisfy the CCHIT thing, the "meaningful use" thing which gives practices money for adopting electronic records. I probably have the details wrong about that, but basically we had to switch to Allscripts Pro, which was a nightmare (with all the clicking that was required). So THEN we had to switch again! Three EHRs over a year.
If you guys are ever in the market for a new EHR, I recommend Athena, which is what we're using now. Some learning curve is involved but we're on our 4th week and it's coming along nicely. I've got a feeling we'll end up loving it big time.
- Kellie (General Surgeon)August 14, 2011 at 11:02 AM
We went live on our EMR 6 years ago. It wasn't easy at the beginning and I think most people feel it has added time to the day, but things that are great are being able to read everyone's notes (some docs here have horrid handwriting and I would hate when I'd see one of their patients), prescriptions (most of the time). Not sure what they were thinking with labs, but we have 1-2 clicks, depending on whether or not you also send the results to the patient.ReplyDelete
We use Epic. Thank goodness we didn't have to pay, our hospital did.
- AnonymousAugust 15, 2011 at 12:49 AM
We went live on epic in our MFM practice last fall... It's getting better, but we are on a Family Practice platform which has served us poorly! It is nice that it syncs with the hospital though!ReplyDelete
- SunnidayAugust 15, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Yup. The hardest part for me was the fact that I now could do work at home and was expected to! Before, I would do my best in work hours then pick up the next day. Now I feel that I have to put in some time after the kids are down because I can....Terrible how it plays on my mommy guilt for leaving at an hour to eat dinner with my kids.ReplyDelete
I love EMR as a pathologist because it takes me outside of my little microscope box and into your world, which helps support my diagnoses after I make them, or check them if it doesn't correlate. I love going to my small town hospital because all the local clinics are piped into the hospital EMR system - even more information to prevent me from having to make a phone call.ReplyDelete
I can appreciate all the headaches, though, and sympathize with you guys. I once read a post where a patient wrote about lamenting that her oncologist never looked at her anymore, only his computer screen, clicking away. She played Angry Birds. That sucks.
Great post Grams (ha ha I'm 37 so I am Grammy-er than you).
Yes, part of my frustration has been has been how expensive everything is. Our hospital has not helped absorb any of the cost and we are approaching $200 K. We are in the process of meeting our meaningful use and applying for stimulus money, but will see how that all works out :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2011 at 8:17 AM
I quit my last job (almost) for a sole reason of EMR inconvinience. Patients were so entitled they were raging if you were not looking at them every moment of your encounter, and you had to do 12-15 clicks for one function just like you described. It added so many ungodly hours to my day. As soon as I put kids in bed at 8 pm I was on computer charting till 11 pm. And did I mention I was getting 15 minutes per patient - that divided between nurse rooming patient (also charting on EMR) and me, which my employer was kind enough to mention to me at each and every evaluation. Yeah, and do not forget, doctor, 15 minutes is not all yours...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2011 at 8:47 PM
You forgot suicidal.ReplyDelete
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- MomNephAugust 27, 2011 at 12:21 AM
We are 14 months into a paper->EMR transition (the program is "Profile" by Intrahealth, a company based in New Zealand) and the hours stolen from my family / exercise / sleep time by this process are too numerous to contemplate without descending into despair. I too think that suicidal warrants its own stage.ReplyDelete


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Flash-forward a month to yesterday. The girls and I were looking for something to do. Weekend plans had been cancelled and all was quiet while the Frog Princess recovered from the stomach flu (yuck!) Time to make some feel better pillows. We had our fleece and a new bag of polyfil stuffing. We were good to go! They took about 20 minutes to make.
To make our feel better pillows, I just laid out two contrasting pieces of fleece and trimmed them into matching rectangles with my pinking sheers (we actually cut out 4 squares since we were making matching pillows for the girls) You can use the same fleece for the top and bottom or mix-and-match patterns. The girls like to mix-it-up so we went with rainbow on one side and black with rainbow dots on the other. It made it easier to see which pieces needed to be tied together. Then we cut 2.5" fringe around the edges (I eyeballed it) and started tying double knots (great practice for my kindergartener!) We left a small hole to stuff in the "fluff" then tied it shut.
End result: two cute pillows for TV time and instant comfort for a little girl who really needed a rainbow to cuddle after some very gray clouds. She named her pillow "squashy" and has declared that he is a caterpillar. We're sewing on two button eyes today. After we finished our craft yesterday I googled "fleece pillows" and yes there are a million of them on the internet - who knew?! I guess we made ours the right way, I think it would be hard to make them the "wrong" way unless you didn't tie them tightly enough and all of the stuffing came out.
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Little joy in Croatia as it enters the crisis-stricken European Union
ZAGREB, Croatia – There will be festivities and fireworks, but Kata Secic can't muster much enthusiasm for Croatia's historic entry into the European Union.
The 53-year-old Croatian textile factory worker has a more immediate worry: The underwear manufacturer she works for went bust and she hasn't received her 300-euro ($400) monthly wage in months.
A decade back when Croatia started negotiating EU entry, the once war-torn country was overjoyed at the prospect of becoming a member of the European elite. But people like Secic have since changed their minds. With the EU in deep financial turmoil and Croatia's own economy in recession for five consecutive years, the excitement has dimmed as the Balkan country gets ready to officially become the 28th EU member on July 1.
Production at her factory has nearly stopped, but Secic and the factory's roughly 100 other workers are technically employed — and on strike. She has been marching daily for a month together with dozens of her co-workers in their light blue uniforms on the streets of Zagreb, the Croatian capital, drawing muted support from disgruntled pedestrians.
"EU membership won't bring us workers anything good," Secic said, as a column of whistle-blowing protesters crossed the city's main square. "It can only get worse, especially for the textile industry," which has already been hit hard by cheap Chinese products and now faces further competition from Europe.
Her employer DTR — or Domestic Factory for Undergarments, once among the biggest textile producer in the Balkans — is now in the legal process of declaring bankruptcy after a botched privatization last year, one of many that have hit the Croatian economy in recent years as the ex-Yugoslav country struggles to shed the institutions of its communist days to meet EU requirements.
The pro-EU voices focus on the prospects that Croatians could find jobs in more prosperous EU countries, that their country could attract more foreign investments and that the EU's leadership in Brussels could keep widespread corruption and economic mismanagement in check. But people like Secic worry that the already plunging living standards will further decline, with increased taxes that could result in rocketing prices. They also fear that the opening of the labor market will result in other EU citizens occupying their jobs.
According to recent surveys, support for Croatia's entry is at some 60 percent, but only 49 percent of Croatians believed their country will benefit from the membership. When Croatia started negotiating the entry ten years ago, the pro-EU support stood at 85 percent.
With an unemployment rate hovering around 20 percent, plunging living standards, endemic corruption among its political elite and a declining international credit rating currently reduced to junk, many Croats are not in the mood to celebrate.
Things aren't looking so great in the EU either, which is in the grips of a recession, with many countries struggling stimulate growth while grappling with a debt crisis that's led governments to slash spending and raise taxes. The EU countries account for 60 percent for Croatian exports, which has sent the economy into a steady decline.
"Croatia is in a hectic economic situation," said prominent Croatian economy analyst Davor Gjenero. "Croatia is entering the EU when the EU is not at its best. The fact that the EU is in crisis is helping that ... lack of any optimism."
On a wall in downtown Zagreb, a scribble of graffiti says "Young ones, leave Croatia" — a reflection of the gloom even as state officials prepare fireworks and other lavish entry celebrations starting a night before the entry. But with youth unemployment rates high in most of the EU — as high as 50 percent in Greece and Spain — that escape route may not be possible within the EU either.
Croatia, a country of some 4.4 million people, will only become the second former Yugoslav nation to join the EU, in many ways a positive reflection of just how far the country has come from the ruins of the bloody breakup of the former federation in the 1990s. Slovenia, itself in deep economic crisis, joined the bloc in 2004. Croatia will be the first ex-communist country to join after Romania and Bulgaria which became members in 2007.
Like them, it struggles with corruption. Corruption-tracking Transparency International ranked Croatia below Rwanda, Jordan and Cuba in its graft index for 2012. Croatia's former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, who had played a major role in negotiating the EU membership, is in jail after being found guilty of taking multi-million-dollar bribes from foreign companies.
"Corruption is Croatia's main problem, it has entered all segments of our society," said Neven Luketa, an investment consultant in the northern Adriatic peninsula of Istria, adding that traditional bureaucratic hurdles for foreigners doing business in Croatia could also hamper investments. He is hopeful that EU entry will help clean it up.
Croatian companies exporting their goods to the neighboring Balkan countries will also suffer as customs duties will rise on exports to non-EU states. Some have shifted production over the borders to Bosnia and Serbia to try stay competitive.
Officials counsel patience.
"Croatia will feel the benefits of EU entry in three to five years," said Croatia's National Bank governor Boris Vujcic. "In the short term, nothing major will change." Because of the EU crisis, much needed foreign investments will be slow in coming in the next few years.
Even EU officials admit that the membership won't bring immediate positive results.
"So what will the EU bring to Croatia? Well, do not expect dramatic changes overnight," said EU's Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule. "Croatia will not be a different country on 1 July than it was on 30 June."
"For the EU, having Croatia as a member means, first of all, extending the area of political stability in a strategic European region that was torn by conflict not so long ago," Fule said. "It also means expanding the EU's internal market, creating new opportunities for EU business and customers."
Some Croats are less optimistic, if pragmatic.
"It can't be worse," said fisherman Davor Skoric, who will now face competition from much better equipped Italian and Slovenians who were previously banned from fishing near the Croatian Adriatic coast. "It can only get better."
Marko Drobnjakovic contributed to this report.


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At Westminster we train competent linguists in modern languages ready to enter graduate employment. We place particular emphasis on employability and the contemporary cultural context, and offer high-quality teaching in all language skills.
This course will enable you to achieve a good or high level of linguistic competence in French in all four skill areas (reading, writing, listening and speaking), enhance your skills in using English, and develop linguistic and cultural knowledge and understanding. You will be able to function in different cultural situations and acquire the qualities and skills of a humanities graduate. You will also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.
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You will study an integrated curriculum with a focus on applied language skills and cultural studies, supported by a rigorous development of your foreign languages skills in all areas.
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English Language focuses on the relationship between language and non-literary and literary texts, and on the history of the English language and the ways in which it currently varies around the British Isles and the world as a global language. You will develop your understanding of the English language and, at a wider level, the ways in which it reflects and contributes to wider meanings in society. You will also have the opportunity to consider the theoretical tools of both literary analysis and language research in detail.
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- Objects and Meaning: World Cultures in London Galleries and Museums
- Intercultural Communication: An Introduction
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- Expressions of French Culture
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- Cultures and Conflicts: Representations of War, Conflict and Revolution Across World Cultures
- Language, Power and Institutions: Decoding Dominant Narratives
- Multilingual E-Collaboration: Transposing Current Affairs
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- Child Language Acquisition
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- Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness Across Cultures
- Narrating the Other: Politics and Literature
- People and Things on the Move: Identity, Place and Memory in and Across Diasporic Spaces
- Gender Matters: Femininities, Masculinities and Trans-Cultural Practice
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She teaches modules on world cinema, Hispanic cultural studies, and Spanish language. Her research looks at national identity and cultural production, specifically literature and film. She has published a book, Contested Identities in Costa Rica: Constructions of the Tico in Literature and Film (LUP, 2019), as well as several articles and book chapters on Latin American film and literature.
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Thursday, January 19, 2006
A little bit of this, a little bit of that...
I also have a hard time with sound tracks in movies that are otherwise working hard at being real. Are the characters hearing that dramatic music? Couldn't I please just experience the story as the characters are?
As we hear again and again, the gap between rich and poor is growing in this country (one of the many awful legacies of Ronald Reagan). Hand-wringing from some, glee from others.
A solution, or partial solution, to this problem is quite straightforward, I think: pass a law that stipulates the following:
The highest-paid employee of your company shouldn't earn more than 25 times what the lowest-paid employee is paid.
For more on this topic, visit a now mostly hidden part of my website: 25X&NOMORE
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Stick to programming, your political views leave a lot to be desired.
If you truly want to live in a country with a massive redistibution of wealth, move to a communist country. Be warned however, that some countries such as Russia have already learned that redistribution of wealth doesn't work which is why they are embracing capitalism.
Workers in this country have free will. If they don't like their current situation, they can change jobs, educate themselves, etc. to improve their lot in life.
And before you blame CEOs for the difference in wage scale, you may want to blame the companies board of directors and shareholders that vote to approve these salaries. If you don't agree with a particular companies wage scale, boycott the company. But to impose mandatory wage scales is morally reprehensible.
If you have followed the history of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, you know that this premise is not only do-able, but it works just fine. Until they sold the company several years ago, the rule was that the highest paid employee couldn't make more than (now I'm a bit hazy - don't recall if it was 25x or 10x) more than the lowest paid employee. Started in a garage, turned into one of the biggest ice cream companies in the U.S. Not sure if it still applies today since Unilever bought them (my guess? - Nope). Shame that other businesses didn't (and STILL HAVEN'T) taken notice.
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No one said it wasn't "do-able". You could pay everyone the same wage if they all agreed to it.
The issue is whether or not to make these wage scales mandatory. To make it mandatory is so wrong that it boggles the mind that people can even think that way. Let market forces dictate the prices and then everyone benefits. History proves that this is true. If you don't like your current situation, you have the freedom to change it.
If mandatory wages are in place everyone loses. Maybe I want 30x instead of 20x. If someone is willing to offer it to me, I should be allowed to pursue that offer. The market will dictate whether or not the 30x price was the right decision.
- David Aldridge said...
Another fine example:
What anonymous 1 fails to understand is that it is in the interests of the board's of directors and compensation committees to vote high salaries and perks for CEO's, because if they're not already CEO's of other companies then they're just establishing a precedent for their own tenure.
- Robert Vollman said...
Consider this statement:
"As we hear again and again, the gap between rich and poor is growing in this country (one of the many awful legacies of Ronald Reagan). Hand-wringing from some, glee from others."
Firstly, Reagen left office almost 20 years ago. How can the growing gap between the rich and poor, which took place before, during and ever since his Presidency, be his legacy?
Secondly, who do you think is gleeful about that? Do you think rich people are gleeful that there are people not as fortunate as they? I think you are attaching a very unnecessary asperson on others.
I am tall, do you think I'm gleeful that others are short? You're very good at PL/SQL, are you gleeful that others are not? Are educated people gleeful that others haven't had those opportunities?
Then why would the rich be gleeful that not everyone is as fortunate?
- Steven Feuerstein said...
I *love* the kinds of responses I get to this suggestion.
HORRORS! Actually put some constraints on how much wealth an individual can gather up in his/her hot little hands? "Morally reprehensible"? Hah! Morally reprehensible is a political system (our corrupted democracy) that lets itself be run so roughshod by its economic system (our corrupted capitalism) that millions go without health care.
"Workers...have free will...can change jobs"
Can you really be THAT out of it, THAT out of touch with reality? And "educate themselves"....well, even if everyone had a PhD, you still need people to clean up the toilets in offices. So how much do you think college graduates people should be paid to clean up your shit?
"The market will dictate whether or not the 30x price was the right decision."
I also really enjoy those references to "the market". Which market is this? The supposedly free market that is subsidized by our government to the tune of billions of dollars each year in a thousand different ways, all to the advantage of corporate owners/controllers and to the disadvantage of workers and consumers?
Actually, you are the one that is out of touch. Your example of everyone having a PhD, or even a college graduate is misguided, because not EVERYONE will WANT to do so. My point was that IF they wanted to, they can change jobs or educate themselves to pursue a different career when they aren't happy with their wages. You seem to think that people doing unskilled jobs deserve a free handout, or worse, you want to punish those people that have skilled jobs by lowering their wages.
You may believe they have too much, but they would disagree with you. They would be correct.
And as far as "the market", yes I'm talking about a pure capitalist market. Yes there is corruption in our current market. I don't believe in subsidies for farmers, I don't believe in free health care for the poor, etc., etc. I'm truly sorry if people in those positions can't have all the things that they want. But free handouts should not be guaranteed. If you believe these people should be helped, then spend your money to help them. Don't force others to go along with your socialist beliefs.
- David Aldridge said...
>> Your example of everyone having a PhD, or even a college graduate is misguided, because not EVERYONE will WANT to do so. <<
Ha ha ha *wipes eyes*
Right, the only thing stopping people from having a PhD is whether they want one or not ... good one.
Steven's point is that your universal cure-all for poverty, that people get educated etc, is nonsense because it does nothing to stop the existence of poverty even if everyone is educated. The loophole that so many people try to use is to point to individuals who are poor and say, "You, Poor Person! You can improve yourself through education and hard work and stop being poor!", but that doesn't work with a population of millions, especially when so many people are failed by society before they even reach adulthood by an incompetant education system. You can't wash your hands of moral and ethical responsibility with that trick.
It's one of the remarkable features of this country that so many people are willing to abandon their ethics as soon as they've left church on Sunday. For a nation that prides itself on it's Christian values, this "fuck-the-lazy-poor-people" attitude is breath-takingly hypocritical.
I don't know why you don't just admit that you don't give a crap about other people as long as you get a new car every couple of years -- you might at least get respect for honesty that way.
- Hater of Liberals said...
First of all, I never said it was a "universal cure-all". The example of getting a PhD may seem silly to you, but it doesn't change the fact that if someone truly wants one, they can pursue it. Whether or not they achieve that goal is up to them. But the PhD example has mislead you from the true point. Reeducating yourself doesn't necessarily have to come from attending a university. There are plenty of other avenues in life you can persue to educate yourself and grow. Under capitalism, if you don't like your situation, you have the freedom to change it.
I know full well that there will always be poverty as well as richness and all that falls in between. My whole issue with the original post is that these levels would still exist even under Steve's system to redistribute wealth.
And don't give me lip service about not caring for the poor. My wife and I give thousands of dollars to help poor people through various charities. We could even give more if our government didn't tax us so heavily.
My whole point is that I don't believe anyone should dictate how someone else spends their money or how much money they should be allowed to accumulate. Let the truly "free market" work it out and everyone will benefit whether or not you choose to believe it. But don't take my word for it, read some history and learn for yourself.
- Bill S. said...
Seems like "hater-of-liberals" must be in damagement (that's what us working stiffs call "management" in case the irony escapes you). I am always appalled at CEOs and sports figures who make multi-million-dollar salaries (including all their perqs) while people in this country go to bed hungry. May I remind you that, in order to earn that precious Ph.D., one has to put up the front-money for the education or BORROW IT and then have to pay it back at exhorbitant interest. Nice solution. It's past time that corporate America gets reigned in, and prevented from influencing the legislative end of this country. Why is it that our president is allowed to completely gut the Clean Air act without anyone so much as opposing him? Because it benefits big business. We need more energy sources in this country - so our president tells us he will help build more......coal plants. COAL PLANTS. When there are plenty of renewable energy sources that can be used. Why is it that you think it is fine for CEOs to walk away from companies after putting in 5 years of work with $20 million in cash, stocks, and bonuses? That is ridiculous, it robs from the workers what is rightfully theirs (remember, without the folks on the front lines, there would be NO COMPANY).
Now, that doesn't mean I agree with EVERYTHING Steve espouses. But we need to start SOMEWHERE now, don't we?
- olu said...
The nordic contries are doing simlar things like this. The Nordic countries are NOT communistic, rather it is christian, and the ENRON way should be named unchrisitan...
Here is some links to the "Swedish Model" that is used in Sweden and Finland.


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As Christians, do you suppose we should spend more time or less time dealing with the biblical text of Sunday's sermons? I guess I'm asking part of the bigger question James 1:22 raises about becoming doers of the Word rather than just hearers of sermons. And, yes, I suspect part of the answer is spending more time with the biblical passages behind the sermons so that we are better prepared to hear God speak to us through his Word through the preacher. Every sermon can have a life-changing impact on us. I'm a biblical exegete who no longer preaches every Sunday, but I do miss this process of grappling with God's Word and making clear its message to us. So I'm going to try this approach of previewing the biblical text many of us, at least in churches following the Revised Common Lectionary, are likely to encounter this coming Sunday in hopes that we might do more than just listen to sermons.
Ephesians 1:3-14
This is an amazing biblical passage to read and to study for the beginning of a new year for people whose identity is "in Christ." I want you to try this. Take a deep breath and read the full sentence Paul wrote here. It starts in verse 3 and ends at verse 14! That's one long sentence. 202 words long. A sentence communicates an idea. In this case it is a big idea which is given many supporting reasons. Paul gives praise to God the Father for everything we have received "in Christ." He repeats this key concept of "in Christ" 11 times in this one sentence. That's gotta be important. This is certainly a biblical passage worth memorizing, if anyone does that anymore. I'd recommend it. Memorizing this passage will give you such a better grasp on what Paul has to teach us about being Christians in this world.
So what should a good biblical sermon on this passage sound like? One sentence, one big idea: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Why? Because he "blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ" (v3). How has he blessed us in Christ? I see the apostle listing five big blessings we have in Christ, and, again, he's listing these that we might praise God. Some exegetes point out that the phrase "to the praise of his glory" occurs in verses 6, 12 and 14, and that, therefore, Paul is listing three blessings, such that a couple of the five are actually re-instatements or expansions. That's possible. Sometimes I think commentators try to make Paul out to be much neater than he actually is, but at least there is still serious engagement going with the text; however, I do get concerned with those who come out with a pristine three-point sermon looking something like this:
- Chosen by the Father (1:3-6)
- Redeemed by the Son (1:7-12)
- Sealed by the Holy Spirit (1:13,14)
That's very, pretty. Too pretty. This outline can be used to show that this passage is Paul teaching about our Trinitarian spirituality. Cool, but not sticking to the text. Again, Paul gives praise to God the Father. That is the main idea. He gives praise to God for all that we receive in Christ, as made real in our lives by the work of the Holy Spirit. The passage develops a list of five of these blessings we have received in Christ. So while it's true that the Triune nature of God is affirmed here, it's done incidentally not as the focus of the passage. In my opinion, that makes a stronger case for the reality of the Trinity than a direct argument. He can just assume it while making some other point. Hopefully, the sermon you'll hear on Sunday will stick close to the text and cover these five big blessings we have in Christ, maybe three or four with some compression.
1. He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world (v4a) v4
God did this "that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight" (v4b). Let me comment further under the next blessing as the two are closely related since God has chosen us in Christ and by doing so he was predestining us to adoption.
2. God predestined us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ (5a) vv5-6
Here's the deal. Jesus is not merely a conduit of God's blessings, like a live electric wire zapping us. They don't come to us just through Christ, instead Paul repeatedly talks about the blessings we have in Christ. It's about incorporation. We have been baptized into Jesus (Rom 6:3) and we have been united with him (Rom 6:5-8). This give us a new address in the heavenly realms that's "in Christ." Jerry Walls and Joseph Dongell in their book Why I Am Not a Calvinist say,
Now that we have been incorporated into Christ, we have entered into the drama of his own story. His death has become our death, his resurrection has become our resurrection (Eph 2:5), and his position of privilege at the Father's right hand bring us an immeasurable wealth of grace (Eph 2:6-7)… It is in him we have been chosen and predestined (Eph 1:4-5). This means that Jesus Christ himself is the chosen one, the predestined one. Whenever one is incorporated into him by grace through faith, one comes to share in Jesus' special status as chosen of God."
This is an awesome reality. Consider what we've become in Christ. Easy to see how Paul considers these to be reasons why we should praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3. In him we have redemption through his blood (v7a) vv7-10
Verses 7-10 explore God's plan of redemption through Christ, and, as it turns out, it's far bigger than just "the forgiveness of our trespasses" which is already amazing. It's very important for us as Christians to recognize that God's plan in Christ is so much bigger than just me being forgiven of my sins. God is in the process of setting everything right in Christ and we're part of that plan. Very cool!
4. In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession (v11a) vv11-12
There's a lot of divisive theology coming out of the interpretation of verses 11-12. Rather than getting hung up on each phrase and Paul's precise sequence of thought, I see the passage clearly affirming that "God's own possession," a way of referring to God's own people or God's nation, has been transformed in Christ so that now it's not just the Jewish nation. Now the people who belong to God are the Jews who have set their hope on Christ (v12a) along with the Gentiles who believe in Christ (v13b). We are God's own possession, his people. We are in Christ and the focal point of God's work in redeeming all this world.
5. In Christ, we were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit (v11a, 13c) vv13-14
The Holy Spirit's presence in our lives is "the down payment of our inheritance" which means we're not just getting a promise of redemption. No, the Holy Spirit is redeeming us, giving us the power to change, here and now. Praise God! We may not yet be all that we will be, but we've come a long way so far! And there is, perhaps, the best thought to relate to this being a new year coming. Thanks to all that we are receiving in Christ and to the working of the Spirit in our lives, we are being changed. Let's praise God for that and really open ourselves up to what he will do in our lives in this coming year. Let's not just be content that God has forgiven our sins in the past. Let's look forward with hope and anticipation of what our great God will be doing to redeem us and to make us more like Christ in this year ahead. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
John 1:1-18
The Gospel text would also make for a great sermon this coming Sunday. After everything I wrote about the Ephesians passage, I won't say much here which is a crime, of course! This opening passage in the Gospel of John is a real power text. Much could be said about identifying the pre-incarnate Son of God as the Word and what the gospel writer means to communicate by this new title, not to mention the whole concept of the Word becoming flesh and light coming into darkness. But, since I'm keeping this brief, I want to look at just one thing, this "man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe" (vv 6-7). And in verse 15, we are told, "John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, 'This is the one I spoke about when I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.''" So you're thinking this is John the Baptist.
While Matthew, Mark and Luke all identify John as "the Baptist," the Gospel of John never does. Every preacher I've heard preach this first chapter of John feels compelled to inform us that, yes, this John is John the Baptist. Rarely does any preacher ever answer the question as to to why the text does not name him as such. I think it's a question we should ask. Why omit the title which would at once bring clarity, perhaps a needed clarity since the Gospel is named "John." I want to say two things about this. First, it seems to me the writer is stressing that this was just an everyday man named John, you know, a bloke that goes by a common name. What he says about this John is actually to be true of everyone who believes, that we are to be witnesses and testify about this light that has come into the world. He is not presented as being anymore special or different than any of us. What we are told about John here is what everyone who comes to believe that the Son of God has lived among us is to do—to be witnesses and to testify.
Secondly, more as a footnote, I'd like to point out that John is definitely not "John the Baptist." That translators still identify him as such is ridiculous, shoddy translation at its worst. What is a "Baptist"? I'm sure you'll tell me that a Baptist is a member of a Baptist church. Whatever else John may have been, he was not that. He never even went to church, and he is certainly not the founder of the Baptist church as I heard so many times while living in the Southern Bible Belt. What Matthew, Mark and Luke are actually calling him is John "the Baptizer," as in one who baptizes others. That translators will defend the Baptist title as traditional is indefensible. They know what "Baptist" means to people today and it is not what it meant to Matthew, Mark and Luke. They had no connotation whatsoever of this title relating to a particular church denomination, and neither should we. The Greek word is a participle, essentially a verb turned into a noun, "the one who baptizes," i.e. baptizer. Join me in correcting this travesty. Whenever I'm asked to read one of the gospel passages mentioning John, I correct the translation and read "John the Baptizer." We cannot let Baptists believe John began their church denomination anymore than we could let Pentecostals claim their church denomination started on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Here's another splendid biblical text, caught up in that same tension of the "already, but not yet" that we saw in Ephesians 1:3-14. God is now bringing together his people from the land of the north and from the ends of the earth. "For the Lord will deliver Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they. They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion" (vv11-12a). This is new the transformed people of God we described above in Ephesians, no longer the people of Israel, but now all who are in Christ. We will come and shout for joy on Zion. Indeed in the gathering of God's people, we are that holy city. What Jeremiah prophesied is being fulfilled before our eyes in Christ.
For more insight into the texts for this week, I would encourage you to checkout an Australian pastor's website, http://laughingbird.net. I've been checking out his site and using his Scripture paraphrases and prayers for more than ten years now. I love the way he writes prayers incorporating bits from each of the texts that week. Here's his prayer of Commission and Benediction for this coming Sunday:
Go now, and bear witness to the light so others might believe.
Since you are chosen in Christ,
........live before him in love, holy and blameless.
Live with hope in Christ, for the praise of his glory.
And may God fill the earth with peace;
May Christ give you grace upon grace from his fullness;
And may the Holy Spirit, the pledge of your inheritance,
........lead you on straight paths where you will not stumble.
We go in peace to love and serve the Lord,
........In the name of Christ. Amen.


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NextClassProductions necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 104 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Next Class Productions
We are a new and up & coming DJ business in the New York/Long Island area. We are a full DJ/Mobile Production company. Being a young company, we are hoping to attract customers with a clean and fluid design. We want to portray Professionalism, along with Fun, Young and Reliable. Fun being one of the main points.
Our goal is to keep people on the dance floor having a good time. And that is what we want to reflect in our company; A good, fun time.
Anyone looking for a DJ or Mobile Production company to provide the music, lights and fun for their special events. From School Dances to Weddings. They want to have fun and party, and we want to help them do just that.
We want to be able to use the Logo for Print, Advertisement, Clothing (Embroidery or Silk Screen), Business Cards, etc.
We are trying to create a brand, something when people see it, they think 'Next Class Productions' We currently do not have a color scheme, but we are looking for something, fun, tasteful and professional. Something that will stand out.
~~~ If you can help set the 'brand' we have more work in line, ie: Business cards, Rack Cards, Banners, Posters, & website layout. ~~~
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- Some keywords that the logo should reflect : Clean, Classy, Fun, Modern, Simple, Fluid, Eye catching, Recognizable, Easy to Read.
- You can use either our full company name, or the initials NCP or Both.
- A Symbol to represent our company would be great as well, something that can be reproduced as the background on Stationary, and websites to keep the over all design similar.
- Fonts should be easy to read.
- A scalable design.
- Logo needs to work on both Light and Dark colored backgrounds.
( We are not opposed to using Speakers, or Turntables, or Records/CD's in design as long as it's done tastefully, We are trying to get away from that Old DJ company mentality, Music is now digital so are we)
We need files to be in either RAW .AI or .PSD with all layers active for future tweaks or changes. All artwork should be ready for print (CMYK) Please provide any font names as well.
~~ If any designer has some ideas please submit, We are open to new ideas of course. We are looking for that perfect logo to represent out company. Our MAIN goal is to attract attention of the customers. ( While not being too crazy and out there mind you) Customers need to see it and understand within a few seconds. So please if you have any suggestions let us know.~~~
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Establishing a harmonized fiduciary standard for registered investment advisors and broker-dealers, the focus of a current SEC study, sounds fine in theory. All other considerations aside, who could argue with mandating a single standard of care for all investment advisors, irrespective of their professional status?
The problem lies in "all other considerations." RIAs and broker-dealers operate according to different models, one of which (the former's) lends itself well to a fiduciary standard. That of the latter would be upended by having to jettison the current suitability standard governing broker-dealers, requiring their FINRA-registered reps to comply with new regulatory requirements for which they're ill-suited.
One reason: A fiduciary standard would be problematic for reps, most especially career agents, who source product primarily (if not exclusively) from a single carrier. That makes demonstrating that they're acting in the client's best interest—a requirement of a fiduciary standard—more difficult. Add to this the fact many reps derive compensation only from commissioned-based sales and the challenge becomes all the greater.
Moving to a harmonized standard would ultimately expose B-Ds and their reps to increased legal liability, driving up rates for errors and omissions insurance and, thus, the cost of doing business. The result would be an exodus of registered reps from the field—leaving an even greater share of an already underserved middle market without a financial service professional to help them with basic planning needs.
The deadline approaches
On July 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission will have completed a 120-day review of responses to request for comment, pursuant to Congress' authorizing (but not requiring) the SEC to impose a harmonized fiduciary under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2011. This review may have to factor in a proposed Congressional amendment to Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Before proposing a revised fiduciary standard, the SEC would be required under the legislation to demonstrate that existing dual standards are economically harmful to investors. The SEC would also be mandated to coordinate with other federal agencies, among them the Department of Labor, which is drafting its own fiduciary standard for retirement plans subject to ERISA law. One fear of advisors: that the new DOL standard would eliminate commission-based compensation, forcing registered reps to move to a fee-only model.
That would be disastrous. For evidence of this, consider the experiences of advisors overseas. As I reported in an exclusive from the Million Dollar Round Table's annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., last year, the U.K. is witnessing a significant exodus of agents — estimates put the figure at 50,000-plus — as a result of legislation that went into effect on January 1 of this year.
Dubbed the Retail Distribution Review, the legislation imposes new educational requirements on advisors. The law also affects commissions: Advisors will only be able to accept fee-based compensation on new business. In respect to existing business, clients must be given the opportunity to discontinue renewal commissions if they believe they're not receiving adequate advice or service.
Adrian Baker, a senior partner at St. James Places, Bristol, England, said during a roundtable discussion I co-moderated at MDRT that the legislation would likely have a "massive effect" on their income, as clients cash out policies and buy new ones so they can turn off renewal commissions.
In New Zealand, too, about one-third of advisors left the business after the full implementation of the Financial Services Act of 2008, which mandated that investment advisors meet educational requirements of a revised version of the National Certificate in Financial Services —unless they satisfy recognized alternative qualifications or designations — to become an Authorized Financial Adviser.
The same downsizing of the advisory field force could happen here, an outcome that could be as bad for the high net worth as for the middle class. Ken Ehinger, the new Regulatory Reform Committee Chair at the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting, warned as much when I interviewed him at the AALU's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in late April.
If the cost of regulatory compliance and E&O coverage were to rise as a result of extending the RIA fiduciary standard to broker-dealers then, said Ehinger, a likely outcome would a significant reduction in the number life insurance professionals who sell variable annuities, variable life and variable universal life products — the last widely used by the affluent for both tax avoidance and investment purposes.
To be sure, many reps who elect to drop their FINRA registration to escape SEC regulation under a revised fiduciary standard would likely keep their insurance licenses. But they would shift their focus to non-variable products, including indexed life products and annuities, accelerating a product migration that has been that has been underway in recent years.
A better way
Rather than forcing reps to abide by a new standard that is of questionable value from a consumer protection standpoint, a better option, as Ehinger indicated, would be to enhance disclosure requirements for reps, both in respect to their role as financial professionals and the method by which they receive compensation. Consumers will then be less vulnerable to financial abuses — precisely the objective that Congress and the SEC are aiming to achieve.


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RE-OPENING THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM with Director RONDA FALOON
Part 2 of 3: illuminating the world's largest collection of America's master luminist Fitz Henry Lane
In part 2 of touring the Cape Ann Museum, Director Ronda Faloon shares some of the NEW as we follow along with her. GET READY TO SEE THINGS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
The Cape Ann Museum's focus on art and artists is everywhere.
The dramatically redesigned welcome area and exhibition galleries enhance access and connections. There are new windows bringing the outside in. New amenities (welcome desk! coat room! lockers! bathroom!) on the ground floor orient and encourage us to get ready to take a breath, stop and look.
Hundreds of legacy pottery shards with transferred text from the museum's archives are tucked along four new walls in Diane KW's new installation, At World's End- The Story of a Shipwreck.
When the Cape Ann Museum re-opens in August, the world's largest repository of Gloucester's very own Fitz Henry Lane collection will be 10x brighter thanks to new installation and lighting design. There's more to Lane still to be revealed. Thanks to higher resolution images and powerful new media, the museum is producing a state of the art catalogue raissone and research tool, The Complete Works of Fitz Henry Lane, that will glow with close ups, archives, artifacts and stories. Nothing though can take the place of standing close and viewing these beauties in person. As Joey insists, "You have to come see these!"
It's a GMG mission to make sure everyone understands how amazing this museum is and how fortunate it's here in Gloucester.
August 16 – Cape Ann Museum Reopening Gala
August 19- Museum reopens to the public
August 21 – Members' Reception
Cape Ann Museum website: www.capeannmuseum.org
More on Diane Chen http://www.dianekw.com/ and here Cape Ann Ceramics Festival's 2nd ambitious promotion of the medium is coming up August 7 –September 1 www.capeannceramicsfestival.org


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EUROZONE central banks might roll over their Greek debt holdings to cut by €5.6bn the amount governments will have to provide Athens by 2016, according to a document that emerged from this week's euro zone finance minister's meeting.
Such a move would cut the amount required to just €2bn from €7.6bn, the document showed, which should increase the likelihood that the Greek deal will be accepted by bailout-weary national euro zone parliaments.
A senior euro zone official with knowledge of the issue said that while talks were ongoing, no decisions had yet been taken.
International lenders - euro zone countries, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund - agreed early on Tuesday on a debt reduction plan for Athens that would bring Greek debt to 110pc of GDP in 2022, down from almost 190pc expected for next year.
According to the document, Greece would need to get €1.8bn in extra financing in 2012-2014 and another €5.8bn between 2015 and 2016.
But it said that if the euro zone's 17 national central banks, which together form the Eurosystem, decide to replace the Greek bonds they hold with new Greek paper as the debt matures, it would save Greece the need to redeem €3.7bn in 2012-2014 and €1.9bn in 2015-2016.
It lists the item of "roll-over of ANFA holdings" - a term to describe central banks' investment portfolios - in parenthesis, stating in a footnote that the amounts are tentative and subject to national central banks' approval.
The European Central Bank declined to comment on the issue.
There is no public data on the amount of Greek debt held by individual euro zone central banks.
The senior euro zone official said only 13 of the euro zone's 17 national central banks had Greek bonds in their investment portfolio and that with the exception of France, Spain and Portugal, these were generally small amounts.
Germany's Bundesbank, for instance, did not have any Greek bonds in its investment portfolio.
When the second bailout for Greece was agreed in February, national central banks had agreed at the time to transfer the profits they would have made on their Greek bond investment portfolios to Greece, but not to roll over the holdings.
The transfer of just the ANFA profits would have produced only €1.7bn until 2014, according to the Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece from March, published by the European Commission.
The rollover idea is separate from the issue of the European Central Bank returning profits to Athens from the Greek bond portfolio it has acquired under its Securities Market Programme (SMP).
That will reduce the financing needs of Greece by 4.1 billion euros in 2012-2014 and another 3 billion in 2015-2016.
This assumes that all the profits from the SMP portfolio of bonds would be returned, but this is not completely decided yet. Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said earlier on Thursday it would be up to the German parliament to decide what to do with the German share of the SMP profits.
This return of all the profits - along with cutting interest on euro zone loans to Greece, a deferral of interest payments, maturities extension, and several other measures - allowed the euro zone to cut the amount of new lending to Greece until 2016 to €7.6bn from €32bn.
A rollover of the Greek bonds in investment portfolios of central banks would increase the overall Greek public debt by 0.1pc of GDP in 2020 and 2022, the document showed.
But this would be offset by new debt relief measures pencilled in by international lenders for the coming years that would cut Greek debt by 2.7pc of GDP by 2020 and 5.1pc of GDP by 2022, the document said.
This new debt relief could happen once Greece reaches a primary surplus - a positive budget balance before servicing debt - and if Greek reforms are on track, euro zone finance ministers decided on Tuesday.


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One For The Road
Posted by Bob on June 12, 2003
In Reply to: One For The Road posted by Word Camel on June 11, 2003
: : : : : : : Recently I have been troubled with a definition and I don't know if I may ask it here. I have a difficulty to define past, present, and future. As you see, 'Today' is a present time, but within today there is some past hour and some future hour. It follows that past and future are part of the present time. It doesn't make sense, so it troubles me. May you give a point?
: : : : : : Well..."the present" is the block of time that you are now experiencing. For the rest, there are degrees. The past, the recent past, the distant past, the near future, the distant future. You might see what Merriam-Webster has to say about it.
: : : : : : A Stephen King character, a Wolf/man creature from another dimension calls the present "right here and now." Or something like that.
: : : : : : I have a nine-year-old friend who, his mother says, doesn't like for her to use words like "yesterday" or "tomorrow." He wants her, for example, to say "Monday" instead of yesterday. She worries about him. But he's interested in science and I'm thinking he wants days of the week because that's more precise.
: : : : : Found it: "Good old Wolf right here and now!" - Wolf, "The Talisman," p269
: : : : Some 2500 years ago next Tuesday, Heraclitus said "You can't step into the same river twice." His follower, whose name escapes me at the moment, went further with "You can't step into the same river once." The "present" is a slippery little concept, since a snapshot is a kind of lie that we all agree to. Nothing stands still.
: : : Cue the music.
: : : "Dust in the wind
: : : All we are is dust in the wind
: : : Dust in the wind
: : : All we are is dust in the wind
: : : I close my eyes
: : : Only for a moment, then the moment's gone
: : : All my dreams
: : : Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
: : : Dust in the wind
: : : All we are is dust in the wind..."
: : : Now I'm REALLY depressed.
: : What is the present? It's actually an extremely hard concept that's troubled philosophers, physicists and small shaven-headed men in saffron robes for eons. Using a device like Occam's razor to slice lengths of time into smaller and smaller fragments, one can effectively "prove" that no given "present" can last any time at all, since it becomes the past near-on instantaneously (even if only the very VERY recent past). So, some might say that the present's an ever-travelling non-instant upon the exact point of which our consciousnesses surf... then again others might say "Sod that for a game of soldiers, let's go and have a beer instead."
: : Personally when faced with impossible questions, I always find it easiest to affect a knowing look, tap my finger to the side of my nose and whisper "Quantum".
: "Sod that for a game of soldiers..." But was there Marmite?
Mar might. But not at present.


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Teach Your Child Three Simple Rules To Live By:
1. If you see a gun, never touch it.
2. Leave immediately.
3. Tell an adult.
Whether you own a gun or not, please be certain your children know these rules.
Jeff Cooper's
FOUR RULES of GUN SAFETY
No mechanical device has a will of its own. A gun never "goes off" unless something causes it to do so. The aspect of safety is central to gunhandling.
Memorize the four principles of firearm safety. Treat them with absolute seriousness. Burn them into your consciousness.
RULE 1: All guns are always loaded.
RULE 2: Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
RULE 3: Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.
RULE 4: Be sure of your target. (Know what it is, what it is in line with it,
and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything you have not positively identified.)
Firearms are as safe or dangerous as YOU make them. Put safety first every time you pick up a gun to prevent accidents. Make sure each family member knows how, when and WHEN NOT to handle a gun. If you've recently purchased a new firearm, read the manufacturer instructions and safety precautions included.
For more personal shooting and safety instruction, consult with your local dealer or gun club.
You can learn more about guns and accessories by reading GUNS Magazine.


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International Day of Peace
September 21st is the United Nations International Day of Peace. 3HO Foundation International invites you to celebrate this day in support of the peace work of the United Nations, with 3HO's commitment to peace in our hearts and peace throughout our planet.
May this be a Day of Peace for All.
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Comment Just last week I had the rare opportunity to catch up with Bill Gates. He's a busy man, of course, with the Foundation's medical research and investments consuming most of his time. Being so engaged with development issues, I wondered, did Gates have time to look at the spread of technology into developing countries? Gates said he did. There were concerns about the pace of technology transfer, I pointed out. Was the latest mobile innovation reaching the new markets fast enough?
"But Andrew," he said, leaning over to glance at his Windows Phone 7. "640kb of memory ought to be enough for anybody."
Your correspondent interviewing Bill Gates.
The newspaper columnist and vanity interviewer Johann Hari faces more allegations of plagiarism today, having offered an apology for using quotes from historical interviews and passing them off as if they were told to him. Hari inserted his own reaction between blocks of already published material, to make it look like a freshly minted quote. He owned up after being rumbled, but created a much bigger problem for himself with his justification.
"Since my interviews are intellectual portraits, that I hope explain how a person thinks," he wrote, "it seemed the most thorough way of doing it."
Much amusement followed, with the Daily Mash taking the prize. "Johann Hari has dismissed claims of plagiarism during a fantasy interview where he pretended he was talking to Michael Parkinson," reports the Mash. "The columnist sat down in his living room last night, facing an empty chair and answered questions Parkinson had asked Muhammad Ali, David Niven and Billy Connolly in a series of memorable interviews in the mid to late 1970s."
Hari's self-righteous insistence that the technique was not plagiarism merely inflamed the story. Ben Goldacre, who writes for The Guardian, thought the use of quotation was "unstylish".
Whether it is plagiarism or not may be debatable, but the practice most certainly is a few other things. It's deceptive, and it's undoubtedly a breach of copyright – something that leaves your employer with an expensive liability.
And it's all so easily avoided by citing the original author, or source. Three extra words is all it takes, usually. But that's one of Hari's problems: the interviews aren't really about the subject, but about Johann, and Johann's political journey, with Hari as the lead character. The Hero Hari is battling wickedness – and in his apologies, as with the work, the means justify the ends. His vanity, as well as the nature of the technique (and the ease with which he could have avoided the pitfall by crediting others) explain why there was so much merriment on Twitter, which kept the story alive.
Now Guy Walters at the New Statesman, looking at quotes Hugo Chavez gave to Hari, which are uncannily like earlier quotes, wonders if the book citations aren't the tip of an iceberg. One blogger wondered why so few quotables were reported after a trip to Iraq – yet Hari could conjure up new, quite dramatic quotations from Iraqis from that journey when the occasion required it.
But in 2003, Private Eye found something much more damning. In 2001, Hari wrote of celebrating his Cambridge graduation "with a few tabs of Ecstasy" and praising "the Ecstasy I know and love".
Alarm bells should have rung, since Ecstasy doesn't come on tabs, but rather in pill form. The Eye suggested he had to phone a friend to ask what it was, and get the jargon right.
I remember many years ago doing quotes to camera for ITN. With me was an ancient relic representing the British Computer Society, a portly elderly man in a brown polyester suit, who called hard drives Winchesters, and smelt of dust. I think it was about early internet security. He was delighted how it had gone.
"If you need me again do you think I could do a few reaction quotes you could keep for future stories?"
I thought this was a marvellous idea. If only Churchill, Chamberlain or Oscar Wilde had done this, putting quotes in the can, we could still be enjoying them on the One O'Clock News today.
"What do you think of Jack Wilshere's withdrawal from the Under-21 squad?", the interview could ask, and Winston could reply - "This sets a very poor example."
The TV producer thanked him for the suggestion – very politely, I thought. ®
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'Buffalo entered the day with 67 points, six behind the eighth-place New York Islanders in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Miroslav Satan, the team's leading goal scorer, has been on the trading block, but the Sabres decided to be buyers instead of sellers. "We could have very easily sold, and a lot of people expected us to sell,'' Sabres general manager Darcy Regier said. "We believe we can make it.'''
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Skyforce Break Losing Streak by Dominating Toros
In the first meeting between two NBADL Central Division rivals this season, the Sioux Falls Skyforce maintained a double digit lead to dump the Austin Toros 116-104 Wednesday night at Cedar Park Center.
For much of the first half, everything went right for the Skyforce (20-13) and the hosts were a little sluggish. When you shoot 70 percent from the floor in a half like the visitors did, that's hard to overcome as the Toros (13-19) found out. Sioux Falls built a lead that peaked at 32 points. Tre Kelley played well against his former team notching 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists while Anthony Mason, Jr. exploded for a season high 24 points as well. DeAndre Liggins came off the bench for the first time this season and contributed 11 points and 11 rebounds. For the Toros, Flip Murray led all scorers with 36 points and 8 rebounds and former Skyforce center Dexter Pittman put together a 19 point 10 rebound performance. In the highlights, check out how Dexter is getting along and some great finishing touch around the rim by the Skyforce's Justin Hamilton who scored 17 points.
The other telling statistics in the Skyforce favor include points in the paint (52-38) and fast break points (29-11). Friday marks the second and final tussle between these two teams this season and will occur at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.
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Former Texas cancer agency official indicted
A former top official of the state cancer agency has been indicted on charges accusing him of fraud in connection with the awarding of an $11 million grant.
Jerry Cobbs of Houston, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas' former chief commercialization officer, is accused of withholding information that the grant had not undergone required review, Travis County prosecutors said Friday. The indictment referred to Cobbs' "intent to defraud."
In a news release about the indictment, prosecutors said Cobbs' failure to provide appropriate information "caused the improper award of the grant."
Prosecutors declined to answer questions about Cobbs' motive, such as whether he reaped any financial reward. The cancer agency had awarded the recipient $3.2 million of the $11.04 million grant before stopping payment upon learning its process had been circumvented.
Cobbs turned himself in Friday and was released on $85,000 bond. If convicted, he could face 5 to 99 years in prison or probation of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $10,000.
Cobbs' attorney, Alan Williams, did not respond to phone calls left by the Houston Chronicle Friday.
M.D. Anderson post
From the agency's inception until he resigned under pressure in November 2012, Cobbs led efforts to turn Texas laboratory discoveries into commercial products. He previously served as the assistant director of technology development at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Prosecutors said the grand jury's indictment of Cobbs, returned Tuesday, concludes its yearlong investigation into potential criminal wrongdoing at the agency, which came under fire in 2012 and 2013 for a series of mishandled grants. A civil investigation being conducted by Attorney General Greg Abbott's office is ongoing.
The $3 billion, taxpayer-supported agency was approved by voters in 2007 and launched in 2009, tasked with awarding $300 million in cancer-fighting grants annually. A 2013 state audit found it had awarded three grants, totalling over $56 million, without proper review.
Democrats seized upon the indictment Friday and used it as a campaign tactic against Abbott, the front-runner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination and a member of the cancer agency board when the grant was awarded. The 2013 Legislature removed the entire board.
"The elephant that remains in the room is how Attorney General Abbott sat on the board and was complicit as these illegal acts took place," Texas Democratic Party Executive Director Will Haller said in a statement. "Texans deserve to know how such corruption occurred as Greg Abbott was supposed to oversee the process. It is time for answers."
State Sen. Wendy Davis, the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, added that "the indictment of a former (agency) official confirms that Greg Abbott has betrayed Texas taxpayers by failing to show up to even one (agency board) meeting."
A spokesman for Abbott declined comment "due to the ongoing nature of the prosecution."
The grant that resulted in Cobbs' indictment was awarded in 2010 to Peloton Therapeutics, a Dallas-based biotechnology start-up company, for what the agency said at the time was "recruitment, relocation and formation." The grant was one of the first four commercial grants awarded by the agency.
Approval process
In November 2012, an agency audit found the Peloton application was included in a slate of commercialization awards that staff recommended for the board's approval, even though it hadn't been reviewed by commercial or scientific reviewers. The board, seemingly unaware of the lack of review, rubber-stamped the slate.
Bill Gimson, then the agency's executive director, blamed Cobbs for the problem, though the agency's website says it is the job of the executive director to submit the slate of grant applications for final approval. Gimson said he merely passed on Cobbs' recommended slate, assuming all had undergone the required review.
Cobbs has never told his side publicly.
The news release said the grand jury heard testimony and evidence from Gimson, agency general counsel Kristen Doyle, former agency board member Charles Tate and Robert Ullrich, a former commercialization review council chairman.


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Gerald Mohr stars as Philip Marlowe, following the clues and plot twists through tales of suicide and secrets, death bed confessions and the old double cross, the missing and the murdered.
Includes performances by Jeff Corey, Joan Banks, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Herb Butterfield, Virginia Gregg, and William Conrad (who takes on the role of Marlowe for one episode) -- plus a detailed Program Guide by Rodney Bowcock.
Episodes Include: The Panama Hat 10-10-48; The Heart of Gold 10-24-48; The Hard Way Out 11-28-48; The Restless Day 01-08-49; The Black Halo 01-15-49; The Easy Mark 01-29-49; The Lonesome Reunion 02-12-49; Friend From Detroit 03-05-49; Grim Hunters 03-12-49; The Green Flame 03-26-49; Feminine Touch 05-07-49; The Pigeons Blood 06-11-49; The Key Man 06-25-49; The Lady Killer 08-20-49; The Bum's Rush 09-03-49; The Rustin Hickory 09-10-49; The Big Step 02-28-50; The Deep Shadow 03-21-50; The Anniversary Gift 04-11-50; The Hiding Place 05-09-50
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