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11月25日(日)日経新聞健康欄より私の趣味である健康ウオーキングの記事が載ってましたので全文を転記し紹介いたします。健康ウオーキング境界型糖尿病人間ドックで中高年の4人に一人が該当する境界型糖尿病はウオーキングの健康効果が最も顕著な病態だ。糖尿病かどうかは血糖値で診る。早朝空腹時血糖値が126ミリグラム以上か、経口ブドウ糖負荷試験(OGTT)の二時間血糖値、または随時血糖値が200ミリグラム以上だと糖尿病になる。早朝空腹時血糖値が110ミリグラム未満で二時間血糖値が140ミリグラム未満だと正常型、どちらにも属さない場合が境界型糖尿病と診断する。境界型糖尿病には欧米人に多い空腹時血糖値異常(IFG)と、日本人に多い耐糖能異常(IGT)の2タイプがある。IGTの状態ですでに心血管病などの合併症が認められる。早期の対応が欠かせない。中高年のIGTの多くは運動(歩行)不足が原因。インスリン抵抗性により血糖を筋肉などに取り込みにくくなった状態で、インスリンを過剰に分泌する高インスリン血症になっている。OGTTを実施すると、分泌パターンは正常では1時間後のインスリン値が最も多い山型になる。インスリン抵抗性・高インスリン血症では空腹時のインスリン値は少し増えるだけだが、2時間後のインスリン値が最も多くなる右肩上がりの曲線になるのが特徴。インスリンの総分泌量も増える。高血糖が進むとそれまで増え続けていた2時間後のインスリン値と総分泌量はある時点で減少に転じる。その後、インスリン分泌の少ない糖尿病が発症する。メタボリック症候群を合併した例では、高インスリン分泌の状態で糖尿病を発症する例もある。効果が最も顕著にウオーキングを継続、習慣化すると、このインスリン分泌パターンに劇的な変化がみられる。インスリン抵抗性の改善によって、それまで増え続けていたインスリンは徐々に減少し、正常状態に回復する。呼応するように血糖値も正常になる。ウオーキングはこの分泌過剰を続けている期間に最も効果がある。OGTTでインスリン分泌状態を見ながら歩数を調節すると無理のないペースで正常型に改善できる。（日本ウオーキング協会副会長　泉　嗣彦）最後まで読んでいただきありがとうございます。健康を維持するのは大切なことは皆さん分かってます。しかし、健康マシーンを電気屋さんで(数年前まで約30年務めてました。）買っても数か月使ったらいいほうでやめる方が多い。ウオーキングはいいですよ。お金はかからない、少しの時間さえあればいい。一人でもいい。友達としゃべりながらでもいい。一日の間でどの時期でもいい。早朝は朝日が見れる。その時々によって変化する、空の色、雲の色、å½¢。本当に自然は芸術家だと感心し、感動しながら、歩くことができる。昼間も、夕方もいい。特に夕方は西に沈む夕日、東から上がる月が見えてくる日がいい。BlogPeople「農業・園芸・狩猟」ブログランキングに参加してます。
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朝9時より今日の予定のウッドデッキの修復にかかった。すぐ終わるだろうと甘く考えていたが4時半ごろまでかかってしまった。このｳｯﾄﾞﾃﾞｯｷは作成してから6年ほどになる。毎年、防腐剤を塗っているが返品を受けた安物の材料を使っているせいか上板も数か所朽ちて危険な状態だ。上板を外しネタを見ると2か所朽ちている箇所があった。そこをノコギリで切断。ねじをドライバーで外そうとしたが、これがなかなかうまくいかない。10センチほどの長いねじを使っているせいか電動ドライバーで何度も挑戦するがびくともしない。結局、バールをネタと土台の柱の間にハンマーで打ちこみ力づくで外した。(反省：作るときは丈夫にと思い作成するが、メンテナンスのことを考えること)切断した箇所に新しい板をかまし、元の板とつないだ。もちろん切断面は防腐剤を忘れずたっぷり塗りそこから朽ちないようにした。朽ちた上板が4枚。新しい材料が無いので、ウッドデッキの面積を縮小した。まだ、丈夫な上板を朽ちた個所に持ってきた。一応、完成したのが上の写真。松の根元は板が足りなくなり、空けることにした。植木鉢を置くか、照明を自作し置くか、苔を張るか思案中です。あと1か所南側のデッキで修復しなければならない個所があるので来週の土、日にしようと思う。松の古葉摘みはそれが終わってからかかります。追伸。作業中にご近所のご夫婦(貸農園のおじさん）がウオーキング帰りにブログ毎日見ているよと、声をかけてくれました。おかげさまで張り合いがでます。いつもすんません。と返事をした。多数の方に読んでいただけることはブログを毎日更新している私にとって本当にうれしいことです。いつも読んでいただきありがとうございます。BlogPeople「農業・園芸・狩猟」ブログランキングに参加してます。　　
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De ellos 2.732.015 corresponderán adultos, 1.294.649 serán niños y 324.305 adultos mayores.por otra parte en el diario ciudadano el morrocotudo, encontre cifras aun peores:Entre la mitad y dos tercios de la población mundial tiene ya problemas con el peso, salvo Japón y China.si quieres saber un poco sobre tu estado fisico revisa este sencillo test de alfinal.com donde podras calcular tu IMC (indice de masa corporal) y tu perimetro de cintura.ojo que el test esta hecho en base a un adulto, por lo cual si eres menor de 18 años sera mejor que veas estas tablas comparativas de IMC segun la edad.Via |
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1947-23 de Noviembre-200760º Aniversario de la Inauguración de la Gruta de LourdesRecuerdos del Padre Manuel González El 5 de marzo de 1946, antes de la llegada del Padre Manuel González, los alumnos internos del Colegio San José van de paseo a la «Chacra», en un camión del ejército. Al volver pasan a visitar el Cañadón de las Bandurrias», y más adelante, estando ya el Padre González, el 21 de enero de 1947 visita el Colegio el Mayor Milo Ego Fernández Barbieri, muy amigo y admirador de los salesianos de Bariloche y del Alto Valle, quien recién llega a la localidad como Jefe del 92 Batallón de Comunicaciones Motorizado. El 27 de septiembre en el local de la Municipalidad adonde habían llegado las imágenes, fueron bendecidas por el Cura Párroco Padre Estanislao Kusztyb, con la participación de la banda militar, las tres escuelas de la localidad, y la población en pleno.
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MOVIMENTO PARA CRIAÇÃO DA FRENTE DE SUSTENTABILIDADE EM MAIRIPORÃ: Gostaria de iniciar meu texto, convidando-os a refletir sobre uma afirmativa unânime entre os pesquisadores da área médica, que apresentam dados inequívocos de um crescente aumento na expectativa de vida do ser humano, graças a evolução de medidas preventivas e técnicas curativas cada vez mais eficazes e promissoras; O braço ambiental parece ser a grande promessa do século para redirecionarmos as nossas reais necessidades de consumo, até conceitos de inclusão social, uma vez que podemos criar espaço do catador de lixo ao grande empresário que necessita de matéria prima, formando uma grande engrenagem, bastando para isso que cada individuo a partir da geração de uma consciência mínima, tenha atitudes que comecem em nossos lares e se expandam pelo nosso bairro, município, país, no nosso trabalho, no nosso consumo responsável, no nosso lazer, etc…Pelo exposto e pelo o que se vê no nosso município, entendo necessária a criação de uma comissão mista com diversos setores da sociedade, para elaboração de um diagnostico real da nossa região e construção de uma estratégia que nos conduza a ações, que visem buscar sustentabilidade. Muito mais do que o direito de cobrar ações de ajustes de condutas, temos o dever de exercer nossa cidadania em prol do nosso município, colaborando com sugestões e argumentos, levados a apreciação de todos, para que os interesses coletivos sobreponham os direitos individuais. Levando em conta a idade das voluntárias, os cientistas verificaram que as mulheres com níveis mais altos de vitamina D no organismo tinham maior probabilidade de ter telômeros mais longos nessas células.Estes resultados são animadores porque eles demonstram pela primeira vez que as pessoas com níveis mais altos de vitamina D podem envelhecer mais lentamente do que pessoas com níveis mais baixos de vitamina D, podendo ajudar a explicar como esta vitamina tem um efeito protetor em relação a muitas doenças ligadas a idade, tais como doenças cardíacas e câncer.
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11月25日(日)日経新聞健康欄より私の趣味である健康ウオーキングの記事が載ってましたので全文を転記し紹介いたします。健康ウオーキング境界型糖尿病人間ドックで中高年の4人に一人が該当する境界型糖尿病はウオーキングの健康効果が最も顕著な病態だ。糖尿病かどうかは血糖値で診る。早朝空腹時血糖値が126ミリグラム以上か、経口ブドウ糖負荷試験(OGTT)の二時間血糖値、または随時血糖値が200ミリグラム以上だと糖尿病になる。早朝空腹時血糖値が110ミリグラム未満で二時間血糖値が140ミリグラム未満だと正常型、どちらにも属さない場合が境界型糖尿病と診断する。境界型糖尿病には欧米人に多い空腹時血糖値異常(IFG)と、日本人に多い耐糖能異常(IGT)の2タイプがある。IGTの状態ですでに心血管病などの合併症が認められる。早期の対応が欠かせない。中高年のIGTの多くは運動(歩行)不足が原因。インスリン抵抗性により血糖を筋肉などに取り込みにくくなった状態で、インスリンを過剰に分泌する高インスリン血症になっている。OGTTを実施すると、分泌パターンは正常では1時間後のインスリン値が最も多い山型になる。インスリン抵抗性・高インスリン血症では空腹時のインスリン値は少し増えるだけだが、2時間後のインスリン値が最も多くなる右肩上がりの曲線になるのが特徴。インスリンの総分泌量も増える。高血糖が進むとそれまで増え続けていた2時間後のインスリン値と総分泌量はある時点で減少に転じる。その後、インスリン分泌の少ない糖尿病が発症する。メタボリック症候群を合併した例では、高インスリン分泌の状態で糖尿病を発症する例もある。効果が最も顕著にウオーキングを継続、習慣化すると、このインスリン分泌パターンに劇的な変化がみられる。インスリン抵抗性の改善によって、それまで増え続けていたインスリンは徐々に減少し、正常状態に回復する。呼応するように血糖値も正常になる。ウオーキングはこの分泌過剰を続けている期間に最も効果がある。OGTTでインスリン分泌状態を見ながら歩数を調節すると無理のないペースで正常型に改善できる。（日本ウオーキング協会副会長　泉　嗣彦）最後まで読んでいただきありがとうございます。健康を維持するのは大切なことは皆さん分かってます。しかし、健康マシーンを電気屋さんで(数年前まで約30年務めてました。）買っても数か月使ったらいいほうでやめる方が多い。ウオーキングはいいですよ。お金はかからない、少しの時間さえあればいい。一人でもいい。友達としゃべりながらでもいい。一日の間でどの時期でもいい。早朝は朝日が見れる。その時々によって変化する、空の色、雲の色、å½¢。本当に自然は芸術家だと感心し、感動しながら、歩くことができる。昼間も、夕方もいい。特に夕方は西に沈む夕日、東から上がる月が見えてくる日がいい。BlogPeople「農業・園芸・狩猟」ブログランキングに参加してます。
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朝9時より今日の予定のウッドデッキの修復にかかった。すぐ終わるだろうと甘く考えていたが4時半ごろまでかかってしまった。このｳｯﾄﾞﾃﾞｯｷは作成してから6年ほどになる。毎年、防腐剤を塗っているが返品を受けた安物の材料を使っているせいか上板も数か所朽ちて危険な状態だ。上板を外しネタを見ると2か所朽ちている箇所があった。そこをノコギリで切断。ねじをドライバーで外そうとしたが、これがなかなかうまくいかない。10センチほどの長いねじを使っているせいか電動ドライバーで何度も挑戦するがびくともしない。結局、バールをネタと土台の柱の間にハンマーで打ちこみ力づくで外した。(反省：作るときは丈夫にと思い作成するが、メンテナンスのことを考えること)切断した箇所に新しい板をかまし、元の板とつないだ。もちろん切断面は防腐剤を忘れずたっぷり塗りそこから朽ちないようにした。朽ちた上板が4枚。新しい材料が無いので、ウッドデッキの面積を縮小した。まだ、丈夫な上板を朽ちた個所に持ってきた。一応、完成したのが上の写真。松の根元は板が足りなくなり、空けることにした。植木鉢を置くか、照明を自作し置くか、苔を張るか思案中です。あと1か所南側のデッキで修復しなければならない個所があるので来週の土、日にしようと思う。松の古葉摘みはそれが終わってからかかります。追伸。作業中にご近所のご夫婦(貸農園のおじさん）がウオーキング帰りにブログ毎日見ているよと、声をかけてくれました。おかげさまで張り合いがでます。いつもすんません。と返事をした。多数の方に読んでいただけることはブログを毎日更新している私にとって本当にうれしいことです。いつも読んでいただきありがとうございます。BlogPeople「農業・園芸・狩猟」ブログランキングに参加してます。　　
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De ellos 2.732.015 corresponderán adultos, 1.294.649 serán niños y 324.305 adultos mayores.por otra parte en el diario ciudadano el morrocotudo, encontre cifras aun peores:Entre la mitad y dos tercios de la población mundial tiene ya problemas con el peso, salvo Japón y China.si quieres saber un poco sobre tu estado fisico revisa este sencillo test de alfinal.com donde podras calcular tu IMC (indice de masa corporal) y tu perimetro de cintura.ojo que el test esta hecho en base a un adulto, por lo cual si eres menor de 18 años sera mejor que veas estas tablas comparativas de IMC segun la edad.Via |
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1947-23 de Noviembre-200760º Aniversario de la Inauguración de la Gruta de LourdesRecuerdos del Padre Manuel González El 5 de marzo de 1946, antes de la llegada del Padre Manuel González, los alumnos internos del Colegio San José van de paseo a la «Chacra», en un camión del ejército. Al volver pasan a visitar el Cañadón de las Bandurrias», y más adelante, estando ya el Padre González, el 21 de enero de 1947 visita el Colegio el Mayor Milo Ego Fernández Barbieri, muy amigo y admirador de los salesianos de Bariloche y del Alto Valle, quien recién llega a la localidad como Jefe del 92 Batallón de Comunicaciones Motorizado. El 27 de septiembre en el local de la Municipalidad adonde habían llegado las imágenes, fueron bendecidas por el Cura Párroco Padre Estanislao Kusztyb, con la participación de la banda militar, las tres escuelas de la localidad, y la población en pleno.
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MOVIMENTO PARA CRIAÇÃO DA FRENTE DE SUSTENTABILIDADE EM MAIRIPORÃ: Gostaria de iniciar meu texto, convidando-os a refletir sobre uma afirmativa unânime entre os pesquisadores da área médica, que apresentam dados inequívocos de um crescente aumento na expectativa de vida do ser humano, graças a evolução de medidas preventivas e técnicas curativas cada vez mais eficazes e promissoras; O braço ambiental parece ser a grande promessa do século para redirecionarmos as nossas reais necessidades de consumo, até conceitos de inclusão social, uma vez que podemos criar espaço do catador de lixo ao grande empresário que necessita de matéria prima, formando uma grande engrenagem, bastando para isso que cada individuo a partir da geração de uma consciência mínima, tenha atitudes que comecem em nossos lares e se expandam pelo nosso bairro, município, país, no nosso trabalho, no nosso consumo responsável, no nosso lazer, etc…Pelo exposto e pelo o que se vê no nosso município, entendo necessária a criação de uma comissão mista com diversos setores da sociedade, para elaboração de um diagnostico real da nossa região e construção de uma estratégia que nos conduza a ações, que visem buscar sustentabilidade. Muito mais do que o direito de cobrar ações de ajustes de condutas, temos o dever de exercer nossa cidadania em prol do nosso município, colaborando com sugestões e argumentos, levados a apreciação de todos, para que os interesses coletivos sobreponham os direitos individuais. Levando em conta a idade das voluntárias, os cientistas verificaram que as mulheres com níveis mais altos de vitamina D no organismo tinham maior probabilidade de ter telômeros mais longos nessas células.Estes resultados são animadores porque eles demonstram pela primeira vez que as pessoas com níveis mais altos de vitamina D podem envelhecer mais lentamente do que pessoas com níveis mais baixos de vitamina D, podendo ajudar a explicar como esta vitamina tem um efeito protetor em relação a muitas doenças ligadas a idade, tais como doenças cardíacas e câncer.
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Array DECISION AND ORDER IMPOSING PUBLIC ADMONISHMENT This disciplinary matter concerns Judge Ruffo Espinosa, Jr., a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Having considered the written and oral objections and argument submitted by Judge Espinosa and his counsel, and good cause appearing, the Commission on Judicial Performance issues this public admonishment pursuant to article VI, section 18(d) of the California Constitution, based upon the following Statement of Facts and Reasons:STATEMENT OF FACTS AND REASONS Judge Ruffo Espinosa, Jr., is a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Netterville, BA220480, which was before Judge Espinosa on October 30, 2003, October 31, 2003, January 29, 2004, and February 5, 2004, Judge Espinosa denied the defendant full opportunity to be heard through counsel regarding sentencing, treated defense counsel in a rude and impatient manner, and abused the contempt power by holding in contempt and immediately incarcerating an attorney who had sought to be heard on his client’s behalf. When Judge Espinosa asked defense counsel, Deputy Public Defender (DPD) Michael Pentz, if he wished to address the court, DPD Pentz presented his position that the recommendation from the Department of Corrections was “sort of a split decision[,]” 9:7–8.) Upon being informed by the prosecutor that the judge already had found the defendant in violation of probation, the judge said, “All right. PENTZ: I got that from the last hearing when I was unable to speak, but now I really want to address the Court and on the record.THE COURT: I want it clear that you’re addressing the Court for the benefit of the record.MR. Less than one minute after DPD Pentz began speaking, as he began to refer to a letter that had been submitted to the court, Judge Espinosa interrupted to ask when the defendant had been arrested, saying that he wanted to calculate his credits [for jail time already served]. Judge Espinosa told DPD Pentz that he had given the judge no alternative but to remove him from the courtroom; Judge Espinosa said that Mr. Pentz had continued to disobey the court after being warned, and had “openly insulted” The order further stated that the court “felt compelled to order Mr. Pentz removed from the court room [sic] in order to continue the orderly process of other court proceedings[,]” According to Judge Didier, “To the extent the contempt adjudication is premised on [DPD Pentz’s] failure to observe [Judge Espinosa’s] order to remain silent, such order is without evidentiary support as [Mr. Pentz’s] conduct was not contemptuous. Judge Didier stated that to the extent the contempt finding might have been based on language that was not in itself contemptuous, offensive tone, and/or mannerisms such as facial expressions or gestures, a judge must warn an attorney before taking disciplinary action. Netterville).) The appellate court found that Judge Espinosa handled the Netterville case properly up to the point at which he stated that he intended to sentence the defendant to the midterm in state prison but was willing to be swayed. 28, 40].) The appellate court found that Judge Espinosa “not only precluded Pentz from completing his argument, but refused to listen during an earlier portion of that argument.” 43].) The Court of Appeal held that Judge Espinosa “committed a miscarriage of justice and reversibly erred in violation of appellant’s rights to counsel and fair trial by precluding Pentz from completing his sentencing argument.” (Ibid.) With respect to the contempt issue, the Court of Appeal determined that Judge Espinosa ordered DPD Pentz immediately into custody in violation of the mandatory stay provisions of Penal Code section 1209(c), which provides that, subject to certain exceptions, when an order of contempt is made affecting an attorney, the execution of any sentence shall be stayed for three court days. The appellate court noted that the judge apparently was aware of the provision, having referred to it when DPD Pentz reappeared with counsel by stating that he knew he would have to stay the sentence because DPD Pentz was an attorney. 46].) The appellate court also found that when DPD Pentz appeared with counsel, Judge Espinosa mischaracterized the record of the proceedings leading to the contempt finding, and later made various material omissions and misstatements in the written contempt order. 48-51].) Based on these findings, the Court of Appeal held that there was a doubt that Judge Espinosa could maintain his objectivity, and that the case must be remanded for resentencing before a different judge. By denying the defendant a full right to be heard, through counsel, regarding sentencing, the judge violated canon 3B(7) of the Code of Judicial Ethics, which requires that a judge accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person’s lawyer, full right to be heard according to law. Superior Court (1961) 55 Cal.2d 291, 298.) Judge Espinosa’s conduct also was contrary to canon 2A, which provides that a judge shall respect and comply with the law and shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary, canon 3B(2), which requires that judges be faithful to the law, and canon 3B(5), which requires that judges perform judicial duties without bias or prejudice. In addition, the judge’s treatment of DPD Pentz was contrary to canon 3B(4), which requires judges to be patient, dignified and courteous toward those with whom the judge deals in a judicial capacity.
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Here is an essay I did for a theology subject on inerrancy, the idea that the Bible is free from all error.AbstractOn the surface, the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy and the affirmation of Stanley Grenz have much in common. Therefore, to insist that the bible has a doctrine of inerrancy that refers to facts is an inappropriate use of the term.Thirdly, Grenz insists that inerrancy is not necessary for a view of Scripture as authoritative. Howeverfor inerrancy to have a biblical meaning, it should be defined inductively[40] from the phenomena of Scripture.Inerrancy and biblical phenomenaApparent contradictions in Scripture, both textual and with modern science which must be addressed[41]. A prior commitment to inerrancy produces problematic, ad hoc hamonisations such as those of Lindsell[49], and sometimes disregards usual standards of evidence[50].Inerrancy in retreatIt is possible to claim that inerrancy applies only to matters of faith: “the infallible and necessary rule of truth”[51]. Likewise, Beegle sees degrees of inspiration with different purposes, whilst all the time being the word of God[67].Re-imaging inerrancyGrenz calls his modified inerrancy trustworthiness, which is similar to Farrow’s functional inerrancy and Garrett’s[68] dependability. Okholm (eds), Evangelicals & Scripture: Tradition, Authority and Hermeneutics, Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2004.John Bartkowski, Beyond Biblical Literalism and Inerrancy: Conservative Protestants and the Hermeneutic Interpretation of Scripture, Sociology of Religion 1996, 57:3, 259-272.Dewey Beegle, Inerrancy and the Phenomena of Scripture, in Readings in Christian Theology, Volume I The Living God, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1973.Dewey M Beegle, Scripture, Tradition and Infallibility, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1973.Donald G. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1990.Norman L Geisler (ed), Inerrancy, The Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1979.John Goldingay, Models for Scripture, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994.Stanley Grenz, Theology for the Community of God, Wm B Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000.Michael A Grisnati, Inspiration, Inerrancy, and the OT Canon: The Place of Textual Updating in an Inerrant View of Scripture, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dec 44/4, 2001: 277-298.Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press/ Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1994.Harold Lindsell., The Case of the Molten Sea, in The Battle for the Bible, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1976.George Marsden, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1987.Bruce L. Wright, Scripture and the Authority of God, 2005, SPCK, London.The Proceedings of the Conference on Biblical Inerrance 1987, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1987.[1] Stanley Grenz, Theology for the Community of God, Wm B Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000, p401.[2] For a useful introduction to concepts of validity and soundness in syllogisms, see Mike Adler’s article “How to be much cleverer than all your friends (so they really hate you) in the June/July 2005 issue of Philosophy Now.[3] Although this is too narrow a focus, to limit the biblical narrative simply to personal salvation. Why Grenz cannot affirm that Paul wrote this letter is not discussed![6] International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, The Chicago Statement on Inerrancy, 1978, Chicago, Illinois, p5.[7] Chicago Statement, summary statements 1 and 2.[8] Chicago Statement, statement 3, including all matters in creation (statement 4) such as the creation of the world and the Flood (Article XII).[9] Chicago Statement, p12.[10] Chicago Statement, p12.[11] Chicago Statement, statement 4, articles VI, IX.[12] Chicago Statement, article XI.[13] Chicago Statement, statement 5.[14] Chicago Statement , article XIX.[15] Chicago Statement, p11.[16] Chicago Statement, article X.[17] Chicago Statement, p12.[18] Millard Erickson, Christian Theology, Second Edition, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1998, p248.[19] Sinclair B. Ferguson and David F Wright (eds), New Dictionary of Theology, Inter Varsity Press, Leicester, England/ Downers Grove, Illinois, 1988, p337.[20] John Goldingay, Models for Scripture, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994, p262.[21] Goldingay, p262-263.[22] “If there be any mistakes in the bible, there may well be a thousand. Goldingay, p264.[23] Goldingay, p265.[24] Note that Paul D Feinberg in his essay The Meaning of Inerrancy in Norman L Geisler (ed), Inerrancy, The Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1979, p269 takes it for granted that inerrancy is orthodoxy (before he even defines it).[25] Whose obsession with the absolute accuracy of numbers insists upon inerrancy of every detail. Okholm (eds), Evangelicals & Scripture: Tradition, Authority and Hermeneutics, Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2004, p41.[31] Douglas Farrow, The Word of Truth and Disputes About Words, Carpenter Books, Winona Lake, Indiana, 1987, p128.[32] Bloesch, p91.[33] Farrow, p139.[34] Farrow, p28.[35] John Bartkowski, Beyond Biblical Literalism and Inerrancy: Conservative Protestants and the Hermeneutic Interpretation of Scripture, Sociology of Religion 1996, 57:3, 259-272.[36] Dockery, p66.[37] Erickson, Christian Theology, p255f.[38] Referring to Norman Geisler. Dewey Beegle, Inerrancy and the Phenomena of Scripture, in Readings in Christian Theology, Volume I The Living God, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1973, p249f..[48] For example, Genesis 5. Erickson, Problem Areas Related to Biblical Inerrancy and Responses in The Proceedings of the Conference on Biblical Inerrance 1987, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1987, p183.[56] Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press/ Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1994, p90.[57] Michael A Grisnati, Inspiration, Inerrancy, and the OT Canon: The Place of Textual Updating in an Inerrant View of Scripture, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dec 44/4, 2001: 277-298.[58] Grisnati, p590f.[59] If deutero-Isaiah were an important prophetic figure, why is he unnamed? Likewise, if unnamed prophets updated Isaiah, surely it is deception for them to claim it is his work alone?[60] Grenz, 401.[61] Farrow, p96.[62] Paul J Achtemeir, Inspiration and Authority: Nature and Function of Christian Scripture, Hendrickon Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1999, p94.[63] Farrow, p98-9.[64] Goldingay, p274.[65] Goldingay, p275.[66] Goldingay, p276.[67] Dewey M Beegle, Scripture, Tradition and Infallibility, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1973, p207.[68] James Leo Garrett, Jr, Systematic Theology: Biblical, Historical and Evangelical, Vol.
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Let’s see how many more signatures we can collect in the next two days.The Last 48 HoursIf you live in the metro-Richmond area and have petition signatures you have had notarized and you would like to turn them in, here is the procedure for the last 48 hours:Monday — April 10th:Use overnight mail (FedEx, UPS, etc.) to send your notarized signatures to:Jim Webb for Senate1916 Wilson BLVDArlington VA 22216Attention: PeteI will also be at tonight’s meeting of the Henrico County Democratic Committee.Tuesday — April 11th:I will be collecting any remaining notarized petition sheets in Richmond and driving them up to Fairfax on Tuesday evening, April 11th.
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I certainly couldn’t do a better job of debunking the book than Michael Berube does on a regular basis on his blog (of course, as someone actually listed as one of the 101 most dangerous professors, Berube is in an ideal position to take on Horowitz, and does so with elan and ironic humour, something his shrill and thin-skinned opponent is notably lacking. Granted, this does tend to come from the more hysterical of the pundits (Anne Coulter is perhaps the Senator from Wisconsin’s greatest advocate these days, though there are some revisionist histories in the works as well), but the fact that it rather neatly parallels the entire Bush-wiretapping issue is somewhat disturbing.It is still a fairly significant insult to be accused of McCarthyite tactics, and so the good Mr. Horowitz bristles rather quickly when anyone ventures to suggest that his book is all about naming names, though he is quite glib when it comes to accusing his detractors of tactics similar to those of Tailgunner Joe.With the frequency with which McCarthy’s name gets tossed around by people on both the left and the right, it’s only good and proper that we hear it with a grain of salt and see it for what it is most of the time: namely, a reified term that simply connotes a bad guy in a black hat, a cartoon villain whose identification as a bombastic crypto-fascist buffoon tends to go largely unexamined and unquestioned in the popular imagination — much in the same way that a Stephen Spielberg film uses Nazis as the bad guys, because they come with a whole series of qualities and traits that require no thought to decipher.The problem is that Horowitz’s tactics are genuinely McCarthyite. Herding cats is the phrase that comes to mind — any conspiracy by academics would be stillborn at the first meeting during the fight that would ensue over what to name the cabal.Further, the basis for Horowitz’s book is the idea that these professors are dangerous not so much for personal politics as for their indoctrination of their students into leftist and anti-American sentiments. When we think about it, conspiracy in its actual, documented forms as a criminal charge (conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to defraud) is something that is investigated and uncovered using inductive reasoning — that is, working from the particulars to a general rule (investigators uncover evidence, find connections, establish which connections are valid, and arrive at the shape of the conspiracy). Also undeniable however is the collateral damage done by HUAC to people whose only crime had been attending a meeting out of curiosity in the 1930s, or owning albumns by Paul Robeson, or having a next-door neighour who had confessed to marxist sympathies — people whose jobs were lost, who found themselves faced with the impossible choice of naming names they knew to be innocent or getting blacklisted.The point of the McCarthyite conspiracy theorizing however was manifestly not uncovering actual card-carrying communists so much as attacking the vestiages of 1930s-era, New Deal-style politics as manifested in the figure that so fired McCarthy’s hatred: the east-coast, Ivy League liberal intellectual. Yet, the continuum proceeds by increments, taking us from idiots like Professor Ward Churchill (who called the victims of 9/11 little Eichmanns) or a dictator like Fidel Castro, through well-respected academics like Cornell West or populist filmmakers like Michael Moore, to such innocuous celebrities like Streisand, Bruce Springsteen and Martin Sheen (the picture of Sheen, incidentally, is cropped from a publicity still from The West Wing).This particular page is, effectively, the entire site in microcosm.
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What is remarkable about it is that despite being filmed using plasticine figures, it catches the humanity of Jesus more than any other film. Viewers familiar with a number of Jesus films will know that this is one of the issues that always come up when Jesus films are discussed. Whilst I believe the timing of this incident is not based on a specific historical incident, it does emphasise what most Jesus films miss - that Jesus’s execution was, from a Roman point of view, nothing out of the ordinary.Later on there we are shown the post-resurrection appearance to Cleopas and companion on the Road to Emmaus. Whilst some films have excluded it all together, such as Son of Man (1969), others have taken more creative, but ambiguous, interpretations (Jesus of Montreal, Jesus Christ Superstar, Last Temptation of Christ). Of those that have chosen to show a more literal interpretation, they have either given it relatively short shrift (Jesus of Nazareth) or eschewed the biblical accounts and replaced them with their own interpretations of what happened (The Passion of the Christ).In contrast, The Miracle Maker shows Mary finding the empty tomb (John 20:1)and then meeting the risen Jesus (John 20:11-18), Mary telling Peter, and him running to the tomb (John 20:2-7), Peter meeting Jesus (a fictionalised abbreviation of John 21:15-19), The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35), And the second appearance to the disciples, including Thomas (John 20:36-41), and the Ascension (Luke 24:48-53).I’ll post a full scene guide in a few days, but if you fancy watching a Jesus film at some point over the Easter period, and you haven’t seen this one yet, then I’d strongly recommend it.Edit [5:25pm]I’ve just noticed that Lesa Bellevie over at The Magdalene Review has also just seen this film and posted her comments on it.
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Array DECISION AND ORDER IMPOSING PUBLIC ADMONISHMENT This disciplinary matter concerns Judge Ruffo Espinosa, Jr., a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Having considered the written and oral objections and argument submitted by Judge Espinosa and his counsel, and good cause appearing, the Commission on Judicial Performance issues this public admonishment pursuant to article VI, section 18(d) of the California Constitution, based upon the following Statement of Facts and Reasons:STATEMENT OF FACTS AND REASONS Judge Ruffo Espinosa, Jr., is a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Netterville, BA220480, which was before Judge Espinosa on October 30, 2003, October 31, 2003, January 29, 2004, and February 5, 2004, Judge Espinosa denied the defendant full opportunity to be heard through counsel regarding sentencing, treated defense counsel in a rude and impatient manner, and abused the contempt power by holding in contempt and immediately incarcerating an attorney who had sought to be heard on his client’s behalf. When Judge Espinosa asked defense counsel, Deputy Public Defender (DPD) Michael Pentz, if he wished to address the court, DPD Pentz presented his position that the recommendation from the Department of Corrections was “sort of a split decision[,]” 9:7–8.) Upon being informed by the prosecutor that the judge already had found the defendant in violation of probation, the judge said, “All right. PENTZ: I got that from the last hearing when I was unable to speak, but now I really want to address the Court and on the record.THE COURT: I want it clear that you’re addressing the Court for the benefit of the record.MR. Less than one minute after DPD Pentz began speaking, as he began to refer to a letter that had been submitted to the court, Judge Espinosa interrupted to ask when the defendant had been arrested, saying that he wanted to calculate his credits [for jail time already served]. Judge Espinosa told DPD Pentz that he had given the judge no alternative but to remove him from the courtroom; Judge Espinosa said that Mr. Pentz had continued to disobey the court after being warned, and had “openly insulted” The order further stated that the court “felt compelled to order Mr. Pentz removed from the court room [sic] in order to continue the orderly process of other court proceedings[,]” According to Judge Didier, “To the extent the contempt adjudication is premised on [DPD Pentz’s] failure to observe [Judge Espinosa’s] order to remain silent, such order is without evidentiary support as [Mr. Pentz’s] conduct was not contemptuous. Judge Didier stated that to the extent the contempt finding might have been based on language that was not in itself contemptuous, offensive tone, and/or mannerisms such as facial expressions or gestures, a judge must warn an attorney before taking disciplinary action. Netterville).) The appellate court found that Judge Espinosa handled the Netterville case properly up to the point at which he stated that he intended to sentence the defendant to the midterm in state prison but was willing to be swayed. 28, 40].) The appellate court found that Judge Espinosa “not only precluded Pentz from completing his argument, but refused to listen during an earlier portion of that argument.” 43].) The Court of Appeal held that Judge Espinosa “committed a miscarriage of justice and reversibly erred in violation of appellant’s rights to counsel and fair trial by precluding Pentz from completing his sentencing argument.” (Ibid.) With respect to the contempt issue, the Court of Appeal determined that Judge Espinosa ordered DPD Pentz immediately into custody in violation of the mandatory stay provisions of Penal Code section 1209(c), which provides that, subject to certain exceptions, when an order of contempt is made affecting an attorney, the execution of any sentence shall be stayed for three court days. The appellate court noted that the judge apparently was aware of the provision, having referred to it when DPD Pentz reappeared with counsel by stating that he knew he would have to stay the sentence because DPD Pentz was an attorney. 46].) The appellate court also found that when DPD Pentz appeared with counsel, Judge Espinosa mischaracterized the record of the proceedings leading to the contempt finding, and later made various material omissions and misstatements in the written contempt order. 48-51].) Based on these findings, the Court of Appeal held that there was a doubt that Judge Espinosa could maintain his objectivity, and that the case must be remanded for resentencing before a different judge. By denying the defendant a full right to be heard, through counsel, regarding sentencing, the judge violated canon 3B(7) of the Code of Judicial Ethics, which requires that a judge accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person’s lawyer, full right to be heard according to law. Superior Court (1961) 55 Cal.2d 291, 298.) Judge Espinosa’s conduct also was contrary to canon 2A, which provides that a judge shall respect and comply with the law and shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary, canon 3B(2), which requires that judges be faithful to the law, and canon 3B(5), which requires that judges perform judicial duties without bias or prejudice. In addition, the judge’s treatment of DPD Pentz was contrary to canon 3B(4), which requires judges to be patient, dignified and courteous toward those with whom the judge deals in a judicial capacity.
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Here is an essay I did for a theology subject on inerrancy, the idea that the Bible is free from all error.AbstractOn the surface, the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy and the affirmation of Stanley Grenz have much in common. Therefore, to insist that the bible has a doctrine of inerrancy that refers to facts is an inappropriate use of the term.Thirdly, Grenz insists that inerrancy is not necessary for a view of Scripture as authoritative. Howeverfor inerrancy to have a biblical meaning, it should be defined inductively[40] from the phenomena of Scripture.Inerrancy and biblical phenomenaApparent contradictions in Scripture, both textual and with modern science which must be addressed[41]. A prior commitment to inerrancy produces problematic, ad hoc hamonisations such as those of Lindsell[49], and sometimes disregards usual standards of evidence[50].Inerrancy in retreatIt is possible to claim that inerrancy applies only to matters of faith: “the infallible and necessary rule of truth”[51]. Likewise, Beegle sees degrees of inspiration with different purposes, whilst all the time being the word of God[67].Re-imaging inerrancyGrenz calls his modified inerrancy trustworthiness, which is similar to Farrow’s functional inerrancy and Garrett’s[68] dependability. Okholm (eds), Evangelicals & Scripture: Tradition, Authority and Hermeneutics, Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2004.John Bartkowski, Beyond Biblical Literalism and Inerrancy: Conservative Protestants and the Hermeneutic Interpretation of Scripture, Sociology of Religion 1996, 57:3, 259-272.Dewey Beegle, Inerrancy and the Phenomena of Scripture, in Readings in Christian Theology, Volume I The Living God, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1973.Dewey M Beegle, Scripture, Tradition and Infallibility, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1973.Donald G. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1990.Norman L Geisler (ed), Inerrancy, The Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1979.John Goldingay, Models for Scripture, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994.Stanley Grenz, Theology for the Community of God, Wm B Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000.Michael A Grisnati, Inspiration, Inerrancy, and the OT Canon: The Place of Textual Updating in an Inerrant View of Scripture, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dec 44/4, 2001: 277-298.Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press/ Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1994.Harold Lindsell., The Case of the Molten Sea, in The Battle for the Bible, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1976.George Marsden, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1987.Bruce L. Wright, Scripture and the Authority of God, 2005, SPCK, London.The Proceedings of the Conference on Biblical Inerrance 1987, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1987.[1] Stanley Grenz, Theology for the Community of God, Wm B Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000, p401.[2] For a useful introduction to concepts of validity and soundness in syllogisms, see Mike Adler’s article “How to be much cleverer than all your friends (so they really hate you) in the June/July 2005 issue of Philosophy Now.[3] Although this is too narrow a focus, to limit the biblical narrative simply to personal salvation. Why Grenz cannot affirm that Paul wrote this letter is not discussed![6] International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, The Chicago Statement on Inerrancy, 1978, Chicago, Illinois, p5.[7] Chicago Statement, summary statements 1 and 2.[8] Chicago Statement, statement 3, including all matters in creation (statement 4) such as the creation of the world and the Flood (Article XII).[9] Chicago Statement, p12.[10] Chicago Statement, p12.[11] Chicago Statement, statement 4, articles VI, IX.[12] Chicago Statement, article XI.[13] Chicago Statement, statement 5.[14] Chicago Statement , article XIX.[15] Chicago Statement, p11.[16] Chicago Statement, article X.[17] Chicago Statement, p12.[18] Millard Erickson, Christian Theology, Second Edition, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1998, p248.[19] Sinclair B. Ferguson and David F Wright (eds), New Dictionary of Theology, Inter Varsity Press, Leicester, England/ Downers Grove, Illinois, 1988, p337.[20] John Goldingay, Models for Scripture, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994, p262.[21] Goldingay, p262-263.[22] “If there be any mistakes in the bible, there may well be a thousand. Goldingay, p264.[23] Goldingay, p265.[24] Note that Paul D Feinberg in his essay The Meaning of Inerrancy in Norman L Geisler (ed), Inerrancy, The Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1979, p269 takes it for granted that inerrancy is orthodoxy (before he even defines it).[25] Whose obsession with the absolute accuracy of numbers insists upon inerrancy of every detail. Okholm (eds), Evangelicals & Scripture: Tradition, Authority and Hermeneutics, Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2004, p41.[31] Douglas Farrow, The Word of Truth and Disputes About Words, Carpenter Books, Winona Lake, Indiana, 1987, p128.[32] Bloesch, p91.[33] Farrow, p139.[34] Farrow, p28.[35] John Bartkowski, Beyond Biblical Literalism and Inerrancy: Conservative Protestants and the Hermeneutic Interpretation of Scripture, Sociology of Religion 1996, 57:3, 259-272.[36] Dockery, p66.[37] Erickson, Christian Theology, p255f.[38] Referring to Norman Geisler. Dewey Beegle, Inerrancy and the Phenomena of Scripture, in Readings in Christian Theology, Volume I The Living God, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1973, p249f..[48] For example, Genesis 5. Erickson, Problem Areas Related to Biblical Inerrancy and Responses in The Proceedings of the Conference on Biblical Inerrance 1987, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1987, p183.[56] Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press/ Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1994, p90.[57] Michael A Grisnati, Inspiration, Inerrancy, and the OT Canon: The Place of Textual Updating in an Inerrant View of Scripture, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dec 44/4, 2001: 277-298.[58] Grisnati, p590f.[59] If deutero-Isaiah were an important prophetic figure, why is he unnamed? Likewise, if unnamed prophets updated Isaiah, surely it is deception for them to claim it is his work alone?[60] Grenz, 401.[61] Farrow, p96.[62] Paul J Achtemeir, Inspiration and Authority: Nature and Function of Christian Scripture, Hendrickon Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1999, p94.[63] Farrow, p98-9.[64] Goldingay, p274.[65] Goldingay, p275.[66] Goldingay, p276.[67] Dewey M Beegle, Scripture, Tradition and Infallibility, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1973, p207.[68] James Leo Garrett, Jr, Systematic Theology: Biblical, Historical and Evangelical, Vol.
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Let’s see how many more signatures we can collect in the next two days.The Last 48 HoursIf you live in the metro-Richmond area and have petition signatures you have had notarized and you would like to turn them in, here is the procedure for the last 48 hours:Monday — April 10th:Use overnight mail (FedEx, UPS, etc.) to send your notarized signatures to:Jim Webb for Senate1916 Wilson BLVDArlington VA 22216Attention: PeteI will also be at tonight’s meeting of the Henrico County Democratic Committee.Tuesday — April 11th:I will be collecting any remaining notarized petition sheets in Richmond and driving them up to Fairfax on Tuesday evening, April 11th.
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I certainly couldn’t do a better job of debunking the book than Michael Berube does on a regular basis on his blog (of course, as someone actually listed as one of the 101 most dangerous professors, Berube is in an ideal position to take on Horowitz, and does so with elan and ironic humour, something his shrill and thin-skinned opponent is notably lacking. Granted, this does tend to come from the more hysterical of the pundits (Anne Coulter is perhaps the Senator from Wisconsin’s greatest advocate these days, though there are some revisionist histories in the works as well), but the fact that it rather neatly parallels the entire Bush-wiretapping issue is somewhat disturbing.It is still a fairly significant insult to be accused of McCarthyite tactics, and so the good Mr. Horowitz bristles rather quickly when anyone ventures to suggest that his book is all about naming names, though he is quite glib when it comes to accusing his detractors of tactics similar to those of Tailgunner Joe.With the frequency with which McCarthy’s name gets tossed around by people on both the left and the right, it’s only good and proper that we hear it with a grain of salt and see it for what it is most of the time: namely, a reified term that simply connotes a bad guy in a black hat, a cartoon villain whose identification as a bombastic crypto-fascist buffoon tends to go largely unexamined and unquestioned in the popular imagination — much in the same way that a Stephen Spielberg film uses Nazis as the bad guys, because they come with a whole series of qualities and traits that require no thought to decipher.The problem is that Horowitz’s tactics are genuinely McCarthyite. Herding cats is the phrase that comes to mind — any conspiracy by academics would be stillborn at the first meeting during the fight that would ensue over what to name the cabal.Further, the basis for Horowitz’s book is the idea that these professors are dangerous not so much for personal politics as for their indoctrination of their students into leftist and anti-American sentiments. When we think about it, conspiracy in its actual, documented forms as a criminal charge (conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to defraud) is something that is investigated and uncovered using inductive reasoning — that is, working from the particulars to a general rule (investigators uncover evidence, find connections, establish which connections are valid, and arrive at the shape of the conspiracy). Also undeniable however is the collateral damage done by HUAC to people whose only crime had been attending a meeting out of curiosity in the 1930s, or owning albumns by Paul Robeson, or having a next-door neighour who had confessed to marxist sympathies — people whose jobs were lost, who found themselves faced with the impossible choice of naming names they knew to be innocent or getting blacklisted.The point of the McCarthyite conspiracy theorizing however was manifestly not uncovering actual card-carrying communists so much as attacking the vestiages of 1930s-era, New Deal-style politics as manifested in the figure that so fired McCarthy’s hatred: the east-coast, Ivy League liberal intellectual. Yet, the continuum proceeds by increments, taking us from idiots like Professor Ward Churchill (who called the victims of 9/11 little Eichmanns) or a dictator like Fidel Castro, through well-respected academics like Cornell West or populist filmmakers like Michael Moore, to such innocuous celebrities like Streisand, Bruce Springsteen and Martin Sheen (the picture of Sheen, incidentally, is cropped from a publicity still from The West Wing).This particular page is, effectively, the entire site in microcosm.
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What is remarkable about it is that despite being filmed using plasticine figures, it catches the humanity of Jesus more than any other film. Viewers familiar with a number of Jesus films will know that this is one of the issues that always come up when Jesus films are discussed. Whilst I believe the timing of this incident is not based on a specific historical incident, it does emphasise what most Jesus films miss - that Jesus’s execution was, from a Roman point of view, nothing out of the ordinary.Later on there we are shown the post-resurrection appearance to Cleopas and companion on the Road to Emmaus. Whilst some films have excluded it all together, such as Son of Man (1969), others have taken more creative, but ambiguous, interpretations (Jesus of Montreal, Jesus Christ Superstar, Last Temptation of Christ). Of those that have chosen to show a more literal interpretation, they have either given it relatively short shrift (Jesus of Nazareth) or eschewed the biblical accounts and replaced them with their own interpretations of what happened (The Passion of the Christ).In contrast, The Miracle Maker shows Mary finding the empty tomb (John 20:1)and then meeting the risen Jesus (John 20:11-18), Mary telling Peter, and him running to the tomb (John 20:2-7), Peter meeting Jesus (a fictionalised abbreviation of John 21:15-19), The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35), And the second appearance to the disciples, including Thomas (John 20:36-41), and the Ascension (Luke 24:48-53).I’ll post a full scene guide in a few days, but if you fancy watching a Jesus film at some point over the Easter period, and you haven’t seen this one yet, then I’d strongly recommend it.Edit [5:25pm]I’ve just noticed that Lesa Bellevie over at The Magdalene Review has also just seen this film and posted her comments on it.
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TWO MEMBERS of the committee that screens judicial candidates in Brooklyn quit the panel Monday night, saying it did not live up to their expectations.Panel member Robert L. Begleiter announced his resignation and that of Jane N. Barrett at the start of a meeting of the newly restructured Kings County Democratic Judicial Screening Committee.A letter from the pair to panel Chairman Martin Edelman was distributed to its members yesterday. . .We resign with regret, as we both had high expectations that the Panel, as reconstituted this year, would further merit selection of judges in Brooklyn and would restore the perception of integrity to a process that has been severely criticized, it said. Unfortunately, our experience with the Panel has convinced us that it will not, under current procedures, be a vehicle for that reform. . . We strongly urge the Panel be charged with providing short lists of recommended individuals for judges positions,” rather than rating candidates as “qualified” or not qualified,” the letter says. The pair urged that the committee identify “the most merited among the qualified.” That is similar to the New York County Democratic Partys method and the process for selection of U.S. magistrate judges. . . They claim the panel reached the same conclusion by consensus at its first meeting. Ms. Barrett and Mr. Begleiter said in their letter that the indicted pair participated in a June decision about the panels charter. However, Robert Liff, the partys spokesman, said Mr. Norman has presided over executive committee meetings without voting and Mr. Feldman is not a member.Law Journal, July 22, 2004 The executive director of the Brooklyn party, Jeffrey Feldman, declined to give a reason for the two lawyers resignations, and said they would be replaced after the panel has finished its business for this year. “The panel is in the middle of the process,” Mr. Feldman said. . .”They just got cold feet from all the press,” said one Brooklyn Democrat. They resigned without any formal letter, he said. “These are not letter-writers.”New York Sun. May 7, 2003″Though three judicial screening panel members resigned, none of the others followed suit. And Jeffrey Feldman, executive director of the county organization, said Brooklyn is still a leader in judicial reform. “Were one of only about five organizations to enjoy the input of the screening panel, he said. Weve always been on the leading edge.”Newsday, May 21, 2001″The First Districts selection process is the best in the state because of its screening panel, which is discussed further below, and because of the intense involvemnet of Manhattan Democratic Clubs in judicial politics. . . Nevertheless, even in the First District, New York Countys Democratic leader controls the process. Farrell assembles a package of candidatges for presentation to the convention and the delegates approve it. Candidate who Farrell decides should be nominated get nominated. . .More specifically, the overwhelming majority of these disputes involves rival Democrats clubs in Manhattan. These clubs members, who must pay dues, represent approximately 1.3% of the registered Democrats in Manhattan. That there are occasional frights for control at the upper levels of the political structure of an AD or a county does not mean the delegate selection process is open to a challenger candidate who seeks her partys nomination. To the contray, it is yet another window into how closed the process is to the ordinary voters. “From Judge Gleason Decisionlink

short’n sweet i don’t remember the dream, but talking about alcohol this afternoon reminded me of it…i mentioned a 7-7 and stopped midsentence because i remembered….
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McKinley26 - Teddy Roosevelt, there are 13 bodies buried in the basement and 13 times 2 is 264 - Madison, you can golf in Madison and when you golf you yell fore8 - Martin Van Buren, nicknamed Little Magician and it’s a Magic 8 ball14 - Franklin Pierce, when you are 14 you can get your ears pierced18 - Grant, 18 is grand7 - Jackson, the Jackson 5 plus the parents is 7Awake(Original Post)

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actually, my windows are on the southeast corner of my house. so when the sun comes up, i’m screwed. see, i can take naps after school due to the fact that the sun is usually over my house at that point, but after 7, it’s shining right in my window. thus making it impossible to sleep late. unless i try putting a blanket over my head. then i can’t breathe well. i can’t win either way. dammit.so i tossed and turned from about 7-9:30 this morning. fun stuff.i surprisingly didn’t have a dream about her last night. i had one about lucas instead. man, i miss him.i’m talking to my best friend who lives out in the county. i told her about my fun evening last night and she told me, yeah, i like straight peoplelink

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TWO MEMBERS of the committee that screens judicial candidates in Brooklyn quit the panel Monday night, saying it did not live up to their expectations.Panel member Robert L. Begleiter announced his resignation and that of Jane N. Barrett at the start of a meeting of the newly restructured Kings County Democratic Judicial Screening Committee.A letter from the pair to panel Chairman Martin Edelman was distributed to its members yesterday. . .We resign with regret, as we both had high expectations that the Panel, as reconstituted this year, would further merit selection of judges in Brooklyn and would restore the perception of integrity to a process that has been severely criticized, it said. Unfortunately, our experience with the Panel has convinced us that it will not, under current procedures, be a vehicle for that reform. . . We strongly urge the Panel be charged with providing short lists of recommended individuals for judges positions,” rather than rating candidates as “qualified” or not qualified,” the letter says. The pair urged that the committee identify “the most merited among the qualified.” That is similar to the New York County Democratic Partys method and the process for selection of U.S. magistrate judges. . . They claim the panel reached the same conclusion by consensus at its first meeting. Ms. Barrett and Mr. Begleiter said in their letter that the indicted pair participated in a June decision about the panels charter. However, Robert Liff, the partys spokesman, said Mr. Norman has presided over executive committee meetings without voting and Mr. Feldman is not a member.Law Journal, July 22, 2004 The executive director of the Brooklyn party, Jeffrey Feldman, declined to give a reason for the two lawyers resignations, and said they would be replaced after the panel has finished its business for this year. “The panel is in the middle of the process,” Mr. Feldman said. . .”They just got cold feet from all the press,” said one Brooklyn Democrat. They resigned without any formal letter, he said. “These are not letter-writers.”New York Sun. May 7, 2003″Though three judicial screening panel members resigned, none of the others followed suit. And Jeffrey Feldman, executive director of the county organization, said Brooklyn is still a leader in judicial reform. “Were one of only about five organizations to enjoy the input of the screening panel, he said. Weve always been on the leading edge.”Newsday, May 21, 2001″The First Districts selection process is the best in the state because of its screening panel, which is discussed further below, and because of the intense involvemnet of Manhattan Democratic Clubs in judicial politics. . . Nevertheless, even in the First District, New York Countys Democratic leader controls the process. Farrell assembles a package of candidatges for presentation to the convention and the delegates approve it. Candidate who Farrell decides should be nominated get nominated. . .More specifically, the overwhelming majority of these disputes involves rival Democrats clubs in Manhattan. These clubs members, who must pay dues, represent approximately 1.3% of the registered Democrats in Manhattan. That there are occasional frights for control at the upper levels of the political structure of an AD or a county does not mean the delegate selection process is open to a challenger candidate who seeks her partys nomination. To the contray, it is yet another window into how closed the process is to the ordinary voters. “From Judge Gleason Decisionlink

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McKinley26 - Teddy Roosevelt, there are 13 bodies buried in the basement and 13 times 2 is 264 - Madison, you can golf in Madison and when you golf you yell fore8 - Martin Van Buren, nicknamed Little Magician and it’s a Magic 8 ball14 - Franklin Pierce, when you are 14 you can get your ears pierced18 - Grant, 18 is grand7 - Jackson, the Jackson 5 plus the parents is 7Awake(Original Post)

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actually, my windows are on the southeast corner of my house. so when the sun comes up, i’m screwed. see, i can take naps after school due to the fact that the sun is usually over my house at that point, but after 7, it’s shining right in my window. thus making it impossible to sleep late. unless i try putting a blanket over my head. then i can’t breathe well. i can’t win either way. dammit.so i tossed and turned from about 7-9:30 this morning. fun stuff.i surprisingly didn’t have a dream about her last night. i had one about lucas instead. man, i miss him.i’m talking to my best friend who lives out in the county. i told her about my fun evening last night and she told me, yeah, i like straight peoplelink

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I enjoyed reading Neighbor Jane Payne’s list of 100 things and Susan’s. I love to bake for people.2. I love to play and could play for hours if I had the time.8. It makes me feel like I’m MacGyver.18. I love order and cleanliness.19. My sister Erin and I made a lot of money doing summertime plays for the neighbor children when we were preteens. I am very patriotic and don’t tire of hearing the national anthem every day at 4:30 p.m.21. I love the internet. I love e-mail too.26. I love to be frugal.27. I love slip-on shoes but get more done when I wear tie-up shoes.28. I love being a homemaker.32. I make hooded ducky towels.35. I love to pick the brains of more experienced mothers than myself.36. I always give eye contact when I talk to people and teach my children to do the same.42. I love classical music and the oldies.43. I love nuts. I love prunes. Grocery bargains make my day.59. I don’t like it when people knock on my door or ring my doorbell during naptime.60. I LOVE camping.65. I like people but I don’t like crowds.68. Random people that I’ve just met in line at the grocery store or Walmart or gas station, ANYWHERE, will tell me about the surgery they just had or their life story or their cheating spouse or their children and grandchildren’s degrees and occupations, etc.70. I love to read.77. I read dozens of books each year for myself.78. I love to read to the kids—and read a dozen books a day to them.79. I love garlic.80. I love pajamas.81. I made homemade pizza every Friday for about six months.87. I don’t like to make waves. I was the librarian for the Provo La Leche League and read every book they had.96. I love being a mom.Now it’s your turn.
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WeBS counts totals for December 2006 all Pembrokeshire sitesRed-throated Diver 3Great Northern Diver 4Little Grebe 83Great Crested Grebe 30Cormorant 52Shag 2Little Egret 59Grey Heron 23Mute Swan 171Canada Goose 916Light-bellied Brent Goose 4Shelduck 440Wigeon 2835Gadwall 14Teal 1178Mallard 624Shoveler 34Pochard 3Tufted Duck 22Common Scoter 43Goldeneye 24Red-breasted Merganser 1Goosander 11Water Rail 11Moorhen 117Coot 289Oystercatcher 560Ringed Plover 44Golden Plover 200Grey Plover 25Lapwing 1799Purple Sandpiper 2Dunlin 2172Jack Snipe 5Snipe 235Black-tailed Godwit 10Bar-tailed Godwit 11Curlew 974Spotted Redshank 5Redshank 512Greenshank 16Green Sandpiper 1Turnstone 71Kingfisher 4Mediterranean Gull 4Black-headed Gull 1996Common Gull 62Lesser Black-backed Gull 130Herring Gull 417Great Black-backed Gull 29Feral/hybrid goose 1Feral/hybrid mallard type 23Snow Goose 2Iceland Gull 1Buzzard 5Merlin 1Peregrine 3Total 16311

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Jack spoke with Military Analyst Ben Works about President Bush’s plan to place another 20 thousand American forces in Iraq. Should American businesses only accept U.S. dollars?Javier Corrales, associate professor and chair of Poly-Sci at Amherst College discusses the third presidental win by Hugo Chavez.
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The plan is to do 3 over the next year.The funny thing about this running….In the summer of 1999 I started running because…(1) I always wanted to try it.(2) I noticed the late 20’s flab from a sedentary lifestyle starting to creep in.(3) I thought it would be a great way to stay in shape for my favorite sport: basketball.Over the course of the seven plus years I have noticed a transition from running to stay in shape to play basketball…to playing basketball to aid as a cross trainer for running….to, this year, not playing basketball at all so I could concentrate only on running.
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Daily scheduled shuttle buses operate between the resort - Phuket Town - Patong Beach.Our friendly staff can arrange horse riding and elephant trekking, golf, rafting, sea canoeing, and game fishing as well as a wide variety of day tours.The blending of first class amenities with the extraordinary beauty of the natural landscape, together with friendly and gracious Thai service, ensure that the Amora Beach Resorts Phuket, Phuket experience really is a sensational indulgence.Just 20 minutes from the airport and 25 minutes from the buzz of Patong, the resort is ideally situated to all of Phuket’s major attractions, while still maintaining the serenity of Paradise.ROOM TYPES : Total Accommodation available: 255 rooms.Standard Garden View : Number of Room - 5928 square meters, Private balcony, Twin and Double Available, Maximum Capacity 3 AdultsSuperior Pool View : Number of Room - 7728 square meters, Private balcony, Twin and Double Available, Maximum Capacity 3 Adults Deluxe Pool View : Number of Room - 11136 square meters, Private balcony, Twin and Double Available, Maximum Capacity 3 Adults Casuarina Suite : Number of Room - 656 square meters, One bedroom with separate living area, Private balcony, Maximum Capacity 4 AdultsCoral Suite : Number of Suite - 272 square meters, Two bedrooms with separate lounge room, Private balcony, Maximum Capacity 5 AdultsAndaman Suite : Number of Suite - 2144 square meters, Two bedrooms with separate lounge and dining room, Private balcony, Maximum Capacity 5 AdultsRestaurants & Bars- GARDEN CAFE- CASUARINA SEAVIEW RESTAURANT &
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I enjoyed reading Neighbor Jane Payne’s list of 100 things and Susan’s. I love to bake for people.2. I love to play and could play for hours if I had the time.8. It makes me feel like I’m MacGyver.18. I love order and cleanliness.19. My sister Erin and I made a lot of money doing summertime plays for the neighbor children when we were preteens. I am very patriotic and don’t tire of hearing the national anthem every day at 4:30 p.m.21. I love the internet. I love e-mail too.26. I love to be frugal.27. I love slip-on shoes but get more done when I wear tie-up shoes.28. I love being a homemaker.32. I make hooded ducky towels.35. I love to pick the brains of more experienced mothers than myself.36. I always give eye contact when I talk to people and teach my children to do the same.42. I love classical music and the oldies.43. I love nuts. I love prunes. Grocery bargains make my day.59. I don’t like it when people knock on my door or ring my doorbell during naptime.60. I LOVE camping.65. I like people but I don’t like crowds.68. Random people that I’ve just met in line at the grocery store or Walmart or gas station, ANYWHERE, will tell me about the surgery they just had or their life story or their cheating spouse or their children and grandchildren’s degrees and occupations, etc.70. I love to read.77. I read dozens of books each year for myself.78. I love to read to the kids—and read a dozen books a day to them.79. I love garlic.80. I love pajamas.81. I made homemade pizza every Friday for about six months.87. I don’t like to make waves. I was the librarian for the Provo La Leche League and read every book they had.96. I love being a mom.Now it’s your turn.
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WeBS counts totals for December 2006 all Pembrokeshire sitesRed-throated Diver 3Great Northern Diver 4Little Grebe 83Great Crested Grebe 30Cormorant 52Shag 2Little Egret 59Grey Heron 23Mute Swan 171Canada Goose 916Light-bellied Brent Goose 4Shelduck 440Wigeon 2835Gadwall 14Teal 1178Mallard 624Shoveler 34Pochard 3Tufted Duck 22Common Scoter 43Goldeneye 24Red-breasted Merganser 1Goosander 11Water Rail 11Moorhen 117Coot 289Oystercatcher 560Ringed Plover 44Golden Plover 200Grey Plover 25Lapwing 1799Purple Sandpiper 2Dunlin 2172Jack Snipe 5Snipe 235Black-tailed Godwit 10Bar-tailed Godwit 11Curlew 974Spotted Redshank 5Redshank 512Greenshank 16Green Sandpiper 1Turnstone 71Kingfisher 4Mediterranean Gull 4Black-headed Gull 1996Common Gull 62Lesser Black-backed Gull 130Herring Gull 417Great Black-backed Gull 29Feral/hybrid goose 1Feral/hybrid mallard type 23Snow Goose 2Iceland Gull 1Buzzard 5Merlin 1Peregrine 3Total 16311

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Jack spoke with Military Analyst Ben Works about President Bush’s plan to place another 20 thousand American forces in Iraq. Should American businesses only accept U.S. dollars?Javier Corrales, associate professor and chair of Poly-Sci at Amherst College discusses the third presidental win by Hugo Chavez.
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The plan is to do 3 over the next year.The funny thing about this running….In the summer of 1999 I started running because…(1) I always wanted to try it.(2) I noticed the late 20’s flab from a sedentary lifestyle starting to creep in.(3) I thought it would be a great way to stay in shape for my favorite sport: basketball.Over the course of the seven plus years I have noticed a transition from running to stay in shape to play basketball…to playing basketball to aid as a cross trainer for running….to, this year, not playing basketball at all so I could concentrate only on running.
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Daily scheduled shuttle buses operate between the resort - Phuket Town - Patong Beach.Our friendly staff can arrange horse riding and elephant trekking, golf, rafting, sea canoeing, and game fishing as well as a wide variety of day tours.The blending of first class amenities with the extraordinary beauty of the natural landscape, together with friendly and gracious Thai service, ensure that the Amora Beach Resorts Phuket, Phuket experience really is a sensational indulgence.Just 20 minutes from the airport and 25 minutes from the buzz of Patong, the resort is ideally situated to all of Phuket’s major attractions, while still maintaining the serenity of Paradise.ROOM TYPES : Total Accommodation available: 255 rooms.Standard Garden View : Number of Room - 5928 square meters, Private balcony, Twin and Double Available, Maximum Capacity 3 AdultsSuperior Pool View : Number of Room - 7728 square meters, Private balcony, Twin and Double Available, Maximum Capacity 3 Adults Deluxe Pool View : Number of Room - 11136 square meters, Private balcony, Twin and Double Available, Maximum Capacity 3 Adults Casuarina Suite : Number of Room - 656 square meters, One bedroom with separate living area, Private balcony, Maximum Capacity 4 AdultsCoral Suite : Number of Suite - 272 square meters, Two bedrooms with separate lounge room, Private balcony, Maximum Capacity 5 AdultsAndaman Suite : Number of Suite - 2144 square meters, Two bedrooms with separate lounge and dining room, Private balcony, Maximum Capacity 5 AdultsRestaurants & Bars- GARDEN CAFE- CASUARINA SEAVIEW RESTAURANT &
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Array Next, we took out our practice page, 10.1 like we do everyday ,This one was about multiplication patterns.When we finished math, our class wrote six definitions but, someone made our teacher add another vocabulary definition because he/she was talking when our teacher said not to. Following lunch, Mr.Kootman read us the book, The Landry News. During social studies we took out our science book and took notes on landforms.
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-ne I hope y’all had a chance to see Kim Underwood’s column from the weekend, about Dennis Paul.
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The other cuts will be spread across the newspaper.The changes will come quickly, as buyout applications will be due on Nov. 27 and people who get them could be out the door by Dec. 1.The paper currently employs 745 people and the reductions represent about 5 percent of that work force.At meetings with employees, publisher Par Ridder [Tony's son] was asked if this set of cuts would be the only reductions at the Pioneer Press, and what the prospects are for ad revenue rebounding.
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-ne I am a little off kilter these days. So I tried to make it sound as pleasant as I could, but I was just NOT happy with this one.Eh. No one really listens down there anyway.So then I had a PTO meeting, which was fun, because I am getting used to random unfounded complaints and people yelling at me, so there were one or two things that make me just look at myself and laugh. I took pictures of teeeeny tiny little babies for their moms to use as part of the scrapbooking program. She talks to the babies, and if she’s doing something like wash their face or dress them, she answers herself in their little voice.
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Array Next, we took out our practice page, 10.1 like we do everyday ,This one was about multiplication patterns.When we finished math, our class wrote six definitions but, someone made our teacher add another vocabulary definition because he/she was talking when our teacher said not to. Following lunch, Mr.Kootman read us the book, The Landry News. During social studies we took out our science book and took notes on landforms.
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-ne I hope y’all had a chance to see Kim Underwood’s column from the weekend, about Dennis Paul.
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The other cuts will be spread across the newspaper.The changes will come quickly, as buyout applications will be due on Nov. 27 and people who get them could be out the door by Dec. 1.The paper currently employs 745 people and the reductions represent about 5 percent of that work force.At meetings with employees, publisher Par Ridder [Tony's son] was asked if this set of cuts would be the only reductions at the Pioneer Press, and what the prospects are for ad revenue rebounding.
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-ne I am a little off kilter these days. So I tried to make it sound as pleasant as I could, but I was just NOT happy with this one.Eh. No one really listens down there anyway.So then I had a PTO meeting, which was fun, because I am getting used to random unfounded complaints and people yelling at me, so there were one or two things that make me just look at myself and laugh. I took pictures of teeeeny tiny little babies for their moms to use as part of the scrapbooking program. She talks to the babies, and if she’s doing something like wash their face or dress them, she answers herself in their little voice.
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Sent to NEA on 28 Apr 2006:I want to highlight that the skretch of Jurong East Ave 1 from Jurong Polyclinic to Street 31 are littered with paper, water bottles, sweet wrappers etc etc. I should not have to write NEA every now and esp for this area is a repeated case which I highlighted in my email dated 1st Mar.

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The kids were playing video games and found 40 Cents in coin return slot of one of the games.FMJ Total Found: 65.68Since Blog Inception: .16

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RZR 31We spotlight:A great emailMain subject:Is having children in Jeff and Colleen’s future?We talk about everything from Disneyland’s Hook Pointe restaurant, Britney Spears, SuperNanny to who would be the good cop and bad cop in the parenting.
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Ann Milicia , 2124 Samson Circle, Hudson, Ohio 44236.Sister heads for Virginia (Washington) on Friday. Also the final performance of last years Cleveland Orchestra Friday Concert Series, this Friday. April 22 was Saint Epopodius Feast day. I have started reading an additional Lives of the Saints book. This one features the Saint of the week. This week it is Saint Cathrine of Siena.
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Sent to NEA on 28 Apr 2006:I want to highlight that the skretch of Jurong East Ave 1 from Jurong Polyclinic to Street 31 are littered with paper, water bottles, sweet wrappers etc etc. I should not have to write NEA every now and esp for this area is a repeated case which I highlighted in my email dated 1st Mar.

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The kids were playing video games and found 40 Cents in coin return slot of one of the games.FMJ Total Found: 65.68Since Blog Inception: .16

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RZR 31We spotlight:A great emailMain subject:Is having children in Jeff and Colleen’s future?We talk about everything from Disneyland’s Hook Pointe restaurant, Britney Spears, SuperNanny to who would be the good cop and bad cop in the parenting.
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Ann Milicia , 2124 Samson Circle, Hudson, Ohio 44236.Sister heads for Virginia (Washington) on Friday. Also the final performance of last years Cleveland Orchestra Friday Concert Series, this Friday. April 22 was Saint Epopodius Feast day. I have started reading an additional Lives of the Saints book. This one features the Saint of the week. This week it is Saint Cathrine of Siena.
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1. A couple of days ago Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, was speaking at an education reform forum and according to the NY Sun, said these things: Steve Jobs has guts — enough guts to speak his mind about what he thinks is wrong with public education even at the risk of harming his business interests.In a speech on Friday, the chief executive officer of Apple and Disney honcho declared: I believe that whats wrong with our schools in this nation is that they have become unionized in the worst possible way.”The problem with unionization, Mr. Jobs argued, is that it has constrained schools from attracting and retaining the best teachers and from dismissing the less effective ones. This, in turn, deters quality people from seeking to become principals and superintendents. “What kind of person could you get to run a small business if you told them that when they came in they couldnt get rid of people that they thought werent any good? Not really great ones because if youre really smart you go,
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-ne To The Editor:(Re:Game With No Winner, 27 Feb 07)It seems to me that if these young and apparently able-bodied students have the time to waste with these games, they have time to go to the recruitment office and show the courage of their convictions by signing up for military service.
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-ne Last week on gawker, I looked at a few NYC medium choices that perhaps maybe should be thought about very carefully before placement of message.
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Fivecoat, 82, of Crosslines Retirement Center in Kansas City, Kansas passed away on Friday, February 23 at Providence Medical Center.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 27 at Maple Hill Funeral Home, 3300 Shawnee Drive KCK. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in her name to the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City, 5445 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KS 66104 or Immanuel Lutheran Church, 3232 Metropolitan Kansas City, KS 66106, where she was a member. Kerri and Dale Campbell, Kansas City, KS; her friends at Crosslines Retirement Center and Kerri’s dogs, who she called her ‘grand-doggies.’We would like to thank Mom’s doctors and the nurses at Providence Medical Center for your compassionate care, especially Dr. Appl, Joan and Dr. Rodriguez.My mom and I never left each other or hung up the phone without saying, “I love you.”Mom, you know I always will.
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1. A couple of days ago Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, was speaking at an education reform forum and according to the NY Sun, said these things: Steve Jobs has guts — enough guts to speak his mind about what he thinks is wrong with public education even at the risk of harming his business interests.In a speech on Friday, the chief executive officer of Apple and Disney honcho declared: I believe that whats wrong with our schools in this nation is that they have become unionized in the worst possible way.”The problem with unionization, Mr. Jobs argued, is that it has constrained schools from attracting and retaining the best teachers and from dismissing the less effective ones. This, in turn, deters quality people from seeking to become principals and superintendents. “What kind of person could you get to run a small business if you told them that when they came in they couldnt get rid of people that they thought werent any good? Not really great ones because if youre really smart you go,