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Monday assorted links
by Tyler Cowen April 11, 2016 at 12:55 pm
1. "Pyongyang had been a hotbed of Christianity before the Korean War."
2. "What about Montana? Nobody even lists it on lists of obscure states. Now that's obscure." #winner
3. Vegansexuals. And what is the equilibrium without the plastic surgery?
4. Markets in everything: rage yoga (warning: the link eventually plays a video).
5. A criticism of Moral Foundations Theory.
6. The move of one billionaire to Florida can upset NJ state revenue projections.
7. The economics of NPR.
Barkley Rosser
April 11, 2016 at 1:14 pm Hide Replies 1
A peculiar localism of much of South Korean Protestantism is a tendency in many of the churches to adopt practices and beliefs from the long-suppressed native Korean shamanistic religion of Sinkyo, which, curiously enough, has long been dominated by women shamans, a bit of a sign of rebellion against the long predominant patriarchalism of Korean society. The Japanese especially hated the Sinkyo due to their being identified with hard core Korean nationalism.
ohwilleke
I wouldn't say that the churches adopt Sinkyo practices. I would say that most South Korean Christians are syncretic (i.e. simultaneously engaging in ancient Sinkyo practices and Christian practices without seeing them as in conflict), but wouldn't go so far as to say that the church organizations themselves adopt those practices (by comparison consider families that celebrate Christian Easter and have Easter bunny traditions in North America).
But, I would say that South Korean Protestant churches (I attended one for about a year in the U.S. via translation services provided in the church) tend to interpret and apply Christian doctrine with an unspoken tacit Confucian gloss.
Vegansuxality doesn't surprise me. I've even heard rumors that there are members of certain religions that will only have sex with other members of that same religion (or so they say).
cheesetrader
I'd be okay being rejected for eating meat......would save me from later learning she's likely batshit crazy
How many people did it take to start this "trend" based on a New Zealand study? It sounds to me just like the alleged pharm parties and rainbow parties that some journalists liked to write about with little to no evidence they were a thing.
But the religious thing would actually be about "moral" principle. My guess is this is really mostly about convenience, although some people might like dressing up utility as morality. People dating each other regularly have to eat together, and while it has become easy for vegetarians to eat almost everywhere, vegans and omnivores will most likely be fully satisfied by completely different kinds of restaurants, and they'll mostly be cooking at home separately too. Eating together on a regular basis is bound to be too much of a hassle where, everyday, a common meal makes one side feel like they're not getting what they want.
I eat meat, but from anecdotal experience believe it is true that vegetarians/vegans taste better.
Urstoff
I couldn't marry a vegan, as BBQ restaurants would be a complete no-go.
Thiago Ribeiro
#1 "Even Kim Il-sung, first ruler of North Korea, had been a Presbyterian as a child."
He must have missed a few Sunday School classes.
Actually, he was quite studious in his Sunday School classes. He needed some good power models to work from.
Aren't Catholics supposed to not marry non-Catholics, with the exception being if the other person agrees to raise the kids Catholic? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I don't eat meat (and I don't advertise it or bring it up) but when people insist on asking about my diet, and I say I don't eat meat, it's still treated as pretty odd. But if you say you're a Catholic, and you think you're eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a former carpenter every Sunday (whether you think it's symbolic or not), no one questions that.
No, the Catholic spouse must promise to do all that he or she can to have the children baptized and raised in the Catholic faith. The non-Catholic spouse can act freely to support/ignore/block such action. It is assumed that both parties enter the marriage with knowledge of this promise.
April 11, 2016 at 9:39 pm Hide Replies 10
Hum, if you're a Catholic, and you think you're eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a former carpenter every Sunday, you are likely to be considered an heretic (a "Josephist") by your peers.
April 11, 2016 at 10:40 pm Hide Replies 11
Joel - how does what I describe differ from the wiki definition of transubstantiation? I'm missing something here.
Here's from wikipedia:
Transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio, in Greek μετουσίωσις metousiosis) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, the change of substance by which the bread and the wine offered in the sacrifice of the sacrament of the Eucharist during the Mass, become, in reality, the physical Body and Blood of Jesus the Christ.[1][2]
The Catholic Church teaches that the substance, or reality, of the Eucharistic offering (either bread alone, or bread and wine) is changed into both the Body and Blood of Christ.[3]
wwebd
Stuart, Jesus is not a "former carpenter", he is still a carpenter; as a person, he is eternal, as are the rest of us - if one dies a martyr or a zookeeper or a poet, one is eternally a martyr or a zookeeper or a poet - obviously, the need for martyrdom trends to zero, zoos become quite besides the point, and poetry keeps getting better. Extrapolating from those givens gets you far. By the way, most people I know don't think vegetarianism is odd; and the mix of friends/acquaintances I am likely to talk about the issue with is fairly typical - it is something like 60-30-10 Democrat Republican neither. Maybe you live in a meat factory town like Chicago or Dallas? Anyway, I am not vegetarian and I often tell people I don't eat domestic pork or octopus or lobster (too much like us, too smart, and too old, respectively); nobody reacts to me as if I were odd (at least not for that reason) . Wild boar is another thing altogether, but I see no reason to buy it and any restaurant that serves it has other better tasting things on the menu.
Areyouserious
April 12, 2016 at 12:40 am Hide Replies 12
Jesus was not a carpenter. Joseph was, hence the coment above.
April 12, 2016 at 9:24 am Hide Replies 13
Regarding vegetarianism - I could give you my anecdotal evidence, but I think it also coincides with polling on the topic which you may find more persuasive.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_NationalFOOD_022613.pdf
Basically, the people who find vegetarians favorable are women, young people, Democrats, people in the West and Midwest. The opposite of those demographics have are more likely to have an unfavorable opinion of vegetarians. And vegans, overall, are viewed less favorably than vegetarians.
I wish there was more polling on this issue, but this was mainly all I found. I wouldn't care if people who learned about my diet just stereotyped me and had a negative view of me because of it, but I often get obnoxious people (usually older white men) who can't drop the subject, and either pester me about it or constantly make jokes and snide comments. But I do sense things attitudes are changing, especially since millennials are demographically taking over, and even old white dudes like Gore and Clinton are changing their diets for health/environment reasons.
While I understand that there are people who believe Jesus still exists, I do not think you really believe he's sawing wood in heaven
Jesus was both man and God (Arians would disagree, but let's say they are wrong). As God, he was uncreated; as man, he was created. That which God creates and which is good exists forever (the annihilationists- an actual philosophical term - would disagree, but let's say they are wrong). Thus Jesus, after the resurrection, is still human. An attribute of humanity is the ability to sleep and dream. So, it is not hard to imagine, in heaven, that Jesus, as God and as a human person, still profits from the attributes of being human, which include the ability to sleep and dream. So Jesus, maybe, still sleeps from time to time (he is in charge of time, not vice versa) , and as humans do, maybe he dreams of the good old days - in his case, many of those days were in the carpenter's workshop in Nazareth. As for me, I have, sadly, never been a carpenter and will never dream of the good old days when I was a carpenter. I was never a zookeeper either, but I have tried to be kind to the dogs who were my companions, to the cats who were my companions, and to quite a few other animals - not excluding the family value respecting cockroaches and spiders who shared the apartments of my impoverished youth, the brave coyotes and muskrats whom I have crossed in my short sad weekend rambles, the affectionate donkeys and horses my richer friends have let me spend time with, the curious octopi and the thoughtful pike, and even the humble houseflies and sun-loving butterflies who appreciated my aversion to swatting or netting them. Maybe for them I am dreamed of when they dream of the good old days.
I tried dating a vegetarian. It didn't work out.
I never realized how much of a relationship revolves around eating meals together until it became a huge hassle every single time we went on a date.
I had a coworker who said his wife wouldn't have sex with him if he eats meat. I mentioned that to another coworker who immediately replied that guy's wife wouldn't have sex with him even if he didn't eat meat.
Nick Lewendon
The Battle of Little Bighorn, aka Custer's Last Stand?
Also the preferred destination for defecting Soviet naval officers.
Willitts
And fat American women and rabbits.
Agra Brum
And a Pick Up Truck.
Nathan W
3) Slightly different, and I think this has largely passed as people get more accepting of vegeterian lifestyles, but I remember, say, 10-15 years ago, frequently encountering a lot of hostility from anti-vegetarians. Aside form various forms of mockery, they would take great pleasure in telling vegetarians, in ridiculously more detail than they would ever say to a fellow meat eater, just how much they were loving their meat, and how they were going to eat lots of meat, and all sorts of stuff.
I was always a pretty quiet vegetarian. If pressed, I would just argue that a) it's better for the environment and b) that we have many ways to get proteins and nutrients without causing the suffering of animals, and that many vegetarian options are very tasty. while I understand that some vegetarians can get pretty militant about things, I don't see why anti-vegetarians ever felt the need to be such asses about the whole thing. Thank God that seems to largely be a thing of the past.
I eat what I want, you eat what you want. And if you want to open the conversation, I'll explain my choices. Eating non-meat options is so not notable anymore that usually people don't even ask unless you specifically have to refuse what they offer to share.
I never really cared if girls were vegetarian or not. Once you can demonstrate that there's lots of tasty vegetarian food out there, it simply becomes more practical to generally eat vegetarian, although if that's the way things go, I sure as hell am not going to lecture someone, or express disapproval in any manner, if they want to indulge in picking whatever they want on the odd occasion. Not all vegetarians are like that, but most are.
Probably some people will disagree with this portrayal. If so, think back to the conversations that drive your perspectives. Probably YOU started the conversation, asking them why they are vegetarian. Then you pushed them and pushed them and pushed them to justify themselves. And then once they explained their reasoning, you deemed of your very own accord that this person was judging you as morally inferior. I've had precisely such a conversation hundreds of times.
If that's you, next time try something more like "Huh, OK, I was just curious" in response to their explanation. But if your agenda is to attack vegetarianism, do not be surprised if the conversation heats up.
How did you manage to respond to my comment before I had posted it?
I think this is a pretty common pattern:
a. You do something which implies some kind of claim about morality or identity or something. This can be being vegetarian, or going to church every day, or prepping for a zombie apocalypse, or whatever. (It seems like it's got to be something a bit unusual--not just following a common script in your society.)
b. This creates some tension in me, because it's a kind of challenge--if you're doing it, why aren't I doing it? This need not involve you implying I should do it--it's still kind-of a challenge to how I'm living.
c. As a defense against this tension or cognitive dissonance or whatever, I start coming up with arguments for why you're wrong or stupid or hypocritical. None of this has much to do with you, in some sense--it's just me defending myself from whatever parts of my mind find your actions appealing. But that often involves me being something of an asshole w.r.t. your actions and choices.
I've seen this pattern play out in a lot of places. It doesn't make any rational sense, but it's still common.
It seems very human.
Considering the example of going to church. Perhaps you just know that someone goes to church every Sunday, and the only relevance is that if you want to meet on the weekend, late Saturdays are not OK and you can't plan to meet on Sunday until well into the afternoon.
But then, one day you ask them about why church is important to them. They give you various reasons, from learning about God, to the sense of community, good role models for children, moral learning, etc. You could end that part of the conversation there by just saying "Ah, OK, I was just curious because clearly it's important to you".
But then, some people will instead attack the relationship between kings and religion and wars in history and blame it on history, get into some issues of hypocrisy (which I think is often dumb - having stated the ideal does not mean that someone must therefore be perfect - at least it's not hypocritical unless they actively attack others for things that they themselves do), or suggest that other community organizations are better or something. Like, you could just say "ah, I understand. Those are important things. Hey, did you know, I have some other ways to pursue the same objectives, but I don't do them in church. I guess we each have our own ways to strive towards similar things and meet similar needs".
I think an important factor, but sometimes this the questioner just ignores it, is whether the person is basically saying "For me, this is a morally superior choice but I don't want to press you on it, I just want you to understand why I think that way" as compared to "This is the ONLY moral choice, and I'm very much implying that you are morally inferior for choosing otherwise."
Perhaps you should not be surprised when people are provoked, as your "ethical" motive ("without causing the suffering of animals") for vegetarianism is a provocation.
If you don't want to know, then don't ask.
People ask because they see a behavior that, while harmless in itself, is often associated with very bad reasons for engaging in it, and they naturally want to know who they are dealing with. It is similar to, say, wearing a swastika armband in public. People will want to know why. If you do not want to answer questions, do not do socially unacceptable things in public.
Refraining from meat is not socially unacceptable.
As though people are not allowed to explain their ethical reasoning when asked a direct question about their personal choices.
Why do you not rape 5-year old children? Now ... don't provoke me with your "ethical" reasoning.
What I meant is that there are good ethical reasons not to rape children, and they also accord with most people's moral intuitions. But there is no ethical foundation for prohibiting meat-eating, and this is also what most people's moral intuitions suggest to them. That is, suggesting that there are ethical reasons for not eating meat sounds wrong to most people, which is why it is a provocation.
Suggesting that there are good moral reasons not to eat meat is not even remotely the same as saying it should be prohibited.
There are good moral reasons to get into volunteership. But that is not remotely the same as prohibiting an absence of volunteership (say, forcing people to volunteer 20 hours a week).
I don't think there's morally anything wrong with eating meat per se. In "nature", animals were free, and at the end of a hunt, perhaps there would be a couple minutes of fear and pain - a life of 99.999% freedom leads a rapid end.
I do, however, think there are moral problems in factory farming. Farming methods which eliminated unnecessary suffering from farming would lead to slightly higher meat prices. But some people don't care if a laying hen was never able to stretch out her wings once in her life, or so much turn her body around, if they can save 5 cents an egg. Several major Canadian grocery chains have committed to only source eggs which are from improved factory conditions by 2025, and many fast food chains are doing the same thing.
There is also a big difference in the environmental footprint of animal proteins compared to plant proteins.
Vegetarians get less grief now because vegens exist.
Much like Agnostics are spared the wrath of the Faithful thanks to Militant Atheists.
What you are actually describing is how quite a few vegans act. As an omnivore I've never commented or cared what others eat.
There is lots of tasty vegetarian food out there, but it's difficult to get enough proteins on a vegetarian diet if you just eat whatever you want. You have to consciously think about where you are going to get your protein from.
Also, some vitamin/mineral deficencies may take years to start impacting your health. I've known numerous vegetarians who gave it up after several years when they found they were developing health problems, and they just couldn't handle all the careful meal planning needed to balance their diet.
Also, south indians have very high rates of type 2 diabetes because of the starchy vegetarian diet.
Lad: a Dog
I became a vegetarian for the same reason Woody Allen becomes a communist in the movie "The Front": I was a young man, and the beautiful girl I was making time with was a vegetarian. So yeah, I became one too, wink wink. But I kept on with it, and now, about 40 years later, I see my contemporaries with their huge pot bellies, heart failure, joint failure, coronary artery disease, and general lack of energy, and I realize it was probably one of the best decisions of my life. And Hazel Meade take note, I do NO conscious meal planning. I just eat whatever I want, as long as it doesn't have meat in it -- or sugar. Being a vegetarian is not more difficult than being a meat eater, its less difficult in every way
carlolspln
In India, its from eating too much polished white rice
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/medicine-and-research/rice-and-reason/article3307234.ece
Yes, it does take planning to make sure you get the right protein complements. Especially at the beginning. Eventually it becomes quite easy and "natural".
Dairy + legumes is a whole protein.
Brown rice + legumes is pretty complete.
And if you eat eggs, you don't even have to bother. A couple eggs for breakfast, and you've reached the minimum required for every amino acid you need, and any old other protein will do the job to fulfill the rest.
Much harder if you're vegan though. But in time, you establish habits that are borne from planned thinking about what complements you need. You just tend to cook and eat the same meals and no more thinking is required.
7) I am just an anon, but the am the same anon who said that NPR was upside down, giving too much power to broadcasters. Confirmed.
5) Very good. Adaption triumphs.
Jeff R.
What kind of billionaire would live in New Jersey in the first place?
The kind that likes to be near NYC but not live or work there?
Connecticut's where you go for that kind of thing.
Jay Z lives in Alpine, NJ. The North Jersey suburbs provide easier access to Manhattan than CT.
NPR's problem is that it's reliably Leftist, but it likes to pretend it's not. It's audience is further to the Left than Fox New's audience is to the Right.
http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/pj_14-10-21_mediapolarization-09/
Of course, your average Slate reader is far to the Left. So, from their perspective NPR probably appears right wing.
'Of course, your average Slate reader is far to the Left. '
Since your average Slate reader is likely an American, the idea that they are 'far to the left' is laughable.
One can be "far to the left" by US standards even though by world standards they are center right.
Bernie Sanders supporters, and at least some fraction of Clinton supporters are not center right by any country's standards. Moderate Democrats basically jumped ship in several waves since the 1980s. Joe Manchin and Jim Webb are outcasts in their own party.
Not to fear, the GOP is having its own identity crisis.
Dmitri Helios
Will you about anything other than Dictatorship of the Proletariat as far left ?
Universal health care is far left in the USA. So is anything that any labour union does in negotiating with shareholder unions.
Neither of those things is far left. Forcing people to join (and pay for) a union they do not want to join is de rigueur progressive politics.
You're a lot less to the right than I would have guessed than.
* accept anything other than
"Since your average Slate reader is likely an American, the idea that they are 'far to the left' is laughable."
Really? Have you polled billions of Indians, Chinese and African's to get a world centric view? Or were you childishly inserting European views into a discussion contextually about the US and claiming Europe as some kind of base line for all opinions?
As everyone knows Africa, China and India are libertarian paradises, staffed by Randian protagonists... Well, it explains Beijing's air pollution, I guess.
Not even wrong.
The US is probably the only country on the planet with a sizeable political constituency that actively campaigns against social welfare supports.
A lot of the world simply can't afford them. But ideologically speaking, I'm not aware of any place on the planet where there is such a high share of the population with such high antipathy or even hatred of social welfare supports, regardless of the fact that the US actually has much higher social welfare supports than quite a lot of the very same countries I'm thinking of.
Regardless of whether you're on the left or on the right, I think you'd would have to admit that NPR, as currently constituted, appeals to a fairly narrow demographic of secular, college-educated professionals of one stripe or another. In other words, it is firmly in SWPL like territory: https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/31/44-public-radio/
That being the case, taking some (any) concrete steps to broaden their appeal is probably the way to go. That doesn't mean they have to hire Mark Levin, either.
David Koch funds NOVA, but the other large foundations are very liberal.
For many college educated IS left.
Only while you are still in college. When you go out and get a job, you grow up.
A Definite Beta Guy
Probably true, but why can't NPR win over the socialist youth?!
Pick your NPR show. Marketplace and Planet Money are not left, as illustrated by the Elizabeth Warren ruckus.
Depends on the show. Their news programs (All Thing Considered and Morning Edition) don't seem particularly liberal. Their other shows vary; Diane Rehm is pretty liberal but also kind of dumb, but in contrast, Planet Money is fantastic.
Agreed, that Planet Money is good and doesn't fall into any obvious bias. However, it's more the exception than the rule. The most objective metric we have is to aggregate listener preferences. And it's pretty hard to argue with the data indicating it's listeners are predominantly Left wing.
This old world thinking ties into the broadcaster problem. Pick and choose listeners more likely podlisten. Drive time listeners have loose connection to fairly moderate shows. A dedicated listener is consuming more off hour and less mainstream stuff.
Are you sure you aren't confusion NPR and Pacifica? Now there you have SJW radio.
"BOB GARFIELD, 'ON THE MEDIA' CO-HOST, NPR: Okay, so this gets back to not only Brooke's problem, finding a metric to report on this story, but it's especially difficult when you and I both know that if you were to somehow poll the political orientation of everybody in the NPR news organization and all of the member stations, you would find an overwhelmingly progressive, liberal crowd. Not uniformly, but overwhelmingly."
http://www.wnyc.org/story/235573-ira-glasss-challenge/#transcript
Again, you aren't talking about the more mainstream shows, but about the kind of people who take low salary to work at NPR. Of course applicants and workers will look different than those at hedge funds.
Oh no, they have a sense of mission! Lol. People who want to burn it to the ground are less likely to apply!
Park Rangers are more liberal for the same reason
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/03/why-your-flight-attendant-is-probably-a-democrat/
Well since left/right is classically all about money stuff, I think that's precisely where you would want to evaluate their ideological bias.
I don't think stuff about gender, race, etc. or culture in general should be seen in a left/right lens, no matter that these tend to have high correlation for a lot of things. I know, that's not normally how it's viewed.
I can't listen to Diane Rehm...her voice is too offputting. Why does she sound like she's on her deathbed every single day?
enoriverbend
"Why does she sound like she's on her deathbed every single day? "
Because she has a voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia.
The only economics of NPR? Beggary.
NPR's virtue and downfall has more to it targeting a very sophisticated audience rather than the general public (which you tend to do when you depend on donors for most of your revenue).
By comparison, the BBC news service, which is mostly government funded as opposed to mostly donor funded, aims its broadcasts as an audience with a lower reading level with less education.
NPR is a NeoLiberal Shit Show ™
There is no 'left' in the USA.
5) "moral foundations must be heritable"
Presumably at least a tiny bit. But the obvious explanation is that parents indoctrinate their kids, and you tend to keep the values you grow up. (It's gated, so I can't check the methods to be very sure about the extent to which this critique applies.)
Even when broad social change happens, and views change about certain things, you'll still be on the same general side of a spectrum as what you grew up with.
I suspect the K-PhD educational system, and entertainment-based culture, play a pretty large role in indoctrinating children. As does the predominate culture of the locale(s) where the kids grow up. While parents have an impact, their most significant influence likely comes in their ability to manipulate the educational, entertainment, and local cultural environment their kids grow up in. And there is plenty of room for error there, in part because it is tough to know how a particular personality will respond to those inputs.
There's a decent literature which suggests that most of that stuff is mostly in stone by the age of six. The other stuff cannot be irrelevant, but not as relevant as it might seem. Probably the next biggest impact is whichever group you fall in with in high school and/or university. I'm very skeptical that the education system itself is very effective at "indoctrinating" kids, even if we were to assume that it was actually trying to do so.
jorod
Vegansexual: Like being a liberal.
"To be progressive is cool, a factoid reminds. A recent poll on a dating-service website produced a hilarious bit of news. It turns out that Republican men who pretend to be Democrats are far more likely to land a date. "Attaching yourself to that party [the GOP] when you're on a date with somebody might jeopardize a love connection," Hannahmae Dela Cruz of What's Your Price? dating service told the Colorado Independent. A pro-life plank is a deal-breaker for many Silicon Valley households. They simply will not join the party of Hobby Lobby. Religion bugs many techies." -- Forbes
2. Of course, Montana has the best trout fishing in America. I have two Bighorn stories I will share - I've been many times. The first was my first visit to the Bighorn. The river runs through the Crow Indian Reservation (I'll come back to that). As with many native-American reservations, alcohol abuse is a major problem. My friend and I were scheduled to leave well before dawn the next morning to catch a flight in Billings (the largest city and least attractive place in Montana, or most anywhere else). Our host cautioned us to watch for "drunk Indians" parked in the middle of the two-lane highway that runs through the reservation. Sure enough, as we were driving along in the dark at a high rate of speed, there's an old truck parked in the middle of the road, engine running, it's driver asleep at the steering wheel. The second story occurred years later on a trip to Montana in April. When I contacted my son to arrange to meet him at the airport in Salt Lake City, my son questioned whether April would be a good month for a fishing trip to Montana. I assured him that our host had said that April is great fishing and there aren't many anglers on the river. He was right about not many anglers on the river, because the wind blew so hard it was impossible to fish. Thus, I learned a lesson about our host. Being unable to fish, my son and I took a field trip to the Custer battlefield. It's an interesting place, with a building that has a three dimensional depiction of the battle field. Two things I learned about Custer: he had a small frame (there's a jacket that would fit a 12 year old) and a small mind (at least on the day of the battle). One thing I learned about the Crow Indian Reservation: the Crow didn't defeat Custer, the Crow collaborated with Custer, the reservation given to the tribe in consideration for it!
For what states has Tyler not listed his favorite things? Those must be obscure.
2. How about Maine as the most obscure state?
Idaho was my first choice, but the fact I missed Maine says a lot. No major cities. One famous citizen, but not typically associated with it.
New Mexico?
Oklahoma? Do the songs disqualify it?
As a person from Oklahoma, when I traveled in Italy I often had to debase myself and describe Oklahoma as "piccoloa Texas", as most natives had not heard of it.
Americans are the only people on the planet who introduce themselves by state, not country, when overseas.
I think the solution is to mandate that classrooms must have world maps, and not maps of the USA.
D f
You comment far too much. Please stop
Ignore me.
Donald Pretari
#2...When I think of Montana, the writers Ivan Doig, Thomas McGuane, James Welch, Jim Harrison, Rick Bass, and James Crumley come to mind. Also, Richard Hugo, who taught at the University of Montana for years. Doug Peacock is a non-fiction writer I like, as is David Quammen. Now, to me, that's a pretty good list of writers.
Two of my favorite books are set in Montana and they were both made into films I like, being "A River Runs Through It" and "Powwow Highway," by Norman Maclean and David Seals respectively.
Yoav
I am not american, and I didn't realize Montana was a state until now.
I thought it was a name of a lake or region, or something like it.
I still say Idaho, with Connecticut as the dark horse. Wyoming has Yellowstone, the Dakotas have each other, and Montana is big and has buffalo.
Wyoming has Yellowstone, but I'm positive most people abroad think Yellowstone is in its own mythical place, and not in any state (or stuck to any one of a number of states; I'm still amused at the one Austrialian who placed Yellowstone at the four corners of Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, and Tenessee).
Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon have much higher name recognition than easily half of the states in the USA. I highly doubt that more than a few percent of people overseas know which state these parks are in (and not a much higher percentage are likely to have a clue where those states are, even if they might have heard of them one time in a movie or song or something).
#3: 100% normal teenagers? Young people are easily influenced by the first thing they encounter. Makes me remember the Lorenz's ducks. When we were young, we were sure X was the most important thing in the world and anyone with a different opinion it's just an idiot. It can be sports, fiction, music, eating preferences.......then grouped along like-minded people. After experiences accumulate in life this stage ends gradually.
I used to be the typical atheist idiot. Years later I married a catholic girl because, why not? There's much more beyond 1 single belief and/or characteristic in an individual. What matters is the whole, not a single detail.
"When we were young, we were sure X was the most important thing in the world and anyone with a different opinion it's just an idiot ... After experiences accumulate in life this stage ends gradually."
Not true enough of enough people, in my opinion.
yenwoda
The url for #3, fap.sagepub.com, is strangely appropriate here.
Njnnja
April 11, 2016 at 4:42 pm Hide Replies 100
If Montana is so obscure then how does a Soviet submariner come to dream of living there someday?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8JW75Lv25k
Clearly the rabbits raised there are world-class.
#3. That vegansexuals link is a gold mine if you click back onto the author's page.
https://twitter.com/real_peerreview/status/719620853378494464
7. I blame Garrison Keillor. Three freaking hours of his washed up tired shtick every Sunday.
April 11, 2016 at 11:58 pm Hide Replies 103
Oh god! Worst show on npr.
zbicyclist
April 12, 2016 at 12:08 am Hide Replies 104
Maybe it seems like 3 hours to you, since you don't like it, but it's only a 2 hour show.
This is an error in reasoning.
It is not necessary for particular political/moral/ideological orientations to be heritable in order for moral foundations theory to be true. The theory is that people have heritable modules for moral reasoning, but how those modules are applied to specific social and cultural contexts may change dramatically.
By analogy, language modules clearly exist in the human brain, language ability is clearly heritable, but "French" is not heritable. "French" or "Republican" or "leftist" are just manifestation of the operation of those modules within a particular context. Nobody is born speaking French or with "Republican" values. People are however, born with an inclination to reason about group loyalty, to feel disgust at outgroups and so forth. Who those outgroups are, and what you feel disgust at is completely contextual. Some people might be born with a greater sensitivity to disgust, or more propensity towards ingroup-loyalty, which might incline them more or less towards some political orientations, or may just towards certain "styles" of political behavior.
man acts towards profit rather than loss. Psyce 101, introduction to human behavior (read the first 3 chapters of Adam Smith's, WON).
JasonL
Agree at least so far as the heritability argument goes. It also strikes me as odd in the criticism to suggest that variability over lifetime is some kind of indictment. The analogy is taste receptors, and we find quite a bit of variation there too. It would be more problematic if testing high in a given foundation could not reliably predict correlated preferences.
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#5. Here is Jonathan Haidt's reply to the criticism of Moral Foundations Theory: http://righteousmind.com/are-moral-foundations-heritable-probably/


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Thus ends my 5-month flirtation with the modernist semi-auto-biography — or Künstlerroman, as the elitists say — detailing the artist's maturation and coming to grips with Ireland and Catholicism.
"When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets"
It was not a long book but its sheer breadth and abstraction made me pause often for breath when attempting to finish the chapter or page or paragraph. It is because of this that I fear I will never be able to complete Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake. Portrait was the first Joycean book I attempted to read, not the first that I had completed; I had attempted to read Portrait when I was a mere eleventh grader and I was lost immediately at moocow. I accepted my ineptitude and moved on to other, more palatable works, including Joyce's Dubliners, an assembly of grounded short stories and vignettes of Dublin life.
Portrait begins with Joyce, a.k.a Stephen Dedalus, as a toddler, moves to him as a precocious boy at Clongowes boarding school, to him in Dublin, to his succumbence to lust, to his instilled fear of the soul in mortal sin, to his devout adherence to religion, to his defiant repudiation of religion, to his emergence as an artist, reborne on the beach, to him among his deserved peers at University College Dublin, to his self-exile from Ireland.
"This was the call of life to his soul not the dull gross voice of the world of duties and despair, not the inhuman voice that had called him to the pale service of the altar."
Later, the reader achieves glimpses of Dedalus among his peers at University College, where they banter in some intellectual fashion. Dedalus expresses himself on many issues: art, estheticism and religion. In the end, he decides to leave Ireland for Europe, saying:
"I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence, exile, and cunning."
He leaves his homeland in search for some expression or freedom as an artist, to escape his stagnant environment. He is willing to be alone, "(n)ot only to be separate from all others but to have not even one friend." Perhaps one day I will follow suit.
Dedalus and his beloved on the last tram
Scence on the beach
The Villanelle
Banter at University College
Other Quotes
"His soul had arisen from the grave of boyhood, spurning her graveclothes. Yes! Yes! Yes! He would create proudly out of the freedom and power of his soul, as the great artificer whose name he bore, a living thing, new and soaring and beautiful, impalpable, imperishable."
"Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead." See Daedalus, the Greek architect. Joyce does not get burned like Icarus.
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Richard Thompson Returns to The MACC
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Richard Thompson. Photo courtesy of The MACC.
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Tickets are on sale now for Richard Thompson's performance in the McCoy Studio Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Thompson returns to perform on Maui on Friday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. as part of The MACC's Solo Sessions Series. His last performance there was six years ago.
The acclaimed songwriter-musician has been named by Rolling Stone magazine as No. 7 in the "Top 20 Guitarists of All Time." Thompson was a founding member of the influential folk-rock band Fairport Convention. His songs have been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, R.E.M., Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris and Robert Plant, and others. He has just completed the recording of his latest release, produced by Jeff Tweedy of WILCO fame.
Thompson has been presented with the prestigious Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth and Americana Music Honors & Awards nominated him for "Artist of the Year."
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A PRETERIST RESPONSE TO WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE?
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT
HOUSE DIVIDED: BRIDGING THE GAP IN REFORMED ESCHATOLOGY
About the Cover:
The picture of the Westminster Abbey being pulled apart on the cover is a symbol of the divided house of Reformed eschatology. On one side of the house is the amillennial camp, which says that there is only one future coming of Christ in the New Testament. On the other side is the partial preterist, postmillennial camp, which says that the eschatological time texts of the New Testament must be taken seriously. By gathering truth from each side of the Reformed "house divided," Preterism constitutes the uniting, restoring, and re-establishing of its house.
Introduction and Recap of When Shall These Things Be?
The Arbitrary Principle of Hyper-Creedalism (page 11)
David A. Green
The Ecumenical Creeds: The First and Final Word /
The Bitter Fruit of Hyper-Creedalism / Conclusion /
Preterism and the Ecumenical Creeds: Introduction /
Sola Scriptura / The Eternal Gospel / The Gospel in the
Creeds / Arbitrary Creedalism / Why Do the Hyper-
Creedalists Rage? / Summary and Conclusion
If Preterism is True (page 33)
Hill's Premise / Simultaneous Defection of All Churches
to an Alien Eschatology? / Consummation Missed and
Not Noticed? / On the Incarnation / The Festal Letters
/ Early Church Unbelievably Deficient? / Knowledge
Gained When Knowledge Lost? / Word Meanings Radically
Changed? / Conclusion
Openness Futurism (page 57)
Edward J. Hassertt
Dr. Pratt versus Reformed Theology / Sawing off the
Limb He is Sitting On / Predictions versus Threats /
Haggai 2:21-23 / Pratt's Three Failed Eschatons / Pratt
and Openness Theology / House of Cards Divided /
The Eschatological Madness of Mathison or How Can These Things Be? (page 75)
Old Testament Imminence / The Last Days / Double
Fulfillments / All Things Written / Prophetic Telescoping
/ The Coming of the Son of Man / In Like Manner /
The Rapture / The Creation Groaning / Death, Tears,
and Pain / All Israel will be Saved / The Millennium /
2 Timothy 2:17-18 / Conclusion
Carrot and Stick Eschatology (page 131)
Revelation 11 / The Seven Letters / Irenaeus and Hegesippus
/ Honey, I Shrunk the Angels / The Lord's Day / All
the Tribes of the Earth / The Millennium and the Great
Commission / Conclusion
Chapter Six:
A Creedal Objection to Wilson's Creedalism (page 151)
Wilson and Rome versus the Reformation / The Beam
in Wilson's Eye / Conclusion
Chapter Seven:
The Resurrection of the Dead (page 161)
Doctor Strimple's Thirteen Arguments / An Exposition
of First Corinthians Chapter Fifteen / Necessary Inferences
/ The Body / The Universality of the Resurrection
(1 Cor. 15:20-28) / If the Resurrection is not Universal
(1 Cor. 15:12-19; 29-34) / The Seed Analogy (1 Cor.
15:35-50) / The Universal Change (1 Cor. 15:51-58) /
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter Eight:
Inconsistent Orthodoxy (page 219)
Samuel M. Frost
Conclusion (page 233)
Samuel M. Frost is an author and lecturer. He has made several television and radio appearances. He is the author of Misplaced Hope, a top selling preterist book. Samuel received his Bachelor of Theology and went on to complete his Master of Christian Studies and Master of Religion from Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando), Church of God Theological Seminary (Cleveland), and Whitefield Theological Seminary (Lakeland). Samuel has been published in several magazines, is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and has lectured there. He is currently earning his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Whitefield Theological Seminary. He is president of Reign of Christ Ministries and co-administrator of the social networking website "Sovereign Grace Preterism."
David Green has written numerous articles for preterist periodicals. He is the owner of the website, "The Preterist Cosmos." He served as an adviser to John Evans in the preparation of his book The Four Kingdoms of Daniel (2004, Xulon Press). He is quoted at length in various preterist and anti-preterist websites and books, including When Shall These Things Be? A Reformed Response to Hyper-preterism, edited by Keith Mathison; and Judgment and Dominion: An Economic Commentary on First Corinthians by Gary North. David moderates a preterist discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PretCosmos and has been a preterist for 20 years.
Edward Hassertt has 15 years experience as a pastor. He has a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Theology, and a Doctorate in Law. He has been a preterist for 10 years.
Michael Sullivan is a graduate of Calvary Chapel Bible College. He majored in theology at The Master's College for two years. Mike has written various articles for preterist periodicals and websites. He is the owner of the preterist web site, "Tree of Life Ministries." He has been a preterist for 18 years.
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"You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to their birth. "As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.read more.
Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.read more.
Images communicate deeper to people, than just words. God created us as visual beings, who live according to what we see. That's why art has the power to shape an entire culture. People act upon what they see with their eyes. Christian wall art can therefor change the course of a person's life, as they suddenly are confronted with the most powerful reality there is: God's burning, compassionate love for them. Goodnews Art
To set us free. To transform us. To heal us. To give us a new life, in His loving embrace. Jesus Christ is literally God Himself, the creator of heaven and earth, the master of creation, the Lord of all the heavenly hosts…Jesus Christ is God. He came to us, and He did something incredible. Something literally NOBODY had expected. No prophet, no apostle, no angel and no demon had expected this. Scripture Verse Christian Image
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference. Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits. This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side. Its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round. The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around. He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form. He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south. Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained. Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. Scripture Art
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All mankind and all of heaven and hell has been transformed by this. Nothing is like it. Nothing is such great and wonderful news as this. What is it? Read on and I'll explain it to you… God became a human being, just like you and me. He came down in our darkness, our suffering, our pain and our sin. He descended from the glorious heights of the highest heavens, into the deepest depths of earth and mankind. Why? Scripture Verse Art
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For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive woodread more.
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We tend to think of 'clutter' as the stuff we set on shelves, stash in drawers, and hide under the bed when company's coming. But what about our spiritual lives? Just like our homes, many of us tend to let our spiritual lives become cluttered with junk that takes up mental space, but doesn't really add to our lives. Let's talk about ways to bust the kind of clutter that takes up space we could use to deepen our relationship with the Lord. Scripture Art
Christian wall art can also reveal the greatest gift of all, for all of us: God became a man, just like you and me, and He died for us at the cross. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ for mankind is the single most important event in all of human history. Jesus took our place on the deathroll, and bore our sins upon Himself. He literally became the Lamb of God, that is slain for the sins of the world. Thanks to His blood and His sacrifice, we can now be forgiven of all our sins. God gives us His great gift of grace, forgiveness and a brand new life, in Jesus Christ. It's his greatest expression of compassionate love for all of us, no matter what we have done.
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. ... Goodnews Art
Do you want to experience the life changing life saving, healing, liberating and victorious power of Jesus Christ? This wall art can help you. I created it, under inspiration of the Spirit of God, to show you how Jesus Christ has overcome the chains, the bondages, the claws, the depths of hell, and He is now eternally victorious. He wants to share this amazing victory with you as well. Scripture Verse Art
and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. "He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. "He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs. Scripture Art
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"Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding, the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father. Scripture Verse Art
Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.read more. Scripture Art


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iPhone loss can cause grave psychological effects
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A new study has suggested that separation from iPhone can have serious psychological and physiological effects on their users.
Washington: A new study has suggested that separation from iPhone can have serious psychological and physiological effects on their users.
University of Missouri researchers say these findings suggest that iPhone users should avoid parting with their phones during daily situations that involve a great deal of attention, such as taking tests, sitting in conferences or meetings, or completing important work assignments, as it could result in poorer cognitive performance on those tasks.
Lead author of the study Russell Clayton, a doctoral candidate at the MU School of Journalism said that their findings also suggest that "iPhones are capable of becoming an extension of our selves such that when separated, we experience a lessening of 'self' and a negative physiological state."
Clayton, along with Glenn Leshner, found that when iPhone users were unable to answer their ringing iPhones while solving simple word search puzzles, their heart rates and blood pressure levels increased, as did feelings of anxiety and unpleasantness. Also, performance (number of words found on word search puzzles) decreased as compared to when iPhone users completed similar word search puzzles while in possession of their iPhones.
The researchers found a significant increase in anxiety, heart rate and blood pressure levels, and a significant decrease in puzzle performance when the participants were separated from their iPhones as compared to when iPhone users completed similar word search puzzles while in possession of their iPhones.
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Catalan folklore
Viva Saint John In Barcelona
Written by Brian S
by Brian S
The festival of Saint John (or "Sant Joan" in Catalan) has always been one of the most magical celebrations of traditional Catalan culture. Les festes del foc, as this tradition is also called, are followed in Catalonia, plus País Valencià and the Balearic Islands. The reason for the celebration is to commemorate the summer solstice, a pagan event, but that the Catholic Church renamed it the Sant Joan festival due to the coincidence with the birth of another Saint John, Saint John of Bautista. This party is full of fun, joy, and mystery in Barcelona. Like every important celebration, the Saint John festival has its own identity dessert, its characteristic rituals and all the joy of a celebration that opens the door to summer. From ShBarcelona we talk about the "Sant Joan" party and what activities you can live in Barcelona.
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Saint John, The Rituals
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The festival of Saint John is celebrated on June 23 and 24. June 23 is the day in which people wait until dawn and enjoy music, fire, and pyrotechnics that all families buy to contribute to the celebration. It is a night of fun and joy for the arrival of summer, good weather, and a few days off. Together with fire, a purifying element, the aim is to eliminate bad omens, get rid of terrible moments and simply eliminate the negative things in life. The shortest night of the year begins a new cycle in which, little by little, the shortest days become, until winter comes, the longest night. Coca de Sant Joan, spongy and deliciously accompanied by candied fruit, are among the specialties made for the occasion. It is made with cream or marzipan and accompanied by a good cava. For some Catalans, they refer to this night as a celebration for Catalan nationalism. It also a city not far from Barcelona.
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The most representative of the night of Saint John is fire. For this reason, one of the most popular events of this festival is the lighting of the Llama del Canigó, whose flames spread (figuratively) through different towns and cities in Catalonia. In Barcelona, the flame arrives at the Plaza Sant Jaume, an event in which giant, big heads are paraded through around the bonfires alight. Each neighborhood has its own celebration which includes fancy dinners and dancing around the fire with devils and dragons, a bestiary characteristic of Catalan folklore that includes pyrotechnics and traditional music. There are different types of activities in each district council. Finally, you can celebrate Saint John on the beaches of Barcelona. It is common to see a lot of people at the beach, light fires and set up their own party until dawn. In the morning, have chocolate churros for breakfast to top of the entire celebration.
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The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1867 to 1966.
Founded by James Gordon Bennett as The Evening Telegram in 1867, the newspaper began as the evening edition of The New York Herald, which itself published its first issue in 1835. Following Bennett's death, newspaper and magazine owner Frank A. Munsey purchased The Telegram in June 1920. Munsey's associate Thomas W. Dewart, the late publisher and president of the New York Sun, owned the paper for two years after Munsey died in 1925 before selling it to Scripps for an undisclosed sum in 1927. At the time of the sale, the paper was known as The New York Telegram, and it had a circulation of 200,000.[1]
The newspaper became the World-Telegram in 1931, following the sale of the New York World by the heirs of Joseph Pulitzer to Scripps Howard.[1] More than 2,000 employees of the morning, evening and Sunday editions of the World lost their jobs in the merger, although some star writers, like Heywood Broun and Westbrook Pegler, were kept on the new paper.
The World-Telegram enjoyed a reputation as a liberal paper for some years after the merger, based on memories of the Pulitzer-owned World. However, under Scripps Howard the paper moved steadily to the right, eventually becoming a conservative bastion.
In 1950, the paper became the New York World-Telegram and Sun after Dewart and his family sold Scripps the remnants of another afternoon paper, the New York Sun.[2] (The writer A.J. Liebling once described the "and Sun" portion of the combined publication's nameplate as resembling the tail feathers of a canary on the chin of a cat.)
Early in 1966, a proposal to create New York's first joint operating agreement led to the merger of the World-Telegram and Sun with Hearst's Journal American. The intention was to produce a joint afternoon edition, with a separate morning paper to be produced by the Herald Tribune. The last edition of the World-Telegram and Sun was published on April 23, 1966.[3] But when strikes prevented the JOA from taking effect, the papers instead united in August 1966 to become the short-lived New York World Journal Tribune, which lasted only until May 5, 1967. Its closure left New York City with three daily newspapers: The New York Times, the New York Post and the New York Daily News.
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GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- Indiana's State Board of Education is moving forward on a controversial plan to shut down a Gary middle school.
The board voted 6-4 Thursday to close Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School. The school is the only one in Gary to serve exclusively 7th and 8th graders.
The building has received failing grades six years straight, and the board says it would cost too much to keep the school open. In August 2014, it was given a second chance to remain open after facing closure.
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It remains unlikely that the UK will leave the EU on 29 March without a deal, but the UK Government continues to prepare the UK's statute book for exit from the EU, including in the area of intellectual property, with several IP focussed Statutory Instruments being laid before Parliament in past months.
On 1 March 2019, the UK Intellectual Property Office ("UKIPO") issued its latest guidance on "Changes to trade mark law in the event of no deal from the European Union". This confirms the passing through Parliament of significant statutory legislation on Brexit and EU Trade Marks – The Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ("the Regulations") – which legislation is ready to take effect on whatever date the UK leaves the EU.
The effective "exit day" could be as soon as 29 March 2019 if no deal can be reached with the EU, or later than that if an extension to the Article 50 negotiating period were to be agreed between the UK and EU. Should a deal be reached to include a transition period, this could postpone the effective date of exit until the end of 2020 or beyond. Although many believe that an extension to Article 50 is highly likely, the latest guidance from the UKIPO gives comfort for EU trade mark owners even if exit day were to be as soon as the end of this month.
From exit day, all existing unitary EU trade marks "EUTMs" will no longer cover the UK, but they will continue to cover the remaining 27 EU member states. The UK government has introduced the Regulations, inter alia, to ensure that UK protection continues after exit day for EUTMs registered at exit day and to make provision for EUTMs pending at that point.
The Regulations are comprehensive, with pertinent provisions detailed below:
Creation of comparable UK trade marks at exit day
For all registered EUTMs, a comparable UK trade mark will be recorded on the UK register with the same priority and/or seniority dates as the corresponding EUTM. This will be at no cost to the EUTM holder and with minimum administrative burden. A new UK registration certificate will not be issued, but details of the comparable new right may be located by searching the UK register. The UKIPO has confirmed that comparable UK rights created from registered EUTMs will retain the last 8 digits of the EUTM serial number, prefixed with "UK009".
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Comparable UK rights will only be created for EUTMs with a registered status immediately before exit day. For EUTMs pending on exit day, it will be possible within 9 months of exit day to apply to register a UK trade mark with the same filing and priority dates as the EUTM application. The UKIPO will make available an updated version of their trade mark application form with provision for claiming the earlier filing/priority date of the corresponding EUTM application. To claim the earlier EU filing and/or priority date, the corresponding UK application should cover the same goods and services or less than those covered by the EUTM application. The UKIPO will require payment of the same official fees as for a regular UK trade mark application, based on the number of trade mark classes included.
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Registered EUTM holders not wishing to be granted a comparable UK right may opt out from receiving one. This is not possible if the EUTM has been used in the UK, if it has been assigned or licensed, if it has been the subject of an agreement or has had litigation based upon it. The UKIPO has produced a notification template for opt out requests. It is not expected that many right owners will take advantage of these opt out provisions.
For each newly created comparable UK right, renewal will be required separately from the corresponding EUTM, but on the same renewal date. For comparable UK rights with renewal dates falling less than six months after exit day, the UKIPO will issue renewal reminders on the actual date of expiry or as soon as practicable after that, to advise of the expiry but to also provide a further six month period, from the date of the reminder, in which the registration may be renewed. Renewal within the additional six months allowed for renewal will attract the usual renewal fee, but no fine for late renewal.
For EUTMS which expired before exit day and are still within a period for late renewal, comparable UK trade marks will be created, but will only be maintained on the UK register if the corresponding EUTM is renewed in time.
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If existing in respect of a corresponding EUTM at exit day, these will continue to have legal effect in the UK in relation to the comparable UK right.
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Both UK and EUTMs may be revoked on grounds of non-use if a registered mark is unused for an uninterrupted period of five years. The regulations make provision for comparable UK rights created on exit day, in terms of these use requirements and proof of use in opposition proceedings. If there has been use in the EU but not the UK prior to exit day, this will count as use of the comparable UK right. After exit day, use of the mark in the UK will be required. For assessment of reputation of a comparable UK right created from a corresponding EUTM, a similar approach will be applied, with EU reputation counting before exit day and UK reputation being required afterwards.
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For cases before designated "EU Courts" in the UK, which are ongoing at exit day, these will continue to be heard as if the UK were still an EU member state.
For ongoing proceedings before the UKIPO at exit day, where an EUTM holder has brought action against a UK trade mark, these will continue to be heard under the UK legislation.
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2020-11-10 15:00:00by Chris Carter
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Destiny 2, like Destiny before it, has had its ups and downs.
Players were upset that Destiny 2 even made the sequel leap at all, having jettisoned all of the old content in favor of a new game that was one step forward, two steps back. Then the initial DLC came, and people just weren't having it with the half-hearted Osiris and Warmind add-ons.
Arguably, Destiny 2 never had its "Taken King" moment with Forsaken, despite drastically upping the overall quality of the experience. Shadowkeep was more of the same. Now Beyond Light tries to work its magic with some substantial additions.
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Since Destiny 2 expansions can get confusing, let's go over what that $40 will get you.
The big initial draw is the new planet/hub: the frozen tundra of Europa (Jupiter's moon). That comes with new story missions, strikes (dungeons), and a raid (on November 21). The long-term draw is the trio of "stasis" trees, which provide Warlocks, Titans, and Hunters (these are ranked by coolness, by the way, don't @ me) with the first new subclass in...well, a long time.
Hilariously, Bungie was able to work the vaulted content (read: the stuff that's gone) into the story by having those planets "mysteriously disappear." Props! Until we meet again, old stuff. For now your job is to head into Europa to embark upon another shooty adventure against another underestimated big bad: Eramis. Yes, Ghost says "this is real bad" out loud once again after you storm their stronghold and run away with your tail between your legs early in the story. I still can't get used to the talking Guardian, however sparing that plot device might be.
Europa itself is an interesting setting: a little stronger, personality-wise, than a few DLC locales before it. Even more Fallen getting injected into the story once again though? Don't mind if I do! Beyond Light even has the machine from RoboCop (see above). At this point, Bungie has its little bag of tricks that it can use to entice long-term players, even if the newcomers are mostly going to have their eyes glazed over when it comes to the "story."
One thing I noticed right away was that the Ghost can now be upgraded and customized: a far cry from the menial bonuses it offered in the past. Now you can opt for more experience, enhanced radar capabilities for open-world items, bonuses for certain playlists: and so on. Slowly but surely, Bungie is adding to the game's RPG elements.
Destiny 2, naturally, is still a great shooter because Bungie managed to get that right the first time around ages ago with the original game. I'm testing out Beyond Light on the Xbox Series X actually, and menus feel a little snappier, in part thanks to the SSD. Loads, however, are still very lengthy as the game does need to communicate with Bungie's servers. Also, the "next-gen upgrade" still isn't here yet: that's due in December.
Today I experienced issues logging in initially, and was booted out of a mission right in the middle of it: typical of a Bungie expansion launch. Stay tuned as I work my way through the story and test out Beyond Light's new subclasses. When I can. It hasn't blown me away yet, but it's not a dud: so far.
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Last Call For The Road To Gilead
Here in Cincinnati, the last abortion clinic in southwest Ohio remains open thanks to a judge and an injunction preventing Ohio from denying licenses to clinics arbitrarily. In Missouri, the state is down to one clinic in St. Louis, and the license for that facility expires at the end of the month.
The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week, effectively ending legal abortion in the state.
In a statement to be released later Tuesday, Planned Parenthood said Missouri's health department is "refusing to renew" its annual license to provide abortion in the state. If the license is not renewed by May 31, Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since 1973 when Roe v. Wade was decided.
Planned Parenthood would still be able to provide non-abortion health services for women in Missouri.
Planned Parenthood said it plans to sue the state "in order to try to keep serving Missouri women."
"This is not a drill. This is not a warning. This is a real public health crisis," said Dr. Leana Wen, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
A call and email to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services were not immediately returned.
Representatives for Planned Parenthood told CBS News that the upcoming deadline follows weeks of back-and-forth with state health officials.
On May 20, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services notified Planned Parenthood of three issues that could impact license renewal, according to documents reviewed by CBS News and provided by Planned Parenthood.
On May 22, Planned Parenthood said it would address two of them: adjusting who at the clinic provided the state-mandated counseling and adding an additional pelvic exam for abortion patients.
But it said a third request was out of its control. According to Planned Parenthood, the health department said it was investigating "deficient practices," and needed to interview seven physicians who provide care at the clinic. Planned Parenthood said it could offer interviews only with two who are its employees. The remaining physicians provide services at the facility but aren't employed by Planned Parenthood and have not agreed to be interviewed.
In its letter, the Department of Health wrote that it could not "complete our investigation until it interviews the physicians involved in the care provided in the potential deficient practices," and that "the investigation needs to be completed and any deficiencies resolved before the expiration of [the clinic's] license on May 31, 2019."
So-called "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Practices" laws or TRAP laws like this have been the favored weapon of the anti-choice, anti-women crowd for the last decade or so. Regulating abortion clinics out of existence with impossible and arbitrary rules for operation has been stopped before by the Supreme Court in Texas and several other states, but that was before Justice Kennedy was replaced by Brett Kavanaugh.
We'll see if Planned Parenthood can prevail here, but the clock on Missouri's women is running out.
Meanwhile, we got the first decision on abortion from SCOTUS today blocking Indiana's ludicrous "selective eugenics" law.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an Indiana law barring abortions based on a fetus' sex, race or disability, while allowing a separate state measure requiring fetal remains to be buried or cremated to take effect.
The justices declined to review a lower court's decision overturning a law restricting when and why an abortion could be performed. Vice President Mike Pence signed the measure into law in 2016 when he was Indiana governor, and it was blocked by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals last year.
That case is the latest abortion challenge the Supreme Court's new conservative majority has passed up. However, it doesn't indicate whether the court will eventually take up a challenge to Roe v. Wade, as a spate of conservative states including Alabama, Georgia and Missouri approve laws meant to directly challenge the 1973 ruling legalizing abortion nationwide.
In an unsigned opinion, the justices wrote that the state has a "legitimate interest" in the disposal of fetal remains. They reversed the 7th Circuit decision blocking that provision, reinstating Indiana's measure without first holding a hearing.
Indiana argued the prevalence of prenatal screening has led many women to opt for abortion when fetal abnormalities like Down syndrome are detected. Supporters of abortion rights said the law was unconstitutionally intrusive, defying Supreme Court precedent protecting a woman's right for an abortion until the fetus is viable outside of the womb, generally considered to be around 24 weeks.
"A woman, not the legislature, gets to decide whether an abortion is the right decision for her and her family," said Ken Falk, legal director with the ACLU of Indiana, who represented Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky in the case.
Although Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the court's decision to refuse the case, he wrote in a fiery concurring opinion that the justices may eventually consider the constitutionality of similar laws.
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Justice Thomas just posted a major signpost on the road to Gilead. If the Supreme Court considers abortion itself to be eugenics, that would not only leave the door open to end abortion in the entire country, but to end birth control as well.
And yes, the Indiana law requiring cremation of fetal remains brings us one TRAP law closer to bankrupting clinics in the state.
Indiana's law won't be the decision that ends Roe, but it's coming. Justice Thomas is all but promising it.
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Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist
Drawing from Memory is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as his "spiritual father." As WWII raged, Allen was further inspired to consider questions of his own heritage and the motivations of those around him. He worked hard in rigorous drawing classes, studied, trained — and ultimately came to understand who he really is.
Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, Drawing from Memory presents a complex look at the real-life relationship between a mentor and his student. With watercolor paintings, original cartoons, vintage photographs, and maps, Allen Say has created a book that will inspire the artist in all of us.
DRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as his spiritual father. As WWII raged, Allen was further inspired to consider questions of his own heritage and the motivations of those around him. He worked hard in rigorous drawing classes, studied, trained--and ultimately came to understand who he really is.
Allen Say is one of the most beloved artists working today. He is the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for Grandfather's Journey, and also won a Caldecott Honor and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for The Boy of the Three-Year Nap (written by Dianne Snyder). Many of Allen's stories are derived from his own experiences as a child. His other books include The Bicycle Man, Tea with Milk, and Tree of Cranes, hailed by the Horn Book in a starred review as "the achievement of a master in his prime." Allen's recent book, Drawing from Memory, received four starred reviews. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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