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Guns Also Stop Violence
When looking for ideas about which to blog, I often find the Metro section in the Sacramento Bee to be a gold mine. I came across something in today's Metro section that instantly stood out because I couldn't believe the leftward tilting Bee actually printed it.
At the bottom of page B1, was an article entitled Eight are honored for selfless actions. The article was about an awards ceremony put on by the city for citizens who had done heroic deeds. The first deed that was profiled went like this:
In the early morning of November 21, freelance news cameraman Paul Thomas Ennis, 54, was driving down Freeport Boulevard to film the aftermath of a shooting. He never made it. Instead he put himself at risk and in doing so joined the ranks of area residents recognized Friday as heroes. Flashing lights of a Sacramento police squad car at a Union 76 gas station at Fruitridge Road grabbed his attention that morning. Ennis could see what looked like an officer struggling with a man. Possible story, he though. Ennis got out of his car, video camera on his shoulder. But suddenly, the officer was on the ground, the man seated on him. Ennis put down his camera, yelled and leveled a licensed gun he carried. Startled, the man put his hands up, and Officer Stephen Moore, 26, gained control... The man, identified as Ricky Williams, 40, faces felony charges of resisting arrest, battery of a peace officer, and driving while under the influence. (my emphasis)
I was astounded that the Bee highlighted this incident. Usually, the media buries defensive uses of firearms as deeply as they can, but this one must have floated under the radar. It has been estimated that guns are used for defensive purposes somewhere between 200,000 and 2 million times a year. Why such a discrepancy? For one thing, defensive uses usually involve no shots being fired, and no police report being filed. That makes it pretty hard to track; unlike offensive uses of guns which usually are reported, even if shots are not fired.
There have been several famous incidents of defensive gun use, and several instances where guns should have been available.
On October 1, 1997 in Pearl, Mississippi, student Luke Woodham killed his mother, then went to his high school and began shooting. When the shooting ended, two students were dead, and seven were injured. What the media rarely told us was how the shooting ended. When the shooting started, a vice principal ran to his car in the school parking lot, took out a gun he had stored in there, and pointed it at Woodham as the deranged student shooter was reloading. Had the VP not done this, Woodham would have reloaded and continued shooting.
In January 2002, a student who had flunked out of Appalachian School of Law in Virginia went to his campus and began shooting, killing three people and wounding three more. Again, as he stopped to reload, he was stopped from committing further violence by two students who had retrieved their own guns from their cars. A CNN story said that the shooter was "grabbed and subdued" by some other students. Golly Gee, how exactly did they "subdue" him if he was armed? CNN left that little part out of the story, now didn't they?
My final scenario is one where there wasn't anyone who shot back, but if they had, the incident could have been stopped like the two above. On December 7, 1993, Colin Ferguson, a deranged black man who decided to go kill some white people because of what he described at his trial as "Black Rage", began shooting passengers on a Long Island commuter train. When it was over, six passengers were dead, and nineteen were wounded. Witnesses said that Ferguson calmly walked down the aisle of the train cars, carefully picking his white targets and methodically shooting them. If some of these passengers had been armed, they could have easily taken him out, as he stopped to reload several times. Of course, you don't have to wait for a shooter to stop to reload. If people are being killed anyway, someone should have engaged Ferguson immediately. Unfortunately, this was the state of New York we are talking about, so naturally, these people were not armed. Instead, they were sitting ducks. The same goes for George Hennard, who in 1991, killed 23 people inside a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas. One customer, Susanna Gratia Huff watched both her parents die as she rued the fact that her gun was inside her car instead of on her person, due to Texas laws that said she couldn't carry the gun.
Time and again, these violent incidents occur, and of course the knee-jerk reaction is to want to get rid of the guns. I'm sorry folks, but that is not going to happen. You could ban the production of guns tomorrow, but guns last for decades and even centuries. The hundreds of millions of guns that already exist will not just go away. The best thing we can do is allow law abiding citizens to carry guns for self-protection, as is their God-given right to do so. I have a God-given right to defend myself and my family, and I refuse to give up that right, even if it makes people uncomfortable because I am carrying a gun.
Good Day to You, Sir
There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
That is a very famous quote that illustrates one of the constant rules of life. Even if you think it is free, someone somewhere is paying for it; and that includes our freedom. This brings me to another famous quote, which I had trouble verifying if it came from George Orwell or Rudyard Kipling:
I have always loved this quote because it points out the absurdity of these nitwits who demonstrate with their little signs that declare WAR IS NEVER THE ANSWER, and VISUALIZE WORLD PEACE. The only reason that these people can live in their little fantasy world is because we have a military and other "rough men" who are willing to lay their lives on the line to protect the right of these street-theater morons to go out there and bash our country.
I bring all of this up because I came across a poem via Michelle Malkin's blog and the Mudville Gazette that was inspired by the "rough men" quote by Orwell/Kipling. The poem was written by one Russ Vaughn, who served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. Hear now the word of truth:
Rough men
There's a character trait that's decided by fate
Comes (sadly) to many, far too faint, far too late.
They won't face the aggressor, stand up to his ire
They have not the will to fight his fire with fire.
So they bend over backwards to see all sides as fair,
Till they're faced with dragon breath fire in their hair.
Like our brethren in France, who'd know better than we,
Yet seem never to learn, seem doomed never to see.
Yes, it seems there are some who're determined by fate,
To possess not the courage to step up to the plate,
Who shrink from all threat because nothing's worth war.
But how can they know lest they've been there before?
Thank God some have courage, the will, yes, the grace,
To stand for the shirkers, stand strong in their place.
Thank God we have stalwarts who'll stand for us all,
Who will rise to the challenge at their nation's call.
The faint-hearted, who fear, whose reaction is flight,
Have no comprehension of those who will fight.
To hide their own trepidation they attempt to demean
The rough men, who defend them, as barbaric, obscene.
Yet these rough men stand ready, hard weapons to hand,
To put placaters behind them, draw a line in the sand,
To preserve for the peaceniks what they won't defend,
So their own unearned freedom won't perish, won't end.
To appeasers, rough men are coarse government tools.
To rough men, appeasers are dumb delusional fools.
I think of this poem as I read about the recent successful intimidation tactics employed by college students at places like UC Santa Cruz and a community college in Seattle in order to kick military recruiters off campus, or the people who get in a tizzy about the "horrible" treatment about detainees at Guantanamo, yet have nothing to say about the gulag that is Castro's Cuba which takes up the rest of the island.
I spent 12 years in the U.S. Army and National Guard. During my time of service, one of the things for which I was most proud was knowing that I was one of these "rough men" who was voluntarily protecting our country.
Hmm, May Day... How Appropriate
Well, I am back to blogging in a limited capacity. It has been a week since my daughter was born, and during that time, we have gotten the sleeping arrangements solidified, and I must say, she is a really good sleeper. Two years ago, our son turned my wife and me into honorary zombies.
So, with the sleep issue well under control, I can comment on the issues that I feel need my comments. Today, let's touch on this ridiculous mass protest scheduled for Monday. A couple things:
I notice that it will be held on May Day. I remember as a kid in the 1980s watching the news every year on May 1st as they featured the obligatory piece on the May Day parades in the Soviet Union and other communist countries around the world. May Day is very important to socialists and communists around the world, and make no mistake about it - this big push for the legalization of illegal aliens and the whole Aztlan reconquista has huge communist and socialist support.
I use the term illegal alien because that is what these people are when they come to the United States by crossing the border without permission. People who support illegal aliens never call them "illegal aliens". Their preferred monikers include illegal immigrants (but even that is way too harsh), simply immigrants, or my favorite: undocumented workers. This last one gets me because they are trying to make it a given that all illegals who come here are workers. Many of them are, but I would like to know why so many of them end up in our prisons for crimes other than coming here illegally in the first place. The commonly agreed upon number of illegal aliens in this country is around 12 million (I happen to think it is more). Using that number, that means that out of a population of 300 million people in this country, right around 4% of them are here illegally. Compare that to the fact that 25-30% of our federal prisoners are illegal aliens. Talk about disproportionate!
OK, assuming that all these illegal aliens are in fact "workers", what does that say about them that so many are apparently willing to walk off their job on Monday to protest about the fact that they came here to work? I would love to counter-protest, but I will be at my job all day Monday.
I am sick to death of the statement, "These people do the jobs that Americans don't or won't do". For pete's sake, even our own president said this in a speech! If you think about it, can you think of anything more demeaning to say about illegal aliens? To say that the only thing they are good for is cleaning the turds out of the punchbowl, metaphorically speaking?
I don't know if any of the students at my middle school will join in our inevitable local protests, but I expect any students who don't come to school without an excused absence to face the consequences of what an unexcused absence can bring.
Finally, when you watch news coverage of these protests on Monday's news, don't let all the American flags and red, white, and blue fool you. These people made their true feelings known in their initial protests when they flew the Mexican flag with abandon, along with signs that proclaimed this continent to be theirs. Since they love Mexico so much, here is my proposal to them: Let the United States adopt the same exact immigration policy that their dear Mexico employs. It is a policy that only allows in highly skilled workers, and violently turns away unwanted immigrants. It is a policy that severely limits the right of non-citizens in Mexico to protest Mexico's national policies, and limits the ability of naturalized Mexican citizens to run for or hold public office. You want to bring Mexico across our borders? No problem. Let's dance!
Good Day to You, Muchacho
And Three Became Four...
My daughter was born yesterday. It's a good thing she was delivered by c-section, because she weighed 9 lbs. 15.6 ozs and was 21.5 inches long. My wife and I are looking forward to taking her home tomorrow and getting her acquainted with her big brother, and the wonderful world of conservative politics. HEY! You can never start too early.
Good Night to You, Little Girl
A Day in the Life of a Teacher
I probably don't blog enough about the goings on during my daily grind in the classroom, but a couple incidents happened today that struck me funny, so I thought I would share the insanity with the rest of you.
First, I opened my email this morning to find a request for homework for a girl who had been suspended. This happens often; our principal or vice principal sends out a school-wide email to all the teachers that says something to the effect of: Attention teachers of so-and-so: So-and-so has been suspended for however-many-days. Please send so-and-so's make-up work to the office. Now, I saw the referral on this girl yesterday. She was suspended for flipping off her P.E. teacher in full view of the rest of the students. This girl is not some delicate flower who just had a bad day. She is a known and persistent trouble maker at my school. In fact, I recently covered for another teacher during my prep period for three days in a row because the teacher's dad died. All three times, I ended up kicking this girl out of the class due to extreme disrespect and defiance directed toward me. So how many days suspension did she receive for this little finger stunt? A whopping two (that's 2) days - for publicly flipping off a teacher! Our administration isn't afraid of handing out suspensions, but what does strike fear into their hearts is handing out enough days of suspension. This is one of the reasons that we still have such bad discipline issues at our school: even if the kid gets suspended, the kid knows that not only will s/he be back in no time flat, but also - as I mentioned earlier - they get to make up the work they missed while they were suspended! What kind of crap is that? How is it any kind of punishment at all if the kid can make up the missed work?
Next item: I have a particularly rambuctious class during 7th period, which is the period right after lunch. This class has three girls who are (mostly) friends. You know how middle school girls can be; friends one day, enemies the next, then back to friends the next. Today, they were obviously friends, because I could do nothing to stop the incessant talking, whispering, and giggling that went on for way too long. After too many warnings to these three girls, I finally scrapped my lesson and spent a few minutes changing the seating chart. After they began to give me lip about it, I had each girl come up and call her parents right then and there during class. For the first two girls, I only got their parents' voice mail, so I left a voice mail message for each girl's parents while the rest of the class intently looked on. So the class knew that I would be speaking to those parents at a later time. Then it got interesting. With the third girl, I got her mom on the phone. I have dealt with this mom before. She is loud, bitchy... and totally on my side! The mom thanked me profusely for calling her and asked me to put her darling daughter on the phone. I handed the phone to the daughter, and I swear to God, the kids in the back of the classroom could hear this mother yelling through the phone. There was a very low but audible gasp that rose from the crowd as this mom unloaded on the daughter for about 30 seconds. I could not have asked for a better example to be made that showed that not only was I not playing, but also showed the other students what could be in store for them if they got out of line. There wasn't time to see if the behavior would improve for the rest of the period, because by the time that last phone call was done, it was time to pack up. My parting words to my students were, "And that is today's lesson ladies and gentlemen... pack up."
The Suspense is Killing Me!
I just noticed that I haven't blogged since Wednesday. The issue there is that the birth of our second child is imminent, but she appears to be quite happy hanging around in my wife's abdomen. According to previous ultrasounds, the due date was April 13. The original due date is this Monday, April 17. Conceivably (no pun intended), my wife could walk into the room as these words are being typed, and say, "It's time." Unfortunately, that hasn't happened yet.
In the meantime, I have been making lesson plans and photocopies like a madman to make sure that I don't leave my substitute (whoever it might be) hanging out to dry. I know what it is like to be a substitute teacher, and I never want to leave a sub in some of the positions in which I found myself.
So this post is just a little reassurance to my thousands of loyal readers out there (snicker) that I haven't gotten lazy, just overwhelmingly busy as my wife and I (and my 22 month old soon-to-be-in-for-the-shock-of-his-life son) prepare for the arrival of our daughter. Back during my 20s, being a father always seemed like a strange proposition for me. Being a father to two children will be more surreal than I can currently imagine. I don't think reality will truly hit me until both kids are home, and my wife and I look at each other with loving eyes and ask each other, "What in the hell have we just gotten ourselves into?" We can't wait to find out!
More on What Mexico Would Do...
A few posts back, I mentioned a column by Michael Reagan that showcased some enlightening excerpts from the constitution of Mexico that showed quite clearly how Mexico treats its foreigners. I have now found another article that you just have to read.
One of my favorite sources of information is City Journal. It is a quarterly publication that is produced by the Manhattan Institute. "Quarterly" means, of course, that once their latest edition comes out, I have to wait another three months for their next one; but boy is it worth it. Being a quarterly publication means that the authors of its articles have time to research and get in-depth. The Spring 2006 issue of City Journal was just released, and I found one humdinger of an article about illegal immigration written by one of their staff writers, Heather MacDonald. Below are some of the juicier passages from the article. Check this out:
Fine. If Mexico wants to dictate our immigration policy to us, let's follow their example to the letter. That example is particularly relevant on this further day of protests demanding amnesty for illegals. Among the demonstrators in at least 60 cities nationwide will undoubtedly be thousands of border lawbreakers. What would Mexico do? The answer is easy: deport them on the spot. In 2002, a dozen American college students, in Mexico legally, participated peacefully in an environmental protest against a planned airport outside of Mexico City. They swiftly found themselves deported as law-breakers for interfering in Mexico's internal affairs...
It is particularly delicious to imagine what would happen if American students in Mexico ran the American flag up a flag pole over an upside down Mexican flag, as students in a Southern California high school did last month. An international crisis! Each participant would be promptly ejected and possibly the American ambassador as well. When President Ernesto Zedillo tried to revise Mexican textbooks in the 1990s to be more favorable toward U.S. foreign policy, Mexico's pundits denounced him as a traitor. Yet Mexican consuls in the U.S. work mightily to disseminate Mexican textbooks in U.S. schools and they have raised not a peep of remonstrance against Mexican protesters carrying signs such as THIS IS STOLEN LAND and WE DIDN'T CROSS THE BORDER, THE BORDER CROSSED US during the mass demonstrations last month...
Then there's the question of whom we should favor in our immigration policy. Accept only the economic cream of other countries. Mexico's immigration law grants preferences to scientists and other professionals likely to contribute to "national progress." Peasants with third-grade educations aren't high on their wish list; in fact they do everything they can to keep them out. Local observers have often alleged Mexico's brutal treatment of impoverished Central Americans crossing its borders. Yet according to Mexican officials, millions of uneducated, unskilled campesinos are just what the American economy needs...
The hypocrisy of this whole situation continues to become more and more realized, and it shows. A new Zogby poll shows that all these demonstrations have backfired. The American people, rather than being sympathetic to the illegals' cause, are instead turning against it. We Americans may sometimes be an ignorant mushy-headed bunch, but we are not yet quite ready to commit national suicide.
The Irritating Fad Du Jour Continues
Why, oh why do they do this to themselves? Walking around trying to hold up your pants isn't enough, I guess. The number of black male students on my campus who are wearing "grillz" (it pains me to even write the word), is increasing. Again, when I see a student of another race, ethnicity, or sex wearing... (wince)... grillz... I will let you know ASAP. Until then, so far it is only our black male students. Here is an interesting Fox News article that talks about the obvious fact that... (wretch)... grillz... can ruin a wearer's teeth due to the fact that saliva and bits of previous meals are trapped up against the wearer's teeth all day. Yuk!
I have a student who has defied me on numerous occasions regarding the wearing of his... (oh, the humanity!)... grillz... in my classroom. I have tried calling his mother (there is no father listed on the contact info), but she never returns my phone calls. This means that when I leave for work in about seven hours, I will take a little ziploc baggie with me. When this student walks into class tomorrow morning inevitably wearing his... (shudder)... grillz... I will have him remove them from his mouth and deposit them in said baggie. His mother may then pick them up herself from the office.
Good Day to You, Homie
About Monday's Illegal Immigration Rallies...
According to this article from Fox News Online,
Hundreds of thousands of people demanding U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants took to the streets in dozens of cities from New York to San Diego on Monday in some of the most widespread demonstrations since the mass protests began around the country last month...
Rallies took place in communities of all sizes, from a gathering of at least 50,000 people in Atlanta to one involving 3,000 people in the farming town of Garden City, Kan., which has fewer than 30,000 residents...
Thick crowds gathered in New York's Washington Square Park before marching to City Hall. Many waved flags, both American and of countries of their origin. Korean-Americans beat drums nearby. Another group marched from Chinatown, and a third demonstration took place in Brooklyn. Police declined to estimate the size of the crowds, but organizers said 125,000 people were present at City Hall...
Just a little observation: These protests all took place on Monday. Isn't Monday a work day? I know I was at work. I would have loved to join in a counter-demonstration, but I have a family to feed. Don't apologists for illegal aliens say that they all come here just wanting to work? What do I know? I'm just a dumb American.
What to Do About Iran?
Again, my thanks to Cox and Forkum for a cartoon that about sums it all up regarding our crazy Persian friends. They claim that they are that much closer to going nuclear. There's your cheerful thought for the day.
Just So You Don't Think...
...that I blame illegal aliens for all of our nation's woes, there is plenty to be worried about from our own native population; particularly our younger generations. Thank you Cox and Forkum for the cartoon, and thank you Darren at Right on the Left Coast for that oh-so-true article about our over-pampered generations of the last 35 years. Disclosure: I'm only 33, and a proud member of Generation X. Just consider me one of the exceptions to the rule.
Good Day to You, Dude
What Would Mexico Do? (WWMD?)
Here is a link to a great column by Michael Reagan. In this column, Mr. Reagan fills us in on some rather enlightening sections from Mexico's constitution that deal with immigration and the rights of foreigners living in Mexico. Here are some examples taken right from the Mexican constitution:
Pursuant to Article 33, "Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country."
Gosh, does that mean that if I go to Mexico and protest one of their policies - say, their immigration policies - I would be kicked out of the country?
Article 55 denies immigrants the right to become federal lawmakers. A Mexican congressman or senator must be "a Mexican citizen by birth."
Gosh, I know of quite a few foreign-born congressmembers in the United States. You mean that Mexico doesn't allow the same thing in their country?
Article 32: "Mexicans shall have priority over foreigners under equality of circumstances for all classes of concessions and for all employment, positions, or commissions of the Government in which the status of citizenship is not indispensable."
What? You mean that Mexico favors Mexican citizens over foreigners - legal and illegal - in matters of employment?
Watch your step folks; there's a whole lot of hypocrisy goin' on, and it's littered all over the ground from here to the Rio Grande.
I think of all those numb-nuts walking our streets in protest and idiotically flying that Mexican flag. Fine - if they want us to be like Mexico, then let us indulge them. Let's adopt all those provisions from the Mexican constitution, and then use it as justification to ship their illegal keesters back where they came from.
Some Moral Equivalency for Your Sunday Sermon
My wife and I are members of the Presbyterian Church. For quite awhile now, I have known that on a national level, the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) is pretty leftist; just look at their recent decision to divest themselves of anything having to to with Israel. But I wondered if that leftism trickled down to my local church. During this morning's sermon by our lead pastor, I got a hint at an answer.
The theme of this morning's sermon was "A World Gone Mad". On this Palm Sunday, our pastor gave examples of how our world has gone mad in our time, and then told of how the world had gone mad during the days of Imperial Rome. In his list of examples of our modern world gone mad, he named the recent senseless murders of a woman in Roseville and two men in Elk Grove. Then, he got down to business. First, he named the Iraq War - fair enough I guess; war is often madness, even if you're one of the good guys. But this next one threw me for a loop. Our pastor said (and I'm paraphrasing),
"People danced in the streets all over the world when the Berlin Wall was torn down. Now, two decades later, we are seeing more walls erected, such as along our border with Mexico, or in Israel."
Do you see what our pastor did here? He equated the Berlin Wall - a wall designed to keep goodness in by preventing the escape of millions of people from a horrible communist prison called Eastern Europe - to two other walls that are meant to keep evil out. Our wall (and fences) that we wish to build along our border with Mexico is meant to protect the security of our borders - both from those who wish to come here uninvited, and from those who wish to come to our country to do us harm. The wall that has been proposed in Israel is to protect that country from Islamic Palestinian terrorists who walk into Israel on a regular basis and blow themselves up on crowded buses and restaurants in the hopes of taking a lot of innocent Israelis with them.
For our pastor to stand up there and say that Israel and the United States are no better than East Germany and the Soviet Union because they all want to build, or have built walls on their border is ludicrous and irresponsible.
One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from William F. Buckley when he described moral equivalency. He said,
"'Moral Equivalency' is saying that pushing an old lady out of the path of an oncoming bus is just as bad as pushing an old lady into the path of an oncoming bus, because either way, you are pushing old ladies around."
Is Islam a Violent Religion? A Reader Responds...
Back on February 12, 2005, I posted this entry on my blog that included the above cartoon. Just the other day, I got a rather long comment from "ryan h" who took me to task on my position. I can tell that ryan put quite a bit of time and effort into his comment, and I wanted to respond back to him, and educate the rest of my reader(s) at the same time. First, here is what ryan h had to say:
I wanted to take the time to respond to this, in hopes that I may help to break your tunnel vision.
First and foremost, most all of the things you write I stand by. Namely this entry which I have been spreading to many. You strike me as someone who is down to earth and sees matters for what they are. I'm afraid, however, that this issue you have been lost.
I'm not Muslim, and before 9/11 I knew absolutely nothing about the religion other than the word. Even though I had been dating a Muslim for some time. I'm not a religious person at all, but I see the value in faith and hope, as they help many survive cold and lonely nights. And push when sometimes it feels like there is no longer a reason.
I think you have lost site of the real issues here, and your attention has been misdirected by otherwise arrogant sources. That's not intended to be an insult to anyone.
I'll start with the obvious: violence. My personal problem with the drawings of Muhammad is that they're drawn by ignorant people. Muhammad was a prophet, like any other prophet. His words were simply written from God. The violence comes from the interpretation, and the people, not the religion.
Seeing as how you are a teacher I don't expect to lecture you about the different denominations of the Islamic faith, but I hope to remind you of the psychology behind everything in hopes that you regain control of your point of view.
It's late, and I just got done having this discussion with another buddy of mine so I'll do all of this in dude talk, so forgive me if I don't sound as scholarly as others. :P
Muslims have a bad rep because of the Sunni's. When Muhammad died, Ali and Abu were the two successors. Sunni's believe Abu was the man, Shi'a believe Ali was the man. Abu was a friend of Muhammad, and a militant kind of guy. While Ali was actually Muhammad blood. Most people followed Abu, and his militant interpretations are why we have people drawing cartoons of Muhammad with a bomb on his head, which isn't fair.
Also, you should remember the Taliban, which have ruled with /fear and violence/, aren't any kind of religious group. They're terrorists to both their own people and the world and shouldn't be related to the Muslim faith in any form. I bring up the Taliban because you mentioned Rushdie, which was the whole reason the conversation came up with my buddy. ANYWAYS. He was held captive for 16 *YEARS*. It's old news. And hardly constitutes among the worst crimes of the Taliban. Also remember that, while the Taliban are in rule, all the clerics and political leaders 'benefit' with their lives by promoting it as faith.
If 1.5 billion people exhibited the violence you, and sadly many others, associate with Muslims as a whole.. well.. think about it. 1.5 people killing.. well.. everyone else? There's be a lot more dead bodies. -- Most of the violence I know of is 'in the family'. Sunni vs Shi'a. Sunni's again being the bullies because the militant interpretation that's been taught for FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEARS since the death of Muhammad. And when you know only one ultimate rule since the day of your birth; death to the unfaithful, you tend to, even after the liberation of those rulers, follow suit.
There will always be extremists. And as scary as it is when you introduce violence as a core, it is ultimately left up to the person to decide what is right and wrong. This is the reason (I believe) that 70% of the Muslim population that are Sunni aren't killing people. Because killing is wrong.
Also, when you said "The worst part about all of this is that much of the major media on both sides of the Atlantic are capitulating to the Muslims by criticizing the publishing of the cartoons, and refusing to run them in their own newspapers or show them on television." I had to make a face like this.. =/
Surely you don't believe that's the worse... the fighting. The lives that have been lost for what's actually a common cause. The blind hate that the families of both 'houses' have developed because of the centuries of deaths and all the pain they have caused each other. And.. the worst part? The pride. Ooohhh what damage can be done by the ripple of broken pride. When the very core of your lifestyle is challenged and insulted. These men.. are they not equally capable of love? Do they not love their children? Their mothers? Do they wish heart ache and torment on their friends and family? Over a *thousand* years of broken pride. Surely you must see the impact that has. And sadly, when other people get involved, when an artist decides to volunteer himself to insult that very group of people, he's sucked, like a vacuum into the pool of hate. It is sad, but the artist is as much to blame for poking a stick at the serpent as the serpent is for striking.
And finally, it's unfair to make assessments of the entire Islamic faith based on the actions, no matter how horrific, of a few. Is it fair to call all Catholics molesters? Hardly. Is it fair to call all Americans greedy, stupid, killers? Of course not. Don't loose your focus on the -person- responsible. Don't allow yourself to become that person who stereotypes. America's shit stinks too. 2 bombs.. 220 thousand people dead in only a moment of time.
I hope everything I've said has meant something... really I do.
In a nutshell, I believe that Islam is a violent religion. I have never said that all Muslims are violent, but for the love of Allah, all you have to do is take a look around you (tunnel vision indeed), and you will see that a disproportionate amount of the violence and bloodshed in the world is being perpetrated by Muslims - very often against other Muslims. As the common saying goes: Not all Muslims are terrorists, but most of the world's terrorists are Muslim. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I am going to partially respond to ryan's comment with a response that Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Steyn wrote to one of his readers who basically said the same thing, i.e. Mark, how can you paint Islam with such a broad brush? How can you attribute to all because of what a few do, and all the other common arguments. Here is what Mr. Steyn had to say to his reader, and it is the same thing I would retort to ryan h:
Well, if I'm not an expert on Islam and Muslim society, perhaps you can explain a couple of things to me: As you note, I was paraphrasing Dr Wafa Sultan when I referred to "the backwardness and misery and oppression that attend the advance of Islam." According to the annual Freedom House survey on political rights and civil liberties in the world, of the 46 Muslim majority nations in the world only three are ranked as free: Indonesia, Mali and Senegal. Of the 16 additional nations in which Muslims form between 20 and 50% of the population, only three are ranked as free: Benin, Serbia & Montenegro, and Suriname. Of the eight nations in the world which have the very worst ranking on the Freedom House chart and thus the least freedom, five are Muslim. So, simply as a statistical proposition, the correlation between Islam and lack of freedom is clearly demonstrable. That would seem to take care of the "oppression".
As for "backwardness", here is Dr Mahathir Mohammed, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, one of the least worst states in the Muslim world, speaking just a week ago:
"We produce practically nothing on our own, we can do almost nothing for ourselves, we cannot even manage our wealth."
You think I'm being unfair, take it up with Dr Mahathir. And as for "misery", ask those who have to share real estate with Muslims – from the Christians in Nigeria and the Sudan to the Buddhists in southern Thailand – whether that's such a barrel of fun.
I would be very interested in hearing your responses to the above points. Till then I stand by my words.
And I also stand by my words. There are a few specific things ryan said that I just have to be taken to task:
Muhammad was a prophet, like any other prophet. His words were simply written from God. The violence comes from the interpretation, and the people, not the religion.
"The violence comes from the interpretation"? Folks, read a Quran sometime. Take special note of the Suras which talk about smiting the necks of the unbelievers. What is there to interpret?
I bring up the Taliban because you mentioned Rushdie, which was the whole reason the conversation came up with my buddy. ANYWAYS. He was held captive for 16 *YEARS*. It's old news. And hardly constitutes among the worst crimes of the Taliban.
First of all, it wasn't the Taliban that issued the death fatwa against Salman Rushdie; it was our old buddies the Iranians. The fatwa was issued in 1989. The Taliban didn't come to power in Afghanistan until 1996. Second of all, Rushdie wasn't "held captive", but he might as well have been. He became a prisoner in his own home because Muslims from all over the world were looking for him so they could kill him. If you don't think any Muslim would carry out the killing of Rushdie for insulting their faith, just ask Theo Van Gogh... oh wait, he was murdered by a Muslim in Amsterdam for the crime of making a film that highlighted the oppression of women in Muslim society.
Uh, ryan - why do you think much of the world's media didn't print the cartoons? Because they didn't want their throats slit like Theo Van Gogh. Newspaper men in Muslim countries are already being put on trial and threatened with death for printing the cartoons.
It is sad, but the artist is as much to blame for poking a stick at the serpent as the serpent is for striking.
You are kidding me right? Worldwide riots, hundreds of deaths, destruction of property, mayhem, chaos... all over some cartoons? I believe I covered this: where were similar actions done by Christians all over the world when a so-called artist took a crucifix and stuck in a jar of his own urine? Where were the world-wide Christian riots when a so-called artist displayed a painting of the Virgin Mary that was adorned with elephant dung and pornography? Where were the world-wide Jewish riots when millions of them were exterminated in the death camps?
America's shit stinks too. 2 bombs.. 220 thousand people dead in only a moment of time.
This is where ryan's argument went off the deep end. He is saying that we are just as bad as the terrorists because we dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan? Never mind that we were in a declared war with Japan. Never mind that it was either end the war this way, or have many more Japanese civilians, along with possibly hundreds of thousands of Allied troops killed if an all-out invasion of Japan had been attempted instead. Do you think if the Japanese had had the atomic bomb, they would have thought twice about using it on us? War is hell ryan, and there is no medal for coming in second.
Thank you for your response ryan, but no matter how you try to sugar coat it, you are dead wrong.
In Honor of a Hero; and a True Pacifist
When I was a little kid, I was quite the reader. During the summer of 1985 (and numerous other times), I devoured my parents' Time Life World War II series. In one of the books - it was either Island Fighting or The Road to Tokyo - I read about an American medic on Okinawa named Desmond Doss. He was a Seventh Day Adventist and a pacifist. So when the draft board came knocking, did he slap a "Visualize World Peace" bumper sticker on his car and tell them to get lost? No, he went into the Army as a medic. He didn't have to carry a rifle or engage the enemy, but that doesn't mean that his situation was any less dangerous. His job was to be right in the thick of it on the battlefield and tend to his fellow soldiers who fell wounded.
On numerous occasions during the Battle of Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved dozens of his fellow soldiers, all the while being shot and shrapneled to holy hell. For his many selfless actions, Doss was awarded the Medal of Honor. If you want to read exactly what he did, here is his citation.
On March 23, 2006, Desmond Doss died at the age of 87. It has been over a week since he died, but word of it has only now reached the papers.
I have read that something like 2,000 World War II veterans die every day. Within another 10 or 20 years, they will all be gone. Some people wonder if bravery like that even exists in this country anymore. I can assure you it does. If you don't believe me, read the citation of Sergeant First Class Paul Smith; the only U.S. serviceman so far to be awarded the Medal of Honor for service in the War on Terrorism. This medal was posthumus.


Anyone who's been hanging around for a while knows I was an avid composter back in the day, when I was teaching at Eagle Cove School. There, we had the Fort Knox of Compost... a 3-part system where we composted our school lunches, creating soil along the way. Doing so, along with our regular recycling, created virtually no classroom trash. (School-wide, we had a little more, but still, a very low-trash work environment.) Later, this compost turned to soil which was used for our greenhouse and our flower beds.
I was one of the handful of teachers who also used the school compost for my home food waste--which of course brought in a slightly different composition and quantity to the school compost bin. Being at a small school, I was widely known for my Infamous Compost Bucket, joke-worthy and legendary!
When the school closed, one of the many losses was my reliance on ECS's compost. We tried the backyard variety, but critters outsmarted us by digging under, and now it has been relegated to yard waste alone.
Given all of this, I'm in love with the Garbage to Garden program in Portland, Maine. Every community should be embracing this level of innovation.
Garbage to Garden has been a curbside compost service in Portland since 2012. The buckets are reminiscent of my own 5 gallon camo bucket! Creator Tyler Frank started it as a grassroots movement, sprung up from conversations with his roommates and put into action on a very small scale with a sign up at a local art festival. From there, it has grown to service 5,000 households, schools, and businesses from Maine to Massachusetts. Maryland! Come to Maryland! You can request cities as they are expanding, but I think I might be a bit far from their farm.
My favorite part too is that once you are on board with them, you can also request soil deliveries, created from compost. A sustainable, closed loop!
To learn more, check out Garbage to Garden's website!


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Victoria and Pimlico are both residential areas as well as a hub for travellers. With Victoria's coach and railway station, the area is always bustling with tourists and there is also no shortage of bars and restaurants in the nearby streets. There are some grand mid 19th century white stucco houses with classical columns at entry which make the area a truly lovely area to visit. Both areas are very centrally located and are a 10 minute walk to Tate Britain which is home to the largest collection of British art in the world. Westminster Cathedral, the biggest Catholic Church in England and Wales is located on Victoria Street.
There are many bars and pubs in the area which are definitely worth a visit. One in particular is The Boisdale Jazz and Cigar Club in Belgravia. It is home to Scottish cuisine and live jazz music. It also offers a number of master classes in how to make cocktails, drink champagne and smoke cigars. If you fancy a night at the theatre, Victoria Palace Theatre is in the area and stages many productions throughout the year. Another grand West End theatre is situated right by Victoria Station, the Apollo Victoria. The theatre is currently decked out in green as it has been the UK home of Wizard of Oz prequel musical Wicked since 2006. Pimlico Road which leads into nearby Belgravia is a high end shopping experience that is becoming known for its interior and home furnishing stores. Pimlico and Victoria are also both located walking distance to the River Thames and nearby is Hyde Park which is a 15 minute walk away. Both of these spots are perfect for an afternoon stroll. We highly recommend checking out the area during your stay in London.
Pubs/Bars: Cask Pub & Kitchen, Charlwood St, The Queens Arm on Warwick Way, The Jugged Hare on Vauxhall Bridge Road.
Restaurants: Gustoso Ristorante & Enoteca, Willow Place, A Wong, Wilton Road, Cyprus Mangal, Warwick Way, Giraffe, Wilton Road .
Parks/Greens: Hyde Park, Chelsea Embankment.
This lovely, elegant home with 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms is exceptionally convenient for short term rentals with Victoria Station is just a few streets away.


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See It, Say It
Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Sarah Ortega use visuals to promote language development in pre-K and elementary students
There is an old adage that says a picture is worth a thousand words. Compelling photographs have captured the highs and lows of a century's worth of historical events as well as the everyday experiences of ordinary people. Photographs of universal human experiences solicit lots of spoken language and emotions. Think about how often sharing photos with friends prompts peals of laughter or tears as we recall a shared experience. Stories pour forth and we end up building on each other's memories.
Now think about the value of sharing a photo in terms of the volume of language it generates. A great photograph can foster a deluge of observations and insights. As it does so, those viewing the photo talk with one another and add details. English and dual language learners can benefit from the language elicited through the use of photographs to spark discussion. We call this instructional practice see it/say it.
Narrative Learning in Children
Children as young as three begin to tell stories, whether real or imagined, as part of their language development. While these are initially fairly simple in structure and often tied to a single event, they soon begin to take on new dimensions, especially as the children are exposed to the narrative structures used in picture books and films. These narratives get longer, and by the age of nine or so the child will include a conclusion or an ending point (Cortazzi and Jin, 2007). Their language progression gives them the words to elaborate, especially connecting words (so, because, but, then) to show "chains of chronological events and causation" (p. 652). Words such as these are further coupled with narrative devices such as flashbacks and foreshadowing. In this way the development of language skills runs parallel to increasingly sophisticated narrative skills. A coordinated investment in both can amplify the development of each, as the child is simultaneously "learning narrative and learning through narrative" (p. 653).
See It/Say It
The see it/say it instructional strategy links the benefits of spontaneous dialogue through the use of images with the language development associated with narrative learning. Students are presented with photographs selected by the teacher that are likely to prompt observation and speculation. For example, co-author Sara Ortega, a fourth-grade teacher, used three photographs with a group of four students during a designated English language development lesson. The first was a photograph of a toddler who had covered herself from head to toe in the white paint her parents had been using to paint a wall in their living room. The second was a photograph of an orca leaping out of the water just as a penguin was launching itself off a cliff—dangerously close to the orca's open jaws. The third was a photograph of two primates sitting on the back of a motorbike that they appeared to be operating.
Ms. Ortega begins by setting up the learning intentions for the task and reinforcing the relevance, noting that "you become a better reader and writer when you practice your speaking and listening." Her overall goal, she states to her students, is for them to use words such as because, and, but, and so to connect ideas together. She also provides them with sentence frames to use to scaffold their language.
Observing. Ms. Ortega begins by inviting her students to comment on what they are seeing in the first photograph. When one student says, "I see there is, like, paint in the floor with the form of the… the… little kid feet," the teacher expands her language form. "You're right, when you look closely you can see the form of her footprint. Her little feet have left paint on the floor." In doing so, she is modeling accurate syntactic and semantic structures to build on the student's observation.
Inviting speculation. A goal of see it/say it is to foster reasoning skills while equipping students with the language for reasoning. Ms. Ortega's stated purpose of using connecting words is intended to create an avenue for students to engage in more complex language production. The storytelling element of this instructional activity requires students to go beyond description by considering the story as an episode. All good stories include a setting, characters, a plot, and a sequence of events that propel the narrative. In addition, the story may include internal or external emotions of the character and the identification of a problem and a solution. These story grammars are taught to children beginning in preschool and are integral to listening and reading comprehension, as well as written composition.
The story grammar elements of narrative don't reside as separate units but instead are woven together through the use of causal chains in storytelling. The story elements are linked by interconnected events that tie together a character's goals with their actions and outcomes (Ma et al., 2017). The photograph is a single image of an evolving story, and students must construct a plausible story using their imaginations, observations, and experiences.
Ms. Ortega invites speculation and therefore gives permission to move from a literal description to narrative learning. She asks them, "What do you think happened five minutes before this picture was taken?" Again, she offers sentence frames for them to use as possible supports but also assures them that they do not need to confine themselves to those structures. One sentence frame is Before this picture was taken, _. One student asks, "Is it… before… is it before is forward?" and the teacher clarifies that "before is back in time." The student then uses a different sentence frame, saying, "The little girl and her mom, like, were painting something, then the mom went somewhere. Then the… then the little kid, like, started trying to paint and she got all painted." Several times during her speculation, she makes a gesture that mimics using a paint roller on a vertical surface. "So maybe the mom left the room as she was painting?" says Ms. Ortega.
Now another student builds on these ideas. "I think the dad wa… wa… was in the stairs and painting and then where the dad go and the little girl want to paint, too, and she paint herself." Now the teacher restates his intended causal link using the language to do so—"So you think she's trying to paint like her dad?"—echoing the student's suggestion of the little girl's possible goal.
Co-constructing a story. The students are beginning to construct a story with one another. A third student joins in and begins to talk about what he believes happened five minutes after the picture was taken. This narrative move further builds the causal chain for the group by introducing speculation about possible outcomes. "I think what happened five minutes after is, um, she probably took, like… a shower to clean the paint off?" One student has not yet participated in the group's co-construction, so Ms. Ortega invites her to add. "Um… the parents… were painting the walls and then they decided to take a break and the little girl wanted to paint like them too so she painted herself."
This student is now consolidating the ideas floated by her classmates. Ms. Ortega laughs. "And her parents walk in and they see this and what do you think happens after?" The student smiles and says, "Um, she probably laugh or get a little mad?" Ms. Ortega remarks that it's hard to get mad when a small child does something like this.
The teacher uses a similar sequence with the other two pictures, repeating the rounds of observation, speculation, and co-construction.
Reflection. Near the end of this 15-minute language development lesson, the teacher closes with a "time to look at ourselves in the mirror and do some reflecting" about the use of connected words, the stated purpose of the lesson. She asks them to consider the four targeted connecting words—because, and, but, and so—and their use of them when speaking. She sends them a link to a poll and the students respond that the ones they feel most comfortable using are because and and; they feel less comfortable with but and so.
Language learners are bubbling with ideas but don't always have the words to fully express them. The use of compelling images can be a bridge to invite students to engage in narrative learning while at the same time offering a psychologically safe space for speculation. Sources for compelling photographs abound, from National Geographic's "Photo of the Day" to the New York Times' feature "What's Going On in This Picture?", which offers intriguing photos from their collection that have been stripped of their captions. Let pictures unlock students' imaginations as you equip them with language.
Cortazzi, M., and Jin, L. (2007). "Narrative Learning, EAL and Metacognitive Development." Early Child Development & Care, 177(6/7), 645–660. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430701379074
Ma, S., Anderson, R. C., Morris, J. A., Nguyen-Jahiel, K., Yi, S., Lin, T.-J., Zhang, J., Miller, B. W., Jadallah, M., Scott, T., Sun, J., Grabow, K., and Latawiec, B. M. (2017). "Instructional Influences on English Language Learners' Storytelling." Learning & Instruction, 49, 64–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2016.12.004
Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher are professors of educational leadership at San Diego State University and teacher leaders at Health Sciences High. Sarah Ortega is a fourth-grade teacher in Chula Vista, CA. Click here to view the video that accompanies this article.
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Joint Venture refers to a form of tactical partnership in which two or more business entities collaborate to create a new business entity for more productivity and economic benefits. It represents the optimism of two firms that have united to accomplish marketplace goals which seem uneconomical and challenging independently.
As the proliferation of global markets is incessant, International Joint Ventures became fundamental for commercial objectives. In India, Joint Venture is becoming a traditional model of running a business as most of the foreign investments are made through Joint Venture arrangement only.
Under the Indian Law, a Joint Venture is governed primarily by the Indian Contract Act, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy, the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) with that several aspects of Corporate Laws are also applicable.
A foreign company can invest/enter Indian market through Joint Venture arrangement only in sectors which are not exclusively reserved for public sector and do not fall under the prohibited categories like real estate, agriculture, plantation and insurance.
Having a foreign party as a Joint Venture partner in India can be highly beneficial as it provides a fast way to indulge in complementary resources that are available with the other partner, share each other's capabilities, access new market and diversify new business.
Flexibility and Adaptability- JV gives you option to be equity-based or contractual arrangement. It is very adaptable as it can be started with existing project by introducing a new partner or by starting an entirely new business. As JV is a temporary arrangement which implies you are not commitment for long- it opens a creative route for companies to enter into non-core businesses while maintaining an easy exit option without much at stake.
Accessibility- The JV with foreign party partner helps the foreign investor to access the strengths of other in terms of regional knowhow about the established market, infrastructure, product quality, technology, distribution channels, availability of cheap resources, labor cost, risk factors, etc. to strengthen the position in current market and ramify new businesses as well.
Improved technology- A foreign party partner acts as a catalyst for Indian business as it equips them with cutting edge latest technology which is already tried and tested in global market. It leads to generation of more developed and evolved products economically without compromise on quality standards to meet the growing needs of modern businesses.
Shared liabilities- As both the parties have volunteered to share the responsibilities- the burden/pressure of incurring loss, costs or services will be less for each individual partner. It encourages them to take risks to explore new options even when the possibility of higher returns is not up to par.
Increased capacity- Both, production and sales increase due to availability of both advanced technology and cheap labor. Resources are also available at economical prices and can be utilized efficiently to boost returns. All the equipment and capital you need for your project can be made available conveniently. JV is a great way of reducing research and manufacturing costs without compromise on product quality too.
Soaring high success rate- It bestows Indian business, the opportunity to access new global markets and distribution channels without any geographical hindrances and gain insights and use expertise of each other to yield exceptional results.


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Western governors want nuclear testing compensation expanded
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government currently recognizes, Western governors said.
An aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M. Western governors say atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government recognizes. The Western Governors' Association on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, sent letters to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House urging passage of proposed changes to a law involving "downwinders" that would add all of Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and include for the first time downwinders in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico and the island territory of Guam.
From video, Tina Cordova talks of her late father, Anastacio Cordova, in her Albuquerque, N.M., home. Cordova believes her father, who died in 2013 after suffering from multiple bouts of cancer, was affected by the atomic bomb Trinity Test in New Mexico since he lived in nearby Tularosa, N.M. as a child. The Western Governors' Association said Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government recognizes.
The mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, N.M. The Western Governors' Association said Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government recognizes.
The Western Governors' Association on Friday sent letters to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House urging passage of proposed changes to a law involving "downwinders." The U.S. between 1945 and 1992 conducted more than 1,000 nuclear weapons tests, nearly 200 in the atmosphere. Most were conducted in Western states or islands in the Pacific Ocean.
The changes to the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act would add all of Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and include for the first time downwinders in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico and the island territory of Guam.
The changes would also include increasing the maximum payment to $150,000 for someone filing a claim. Compensation currently ranges from lump sums of $100,000 for uranium workers to $50,000 for those who lived downwind of the Nevada Test Site.
The new legislation called the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019 would also include those who lived downwind of the 1945 Trinity Test in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin. "We encourage you to expeditiously consider and approve this important legislation, which acknowledges that nuclear weapons production and testing has had much broader impacts than currently recognized by statute," the governors wrote in letters to each chamber signed by Oregon Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum.
Tona Henderson is the director of Idaho Downwinders, which for years has sought the inclusion of Idaho in the compensation program. She said 14 of her 38 family members in the Emmett area in southwestern Idaho have died of cancer, the youngest at 15, and many others have survived that and other diseases. She has battled cancer and other health issues.
During the nuclear testing, farmers would go out to their fields on summer mornings to find them covered with dust carried on the wind from the nuclear blasts, she said. The dust occurred so often, she said, it picked up the name "summer frost."
"I don't know why we weren't included," said Henderson, who was an infant growing up on her parents' dairy farm during the tail end of the atmospheric testing in the early 1960s. "Other than the government didn't want to admit that they did something wrong."
The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium in New Mexico is another group seeking recognition as having been adversely affected by nuclear testing. "We don't wonder if we're going to get cancer, we wonder when," said Tina Cordova, a cancer survivor and co-founder of the Tularosa consortium.
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was first passed in 1990 as an alternative to costly litigation to ensure the federal government met its financial responsibilities to workers who became sick as a result of the radiation hazards of their jobs.
The proposed legislation on the Senate side was introduced earlier this year by U.S. Republican Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho. Crapo for years has sought the inclusion of Idaho as a downwind state. Besides downwinders, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act also includes money for workers made sick during uranium ore mining and milling activities that took place in 11 states in the Western U.S.
Downwinders should receive equal compensation as offered those workers, Henderson said. "Energy workers knew what they were signing up for," she said. "We didn't know what was happening to us."
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Math AP® Calculus BC (2017 edition) Series Power series function representation
Power series function representation
Function as a geometric series
Geometric series as a function
Practice: Function as a geometric series
Geometric series interval of convergence
Power series of arctan(2x)
Power series of ln(1+x³)
Finding function from power series by integrating
Practice: Integrals & derivatives of functions with known power series
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- [Voiceover] What I would like us to do in this video is find the power series representation of or find the power series approximitation (chuckles) the power series approximation of arctangent of two x centered at zero and let's just say we want the first four nonzero terms of the power series approximation of arctangent of two x centered at zero so it's essentially the Maclaurin Series of arctangent of two x, the first four nonzero terms of it. If you feel good about it, I encourage you to pause the video and try to work through it yourself. You might have tried to work through it and you've probably took the first derivative of it. You probably saw that hey, the derivative with respect to x of arctangent of two x is equal to and this is a refresher if you didn't realize it the first time. It's going to be the derivative of arctangent of x is one over one plus x squared so this is going to be the derivative of this which is two over one plus this whole thing squared. One plus, I would say one plus four x squared and then as you tried to find more of the terms of the Maclaurin Series, you would have taken more derivatives of this and it would have gotten very hairy, very fast if especially if you're looking for the first four nonzero terms. You probably realize hey, there must be some type of an insight that I hadn't fully appreciated yet when I just tried to just power through or no pun intended, power through finding the power series, the first four nonzero terms of the power series centered zero of arc tangent of two x. You are right, there is a key insight here. The key insight here is well, instead of doing it directly, let's see if we could find the power series representation, the first four terms of this thing right over here and then we can take the antiderivative of that to find the power series of arctangent of two x making sure that we get the constant right that it satisfies the fact that we are being centered at zero, so I know what you're thinking now. Well that seems like it's getting us to the exact same issue. If I want to find the power series representation of this, the first four terms of it, I'm still having to take the derivative of this multiple times it seems just as hard but this is the key insight I guess you could say. The key insight is let's just say f of x which of course is the derivative of arctangent of two x is two over one plus four x squared. Now, if we had another function that cleans it up a little bit so that we don't get all these hairiness when we take the derivatives. Let's say we had another function g of x, I'm using the color that I have not used. Let's say, that I have g of x is equal to one over one plus x. This is an interesting thing because it's really easy and this is the same thing as one plus x to the negative one power. g of x is interesting because it's really easy to take its derivatives. For example, g prime of x is going to be equal to chain rule derivative one plus x is just one so it's going to be equal to negative one plus x to the negative two power if I want to take the second derivative of that. g prime prime of x that's going to be negative two times negative one it's two times one plus x to the negative three power. If I want to take the third derivative of that, that's going to be, let's see. Negative three times two its negative six times one plus x to the negative four power. I know you're saying, "Sal, "aren't we worried about this? "Why are you doing this?" Well just bare with me for a second. Just said quickly, I was able to find the first three derivatives of g of x and it's very easy then to find the first four terms of its power series representation especially it's Maclaurin, that's Maclaurin series if the power series centered at zero. We just have to evaluate each of these at zero. g of zero is equal to one, g prime of zero is equal to negative one. g prime, prime of zero, so one plus zero and then the negative three, that's just one times two is equal to two and then the third derivative evaluated at zero is equal to negative six. I could write the g of x is approximately equal, so I'm just going to do the first four terms here is going to be g of zero which is one minus g prime of zero times x. That's minus one times x, so that's negative x plus g prime, prime of zero two over two factorial times x squared. Well this is just one times x squared so let me just write that. That's just going to be plus x squared and then we have plus g prime, prime, prime of zero which is negative six over three factorial times x to the third. Well three factorials are six so negative six divided by six is just negative one. That's going to be negative x to the third, negative x to the third and I know what you're thinking. "All right Sal, so you just started with a hard problem "and you gave yourself a much easier problem "to find the power series representation. "How is this useful?" Well this is the key insight that I've been promising throughout this video so far. The key insight, the long promised key insight is that and I'm finding a suitable color for a key insight is that we can write f of x. Notice f of x is just two times, f of x is two times g of four x squared. Notice you replace your x's with a four x squared. You're going to have one over one plus four x squared and then you multiply that whole thing times two, you get this thing right over here. If f of x is equal to that then f of x is power series representation its just going to be taking this power series or at least the first four terms of it and replacing the x's with four x squares and then multiplying the whole thing times two, so let's do that. We can write that f of x, so we could write the f of x is going to be approximately equal to two times this thing, a value when x is equal to four x squared. It is one minus instead of an x, I'm going to write a four x squared plus x squared but instead of an x, I have a four x squared squared. This is plus four x squared squared. Well that's going to be 16 x to the fourth, so let me just write that, that's going to be plus 16 x to the fourth and finally minus x to the third but now an x is four x squared so it's minus four x squared to the third power. Well that's going to be 64 x to the sixth. Let me write that, minus 64 x to the sixth power and then we could say that this is going to be so f of x is approximately equal to, distribute the two, two minus eight x squared plus 32 x to the fourth minus 128 x to the sixth. Just like that with a little bit of a substitution, I was able to reasonably a non hairy fashion find the first four nonzero terms of the power series of two over one plus four x squared which is the derivative, which is going to be the derivative of the power series of arctangent of two x. Let's write this down, so I'm going to write, I'm going to write down, so arctangent of two x, arctangent of two x which is equal to an antiderivative of f of x, dx which is going to be equal to an antiderivative of this whole, all of this business. It's the antiderivative of two minus eight, minus eight x squared plus 32 x to the fourth minus 128 x to the sixth. Actually let me make this approximate because now of course we're doing approximation with the power series. Dx and what is this going to be equal to? We get approximately equal to well I'm going to have a constant there. Let me write the constant first because when we write our power series or Maclaurin Series, the first term is the constant term. It's our function evaluated to add zero. We're going to have a constant, if I take the antiderivative of two, that's going to be plus two x. The antiderivative of this, let's see, x to the third divide eight by three so it's negative 8/3 x to the third power then plus 32 x to the fifth over five minus 128 x to the seventh over seven. We're in the home stretch. We've got at least four nonzero terms, if this is nonzero there's going to be five nonzero terms but now let's just make sure that our constant is appropriate for arctangent of two x. This is essentially evaluate to what arctangent of when this function, when x is equal to zero. What is arctangent of zero? Remember this is centered at zero so we better get it right there. That's just the most basic thing if we're doing the Maclaurin Series representation. We're centering at zero so our approximation evaluated zero better be the same thing as a function of evaluated zero. Well arctangent of two times zero is just going to be zero and so this thing when you evaluate it at zero, this gets to C, so this gets to C must be equal to zero. C must be equal to zero if we want this thing to be zero when X is equal to zero. Just like that we're done. We've been able to figure out that arctangent of two x is approximately equal to two x minus 8/3 x to the third power plus 32 over five x to the fifth minus 128 over seven x to the seven. If we wanted more terms, we could have gotten more terms by just doing what we just did but doing it for more terms. Hopefully you enjoyed that fairly hairy problem but as you saw it's not as hairy as we thought it was going to be.


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Q: Web server with access to internet and internet Active Directory This might sound like a stupid and unsecure question, but we're front-end web delopers and don't know that much about these things. So here goes..
We're creating a web app where we want to log in using credentials from Active Directory. Only read access though, we just need to log on with AD credentials, and get a callback indicating success or not.
I know this much that passwords in AD are encrypted, so we can't have a replica of the username and password in our database, syncing once a day or so. So, we've concluded so far that a solution like this should be inside the customer's network. So, in order for it to access both Active Directory AND the internet, it needs to be inside a DMZ zone?
Or maybe this all sounds stupid? Because we only pull username and password from AD anyway, we don't need anything else. So perhaps the extra gain the end user get is that he/she doesn't have to remember one extra password? And that may not be worth it?
Edit: All users that would use this already exist in Active Directory. So it's basically a tool that the sales department would use when traveling from their client to the next.
Feel free to downvote this question if it sounds extremely stupid :)

A: You could do this about 30 ways. It would help us to know what OS/language/framework you're using on the web servers - some or many of them will have a module to do some or all of these methods.
You could use LDAP. You could use Kerberos. You could use NTLM. Hell, you could use SMTP if there's an Exchange or other AD-integrated mail server that you can query - I've seen that done.
The web server could be configured to point to a domain controller, or a member server, or an AD LDS (formerly ADAM) server. If using the latter, you can put it in a DMZ. You generally won't want to put any of the other options in a DMZ.
The traffic could be encrypted using a protocol-specific encryption layer - if using LDAP, use LDAPS instead. If you were using SMTP, I'd say to use IPSec or TLS.
FYI - if you were my vendor, I'd want to know that you were doing this securely and that I wasn't your guinea pig. Consider hiring someone who knows what they're doing for this part of the project. Don't half-ass this and then get the customer's network exploited.

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Q: Date conversion issue in JS I have a date in local time zone which is Mon Jan 13 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time).
I need this

Jan 13 2020

date in UTC. when i converted using
moment(
    moment(start_date).format('mm-dd-yyyy'),
  ).Unix();

i am receiving a UNIX time stamp corresponding to the date Jan 12 2020 in UTC.
what i need is for Jan 13 2020 get a UTC timestamp of date  Jan 13 2020 instead of getting Jan 12 2020. Time values are not important.

A: Get the UTC timestamp like this:
moment.utc('Jan 13 2020').format('X')

Above will give you the UTC timestamp in seconds.
If you want milliseconds, use x instead of X.

A: Breaking down your statement:
moment(start_date)

does not provide the parse format to moment.js so you will get a warning to that effect. In this case, moment.js will fallback to the built–in parser as if you'd written:
moment(Date.parse(start_date))

so you are hoping the built–in parser parses it correctly.
Then there is:
.format('mm-dd-yyyy')

which will return a date string in that format or Invalid Date if the parser couldn't parse the string.
However, likely you have used the wrong tokens so the result will be something like "30-mo-yyyy":

*

*mm is two digit minute, if you want two digit month then use MM

*dd is two letter day name, if you want two digit day in month use DD

*yyyy is not a valid token, if you want the four digit year then use YYYY

So the format tokens should be:
.format('MM-DD-YYYY')

The result is then passed to moment, again without specifying the input format so again moment will show a warning and use the built–in parser again with the same potential for errors or invalid Dates. If parsed correctly, it will return a Date for the local timezone for the Date.
.Unix()

Is not a valid moment method, likely you want .unix(), which produces a UNIX timestamp (time value) for the equivalent UTC time. If the host system is set to +5:30 then the UTC time will be 5:30 earlier (and if it's before 5:30 am local, the date will be the day before).
If you want to parse the string correctly and get a date for the start of the day, then do:
moment(start_date, 'ddd MMM DD YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZ').startOf('day').unix()

Or create a formatted string however you like. A much more common format is YYYY-MM-DD, so consider:

let start_date = 'Mon Jan 13 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)';

// Get UNIX timestamp for start of day
console.log(
  moment(start_date, 'ddd MMM DD YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZ').startOf('day').unix()
);

// Get formatted date string
console.log(
  moment(start_date, 'ddd MMM DD YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZ').format('YYYY-MM-DD')
);
console.log(
  moment(start_date, 'ddd MMM DD YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZ').format('DD MMM YYYY')
);
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A Gothic Mansion-Melville Castle
September 22, 2021 Luke Franklin Scottish Castles Leave a comment
Melville Castle is a lovely three-storey castellated mansion situated around a mile west southwest of Dalkeith, Midlothian, near the North Esk. The property took its name from a Norman baron named de Malavilla back in the 12th century. For a long while, the castle was held by the Melville family.
1 The history of Melville Castle
1.2 Changes at Melville Castle
1.3 The present day
2 Melville Castle Timeline
3 Melville Castle facts
4 Who owns Melville Castle?
The history of Melville Castle
The history of Melville Castle is only short. However, there are a lot of stories behind this castle just waiting to be told. People who have been to the castle say that they have seen the apparition of a woman who walks through walls and doors.
There was once an earlier tower house that was demolished when the present structure was built somewhere between 1786 and 1791 by James Playfair for Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. The very original tower house was owned by the Melville family before it passed to Sir John Ross in the 14th century.
The castle then changed hands many times until the owners listed Melville Castle for sale. It was then sold to David Rannie in 1705. From there, it passed to Henry Dundas after his marriage to the daughter of David Rannie, Elizabeth Rannie.
Melville Castle features some amazing lighting at night time. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Changes at Melville Castle
Until after the Second World War, Melville Castle was owned by the Dundas family. It was around the same time that the ninth Lord Melville moved to a smaller house on the estate which means that the castle was leased as an army rehabilitation centre.
Later, the castle was used as a hotel. However, by the end of the 1980s, the Melville Castle Hotel fell into disrepair and remained unoccupied. By the time the late 1980s came around, the estate and adjoining farms were sold. However, they remained closed.
In 1993, Melville Castle was purchased by the Hay Trust. This trust then went forth and extensively restored the castle over a period of eight years. In 2003, the castle's hotel reopened while being leased by Aurora Hotels until their lease expired in January of 2012.
Today, the castle is still open as a hotel and venue for weddings. It remains under the ownership of the Hay Trust.
You may also be interested in other Scottish castles such as Torwood Castle and Ackergill Castle.
The hotels lease expired in 2012. Source: Geograph.
Melville Castle Timeline
1786 to 1791- An earlier tower house is demolished when the present structure is built
14th century- The castle passes to Sir John Ross
1705- The castle sells to David Rannie
1980s- The Melville Castle Hotel falls into disrepair and remains unoccupied
Late 1980s- The estate and adjoining farms are sold
1993- Melville Castle is purchased by the Hay Trust
2003- The castle's hotel reopens while being leased by Aurora Hotels
2012- Aurora Hotels lease expires
Melville Castle facts
At one point, the castle was completely derelict to a point that it was almost lost forever
There are 33 bedrooms within the castle used for guest accommodation
The castle hosted Mary, Queen of Scots many times and was a favourite destination of hers
Sir Walter Scott was a frequent visitor to Melville Castle, and even nods the estate in his poem, "The Gray Brother"
The castle is surrounded by 54 manicured and woodland acres
The front of Melville Castle. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Who owns Melville Castle?
Melville Castle was purchased by the Hay Trust many years ago. Since then, it has undergone significant refurbishment, renovation, and restoration to get it to its current state. Nowadays, the castle still remains in the hands of the Hay family.
William Hay has passed the majority of the establishment duties to his son, David. David and his sister, Suzanne, now put the most work into the castle. However, it is still under family management.
Melville Castle is a beautiful place to visit for the whole family. In fact, many who have visited state that it was one of the most family-friendly places they had ever visited. Visitors can enjoy tranquil comfort and luxury within the historic castle. When staying at the castle, you can gain access to a restaurant, cellar bar, various country pursuits, and many activities.
Activities include clay shooting, horse riding, golfing, and falconry. There are also many local attractions nearby. Nearby, you can visit Rosslyn Chapel, Pentland Hills, Crichton Castle, Newhailes Estate, and Dalkeith Country Park.
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Les élections régionales de  au Latium se tiennent le dimanche  afin d'élire le président de la région et les  membres de la  du conseil régional de la région du Latium. L'élection se déroulait en même temps que l'élection générale italienne et l'élection régionale en Lombardie.

Le candidat du Parti démocrate Nicola Zingaretti remporte à nouveau la présidence de la région, tandis que la coalition de centre-gauche le soutenant recule de quelques sièges et perd sa majorité absolue au conseil régional.

Contexte
Aux dernières élections régionales, Nicola Zingaretti succède à Renata Polverini, du Peuple de la liberté, qui a dû quitter ses fonctions à la suite de scandales d'utilisation de fonds publics. Zingaretti est élu gouverneur avec 40,65% des votes et sa coalition de centre-gauche remporte 28 sièges, obtenant la majorité absolue.

Mode de scrutin
L'élection se tient selon les principes généraux d'une nouvelle loi électorale, adopté durant le mandat précédent : le président de la région est élu au suffrage universel direct et au scrutin uninominal majoritaire à un tour avec prime de majorité pour la liste ou la coalition le soutenant. Le conseil régional compte un total de  : 49 conseillers élus à la proportionnelle, le président élu et le candidat défait à la présidence ayant rassemblé le plus grand nombre de voix.

Le jour du scrutin, l'électeur vote deux fois (sur un même bulletin de vote). Il accorde un suffrage à l'un des candidats à la présidence de la région et un suffrage à un parti politique. Le panachage est autorisé : l'électeur est libre de voter pour un parti ne soutenant pas le candidat qu'il a choisi.

À l'issue du dépouillement, est proclamé élu président de la région le candidat ayant recueilli le plus grand nombre de suffrages exprimés. Si le parti ou la coalition soutenant le président élu n'a pas remporté au moins 60 % des sièges à pourvoir, il reçoit une  () : 10 sièges, constitués de candidats non-élus sur les listes régionales de la coalition, choisis grâce à la méthode du quotient et du ratio le plus élevé. Les 39 conseillers restants sont élus à la proportionnelle avec la méthode Hagenbach-Bishoff, selon les cinq districts électoraux, correspondant aux quatre provinces et la ville de Rome.

Répartition des sièges

Résultats

Vote populaire

Par provinces

Références

Voir aussi

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 Élections régionales de 2018 au Trentin-Haut-Adige
 Élections régionales de 2018 en Vallée d'Aoste

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So 2010 finally came good for me and I have high hopes for 2011 … obviously very much looking forward to starting my new job and all that it will entail, as well as a few other events already planned for 2011. I've also (as you'll have hopefully noticed) changed the look and feel of my site and although it's still the same address I'll mainly be using it for blogging and social media stuff and less of the freelance portfolio side of things from now on.
I haven't posted anything in a while because, well there was nothing major to report … and then just like buses (as the saying goes) loads of things happen at once!
I was asked to continue with the design elements of the PULSE services in my church, which this year is focusing on the theme of "Running On Empty? … Filled With God's Power".
For the first service I decided to just introduce the theme and based the intro around a video I found on YouTube a while ago where a guy took a time lapse of driving across the USA. I used the song "Road I'm On" by Three Doors Down to accompany the video and just had the theme fade in at the end and the PULSE logo to end on.
November also means one thing … rugby internationals! I managed to get to two of the three tests this year, against the All Blacks and Argentina. The All Blacks game was the second time I'd seen them play Ireland and the third time overall but I still get goosebumps when you hear the Haka live in a buzzing stadium like Croke Park! The seats were right on the touchline beside the players tunnel so was a pretty amazing spot for photos!
For the Argentina game, Jena and I were in the Hill section of Croke which also gave a pretty amazing view of the whole ground … and even though we won, we still were nowhere near convincing!
I also got word in work that I'd be spending a couple of weeks away from the AbbeyCentre helping to set up new home stores in Sprucefield and Holywood. To be honest I was dreading it, because it was total carnage trying to organise how we were getting there and what shifts we were working … but having just finished the Sprucefield store, I have to admit I really did enjoy it.
Don't get me wrong, I mean it was hard work and there were nights I came home feeling like I'd been 12 rounds with Joe Calzaghe, but meeting people from other stores as far away as Edinburgh and Aberdeen was really cool. Seeing the whole shop take shape and knowing that I was part of it was also a really good feeling … I don't normally speak about work in such a positive way but this time I really enjoyed it … see if I feel the same this time next week when I'll have done it all over again in Holywood!


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One day a few weeks ago I had no night dance class, it was canceled so I ended up going to a friends live and we ended up staying up all night and going to all night karaoke. It has been a while since I've done all night karaoke. It was awesome!
I went to Wattamegas live and there wasn't many people there this time, this month they have 4 performances. The Liverally event. They are performing in Shibuya O-East next month, they are really excited about performing on a big stage.


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It is not about a position in a hierarchy, but rather about "a mindset in action".
So, natural leaders simply lead, while others follow them naturally.
But leadership can also be consciously developed.
Good leaders know themselves well and remain authentic (managing oneself).
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