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Politics Channels Hatred
By Arnold Kling
In Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman wrote,
What the market does is to reduce greatly the range of issues that must be decided through political means
Thanks to Don Boudreaux for the pointer.
Those who prefer government to markets will argue that markets embody greed. Thus, markets channel a base emotion. Still, one can say that it is more constructive to channel greed through markets than through thievery.
What I want to suggest is that government embodies an even more base emotion: hatred. Politics channels the base emotion of hatred. A lot of political actions derive from hatred of the other. Still, one can say that it is more constructive to channel hatred through political action than through war.
Between now and the election this November, you might think about viewing politics as an exercise in the expression of hatred. Think of this when you read Krulong or listen to Limbannity. Watch the extent to which the Republican and Democratic conventions turn into hatefests. Think about Republicans bashing illegal immigrants or Democrats bashing Chick-Fil-A.
I do not think that you can say that the only thing that motivates people in politics is hatred. For that matter, one cannot say that the only thing that motivates people in markets is greed. But I do think that ignoring the role that hatred plays in politics is as unwise as ignoring the role that greed plays in markets.
Like Milton Friedman, I prefer to keep the scope of politics limited.
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I don't know about hatred. What they embody is forced collective decisionmaking, regardless of whether or not it is necessary.
The EconTalk with Clay Shirky provides a good example of what I think Friedman was getting at; if the whole country had to vote on which movies would be allowed in theaters then individual preferences would be ignored and those who lost would become increasingly resentful.
I agree completely, but I would add that politics doesn't just channel hatred, it channels greed as well, and usually not in a healthy way, either. It's a system that lends itself quite well to organized theft, also. For examples of this, see Solyndra and the related green energy scams, much of the military-industrial complex, Medicare and its inability to not get robbed by every dim-witted clown who flunked out of nursing school, etc.
Not only is democratic politics the systematic organization of hatreds, but of theft, extortion, and embezzlement, also.
Arnold – "We" (you professors at the Library of Economics & Liberty – and those of us who have been your students for many years) need to banish the word "greed" from our economic lexicon and replace it with "self-interest." Maybe over time, our explanations of how markets operate based on self-interest would give less opportunity for politicians to play to division, hate and envy to win votes.
Humans have inbuilt urges that manifest themselves in different ways, depending on their environment.
One of these is looking down upon those that are different (out-group) and/or doing things you disapprove of (sinners, so to speak). There's a part of many of us that enjoys putting others down and, when we can, either punishing them for not thinking or behaving as we'd prefer, or dominating and coercing them into some state of compliance.
Many of us also enjoy: (a) affirmation that we are special and (b) the existence of a good leader who will lead us, while affirming us and punishing those we consider to be heathen (or forcing compliance).
On the right, this urge sometimes manifests itself as religious extremism. On the left, the tool for affirmation while punishing others or compelling them to do what we think is proper, is often government. God (or benevolent govt. leaders) loves me but hates you, He (or they) guides us but you will not listen, you should be punished and/or forced to obey us. We are enlightened and of good heart. You are…what's the word…oh yeah, there are two of them: stupid and evil. (I can hear Tyler Cowen channeling Schumpeter and saying, "I can hear your IQ dropping.")
I'm not saying, of course, that one is wrong to worship God or believe in government. Most are able to do so just fine. I'm merely saying that urges have outlets, this is a strong urge, and these are two outlets sometimes used by extremists who enjoy hate and domination. The extreme religious right and left; same people, in this respect, who merely found different outlets.
Perhaps someday we will find better outlets for the more enthusiastic among us in this regard. One may argue that sports are a good outlet for the tendency to form in-groups and go to war. Yankees fans and Red Sox fans are better than ethnic cleansers. Perhaps a better outlet exists for the urge to dominate? (Heck, maybe watching Fox News or MSNBC *is* the equivalent of watching a baseball game…as long as those fans don't get to dominate the rest of us at the ballot box.)
(Btw, I'm not saying these urges aren't useful when kept in check. There's something to be said for group cohesiveness. Punishing defectors – and punishing those that refuse to punish even more so than actual defectors – is probably in our DNA for a reason. Or maybe it's not as helpful today, e.g., Savannah Principle and our love of sugar and fat, I don't know…)
Greed and self-interest are not equivalent: http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2009/11/greed-versus-selfinterest.html
It is possible to be greedy while not acting in your best self-interest and you can act in your best self-interest without being greedy. There is no reason to banish the word greed or pretend it is equivalent to self-interest. This cuts both ways – we shouldn't attribute greed to actors pursuing their self-interest and we shouldn't excuse greed by claiming it is no morally different from self-interest.
In a democracy the voters, as individuals, do not have to bear the social costs of their decisions. This encourages them to express various emotions that, while passionate enough, are shallow, in the sense that the individual is not really willing to act on them unless he can do so very cheaply (to himself). Besides hatreds, they include nicer emotions that favor the poor and unfortunate, species threatened with extinction, etc. Many of the actions that naturally express these emotions produce enormous social costs which, however, are not borne by the voters as individuals. The market comes much closer to equalizing social costs with the costs borne by the decision-maker.
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My first premise is not "business greed" and "politics hatred" (Krulong and Limbannity made me laugh out loud). My first premise is that, on average, with some kind of normally distributed function to account for "range" and "standard error", all people contain the same amount of greed, the same amount of hatred, and the same amount of good. But not the same values or the same position relative to their self interests. Hence politics.
Politics are part of human nature. At the extremes it can be crucial (think Civil War) while at other times remarkably trivial (think the Clinton impeachment). And at many points in between. But to your point, I believe Krauthammer said that one can never truly understand politics without first understanding that the Left will always believe the Right are evil; and the Right will always believe the Left are stupid. He, like you, was expressing his exasperation through sarcasm and humor.
I am glad you do.
Chris Koresko
Arnold Kling: What I want to suggest is that government embodies an even more base emotion: hatred. Politics channels the base emotion of hatred. A lot of political actions derive from hatred of the other.
I think you're being too cynical here. It seems more likely that what we're seeing is collective decision-making pitting one interest against another, together with the natural human tendency to mistake one's self-interest for a moral imperative. (Think about how often a child will scream "not fair!" when he doesn't get what he wants. As adults we often do much the same, but with more sophisticated language.)
Arnold Kling: Watch the extent to which the Republican and Democratic conventions turn into hatefests. Think about Republicans bashing illegal immigrants or Democrats bashing Chick-Fil-A.
There's a danger here in assuming a moral equivalence that doesn't exist. Notice that in these two examples, illegal immigration and the withholding of business licenses to spite a private citizen with whose personal opinions a government official disagrees, with are both violations of the law.
Steve: "We" … need to banish the word "greed" from our economic lexicon and replace it with "self-interest." Maybe over time, our explanations of how markets operate based on self-interest would give less opportunity for politicians to play to division, hate and envy to win votes.
Agreed! A better use of "greed" is to describe an active desire for and attempt to acquire un-earned benefits.
Let's also stop using the word "inequality" to describe the quantitative variation between personal incomes: Its true meaning in American politics is the qualitative condition of possessing an identical set of God-given rights as part of our human nature.
hanmeng
While hatred shows itself in the way political hacks will pardon their own candidates for committing the same sins their opponents did, a lot of harm is also caused by rent-seeking: "Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." And while I may want to kick back and enjoy myself at the expense of others, I don't necessarily hate them.
Well, now you just need a theory of hatred. Why does it exist (exogenously?) and need to be channeled? Perhaps affiliation, status, and signaling better describe the underlying motivations. As for war, commandeering resources seems much more salient as a cause than a vague notion of hatred.
Aug 1 2012 at 5:00am
Politics is inevitable, particularly in a republic.
Politics is about competing notions of Good and is ideally carried out using rational arguments. Libertarianism is itself a political argument with its own notion of Good.
Self-interest requires a rational appraisal and if sufficiently enlightened, is just common good.
The economists find it simpler to substitute for it the 'satisfaction of desires'. Now desires are not always rational and thus an untrammeled market economy introduces an element of irrationality into the State.
Property is rational but territory is animal. But both are indispensable as an reflection of the dual nature of man as a rational animal.
Property is which that is secured by laws and territory is which that is secured by force. Historically and logically, territory precedes property.
Property, being a lawful claim, is in the nature of an argument. The universe of such arguments pertaining to a particular state is that state. Being lawful, property must not be stolen.
Sovereignty is pure assertion thus we speak not of property but of territory. A territory can not be stolen but conquered. Unlike thefts, conquests are not illicit in themselves,
Aug 1 2012 at 3:38pm
Reminds me of Hayek's brief discussion of purpose-based politics and the promotion of a politic of the "friend-enemy relation". See Hayek, L,L and L, Volume 2, at 144.
GudEnuf
I'm sorry, who is Krulong supposed to be?
Arnold Kling
Krulong = Paul Krugman + Brad DeLong
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Aug 2 2012 at 10:06am
This is a case where those opposed to markets change words and definitions to create a false argument. I don't accept the notion that markets embody greed. I am not sure how you get to greed from the simple case of two or more parties engaged in free exchange. Market participants are constrained by the need to make a profit but that is not the same thing as greed.
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Alan Dupree Wheat (born October 16, 1951) is an American economist, lobbyist, and politician who served six terms in the  U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Missouri from 1983 to 1995.

Early life

His father was James Wheat, an officer and civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force. His mother Emogene (Jean) Wheat was a teacher. Since his father served in the USAF, he grew up in air bases and went to schools in Wichita, Kansas, and Seville in Spain. In 1968, he graduated from Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana. Wheat was hired by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as an economist in 1972 after passing his B.A. in economics at Grinnell College, in Iowa. Between 1973 and 1975 he joined the Mid–America Regional Council in Kansas City for the same role. In 1975 he then became an aide to Mike White a Jackson County, Missouri, executive.

Missouri legislature
In 1976, he won the election at age 25 to the Missouri general assembly, at the age of 25 and stayed there until 1982.

Campaign for Congress
When Congressman Richard Walker Bolling had to retire after the 1982 House of Representative election, Wheat won the Democratic primary by only 1,004 votes (11%). He went on to win the general election to succeed Bolling by beating Republican John Sharp with 58% of the votes.

House career and Senate campaign

Wheat was the youngest member of the United States House of Representatives ever to be appointed to the Rules Committee, and was also the first African-American to represent a district with a non-liberal white majority.  He was also a member of the United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families

In 1992, Wheat drew four opponents in the Democratic primary election. He was perceived to be vulnerable due to the House banking scandal and his having been one of the House members who had made overdrafts. Wheat survived the primary and defeated Republican Edward "Gomer" Moody, who was a well-known Missouri businessman. Wheat won the general election, which also included two third-party candidates, with 59% of the vote.

After United States Senator John Danforth said he would not run for re-election in the 1994 election, Wheat chose to leave the House and instead run for Danforth's seat. The Senate race was closely watched nationally because Wheat was perceived as a candidate who could win crossover votes, as the House district he represented was 70 percent white. Wheat lost the general election to former governor John Ashcroft. Karen McCarthy was elected to succeed him in the House.

Post-congressional career

After his Senate race, Wheat was chosen as vice president of Public Policy and Government Relations at CARE. He served as deputy campaign manager and director of constituent outreach of President Bill Clinton's re-election campaign in 1996. In 1997, Wheat formed the lobbying group Wheat Government Relations

Wheat joined the national law firm and lobbying practice Polsinelli in 2013, as the firm's Public Policy practice chair. He is currently a consultant with a subsidiary of the firm, Polsinelli Health Solutions, where he lobbies on behalf of health care clients at both the federal and state level of government.

Wheat currently serves on the board of directors at CARE.

Personal life
Wheat has three children.

See also
List of African-American United States representatives

References

External links

Official Site: Wheat Government Relations
U.S. Senate Office of Public Records: Lobbyist Registration
Center for Public Integrity: LobbyWatch, Wheat Government Relations

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Murder occurs when a person knowingly or intentionally kills another or kills another during the commission of certain violent crimes, including:
Criminal escape
Murder is the most serious homicide offense, carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years in prison. A mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole may apply to murders committed under certain aggravating circumstances.
Aggravated manslaughter is also a serious homicide crime. It occurs when a person causes the death of another under circumstances showing reckless indifference to human life or when a person causes the death of another while resisting arrest. Aggravated manslaughter carries a sentence of 10 to 30 years in prison.
Less serious is the crime of manslaughter. It occurs when a person recklessly causes the death of another. It can also occur when a person intentionally causes the death of another in the heat of passion following sufficient provocation. A classic example of sufficient provocation would be a person catching his or her spouse in the act of adultery. Manslaughter carries a sentence of 5 to 10 years in prison.
Vehicular homicide occurs when a person causes the death of another while recklessly operating a car or other vehicle. It carries a sentence of 5 to 10 years in prison. If, however, a person causes a death while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and within 1,000 feet of a school, that person may face a sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison.
Kidnapping Under New Jersey Criminal Law
Next to murder, kidnapping is among the most serious crimes under New Jersey criminal law. Kidnapping occurs when a person removes or confines another to:
Hold as a hostage
Facilitate the commission of another crime
Terrorize
Interfere with government function
Permanently deprive a parent or legal guardian of custody over the victim
Kidnapping carries a sentence of 15 to 30 years in prison. If, however, the victim is under the age of 16 and suffers a sexual assault during the kidnapping or is delivered to another for pecuniary gain, it carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison.
New Jersey criminal lawyers representing people accused of serious crimes
Criminal homicide and kidnapping are serious crimes under New Jersey federal criminal laws. Defending against such charges can be a difficult task. A New Jersey federal criminal defense lawyer at Arseneault & Fassett, LLC knows how to defend clients against these most heinous of charges. Our attorneys remain current on the latest developments in federal criminal laws and are prepared to fight for the rights and reputations of our clients.
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The Czechoslovak Olympic Committee (Czech and ) was the non-profit organization representing athletes from Czechoslovakia in the International Olympic Committee. The ČSOV organized Czechoslovakia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

It was established in Prague in 1919 and it took the place of the Czech Olympic Committee in the Association of National Olympic Committees. During the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Czech Olympic Committee was reconstituted under its original name and it was formed Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee in 1992.

See also
 Czechoslovakia at the Olympics

References

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The Church of St. Michael the Archangel came into existence in the fifteenth century as the Church of St. Angelo. In its original form it consisted of three aisles with six chapels and a bell tower. The latter can still be seen as the lower of the two existing bell towers. The church was renovated during the construction works of the Via Diretta and extended in the seventeenth century. It was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel in 1640. In 1817 it was completely destroyed by fire and was rebuilt in 1823 by the architect Giuseppe Valadier, but was not returned to its original splendour. One of the few surviving works, visible in the centre of the choir, is a beautiful ciborium in white marble, which is used to hold holy oil. In the first chapel on the right there is a preserved painting on wood from the late fifteenth century depicting SS Salvatore. At the end of the left-hand aisle is a wooden altar, which is home to an urn of S.S. martyrs Giuliano, Pontiano, Giacinto e Vittoria. It was moved here in 1654. The Brotherhood of St. John the Evangelist undertook to ensure that it is constantly illuminated by lamplight. The church was equipped with an organ as early as 1588 but the current large pipe organ only dates back to 1928. The building adjacent to the rectory was, over time, used as a chancery and partly as prisons, some windows still show the old bars.


Our sleeping position plays a big role in how well we sleep and how much or little we strain our spine. It can even contribute to sleep apnea. Around 16 percent of Americans sleep on their stomachs compared to 10 percent of back-sleepers and 74 percent of side-sleepers. We've often heard that sleeping on the stomach isn't the best position and it's partly true as it can throw the spine out of position, However, it does have advantages of which a few of them may surprise you. If you love sleeping in this position but don't like waking up with that familiar crick in the neck or an achy spine, there are steps you can take to turn things around.
The key to healthy stomach-sleeping is to keep your spine in its natural position. The spine has an S-shaped curve and you want to maintain this when sleeping otherwise you may develop back and neck problems later on. Place a slim pillow beneath your stomach and hips to elevate your mid-section and prevent your pelvis from sinking into the mattress.
About 17 percent of Americans who sleep on their stomachs do so with their heads turned to the side. While this may be comfortable when you're just settling down into bed, it can strain your neck and cause pain after a time. A better option is to sleep face down by placing a firm pillow beneath your forehead. You can use a rolled up towel too. This way, your neck is not twisted and your upper airway is kept open.
Give your body a gentle stretch when you wake up in the morning. The 'child's pose' is a good way to stretch the muscles and the spine. It involves sitting on your knees and slowly spreading them with your buttocks on your heels. Lengthen your spine and bend forward so that your chest rests on the tops of your thighs. Extend your arms over your head and keep your palms face down. Do this for a couple of minutes or until your body feels relaxed.
If the mattress you're using is too soft or is old, you may want to consider getting a new one. Ideally, the mattress stomach-sleepers use should be medium to medium-firm. This prevents the mid-section from sinking and will also prevent back problems.
Nuvanna is a mattress that's designed for different sleeping positions including sleeping on the stomach. It comprises three layers of support and comfort so that you can enjoy undisturbed rest. The top layer features phase-changing gel particles that keep your body cool by dispersing heat. The middle layer isolates motion so that you and your partner can move without disturbing each other. The bottom layer supports various body parts including your spine to prevent back and neck pain. Created by an expert with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, Nuvanna aims to give you a better quality of life through better sleep.
It reduces snoring and sleep apnea: When you sleep on your stomach face-down, your upper airway is kept open as your tongue and soft palate don't collapse to the back of your throat. This can reduce snoring and help you and your bed partner sleep better. If you have sleep apnea, you may find that this sleeping position also minimizes symptoms, the most noticeable being snoring.
It can help with certain back problems: Sleeping on the stomach is not often advised if you have back pain. However, it can reduce pain in those who have degenerative disc disease. It does this by increasing the space between discs and reducing stress on the lower back. The position can also provide comfort to people who have a paracentral disc herniation where the inner disc fluid leaks in a central direction instead of to the right or left.
We all have our favorite sleeping positions and that's okay. However, it's important to make sure that they do more good than harm. After all, sleep should relax and rejuvenate us, not leave us feeling achy and tired. The good news is, you don't need to force yourself to adopt different sleeping positions. You can still enjoy sleeping on your stomach by incorporating these tips when you tuck yourself in for the night.


The Pavilion Building at The Bay Pointe Club is a beautiful banquet facility, surrounded by one of the area's most picturesque golf courses; a spectacular setting in any season, and perfect for gatherings large or small.
Our on-site function coordinators, staff and executive chef are available to coordinate any function and customize any menu for you.
For additional information, please contact Barbara Fay, Event Director at 774-302-4397, or by email at bfay@baypointeclub.com.


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Being all by myself – alone – and not talking, I somehow find far more taxing on my soul. It's strange, because it's not like I talk to myself all the time when I'm by myself. ("Who does that?" "I don't know Drew, who does that?") And, I absolutely love being by myself! Others tell me the same thing. They really like it when I'm by myself as well.
Spending too much time with Drew is one thing. Putting steps into place in order to actually change the things that Drew has discovered about Drew – that's cray cray!
I decided that chopping wood would help me feel more productive and more manly. Later, I read by the fireplace then watched some old Mary Tyler Moore & Flip Wilson shows on DVD. Anything but stay below introspection.


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Q: Declarative hash queries in Ruby I want to be able to declaratively specify which value to return from a Ruby hash. Ideally, I would be able to write a query that can run against a given hash, and store that query as an object (string, hash, etc).
# for example
hash = {
  key1: {
    key2: [
      { a: 1, b: 2 }
    ]
  }
}
query = { path: ["key1", "key2"], key: :a, where: { b: 2 } }

Library.query(query, hash) #=> 1

I haven't been able to find any good libraries for this. Is there a good way to query a Ruby hash like this?

A: While the syntax isn't quite as nice, this (I think) does what you want without any explicit looping or conditionals:
>> require 'deep_enumerable'

>> hash.deep_get(:key1 => :key2)
       .find{|h| h[:b] == 2}
       .fetch(:a)

=> 1

If you wanted to store the query in a variable you could do it like this:
query =
  [[:deep_get, {:key1 => :key2}],
   [:find,     ->(h){h[:b] == 2}],
   [:fetch,    :a]]

query.inject(hash) do |h, (cmd, arg)|
  arg.is_a?(Proc) ? h.send(cmd, &arg) : h.send(cmd, arg)
end

This is hacky at best, and definitely not production quality in the general case, but it is a solution.

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TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE OPERATION VELVET SHELL AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 7th
Today, Ubisoft announced that Operation Velvet Shell, the first free update of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 will be available for Xbox One, Sony Playstation®4 and Windows PC from February 7, 2017. Year 2 pass holders will instantly receive the two new Operators of the Spanish Counter Terrorist Unit as well as their 4 signature weapons skins and non-Season Pass owners will be able to unlock them using Renown in-game currency or R6 Credits starting on February 14, 2017.
The new Coastline map featuring Operation Velvet Shell
In Operation Velvet Shell, players will be plunged into an effervescent night ambiance on the seashore of Ibiza. While embodying two Spanish operators from the Grupo Especial de Operaciones, the Rainbow team will regain control of the coastline thanks to their unique tactical expertise:
Mira has proven her strength and endurance but her best asset is her knowledge in mechanics. She is specialized in armoring process for ballistic protection. Equipped with the Vector 45 ACP and ITA12L as primary weapons, she can find the weaker spot on any machinery and reinforce it.
Jackal has developed his expertise in tracking down HVTs and intercepting narcotics shipments with the G.E.O.s. Equipped with the C7E and PDW9 as primary weapons, he triggered an acute sensitivity relating to his environment, which enables him to spot irregularities rapidly.
Additionally, as part of the ongoing commitment to enrich Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege playing experience, Year 2 will start with new dynamic navigation interface, making all players activities such as challenges, news and boosters available in the same place. Xavier Marquis, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Creative Director explains "We are working hard on ensuring the game's longevity. Since we are here to stay, we're making sure that you are getting comfortable".
To learn more about Operation Velvet shell, please visit www.rainbow6.com/VelvetShell
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is currently available worldwide for consoles and Windows PC.
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Lauren Carlini
Lauren Carlini (she/her) is a Pittsburgh native with a background in business operations and people management. Lauren is a Duquesne University graduate. Prior to joining the PBT team, Lauren worked for her family's business. She enjoys volunteering her time in her neighborhood, at her son's school and as a board member of the Valley Points YMCA. In addition to overseeing the human resources functions at PBT, Lauren leads the team engagement committee and the Equity Project Transformation Team Subcommittee on Recruitment and Hiring, and is a member of the safety committee. Her favorite thing about working at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is working alongside the most talented people in Pittsburgh. She says, "Everyone– the admin team, the faculty, the dancers, of course– is so impressive. We have an excellent team and I am so grateful to be a part of it."
Lou Castelli
Lou Castelli comes to Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre with extensive experience in performing arts administration in Pittsburgh's Cultural District. He spent ten years in various roles on the marketing team of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, where he managed the campaign launching Marvin Hamlisch as the orchestra's Principal Pops Conductor. He then became Marketing Director at Pittsburgh Public Theater, where he oversaw the company's move to the O'Reilly Theater. He spent more than 20 years at The Public, and most recently served as the theater's Managing Director from 2018 through 2022. Lou was born and raised in Pittsburgh and has a large extended family. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in Oakland and Allegheny College in Meadville, with a degree in Communication Arts.
Curtis Scott Dunn
Curtis Scott Dunn joined the company in October 2015. Beginning his career in the 1980's in dance production in New Jersey and Philadelphia, he moved into production management while on staff at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase NY. Since then, he has served in senior and executive roles at Theatrical Systems Services, design one corporation, NYC's Eos Orchestra, and Rutgers University – producing dance, music, opera, theater and corporate events. He has toured nationally with Everett Studios, Eos Orchestra, and Chamber Theater Productions, and internationally with Movement Theatre International. He is a founding member of La Strada Ensemble Theatre and has served on their board. When away from the company, Mr. Dunn is also a playwright, actor, and photographer.
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Pittsburgh native David Hammond comes to Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre from Austin, Texas, where he has served that community as Director of Development at KMFA 89.5, Austin's classical radio station. Since 2013, David has led a team of volunteers and professionals in raising over $22 million to support KMFA's daily mission and a $10.5 million capital campaign to build its new home. David joined KMFA after a decade of fundraising experience with Conspirare, Austin Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and received his bachelor's degree in music business from PennWest Clarion.
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Kristin McLain brings with her a lifetime of sewing experience, having learned from her mom starting in middle school. She began her time at PBT in 2016 with the building of PBT's brand new Giselle. Staying on as a part time stitcher, then full time First Hand, and currently Costume Director, she's work on many of PBT's costumes old and new. Other prior experience includes study in Costume Design and Construction at the University of Pittsburgh, and various freelance design and construction work for a number of companies throughout the city. Additionally, Kristin is a versatile, visual artist and craftsperson, focusing on fiber arts, sculpting and watercolor paintings.
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A great tale for the Halloween season based on Washington Irving's spooky tale of ghosts and local superstitions. Sleepy Hollow Swamp is inhabited by the horrible specter of "The Headless Horseman". Ichabod Crane, the new schoolteacher comes to teach in the town of Sleepy Hollow. He soon falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel, the prettiest girl in town. However, Brom Bones, the local bully, also wants to marry Katrina. Brom soon finds out that his bullying is no match for Ichabod's charms. And then one Halloween night, he tells the story to Ichabod of "The Headless Horseman", who haunts the swamp on Halloween night. With no way else to get home, Ichabod must cross the swamp that night to reach the safety of his house. Will he make it? We won't tell (until you see the show)! Note: We've adapted the tale to have a happier ending than the original and have included the character of Miles Van Humbugger. Miles is a trouble making student that Ichabod has in his class. Miles is also impressed by Brom Bones and wants to be like him. A tale suitable for all ages!
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Con artists are using the "grandparents scam" to rake in thousands of dollars each day.
They're literally capitalizing on people's emotions.
Here's what you need to know about the fraud - and how to avoid falling prey to it...
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In the wake of the Great Recession, many people saw their 401(k)s wiped out, and they lost a lot of faith in the financial markets. Members of Generation X lost 45% of their average net worth during the financial crisis, according to the Financial Times.
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This Yellow Scrap of Paper Came Through 9/11
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This time of year always puts me in a reflective mood.
Today, I'm thinking of a simple, crumpled sheet of yellow paper...
On it - scrawled in blue ink - is a hastily written note from wife to husband.
This simple note is one of the more interesting "artifacts" from 9/11.
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During the anniversary season of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington - and in the continuing aftermath of the Harvey and Irma disasters - this lesson is one folks must take to heart.
To help make that happen, let me share the tale of this simple yellow note - and the message it has for investors, retirees - everyone, everywhere...
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Retirees can earn up to $2,300 a month or more from Big Tobacco's 20-year-old lawsuit.
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In 1998, Big Tobacco was sued for its practice of concealing the health risks of tobacco from its users through sleazy advertising tactics and hiding scientific findings.
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Fifty-five percent of Americans don't have any money saved for retirement.
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Baby boomers and millennials both face daunting retirement problems right now. Social Security is failing, the Great Recession eviscerated trillions, the age at which you can afford to retire keeps getting pushed further and further.
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Here's a look at which generation has it worse when it comes to retirement problems - and a three-step strategy members in both groups can use to tackle these issues to maximize their retirement savings...
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A new executive order for retirees could help you retain the $68,870 a year earned from 26(f) programs.
The order will keep the Department of Labor from charging you huge fees that eat into your 26(f) program profits.
Here's how the order could shape your financial future...
What some are calling a "retirement blackout" could take affect within the next two months.
You might not have heard about this yet, but it can affect your money.
Here's everything retirees and pre-retirees need to know about this controversial measure...
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Legendary investors like Sir John Templeton have used them to build huge fortunes.
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MoDaCo Sources Share Alleged Spec Sheet For LG's Rumored Nexus Device, Including Snapdragon S4 Pro And Android 4.2
Eric Ravenscraft
9:44am PDT Oct 5, 2012
If you happen to have any grains of salt handy, now would be a good time to pull them out. MoDaCo is reporting that sources have filled the site in with details on the rumored Nexus device to come out of LG. The specs sound about in line with what we would expect from a device of this caliber, sporting a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro, Android 4.2, and a curious 8GB/16GB set of storage options. Given Google's preference for leaving off microSD slots, we're a little surprised to see 16GB as the maximum size option. Sure, they did it with the Nexus 7, but that was an incredibly inexpensive tablet. This, if true, is just silliness.
Here are the rest of the alleged specs. Emphasis per MoDaCo:
The device is based on the Optimus G but doesn't look the same
Updated Android release (currently 4.2)
Quad Core Snapdragon S4 processor
1280x768 True-HD IPS screen
On screen soft keys (of course)
No microSD slot
8GB and 16GB versions only (at least initially)
Non-removable battery
Wireless charging built in
The retail name of the device is yet to be decided.
Much of this is unsurprising and even predictable. On-screen keys, a new version of Android, and of course the lack of a microSD card slot are all but expected of the next Nexus. Wireless charging we're a little skeptical of, mainly because this claim seems to pop up in some form or another in every single rumor season. Then again, if anyone were to push it into reality, we could imagine Google doing it. It might even explain why there's a non-removable battery on a device that a disproportionately high percentage of developers and modding enthusiasts will likely be using.
As for the phone being based on the Optimus G, that also seems reasonable. For the past three Nexus devices (Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, and Nexus 7), Google has taken a look at existing or soon-to-be-announced offerings from companies and worked with the manufacturer to modify them into a unique device. The Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus were very similar, at least internally, to the Galaxy S and S II respectively. The Nexus 7, of course, actually outright replaced the ASUS MeMo ME370T that was unveiled at CES earlier this year, winning the award for "Most Improved Device Name."
Given that track record, the idea that this device would be based on the Optimus G—including the quad-core S4 Pro, 2GB of RAM,and 1280x768 display—all sound perfectly reasonable. In fact, it almost sounds too reasonable. In general, we're hesitant to trust any rumors that come from anonymous sources, but this isn't the only rumor from MoDaCo that we're keeping an eye on. Unfortunately, while the information sounds believable, it's also only backed by the typical "we know a guy we really trust" so it could be nothing more than someone who's been around the rumor mill a few times putting together a nice, educated guess.
Of course, none of this takes into account the alleged Nexus certification program. If the rumors are true and Google is broadening the Nexus line and simply requiring certain hardware elements, then our past patterns we've come to rely on might go out the window. Do Nexus-certified devices have to look different physically from their manufacturer-branded counterparts? Is a lack of a microSD card slot required? Is 8GB of storage enough to even qualify? For that matter, even if the Nexus program isn't real, would Google really release a flagship phone with only 8GB of non-expandable storage? There are still a lot of questions to be answered before we can trust any rumors.
Fortunately, we might not be waiting too much longer. MoDaCo claims that the LG Nexus will be launching in mid-November, so the wait to confirm or deny this news should be short. Additionally, certain rumors have indicated that Andy Rubin will be discussing some of the new stuff at D: Dive Into Mobile later this month. It wouldn't be the first time that Google has used All Things D as a platform to share information about Android, though a full-on product launch seems a bit unlikely. Still, maybe he'll tell us all the details about this fancy new Nexus certification program just before we get a barrage of new Nexii this fall. Wouldn't that be nice?
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Christiern Pedersen
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Christiern Pedersen (c. 1480 – 16 January 1554) was a Danish canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and publisher.
Christiern Pedersen was born in Helsingør, Denmark. He was schooled in Roskilde and studied from 1496 at the University of Greifswald. He received a baccalaureate degree in 1498 and from 1505 was a canon at Lund Cathedral.
He studied at the University of Paris from 1508 to 1515, where in 1511 he received a Master of Arts degree. During his stay in Paris he developed an interest in writing, translating and publishing. At that time Paris was the undisputed capital of the still-new printing press. While considering writing a new Latin-Danish lexicon, he wrote a replacement for the 300-year-old Latin grammar, Doctrinale, written in 1199 by Alexander of Villedieu,[1] and still used as standard in the schools of Denmark at that time. In 1510 he published his new Latin-Danish lexicon, called Vocabularium ad usum Dacorum.
Gesta DanorumEdit
Title page of Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae, Paris 1514
He wanted to re-publish the huge 300-year-old chronicle of Denmark, Gesta Danorum, written by Saxo Grammaticus, but he did not know the location of the original manuscript. At that time the most knowledge of this work came from a summary called Compendium Saxonis located in Chronica Jutensis, dated about 1342. Undoubtedly this is also how Pedersen knew of it.
Pedersen began to send letters to friends all over Denmark, trying to locate the original Saxo work, but they either did not have it or did not want to release it to him. He finally travelled to Denmark to search through libraries and monasteries, but still could not find one. Unexpectedly a letter arrived from Archbishop Birger Gunnersen of Lund stating that he had found a copy in his district and it would be made available to Pedersen.
With the help of Jodocus Badius Ascensius (also known as Jodocus Van Asche Badius), whose relationship with Pedersen had now grown to more than just a professional one, they published this new work-over of Gesta Danorum, titled Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae, 15 May 1514, in Paris. This is today the oldest known complete copy of Saxo's Gesta Danorum.
The later yearsEdit
In 1516, Pedersen returned to Lund and worked for Archbishop Birger Gunnersen. In 1522, he became Kanzler under the new Archbishop, Johann Wess. However, during the reign of the next Archbishop, Aage Sparre, Pedersen was accused of treason, among other things, resulting in Pedersen leaving for Germany. As he was loyal to King Christian II, he followed him in exile to the Netherlands in 1526, after meeting him in Berlin, where he spent the next five years in the then-Dutch city of Lier.
In 1529, he renounced his Catholicism (and his canon status) and became Lutheran. Consequently, Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Low Countries asked Christian II to dismiss him, but the exiled king ignored her request.[2]
He did not return to Denmark before 1532, and got permission to settle in Malmø, where he opened a printing press shop. His continued loyalty towards King Christian II gained him no friends among the nobility, and it did not get better when later he actively participated in the Civil War (Grevens Fejde) on the losers' side.
He married Else Jacobsdatter in 1534 in Malmø, who died during childbirth in 1539. Pedersen sold his printing press shop and moved to Copenhagen in 1541. During these years he translated the Bible to Danish. This was to become his life's work, which sometimes earns him the title "the father of Danish literature". Finished in 1543, but first published in 1550, this work, Biblia, was not only a masterpiece of translation, but also technically excellent, with good-quality graphics and woodcuts. This is the first complete Danish Bible translation. 3000 copies were printed by Ludwig Dietz.
Pedersen was ill during the last 10 years of his life, but he continued to work until his death in 1554, while he was living with relatives in Helsinge.
PublicationsEdit
Pedersen's notable works include:
1510, Vocabularium ad usum Dacorum (A Latin-to-Danish Lexicon)
1514, Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae (re-publishing of Saxo's Gesta Danorum)
1515, "Jærtegnspostil"
1529, "Det Ny Testamente" (A translation of the New Testament)
1533, "Nøttelig Legebog faar Fattige och Rige Unge och Gamle" (A medical book)
1534, "Karl Magnus Krønike" (A free re-write of Charlemagne legends)
1534, "Kong Holger Danskes Krønike" (A free re-write based on the French 15th century 'Ogier le Dannoys')
1550, "Biblia - Christian d.3.s Bibel" (Translation of the Bible,- this is the first complete Danish Bible translation)
Additionally, a revised edition of the Danish "Rimkrøniken" and a Danish translation of Saxo's "Gesta Danorum" were produced. It was never published and was lost in the library fire at Copenhagen University in 1728.
He has published and/or written many other smaller works.
Apoteker Sibbernsens Saxobog, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen, 1927
Anders Sørensen Vedel, Den Danske Krønicke Saxo-oversættelse 1575 udgivet i facsimile af Det danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab, G. E. C Gad, Copenhagen, 1967
Helle Stangerup, Saxo Hans værk – Hans verden, Høst & Søn forlag 2004, ISBN 87-14-29949-6
^ Nauert, Charles Garfield, "Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe" (Cambridge University Press 2006), p.45
^ Paul Arblaster, Gergely Juhász, Guido Latré (eds.), Tyndale's Testament, Turnhout: Brepols, 2002, ISBN 2-503-51411-1, pp. 136-137.
"Pedersen, Christiern" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
Works by or about Christiern Pedersen at Internet Archive
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0:01Skip to 0 minutes and 1 secondLet's turn our attention to heat capacity. The heat capacity is the amount of thermal energy required to change the temperature of material. so the heat capacity C is delta Q divide by delta T. The heat capacity at constant volume Cv is dQ over dT at constant volume. And from the first law, dQ at constant volume is the same with dU since dV is zero at constant volume. So Cv is dU over dT at constant volume. Likewise, the heat capacity at constant pressure Cp is dQ over dT at constant pressure and dQp is the same with dH at constant pressure. So Cp is dH over dT at constant pressure. And this heat capacity strongly depends on temperature. Look at this graph.
1:07Skip to 1 minute and 7 secondsIt is the variation of Cv over temperature for various materials. In general, heat capacity increases with temperature. And also, heat capacity is different for different materials since the heat capacity is related with bonding. In this graph, bond strength decreases from diamond, to silicon and to lead. As you see here, materials with stronger bond have lower heat capacity. To discuss this trend, lets consider the energy of a material. There can be vibrational, translational, rotational and electronic energies in a material. And the Temperature of a material is proportional to the energy of material. Let's only consider vibrational energy of a material. Then, the temperature of the material represent the total vibrational energy of the material.
2:16Skip to 2 minutes and 16 secondsThe heat capacity is then the energy, the heat, required to induce more vibration. The stronger bond means that it is easier to induce vibration throughout the material since the atoms strongly bind to each other, so the vibration spread easily. Thus it needs smaller energy to induce the same amount of vibration throughout meaning that it needs smaller energy to increase temperature. We have to keep in mind that Cp is always larger than or the same with Cv. Their difference is alpha square VT over k. And this equation will be derived later in this course. Here, alpha is the thermal expansion coefficient defined as 1 over V times dV/dT at constant pressure. K is the isothermal compressibility.
3:13Skip to 3 minutes and 13 secondsIt is minus 1 over V times dV over dP at constant temperature. For condensed phase such as liquids and solids, the expansion coefficient is generally very small, thus Cp-Cv is virtually zero. They have the same value.
In dealing with energy balance equations, we often need to calculate energy change upon temperature change.
Heat capacity is the thermal energy required to change the temperature of a material, thus so the heat change upon temperature change can be calculated by integrating heat capacity over the range of temperature range. In the second week, we will apply the energy balance equations to real problems and calculate the energy difference between two states. In these kinds of calculation, heat capacities are particularly required. Here, we introduce the concept of heat capacity and their physical meaning in preparation for the second week.


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New St. John Sugar Queen gets crowned Aug. 13
Published 12:10 am Saturday, August 6, 2016
Darian Lerai Marse, left, and Jade Michelle Brady are all smiles in 2015 following the St. John Sugar Queen Pageant, where Marse was crowned St. John Sugar Queen LXVII and Brady was named the first St. John Teen Sugar Queen. The next pageant is Aug. 13, 2016.
RESERVE — The St. John Sugar Queen will celebrate its 68th year of pageantry with the presentation of "Once Upon A Time" Aug. 13.
The pageant, sponsored by the St. John Sugar Queen Committee and St. John the Baptist Parish, will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 13 at St. John Theatre in Reserve.
A deserving young lady will be awarded the honor of representing St. John Parish at the State Sugar Festival in New Iberia. Tickets will be on sale from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the Theatre lobby.
The box office opens at 5:45 p.m. Aug. 13 for ticket sales. Tickets are $12 a person.
The Sugar Pageant is one of the premier events of the parish, organizers said, adding it helps promote pride in St. John.
"Our queens have always been outstanding ambassadors, showcasing the spirit of St. John Parish at home and in statewide competition," organizers said.
Miss St. John Parish Sugar Queen the 67th Darian Marse, Teen Queen Jade Brady and the St. John Parish Sugar Queen Committee invite all community members to celebrate the crowning of the new queens.
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'King Richard,' 'Insecure,' 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' each garnered big recognition as nominees were announced for the 2021 Golden Globes
By Rivea Ruff · Updated December 13, 2021
Stars of the big and small screens are getting their gowns and tuxes ready for January 9th, as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has just announced the list of nominees for the 2022 Golden Globe Awards.
This years noms include the best and brightest in Black entertainment, with actors, singers, shows and films from some of our favorite creators gaining formal recognition as highlights in entertainment for 2021.
The announcement comes amid big changes in the HFPA, as the organization recently revised their rules and bylaws, and added more diverse members to their selection committee.
"This has been a year of change and reflection for the HFPA," HFPA president Helen Hoehne said while kicking off the nomination ceremony via livestream. "For the past eight months we have worked tirelessly as an organization to be better.
"We also have 21 new members. The largest and most diverse in our 79-year-old history. Not only have they brought in a fresh perspective but ideas that will help us continue to evolve." Six Black members were included among their 21 most recent additions.
And the new diverse perspectives seem to have influenced added diversity in the latest round of nominees. From Beyoncé to Issa Rae, from Denzel Washington to Billy Porter, take a look at some of the Black Excellence that made the list of nominees below:
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Billy Porter – POSE
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BMe Community Founder Focuses on Black Men as Assets
by Robin White Goode
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The other day I spoke with Trabian Shorters, who has wrapped up his time as a fellow at the Pahara-Aspen Fellowship, the prestigious, invitation-only two-year program of the Aspen Institute, the educational and policy studies organization.
Shorters, founder and CEO of BMe Community, an organization reframing the narrative around black men, was selected for the honor in 2015. Although not an educator, Shorters recognizes how essential schools and education are to community building.
BMe has been experiencing great growth, Shorters says, which he's found "pleasantly surprising." When he started BMe, advocates and other progressive thinkers tried to persuade him to focus on the problems black men face—not on black men as assets, as BMe does.
But the asset focus has taken off.
"We've started the BMe Public Voices Fellowship, which trains men to be public voices," Shorters says. "Did you know that 90% of op-ed writers are white upper-class men? There's a uniformity of who's shaping our public opinion."
Two-year Fellowship
"My two years at Aspen were eye-opening," Shorters told me. "It was interesting to see leaders that were scared motionless."
As part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, Shorters was in a cohort with international and domestic leaders in business, government, and the nonprofit sector, including education.
But Shorters says it was stunning to see how even people in power can be, in a sense, powerless.
"I learned a lot about morals, ethics, the canon of Western thought—which was all incredible," Shorters says. "But we're living in a historic moment now. I met leaders who didn't know how to engage, who didn't want to lose favor with their funders, who had authority but no real commitment."
Shorters also noted how people who run public school districts put their own children in private school—certainly telling. He concludes that, though many of these people "care," there are limits to their caring. "They're trying to manage the conditions so they don't affect other people," he says.
The organization's focus is black men, but men of all races can be part of it. Women too.
For more about BMe Community, visit its website.
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