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Anthem directive sparks disagreement at Tabor
New rule requires student athletes to stand during national anthem
Nov 17, 2017 by Tim Huber and Mennonite World Review
In the week after Vice President Mike Pence walked out of an NFL game Oct. 8 in protest of athletes kneeling during the national anthem to challenge racial injustice, Tabor College coaches received an email applicable to all players, coaches and personnel preparing to compete: "All will stand during the National Anthem. This is required in order to participate in the competition."
Tabor vice president of athletics Rusty Allen said no athlete at the Mennonite Brethren college in Hillsboro, Kan., had done anything that could be considered disrespectful during the anthem to instigate the rule.
"We had a choice to either consider a posture of being reactive or being proactive," he said. "Our coaches and myself feel that's not the time for protest — right when a game will start when we want to have a unified focus on the game. We just felt like it can be misinterpreted so easily."
A kneeling figure is part of "Called to Serve," a set of statues on Tabor College's Centennial Plaza, dedicated in 2008. — Tim Huber/MWR
Athletes make up a majority of the student body. In recent years, more than 400 students, or roughly 80 percent — participate on one of 18 varsity sport teams. The policy applies to a lesser extent to football — which lists 100 on the roster — because the team is in the locker room for home games during the anthem.
"We had a number of teams that had already decided, for the sake of the unity of the team, they wanted to all stand for the national anthem," Tabor President Jules Glanzer said. "And we thought it would be good for all our athletic teams, for our country, for those who have served, for the players and family members who have served, to not bring dissension onto the field of play.
"We asked them to all do that, and there was total agreement among all athletes and coaches for that. It was not so much a school policy, but a team rule."
No other Anabaptist college or university has a policy for student athlete conduct during the anthem.
Student opposition
Tabor soccer player Sierra Sanchez of Chonburi, Thailand, who has also played basketball, said several student athletes are opposed to the anthem policy. Her concerns arose from being uncomfortable with nationalism due to her Anabaptist beliefs.
"Whether it's for the flag or the people who fought, the word we keep hearing is respect," she said. "I don't think anyone has talked about respect in regard to chapel. . . . You can be on your phone the whole time and not stand for worship or prayer and have your headphones on.
"We don't require respect in a gospel environment, but we mandate it for the empire. A lot of students are noticing that inconsistency."
While Sanchez's opposition is rooted mainly in her Anabaptist identity, she said other students feel the policy dismisses racial issues experienced by nonwhite students, many of whom are athletes. Though subtle, racism exists on campus, she said.
"Whether it's in passing comments or jokes or stereotypes, it's definitely a reality at Tabor," she said.
Glanzer said students and faculty have a right to protest in many ways, just not when participating in athletics.
"We have had no student within the teams that I am aware of that has in any way said they don't approve what we're doing," Glanzer said.
Faculty members said about two-thirds of the Tabor faculty met with Glanzer on Oct. 24, and about a dozen expressed concerns about the policy, in particular that it seems inconsistent with Article 12 of the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches' Confession of Faith. The article states, in part, that "believers witness against corruption, discrimination and injustice" and that "the primary allegiance of all Christians is to Christ's kingdom, not the state or society. Because their citizenship is in heaven, Christians are called to resist the idolatrous temptation to give to the state the devotion that is owed to God." Tabor's bylaws stipulate all college rules must be in "complete harmony" with the USMB Confession.
"We are just doing here what is a practice done over the years," Glanzer said. "When the national anthem is played, we stand. That's been something that has been done throughout our history. It's part of the culture.
"If this is a Confession of Faith issue, then I would really take issue with those who are kneeling, because they are now paying homage to the state, and that would be as much breaking the Confession of Faith, even more so than standing."
Sanchez said the general perception among students is one of confusion.
"We have our Bible professors saying it is contradictory and the administration saying it's not," she said. "A lot of students are confused, asking just what does the Confession say, because we're getting two contradictory statements."
Allen said Tabor was not requiring anyone to put their hand over their heart or to think anything and noted the Confession is focused on bringing God's love into society.
"We are 100 percent behind that concept," he said. ". . . In no way are we proposing — we never would — that someone should give their allegiance to their country. As Christians our allegiance is to God foremost."
Justice statement
Inspired by discussions with students about the anthem policy and injustices taking place in the U.S., Allen wrote a "justice statement" that was read Nov. 1 at the first basketball games of the season, preceding a moment of silence and prayer, followed by the national anthem.
The opponent was College of the Ozarks, of Point Lookout, Mo.
Earlier that week, College of the Ozarks was stripped of hosting the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' Division II men's basketball tournament after 18 years of doing so, due to the college's policy requiring athletes not to participate in any game in which an opposing team member takes a knee, sits or turns its back to the flag during the anthem. The policy has potential to impact the tournament. The school also requested the NAIA adopt a policy requiring all players and coaches to stand during the anthem.
Allen hopes Tabor's justice statement can be used at other sporting events that use public address.
"My hope is that people in their own minds will think, 'How can I help in some way?' or ask God to shine his light in those places where this is a problem," Allen said.
At the women's basketball game Nov. 1, Tabor players held hands in a circle during the statement and moment of silence and turned to face the flag during the anthem. At the men's game, players stood in front of the bench while about a dozen students and other adult spectators sat or knelt in the bleachers.
Tabor's Social Justice Club planned to host a campus forum Nov. 16, after MWR's print deadline, for administrators to hear feedback from students.
A prayer for justice
Tabor College preceded some sporting events in early November with a moment of silence and a statement recognizing brokenness and injustice in the world, followed by prayer:
"Tabor College recognizes that injustice and hate in the form of racism, oppression and brokenness is a part of the reality for various people in our country and around the world. We invite all of us to join in a moment of silent unity for bringing justice, healing and wholeness anywhere it is needed. Please join in a moment of silence.
"Father in Heaven, we are blessed to come together this evening to enjoy competition and the great game of [applicable sport]. We first would ask that you take your love into any of the dark places in our country and around the world."
Mennonite Brethren
Tabor College
U.S. Mennonite Brethren
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Q&A | 20 Questions For Christian Blackshaw
By Ludwig Van on March 12, 2019
British pianist Christian Blackshaw answers 20 questions, including his signature meal, favourite concert hall, and his role models. (Photo: Si Barber)
Ludwig Van's Q&A series is composed of a bank of questions aimed at artists who have made a serious mark on Toronto's cultural scene.
Christian Blackshaw that rare breed of pianist. His ability to match emotional depth with technique has propelled his career around the world with conductors Valery Gergiev, Sir Simon Rattle, Gianandrea Noseda, Yuri Temirkanov and Sir Neville Marriner. Of his many recorded works, it is his complete Mozart Piano Sonatas series was recorded for Wigmore Hall Live that not only captures your attention, but keeps it. During the 2018/19 season, he is an Artist in Residence at the Wigmore Hall. In 2019 he makes his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
Mooredale Concerts brings Christian Blackshaw to Walter Hall on March 17, 2019.
Name your favourite concert hall/ venue anywhere
Wigmore Hall, London and also, Mariinsky Concert Hall, St. Petersburg
Your first three record store purchases
Dinu Lipatti recital, Artur Schnabel Beethoven Sonatas, and Clifford Curzon Schubert D major Sonata, D.850
Three pieces, songs or arias that you could listen to on repeat for an hour?
"Der Abschied" from Das Lied von der Erde of Mahler performed by Kathleen Ferrier, Vienna Philharmonic and Bruno Walter
"Trauere, mein Herz", Cavatina Act 3 from Oberon by Weber performed by Gundula Janowitz, Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Ferdinand Leitner
"An die Musik" of Franz Schubert performed by Fritz Wunderlich with Hubert Giesen, piano
The first album that made you love music?
Age four, transfixed by The Hebrides Overture, (Fingal's Cave) by Mendelssohn
Your favourite word?
Your least favourite word?
What is the title and author of the book closest to you right now?
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles).
If you could board a plane this afternoon, where would it be taking you?
A secret location in Greece
The three books that you read that made an impact on you in your formative years?
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame), Peter Pan (J.M.Barrie), Childhood, Boyhood, Youth (Leo Tolstoy)
Signature meal to cook at home?
Slow cooked chicken, potatoes, good oil, lemon juice, fresh oregano, fresh thyme, and seasoning — in one pot
What did you major in as an undergraduate?
As I left school at 16, I took three diplomas aged 19 in piano performance, teaching, and graduate studies.
The different career path that you could have gone on?
There was never any doubt of my direction, though if I failed, working with wood or stone would appeal.
Your three favourite films?
Fantasia, Some Like it Hot, and The Lady Vanishes (the black and white Hitchcock)
Your role models?
Musicians I admire include, Sir Clifford Curzon, Maria Callas, and Herbert von Karajan.
The historical personalities, both good and bad, that that fascinate you the most?
There are many, naturally… However, my three have to be: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann
What is the best thing about your work?
Being allowed to inhabit the musical language of composers of genius
What is the worst thing about your work?
Failing in the above
What are you listening to as you answer these questions?
If you had a motto, what would it be?
Forever simpler
Whose musical style do you covet?
It's not a question to covet. Only to find truth and meaning and the freedom to express.
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My favorite things Utah
by Tyler Cowen April 3, 2008 at 4:35 am in
Lately there has been too much travel, yes, but writings these posts is fun. I am headed toward Sundance. Here goes:
1. Author: Orson Scott Card's The Ender Trilogy (start with Ender's Game) is a modern landmark which will be read for years to come. Next on my list is Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose.
2. Actor: James Woods, as he plays in Casino and Virgin Suicides, two fine movies.
3. Best Robert Redford movie: Out of Africa, schmaltz yes but I love it.
4. Film, set in: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid comes to mind.
5. Novel, set in: Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song. The first half in particular is a knockout.
6. Can I have a category for kidnapping victim? Jeopardy champion?
The bottom line: I love Utah. I love its baked goods, its Mexican food, its sense of building a new world in the wilderness. I love that it has a uniquely American religion and I find Salt Lake City to be one of America's most impressive achievements. I regard southern Utah as quite possibly the most beautiful part of the United States. That said, I had a tough time filling out these categories and of course plenty of the usual categories are blank altogether.
Polynesian chickens in Chile
by Tyler Cowen December 28, 2007 at 1:49 pm in
…radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis of a chicken bone excavated from a site in Chile suggest Polynesians in oceangoing canoes brought chickens to the west coast of South America well before Europe's "Age of Discovery."
The full story is here, via Jason Kottke. And I still think those Olmec heads are portraits of Africans…
Would it have helped to give freed slaves land?
Melinda Miller says yes, based on a clever natural experiment:
Although over 140 years have passed since slaves were emancipated in the United States, African-Americans continue to lag behind the general population in terms of earnings and wealth. Both Reconstruction era policy makers and modern scholars have argued that racial inequality could have been reduced or eliminated if plans to allocate each freed slave family "forty acres and a mule" had been implemented following the Civil War. In this paper, I develop an empirical strategy that exploits a plausibly exogenous variation in policies of the Cherokee Nation and the southern United States to identify the impact of free land on the economic outcomes of former slaves. The Cherokee Nation, located in what is now the northeastern corner of Oklahoma, permitted the enslavement of people of African descent. After joining the Confederacy in 1861, the Cherokee Nation was forced during post-war negotiations to allow its former slaves to claim and improve any unused land in the Nation's public domain. To examine this unique population of former slaves, I have digitized the entirety of the 1860 Cherokee Nation Slave Schedules and a 60 percent sample of the 1880 Cherokee Census. I find the racial gap in land ownership, farm size, and investment in long-term capital projects is smaller in the Cherokee Nation than in the southern United States. The advantages Cherokee freedmen experience in these areas translate into smaller racial wealth and income gaps in the Cherokee Nation than in the South. Additionally, the Cherokee freedmen had higher absolute levels of wealth and higher levels of income than southern freedmen. These results together suggest that access to free land had a considerable and positive benefit on former slaves.
Here is the paper, she is on the job market this year from University of Michigan. The abstract is vague on magnitudes, for more detail see pp.29-30, for instance:
The livestock calculations find that the difference in the wealth gaps was substantial, and ranged from 46% to 75%. For crop income measures, the difference in the gap was smaller, but still substantial. My estimates place it between 20 to 56%.
Underappreciated economists, a continuing series
Vivian Hoffman, currently a Ph.d. candidate at Cornell. When I read this description of her research I think that modern economics is very much on the right track:
I study the economics of anti-poverty and health interventions using household survey and experimental economics methods. Most of my work to date has been in East Africa. For my dissertation research on demand for and intra-household allocation of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, I conducted fieldwork in southwestern Uganda. Ongoing projects include a study on the impact of food aid receipt on labor supply and agricultural production in Malawi, estimateing the returns to farm assets in rural Ethiopia, and an experimental investigation into the effect of stigma on HIV testing behavior. I hope to continue working at the intersection of health and development economics. My interests also include health and poverty-related issues in Canada and the United States.
Here is the abstract on her main paper:
This paper reports results from a field experiment in Uganda. Whether a mosquito net was purchased or received for free affected who within the household used the net. Free nets were more likely to be allocated to those members of the household most vulnerable to malaria, whereas purchased nets tended to be used by the household's main income earners. The effect was strongest for free nets received by the mother, increasing the probability that all children five and younger slept under nets by 26 percent relative to when nets had been purchased by either parent or given to the father.
In other words, within the household the breadwinners have a greater practical ability to control priced goods than non-priced goods. This hints at one reason why men are often more willing to "think like economists" within the family.
You might think that Vivian has not yet done enough to be judged, but surely she has done enough to be judged as underappreciated. So go appreciate her and remove that label from her name!
Does the youth dependency ratio drive economic growth?
Jane Galt and Malcolm Gladwell have a tiff.
Gladwell, citing David Bloom and David Canning, suggested that changes in the "youth dependency ratio," account for a big chunk of Irish economic growth. The youth dependency ratio refers to how many young-uns require support, relative to the broader population. The Irish legalized contraception in 1979, birth rates continued to fall, and later the economy boomed. But is the connection a causal one?
Here is a basic argument and model that the youth dependency ratio can matter.
I can see three possible mechanisms. 1) Fewer babies mean that more women work. 2) Fewer babies mean that each baby gets more parental investment; in the long run those people are smarter. 3) Fewer babies raises the savings rate.
Which of these might have operated in Ireland?
On Mechanism #1, Irish women still work much less than the OECD average, yet Ireland is wealthier than almost anywhere else in Europe. If a theory of growth first postulates a big or dominant effect, and then predicts rates but fails when it comes to predicting levels, I worry.
If we look at "rates of growth" only, this estimate suggests that more Irish female labor accounts for 1.5 percent Irish growth a year. That hardly covers the growth gap between Ireland and the rest of Europe. One estimate of elasticities suggests that an extra kid lowers an Irish woman's chance of working full-time by 11.3 percent, but raises her chance of part-time work by 7.7 percent. How far does that get us? Bloom is a renowned labor economist but his article is far from state of the art macroeconomics. Do note that increases in "total factor productivity" — often driven by foreign investment — seem to be more important than "growth in labor inputs" by a three to two ratio.
It ought to be easy to show evidence that the Irish boom has been strongest in the sectors where women work the most, such as services and not manufacturing. I can't find that evidence, can my readers?
Mechanism #2 is for the long run and it cannot explain the Irish boom of recent times or the timing of its possible connection to contraception. Higher skills are a big part of the Irish story, but the trend started in about 1967.
Mechanism #3: In Ireland, since the mid 1970s, gross private savings rates have been falling, more or less. More generally, time series models for a single country, including demographic ones, don't predict savings rates very well.
These studies I am citing have their defects, but they do show that the overall question is not so simple.
1. These graphs show that, for developing countries, the change in the youth dependency ratio has "eyeball power" for 1975-1990, but not for 1960-1975.
2. This study of Asia suggests that the youth dependency ratio matters, often through the savings rate (not the Irish scenario); the entire story is conditioned by "institutional factors."
3. Latin America has had falling birth rates but has failed to cash in. As Bloom stresses, favorable birth rates help only if the country has good policies for putting the new female workers into productive positions. In this regard Galt and Gladwell may not be so far apart.
The bottom line: How much of the Irish boom is caused by the change in the youth dependency ratio? I don't know. If I had to offer a "I'm just a poor lil' ol' blogger but I've read lots of real business cycles macroeconomics simulation papers" seat of the pants sort of estimate, I would opt for a maximum of 15 to 20 percent. That's certainly worth writing about, but it is not the major story either. I'd like to see a sectoral decomposition analysis, and I suspect that would point our attention toward FDI, education, and a favorable tax regime as bigger factors.
Addendum: Malcolm adds more.
World population 1500, and other maps
by Tyler Cowen March 29, 2006 at 1:09 am in
Here is a population-weighted map of the world, circa 1500:
Here is the projected world population map, circa 2050:
Here are other neat maps. Here are maps of tourism, emigration, and refugees. Here is my favorite, a map of the flow of net immigration. Or try this map of aircraft departures, watch Africa disappear. Here is the strange geography of fruit exports. Here is how to make South America look really big, or reallly small (can you guess?).
Drought Insurance
by Alex Tabarrok March 8, 2006 at 7:12 am in
The NYTimes reports on an innovation in disaster aid, drought insurance taken out by relief agencies.
In a pilot project that could someday transform the world's
approach to disaster emergencies, the World Food Program has taken out
an insurance policy that will pay it should Ethiopia's notoriously
fickle rains fail this year…
The policy, which costs $930,000, was devised to create
a new way of financing natural disaster aid. Instead of waiting for
drought to hit, and people to suffer, and then pursuing money from
donors to be able to respond, the World Food Program has crunched the
numbers from past droughts and taken out insurance on the income losses
that Ethiopian farmers would face should the rains fail…
….If it works, the insurance will get emergency money flowing
faster, before the haunting images of dying babies reach television
sets. It would also shift the risk from farmers to financiers.
Insurance like this could even have benefits in the United States. Private firms, of course, often do buy disaster insurance but the United States government might want to do the same. Hurricane insurance, for example, bought by the US government could better spread the costs of disasters to the well-diversified. In theory, the government could duplicate any insurance program with a tax and spending program (give Bill Gates money now and tax him when the disaster occurs) but in practice it's going to be much easier to commit to an insurance plan than to an equivalent tax and spend plan.
More generally, drought insurance on this scale is part of the New Financial Order. I refer to Robert Shiller's work on using macro-markets to
offer large-scale insurance. A market in GDP futures, for example,
could be used to hedge against declines in GDP such as have occured in
Argentina, South Korea or the future United States (yes Tyler, it could happen!).
Markets in the income of professions as a whole, e.g. the the income of
dentists, could be used by dentists to hedge against the possibility of
a super anti-cavity sealant. See Entrepreneurial Economics for more on macro markets.
Thanks to Alex Wolman for the pointer and Robin Hanson for discussion.
James Surowiecki on foreign aid
…it's a myth that aid is doomed to failure. Foreign aid funded the campaign to eradicate smallpox, and in the sixties it brought the Green Revolution in agriculture to countries like India and Pakistan, lifting living standards and life expectancies for hundreds of millions of people. As for the Asian nations that Africa is being told to emulate, they may have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, but at least they were provided with boots. In the postwar years, South Korea and Taiwan had the good fortune to become, effectively, client states of the U.S. South Korea received huge infusions of aid, with which it rebuilt its economy after the Korean War. Between 1946 and 1978, in fact, South Korea received nearly as much U.S. aid as the whole of Africa. Meanwhile, the billions that Taiwan got allowed it to fund a vast land-reform program and to eradicate malaria. And the U.S. gave the Asian Tigers more than money; it provided technical assistance and some military defense, and it offered preferential access to American markets.
Coincidence? Perhaps. But the two Middle Eastern countries that have shown relatively steady and substantial economic growth–Israel and Turkey–have also received tens of billions of dollars in U.S. aid. The few sub-Saharan African countries that have enjoyed any economic success at all of late–including Botswana, Mozambique, and Uganda–have been major aid recipients, as has Costa Rica, which has the best economy in Central America. Ireland (which is often called the Celtic Tiger), has enjoyed sizable subsidies from the European Union. China was the World Bank's largest borrower for much of the past decade.
Read more here. The quality of this debate has improved markedly in the last ten years. I'll predict that most MR readers are skeptical about foreign aid, but I still regard this as an open question. The key question is whether the above favorable conditions can be replicated by policy or foreign aid formula.
Is education good for growth?
It has long been received wisdom that education spurs economic growth. The education variable pops up as significant in many cross-country regressions. And many of the East Asian countries have had high investment in education and high rates of economic growth.
So how might a skeptical take on this matter look? Here is one pithy excerpt:
…there is actually a striking global correspondence between the world economic slowdown since 1973 and ever-increasing levels of educational spending. Comparisons between countries also confound the idea that more education translates into more growth. For example, South Korea is often given as an example of a country that made education a priority since the 1960s and saw significant economic growth. But as Professor Alison Wolf from King's College London points out, Egypt has also prioritised investing in education, but its growth record has been poor (4). Between 1970 and 1998 Egypt's primary enrolment rates grew to more than 90 per cent, secondary schooling levels went from 32 per cent to 75 per cent, and university education doubled – yet over the same period Egypt moved from being the world's forty-seventh poorest country to being the forty-eighth.
A retort might be that education isn't the sole determinant of growth – other factors may offset its positive economic role – but it remains a necessary one. But this argument doesn't stand up either. The rapid growth of Hong Kong, another of the East Asian tigers, wasn't accompanied by substantial investment in education. Its expansion of secondary and university education came later, as more prosperous Hong Kong parents used some of their newfound wealth to give their children a better education than they had had.
William Easterly doubts the evidence:
'African countries with rapid growth in human capital [the fashionable term for people's work abilities, especially levels of education] over the 1960 to 1987 period – countries like Angola, Mozambique, Ghana, Zambia, Madagascar, Sudan, and Senegal – were nevertheless growth disasters. Countries like Japan, with modest growth in human capital, were growth miracles. Other East Asian miracles like Singapore, Korea, China, and Indonesia did have rapid growth in human capital, but equal to or less than that of the African growth disasters. To take one comparison, Zambia had slightly faster expansion in human capital than Korea, but Zambia's growth rate was seven percentage points lower.
'…Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union compare favourably with Western Europe and North America in years of schooling attained. Yet we now know that [gross domestic product] per worker was only a small fraction of Western European and North American levels. For example, the 97 per cent secondary enrolment ratio of the United States is only slightly higher than Ukraine's 92 per cent, but the United States has nine times the per capita income of Ukraine' (6).
My main worry concerns the hoary distinction between correlation and causation. The consumption component of education is commonly underrated. Rich countries spend more on education for the same reason that they consume more leisure. See my previous MR post on education and economic growth.
Diamonds are Forever…Not
How long can the diamond cartel last? I remember, as a kid, watching Milton Friedman tell us that the New York Stock Exchange was the only longstanding market monopoly he could think of. The NYSE has lost much clout, but why isn't the diamond sector more competitive? Diamonds are found in many countries but the De Beers cartel has been dominant for much of the twentieth century.
But things are now changing:
…this stable, established and monopolistic system is now falling apart…other big miners got hold of their own supplies of diamonds, far away from southern Africa and from De Beers's control. In Canada, Australia and Russia rival mining firms have found huge deposits of lucrative stones: BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Alrosa have been chipping away at De Beers's dominance for two decades.
De Beers once controlled (though did not mine directly) some 80% of the world supply of rough stones. As recently as 1998 it accounted for nearly two-thirds of supply. Today production from its own mines gives it a mere 45% share. Only a contract to sell Russian stones lifts its overall market share to around 55%.
An Israeli named Lev Leviev has been instrumental in breaking down the old system:
Mr Leviev recently moved into diamond retailing. He claims that he is the only tycoon with interests in every stage of production from "mine to mistress" (a canard in the industry holds that men buy more diamonds for their mistresses than for their wives). But his real power lies in the cutting and polishing businesses. He has factories in Armenia, Ukraine, India, Israel and elsewhere. These give him power to challenge De Beers's central clearing house and seek instead to channel stones directly, and at a lower price, to his own polishers.
The price of diamonds, however, has yet to fall. My more fundamental question is why these supply-side developments have taken so long.
Perhaps synthetic diamonds will put the market under for good. Few people if any can tell the difference. The diamond industry is spending large amounts to tout "the real thing." But will a generation used to reproduction and "multiples" buy this line? And will men manage to move to a lower-cost signaling equilibrium in the marriage (and mistress) market?
The bottom line: File this one under "Markets Economists Do Not Understand." But if there was one commodity I would not want to be holding today, it is diamonds. Someday students will wonder why they ever called it the "diamond-water paradox."
How much is a Picasso worth?
by Tyler Cowen May 4, 2004 at 4:31 am
Pablo Picasso's Boy with a Pipe (the link is broadband with audio and video; here is a lower tech image) is on the auction block at Sotheby's, this Wednesday evening. Some analysts expect the painting to go for at least $100 million, an all-time record. The Whitney family bought that same picture in 1950 for $30,000.
Are you thinking of bidding? Well, what else could you buy with $100 million?
One new opera house in downtown Toronto
15,625 pounds (or 7,087 kilograms) of gold
One six-album recording contract with Whitney Houston
Four years of ball-playing by New York Yankees star third baseman Alex Rodriguez
One Adam Sandler movie, including production and marketing costs
1.5 million hepatitis-B vaccines for children in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
One day of Iraqi occupation by U.S. forces
Here is the full story. By the way, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is thinking of selling $27 million worth of its Picasso holdings, perhaps to buy more Damien Hirst.


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Published April 22, 2017 at 12:42 PM EDT
PETER SAGAL, HOST:
Coming up, it's Lightning Fill In The Blank. But first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call to leave a message at 1-888-WAITWAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. Or click the Contact Us link on our website, waitwait.npr.org. There you can find out about attending our weekly live shows right here at the Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago and our upcoming shows in Detroit at the Fox Theater on June 15 and in Philadelphia back at the Mann Center on June 29. Hi, you're on WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME.
MATT BRYAN-TAFF: Hi, Peter. This is Matt from Silver Spring, Md.
SAGAL: Hey, how are things in Silver Spring?
BRYAN-TAFF: Things are pretty good out here. Thank you.
SAGAL: I'm glad. I've been to Silver Spring. It's a lovely place. What do you do there?
BRYAN-TAFF: I'm actually an employee of the federal government.
SAGAL: Are you now?
BRYAN-TAFF: I am.
SAGAL: And what do you do for the federal government?
BRYAN-TAFF: I am a civilian employee for the Defense Department.
SAGAL: Are you now? What do you do for the Defense Department?
BRYAN-TAFF: I work for one of those silly three-letter agencies that no one likes to talk about.
SAGAL: No one likes to talk about or no one can talk about?
BRYAN-TAFF: That no one is really allowed to talk about.
SAGAL: Really? Really?
FAITH SALIE: Let me ask you something. If I showed you a map, would you be able to point to North Korea and Australia?
BRYAN-TAFF: Yes, I would.
SALIE: Yeah, I thought so.
SAGAL: So there's one person in the federal government...
SALIE: Yep.
SAGAL: ...Who can tell the difference.
SALIE: I feel confident now.
SAGAL: OK, well, welcome to the show, Matt. Bill Kurtis is going to read you three news-related limericks with the last word or phrase missing from each. If you can fill in that last word or phrase correctly in two of the limericks you're a winner. Here is your first limerick.
BILL KURTIS: Try our sitting sink, that's what we say. Don't use paper, just use a clean spray. This bathroom appliance sees too much defiance...
KURTIS: Now Brits will bring back the...
BRYAN-TAFF: Bidet.
SAGAL: Bidet, yes.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELL)
SAGAL: Bidets, or as they are more commonly known, honey, look, this hotel has a really low drinking fountain...
SAGAL: ...Are as maligned in Britain as flavorful food. Most Brits either have no idea what a bidet is for or think of it as something dirty or far worse, French. This is why the Council of British Sanitary Pottery - that's a real thing - they have launched a year-long campaign to remove the stigma around the bidet so people will be comfortable with them. If that fails, they'll have to go with plan B, renaming the bidet the pip, pip cheerio bum cleaner.
SALIE: When you're on the continent, do you use a bidet?
SAGAL: I - given the opportunity, why sure.
SALIE: OK. It's very European.
SAGAL: Actually, my only memory of using a bidet - and this will end better than it just started...
SAGAL: ...Is I went to Italy with my then-infant daughter. And we gave her baths in the bidet.
SALIE: Oh.
MO ROCCA: Oh, like - it's like a bird bath.
SAGAL: Yeah, it's really great.
ROCCA: That's so cute.
SAGAL: She sat there, she splashed, she had a great time.
SALIE: That's adorable.
SAGAL: Yeah.
JEFF GARLIN: Please tell me that's not true.
SAGAL: It is true.
GARLIN: Your daughter, like, was in a poo-poo area?
ROCCA: No, there's no - it's...
GARLIN: What?
SALIE: It's like a water fountain. You don't put your mouth on the water fountain, Jeff.
GARLIN: Yes, but - never mind. See, now it's going to get - if you did that I'm calling the police.
SAGAL: Here's your next limerick, Matt.
KURTIS: Coffee's great, but it's stained teeth I fear. This new drink breaks the color frontier. At last, I'll put down any drink that is brown. Now I'm drinking a coffee that's...
BRYAN-TAFF: Clear.
KURTIS: Yes.
SAGAL: Yes, clear coffee.
SAGAL: Good news for Attorney General Jeff Sessions. There's a coffee he can drink without the urge to deport it.
SAGAL: Clear coffee was developed by two brothers who share a mutual aversion to both coffee-stained teeth and appetizing beverages. It's made with real coffee beans, has as much caffeine as a regular cup of coffee and is now being marketed by Starbucks as the invisible unicorn frappuccino.
SAGAL: Here is your last limerick.
KURTIS: Our new jeans are facing some flack. The zippers go way up the back. The hot look this summer, just look like your plumber and show a few inches of...
BRYAN-TAFF: Crack.
SAGAL: Yes.
SALIE: (Laughter).
SAGAL: The new black this summer is butt cleavage thanks to Levi's new jeans with a zipper in the back. Think of it like a skinny denim union suit, but instead of a floppy backdoor it's got a zipper that gives you the choice to expose a little cheek or the whole caboose.
GARLIN: Any time...
SALIE: What's left? I mean, a side boob - I was just getting used to that.
SALIE: And now it's crack. There's nothing...
GARLIN: You know, the thing about side boobs, I got used to it right away.
SAGAL: You're like, I'm comfortable with that. Bill, how did Matt do on our quiz?
KURTIS: He got all three right. He's a winner.
SAGAL: Matt, thank you so much for playing.
BRYAN-TAFF: Thank you so much.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CRACKER JACK")
UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Cracker jack, hey, cracker jack, cracker jack, cracker jack, hey, cracker jack, cracker jack, cracker jack...
JANIS MARTIN: (Singing) Baby, baby, when you tease me, when you hug and when you squeeze me, baby, baby, you're a cracker jack.
UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Cracker jack, cracker jack, cracker... Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Behind Bars – One Fat Bird, Karori, Wellington
By BeertownNZ Wed, 28 Sep 2016	Wellington
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While the Craft Beer Capital has a great range of bars and breweries operating in the inner city and Te Aro, the residential suburbs largely remain a craft beer desert.
One Fat Bird opened in Karori in August 2015. Karori is New Zealand's biggest suburb, with 14,000 residents in a valley 3km away from Wellington's CBD.
One Fat Bird general manager Kieran O'Malley says the pub had a tough job overcoming the venue's history.
"For ten years it was called Café 162 and it looked like a social club from the 1960s, horrible as. But I was given a blank canvas to do anything I wanted with the place. I think they had DB Export on and I could see why the place wasn't doing so well. With Wellington being the thriving craft beer community, why wouldn't you be pouring the Wellington stuff?"
Kieran got talking to the locals and found they were drinking good beer after work in the CBD, and brewing good beer at home. But they were unable to buy it in Karori as there was no free house.
"Craft beer is massively important to making a local pub work in Wellington. We looked at contracts and quickly decided not to. A lot of bar owners are kicking themselves in this day and age, because they don't have the freedom to serve a variety of different beer. I wanted a Guinness tap in, but Lion wanted all the taps, so that was that finished.
"Because we are a free house we open ourselves up to so many opportunities. It is a risk but we are in charge of our own destiny. We're locking in tap takeovers now for next year. We're going to go and brew a beer and then launch it here."
The site might have been under-appreciated, but it has great visibility. Karori has one main road, called, you guessed it, Karori Road, with 15,000 vehicle movements a day.
"I was conscious this is a very busy road and we're right on a busy corner. I wanted a punchy name for two reasons – I wanted to slightly offend some people, and I wanted them to talk about us as well. I wanted Bird to be in the name because Kiwis talk about birds all the time. The birds here are brilliant."
Kieran grew up in Dunfermline, near Edinburgh. "I poured my first pint when I was like seven years old. We lived above a pub/restaurant and my father always worked in pubs and restaurants."
Kieran knew he wanted a place that worked for the local community. "I really wanted to instil that British mentality where you'll walk down the pub and one of your mates will already be there. We've nailed that now – we get our regulars walking in to see who's around, and that's a real British thing. If you look around at the décor, there's lots of pictures on the wall, lots of detail to look at, like a British pub."
Wellington's craft beer fan base has a big overlap with its football fans and the mountain biking community, and both have latched on to One Fat Bird.
Makara mountain bike park is on Karori's western fringe. "We're the biggest sponsor of Makara. All of those guys are really into their craft beer and we're bike friendly, so they stop here on the way home and off they go. I let them bring their bikes in to the bar area.
"Football fans, we've a lot coming in with West Ham fans, the Kiwi Hammers. We had a big end-of-season party for them. It was on Mothers' Day, so we had 60 or 70 Hammers fans singing 'I'm forever blowing bubbles' while Mum was in here dining with the family! We were laughing our heads off."
Operating out in the burbs doesn't mean One Fat Bird's craft beer range is diluted. It has 16 rotating taps, and a craft beer club meeting on Wednesday nights for beer chat and a monthly tap takeover. "All the Dad's come along. We've got 350 members now and it takes over the pub."
"Because we're in the burbs people will come in and stay for the night rather than moving on to the next bar. That means we're turning over heaps of beer. We always have at least one Yeastie Boys tap on and we are the biggest seller of PKB in New Zealand. Brewers know we have free taps so they're very keen to tell us what's coming out.
"There's not many countries in the world where you know the person who brews your beer, and that captures the imagination of the Wellington craft beer market. New breweries are popping up everywhere, but the new guys know they have to put in the time and visit the bars. They'll go on to do well and it's all really personable."
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"What is marriage certificate", this is a question that is asked by most people, and especially those, who intend to marry and are seeking information. As a matter of fact, it has become important for every couple who are interested to marry each other to go for a marriage certificate these days. The marriage certificate is termed to be adequate proof in regards to the couple being legally married. The requirement for marriage certificate does arise if there a situation arises, where the individual needs to prove that he is legally married to a person and the purpose could be to obtain passport, to change the maiden name, etc.
In this country, marriage could be registered under two marriage acts, namely Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 and Special Marriage Act of 1954. In order to be eligible to get married, males are required to be at least 21 years of age while female is required to be 18. The parties to Hindu marriage need to be divorced or unmarried, or in case, previously married, spouse of that marriage needs to be dead. Besides this, the parties need to be mentally and physically healthy. They should not be in any way prohibited by the Indian constitution.
• Under Hindu Marriage Act: The couple is required to apply properly to the Registrar, under whose jurisdiction, marriage has been solemnized or to that Registrar under whose jurisdiction both the parties to marriage are residing for a minimum of six months, preceding immediately the marriage date.
• Under Special Marriage Act: The couple intending to marry is to provide a proper notice to a Marriage Officer, under whose jurisdiction, one among the couple has been residing for around 30 days or so, before the notice date. It needs to be affixed at a conspicuous place in the office of the Registrar. In case, either party has been residing in the region of another Marriage Officer, then it becomes essential to send a notice copy to him for publication. Marriage might be solemnized only after one month expiry from the notice's publication date and if objections are not received. But, if there are objections, then it becomes essential for the Marriage Officer to do proper enquiry into it and then take an appropriate decision to permit the marriage or not to. Registration is carried out after solemnization. One can register any marriage that already had taken place long ago under Special Marriage Act. But there is a need to provide clear 30 days public notice and it is subject to conditions.


My father was the keeper of the Ballyheigue Light... married a mermaid one fine night. And out of the union, there came three; a porgy, and a porpoise, and the other was me! Yo ho ho, the wind blows free, oh for the life on the rolling sea!
David A. Paterson, New York Governor, Accessibilista?
"Although Mr. Paterson often says he does not want people to go out of their way for him, he says society should recognize that he and other blind people cannot do everything on their own.
Well… I didn't waste any time, I went to his Web site!Continue Reading David A. Paterson, New York Governor, Accessibilista?
So there I was, one more time validating our main page at work, expecting it to pass W3C HTML validation. I ran Validate HTML under Tools in Chris Pederick's Web Developer's Toolbar and the page failed. We run validation frequently on that page, and it was passing almost all the time. So what was up?


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pelican_admin
=============
[![PyPi version](https://pypip.in/v/pelican_admin/badge.png)](https://crate.io/packages/pelican_admin/)
[![PyPi downloads](https://pypip.in/d/pelican_admin/badge.png)](https://crate.io/packages/pelican_admin/)

*pelican_admin* was developed to assist you manage your [Pelican] blog.

This is a beta release and will have upcoming new features.

Usage
-----

Insert **pelican_admin** at the end of your `INSTALLED_APPS` in settings.py:

``` python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'pelican_admin',
    ...
)
```

You must tell *pelican_admin* what's the path to you pelican blog. In your settings.py you must add:

``` python
PELICAN_PATH = '/path/to/your/blog'
PELICAN_SETTINGS = 'your_pelican_settings.py # The default value is 'pelicanconf.py'
PELICAN_BIN = 'pelican' # Path to pelican executable. Default value is '/usr/local/bin/pelican'
```

Now, don't forget to sync your db with:

	python manage.py syncdb

Or, if you're using [south](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/South/):

	python manage.py migrate pelican_admin

*pelican_admin* is already set to run the [pelican] service for you. It'll be running in the autoreload mode in the background.

If you're using [django-admin-tools] there's a module available where you can manage your pelican service via admin interface. Add *pelican_admin* to your urls.py:

``` python
import pelican_admin

url_patterns = patterns('',
	url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
	url(r'^admin_tools/', include('admin_tools.urls')),
	...
)

urlpatterns += pelican_admin.pelican_urls()
```

And finally, add *pelican_admin*'s module to your dashboard.py:

``` python
from pelican_admin.modules import PelicanAdmin

class CustomIndexDashboard(Dashboard):

 	def init_with_context(self, context):
		...
        self.children.append(PelicanAdmin())
```

This module is super useful not only to check [pelican]'s service status, but also to reload it if any change you made doesn't load.

If you experience any troubles in this step and your [django-admin-tools] interface is scrambled, you may have too many modules in your dashboard. I never found out why, but my experience with [django-admin-tools] never allowed lots of modules, so just try removing some things you don't use.

The Looks
---------

This is how *pelican_admin*'s module for [django-admin-tools] looks like when enabled:

![Screenshot1](https://raw.github.com/fjcaetano/pelican_admin/master/ss1.png)

![Screenshot2](https://raw.github.com/fjcaetano/pelican_admin/master/ss2.png)

![Screenshot3](https://raw.github.com/fjcaetano/pelican_admin/master/ss3.png)

# Features

## New
- **Metadata management**: Now you can manage your posts' metadatas via interface since, now, they're attributes of your posts.
- **Category model**: Though `category` is just another post metadata, it was made to be an model to ease filtering, insertion, etc.
- **View Draft button**: In the blog post edit page there's a new button called `View Draft` to help you visualise the post you're writing in your blog. It simply set the `status` metadata as *draft* in that post.
- **Better post management**: Blog posts had a very bad management earlier. Now the model list page has filters, more fields being displayed, search, date hierarchy, etc.

## Old
- **Settings management**: change your pelican settings through Django admin and have it automatically working.
- **Posting management**: CRUD for blog posting via interface.
- **Service management**: Manage your pelican service through the admin interface
- **Internationalization**: *pelican_admin* is localizable. Currently only pt_BR and en_US are officially supported.

## Bugfixes
- **Encoding issues**: Some people were experiencing encoding issues when *pelican_admin* attempted to write special characters. Some of it were solved, but if you find any mode problems, please, let me know.
- **Slow build**: Due to poor programming, *pelican_admin* was taking a very long time to run it's \__init__.py

## Known Issues
*pelican_admin* is running [pelican]'s service in background as a subprocess, but I wasn't able to kill it when python dies. Currently there's a method registered in `atexit` therefore, if python dies normally, the background service is killed with no trouble, but if python crashes, the method registered isn't called and [pelican]'s service may still be running in background.

Other than that, when you're running Django in "development mode" (`manage.py runserver`), every time you update a `Setting` in *pelican_admin*, Django is reloading. I'm still to find out why.

If [pelican] raises an Exception from within it's Generators, *pelican_admin* thinks it's still running since the subprocess doesn't die, even though it's running in the background. When an Exception like that occurs, [pelican]'s process simply halts.

# Installation

I'll just assume you're already familiarised with pelican and move on.

Install using pip:

    pip install pelican_admin --upgrade

Or you can clone the project and install it via:

    python setup.py install

## Requirements

* [Django 1.4+](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Django/1.4)
* [psutil 0.6.1+](http://code.google.com/p/psutil/)
* [pelican 3.0+](https://github.com/getpelican/pelican)

## Migration From Older Versions

When you migrate, whether installing from pip or cloning the repository, do not forget to sync the app. You can either do it through Django or using south, though south is better because you won't lose any data.

# Check This Out

1. [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/fjcaetano/pelican_admin)
2. [PyPi package](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pelican_admin/0.3)
3. [Owner's website](http://flaviocaetano.com)
4. [Owner's Blog](http://blog.flaviocaetano.com)

Contact
==============
If you have any comments, ideas questions, feedback, etcetera, email me and we'll be in touch. Find me at <pelican_admin@flaviocaetano.com>

[django-admin-tools]: https://bitbucket.org/izi/django-admin-tools/wiki/Home
[pelican]: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican

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And when the British officers heard it, they heaved a bitter sigh.
Which will long be remembered: Oh! Heaven!
Besides, they killed their innocent children, not sparing one of their lives.
And he assured his brother officers his men were true to the Government.
And try to quell the mutiny and barbarous uproar.
And in the middle of the rainy season, which was no child's play.
Therefore their fellow countrymen were in dire extremity.
But nevertheless he felt undaunted, and resigned to his fate.
And at the word of command towards it they did resort.
So he resolved with Lieutenant Kerr to make the attack.
Then Lieutenant Kerr and his henchmen entered without dismay.
And at last the rebels were forced to retire.
And heavy blows on the woordwork they did rain.
Whilst the clashing of swords and bayonets made a fearful din.
And another struck his sword, but the man he slew.
But Gumpunt Kerr laid his assailant dead without fear.
Determined to make a last effort to capture the stronghold.
And they set fire to them against the doors without dismay.
And he and his seven troopers played great havoc with their sabres.
And for his great service he received the Victoria Cross.
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'Love to See It': Racist Sitcom 'grown-ish' Celebrates 'Cash(ing) Out on Corporate White Guilt'
January 23rd, 2023 1:46 AM
Freeform's racist sitcom grown-ish is back from winter hiatus. Unfortunately, so is its anti-white racism.
Right off the bat on Wednesday's episode, "Fool's Paradise," main characters Zoey (Yara Shahidi) and Aaron (Trevor Jackson) celebrate "cash(ing) out on corporate white guilt," which Zoey says she loves to see.
Zoey and Aaron are now a long-distance couple who are surprised to discover they're stuck at the same airport while waiting for their flights. Aaron says he's heading to Seattle for "Metaverse's corporate responsibility and diversity panel," moderated by Jemele Hill (of course).
When he tells Zoey all that the company is paying for, she responds, "Look at my man cashing out on corporate white guilt. I love to see it."
Zoey: I can't believe that you're here.
Aaron: This is crazy. I mean, you're on your way to Tokyo...
Zoey: Yeah, you're off to Seattle.
Aaron: Yep, for Metaverse's corporate responsibility and diversity panel.
Zoey: Right, the one Jemele Hill is moderating.
Aaron: That's the one. Yep. Thank you so much, ma'am, for nothing. Oh. Appreciate you.
Zoey: What'd she do?
Aaron: Sorry. Let's not talk about that. But, hey, they're paying for my flight. They're gonna pay for the hotel. Starting to feel like a pretty cushy side hustle.
Zoey: Nice. Look at my man cashing out on corporate white guilt. I love to see it!
Aaron: Thank you.
Zoey: But they really couldn't spring for a direct flight from LAX to Seattle?
Aaron: Oh, no, they did, but we had to make an emergency landing. Apparently, the guy vaping in the airplane bathroom was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Zoey: Well, you know my flight's delayed for at least a couple hours, so...
Aaron: Oh, really? Mine, too.
Zoey: Does that mean that I am stuck at the airport with my favorite person?
Aaron: I wouldn't say stuck. I'd say we're winning. Let's live it up.
Zoey: What's all that?
Aaron: Airplane Bucks. So, if you complain enough to the airline, they'll shut you up with, uh, coupons to the worst airport shopping in America. The only question is, how do we spend it?
Zoey: Stupidly.
Aaron: I like the way you think.
So, when a white woman complains to management and gets freebies, she's an annoying "Karen" that no one can stand. But, when a black man does it, is that supposed to be more "cashing out on white guilt?"
Note to the show's writers: No amount of "adorable couple dancing in an airport" makes racism cute. We hate to see it!
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We come to another complex setting, when viewing the events in which Hosea wrote. Also, worth mentioning here, the prophet Amos and Hosea were counterparts and wrote almost at the same time period. So far we have discussed the different views of the prophets Isaiah and Mica and their roles. As with Amos, Hosea also will rail against corruption and the influence that the cult of Baal had of the worshipers of Yahweh; and both believe that the coming destruction is due to the broken convent. In the text of Hosea, Yahweh is the holy warrior, but this time is comes to make war with his chosen people. We find one text that also shows the responsibility of the real prophet. At times like Amos, Jonah, Moses, Isaiah, and others found the task daunting and under the stress they felt inadequate to present the message given. Especially, if it is unwelcome chastisement of a nation, but as Amos puts it: The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? (Amo 3:8 NRSV) Below, we will discuss the role of Hosea and the political and religious background under which he wrote his oracles.
Hosea's writing come to us at a time when there was great turmoil in the political landscape of the Israeli government structure. It is believed that the oracles of Hosea were written between 750-732 B.C. After the successful reign and death of Jeroboam II (786-746 B.C.), Israel started to deteriorate and its influence politically started to waver. Jeroboam II was able to have prosperity because at this time Assyria had its own problems at home, with weak rulers and enemies. However, in the next 20 years after the death of Jeroboam II, the ambitious king Tiglathpileser III came to power and pressure mounted. In Israel, the nation fell to assassinations, revolutions, and social upheaval. Within 20 years after Jeroboam II's death, as many as six kings would rule Israel. These accounts can be read in the text of II Kings 14-17.
Hosea is from the northern kingdom of Israel and he shares his theology with Jeremiah and the texts of Deuteronomy. Due to this possibility, it is believed by some, the Hosea may be the most edited book, because the writings in the north were filtered and rewritten by the southern scribes after the fall. The texts start out as chapters 1-3 being an allegoric marriage to a harlot. There is debate on whether the marriage that Hosea is commanded to make with a harlot was actually played out or if it was written as a metaphor. Regardless if the actual marriage happened or not, the allegory message of Yahweh to Israel as a form of prophetic technique is seen in other texts. Yahweh tells the prophet to act out a certain scenario as an allegory to the message given. We see this happen in Ezekiel, as one eaxmple.
Lastly we come to the poems accounting Israel's history of sinfulness in chapters 9:10-14:10. Here it seems that the case for judgment and exile is laid out, and the offences are brought to light. Yahweh, the holy warrior of Israel is now set to wage war against Israel and Baal once again. Due to the violation of the covenant Israel will be scattered and strangers will occupy her land. Many modern day "prophets" try to fulfill the same role. Today many things may be metaphorically attributed to Baal. And any time there is turmoil, war political unrest prophets come out by the droves. It seems that more and more they are there to cash in or the misery of the people. They preach it everyday, and not just when doom and gloom are in the air. They may not write books or novels, rent convention halls, and prey on the emotions of the masses for their own agenda. We may take a lesson from Hosea's writings about the saturation of idolatry in the rituals, rites, and worship of our own time.
We need to ask ourselves are the sacrifices more important then justice or the covenant? Also, is prophesy for the sake of prophesying doing our society good? And how many "prophets" experience a catharsis, and are overcome by the great commission? How many can say as Isaiah, "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!", before we start writing books and talking? In our next essay we will discuss the book of Daniel and highlight some misconceptions about the revelations, using the texts of the intertestamental period. In the texts of Maccabees I and II we will see how the writings correspond to the time of Greek occupation of the Jews.
Armstrong Karen, A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, NY: Ballantine Books, 1993.


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Stihl launches new-look Connected app
Stihl's new-look Connected app to offer 'more visibility and control over use of connected tools'
By Fraser Rummens Assistant Editor
AIMING to offer fleet managers more visibility and control over the use of connected tools, Stihl has announced a new Connected app.
With its streamlined design, fleet managers can easily find the data they need from the homepage, which provides an overview of the fleet of tools as well as model and ownership information. From the homepage, users can access information on machine running time and maintenance schedules.
To help improve efficiency and minimise downtime, the maintenance page is where fleet managers can see which tools are due for servicing. It is also where they can access the maintenance history, making it easier to effectively plan based on tool availability, as well as minimise downtime by ordering spare parts ahead of time.
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One of the new features available to users is the 'nearby' function, which shows the tools in their immediate vicinity, as well as allowing them to view the last known locations of the devices on a map.
Stihl Connected comprises four central system components: Stihl Smart Connector, which is attached to the tool; the Stihl app which connects to the Stihl cloud and the Stihl connected portal. When used in conjunction, Stihl Connected enables professional users to analyse key machinery performance data that can be used to not only improve daily work processes, but also help achieve optimal task scheduling for an even more efficient team.
The Stihl Connected app is currently available to download free for Android and iOS on the app store.


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Staying connected with remote learners: NH State Dept. of Ed publishes infographic for educators
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CONCORD, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Education has published "Staying Connected with Remote Learners", an infographic to assist New Hampshire educators keep tabs on their students learning from home. The card, prepared by the Department's Bureau of Student Wellness, reinforces the practices learned over the past six months as New Hampshire schools shifted to remote instruction and the return the school in the fall.
"Our schools received nationwide recognition for their shift to remote instruction in the spring, and are working hard to get students back to school this fall," said Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut. "Many of our instructional teachers were able to maintain relationship with students, even in the midst of the pandemic. We did, however, see a sharp drop off of contact by student support functions and wanted to help support them to stay connected with those students who are learning remotely."
"We took what New Hampshire teachers have learned about staying connected with remote learners, and produced a quick reference guide," added Michelle Myler, Administrator of the Bureau of Student Wellness. "As with any new skill, it is important that educators practice and reinforce good habits in remote instruction."
The Staying Connected with Remote Learners infographic card is available for download on the Department's COVID-19 Resources page. For more information, contact Michelle Myler, Administrator, Bureau of Student Wellness at (603) 271-4018 or michelle.myler@doe.nh.gov
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The Race To Fund Your 2016 IRA is On!
The IRS allows IRA and Roth IRA contributions to be funded right up until you file your taxes or until the tax filing deadline (not counting extensions), whichever comes first.
Most years that means April 15th. This year due to a quirk in the rules savers have until April 18th to make their 2016 IRA contribution. But don't wait until the last minute. IRA contributions that are credited to your account after the April 18th deadline won't count towards your 2016 contribution limit. Instead they will be applied to 2017.
Contributions to your Simplified Employee Pension or SEP are different. The deadline for making contributions to your SEP is when you file your taxes up until your tax filing deadline (April 18th) whichever comes first, plus extensions. For some this may mean funding your 2016 SEP as late as October 15th, 2017.
Contribution limits remain unchanged from last year: $5,500 if you are under age 50, and $6,500 if you are age 50 or older. Workers with earned income from their job, small business or self-employment may contribute to retirement plans like IRAs and Roth IRAs.
If you work with a financial advisor do them a favor. Don't walk into their office on April 18th and expect to make a 2016 IRA contribution. Different IRA custodians have different policies, but some require that monies actually be deposited and posted your account by the tax deadline in order to be considered a previous year contribution. In some cases, a simple postmark dated 04/18/2018 may not be enough.
Need more info about contribution limits, income phase-outs and tax deductibility of your IRA contributions? Check out this previous post. Or visit this IRS website.


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COVID-19 Symptoms Similar to Allergies, Flu
COVID-19 has a laundry list of symptoms which makes it difficult for average Americans and even professional sports leagues to know when to quarantine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms include fever, headaches, chills, cough, fatigue, muscle aches, congestion, runny nose, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. They also include loss of taste or smell, indicators which experts say are pretty well unique to COVID-19, although only 30% of patients have them.
According to The Wall Street Journal, many of the warning signs of the disease are hard to distinguish from other illnesses, such allergies, colds, or even eating a bad meal.
The National Football League has experienced a steady rise in COVID-19 cases among its players in recent weeks, and is struggling, like the rest of the U.S., to maintain its program during the pandemic.
According to the Journal, the league's protocols include removing any player who has possible symptoms of the coronavirus.
"It's a challenging medical situation," said Dr. Allen Sills, a neurosurgeon who is the NFL's Chief Medical Officer. "We always assume something is COVID until proven otherwise."
Dr. Carlos del Rio, a professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and an expert in global health and epidemiology, says that most of the symptoms — even fever, cough, and shortness of breath — of COVID-19 are common to other illnesses.
"The reality is that in the ER, in a clinic, we cannot tell them apart, and that's why you have to test people," he said, according to the Journal.
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Yes, the Jazz 'n Creole Festival would have taken place yesterday; but the event has indeed grown over the few years of its existence to an activity that many look forward to, not just in the Nature Isle but, in particular, our French neighbours.
A couple decades ago people would quip "You Talking Jazz" which actually meant that you were talking nonsense or gibberish as Bob Marley sang in his classic "Talking Blues". In that era Jazz was an expression most did not understand or could relate to; except the purist, of course.
Some pioneering works by Fred Nicholas, Bellony Bird, Armstrong James, Rogers of 'Bill O men' fame, the Martin brothers, Rosie Mills, Maxine Alleyne helped provide a platform for Jazz expressions as players and even as entrepreneurs.
I also remembered not too long ago our Princess of Song, Michele Henderson, and her husband Junior Delsol with Jerry Moulon and others found their own expression in the genre and even went on to record an album.
As recently as last week, we heard a call by lawyer Duncan Stowe, whose firm is a partner in this year's Jazz and Creole, challenging the bands to come up with what he calls Bouyon Jazz. He made a similar request at an activity held at the UWI Centre last month because he thought that the lyrical content and musicianship of Bouyon needed an infusion.
I am also aware that one or two bands tried something, at least on one track, but probably it did not seem to resonate with their fans so they have resorted to the norm to please their fan base.
Still, it is important to note that there is also a niche, and an influential one at that. The gatekeepers, who have the money to spend to come to shows, buy the music or even invest by way of sponsorship. Therefore, it is important that a young band could explore some Jazzy rhythms in their various genres to make that more mature market take note while still keeping the younger fans happy.
We should note that it was when Junior Marvin was brought into the Wailers band by manager / producer Chris Blackwell, as an accomplished Blues guitarist, it helped the music gain greater acceptance by Blues audiences who might not have otherwise listened to Reggae.
The infusion of horns, particularly the saxophone, really helped catapult Cadence music as most other creole bands of that era focused on stringed instruments, drums and keyboards. Today Kassav's exciting horn trio adds a new impetus to their sound.
While Breve is the only established group on island that emphasizes Jazzy overtones and riffs in their music there is room for others. Their performance at the Jazz and Creole festival could have motivated anyone with the financial acumen to sponsor such a group because their music was something anyone could relate to. They even took local traditional songs and gave it a Jazzy twist.
Cornel Phillip has also done wonderful work with his musical album "Interpretations" exposing his dexterity on the keys, which he never really expressed in previous recordings.
Today we have moved away from the pure form of Jazz expressions to Latin Jazz, Afro Jazz, Reggae Jazz fusions and many more interpretations aimed at reaching wider audiences.
Hence, the idea of Bouyon Jazz is certainly not farfetched as it will engage a new listenership, mood, and mode and stretch the bounds of creativity in the delivery of the music. It may even call for less use of the drum machine because Jazz drumming requires a number of off- beats that would not blend in too well with the steady 2/4 or 4/4 timing in most Afro- Caribbean rhythms.
So really, we are no longer taking Jazz as something negative these days but the music now has a following more than ever before. Listeners to DBS's Jazz Gold programme have grown and the number of people that are glued viewing the dexterity of the players of instruments or just for easy listening and relaxation, has quadrupled. Now we can move from merely talking Jazz to playing and appreciating it.


Pre-school hit will return to UK screens UK this spring.
Turner Broadcasting has revealed a fourth series of award-winning children's TV show LazyTown is on its way.
Acquired by Turner in September 2011, LazyTown is dedicated to promoting health in a fun and entertaining way to young children and their families.
Speaking at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair, Alan Fenwick, VP, Turner CN Enterprises, said: "We're delighted that the investment we made into LazyTown Series 3 has already brought new exciting partnerships on board. This is an iconic brand all around the world – and with today's announcement about Series 4, which is scheduled for transmission in 2014, and an ongoing content pipeline for the brand in development, we're looking forward to announcing many more new strategic partnerships shortly.


Luna had a successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, raising more than $1 million for a mattress cover that adjusts temperature, tracks your sleep and connects to other devices.
Now the company is sharing more news. It's part of the current class of startups at incubator Y Combinator, and it has also raised $1.3 million in funding from private investors — roughly the same amount as its revenue from pre-orders and crowdfunding.
Co-founder Matteo Franceschetti said Luna actually raised this funding before the Indiegogo campaign. So why bother with crowdfunding at all? The campaign, he said, was more about connecting with early users and getting their feedback. For example, it was through the campaign that Franceschetti realized the importance of Bluetooth connectivity and of security, so Luna is incorporating more features in that vein.
You can see a Luna prototype in action in the video below, which we filmed in January before the crowdfunding campaign. Franceschetti said the ability to vary temperature across the mattress (so couples can sleep at different temperatures) is "definitely the number one reason" given for pre-orders, but the video also shows Luna's sensors can be connected to other smart devices for a custom sleep experience.


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A high-ranking female bishop has reportedly been caught drink driving.
Senior German bishop Margot Kaessmann told the press she has resigned over her drink driving arrest, saying she regretted her 'terrible mistake'.
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In Germany, the drink driving limit is 1.1 parts per thousand. Driving over the limit is treated as a crime. The appropriate penalty is a fine or imprisonment for up to one year. In addition, there is a driving ban for between six months and five years.
Margot Kässmann (51), head of the Evangelical Church in Germany and the country's most senior Protestant minister, was stopped by police in Hanover on Saturday.
She was asked to take an alcohol test which according to BILD's information produced a result of 1.54 parts per thousand. A Church spokesman claimed the figure was actually 1.1.
Kässmann, the Chairwoman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), allegedly drove her VW Phaeton company car through a red light in the centre of Hanover by the town hall.
When she was stopped, a police officer smelt alcohol from inside the car and asked Kässmann to take an alcohol test.
A blood sample was taken which will be tested in a lab. If the level of alcohol in the blood is confirmed, the bishop will face preliminary proceedings of a prosecution.
Kaessmann apparently told the police that she had only drunk a glass of wine. But the bishop has had to hand over her driving licence!
Nutritional expert Sven-David Müller(40) said: "A woman who is 1.6 m tall and who weighs around 55 kilos has to drink around 0.7 litres of wine or 1.5 litres of beer within an hour to have 1.3 parts per thousand of alcohol in the blood.
Margot Kässmann told BILD: "I am myself shocked that I have made such a serious mistake. I know how dangerous drink driving is. I will of course surrender to the legal consequences."
German bishop Margot Kaessmann told the press she has resigned over her drink driving arrest, saying she regretted her 'terrible mistake'.


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About New Orleans
Currently celebrating its 300th anniversary, New Orleans dates to 1718, and counts French, Spanish, African, American, German, Irish, Italian and Vietnamese among its gumbo of cultural influences. With its close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, subtropical climate and easygoing lifestyle, the "northernmost Caribbean city" stands out from its U.S. counterparts, making it one of the top tourist destinations in the nation—and the world. Though peak travel months are October through May (when average temps are in the 70s), good times are on the New Orleans calendar year-round.
The City's Culture
Dubbed the "Queen of Southern Culture" during the 1800s, New Orleans continues its reign in the 21st century. Home to the nation's first opera house and oldest active community playhouse, the city also lays claim to the birthplace of jazz and a number of the region's leading fine-arts institutes. Music is a mainstay here, pouring out of clubs and bubbling up from the streets, and local football fanaticism borders on religion. Rich in history, New Orleans also offers a wealth of architecture and culinary talent, with seven of the past decade's James Beard Foundation's "Best Chef: South" awards going to locals.
Start where the city did—at Jackson Square, near another must-do, Café Du Monde, where the café au lait and beignets are de rigueur. A stroll along the Mississippi riverfront affords incredible views and helps put New Orleans' "Crescent City" moniker into perspective, or take in the skyline from aboard an authentic steamboat. The St. Charles streetcar is an ideal way to view the opulent Garden District, while cemetery tours offer insight into the city's past. A night out on Bourbon Street is a first-timer rite of passage, but for the real nightlife beat, hit Frenchmen Street.
Many visitors to New Orleans never step foot outside of the French Quarter, and that's a shame. There's much more to the city than just 13 short blocks. Cross Canal, and you'll discover a number of notable restaurants populating the Central Business District. On the other side of Esplanade, the music-minded Marigny morphs into bohemian Bywater. Just across Rampart from the Quarter is Tremé, the nation's oldest African-American neighborhood, which connects to scenic Bayou St. John and Mid-City. The Garden District's grand homes continue Uptown, where retail-packed Magazine—aka "the street of dreams"—offers six miles of great shopping.
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