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How To Implement Mutual Respect as the Ethic of Justice
by Stephen Yearwood, published Dec 19, 2014
Liberty and equality, echoing around the world from the Declaration of Independence of what would become the U.S., became the basis of a social architecture that has included personal liberty, political equality, and a market-based economy. Since that Declaration was published, even the most cynical of political thinkers and actors have had to account for those two ideals. We'll see below how recognizing mutual respect as the ethic of justice would take justice even further in the same direction that basing it on liberty and equality has taken it.
Actually, mutual respect already exists as an ethic within those ideals. It is implicit in the ideal of equality. In fact, I'll argue herein that mutual respect is actually responsible for the justness of political democracy. That suggests that explicitly recognizing mutual respect as our communal ethic of justice could only reinforce that cultural bulwark. Likewise, adopting mutual respect as our explicit communal ethic would enhance our cultural goal of maximizing personal liberty. Finally, we'll see that mutual respect can be applied to the market-based economy as equality per se cannot.
Still, it is understandable that reconsidering what the ethic of justice must be would give most people pause. For one thing, human history provides us with more than one example of the idealistic impulse going terribly wrong. The French Revolution is perhaps the most horrifying example of such tragedy. In England, the revolution that put a final end to the idea of absolute monarchy in that nation ended up with the establishment of the world's first modern dictatorship. In Russia, the first attempt at establishing a regime based on liberty and equality ended up with the Bolsheviks taking power. Germany's attempt at institutionalizing democracy and a market-based economy after World War I with the Weimar Republic ended up with Hitler's being appointed Chancellor. On second thought, maybe the French Revolution isn't the worst example.
All of that is most edifying. Even so, historical failures in the effort to further justice via a sudden event are no reason to abandon hope in that possibility. We do have the examples of England's Glorious Revolution and the American Revolution to hearten us. More recently, the fall of the Soviet Empire, the 'Arab Spring,' and, most recently, the regime change implemented in Ukraine speak to that possibility. It would seem that the primary lesson to be learned from history is that the attempt to achieve more justice must not exceed practical possibilities.
In any nation with personal liberty, political democracy, and a market-based economy, the only "sudden event" required to implement mutual respect as the ethic of justice would be to institute a new and different monetary system. That would transform the functioning of the market-based economy while leaving intact its defining institutions. Such a monetary system would be revolutionary without being radical. The implications of this ethic of justice for the functioning of the economy are, however, the subject of Part 1 of this essay. Here the subject is a new approach to justice. We must begin with a critique of our current cultural ethos.
The Founding Fathers of the U.S. were Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, et al., but our philosophical godfather was John Locke. He was the English philosopher who wrote the book on liberty and equality as the twin pillars of justice (Two Treatises of Government, published in 1689). In the main, those ideals have served us well (however much we have failed to live up to them in different areas at different times), but after all, it has been more than three centuries since Locke was thinking and writing. Common sense suggests that an update might be in order. More concretely, basing justice on those two ideals raises both theoretical and practical issues.
Liberty was directly equated with justice by Locke in his second Treatise. He began with the idea that injustice is being "subject to the arbitrary will" of another person . Therefore, justice is not being subject to the arbitrary will of another person. Since to be free of the arbitrary will of any other person is to enjoy a state of liberty, he concluded that liberty is justice. It turns out that justice-as-mutual-respect was right there, right then, if only Locke had seen it: if being subject to the arbitrary will of another person is injustice, then each of us must refrain from subjecting any other person to one's own arbitrary will.
In addition to that more dialectical argument, Locke had liberty as a Natural Right. That is where he got himself entangled in all manner of theoretical and practical problems. [Bertrand Russell asserted that Locke's success as a philosopher can be attributed to his simply ignoring the contradictions and other complications in his lines of thought.] For starters, how can a Right to liberty—people's being imbued with permission to run around doing whatever they want—have anything to do with justice?
Locke did evince a very positive view of human nature, as evidenced by his conception of a "State of Nature." Locke's immediate predecessor, Thomas Hobbes, famously described life for humans in a world without communities, with individual human beings living on their own, as being "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Locke conceived of a vastly more benign State of Nature. Though separate and independent beings, people would interact, engaging in trade, etc. Most of all, they would be living a life of maximum liberty.
Still, Locke had to account for the observation that human beings have always lived together in organized communities. Locke surmised that (despite his idyllic Sate of Nature) human beings surrendered the maximum possible liberty in exchange for greater security and more prosperity (his version of the social contract). The demonstrated social nature of human beings makes any notion of 'surrendering' a radically individualized existence utterly absurd, but Locke insisted that the Lost Cause of such an existence must inform the social order.
To assure the benefits of communal life for all there must be law and order. The laws of a community must conform, said Locke, with the "Natural Law." Within the Natural Law liberty is a "Natural Right" and is constrained by the Natural Rights of (for Locke) person and property: Every person's liberty ends at the person and property of any other individual. Locke emphasized the applicability of that constraint on liberty across socio-economic lines—with unrecognized implications for government.
For Locke, maximizing liberty must be the organizing principle of a community, to be accomplished by having the minimum laws possible. That proposition is conveyed in another of his famous phrases, "government as Night Watchman." Consider, however, this illustration of that analogy: If one were in a sketchy part of town late at night and saw, to one's relief, an officer of the law on the corner, would one rather that individual looked like an NFL linebacker or a ballerina? Pursuant to Locke's logic, to secure the blessings of communal life for all members of the community, government must be big enough and strong enough to protect the most vulnerable members of the community from any predations of the most powerful in it. Today, the most powerful entities in most nations are large corporations. Within Locke's way of thinking, the existence of such large, powerful bodies requires a big, strong government. Yet, according to Locke, a big, strong government necessarily constitutes a threat to liberty. That conundrum is a spike in the heart of Locke's thought.
Finally, basing justice on a priori Rights is inherently self-centered—being all about my rights: my liberty, my property, etc. Perhaps the sorry state of communal civility in the U.S. these days reflects more than two centuries of such egocentrism. Much of postmodernists' critique of modernity generally and the 'Enlightenment project' specifically centers on a lack of regard for 'the other' in all contexts; concerning ethics that refers to other people (although Immanuel Kant and G.W.F. Hegel did include mutual respect in some form in their ethics and, as already noted, it is implied in the ideal of equality).
Though Locke included property among the Natural Rights he enumerated, there is even an argument against private property contained his formulation of Natural Rights. If justice is the highest social value, and liberty is justice, how can property trump liberty? The very existence of my property is a limit on your liberty; the more I own, the more your liberty is necessarily limited. [The Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776 substituted as a Right "the pursuit of happiness" for "property" because the latter would have raised the issue of slavery, which the Congress had agreed to ignore.]
The ideology that Locke's ideas generated also recognizes communal rights, including political and legal rights, based on equality. It is in his first Treatise that Locke made a case for equality. His purpose in it was to argue against the doctrine of the Divine Right of monarchs (which says volumes about the difference between the world he lived in and ours). He predicated his argument for human equality on his Christian beliefs. Yet, the Christian Bible nowhere suggests any notion of social, much less political, equality. It only says that rulers (and for that matter slaves' masters) are as liable before God as their subjects are. That constraint is explicitly included in the doctrine of Divine Right anyway, however much it was ignored by rulers. Even so, the idea of human equality has become firmly embedded in our cultural ethos.
A seismic schism does exist between communal rights based on equality and the a priori Rights of liberty, etc. Whereas the former constrain power by diluting and delimiting it, the latter promote the concentration of unbounded power. As a Right, liberty is a grant to exercise power. Property is a source of power—and the usual means for acquiring it, money, another source of power. As for the pursuit of happiness, according to Dr. Greg Etchason (M.D.), the "drug of choice" of human beings, that which people want most to have, and to have more of it no matter what, is power.
That schism denotes a destabilizing tension deep within the ideology Locke initiated. In nations organized in accordance with that ideology an unsteady social equilibrium has existed atop the fault line along which the concentrated power inherent in that ideology's a priori Rights presses against communal rights. If an actual rupture were to occur, it would reduce to rubble the social architecture of personal liberty, political democracy, and a market-based economy.
Making mutual respect our explicit communal ethic can resolve those issues within Locke's approach to justice and accomplish yet more good. We do, however, have to define the domain of justice. Conduct outside its domain would be left to personal morality, such as that provided by one's religion. Leaving out a few technicalities, we can say that the domain of justice is the realm of effecting choices (choosing among perceived alternatives and taking action to bring those choices to fruition). [Warren J. Samuels discussed 'social power' as the ability to effect choices in "Property and Power," in Perspectives of Property, edited by Gene Wunderlich and W.L. Gibson (1972).]
If we accept that the domain of justice is the realm of effecting choices, the ethic of justice becomes mutual respect in effecting choices. What must be respected specifically is the capacity of all people to choose for themselves. [I address unavoidable hierarchies such as parenting and bossing people at work in my book, A Just Solution, but that is beyond the scope of this essay.]
Mutual respect in effecting choices becomes the definitive, sufficient, prescriptive condition of justice. It tells us how we must act to act justly. The more we take others into account, the more justly we are acting. The minimum, necessary, proscriptive condition of justice draws the line between just and unjust acts. It tells us what we must refrain from doing to keep from acting unjustly. It is this: No one may co-opt any other person in the process of effecting any choice. Anyone's participation in that process must be conscious, informed, and votive. That means that, as a minimum, people are prohibited from killing, or harming, or coercing, or manipulating, or ignoring the interests of other people who are involved when effecting any choice. ["Manipulating" includes lying, cheating, etc.; "ignoring… " includes harming or stealing their property in their absence, etc.]
With mutual respect in effecting choices as the ethic of justice we can still assign ourselves communal rights, including a right to private property. (That sure beats having to defend whatever one has or whatever ground one happens to be occupying against all comers.) On the other hand, the idea of a priori Rights, including a Right to liberty, is rendered null and void. With all people abiding by the minimum condition of justice, this ethic would provide the maximum liberty that coexisting people can enjoy simultaneously. That tells us that, properly understood, liberty is the product of justice, not its source, or foundation, or predicate, etc.
The mutual respect implicit in the ideal of human equality already exists as the true source of the justice in political democracy. The political process can be defined as the process of effecting choices for the community as a whole. The political system, then, is the set of institutions within which choices are effected for the community as a whole—with the offices of government as its functional core. With justice as mutual respect in effecting choices, every member of the community must be allowed to participate in the political process because everyone is affected by the choices effected within it.
Political speech is the part of the political process that transcends the political system. That tells us that political speech is something more than a right, but is its own element of justice in the political process. (Rights regarding other forms of expression must be decided in the political process.) Hence, liberty of political speech becomes the first condition of justice for the political process. That means it must be open to everyone in the community and cannot be externally constrained. Anything other than rational persuasion does violate the injunction against co-option, however, meaning lying and other forms of manipulation—much less coercion in any form—when participating in the political process must be renounced. [If there is something exceptional about the genesis of the U.S., it is that its formation came at the end of an extended period of (enough) liberty of political speech in which justice in governance could be robustly debated by—well, mostly older men of European descent—but the point is that those who in turn will have to live with the form of governance they would create must have the opportunity to express their ideas about the structure and intended functioning it should have (a lesson lost on contemporary efforts at nation-building)].
With liberty of political speech as the first condition of justice for a just political process, the second condition of justice is a democratic distribution of political rights. For present purposes let's say that means that those rights are required for no one to exercise yet are available to all members of the community, but for non-arbitrary restrictions. Only a restriction which can be universally applicable can be non-arbitrary. Thus, age is a legitimate restriction on political rights, but gender and ethnicity are not. As for creed, the beliefs of every human being are arbitrary from the point of view of any other person with different beliefs; therefore, though any creed is potentially universal, creed cannot be used in determining the distribution of political rights.
With liberty of political speech and a democratic distribution of political rights, a just political process becomes a vehicle for procedural justice: the justness of the process produces just results. Beyond that, however, the conditions of justice for that process stand as constraints on conduct and outcomes in the process: the process may not be corrupted by unjust actions and may not result in outcomes which violate liberty of political speech or the democratic distribution of political rights.
To realize the conditions of justice for the economy we can use the political process as a template. As in the political process, liberty must come first: People must be free to decide how—and to what extent—they will participate in the economy. Similarly, the best way to get at the second condition of justice for the economy is to consider the second condition of justice in the political system. We can say that money is to the economic system as political rights are to the political system: It is the source of social power necessary to participate in it. That is true even of a barter economy. In that case the people involved in any exchange are producing their own media of exchange, their own 'money.' In a money-based economy with legal tender such activity will be limited. Justice in a monetary economy requires the existence of a democratically distributed (sufficient) income. (In a barter economy the means of production would be at issue.)
Like democratically distributed political rights, a democratically distributed income would be one which was available to all members of the community but for non-arbitrary restrictions, such as age. One way to institute a democratically distributed income would be to have that income be the money supply for the economy. That is to say, the money supply would originate as the incomes of certain individuals. A monetary system of that kind is the subject of Part 1 of this essay.
Justice has always been the hopeful expectation of human beings. Over the millennia, the cause of justice has advanced, however uncertainly. To recognize mutual respect in effecting choices as the ethic of justice would be another step forward. Applying that ethic of justice to life would maximize liberty, reinforce political democracy, and transform, while retaining, the market-based economy.
For more, see www.ajustsolution.com.
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Stephen Yearwood
Author of A Just Solution, DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM: The Demand Economy published in 2004 and available through AuthorHouse.com. Earned an undergraduate degree in political science, completed the course work for an M.Ed. in social studies (secondary), and earned an M.A. in economics at Atlanta University, 1988. His vocation involves problem-solving and fixing things. This book tells how we can fix this broken world.
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Speech therapists aim to assess, diagnose, treat, and even prevent language, speech, communication (social and cognitive), feeding, and swallowing disorders in both children and adults.
Qualifications to be a speech therapist include a state license to practice and no less than a Master's degree.
Speech therapists often work directly with children and parents to help integrate treatment methods/progress into everyday life at home.
Speech therapy might seem like it's solely for those with articulation difficulties (due to lisps or stuttering etc), but it actually aims to alleviate a number of speech and communication problems. This includes both written and spoken forms of communication (e.g. auditory processing disorder, dyspraxia, and dyslexia). The terms speech language pathologist and speech therapist can be used interchangeably.
An SLP will first establish the particular language/communication difficulties that their client is experiencing. They will then attempt to identify any underlying cause (like developmental disorder) before finally deciding on the most effective treatment path. Often times, however, parents may receive a diagnosis from a doctor with a referral to a speech therapist. SLPs enable children to improve upon and hone their skills through the use of evidence-based treatment methods.
Swallowing & feeding therapy: Lessons revolve around strengthening mouth muscles and might include lip, tongue, and jaw workouts (and sometimes even facial massage).
Phonology & Articulation therapy: The SLP focuses on the particular sound/s that are presenting challenges. The lesson might encompass tongue movements (and other mouth formations) to help demonstrate and practice phonology.
Language intervention activities: These activities can help children through the use of feedback and modeling. The SLP could introduce books, play-based/pictorial techniques, or even use practice language drills.
Academic qualifications (i.e. at least a masters in speech-language pathology) is not the sole criterion to look for in a speech therapist. You should also take into consideration ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) membership, as it is indicative of having passed the national certification exam.
Licensing qualifications are different in some areas of California, such as Los Angeles. Speech therapy is a significant and necessary part of growing and development for many children and families. It is meant to be carried out by highly qualified and experienced professionals. Melissa Peters, Speech Language Pathologist (M.S.) is qualified and experienced, particularly with speech and feeding therapy for adolescents. Client ages can range from 1 month up to 18 years.
With speech therapy, your child can build self-confidence through improved communication skills. In the end, they stand to benefit on academic, emotional, and social fronts. Treatment methods can even help to improve reading comprehension skills. Children with complications like dyslexia can learn how to break down the sounds that make up each word they are reading, improving efficiency and understanding.
The earlier speech therapy is started, the better. Studies have supported this in young children experiencing communication and language barriers. Adolescents who begin therapy at a younger age tend to have more positive outcomes later in life. If you think your child is struggling with language production or comprehension, then it is paramount to seek the advice of a professional who can guide you towards the correct treatment resources.
Depending on your child's specific needs, the duration of therapy can be anywhere from a few months to a couple of years, with improvement attained slowly but surely. Speech therapy will not have the same outcome for every child. Your therapist should, however, be able to assess your child's individual needs and curtail treatment specifically for them.
Your therapist will offer you and your child techniques to cope with challenges more effectively. Most likely, he or she will prescribe a set of practice activities to be done at home. This is done with the aim of improving the communication skills that are being worked on in therapy. For more success, both the parents and children should be committed to treatment progress. This can also involve other family, friends, and teachers.
Your child and the therapist must be compatible. An SLP with years of experience is the obvious ideal choice, but some children tend to interact better with younger adults. The choice should ultimately boil down to you and your child's comfort levels as well as progression with therapy. You should have little to no trouble finding many SLPs in Los Angeles. Speech Therapy is a growing field, and more people are understanding the importance of early intervention with continued treatment.
Speech therapy is an ongoing process that requires patience with treatment (spanning months or even years).
Finding an SLP who has experience with your child's specific needs can be beneficial.
You should be hands-on with the chosen treatment methods, utilizing them at home when applicable.
It can be difficult to choose from the many options available in Los Angeles. Speech Therapy is a very beneficial treatment for children with varying disorders, but choosing the wrong therapist can present setbacks. Make sure you do your research and make it thorough. And always remember, the most important aspect of your child's treatment will be your unconditional love, support, and encouragement.


Been raining here since mid-morning with no let-up, glad I ran yesterday.
Finally got around to printing off the entry form for the 2010 Charmouth Challenge, now I just need to get around to filling it in. Been holding off because of the poorly leg, but I think I've reached the point where I'd hop round if I had to.
Starting to get excited by the prospect of the World Cup kicking-off on Friday, and looking forward to watching it with my two boys on Saturday night. C'mon England!
No biscuits (apart from the mini hob-nob I absentmindedly stole from son #1 when he wasn't looking), no crisps, one banana.
Probably exercise at home tomorrow, run on Wednesday.
Ive taken next week off for the World Cup i'm not a football nut or anything but i'm sick of missing games when i'm at work etc. Well done on the Juneathon.
Thanks Phil. I'm lucky in that I'm between jobs, so I can run when I feel like it and watch football when I feel like it as well. Now if only I could do that and earn some money too!


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The Chamber of Pharmacy, Ghana (CPG) has threatened to stop supplying medicines on credit to health service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) if the government does not release more funds to the providers.
The government is reported to have released part of the Gh¢ 1.2 billion arrears that the scheme currently owes the providers.
The said amount released by government is expected to cover only the month of May 2016, although it owes the providers for 12 months.
There is, however, no detailed information on the specific amount released by the government.
Woefully inadequate
The amount paid by the government has, however, been described by the CPG as woefully inadequate and not enough to lift its members from their precarious financial situation.
The chamber has sent numerous distress calls to the government to settle the scheme's indebtedness to health service providers to enable them to, in turn, settle their indebtedness to members of the CPG.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the chamber, Mr Anthony Ameka, told the Daily Graphic that the CPG would only continue with the current arrangement of providing medicines for healthcare providers on credit if the government settled at least six months of the arrears that the scheme owed the providers.
"The government should make funds available immediately for, at least, six months to the service providers so that they can also pay us or else we will demand cash payments from them,'' he said.
He said medicines accounted for 54 per cent of the operational cost of the healthcare providers and as such the current arrangement where the CPG allowed them to buy majority of the medicine on credit was negatively affecting pharmaceutical companies in the country.
"Because of the huge debt, the NHIS is killing the pharmaceutical sector in the country. We also buy from our suppliers on credit who normally give us 45 days to sell and release the money to them. Here is the situation the scheme owes us almost one year as of now," Mr Ameka explained.
Shock and disappointment
Meanwhile, the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has expressed shock and disappointment at government's decision to reimburse only one month of the 12 months the NHIS owes its member institutions.
"Even with that, only 50 per cent of our member institutions benefited from this. They are targeting only those in the rural areas. None of those in the urban areas has been paid.
"We feel this is inappropriate, immoral, illegitimate and to us, it is once again, a mortgage of the livelihood of the vulnerable in the society," the Executive Director of CHAG, Mr Peter K. Yeboah, said, describing the payment as piecemeal.
Acute shortage
He said CHAG member institutions were experiencing acute shortage of life-saving medicines as a result of the decision of suppliers to cease the supply of essential drugs.
"We are no longer able to guarantee quality and affordable health care for our fellow citizens," he said, adding that the situation was a serious crisis and a humanitarian disaster of a major magnitude.
Mr Yeboah further described the situation as a collateral damage of the health system and a mortgage of the health of the citizens.
Source: Graphic.com.gh

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Q: (vhdl) std_logic_vector value I have a project with the following 3 files, and I am getting this error in the CA file:

Line 65: Type error near state_int ; current type std_logic_vector; expected type std_logic
ERROR:HDLCompiler:854 - "" Line 40: Unit  ignored due to previous errors.

CA FILE
library IEEE;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;

-- Uncomment the following library declaration if using
-- arithmetic functions with Signed or Unsigned values
--use IEEE.NUMERIC_STD.ALL;

-- Uncomment the following library declaration if instantiating
-- any Xilinx primitives in this code.
--library UNISIM;
--use UNISIM.VComponents.all;

entity CA is

    port(clk,rst:in std_logic;
             state:out std_logic_vector(0 to 8)
            );

end CA;

architecture Behavioral of CA is

    Component cell
        port(L,R,clk,rst:in std_logic;
                 state:out std_logic
            );
    end component;

    Component cellm
        port(L,R,clk,rst:in std_logic;
                 state:out std_logic
            );
    end component;

    signal state_int:std_logic_vector(0 to 8);

begin

    state <= state_int;
    U_cell0:cell

    port map(clk => clk,
                rst =>rst,
                L => '0',
                R => state_int,
                state => state_int(0)
                );

end Behavioral;

CELL FILE
entity cell is

    port(L,R,clk,rst:in std_logic;
                 state:out std_logic
            );

end cell;

architecture Behavioral of cell is

signal state_pr,state_nx:std_logic;

begin

    state_nx <= ((not L) and R and state_pr) or (L and (not R));

    Process(clk,rst)
    Begin
        if rst = '0' then
            state_pr <= '0';
        elsif rising_edge(clk) then
            state_pr <= state_nx;
        end if;
    end process;

end Behavioral;

CELLM FILE
entity cellm is

    port(L,R,clk,rst:in std_logic;
                 state:out std_logic
            );

end cellm;

architecture Behavioral of cellm is

    signal state_pr,state_nx:std_logic;

begin

    state_nx <= ((not L) and R and state_pr) or (L and (not R));

    Process(clk,rst)
    Begin
        if rst = '0' then
            state_pr <= '1';
        elsif rising_edge(clk) then
            state_pr <= state_nx;
        end if;
    end process;
end Behavioral;

What am I doing wrong?

A: Actually you have three problems in your design. The first two problems were mentioned in the comments:

*

*you are trying to connect a std_logic_vector signal state_int and a std_logic port R. This will, obviously, not work due to mismatch (single vs multi-lane)

*In the next line you are also trying to connect a std_logic_vector signal state and a std_logic port state_int(0).

*You also have another problem in you cell entity. The state output is never assigned to anything. So there will be no actual output from the cell entity. You might eventually get a warning from the compiler about this.

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This explains a lot.
… Jones was a freshman in 2008 when he blocked for Knowshon Moreno, who could make a three-yard gain for what might have been a two-yard loss for another tailback.
"I know my freshman year when I was blocking for him, they just told me to cover somebody up," Jones said. "Don't even worry about moving him because Knowshon will make you right. Now we really take pride of getting him off the ball and making it easier for Isaiah so he's making his cut four yards down the field instead of at the line of scrimmage. That's big for a running back. He knows he's got four yards from the get-go. Then he can make a move, and hey that's seven or eight off the pop. That's always nice to have for him." [Emphasis added.]
As a run-blocking scheme, that doesn't work so well once Moreno is gone, of course.
I'd call that half-assed coaching, except I may be giving too much credit. How about three-quarters-assed coaching?
Doubt this ends pretty.
Bruce Feldman has left ESPN for CBS. With that, I suspect we're going to start hearing about where some of the bodies are buried in the Leach/James affair, like this nugget:
"They knew about it," Feldman says of his work with Leach. "They benefitted from my access. They put me on 'SportsCenter' multiple times the day he got fired." Feldman even went so far as to tell ESPN's lawyers that Leach had documents that could eventually lead to his bringing legal action against the network. "I specifically told them that he had proof that he was going to sue ESPN. I said, 'You guys are going to have a problem here and I'm connected to this and you need to figure this out.'"
If Leach's suit ever sees a courtroom, it's going to be riveting.
UPDATE: Riveting, I tells 'ya.
… When contacted by SI.com this afternoon, ESPN spokesperson Mike Soltys offered the following about Feldman's interviews this morning: "We have significant disagreements with his account," Soltys told SI.com. "Beyond that, we are not commenting."
Said Feldman: "If ESPN has issues with this, we can all put our hands on the Bible and sit and go under oath about what was said and what was not. Regardless of what ESPN says, Leach is suing them. Whatever my involvement is here, it will come out. I'll be put on the stand."
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Your obligatory "keys to the game" post.
I think it's mandated in the College Football Bloggers Handbook that you have to do one of these posts for the first game of every season. Since I'm on record as saying this Georgia team is a complete mystery to me right now, it's the only reason you're seeing this.
If you want the lengthy version, OBNUG's as good a place to start as anywhere. (Although about those SEC officials – if you Boise State fans hear the name "Penn Wagers" announced, start high-fiving each other. It'll be a good night for you on the officiating front.)
Me, I'm keeping it simple. For all the talk about what's on the line for both schools, about the two quarterbacks, about Crowell's debut, I'm going to stick with two keys.
The first is line play. I don't think Georgia has to be dominant on the lines to be successful Saturday night, although that certainly wouldn't hurt. But it does have to hold its own there so that Murray and Crowell have a chance and so that the linebackers can lead the defense to improve on last year's abysmal third-down showing.
The second is psychological. As Barrett Sallee puts it,
Georgia's season and Mark Richt's job do not – I repeat DO NOT – hinge on the outcome of the Boise State game. As a matter of fact, as long as the Bulldogs don't get blown out, and figure some things out in the process, the game will serve as a nice primer to the SEC season, which begins in earnest for the Bulldogs the following week between the hedges against South Carolina. With that said, if Georgia gets in a hole early, look out! The culture of losing crept into Athens last year, which is a dangerous thing for any football team. If Georgia doesn't come out looking sharp against the Broncos, the wheels could come off really quickly, and that's not good news for anybody in Athens.
If I'm Boise State, I'm doing everything I can to throw that early knockout blow. If Georgia starts to doubt itself, this game will be over soon after. On the flip side, if Georgia can weather the early storm (watch those turnovers, fellas) and find itself in no worse shape than a close contest after the first quarter, I like the Dawgs' chances as the night wears on. Overall, they're more physically talented and they're deeper than the Broncos. They'll be in the game as long as their heads are.
Let's hear what you guys think.
UPDATE: Doug, you ignorant slut.
UPDATE #2: Similar thoughts at OTA.
Tagged as Boise State Broncos football
"I really believe competing against each other has made both of them better."
I notice the OBC failed to mention Florida's 1997 season here:
… When Spurrier hears criticism of his decision to rotate quarterbacks, he points back to his Florida days when the Gators won SEC titles alternating between Terry Dean and Danny Wuerffel and later when Rex Grossman and Jesse Palmer took snaps.
Yet shifting around quarterbacks hasn't worked quite so well at South Carolina.
Spurrier switched between Blake Mitchell and Chris Smelley in 2007 and neither really established themselves in a 6-6 season.
He also refused to pick a starting quarterback between Garcia and Shaw before last year's opener.
Then he was criticized for yanking Garcia after two fourth quarter fumbles in last year's 35-27 regular-season loss to eventual national champion Auburn. Shaw came in and ended two promising drives with interceptions. Shaw didn't see meaningful playing time the rest of the season.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I have a hard time believing Spurrier has given Garcia a fifth pass just to gin up a little extra competition at quarterback. But I have to admit if anybody's arrogant enough to do it, it's Steve Spurrier.
I hope he is. As much as South Carolina has going for it on paper, wrecking the confidence of his quarterbacks would be just the way to derail a promising season. It'll certainly be something for us to watch in Week 2.
Filed under 'Cock Envy, The Evil Genius
Thursday morning buffet
Fill up and then settle down tonight.
Would the SEC go ahead with a 13-team conference schedule next season? John Pennington's compromise suggestion makes some sense if it comes to that.
The most overrated program of the last decade is… (Hint: "Rocky Flop").
Why don't they just cut to the chase and name an ESPN exec as Big 12 commissioner? (h/t The Wiz of Odds)
"I will do anything." (h/t evan)
Yeah, that Florida real estate market is really in bad shape right now.
Hello, Isaiah.
Brandon Smith and Bacarri Rambo were at yesterday's practice "getting all the reps".
This is why you should always be skeptical about preseason happy talk.
Filed under Because Nothing Sucks Like A Big Orange, Big 12 Football, ESPN Is The Devil, Georgia Football, SEC Football
The preseason is OVAH, my friends. We've suffered long enough.
This clip should bring a smile to your faces. For all the right reasons.
(h/t David Caple)


152,000,000 calories have been burned playing Audioshield since its release in 2016.
When it comes to losing weight, we've already seen the impact VR fitness can have on bodies, especially when paired with a proper diet. From a personal trainer who shed 15 lbs in two months to a gamer who lost 50 pounds riding a stationary bike with a HTC Vive headset, VR workouts can not only be a source for exercise, but also be enjoyable at the same time.
While we know working out in VR can drop pounds, it's been difficult to determine the actual caloric impact these virtual workouts actually have. Now data is starting to show that the aerobic benefits of some HTC Vive experiences may be just what we've been looking for to stay fit and healthy.
In collaboration with San Francisco State University's kinesiology lab, the newly formed VR Institute of Health and Exercise is hoping to quantify these health benefits of VR games for fitness. By measuring oxygen consumption and heart rate, the team's data shows that playing VR games come close to other strenuous exercise when calorie expenditures are measured.
The data shows that playing the boxing game Thrill of the Fight burns 15 calories a minute, the metabolic equivalent of sprinting.
Playing the archery game Holopoint burns 13 to 15 calories a minute, equivalent to swimming.
And Audioshield, where players block oncoming orbs in time to music, burns 8 to 10 calories a minute, similar to rowing.
Video games have often been seen as a sedentary activity, the opposite of living a healthy life—but virtual reality not so much. VR has some form of inherent movement almost all the time. And as headset adoption continues to grow and we continue to cut the headset cord, we're not far from seeing virtual and augmented reality experiences playing a larger role at your local gym or in your home workout routine in the near future.
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How do we hold suffering in the body?
I show people, experientially, how their particular way of being in the body is a manifestation of the physical and psychological issues they feel troubled by, then teach them how to be in themselves in a new way that can resolve those physical and psychological discomforts.
When elements in life --in this case parts inside the body, or even all of the body-- feel the regard of an allowing presence, a relaxed attention that doesn't demand, expect, need or even want for anything to be other than just as it is, the pressure to be different falls away and a healing occurs. This allowing presence, to put it another way, is the experience of unconditional love, the most potent curative there is. In offering that presence to my clients, I model it and teach it so that they can relate to their bodies, and thereby themselves, with that love.
Many teens' coping strategies in both social and familial relationships can be reactive, grounded in peer pressure or societal conditioning that's damaging to the spirit and often even physically self-destructive. With embodiment, however, I show teens how to experience themselves in a more integrated, conscious way, so that their strategies can be grounded in authenticity. With my specialty in bringing presence to what's gone unheard --to the chronically misunderstood-- I have had the privilege of bearing witness to troubled teens relaxing into who they really are, free of posturing and rebellion.
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Is your outward appearance an accurate reflection of your inner spirit?
Which part of yourself buys your clothes and dresses you each morning? Are your choices more avoidance-driven or inspired?
You deserve to feel delighted... even giddy... about the way you present yourself to the world each day! If you don't, I can help you make the most of what's already in your closet and offer guidance on how to find fill-in elements to take your look to an inspired level.
c) they don't even like.
If you are wearing clothes you don't even like, how do you think you're going to feel? When you wear clothes you don't like, the message that gets communicated is one of irritation and disharmony-- is that what you want to project, what you want to say about yourself?
Learn how to wear only clothes that make you smile!
There is an "I don't care" born of freedom; and then there is an "I don't care" born of rebellion, that's really about posturing, which isn't freedom but reactivity.
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The ad-blocking epidemic hurts advertisers and publishers where it matters most—in the wallet. Here are the strategies that can turn the situation around. Note: It's not all about better technology.
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What would happen if some of the most high-profile thought leaders from well-recognized brands such as Disney, Nike, Shinola, United Airlines, Second City and Farmer's Fridge, shopped the deli department and provided their feedback on it? Would they find it well stocked with freshly prepared foods? Would they move quickly through the shopping queue, filling their carts with products and updating their shopping lists with inspirational ideas for meals built on prepared foods basics with other products from around the store? Or, would they report a mixed bag of experiences?
We invited brand experts outside of deli to look at our department through the lens of their profession. After having observed grocery delis in their respective home cities, they gathered for an innovative workshop in Chicago where they identified pain points along the customer journey from waiting in line to understanding choices, navigating the department, and maneuvering through the checkout process. The experts agreed with our findings in numerous proprietary studies, that deli does little to meet shoppers' needs.
Then, we asked them to go beyond observation, and develop a set of innovative, sustainable, differentiated concepts for the supermarket deli that drive customer traffic, conversion, enjoyment and long-term purchase frequency, in order to maintain enduring relevance. We handed them the keys and asked how they'd do deli differently.
One might wonder if companies known for developing world-famous theme parks or athletic shoes could contribute anything relevant to the mission of a prepared foods department. But, these multinational corporations have strategic goals to provide satisfying customer experiences – and that sounds a lot like what we've been talking about. They are highly accomplished at attaining their goals, and their representatives were able to identify numerous opportunities for deli to become more consumer-focused, too.
What sets a world-class company apart from the rest is that they understand their customers' needs can't all be satisfied by a one-size-fits all solution. Customers have different missions when they enter our department, too. Some shoppers arrive at the deli knowing what they want, looking for a consistent experience and expecting deli to meet their core needs. Others want to explore and are looking for inspiration and education that helps build their confidence around occasions, meal planning or nutrition. Finally, there are those who want their shopping experience simplified – shoppers whose mission is centered on how much to buy. They are focused on size options and packaging for portion control. They prefer fewer options and appreciate "goes well with" themes.
Our challenge is to recognize those distinct customer missions and develop solutions for each mission type. Our goal should be to ensure all shoppers have the experience they are seeking and that they will be proud to serve their families a satisfying meal featuring prepared foods from the deli with other ingredients from around the store. By making simple adjustments, the prepared foods department has a unique opportunity to offer an unparalleled experience to shoppers.
Find out more about the unique ways Tyson Deli is approaching prepared foods at https://www.tysonvelocity.com/changingtheconversation.
Sources: Tyson Foods, Unconventional Shopper Connections, 2017-18; Tyson Foods, On the Go Study, 2015; Tyson Foods Attitudes and Usage Study, 2015; Tyson Foods, Consequences of Failure, 2015, 2016; Tyson Foods, Prepared Foods Challenge, 2016; Tyson Foods, Vision Project, 2018.


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U.S. Drops Demand for Settlement Freeze
by Valerie G. Lowe | Aug 28, 2009 | Israel & Jewish Roots, Standing With Israel
The Obama administration has dropped demands for a Jewish construction freeze in eastern Jerusalem, according to a report filed by Ha'aretz on Thursday. The news comes as a result of a meeting held this week in London between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. special Mideast envoy George Mitchell.
While rejecting a total freeze in settlements and stressing the need to guarantee "normal life" for Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, Netanyahu proposed a nine month halt to settlement construction in the West Bank. Besides Jerusalem, the agreement would also exclude about 2,500 Jewish homes in disputed territories already under construction.
Netanyahu is reportedly seeking an 'exit strategy' in the form of a guarantee from the U.S. not to protest a continuation of new housing starts if the Palestinian Authority and Arab states do not reciprocate the move.
Mahmoud Abbas demanded a total freeze in settlement activity, including in Jerusalem, before resuming peace negotiations with Israel. Abbas is reportedly now willing to meet informally with Netanyahu on the sidelines at next month's United Nations General Assembly.
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For the First Time, Drag Queens Will Be Featured In Super Bowl Ad As Network Snubs Pro-Life Advertisement.
For the first time ever, an ad to be aired during the Super Bowl will feature drag queens, because apparently that's what Fox has deemed Americans need.
Meanwhile, they're giving a pro-life group's ad featuring the voices of abortion survivors the cold shoulder.
The drag queens they'd rather hear from are from the television shown"RuPaul's Drag Race." The so-called "cultural icons" will make their appearance in an advertisement for Sabra Hummus.
Football fans are an unexpected, and perhaps unusual, target audience for this type of advertising but, then again, no one is exempt from the shameless corporate pandering to all things LGBT.
NBC News reports:
Drag queens, for the first time, will appear in a Super Bowl advertisement. "RuPaul's Drag Race" alumni Kim Chi and Miz Cracker will make history in a commercial for hummus brand Sabra during the football championship game Feb. 2, when the Kansas City Chiefs will face the San Francisco 49ers.
Sabra has released a 15-second teaser of the ad featuring "Miz Cracker" and "Kim Chi.""I hope this doesn't give me helmet hair," Miz Cracker says in the teaser as he dramatically tries to squeeze a helmet over his large wig.
According to AdWeek, the ad also stars rapper T-Pain, as well as "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo.
"We're bringing a diverse group of personalities to the table and demonstrating just how incredibly versatile, relevant and relatable hummus is today. We think we've got something for everyone," Chief Marketing Officer for Sabra, Jason Levine, told AdWeek.
Sabra believes that men pretending to be exaggerated, sexual caricatures of women make their hummus "relevant" and "relatable." Looks like the folks at Sabra aren't too concerned with the very large market segment who finds drag queens neither "relevant" nor "relatable" but rather offensive and degrading to women, not to mention downright immoral.
Naturally, those on the left are praising this move with one marketing strategist, Bob Witeck, telling NBC News the ad is "revolutionary." Referring to drag, Witeck said, "For queer audiences, it is an art form and an 'outsiders' language." He went on to point out, "Reaching the Super Bowl means taking our language into every home in the nation and millions around the world."
Apparently, Super Bowl ads nowadays are meant to promote controversial ideologies and immoral lifestyles rather than products.
Meanwhile, as we reported this week, Fox, this year's Super Bowl broadcaster, approved an ad promoting sick gender fluidity and debauchery but deceitfully refused to approve an ad that would have showcased survivors of abortion.
This is just another forceful attempt to push sexual immorality and perversion as the new norms in America. It's time for us to take a stand and send the message that we are tired of big corporations taking our business for granted and alienating us with their pro-LGBT, progressive messaging.
We are called to be separate from the wicked things of this world. Pass on the Super Bowl this year.


The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just proposed a 12.9% increase in water rates to the Water Board. The Board, made up of Mayoral appointees, will consider the proposal and hear testimony from the public at a series of hearings throughout the boroughs, and vote on the increase on May 21. If approved, water rates will see their fourth consecutive double-digit increase beginning on July 1. Overall, rates will have jumped 124% in a single decade, and 78% in just the past five years!
The Bronx hearing will be on Thursday, May 6 at 6:00 PM at P.S. 14 (3041 Bruckner Blvd). It may be easier for some west Bronx residents to make it one of the Manhattan hearings: Friday, May 7 at 2:00 PM at the City Planning Commission (22 Reade St), and Wednesday, May 12 at 7:00 PM at PS 124 (40 Division St).
Those unable to attend can submit testimony by visiting www.nyc.gov/nycwaterboard.
We will have more on the proposed increase to water rates this afternoon.


Normally the day begins with a knock on the cabin door at approx. 6.30 am. Departure on the first dive is at approx. 7.00 am. The second dive is held before lunch at approx. 11.00 am and the third dive approx. 3 to 4 pm. A dive as a rule last from 40 to 50 minutes including the 3 metre safety stop. Normally 3 dives are done daily. If it is however necessary to cover longer distances, one dive may occasionally also be omitted and/or substituted by a night dive. The last dive is 24 hours before your flight, afterwards diving is no longer permitted!
Safety is our top priority. An extensive briefing is carried out prior to each dive. Briefings are held in English or German depending upon which dive guides are onboard. Dive depths and residual air are recorded after the dive.
One surface marker buoy is prescribed for each dive. As for cylinders there are 14L DIN/INT. PTGs, as well as sufficient 12 L DIN/Int. PTGs and lead weights available on request! If you need to hire equipment it is absolutely necessary to order it in advance!
Onboard the Nautilus Two there is Nitrox at € 14,- per night booked forward or € 5,50 + 12% tax per dive on boat. We offer Nitrox EAN32. The Nitrox packet must be ordered when booking, please click on the link provided for this when making your booking! An emergency kit as well as oxygen and of course life vests are located onboard. There are two decompression chambers in the Maldives for any diving accidents.
Dive excursions are made with our dive dhoni (Maldivian boat). All the diving equipment also remains on this dive dhoni for the duration of your stay. The compressor is aboard the Nautilus Two. The compressor is power driven..
Normally we have a dive guide to accompany the group. We with to expressly point out that the dive guide is not a diving instructor, but a guide who shows you the underwater beauty and also understands current conditions.
One night dive is planned for every tour, therefore it is advisable to bring diving lamps.
As there are sometimes stronger underwater currents in the Maldives, we require that only experienced divers (minimum 40 dives) can participate in this type of dive.
Of course our divers respect the underwater world and neither cause damage to coral nor handle the fish and leave behind no rubbish on the island or in the sea!


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k. rodman mannix
Book Review: A Walk In The Woods
Book: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Shannon read this book first and recommended I read it. A close friend of mine just completed the AT from north to south and afterwards I became a nuisance, probing him with endless questions ranging from what he consumed on the trail to what life questions he pondered. I was sure that my friend had achieved some sort of personal enlightenment while walking from Maine to Georgia - why else would someone subject themselves to walking in isolation for 2,000 miles?
Bryson's reflection on his amble through the woods echoed that of my friend. Hiking the AT wasn't this introspective quest, entering and exiting the woods as two separate people, the latter much wiser. It was just a kind of a thing you did. You walked a bunch, ate a ton of Snickers, and got a cool nickname. You appreciate at a much deeper level the perks a life indoors affords.
Bryson's relaxed writing style makes the book hard to put down not from an enthralling story but from the casual gait of the conversation he has with the reader. I visualized the picturesque views on top of the Smokies, swatted at flies in the thick of the woods, and sighed with relief at the sign of civilization. I enjoyed both the vivid descriptions of the hike and the history Bryson smoothly interjects at each stage of the trip, lamenting the frustrating inability of the National Park Service and the evaporation of various species along the trail. This is also one of the only books in recent memory that made me audibly laugh. I'd annoy Shannon with my favorite lines of the book (something I never do).
It's an ode to the realities of hiking for those of us who wouldn't really consider ourselves hikers. I love being outdoors, hiking mountains and camping for a weekend at a time. But Bryson doesn't spare the dirty details that often make the experiences at best trying and at worst distressing, and are often overlooked in romanticized descriptions of the outdoors.
My notes while reading the book:
Bryson starts out fairly miserable - probably not the right word, maybe overwhelmed is better - by the trail. Hoping for stopping points, aghast at the never ending slopes to peaks.
After spending time in the towns in northern Georgia across the trail, he becomes so bored and restless that even after hunkering down for a blizzard he wishes to keep pushing on as to die in the snow is better than spending another day in Franklin
The National Park Service isn't as benevolent as one would think. It's done it's fair share of causing species extinctions - in Bryce Canyon National Park, once the Park Service took over in 1923, seven species died in half a century. They only use 3% of their budget on research.
Bryson seems to not enjoy the company of, well really anyone, on the trail. He meets the (word for involve) Mary Ellen as his first hiking partner. He enjoys company for the sake of company in Katz, not much for his personality. He encounters equipment-talkers and despises those conversations. He's bearish on most of the lodgers he meets on the trail, whether they're can drivers taking them from point to point, general store owners you smoke cigarettes and complain about yesterday's hikers, or spring breakers from Rutgers
Once completed with the first half of the trip, he's pulled back to the trail. He hikes the AT near his hone in NH, but doesn't feel satisfied. You're not supposed to hike the AT and then go home to mow the lawn! He eventually gets in his car to drive down to around harpers ferry to hike, hike back to the car, and continue on with the trail. It's a bit begrudgingly - he pushes on because he can't help himself, even though the idea is grossly flawed. He feels out of place on the trail sans Katz, and feels like he has lost all his momentum and purpose from the trail.
Pennsylvania seems like a miserable place on the trail, with its scraggly rock, poorly created maps, and murders. Bryson gives a little background in Pennsylvania's dance with coal and gas, reciting the story of Centralia, a town evacuated due to a long-raging fire in the anthracite mines that sat for decades below the town until hikes began opening up in backyards.
Bryson often discusses the destruction of the area around the AT and the eastern United States in general - the extinguishing of beautiful song birds like the Bachman's warbler and the evaporation of the Smokies grassy balds, mountaintop areas that are treeless but lively with flora and unique to the area, and are now being reclaimed by vegetation as the Park Service does nothing.
The 100 miles in Maine is the toughest part of the trail. Only 10% of hikers make it there, so it's much more gnarly and unworn than other parts of the trail. There aren't any camps or traces of civilization for 10 days - it takes pride in its ruggedness. There are many dreams to ford.
"I came to realize that I didn't have any feelings toward the AT that weren't confused and contradictory. I was weary of the trail, but still strangely in its thrall; found the endless slog tedious but irresistible; grew tired of the boundless woods but admired their boundlessness; enjoyed the escape from civilization and aches for its comfort. I wanted to quit and to do this forever, sleep in a bed and in a tent, see what was over the next hill and never see a hill again."
k. rodman mannix software engineer