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Chrin Sports Complex could open by next soccer season

August 28, 2012

Williams Township Supervisors recently were given a progress report on construction of the Chrin Sports Complex.

Dave Chismar, a Chrin representative, presented a slide show as he discussed progress on the soccer field and baseball field.

"Next season we can use the soccer field," Chismar said, "but I'd hold out on the baseball field for another year" to allow grass to take hold.

About 150 trees will be planted in the area and two gravel parking lots will accommodate about 87 vehicles.

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Were the Phillies thinking of trading Ben Revere?

July 17, 2013|By Mandy Housenick, Of The Morning Call

One thing to make note of if you haven't already: The Phillies had Cesar Hernandez starting games in center field for Triple-A Lehigh Valley before Ben Revere got hurt. And colleague Jeff Schuler, The Morning Call's IronPigs beat writer, reported that Hernandez, a middle infielder his entire career, was taking fly balls in center field for about a month before he made his first start there on July 4.

So, now you're wondering why this matters?

One of my theories is that the Phillies were prepping to dangle Hernandez out there as trade bait, touting him as a versatile position player who can swing the bat and has lots of speed. He's proven himself at the Triple-A level and held his own during his brief stint in the big leagues.

The other possibility is the Phillies were training Hernandez to be a center fielder so he could replace Revere (obviously this was before Revere got hurt), who they may have been trying to trade. A center fielder with speed and consistency at the plate --- he hit .347 (78-for-225) in a 65-game stretch from May 1 to July 13 --- would have value. Before Revere broke a bone in his ankle, Ruben Amaro Jr. was on the record saying he was interested in acquiring a bullpen piece and he hadn't ruled out giving up someone on the major league roster.

Revere would definitely add value to teams, and in turn, the Phillies possibility could have gotten the bullpen help they so desperately need.

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Law Enforcement Torch Run will benefit Special Olympics

April 22, 2013|By Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel

Orlando police are among more than 300 agencies participating in this year's Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, organizers said.

Officers from 66 Florida counties — including Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake — are expected to take part in the fundraiser Tuesday. Between 100 and 150 Orlando Police Department employees are expected to participate.

The 5K Orange relay starts at Cypress Grove Park, 290 W. Holden Ave., at 9:15 a.m. for walkers and 9:30 a.m. for runners.

During the walk, officers and civilians will carry a "flame of hope" as they raise money and awareness for Special Olympics, a competition for intellectually disabled athletes.

The statewide Torch Run will end at opening ceremonies for the Special Olympics Florida summer games May 17 at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista.

In conjunction with the torch run, the Orange County Sheriff's Office held a tip-a-cop fundraiser for Special Olympics at Joe's Crab Shack on Apopka-Vineland Road in March.

The Kissimmee Police Department and the Osceola County Sheriff's Office staffed their own tip-a-cop days this year and also held other fundraisers. or 407-540-5981

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Teachers To Take Center Stage

April 22, 2007|By Marc Freeman Staff Writer

Amie G. Schneider is an elementary school teacher who directs a nationally acclaimed physical education program.

Nancy Beebe is a middle school music teacher who conducts her students in performances across the United States and in London.

JeffAnne D. Pike is a high school teacher starting her fourth decade of teaching home economics and interior design to Palm Beach County students.

Praised as leading educators, they are being considered for one of the ultimate prizes for local teachers: The William T. Dwyer Awards for Excellence in Education.

In its 23rd year, the program will celebrate the accomplishments of 25 finalists during a ceremony Monday night at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.

One winner will be revealed in each of five categories: elementary, middle, high school, special programs and career education. They'll get $3,000 and a crystal flame award, presented by the program's organizers, the Economic Council of Palm Beach County and the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel will give each winning teacher and his or her principal $1,000 to be used for their schools as they see fit.

A selection committee of business leaders and educators selected the finalists in February from a field of 187 nominees from public and private schools, said Tracy Rudnick, the foundation's director of programs and community outreach. Judges later scored the finalists, based on creativity, leadership and community involvement.

One of the finalists is Cynthia L. Cokorogianis, a science teacher at Sacred Heart School in Lake Worth. The competition was reopened last year to private schools, and eight of them submitted nominees this year.

"Because of the prestige that is so attached to it, it's really looked upon as an honor," said Gail Pasterczyk, principal of Elbridge Gale Elementary and a Dwyer Award winner from 1985, the first year of the program. "The teachers that are just nominated feel that it is special."

Marc Freeman can be reached at mjfreeman@sun-sentinel.com or 561-243-6642.

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Buying local is good for you

March 25, 2009|David Lilard

There are two hardware stores near my house. One is a big name-brand store that has everything I need at lower prices, open seven days a week. The other has inconvenient hours, closes at noon on Saturdays, and has prices that are a little higher. It doesn't have nearly the same selection, either. So you'd think I'd shop at the super-convenient big-box store on the new highway. Nope. I've decided it's in my economic self-interest to shop at the local mom-and-pop store.

Like many Americans, I face similar decisions several times each week, weighing the advantages of local vs. national chain stores. With the global economy in a free fall, it's tempting to vote for the quick savings promised by a national chain, which can make you think you're doing the right thing for your family. But a closer look shows that the savings gained at Wal-Mart or Sam's Club might cost more dearly, especially in these hard economic times.

Here are 10 reasons to think local, buy local and be local, as listed by the American Independent Business Alliance, a nonprofit group that promotes sustainable communities through strong local economies.

1. Buying local supports you and your family. When you buy from an independent, locally owned business, significantly more of your buying dollar stays in the community and is used to make purchases from other local businesses, like local service providers and local advertisers (such as this newspaper!), which helps strengthen the economic base of your hometown. (Visit to see case studies supporting this claim.)

2. When you buy from local businesses, you're supporting local nonprofits. Studies show that small-business owners give an average of 250 percent more dollars in donations to local nonprofits than do large businesses. This should be especially important to any soccer mom with a son or daughter on a team or in Scouts, or someone who enjoys local theater and the arts.

3. Buying local keeps your community unique. Where we shop, where we eat and have fun - all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-a-kind local businesses give a distinctive character to a place, and add to quality of life; they also bring in more tourist dollars. "When people go on vacation, they generally seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not just anyplace," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

4. Reduce your environmental impact. Locally owned businesses make more local purchases, which means less wasted fossil fuel for deliveries from afar. Also, when you shop in town or at city centers, your purchases contribute less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution. You save money, too, whenever you can walk instead of driving to buy.

5. Local business creates more good jobs. Small, local businesses are the largest employer nationally, and the jobs they offer create stronger links to our communities. After all, where would you rather see a son or daughter work: at a local store where they might get valuable personal employer referrals, or at an impersonal national chain store checkout counter?

6. When you buy local, you invest in community. Local businesses are owned by your neighbors, people who live in your town, who are less likely to leave, and who, like you, are more invested in the community's future. Local businesses provide very important community allies in tough economic times.

7. You get better service locally. Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they sell and take more time to get to know customers. If a product causes problems, the local business is more likely to respond to your concerns in a personal way.

8. Buying local puts your taxes to good use. Local businesses, particularly those in town centers, require little public infrastructure investment, as compared to nationally owned chains built at the edge of town with taxpayer money for improved roads, water and sewer service.

9. You can buy what you want, not what someone wants you to buy. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on the needs and requests of local customers, assures a buyer-friendly range of product choices.

10. Buying local encourages local prosperity. A growing body of economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive hometown character.

So, whenever possible, I buy local. Yeah, I may pay a little more for that new bathroom fixture at the local hardware store, and deal with the occasional frustration of inconvenient hours, but I enjoy running into neighbors there. And nothing beats knowing the owner by name, and getting her tips on how to get a good seal on my pipe fittings. To me, it's worth it.

David Lillard is co-owner of a small town newspaper in West Virginia and co-editor of Blue Ridge Press. Want to be a guest columnist? E-mail

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How to Write a Press Release for Artists

Learning how to write press releases for artists is not optional. Visual artists who want to succeed in the art business must develop press friendly skills.

tara reedWriting effective press releases is a learned skill. For visual artists seeking to grow their art business and sharpen their art marketing, knowing how to write press releases also is a crucial skill. Artist Tara Reed has just published a new e-book titled, How to Be a Press Friendly Artist: Get Quoted. Get Press. Get Published.

Advice from an art marketing pro

As one who spent decades in the fine art trade magazine publishing business, I can testify this press release primer is a gem! It is just what you would expect from a highly successful multi-million dollar selling artist specializing the intensely competitive art licensing field.

The knowledge in this book applies to all artists

You do not have to be working in the licensing field to take full advantage of the sound advice this book offers. You only need to have the desire to capitalize on the single best resource available to you to help you promote your art career.

Tara’s advice on why it is important to utilize press releases and how to work with the press is spot on. You will find it in perfect alignment with the advice in my book How to Profit from the Art Print Market and my numerous Art Print Issues blog posts on publicity for artists here.

Real world press release experience makes the difference

Artists will find Tara’s insightful coaching and specific advice offers concise real world examples of how to write press releases for their art business. She explains why artists need to be friends with the press and how to make it easy for the press to love you, the artist.

Here is a sampling of press release tools & techniques you will learn:

  • How to write a Press Release with great tips on distributing your Press Releases.
  • Where to find online Press Release distribution sites.
  • Hand Picking the right editors for you to send Press Releases to directly.
  • Build a Media Contact List.
  • Create a Press eMail Signature.
  • Take Advantage of Editorial Calendars.
  • Digital & Physical Press Kits – When to Use Them.
  • What To Include in Any Press Kit – Digital or Physical.

The appendices offer great examples of actual published press releases with step-by-step instructions on how to setup and use the free services at to professionally put your own publicity on the wire.

I am a true believer in the power of the press release

Whether you have read either the first or second edition of my How to Profit from the Art Print Market, or have been a regular reader of my Art Print Issues blog here, then you already know I place a premium on the importance of effectively using the power of press releases to advance your art career.

As Tara says, “There are many ways to get the word out of course. Maybe you have a website, use social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, exhibit in art shows, advertise, etc. The press can help you too – if they know about you and if you give them information that their readers are interested in.”

The best publicity is both career boosting and free – artists learn to use it here

You cannot beat the implied third-party endorsement that comes with free publicity. The right publicity has been known to do wonders for the art careers of some visual artists. Since How to Be a Press Friendly Artist is about how to get free press not paid press, it makes the information most valuable and useful to any artist savvy enough to tap into its power.

Free press can come in the form of a quote and website mention in an article run in a newspaper, print magazine or online article. It can also be a feature story about you and what you do. Paid press is usually in the form of advertising. Order your copy today! You will be glad you did.

In addition to her successful art licensing career, Tara Reed also is an art licensing coach and a prolific writer on the subject of art licensing. Some of her other more popular titles include How to Get Started in Art Licensing and How to Find an Art Licensing Agent. Both are recommended reading for any artist seeking to break into the lucrative licensing field.

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    This article is very much helpful. Press release aside from article writing is another way of promoting our different types of businesses especially the artists like us so our arts will get noticed. We may have our different ways of promotions but press release is one of the effective way in terms of promotions. Thanks for sharing these helpful info! This is so great!

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    Hi Tina, Thanks for your comment! I hope you found Tara’s book as useful as I did. The link to the free pr distribution site saves me $80 over using, so I saved a bundle just on one suggestion. Cheers, Barney

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    1. Copy and paste release to your blog giving your readers a chance to read and share opinion.

    2. The other way is while posting a press release post your own thoughts.

    3. The final and my favorite way is when you quote some parts giving your comments.

    Include things something like above.

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(Financial Express (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) A quarter-century ago, Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) developed and introduced the Sparc processor. For the uninitiated, Sparc stands for scalable processor architecture and was born in an age of mainframe dominance, but quickly rose to become the computing standard for large enterprise computing systems. Sparc is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and Sparc processor-based systems have played a role in delivering IT-led growth of many industries like telecommunications, government, healthcare and financial services. "For a number of years, the Sparc platform has been the industry standard for running mission-critical applications," says Venkatesh Krishnan, vice-president, systems business, Oracle India. Responsible for growing Oracle's hardware business and delivering on the company's systems strategy in India, Krishnan joined Oracle in 2011 from Sun Microsystems, as head for industry verticals-systems. He has been instrumental in growing Sun's servers and storage business for 10 years, including sealing strong partnerships with large customer organisations in BFSI, telecom and Central government verticals. He speaks to Sudhir Chowdhary on Sparc's legacy for the IT industry, and Oracle's plans for continuing the evolution of Sparc in the future. Excerpts: Sparc processor completed 25 years of existence this year. What do you think is the impact of the Sparc technology on the IT industry More than two decades ago, Sparc and Oracle Solaris combined to give birth to an enterprise computing system that offered better performance, availability and scalability than anything the competition had to offer. Sparc successfully challenged the dominance of mainframes by delivering performance that was orders of magnitude ahead of the competing platforms. Throughout its history, Sparc processor-based systems have played a role in delivering IT-led growth of many industries like telecommunications, government, healthcare and financial services. For a number of years, the Sparc platform has been the industry standard for running mission-critical applications. The impact of Sparc on the industry was captured succinctly in a tag line of ours-if it has to run, it has to be on Sparc.

The combination of Sparc with Oracle Solaris was also a bold step in complete integration of software and hardware that is the distinguishing feature of Oracle's strategy.

Today, full-stack integration is an essential part of any Sparc system, and these are the industry's most reliable, scalable, and secure systems for mission-critical enterprise applications and cloud.

The platform has continued to evolve ever since and successive generations have continued to provide superior performance for enterprise customers along with reliability, availability, and scalability-the "holy trinity" of RAS. Oracle is now driving the innovation with a $5 billion a year spend on research and development. With a long history of recorded-breaking performance, Sparc-based systems have achieved over 400 record benchmarks, with 20 of them currently standing.

How has the Sparc technology grown under Oracle's leadership Oracle acquired Sun in 2010, and since that time Oracle's hardware and software engineers have worked side-by-side to build fully integrated systems and optimised solutions, which are designed to achieve performance levels that are unmatched in the industry. After the acquisition, Oracle has been committed to deliver new Sparc processors and server hardware every 12 to 18 months. I am happy to say that to date Oracle has delivered more than what we had promised on the Sparc and Oracle Solaris roadmap. The time to major Sparc delivery milestones has gotten shorter, and with the release of the Sparc T4 processor, Oracle is delivering better-than-promised performance.

We are consistently delivering innovations, for example we have put software and compression technology directly onto the silicon chip. Back in 2002, we recognised scalability as a key target and decided to focus on threading to achieve that. Now, Sparc chips are available with 1,000 threads, and Oracle Solaris has been engineered to maximise performance on systems with huge amounts of CPU, memory, and bandwidth resources. It can effortlessly handle the provisioning, management, and security challenges of cloud environments.

Sparc T4 was launched last year. What is the customer momentum that you have seen in India so far What are the key verticals that you are focusing on Globally, Oracle has shipped thousands of midrange Sparc T4 servers with Oracle Solaris, making it one of the fastest ramping server products in Oracle's history. Response in India has been on similar lines and we have seen customers representing diverse industries sign up as the early adopters of Sparc T4 servers in India. These include Bajaj Electricals, Conax Access Systems, CrimsonLogic India, Gautam Buddha University, Jammu & Kashmir government, Jaypee Associates, L&T Finance, Symantec Software India, Tata Communications, Vascon Engineers and Varroc Engineering, among others.

Why are customers continuing to invest in Sparc platform for all these years Oracle Sparc servers running Oracle Solaris continue to deliver world-record performance for a wide range of enterprise applications. Customers have complete faith in Sparc servers and they consider these servers ideal for mission-critical applications that require high performance, best-in-class availability, unmatched scalability and unparalleled reliability. Above all, Sparc systems have always delivered this performance at a fraction of mainframe costs.

Sparc also is the only platform available today that includes on-chip encryption and the Oracle Solaris security framework. Further, it offers a complete integration with Oracle database, business application, and middleware software, and Oracle Optimised Solutions. For the customers, it means tremendous business value through improved system utilisation and built-in comprehensive, zero-cost virtualisation capabilities.

What is the future roadmap for Sparc in terms of technology and features Oracle announced a new Sparc roadmap in 2010 and over a five-year period, this roadmap calls for improvement of 4 times the cores, 32 times the threads, 16 times the memory capacity, 40 times the database transactions, and 10 times the Java operations per second.

Future Oracle Solaris updates in 2013, 2014, and 2015 will track with Sparc innovation and will provide higher availability, increased memory, improved virtualisation, enhanced system management, greater I/O capacity, and improved scalability. We believe this is great news for companies that are counting on the future of SPARC and Oracle Solaris to run highly available business applications in virtual environments.

The roadmap also projects significant improvements every two years, and also illustrates Oracle's assurance to maintain Sparc/Oracle Solaris binary compatibility with the hundreds of thousands of deployments over more than two decades.

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Update: My job doesn't fit my personality. What should I do?

Two months ago I was hired to my dream job (or so I thought), an entry level position at a top advertising firm working with a well known brand. Over the past 3 weeks, I've realized that it is not what I expected it to be. I guess I had been a bit idealistic about the industry and thought that advertising seems interesting and that I would be happy in a cool job. The office is cool, pool table, espresso machines and all that and the people are relatively young and fun loving. But I'm starting to feel like what I do and what the company does is so meaningless. I don't feel like I'm benefiting anyone and contributing to society by helping a big brand promote itself.

I also find that my personality (INFJ in Myers-Briggs) doesn't fit the company culture at all. I understand very well the type of working environment that is truly suitable for me (independent work, project based, something with results and meanings) but I was naive to believe that a cool job would make me happy. The nature of the work is also too fast and glamorous. Free shows tickets, invitation to big name parties, free dinners and all. I'm just not that kind of person.

Now I feel miserable at work and is becoming bitter and unmotivated. All this stress is making me depressed and its affecting my personal life because I'm behind at work due to my lack of motivation and I can't seem to forget about it when I get home. What should I do?
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Figure out what job would better suit you
look for it
apply for it
take it.
posted by magikker at 8:37 PM on February 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Is this your first job out of school? If so, you're experiencing what a lot of people do - the fact is that work/jobs aren't what we expect.
posted by k8t at 8:38 PM on February 26, 2007

What magikker said, and as quickly as possible. You seem to know what kind of job would suit you better. When they ask why you left/are leaving your previous job, you can say you want to feel like you're making a difference or that you're looking for work that's more independent and project-based or that the environment just wasn't a good fit or some combination. That won't sound like you're trashing your current job.
posted by sleeplessunderwater at 8:56 PM on February 26, 2007

you didn't write anything as to the department you are working in and I am not quite sure whether you are within the united states or in a different place (the cultures in our industry vary widely) but from your statement that you work on one account, I will assume you're an account services person and not part of the creative department.

first off: please don't be insulted by this but as a entry-level employee working on a large account, you're not going to get to do a lot of important things anyway. that's just too much of a risk. this is the time to make contacts, observe how things are done, be noticed for potential. you are not being hired because you are a brilliant leader this very moment. you are being hired as, again my apologies, cheap labor with a certain promise.

it might be a bit too early to be depressed about this. three weeks is nothing. consider six months to a year an adequate time to see whether this is your thing or not. there is a vast array of different personality types in this industry. my former writer/partner was a jet engine mechanic for close to ten years before she decided to pursue this. I know a former stripper-turned-brand manager. chat up the planners, they are usually the most fascinating non-creatives.

look at it this way: you are in an enviroment where you get to explore a lot of terribly interesting things. try to go along for a film shoot and post production. if you play your cards right, you could end up with some pretty great stories and have a damn great time. (hint: creatives have the most fun.)

as far as the hours are concerned: bad news. you will have constant stress. this is not a 9-5 industry. I logged 90 hours last week and that's not my record. strange thing is: the more senior you get and the less you are under the gun, the more you force yourself to do it. the paychecks tend to become pretty impressive relatively quickly, perhaps that has something to do with it.

life in itself, both professionally and individually, has no purpose. you have to give it that. if you think you're unable to do that in this industry, then find a different one.

but give it six months to a year.
posted by krautland at 9:08 PM on February 26, 2007 [2 favorites]

Um, what krautland said.

Also, if you're done with it, may I have your job please?
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 9:29 PM on February 26, 2007

This is a really common thing for new grads in entry-level jobs. And it's possible that the job and industry don't suit you.

But don't quit. Start on a plan for your next job. I recommend an exit strategy that allows you to accumulate a year of experience in this current job. Figure out what you want from your next job. Then figure out what you need to get it. If you have any time available, join a professional association, take a course, read books, work on a portfolio..whatever you need.

It sounds like you might be happier as a marcom writer, market researcher, marcom project manager, marketing assistant, direct mail assistant or something like that. You wouldn't need to do all the wining and dining. And you could have small, tangible projects like brochures, ads, research reports, whitepapers, direct mail campaigns, etc.

As for the world of marketing and advertising, maybe you'd be happier helping smaller companies. And perhaps you would be better suited to something like B2B marketing, where you're not dealing with influencing consumers. I personally see my work as a marketing consultant as a means of helping develop a knowledge-based economy, grow job opps in my community, and reduce reliance on the environment.

I wasn't cut out for agency work, so I didn't apply. But I did follow my heart into the world of marketing.
posted by acoutu at 9:51 PM on February 26, 2007

As a side note, a book that helped me a lot is called "Do What You Are", by Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger. (My copy is from 1992 but check Amazon or Powells for current editions.) It uses Meyer-Briggs personality typing to help you identify those careers that you might be best suited to. It was dead on in its assessment of me as INTP and helped me focus my efforts in the right direction. Many similar books exist - check the Careers section of any well-stocked bookstore or library - but this one worked well for me.

Also, as krautland says, give it time. After three weeks at my current job, I was spending every lunch hour on the phone with headhunters and placement agencies, convinced I was in the wrong place and scrambling to get out. I decided to give it six months though and I'm glad I did - it improved after about three months, and now that I'm almost a year in, I've had a chance to handle some interesting projects, become somewhat of an expert in my own little niche, and I'm in line for a great promotion. If you get six months in and you feel the same way (or even three months, and you're pretty sure about it), then you can move on knowing that you gave it a fair try, at least.
posted by herichon at 10:09 PM on February 26, 2007

It's easier to find a job when you have a job. Also, once you've decided to look for something else and start treating your job as a job and not a calling, sometimes a weird thing happens and you find happiness in your job. Sometimes a path opens up that you didn't know about [you meet someone who works in a different department and you realize this new department would fit you]. Sometimes you start finding satisfaction in different places.

Your life is now, so I'm not going to tell you that you have to stay for a year. But whatever amount of time you plan to spend there, really figure out ways to make your job help get you to the next level. Talk to anyone who seems interesting. Attend some of those lame events because people at those lame events can help you get another job.

If this is your first real job, part of what you may be reacting to is having your day go from being devoted to a range of things, to being devoted to one thing. To combat this, make an effort to insert variety into your life-- join a book club, take a class at the local community college. I suggest this as a general tactic to combat depression, YMMV.

I assume there are jobs like yours where the client is a nonprofit. Maybe see if you can find someone who knows someone who works at that agency. Sometimes it's not about the work you are doing, but on who's behalf you are doing the work.

Your work needs to not suck, and you need to not work for a crazy person. But your work doesn't have to take you all the way through the hierarchy of needs. There are other hours in the day for that. Don't get me wrong, there are clients I won't work for and events I walked away from because I didn't believe in what people were doing. But if I'm not 100% amped about it, that's par for the course.
posted by Mozzie at 12:26 AM on February 27, 2007

You could be a lot worse off. Stick with it and try to utilize your strengths to their full potential. You like working on projects with meaningful results? Find a project at work or at home that does interest you and work on that. I'm sure there are plenty of people who want those tickets and parties, let them handle it and you can earn yourself a reputation as the hardworker who does his own thing.

As others have said, give the job some time and do your best to deal with the parts you don't like. Many people take jobs they aren't crazy about, but if you do your best at this one and start planning for the next one instead of making a snap judgement to leave you will have a much better chance at getting the next job you do want.
posted by sophist at 1:55 AM on February 27, 2007

Talk to someone in the company about how they felt when they first started.

When I started in my first job outside University I was really unhappy. I felt undervalued and that the years I had spent getting into debt and working damn hard for nothing.

Well, I think I was a little pretentious! Then I spoke to a couple of people in my department. Rather than saying that I was not having a good time of it, I was asking them about their experiences, and asking for advise. It turned out that they all felt the way I was, and they gave me loads of tips and ideas. With a bit of flattery you can get all sorts of support.

I would defiantly say stay at least 6 months, preferably over 9 months. It always looks odd if you leave before, and it set alarm bells off in potential employers heads if it is your first job.
posted by informity at 4:07 AM on February 27, 2007

Why not start working to transfer? You sound very certain you won't find meaning in your job if you stay. So why not just admit you made a mistake and basically, just continue your original job search. Just think through a way to quit without hard feelings.

Since you're an NF (idealist), it makes me think you should switch to an agency that does branding or ads for nonprofits. Plus, the I and J mean you're only less flexible about carrying out your NF values than you would be if you were an E or P. You want to do good, and you want to make a plan now for how to do it.

For the short term, can you find ways to harness your strengths within your office? Let's see, reading this INFJ profile, can you support someone else in working through a particularly tricky aspect of their projects?
posted by salvia at 5:07 AM on February 27, 2007

If you want to do something that makes a difference, volunteer. I'm sure there are many organizations in your area that would love to have you. Many non-profits could use some help with marketing. There's no reason your "purpose" has to lie solely within what gives you a paycheck.
posted by desjardins at 6:17 AM on February 27, 2007

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Are you doing everything you can at work to make it more meaningful to you, personally? What about the opportunity to learn? That's personally meaningful, even if you don't give a damn about the product. You're not going to know what kind of job is really going to suit you unless you're willing to get some experience and some expertise...which you're not going to gain if you want to give up after two months.

Since you're an NF (idealist), it makes me think you should switch to an agency that does branding or ads for nonprofits.

A word on this: Not everything about working for a nonprofit is idealistically-compatible. We get entry-level people all the time who think that working for a nonprofit means that it's all rainbows and working for the common good, and are horrified! when they find out that, just like in any company, there are people who are lazy or difficult. And that not all ideas will be implemented efficiently, even when they seem like common sense.
posted by desuetude at 6:32 AM on February 27, 2007

You probably worked hard to land that dream job in the first place. If it's not what you hoped for, whatever you do, don't view that as a failure. Everyone I know who really loves their job has been down a lot of different paths.

Some of those paths look like dead ends, but the people who succeed in the end are the ones who can figure out what they learned, not just about the work but also about themselves. And then use that knowledge to try something else.

You sound like you're thinking about the right things. Maybe you can't motivate yourself to do branding, but you can motivate yourself to take control of what you're going to get out of this experience.
posted by fuzz at 6:39 AM on February 27, 2007

Listen to desjardins! I recently left a pretty profitable career as a graphic designer, and the thing that kept me sane in the midst of "Gah, all I do is make mediocre things look pretty!" was meaningful volunteer work. I was making a good living in design, which enabled me to donate time and money to things that made me feel more worthwhile.

Eventually, I ditched the design thing (after a dozen years), and I'm back in school for a degree in nursing. And while I'm thrilled to be entering a field that will feel better to me, I'm also happy that I'll be learning skills I can use in my volunteer activities.
posted by houseofdanie at 8:12 AM on February 27, 2007

I understand how you feel about not getting a lot of personal satisfaction from marketing some faceless big company. That is actually what turned me off from marketing in b-school. What I realized, though, is that I could put my marketing skills to use in a more satisfying setting. I am the PR Manager for a non-profit and I love it. You might want to think of this as your hands-on learning experience before you can find a company or organization that you actually care about promoting.
posted by radioamy at 9:27 AM on February 27, 2007

I'm nine months into a job I hate, and I understand your perspective. At first I was all about giving it time to settle in, and six months was definitely my minimum. As the weeks and months went by, things didn't really improve. My job skills have certainly gotten better, but I often feel as if I was parachuted into a foreign land with only a few language lessons and a phrasebook. It wasn't just the fact that I was new to the job; the people here are very, very different from me: they don't work very well with other people or divisions, and seem preoccupied with financing their lifestyles. While that suits some people, it doesn't suit me, and putting in the amount of time I have has only served to reinforce my discomfort with my current work situation. My goal is to try and get back into academia. There is a need for what I do at plenty of medical and research universities, and my hope is that the environment is a little less focused on the bottom line. Knowing that I'm conducting research that might actually do the human race some good (as opposed to enriching the nebulous "shareholders") might be enough to keep me going day to day. Echoing others here, that sort of satisfaction might make all the difference for you, too.
posted by malaprohibita at 11:14 AM on February 27, 2007

One important point that bears restating - advertising is meaningless and contributes very little, worsens modern life quite a lot. It's a blight on society. There are more useful things you can do.

Of course, if you don't do it, someone else will, so maybe you can use it as an income stream to allow you to do something meaningful, like volunteer, as said above.
posted by wilful at 2:41 PM on February 27, 2007

advertising is meaningless and worse than just contributing nothing it has a negative effect on culture. I'd encourage anyone in the industry to go find something better to do.
posted by subtle_squid at 6:12 PM on February 27, 2007

go find something better to do.
bullshit. I have the best job in the world, hands down.

I am in population control.

I tell people crushing debt is okay, their health is really not at risk and that it's okay to make parents buy you $300 sneakers. that guy who just cut me off? I haunt him even in his dreams and he doesn't even know it.

I haven't just sold out to the man, I have become the man and I enjoy every minute of it. don't piss me off or I'll make 12-inch heels the next big thing.

oh, the fun you can have in advertising.

(but hey, you may feel free to bag groceries if you think that's a better use of your time.)
posted by krautland at 10:30 PM on February 27, 2007

I was in a similar situation to you. Had what I thought was my "dream job" - production assistant at a music TV station I was a fan of. Entry-level, but rather glamorous (TV! Free tickets to stuff! Celebrities! Travel, if you're lucky!) However, things have changed within myself and the company between dreaming up the job and getting it.

I hated the job. I didn't find it fulfilling or social-changing (my two main priorities); I tried my hardest to make it fit my goals more, but kept hitting brick walls. The atmosphere wasn't very positive either: lots of backstabbing and little camaraderie. Nearly everyone who's worked there felt the same.

After 3 months, I left. Best thing I did. The company actually liked me, but I couldn't take it anymore. It was too soul-sucking.

There are better opportunities out there. Take them.
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So how bad is the swine flu??

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How do I determine whether a particular running Ubuntu system was booted using EFI/UEFI, or BIOS?

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Interesting question. Not an exact dupe but try the answer here, to a similar question. –  Tom Brossman Jul 11 '12 at 21:10

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The easiest way is to check to see if /sys/firmware/efi exists. It does not appear if you booted using traditional BIOS.

[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo UEFI || echo BIOS
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The answer below is a method that may not always work.
Instead use Colin's answer based on /sys/firmware/efi.

It's very easy to tell if a system was booted in EFI (or not, in which case it must be BIOS):

Just use dmesg | grep "EFI v"

  • This will return a line like this, if the system was booted off of EFI:

    [ 0.000000] EFI v2.00 by American Megatrends
  • Or return nothing if it was not, in which case it was booted off of BIOS

Example of bash script usage based on grep's exit code:

dmesg | grep -q "EFI v"    # -q tell grep to output nothing
if [ $? -eq 0 ]      # check exit code; if 0 EFI, else BIOS
    echo "You are using EFI boot."
    echo "You are using BIOS boot"

Source: For how to determine if an EFI system is using legacy-BIOS emulation or not, as well as more information on testing for EFI and EFI compatibility, along with the strings for a number of EFI vendors/versions, please see this page from the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Precise.

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I'd simplify that to if dmesg | grep -Fq "EFI v"; then .... No point in running the [ command in addition, just to test for success/failure. $? is mainly useful for checking for specific errors. –  geirha Jul 12 '12 at 10:50
This is brittle, as there is no guarantee that the string searched for is generated by the desired feature. –  Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Jul 13 '12 at 1:28
@izx, any script can happen to write "EFI v" as part of something else. If that happens on a BIOS machine, this would be a false positive. –  Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Jul 13 '12 at 1:37
Best not to grep for text in the kernel log, it is subject to change. Best to look at /sys/firmware/efi –  Colin Ian King Jul 27 '12 at 18:24
I'd like to mention however that this is a great way to get the EFI version! –  Omega Sep 3 '12 at 2:01

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Are the following two boolean expressions the same?

if [ -n $1 ] ; then

if [ -n "$1" ] ; then

If not - When should you put a variable in quotes?

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Here is an example that should demonstrate the difference

~$ t="alfa beta"
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 bash: [: alfa: binary operator expected
~$ if [ -n "$t" ] ; then echo OK ; fi
~$ ls blah*
blah1 blah2 blah3
~$ t="blah*"
~$ if [ -n "$t" ] ; then echo OK ; fi
~$ if [ -n $t ] ; then echo OK ; fi
bash: [: too many arguments

In other words, with quotes, the $t is expanded only once and put in quotes as a single argument to test ([ is just an alias to test). Without quotes, it is substituted by the contents of $t and then expanded again.

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In the test conditions, which is the same as [, you should always use double quotes, otherwise the test command might miss an argument if the variable is empty or undefined, or have too many arguments if the variable contains whitespace. In bash, though, it is safer to use the builtin [[ for conditions that does not need the quotes.

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I'm running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS and since the latest update of the passwd program I can't logon to the System anymore. If I enter a vaild user password the system shows me the login dialog again or closes the connection if I try to logon using ssh. If I enter a wrong password the system reacts as usual. The only way to get access to a shell is to boot into the recovery mode.

Moreover if I enter passwd or passwd <Username> in the recorvery mode root shell the passwd application simply closes itself.

What can I do to solve this problem? I thought about compiling the program and trying the self-compiled version.

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You say "Ubuntu Server", then you say "login dialog": are you talking about the graphical login or on the command line? –  guntbert Mar 2 '13 at 22:19
I'm logging in via command line. –  Lukas Mar 7 '13 at 12:18

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Have you tried booting into single user mode and try using passwd in there? Let me know if need a guide on how to boot into single user mode.

Keep in mind to change the password for a user you need to type it in after the command. Ex: passwd userName

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That is no answer. –  guntbert Mar 2 '13 at 22:18
Thanks for your quick reply! I booted into single user mode using this tutorial and I'm still having the problem. Moreover I switched into single user mode from the recovery system using the command init 1. who -r shows me that I'm in runlevel S, which is equal to runlevel one. However, the problem still appears. –  Lukas Mar 2 '13 at 23:37

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In windows, I can use Foxit but on Ubuntu x64, what can I use? Foxit seem to only provide a i386 version

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You can use Xournal. Works on my 64bit system.

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Xournal works excellent on my Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. –  Erel Segal-Halevi Mar 20 '13 at 10:30
It was very basic I suggest not to use it, awful!! –  Mohammad Rafiee Jun 1 '13 at 3:57

The KDE default Okular (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okular) supports highlighting, underlining and so on.

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Okular really works well for reviewing and annotating files. –  nemo Dec 17 '12 at 1:34

Try http://www.mendeley.com/. They have a nice client with a reader that can annotate, and it's great for organizing your PDFs as well.

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Unfortunately it keeps notes separately from the pdf file. –  Alexey Jul 19 '12 at 21:07
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I now use Foxit under Wine

Another related question here

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You can install the 32bit foxit on 64bit ubuntu by running the command sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture <name of the file>.deb in a terminal in the same folder as the .deb file.

In such a way, you will not lose the application you are familiar with and you won't have to endure running it through wine either.

Note: the linux version of Foxit does not support text highlighting!

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Aspen, Colorado Real Estate: Sold for $43,000,000 - A Private Red Mountain Residence Breaks Real Estate Records

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A gloomy global economy has not deterred the purchase of a residence at the base of Red Mountain in Aspen, Colorado for a staggering $43,000,000.

Multimillion Dollar Homes at the Base of Red Mountain, including 421 Willoughby WayMultimillion Dollar Homes at the Base of Red Mountain, including 421 Willoughby Way

Aspen-based real estate broker Jen Engel announced the closing of the purchase on Monday, July 13th via a press release and blog post. The sale was arranged and coordinated by Christie's Great Estates affiliate Joshua & Co. The 21,477 square foot estate is located on a 4.5 slender acres at 421 Willoughby Way on Red Mountain.

In these lean economic times, this mind-boggling transaction has profound local and national implications. First of all, this transaction shatters the previous real estate record for a single-family home in Aspen by 6.5 million dollars. The previous record was set in December 2007 by Florida real estate and casino developer Jeffrey Soffer, who purchased Saudi Price Bandar’s 14,395- square-foot guest home on 66.6 acres for $36.5 million. According to Engel, the home is one of the largest private real estate transactions for a family home in Colorado history, which is classified differently from ranchland. She also points out that the sale of the Red Mountain estate “is the largest single family residence sale in the United States for 2009.” Considering the current economic recession and the national real estate sector doomed by increased foreclosures and declining nationwide property values, the Willoughby Way transaction resonates with significance for the Aspen real estate market, helping to elevate the elite prestige of home-owning in what Forbes magazine has already knighted as “the most expensive zip code in the United States.” Luxury real estate agents in the Roaring Fork Valley surely have a reason to rejoice.

However, to the proletariat masses outside of Aspen who gawk in hypnotism at Saturday afternoon marathons of MTV Cribs and VH1 Fabulous Life while munching leftover pizza, it’s easy to shrug the sale off as another ostentatious display of wealth by the privileged class. Interesting enough, Joshua & Co has brokered more lucrative deals outside the immediate Aspen area in Carbondale, Colorado. The realtor brokered the sale of the Crystal Island Ranch in 2006 for $47,000,000 and Mandalay Ranch in 2004 for $46,000,000.

In the meantime, some may say Willoughby Way on Red Mountain lacks the pastoral or sylvan acreage of other Aspen properties currently on the market in the $30,000,000 to $60,000,000 price range. Although it does boast a whooping nine-bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, a few other marquee properties for sale on McClain Flats or West Buttermilk boast ranch-like spreads and ample living space with relative proximity to Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, and Buttermilk. On the other hand, it’s worth speculating the buyer of this rural Red Mountain manor may not be interested in raising a herd of horses, a mob of feather-shedding emus, or putting up with amount of physical labor that sort of thing entails. Close proximity to the restaurants, shops, and nightlife of the immediate downtown Aspen CORE and the ski area on neighboring Aspen Mountain could have been just what the customer was looking for. The 43,000,000-dollar Aspen chateau was not listed on the Aspen MLS. The Aspen Times mentions the Pitkin County tax assessor has appraised the actual 2009 property value at approximately $50.31 million.

It’s too soon to march down to the Pitkin County Assessor’s office to see the actual residence name – not the lawyer firm middlemen or Dallas-based real estate holding group latched to the deed. In the Aspen Times, Newton Bartley, the broker who represented the buyer, said, “It was a straight, cash deal,” and that the buyer became interested in acquiring the property toward the end of this past ski season.

Don’t fret! As soon as we get the skinny, juicy details, we’ll divulge. Look for updates on as more information pours in.

UPDATE: Here's a link to pictures of this beautiful Aspen Manor, courtesy of Charles Cunniffe Architects.

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Queen of the Wave runs rampant, from a Hammond and wine glasses -funk ballad “Queen’s Wave” to the Bassey Bond theme-esque “My Flaming Thirst”, from the Duane Eddy big beat of “A Night And A Day” to the Wagnerian choral explosion of “The Storm.” All of the above is interspersed with gorgeous moments of languid beauty that take the pace right down.

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For Queen of the Wave, Jari, who has been the band’s beating heart since its inception in the mid-nineties, was joined by the long time musical collaborator Paul Malmström, a Swedish ex pat who writes tunes inspired by exotica, space age pop and bachelor pad music in his penthouse apartment in lower Manhattan.

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Outrages on Personal Dignity Made Legal

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other members of the Bush Administration are seeking to shield civilians employees involved in interrogating prisoners from prosecution for violating the War Crimes Act. This Act made it a federal crime to violate the Geneva Convention standards regarding the treatment of prisoners.

Since 9/11, the Bush Administration has argued that the Geneva Convention did not apply to prisoners captured in this war on terror. Indeed, since the start of the war, the Bush Administration has argued for an entirely new status of prisoner -- called the "enemy combatant". These are neither 'prisoners of war' (as defined by the Geneva Convention), nor are they civil prisoners -- the type who have a right to a trial by jury in a civilian court. With no guidelines established governing the treatment of these individuals, the Bush Administration is free to adopt its own guidelines.

However, the Supreme Court in Hamden vs Rumsfeld held that no new 'special category' exists unless the Congress creates one. Congress had not created one. Therefore, no special category exists.

This meant that these prisoners were 'prisoners of war' and the Geneva Convention rules applied to the treatment of prisoners. This, in turn, meant that if any civilian employee treated these prisoners in ways that were in violation of the Geneva Convention, then those civilians broke the law. (Note: The military has its own procedures for dealing with soldiers who violate the law.)

Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that certain civilian officials have broken this law. For over four years the Bush Administration has been telling its civilian employees that, if they performed these types of actions they would not be breaking the law. Now, the Supreme Court has informed them that if they listened to the Bush Administration, they broke the law. As a result, they would face arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, and a criminal record for doing what the Bush Administration (wrongly) told them that they may permissibly do.

It would be no different than if an employer told his employee that if he were to set fire to a competing business it would be legal. If the employee set fire to the competing business he would be guilty of arson; liable for trial and conviction. The plea, “I thought my acts were legal,” is not a recognized defense. Ignorance of the law is no excuse – not even when those ignorant of the law are the President and his Attorney General.

Now, the Bush Administration is trying to convince Congress to legalize this new category of prisoner. In the mean time, it is also seeking to add amendments to the 1996 War Crimes Act that will ban prosecution of those who violate some of its provisions.

In specific, the Bush Administration wants to shield civilians from prosecution for violating the prohibition on "outrages upon personal dignity."

In defending the Bush Administration's position, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says that this phrase, "outrages upon personal dignity" is too vague. Interrogators would not actually be able to know when their actions crossed the line – the line itself was too subjective. To make these prohibitions meaningful, Gonzales argued, we must provide a more precise set of definitions.

This is an absurd argument. The Uniform Code of Military Justice, which governs the military, is filled with vague phrases.

888. ART. 88. CONTEMPT TOWARD OFFICIALS: Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

893. ART. 93. CRUELTY AND MALTREATMENT Any person subject to this chapter who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

933. ART. 133. CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN Any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

These are crimes for which a person in military service can be prosecuted. Yet, these laws have not generated a level of uncertainty detrimental to the military’s efforts to carry out its duties.

We find the same feature in the Constitution of the United States.

8th Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. (emphasis added)

5th Amendment: No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (emphasis added)

These types of phrases are used in writing laws for a reason. Specifically listing the acts prohibited is an impossible task. For example, let us prohibit "outrages upon personal dignity” in the form of forcing prisoners to defecate and urinate on their own clothes. If this becomes an explicit prohibition, perpetrators are invited to view the option of two prisoners urinating and defecating on each other's clothes as permissible because the law does not explicitly prohibit it. If this also gets explicitly prohibited, guards are invited to interpret the act of having prisoners urinate into a cup and pouring the urine onto the clothes as not being a violation. If the use of a vessel or container is prohibited, guards can still think that urinating on the clothes of a prisoner is still not prohibited. No matter how long and how complex the list gets, somebody can think of something that is not explicitly covered.

To block these types of loopholes, legislators (and Constitution writers) resort to phrases such as, "cruel and unusual punishment" and "degrading and dehumanizing treatment." In these cases, it does not matter how imaginative a person is in finding interpretations that do not conform to the letter of the law, they can still be condemned for violating its spirit.

The Attorney General of the United States is supposed to be the top lawyer in the land. None of these arguments about the problems with specific legislation or the use of general legislation should surprise him.

If he is unaware of the reasons why impossibly long and complex lists are not a reasonable form of legislation, we need to seriously question his competence to do the job assigned to him, as well as the competence of those who assigned such a person to that position. If he is aware of the issues, then we are invited to ask why he is trying to get Congress to create laws that he knows are flawed -- specifically, flawed in such a way that it is easy to create loopholes.

It is also curious to note that Gonzales does not seem to be arguing that, "this provision is vague; therefore, it needs to be clarified." His position is that, "this provision is vague; therefore, we should be permitted to ignore it."

If this is a legitimate implication, we may ask whether Gonzales would have us apply it as well to the U.S. Constitution. The prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment" is vague. It would follow from the line of reasoning Gonzales recommends using that we should pass legislation that "clarifies" the 8th Amendment by saying that it should be ignored. Or if he would be willing to argue that the military prohibition against ‘conduct unbecoming an officer’ is vague that no punishment should be given to anybody found guilty of violating this statute.

These are absurd conclusion. They point to the absurdity of Gonzales’ arguments.

The ultimate consequence of these actions is that Gonzales and the rest of the Bush Administration are seeking through their actions to change the public attitude and affection towards “outrages upon personal dignity” to more closely match their own. This is to move these acts from the bin marked “morally repugnant” to the bin marked “morally neutral” or even, in some cases, “morally obligatory.” Of course, that which you move out of the category “morally repugnant” you make more common. If rape and slavery were moved out of this bin into the category of “morally permissible”, then they would become more common.

Bush, Gonzales, and the rest of their team are working to create a world with more “outrages upon personal dignity” than it would have if we struggled instead to keep it in the bin marked “morally repugnant.” This falls a bit short, I would argue, from the goal of making this a better, safer, world in which to live.

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Morton Winston said...

This is a very good analysis of the issue and of the reason why the Geneva Conventions (and other legal documents) uses phrases such as "outrages against personal dignity".


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My acquaintances who live in other states have questions about just how this is happening, and this uncertainty has been reflected, within the state as well, by the lengthy conversations Colorado residents have had with themselves.  The Colorado legislature was tasked with figuring out how to tax, how to regulate the production, the wholesaling and the retailing of a product that nowhere else in the world had ever been institutionalized formally by government authority . . . “legalized” not just de facto “decriminalized”.

“Legalizing” marijuana and MJ products was the result of the passage of a ballot measure in 2012 known as  “Amendment 64” to the Colorado State Constitution.  When the Governor signed the law,  it immediately meant that you could legally possess MJ and grow up to six plants for personal use.  BUT regulating the SALE of MJ was targeted to January 1st, 2014.

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Pontifical High Mass

This is the one Herr Papst Ratslinger said at Westminister Cathedral in London. I downloaded it and burned it to DVD, all 2 hrs, 45 minutes of it. I watched it last night (Saturday).The only good part for me was the music. I went to Mass there in 1968 and went up to the organ after Mass. Of course there was no way they would let me play it. I got much better hospitality from the Church of England.

Westminister Cathedral has the name "The Most Precious Blood". I suppose that was the blood from the Blessed Bleeding Nose of Jesus of which someone has in a vial somewhere.

Ratslinger looked as though he was bored stiff right throughout the Mass. There was a delay. It seems some people had gone to a Domino's Pizza for some pizza base. When they got back they had to go up and present it to Ratslinger who blessed it.

Although the Mass was the Ordo Novus Missae, half was in English and the Offertory and Canon were in Latin. I don't think Ratslinger would get far with Simon Cowl. His singing - he should not give up his day-job.

Then he picked up what looked like a huge all-day sucker. It is the biggest Holy Gobstopper I have seen, plenty big enough to stuff Jesus in it. Then he fumigated it. (it was not in Dehli). He broke it into two, half for himself. He must have been hungry because he stuffed all of one half into his gob. He probably had said under his breath: "Jesus bloody Christ, I could eat a horse. Sorry jesus, you will have to do".

Then after the Mass he exited the West Door to greet the crowd. There was always a man in a plain dark suit close by watching the crowd and talking into his hand. There was many Roman Catholic Youths there. Oh boy, the Grin on Ratslinger's face. I was screaming out: "Careful of that Dirty Old Paedophile Pope".

Last night I has a dream, I was a photographer at some Roman Catholic Function. A priest kissed me! Shit, did I get out of there quick.

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