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AcuPressure Doctor is your ONE STOP GUIDE App for ROUTINE health, SEXUAL health, WOMEN health, MEN health, CHILDREN health & LOT MORE! (We were Ranked#1 App/Featured App/NewsWorthy App of the week in June in Medical Category of iPad!) AcuPressure Doctor will guide you with AcuPressure Points one should press to gain potential benefits and relieve oneself from any of the health problems.

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Stress & Tension: Acidity, Depression, Hyper Tension, Mental illness (Madness), Mental Breakdown, Paralysis, Stroke (Brain attack) [With upgrade to MAX]

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Polyplayground by MIGAMO (Mike Gao Mobile)

This app is great for the producer, composer, music theorist, and student. It makes understanding music theory easier, because the spaces are ISOMORPHIC. This means that chords are the same in all keys. One only needs to learn a chord shape once to use it in any key.

This app has a synthesizer built in, with separate pitch bend for each finger, but is designed to be used as a MIDI controller via Camera Kit and MIDI interface. For live performance, the app takes MIDI input, allowing you to visualize what a jam partner is playing. You can also stream chords you have already played into the device so that you are never lost if you want to improvise.

You can press the Horizontal/Vertical buttons to change your pitch space.

Guitar/bass players can change the pitch space to 5:1 (fourths by chromatic) for their familiar layout, while cello players can use 7:1 (fifths by chromatic).

Other notable spaces are 4:7 (Longuet Higgins) and Gerald Balzano's 4:3. In 4:7, a square is a major 7th. You can move this square one step at a time to the left to do a very John Coltrane like progression: transposing a major 7th down by major 3rds.

MIDI input allows one to visualize existing music in this space to understand it easier. One can jam along with another musician, or existing MIDI chords and never get lost- because you can see what is going on.

It also works wirelessly via OSC, which will be explained on our website. This will allow for music theory lessons to be taught remotely, or notes to be sent across the stage.

I love composing in bed utilizing OSC across WiFi, streaming chords to my Ableton recording in another room.

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Test your reflection in an extensive blocking training.

[How to play]
> Tap on shuriken falling line to block it.
> Try to archive the medals: Bronze, Silver, Gold (hard) and Platinum (very hard).

What's New in Version 1.1

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Simple Genius

The amazing thing about this game, along with the other games Dong created, is not only the beautifully crafted indie element... It's also what this game does to the mind. It's one of the few video games on the App Store I've played (believe me, I've played too many) that I think could actually be beneficial to human thought. It's a game with a simple concept, and I don't know if this was done purposefully or not, but I feel like this game (just a forewarning, this may sound absurd)... Helps the mind to focus. Either on one level, or on several levels simultaneously. I really do hope Dong Nguyen keeps creating, because all of these games are epic in so many ways. Oh, and I miss Flappy Bird too. Like hell actually. But the fact that it was up briefly and then disappeared, only contributes to Flappy's ongoing legacy.

I love your games...including flappy bird that I never got the chance to download

You did an amazing job on this game and the soccer game. You should be proud of flappy bird, why did you get rid of it. You are an amazing person, and people need you amazing app back. People around the world are creating twitters and writing reviews to let you know that you are awesome and need you to bring back flappy bird. You can do it, were all here for you to support you and download for you. Like all games it's addicting in he beginning but the game will be played minutes at a time. What do you say :). Want to bring back flappy bird. Also can you make another great app like the shuriken one and the soccer one, maybe a badminton thing or something. That would be cool.

Another "game" for people to waste time on

I understand the want for an addicting game, but these games are literally no more than just the same mind-numbing task over and over. I assume Apple just thought that everyone NEEDED to see this "game", so they literally took an app with no reviews and placed it at #16 in top apps. I swear, I dread the generation in which a child grows up thinking something like this constitutes as an actual game. We saw the same thing happen for Angry Birds, and now that moronic series has games up to the 8th gen console level. Why do people want dull games like this an Flappy Bird so bad? I hope that this, along with the Flappy Bird knockoffs, all get what they deserve--to follow in the same fate as Flappy Bird. This is not me speaking as one of the morons who try to get attention by saying "Flappy Bird ruined my life". I just hate that this is now being accepted by the idiots of modern society as "gaming".

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Shoot pictures with your iPhone that looks like aged 70's photos.

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Great tint, needs more choices and updates.

First off, I love the way this makes photos look, and I will give it a higher rating as soon as there are some more choices. There should be different settings. Like at least 3 versions of vintage red. Maybe one darker and one lighter. I like the simplicity though, and it would almost be a detriment to give people a slider or something to choose how much red they want, cause people would probably make it look worse than this already does. Ok, I am done.

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Microsoft Executive: Android does infringe on a bunch of patents.

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Tivanka Ellawala warns that OEMs developing Android phones might be facing future litigation.

Microsoft executive Tivanka Ellawala has insisted that Android does infringe on intellectual property patents – presumably, in relation to the ongoing lawsuit between Oracle and Google. At the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference in San Francisco, Tivanka Ellawala dismissed the idea that Android is a free platform, stating that “at the most simplistic level, the IP [intellectual property] issues around the Android situation and certainly the IP issues that we have discussed, it does infringe on a bunch of patents and there are costs associated with that. And this is not just an issue for us. It may also be an issue as some companies have already stated. So there is an upfront fee cost associated with Android that, I think, doesn’t make it free.”

He also warned that OEMs developing phones based on the Android platform, might face future litigation.

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trust & the beauty of dew drops

Lord, the morning is clothed with splendour, from the beauty of dewdrops to the slow rising of the sun.

And yet, as each day descendes into night, we trust that the morning beauty will come again.

Likewise, we pray to trust that You will decorate our lives with the essentials we need for today.

Common Prayer [2010], pg 148

“your will be done…. I think”: reflections on matthew 6:10

Prayer by Angu Walters

Praying “your wil be done” (Matthew 6:10) is harder than one might think. In fact, I think it is down right scary!

If we pray, “your Kingdom come, your will be done” we are asking God to align us with his priorities, with his mission – YOUR will be done, NOT mine. To pray, “your will be done”, means abandoning our own priorities and our own mission in order to be aligned with God’s priorities and God’s mission.

So often, even when we use these very words, we might find ourselves praying and asking God to change the situation to suit ourselves. But, as Andy Stanley would say, prayer is not so much about changing God but about changing us.

We experience stresses, life decisions, anxiety, pain, suffering… we probably experience it most days or most weeks. Many of life situations result in uncertainty. Our job can be uncertain, our financial situation, family relationships… many things in life result in us feeling uncertain, unsure of what to do, unsure of what will happen. Life can be a struggle and things can fall apart, and things don’t necessarily go the way we planned.

It is at these times that we often find ourselves praying more than we normally would.

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13 Songs I Listen To That Touch My Soul

I have a playlist I listen to that calms me. There’s more than 13 but here’s the top one.
1. Iowa by Dar Williams

2. Crumbs and Broken Shells by Sarah Fimm

3. Out From Under by Britney Spears

4. Your Beating Heart by Brendan James

5. Give Me Strength by Snow Patrol

6. Between by Vienna Teng

7. Coming Home by Skylar Grey

8. Not As We by Alanis Morissette

9. Careful How You Go by Kim Richey

10 Everything’s Gonna Be Good by Kim Richey

11. The Messenger by Linkin Park

12. Mercy by Alanis Morissette

13. This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush

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6 responses to “13 Songs I Listen To That Touch My Soul

  1. Sue

    Whew! I already have some of these. This visit won’t cost me nearly as much as I thought. ;)

    Great list!

    • Jen

      LOL!!!! I know. I’m so bad! I’ll hold back and not buy myself desperately needed new shoes because I don’t want to spend the money but music?? Or books? No price matters. LOL!

  2. These are all great! I love Linkin Park, acoustic or otherwise. And Kate Bush and Skylar Grey.

  3. Jen

    The song “Crumbs and Broken Shells” and “Beating Heart” were on a compilation put out to raise money for Japan after the earthquake/nuclear disaster. They were a total bonus acquisition.

  4. The only title I recognized was “Coming Home” — I’ll have to come back when I’m feeling better to listen to a few of these. My T13

  5. Never heard of any of them!

    My TT is at http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com/

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Capturing Life's Fleeting Moments…

Hot Topic March 10, 2009

Last night I posted two article links  HERE regarding the fire I witnessed on Saturday afternoon on Sixth and Market Street in Wilmington, North Carolina.  It’s not often that I  have the opportunity to capture something of a photojournalistic nature such as this.  Tonight I’m posting my own experience of this event though my photos.

I’m very saddened for the family that had to go through this.  I can’t imagine something like this happening to me or my loved ones.  This house was under renovation which is so sad that so much time and energy went up in flames like this.  Wilmington is such a beautiful historic district… I hope that this house can be repaired.

To view the entire gallery of 157 photos click HERE.

It all started when I was taking a photo of a church…

I didn’t get past this first photo that you see above because in the next instant fire trucks were entering the 4 lane divided road facing the opposite of traffic.  I was slightly shocked and couldn’t understand why they were driving into on-coming traffic when the other 2 lanes on the other side of the median were open.  Seconds later I knew why as I looked over and saw the smoke coming from 3 or 4 houses to the right of where I was standing…

The Wilmington Fire department was immediately on the scene and “in action.”  All I can say is that it was so impressive watching these guys work!  I know I couldn’t run into a burning building/home for a living yet they do it without fear.   I give them a lot of respect for what they do!

Below are a selection that I chose to highlight the scene…more can be found in the gallery on my website by clicking HERE.

Paramedics were on the scene immediately as well…

Another photographer appeared on the scene…(and a fellow Nikon shooter!)

They tried to extinguish the flames inside the home but the tongue & groove ceilings in this old house made it very hard to get to.  They were unable to stop the fire that way so they used the tower unit to extinguish the fire from the outside.

It was quite an experience to watch the scene unfold.  This is something I’ve only scene on the news and not up close and personal like this.  I’m impressed with how the Wilmington Fire Department, Police Dept & EMS handled the scene. From what I witnessed they worked hard and should be commended for putting this fire out and protecting the house next to it.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama launched his second term as U.S. president by confronting conservative opponents in Congress, declaring in an inaugural address before nearly a million spectators that he will tackle climate change, protect America’s social safety net and pursue other decidedly liberal goals.

The president—often criticized by supporters for being too quick to compromise in his first term only to get little in return from Republicans—spoke with fire for the center-left political agenda that first carried him into the White House four years ago.

He defended spending on social programs for the poor, the ailing and the elderly. He promoted immigration reform and gay marriage. And he unexpectedly gave one of his most impassioned calls for action on climate change, an issue that has not been at the forefront of the political debate.

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Forward! Forward! Forward!…Giving Your Self the Best Chance to Succeed

Keep Moving

Keep Moving

I walk
I walk
I walk
I walk
…so that I may become.

We are all metaphorically walking somewhere. We are moving, even in if just in our minds towards something- a new state of becoming and being. We metaphorically walk and walk and walk in order to be in this state of newness.

This movement is how we are built. If you look at the feet, it is pretty clear they are made primarily for unidirectional movement- forward. Sure, they can participate in lateral movements, and even backwards, but function follows form- so forward it is.

Yet, it seems to be human nature, at times, that we make a few steps forward and then we do a slow slide backwards. We make good/great food choices and feel wonderful and then we eat junk food and wonder why. Or we finally have set firm, solid boundaries with an abusive ex- only to pick up the phone with his or her next call. At work, we may create a functional plan for keeping ahead of timelines and then procrastinate and let it slip.

What is up with this? Why do we oscillate so much? Forward- backward-forward-backward—Our feet are not built this way. We don’t walk upon soles shaped liked rocking chairs.

So how do we get out of this pendulum-like quality to our actions?

We decide, consciously, to focus on our last place of success. You see, when we oscillate back and forth- not only do we lose forward momentum, but we feel like we need to build from our most recent/lowest point- our last failure, i.e. our last “bad” meal, the most unproductive work day, etc.

Do NOT use this approach. If you want to gain momentum and move forward in your life- think and remember your last point of success in whatever endeavor concerns you. Maybe it was the last time you successfully ignored your ex- or the last time you performed great at work.

Whatever it is, build from that last success. That is your most forward point and you want to move on from that point into further forward momentum. Do not get caught up in the drama of your last failure and how far you have fallen. It doesn’t matter.

You are looking to move ahead further than ever before- that means you must build up and forward from your last success.

Forward, forward, forward…keep believing in your next step beyond your last success.

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  1. Wonderful thoughts!
    even with the best intentions for ourselves, there are times when we come ‘short’ of our plan…just don’t stay there is what, I feel, you are saying here…

    reminds me of an old wisdom…you are only as good as your last show…so improve it, learn from it, think on it and don’t rest on your failures or laurels…keep moving, going, exploring, investigating and on and on and on, we are different every second of every day and every second we have the opportunity to go forward!

  2. Excellent blog. I believe what you are saying is 100% true. I have found in the last 30 years that my life is three feet forward and two backwards. Over time, however, those backward steps are not as big and easier to recover from. Forward, absolutely, we must if we are to find peace and contentment.

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CMake, Macports, SDL and OSX

I just had a hard time building a simple SDL application using CMake and Macports on Mac OS X. On Linux things are really simple – you ask for SDL, pkg-config returns the right configuration and everything works. Not on … Continue reading

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Anaheim Ducks – Stanley Cup Champions

I will admit it:  I was wrong, so very wrong, to call the Ottawa Senators the “Team of Destiny” this year. The Sens team that took out the Penguins, the Devils, and the Sabres in five games apiece was not the same Sens team who went out in five in the Finals.

(Or as their own coach Murray said after the game, “We had some guys who did not play to what they were playing in the playoffs.” Eh? Is that Canadian for “We blew it and chances are I’m getting canned in the offseason” perhaps?)

I was also wrong, so very wrong, to root against the Ducks. (Dirtbag Chris Pronger notwithstanding.   His suspension should have lasted as long as the player he injured – Sens center Dean McAmmond – was out.) Anaheim was motivated, strong, and just looked like they belonged in the Finals.

So congratulations to the Anaheim Ducks for proving me wrong, and looking hot enough to more than fill our little blog up with greatness.

Jiggy, you are very hot and I am glad you got another shot at the Cup. (Especially since you couldn’t enjoy winning the Conn Smythe award few years ago when the Ducks lost to the Devils in the Finals.) Brothers Niedermayer, you’re not so hot but are now hockey royalty with your combined five Stanley Cup wins.

Ryan, you’re still very young and not too far out of the minors, which as I get older I find more and more appealling. You’re here because I cannot get my eyes off those very bright white laces.

I am not one of those ladies who thinks it is touching when a grown man cries. Seeing that Volchenkov is Russian through and through, the stoic of the stoic, it is upsetting that he was reduced to tears.

This is familar pose, isn’t it Emery? Tonight, when your team needed you the most, you gave up 2 3 easy goals to the Ducks. I’m pretty sure your contract is up this year with the Sens, so let’s hope the rumors of a Las Vegas franchise are true so you can find a new home. Jerry Bruckheimer is known for making some pretty crazy decisions, maybe he’ll a take gamble on you.*

Okay, that’s just really cute.

Hey, how did that get in there? We needed more hotties? This season’s over and we can look already look ahead to next fall? Awesome, because Crosby’s 20th birthday is two months from today, which means I am 61 days away from being able to daydream about him without coming off as too pervy.

Let’s Go Pens!

*Yes, I know that the Vegas thing will probably not happen for a few years. I couldn’t think of anywhere else to send him.

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  1. This is a beautiful nightcap to a wonderful playoff.

    It’s pretty common for members of the losing team to tear up, as realizing that the tradition of Stanley and the incredible grind they put into trying to win has been for naught is truly devastating. There is no worse feeling that having to watch the other team celebrate for what seems like an eternity while you wait to shake their hand and congratulate them.

    If you ever get the chance to see Stanley in person, take it. He’s unbelievable in person!

  2. Klemmer35 – I was in high school when the Pens won back to back titles. and I’ve touched the Cup. Unbelievable doesn’t even begin to describe it…

    S2N – What can I say. The Kid is easy on eyes and talented.

  3. TSW, well, what can you do when faced with talent and looks?

    I remember being there for the Avs parade in 1996. The Cup was very close to me, but I was afraid to try and touch it — I wasn’t worthy to touch the coolest trophy in all of sport.

  4. Suprisingly this is the first post-game analysis (or whatever) that I’ve seen. I couldn’t bring myself to watch the presentation to a team from California. I’d also like to point out that Emery is very likely not going anywhere. There were alot of games where the Senators would have been done without him, especially in this series.

  5. I was a little emotional when Scott gave Rob the cup. It’s hard to understand if you weren’t engrossed in the ’03 cup final when they played against eachother. It’s a great story, for them.

    Im okay with grown men tearing up over Stanley, the greatest trophy in sports.

    That’s a great shot of the losers, err, i mean Sens. Almost as good as the one with Hossa sitting by the Bench after game 7 in the eastern conf. final in 03.

    Alfie – still a choke artist, just in a later round.

    TSW, careful, we may be able to figure out your age now!

  6. Especially since you didn’t deserve winning the Conn Smythe award few years ago when the Ducks lost to the Devils in the Finals.

    Fixed. Seriously, what kind of MVP disappears in the final series?

  7. I was so torn by this series. One one hand, I like just about everyone on the Ducks except for Chris Pronger. On the other hand, I really, really, really, REALLY despise Chris Pronger.

    I was at work last night and did not get to watch, and luckily for me all the highlights have shown Scott raising the Cup, and I have not had to endure seeing Pronger hoist it.

    Did I mention that I think Chris Pronger sucks?

  8. Anthony, not only does he suck, but he’s a douche as well.

    They interviewed him last night and he’s like “yea I separated my shoulder a bit, it kept popping out during the game”, you know trying to sound like he’s a hero or something.

    Yea right. Gimme a fucking break. I dont believe that shit.

  9. Sid the Kid looks delicious in that suit (I wonder if it’s from Larrimor’s) but…is that a burgeoning hockey haircut I see? OH NOES!!

  10. Andrea – Of course anyone can cry at death.

    Janalee – Are you kidding me? Ugh, it makes me sick to my stomach that we’re “first” with a hockey story. This wouldn’t have happened ten years ago. (I thought I read once Emery was going to look for more money in the off season, but I could be wrong.) It is almost enough for me to wish any of the NYC teams would win just for the media coverage. Almost…

    Pam – I hate pointing the finger at Alfie, especially when last night it looked like he was going to carry the whole team on his back to one more game, you’re right about this series over all. Too bad the rest of the club couldn’t keep up.

    Anthony – Pronger ruins everything. I wouldn’t trust him at a 5 year-old’s birthday party lest he take out the clown.

  11. TSW, I know. I was just teasing.

    Also, it doesn’t surprise me we were first at all.

    And, wouldn’t we WANT him to take out the clown at a birthday party? Those fuckers are scary.

  12. TSW- It’s not that the coverage wasn’t out there, it’s just that I couldn’t bring myself to watch or look at any of it. Looking back on my comment I probably should have been a little bit clearer on that. Sorry. I will now creep back into my hole.

  13. True, I threw up a little in my mouth when Pronger hoisted the cup… but then he passed it to Teemu, all of my anger faded away. From his time with the Jets, through now, he has been one of the good guys of this crazy, mixed up, much maligned sport. If this was his last game, it was a good note to go out on.

    It’s too bad got umpteen sticks in the mush, or he might have made the Ladies… HH&R list.

  14. It’s a shame that all the good guys on the Ducks got messed up with a bad seed like Chris Pronger.

    It is also unfortunate to see another team who came into existence long after the Blackhawks last raised the Cup to beat them to it.

    P.S. Am I the only one who thinks former Blackhawks (current Shark, I believe) Mark Bell is the hottest man in the NHL?

  15. had a story on this earlier in the day, but when I went back to refresh the page this afternoon to look, the story was replaced with an enormous picture of Tim Duncan and LeBron. I couldn’t find the hockey story to save my life.

    And I can’t but feel a little chagrined at the idea that a mere 17,000 people “packed” the Ducks stadium last night to see the game. That’s about 1/3rd the crowd that goes to see a Dodgers/Pirates game in mid-April.

    Guess this Patrick Roy Opee-Chee rookie card isn’t worth what it used to be.

  16. The picture of Ray Emery was priceless…almost as priceless as the cutline. God, I am loving this blog.

    And it’s sweet because I have no love for the Sens (yes, I am a Leafs fan)

  17. I’ve had my picture taken with Stanley, but it is a hockey tradition that you do not touch the Cup unless you’ve won it. It is simply incredible and hopefully my baby Hawks will get to skate with him in a couple of years…

    TSB: A sellout at a hockey game is far more exciting than 51K at a baseball game…

  18. Klemmer – Tell that to the city of Pittsburgh who en masse drove out to the Airport to great the returning team and Cup in the middle of the night in 1991. People touched that Cup.

  19. TSW: Guess I wasn’t real clear-the tradition (superstition?) only extends to players.

    The belief is that if you touch it before winning it, you will never win it.

  20. That is a delicious apple pie my wife baked. It turned out so well that we took a picture of it.

    As far as Mark Bell goes, he is quite hot, but I will pass on the 8×10…not a big fan of merchandise autographed by marginal 3rd or 4th line NHL pseudo-goons.

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OCI and beyond

August 11, 2009Duke Law News

Aug. 11, 2009 — More than 250 interviewers from law firms large and small, government and public service, will be traveling to Durham through late August and early September to conduct on-campus interviews (OCI) with Duke Law students. Chad Pinson ’98, a partner with Baker Botts in Dallas, will be one of them.

“We’re looking for leaders who exhibit confidence, dedication, and an overall commitment to excellence,” says Pinson, Baker Botts’ partner in charge of recruiting at Duke. “Strong academics and a strong academic background are very important to us because they are indicators of the qualities we’re looking for, but we also are careful to look past GPA and resumes.”

While the number of employers interviewing at Duke and elsewhere is somewhat reduced from years past due to the current economic downturn, Pinson emphasizes that business is good at his firm, and he, like other recruiters attending OCI, will be making offers for a 2010 summer program. “We are being very strategic and being careful stewards of our offers, but absolutely intend to continue to grow our firm by recruiting top talent and making offers and giving them good work,” he says. “And especially in our Dallas office, we’ve found that a lot of that top talent comes from Duke.”

Career Counselor Stella Boswell also predicts Duke Law students will continue to secure fulfilling positions for the summer and beyond.

“With the quality of our academic programs and student preparation and focus, along with the enthusiasm of employers for Duke, we expect OCI to continue to be successful in helping our students land summer offers,” says Boswell. “But our message to students always has been not to rely solely on OCI, as it remains a limited universe of employers who attend. This year, contacting employers, alumni and others for support and opportunities will be more important than ever.”

The Career Center’s July deadline for students to bid on interview slots with employers attending OCI helps launch early engagement with the job-search process, says Boswell. “It gets students thinking about who these employers are, what they do, and where they are. We encourage students to write letters and reach out to those firms and other employers of interest. Or if a student is interested in finding a job in Dallas and is working there over her 1L summer, she should write letters and reach out to them, even interview, over the summer. We also encourage them to look at their hometown markets and others where the student may be extremely competitive.”

Michael Anderson ’11 has taken this advice to heart, describing his approach to finding a job for the summer of 2010 — and beyond — as “organized and persistent.”

Anderson spent a month researching potential employers in his preferred locations and practice areas. Entering all of the relevant available information, from firm size to record of pro bono activity, on spreadsheets, Anderson refined his list taking two key personal priorities into account: practice areas and work-life balance.

“I want to work for a firm that possesses a substantial practice in multiple fields in which I am interested so as not to pigeon-hole myself into one practice area [too early in my career],” says Anderson, who is also researching public interest jobs.

With regular input from the Career Center staff on letters, emails, and writing samples, Anderson has been sending application packets to targeted employers all summer, tracking names, locations, and dates of applications and follow-up communications. Prior to returning to Duke for OCI, he plans to stop in Washington, D.C., his primary market of interest, to interview with a range of firms.

According to Bruce Elvin, Duke’s associate dean for career and professional development, Anderson is following tried and true best practices — and the Career Center’s best advice — with his approach to his job search.

“We want students to be thinking strategically about their goals and acting proactively with their searches,” said Elvin. “The jobs they secure for next summer should be viewed as an opportunity for students to build experience and substantive skills, whether in a law firm, government, public service or other areas of interest.

“We know that many employers will be hiring law students around the country for next summer; the students with the most fulfilling opportunities will be those who look both at and beyond the ‘big firms’ now. Their goals should be to continue the upward career trajectory, irrespective of the exact type employer. And, of course, we will use all efforts possible to help each student achieve his or her goals.”

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While quick to note that he hopes that Baker Botts recruits its “fair share” of Duke Law students into its 2010 summer program before they look elsewhere, Pinson also urges students to be thorough and persistent and to think “outside the box” in their job searches. He encourages them to research regional boutique firms that might not recruit on campus and to attend regional job fairs, many of which target diverse job candidates. “Our firm will be at those job fairs and I think our competitors will be too,” he says. He also encourages students to reach out to Duke Law alumni wherever they would like to work.

“Find out what Duke alumni are active with the law school in those areas and contact them with an email or phone call,” he says. “Most Duke alums are proud of the school they went to, feel an allegiance to it, and will reach out and help if they can.”


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USA: failed quadrangle of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia

USA: failed quadrangle of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia

Lee Jay Walker

The Modern Tokyo Times

Obama bows to the King of Saudi Arabia in the full knowledge that this nation is exporting militant Islam and that all apostates from Islam face the death penalty

Obama bows to the King of Saudi Arabia in the full knowledge that this nation is exporting militant Islam and that all apostates from Islam face the death penalty

President Obama likes to talk about human dignity and human rights but clearly he, just like other leaders of America, irrespective if Democrat or Republican, can’t bypass the lure of major military contracts irrespective of the reality of modern day Saudi Arabia.  It also appears that lessons learnt from Pakistan have been zero.  Therefore, today you have two nations which are responsible for so much of global terrorism but ironically both these nations have been military armed and supported politically by America.

It is also abundantly clear that Pakistan is an unstable nuclear power and this nation state is threatened by its own internal policies towards radical　Sunni Islamic organizations and the threat posed by Islamists to the nation state.  Just like Pakistan, the nation state of Saudi Arabia is also unstable in the long-term because the ruling monarchy rules via an “iron-fist” and clearly this nation is the most draconian in the modern world.

If Islamists overthrew the power mechanisms of both governments in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia then a strong and potent military will be bequeathed to radical Sunni Islamists and regional nations, for example India and Israel, will be threatened.

In both wars in Afghanistan and Iraq it is clear that Sunni Islamic organizations and terrorist organizations were (and continue to be) behind much of the mayhem that engulfed both nations after the tragic events of September 11th.  Given this, it is abundantly clear that American troops and military forces from other nations who supported America, have been killed because of the policies of so-called allies and this applies to either tacit support, covert support, or by doing little to prevent Sunni Islamists from spreading their hatred in both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Vojin Joksimovich the author of The Revenge of the Prophet, states that The long-term strategy is proselytism of Islam and Wahhabi Islam in particular.  French scholar Giles Kepel used the term ‘petrodollar Islam’ for a vast infusion of proselytizing wealth from Saudi Arabia.  Proselytism and the checkbook diplomacy long have been the Saudis’ principal foreign policy tools.  The Saudis have built thousands of mosques worldwide.  While the Islamist terrorism is being challenged the petrodollar Islam quest is yet to receive due attention.”   (Page 11 – Revenge of the Prophet by Vojin Joksimovich)

Vojin Joksimovich continues by stating “At the core is the U.S.-Saudi bond starting with the 1945 Quincy Deal signed by President Roosevelt…….Part of the deal was American non-interference in Saudi domestic policies…..At the same time Saudi Arabia is the fortress of strict Wahhabism, its state religion, which represents the most radical branch of Sunni Islam determined to proselytize its version of Islam to the West.  The House of Saud underwrote the religious schools that turn out jihadists, just as it administered charities that funded the jihadists.  Addiction to cheap oil and Saudi petrodollars caused the U.S. to turn a blind eye to Saudi support of the fundamentalist groups linked to terrorism.  A New Statesman report summarized: ‘Bin Laden and his gang are just the tentacles; the head lies safely in Saudi Arabia, protected by U.S. forces.’”

“There is substantive evidence of complicity on the part of prominent Saudi and Pakistani citizens in 9/11.  Nonetheless, the 9/11 Commission and the White House gave the Saudi and Pakistanis a free pass because Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are treated as historic U.S. allies.”  (Page 12 – The Revenge of the Prophet by Vojin Joksimovich)

Turning back to the proposed military deal with Saudi Arabia and continuing support for Pakistan via enormous economic support, it is clear that while America may take note of Israel, the same does not apply to India to any great extent.  After all, from terrorist attacks in Kashmir to the tragic terrorist attack in Mumbai, it is clear that all roads lead back to Pakistan and supporting terrorism directly or covertly or via non-compliance of preventing terrorism, is a reality.

B. Raman (Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi) commented after the leader of India visited Saudi Arabia (Feb 27-Mar 1, 2010) that Like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia has been following a dual policy on terrorism. It has taken ruthless action against Al Qaeda elements posing a threat to its internal security. At the same time, it has avoided taking action against Wahhabi organizations which have been supporting terrorism in other countries. Many of the so-called charity organizations, which have been funding terrorist organizations in other countries including India and Bangladesh, are of Saudi origin. Despite international pressure on Saudi Arabia to act against such charity organizations and stop the flow of funds to global jihadi terrorism, the action taken by the Saudi authorities has been unsatisfactory.

It would be futile to expect that Saudi Arabia could be of assistance to India in dealing with jihadi terrorism emanating from Pakistan or Bangladesh. There has been a long history of links between jihadi terrorist elements in India and Saudi Arabia ever since the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December, 1992.”    Quotes from Outlook India at

Despite this reality, and the fact that Saudi Arabia is spreading radical Sunni Islam to countless numbers of nations it is more than apparent that America, and a host of other democratic nations, are either turning a blind eye or giving tacit approval or intelligence services are sleepwalking into a future nightmare or indeed a combination of all three.

After all, what are democratic nations getting in return in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia?  It appears that the answer is negative because despite vast resources being spent on Afghanistan it is clear that this nation supports killing converts to Christianity from Islam, keeping women in chains, and to maintain the power mechanisms of Islamic Sharia law.

The Taliban and Al-Qaeda are also destabilizing Afghanistan because of the reality of Pakistan and the dangerous game being played by elements within the Pakistan ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence).  For democratic India this is a nightmare and a continuing nightmare because Kashmir and terrorist attacks like Mumbai are clear reminders that “terrorism is a tool within the body politic of Pakistan.”

In Saudi Arabia it is much the same and many Sunni Islamic terrorist attacks in Iraq were because of the involvement of Saudi nationals. This applies to direct terrorist attacks, economic funding, supporting radical Sunni Islamic organizations, spreading propaganda, and weakening the role of the central government in Iraq by playing the Sunn-Shia sectarian card.

At the same time not one single non-Muslim place of worship is allowed in Saudi Arabia and women are trampled on and this applies to preventing women from speaking openly, going shopping in mixed shopping malls, driving cars, and dressing how they desire.

More alarming for the international community is that Saudi Arabian organizations and charities are spreading a dangerous Wahhabi ideology to many nations, irrespective if to mainly Muslim nations or non-Muslim nations.  Stealth jihad within democratic nations is also a serious issue and it is clear that Saudi Arabia is exporting a two-fold version of Islam and this applies to militant Islam and liberal Islam in order to cause confusion and mayhem, via deceit and ulterior long-term motives.

Therefore, economic support which is being given by Western nations in Afghanistan is merely adding fuel to the fire because it is supporting the implementation of Islamic Sharia law and discrimination against women and non-Muslims.  At the same time by supporting Pakistan and Saudi Arabia the end game from an Islamist point of view is that both nations can spread Islam to distant lands and destabilize other nations by using terrorism.

This means that India is facing the brunt of this failed policy towards Pakistan and radical Sunni Islam is growing within parts of India and of course the terrorist threat is never far away.  In Iraq the same happened because much of the Sunni Islamic instability is based on the Saudi Arabian angle and this applies to terrorism, spreading hatred towards the Shia, and maintaining instability in order that democracy does not threaten the power base of regional despots.

For the Christian community in Iraq which is under siege it is clear that they were mere fodder.  After all, the Christian community was left to face the brunt of radical Islam, and just like the Hindus of Kashmir, they have been abandoned and forsaken in order to appease Islamists and Islamization.  How ironic that Iraq was secular, just like Afghanistan under Najibullah, however, both Iraq and Afghanistan would implement Islamic Sharia law after America became entangled and created a “hornets nest.”

Therefore, the three conservative Islamic nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, are allowed to trample non-Muslim minorities and to maintain that women stay in the shadows.  At the same time, militant Islamic organizations are spreading to other parts of the world because of the role of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and the money and educational supply route is creating mayhem within majority Muslim nations and within the non-Muslim democratic world.

Western governments appear to be at a loss because continuing Islamic immigration, radical Islamic organizations, and the radical Islamic convert conveyor belt keeps on churning out jihad at home and enabling Islamists to spread their hatred far and wide.  Meanwhile liberal Muslims jump on the bandwagon and condemn any minor slight against Islam in order to install fear and stealth jihad.  Also, Muslim rights appear to be higher for national governments rather than the rights of the majority because appeasement mode is holding sway.

Vojin Joksimovich states that “The most pressing underlying root cause is the Saudi Wahhabi-led petrodollar hegemony over the Islamic world, typically but not exclusively exercised through organizations like the Muslim World League, Organization of Islamic Conference, various Islamic so-called humanitarian organizations, etc.”

Vojin Joksimovich continues by stating that “It is imperative to starve these terrorist organizations of financial resources and recruits.  The present generation of Western leaders has been unwilling to take bold steps for two primary reasons: The oil addiction in what could be termed Petrolistan as well as the petrodollars ploughed back into the Western economies and various individual and corporate coffers.” Page 305 – The Revenge of the Prophet by Vojin Joksimovich)

It is clear that when communism collapsed in Eastern Europe that Western powers supported democracy and they did not desire to pro-up communism.  However, when it comes to the Islamic world it is apparent that Western powers either pro-up or re-install Islam, Islamic Sharia law, and state control by this indoctrination.

After all, Christians did not fear the role of Islamic Sharia law in the pre-attacked Iraq and irrespective of what people think about Najibullah in Afghanistan it is clear that he at least tried to break the chain.  However, both times America re-enforced the Islamic Sharia law chain by overthrowing the leader of Iraq and by supporting Islamists in Afghanistan.

Could it just be that India is expendable in order to appease Pakistan?  Could it just be that Christians in Iraq were expendable in order to appease the house of Islam?  If so, then are Western societies also expendable with regards to allowing radical Islam to grow and by continuing to allow Muslim immigration which is altering the make-up of many nations in Europe?

Also, why are American troops and allied forces being killed with the tacit approval of so-called allies in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia?  It appears somewhat strange to fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while supporting Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on the military and economic front.

B. Raman in response to recent support by America towards Pakistan stated that “The Pakistan army uses the Punjabi Taliban against India in an attempt to force a change in the status quo in Jammu and Kashmir.  It has been using Al Qaeda, the Pashtun Taliban and their global jihadi allies for extracting money out of the US by dangling the threat of another 9/11 over the US head if it does not pay protection money to the Pakistan army.”

“Despite the blunt words reportedly used by Obama, Mrs. Clinton and Gates in more restricted interactions, more protection money was forthcoming in the form of a five-year commitment (2021-2016) of US $2.29 billion in military aid euphemistically called counter-terrorism assistance.  This will be in continuation of the allocation of US $1.5 billion provided by the George Bush Administration in 2005 and of the civilian aid of US $7.5 billion over five-year period already being provided by the Obama Administration since last year under the Kerry Lugar Act.”  (  (October 24, 2010)

This, and the proposed mega military deal by the Obama Administration with Saudi Arabia, merely shows you that the “war on terror” is being fought by propping up allies who are increasing the “war on terror” and exporting Islamic radicalism and terrorism to nations like India, the United Kingdom, and a host of other nation states.

Therefore, despite knowing that Islamists are spreading their hatred from both so-called allies and in the full knowledge that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are exporting radical Islam; it appears that for Obama, and other Western leaders, that the same record must be played.  The hidden danger of this policy and untold carnage which is continuing because of these “two ace of spades (Pakistan and Saudi Arabia)” is alarming many but it appears that it isn’t alarming the people in power in Washington, London, and other nations, who support this policy of “no reward and Islamic appeasement.”

Collectively this means more terrorism and the spread of Islamic militancy and instead of containing Islam it is spreading its power and thought patterns to the democratic world. The situation in blunt terms means that all other faiths are being crushed or persecuted by the allies of America in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.  However, in the backyard of America and the democratic world we are witnessing the rise of Islam and stealth jihad.  Therefore, it appears that America, India, the United Kingdom, and the free world, must brace itself for either confrontation or to be taken over brick by brick and end up like the graveyard of Buddhists and Hindus in Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively.

Lee Jay Walker

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Islamic Jihad in Russia

Islamic Jihad in Russia

By Lee Jay Walker
Tokyo Correspondent – THE SEOUL TIMES

Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov

The Russian Federation is multi-ethnic and multi-religious but several areas of the Russian Federation are blighted by international terrorism, internal ethnic fault-lines, local terrorism, and regional political issues which are hindering real progress.

This most notably applies to the Caucasus region and areas like Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia which are overwhelmingly Muslim. However, other regions have become engulfed by the threat of terrorism and in North Ossetia, which is mainly Christian; you had the Beslan hostage crisis in 2004 when Chechen insurgents and others seized control of a school. This led to the deaths of 335 civilians, the majority of victims being young children who were used by radical Sunni Islamists without any compassion or care for the loss of their blood.

Attacks have also happened within the heartland of the Russian Federation and the latest terrorist attack is a reminder that terrorism is a threat in not only the Caucasus and surrounding region; but it can strike at any time throughout the Russian Federation.

Past terrorist attacks have happened in Kabardino-Balkaria in 2005 when Islamists attacked government buildings in Nalchik and this led to the deaths of around 80 people. In 2004 you had Beslan and the sight of radical Sunni Islamists abusing and terrifying innocent children after taking over a school.

Also, in 2004 a terrorist attack outside a Moscow subway station led to the deaths of ten people after a female suicide bomber killed innocents in the name of Islam. The year 2004 was particularly bloody because terrorists were also responsible for the downing of two Russian passenger planes (female Chechen suicide bombers were blamed); Islamic insurgents also attacked Nazran in Ingushetia and roughly 100 Ingushetian Interior Ministry troops were killed; and many other acts of terrorism took place including the assassination of Chechen President Akhmed-hadj Kadyrov and a suicide attack against a subway train in Moscow which killed at least 40 people.

Other more prominent attacks apply to a suicide bomber killing 5 people within the easy reach of the Kremlin in Moscow in 2003. In the same year a passenger train was blown up between Kislovodsk and Mineralnve which led to the deaths of at least 40 people in southern Russia; a military hospital in Mozdok, North Ossetia, was also blown up by a suicide bomber which resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people; and two female Chechen suicide bombers killed 15 people during a rock festival at Moscow’s Tushino airfield.

Countless other terrorist attacks have happened and around 129 hostages in Moscow’s Dubrovka Theatre were killed in 2002. These terrorist attacks, and so many others which I have not mentioned throughout the Russian Federation, highlight that no region is out-of-reach because Chechens and Islamists have taken their deadly carnage to many places.

In recent times it appeared that the situation had been contained to limited areas within the Caucasus region and that the worse was over. This does not imply that the threat of terrorism had completely gone away because this was never the case. However, compared with the situation in the 1990s and up until 2005 when you had countless terrorist attacks; then it did appear that the security forces alongside regional interior troops were gaining the upper hand.

However, the latest terrorist attack which killed at least 38 people is a stark reminder that terrorism, radical Islam, and ethnic nationalism, is still a potent force within the Russian Federation.

It is noticeable, however, that Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, hinted (March 29, 2010) that the subway explosions may have their roots and links to the Islamic insurgency along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Lavrov stated that “We all know that the Afghan-Pakistani border, in the so-called no-man’s land, the terrorist underground is very well entrenched.” He continued by stating that “We know that many people there actively plot attacks, not just in Afghanistan, but also in other countries. Sometimes the trails lead to the Caucasus. “

Interestingly, B.Raman (Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi) also links the current crisis to a broader area and B. Raman is an expert in this field.

B. Raman states that “Western skepticism about the Russian evidence regarding the links of the Chechen terrorists with Al Qaeda has been coming in the way of strong action against the Chechen terrorists operating from Pakistani sanctuaries with Saudi money. This skepticism can be compared to the US skepticism over Indian evidence regarding the international dimensions of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) and its links with Al Qaeda. Only after the LET killed six US nationals in Mumbai during its sea-borne terrorist strikes in the last week of November, 2008, did the Americans start admitting that the LET had become as dangerous as Al Qaeda. The Chechen terrorists have till now not targeted US nationals and interests. Hence, the US skepticism continues. This is a short-sighted approach and will weaken the war against global jihadi terrorism. The LET did not target Americans till November, 2008. That did not make it any the less dangerous as a terrorist organization. The Chechen terrorists are as ruthless and dangerous as the LET or any other associate of Al Qaeda. The world has to be concerned over their activities before it becomes too late.” ( 31-3-2010)

Vojin Joksimovich, the author of The Revenge of the Prophet, states that “In order for the Western world to counter, and conceivably eradicate, the onslaught of Islamic terrorism, the root causes must be addressed.”

However, according to Vojin Joksimovich, “this has not been the case” and he continues by stating that “The most pressing underlying root cause is the Saudi Wahhabi-led petrodollar hegemony over the Islamic world.”

Vojin Joksimovich is clearly highlighting the funding channels which are enabling radical Islam to obtain a major foothold in many conflicts throughout the world and to create radical Islamic cells in any given nation because of ample funding.

He continues by stating that “The Wahhabis, or Wahhabists, make use of these windfall profits primarily for proselytism purposes. However, a modest percentage goes to the terrorist arm of the Wahhabi movement, i.e. Al Qaeda and other similar terrorist organizations in the Islamic world. It is imperative to starve these terrorist organizations of financial resources and recruits.”

The latest terrorist attack in the Russian Federation may lead straight back to the Chechen conflict and hatred which developed during this bloody conflict.

However, it is also clear that international jihadists, finance via the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia, Islamic cells in various parts of the world, training grounds along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the spread of radical Islam to the Caucasus and other parts of the world is also the root cause.

Therefore, the Russian Federation must once more do a lot of soul searching but clearly Islamic financial funding for terrorism, the international jihadist brigade, and other factors; fused with genuine internal ethnic issues in many host nations, means that this issue is very complex .

The very nature of Islam itself must be studied because this religion does appear to nurture and sanction the holy war throughout the Koran and the Hadiths.

After all, Mohammed did state in the Koran (9:29) “Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the last day……and fight People of the Book, who do not accept the religion of truth (Islam) until they pay tribute by hand, being inferior.”

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Libertarians for Redistribution

Libertarians for Redistribution was originally published March 20, 2010, on Liberal Law Blog, written by Gary Chartier.

Libertarianism is a redistributive project. That’s another way in which radical market anarchism is rightly seen as part of the socialist tradition.

Statists on both the left and the right favor the redistribution of wealth. Libertarians, by contrast, are often assumed to be dead-set against all varieties of redistribution. But it’s important to see that whether this is really the case or not depends on how we answer several questions:

  • Agent: who effects the redistribution?
  • Rationale: what justifies the redistribution?
  • Means: how is the redistribution accomplished?

Statist Redistribution

For statists, the agent of redistribution is the state. The rationales for redistribution are primarily consequentialist — it’s seen as designed to bring about some favored end-state — though it may also be used to punish the putatively undeserving and to reward the arguably virtuous. The means? The creation of monopolies, the enactment of regulations, the confiscation of property via eminent domain, or the transfer of resources acquired via taxation.

Thus, both kinds of statists shift wealth from those who produce it to politically favored elites. They may also, of course, shift resources to the economically vulnerable, but the prime beneficiaries of these programs are various groups of politically influential people.

Statist redistribution is unjust because it employs aggressive means and because it is undertaken by the state — an aggressive monopolist. It is indefensible to the extent that its viability depends on the coherence of consequentialism. And it is undesirable because it serves the interests of the power elite at the expense of the well being of ordinary people.

Solidaristic Redistribution

Many libertarians acknowledge the importance of voluntary, solidaristic redistribution,

undertaken by people using their own resources for the purpose of aiding victims of accident or disaster or those experiencing economic insecurity and not coercively mandated by the state. It is, indeed, perfectly consistent with libertarian principles to maintain that, while it is not just to use force to effect solidaristic redistribution, engaging in it may nonetheless be an “imperfect” duty: something one has a responsibility to do, but which one doesn’t owe to any specific person, and which can reasonably be fulfilled in multiple ways — and which cannot therefore be claimed by anyone in particular as a right. The agent of such redistribution is the individual, using her own resources and operating independently or through a voluntary association. The rationale is the importance (however understood) of helping those who need assistance. The means — all voluntary — might include contributions to worthwhile projects, providing unemployment for those unable to secure work, various kinds of investments, and direct gifts to economically vulnerable people.

Transactional and Rectificational Redistribution

But this is hardly the only kind of redistribution libertarians can and should favor. Libertarians also have good reason to recognize the importance of two other kinds of redistribution: redistribution understood as the predictable and desirable outcome of the maintenance of a freed market, and redistribution as a matter of corrective justice.. We can call these kinds of redistribution transactional and rectificational.

Transactional Redistribution

Transactional redistribution is just a description of what happens in a genuinely freed market. Markets undermine privilege. Without the protection afforded by monopoly privileges (including patents and copyrights), subsidies, tariffs, restrictions on union organizing, protections for long-term ownership of uncultivated property, and so forth, members of the power elite, forced to participate along with everyone else in the process of voluntary cooperation that is the freed market, will tend to lose ill-gotten gains. They will retain wealth only if they actually serve the needs of other market participants. And they will be unable to use the legal system to protect their wealth from squatters (by enabling them to maintain uncultivated land indefinitely) or to limit vigorous bargaining by workers (both because workers will be freer to organize without statist restrictions and because the absence of such restrictions will give workers options other than paid employment that will improve their negotiating positions).

While unfettered competition obviously will not create mathematical equality, it will make it much harder for vast disparities of wealth to persist than at present. The state props up the power elite, using the threat of aggression to shift wealth to the politically favored. Removing the privileges of the power elite will lead, through the operation of the market, to the widespread dispersion of wealth members of the power elite are able to retain at present in virtue of the protection they receive from the political order.

The means of transactional redistribution is the market. The direct agents are ordinary market actors, while those responsible for the elimination of statist privileges that distort the market and prop up the wealth of the power elite are the indirect agents. The rationales for transactional redistribution include thevalue of freedom and the injustice of the privileges transactional redistribution corrects.

Rectificational Redistribution

Eliminating privilege and creating a freed market will tend to foster the widespread sharing of wealth. But it will not on its own be sufficient to make up for the effects of systematic aggression by the members of the power elite and their allies. That’s why rectificational redistribution is also important.

Massive injustice lies at the root of much of the contemporary distribution of wealth. Land theft is

the most obvious example. But other kinds of aggression — the internal passport system implemented in eighteenth-century England, for instance, or the engrossment of unowned land by state fiat — have also served to deprive ordinary people of resources and opportunities. The beneficiaries of this kind of aggression have varied to some extent, but they have consistently belonged to politically favored groups — they’ve been either members of the power elite or their associates.

People deserve compensation for the losses they have suffered at the hands of those who prefer the political to the economic means of acquiring wealth. It is obviously not possible to correct all historical injustices. But when those injustices have systematically benefited some identifiable groups at the expense of others, radical correction is possible and entirely warranted. That’s why Murray Rothbard argued that slaves should be entitled to the plantation land on which they worked: their putative “owners” had not used their own labor, or the labor of free people cooperating with them, to cultivate the land; rather, those who cultivated it for the members of the plantocracy did so at gunpoint. Thus, the land was reasonably regarded as unowned prior to the cultivating work of the slaves, who should have been treated as, in effect, homesteading it — and who obviously deserved compensation for the theft of their labor by their “owners.”

In the same way, independent farmers turned into serfs by violence deserved, Rothbard believed, to receive title to the land on which they worked, while the aristocratic proprietors of the latifundia on which they worked deserved precisely nothing in compensation for land to which they weren’t entitled in the first place. Military contractors, research universities, and other entities largely supported by the state’s theft of land and resources might well, he and Karl Hess suggested, be treated as unowned and capable of being homestead by their workers or others. And it would be easy to argue along similar lines that those prevented from homesteading unowned land by means of its legal engrossment should be allowed to claim it. And so forth.

The means of rectificational redistribution is the reallocation of unjustly acquired or retained property titles. The direct agents are the people who homestead property newly acknowledged to be unowned or who claim property unjustly taken from or denied to them or their predecessors in interest, while those who work to ensure the denial of recognition or protection to unjust titles are the indirect agents. The rationales for rectificational redistribution include both the injustices of the titles to the property rectificational redistribution reallocates and the claims to compensation of those deprived of title to their own property or unjustly prevented for claiming unowned property by the power elite. While it is not a source of independent justification for reallocating title, the greater dispersion of wealth this kind of redistribution effects can be welcomed by libertarians both in virtue of the benefits it confers on economically vulnerable people and because of its contribution to greater social stability.

Libertarianism as a Redistributive Project

Libertarian redistribution is just because it employs voluntary or rectificatory means and because it is undertaken by non-state actors. It does not require any sort of global consequentialist justification. And it serves to empower ordinary people and compensate them for injustice.

Statists might reflexively dismiss libertarian redistribution because it isn’t undertaken by the state. But, if they did, they would owe us an explanation: why should they be concerned primarily about means? Statists ordinarily argue for redistribution either as a means of reducing economic vulnerability or as a way of fostering economic equality, understood as valuable in its own right. But libertarian redistribution would certainly achieve the former goal and would likely promote the latter, too. So statists opposed to libertarian redistribution would seem to have fetishized statist means—and to care more about these means than about the purported ends of statist policies.

Libertarians rightly reject statist redistribution as a variety of slavery. But they have every reason to embrace solidaristic, transactional, and rectificational redistribution. A libertarian commitment to redistribution helps clearly to identify libertarianism as a species of genuine radicalism that challenges the status quo, undermines hierarchy, exclusion, and poverty, and fosters authentic empowerment.

2 responses to “Libertarians for Redistribution

  1. Redistribution always makes me think of what is done to others with the threat of aggressive force. It’s a mean little “neutral” sounding word which tries to hide its true intentions.

    I would not wish to use that word to describe voluntary action of gifts or transactions or the rectification of injustice. It makes it sound that the definition of the word is a continuum that covers the unjust actions of those who support aggressive force to just actions of free choice or retribution.

    The question then becomes where do you stand on the continuum? Let’s see if we can “nudge” you in “our” direction along the continuum. Sounds to me like a variant of Utilitarianism, an idea which I reject.

    By using this word in everyday conversations you’ve already lost the debate. Similarly, I think how I never accept without challenge the use of the term “social justice” for the same reason.

    In the struggle for freedom words are weapons. If you accept their terminology you appear to accept their premises, but it’s a battle of ideas, a culture war, we need to communicate the clear differences in what we believe in and we can only use language to do that.

  2. Well if it is voluntary it is not “redistribution” as this term is used in ordinary language. See Antony Flew (many works) or Oakeshott on so called “distributive justice” (in his “On Human Conduct”),

    Although the letters “re” are wrong also – as income and wealth are not “distributed” in the first place, they are created by the process of civil interaction over time.

    What the article seems to be arguing for is benevolence – the central Christian virtue of charity (when the word “charity” was not a “boo word”).

    Like Congressman David Crockett standing in the House of Representatives and telling the politicians that they had no right to vote other people’s money away (not even to the victims of fire or earthquake).

    David (I have been told he hated “Davy” – but I do not know) throw down this offer on the floor of the House.

    He would personally give (from his own moderate resources) to the victims – would the statist Congressmen (the social justice types of the day) do the same?

    Just as with Barack Obama or Joe Biden – before they ran for President. Lots of talk about “the poor” – but when looks at their personal finances these rich men gave virtually nothing to the poor (before they started their run for the office of President).

    This is the dirty little secret about supporters of “distribution” (or “redistribution”) they normally want to “distribute” the income and wealth of other people, not their own.

    As George Orwell (himself a socialist) said…..

    “When a socialist starts talking about life “under socialism” they normally mean everyone else under socialism, and themselves on top of it”.


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Hartzler Music Collection

The Jesse D. Hartzler Collection is owned by the Good Library and housed in the rare book room of the Mennonite Historical Library on the campus of Goshen College. The collection contains 3,106 musical books with a strong emphasis on American nineteenth century hymnody. The books are broadly classified into 20 categories. A list of the categories and a description of their contents follows.

1. On Hymns and Hymn Writers

This section contains 625 books about hymns and written from 1709 until 1976.�

2. Sabbath School Tune Books

This section contains 231 Sunday school songbooks. Most are oblong and were published between 1838 to 1897. There is a substantial collection of songbooks by William Bradbury. Other popular authors or compilers include Asa Hull, John Kurzenknabe, Robert Lowry, William Odgen, Tullius O'Kane, Theodore Perkins, Phillip Phillips, George Root, and Horace Waters.�

3. Hymnals: Demoninational and Standard

This section contains 175 denominational hymnals published between 1800 to 1966. Although a number of denominations are represented, Methodist and Baptist hymnals tend to dominate.�

4. Hymn Books with Words Only

This section contains 166 psalters and hymnals without tunes. Most of the books were published between 1714 and 1892; however there are a few early twentieth century books as well. In addition to a number of Methodist hymnbooks, there are numerous copies of Asahel Nettleton's Village Hymns for Social Worship, Sebastian Streeter's New Hymn Book, and Isaac Watts' Psalms of David.�

5. Spirituals, Words Only

This section contains 42 books published between 1800 and 1879. Some of the books are by Peter Myers, Henry Smith, and John Totten.�

6. Spirituals with Tunes

This section contains 51 books published between 1786 and 1890 with a couple of twentieth century books. In this section the books range from J. W. Dadmun's Melodeon to Joseph Hillman's Revivalist to Asa Hull's Sacred Harp to Joshua Leavitt's Christian Lyre to a 1786 print of Isaac Watts' Psalms of David.�

7. Class Books

This section contains 443 mostly oblong songbooks mostly used in schools. Chronologically, the books range from Artemas Johnson's Empire Collection published in 1800 to Judge Jackson's Colored Sacred Harp published in 1934. Various authors include Benjamin Baker, William Bradbury, Luther Emerson, Thomas Hastings, Daniel Hodges, Artemas Johnson, Jacob King, George Kingsley, Charles Leslie, Leonard Marshall, Horatio Palmer, Henry Perkins, William Perkins, Ransom Randall, George Root, Solomon Straub, and Virgil Taylor.�

8. Lowell Mason

This section contains 90 books by Lowell Mason published between 1818 and 1872.�

9. I. B. Woodbury Books

This section contains 32 books by I. B. Woodbury published between 1848 to 1859.�

10. Sermons on Church Music: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century

This section contains 9 books with sermons. Three are from the seventeenth century, two from the eighteenth century, and three from the nineteenth century, as well as others.�

11. Sacred Quartette and Choir Books and Church in Large Volumes

This section contains 42 large books published from 1800 to 1966. This section includes books such as Samuel Holyoke's Columbian Repository from 1800 and Henry Wilson's Quartettes of 1861.�

12. Pamphlet Material

13. Reports of Church Wide Mennonite Music Conference

14. Shaped Notes and Other Unconventional Forms of Notes

This section contains 78 books of variable forms of notation from cipher notes to shaped notes, to aid untrained people to read syllables. These books range from Andrew Law's Select Harmony of 1779 to other notable books by William Little, John Wyeth, Jesse Aiken, Amos Hayden, Samuel Wakefield, William Walker, Thomas Weber, Benjamin White, and John Winebrenner.�

15. Eighteenth Century and Others

This section contains 55 books. Although the heading suggests that most books are from the eighteenth century, the majority of books in this section are from the early nineteenth century. This section contains works mostly by previously mentioned authors.�

16. Psalm Books

17. Secular Music, etc.

18. African American Melodies

19. Gospel Song Books

20. Miscellaneous

Updated 14-May-2007 SWH


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During the event, speaker Cathy DeRosa shared the report Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers, 2004

We are pleased that Cathy DeRosa, Vice President for Marketing and Customer Services at OCLC, is coming to UNCG on Wednesday, April 20. During her visit, Ms. DeRosa will speak on the topic of Environmental Scanning in a lecture from 2-4 p.m. in the Kirkland Room of the Elliott University Center. Library faculty and staff are encouraged to attend, and will be joined by faculty and students of the LIS program.

DeRosa was named Vice President, Marketing, in November 2001. Prior to joining OCLC, she served on the faculty of the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, where she taught e-business marketing. From 1994 to 2000, she was Vice President and General Manager, Symix Systems, Columbus, Ohio. (In 2001, Symix changed its name to FrontStep.) From 1991 to 1993, she was Project Manager, International Pricing Task Force, National Semiconductor. From 1989 to 1990, she was a Senior Consultant with Price Waterhouse, serving technology companies in Boston, Massachusetts, and San Jose, California. She also has held management positions at Micro Card Technologies and Texas Instruments. DeRosa received a bachelors degree in accounting from the University of Arizona and a masters of business administration degree from the Harvard Business School.


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Message 1: Symposium on Discourse Prosody Interfaces
Date: 11-Jan-2007
From: Antoine Auchlin <antoine.auchlinlettres.unige.ch>
Subject: Symposium on Discourse Prosody Interfaces

Full Title: Symposium on Discourse Prosody Interfaces
Short Title: IDP07

Date: 12-Sep-2007 - 14-Sep-2007
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Contact Person: Antoine Auchlin
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
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Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Phonology

Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2007

Meeting Description:

Second International Symposium on Prosody - Discourse Interfaces
The symposium is addressed to researchers interested in the complex relations between prosodic and discursive facts, within the areas of discourse, verbal interaction and prosody.

The aim of the symposium is to allow researchers working in the areas of discourse, verbal interaction and prosody to present the latest developments in their research on the interfaces between these domains. The Symposium will focus on a limited number of topics
- Prosodies and their compositionality
- Units for prosody / units for discourse
- Prosody and context(s)
- Prosodic transfers from L1 to L2

We invite anonymous abstracts of a maximum length of 3000 characters including spaces (one page) in Word or PDF format.
Abstracts should be sent to: idp07lettres.unige.ch by March 1st 2007
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June 1st 2007: Deadline for submission of the camera-ready papers for the pre-proceedings.

Message 2: Computational Linguistics in HCI 2007
Date: 28-Dec-2006
From: Hyungsuk Ji <jihyungsukskku.edu>
Subject: Computational Linguistics in HCI 2007

Full Title: Computational Linguistics in HCI 2007
Short Title: CL-HCI 2007

Date: 27-May-2007 - 30-May-2007
Location: Beijing, China
Contact Person: Hyungsuk Ji
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Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 05-Jan-2007

Meeting Description:

Workshop on Computational Linguistics in Human-Computer Interaction (CL-HCI 2007)
Deadline Extended to Jan. 5/2007

All accepted papers will be printed in the conference proceedings published by Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Selected papers will also be published as special issues of appropriate journals.

Processing natural language -- arguably the most complex and higher level human-specific aspect -- is a very challenging topic in Computational Science.

For a more advanced and evolved next-generation human-computer interaction (HCI) system, it is indispensable to integrate with it natural language processing (NLP) interface. To interpret and understand a user's intended command from his/her speech signal, series of processes such as speech recognition, parsing, semantic analysis, word sense disambiguation, etc. need to be performed. The proposed workshop focuses on such research topics common in Computational Linguistics and HCI. The workshop will provide also an opportunity for discussing and sharing participants' research experiences and outcomes.

Hyungsuk Ji (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
Young-Hoon Seo (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
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Seong-Moo Yoo (University of Alabama in Huntsville, US)

Important dates for CL-HCI 2007
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- Camera ready papers: February 19, 2007

Suggested topics for submitted papers include :
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I’ve created a new page called My Videos, it will be a mix of my favourite videos and the ones I create: all of which will be about tutorials based on Windows, Mac and Linux as well as online stuff.

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10 May

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Re: weird pipe behaviour!

>>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:

    Hamish> I've noticed some really strange behaviour with pipes. Try
    Hamish> this:

    Hamish> mkfifo wow
    Hamish> cat < wow &
    Hamish> cat < wow &
    Hamish> echo hi there > wow

This is what I get from zsh (similar from bash, too):

[535] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >mkfifo wow
[536] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >cat < wow &
[1] 14084
[537] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >cat < wow &
[2] 14085
[537] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >echo hi there > wow
[538] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >hi there

[1]  - done       cat < wow
[538] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >
[2]  + done       cat < wow
[538] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >

(don't really understand fifos - I thought the 2nd cat command would
still be blocked...)

from tcsh:

[539] [snoopy:bam] /tmp >tcsh
snoopy:/tmp> rm wow
snoopy:/tmp> mkfifo wow
snoopy:/tmp> cat < wow &
[1] 14106
snoopy:/tmp> cat < wow &
[2] 14107
snoopy:/tmp> echo hi there > wow
hi there
[1]    Done                          cat < wow
snoopy:/tmp> echo hi there > wow

process is blocked - why is this so different from zsh/bash???  I
thought the 2nd write command would unblock the 2nd read command...
Now to find out how to unblock it - neither Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Z do
anything, at least with tcsh. Later: reading from the pipe unblocks
both blocked processes:

[2]    Done                          cat < wow

>From a text mode console, slink, both with bash and zsh. Perhaps this
is a potato specific bug in tcsh??? I don't think a shell should ever
just exit, unless you manually exit.

What happens if you don't run it inside a window (so you can see any
errors that might occur) or run your shell within another shell?

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Re: Bug#377956: ITP: python-psycopgda2 -- PostgreSQL adapter for Python

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 11:19:01AM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:
> I intend to package this module which would be a successor of
> python-psycopgda
> * Package name    : python-psycopgda2
>   Version         : 2.0.2
>   Upstream Author : Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>

> Note: If there is already a package (which I failed to detect), please
> notify me. In that case, I'd like to avoid duplicating the effort.

Wouldn't upstream intend to package it himself? Please contact him to
check his plans.

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My creative audigy2 does

I own a Creative Audigy Platinum.
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My older soundblaster live works fine too.

Some users report that Terratec cards might be a good choice too ...

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Samsung CLX3175 Printer driver

Mike Cloaked mike.cloaked at
Sun Sep 20 08:01:56 UTC 2009

Jim-213 wrote:
> FC11
> Has anyone installed the Driver for the Samsung CLX3175 all in one
> printer.
> Where do you get a driver.

Although I managed to get a different Samsung printer going, you may find
the general approach at
helpful, in providing an overview of what you may need - of course the
drivers for your own system will be different and you may find that some
open source drivers also work.

I had to do a lot of googling to get get my printer working - but it does
and in the meantime open source drivers are being honed to work too so that
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Date: 14 Jan 2003 20:08:24 -0800
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Can we just fix customization to close the .emacs file after it modifies
> it?
> It would be reasonable to delete the buffer afterwards if the buffer
> was newly created for the purpose.  Would you like to implement it?

Now that I have signed papers I might take care of this...

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SubjectRe: [patch 2/8] 2.6.22-rc3 perfmon2 : Debug messages added
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Stephane Eranian wrote:

> > What's the current status of the perfmon2 patchset that Robert's work is
> > based on?
> Well, I have been hacking on it a lot especially to allow Oprofile and
> perfmon2 to co-exist (mutual-exclusion). I am hoping to release something
> before I fly to OLS next week. I have started integrating Robert's patches.
> I also have to integrate IBM's Cell support patch.

Mutual exclusion between oprofile and perfmon2 will be great; I'm
starting to see why you added the "implementation" field. If you could
integrate Robert's patches into your own then I think it will be easier
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