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Monday, 31 December 2012
Weekly Faith ? December 30, 2012 | Face Forward Columbus
Our True Home ? Feast of the Holy Family
Readings:
Sirach 3:2-6,12-14
Psalm 128:1-5
Colossians 3:12-21
Luke 2:41-52
Why did Jesus choose to become a baby born of a mother and father and to spend all but His last years living in an ordinary human family? In part, to reveal God?s plan to make all people live as one ?holy family? in His Church (see 2 Corinthians 6:16-18).?In the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, God reveals our true home. We?re to live as His children, ?chosen ones, holy
and beloved,? as the First Reading puts it.
The family advice we hear in today?s readings ? for mothers, fathers and children ? is all solid and practical. Happy homes are the fruit of our faithfulness to the Lord, we sing in today?s Psalm. But the Liturgy is inviting us to see more, to see how, through our family obligations and relationships, our families become heralds of the family of God that He wants to create on earth.
Jesus shows us this in today?s Gospel. His obedience to His earthly parents flows directly from His obedience to the will of His heavenly Father. Joseph and Mary aren?t identified by name, but three times are called ?his parents? and are referred to separately as his ?mother? and ?father.? The emphasis is all on their ?familial? ties to Jesus. But these ties are emphasized only so that Jesus, in the first words He speaks in Luke?s Gospel, can point us beyond that earthly relationship to the Fatherhood of God.
In what Jesus calls ?My Father?s house,? every family finds its true meaning and purpose (see Ephesians 3:15). The Temple we read about in the Gospel today is God?s house, His dwelling (see Luke 19:46). But it?s also an image of the family of God, the Church (see Ephesians 2:19-22; Hebrews 3:3-6; 10:21).
In our families we?re to build up this household, this family, this living temple of God. Until He reveals His new dwelling among us, and says of every person: ?I shall be his God and he will be My son? (see Revelation 21:3,7).
Dr. Scott Hahn, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
Pray for Priests
Fr. David Gwinner, Fr. Anthony C. Baar DEC., Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Frederick Campbell, Bishop James Griffin, Fr. Richard Gross, Fr. Thomas Shonebarger
Saints of the Week
St. Anysia, St. Sylvester, Mary the Blessed Virgin, St. Basil the Great, St. Genevieve,? St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann
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South Florida's Collins injured in win against George Mason
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Published: December 30, 2012
Updated: December 30, 2012 - 12:00 AM
The University of South Florida Bulls nearly blew a late 13-point lead but hung on to defeat the George Mason Patriots 61-57 at the Sun Dome.
That wasn't Saturday night's biggest concern.
USF lost sophomore point guard Anthony Collins with 10:30 remaining when his head slammed into a defender's knee while they scrambled for a loose ball. Collins remained on the court for 10 minutes, moving only slightly. His head and neck were stabilized by EMS officials and he was carted away on a stretcher as the 4,856 fans provided a reassuring ovation.
Bulls coach Stan Heath said Collins, a preseason second-team All-Big East selection, suffered a neck injury and was taken to a Tampa hospital. Heath said Collins had sensation in "his extremities, his hands and feet." Collins' status was unknown for Wednesday night's game at Central Florida.
Also, USF junior Victor Rudd suffered a late-game concussion, leaving the Bulls with just five healthy scholarship players in the final minute (they came into the game minus Shaun Noriega and JaVontae Hawkins, plus Kore White was unavailable with a toe injury).
"I'm proud of the guys," said Heath, whose team improved to 8-3. "We hung in there."
Even without Collins, USF's alpha and omega.
"It was hard to see him down there (on the court)," said USF junior Martino Brock, who assumed much of the ball-handling duties following Collins' absence. "I pray that everything goes good with him. He's our point guard, our leader. He does so much for us."
Jawanza Poland led USF with 16 points and eight rebounds, including four free throws after the Patriots (7-5) had cut the Bulls' lead to 55-53 with 33 seconds remaining. USF struggled overall at the free-throw line (16-for-27), but went 10-for-10 in the final 1:57.
"I thought we closed well," Heath said.
Brock added 14 points for USF, while Musa Abdul-Aleem contributed 11, including a 3-for-4 night from 3-point range. Sherrod Wright had 22 points for George Mason.
Zach LeDay's free throw with 5:12 left gave USF its largest lead, 49-36, but George Mason went on a 17-6 run to make it excruciating down the stretch.
"George Mason is a good pressure defense team and we were without our best pressure-release guy (Collins)," Heath said. "We could've folded. That was a really physical game, but we did what we needed to do (at the critical moments)."
Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, USF's leading scorer (12.7), had just three points. Rudd, named national player of the week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, was limited to just six points on 2-for-9 shooting.
"I give the kid (Rudd) credit because he didn't put his head down," said Patriots coach Paul Hewitt. "Obviously, the injury (to Collins) looked pretty serious. I hope he's healthy for the rest of the season."
Physical adversity is nothing new for USF. Collins has been laboring with a calf injury. Rudd's status is now uncertain. Heath doesn't expect Noriega or Hawkins back for UCF. White is a possibility.
"We've just got to keep stepping up," Poland said.
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An Active Spa Holiday Up the Mountains In the French Alps
The Savoie region is a wonderful area to spend your skiing holidays. Green pastures dotted with quaint villages; tall mountains and tiny lakes discovered along walks through the National parks. More than anywhere else, this whole region lives to the rhythm of the seasons influencing the trees, plants and wild life that make it such an attractive place to visit.
Valloire (1430m) is a picturesque traditional village nestled in the mountains but is also a well known skiing resort and also famous for its international championships of ice sculptures organised in January every year. Valmeinier the village next door , at 1500 m and 1800 m is a skiing resort and a family-friendly resort, offering a variety of activities throughout the year.
Valloire / Valmeinier is a ski park 150 km of ski slopes for all levels. There are about 21 green slopes, 25 blues, 31 reds and 6 black slopes, 1 snowpark in Valloire.
SPA RESORT CHALETS DU GALIBIER the apartments of the spa resort Galibier , are located at 200 m from the ski lifts, at the foot of the ski slopes (return on your skis).
Recently built the residence composed of 2 groups of 5 traditional-style chalets (with lifts), located 1km from the village centre. It has 2 indoor swimming pools (one in each group of chalets) - free access, 1 Communal lounge with fireplace, 1 Spa center (extras) and a Sauna and steam room .
ACCOMMODATION All self-catering apartments have a Kitchenette with ceramic hob, microwave/grill and dishwasher, telephone, balcony. Apartments can cater for 2, 4 or 6 to 8 people depending on the capacity and configuration.
THE SPA
Relax, unwind and enjoy a range of treatments formulated by Thalgo the French experts in thalasso and skincare, including massages, wraps and facials. You will have free access to Indoor heated swimming pools (1 in Galibier 1 and 1 pool in Galibier 2)
Here is a selection of the Best spa treatments in the self-catering Chalets du Galibier spa resort. Enter a world of relaxation and harmony and indulge yourself with a visit to one of the Spa & Bien-?tre by Lagrange suites now present in a number of Lagrange properties. Unwind and enjoy a range of massages and treatments formulated by Thalgo. A range of ? la carte treatments is available on site or you can choose from one of the four specially created packages below. These packages are to be booked at the same time as your accommodation and also include priority booking for specific treatment times.
? HAPPY SPA Package (2 treatments)
A rejuvenating and comforting package as part of a relaxing holiday.
Facial treatment [30mins] + Aromatic back massage [30mins]
? EVASION BIO Package (2 treatments)
A selection of 100% natural organic treatments.
Aromatic almond oil facial and soothing lavender oil body massage [90mins]
This package includes a free box of honey & orange blossoms herbal tea
? COCOONING Package (4 treatments)
A selection of relaxing treatments to guide you along the path to well-being!
Relaxing full body massage [1hr]
Swedish full body massage [1hr]
Foot reflexology [30mins]
this package includes free aromatic massage & bath oil (150ml bottle)
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Facial treatment [1hr]
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NCAA Football: Michigan State edges TCU 17-16 in BWW Bowl
TEMPE, Ariz.?Dan Conroy kicked a 47-yard field goal with 1:01 left, Le'Veon Bell ran for 145 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown, and Michigan State rallied to beat Texas Christian 17-16 in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl on Saturday night. 
Michigan State (7-6) labored through the first half before going on the longest drive in the school's bowl history, a 90-yard march capped by freshman Connor Cook's 15-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Burbridge in the third quarter. The Spartans recovered a muffed punt by TCU's Skye Dawson at the 4-yard line midway through the fourth quarter and Bell scored two plays later by racing around left end for a 14-13 lead.
TCU (7-6) rallied to set up Jaden Overkrom for a 53-yard field goal with 2:42
Michigan State defensive end Denzel Drone, bottom, pulls the ball away from TCU running back B.J. Catalon, center, as Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes, top,hits Catalon during the first half of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, in Tempe, Ariz. Catalon's forward progress was stopped causing the referees to blow the play dead. ((AP Photo/Paul Connors))
left, but left Conroy too much time for his second straight postseason game-winner after beating Georgia with a 28-yard kick in the third overtime of last year's Outback Bowl.TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin (2) carries the ball during the first quarter of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl NCAA college football game against Michigan State, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, in Tempe, Ariz. MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES. ((AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Cheryl Evans) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES.)
TCU running back B.J. Catalon, center, is tackled between Michigan State defensive end Marcus Rush, left, and linebacker Max Bullough, right, during the first half of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, in Tempe, Ariz. ((AP Photo/Paul Connors))
TCU's Matthew Tucker (29) carries the ball during the first quarter of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl NCAA college football game against Michigan State at Sun Devil Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, in Tempe, Ariz. MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES ((AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, ) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES )
Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell, right, stiff-arms TCU linebacker Joel Hasley, center, as TCU cornerback Jason Verrett, left, pursues during the first half of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, in Tempe, Ariz. ((AP Photo/Paul Connors))
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This is what the REPOsitory record is for.
Fact->Citation->Source->SourceRepository->Repository
Fact contains the information
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Source contains complete information about the source
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Similar this can be done for books you own, documents, recordings of interviews. Not a perfect system but this is what the general use of the tags/fields are used for.
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I'm completely new to this site and this community; however, I am far from new to the roleplaying game. I've been playing text-based RPs since I was about thirteen or so (nineteen now) courtesy of my sister who is an English major concentrating in creative writing. Fucking grammar Nazi.
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The Theology of Les Miserables
I cannot think of any work of fiction that conveys the contrast between Law and Grace as vividly and profoundly as?Les Miserables.? As a long-time fan of the novel and the musicals, I went to see the movie recently and enjoyed it immensely. ?With minor variations, it?s a rendering of the musical, and the musical does an extraordinary job of capturing the major moral and theological themes of the novel. ?With a harrowing performance from Anne Hathaway and fantastic range and power from Hugh Jackman (I felt a bit bad for Russell Crowe, who is a fine Javert in pure acting terms but hardly a singer), and strong performances also from those playing Cosette (young and old), Eponine, Marius and the Thenardiers, this is a movie worth your time.
Leah Libresco gets to the theology of the work when she writes about Inspector Javert:
?Javert loves God, in his own way, because Divine Law is the source of order in the world. ?For Javert, the absense of mercy is the greatest mercy of all, because it allows Javert to perfectly understand the world around him. ?Grace is a miracle, a dirty word, a motion to suspend the rules.
?Mercy unmoors the moral stars Javert navigates by, and, as an agent of the Law, he?needs some kind of unfailing light to steer by. ?The more?precisely?he understands the world, the less margin for error he needs to leave. ?But, if God can break the rule that, if Lucifer falls, he will be in flame, how can Javert trust that the promise to the righteous will be kept? ?Perhaps he lacks faith in God?s goodness, but I think he?s also afraid he?d have to give up a little faith in Javert.
After all, if the moral universe is as mechanical as Javert dreams, he can save himself through his own efforts. ?If the rules are fixed and known, then all he has to do is follow them. ?If there are no miracles and no mercy, then everything is within Javert?s understanding, and his mastery is only limited by his self-control. ?God sets the rules, and Javert gets to play a fair game.?
You can read the rest here.
I think she has the Javert part right. ?What I love is the contrast between Javert and Valjean. ?Both are creatures of the gutter (Javert was born in a prison), but their paths from a common origin are strikingly different. ?With a serious SPOILER WARNING for those who have neither read the novel nor seen the musical, here are some of the key contrasts:
- JAVERT has risen to the heights of his current position through unyielding will and meticulous discipline, by virtue of his own efforts. ?VALJEAN rises even farther, but through the decisive intervention of a Bishop who shows him a thoroughly unmerited grace that changes Valjean forever. ?Valjean is, almost literally, born again, as he lets go of his former identity and begins a new identity and a new life.
- JAVERT insists that every person without exception should be judged and punished according to his or her deeds. ?He?s genuinely irritated with Valjean when Valjean refuses to punish him for what Javert perceives to be a misdeed. ?He would agree with Socrates in Plato?s Gorgias?that it is better for a perpetrator to be caught and punished. ?VALJEAN extends to others the same grace that was given him. ?He shows an extravagant grace to Fantine, the woman who worked in his factory and fell into prostitution after she lost her job, and an even more remarkable grace to Javert himself, when he lets the inspector go free from the student rebels? camp.
- For JAVERT, God is essentially Deistic and explicable, even mathematical. ?As Leah illustrates, the celestial mechanics of divine judgment are, in Javert?s philosophy, as brilliantly clear and timelessly predictable as the paths of the starts. ?For VALJEAN, God is personal. ?When he prays to God, God is not merely the source of moral order and truth but a source of passionate love and intimate solace.
- JAVERT is incapable of compassion. ?He is unmoved by Fantine?s protestations regarding her daughter?s need, unmoved by Valjean?s plea to let him care for Cosette before he apprehends him. ?He watches, not hateful but simply unmoved, when a man is pinned underneath a cart, before Valjean lifts the cart to save him. ?Legalism ultimately devolves into something like the Law of Karma: everyone always, in the end, gets what he deserves. ?VALJEAN understands that people are more than their actions. ?Divine grace and mercy is inexplicable apart from ? indeed confers ? the sacred value of each individual.
- Finally, JAVERT does not believe that people can change. ?Once a thief, always a thief. ?Even when all the evidence shows that Valjean is a transformed man, Javert cannot even contemplate it. ?In a world without grace and rebirth, everything must proceed organically from that which precedes it. ?There is nothing new, nothing truly transformative, no dying-to that leads to a new being.
Have you seen the flick? ?What did you think? ?Let me know in the comments.
Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/philosophicalfragments/2012/12/29/the-theology-of-les-miserables/
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UFC 155?s Derek Brunson was a cheerleader before he started fighting
Long before he put together a 9-2 record and earned a spot against Chris Leben at UFC 155, Derek Brunson was a cheerleader. As he shows in his audition video for "The Ultimate Fighter," Brunson was an accomplished tumbler and stunter. Skip to the 2:10 mark to see him toss his partner up into one-handed stunts and throw a double-twisting flip.
He talked about his cheerleading past with MMA Fighting, and pointed out how difficult cheerleading can be.
"I can do flips, and I was like tossing girls in the air. That's where I got my strength from, just controlling girls in the air. You get core strength, your chest gets all big. It makes you really strong, like you look on steroids, but you don't have to take steroids because of cheerleading."
Though Brunson wrestled in college, he said he did have scholarship offers for cheerleading. Wrestling and eventually MMA won out. Brunson admitted that MMA is more dangerous than cheerleading, but it's still tough.
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How to best buy foreclosures in Chicago ? Real Estate | Raw ...
With the government passing measures to curb the ongoing foreclosure crisis, some relief is expected amidst the foreclosures in Chicago. However, a large number of homes in Chicago have already been foreclosed upon; many others are in pre foreclosure and there are more home owners out there who still risk facing foreclosure.While this situation, from the point of view of a home owner, might not look good, this is being looked upon as a good time to buy residential property. Since foreclosure homes are known to sell at discounted prices, they become the more viable option. You can use various resources to look for foreclosure homes. The internet is a good source to look for homes in foreclosure across the country, and foreclosure homes in Chicago feature in almost all foreclosure listing websites. Financial institutions which deal in home loans are prone to have lists of homes foreclosed upon by them. Legal sections within local newspapers also carry foreclosure listings. B esides, you can always get in touch with real estate agents who have first hand information about local foreclosures. You can buy a foreclosure home during various stages. Once a home enters pre foreclosure, you cab buy it from the existing home owner. Since home owners in pre foreclosure have stipulated time periods to sell the homes in, they are known to accept offers that are considerably lesser than the homes? market value. As far as an offer can take care of the debt owed to the lender, there is a possibility of it being accepted.Homes which do not sell in pre foreclosure are put up for sale at public foreclosure auctions. If you are new to the process, make sure you do sufficient research before you decide to bid at an auction. A good idea would be to sit through an auction before participating in one. Auctions, too, are known to offer some very good deals.Deeds of homes that pa ss the auction stage are transferred to the lenders who hold the mortgage on the respective houses. Lenders are often in a hurry to offload foreclosure homes and this can result in some very good discounts. Banks are also known to pay the real estate agent?s fee (if you are using one) and the closing costs involved in the sale of the house, to lure customers. These homes are considered to be a safe bet because any past arrears on the property are also generally taken care of by the lender upon foreclosure.All these stages of foreclosure are known to offer some great deals. You do not have to limit yourself to buying any one kind of foreclosure home. It is best to explore all possibilities before you make that decisive call.
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Saturday, 29 December 2012
NRA, Gun Rights Advocates, Left Out Of Talks To Reduce Gun Violence, Group's President Says
By David Ingram
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - An effort led by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to find ways to reduce gun violence after the Connecticut school massacre so far has not included talking to the National Rifle Association, the president of the gun rights group said on Friday.
NRA President David Keene said neither Biden nor his staff has contacted the organization since President Barack Obama unveiled the effort on Dec. 19.
Keene said he was not surprised, given Biden's past support for new gun control laws. "He's not even a friendly antagonist," Keene told Reuters in an interview.
The lack of communication between the White House and the largest U.S. lobbying group for gun owners is a sign that the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, has so far failed to change long-held stances on gun politics. In that tragedy, a young man shot his mother with her own gun before killing 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Biden and up to four Cabinet officers are holding a series of meetings with outside groups to discuss possible gun legislation. The first was with law enforcement officials, another with mayors.
The White House has said other meetings will take place with gun safety groups and gun owners, among others, but it has not said whether the NRA will be invited. The White House had no comment on Friday.
Asked about the organization's influence, Obama struck an optimistic note on Dec 19. "The NRA is an organization that has members who are mothers and fathers," he said. "I would expect that they've been impacted by this as well, and hopefully, they'll do some self-reflection."
Two days later, NRA executive Wayne LaPierre said at a press conference that new gun laws were not the answer, calling instead for some form of armed guards in every school.
Keene told Reuters: "I'm willing to talk to anybody. I'm willing to sit down with anybody up there." He added, though, that he would not agree to "gut" gun rights.
"I'm going to want to have a conversation about how we protect our children," he said. "That's a serious conversation. Offering sort of feel-good bills doesn't strike me as serious."
Biden's group is due to offer its recommendations in January.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll on Thursday found that support remains high for preserving specific gun ownership privileges, such as concealed-weapon permits, as well as for some restrictions, such as background checks for every purchase.
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Search Engine Land's Most Popular Stories On Google+ In 2012 ...
It?s started, the top lists of 2012! Over the next few days, we?ll be posting a series of these, including the most read Search Engine Land stories, the most tweeted ones and the ones most liked on Facebook. But to kick it off, the stories with the most +1?s on Google+.
How did we collect this data? Search Engine Land columnist?Annie Cushing?suggested we use Social Crawlytics, a tool that easily crawls the site and reports on the social activity for each URL. If you haven?t checked it out, go do so. It?s free to get started.
A few observations while aggregating list:
- Seventeen of the top 20 stories have the word ?Google? in the headline. People on Google+ sure like stories about Google!
- Eight of these stories have the word ?Panda? in the headline, so Google?s Panda Update that began in 2011 made news all through 2012
- Three stories mention ?SEO? in the headline
Without further ado, here are our top stories with the most +1?s from 2012, with the number of +1?s each received shown after the headline:
1. Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update, Plus Changes To How It Evaluates Links, Local Search Rankings & Much More?(490)
2. Google Launches Knowledge Graph To Provide Answers?(336)
3. Google Pushing Out Panda Update 3.9 Tonight?(278)
4. The Definitive Guide To Google Authorship Markup?(268)
5. Official: It?s Google Panda Update 23, Impacting ~1.3% Of Queries?(266)
6. For Social Media Marketers, SEO Is Much More Popular Than PPC?(263)
7. Google Releases Panda Update 21, Impacts 1.1% Of US Queries In English?(234)
8. WSJ Says Big Google Search Changes Coming? Reality Check Time!?(231)
9. Back To The Future: Google Announces A Meta Keywords Tag Just For News Articles?(229)
10. Google Panda 3.2 Update Confirmed?(213)
11. Ex-Googler: ?To Please Google With Your SEO, Forget About SEO??(208)
12. Google Panda Update 20 Released, 2.4% Of English Queries Impacted?(206)
13. Google Places Ranking Factors ? The PhD Version?(194)
14. Facebook Gets Into Local Search With ?Facebook Nearby? For iOS & Android?(172)
15, Google Says Panda 3.4 Is ?Rolling Out Now??(170)
16. Panda Update 3.92 Rolling Out (Or Is It Panda 20 Time?)?(161)
17. Google?s Gags Go Worldwide For April Fool?s Day 2012?(155)
18. 2012 Year In Review: Important Shifts In Google SEO?(144)
19. Study: 39% Of Google Search Referrers Now ?Not Provided??(142)
20. Google Plus Connections Are The New Links?(126)
Related Topics: Most Popular Stories | Top News
Source: http://searchengineland.com/most-popular-stories-on-google-143594
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Umm, no. Maximum energy gain for a gravitational assist is a slingshot maneuver where you narrowly miss a head on collision with the planet, you will then be whipped around on a parabolic path and depart in the opposite direction with twice the planet's velocity added to your own. The "gravitational tugboat" maneuver you describe is great for minor boosts and course corrections, but is unlikely to be used for speed unless a slingshot maneuver is incompatible with reaching the desired destination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist [wikipedia.org]
As for a solar slingshot, yeah it's pretty pointless for in-system travel - it's hard to get close (not to mention survive the passing), and since it's basically the "stationary point" for the solar system you can't steal much speed from it, so once you reach your starting distance you'll have roughly* the same velocity as when you started with. Unless you just want to briefly go really fast for some reason, or are on an interstellar vessel seeking a gravity assist on your way to somewhere else in the galaxy, the sun is pretty useless for gravity boosts.
* You won't leave a solar slingshot with exactly the same velocity because the sun itself is orbiting the solar-system's barycenter, typically between about 1/2 and 1 solar-diameter from the sun's center and constantly moving as the orbiting of the outer planets shift the system's center of mass. So there will be some velocity transfer, just not enough to be actually useful.
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Navigating the Intersection of Legal Affairs & Communications ...
By Meghan Gross, Senior VP, Schwartz MSL, MSLGROUP North America
All communicators eventually face the challenge of dealing with legal issues, made increasingly complex by our 24/7 conversation involving multiple stakeholder groups. Fuelled by conventional wisdom and pop culture, many hold the opinion that lawyers are in an enterprise to manage risk down to zero, and communicators are there to promote the enterprise?s mission and vision to the exclusion of all else. That preconceived notion can result in an underlying tension between the two functions in good times, but when layered into a crisis situation, it can impede an organization?s response and derail its progress in returning to business as usual.
However, the two functions have a lot more in common than it may seem. Both are wholly focused on protecting the organization?s reputation: they just approach it from a different vantage point. While lawyers may cringe at their counterpart?s unrelenting use of adjectives, descriptors and praise for the organization, communicators become equally frustrated at the legal team?s use of redlining, striking what they perceive to be the best brand attributes out of the press release, web copy and social media posts.
Under the best of circumstances, this tension exists and can be the reason for the delay of marketing and communications output. Under the worst of circumstances ? for example, executive wrongdoing, product recalls, and labor strikes ? this tension can result in an impasse, with stakeholders eagerly waiting for the organization?s next message as social media posts pile up, camera crews stalk the doorway and the C-suite grows increasingly anxious.
To avert this danger and bridge this gap, the two organizations should begin by developing a thorough understanding of the other?s challenges and opportunities, work styles and overall mandate. Like any form of negotiation, the best way to reach the middle ground and forge an acceptable solution is to view the situation from the other party?s vantage point and to develop workable scenarios to be deployed in the event of a crisis.
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Ultimately, a productive working relationship between a communications and a legal team is one long negotiation. Before you begin, lay the groundwork for a successful one.
First: Understand Where the Bias Comes From
Lawyers are not just being difficult. There is a reason why many lawyers are risk averse: they are trained to think that way, and paid to protect an organization whether in negotiating a contract, closing a deal, developing a litigation strategy or writing a settlement. It is an essential part of their training as law students and as young associates, and it is put to good practice as they develop their careers. This mindset saves companies a lot of money, time and potential exposure. In fact, the protection lawyers put in place for the enterprise can often be what save an organization from damage to its reputation.
In the throes of a crisis it can be maddening to see the messaging so carefully crafted be poked and prodded, examined from every angle and at times, diluted. However, it is a necessary activity. Consider the legal review an important checkpoint in a message development process that can often be infused with emotion and stress levels.
Not surprisingly, there is a reason we as communicators push the envelope: we know what does and does not make news. Reporters hang up on us. We see social media efforts fall flat because they don?t resonate with stakeholders and sound too ?corporate?. We often experience the legal protection as curtailing a healthy corporate dialogue.
However, this is all healthy tension. The best way to use it to your advantage is to acknowledge it exists, enjoy that it protects you and your organization from exposure, and build in a little extra review time if you think it may delay the crisis response.
Next: Know Your Organization and Share Your Mission
Know your organization?s business, and not just from the marketing and communications standpoint. Provide your team of communicators with greater visibility into legal and compliance issues that ultimately act on, influence, and shape your communications strategy. It can be tempting in proactive news cycles and feel-good marketing campaigns to ignore the legal and compliance issues that lurk beneath the surface. However, keeping someone on the communications team informed and engaged with that business function will pay dividends later. Whether you designate one person to be the point person for the legal department or every communicator folds this into his or her role, being aware of what could impact your communications strategy will allow your team to calibrate issues, responses, proactive campaigns accordingly throughout the year.
Similarly, educate your legal team by sharing your communications team?s goals. Demonstrate the value of positive, brand-building efforts over the year and how that supports sales, increases revenue and overall affects the organization?s productivity. Share your general programming for the year, be as specific as possible when launch dates will occur and why. This will ensure that the legal team can prepare for them, create workarounds, or share concerns if any.
Tips and Tactics for Better Working Relations Between Communications and Legal
If the two preceding activities have been in place for several months, when faced with a crisis your organization?s lawyers and communicators should be shoulder-to-shoulder at the table, designing workable solutions to the situation at hand. This foundation is essential for ensuring smooth functioning when the external environment becomes heated.
In addition to the relationship building efforts between the two departments, there are also tips and tactics that may help the process:
Develop a stakeholder map before a crisis hits. Always maintain a holistic view of the organization. It is not just about legal, and not just about the communications: when faced with a crisis it is about the entire reputation of the company and this includes many different and sometimes competing stakeholder groups. Consider developing a stakeholder map for your senior leaders in the organization, and show the impact certain communications have on different groups. This will allow your legal and compliance teams to see the big picture and develop collaborative solutions with you.
Identify ? hot-button? issues beforehand and share with any content creators. As you develop crisis communication plans, identify hot-button words, phrases, and messages. What words and issues are true deal breakers? What words and issues might have negative impact on certain stakeholder groups but not on others? Do some scenario-planning together and try to deal thorny and complex issues, such as multi-stakeholder communications, in less intense settings. Put the results in a cheat sheet, and circulate to both the Legal and Communications teams and any content creators. This will serve as an editing roadmap for the crisis and its immediate aftermath and reduce the back-and-forth editing of routine documents. Save the heavy editing session for the documents that matter the most.
Bring the legal team into your preparedness calls. Ideally, there is an early warning before a crisis hits. Allow a representative from the legal team to join your marketing and communications planning calls or meetings. This will allow Legal to identify red flags, allow Communications to ask questions and obtain guidance in real time, and streamline the materials development process.
Make it a real relationship ? not a series of time-consuming requests. The legal team is just as busy as you are. If it is a big enough crisis, they are also reviewing their own reports to legislators, regulators, and other entities. Establish a relationship with the department beforehand so if a crisis hits, they understand what you may be requesting. Offer to do a ?Communications 101? for the team and dissect a communications campaign from start to finish, showing where the legal and compliance insertion points are. Share your strategic communications calendar, and pinpoint where announcements are likely to fall during the year. Explain why the news release and social media response needs to be in tandem. Allow them to be a part of your process.
Build connections during down time. While it is in short supply in most organizations, take the quiet times as an opportunity to build the connections between your departments. Make it more personal than transactional. Have coffee and discuss what is happening in the organization. Share your views on how you each contribute to the business strategy. Discuss trends in your respective industries. It is a lot harder to lock horns with someone you know as a person.
Take time to learn their industry. Most communications people hunger for increased credibility and a seat at the table in an organization. The best way to do that is to become knowledgeable about the business and not just about what you do in it. Take time to learn about what the legal team actually does for the company. Knowing what a term sheet is can boost your credibility with transactional lawyers and just might make that next acquisition announcement flow more smoothly. Understanding a bit about the litigation process might give you more wiggle room with a litigation communications strategy. Realize that it isn?t always about the copy approval.
Comply with the legal team?s requests too. Is your company going through an audit? Is there a request for documents in litigation discovery? Remember, sometimes legal issues take priority in an organization. Be as prompt with your responses as you would want in return.
Realize you both are here to protect and enhance reputation? just from a different approach. And always, let cool heads prevail.
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Meghan Gross is the Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Schwartz MSL in Boston. She has handled an array of issues management and crisis communications scenarios, including executive transitions, personnel misconduct, workforce reductions, litigation, financial scrutiny and acquisitions. This post appears in PR News? Crisis Management Guidebook, Vol. 6, which may be purchased here.
Also watch a video interview of Meghan on social media trends and PR with PRWeek.
Source: http://blog.mslgroup.com/navigating-the-intersection-of-legal-affairs-communications/
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And the Mobile Nations 2013 CES Experience in Las Vegas winners are...!
Alright folks, it's time to announce the 6 lucky people that will be joining NVIDIA and Mobile Nations at CES 2013!
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of the members that submitted an entry. We really appreciate all of the time and effort everyone put in, and the response was quite overwhelming.
So, getting down to business... after much debate and discussion, we have selected 6 stand out entries. These folks will join the Mobile Nations and NVIDIA crews in Las Vegas for CES 2013!
Congratulations to... *drum roll*
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TJ Hardin
Martin Reisch
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Congrats to Robert Brown, one of the 6 stand out entries we received!
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We're ALL looking forward to meeting you, hanging out with you, and doing all sorts of other fun stuff at CES. We will be in touch with our 6 lucky picks shortly to arrange all of the travel, hotel and CES pass details!
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Worst Listing Photos 2012: The Best of the Bad ... - AOL Real Estate
One thing we learned in 2012? Some people have no idea how to create home listings properly.
We've seen some of the most disgusting listing photos this year, from bloody bathtubs to frying pans with rotting food still in them. And why would these photos be included in a home listing in the first place? Beats us. We're just the messengers.
We've also seen funny listing photos, scary ones and just plain bad ones. Click through the gallery below to see our best of the worst in real estate listing photos this year. (Hope you're not eating right now.)
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Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges that he detains mothers who can't pay their bills.
Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running. Now, a New York-based group filed a lawsuit this month in hopes of forcing Pumwani to stop the practice.
Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum near the maternity hospital said Pumwani wouldn't let them leave after delivering their babies. The bills the mothers couldn't afford were $60 and $160. Guards with sticks would beat mothers who tried to leave without paying, one of the women said.
Omondi says one solution to the problem would be a national health insurance program.
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Jackson to step down as Obama's environmental chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson, who spearheaded the Obama administration's crackdown on carbon emissions, said on Thursday that she will be stepping down after almost four years of battles with Republicans and big industry over her proposed regulations.
Under her leadership, the agency declared for the first time that carbon dioxide was a danger to human health and could be regulated under the Clean Air Act, leading the EPA to develop a new regulatory regime to limit carbon emissions.
But many environmental activists felt that measures to address climate change by the Obama administration were too timid, and it is unclear if that will change in the president's second term, regardless of who succeeds Jackson.
Leading the list of potential replacements are Bob Perciasepe, the current deputy EPA administrator, who will take over the agency on an interim basis; and Kathleen McGinty, a former head of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection and a prot?g? of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
Also said to be in the mix are Gina McCarthy, the EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation; and Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board.
Jackson's departure was not a surprise. Analysts had not expected her to stay for President Barack Obama's second term.
She had faced withering attacks from industry groups and Republicans, who hauled her in for numerous hearings in Congress, as well as some pushback from within the Obama administration.
Obama thanked Jackson for her service, praising her work on mercury pollution limits, fighting climate change and helping set new fuel economy standards for vehicles.
"Under her leadership, the EPA has taken sensible and important steps to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink," Obama said in a statement.
Jackson, 50, is expected to leave the EPA after Obama's State of the Union address in early 2013. The post of EPA administrator is a Cabinet-level job.
The administration is expected to face a tough fight to get any potential nominee, and especially one seen as being in the mold of Jackson, confirmed by the Senate.
Jackson is the first major energy policy official to step aside since Obama's re-election last month. There has been speculation that the similarly embattled Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel prize winning physicist, may not stick around for Obama's second term. Ken Salazar, the U.S. Interior Secretary, may also depart.
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Jackson's years at the agency were marked by some bruising encounters with Republican lawmakers, who accused her of orchestrating massive government overreach that they said was choking U.S. economic growth.
Republican lawmakers passed numerous bills aimed at undoing Jackson's regulations. None of these measures were signed into law, but the White House did begin to pull back or delay rules in the face of the relentless onslaught.
For example, Obama's decision in 2011 to delay rules to restrict emissions of smog-forming chemicals from power plants led to speculation that Jackson would step down at that time in response to the setback.
"From an energy and consumer perspective, it has to be said that the Jackson EPA presided over some of the most expensive and controversial rules in agency history," said Scott Segal, director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which lobbied against many of the EPA's proposed regulations.
States and governors have also fought Jackson's rules in the courts. In a major win for opponents, a U.S. appeals court in August overturned the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, aimed at reducing harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants.
In a statement, Jackson, the first black administrator of the 17,000-strong EPA, said she was "confident the (EPA) ship is sailing in the right direction."
While tensions ran high with industry, Jackson's tenure has been hailed by many environmentalists and public health advocates, who say she leaves a legacy of cleaner air.
"Administrator Jackson has been one of the most effective leaders in the history of the Environmental Protection Agency," Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation.
Reports in recent weeks have suggested that Jackson, a chemical engineer by training, might be under consideration for the post of president of Princeton University in New Jersey.
Media reports also indicate that the one-time chief of staff to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine might be mulling a run for governor in that state.
Despite her contentious dealings with Congress, Jackson maintained a surprisingly cordial relationship with one of her biggest critics, Senator Jim Inhofe. She even kept a photo of the Oklahoma Republican and his grandchildren in her office.
"Lisa Jackson and I disagreed on many issues and regulations while she headed the EPA, however, I have always appreciated her receptivity to my concerns, her accessibility and her honesty," said Inhofe, who has called climate change a hoax, chided the Obama administration for a "far left green agenda" and vigorously opposed carbon regulations.
Inhofe said Jackson's departure offers the White House the chance to appoint someone "who appreciates the needs of our economy."
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A self-described pragmatist, Jackson passionately fought to limit air pollution. She often described her two sons' struggles with asthma when discussing the importance of clean air.
Jackson also rejected her critics' complaints that stronger environmental rules were incompatible with a robust economy.
When broad climate change legislation sputtered in Congress in 2010, the EPA became the White House's main vehicle for addressing carbon emissions.
Since then the agency has finalized rules outlining restrictions on carbon emissions for new power plants, effectively prohibiting the construction of new coal-fired plants without carbon-capture and storage technology.
"Her successor will inherit an unfinished agenda that begins with the issuance of new health protections against carbon pollution from existing power plants - the largest remaining driver of climate change that needs to be controlled," said Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The EPA will also have a major role in the federal response to the shale oil and gas boom. The agency's study of the booming but controversial drilling practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is due out in 2014.
Most regulation of fracking has fallen to the states, but the EPA has said it plans to propose standards on wastewater from gas wells by 2014 and is considering rules that would require more disclosure about the chemicals used in fracking.
(Additional reporting by Valerie Volcovici and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Ros Krasny, Will Dunham and Mohammad Zargham)
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Kupa X15 Windows 8 tablet gets production ready, now on sale starting at $1,100
When we first saw the Kupa UltraNote back at MobileCon 2012, the convertible Windows 8 slate had all the markings of a reference design: NFC, fingerprint scanner, LTE, digitizer and Intel Core i7 processor. But production realities change things some, and now that this particular tab is finally on sale, a few of its specs have been swapped out. Starting at $1,100 and rebadged as the X15, this 10.1-inch slate still reps a 1,920 x 1,200 IPS display, dual 1.3-megapixel front-facing / 5-megapixel rear cameras, support for WiFi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0, as well as up to 128GB SSD, but now comes in four configurations. Most notably, its allotment of DDR3 RAM's been doubled to 8GB across the board, although users seeking that previously announced Ivy Bridge Core i7 will have to opt for the high-end Ultra model as the lesser Elite, Pro and Lux builds all feature an Intel Core i5. LTE support seems to have been dropped altogether in favor of HSPA+ connectivity on the Ultra and Lux units. If you're interested in what Kupa's selling here, you'll need to contact the company directly -- there's no easy link on its site to simply purchase the X15 tablet outright.
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