Friday night football: Northwest Whitfield gains upper hand with win ...

TUNNEL HILL ? For the first time this season, Northwest Whitfield?s running game outshined its passing attack.

On the legs of Chris Tinson, the Bruins ended a two-game skid, saved their season and continued a dominance of an intracounty rival.

Northwest pulled away late Friday at home in a 31-7 victory against Sub-region 7B-4A foe Southeast Whitfield, which entered with a chance to lock up a spot in one of the ?play-in games? to the state playoffs.

Tinson, a senior, collected 167 yards on 18 carries and scored twice. After the Raiders (2-6, 2-2) cut the Bruins? lead to 17-7 with 10 minutes, 37 seconds left in the game, Tinson capped a five-play, 47-yard drive that took just 1:41 off the clock with a 2-yard touchdown run. He scored again from 16 yards out with 7:00 left to all but seal a Northwest (5-3, 2-2) win.

It was the first time Tinson ? or any Northwest running back ? rushed for more than 100 yards in a game this season.

?I was used to just getting a series (every now and then),? said Tinson, who started the year in a committee with Blake Heard.

?Playing all the time is different.?

This was the Bruins? 16th consecutive win against the Raiders, who last won in the series back in 1992. Northwest owns a 28-7 series lead, and this outcome is one with major postseason implications. The Raiders now need some help next week ? a win against Dalton and a LaFayette upset of Northwest ? while the Bruins avoided being eliminated altogether and just need to win against the struggling Ramblers next week to secure the same.

?We?ve just got to regroup and kick the injury bug out of us,? said senior Rhett Harper, who replaced an injured Blake Foster at quarterback after the Raiders? third possession. ?We?ve just got to get our rhythm back and our feet back together.?

Northwest took a 17-0 lead off a 6-yard halfback pass from O?Shea Hill to A.J. Orozco with 6:55 left in the third quarter. After the teams traded punts, Southeast drove 66 yards on seven plays, and Easton Ridley scored on a 9-yard sweep play. The Raiders? senior running back finished for 125 yards on 20 carries.

Then, Southeast?s Abel Mendiola landed a pooch kick just beyond Northwest?s first line of kick coverage. The ball bounced into Northwest?s Tevin McDaniel?s hands around the 30-yard line. Had the ball bounced the other way, it could?ve been a different game.

?It bounces our way and we?re in it,? Raiders coach Sean Gray said. ?I?m proud of our kids. We battled with them, and it?s a hard loss.?

After Northwest took a 7-0 lead on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Silas Ledford to Hill, Southeast executed a fake-punt pass from Harper to Kevin Torres in the second quarter netted 45 yards to Northwest?s 9-yard line.

?We told them they were going to do the fake punt there, and our kids just totally messed it up,? Northwest coach Josh Robinson said. ?I have to do a better job coaching that to make sure that doesn?t happen.?

But Abel Mendiola pushed a 26-yard field goal wide right and Southeast remained scoreless. Later in the half, Southeast got inside the Northwest 10-yard line again, but a fourth-down fake field goal pass fell incomplete.

?We got down there to the 9 (yard line) twice early and didn?t come away with anything,? Gray said. ?That hurt.?

Cody Ensley?s interception near the goal line almost kept the Raiders within a touchdown at halftime, but a Southeast fumble gave the Bruins the ball at the Raiders? 42 yard line with 22.9 seconds left. Bryan Villa made a 30-yard field goal to give Northwest a 10-0 halftime lead.

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NYC Nanny Stabbing: When Is a Child Too Young to Remember Trauma?

Nessie Krim, a 3-year-old returning from a swim lesson, witnessed a family tragedy that could leave lifelong scars. She and her mother walked into their New York City apartment on Thursday to find her two siblings in the bathtub with their throats slashed, allegedly by their nanny.

To add to the horror, the little girl and her mother, 34-year-old Marina Krim, watched on as their nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, knifed herself in the throat and slit her wrists, according to police.

When is a child too young to remember a trauma, and is that even the right question to ask?

"It's more about the family than the child," said Dr. Alan E. Kazdin, professor of psychology and child psychiatry director of the Yale University Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic.

"The child doesn't know the meaning of the stabbing and may not see blood or know what it was," said Kazdin. "The easier part to address is that the mother will have a huge traumatic reaction to this and it will likely change the interaction with the 3-year-old.

"You can't fault the mom for anything, but depressed moms are less engaged with their children."

The victims' parents ? Marina and Kevin Krim, an executive with CNBC ? will surely have a psychologically challenging recovery ahead, say medical experts. And their surviving child Nessie's emotional health will be intertwined with theirs.

Children always follow their parents' lead, according to Kazdin. "When a child falls on the pavement, they cry for just a second, then they look to the parent. When they see the parent isn't crying, they stop."

"This is an event the child can't really experience ? like 9/11," he said. "The family will talk and cry about it and not the first, but the enduring events the family will go through in their normal reaction will be devastating to the child.? The trauma experience is not going to be a one-shot thing."

Marina Krim demonstrated her devotion to her three children in photos and daily anecdotes that she posted over the last two years on a blog, "Life with the Little Krim Kids" on LiveJournal. It was taken down after the murders.

Police said that Ortega, who is 50 and worked in the family home for more than year, remains on a breathing tube after being rushed to the hospital. She was a naturalized American born in the Dominican Republic where the Krims had visited Ortega's family in February. Neighbors who had known the woman for years said she had no history of mental illness, and police had no motive.

Christine A. Courtois, a counseling psychologist and the author of "Treatment for Complex Trauma," said that Nessie's mother will need "extensive support" going forward. "They have to face loss, betrayal, and in addition a trial."

For the parents, it's not just about the death but the massive betrayal of responsibility," she said.

The motivations of Ortega may never be known. "It depends on the character of this woman and what set it off," said Courtois. "Something may have happened with the children. She may have been resentful about the wealth of the family or have her own history of abuse or something that unhinged her that day."

Other parents need to be vigilant and take it in the sense that this could happen to anyone," Courtois said. "Unfortunately, no one is immune."

She notes that a mother tends to feel more misplaced guilt than a father, even if she had done all she could to vet the nanny.

Both she and Kazdin agree that 3-year-old Nessie will not likely escape unscathed from this family tragedy.

"Even though she might not have known what happened, the fact that her mother walked in and was screaming and screaming, the child will know that [something bad has happened]," said Courtois. "She will register her mother's distress."

But will the bloody events of this week be imprinted forever in Nessie's brain?

"No one knows the answer," said Kazdin. "Will the child have a mental photograph? No one knows."

"We do know about the stress that is experienced by parents gets passed on to their children right there on the spot," he said. "The best thing for the child is for all the support systems to make sure the family gets back on track."

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/nyc-nanny-stabbing-child-young-remember-trauma/story?id=17575702

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Watching the cogwheels of the biological clock in living cells

ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2012) ? Our master circadian clock resides in a small group of about 10'000 neurons in the brain, called the suprachiasmatic nucleus. However, similar clocks are ticking in nearly all cells of the body, as demonstrated by the group of Ueli Schibler, professor at the Department of Molecular Biology of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The molecular mechanisms of circadian clocks can thus be studied outside of the animals, in cultured cells.

A system to study gene regulation live in single cells

"Given the important role of the DBP protein in the regulation of detoxifying enzymes, we were interested in studying the molecular mechanisms underlying the rhythmic transcription of the DBP gene," points out the biologist, who is member of the NCCR Frontiers in Genetics. To do so, his team devised an elegant method to watch directly under the microscope how the clock's molecular "cogwheels" govern the activity rhythms of this gene in individual living cells. To this end, the scientists engineered a cell line with a piece of a chromosome exclusively composed of repeated DBP gene copies. They showed that the daily transcription of DBP is due to the rhythmic association of an essential clock component, the transcription factor BMAL1. "This is the first time a transcription factor binding to a circadian gene could be visualized in real time in single cells" explains Markus Stratmann, first author of the article.

The clock transcription factor must be sacrificed

To their surprise, the scientists found that the clock protein BMAL1 is destroyed while stimulating the expression of the DBP gene. By applying a variety of sophisticated imaging and biochemical techniques, they showed that the BMAL1 molecules bound to the DBP gene are degraded by an intracellular protein destruction machine, termed the proteasome.

Curiously, the chopping of the triggering protein BMAL1 is absolutely required for the efficient activation of the DBP gene. In other words, BMAL1 must die while embracing that gene in order to do its job. "In a sense, these transcription factors have the same cruel fate as males of the carnivorous insect Mantis. Sadly, Mantis females decapitate and then start eating their partners before the act of love is even completed" says Markus Stratmann.

At the moment, the biologists can only speculate about the broader impact of their findings. "We do not yet understand why the destruction of the BMAL1 protein is mandatory for the optimal functioning of the DBP gene" remarks Ueli Schibler. In fact, BMAL1 molecules regulate the daily activity of many other genes without getting killed while doing their work. The researchers noticed, however, that genes whose activity is not associated with the destruction of BMAL1 are expressed many hours later than the DBP gene. Their work thus offers a plausible explanation to the enigma of how one and the same transcription factor, BMAL1, can impose dramatically different daily cycles of gene expression.

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The money crunch: Stanford Medicine magazine's new special report

If you don?t have your health, you don?t have anything. Unfortunately, in the United States protecting this most precious asset is breaking the proverbial bank. As I edited the new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine, which includes a report on the medical world?s money crunch, I came across harrowing statistic after harrowing statistic.

Among them:

• U.S. health-care spending neared $2.6 trillion in 2010, which is 17.9 percent of the nation?s gross domestic product. This translates to $8,402 per person.
• More than 75 percent of U.S. health-care spending is due to chronic conditions, which are expected to become even more prevalent as the baby boomer generation ages. In 2000, 125 million people suffered from chronic conditions; by 2020, that number is projected to reach 157 million.
• Competition for biomedical research funding has become cutthroat. At the National Institutes of Health, the world?s biggest funder, requests for dollars rose from 3.6 times the supply in 1998 to 6.5 times the supply in 2011.

What?s behind the crisis? How can we dig ourselves out of this predicament? The new issue offers some answers and poses more questions. Inside the report:

?The competition?: A feature on the intense competition for funding for biomedical research ? competition that has reached an all-time high.

?Against the odds?: A story about a young oncologist?s experience as member of a small band of physicians, engineers and management scientists training to battle the waste and perverse financial incentives in America?s medical system. She is part of Stanford?s Clinical Excellence Research Center, led by Arnold Milstein, MD, a major national force in medical service innovation.

?Melinda Gates on family matters?: A Q&A with philanthropist Melinda Gates on her campaign to expand access to contraception.

?Testing testing?: A piece on the dangerous and costly problem of overscreening for medical conditions, focusing on the seemingly intractable debate over prostate cancer screening.

?Giving well?: Interviews with four major Stanford financial supporters about why they give.

In addition to the special report, this issue includes a feature, ?Marathon man,? on the career of Stanford medical school?s dean, Philip Pizzo, MD, a pioneer in pediatric HIV research as well as an academic leader, who is stepping down from the position after 12 years.

Previously: The data deluge: A report from Stanford Medicine magazine; The future of psychiatry: A report from Stanford Medicine magazine and Cancer?s next stage: A report from Stanford Medicine magazine
Illustration by Brian Rea

Source: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2012/10/26/the-money-crunch-stanford-medicine-magazines-new-special-report/

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Hurricane Sandy Actually a 'Bride of Frankenstorm': NASA

With a potentially monster storm approaching the U.S. East Coast just days ahead of Halloween, it's not surprising that weather forecasters have dubbed the intense Hurricane Sandy a "Frankenstorm." But there may be a better name for the incoming hurricane, NASA officials say.

Hurricane Sandy is currently a Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale as it creeps northward in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm is expected to merge with another cold front early next week and could transform into a powerful hybrid tempest, according to the National Hurricane Center.

"Some forecasters are calling this combination of weather factors 'Frankenstorm' because of the close proximity to Halloween," officials with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., wrote in a storm update today (Oct. 26). "However, because Sandy is a woman's name, the storm could be considered a 'bride of Frankenstorm.'"

Sandy has grown in size such that its cloud cover blankets an area 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) across as the storm passed over the Bahamas, NASA officials said. [Photos: 'Frankenstorm' Hurricane Sandy from Space]

As of this afternoon, Hurricane Sandy was about 430 miles (695 kilometers) south-southeast of Charleston, S.C., and 30 miles (50 km) north-northeast of Great Abaco Island. The storm had maximum sustained winds of about 75 mph (120 kph) and was moving north at about 7 mph (11 kph).

Hurricanes and other major storms have names that progress in alphabetical order and alternate between the male and female genders. The storm before Sandy was called Rafael and the storm that immediately followed the "Frankenstorm" was named Tony.

The next major Atlantic storm to carry a female name will be called Valerie, according to the current cycle. Names beginning with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are left out of naming convention due to their limited number.

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are keeping constant watch on Hurricane Sandy using satellites that monitor the storm non-stop with radar and in visible light and infrared wavelengths. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has revealed spots of intense rainfall around the storm's center, Goddard officials explained.

"Storm surge is expected to be [a] big factor as Sandy approaches the Mid-Atlantic coast. Very rough surf and high and dangerous waves are expected to be coupled with the full moon," Goddard officials wrote. "The National Hurricane Center noted that the combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters."

NASA is providing constant updates, interviews and video to the public via its hurricane status website here. The term "Bride of Frankenstorm" was proposed by Goddard's Rob Gutro, Hal Pierce and Marshall Sheperd during today's updates.

You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter?@tariqjmalik?and SPACE.com on Twitter?@Spacedotcom. We're also on?Facebook?&?Google+.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-sandy-actually-bride-frankenstorm-nasa-202053964.html

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Alumni Letter: ?Please Withhold Your Almuni Giving to Wesleyan ...

?We believe it is is not ethically responsible at this time for us as alumni to financially support an institution that is not willing to properly ensure the safety and respect of its student body.?

Confirming reports from Homecoming Weekend that a significant number of alumni are aware of and unhappy about recent campus controversies surrounding sexual assault and need-blind admissions, Wesleying received the following letter from members of the class of 2010. The note has been circulating via email among recent alums. In it, Anonymous ?10 expresses ?serious concerns regarding two recent, unsettling?missteps?taken by Wesleyan University? and asks hir classmates to pledge not to donate. No doubt this suggestion will be controversial on campus (particularly in the arena of need-blind, where Wesleyan?s meager alumni giving rate is especially pertinent). No doubt it will also grab attention.

Some alumni have already defended their unwillingness to donate in the comments section of recent posts. Wesleying is interested in following up with a longer feature. If you?re an alumnus who won?t donate to the school and want to talk about it?or a caller for Red & Black?please contact us at staff(at)wesleying(dot)org.

Here?s the letter:

Dear fellow alumni,

We are writing to express serious concerns regarding two recent, unsettling?missteps?taken by Wesleyan University, and are asking you to reconsider the type of support you currently offer to our alma mater.

In the past year, Wesleyan has failed to provide proper support for survivors of rape and sexual harassment that occurred on campus. It appears to us that university officials are allowing their public relations concerns to take priority over the health and well-being of their students by attempting to diminish the criminality and severity of cases of sexual abuse and harassment for the sake of lessing the public visibility of these offenses. They have quietly stood aside while acts of rape and sexual harassment occurred out of concern for negative publicity?and this displays a hypocritical and disgusting failure to combat rape culture.

We are additionally frustrated by Wesleyan?s decision to no longer be a need-blind institution in its admissions decision process.?This is an act of racism and classism.?Wesleyan?s choice to implement this new policy will act as a detriment to the dignity and quality of the education and community offered by our former school.

We believe it is is not ethically responsible at this time for us as alumni to financially support an institution that is not willing to properly ensure the safety and respect of its student body. In this moment, money given to Wesleyan is money given to supporting rape culture, racism, and sexism, as the university itself has made it clear that financial concerns take precedence over combating these things.

When Red & Black calls you in the coming months, we beg you to give nothing. While our donations are not a major source of financial support for the University, they do play a large role in the very public relations that the university is attempting to maintain by sweeping these cases of abuse and discrimination under the rug. And please, when you refuse to donate, explain why to the caller. If enough of us refuse to donate, and offer a clear explanation of why we currently feel donating is unethical we may be able to counteract Wesleyan?s abhorrent actions.

For more?information about the specifics of the events of the year, please look to the links we have listed below.?Please forward widely.

Courant: ?Federal Lawsuit Says Wesleyan Failed To Protect Woman From Assault At Fraternity House Called A ?Rape Factory??
Wesleying: ?Wesleyan is Great, Unless A Professor Sexually Harasses You?
Courant: ?Faced With Rising Costs, Wesleyan University Drops ?Need-Blind? Financial Aid Policy?

Please sign Holly Wood ?08 and Vincent Vecchione ?07?s petition here.

Most sincerely,

Select Members of the Class of 2010

Relevant:

Wesleying coverage: need-blind
Wesleying coverage: sexual assault

Source: http://wesleying.org/2012/10/25/alumni-letter-please-withhold-your-almuni-giving-to-wesleyan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alumni-letter-please-withhold-your-almuni-giving-to-wesleyan

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John Sununu Comments Spark Controversy

John Sununu, a top surrogate for Mitt Romney, suggested on Thursday that Gen. Colin Powell?s endorsement of President Obama?s bid for reelection in 2008 and 2012 was motivated by race, CNN reported.

Sununu, a former New Hampshire governor known for his candid commentary, intimated on CNN?s Piers Morgan Tonight that Powell?s endorsement of the president was based on issues other than policy. When pressed, Sununu pointed to the fact that the two men share the same race.?

?When you take a look at Colin Powell, you have to look at whether that's an endorsement based on issues or he's got a slightly different reason for endorsing President Obama," Sununu said. "I think when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being President of the United States, I applaud Colin for standing with him."

A few hours later, however, Sununu issued a statement in which he seemed to walk back the comment, Politico reported.

"Colin Powell is a friend and I respect the endorsement decision he made and I do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president?s policies," Sununu said in the statement. "Piers Morgan?s question was whether Colin Powell should leave the party, and I don?t think he should."

Powell, a self-proclaimed ?moderate Republican? who served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, lent his endorsement to Obama?s reelection early on Thursday on CBS?s This Morning, citing the president?s leadership in troubled times and his efforts against terrorism. He added that he had concerns about Romney?s views on both economic and foreign policies. Powell also endorsed Obama in 2008.?

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/john-sununu-comments-spark-controversy-075958000--politics.html

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Networks, AP changing exit poll strategy

NEW YORK (AP) ? A growth in early voting and tough economy for the media are forcing changes to the exit poll system that television networks and The Associated Press depend upon to deliver the story on Election Night, all with the pressure-filled backdrop of a tight presidential race.

The consortium formed by ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, NBC and the AP is cutting back this year on in-person exit polls while upping the amount of telephone polling. This is to take into account more people voting before Nov. 6 and households that have abandoned land lines in favor of cell phones.

"It makes it trickier," said Joe Lenski, executive vice president of Edison Research, the company that oversees the election operation for the news organizations. "It means there are a lot of different pieces to keep track of."

On a perfect Election Night, Americans who are tracking results won't notice all the work being done behind the scenes. The Associated Press reports actual vote counts nationwide and news organizations use those numbers, plus the exit polls, results from precinct samples in some states and telephone polls of absentee voters to do their own race calls.

But things haven't always gone perfectly. The news organizations completely rebuilt their exit poll system after the 2000 embarrassment, when TV networks mistakenly called the race for George W. Bush when it wasn't decided until a month later (the AP mistakenly called Florida for Al Gore, retracted it but, unlike the networks, never called the overall race for George W. Bush). In 2004, early exit poll results overestimated the strength of Democrat John Kerry.

To save money this year, the consortium is doing bare bones exit polling in 19 states. Enough voters will be questioned in those states to help predict the outcome of races, but not enough to draw narrative conclusions about the vote ? what issues mattered most to women voting for Mitt Romney, for instance, or how many Catholics voted for Barack Obama.

The affected states are: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming, along with the District of Columbia.

Each is considered a non-battleground state with polls showing a strong advantage for one of the presidential candidates. Some non-battleground states will get the full exit poll for other reasons, like Massachusetts and its hotly contested U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.

"What we are doing is taking our resources and using them where the stories are," said Sheldon Gawiser, NBC's elections director and head of the steering committee for the AP-network consortium.

Spending figures were not made available. News organizations have had a tough few years financially, but the consortium noted that it is interviewing a total of 25,000 voters this year, up from 18,000 in 2008.

Because of early voting, there are no traditional exit polls in Oregon, Washington and Colorado. A phone poll is done prior to Election Day in those states, taking in a mixture of people who have and haven't voted. Others states have a mixture of telephone polling and exit interviews. California, North Carolina and Arizona are among the states where the percentage of telephone polls has grown because of more people voting early.

More people are interviewed on cell phones because it is the primary way to contact them. The consortium said cell phone interviews are twice as expensive as those on land lines because of manpower costs, in large part because it is harder to reach people and federal law requires the phone numbers to be manually dialed instead of done by computers.

In addition to the exit poll changes, the news organizations are taking steps to improve their ability to include actual vote counts in their decisions on when to call particular states as a winner for either candidate. This usually involves collecting sample precincts that reflect a state's demographics.

Even this is complicated by local customs. Some states report precinct results more quickly than others. New Mexico, for example, sets up polling places where anybody from a particular county can cast a ballot; while this makes voting easier, it makes projections based on precinct samples more difficult.

Television viewers may notice that networks are being slower than in the past to project winners in certain states, but the consortium believes people won't see a difference.

If the actual election is as close as the pre-election polls are suggesting, it will be a long night, anyway.

With all the factors increasing the difficulties and costs associated with exit polling, it's worth wondering whether a time will come that the news organizations abandon them in favor of the pre-election polling. The experts say that time is nowhere near.

"One of the great advantage of exit polls is you don't have to worry about who voted. You don't have all of these 'likely voter' issues that you have now," said Lee Miringoff, a pollster at Marist College.

Gawiser noted how the minds of voters can change, even up until the last possible minute.

"It's a story we want to be able to tell on Election Night and we want to be able to tell it accurately and rapidly," he said. "I really don't think it's much different than any other story we tell."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/networks-ap-changing-exit-poll-strategy-174038249.html

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Now the mobile phone goes emotional

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2012) ? ForcePhone is a mobile synchronous haptic communication system. During phone calls, users can squeeze the side of the device and the pressure level is mapped to vibrations on the recipient's device. Computer scientists from University of Helsinki indicate that an additional haptic channel of communication can be integrated into mobile phone calls using a pressure to vibrotactile mapping with local and remote feedback. The pressure/vibrotactile messages supported by ForcePhone are called pressages.

Mobile devices include an increasing number of input and output techniques that are currently not used for communication. Recent research results by Dr Eve Hoggan from HIIT / University of Helsinki, Finland, however, indicate that a synchronous haptic communication system has value as a communication channel in real-world settings with users that express greetings, presence and emotions through presages.

-Pressure and tactile techniques have been explored in tangible interfaces for remote communication on dedicated devices but until now, these techniques have not been implemented on mobile devices or been used during live phone calls, says Eve Hoggan.

Using a lab based study and a small field study, Doctor Hoggan and her co-workers show that haptic interpersonal communication can be integrated into a standard mobile device. The new non-verbal design was also appreciated.

-When asked about the non-verbal cues that could be represented by pressages, the participants in our study highlighted three different approaches: to emphasize speech, express affection and presence, and to playfully surprise each other, she says.

When asked about the specific ways in which they adapted their communication style to accommodate the tactile modality, all of the participants stated that they tended to pause briefly after sending a pressage to 'make space for it in the conversation'.

According to the longitudinal study results the participants' phone calls lasted on average 4 minutes and 43 seconds with an average of 15.56 pressages sent during each call. All phone calls involved the use of pressages.

The prototype developed in this research, ForcePhone, is an augmented, commercially available mobile device with pressure input and vibrotactile output. ForcePhone was built at the Helsinki Institute of Information Technology and Nokia Research Center, Finland.

The research paper Pressages: Augmenting Phone Calls with Non-Verbal Messages by Eve Hoggan, Craig Stewart, Laura Haverinen, Giulio Jacucci and Vuokko Lantz was presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology UIST'12 in Boston, MA, USA, October, 2012.

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Iran sees conspiracy in box office success of Ben Affleck's 'Argo' (+video)

Based on true events surrounding the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, 'Argo' opened this weekend at No. 2 and rose to the top spot on Monday. Iranians are less enthused.

By Roshanak Taghavi,?Correspondent / October 17, 2012

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston (l.) as Jack O?Donnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in 'Argo,' a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

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American moviegoers flocked to theaters this weekend to see Ben Affleck's long-anticipated thriller Argo, which has been generating headlines since it was first screened at the Toronto Film Festival last month.?

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Based on a true story about how the CIA smuggled six American diplomats out of Iran after the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy, the film opened on Oct. 12 and came in at No. 2 in box office sales over the weekend, after "Taken 2" (an action film starring Liam Neeson). By Oct. 15, Argo held the top spot.?

But inside?Iran, where the decision by a group of Iranian students to storm the US Embassy and hold Americans hostage for 444 days is still controversial and vibrantly debated, the press has paid Argo scant attention. The few comments the film has received are generally negative ? Iran's state-run IRNA news agency called Argo "Hollywood?s latest failed attempt to confront the Islamic Revolution" ? and?replete with complaints that the movie portrays all Iranians as stereotypically aggressive and unrefined and fails to give viewers enough historical context.?(Pirated copies of American films typically become available in Iran a few months before the films open in the US, and are easily accessed by the public.)

?Argo makes the people of Iran look like they have no self-determination, and indisputably support violence,? writes Meysam Karimi in a lengthy review?for the popular Iran-based film magazine website, Moviemag.???For me, as an Iranian ? this makes [the storyline behind] Argo much less believable.?

Iran?s semi-official Fars News Agency?labels Argo ?anti-Iranian" and painted the film as a flop. Citing unidentified "news agencies," it asserted that Argo only?managed to reach second place in the US and Canada because the filmmakers artificially boosted sales by purchasing tickets ?en masse? and giving them away for free to random people. ?

Argo??was unable to become a box office hit in spite of considerable advertisement," Fars wrote.??The filmmakers tried very hard and used a variety of methods to increase ticket sales, but they were unsuccessful. ? Even though ?Taken 2? was in its second week, Argo still couldn?t beat it to first place in the box office ? due to a lack of interest among its own [North American] audience.?

Moviemag, the privately owned online film magazine, is more sober in its assessment of the film, acknowledging Ben Affleck?s strong directorial skill and the film?s attention-grabbing story line and?giving the film a four out of five star rating.

"If I were to set aside issues [with how Iran is portrayed], I must admit that Argo is one of this year?s best movies, and expect it to be awarded an Oscar for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin?s role," he writes.?

?Without a doubt, a non-Iranian viewer will highly enjoy seeing Argo because the story is strong and keeps the viewer?s attention through to the end,? he adds. ?But for an Iranian who counts this subject as part of our country?s history, the view may be a bit different.?

Almost all coverage of Argo also noted that the film?s Toronto Film Festival debut, Sept. 7, is the same day Canada closed its embassy this year in Tehran and announced the expulsion of Iran?s diplomats from Ottawa. ? ?

?Perhaps it was a coincidence,? writes Mr. Karimi for Moviemag. ?But for [the embassy closure] to take place during the Toronto Film Festival, right when this film was being screened, somewhat undermines the theory that this happened by accident.?

Follow Roshanak Taghavi on Twitter at?@RoshanakT.

(This article was updated after first posting to correct the spelling of the capital of Canada.)

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D.C. sniper Malvo: I was sexually abused by my accomplice

By Ian Sager and Scott Stump, TODAY?

In an exclusive television interview with TODAY?s Matt Lauer, D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo claims that he was sexually abused by John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation?s capital in 2002.

?For the entire period when I was almost 15 until I got arrested, I was sexually abused by John Muhammad,? Malvo said.

?I felt a sense of shame, and I just said, ?That's just something that I'd never tell anyone.? And to a certain extent, up until that point, I really couldn't handle it.?

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John Allen Muhammad, here arriving in court in 2002, was put to death by lethal injection in 2009.

It has been 10 years since Malvo and Muhammad went on a rampage that killed 10 and wounded three. Muhammad was executed by lethal injection in 2009. Malvo, who is serving a life sentence at a southwest Virginia prison, said it took years for him to come to terms with the abuse.

?The main reason I'm coming forward now is because I am more mature. As far as the guilt that I carried around for several years, I dealt with that to a large extent for years. And now, I can handle this. In here, there's no therapy. Rehabilitation is just a word. In solitary confinement, in a cell by yourself, I am priest, doctor, therapist. So, it just worked out that?I just took it off piece by piece. That I could handle it.?

Malvo also told Lauer that there are victims of his shooting spree that have not been identified ? and that he has contacted the families of some of those victims.

?Without anyone contacting me two and a half years ago, I reached out and I did that. In five different instances in different states. But there was a point in time where psychologically, I couldn't handle it?I cannot afford to break down psychologically in here, because there will be no help,? Malvo explained.

Law enforcement officials did not comment on the alleged unidentified victims. There is no proof that other crimes occurred. According to former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt, Malvo's memory of the events may be unreliable, given his age at the time and his relationship with Muhammad.?

Malvo told Lauer he has forgiven himself for the murders.

?That's the only way I can live with myself,?? he said.

Malvo, who told TODAY producers that this would be his final interview about his crimes, also spoke about the families of his victims.

?I would share with them what I've used for myself,?? he said. ?Please do not allow my actions and the actions of Muhammad to hold you hostage and continue to victimize you for the rest of your life. If you give those images and thoughts that power, it will continue to inflict that suffering over and over and over and over and over again. Do not give me or him that much power.?

Malvo detailed his claims of sexual abuse, including by a babysitter at age five and then later on by relatives until he was 10, which he confided to Muhammad.

?I just basically divulged everything,?? Malvo said. ?I saw him to be an excellent listener. So, in doing so, without ambivalence, without holding anything back, I provided him with a blueprint. He knew exactly what motivated me, what I was looking for, what was lacking.?

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Malvo (pictured above) tells Matt Lauer there are more victims than the ones he and sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad had previously admitted to.

Malvo described Muhammad's hold on him.?

?I couldn't say no,?? Malvo said. ?I had wanted that level of love and acceptance and consistency for all of my life, and couldn't find it.? And even if unconsciously, or even in moments of short reflection, I knew that it was wrong, I did not have the willpower to say no.?

Muhammad, a Gulf War veteran who met Malvo in Antigua, trained him to kill over several months, mixing brutal discipline with marksmanship drills. Just under two years after they met and two days before his 17^th birthday, Malvo walked up to the front door of a house in Tacoma, Wash., and shot 21-year-old Kenya Cook in the face to prove his commitment.?

The two were eventually arrested while sleeping in a Chevrolet with gun ports cut into the trunk.?

?My thought process immediately went into trying to figure out where I was, whose custody I was in, and what steps I should take from there, in the sense that I was intent on protecting Mr. Muhammad as best as I could. At that point in time, to a certain extent, I was already dead, and death per se is not what I feared the most. I feared letting him down more than I feared death.?

Malvo referred to himself as a ?monster.?

?When someone cannot go beyond themself and begin to consider how their actions affect others, and are solely motivated by their own self-interests, we call them psychopaths,?? he said.

Malvo denied that he is speaking out in order to garner sympathy or try to get a reduced prison sentence.

?I seriously doubt this is going to change anything as far as my life goes,?? he said. ?I've come to grasp that what I have to look forward to is life in prison.?

?I wouldn't wish this on anyone. It was intended to punish, and it is effective.?It is complete deprivation.?I don't see outside. I have no contact with animals, plants, people.?

Bob Meyers, the brother of Dean Meyers, who was killed by the pair at a gas station in Virginia, spoke to NBC chief justice correspondent Pete Williams earlier this month.

?We recognize that he was tremendously under the control of John Muhammad and he was, probably a good word would be brainwashed, and since that time he?s gotten, as we understand, some mentoring, some help and has had some years to recognize what he did,?? Meyers said. ?Our understanding is that he, given the chance, would not have chosen to take the same course again, but he can?t alter that.?

TODAY.com will post an extended cut from Lauer's interview with D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo when available.?

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Living With HOPE 10/26 by BodyMindSpiritNtwrk | Blog Talk Radio

On his show, Comedian Rodney Perry covers arts and entertainment, everything from comedy and politics to music and acting, with his signature comedic slant.

MashUp Radio is a 30-minute podcast that discusses the fusion of technology, life, culture and science. Host Peter Biddle, engineer and executive for Intel?s Atom Software, dishes up a thought-provoking discussion.

Deepak Chopra Radio provides an online forum for compelling and thought provoking conversations on success, love, sexuality and relationships, well-being and spirituality.

The Bottom Line Sports Show is hosted by former NBA stars Penny Hardaway, Charles Oakley, Mateen Cleaves. Tune in to get the inside scoop on what's happening in sports today.

Joy Keys provides her listeners with insight to improve their lives mentally, physically, monetarily and emotionally. Past guests on the show have included Meshell Nedegeocello, Blair Underwood, in addition to an impressive list of CEOs, humanitarians and authors.

Hits Radio covers basketball, sports culture and entertainment with past guests including Jason Kidd, Robin Lundberg and Chris Herren.

Listeners get an earful on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds. Whether it?s the current political cocktail or the latest must-read award-winning book, Halli tackles all topics and likes to stir ? and sometimes shakes ? things up.

Award-winning World Footprints is a leading voice in socially responsible travel and lifestyle. Hosts Ian & Tonya celebrate culture and heritage and bring a unique voice to the world of travel.

Football Reporters Online is a group of veteran football experts in the fields of coaching, scouting, talent evaluation, and writing/broadcasting/media placement. Combined, the group brings well over 100 years of expertise in sports.

Host John Martin interviews the nation's leading entrepreneurs and small biz experts to educate small business owners on how to be successful. Past guests have included Emeril Lagasse and Guy Kawasaki.

The Movie Geeks share their passion for the art through interviews with the stars of and creative minds behind your favorite flicks and pay tribute to big-screen legends. From James Cameron and Francis Ford Coppola to Ellen Burstyn and Robert Duvall, The Geeks have got'em all.

Sylvia Global presents global conversations pertaining to women, wealth, business, faith and philanthropy. Sylvia has interviewed an eclectic mix from CEOs and musicians to fashion designers and philanthropists including Randolph Duke and Ne-Yo.

Seasoned entertainment reporter Robin Milling gets up close and personal with the world's most compelling celebs. From Michael Douglas to Katie Holmes to Kevin Kline to Ashley Judd to America Ferrera, she sits down in person each week with each and every A-lister.

Mr. Media host Bob Andelman goes one-on-one with the hottest, most influential minds from the worlds of film, TV, music, comedy, journalism and literature. That means A-listers like Kirk Douglas, Christian Slater, Kathy Ireland, Rick Fox, Chris Hansen and Jackie Collins.

Paula Begoun, best-selling author of Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, separates fact from fiction on achieving a radiant, youthful complexion at any age. She?s regularly joined by health and beauty experts who offer the latest on keeping your skin in tip-top shape.

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Halo 4 is the most expensive game that Microsoft has ever produced ...

Developing games ain?t cheap. Grand Theft Auto, Street Fighter, Assassin?s Creed needed enough funds to buy me several island getaways on which I could build a fortress to house my collection of Batman and Iron Man armours with I?m drifting again! You know what else those games have in common? They didn?t cost anywhere near as much to produce as Halo 4 did.

Talking to Polygon, Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer described Halo as a $3 billion franchise, and as the ?most important entertainment product in the company?. When pressed for how much it cost to create Halo 4, hey big Spencer remained tight-lipped, saying only that ?nothing?s even close.?

To put that into perspective, Halo 3 had a development budget of $60 million, and made over $300 million in first week global sales for Microsoft, back in 2007. If i had to take a stab at the budget for Halo 4 however, I wouldn?t be surprised to hear if around $80 ? $100 million had been spent on creating the game.

Of course, cash doesn?t equal quality, and there are plenty of games out there to prove this, such as The Witcher 2, which managed to deliver blockbuster entertainment for around $10 million.

But either way you slice it, that?s still a whole lot of green. Still, even if you aren?t a fan of Halo or a diehard Playstation fanatic, it?s pretty damn hard to deny that the money was well spent on the visuals for Halo 4. I?m just hoping that a chunk of change made its way into the gameplay as well.

Halo 4 is out on November 6, exclusively for the Ex-Bawks free sixties.

Source: http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/halo-4-is-the-most-expensive-game-that-microsoft-has-ever-produced/

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Trends in State GDP: 2011 | CSG Knowledge Center

Forty-three states and the District of Columbia saw an increase in real gross domestic product in 2011, a modest slowdown compared to 2010. Each region performed differently, with several states posting more than a 4 percent gain and one state posting a 7.6 percent gain. Most states fell between a 0.03 percent and a 3.3 percent growth rate from 2010 to 2011.

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National Analysis:

• Real gross domestic product grew in 43 states and the District of Columbia in 2011 with a national average increase of 1.47 percent, according to a June 2012 report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. That?s compared to a 3.1 percent average annual increase in 2010.
• Seven states?Alabama, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey and Wyoming?experienced a drop in year-over-year GDP, each decreasing by less than 0.78 percent.
• Oregon, North Dakota and West Virginia each experienced big gains in GDP, all growing by 4.5 percent or more, with North Dakota posting a 7.6 percent increase over 2010.
• Durable goods manufacturing, professional, scientific and technical services, and information services were the leading contributors to real U.S. economic growth in 2011.

Regional Analysis:

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• With average year-over-year real GDP growth of 1.4 percent, CSG?s Midwestern region was close to the national average of 1.5 percent in 2011.
• Michigan (2.3 percent) and North Dakota (7.6 percent) posted the biggest increases, while South Dakota (0.8 percent), Kansas (0.5 percent) and Nebraska (0.1 percent) had the most modest gains in the region.
• Mining, professional, scientific and technical services, and durable-goods manufacturing were the major positive contributors to change in real GDP, adding a total of 1.1 points to the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, utilities and government were the biggest contributors to losses in real GDP, shaving 0.65 points off the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.?

• With average year-over-year GDP growth at 1 percent, the Eastern region experienced the smallest gains in CSG?s regions, falling below the national average of 1.5 percent.
• Massachusetts (2.2 percent) and Connecticut (2 percent) posted the biggest increases in the region, while New Jersey (-0.5 percent) and Maine (-0.4 percent) made the least progress in the region as GDP dropped from 2010 to 2011.?
• Finance and insurance, durable-goods manufacturing, professional, scientific and technical services were the major positive contributors to change in real GDP, adding 0.91 points to the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.
• Real estate, rental and leasing, utilities, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting were the biggest contributors to losses in real GDP, shaving 0.59 points off the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.?

• With average year-over-year GDP growth at 1.5 percent, the Southern region was CSG?s second highest-performing region, equal to the national average.
• West Virginia (4.5 percent) and Texas (3.3 percent) posted the biggest increases, while Mississippi (-0.8 percent) and Alabama (-0.8 percent) made the least progress in the region as GDP dropped from 2010 to 2011.
• Professional, scientific and technical services, mining and durable-goods manufacturing were the major positive contributors to change in real GDP, adding 0.9 points to the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.
• Real estate, rental and leasing, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and utilities were the biggest contributors to losses in real GDP, shaving 0.64 points off the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.?

• With average year-over-year GDP growth at 1.9 percent, CSG?s Western region showed the most improvement of any region in 2011 and was above the national average of 1.5 percent.
• Oregon (4.7 percent) and Alaska (2.5 percent) posted the biggest increases, while Wyoming (-1.2 percent) and Hawaii (-0.2 percent) made the least progress in the region as GDP dropped from 2010 to 2011.
• Health care and social assistance, professional, scientific and technical services, and durable-goods manufacturing were the major positive contributors to change in real GDP, adding 1.1 points to the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.
• Real estate, rental and leasing, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and construction were the biggest contributors to losses in real GDP, shaving 0.57 points off the region?s GDP growth from 2010 to 2011.?

Trends in State GDP: 2011

Source: http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/drupal/content/trends-state-gdp-2011

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Different parenting tecniques | Step Talk

My BF and I have very different upbringings. I was raised in a mother/father/younger sister family where there were rules that we followed or we had consequences. He was raised by a single working mother, being the youngest of 4 boys where they did WHATEVER they wanted to, no rules, no consequences.

I love my BF to death, but what is it that first attracted me to him? His "Bad Boy" appeal.

Coming into this relationship I heard all sorts of stories about his past, the troubles with the law he'd been in, not to mention he has 2 children by 2 different mothers whom he did not have a relationship with and both were addicted to illegal drugs.

Non of this affects how my bf and I are now, he has (somewhat) settled down and become more of a family man in the past 2 years. Since we have been together, he now has temp full custody of his eldest, my SS, 5, and was given full custody of his daugther, my SD 3.

My SD listens to me as much as a 3 yr old can, and my SS, well I have mentioned this before.

My BF and I have very different views on parenting, rules, and consequences. Since neither of the children are biologically mine, I feel my opinions on these matters are put on the back burner. I'm not saying I am better than my BF by ANY MEANS, I just feel that the way I was raised shaped me to make better choices and decisions where my BF may not have picked up these traits and has made quite a few bad decisions over the years.

I'm not sure how we are supposed to discuss this, or how I am supposed to make myself heard when it comes to the kids b/c I only want the best for both kids and worry in the back of my head that if they do not have some type of structure, rules, consequences we are going to have some major problems when they start to get older...

How do I go about this conversation, or what actions am I supposed to take?!

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A Last Bite of Summer: The Flavour Gourmet Picnic | Eat Magazine

right: Crown Isle Smoked Salmon Veloute. Photos by Rhona McAdem

by Rhona McAdam

COMOX VALLEY

Strength was in numbers at the first Flavour Gourmet Picnic held September 23 in Black Creek, near Courtenay. Nearly 70 producers from Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands showcased their wares, while another 150 volunteers and media helped to grease the gears of gastronomy, including about 40 North Island College students. My dining companions and I joined some five hundred smug North Island foodies canny enough to secure tickets before they sold out two weeks in advance.

Blessed by sun and good humour, participants made their leisurely and well-provisioned way along the booths at Coastal Black Estate Winery & Meadery, sampling food and drink and chatting with winemakers, brewers, farmers, chefs and food activists. Exhibitors were nicely spaced, alternating food and drink, sweet and savoury and ran the gamut from seafood, bread, salad wraps, pastries, wild meats, chocolate, wine, spirits, beer and soft drinks. There was enough to keep every food preference satisfied: raw foodists, vegetarians and carnivores would all have found something to sample, and there was gluten-free baking as well, from The Rose Bakery which operates out of LUSH Valley Food Action Society?s kitchen.

left: Church Street Bakery right: Dark Side Chocolates

Among my favourite gastro-moments were Crown Isle?s wild smoked salmon velout?, rich and nubbly; grilled Island scallops finished with a delightful dollop of gingery goo; Avenue Bistro?s densely nuanced P?t? de Campagne, using Tannadice Farms pork; and a couple of instances of beet-infused cold-smoked salmon that brought a visual pang to salmon eaters over this year?s lost sockeye run. We were not short of sweet endings, including Kingfisher Lodge?s spectacularly silky chocolate pav?, as well as exquisitely satisfying tastes of BC dessert wines: Coastal Black?s Blackberry Ambrosia, and Elephant Island?s powerfully aromatic Black Currant Wine.

left: Fat Moose Smokehouse right: North Island College House Smoked Albacore Tuna

The first of what is hoped to be an annual fundraiser for North Island College Foundation, the event raised over $10,000 towards Culinary Arts bursaries and scholarships. It was a deliciously educational experience for all concerned, and well-seasoned with knowledgeable organizations like LUSH Valley and North Island College, as well as opportunities to learn about herbalism and horticulture therapy from Innisfree Farm, organically-grown tea from The Small Tea Cooperative, and ? if you could get past the children sampling bear and moose sausage ? about smoked and cured wild and alternative meats from Fat Moose Smokehouse and Wild Game Custom Cutters.

left: Union Street Grill Tortillas. middle: Kingfisher Chocolate Pave. right: AvenueBistro's Tannadice Farms Pate

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Source: http://www.eatmagazine.ca/a-last-bite-of-summer-the-flavour-gourmet-picnic-2/

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Police: More than 20 girls may be Savile victims

LONDON (AP) ? British police say the late children's television host Jimmy Savile may have sexually assaulted more than 20 girls over a 40-year period.

Commander Peter Spindler said Tuesday that London's Metropolitan Police has received eight criminal allegations against Savile, including two of rape and six of indecent assault, primarily against girls aged 13 to 16. He said the force believes it will "come up with between 20 to 25 victims."

Spindler said police were working with broadcasters BBC and ITV to investigate Savile, who was one of Britain's best-known TV personalities.

Savile, who died last year aged 84, hosted "Top of the Pops" and children's program "Jim'll Fix It" and was well known as a charity fundraiser.

Since his death several women have come forward to say he sexually assaulted them.

Associated Press

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Harvard's Pastor: "It Does Not Matter if Christianity is True..."

Jonathan Walton

Jonathan Walton has some giant shoes to fill. ?The new Pusey Minister at Harvard?s Memorial Church, and the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, he is stepping into the dual role formerly occupied by the dearly departed Peter Gomes. ?At Harvard, Gomes was a veritable institution unto himself. ?The recipient of 39 honorary degrees, one of America?s most renowned preachers and successful preacher-writers, and a brilliant and idiosyncratic African American intellectual, Gomes spoke with a kind of deliberate grandiloquence that charmed, elevated and inspired. ?He outlasted numerous Harvard Presidents and taught a fantastic course on Harvard?s history (which I had the pleasure of helping him teach, one year); his Wednesday afternoon teas were one of Harvard?s finest traditions; and, while never uncontroversial, Gomes was welcoming to people of all faiths, and evangelicals knew they always had a seat at his table.

Recently Walton delivered the ?Freshman Sunday? sermon, his inaugural sermon, and the?Harvard Gazette?reports on his articulation of the Epistle of James:

?Faith as defined in this epistle is not a mere cognitive assent to a belief in a divine being,? said Walton, who succeeded the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes in the influential pulpit. ?Nor should faith be conceived as blind allegiance to a perceived sacred yet illusive reality. No, ? such conceptions of faith are as morally vacuous as they are ethically inept. Rather, James is referring to faith in a sacred reality that reveals itself in human activity.?

Belief is revealed by action, Walter said. ?It does not matter if Christianity is true, but rather can we, as those informed by the teachings of Jesus, make it true. Hence at the end of the day, our faith is not something to be professed, as talk is cheap, but something primarily to be done.?

If I were not a man of conscience, I would take the soundbite ? ?It does not matter if Christianity is true? ? and exploit it to make all the usual points about Harvard?s abandonment of its ancient and original Christian commitments and its obeisance to postmodern relativities. ?After all,?Veritas???the Latin for ?truth? ? is emblazoned on Harvard?s shield of arms. ?The official motto, adopted in 1692 (84 years prior to the Declaration of Independence) is even more ironic:?Veritas, Christo et ecclesiae?? truth, for Christ and the church. ?Yet here is Harvard?s minister declaring in the heart of Harvard Yard that the truth of Christianity is insignificant.

As Mark D. Roberts?explains, among Harvard?s ?Rules and Precepts? adopted in 1646 was that every student should be ?plainly instructed? that the ultimate purpose of his life and scholarship is ?to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life,? and thus to make Christ ?the only foundation of all sound knowledge and Learning.? ?Students were encouraged to pray, required to read the scripture twice weekly, and to submit to theological examinations. ?The original seal had three books on the Harvard shield, with the top two books face-up and the bottom book face-down, to indicate the limits of human rationality and the necessity of divine revelation. ?Today the three books are all face-up.

It would all be so easy. ?A university intended to illuminate Jesus Christ as the beginning and end of all knowledge now detaches Christianity from the question of truth and appears to disregard the question of truth entirely. ?The blog post practically writes itself.

What Walton was saying, however, was not that the truth of Christianity is inconsequential,?period. ?One has to read the rest of the sentence. ?He was saying something more subtle than that ? and yet, at least to my mind, still troubling.

The Epistle of James reminded early Jewish converts to Christianity, ?begotten by the Word of Truth,? that the possession of the truth of God?s grace in Christ does not mean that they could abandon the works of love to which Christ called his followers. ?A living faith transforms us from the inside out, resulting in a life that imitates Christ. ?In the absence of transformation, action, and works of love, our faith is either false or dead. ?Yet Walton spoke to a generation already skeptical of ultimate metaphysical truths and told them that?the truth of Christianity is in its living out.

The Christian faith, in Walton?s teaching, is ?faith in a sacred reality,? so there is an assertion of the?reality?of some sacred other. ?This sacred reality ?reveals itself in human activity,? and so ?faith is not something to be professed, as talk is cheap,? but faith is instead ?something primarily to be done.?

This is not necessarily the denial of truth, but is at least its displacement. ?It?s one thing to say that we experience the truth of God in Christ when we live the life of Christ. ?It?s another to say that the only ?truth? that matters is found in serving others. ?It?s one thing to say that?we?come to the truth through participation in the life of Christ. ?It?s another to say that there is no truth of Christianity apart from what we make true. ?The truth is the truth, whether or not anyone believes it or acts upon it. ?Christians historically have understood that they make the truth?known?through their deeds. ?But they do not make the truth?true?through their deeds.

And when Walton denigrates the importance of profession, he?s departing not only from Christian tradition, in which the proclamation of the Word and the confession of the gospel are paramount, but he?s departing from the tradition of Christ, who spent an awful lot of time ?professing? as well as ?doing.? ?Christ?s talk was not cheap. ?The Word is not cheap ? and the Word was true eternally, long before there were people to ?make it true.?

Walton?s sermon was consistent with the general trend of reducing Christianity to a social justice program, and justifying the presence of churches at secular universities by framing them as community organizers. ?Yet what was so refreshing about Peter Gomes was that he was willing to be counter-cultural. ?Reverend Gomes took his immense learning and his towering standing within the Harvard community and used them to stand against the stream. ?My friend Jeff Barneson?related this story?after Gomes? death:

On one occasion [Gomes] spoke at one of the regular meetings of the?Harvard Graduate School Christian Fellowship?the InterVarsity group I advise. He told the graduate students packed together in Phillips Brooks House that their calling was to ?Say the intolerable thing to a generation whose only value is tolerance.? During the discussion following his remarks, I asked what he meant by ?the intolerable thing.? ?Jeffrey,? he said, ?the intolerable thing is that Jesus Christ is Lord.?

Reverend Walton will preach hundreds of sermons in his term as the Pusey Minister and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard. ?He is just beginning in his new role, which calls for grace and welcome, not a rush to judgment. ?Surely the evangelical community there will seek to build a friendly and productive relationship. ?But if he follows in the admirable tradition of his predecessor, Reverend Walton will be willing to press into the tide, to stand for truths immutable in a time of whirling change, and to defend what sounds indefensible to a generation that needs to hear it more than ever.

As one of the students?said?after the service, ?He fits into the community here.? ?Let?s hope he does not fit in too much.

Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/philosophicalfragments/2012/10/09/harvards-pastor-it-does-not-matter-if-christianity-is-true/

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