Saturday, March 31, 2012

GE Healthcare and Dyax Announce Licensing Agreement for c-Met Imaging Peptides for Use in Colorectal, Lung and Liver Cancer Research

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Tom Vander Ark: Getting Ready for Online Assessment

Online assessment are at the heart of the promise of digital learning. Online assessments provide real time diagnostics that identify learning levels and gaps. Often embedded in learning experiences like games, online assessment provides instant feedback in reading, writing, math and other subjects. Online assessment will also improve test security -- no more eraser-Gate. Online assessment will power the future of customized learning -- the best chance we have to dramatically boost achievement levels.

Most states have started using some online assessments as part of their state testing program and they will finish the shift to fully online assessments in 2015. The two race to the top-funded state testing consortia -- SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) -- have both committed to using online assessment to make the next generation of state tests less expensive to administer with faster turnaround. Most importantly, developments in intelligent scoring have made it possible to include a significant amount of writing on these new tests as well as constructed response items and innovative performance tasks. The new tests will reflect the deeper learning aspirations of the Common Core State Standards.

In February, leading testing companies conducted a private demonstration showing very high levels of accuracy in scoring thousands of student essays (results will be made public on April 16). The Hewlett Foundation-funded Automated Student Assessment Prize (ASAP) has over 100 entrants; many are able to score essays with very high levels of accuracy and reliability. The $100,000 prize purse for the winners of the open competition will be awarded on May 9 in Washington, D.C..

The consortia have to this point remained silent about what kinds of devices their new test will run on. On one hand that implied flexibility but it is has also created some uncertainty -- many states and districts are anxious to get definitive answers so they can plan accordingly to develop high access environments.

The big question is whether the consortia will allow testing on tablets. Many schools are using tablets to create high access environments and for them using the tablets in state testing would seem like the natural solution. However, tablets as a testing option introduces lots of tough pedagogical, technological and psychometric (and eventually legal) questions. Consortia staff are aware of these issues and have plans for addressing them through research and field testing.

For me, writing is the big issue. I want to see American kids writing a lot in classrooms and on state tests. I still think of tablets as consumption devices and don't recommend them for high volume, high value production. So how would they work on state tests that require several essays? Where they are used, I suspect there will need to be several accommodations provided in tablet-centric districts including providing wireless keyboards for tablets, or providing access to laptops or computer labs for the writing component of the test. By 2015, touch screen writing may be better and widely used enough that this will be no big deal.

Comparability will be a challenge in a number of ways. What if some students have big screens and some have little screens? The ability to read a document and write a response side-by-side on one screen is highly desirable but hard to do on a tablet. What if some touch-enabled items were released and available to some kids but not others? If tablets are to be considered, the consortia will need to field-test all of these questions. It's probably most important that students be tested in the same or similar environment to their regular learning environment.

Over the next five to 10 years we need a better definition of comparability than 'the same instrument given on same day under the same conditions' -- a definition that allows multiple instruments and comparison of big data sets to inform the variety of jobs that we ask of tests. As I've said before, assessment will advance when it moves into the background.

But in the short run -- the next three years -- states and districts need to get ready for online assessment. One way or another I think the consortia will soon add some level of certainty around acceptable devices and there will be no excuse for not preparing to administer online assessments in 2015.

In January, PARCC and SBAC awarded a contract to Pearson to develop and administer, with the assistance of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), a Technology Readiness Tool. SETDA director Doug Levin (who is all over this issue) recently provided a great overview of online assessment and the readiness survey. Bryan Bleil is leading the effort for Pearson. Here's the Pearson site with everything you need to know about the survey and what you can do to get ready: www.PearsonAssessments.com/NextGenRoadmap.

While it will require some upgrades and additions, most districts already have enough computers to administer online assessment in a couple shifts (i.e., at least one computer for every three students), but the 2015 timeline does provide a perfect timeline to also make the shift to digital instructional materials. Like Florida, states should set a data not later than 2015 and begin planning the shift to online assessment and personal digital learning.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-vander-ark/online-assessment-tests_b_1389935.html

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Medicare Coverage of Colorectal Cancer Screenings | Get Smart ...

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month.

Photo via caroline_1 on Flickr

We want to remind our readers that even though the month of March is ending, you should still schedule your regular colorectal cancer screening.

Colorectal cancer is not only the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women, but is also the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. More than 50,000 people die from colorectal cancer and almost three times that many people are diagnosed with the illness every year.

Deaths caused by cancer has been gradually decreasing from 2004 to 2008, says a new report from four major national cancer tracking groups. The decline in death rates may reflect against the progress made against the disease in regards to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

ABC News also covered the report. You can read their report here.

However, it doesn?t mean that the decline is simply up to doctors and experts; it is important for everyone to actively get regular screenings for colorectal cancer.

Screening for Colorectal Cancer

Many cases of colorectal cancers start as benign, noncancerous polyps, which then slowly develop into cancer. Colorectal cancer screenings can help find these polyps and remove them before they become more serious. Screenings can also catch cases of colorectal cancer early on, thus allowing for earlier and more effective cancer treatment.

More than 90% of colorectal cancer cases occur in individuals 50 years old and older. If all individuals that fall into this category were screened regularly, nearly 60% of deaths from this cancer could be prevented, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Medicare Coverage of Colorectal Cancer Screenings

For Medicare beneficiaries, you do not have to worry much about the costs when it comes to colorectal cancer screenings. Medicare covers a variety of screenings for colon and rectal cancer screenings. All Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for a screening colonoscopy while all other colorectal screenings are available to Medicare beneficiaries, who are age 50 years old or older.

As stated on Medicare.gov, these screenings and the frequencies of their coverage include:

  • Fecal Occult Blood Test: Once every 12 months.
  • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Generally, once every 48 months, or 120 months after a previous screening colonoscopy for people not at high risk.
  • Screening Colonoscopy: Generally once every 120 months (once every 24 months if you?re at high risk), or 48 months after a previous flexible sigmoidoscopy.
  • Barium Enema: Your doctor can decide to use this test instead of a flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. This test is covered every 24 months if you are at high risk for colorectal cancer and every 48 months if you aren?t at high risk.

In most cases, Medicare beneficiaries pay nothing out of pocket for fecal occult blood tests, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and screen colonoscopy, if your doctor accepts Medicare assignment. In the case of barium enemas, individuals on Medicare pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount and a copayment if the procedure is done in a hospital outpatient setting. The Medicare Part B deductible does not apply.

If you are age 50 or older or you have a family history of colorectal cancer, make sure to schedule regular colorectal cancer screenings to reduce your risk and to receive early treatment, if necessary.

Getting a colorectal cancer screening could mean the difference between life and death.

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Source: http://blog.ehealthinsurance.com/2012/03/medicare-coverage-of-colorectal-cancer-screenings/

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Six Legged Cow Is Born, End of the World Is Near [WTFriday]

This is Lilli. She's a seven-week-old calf and she has six legs. She also beat her veterinary's prediction that she wouldn't last after birth and she's now happily living in Switzerland. Happily pasturing in the peaceful fields of Weissenburg, waiting for the world to end! More »


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Study suggests why some animals live longer

Study suggests why some animals live longer [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 29-Mar-2012
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method to detect proteins associated with longevity, which helps further our understanding into why some animals live longer than others.

The team looked at the genome of more than 30 mammalian species to identify proteins that evolve in connection with the longevity of a species. They found that a protein, important in responding to DNA damage, evolves and mutates in a non-random way in species that are longer-lived, suggesting that it is changing for a specific purpose. They found a similar pattern in proteins associated with metabolism, cholesterol and pathways involved in the recycling of proteins.

Findings show that if certain proteins are being selected by evolution to change in long-lived mammals like humans and elephants, then it is possible that these species have optimised pathways that repair molecular damage, compared to shorter-lived animals, such as mice.

The study, led by Dr Joao Pedro Magalhaes and postgraduate student, Yang Li, is the first to show evolutionary patterns in biological repair systems in long-lived animals and could, in the future, be used to help develop anti-ageing interventions by identifying proteins in long-lived species that better respond to, for example, DNA damage. Proteins associated with the degradation of damaged proteins, a process that has been connected to ageing, were also linked with the evolution of longevity in mammals.

Dr Magalhaes, from the University's Institute of Integrative Biology, said: "The genetic basis for longevity differences between species remains a major puzzle of biology. A mouse lives less than five years and yet humans can live to over 100 for example. If we can identify the proteins that allow some species to live longer than others we could use this knowledge to improve human health and slow the ageing process.

"We developed a method to detect proteins whose molecular evolution correlates with longevity of a species. The proteins we detected changed in a particular pattern, suggesting that evolution of these proteins was not by accident, but rather by design to cope with the biological processes impacted by ageing, such as DNA damage. The results suggest that long-lived animals were able to optimise bodily repair which will help them fend off the ageing process."

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The research is published in the American Aging Association's journal, AGE.



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Study suggests why some animals live longer [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 29-Mar-2012
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Contact: Samantha Martin
44-015-179-42248
University of Liverpool

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method to detect proteins associated with longevity, which helps further our understanding into why some animals live longer than others.

The team looked at the genome of more than 30 mammalian species to identify proteins that evolve in connection with the longevity of a species. They found that a protein, important in responding to DNA damage, evolves and mutates in a non-random way in species that are longer-lived, suggesting that it is changing for a specific purpose. They found a similar pattern in proteins associated with metabolism, cholesterol and pathways involved in the recycling of proteins.

Findings show that if certain proteins are being selected by evolution to change in long-lived mammals like humans and elephants, then it is possible that these species have optimised pathways that repair molecular damage, compared to shorter-lived animals, such as mice.

The study, led by Dr Joao Pedro Magalhaes and postgraduate student, Yang Li, is the first to show evolutionary patterns in biological repair systems in long-lived animals and could, in the future, be used to help develop anti-ageing interventions by identifying proteins in long-lived species that better respond to, for example, DNA damage. Proteins associated with the degradation of damaged proteins, a process that has been connected to ageing, were also linked with the evolution of longevity in mammals.

Dr Magalhaes, from the University's Institute of Integrative Biology, said: "The genetic basis for longevity differences between species remains a major puzzle of biology. A mouse lives less than five years and yet humans can live to over 100 for example. If we can identify the proteins that allow some species to live longer than others we could use this knowledge to improve human health and slow the ageing process.

"We developed a method to detect proteins whose molecular evolution correlates with longevity of a species. The proteins we detected changed in a particular pattern, suggesting that evolution of these proteins was not by accident, but rather by design to cope with the biological processes impacted by ageing, such as DNA damage. The results suggest that long-lived animals were able to optimise bodily repair which will help them fend off the ageing process."

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The research is published in the American Aging Association's journal, AGE.



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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/uol-ssw032912.php

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Direct Network Marketing | - A Common Sense Home Based Business!

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Jets can have headlines, Giants have trophy

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Iran nuclear talks likely next month: diplomats

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When discussing kitchen remodeling design most people tend to think of beauty and other aesthetic qualities. Yet the design is affected by other things as well. Things that if not looked at will result in you having a beautiful kitchen that you can?t fully use. The kitchen should be modeled in such a way that it is convenient and easy to use.

Another thing that you need to ask yourself is are you changing it to give it a new look or there are some disadvantages with the current set up that you want to do away with. The design will depend heavily on this. If the changes are so that you bring a fresh look to the place then you can look at things like painting the place. You might also consider fitting in a new set of floor tiles.

Vinyl tiles come in an assortment of colors and patterns and looking after them is very easy. You could try them as part of your kitchen remodeling design.

Moving away from the looks of the kitchen, you need to think about the equipment. Make sure that any new equipment that you buy will match the color scheme of the place.

The materials that you are going to use will also affect the design. Personally I prefer stainless steel sinks than porcelain sinks. The design will also be affected by the amount of space that you have in the kitchen. A bigger space means a more flexible plan can be arrived at. A small space is very limiting.

When looking at the concept of kitchen remodeling design you can get ideas by having a look at some kitchens that have been remodeled. You can look at the before and after pictures and come up with ideas that you can implement as well.

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Source: http://www.kusiquyllur.org/2012/03/kitchen-remodeling-design/

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The Upside-Down Constitution (Powerlineblog)

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Economic talks open Arab League meeting in Iraq

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Northwest Heights Real Estate Report for February 2012 ...

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Albuquerque?s Northwest Heights area covers most of zip code 87120 and includes the popular Taylor Ranch neighborhood. There are a wide variety of homes in the area including older ranch homes, newer tract homes and some custom homes too. MLS Area 110 has the widest variety of?Albuquerque Homes for Sale?in northwest Albuquerque.

View Northwest Albuquerque Homes for Sale?or check out my?Albuquerque NM Neighborhoods?page for information about other great areas of Albuquerque.

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Quick Stats:

Here?s what sold in the Northwest Heights last month:

Total Detached Sales 24
Price Range $120,000 to $475,000
Average Sales Price $203,482
Median Sales Price $180,000
Distressed Sales 7
% Distressed 29
Attached Sales 3

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Area Schools:

These public schools serve the Albuquerque?s Northwest Heights:

Elementary Schools ?Chamiza, Marie Hughes, Tierra Antigua
Middle Schools ?LBJ, Tony Hillerman
High Schools ?Volcano Vista, West Mesa

APS Maps-Elementary, Middle and High School?or use the APS School Locater Tool?to find the schools for any address.

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Northwest Heights Homes For Sale vs. Homes Sold

24 homes sold last month, 32 homes were in pending status.

Northwest Heights Real Estate Stats MLS Area 110 February 2012

Northwest Heights Average Price Per Square Foot

The average price per square foot was up slightly. The average for the last 13 months in $98 per square foot.

Northwest Albuquerque Real Estate Stats Average Price Per Square Foot for February 2012

Northwest Heights Supply/Demand Ratio

Active listings were down but so were home sales. The months of inventory stat remained virtually unchanged form last month. Compare to last year, however, home inventory is way down.

Northwest Albuquerque Real Estate Stats Months of Home Inventory for February 2012

Check back next month for more Northwest Heights real estate stats.

Stats junkie? Check out BeautifulNMHomes.com for more Real Estate Stats.

These Northwest Heights real estate statistics were compiled from the Greater Albuquerque Association of REALTORS?data on 03/25/2012.?This data is reflective of homes which were listed on the?Albuquerque MLS; private sales are not included.

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Related posts:

  1. Northwest Heights Real Estate Report for January 2012
  2. Northwest Heights Real Estate Report for December 2011
  3. Northwest Heights Real Estate Report for October 2011
  4. Northwest Heights Real Estate Report for November 2011
  5. Ladera Heights Real Estate Report for January 2012

Source: http://www.albuquerquerealestatebuzz.com/northwest-heights-mls-area-110/real-estate-report-february-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=real-estate-report-february-2012

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Jesus Creed ? Business People 6 (Michael Kruse)

Today we continue with John Knapp?s How the Church Fails Businesspeople (and what can be done about it). We turn now to Chapter 6, ?A Moral Theology of Work.?

The business environment can often present significant ethical challenges. Where might we begin as we think about ethical behavior? Knapp suggests a good place to start is with Micah 6:8:

?He has told you, O mortal, what is good;

and what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God??

Is it possible to be competitive in business while loving justice and kindness, and walking humbly with God, while grounded in love and responsibility?

What would it take to create the five-fold moral community Knapp describes?

Is Micah and the Jesus Creed the place to ground our ethical reflection or would you frame things differently?

Grounded in Love

Knapp says this definition of what is good is grounded in the Jesus Creed: Love God, love neighbor. What would it mean to respond to others out of this ethic in business? Knapp writes:

?An ethic of love goes beyond both duty (keeping promises, telling the truth, doing a job well) and compliance (with civil law, contractual requirements, or employment policies), both of which are necessary in the workplace. Love recognizes that every person is unique and must be cared for individually, whether or not a rule mandates it. This requires us to take the time and effort to discover what actually meets the other?s need.? (101)

To Do Justice

Business people are to be advocates for justice within their sphere of influence. It goes beyond just upholding the law. It is about pursing more just structures and behaviors. Sadly, Knapp writes:

?Paul Camenisch, a theologian with expertise in business ethics, believes that the church has failed to convey to believers their personal responsibilities for doing justice at work. In a critique of Protestant policy statements on economic justice, he writes, ?Seldom if ever are Christians addressed as influential actors responsible in their vocations for seeing that, within their power, justice is done. They are not seriously challenged to ask questions? about the human impact of their actions as workers, managers, consumers, and owners on their fellows ?? As we have discussed, church pronouncements on economics tend to critique the macroeconomic system with little or no thought to the difficulties faced by individuals or organizations within the system.? (103)

To Love Kindness

We are not just to do kind things but to love kindness. We might easily see the natural application of this to our coworkers or customers. How about to our personal rivals or the competition?

To Walk Humbly

?It is easy fall prey to an illusion of becoming self-sufficient through the accumulation of material wealth.? (106) And with this sense of self-sufficiency can come a sense of entitlement. That entitlement can be evidenced in the form of smug condescension or even as envy of others for what should ?rightfully? be one?s own. For Christians there is a danger of self-righteous as we strive to be more ?Christ-like? than others. I?m inclined to think that walking humbly may be the slipperiest of all. Knapp sees it as the precondition for the first two.

Responsibility

Central to living out this ethic is an embrace of responsibility. Knapp writes:

?This [human] potential includes the capacity for genuine responsiveness in all relationships, for authentic discipleship is a process of learning to enact Christian love in every circumstance. H. Richard Niebuhr ? proposes that responsibility is defined chiefly by how we respond to others including God. This concept of responsibility as response-ability may be a better way to think about ethics than adherence to abstract more principles, compliance with rules, or even achievement of good outcomes. The responsible Christian must be fully attentive to the ?decisive present? and the possibilities of God?s activity through the lives of others.? (109)

With the response-ability we have, we are to make ?fitting responses? based on God?s justice.

Referring back to the survey results mentioned in the first post in this series (where people from all walks of life considered an ethical dilemma they had once faced), Knapp writes:

?Few of the dilemmas reported by our research subjects could be reduced to neat choices of right over wrong, good over bad. Nor were they problems where rules could determine the best course of action. The inherent difficulty in most of the cases involved conflicting values and priorities.? (111)

In short, ethical decisions are frequently messy. Two legitimate ethical concerns may be in competition with each other. On top of this, we are frequently distracted by competing demands and time pressures. All this requires conscious effort to be truly present in the decisions we are making.

Questions to guide us

Knapp offers a list of questions we might ask ourselves when we face difficult questions with justice, kindness, and humility grounded in love and responsibility (His questions with my summary sentence):

  • ? What?s really going on here? ? Apply careful thought and investigation.
  • ? What makes this decision difficult? ? What is the crux of the ethical challenge?
  • ? Who has a legitimate stake in how this matter is resolved? ? Especially keep in mind those with less power or influence.
  • ? Am I acting in humility, or are my own interests crowding out the interests of others? ? Look at things from the position of others.
  • ? To whom and to what am I responsible? ? Be clear about our responsibilities and particularly our primary vocation of serving God.
  • ? What options are available, and what outcomes may result from each? ? Be sure to consider long-term and broader consequences.
  • ? Have I sought God?s will? ? Prayer, Scripture, and the discernment of other believers are important means of seeking God?s will.

The Necessary Role of the Church

Knapp closes the chapter with an important section called ?The Necessary Role of the Church.? He lists five facets of faith community that should be present to equip and support people in the workplace. (The short summaries of each listing are mine, not Knapp?s.)

A Community of Moral Discernment ? Rarely are any of us capable of answering the above questions on our own. Including people who know us, love us, share our commitment to God, and/or may have special insight into how to process some of these questions, are essential to sound discipleship.

A Community of Moral Discourse ? People within a faith community often don?t agree with each other on particular problems but it is often the civil debate about a problem that helps us individually to come to better conclusions. The church needs to be a place for honest questions.

A Community of Moral Influence ? Individuals often find they are powerless alone to address injustices that emerge in the work world. Congregations and denominational bodies are needed to work in support of efforts to reduce injustice and be supportive of businesspeople needing to take difficult stands.

A Community of Moral Encouragement ? The business world is frequently messy. Rather than casting businesspeople as tainted Christians, we need to pray for them and support them as they work to integrate their work and faith (even as we help build the expectation that they should do so. )

A Community of Moral Example ? The church needs to engage in just employment and financial practices if it expects the broader world to give any heed.

Concluding thoughts

This concludes the summary of Chapter 6. I?m not sure I?ve done it justice. I hope folks will read the book. But this chapter raised two issues for me that I want to briefly mention ? one economic and the other theological.

I love the use of the Micah passage grounded in love and responsibility as a starting point for ethical reflection. And Knapp is exactly right that love is not about having warm fuzzy sentiments but rather about knowing individuals and seeking their good. Knapp is calling us to look at the neglected realm of everyday micro-economic business decisions and giving us tools to live out our calling in that context. But as we move to the meso and macro levels of economics, to decisions that deal with large firms and interactions beyond the firm, I think it becomes impossible to meaningfully apply the ?love? principle.

A signature feature of advanced market economies is the ability of firms to gather and coordinate large numbers of people. Markets create vast webs of interconnection among people (who will likely never meet each other), allowing us to benefit from specialization and exchange with countless strangers. It is not possible for a businessperson to ?love? hundreds/thousands of others in a businessperson?s own firm, much less those outside the firm, in the sense we have described above. Theologian Economist Paul Heyne wrote in an essay (?Morality of Labor Unions.? Chapter 24 in Are Economists Basically Immoral?, 429.):

?What does justice mean in this world of completely impersonal transactions? If we take the most general definition of justice ? giving to each their due ? how do we decide what each is due? In such a world the Golden Rule is simply irrelevant. Social transactions in a market-coordinated economy cannot be governed by the principle ?Do for others what you would like them to do for you.? The appropriate rule is what someone has called the Silver Rule: ?Do not do to others anything that you would consider unfair if they did it to you.? (429)

I do not want to minimize the important framing that Knapp has offered here.? Rather, I want to emphasize that as we move much outside the sphere of face-to-face community, we encounter inescapable sociological realties that may require a different kind of ethical analysis. We can?t simply deal with larger institutions as a family (or face-to-face community) writ large. All the more reason why we need communities of disciples to help us work our way through ethical thickets.

The theological thought I had goes directly to Scot?s King Jesus Gospel. Scot rejects the Evangelical tendency to collapse ?gospel? into ?salvation.? The King Jesus Gospel is about Jesus?s completion of the story of Israel and that story is rooted in the creation story, including the first great commission of exercising dominion over creation and the redemption of that mission. But I don?t think it is just the Evangelical world in Protestantism that needs rethinking.

In my Mainline PCUSA world, gospel is typically about rectifying wrong, either via compassion or justice advocacy. If Evangelicals have a ?salvation gospel ,? as Scot says, then my tribe has a bias toward a ?justice gospel.? Just as the King Jesus Gospel includes salvation, it also includes justice, but ?gospel? cannot be collapsed into salvation, justice, or their combination. The King Jesus Gospel includes (among many other things) redemption of the first great commission. Neither the salvation gospel nor the justice gospel will do. Without the King Jesus Gospel there is no reason to give focused attention to the issues Knapp is raising. Work is peripheral to the ?real? issues of either salvation or justice. I think the real starting place for a moral theology of work likely must begin with our understanding of gospel.

Questions:

Is it possible to be competitive in business while loving justice and kindness, and walking humbly with God, while grounded in love and responsibility?

What would it take to create the five-fold moral community Knapp describes?

Is Micah and the Jesus Creed the place to ground our ethical reflection or would you frame things differently?

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Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2012/03/26/business-people-6-michael-kruse/

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Pull Behavior Together Do you own a home? Do you accept activity insurance? If so, accede purchasing all of your allowance behavior through one agent as you may be acceptable to accept a abatement from them for alignment calm your policies.

Get the Discounts If your car came able with assertive assurance and aegis features, accomplish abiding that your insurer knows about them. Some earlier archetypal cars do not accommodate air accoutrements as accepted equipment, about if your car has airbags and you aren?t accepting an allowance acclaim for them, acquaint your insurer to accept your exceptional bargain accordingly.

You can additionally abate your allowance premiums by demography a Driver?s Education course, by authoritative assertive that all antecedent credibility that you accumulated on your authorization were expunged from your record, and by electing to acquirement a beneath ?risky? car ? allowance risk, that is.

By afterward the tips I accept categorical in this article, you can save big bucks on your car insurance. Take ascendancy of your allowance costs and don?t accept that the allowance companies accept your best interests at affection ? absolutely frankly, some do not.

Source: http://daily-finance.info/save-big-bucks-on-your-car-insurance/

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HBT: Can Mariners score any runs?

Between now and Opening Day, HardballTalk will take a look at each of baseball?s 30 teams, asking the key questions, the not-so-key questions, and generally breaking down their chances for the 2012 season. Up next: the Seattle Mariners.

The Big Question: Can they score any runs?

In case you forgot, the Mariners had a historically bad offense in 2011.?They scored 556 runs last year. The other 13 AL teams averaged 735 runs. This was near-deadball era production. It has to get better, right?

Of course it does. And it probably will. The addition of Jesus Montero certainly helps matters. He has always hit and will do so in Seattle as well, even if his raw power numbers are sapped somewhat by the big park in which he now plays. ?Having Dustin Ackley around for a whole season and not just 90 games will be helpful too. Justin Smoak should take a step forward. Franklin Gutierrez and Chone Figgins can?t possibly have season as bad as they just had, right? Really, there?s nowhere to go but up for a lot of this roster even if, apart from Montero and Ackley, there is a practical ceiling on the heights they can reach.

People forget that the Mariners were actually holding their own for a time last year, flirting with .500 and even contention before a 17-game losing streak came along and just?obliterated everything. No, they?re not as good as they showed before the winning streak, but they won?t be as bad as they showed after it either. And with a somewhat better offense to go along with what seems like it will always be competent pitching in Seattle, the M?s should be pretty respectable for a team most people will pick to finish last.

What else is going on??

  • We may be seeing the end days of Ichiro.?After ten straight??.300 average/200 hit seasons, Ichiro cratered last year, hitting .272 and getting on base at a mere .310 clip. ?That has cost him the leadoff position, and now he?ll bat third. Will that change anything? It?s hard to see how. Ichiro is what he is and for all of the good things you can say about him, one thing you can?t necessarily say is that he?s adaptable. If he takes the same old approach and has 2011 results, it may be over for the guy.
  • What?s gonna have a bigger impact: the loss of Michael Pineda or the gain if Jesus Montero? ?I?d say this is a net positive for Seattle. Yes, it?s hard to give up a hard-throwing young pitcher like Pineda, but the offensive need was so great for the M?s, that they have to be pleased to have made this tradeoff. ?While Seattle doesn?t have anyone as good as Pineda to slot in behind Felix Hernandez, there is a lot of pitching depth on this team and some guys with upside coming up through the system.
  • No matter how they do in the won-loss department, one of the more interesting things to watch this year is whether Montero can catch. The Yankees seemed to think he was hopeless. The Mariners are a bit more optimistic about that, but it?s not as though they?re going to stick him behind the plate all the time. If he can catch at anything approaching a respectable level, his addition means a heck of a lot more than it would if he spent his entire career as a DH.
  • It?s a key year for Justin Smoak. He was expected by many to break out last season, but persona problems (the death of his father) and a nagging thumb injury kept from ever hitting full speed. ?Entering his age 25 season, it?s time for Smoak to live up to the hype.

How are they gonna do?

Better, but let?s be real here: this is a last place team. But not a horrible one. And it?s a team with a decent amount of hope going forward and a lot of young arms with promise. It?s nothing to get excited about yet, but at least it?s not something that will create existential dread either.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/26/springtime-storylines-can-the-seattle-mariners-score-any-runs/related/

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Construct A Home-based Business As a result ... - Best Things Online

Building an internet business country by offering and marketing cameras or scanners is a bit more than possible. Just inquire one of many thousands of people who will be making it significant in this way. Sure, you will definitely must give your very best as with all other home-business, but the great news is that there ?s a lot of possibility of achievement. Which causes the area begin to build such type of home-business you should first consider the techniques you ?ll want to carry.

The 1st step in setting up an internet business dependant on cameras or scanners is to choose what you will definitely provide. You could have two possibilities. Either you you could make your own cameras or scanners openoffice so you get hold of totally of the purchase, using grow to be an affiliate marketer to items. Thus giving you the opportunity to miss the development point, but concurrently, web marketers only receive cash a lot of the purchase value.

Now you are aware what cameras or scanners you should provide, the next thing to take into consideration is how you will definitely encourage them. For the majority of home based companies with this field, advertising is finished ideal through the killer web page. This may not be something you can come up with alone, so when they are not look into obtaining aid. Try to remember, your internet site is the place avast individuals will obtain what you are providing on the market. If it does not do a passable job of changing individuals to customers you will never make a lot of cash. Due to this, it is significant you carry design for your blog really. Try to remember, your money you created beforehand pays off off of in the long term.

When attempting to build your home based business you will notice that loads of achievement is due to the quantity of targeted traffic your web-site is provided with. Generally speaking, the harder targeted traffic you obtain the harder revenue you will definitely make. When you think about it, marketing cameras or scanners is activities like a figures emule activity. As long as you get plenty of men and women viewing your internet site you can make steady revenue. Certainly, you will need to adjustment your practice in the process, but that is to be expected.

One with the keys to home-business achievement with cameras or scanners is checking your effects. What items are most targeted traffic buying? The ones will they be staying away from? Certain not to miss variations you may make to enhance your purchase ratio? When you know exactly what is functioning and what ?s not, you can then result in the variations that are perfect for you.

If you should build an internet business country, contemplate completing this task from the advertising and purchase of cameras or scanners.

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