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Beyond 2022 – Reconstructing the past
In December of 2016 we were asked by Trinity College Dublin and Adapt to digitally reconstruct an iconic Irish building that is long gone – The Public Record Office of Ireland at the Four Courts, for the Beyond 2022 project. Although it was destroyed by a massive fire in 1922, just enough information about it survived in order for us to attempt this challenge.
With a few old plans, elevations, cross-sections and the help of the only two remaining photographs that depict any detail, we re-constructed this landmark-building from the ground up.
The Record Treasury was a six storey brick building with a complex internal cast iron structure that intertwined flooring, shelving, staircases and the roof support structure. Detailed ornaments were used throughout the building, yet many details that are seen in the plans were left out as can be seen in the photographic evidence.
Before commencing the modelling process of the reconstruction, we carefully realigned and scaled all the plans to be in the correct relation to each other. Though this proved difficult, especially as there were slight discrepancies between the various detail and overview plans. There are still certain sections of the building we don't fully understand since no information about their construction exists anymore. So some parts might feel less refined than others, but that is only because we decided to only build what was either supported by evidence in form of plans or photos or could be logically deduced with near certainty.
We put in as much detail as possible within our timeframe while still maintaining an accessible and easy to use model to generate our animation sequences and also for further use.
In order to experience the full sense of scale of this extensive building we also created a Realtime-VR version with a few less details visible. Now you can be teleported back in time and roam through the vast space filled with shelves of records and marvel at the stunning view of the central glass ceiling. Thanks to the big effort of our VR department we turned this project around in a record time. And at the opening event for this project, which was hosted by the British Ambassador in the magnificent House of Lords chamber in the Bank of Ireland building, it turned out to be a great hit and a mind opening experience for some of the guests.
It was an extraordinary opportunity for us to work on this project. It was a bit hectic at times and lot of effort went into making it. But it certainly feels great to shed further light on a part of Irish history and bring a lost building back to life – even if only in the virtual world.
We would like to thank everyone involved in this project – in particular Peter Crooks and Ciarán Wallace from TCD and Séamus Lawless and Mark Farrell from ADAPT. We hope that, in the not too distant future, we'll get an opportunity to return to it and further refine and advance the experience.
(All source photos and information can be accessed from the Beyond 2022 website.)
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Night at the Museum – CEMEC showcase
In April of 2017 we showcased our cross culture timeline to our partners in the CEMEC project. Our partner Lynda Mulvin (School Of Art History & Cultural Policy UCD) hosted the European partners in Dublin with some help from the Noho team. Our showcase was the first event of a successful few days featuring talks, presentations, tours and workshops.
The showcase event was in the beautiful Rotunda room of the National Museum and both Wim Hupperetz (Director of the APM and CEMEC project) and Raghnall Ó Floinn (Director of the National Museum of Ireland) gave short talks stressing the importance of cooperation, connections and accessibility in the modern museum. Other attendees included ambassadors from the Netherlands, Hungary and Spain, as well as interested parties from the heritage community in Ireland.
It was a very proud moment for the Noho team on a number of levels. Firstly, the alpha release of our timeline illustrated to the Museum and the community here, the power and potential of employing digital tools to explore objects and heritage in Ireland, and what better venue to do so, than in the Rotunda of the Museum itself. On another level we were thrilled to bring our European partners to Dublin, a chance for us to show off this wonderful city while getting some great work done. We have been hosted by our partners in many different cities across Europe on various EU projects but this was our first time hosting here in Dublin.
It was also a chance for us to highlight how important EU funded projects are for a SME like ourselves. They provide a framework for us to work with teams in large research institutions (CNR, Fraunhofer, INRIA, Athena) and with great Museums and Universities. But most of all, we get to tell stories that span all the way across Europe and get hands-on access to its most important treasures. There are of course many different voices and points of view within a European network but generally as a consequence we get a better result, a deeper emphatic understanding of our partners culture/history/heritage and make friends and lasting relationships with people across the whole field.
We are now working towards the first exhibition of the CEMEC project in Amsterdam in September. We will be busy with the timeline and busy creating a film telling the story of early medieval Europe.
Ba mhaith linn buíochas a ghabháil leis an Ard Mhuséam as ucht an rotunda a chur ar fáil dúinn. We'd also like to thank Lynda and Anna for hosting and organising such a great few days.
ONE Fine Day in Kentucky
After months of preparation, we're delighted to say that the interactive digital experience "ONE Vision" opened on Sunday morning in Lexington, Kentucky.
Noho, in partnership with Lotus Media, created all content for this 10,000 sq. ft. experience. It includes huge cinema-like video projections, interactive touchscreens and react tables, an immersive video cave, a 360-degree video projection sphere, a debating chamber with six characters, and an ambient infinity walk.
Part of "ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference", ONE Vision showcases Alltech's vision of the future, where technology and science have aligned to produce nutritious food for 9 billion people.
The experience previewed over the weekend to rave reviews and we're delighted to say that visitor reaction since then has been fantastic.
For all the latest news, updates, videos and photos from the conference and ONE Vision experience, check out the hashtag #ONEBigIdea on Twitter and Instagram.


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The BBC reports that in the final weeks of the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon, the Republican challenger, deployed Anna Chennault, a journalist, anti-communist activist and Republican operative, to disrupt peace talks among the United States, Saigon and Hanoi at the very moment that a deal had been reached to end the war.
Based on the assumption that his chances of winning the presidency would be ruined if the Democratic administration successfully ended the unpopular war, Nixon secretly dispatched Chennault to kill the peace deal.
Chennault was successful in convincing the South Vietnamese that they would get a better deal from Nixon, were he to be elected. Within days after Pres. Johnson had announced that "peace was at hand," the South Vietnamese abruptly rejected the terms that had been negotiated by the U.S. government.
Nixon was elected a few weeks later with just 0.7 percent of the vote — 43.4 percent for Nixon and 42.7 percent for Vice Pres. Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee. (Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the Southern racist independent candidate, received 13.5 percent of the vote.)
But after Nixon took office in January, it became clear that the promises relayed to the South Vietnamese by Chennault on his behalf were lies. There was no better offer for them. He had no plan for ending the war. As a result, it would drag on for five more years, until the United States and South Vietnam were defeated by the communist North.
In tape recordings of Pres. Johnson's phone calls with congressional leaders made in the Oval Office that fall, LBJ described what Nixon did as "treason" — a hanging offense in this country. He also predicted that Nixon would have "blood on his hands," according to the BBC.
LBJ was right. During the five years of war after Nixon derailed the peace deal, 15,000 Americans — over a quarter of all 58,000 U.S. fatalities in the war — would die in Vietnam. The deaths of all those soldiers are directly attributable to Nixon's interference in the peace process for the sole purpose of achieving his own political ambitions.
Here is a transcript of what Pres. Johnson told Sen. Richard Russell (D-Ga.), chair of the Armed Services Committee:
LBJ: Good morning. how are you, my friend?
SEN. RUSSELL: Fine.
LBJ: I've got one that's pretty rough for you. We have found that our friend, the Republican nominee, our California friend, has been playing on the outskirts with our enemies and our friends both. He's been doing it through rather subterranean sources here, and he has been saying to the allies that you're going to get sold out. You better not give away your liberty just a few hours before I can preserve it for you. Mrs. Chennault is contacting their ambassador. This is not guess work. She's young and attractive. She's a pretty good-looking girl. She's around town, and she is warning them to not get pulled in on this Johnson move.
Chennault, who is in her late eighties now, was caught on tape telling the South Vietnamese peace negotiators to "hang on" until the election. In 1980, she confirmed that she worked for Nixon and his campaign to influence the peace talks:
In her own autobiography, "The Education of Anna," Chennault acknowledged that she was the courier. She quoted Nixon aide John Mitchell as calling her a few days before the 1968 election and telling her: "I'm speaking on behalf of Mr. Nixon. It's very important that our Vietnamese friends understand our Republican position and I hope you made that clear to them."
(Mitchell, who went on to serve as Nixon's attorney general, would be convicted on charges related to the Watergate conspiracy in 1975 and serve 19 months in prison.)
In a conversation with Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois, Johnson characterized Nixon's interference as treason. Dirksen, the Republican leader in the Senate, agreed:
LBJ: … And they oughtn't be doing this. This is treason.
SEN. DIRKSEN: I know.
LBJ: I think it would shock America if a principal candidate was playing with a source like this on a matter this important.
SEN. DIRSEN: Yeah.
Johnson was prevented from going public with the information on Nixon's treasonous activities because he had obtained the intelligence via illegal wiretaps of Nixon and Chennault.


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Hello there, I'm back with another lifestyle post this time, and it's about my experience while staying at Vasa Hotel Surabaya. First thing first, I'm going to say thank you for the excellent service, Vasa Hotel! You guys really know how to spoiled me!
About Vasa Hotel Surabaya
Vasa Hotel is a 388 luxury rooms, suites and apartments where guests can relax and feel at home while enjoying modern luxuries and comfort. Vasa Hotel features both rooms and apartment with stunning facilities and full amenities, as well as 7 food and beverage venues, swimming pools, a spa and function and meeting room facilities which cater up to 2000 person. It is ideally located in the business district of Surabaya with easy access to city's highways, shopping malls and golf courses.
I stay for 2D1N at Vasa Hotel with my little sister in the Breccia Suite room type.
It's quite huge room for two of us, precisely it's a room of 70 square meters.
It has 1 living room, 2 restrooms, and 1 bedroom inside. The two restroom locate seperately, one in the living room, and the other one is a huge bathroom with a bathtub, 2 washing stand, a room for the toilet, and a room for shower.
They also put 3 televisions inside this huge suite room, 1 for living room, 1 in the bedroom and you can find the last television in my photo above. Oh, it also has a connecting door from living room to the bedroom. A huge room for two, isn't it?
Not to forget, the toilet inside is an automatic toilet, enjoy your warm butt here and if you need anything, just press the button ;)
I really enjoying my time at this hotel, the view from my room, cups of hot tea, soaked in warm water, and slept really really well here. And when the sky get dark, I spent my time having a great dinner at 209 Dining, this restaurant located at 2nd floor of the building.
Welcoming the coming of the holy month of Ramadhan, this luxury hotel has prepared various interesting promotions for the citizens of Surabaya and outside.
Vasa Hotel has Ramadhan room packages suitable for those who traveling for business or leisure.
By choosing Ramadan room package, any stay guests can enjoy:
• Free upgrade to Premium Room and enjoy free mini bar facility
• 10% discount across restaurant & lounge venues (not including buffet break at 209 Dining)
• 20% discount on laundry, shuttle to and from Pakuwon Mall (biggest shopping center in Indonesia) as well
• Choose 1 of 3 options offered by Vasa Hotel Surabaya: 2 XXI tickets, Rp.100,000 MAP shopping voucher or Rp.100,000 voucher to play at Timezone.
To enjoy the offered above, the price is set a relatively cheap starting from Rp.999,000 net per room per night, and it's valid for stays from 20 May to 31 July 2017. Such a great deal, uh?
For those who want to break their fast with family, friends, colleagues or business partners, 209 Dining is the right place. A variety of local and international dishes are served in the form of a buffet. The culinary team has prepared so many menu to choose such as: maryam & curry bread, various pasta, nusantara cuisine and ta'jil typical of Ramadan such as dates, mixed ice, etc.
Especially on Fridays and Saturdays, there will be an additional special menu like Seafood and Beef for breaking the buffet at 209 Dining. To enjoy this various dishes, you can simply pay Rp.228,000 nett per person on Monday to Thursday and Rp.288,000 net on Friday and Saturday.
There is also an interesting promo for Surabaya residents: 25% discount for the first 50 people every day and when coming in groups, enjoy the special buy 10 free 1 promo.
We are sooooo full after the dinner, as you can see above there are so many menus from Indo food, western, japanese, and chinese food also. Not to forget about the sweet tooth bellow, cakes, marshmallow and the chocolate fondue! Oh my belly has been spoiled that night, no kidding!
Pssttt, I love this Dilmah tea pot, soooo luxury!!
The next day, we went to the pool side which is located together with the beautiful chapel. But unfortunately, they don't let us take pictures at the chapel. After exploring the pool side, we rushed to Xiang Fu Hai restaurant to enjoy our dimsum lunch. I had no time to take picture at Xiang Fu Hai, because the restaurant will close at 3pm and I arrived there at 2pm. So we sat there and rush to eat. But you can read my review about Xiang Fu Hai restaurant HERE.
Last but not least, this tricky wall is a must have shot while you visiting Vasa Hotel, it's located at the 5th floor, same floor with the pool.
Just walk from the pool to the nearest restroom, then you can find this wall on your right side.
For more info, just contact their reservation team at 031 730 1888 or 081 330 2122 23 (room) and 081 330 211 221 (FandB) or email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Real Reason Why 'Bird Box' Soundtrack is Amazing
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week you've most likely seen the is new Netflix original film, Bird Box. The soundtrack helps set a scary tone for the film and there's actually a pretty interesting reason why.
Like most of the streaming world, I had to watch the film Bird Box over the past weekend. Yes, it was a great end of the world type film that we've all seen a million times but it had a fantastic and different twist to it. This isn't a movie review so I won't get in to any spoilers.
What I will say is that the music behind the film absolutely drives it and sets the perfect ominous mood.
As it turns out, there's a pretty simple reason why it's so good. Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails produced the soundtrack.
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Although there are many reasons for fluid in the lungs, the most common are related to the heart, according to Mayo Clinic. The medical term for this condition when it relates to the heart is cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Coronary artery disease, damage to the heart muscle, heart valve problems and high blood pressure lead to cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Other causes of fluid in the lungs include acute respiratory distress syndrome, high altitudes, exposure to certain toxins and near drowning.
The alveoli are small air sacs within the lungs that expand and allow the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen to occur with respiration. When fluid collects in these structures, they cannot effectively exchange these gases, indicates Mayo Clinic.
Cardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs when the left ventricle of the heart is unable to pump the blood it receives from the body effectively. The pressure builds in the left atrium of the heart, and eventually affects the veins and capillaries of the lungs. As the pressure increases, it pushes fluid from the blood into the air sacs, reports Mayo Clinic.
With noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, the capillaries weaken to the point that they leak fluid into the alveoli without any additional pressure. Toxins, such as smoke, irritate the lining of the air sacs so they begin to leak fluid, according to Mayo Clinic.


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A fresh set of Moto 360 photos has hit the web showing the device next to the LG G Watch. It was rumored that the Moto 360 could be made out of plastic instead of steel, but these photos debunk those reports.
In one of the photos portraying the back of the Moto 360, a text reads that the smartwatch is made of Stainless Steel 316L. The watch also features wireless charging and is devoid of any charging pins, unlike the LG G Watch and the Gear Live.
The Moto 360 comes with an optical heart rate sensor, a pedometer and is water resistant. According to Luca Viscardi who made the photos, the watch lasts 2.5 days of normal use, whereas the LG G Watch only managed to go for about a day under the same usage.
Another photo compares the two smartwatches and you can clearly see that the Moto 360 prototype isn't as large as it was previously speculated. Finally, Motorola's upcoming smartwatch features bands with a standard mechanism, allowing you to replace it with whatever band you opt in for.


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Finding The Best Living Room Chairs
The best living room chairs are ones that offer quality comfort and proportional scheme in the decor. Ideas are to follow your taste of style and requirements for the most of living room decorating. There are club chairs, high-back chairs, swivel chairs, recliners, accent chairs and so on to complete your living room. Armless or with arms, you can consider what the most interesting and convenient each time you are in the room.
Materials are leather and fabric such as microfiber and micro-suede for the most excellent quality. If cozy and versatile with ultimate comfort is what you seek, then leather has always become the greatest of all. Easy to clean, durable and luxurious, living room chairs made of leather can complement any kind of decor of your house. These features of leather do not mean that others are lesser. Each has pros and cons to consider for the best values.
Colors and patterns of living room chairs mean a lot especially of becoming accent furniture. You can go for some stripes or animal prints that very popular in today's trend. They can become focal point beside of as a nice seating in the room.
Recliner chair is probably the most comfortable design choice especially for relaxing used by seniors. A simple chair with ottoman can also a good to go option.
Design, material, color and pattern determine your choice for the chairs. Your budget too decides it. Why buying a costly piece if you can find a proper chair at cheap price.


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Health-Care Reform
Putting Benefits and Costs Under the Microscope
There's no question that revamping the nation's health-care system really is a big deal for consumers. If everything works as planned, more Americans will get better access to health insurance and better care. But the benefits of reform will come with high price tags that might not be obvious to some.
Chances are good that you already have made up your mind about President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul of the nation's health-care system. Depending on your political perspective, the changes are either long overdue or a catastrophe waiting to happen. Now that the partisan dust has settled in Washington (at least over the health-care issue), we ask you to reconsider your point of view, regardless of where you stood before. A little more than 3 months after Obama signed the historic reform into law, it's pretty clear that most—though not all—Americans will have access to health insurance and medical care. However, aspects of the new law are littered with flaws and unintended consequences that won't be evident for years to come, in part because most of the new health-care reform measures aren't scheduled to start until 2014.
We scrutinized the 2,000-page law, sifted through reams of think-tank reports and evaluations, and interviewed 20 health, insurance and economic experts in an attempt to demystify this dizzying topic for consumers. What follows is Consumers Digest's report on eight major components of health-care reform that are designed to help consumers but could be undermined by powerful special interests.
Aim: To provide access to health insurance for uninsured Americans.
Outcome: The plan significantly decreases the number of uninsured Americans, but taxpayers—including some who are in the middle class—will pick up nearly half of the cost.
The biggest benefit of the law is that an estimated 32 million Americans who lack coverage now will get health insurance. But how those consumers get their coverage is fraught with potential hazards. Half of the newly insured will be covered through an expansion of Medicaid. That expansion is a boon to the working poor—who earn up to 133 percent of poverty wages ($29,327 a year for a family of four in 2010)—but states will have to raise taxes (and you'll have to pay them) to cover the 10 percent share of the Medicaid expansion tab that is not covered by the federal government.
The other half of those who are newly insured will buy coverage through new state-based insurance exchanges, which will serve as clearinghouses for highly regulated plans that are sold by the insurance industry to individuals of any income level who don't have insurance and small businesses. Households that earn less than 400 percent of poverty wages ($88,200 a year for a family of four in 2010) will be subsidized by using a sliding scale of taxpayer-financed tax credits. Small businesses that buy coverage for their employees through the exchanges also will get tax credits of up to half of their contribution for an employee's health insurance. Although that will give $4 billion a year in tax credits to small business by 2019, according to Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an individual firm can take the credits only for 2 years, and the credits will cover only up to half of the cost of the policies. The bottom line: A decade after Obama signed the bill, an estimated 6 percent to 7 percent of Americans still will lack coverage.
Missing Links
Aim: To make everyone contribute to paying the nation's health-care tab by forcing uninsured consumers and small businesses to purchase health insurance.
Outcome: It's uncertain whether penalties for not buying coverage will provide motivation for these two groups to comply with the mandates.
Because insurance companies no longer will be able to deny coverage to people who have pre-existing medical conditions, the architects of reform had to come up with a way to prevent consumers from waiting until they get sick before they buy a policy. The solution—pushed hard by the insurance industry—is to impose an individual mandate. Any family who fails to buy insurance must pay a tax penalty of $2,085 or 2.5 percent of household income, whichever is higher. Employers that have more than 50 employees also will face a pay-or-play mandate: Companies that don't provide coverage for their workers must pay a $2,000 fine for every employee who receives subsidized insurance on the exchange.


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Boots the Chemist: Airports
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Status: Ongoing
Client: Boots UK
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Today, as he continues to drop in the polls, he suggested that Americans wielding firearms take potential President Clinton's life. It wasn't even a funny joke.
The Problem of Donald Trump's Faith
The Donald is at it again.
In a swarm of unlikely GOP candidates, Donald Trump caps it off by convincing almost a quarter of likely GOP voters that he's the one to go up against Hillary. There's already talk that if Rick Perry gets his way, Donald will personally fund his own third-party candidacy. This would likely rob Republican votes of a worthwhile GOP candidate and almost guarantee a win for the Democrats in two Novembers time. In a world where Fox News has warned its viewership of the plague of political correctness, it's not surprising that a straight-talking, wildly-rich, anti-political Mr. Fix It is attracting a bunch of regular folks who are fed up with the current Administration.
At this point, Trump is almost impenetrable. He denigrated a beloved maverick. He read aloud a private cellphone number of a likable bachelor. He, perhaps most dramatically, racially profiled millions of America's workforce. And somehow each time, no matter how much the press has pushed him, he's managed to weasel his way out only to grow in the polls. It is fascinating.
His bit about John McCain at The Family Leadership Summit was untrue, unwarranted, and wildly stupid and though it received, by far, the most media attention, it wasn't the the most remarkable part of that interview for me. I found myself entranced by his comments about faith. Most significantly, forgiveness.
Bluntly, Trump was asked, "Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?"
Trump answered it as Trump always does, as only he can. "That's a tough question. I don't think in terms of...I'm a religious person, shockingly...I'm Protestant, I'm Presbyterian, I go to church and I love God and I love my church." He continued with a story about "the great" Norman Vincent Peale, a man he reveres and whose sermons made a lasting impression on him. Never, of course, answering the question, "Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?"
I love this next part. The moderator didn't let it go. "But. Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?" The audience laughed. Trump responded, stumped. "I'm not sure I have. I just go and try and do a better job from there. I don't think so."
He likely could not have been more honest. While later he rightly referred to taking the "wine and crackers" at communion as a way of asking for forgiveness, there was a certain attitude of humility and repentance that the moderator was looking for to which Trump, truthfully, could not admit. Maybe it's because Trump can't admit to wrongdoing; that certainly seems likely. Maybe it's because Trump thinks he's the greatest man to walk this earth; that seems possible.
I can't help but point to his own admission: his pastor, to which he immediately made reference and shared exuberantly about his influence, may have shaped--or at least allowed--this mindset of Trump.
To those familiar with recent American history and theological thought, the name Norman Vincent Peale isn't foreign. A controversial pastor after the release of his book, "The Power of Positive Thinking", Peale's teachings were shunned by both the mental health and theological communities being regarded by some as heretical.
Indeed Peale's writings are problematic for Christians who seek not to find faith in themselves but to find faith in Jesus Christ. Even Amazon's description of Peale's best-selling book says it bluntly:
"With the practical techniques outlined in this book, you can energize your life—and give yourself the initiative needed to carry out your ambitions and hopes. You'll learn how to:
· Believe in yourself and in everything you do
· Build new power and determination
· Develop the power to reach your goals
· Break the worry habit and achieve a relaxed life
· Improve your personal and professional relationships
· Assume control over your circumstances
· Be kind to yourself"
Seems an odd set of goals from a Christian pastor, eh? It's a self-help book, sure, but its Christian message, if there even is one, leaves much to be desired.
Wikipedia's entry on Peale quotes John Krumm(the book linked above), Reinhold Niebuhr, and G. Bromley Oxnam on Peale's anti-Christian espousing in his book. Wikipedia's choice of quotes from Liston Pope was my favorite though, "There is nothing humble or pious in the view this cult takes of God. God becomes sort of a master psychiatrist who will help you get out of your difficulties. The formulas and the constanat reiteration of such themes as "You and God can do anything" are very nearly blasphemous." ("The Case against Easy Religion," William Peters. Redbook Magazine, September 1955, pp. 22–23, 92-94). I mean, come on Dr. Pope, tell us how you really feel.
Either Trump needed to name-drop to evade a question about his own brokenness or Norman Vincent Peale made a lasting impact on The Donald through his preaching. The evidence, Trump's refusal to admit to his need for forgiveness, points to the latter. If a preacher preaches that one can overcome the most difficult obstacles and accomplish anything simply by thinking positively about it, how can one be convinced of their own need for redemption and forgiveness?
It doesn't take a political genius to realize that Trump's humility is lacking. I'm convinced, as a Christian minister, that humility and a self-awareness of one's own brokenness is essential to their discipleship. If one claims to be a Christian, as Donald does, one must be convinced of their own need for grace. Without it, there's no point in Jesus.
The problem? GOP voters have already proven in large part that politicians speak louder in their hearts than their pastors do and conservative pastors continually shape the work of their sermons and their reading of Scripture within the political atmosphere. I fear that an influential presidential candidate might renew a sense in America's Christians that one's own humility is not necessary for the gospel.
That is a lie. That is a problem.
Hey! Lay off Chris Tomlin: A Response
Jonathan Aigner, a UMC music director and worship blogger, took on a reader recently. Quoting his reader, the anonymous "Glenn", Aigner fires back on Glenn's accusation that Aigner often unfairly takes shots at Chris Tomlin, one of America's modern leaders of music in worship.
Aigner often has a lot of smart things to say, particularly about theology in worship. That's convenient because that's literally the URL of his site.
Though I respect much of Aigner's work, I feel as if this time Aigner missed the mark. In what I can only imagine is a defensive work so as to continue his personal vendetta against Tomlin, Aigner inaccurately describes Tomlin's music, blindly points out the speck in Tomlin's eye, and in the process secures his readership in their own personal dislike of the modern worship scene.
Aigner organizes his thoughts by way of several key aspects of Tomlin's music. I'll do the same here.
Tomlin's Music Isn't For Congregational Singing
I've many times over been led in singing by Chris Tomlin and those he's raised up as new leaders and songwriters. I also consider myself to be a student of the worship artists who are writing new music for the church. I, as a seminary graduate and music leader myself, think often about what I call the "sing-ability" of the music we lead with.
I'd argue that Tomlin's music is often melodically and rhythmically simpler than almost every other mainstream worship writer. My argument might even consider the fact that his music has caught on more than others' precisely because of this.
Aigner doesn't use this argument, though. His assertion centers on the fact that Tomlin's Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) hits a "high G" in its refrain. That's factually inaccurate. Tomlin's refrain, one he tagged onto the beloved hymn, makes use of a high F, a whole step down from the G to which Aigner is referring. Most basses are going to drop the melody down an octave anyway. Most altos are going to sing it in octaval unison with the tenors (Tomlin, for instance) and the sopranos will sing it just as normal. A G above middle C is unattainable for most baritones, relatively high for most tenors and sopranos, and right in line with with altos. An F (the actual pitch Tomlin sings) is a more agreeable pitch simply because it finds itself below most sopranos' and tenors' passaggios, reachable for baritones, and again in line with an alto melody. I'd criticize Tomlin for writing a G too. But he didn't write a G. He wrote an F.
Aigner also references the problem of the "solo" worship leader. He remarks that Tomlin's vocal stylings do not allow for congregational singing, instead presenting the congregation with the opportunity to merely sing along. It's true that our modern worship culture doesn't see anything wrong with worshipful singing being described as singing along, but to attribute this solely to Tomlin is unfair. To critique this on the basis of Tomlin's musicality alone is worse yet.
Because He Writes Poor Texts
Here, Aigner tackles Tomlin's poetic skills. The lines he chooses to prove his point are these:
- And like a flood His mercy rains…
- He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide…
- And if our God is for us, then what could stand against…
- I will rise on eagles' wings / Before my God fall on my knees…
My commentary on each:
- Tomlin's (worth noting that Louie Giglio is also given songwriting attribution here) obvious intention here is to metaphorically draw the connection between never-ending rain and God's never-ending mercy. Aigner suggests this is a weak metaphor but I've never heard of anyone using a water metaphor for God's mercy before. I, too, wish Tomlin hadn't used a destructive force of water to describe God's mercy.
- Criticize the guy on weak and strange metaphors, sure, but criticize him for quoting the psalmist? No. This isn't a fair critique at all. Here's a concession critics should make: songwriters are allowed to quote scripture and not be criticized for poor poetic skills.
- See above. I've heard the argument before that this line does not properly assign an object to the preposition whereas Paul does in his Romans text. That might be a fair assumption but, again, Tomlin wouldn't be the first hymn writer to stretch the English language to fit a rhyme scheme or rhythmic structure.
- I can only imagine Aigner's frustration with this line is its imperfect rhyme structure. Ok, sure. Or maybe it's the irony of "rising" by "falling on my knees". At the skin level, the latter critique seems humorous. I think there's something beautiful, though, about drawing the connection between humility before God and rising as Christ was risen.
Because He Is A Worship Superstar
I'm with the high and mighty idea that those who write music for the church ought to do so for the good of the church and the church alone. Their work is kingdom building work and ought to be seen as such.
But this celebrity-status isn't a new phenomenon. Do you think John Wesley wasn't a big deal? He famously learned to preach to the multitudes of people gathered from George Whitefield. American churches vowed to follow his every instructions(sort of). Isaac Watts trained pastor after pastor at his large church in London. Tomlin may be an overpaid worship superstar but he's certainly not the first and certainly won't be the last Christian celebrity.
And whose fault is it really that Tomlin's presence has the gravitas it does? Tomlin's? Or is he simply trying to make the best music he can for a modern generation? Is it the nature of us, the people, that want to celebritize everything we come into contact with? Likely.
And before you go on pointing to the "showy" nature of modern worship music as the reason for this, I'd like to point to this, a church organist competition (utilizing the playing of hymns) with a cash prize. So maybe, just maybe, let's step off that high horse for just a second. After all, a quick Google search of Jonathan Aigner's name returns a few professionally-shot-in-a-church promotional head shots. Speck, meet log.
Aigner thinks it right and proper to criticize the work of the church so as to make it better. I'm with him. But these types of critiques of the modern worship world cannot be generalized, must be factually accurate, and ought to be approached with humility. It's only in that moment that we'll actually make any progress as a church and enable ourselves to speak to generations to come.
Dear ESPN, Please Give Us Back Dickie V
It was announced yesterday (sort of) that Dickie V will not, for the first time in over 35 years, call the Duke/UNC game when the Tarheels make the 10 mile trek from Chapel Hill to Durham tomorrow evening.
Which is outrageous.
I remember the first time I saw Dickie V with my own eyes. I'd waited all day outside the graduate student entrance of Cameron Indoor in hopes of getting a good-enough spot for my first Duke v. Carolina game. I already had a ticket, it's the standing space I waited for. And I waited. And waited. And waited.
I ended up standing next to a few semi-drunken grad students from (probably) the business program and exchanging skin cells with the 5 other people lodged beside me. But even in the midst of that horrid experience, it was that night that I peered up into the rafters of Cameron Indoor and saw him: the man they say created the college basketball hype.
The next year my friends and I wised up and waited days instead of hours outside the graduate student entrance. The floor--to stand on the floor--was our goal. When we stood outside Cameron rubbing our hands together just to keep warm, up pulled a jet-black escalade. From its dark interior with media and fan attention to rival Taylor Swift, there he came. Jovial, outgoing, loud, and hilarious from the very first step out of that vehicle.
Dickie V wanted to be with the fans, the Crazies, in a way no other tv announcer had done before. He held our signs, took picture after picture, handed out autograph after autograph, and made sure to make eye contact with every single Crazie who simply wanted to see him.
Once we entered Cameron on that day, we had hours to wait on the court until the game began. He came by handing out autographs and taking pictures, making sure we knew that he knew how dedicated this fanbase is. It was that day that he pointed at me, as I was decked out in a Cameron Crazie shirt and my ridiculous Duke hat, smiled and said, "I love your hat." Thumbs up, too. Day. Made.
So yeah, ESPN, you could say I'm bummed that you'd pull him from this broadcast. No matter how good Shulman and Bilas are (and they are good), Dickie V is a lot more than just a broadcaster. Dickie V is a Crazie hero. And he's a Tarheel hero too. And a Wildcat hero too. He's a college basketball hero.
Dickie V makes college basketball what it is. And, to pull him from a broadcast such as tomorrow night's is not only the end of an era, it's a signal to the student bodies of these remarkable universities that ESPN's relationship with the students isn't as important as they thought it was.
Please, ESPN. Fly Vitale to Durham. The Blue Devil Nation will thank you. America will thank you.
How Coke Is Made
Each can originated in a small town of 4,000 people on the Murray River in Western Australia called Pinjarra. Pinjarra is the site of the world's largest bauxite mine. Bauxite is surface mined — basically scraped and dug from the top of the ground. The bauxite is crushed and washed with hot sodium hydroxide, which separates it into aluminum hydroxide and waste material called red mud. The aluminum hydroxide is cooled, then heated to over a thousand degrees celsius in a kiln, where it becomes aluminum oxide, or alumina.
I didn't understand a single word of this.
BREAKING NEWS: Houston Astros Fan Lets Go of the Ball Too Late!
Funny video of an Astros fan who evidently doesn't have a lot of throwing experience.
Heard someone remark yesterday, "If you've never thrown a baseball before, why would you agree to throw out the first pitch?!" What's hard to realize and remember is that even if you have confidence in throwing a baseball, throwing one on a downward slope from the pitcher's mound is another thing entirely.
This girl looks like she didn't have experience with either of those.
Pastor Says God Is Like A Drone
Creepy stuff.
But the drone metaphor is a terrible and disturbing one. It trivializes the big questions about a scary new technology and equates God with a weapon of war.
It'd be ok with me if this sort of stuff didn't come out of churches anymore.
Mark Driscoll Briefly Steps Aside to Process, Heal, and Grow
The lead pastor of Seattle megachurch, Mars Hill, provided an emotional statement to his congregation this morning. See the entire nearly-18-minute clip below:
I thought the statement was humble, sincere, and emotional. These are all words I would have never associated with Mark before today.
Only time will tell if the six weeks he's chosen to step aside for will be long enough to accomplish his goals. The Mars Hill elders will need time to work through all of the accusations (there are bunches) against him in an appropriate way and a heavy dose of prayer will need to go with it.
I'm encouraged by his statement, his sincerity, and his use of this space to share this with the world. I had been hopeful that he'd address the controversy earlier than this, and it's likely that the direct accusations against him brought this to a very public head, but all things come sooner or later.
No matter your opinions toward Mark and his ministry, I encourage you to share with me in prayer for this community. Mark and I disagree theologically and socially on most details, but I find it authentic when he and his church preach about the goodness of Jesus and the necessity of pointing the world toward him. This Mars Hill community is one that loves Jesus and does something about it and for that, and their healing, I remain in prayer.
Grow a Pumpkin Inside a Plastic Mold.
Nuhuh. That's amazing. This is going to revolutionize Halloween.
Driscoll Being Asked to Leave
If those who appreciated his brash nature for their own transformation see the troubles his behavior caused, it might mean that his behavior was far too brash to begin with.
But even some of Mr. Driscoll's admirers have doubts about his ability to continue. Robbie Leib, who joined an embryonic Mars Hill in 1996, when he was 19, said Mr. Driscoll rescued him. "I was that classic guy he felt called to serve — video games, porn, screwing around, not ready to contribute," he said. "I was the guy he was built to rebuke. I was ready to grow up, and he was there to spank me."
Mr. Leib said he worked on the church's staff for a time, and never saw any abuse or culture of fear. But, he said, he knows many of those who say they were mistreated by Mr. Driscoll, and is concerned by their allegations. "I love this church," he said. "But Mark might need to step down for a year, or forever."
I wish Mars Hill the best but think it's time that their pastor take a little time away from the stress and spotlight. A little soul searching might be good for Mark.
Matt Chandler Takes On White Privilege
"What is so deceptive about white privilege is that it is different from blatant racism or bias." Chandler said. A privileged person's heart may be free from racist thoughts or biased attitudes, but may still fail to see how the very privilege afforded to him or her shapes how he or she interprets and understands the situations and circumstances of people without privilege."
My guess is that those sorts of sentiments aren't too popular among Matt Chandler's constituents.
10 Beautiful Interracial Arrests
The Onion nails it.
Mind-Blowing Physics
A tachyonic antitelephone is a hypothetical device in theoretical physics that could be used to send signals into one's own past. Albert Einstein in 1907 presented a thought experiment of how faster-than-light signals can lead to a paradox of causality, which was described by Einstein and Arnold Sommerfeld in 1910 as a means "to telegraph into the past".
John Oliver on Ferguson
John takes on the disaster in Missouri. Well done.
How I Tried to Watch "Divergent": A Rant
iTunes Digital movie redemption is great. You open the app, navigate to the store, click on "Redeem" and redeem your legally purchased digital copy of your new favorite flick.
One problem: all iTunes movies are digitally protected so that they will not play on an external monitor (including a home projector or secondary display) that is not connected via HDMI. There's no way for them to check the copyright. Thanks, Hollywood.
No worries, though! My purchased BluRay comes with an UltraViolet redemption too! So, I log in with Flixster, my chosen UltraViolet redemption service. That's a whole thing because you actually have two logins: one for UltraViolet and one for Flixster. Nevertheless, I get logged in and attempt to redeem the code.
It starts downloading. Great! It'll play on an external display. Great!
Problem: it's downloading in SD quality. Less than 720p. At the same quality as a DVD. This is beneficial but on a home HD projector, it looks, well, bad.
But why? Why wouldn't I have an HD copy? My physical copy is in 1080p. Certain studios, it seems, only authorize standard definition downloads for all redemptions, regardless of the quality physical media that is purchased.
Piracy of digital media (mainly movies and television shows) may have been curbed *slightly* by the existence of digital redemption codes, but it hasn't come close to eradicating it. Nowhere close.
What would have been an easier way to watch the film? Find it on an online streaming site, load it in the cache, and click "Full Screen". I didn't do that because I've begun to have a conscience about such things. I paid the price as I attempted to watch a film I paid for on an external display that I owned in my own dwelling. And why? All because my display used a different connection.
If I buy an iTunes music file on Apple's service, there are no longer any digital restrictions on what I can do with the file. With it, and the existence of cheap legal streaming options, music piracy has been severely curbed. We're moving that way in film but it's taking far too long.
Some say that film and music are different arts. This is true. Steve Jobs once famously said that no one wanted to rent music, they'd rather own it. Because you might want to watch a movie once or twice in your life, but you may want to listen to a song thousands of times. The music and movie industry are different business models and different arts. But their distribution methods are much much the same.
Some say that the intention is to curb the unlawful presentation of films to large audiences. This isn't true. If I had an HDMI display, I could have played it easy peasy. Or, if I had chosen to play the physical media instead of the file-based media, I wouldn't have had a problem either. But, WHY WOULD I PUT A PHYSICAL DISK INTO A MACHINE? Yuck. What is this, 2005?
Movies, and the consumption of them, is moving to a sans-physical distribution method. It needs to move quicker and reward those who purchase legal material. To do so, the business structure may need to change. It may change the prices we pay.
But until then we'll fight. And cry. And be forced to watch our newly purchased film on an internet-connected television device. But we don't want that. Consumers want to watch what we want, when we want, and how we want.
Sell that to consumers in a non-proprietary way, and you just might sell more films.
Dave Blocked Me, Part Two: Some Clarifications
My post regarding Dave Ramsey's dismissiveness to me and the poor has blown up. I never expected such a response. I've had a welcome amount of agreement along with a surprising amount of "I've been there". It seems to me as if Dave and his team make a habit out of closing off disagree-ers by blocking them on social media platforms. As you can imagine, this is both comforting and frustrating for me.
I've also had a fair amount of criticism. That's fair because when I put something in the public sphere, I don't expect everyone to agree with me. The criticism can be separated into three categories as best I see it. Rather than responding to each and every comment or thread, I thought this post might help. The main critiques are:
- I shouldn't have put such a thing on social media to begin with (either the blog or the original tweet).
- Dave Ramsey is immensely generous because of his wealth and most churches turn to rich people first in order to accomplish their calling in helping the poor.
- Capitalism is not bad and has been proven to be far more successful than socialism in this world.
I'll attempt to briefly address each critique. I think these critiques suffer from some presumptions that are American in nature and not, in my view, Christian in nature.
I shouldn't have put such an argument on social media. This isn't the first time I've heard such and argument. That's ok. I think the world is still experimenting with what is appropriate in a social forum like the internet and those lines have been both defined and blurred throughout time. For all who say that this conversation is inappropriate to have on the internet, I've got a ton of people who say they appreciate reading this stuff via the same medium. It's both a win win and lose lose situation and as long as I'm willing to put up with the consequences, I'm ok riding that line.
Anyone familiar with Dave Ramsey should be familiar with the amount of money he makes. He makes it clear within Financial Peace University that he's a multimillionaire and that he advocates giving as a part of being a financially peaceful. I'll go as far as to commend him for a line he often tells callers on his radio show: giving isn't about percentages or anything else, giving is about giving with a giving heart. Dave advocates giving, especially when you've developed wealth.
But this is a fundamentally American view of wealth. After all, if there were no rich, who would support our moralistic endeavors? This is American in nature because it presumes free market capitalism and few Christian virtues. Funny enough, Dave presents this theory under the guise of scriptural authority in FPU. He quotes Proverbs 21 saying that wise people store up food and oil, fools gulp theirs down. You can only be of help to the world if you have money saved up.
What type of scriptural authority is it though, if it ignores perhaps the most famous exchange about riches in Scripture? The gospel writers tell us that when a rich man was asking the very question of salvation (inheriting the Kingdom of God), Jesus quoted off some laws he must follow. When the man said that he had followed all those laws, Jesus introduced him to one more idea: sell everything you have and give the money to the poor. After that, he said, come follow me. I don't think Jesus is strictly saying here that you can't have money and be a Christian, but I do think he's making a point: you can't love your possessions more than following Jesus. Christianity does not function under the assumption that we need rich people. Christianity functions under a devotion to the lordship of Jesus Christ and nothing else. This is a fundamental difference between American views of wealth and Christian views of discipleship.
My argument against capitalism isn't that it's unsuccessful. Financially speaking, capitalism makes more rich people. My argument is that socialism helps us equally value each and every member of society based on their worth as a human, not only off their work ethic or success in business. I don't think the United States could ever move to a socialistic form of government or economics (and I don't think Obama is moving in that direction--I think that's largely rhetoric), but as a Christian I can see how socialism mirrors the way God looks at all God's children. I can at least see the holiness in it. The US could not move to to socialistic values for precisely that reason: it values things Christianity does not.
I greatly appreciate everyone's interest in my original post. I reiterate that I find Dave's general principles helpful but that his outlook and general despise for socialism for no other reason than love of money hurts his Christian witness.
Dave Ramsey Blocked Me On Twitter
A little background info: A few months back Allison and I took Dave Ramsey's "Financial Peace University" course at First United Methodist Church in Lakeland, FL. We were greatly entertained by his video presentations, we had a wonderful group leader and group members, and we came away from the experience with a new, fresh set of eyes to the world. Since the class we have treated money in a very different way, being unbelievably careful in our budgeting. I strongly recommend the course for anyone with money woes as it appears to me to be the best thing going for getting out of debt, saving for retirement, and becoming financially peaceful instead of financially and persistently worried.
But having said that, a story.
I spent the last three years of my life studying Scripture, homiletics, liturgics, exegesis, evangelism, and more at what major portions of the Christian world might call a "liberal" seminary: Duke Divinity School. Duke's seminary is far from overtly liberal, but that's a story for another day.
There is, however, a persistent and common theme among many of Duke seminarians' worldviews. Many who attend Duke's Divinity School (not all, just many) see significant problems with the economic status of this country. Without entering into my best impression of Michael Moore, I'll suffice it to say that Capitalism, as it is practiced in the United States, seems contrary to much of Jesus's teachings about caring for the poor. Capitalism seems antithetical to our command to care for the poor. Capitalism, as they and I see it, exemplifies and glorifies the successful ones making generalizations about the less successful, generally resulting in a lower quality of life for the less successful. Capitalism is economic survival of the fittest and fundamentally less compassionate than other systems.
Due to poor judgment (I guess) and a genuine interest in the financial woes of this country, I make a regular habit out of listening to Dave Ramsey's podcast. For the most part, The Dave Ramsey Show consists of callers who call in and either 1) need advice on a business or how to get them or a friend out of debt or 2) a family or individual celebrating their new debt-free life with a "debt-free scream". (I'll admit to getting teary-eyed on more than one occasion at the debt-free scream after hearing the story.)
Every once in awhile though, The Dave Ramsey Show features a belligerent and angry Dave Ramsey who counters any new measure President Obama has made. Or, if he's feeling greedy, any movement of the Left. Dave takes it upon himself to show his listeners how "stupid" (yes, he uses the word frequently) Obama's "socialistic" ideas are. To Dave, socialism has no virtues. Spreading the wealth has no business with he hard-earned money.
Dave started into a rant one day about how people asking for higher wages in minimum wage jobs don't deserve a higher pay--their economic value isn't high enough. He drew a distinction between a person's inherent and economic value. While the human has value, the market dictates someone's economic value (and therefore their paid wage). It's free market, capitalistic jargon at its best.
I struggled here.
Someone's economic value is completely separate from their value as a human? The two are not related or interact at all? Is the proper response to the poor a lesson on their economic value? Is that how Jesus responded?
So I posted this tweet when I got out of the shower (I listen to his show in the shower):
Seems to me that a Christian like @DaveRamsey shouldn't say the things he said about economics yesterday on his show.— Bryant Manning (@jbryantmanning) January 14, 2014
I literally didn't even get dried off completely before Dave responded.
@jbryantmanning //Why not? Perfectly in sync with scripture if you know the word.— Dave Ramsey (@DaveRamsey) January 14, 2014
I was caught off guard here as I didn't expect Dave to respond. I wondered if Dave and I were referring to the same "Word." I was imagining he meant the Word Became Flesh. Intrigued, I pressed on.
@DaveRamsey worship of economics doesn't seem to be Jesus's response to the poor. Aren't Christians supposed to grow into his likeness?— Bryant Manning (@jbryantmanning) January 14, 2014
@jbryantmanning //No one said worship economics. but there is a difference btwn your value and your economic value. Bible points that out.— Dave Ramsey (@DaveRamsey) January 14, 2014
I was lost now. There was no way he and I were reading the same Bible. The Bible I read points to a God who came in the form of a man, in the form of broken humanity, to redeem humanity in new life through death and resurrection, to teach God's children how they were to be, and to present a Kingdom that was unlike any other. Jesus's ministry on earth dealt largely with compassion toward the poor and healing of their often sick and diseased bodies. Never once did Jesus say, "You know, you're poor. And you're poor because your economic value isn't high enough." This just wasn't clicking for me.
I responded:
@DaveRamsey telling the poor that the reason they're poor is their economic value simply isn't Jesus's response. Mercy and giving is.— Bryant Manning (@jbryantmanning) January 14, 2014
Note: I threw in the bit about giving because I thought we could find common ground. Dave's class encourages students to build extravagant wealth and then GIVE like no one else. Dave's class encourages his students to cut down their lifestyle to an affordable level, he says, "Live like no one else so that later you can live and GIVE like no one else." I was attempting to throw him a good and helpful bone.
He responded:
@jbryantmanning //Actually it is part of Jesus response. Parable of Talents. Thanks for playing, I dont think I can be of help to you, bye— Dave Ramsey (@DaveRamsey) January 14, 2014
For what it's worth, I believe the Parable of the Talents to be about discipleship in growth of the kingdom, not a study in economics (though he's not the first person I've seen point to it as an economic lesson and I doubt he will be the last).
And that was that. Dave, I'm assuming, added me to his increasingly popular "blocked" list. I can no longer follow him and I assume that any @reply to Dave's account will go unseen when coming from my account. One short seemingly harmless conversation in which a student of Dave's decided that he didn't quite agree with Dave and Dave decided that he never wanted to hear from that student again. A relationship ended over a disagreement and nothing more.
I learned two things:
- If you disagree with Dave, you're no longer a friend of Dave.
- Dave doesn't even believe what he says he believes.
Regarding #2, to close. Every single time a caller calls in to Dave's radio show and asks how Dave is doing, his go-to response is the same: "Better than I deserve". If Dave is really doing better than he deserves, how can he be so territorial with his own money? He's unwilling to live in a society where the poor can be helped by society at large.
The gospel writers put it this way when they quoted Jesus, "You can't serve two masters...You cannot serve both God and Money." Dave is attempting to do both. But in the process, he's devoting to one and disposing of the other. Just as Jesus predicted.
UPDATE: Due to overwhelming and unforeseen interest in this post, I've been fortunate to receive some copy editing from a good friend, Mat Hotho. If you're rereading this article and things seem smoother, thank him. Thanks to all who have been interested; I greatly appreciate your support and critiques.
SeaWorld's Letter: From our Zoological Team
SeaWorld, with a partial response to some of the fact-shifting done in production of "Blackfish." Most significantly, in my opinion, this point:
SeaWorld is a world leader in animal rescue. The millions of people who visit our parks each year make possible SeaWorld's world-renowned work in rescue, rehabilitation and release. We are constantly innovating when it comes to this care: Our veterinarians have created nursing bottles to hand-feed orphaned whales, prosthetics to save sea turtles, and a wetsuit to help injured manatees stay afloat during rehabilitation. Whether it's the result of natural or man-made disasters, SeaWorld is always on call and often the first to be contacted. We have rescued more than 23,000 animals with the goal of treating and returning them to the wild.
I've always supported SeaWorld, before I even knew of their quality work in conservation and rescue. I, the average non scientist Joe Scmoe, know more about marine life and have developed an affinity for such creatures because of SeaWorld's work. This, in my mind, is only one of SeaWorld's many successes.
Bishop Carcaño's Invitation to Rev. Frank Schaefer
This just got interesting.
I acknowledge that I do not have the authority to restore the ministerial credentials that Frank Schaefer has lost. Only a board of ordained ministry can recommend such a reinstatement of credentials, and only the ordained clergy of an annual conference can determine whether a person will be credentialed for ordained ministry. What I can do, however, is invite and welcome others to love and serve Christ Jesus among us, accompany those who choose to be faithful, and exhort us all to be biblically obedient. This I will do for as long as God gives me breath.
Again, if you don't see a serious upheaval in either the way the UMC understands its own polity or the way in which it is structured, you're not paying attention.
"That's Why I Ran For This Office"
Today President Obama gave his final press conference of the 2013 year.
"If you're measuring this by polls, my polls have gone up and down a lot through the course of my career," Obama said. "If I was interested in polling, I wouldn't have run for president."
Instead, the President cited continuing economic growth after the recession he inherited when he took office in January 2009 and other progress such as what he said was more than 1 million people signing up for health insurance under the controversial reforms he championed.
"That is a big deal. That's why I ran for this office," Obama said.
Keep your eyes on the prize, America. Believe it or not, people are saving money on health insurance.


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Leftists insist silly falsehoods on the regular: guns kill people, gun-shaped emojis are dangerous, Tess Holliday actually exercises. Adding to their list of moronic ideations, they believe guns have no purpose save to harm unsuspecting victims (see REBUTTAL: Actually, HuffPo, Guns Can HELP Domestic Abuse Victims… and Chicago FINALLY Admits it Has A Murder Problem, And They're… Not Blaming Guns?!). They conveniently ignore endless examples of boom-boom sticks protecting innocent lives.
Take this Indianapolis mom for instance:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A mother fatally shot an intruder who was trying to break into her apartment on the city's east side Wednesday afternoon.
Police say the mother heard someone breaking into her apartment. That woman then came face to face with the armed suspect, identified as 19-year-old Michael Hawkins, before she opened fire.
"I hate to see that it happened, but that's what happens when you go into people's home trying to take their stuff," said neighbor Julius Radcliff.
"You have to defend yourself. We have laws for that," said neighbor Janice Taylor.
The mother and kids were not hurt and are said to be fully cooperating with police.
In this case, a mother's legal gun helped to save her life and the lives of her children. Strange concept for leftists to swallow, I know, what with "guns killing people." As pencils write without human assistance. Or how SJW bodies operate sans brain.
Have we mentioned lately how important gun freedom is? Consider this a reminder. Yep, this right here is why the Founding Fathers blessed us with the Second Amendment. For safety reasons. Or otherwise badass reasons. Even just-because-we-want-to reasons.
Feminist and liberal organizations, however, would've preferred this Mama Bear simply call 5-0 to wait for assistance. You know, call the patriarchy for help rather than wield a lead-slinger herself. Better (according to the left) to let the men in blue with lead-slinginers handle the baddies, than actually shooting one instantly herself.
Thanks to the Constitution – no matter how much the left cries and howls – regular American people like this mom have the right to keep and bear arms. Allowing her the right to protect her brood from dangerous baddies as the danger happens. Not ten minutes later when it could be too late. #RealFeminism
Unfortunately, no one has the right to ban Cenk Uygur's grease-guzzling face from their nightmares…


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Annually – the first Friday and Saturday in August
Friday and Saturday – August 2 & 3, 2013 (34th annual)
Village Green, Montrose PA
right in the center of downtown Montrose, beside the courthouse.
(Susquehanna County Pennsylvania)
One of the biggest annual events is the Blueberry Festival.
The annual festival held the first Friday and Saturday in August with all kinds of foods made with blueberries, quilt raffle, silent auction, commemorative pottery, entertainment, and more. The festival draws thousands of people from New York, eastern Pennsylvania and as far south as Virginia and Maryland.
Proceeds from various fundraisers benefit the Susquehanna Free Library Association.
Two days of summer fun for all ages!
Blueberries, food and book sales all day long (pancake breakfast 8-10:30am). Entertainment and kids' games. Massed Band Concert 2pm
Sat. Raffles of hand-stitched quilt & baskets.
Admission is free!


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God speaks to each of us;
alas, that old devil
is right there whispering
in our other ear.
Who is wise enough
to always know which is which?
Who can say: God told me this
or God said to do that?
You can ask the priest
and he'll have his answers.
you might ask your mother;
she'll have hers as well.
You-know-who whispers
in their ears too. Even mom's.
Ask your heart; if it
is good, it will know.
It will know the truth,
no matter how many the lies
come whispering to our ear.
It knows the voice of God.
Stephen Brooke ©2007


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This time last year I was afraid, make that very afraid.
We were two days away from attempting the first wingsuit crossing of The Grand Canyon from rim to rim. We were exiting the jump plane at close to 30,000ft, the temperature was -50 Celsius, we were breathing supplemental oxygen, we were flying high performance pressurised wingsuits and we needed to fly over 10kms to cross the canyon safely. Then, to me at least, the landing area was the equivalent of a handkerchief dropped in a wilderness of trees and cactus. Not somewhere to land a skydiving canopy.
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Antique John Deere tractors are named for their inventor, Mr. John Deere. He was born in Rutland, Vermont in 1804. In 1837, he made his first plow using steel from an old windmill blade. By 1842, there were 100 of these plows and demand for his product kept growing. By 1852, Deere & Co. had moved to Moline, IL and they were producing 4,000 plows each year.
When John Deere passed away in 1886, his son took over the reigns of the company. Charles Deere was an astute businessman with a strong sense of what marketing was needed to take the company to the next level. After Charles Deere passed away in 1911, William Butterworth took over the company. In 1918, Deere & Co. bought Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company. This was the decision that brought the company into the tractor business.
In 1934, Deere's most popular tractor, the Model A, began being produced. From this came a popular line of 2-cylinder tractors--D, B, G, L, LA, H and M. The John Deere Model D was produced from 1 March 1923 to 5 July 1953, which is the longest span of production of a 2-cylinder John Deere tractor. As one of the company's chief products during this time period, the Model D is the most popular of all antique John Deere tractors.
In the early 1950s, John Deere tractors started to be identified with a numerical system instead of the confusing letter labels. Higher numbers indicated more powerful tractors. The Model 40 was at the bottom of the product line with 23 horsepower, for example, while the Model 80 had 62 horsepower and was John Deere's first five-plow tractor.
Today, antique John Deere tractors are prized by people who have a deep appreciation for the history of farming. Even though modern technology has created easier ways to plant and harvest crops, there is a large community of people who devote their time to restoring antique John Deere tractors. If you have antique John Deere tractors, the Internet is a very helpful resource. There are many Web sites devoted to helping John Deere enthusiasts locate the used tractor parts they need.
For people who are trying to buy or sell antique John Deere tractors, the John Deere company Web site is a good place to look for information about what a particular tractor is worth. Keep in mind, however, that selling antique farm machinery is much like selling a used automobile. The value of a particular tractor can be more or less than the price listed online, depending on its condition and whether or not expensive repairs are needed as part of the restoration process.
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Admitting you have a problem is the first step, right?
One step forward, two steps back. That's what life has been lately. It's also probably what life will look like a lot in the future as well – it's just the name of the game working with an organization at the stage of life that Samaritan Village is in.
Our current forward/backward motion, though, is in trying to follow God where he is leading us in this crazy journey. The steps backward are due to us taking too many steps forward at a time – trying to walk in front of God doesn't seem to be a great idea.
Really it's just my human nature wanting to have it all planned. Wanting to have it all laid out like a map that already has the trail marked. It's funny how walking by faith doesn't generally work like that. God is the lamp unto our feet – not necessarily the streetlights to our highway – and feet move much more slowly than cars.
Currently we are running into this minor issue called selling a house. Lots of us have been there – you're gung hoe and ready to move where God might take you and then find out that, well, you probably paid a little too much for that house you call home. We are right there (due to the circumstance, it was worth every penny!), and we're trying to figure out what we need to do to said house to get what we need out of it. You know, cause it's hard to move to Africa when you still have a mortgage.
*Update: after some more research, it looks like getting what we need out of the house isn't crazy. Yeah!
Of course to God these are small issues. Not in an insensitive, get over it kind of way. In a 'I'm the creator of the universe, I can handle things like selling houses' kind of way. I just need to let go and know that even the bumps in this path are in fact part of the path.
Some of the ways that we will be serving Samaritan Village, we can do from here. The organizational, how things flow, best practices kind of stuff. It is also abundantly clear that they need a couple of people from here to go do a lot of work from Tanzania as well. It's difficult to see that need and know that we might not be able to go right now – that God may have us wait a bit.
So, maybe we'll end up working for Samaritan Village for a while from the States until God says it's time to go, or maybe things will work out one bump at a time and we will end up leaving sooner than later.
Either way, as long as we are serving Him in the way that He wants us to, we need to be good with that.
Of course, it naturally raises all kinds of questions. Do we continue to foster in the meantime? How aggressive of a timeline do we shoot for? Should we even have a timeline? Oh, and, why can't I stop planning???
I feel a tap on my shoulder. "Maggie, I am the lamp unto your feet. I am the light to your path."
Right now, one of the keys for me is to see His purpose and His hand in all of this. These trials that we face en route are just as much a part of where He has us as reaching the perceived 'end' will be. This is not all about the end, but also about allowing Him to grow us in the journey as he lights one footstep at a time.
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...The Kim Chee Tae-Kyun Burger will be heading to Lotteria stores in regions that have a Pacific League team (Hokkaido, Miyagi, Saitama, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka). A total 172 stores between 6/22 and 7/11 will sell the burger. And if Tae-Kyun Kim manages to hit a homer at home, the burger will go on sale at half-price the following day (200 yen).
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Can Design Change Food Safety Behavior?
Can design change food safety behavior?
Students on a team from TERI University in Delhi, India and the University of Minnesota, including Master of Landscape Architecture student Allyson Czechowicz, asked questions like these during Acara's multi-disciplinary course last fall.
Acara is a program through the Institute on the Environment that prepares young leaders to take on environmental challenges facing the world. The program's annual Acara Challenge brings together international teams of students from around the United States and India to develop entrepreneurial solutions to specific sustainable development challenges.
In 2011 the theme for the Acara Challenge was food security. At the end of the semester, Czechowicz and her teammates presented their business idea for a food safety consulting and certification business would work with Indian street food vendors to help them learn how to serve safe food to consumers. Their program, BlueFood, would give street vendors logos to post on their carts to inform consumers that they serve safe food. The students believe this will attract additional consumers and incentives for vendors to change their food safety behavior.
"The World Health Organization defines [food security] as encompassing both quantity and quality of food," said Czechowicz. "Through rigorous research and field data collection by our Indian teammates, we recognized this opportunity and its viability in comparison to many other ideas we came up with. We were attracted to this idea of improving food safety for its ease of geographical expansion and lack of capital start-up required."
At the beginning of February, team BlueFood presented their business plan to a panel of judges in the final round of the competition. They placed Gold and were awarded $1500 in funding, up to another $1500 in matching funding, and 2 scholarships (including room and board) for the 2012 Summer Institute in Bangalore, India.
Czechowicz says she's excited to visit India. The project helped her recognize skills design students bring to the table when working with engineering students and the international community, like divergent design thinking, graphics communication, having a sense for story, and speaking to an audience.
Her team will be fundraising to cover the remaining costs to travel to Bangalore. Check back in a few weeks when BlueFood's Kickstarter funding page is up and running.
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The texture is really nice - not gritty or heavy, and it has a nice soft mouth feel; both toasted and plain. A bag is $6.99 so it's a little more expensive, but not by much.
The ingredient list on the bread is also impressive. While not as good as Silver Hills, the bread is a lot softer and more "normal" feeling. This bread has mostly whole grains, but does have eggs so it's not entirely allergen free. I've listed the ingredients below. In terms of calories, each slice has 90 calories, 2 grams of fiber and 2 grams of sugar.
I bought this one at the Stavanger Drive Dominion, but I've heard it's also available at the Blackmarch Road store as well. I haven't seen it at the Stadium Dominion however.
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'Truly enlightening' – Korea's Temple Stay program is looking for supporters
With Korea's Buddhism foundation set to bring their teachings to the Korea Tourism Organisation's WTM 2013 stand, this part of Korean culture is stretching out to an international market.
Many travellers are looking for more than the average trip during their vacation these days. It isn't enough to just go to a place and see the sights; the visitor to a new country wants a different insight, a true immersion into a different culture and maybe even a glimpse of things from a different point of view.
Temple stays have become part of the Korean tourist experience for many years now, so much so that Temple Stay organizers are looking for supporters who are prepared to conduct promotional activities related to Temple Stay and to do volunteer work, amongst like-minded individuals from all over the world.
There are many reasons to get involved but three of the key aspects to the program are as follows. The first is 'Travel' – to set out on a journey toward happiness through the training program which will be carried out over 2 months before the actual work starts; 'Story' – create 'our' story through various Buddhist cultural exchange program; 'Discovery – discover new aspects while going through various activities with other international participants
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I love biking through Yoyogi Park on my way around the city. In summer, there are many shades of green and also cool shade.
August suddenly became wet and cool last week. I love seeing this giant cactus flowering outside a nearby restaurant. I like how incongruous cactuses are in this humid weather, and yet seemingly adaptable to being cared for in pots. The restaurant's odd name Groin Groin may have discouraged me from eating there, but I admire the restaurant for activating the sidewalk with their unusual plants.
In the heat of summer, Karuizawa remains cool and elegant. We found a moss forest, streams, and a small lake. It is just an hour from Tokyo by bullet train, and easy to rent a bike near the station. We passed many tennis courts, but did not meet any royalty. By accident, we met the charming proprietress of a coffee shop frequented by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1977.
It was a great treat to get a bike tour of the Tama river from Akishima to Fussa with Chris from @a_small_lab. The wildness of this wide river in summer was refreshing, and I was surprised to see the rolling hills on the other side. We cooled off in this quiet stretch of water.
Chris showed me the origin of the Tamagawa josui, a historic canal that brought fresh water to Edo since the mid 1600s. It's hard to believe this mix of wilderness, industrial decay, outdoor municipal swimming pools, river fishing, and residential life is also part of Tokyo.
Yesterday, I learned about Hong Kong Honey, a grassroots community of beekeepers, artists, and designers. They have a gorgeous website. It's great to see grassroots urban ecology in Asian mega-cities. I like how they are creating a cool and inclusive atmosphere and an economy based on locally produced and made honey and beeswax. It's very inspiring for Tokyo!
Film by Kiku Ohe. Featuring Michael Leung, HK Honey founder.
This skylight waterfall in Roppongi's Midtown provides a cool feeling on a hot summer day, and disguises the massive scale of the office tower above.


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