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Graduation Requirements
The degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon satisfactory completion of the appropriate program of study in chemistry, criminal justice, English, history, mathematics, modern languages, political science, or psychology. The Bachelor of Science degree is conferred upon satisfactory completion of the appropriate program of study in biology; chemistry; computer science; HESS (education; health, exercise, and sport science); mathematics; or physics. Graduates in Business Administration receive the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Graduates in Civil Engineering receive the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; Graduates in Electrical Engineering receive the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Requirements for Degree Completion
A student must complete one of the major courses of study outlined in the catalog of record and must achieve a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 based on all quality hours attempted and all quality points earned at The Citadel. In addition, each student must achieve a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 based on all quality hours attempted and all quality points earned in major coursework at The Citadel.
Students majoring in education or in the teaching track of HESS (health, exercise and sport science) must achieve a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.500 and a grade-average average of at least 2.500 on all professional education courses; and must have on file in the Registrar's Office at The Citadel passing scores for the appropriate PRAXIS II and Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) Examinations.
If a student is pursuing a minor, a grade-point average of 2.000 must be achieved in all coursework completed in that minor. All students, including transfer students from other colleges, are required to earn at The Citadel a minimum of one-half the semester hours prescribed for their major course of study.
The student's school or department is responsible for ensuring that the student's knowledge in the major is current. Cadets who have met the overall grade-point ratio and major coursework grade-point ratio requirements and who are conduct proficient but who have not completed all course requirements for graduation may take not more than two (2) courses totaling seven (7) semester hours at another institution for transfer to The Citadel in order to complete degree requirements. Prior approval of these courses is mandatory.
The ROTC requirement for cadets serves two purposes:
1. ROTC coursework plays a major role in the Citadel's mission to educate and prepare graduates to become principled leaders in all walks of life.
2. ROTC coursework is an essential component of the criteria to receive a commission in one of the armed forces. All cadets are, therefore, required to enroll in and pass an ROTC course for every semester during which they are enrolled at The Citadel or until they have completed eight semesters or met graduation requirements. If extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the cadet require that he/she withdraw or not register for ROTC, the cadet who is pursuing or may wish to pursue a commission must have the permission of the head of that ROTC Detachment. The cadet who is not pursuing a commission must have the permission of the Faculty Academic Advisor and the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs.
ROTC Procedures
1. Cadets who miss or fail an ROTC class must meet that requirement in order to graduate. When cadets are making up a missed ROTC requirement or changing to another ROTC, they are not, without the permission of the head of the ROTC Detachment, permitted to enroll in an ROTC class at a level lower than their academic class. For example, a member of the senior class who wishes to change to another ROTC must enroll in a senior-level course in the new ROTC unless the head of the ROTC Detachment authorizes the enrollment in a lower level course.
2. Upon the recommendation of the head of the appropriate ROTC department and with concurrence of the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, training experiences may be accepted in lieu of ROTC coursework. When approved, the designated ROTC courses will be recorded on the student's Citadel transcript as exempted military credits.
ROTC classes may not be used to satisfy elective requirements in any course of study.
3. Cadets who are pursuing a commission in one ROTC program and wish to pursue a commission in another ROTC program must have the approval of the head of the ROTC program they are leaving and the head of the ROTC program they wish to join.
4. Cadets who wish to move from one ROTC program to another but do not wish to pursue a commission must have the approval of the head of the ROTC department they wish to join, Faculty Academic Advisor and the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. A change in ROTC program does not reduce the number of semesters of ROTC required for graduation.
Required Leadership Coursework:
All freshmen must have completed: CIT 101, First Year Seminar
All sophomores must have completed: LDRS 201, Sophomore Seminar in Principled Leadership
LDRS 211, Service Learning
All juniors must have completed: LDRS 311, Junior Ethics Enrichment Experience (JEEE)
All seniors must have completed: LDRS 411: Senior Leadership Integration Seminar (SLIS)
Physical Education
1. The required physical education program for cadets is designed to provide an exemplary environment and experiences which contribute to an improved quality of life for the student. The program offers basic instruction in adult and lifetime physical fitness, healthful living, as well as physical activities and recreational sports which are of immediate and lasting value.
2. Each cadet is required to complete RPED 250, Contemporary Health Foundations, and RPED 251, Foundations of Fitness and Exercise, as well as two different activity courses.
Residential: Students pursuing a cadet degree must reside in the Corps of Cadets for at least four (4) full semesters.
Ordering and Receiving a Class Ring
While any rising senior cadet may in the spring of the junior year be measured for and order a class ring, to be eligible to receive a class ring, a cadet must meet these conditions:
1. Have an academic classification of 1A.
2. Have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.000.
To participate in the Ring Ceremony, the cadet must
1. Have passed the Corps Physical Fitness Test.
2. Have met the height/weight requirement as outlined in Chapter 5 of the
White Book.
Cadets who have met requirements to receive the ring but have not met requirements to participate in the Ring Ceremony may pick up their rings at the Holliday Alumni Center on the day after the formal Ring Ceremony.
If a cadet fails to meet requirements to receive the ring with his/her class, the Alumni Association will normally hold the ring until the end of the following spring semester. If the cadet has not met requirements to receive the ring by that time, it will be returned to the manufacturer. The cadet may not order the ring again until all requirements to receive the ring have been met.
The eligibility of cadets who failed to meet ring eligibility in October of their senior year will be checked again in January. The rings of cadets who have not yet received their rings but will receive their diplomas in May or will be eligible to participate in the commencement ceremony will be cleared to receive their rings before commencement. No other cadets will be cleared to receive their rings until after commencement. These are minimum requirements and will not be waived. Students should see the Registrar to confirm eligibility.
Requirements for Participation in Commencement Exercises
Students who have not completed all degree requirements may participate in the May Commencement if the following conditions are met:
1. All grade-point-average requirements have been met. That is, the cumulative and major grade-point-averages must be at least 2.000. For Education majors and Physical Education (Teaching Track) majors, the cumulative and professional education grade-point-averages must be at least 2.500.
2. The student must be no more than 15 credit hours short of meeting degree requirements.
3. The student must be cleared by the Office of the Treasurer.
4. The cadet must have completed all tours and confinements, must have passed the Corps Physical Fitness Test, and must have met height/weight requirements as presented in Chapter 5 of the White Book.
5. The cadet must have met all ROTC and RPED requirements.
6. The cadet must be eligible to complete degree requirements without returning to the Corps of Cadets since participation in Commencement is the final act of a cadet.
Fine Arts Requirement
Freshmen and Sophomores are required to attend at least one approved Fine Arts performance each semester. The completion of this requirement will be verified before the academic classification of 2A (first semester, junior status) is approved.


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The turbine is sited at Laubersreuth in the southern German state of Bavaria.
FWT said that lattice towers integrate more harmoniously into the landscape, are economic for inland sites and are available for turbine hub heights of up to 160 metres.
In December, FWT began production of 22 2MW turbines at its factory in Waigandshain, Germany, for the first wind farm in Kazakhstan.
Further, the towers can be accessed throughout the year in harsh climates thanks to a heated lift system, the company said.
The towers are shipped in parts to site and assembled into segments, which are then "stacked" without the need for special lifting machinery. The foundations are smaller than those used for tubular towers, resulting in less sealed ground, added supplier Conferdo.
Its reference projects include lattice towers for wind projects in Germany and Aserbaijan, as well as for weather station projects in Ukraine, Bermuda, Barbados and Germany.

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However that goes against the operation of a P-channel MOSFET as a switch
The MOSFET switches using the Vgs (Voltage between the Gate and Source). I.e in this case the voltage between the output of the comparator and what should be the voltage of the USB 5V (however this is NOT what is drawn).
Hi,No I do not think it acts like a SPDT switch! Like I said, I am happy with the 'descriptive' purpose and operation of the MOSFET - i.e it is switching USB 5V either on or off. What I am not happy with is the way the terminals of the MOSFTET are drawn in the schematic.Please see my attached image.Circuit A is what has been drawn on the schematic.I believe that what should have been drawn is Circuit B. Any comments?Thanks
Ahhhh i see what you mean. Why didn't you say so in the 1st post. Your beef is with the drawn diode! No, diode is built into fet and is drawn correctly in both examples and just like the datasheet shows cathode of diode connected to source terminal. His issue is how the fet is wired into the larger circuit, which side should be drain and source terminals.Looks like the internal diode for the mosfet symbol is drawn the other way around. Per datasheet, figure B mosfet symbol is correct.


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Thanks. Yeah still working on it. I realized that I probably released it prematurely to you guys. So I'm working on cleaning up what I had created so that I can make further improvements more easily. I want my next release to be more "Alpha" to be a stable starting point, I then want to clean up my deploy environment so I can just run a script and relaunch everything. Right now It takes about an hour to reconfigure the project for the deploy server (Painful and tedious).
Once I have the cleanup work done I'll go back to adding new features and new units. Current Features Unreleased:
- ELO System
- Gold Generation from winning
- Splash screen and menu
- 2 new characters (blacksmith (buffs troops, not satisfied with him yet), and GA)
- Ability to swap in benched characters into your board when you configure your set
- Troop fixes: Enchantress to be focus based, BW not sure yet (I changed these but then broke my code)
- LOTS of code cleanup
New Features I plan to add (In randomized order):
- Line of Sight abilities (Archer)
- ELO based matchmaking
- Ability to undo moves
- More units
- Maybe a Legacy TAO game mode (pending my many internal code changes it should be easier to add multiple side game-modes, not done with those yet)


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People seem to be surprised when I tell them about spa towns in the UK, but Britain has a long history of "taking the waters".
The Romans discovered the healing benefits of natural spa waters thousands of years ago. And we're lucky enough to have so many mineral-rich springs in Britain which we continue to enjoy. Why not go with the flow and experience the therapeutic waters of one of Britain's best spa towns?
Bath is surely the most well-known spa town in Britain; the Romans discovered its natural mineral-rich hot waters over 2000 years ago. Believe it or not, Bath is home to the best preserved Roman baths in the world – even better than in Rome itself! Bath is so rich in heritage and spa antiquities, the entire city is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Best of all you can now take a therapeutic dip yourself at the new Thermae Bath Spa – Britain's only natural thermal public spa.
Harrogate Spa
Harrogate in Yorkshire is the picture of English gentility with a spa history that goes back 400 years. Discover the stories of Harrogate's past and taste the smelly sulphur waters at the Royal Pump Room Museum, or indulge yourself at the newly redeveloped Victorian Turkish Baths. With its elaborate arched roofs and original Arabic mosaics, it's the perfect place to enjoy hot chambers, plunge baths and decadent treatments. And don't forget to look out for the listed toilet!
Cheltenham Spa
Cheltenham became a spa town in 1716 and is one of the most complete Regency towns in Britain. The jewel of Cheltenham's Regency architecture, the Pump Room is the grandest surviving of the town's many spa buildings. Overlooking the sweeping lawns and ornamental lakes of Pittville Park, it's the perfect place to step back in time and sample the mineral-rich spring waters – a bit unpleasant tasting really, but supposedly has the power to cure all ills!
Droitwich Spa
The Romans knew Droitwich as 'Salinae', the place of salt. Don't go sampling the spa waters here though as the natural Droitwich brine contains 2.5 lbs of salt per gallon – ten times stronger than sea water and only rivalled by the Dead Sea! Alternatively relax and experience the remedial benefits of floating weightless in the warm brine bathing pools at Droitwich Spa Brine Bath Complex – the first spa facility built in Britain this century.
Royal Leamington Spa
Leamington is one of Britain's largest towns, but would have probably remained as a small village near Warwick if it wasn't for the discovery of its healing spa waters. The magnificent Royal Pump Rooms and Baths opened in 1814 attracting visitors hoping to soothe various pains and ailments by bathing in the spa pools. Today you can explore the Pump House and learn about the world's first gravity fed piped hot water system as well as try the salty spa waters.
The Romans called Buxton 'Aquae Arnemetiae' (waters of the goddess of spring), and it's the only place in Britain other than Bath (known as 'Aquae Sulis' in Roman times) to be honoured with title 'Aquae'. Hot spa waters bubble up from thermal springs at a constant temperature of 82° Fahrenheit and at the Pump Room you can sample the water from St Ann's Well. If you're here at well dressing time, you can also enjoy the English tradition of decorating all the wells in the town to celebrate the purity of the water.
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells owes its existence to the discovery of the Chalybeate Spring in 1606 by the young Lord North. Story has it, North was riding back from several days of "merrymaking" and feeling a bit worse for wear stopped to quench his thirst on the reddish spring waters. Feeling much better he declared the water health-giving, and so Tunbridge Wells became the popular Regency town you see today. You can still visit Chalybeate Spring and see for yourself if it really cures hangovers!
The pure spring waters of the Malvern Hills became famous for containing "nothing at all". Queen Elizabeth I made a point of drinking it in public, Queen Victoria refused to travel without it and today, it's the only bottled water used by Queen Elizabeth II – so it must be good! International beverage giant, Schweppes, bottles millions of litres of Malvern Water every year for worldwide distribution, but you can take it direct from the source from one of the many free-flowing historical fountains and springs throughout the Malvern area.
Llandrindod Wells
Back in the 1700s, Llandrindod was a fashionable spa resort described as the "Queen of Welsh Watering Places". The town crest even portrays Hygeia, the mythical goddess of health striking rocks with a wand to make the health-giving waters flow forth. It was farmer's wife, Mrs Jenkins, who first discovered the saline-sulphur spring in 1736 and began selling it to visitors. Word of its healing effects soon spread and the farm was transformed into a hotel called the Pump House to cope with all the visitors. Unfortunately The Pump House no longer exists, but Llandrindod Wells retains its unique spa town charm.
You'll have to leave the beaten track to get to this former spa town in the Scottish Highlands, but it's well worth it. How often do you get spa town Victorian Regency combined with Highland culture and tradition (not to mention scenery)? Strathpeffer was simply a remote Highland village until the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 1700s, which at the time were declared the healthiest in Britain. Soon a stream of visitors Europe and beyond descended on the village and the historic Spa Pavilion was created. Today, the Pavilion has been magnificently restored and is a great place to start your Highland adventure!
Source: Visit Britain - Reproduced with permission


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How to Make Chocolate-Covered Peepsicles
Making Peeptastic crafts for Peeps Week is a lot more fun than eating them. I'll admit I'm not a fan of Peeps by themselves, but skewered on a stick and covered in luxe chocolate and coconut? Definitely better than eating them plain. It's also not a bad way to go if you're going to die a Peepy death. These Peepsicles use the stepsister of the Peeps family—the bunnies. Chocolate mousse bunnies to be exact; although after tasting them I don't know if there's anything mousse-like about them. The only skewer type items in the Serious Eats kitchenette were 12 inches long and so up the bunnies' butts they went. That and the crackle of the Valrhona chocolate shell were the most satisfying parts of this experiment. Inadvertently ending up with Peeps wands? The cherry on top of my Peep.
- makes 6 peepsicles -
Adapted from Peeps: Recipes and Crafts to Make with Your Favorite Marshmallow Treat by Charity Ferreira.
3 ounces semisweet or dark chocolate (according to preference) 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut 6 wooden popsicle sticks or skewers 6 Peeps Bunnies
1. Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Place the coconut on a plate.
2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in 20 second increments in the microwave until smooth.
3. Insert 1 popsicle stick about halfway into each Bunny. (I tried to be gentle!) Dip into the chocolate, turning to coat completely. Use a knife to gently scrape off the excess chocolate off the Bunny body. You don't want a really heavy chocolate coat.
3. Press the Bunny into the plate of coconut, making sure that the surface is evenly coated with coconut. Place the Bunny on the wax paper and repeat with remaining Bunnies. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes. Serve frozen.
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Christmas jokes are funny to a lot of people. A good time to share laughs is with your family and friends. Maybe you might want to start a new tradition with your family. You can have each person bring in the funniest Christmas joke they heard. Over dinner, and to make conversation, each person can tell their joke. Maybe you can all vote on who told the funniest joke. The winner can get a little prize. There are many different traditions that you can start in your family. This was just one of them. So, remember for next year to come prepared with a joke. You may win the prize for funniest Christmas joke.
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Google's Settlement with European Union Faces Increased Pressure
Politicians from France, Germany Ramp Up Rhetoric against Settlement with Web Giant
Google Inc.'s proposed settlement with European Union antitrust cops is under increasing threat of being revised or scrapped, amid calls to more tightly regulate the Web giant in the run up to European Parliament elections.
Politicians from France and Germany have in recent days ramped up rhetoric against the settlement with Google, which aims to resolve accusations that the company abuses its dominance in online search to promote its own businesses. Germany's economy minister said this week the deal should be improved. His...
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Replace cover photo with solid color
For some websites a solid-color first section may look better than a photo. Try it. It's simple to switch back to your original photo if you change your mind.
- Log in to your GoDaddy account and open your product. (Need help logging in?)
- Click Edit Site.
- Click on the cover image in the header section.
- Click Cover Image in the Header panel.
- Click the trash can button.
- Click Done and the cover image is replaced with a solid color based on the selected color in your Theme panel.
- Your changes are saved automatically so, when you're finished, click Preview to see the results.
- When you're done, click Publish Site or Publish.
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abandoned, architecture, b&w, black and white, historic places, historic sites, J.W. Cooper School, Pennsylvania, photography, school, urban exploration, urbex
I had a tour through this school in a remote PA town over the weekend. This school was originally opened in 1917, restoration efforts are currently underway.
Bacteriology. This book has student's names noted on the inside with dates starting in 1921
Report Card for 1 Student. 1934-1942


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The Twizy made its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show as a concept car, and its production was announced in 2011.
Categorised as a 'quadricycle' in Europe, the exterior of the vehicle gives off a Transformer-like vibe. The electric vehicle looks like being made of two separate components that can detach at will, leaving behind a platform with wheels and a bubble-like chamber.
The car is around 2.3 metres long and 1.3 metres wide, and its tiny size ensures it can fit into small parking spaces.
Interestingly, those buying the car can opt to go without doors. For those who would rather keep some distance with the world outside, the automaker offers scissor gull-wing doors.
The vehicle offers a range of approximately 90km on a single charge, at a maximum speed of 80km/h in typical urban set-ups.
The Twizy's lithium-ion battery can be charged at domestic power points in 3.5 hours, but the battery is not included and needs to be leased instead. The monthly hire prices for the battery start at around Rs 3,600 and go up to around Rs 5,500.
The EV is priced between Rs 5.5 lakh and Rs 6.25 lakh, based on which of its three models - Expression, Dynamique, or Cargo - one opts for. It is available in two-toned colour collections, with the body colour ranging from Diamond Black, Snow White, Flame Orange and Lagoon Blue. The arches are available in white, black, orange and blue.
The EV was set to be launched in Samsung's parent country - South Korea - in late 2016, after the government did away with regulations that disallowed ultra-compact vehicles. It is only when going by the car's monthly sales figures in the country, can one assume that the launch did happen, albeit without much fanfare.
Renault Twizy is being showcased at the ongoing Seoul Motor Show.


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Wescott wins gold again | Portland Press Herald
Back home in Carrabassett Valley, 'everybody knew he could do it'
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Open Letter on Freedom and Internet Voting to Estonia's National Electoral Committee
Dear Sir/Madam,
Subject: Internet voting in Estonian elections: Issues & Recommendations to Alleviate Concerns
The purpose of this letter is to present concerns regarding the Estonian Internet voting system, and to offer suggestions on alleviating these concerns. We have identified the following areas we would like to comment on below: user freedom and process transparency, mathematics vs trust in people, and dangers inherent to remote voting.
1) User Freedom & Process Transparency
Voting is a crucial process for a democracy, and must therefore not only be conducted as securely and verifiably as possible, but it must also be apparent that the voting process is conducted in this way. Failing to meet this requirement rightfully casts doubt on the legitimacy of the process. Publishing all software, including any and all software running on the election servers and the client side voting application, used in the election process as Free Software⁰ (for a list of Free Software licences, please see ¹) is a must for a democratic and transparent remote voting system. The recent publication² of the source code to the server applications directly responsible for the voting process was a step in the right direction. However, it was not enough: other software components are involved in the voting process, and these components remain unavailable to the public. The public must also have the ability to verify that other software running on the election servers (the operating system, for instance) is operating as it should.
Furthermore, and perhaps more importantly, the client side software must also be published as Free Software. This would enable voters to verify that the software does exactly what it is supposed to do, alleviating concerns that the client application – at the moment a widely distributed³ black box which does not allow a review of its functioning – could be used to distribute spyware. This is a reasonable concern, especially in light of the recent events⁴. More people spotting, reporting and fixing bugs (like the one that affected displaying the names of certain candidates during the parliamentary elections of 2011 and subsequently became subject of the Supreme Court case no. 3-4-1-6-11) and the ability to vote on more platforms (although this would be properly resolved by basing the client application on widely supported Open Standards⁵) would be additional advantages.
In order to realise these advantages, it is also imperative that the software is released as Free Software (the CC-BY-NC-ND licence the server side software is currently released under does not qualify as a Free Software licence). Merely being able to look at the source code does not enable researchers and citizens to fix bugs, develop better versions of the software, or otherwise adapt it to their needs. It also sends the wrong signal in that it places undue restrictions on how the public can interact with software developed with public funds. Furthermore, the development process of the voting software should be opened up to public participation in order to properly leverage the public's ability to provide testing, bug reports and patches. Voting is a collective, public process, so why should the development of voting software be any different?
Wherefore, we respectfully request that the NEC publish all software used in the elections process, including any and all software running on the election servers, as Free Software and enable public participation in its future development.
2) Maximising Reliance on Mathematics
As cryptography is outside our core area of expertise, we will not make specific recommendations in this field. However, it seems to us that the current system relies quite a bit on the integrity of the people organising elections, opening the door to potential accusations of electoral fraud. We would recommend investigating ways to reduce the reliance on the integrity of people in favour of mathematically proven techniques.
3) Dangers Inherent to Remote Voting
Voting via Internet opens up opportunities for increased citizen participation. Yet these opportunities come at the cost of increased reliance on technical processes, which must be designed with the utmost care for security and the highest priority for transparency in order to ensure that elections remain credible.
Any kind of remote voting system must have a mechanism in place to deal with voter coercion. While the Estonian system mitigates this by enabling the voter to change his or her vote during a set period of time, the mitigation strategy assumes that the voter knows s/he is being coerced, and is willing and able to change their vote later.
The ability and willingness to resist coercion may or may not exist in the majority of cases where knowledge of coercion exists; however, they must be lacking in scenarios where the voter has no knowledge of the subversion of their will. Hence, compromised client machines should be a major concern. At the very least, the NEC should take steps to publicise the dangers as widely as possible, along with instructions to minimise the risk and rectify the situation should a risk realise.
Thank you for your attention. We remain available to discuss these important issues with you, and are looking forward to your response, which we would like to receive electronically at [[redacted]].
Faithfully yours,
Heiki Ojasild
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I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Mrs.Aminata Abdullahi,the wife to the deceased former Head of Delegation to the World Bank in West Africa. My husband was the linkman between the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West African country. He also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva before his death caused by cardiac arrest in our home town.
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I was surfing the web looking for anything of interest, as you do, and I came across the published results of a survey: "The study of impact of psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis on lifestyle choices" conducted by the PAA (Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance) in 2005.
The main conclusions of the survey were that:
• Early diagnosis and appropriate interventions remain key to long term positive outcomes
• Education on psoriasis of healthcare providers is still perceived to be low
• Awareness of psoriasis should be more visible and positive
• Many people cope well and do not let the conditions affect their lifestyle choices
• Psychological impact should not be underestimated; physical disease severity is only one aspect
How have things changed since 2005?
It is clear that individual psoriatic sufferers still cope with the effects of and manage their disease process in a range of ways.
Healthcare providers still need to play a key role in developing good communication and management with greater involvement of the patient. Careful consideration needs to be given to helping individuals be able to gain access to information to enable them to make informed choices about their healthcare options.
The survey pointed out that positive media portrayal and positive management which allows individuals to feel less stigmatized by disease is a desired approach. I'm not sure there is too much evidence of that - certainly not in the UK anyway.
One of the concerning things arising from the survey was that it concluded that helping individuals may be more effective than trying to change general population attitudes. I'm not sure that is strictly true. It is definitely easier to concentrate on individual care than to try and change attitudes, but more effective? I'm not so sure.
The survey went on to conclude that it was clear that psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis have a major impact on lifestyles and quality of life and that even without current physical manifestation, the psychological impact remains ever present.
You don't say…
Note: The PAA (Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance) was formed in 1993 in the UK. In 2007 it merged with another UK charitable organisation the Psoriasis Support Trust to form the PAPAA becoming a principle resource of information and help for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the UK.


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Status: On Going
Because Yuki-kun's so gentle to me—
Mitsuya and Yuki were very good friends, but this only lasted for their first year of middle school.
In spring of their third year of high school, the two meet occasionally. Mitsuya's smile never changes, and seeing that, Yuki lets his guard down, and seems to remember something that he's struggled with in the past.
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NASHVILLE, TN (WZTV/CNN) - A woman just looking for love says a potential boyfriend stole not only her heart but also her car, and she found out she wasn't the only person he'd scammed on a dating app.
Dominique Robinson is a hard-working mom who's looking for love, so when she moved to Nashville, TN, she started using the dating app Plenty of Fish.
At first, she thought she'd found true love.
The mother says it all started out like a dream with romantic dates and kind words. She even introduced her new boyfriend to her family and friends, but then, things took a turn.
"Oh, he was wonderful - charming as a boyfriend, very charming, and that was the trick," Robinson said. "I started seeing the red flags when I started getting inbox [messages] from other women saying, 'I'm his girlfriend. I'm pregnant.' He's saying they're lying."
Robinson says the man she fell for was seeing other women, too, and he not only took their hearts but also their money. Each woman Robinson talked to said they met him on other dating sites, including at least four apps.
Unfortunately, the man fleeced Robinson, stealing her car and leaving her kids without a way to get around. Just like the other women, he had promised Robinson the world but took everything.
"It's fearful. It's very fearful. I'm kind of embarrassed because I have girls, and my children have to watch their backs," Robinson said.
Police found Robinson's car abandoned at a Chattanooga, TN, Walmart. She now has to pay to go and pick it up from an impound lot.
Robinson says she doesn't know if or when her former boyfriend will come back or what he might do. For now, her family and neighbors are keeping watch.
As for looking for love again, the mother says she's taking a break and focusing on herself for a while.
Robert Young, a police officer turned private investigator, says people using dating sites to scam others is a danger that's showing no signs of slowing down, especially around Valentine's Day.
"It happens a lot," Young said. "If you're hiding behind a computer or cell phone, you're going to be able to make up whatever you can make up. Pretty much anything you can type up could be the truth or not the truth."
Young suggests getting a background check on any potential partner. It may cost money up front but could save you from heartache and theft on the back end.
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Many possible benefits to exercising while pregnant
Many potential benefits to exercising while pregnant
Four mornings a week, Danbury resident Michelle Figueiredo, whose first child is due in September, laces up her sneakers, puts on her music, and takes a 30 to 45 minute walk around her neighborhood.
"I love being outside in the fresh air," said Figueiredo, 28, who teaches second grade. "It's fun to see which houses in my neighborhood are for sale. While it may be a struggle as I get bigger, I always feel so much better after my walk. I also sleep better."
According to experts, Figueiredo's on the right track. Many doctors said there are multiple benefits to exercising while pregnant -- as long as you don't overdo it.
If done properly, exercising while pregnant "keeps you toned, physically fit, and helps prevent diabetes and high blood pressure," said Dr. Marjan Hedayatzadeh, an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing at For Women-By Women Obstetrics & Gynecology in Greenwich.
Keeping to a regular exercise routine while pregnant can also help with an easier labor, said Hedayatzadeh, 36.
"If you don't move your abdominal muscles, they separate and become weak. If you're trying to push your baby out, you'll have a more difficult time if your stomach muscles aren't toned," she said.
For an avid exerciser, which Hedayatzadeh defines as someone who exercises more days than not, it's safe for her to continue her fitness routine throughout the entire pregnancy "as long as she gets approval from her ob-gyn, and there is no bleeding or contracting."
Despite what others may think, if a woman has never exercised before she became pregnant, beginning an exercise program during pregnancy is not only safe, but highly recommended. "You should start with 30 minutes of walking two to three times a week," Hedayatzadeh said. "If you're doing OK with this, slowly increase your days until you're exercising most days of the week."
Exercises Hedayatzadeh recommends for moms-to-be are those that "incorporate the majority of your muscles, such as running, swimming, biking and walking."
Brookfield resident Isabel Moulthrop, who is due in December with her second child, keeps fit through dancing.
"I danced four to six days a week my entire first trimester of both pregnancies. I'm still doing ballet now," said Moulthrop, 23, who teaches dance at the Brookfield School of Performing Arts.
However, she's aware of her limits and always listens to her body. "Whenever I get out of breath, I'll take it easy and sit out for five minutes," Moulthrop said. "Dancing has helped with my stamina and keeps my muscles strong."
Many pregnant women enjoy exercising in a group, such as in a prenatal fitness class, according to Sherrie Ruschmeyer of Brookfield, a pre- and postnatal fitness specialist at A Common Ground Community Arts Center in Danbury. Ruschmeyer's weekly prenatal classes are taken by women in all stages of pregnancy and are specifically designed for a pregnant woman's changing body.
"We work on balance and posture exercises since during pregnancy, your center of balance changes. We do exercises that strengthen and stretch our body, which relieves aches and pains." said Ruschmeyer, 54, who is also a certified doula.
She said her classes can also help reduce leg cramps, strengthen lower back muscles, and improve flexibility.
In each weekly class, Ruschmeyer teaches women to be aware of their changing body. "As your tummy gets bigger and bigger, the exercises that were easier in the beginning of your pregnancy get harder and become more challenging," she said. "I tell my students to go at their own pace and rest when they need to."
However, there are some types of exercises that all pregnant women should avoid. For instance, stay away from anything that involves spending time in very high temperatures, such as hot yoga or hot pilates classes. "Even exercising outdoors when it's over 90 degrees can change the internal temperature of the fetal environment, which can affect its development," Hedayatzadeh said.
Walking or running in sub-freezing temperatures is also not recommended during pregnancy. "If it's too cold out, you need to watch for ice since you don't want to fall," she said.
In addition, exercising performed at high altitudes such as mountain climbing, should also be avoided since the barometric pressure and oxygen saturation of the air changes. This affects the oxygen of the expectant mother and blood flow to the placenta, Hedayatzah explained.
Even when women listen to their doctor and have the best intentions for a very fit pregnancy, unexpected circumstances may arise that can interfere with their plans. Brookfield resident Kerri Pierz said, though she stayed active throughout her first pregnancy, with her second she had a much more difficult time.
"I've been a runner for 10 years and a triathlete for five," said Pierz, 34, who gave birth in June to her second son, Mason. "When I was expecting Jack, my first child, I continued to run regularly and take cycling classes through my seventh month. I swam pretty consistently -- up until two days before I went into labor. The second time around, I came into the pregnancy a lot less fit. I had Lyme disease as well as knee pain for a year that was derailing my running."
Living with a toddler in the house, developing sciatica, and having a more demanding job with the second pregnancy only made matters worse. While she was able to do some exercise earlier in her pregnancy, by the third trimester she found every-day activities such as walking up the stairs to be strenuous.
Yet Pierz managed to stay positive by focusing on the big picture, and advises other women to do the same. "Try not to beat yourself up comparing yourself to others or even to yourself in a prior pregnancy," said Pierz, who has resumed running and is now training for a 20 kilometer road race in September. "You need to be flexible with your fitness routine while you're pregnant. Focus on the fact that you're in a temporary situation and, in the end, you'll get a beautiful baby."
Sandra Diamond Fox is a freelance writer in Connecticut and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Pop on your sunglasses yo, because just when I think Etude House will run out of ideas for new collections, they don't. Who thinks of these new ideas? I need a job on that panel.
Anyway, Etude House's summer (!!! WHAT SUMMER) offering is the Pop Collection and it's certainly bright and fun. For the purposes of RESEARCH only I feel it is my duty to get a few things because although these products look neon, Asian brands have a habit of watering things down sometimes and their swatches are not always accurate.
The Dear My Blooming Lips for the Color Pop collection comes in white and has a selection of oranges, from nudey peach to bright orange red:
These remind me of some of the other Etude House lipsticks and generally I am a bit disappointed by them. This one i a matte formula though (the swatches don't look matte!) and I am hopeful.
I like all the shades from OR212 – OR215 – in fact it's quite a subtle difference in hue, no?! I want OR215 the most although OR213 looks like a slightly more pigmented version of it, but is peachier than OR212.
The Shiny Tints are as you can guess, shiny finish which are none greasy and non sticky. There are only 5 choices in colour here – also the way the product is used in the swatches is by applying the tint all over then again on the centre of the lip for that two tone effect.
I'd be up for 04 Coral Pop, as I think it'd be nice layered with the lipstick!
The nail polishes in Color Pop are…NOT ORANGE! No instead they are a mixture of blues and greens. I adore these brights but I have option fatigue and when I have too many options, I give up and get a burger instead:
I think they're pretty funky nails but I don't like any enough to commit to purchasing one.
Last but not least my favourite product are these bright eyeliners!
I am a sucker for ALL EYELINERS so when I saw these I knew unfortunately, I'd have to make a purchase.
I love that there are different textures on here (pearl and none pearl) and also two underliners. I have so so so many eyeliners that I would only buy the colours that I felt I didn't already own.
I want RD303, OR202, PK102 and GR701 eyeliners.
So there are my picks from the Color Pop collection.
Etude House collections are very hit and miss, and usually there are as many duds are there are fabulous products. I'd definitely buy one or two things just to see what this collection is though!
This collection is available on eBay from various sellers.
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Congress is investigating Facebook's possible release of user phone numbers and addresses to third-party developers, including asking its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg tough questions about how the data will be shared.
"The computer – especially with sites like Facebook - is now a virtual front door to your house allowing people access to your personal information. You deserve to look through the peep hole and decide who you are letting in," said Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) in a released statement.
Members of the Congressional Privacy Caucus sent an 11-point letter to Zuckerberg asking such questions as how the user data will be used, what internal policies are in place to make sure developers comply with guidelines, what risks are there to minors and if there will be a clear opt-in and opt-out policy for users.
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Last month, Facebook said it would release user phone numbers and addresses to developers in a rather secretive blog post. Then after a firestorm of anger from its users, withdrew the policy for the moment, but promised re-enabling the "improved feature" in the next few weeks. A few weeks from mid-January puts us into February, and likely why the letter from Congress has a Feb. 23 deadline for a response from Facebook.
The Feb. 2 letter to Zuckerberg was written by the chairs of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, Barton and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and stems from a previous investigation last fall, when Facebook sent out a response about releasing user identification to third parties. The Oct. 29 letter, penned by Marne Levine, Facebook's vice president of global public policy, stated that Facebook "employs technical measures to prevent third parties from using UIDs to obtain even the publicly available information of significant numbers of users."
After receiving the Oct. 29 letter and then being told three months later that Facebook plans to give out phone numbers and addresses -- most people would be a skeptical about Facebook protecting user privacy.
While the issue in Congress continues, users have only one option at their fingertips right now -- take down any phone numbers, addresses or private information that they do not want shared with unknown third-party developers.


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Gas prices could drop up to 25 cents by August
Gasoline prices could fall up to 25 cents a gallon in parts of the USA within the next two weeks, thanks to slumping crude oil prices, weakening demand and robust supplies.
Now averaging $3.64 a gallon - vs $3.48 last July -prices could soon drop to $3.50, with some Southern states falling below $3, says Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for price tracker gasbuddy.com.
Crude oil prices are down again Wednesday, with benchmark West Texas crude off$$1.22 to $102.18 a barrel and Brent crude off 67 cents to $108.27 - a ninth straight daily drop.
"The tipping points were cooling tensions in Iraq and Hurricane Arthur come and being no big deal,'' says DeHaan. "Oil bulls had no where to go, and oil prices are higher than they should be and unjustified at this level."
With Iraqi output still strong and Libya expected to boost exports, supplies are also ample. U.S. output is also surging. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has pushed U.S. crude oil production to 8.5 million barrels a day, the most since 1972, according to the Energy Information Administration.
"We continue to produce oil at mult-decade highs and have ample supplies in storage, so that gives the market less of a need to rally prices,'' says Platts oil futures editor Alison Ciaccio. "Futures prices have fallen from highs seen in June, and that translates to lower prices at the pump."
The expected drop in prices is coming nearing two months after gasoline prices typically peak for the year.
California, which was again hampered by refinery woes, should see the biggest price drops. Now averaging $4.13 a gallon, prices could fall 25 cents. That would be below year-ago levels averaging $3.98.
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BGTG 60 - June 14, 2006 David Arnott Leftovers about Medici, Elasund (and Hacienda)
During the All About Vinci show, my guest Dave Arnott thought to bring up something we'd failed to cover during our previous All About show, covering Medici almost a year ago. Rather than include that in the Vinci show, I clipped that part out to be used later. Something similar happened when Dave turned the tables on me for the "Dark Johnson" interview, when we got into some discussion about Elasund. Though it didn't really fit with that interview, it was too good to throw away.
So that's what this show is--a mash-up of these other segments, interspersed with some more recent commentary by yours truly. Then I felt it was finally time to back up the parting shot I took at Hacienda some time ago. At least one podcast listener has been waiting for me to back up those comments. We'll see how I did.
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Most managers know that they should protect their supply chains from serious and costly disruptions — but comparatively few take action. The dilemma: Solutions to reduce risk mean little unless they are evaluated against their impact on cost efficiency.
For supply chain executives, the early years of the 21st century have been notable for major supply chain disruptions that have highlighted vulnerabilities for individual companies and for entire industries globally. In addition to taking many lives, the Japanese tsunami in 2011 left the world auto industry reeling for several months. Thailand's 2011 floods affected the supply chains of computer manufacturers dependent on hard disks and of Japanese auto companies with plants in Thailand. The 2010 eruption of a volcano in Iceland disrupted millions of air travelers and affected time-sensitive air shipments.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Ed Bacon on Glenn Beck, The Prodigal Son and why "Our Destiny is a Party"
Albert Einstein famously said, "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."
Fox News commentator -- Glen Beck -- famously said that if your preacher mentions the terms "social action" or "economic justice" in sermons or teaching, flee from that church or synagogue and boycott that congregation – these are really code words for communism and socialism. And then he advised you should report that congregation to the authorities ...
The authorities already know about us here at All Saints Church. The IRS knows that we preach the good news that citizens have the responsibility to transform their institutions and governmental policies when those policies dehumanize, degrade and kill those who are the least of these. The central mandate of our scriptures involves making peace and transforming economic structures that actually are manufacturing this morning poverty, hunger, sickness, homelessness and discrimination.
Watch the sermon video here ... and may God bless all who preach peace, work for justice and strive to live lives of compassion.
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- Just Me said...
I'm also "against" social justice in it's present day definition. Whether you like it or not, Glenn's right; most of what is preached as "social justice" is neither social nor just. We're supposed to care for each other; we're supposed to be compassionate.
Beating one person over the head so you can give his wallet to someone else isn't right... no matter what you call it.
- Brad Evans said...
The IRS should tax EVERY religious institution.
This free ride has to end.
- Douglas Hunter said...
As you may know Glenn Beck is a Mormon. What many liberal Mormons are pointing out is that one of our past church leaders James E. Faust did give a conference talk in which he lamented that economic justice is not coming fast enough for women. So if Glenn Beck takes his own advice and leaves the Mormon church because of Faust's reference to economic justice, I'm thinking that wouldn't be so bad.
- SUSAN RUSSELL said...
@Just Me ... so enlighten us as to where that "definition" of social justice comes from. I'm intrigued.
@Douglas ... which is EXACTLY the point Jana Riess made in her beliefnet op-ed response to Beck a few days ago! Thanks for weighing in!
- LGMarshall said...
Yeah... most churches that preach 'social justice' seem to go at it to the point of losing the main purpose of the gospel... you know, put your faith in jesus, so your sin will be further than the east is from the west.
Mainline churches that preach 'the social justice' gospel are the same ones that support abortion on demand. Hey, how about spreading some of that sweet social justice to those precious in God's eyes, The Unborn?
Never heard of a Liberal Mormon before.... what's that?
lastly...Jesus preached that Christians should support & care for each other. [but he didn't advocate that for those outside the faith. His message always was the same... join my flock, then, I will take care of you. ]
- IT said...
Oh, LGM you disappoint me. You think jesus would require an ID card to care for you? The one who cared for the least sparrow, the lepers, and the children?
Why is it religious conservatives fall into the "this is mine, **** you" religion style?
- MarkBrunson said...
Well, it's simply a natural outgrowth of the adolescent worldview of the conservative "christian."
Everyone is responsible for them and they are responsible for no one. We see it time and again in that these alleged christians will lie, defame, hurt others and say it isn't their will but God's. All the time these "christians" will tell you that they're doing this for the Greater Good, to protect others, yet, when finally confronted with the fact that no one is in need of protecting from "temptation," the conservative "christian" will then give a long sob story about the mistakes they made and had to battle back to Jay-zus! for which, in the end, means that the conservative "christians" are the only ones feeling "tempted." They are simply too lazy and too selfish to attempt to discipline themselves as to what is and isn't healthy under their own circumstances.
It's no wonder they embrace this bizarre libertarian view that will happily let others do without because they aren't "worthy," while they - the conservative "christians" - benefit without restraint from the same society and people they try to subvert!
They never grew up and left home. Believe me, I recognize the signs from personal experience, and am finding growing up very hard - though I do try, unlike the right-wing religionists, to avoid harming others in doing so.
(For reference: check the posts of any and all conservative (self-identifying)"christians" on this very blog!)
- Rev. David Justin Lynch said...
Christianity is about "Love one another as I have loved you." It is about sharing our table with prostitutes and tax collectors. It is about feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and enriching the destitute. It the words of Our Lady, it is about putting down the mighty from their seat and exalting the humble and meek while filling the hungry with good things and sending the rich empty away. And oh yes, don't forget about your personal relationship with Jesus in eating His body and drinking His blood as often as possible, preferably at Solemn High Mass in clouds of Holy Smoke. Jesus is immanently among us in our hearts as our best friend and transcendent in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar where He is blessed, praised and adored!
- Katie B said...
@LGMarshall- I usually don't get involved with these kind of things, but I think you are way off on your interpretation of Jesus' message. I mean, you have read the story of the Good Samaritan, right? And you do know what pious Jews in the 1st century generally thought of Samaritans, right? Just checkin'
- Brad Evans said...
Those that seem most to preach seem least to do; witness the constant stream of "repentant" preachers caught with their pants down and the bizarre spectacle of the "mainline" preaching how we should celebrate our diversity while remaining as white as cream cheese.
- uffda51 said...
LG, is it possible that there is more to Christianity than "I'm going to heaven and you're not?" Why is it that those who like to use the Bible as a club have clearly not read it themselves?
- Just Me said...
The definition of beating someone upside the head to steal their wallet? That definition comes from actions.
In MA, firefighters took an exam to establish promotions. Since "not enough" so-called minorities didn't get the grades necessary for a promotion, the entire exam was thrown out and no one got a promotion.
Where I live, several new construction projects were approved to get people working again. My husband was not permitted to bid on the projects because our company didn't qualify; he wasn't the right color and he was male.
In the most recent version of the Pelosi/Reid health care bill, two people who aren't married, but live together will pay less taxes than two people who are married and live together.
In Tampa, SEIU members beat up a man protesting the health care bill. Even though the entire beat down was on camera, the only charges filed were for a code ordinance violation.
There was a time when social justice, in its proper definition, was about equality for all, not about special treatment for a select few. There was a time when the American dream was something people fought to have available for all people in this country; regardless of race, religion, sex or orientation. That's what people used to fight for; but now, it's all about punishing some people and elevating others.
It's crazy to me how much time is spent talking about "social justice" in this country while more and more and more people are losing their jobs, losing their homes, living in tents, being robbed and all the while trying to understand why no one seems to care.
That's where the churches (as a whole) has failed. Until we get people to actually think about, care for and have compassion for PEOPLE instead of politics, there isn't any "social justice" for anyone.
I just realized how wordy I got; my apologies and I understand if you choose not to post.
- SUSAN RUSSELL said...
I suspect we're going to continue to disagree on this one, but here's one answer ... a quote I use from Ed Bacon all the time:
"Faith in action is called politics. Spirituality without action is fruitless and social action without spirituality is heartless. We are boldly political without being partisan. Having a partisan-free place to stand liberates the religious patriot to see clearly, speak courageously, and act daringly." The Rev. J. Edwin Bacon
... and here's another one from former Presiding Bishop John Hines:
"Justice is the corporate face of God's love."
Social justice IS about equality for all ... but that cannot be acheived without first dismantling historic frameworks of oppression like racism, sexism & heterosexism by offering what liberation theologians call a "preferential option for the marginalized."
That's what Jesus did. And it isn't tidy. And we don't always get it right. But I believe it's what we do if we're committed to living out our baptismal covenant to strive for peace and justice and to respect the dignity of every human being.
- Just Me said...
Susan, I agree with most of you posted above; the problem is that (all labels aside) what we see in our modern day culture are different groups of people who seek to exclude and marginalize other groups of people~ the targets are simply a different group of people.
Seeking to destroy the middle class to subsidize the poor or seeking to stop subsidizing the poor so the middle class can thrive is still an attempt to punish one person for the sake of the other. Seeking to lawfully define marriage to protect theological beliefs is just as wrong as attempting to use courts to dictate theological beliefs.
Jesus seeks to change the hearts and minds of people. I believe that's what the churches need to start doing. People are broken, anxious, depressed; people feel hopeless and frustrated and ignored. That's not limited to this group of people or that group of people and if the Good News isn't for all groups of people, then what's so good about it? It's just another example of a faith that believes that God really only cares about some people and if you don't fit into the mold, well... sucks to be you.
Oh and Mark... I don't know who you know that's Libertarian, but if they think the way you described above, then they're lying about being a Libertarian. All of the Libertarians I know just want the government to stop trying to run everyone's personal lives. It's really all Libertarians want; they (we) don't believe the government has the right to tell people who we can and can't marry, how we have to spend their money, what kind of cars we have to drive, what kind of food we're allowed to eat, what schools we can send our children, what kind of light bulbs we use, etc, etc. Not all Libertarians are conservative and not all conservatives are Libertarian. Libertarians, plain and simple, want the Federal Government to back off and scale back... especially since over the past decade, the corruption has increased to the point that the very security of our country is in serious jeopardy.
- LGMarshall said...
The acts of mercy, love, forgiveness, friendship offered by Jesus to outsiders are purposed to bring the non believer into relationship with Him. His acts were (and still are) for the unbeliever to come to saving faith. Because, acts of kindness lead to repentance, which leads to faith, which leads to Eternal Life with Him[Heaven].
Of course for those who already have Faith, then we enjoy the relationship we have with Him, we are built up & encouraged by his continuous acts.
Many experienced first hand the miracles, and healings performed by Jesus Christ. They took what they could from him. Yet still no faith.
Their loss. [there isn't always a 2nd chance].
"O unbelieving generation, how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?"-- Jesus.
- Just Me said...
LG, you can't possibly be serious. I'm a believer, I'm in relationship with my Lord and Savior... and let me tell you something, I'm always blown away by His mercy, kindness, compassion, love, forgiveness and friendship. It blows my mind how He blesses me and rescues me from not only my enemies, but also from myself. His grace and His love is beyond the grasp of my feeble mind. I serve Him not because of a list of rules or obligation to "do things right"; I have been (and continue to be) transformed by His mercy, kindness, compassion,, love, forgiveness and friendship.
- MarkBrunson said...
I have known several Libertarians, Just Me, and, if you believe that's what Libertarians are like, that's . . . well . . . Just You.
Then again, you have to ask yourself, what do you mean by "government meddling" in your life? I like having the government meddle, over all. The great majority of human beings function barely above the level they acquired when they dropped out of the trees, and I prefer to be able to keep them from doing anything and everything they feel like doing!
Or are you complaining of taxes? Then, by all means, go live by yourself, somewhere where you'll have no one you have to take care of - or to take care of you. Build your own roads, your own schools, your own hospitals, your own infrastructure. I'll help lobby for a place where you can do all that. No one "meddling" - even when you get too sick to get yourself help, or lie in a field bleeding out, or someone else - who isn't being meddled with by the government - comes and decides to take your stuff.
Good luck with that. I guess I'm just one of those terrible communist types - like the apostolic church, Jesus, those radicals. I think we should take responsibility for one another, no matter how worthless another may be. But, then, I'm one of those Ayn Rand would say survives only because the strong are forced to look after me. Like Jesus, or Buddha, or Francis, or Rumi.
- Just Me said...
Well Mark, all I can say is that we're going to have to agree to disagree on that one. =) For no other reason except the exact opposite is true; there are plenty of places in this world where the government holds absolute power. Anyone interested in living in a socialized and/or communist country can do so. I, on the other hand, believe that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
God's peace be with you.
- Brad Evans said...
The church preaches poverty from inside silk robes standing inside a building taxed at lower rates than other buildings while begging for money and trying to make everyone guilty for wanting things.
The Mainline churches have basically turned into mirror images of the fundies; instead of FoxNews, they're NPR.
All the dynamic diversity and unpredictability of a broken metronome.
- MarkBrunson said...
You're free to disagree. I'm not talking about absolute power, which is another reason I think Libertarianism is wrong - it's simply a knee-jerk response.
God's Blessings on you, too.
(But God wouldn't support a Libertarian platform.)
- Nicole Porter said...
Mark speaks for God now? Just thought I'd ask.


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