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text: Hello, a question probably more aimed for all you American programmers out of college. I'm currently getting my associates at a tech school, and might possibly go to a bigger school to get my bachelors, but I'm unsure if its the best choice for me. My question is in the world of programming, what would be better for me to do, get two years of actual work experience or two years of more schooling to get my bachelors? I mean, I know someone with a bachelors is looked favorably upon and in some professions is absolutely essential, but I'm unsure of how true this is for programming. I agree it's important, just not sure if its more important than two years of programming work experience... Any advise from the work force? :D

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The performer shows a silver half dollar in his left hand, and a copper English penny in his right hand. He then closes both of his hands. When he opens them, there is only a silver half dollar remaining! The English penny has completely vanished!!
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Stunning lookbook by Japanese label LyricisM . As much as I don't like the cold, there is something magical about misty winter mornings...
I haven't been around the blog much this past week, needed a little R&R. I will be back to regular posting this week.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend! I spent mine taking the puppies to the park and doing some spring cleaning around the house. Oh and listening to Feist's new album.
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Hurray for R&R! :-)ReplyDelete
So BEAUTIFUL! I love them, they remind me of two scenes from pride and prejudiced. The one scene where she is standing on the cliff and the wind is blowing her dress and the scene at the very end where Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are walking the fields at dawn and finally come together.ReplyDelete
I would like to see how you would approach this kind of photoshoot! I agree with you, even though I hate(um, despise) winter, this lookbook is very nice.ReplyDelete
Stunning indeed.ReplyDelete
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holy goodness lord of mercy. this is breathtakingReplyDelete
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These are absolutely beautiful.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
Aww I love these photos - and I agree, there is something beautiful about cold frosty mornings (although only as long as you're wrapped up in a big jumper!).ReplyDelete
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Come to Germany, we are having weather exactly like that right now, rain and fog all day long! Actually it's great because the rainy season just started which means that I still enjoy staying inside all cozy with a nice cup of tea, yay. :)ReplyDelete
Hello lovely, Thank you for your gorgeous comment. I would be so so absolutely delighted if you were to post about the book! Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
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I just love it! The lighting on these pics = gorgeous.ReplyDelete
So beautiful <3 I love these photos so much :) Just left with a lot of inspiration!ReplyDelete
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what is flim camera???ReplyDelete
I love all this fur and knitted goodness!ReplyDelete
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These are beautiful. I love winter mornings although I am ready for some spring sunshine. There is something moody about this shoot that I adore!ReplyDelete
a wintery, ethereal alice in wonderland.ReplyDelete
Gorgeously magic indeed!ReplyDelete
simply amazing! this pictures are gorgeous! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousWednesday, October 12, 2011
Totally in love...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousWednesday, October 12, 2011
so beautiful! Love the pics ~jenReplyDelete
this set is incredible!ReplyDelete
Whoa, these photos are amazing! Love the clothes, the light, the model.. everything!!ReplyDelete
I'm mad about this lookbook, so many textures. The photos are to die for!ReplyDelete
IN LOVE with the long bobble cardigan <3ReplyDelete
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Very beautifulReplyDelete


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They ran a Grand Prix through the streets of Charm City recently, and if you looked closely, some people say, those were dollars you saw spewing from the exhausts of those high-performance engines. Those are the kinds of dollars that spread all throughout the downtown area, to local establishments and small businesses. Soon, we'll begin to hear the story of the economics of the Izod IndyCar event. I'm told we should be interested in that story — the one about economics and racing.
However, the real story is not about the cars, the race or even the dollars. It never is. It's the picture of the Big Fish that Baltimore hooked. Did you see the picture?
What picture, you say? A mentor of mine once provided this valuable learning experience about sports business. He asked: "Have you ever walked into someone's home or office and they show off their prized photo — you know, the one of the guy standing on the dock proudly holding the big fish at the end of the hook?" "Sure," I said.
He continued, "Now, have you ever had someone show you a picture of their 14 small fish on the same hook?" I said, "No, not ever."
"That's just the point, it's about the big catch. That is always the story that gets talked about for days, weeks and maybe years. It's a story that spreads."
Baltimore just landed its newest Big Fish.
In the coming weeks and months, there will be a blizzard of facts and figures provided regarding the "impact" to the surrounding area from the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. Economic impact studies, attendance and spending estimates, you name it; we are bound to hear about it. Someone may proclaim the impact is $50 million. Another will say, "No, it's $65 million." I can see the stand-off now, when those on each side of the issue present their respective studies. We might even be treated to dueling studies — something like "white papers at 20 paces."
And none of it will matter — not one single sheet of recycled paper.
Sporting consumers don't read about such facts. All of the feature and benefits statements will go for naught. No one has the time anymore to digest that information. For the lack of impact these studies may have, those who write them might as well be using the ink from the "Harry Potter" movies, the kind that transfigures anything written in it to become invisible.
It's not the numbers; it's the story. It's what's new, what's fresh. What is today's story?
What Baltimore had with the Grand Prix, in abundance, were stories. Danica Patrick? Heck, she's Taylor Swift in a Nomex fireproof racing suit. If you were in the paddock where they work on the cars, you might have witnessed what I mean. Little girls and boys, moms and dads in close quarter behind, hunting Danica for the elusive autograph. She passes the test of being certified by parents of being worthy of the wall poster. She is petite, well spoken and "made in the USA," even without the label. Despite those Go Daddy commercials, she's family friendly. The crowd of moms and dads along the rope lines told me so.
I saw kids walking around with autographed parts of damaged race cars. And there are lots more stories just like those.
People who are involved with this event would be wise to start telling, and retelling, those stories — right away, today, not this winter or next spring. Don't wait for the impact studies to land on someone's desk.
Looking ahead, we will all be eagerly waiting to see if someone can articulate just where those dollars all landed as they exited from the exhaust of the IndyCars as they charged toward Harborplace.
I won't be listening or reading, though. I will be too consumed collecting fish stories.
Marty Conway, a professor of sports industry management at Georgetown University, is the head of Way Forward Associates LLC, a sports consulting company. His email is email@example.com. Twitter: @MartyConway.


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I'm really rather excited about the Quilts: 1700-2010 exhibition at the V&A. I could act all cool and say that I'm dying to catch another glimpse of Tracey Emin's subversive stitching (partly true) but, in reality, I'm actually starting to get that feeling that making a quilt myself would be a pretty nifty little craft project and I'd like to get some inspiration! Perhaps I'm turning into my mother faster than I thought…?
Whilst I try to figure out when to make my visit, the Quilty Pleasures window display at Liberty is tiding me over until I get to see the real thing. Created by the likes of Karen Nicol, Lou Gardiner and Amanda Fatherazi, these sheets are more than a little bit saucy; depicting sexual poses and acts.
What really caught my eye, though, was this one mannequin forcing a sheet of paper up against the window. The words are apparently taken from a sex education textbook for school girls printed in the UK in the early 1960's. It's wonderful stuff, so I just had to share it!
Call me a deviant, if you will, but I thought sex education was supposed to educate you about sex, not bedtime etiquette!
All I can say is; Thank goodness we've moved on to an age where I can shock my partner with a face full of beauty cream before bed, hog the bathroom so that he can be reminded of his busy work commute (since only he works, natch!), AND not have to submit (Obey! FFS!) to his advances if I'm not in the mood. The things we take for granted, eh!?
Quilts:1700-2010 is open at the V&A until the 4th of July.
First image from the Liberty Blog (via Fashion156 blog), other photos by Sarah Barnes.By: Sarah Barnes, 07.04.2010 | Comments (2)
Tagged: 1960s, Craft, Liberty, London, Quilts, Quilty Pleasures, Sex Education, V&A, Window Dressing


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BUNAWAN, Philippines, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Lolong, the world's largest crocodile in captivity, died Sunday in Bunawan, Philippines, officials said.
The animal died after veterinarian Alex Collantes of the Davao Crocodile Park was called to check on its condition, GMA News reported.
The reason for Collantes visit and the cause of Lolong's death was not reported.
Bunawan Mayor Edwin Elorde said the animal had been acting irregularly since tropical cyclone Pablo devastated portions of Mindanao and Visayas in December.
Lolong was captured in 2011 after a years-long hunt for the animal thought to be responsible for a young girl's death in 2009 and the disappearance of fisherman, GMA reported.
The crocodile was 21-feet long and weighed more than one ton.
Officials with the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau will perform a necropsy on Lolong to determine a cause of death.
The mayor said he has asked the National Museum for help preserving the animal's remains.


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Aug. 23 — Billy John Beeler, 49, 510 1/2 Margrave St., Harriman: driving on revoked/suspended license. Bond $975; court date Sept. 19.
• Joshua Ray Clark, 25, 719 Morgan Street, Harriman: violation of probation (GS). Bond $15,000; court date Nov. 14.
• Melanie McKenzie Cofer, 38, 515 Skyline View Lane, Harriman: DUI. Bond $1,000; court date Oct. 3.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety roadside safety checkpoints the week of Sept. 9 on Pansy Hill Road near Swan Pond Road in Roane County.
Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills more than 16,000 people and injures 305,000 others each year in the United States, according to statistics from the Tennessee Department of Safety.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting three driver license roadside safety checkpoints during September in Roane County.
The first checkpoint will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at Hwy. 70 and Poland Hollow Road.
Another will be from 8 to 9 p.m. Sept. 11 on Hwy. 58 at the new bridge.
The final safety checkpoint for the month will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Sept. 18 on Hwy. 27 at the Morgan County line.
Aug. 14 — Daniel James Adams, 30, 132 Tram Road, Carryville: fail to give proof of insurance, immediate notice of accident, leaving scene of accident, and failure to timely disclose required information. Total bond $15,250; court date Aug. 29.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct driver license roadside safety checkpoints during the week of Aug. 14 on U.S. Hwy. 27 North at the Morgan County line in Roane County.
Recognizing the danger presented to the public by unqualified drivers, troopers will concentrate their efforts on vehicles being operated by drivers who would violate the driver license laws of Tennessee.
From staff reports
A murder trial scheduled to take place this week in Roane County Criminal Court has been postponed.
Milford Barnett is accused of killing his mother, Pearl Barnett, in April 2007.
District Attorney General Russell Johnson said the public defender got permission to be out of court this week because his wife was sick.
The trial may get reset for later this month.
"It's possibly going to be moved to Aug. 23," Johnson said.
Harriman Fire Department and the Harriman Utility Board have begun conducting annual flow tests on fire hydrants within the city.
The testing will continue until the process is complete.
"This is a vital process in making sure the lines are flushed annually and fire hydrants are operational during an emergency," said Harriman Fire Chief Brad Goss.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety roadside safety checkpoints in Roane County during the week of Aug. 1 on Hwy. 58 near the new bridge.
Impaired driving is a serious crime that annually kills more than 16,000 people and injures 305,000 in the United States, a THP release said.
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Annual Alumni Game to Be Played on Saturdayby Karen Handley • February 16, 2005 Share:
The annual Wabash College alumni basketball game is scheduled for February 19 in Chadwick Court prior to the varsity contest against Kenyon. Eighteen former players, including three former All-Americans, will return to campus to play against the Wabash College junior varsity team.
Participating in the alumni game includes: Pete Metzelaars '82, Beau Barrett '98, Chuck Betz '70, Brett Butler '90, Kip Chase '03, Brady Claxton '03, Mike Crnkovich '93, Joe DesJean '03, Josh Estelle '00, Chris Jones '04, Jim McCall '99, Drew Northern '89, Seth Northern '93, Chris Schrepferman '91, Ryan Short '03, Paul Smith '74, Bodie Stegelmann '87, and Chad Tabor '99.
Metzelaars earned National Player of the Year honors after leading the Little Giants to the NCAA Division III men's basketball title in 1982. He was a two-time All-American in basketball before moving on to a 16-year career in the NFL as a tight end with the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, and Detroit Lions.
Estelle, the all-time leading scorer in Wabash basketball history with 2,065 points, was a three-time All-American and First Team Academic All-American. Chad Tabor, part of the "New Castle Connection," earned All-America honors in 1997 while leading the Little Giants to the NCAA tournament.
Five of the six all-time leading scorers in Wabash history are scheduled to return to action. Estelle, Metzelaars, Tabor, Crnkovich, and DesJean all tallied more than 1,500 points in their careers.
Tipoff of the alumni game is scheduled for 1 p.m. with the varsity game beginning at 3 p.m. Watch the Little Giants in their season finale as they battle Kenyon in a NCAC matchup. Admission to both games are free.


text: This book tells the fascinating story of the people who lived and worked at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the first atomic bombs were built during the Manhattan Project. It describes their day-to-day lives at Los Alamos, including leisure activities and social interactions, interspersed with some discussion of aspects and problems of the scientists' work. Particular focus is placed on two people: the scientific administrator of the project, J. Robert Oppenheimer, with descriptions of his personal traits and professional and private activities during the Manhattan Project, and Dorothy McKibbin, known as the "gatekeeper" of Los Alamos, who oriented scientists and their families on arrival at 109 East Place Street, Santa Fe and often helped them after they settled at Los Alamos. The activities at Los Alamos of important scientists, such as Edward Teller, Hans Bethe, and Enrico Fermi, lesser known scientists, and the family members of those who worked there are also discussed, along with reactions to the Trinity test and the atomic bombings of Japan. Some post-World War II issues are touched upon, including the removal of Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1954. The author is the granddaughter of chemist and Harvard president, James Conant, who was actively involved in the management of the Manhattan Project.


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It only takes up about 46 square feet
of space on a wall in the lobby of Alumni Hall. However, its symbolism is much
larger because it illustrates how a community can help build a great university.
The Donor Honor Wall, which was
formally unveiled at a campus ceremony in February, contains the names of 64
donors whose generosity has helped to change the lives of thousands of UNF students
since the University opened in 1972.
"It is through the selfless
sacrifice of our donors that we are able to set such a high standard for the
education and experience we provide at UNF," said Pierre N. Allaire, vice
president for Institutional Advancement and executive director of the UNF
Foundation. "They understand that the need is great and have made outstanding
contributions to the overall quality of our institution."
Donors were asked to place their
tiles on wall during the ceremony, forming the building blocks on which the
University has been constructed. Those building blocks have formed a solid
foundation and include donor resources for student scholarships, funds to
attract a quality faculty, monies to equip new buildings and to establish
strategic academic programs to help graduates in the competitive global
The following donors are members of
the Founders Society who have achieved significant cumulative levels of giving throughout
the last 39 years.
$10 million and above
Blanche B. and Luther W. Coggin
Brooks Health System and Foundation
The Skinner Family
$5 million and above
Ann C. and David M. Hicks
Kathryn M. and Richard de Raimes
$1 million and above
Bank of America
Baptist Health System
Estate of John R. Barrett
Berg Family Charitable Foundation
Eleanor and Leonard Blanchart
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Ida Broward and Crowther M. Boyd
Helen L. and J. Brooks Brown
CSX Transportation
Cadence Design Systems Inc.
Comcast Corporation
Toni and Andy Crawford
Gerri K. and John T. Hayt
Kernan and George Hodges
Delores M. Kesler
Nancy T. and Ira M. Koger
Irene and Gasper Lazzara
The Radford Lovett Family
National Paper Trade Association
Katherine S. and Russell B. Newton
The Bernard Osher Foundation
The PGA Tour Inc.
Pajcic & Pajcic
Betty and Tom Petway
Miyuki and Herb Scheidel
The Schultz Foundation Inc.
Jody and Layton F. Smith
David A. Stein
The Family of Martin E. Stein Sr.
June and Bruce Taylor
Mary Virginia and C. Herman Terry
Maureen and Ronald Townsend
Delores Barr and J. Wayne Weaver
World Affairs Council of
Jacksonville Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company Foundation
$500,000 and above
The Cascone Family Foundation
John B. Coxwell
Cheryl and Carl Doughty
EverBank Financial Corporation
Fidelity National
Financial/Fidelity Information Systems
Jennifer and Chuck Ged
Debbie and Mel Gottlieb
Diane and Steve Halverson
JM Family Enterprises
Mayo Clinic
Memorial Hospital Jacksonville
Auxiliary Inc.
Stephanie and Gerald Mitchell
Charles M. Neviaser Charitable
PSS World Medical
River Branch Foundation
J. Quinton Rumph
The St. Joe Company
St. Vincent's HealthCare
Wells Fargo
Winn-Dixie Stores


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I am writing a document which defines a network protocol. I illustrate key message exchanges with diagrams like this:
The TikZ source for this diagram is:
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\draw (S3) -- node{$S^\prime_\alpha[\alpha,60,l_t,,\cdots]$} (C3) ;
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This feels a bit repetitive already, but worse than that, there are six of these diagrams and the source is almost the same for each, except for the labels on the arrows, how many there are, and which way they're going. (Two of the diagrams have arrows that are not just horizontal lines -- they turn and cross another arrow -- but it is okay if I have to do something special for those.)
Please suggest ways to reduce the repetitiveness both within the diagram and between successive diagrams. I could also very much use a way to position the arrow endpoints that was an absolute distance along the relevant line, rather than a relative distance; having coded all the diagrams like this, it turns out that they're all too tall, but I can't chop off the extra space at the bottom without changing all the
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An update on Brighter Planet and carbon footprints
Reporter John Flowers chimed in last week with news from Bright Planet. The Middlebury start-up is based just a hop, skip, and a jump from our own Marble Works headquarters, so naturally we've been paying attention to what the resident environmentalists are up to. Flowers tipped off readers to news about the company's new carbon calculator. The idea is that a curious would-be environmentalist can head online, calculate their carbon footprint by keying in details about their life, and then learn how to cut back or offset carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change.You can try for yourself online at http://beta.brighterplanet.com/. What's your footprint?


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It's like a horror movie come to life – A Brazilian variety show traps people in an elevator, turns off the lights, then sends in a creepy little girl through a trap door to scream at them.
The real-life terror is intense enough to make us feel guilty for watching it, but we just can't stop looking. We hope the show provided some post-elevator counseling so these people don't have to take the stairs for the rest of their lives.
H/T gawker.com


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Tonight, the goldfish will sleep with the... well, you know...
"We took care of them when they weren't racing."
Am I the only one imagining that with a New Jersey accent?
A bar in Washington state has been obliged to cancel its weekly goldfish racing event following complaints from less-than-impressed animal lovers. The Harmon Tap Room's goldfish racing. Pic from Facebook Every Tuesday night, the Harmon Tap Room in Tacoma filled two eight-foot long troughs with water, threw in some "10 cent …
However, if you consider the level of sentience to be the reason for not causing paint to, or killing animals, I'm sure most people would agree that it is pretty unconscionable to harm a dog or cat. As far as I know, small fish don't have a great deal of sentience, or ability to feel pain, so are much closer on this scale to things like flies. My point is that there is a line that is drawn somewhere where we say, it's okay to kill that, but not that. The fact that it's a living being doesn't really cut it, otherwise we wouldn't eat plants. The fact that it's a member of teh animal kingdom also doesn't work, because then we'd never hurt flies and such, so where do you draw the line? In my mind it's pretty arbitrary, so I'll invite you to define it for me before mocking me, mmkay?
Yup, fish feel pain. They have the nerves and pathways we do, so no surprise. Of course we'll never know if their *subjective feeling* of pain is like ours, but then again I can't prove that *yours* is like mine, so there we go... I actually entertain the idea that the irrational animal's pain could in a way be felt *worse* than ours -- maybe, since we are able to understand the pain and its causes and better endure it, it would be less of a mental suffering than for creatures -- babies included -- who don't know what's going on and just want it to stop, but don't know if it will ever stop.
I suspect this idea that fish don't feel pain is there partly so people who like fishing can rationalize and not feel guilty (well, the ones who actually care). Second possible reason is our old chauvinism, considering ourselves the pinnacle of the imaginary chain of beings -- fish are very different from us, so they can't have mental states, that's what people might subconsciously think -- could be true, but not necessarily, and it's just a conclusion based on prejudices (speciesism if you will) instead of data. I myself don't like fishing, boring as hell (at least the modalities I'd afford to do). I love eating a good fish, though.
"if you consider the level of sentience to be the reason for not causing paint to, or killing animals"
Personally, that does not enter my head. IMHO a sentient being should not cause harm for the simple fact that a sentient being can CHOOSE to not cause harm. Be that to animal, plant or even a rock.
Obviously we need to consume (food etc) and we have little choice in that, but everything else? That's a choice and in order to preserve our scarce resources and to reduce the impact on our own environment, we should choose to harm as little as possible.
Doesn't mean I (or anyone else) is perfect and being perfect isn't even the point. Trying is. Heck, I still eat meat (just not a lot of it).
This bar was just acting like a dick. Maybe they should have raced the owners, encouraging them it water cannon?
This is an interesting debate. Here is my take.
I for one believe that any destruction, and hence, any killing is wrong. It's not 'ok' just to kill something as you so bluntly put it.
That doesn't mean however, one should absolutely not kill nor destroy.
What I am saying is that any destructive act is by its very nature destructive and therefore should be thought through very carefully as far as possible. Remember it is far harder usually to create something than destroy it.
Also, sometimes our ignorance blinds us from what are essentially destructive tendencies. We sometimes just do not think enough.
I don't know the answers to these questions for *you* - only you can answer them. That's the TL;DR.
Consider the following if you care enough.
You kill a fly or vermin, that's wrong, in my books, but if it was done with the intention of preventing disease, the good probably outweighs the wrong. IMHO, you owe that very act of snuffing out a life some degree of contemplation.
But what about the question of meat ? Shrug, someone's got to bring home the bacon. You eat bacon, you *should* live with the knowledge then that some pig has died, hopefully somewhat humanely and you have contributed in no small means to its demise, and you owe that act of yours some degree of contemplation. And some respect for the pig and the food you eat.
Since this about goldfish... consider... you buy a goldfish, stick it in a goldfish bowl and it dies, that's wrong too. No? You didn't kill it? Oh yes you did. Probably because of ignorance in many cases more than neglect. It probably suffered. I know a goldfish has barely any long term memory but still... if you cared to contemplate you would have discovered that care for a goldfish is actually *quite* complex. You literally have to create a biosphere for it to live in. Chucking it in a bubble with tap water and sodium thiosulphate and food is ignorant.
Is that ok? NO.
I get quite galled at people buying pets where they have absolutely *NO IDEA* what to do with them or what they are actually getting themselves into. 3 year olds getting rabbits, this being Easter and all... that sort of stuff...
Fighting a war? Supporting a government fighting a war? In some way, I would argue you're responsible for the destruction of your enemy and all that other 'collateral damage'. You have to ask yourself: Why? Is it justified here to take another human's life? Destroy their homes?
Work for a tobacco company?
The list goes on and on...
Again... I don't know the answers to these questions for *you* - only you can answer them.
Don't like what you hear? Go on, ignorance can be bliss. Why care about what you do?
This is Lent. Easter. Passover.
Even if the season has no meaning to you, you owe it to yourself to think.
I'm guessing that this means the fish were intended as live fodder for other, larger fish[*]. So all this campaign has accomplished is to have the fish die a painful death, as they're savaged by Pete the Piranha or Sid Snakehead...
[*] I'm not sure if this is legal in the UK or not, but a lot of local aquariums have signs posted up saying that they will refuse to sell fish if they think they're going to be used for this purpose...
I do believe you have never kept goldfish before (to any significant age).
However, never attribute to malice etc...
I am fortunately not American so I don't understand this PETA group probably as well as you do, they may well be a bunch of nutheads, but remember, just because a fool speaks a truth doesn't make in any less the truth.
Goldfish should not be treated in this manner.
There is no problem with people eating fish, there is at least a legitimate reason to do so. Drunk people forcing fish down what appears to be a drain pipe with jets of water for "sport" is highly questionable and would certainly be very distressing to the fish. The person from the bar even noted that they "looked after them", but they still died every so-often. A properly looked after goldfish doesn't just die, they last for years, if they do just die it is due to stress, parasitic infection or illness.
I'd say that these fish have been stressed to death by the sort of people that think they're just small so they don't really count as a proper animal.
(I speak as someone who has kept fish for nearly 20 years and also really likes to eat them, admittedly though, not the ones that I keep.)
They're insufferable morons who anthropomorphize animals, are grossly hypocritical (e.g. destroying most of the stray dogs they take in), and have well documented ties to terrorist organisations.
If you want to advance animal welfare give money to a respected organisation such as the RSPCA, Compassion in World Farming, or similar. They actually spend donations on real world programs to better animal welfare rather than engaging in stupid publicity and scare mongering.
Sorry, no, I don't take that granola-dipped self-promotion society particularly seriously. Twenty years ago they at least could be respected for showing the courage of their convictions, but now it's just the sort of thing from which decent people turn their faces away. (As do I.)
They may be wrong about some things, their lack of condemnation for using violence is very bad indeed. However, objecting to obvious mistreatment of animals is hardly wrong, particularly in this case where there isn't really and denying the wrongdoing or that a bunch of drunken idiots were getting pleasure from the mistreatment of animals.
If you eat Goldfish regularly then you'll not be long on this planet.
Goldfish contain the chemical Thiaminase which destroys vitamin b1 in the animal that eats it.
Eat enough and you're seriously ill!
Goldfish are cheap in the USA. But in the UK it is illegal to feed live animals to another.
This is because the majority of people in this country think it is cruel to put a live animal with no chance of escape.
I find it odd that the nation that doesn't like the Japanese eating whales. Is quite easy about watching animals been eaten alive or tortured and even putting the videos of the act up on Youtube!
I guess it's a cultural thing.
And greyhounds too...
I don't know about horses but I know this about dogs, they like chasing things and enjoy it. So long as they are well treated and cared for, I probably wouldn't object.
The problem is, I have heard stories on how some of these animals are treated. Do I believe them?
I bear no illusions on the evil that man can perpetuate just to make a buck.
I think greyhounds really do enjoy racing. Problem is if you go to most dog's homes they're filled with greyhounds which have been abandoned either because they need too much exercise to be kept, are injured, too old or no good at racing.
I think for that reason they should probably be regulated where you require a licence to race or own them (the licence being free if you adopt them from a dog's home). And the sport itself could help too by ensuring safe track conditions, animal chipping / DNA swabbing, death certificates, certificates of sale for tracking and proper regulation of owners including bans for life for owners of abandoned, mistreated or killed dogs.
I'm not especially comfortable with horse racing, but I would say that this is different for several reasons:
1) The horses aren't 'encouraged' round the track by people shooting high pressure jets of water at them (there is the matter of the jockey's whip, but rules on that are being tightened up.
2) The horses are looked after by treams of people, expert in their field, whereas these fish don't seem to have had even basic competency in their care.
3) Horse racing has high animal welfare standards, with vets on site at each race.
4) These fish are taken out of water and put into other water, presumably several times a day, this is highly distressing for them, nothing similar happens in horse racing.
5) Horses are supposed to gallop, they do it for enjoyment, the only time a fish has to bolt away from something is as part of the fight/flight response, which induces a large amount of stress.
I could probably go on, but that's a few pertinent points.
Thoroughbred horses of real racing stock cost in the hundreds of thousands (millions, if the parents have impeccable track records) of dollars and such an investment will be treated with utmost care, whereas 10-cent feeder fish would almost be cheaper to replace than maintain.
Greyhounds, for that matter, are considered similarly disposable and some are literally tossed in a dumpster when they are deemed "underperforming" -- fortunately, many greyhound "rescue leagues" offer other options for racing dogs the owners no longer wish to support.
as a bar owner I can see the point of these "races" but to "encourage" the fish down a length of pipe with a squirt of water is just wrong....
If they really want to have goldfish racing, why not have two tanks one at each end of the bar that is connected by a clear plastic pipe.... bet on which fish is the first to pass through the pipe...
and its my idea... i am going to copyright and patent the tank designs and sell it off to the highest bidder and make my fortune !! if anyone even thinks of stealing my idea is going to feel the full force of my legal department...
no, people steal ideas that they can make money out of, no matter how ridiculous it may appear....
get the marketing right and you can make money selling sand to the Arabs. Get the marketing right and you can sell fish-tanks to bar owners.
The point being, the bar in the original story obviously make a bit of money out of the enterprise but they failed to take everything into account.... like the well-being of the fish for a start
I have seen people exchange silly amounts of money and have to pay for rounds of beer over the silliest of things.... (including the gender of the next person to walk through the door in a particular coloured top!!) betting on fish through a tube is quite tame.
Worried about the fish being scared? The Thai version is so much more scarey for the punter. The hostesses make you sit on a chair, then put a pair of this little snakes down the front of your trousers, advisng you to sit still "or they may think you have a big snake in there and bite you!" They use harmless snakes, but they don't tell you that. The rest of the bar bets on which snake will come out which trouser leg first. Believe me, you will never sit so still in your life!
How about this game? You put the goldfish in a pool, then attach a squishy piece of food to a little hook with a barb on it, put the hook on a clear piece of line, and try to get the goldfish to bite the food. We could call the food "bait." If the goldfish bites the "bait", then you jerk on the line and impale its mouth on the hook, and pull it out of the water. The person who catches the most fish this way wins.
Oh wait, goldfish are cute and furry and cuddly. Therefor this is obviously cruel and stressful to the goldfish.
I will notify the cops of my thoughtcrime immediately.
Here in Oz we used to have mud crab racing every australia day in the local pub. You buy your muddie then the first one out of th 2m circle is the winner. And of course there was betting on each race and the best thing was at the end of the racing they cook up your muddie and serve it to you with all the trimmings. But you guessed right, it got banned!!
Current research has the jury out on wether fish feel pain or not in the way we think of it. However its reasonable to assume they could feel at least some sort of stress from outside stimilus because tit tends to be linked with survval reflexes.
The 3 second memory myth has been disproved as well, research says closer to about 5 months.
BTW I think PETA generally are morons, but in this they have a point it just seems like cruelty for crueltys sake.
"Current research has the jury out on wether fish feel pain or not in the way we think of it. However its reasonable to assume they could feel at least some sort of stress from outside stimilus because tit tends to be linked with survval reflexes."
Sure they do, if you've seen videos of either fishing, or bears catching fish, you should see how they flop around.
As for the race itself -- sorry, these are not firehoses or something (not a *high pressure water jet* as one person said), I think drunken peoples giving fish little squirts with water pistols is probably less stressful than a jockey kicking the horse to keep them going. PETA are ridiculous.


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|2008-07-23, 15:16
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I disagree with Kaioshin Sama's contention that the intent was to make us feel for Kanata in particular. The scene, I thought, intended to add another dimension to the Izumi family. We've seen how they live, all throughout the series; Kanata was, in a way, an embodiment of their (particularly Soujirou's) past. I didn't think there was too much more they could do. If they were to really dwell on establishing the nature of the relationship between wife and husband, mother and daughter, and do so constantly, throughout the series, the veiled attempt to ram sentimentalism down our throats would have become pretty transparent, particularly in a series like this, which is mostly facetious. No, I think one scene like this works well, but too many more becomes just that, "too many". What more could they do? Not much, really. Less is more. I just wish the series realized this in a few more instances than just this one.
|2008-07-23, 15:20
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I've always kind of interpreted Soujirou's behavior as "misses his wife" (the love of tiny petite women) -- as something he's grown into. But its also quite possible he was entranced with her because of lolicon-ish thoughts.
His otaku'ness (anime, games, and an unusual stay-at-home job) already doom him as being considered strange. I rather like the way the manga and the anime leave it somewhat ambiguous so that some might see him creepy and others see more complexity.
On a separate note, I concur with Sorrow's thoughts on the jarring nature of the editing. Even allowing for 4-koma adaptation challenges, it sometimes seemed they weren't taking the production very seriously (which amplifies Kaoishin's observations that Kyoani mostly saw L*S's anime as a platform for other things than L*S itself.). A few more viewings of how AzuDa handled the adaptation issues might have been useful for them
|2008-07-23, 15:24
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Even in the opening he is standing at a street corner spying on those two girls passing by. That was a bigger hint more than anything for me. It is a wonder how he can do this sort of thing having a deseased wife and all. Nontheless, he is still an awesome and hilarious character. Episode Twenty-two showed the audience that a little bit.
|2008-07-23, 15:51
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Does 'taking production seriously' mean making it look like its archetype?
I have a hard time perceiving you guys' perception of a successful product, so bear with me as I ask that you explain exactly what that is.
|2008-07-23, 16:54
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No, I don't consider AzuDa an "archetype definer". I was using it to discuss a specific aspect of material adaptation (scene shifts). AzuDa took 4-koma material and stitched it together in a fairly smooth fashion whereas Lucky*Star seemed to relish the discontinuous shifts.
AzuDa the manga, was also intended of be of fixed length (duration of high school experience) whereas Lucky*Star, the manga is more ambiguous in that respect (it'll be over when the readership falls sufficiently).
I'll agree that we probably could have snipped six or seven episodes of the AzuDa series and amped it up --- but since the apparent goal of the animation was pretty much to mirror the 4-koma page by page we got a number of "slow odd" episodes that many describe as boring.
No, "taking the production seriously" wasn't meant that it should be more like AzuDa or any so-called archetype, just that there were a number of aspects of production which had me wondering about their intent in bringing L*S to the screen. It seemed a conflicting mixed bag of intent considering how much wasn't actually "Lucky*Star".
I love watching Lucky*Star, I am faithfully buying the anime DVDs and I have spent a lot of money on the merchandise (manga, CDs, and figures) ... but it doesn't mean I'm a 'fanboi' that can see no flaw or that 'defends it to the death'.
On a separate note, thought experiment for people: Imagine being an adult and wandering around in a park, zoo, or museum. You see a heart-splittingly cute junior high school girl and would like to take her picture to cherish the memory. You think it marvelous that such things exist in the world. Are you a lolicon or pedophile?
Or perhaps someone who just appreciates "cute"....?
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|2008-07-23, 20:12
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(sigh), its rather sad that that is the auto-kneejerk response.... no bonus points for asserting Family Feud as some bastion of "what's normal"
Rather reminds me of when my 20-something aged son and I go out and about.
Far too frequently, people first assume he's my 'boy-toy' and we're out on a date.
I guess that's "creepy" too.... :P
|2008-07-23, 20:28
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It's not really about how you feel about it. If you don't think people will think it creepy to go to high schools and take pictures of random high school girls, it might behoove you to keep in mind that some people will go much farther than just thinking you're creepy. But whatever, I don't really care about the whole creepiness deal. Can you address my other question, though?
|2008-07-23, 21:13
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Notice I never mentioned "going to high schools" in my thought experiment ..... but if you're referring to Soujirou sports day adventure - he's rather inept. He should have hung a "Sports Photographer" badge on himself
As far as "intent should they have" -- I'm not demanding the animators have a certain intent which the "should" seems to infer, only that I *prefer* that animation people try to capture the heart of the material they're using and not layer all sorts of other things on top of it. Besides, as I said earlier I was discussing adaptation techniques and used a specific example of a difference, not comparing entire series.
|2008-07-24, 00:35
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Unless they caught you making out with your own son, you dirty pervert.
|2008-07-24, 03:07
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By the answer is Vexx. You are Vexx at 80 respondents. Kaioshin at 10 a Lolicon at 9 and a 1 at cute
|2008-07-24, 03:45
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Spoiler for ugly mug check, avoid if you'd prefer keeping me a vaporous haze...:
More snap-dilweed assumptions:
1) my japanese-american wife and my euro-irish self will be shopping and standing *right next to each other* often discussing an item. Sales clerk will walk up and ask her if she needs help. Then she'll ask me if I need help. I'll say "...... I'm with her." They get embarrassed.
2) Same scenario except they'll ask ME if SHE needs help (they assume she speaks no english)..... usually she'll respond in a nasty Texas accent. They get embarrassed.
I remember a Canadian border guard getting beet-red embarrassed when he asked ME if SHE could speak english.... I won't even repeat what she said in her growliest texas accent....
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While I agree that Soujirou is harmless, and I may have even prefered to have a father like him to the one that I do have, I really do find some of his activities creepy.
I know a lot of it stems from missing his wife. I think a lot of it is just the way he is too. He did basically admit that he's lolicon in one episode, though I can't remember which.
I'm a girl. I know that if I were still in high school and I spotted a middle aged man taking numerous very enthusiastic snapshots of myself and my friends in our gym clothes at a sports fest (especially if none of us were his children), I would feel creeped out, uncomfortable, and I would want him to leave. I guess the point is arguable, but imagining myself as a subject in one of his escapades makes me shudder a little.
|2008-07-24, 12:14
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True enough on Soujirou and we'll assume that a student recognized him, knew that Konata was out for the day, rolled their eyes at Konata's incorrigible dad, and the rest got animated
We're actually derailing a fair bit from episode 22 (and my fault as much as any)
|2008-07-24, 13:05
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|2008-07-24, 13:15
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Konata's father was a main participant in episode 22, therefore we should see this more of "side-tracking" as opposed to "off-topic"...(play along)
Konata's father did go to another sports festival that Konata never attended, and even when he went to her real one he was just taking pictures of random school girls whom were in the races and events..as it showed. Then those coaches carry him off, which is a huge hint of what he is doing. (I wonder what he does with the pictures that he takes..)
I suppose he is just used to girls that are similar to Kanata's size. She was not exactly a loli as she was way over the legal age...and a mother. It was funny though when Kagami sees that picture of Kanata with Soujiro together and thinks that it is Konata. Then when Konata explains to her that it is her mother, she says "Is that even legal?". That made me laugh.
|2008-07-24, 14:08
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Well, he simply admires them of course :P
Hmmm, don't recall him visiting any school but Konata's but it isn't hard to imagine him just wandering around anywhere anytime snapping pictures of his favorite flavor of girl.
The word "loli" has gotten so smushed up by misapplication it hardly has a standard meaning anymore (outside of Japan at least). Many people would simply tag Kanata as "loli" regardless of her age or motherhood.
Kagami (righteous little thing she is ) ... may not even realize Konata's parents were the same age. She's hilarious when her braingears grind like that.
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Use the Mural Permit Application to apply for the installation of an Original Art Mural.
Planning and Zoning staff reviews all Mural Permit applications. In limited cases, structural review may be required.
Upon submittal of the mural permit application, a Planning and Zoning staff planner will complete an initial review of your application. The planner will contact you within five working days of the date the application was submitted to let you know if your application is complete, or if additional information is needed.
Before a mural permit can be issued, the applicant must hold a neighborhood meeting on the proposed mural. Notice of the neighborhood meeting must be posted on the site at least 21 days prior to the date of the meeting. Information on how and when to provide notice for the meeting will be provided when the mural permit application is submitted.
Planning and Zoning staff will conduct the inspections for murals. If structural review is required, a separate structural inspection will take place.
When the mural is completed and ready for inspection, the applicant contacts the assigned Planning and Zoning staff planner.
It is important to call for the inspection as the mural permit expires if no inspection has taken place within 12 months of the permit being issued. A one-time extension of the permit may be allowed.


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WEPA Printing Kiosk
New WEPA Technology = Less Paper!
Wireless Everywhere Print Anywhere (WEPA) is a new and easy printing system that Patrick Henry Community College has implemented for students in the LRC Learning Lab and Philpott 117 Nursing Lab. Convenient cloud technology lets you print from a variety of devices to any of the WEPA kiosk printers in the LRC Learning Lab and Philpott 117 Nursing Lab.
Black & White Copies 10¢ each imprint....Full Color Copies 50¢ each imprint
- More reliable: Clear, crisp 4-color or black & white prints on a 50% recycled 24lb paper.
- Print anywhere: Cloud technology lets you send documents to your WEPA account that can be printed at any kiosk in the LRC Learning Lab and Philpott 117 Nursing Lab.
- Convenient: Print from smart phones, home computers, USB keys and anywhere within the system of printers.
- Contributes to "green" initiatives: No wasted paper. Pay for only what you want to print. Delete the unwanted items from your queue.
- Helps alleviate the $24,000 in paper and toner costs annually.
- Generates revenue that can be used to fund student activities on campus.
- Conveniently available via on-line account maintenance with credit or debit card or by purchase of a WEPA print card from the PHCC Follett Bookstore. Financial aid can be used to purchase WEPA $5.00 print cards.
- PHCC applied a $5.00 virtual dollars prepay amount for the summer 2012 students, beginning May 21, 2012 to August 7, 2012.
Why Use Pay-For-Print?
Patrick Henry Community College has public printers in the Learning Center Open Lab and Philpott 117 Nursing Lab for student use. These printers generate an estimated 1.2 million printed pages annually, which costs the college approximately $24,000. Based on this information a pay-for-print system has been identified as the best, most cost-effective option that has already been implemented successfully at other colleges and universities across the country.
WEPA is a new and easy printing system that Patrick Henry Community College has implemented for students on campus.
How to Use WEPA
- Go to www.wepanow.com, log-in to your WEPA account, which has already been created, using your student email address and Blackboard password.
- Choose your method of payment for purchasing Print Credits.a. You can purchase WEPA Print Cards from the college bookstore in the Walker building.
b. You can use your debit/credit card to purchase print credits by logging into your account at www.wepanow.com.
c. You can swipe your card at the WEPA kiosk.
(There is a surcharge for using a credit card at the machine.)
- Print your files using any of these three methods: Direct from any computer in the LRC Learning Lab or Philpott 117 Nursing Lab, print from your USB device by plugging it directly into the kiosk, or print by web upload (simply download the WEPA Student Print Driver at home on your own laptop or desktop computer).a. Make sure to select WEPA-BW or WEPA-Color.
b. After selecting print, enter your username/email address
NOTE: You will enter this in a blue window that will appear after you select "Print"
c. Walk up to any kiosk and login with your username and password
d. Follow the onscreen instructions and print your document(s)
- You can also print from your computer to any WEPA kiosk on campus
a. Go to www.wepanow.com
b. Click the Print Now logo
c. Click login
d. Enter your username & password
e. Click Print Now
f. Browse and select your document(s)
g. Upload and send to WEPA
h. Walk up to any kiosk and login to release your prints
Your files will be held at every WEPA kiosk on campus for 24 hrs. After 24 hours all files will be deleted from your account. You can re-upload your files to your account as many times as you need to.
- Print directly from your USB Jumpdrive at any WEPA
a. At the WEPA, select "Print from USB"
b. Insert your USB Jumpdrive into the USB port
c. Wait for your documents to appear and select the document(s) you wish to print
d. Use your WEPA Account, Print Card, or Debit/Credit Card to print.
- The default setting for the WEPA printers is for single-sided copies, to avoid charges for multiple pages when only one page (front and back) is needed, be sure to select "duplex" printing to get double-sided copies (printed front and back of a single page).
Go to www.wepanow.com for more detailed information.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Where are the WEPA Kiosks Located on campus?
There are two WEPA Kiosks in the LRC Learning Lab on the first floor and one WEPA Kiosk in the Philpott 117 Nursing Lab.
- How do I know which Kiosk to use?
Any Kiosk can print your job. WEPA uses "cloud" technology so once you send a file to print using the WEPA print driver any kiosk can then output your pages. Any document sent to the cloud will remain in the queue for 24 hours until you decide to retrieve it. You only pay for what you decide to print.
- I do not want to sign up for a WEPA account can I pay another way?
Pre-loaded swipe cards are available for purchase in $5 amounts and may be purchased at the Patrick Henry Community College Bookstore located in the Walker building. These cards may be used at any WEPA Kiosk on campus.
- How long is my job kept in the cloud?
All files will be deleted if not printed within 24-hours.
- How do I get a refund or contact WEPA about my prints?
Chat live with WEPA: www.wepanow.com/contact or call them at 1-800-675-7639
- How do I register for WEPA?
Anyone may register and sign up for a WEPA account at www.wepanow.com. Simply follow the online instructions.
- Why was this system implemented at the College?
Patrick Henry Community College has public printers in the LRC Learning Lab and Philpott 117 Nursing Lab for student use. These printers generate an estimated 1.2 million printed pages annually, which costs the college approximately $24,000. Based on this information a pay-for-print system has been identified as the best, most cost-effective option that has already been implemented successfully at other colleges and universities across the country.
- What can I do to help the College conserve paper?
The WEPA kiosks are much more economical per page than printing from a personal inkjet printer and all WEPA Kiosks print in Vibrant High Definition (HD) Color.
Remember these helpful tips before you print:
- When possible print duplex. Using both sides of a sheet will use less paper.
- Can the document be saved as a PDF file or other format and archived electronically or emailed?
- When printing from the Internet or a multi-page document do you need the whole file or can you select specific pages to print?


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Home meetings
What do you think of when you see the term home meeting or home fellowship?
1Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. ... Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Matthew 25:40 & 45
When I was saved friends I met at a crusade invited me to a home meeting. I was welcome, good teaching, the music OK, and I grew so to me they are very OK. I know there can be abuses but there can be abuses anywhere big or small
Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature Matthew 16:15
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In a Organized Church operated "Home group" there's generally pretty tight CONTROLS in place which, of course effectively STIFLES real discussion, since you have to stick pretty close to the "Company line" to avoid getting tossed out.
In the '70s, however, home groups tended to be Independent of "Organized Church bodies", and free non-paradigmatic discussion was the rule, not the exception. My group was "United CHurch of Christ" folks for the most part, and we taught Biblical basics. My agenda would have been to get 'em all "pentecostal", but that was never God's Agenda - HE wanted 'em to be Biblically based (not a big thing in the UCC), and be able to hear HIS Voice, and discern between HIM and the "Angels of Light" that were all around.
We're a member (presently) of a "Home fellowship" that's part of the Crossroads AG church here in TExas, and for the most part it's comfortable, non-challenging, and the food's good, so not a total waste of time. As is the rule in the AG (which, as a denomination, is SERIOUSLY AFRAID of home groups) the "Pastor's sermon" is the topic (i.e. when he said this, what did it mean to you - bla, bla, bla.???) and so we do that for an hour, eat/fellowship for an hour, and go home.
I expect nothing, and am VERY rarely surprised.
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