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The Olympics Most Touching Story
Somalia's runners provide inspiration
By Charles Robinson, Yahoo! Sports 9 hours, 38 minutes ago
BEIJING – Samia Yusuf Omar headed back to Somalia Sunday, returning to the small two-room house in Mogadishu shared by seven family members. Her mother lives there, selling fruits and vegetables. Her father is buried there, the victim of a wayward artillery shell that hit their home and also killed Samia's aunt and uncle.
This is the Olympic story we never heard.
It's about a girl whose Beijing moment lasted a mere 32 seconds – the slowest 200-meter dash time out of the 46 women who competed in the event. Thirty-two seconds that almost nobody saw but that she carries home with her, swelled with joy and wonderment. Back to a decades-long civil war that has flattened much of her city. Back to an Olympic program with few Olympians and no facilities. Back to meals of flat bread, wheat porridge and tap water.
"I have my pride," she said through a translator before leaving China. "This is the highest thing any athlete can hope for. It has been a very happy experience for me. I am proud to bring the Somali flag to fly with all of these countries, and to stand with the best athletes in the world."
There are many life stories that collide in each Olympics – many intriguing tales of glory and tragedy. Beijing delivered the electricity of Usain Bolt and the determination of Michael Phelps. It left hearts heavy with the disappointment of Liu Xiang and the heartache of Hugh McCutcheon.
But it also gave us Samia Yusuf Omar – one small girl from one chaotic country – and a story that might have gone unnoticed if it hadn't been for a roaring half-empty stadium.
It was Aug. 19, and the tiny girl had crossed over seven lanes to find her starting block in her 200-meter heat. She walked past Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown – the eventual gold medalist in the event. Samia had read about Campbell-Brown in track and field magazines and once watched her in wonderment on television. As a cameraman panned down the starting blocks, it settled on lane No. 2, on a 17-year old girl with the frame of a Kenyan distance runner. Samia's biography in the Olympic media system contained almost no information, other than her 5-foot-4, 119-pound frame. There was no mention of her personal best times and nothing on previous track meets. Somalia, it was later explained, has a hard time organizing the records of its athletes.
She looked so odd and out of place among her competitors, with her white headband and a baggy, untucked T-shirt. The legs on her wiry frame were thin and spindly, and her arms poked out of her sleeves like the twigs of a sapling. She tugged at the bottom of her shirt and shot an occasional nervous glance at the other runners in her heat. Each had muscles bulging from beneath their skin-tight track suits. Many outweighed Samia by nearly 40 pounds.
After introductions, she knelt into her starting block.
The country of Somalia sent two athletes to the Beijing Games – Samia and distance runner Abdi Said Ibrahim, who competed in the men's 5,000-meter event. Like Samia, Abdi finished last in his event, overmatched by competitors who were groomed for their Olympic moment. Somalia has only loose-knit programs supporting its Olympians, few coaches, and few facilities. With a civil war tearing the city apart since the Somali government's collapse in 1991, Mogadishu Stadium has become one of the bloodiest pieces of real estate in the city – housing U.N. forces in the early 1990s and now a military compound for insurgents.
That has left the country's track athletes to train in Coni Stadium, an artillery-pocked structure built in 1958 which has no track, endless divots, and has been overtaken by weeds and plants.
"Sports are not a priority for Somalia," said Duran Farah, vice president of the Somali Olympic Committee. "There is no money for facilities or training. The war, the security, the difficulties with food and everything – there are just many other internal difficulties to deal with."
That leaves athletes such as Samia and 18-year old Abdi without the normal comforts and structure enjoyed by almost every other athlete in the Olympic Games. They don't receive consistent coaching, don't compete in meets on a regular basis and struggle to find safety in something as simple as going out for a daily run.
When Samia cannot make it to the stadium, she runs in the streets, where she runs into roadblocks of burning tires and refuse set out by insurgents. She is often bullied and threatened by militia or locals who believe that Muslim women should not take part in sports. In hopes of lessening the abuse, she runs in the oppressive heat wearing long sleeves, sweat pants and a head scarf. Even then, she is told her place should be in the home – not participating in sports.
"For some men, nothing is good enough," Farah said.
Even Abdi faces constant difficulties, passing through military checkpoints where he is shaken down for money. And when he has competed in sanctioned track events, gun-toting insurgents have threatened his life for what they viewed as compliance with the interim government.
"Once, the insurgents were very unhappy," he said. "When we went back home, my friends and I were rounded up and we were told if we did it again, we would get killed. Some of my friends stopped being in sports. I had many phone calls threatening me, that if I didn't stop running, I would get killed. Lately, I do not have these problems. I think probably they realized we just wanted to be athletes and were not involved with the government."
But the interim government has not been able to offer support, instead spending its cash and energy arming Ethiopian allies for the fight against insurgents. Other than organizing a meet to compete for Olympic selection – in which the Somali Olympic federation chose whom it believed to be its two best performers – there has been little lavished on athletes. While other countries pour millions into the training and perfecting of their Olympic stars, Somalia offers little guidance and no doctors, not even a stipend for food.
"The food is not something that is measured and given to us every day," Samia said. "We eat whatever we can get."
On the best days, that means getting protein from a small portion of fish, camel or goat meat, and carbohydrates from bananas or citrus fruits growing in local trees. On the worst days – and there are long stretches of those – it means surviving on water and Angera, a flat bread made from a mixture of wheat and barley.
"There is no grocery store," Abdi said. "We can't go shopping for whatever we want."
He laughs at this thought, with a smile that is missing a front tooth.
When the gun went off in Samia's 200-meter heat, seven women blasted from their starting blocks, registering as little as 16 one-hundredths of a second of reaction time. Samia's start was slow enough that the computer didn't read it, leaving her reaction time blank on the heat's statistical printout.
Within seconds, seven competitors were thundering around the curve in Beijing's Bird's Nest, struggling to separate themselves from one another. Samia was just entering the curve when her opponents were nearing the finish line. A local television feed had lost her entirely by the time Veronica Campbell-Brown crossed the finish line in a trotting 23.04 seconds.
As the athletes came to a halt and knelt, stretching and sucking deep breaths, a camera moved to ground level. In the background of the picture, a white dot wearing a headband could be seen coming down the stretch.
Until this month, Samia had been to two countries outside of her own – Djibouti and Ethiopia. Asked how she will describe Beijing, her eyes get big and she snickers from under a blue and white Olympic baseball cap.
"The stadiums, I never thought something like this existed in the world," she said. "The buildings in the city, it was all very surprising. It will probably take days to finish all the stories we have to tell."
Asked about Beijing's otherworldly Water Cube, she lets out a sigh: "Ahhhhhhh."
Before she can answer, Abdi cuts her off.
"I didn't know what it was when I saw it," he said. "Is it plastic? Is it magic?"
Few buildings are beyond two or three stories tall in Mogadishu, and those still standing are mostly in tatters. Only pictures will be able to describe some of Beijing's structures, from the ancient architecture of the Forbidden City to the modernity of the Water Cube and the Bird's Nest.
"The Olympic fire in the stadium, everywhere I am, it is always up there," Samia said. "It's like the moon. I look up wherever I go, it is there."
These are the stories they will relish when they return to Somalia, which they believe has, for one brief moment, united the country's warring tribes. Farah said he had received calls from countrymen all over the world, asking how their two athletes were doing and what they had experienced in China. On the morning of Samia's race, it was just after 5 a.m., and locals from her neighborhood were scrambling to find a television with a broadcast.
"People stayed awake to see it," Farah said. "The good thing, sports is the one thing which unites all of Somalia."
That is one of the common threads they share with every athlete at the Games. Just being an Olympian and carrying the country's flag brings an immense sense of pride to families and neighborhoods which typically know only despair.
A pride that Samia will share with her mother, three brothers and three sisters. A pride that Abdi will carry home to his father, two brothers and two sisters. Like Samia's father two years ago, Abdi's mother was killed in the civil war, by a mortar shell that hit the family's home in 1993.
"We are very proud," Samia said. "Because of us, the Somali flag is raised among all the other nations' flags. You can't imagine how proud we were when we were marching in the Opening Ceremonies with the flag.
"Despite the difficulties and everything we've had with our country, we feel great pride in our accomplishment."
As Samia came down the stretch in her 200-meter heat, she realized that the Somalian Olympic federation had chosen to place her in the wrong event. The 200 wasn't nearly the best event for a middle distance runner. But the federation believed the dash would serve as a "good experience" for her. Now she was coming down the stretch alone, pumping her arms and tilting her head to the side with a look of despair.
Suddenly, the half-empty stadium realized there was still a runner on the track, still pushing to get across the finish line almost eight seconds behind the seven women who had already completed the race. In the last 50 meters, much of the stadium rose to its feet, flooding the track below with cheers of encouragement. A few competitors who had left Samia behind turned and watched it unfold.
As Samia crossed the line in 32.16 seconds, the crowd roared in applause. Bahamian runner Sheniqua Ferguson, the next smallest woman on the track at 5-foot-7 and 130 pounds, looked at the girl crossing the finish and thought to herself, "Wow, she's tiny."
"She must love running," Ferguson said later.
Several days later, Samia waved off her Olympic moment as being inspirational. While she was still filled with joy over her chance to compete, and though she knew she had done all she could, part of her seemed embarrassed that the crowd had risen to its feet to help push her across the finish line.
"I was happy the people were cheering and encouraging me," she said. "But I would have liked to be cheered because I won, not because I needed encouragement. It is something I will work on. I will try my best not to be the last person next time. It was very nice for people to give me that encouragement, but I would prefer the winning cheer.
She shrugged and smiled.
"I knew it was an uphill task."
And there it was. While the Olympics are often promoted for the fastest and strongest and most agile champions, there is something to be said for the ones who finish out of the limelight. The ones who finish last and leave with their pride.
At their best, the Olympics still signify competition and purity, a love for sport. What represents that better than two athletes who carry their country's flag into the Games despite their country's inability to carry them before that moment? What better way to find the best of the Olympic spirit than by looking at those who endure so much that would break it?
"We know that we are different from the other athletes," Samia said. "But we don't want to show it. We try our best to look like all the rest. We understand we are not anywhere near the level of the other competitors here. We understand that very, very well. But more than anything else, we would like to show the dignity of ourselves and our country."
She smiles when she says this, sitting a stone's throw from a Somalian flag that she and her countryman Abdi brought to these Games. They came and went from Beijing largely unnoticed, but may have been the most dignified example these Olympics could offer.


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Howard Braunstein, executive producer of the miniseries, acknowledged that the film is meant as "fun entertainment" and plays loose with the facts.
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A year minus a couple of days ago I wrote a disgruntled-but-still-hoping post about my guild at the time and a few weeks later I gave up and left.
I joined Team Sport as a temporary fill-in between progression raiding guilds. They were aware of this and accepted it. But as I was starting to consider moving on, I decided I kinda liked these people. After I wrote "The 5 Traits I Want in a Leader", I realized I described Team Sport's leadership. And when several of my guildies decided they wanted to raid more progressively, I was excited about the project and jumped on board.
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Talking about our guild situation with black-and-white thinkers can be quite amusing. Going afk mid raid? That's "bad". Oh, but baby aggro involved? Then that's "good". Spouse aggro? Some say "good", some say "bad".
Me, I say I don't have a spouse and I don't have kids. I totally understand those who have to put their spouses and their kids before the raid. If I had a spouse and/or kids, I'd put them before my raid too. In fact, I would judge someone negatively if they were jerks to their families while playing a video game.
But I don't have a spouse or kids. I'm not ready to put other people in front of myself, thus I choose to be single and childless at this point in my life. It's all about the social contract and I find myself wanting a social contract for other single and childless people.
It's All About Soul
I love raiding. I had to put up a big fight at my job and negotiate to have raid nights off.
I look forward to my raids all day. I can't wait to jump on the computer and get ready to go. I eagerly await my raid invite and let everybody know if I find it doesn't come fast enough.
During raids, any interruption is a tragedy and, while necessary, breaks kind of annoy me. I pee before the raid, why doesn't everyone else?
After a raid, I want to talk about it. I want to comb through the logs and find all the nitty gritties that'll help me perform better next time.
If you suspect that I become impatient with those who don't share my enthusiasm, you would be correct.
Now, that passion does waver. It's usually dependent on what's going on in my real life. When my real life was overloaded, I was so grateful to have a team who understood irregular schedules. I loved having a team that wouldn't notice if I didn't have time to study the boss fights before the raid. It was a relief to have frequent breaks to take care of real life stuff mid raid.
But, as soon as my real life stabilized, I found myself being deeply jealous of guild working hard modes. And of 25 man guilds. That's when the cravings for something more took over.
I'll miss the people
I'm so afraid that my guildies will read this post the wrong way. I really hope they don't, because this is the first time I decide to move on from a guild with zero hard feelings towards anyone.
They were (are?) fantastic to be around. I couldn't even say how often I've spit beer all over my keyboard from laughing too hard. The sports talk (and the subsequent discussions of the appropriateness of sports talk during raids), the serenades on vent, the guild cheers… I don't think I'll ever find a guild that comes close in term of atmosphere.
You can tell they really enjoy each others company, and care about each other as people. I remember one night, one of our players was having a really rough go. He asked to be sat, but the team refused. They wanted to be there for him and cheer him up, even if it meant wiping all night. It was terrible for progression, but so heartwarming that even I was moved.
Another memory… At Blizzcon I got cornered by The Feminists. (I describe myself as a feminist but I'm not well versed in the more scientific side of the movement and The Privilege still confuses me.) We got into a talk about guilds, they were telling me about how they had to reform their guilds to be more respectful toward women. I so proud to be able to tell them that my guild was already great when I joined and totally didn't need any reforming. So proud.
All joking aside, I did really appreciate being treated as "one of the team". Despite being the only girl in the guild at the time (over the course of the year, there have been a couple of wives/girlfriends and another girl who've logged in a few times and maybe did one raid with us; and Valithria who comments here sometimes logs in and says hi as well, but I'm the only regular, and the only raider), I've always been treated with respect. There's even never been issues with hatespeach, and girlfriend-ranting has been kept to a minimum without any input from me.
It's actually pretty cute that the rare times I say/do anything remotely girly or sexual, my teammates get all confused, as in "it…it can do that?".
I had left my previous guild for a myriad of reasons, but the one that cut the deepest and still hurts today was gender discrimination-related. So being valued as a player and as a member of the raid team, without gender interfering, has become something that I don't take for granted.
Toward the future (or If you are a guild recruiter…)
When I announced I was leaving, everyone was super nice and supportive. A few people even asked to come with me (this is how great the team is, it's hard to keep us apart!).
Of those who wanted to come along, one, I think, has pretty much the same goals I do. So here, it is, Holy Pally and Mage/Warlock (he says he'll play either character, but I think he secretly prefers to be a warlock) looking for guild!
Demographics: I have a strong preference for 25 man Alliance (I prefer 25s, and I don't want to loose my achievement points…), my friend doesn't have a preference as long as the raiding and the people are good.
Schedule: I'm West Coast and often work evenings so schedule is usually the limiting factor for me. I can raid after 9pm PACIFIC any night, and after 6 pm PACIFIC on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays. I believe my friend is available after 5pm pacific any day, and would prefer a team that doesn't raid too late. 2 or 3 raids/week seems to be ideal to both of us.
Progression: As two people coming from a 5/8 normal Dragon Soul, 1/7H Firelands guild, we're obviously not the most geared people in the game. But we're both fast learners and dedicated players. We run the LFR, cap out our valor points and read our boss fights. We're disciplined during raids, communicate well and drink up constructive criticism like it's lifewater.
Environment: We're coming from a very tight knit guild, so we'd both feel happiest in a guild where the teammates are also friends. Both of us being about 30, we'd like to play with people about our age and maturity level.
Ideally, we'd like to find a home together, but if our dream guilds end up being separate, that's ok too. Bonus: a guild who takes both of us, may also get a kickass resto shammy bench-warmer.Explore posts in the same categories: Guild thoughts
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December 22, 2011 at 7:47 pm
We are 2/8H DS looking for a Holy pally. Pref 7/8 and at least 385 iLev. Our normal raid schedule is Tue-Thu 8:30PM-12Midnight Pacific, but that may be changing to 8-11. Currently, during progression, we added Monday night to but I believe that will stop in a couple weeks. Unfortunately we don't have a raid spot for a warlock or mage right now, and we are 10m Horde guild. I know this doesn't fit all your criteria, but I thought I'd at least give you a heads up about it 🙂
December 22, 2011 at 8:21 pm
I can definitely relate to the position that you're in. I left my first guild searching for the very same thing. The people were awesome, but as raiders they weren't progressing as fast as I would l personally would have liked. I'm currently in my third guild that I hopefully will be in for a long time. Ranking and server firsts aren't the focus of the guild, but progressing in a steady fashion is. We were 6/8H in Firelands and currently 8/8 normal in Dragon Soul all on 25.
It's a shame that your schedule doesn't fit ours since we raid 6pm-9pm Pacific. We currently only have one warlock and holy pally.
Good luck in your search.
December 22, 2011 at 10:15 pm
I am struggling with this very thing right now. I love my guild, been with them for about 4 years now. I can't leave them again, I tried once, killed me inside. The problem is we are all so close. We know each others kids names, wives, husbands, talk outside of game, know each other on Facebook (only reason I log in once every other month is to get a hold of them ^^). I left in Wrath to get Kingslayer, hated that I had to do that, but had no choice, the rest of the guild got Kingslayer about 6 weeks ago. I truly wish we were not so close, because I'm struggling to enjoy our raid nights, wiping repeatedly on the first boss of each raid tier… something that lasts for weeks =[
December 23, 2011 at 1:02 pm
To everyone that may even be thinking about talking to Ophelie about joining the team, you will absolutely NOT be disappointed. Just like Rilandune, I took a leave from my guild to go do Ulduar and ICC with Lodur and his crew. It was great, and I got my Kingslayer with them. But, I missed my friends. When they started "getting the bug", I went back to go lead them. That's how Ophelie joined us.
I can honestly say that she has been one of the driving forces in the guild and one of the main reasons I fought to keep the team going. She was a catalyst for a lot of the changes and adjustments that we made. I loved every conversation we got into about adjusting strategies, or building up our healer core. She's more passionate and considerate than most raiders I've been with. If you think you're just picking up "a Holy Pally", you're severely understating her value and worth to a raid team. She knows what she's talking about, she does her homework, she puts that extra mile in. If it wasn't for my decision to give SWTOR a solid go, I'd be applying right along with her.
And if I find out that she's being mistreated at all, as her soon-to-be former raid leader, I have every right to be pissed! She's gonna be "Auntie Ophelie" someday, ya know!
December 23, 2011 at 1:24 pm
I felt the same way, missed my friends terribly. The guild I moved to had me geared up in no time, burning through ICC, they were structured, disciplined, started/ended on time… but I still missed my friends. The raiding felt empty because of it. I'd imagine you felt the same way Thespius.
And to echo your point, Ophelie is not "a Holy Pally" she is "THE Holy Pally." This chick lives, eats, sleeps, and breaths Holy-Paladin-in-ing. I've never played with her in game, but just from reading her posts I can attest to her being a tremendous asset to any team. She's the reason I switched from tanking to healing on my Paladin.
December 26, 2011 at 2:54 pm
I wish I could take you in, but I'm torn between turning my guild into the raid team I want or leaving for a better fit, and I only want to run 10 man anyways… good luck though.
December 30, 2011 at 12:21 am
I'm a bit like you in some ways. I love reading up about new fights, watching videos, and combing through forums for advice/tips on how to handle the various things going on. I then post all I've learnt with video links onto our forum, but as soon as the raid starts I realise most of the people haven't even bothered to read what I've posted!
Tank dies to Impale on Madness – Huh? What happened? Why did I get one-shot?
DPS dies on Spine because of Plasma debuff – I didn't get any heals despite I was low health for ages. What are the healer doing?
I remember on Maloriak our tank kept dying during green phase, and our RL was blaming the healers, so I felt great when I could prove from WoL that the adds were buffing the boss and he was two-shotting the tank. Yes, I find it very frustrating that people just aren't interested in finding these things out for themselves. For me it's half the fun!
As far as having a boyfriend and raiding, I have to keep telling him that it's every bit a commitment as his football matches are to him. I can't just drop everything during a raid to help him with something, any more than he could me when he is on the playing field, but it is hard to get him to acknowledge that.
January 11, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Neat post, though I'm sure the question many of your readers must be asking themselves is, "How can one girl walk away from both Vik & Thespius in the sae year? OMG their dulcet voices would have me totally hooked!"
Best of luck wherever you end up.


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Recently, I was contacted by KSwiss to test out their new recovery shoe, the Blade Lightrecover. I didn't even know of such a thing existing before they contacted me, but I'm glad they did! It is a really cool shoe that I believe truly helps in recovery. Here is a picture of the shoe I received, which after going on their website, I realized that they have way cuter colors on there.
These bright blue babies are quite spectacular when it comes to recovery technology. The top part that looks like a band is actually made of a compression type material so it helps circulate blood flow and is tighter on the foot so that it helps the swelling after a race. Another great thing about the outside of the shoe is that it's so soft and easily collapsible, which makes it really easy to put the shoe on, even when you are hurting and you think your feet can't get into a shoe. They are tight on the foot but they feel like a good tight, and really help make the foot feel better.
Now, this is my favorite of the shoe! The Recovery foam foot bed. The whole entire foot bed is made of memory foam and let me tell you, it's glorious to stand in all day for long work events and after races. I started wearing these right after the LA Marathon and the week after Oakland Marathon and my feet were in heaven. We all know I have weird foot issues and toe issues and these really helped compress my feet and kept them feeling much better than normal. It seriously is so different stepping into the shoe and having that envelope your foot instead of a hard insole like many shoes have. The moment I put it on the first time I could totally tell the difference.
The soles of the shoes are KSwiss's "BladeLight" Technology, which is stated on their website as "Anatomically placed K-EVA "blades" are aligned to the angle of impact and critical flex points for ultra-light, super cushioned, and amazingly flexible ride." The shoe is basically super, duper flexible. Comparable to the 'free' shoes out there and the very lightweight shoes. This shoe is SO lightweight and that's another thing about wearing a shoe after a race. I really feel that instead of flip flops, this helps my poor toes that sometimes get a little beat up to recover well and I love the compression on my feet to help keep the swelling down. Well, KSwiss is too steps ahead and made a shoe with actual compression and so many other great features so I don't have to cruise in regular running shoes after a race anymore.
The last thing that I love so much about these shoes is the fact that they are also made of a light mesh and really breathable. It makes them really lightweight and also great to wear without socks which I NEVER do. They are great for long weekends full of standing on my feet for 15 hours and great for after races and marathons. I'm looking forward to wearing mine after my upcoming half at the end of the this month and they are great to just wear around the house when your feet are feeling a little tired. I am so glad that I tried these shoes and think they are great for aiding for recovery! I still have my KSwiss Keahou 2 review coming up too. :) and if you want to see other things I've reviewed, make sure to check out the Reviews Tab!
Today I am going back out to try to run 3 miles! It has been so long since I have run. Well about two weeks, because of work being crazy for event weekend and then me catching this darn cold! I hope the run tonight is the final thing that is needed to kick the cold to the curb!


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Amidst all the discussion of whether atheistic evolution or special creation is true, a group of people has arisen which claims that both are true. These people hold to a theory known as "theistic evolution." The word "theistic" comes from the Greek theos, meaning God. Therefore, when one claims to be a theistic evolutionist, he is claiming to believe in both God and evolution at the same time.
Many believe in theistic evolution because they do not want to make a decision in favor of either evolution or creation. As the old saying goes, "they want to have their cake and eat it too." One important reason for the current popularity of this theory is that Bible believers have been intimidated. Several years ago, the famous evolutionist of Oxford University, Richard Dawkins wrote: "It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that)." Such "intellectually intimidating" statements have had an extremely negative affect on our society. People of all walks of life have been duped into believing that evolution is a fact and that the Bible is fiction. They have been bullied by impressive credentials and prestige jargon from some within the scientific community. As a result, the intimidation of pseudoscience has convinced them that somehow evolution must be "worked into" the Bible.
There are several reasons why one should reject theistic evolution. First, it is wrong because the Bible states that Adam was the first man. First Corinthians 15:45 and Genesis 1-2 both make it plainly clear that Adam was the first man. Not so, says evolution. Evolutionary theory says that Homo erectus or Homo habilis or Australopithecus afarensis or Kenyanthropus playtops was the first man. Which will the theistic evolutionist accept as correct—the Bible, or the evolutionary model? Both cannot be correct, since they teach exactly opposite concepts.
Theistic evolution is wrong because it cannot explain Adam's wife—Eve. The problem of Eve has haunted theistic evolutionists since the very inception of their theory. The Bible makes it abundantly clear that God put Adam to sleep and took from his side material from which He then made woman (Genesis 2:21-23). Paul even identified Eve in 1 Timothy 2:13 as being a real, historical character (including calling her by name). Yet evolution says that the sexes evolved simultaneously in the same geographical region, with one being male and one being female. To even the most casual reader, it is obvious that there is nothing similar in the two events.
Theistic evolution is wrong because it cannot explain where man acquired his soul. The Bible plainly states that God created man (not an ape or ape-like creature) in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27) and gave that man an immortal soul (Ecclesiastes 12:7). Did that soul evolve along with all the other parts of man? How will the theistic evolutionist get a soul into man? [Without a soul, man is nothing more than a "naked ape." And when we teach children they are nothing but animals, they will live like animals! (And some wonder why we have kids killing kids in our schools.)]
Theistic evolution is wrong because the Bible states that the heavens, the Earth, the sea and all that is in them were created in six days (Exodus 20:11; Genesis 1). Genesis 1:5 even states that each of these days was a period of "evening and morning" so that there would be no doubt as to their length. Additionally, we are told in Genesis 1:14 that the lights in the heavens were "for signs, for season, and for days, and years." If the days that are described by evening and morning were long epochs of time (as some theistic evolutionists would have us believe), then what, pray tell, would the "years" have been? Either the Universe was created in six literal days, or it evolved over billions of years, but of one thing we may be certain—both concepts cannot be true!
Finally, theistic evolution is wrong because it makes a liar out of Jesus. In Mark 10:6, Jesus stated: "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female." Jesus affirmed that Adam and Eve had been on the Earth "from the beginning of the creation." Now if the evolutionists are correct and man has been here 4 million years or so, it does not take very much intelligence to figure out that 4 million years out of an alleged Earth history of 4.5 billion years is not, by any stretch of the imagination, "from the beginning." Rather, it is instead "from the end." The choice is this: either Jesus Christ lied and the evolutionists are correct, or Jesus told the truth and evolution is wrong. To accept any part of evolution makes Jesus a liar!
Theistic evolution is nothing but a serious compromise that turns inspired writers into liars. God said He created the heavens, the Earth, and everything in them in six days. He said He made man and woman in His image, after His likeness. He did not say that He created an ape-like creature through a slow, evolving process. Question: What is wrong with the way God said He did it? Is His word on the matter not good enough for us anymore?


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Nor does a strong supporting cast save �Alex Cross� from the fatal miscasting of Tyler Perry in the title role as a brilliant Detroit homicide detective and criminal psychologist. �Alex Cross� is based on the novel �Cross� by James Patterson, whose series of books also inspired two earlier films starring Morgan Freeman as the detective at a later stage in his career � �Kiss the Girls� (R, 1997) and �Along Came A Spider� (R, 2001). Perry lacks the acting chops to embody such a complex character.
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Jeremy Brautman of Neon Monster has posted a very awesome interview with Daniel Goffin over at the Neon Monster Blog. It's quite in-depth and goes into Daniel's process, inspiration and thoughts on the modern toy scene. Check it out HERE, and make sure to check out Daniel's work from the Netzwerk and Mushashinto Tech show HERE.
Netzwerk and Mushashinto Tech Show Opening Pics!
We had a really fantastic opening for Netzwerk and Mushashinto Tech this past Friday night. Thank you so much to everyone who made it out! This was our very first show opening ever and the night went off great! A huge thank you to Daniel and Martin for their extreme dedication to their craft, it really shows.
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Vinylpulse Sneak Preview of NETZWERK and MUSASHINTO TECH!
Jack from Vinylpulse stopped by the gallery yesterday to get a sneak peak of our show opening Friday, May 28. He managed to snap a few pics when we weren't looking, so go check them out here: http://www.vinylpulse.com/2010/05/sneak-peek-netzwerk-and-mushashinto-tech-528.html#more
More sneaks at Martin Osuna's Musashinto Tech!
We're a little over two weeks out until TAG's first gallery show "Netzwerk and Mushashinto Tech", and the sneak peeks keep rolling in. The latest is a pair of shots from Martin Osuna, showing off his resin Mushashinto Warriors along with their mini (4″) counterparts.
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Here are some sneak previews of Martin Osuna's work for Netzwerk and Musashinto Tech. These particular figures are part of an edition of one-offs to be released at the show, each cast in a different colored resin and uniquely hand-painted.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 took in an estimated $10.4 million on Thanksgiving Day to lead the daily box office for a seventh consecutive day. The final chapter of the young adult blockbuster franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence declined a sizable 24 percent from Wednesday's performance. In comparison, last year's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 fell 24 percent on Thanksgiving Day as well to gross $11.08 million. Mockingjay - Part 2 has grossed $146.71 million through its first week of release. That is less than expected and places the film 13 percent below the $168.71 million seven-day start of Mockingjay - Part 1. At the same time, with a two-day take of $24.15 million on Wednesday and Thursday, Mockingjay Part 2 will easily be the top film over the extended holiday frame with a five-day take of roughly $75 million to $79 million.
The Good Dinosaur held steady in second place with an estimated $6.56 million. The 3D computer animated film from Disney and Pixar was down a sharp 33 percent from Wednesday. It should be noted that it is commonplace for animated films to experience sizable declines on Thanksgiving Day, before rebounding in a big way on Black Friday. Back in 2010, Tangled fell 32 percent on Thanksgiving Day to gross $8.07 million. With a two-day take of $16.37 million, The Good Dinosaur is running 18 percent behind the $19.93 million two-day start of Tangled. If The Good Dinosaur continues to maintain a similar pace over the weekend, it would be headed for a five-day start in the neighborhood of $55 million to $59 million. That would be below expectations and relatively soft by Pixar's lofty standards. The Good Dinosaur received a strong A rating on CinemaScore.
Warner and MGM's Creed took in an estimated $6.46 million to remain in third. The critically acclaimed seventh installment of the Rocky franchise was up a healthy 8 percent over Wednesday's opening day performance. Creed is performing on the high end of pre-release expectations with a two-day start of $12.48 million. That places the film a healthy 29 percent ahead of the $9.69 million two-day take of Rocky Balboa, which opened on a Wednesday just before Christmas back in 2006. At its current pace, Creed appears headed for a five-day launch in the area of $37 million to $41 million. In a month full of wide releases that have failed to live up to expectations, it is already looking like Creed will be a much needed exception to that trend. Like The Good Dinosaur, Creed also received a strong A rating on CinemaScore.
Spectre claimed fourth place with an estimated $2.67 million. The latest installment of Sony and MGM's James Bond franchise was essentially unchanged from Wednesday. Spectre placed in second for the week with a weekly take of $24.15 million. That represented a 45 percent decline from the previous week and brings the film's three-week total to $163.25 million.
Fellow Sony release The Night Before was up one spot from Wednesday to round out Thursday's top four with an estimated $1.68 million. The R-rated comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie was down 1 percent from Wednesday. The Night Before placed in fifth for the week with $15.93 million. While that was below expectations, The Night Before is showing early signs of having a lengthy run going forward.
The Peanuts Movie took sixth place with an estimated $1.44 million. The 3D computer animated adaptation from Fox and Blue Sky was down a very sharp 42 percent from Wednesday, but like The Good Dinosaur, should rebound in a big way today. The Peanuts Movie took third place this week with $20.92 million. The film was down 25 percent from the previous frame and has grossed $107.06 million in three weeks.
Meanwhile, fellow Fox release Victor Frankenstein remained absolutely lifeless on Thursday with an estimated twelfth place take of $470,000. The horror film starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy was down 23 percent from Wednesday, which represents a very troubling Thanksgiving Day hold for a film aimed at adult audiences. Victor Frankenstein is on course to become one of the year's poorest performers with a two-day start of only $1.08 million. The film received a soft C rating on CinemaScore.


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The stately Southern granddame of Richmond has been Virginia's state capital since 1780. Although a bastion of history, it also has all the hallmarks of a lively and modern urban centre. Acting as an ideal gateway to the rest of the state, a range of attractions is within easy reach and visitors can enjoy the neighbouring sights and sounds of the ocean, mountains, battlefields, historic colonial Williamsburg, or even drive into Washington DC to visit the nation's capital.
Richmond has played an enormous role in American history, particularly as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Today visitors can enjoy a host of monuments, battlefields, cemeteries, and museums that hark back to the days when Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee held out against the Union. This is not a city stuck in the past, however, and there are numerous modern attractions including an active nightlife, plenty of restaurants, bars, and outdoor concerts. A stroll along the attractive Canal Walk and the restored Haxall and Kanawha Canals is a great way to relax. There is also the option to catch a boat, some tours include an historical narration, or there is the 'drive yourself' option.
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USN-2111-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
18 February 2014
linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software Description
- linux-lts-quantal - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal
Vasily Kulikov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's implementation of ptrace. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2013-2929)
A flaw in the handling of memory regions of the kernel virtual machine (KVM) subsystem was discovered. A local user with the ability to assign a device could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). (CVE-2013-4592)
Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's debugfs filesystem. An administrative local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2013-6378)
Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported a flaw in the driver for Adaptec AACRAID scsi raid devices in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified impact. (CVE-2013-6380)
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The Alphabet and the Twenty-two Elements of the Logos
By dividing the Apocalypse into twenty-two chapters - the same number as the letters of the Hebrew alphabet - St John showed that it was dedicated, as it were, to the Logos, the Divine Word which, he says in his Gospel, is at the origin of all things : 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God': What can we understand of the Word, His nature and His Powers1 ?
1: The dictionary tells us that the Greek term Logos, used by St John in speaking of Christ, means 'word', 'speech', 'disclosure' or 'reason'. The standard English rendering in New Testament translations is 'Word'. However, speaking in French, the Master was able to make a distinction between the French rendering of Logos, Verbe, and mot (word) and parole (word or speech). In passages quoted directly from the Bible, we have retained the familiar term, 'the Word'. However, in order to give as faithful a rendering as possible of the Master's argument in the three lectures included in this chapter, we have used Logos or, sometimes, 'the Divine World' where the Master uses Verbe and The English Bible uses 'Word'. Where the Master uses the word parole to express the manifestation of the Logos in the physical world, we have used the word 'speech' or, occasionally, 'word' (Translator's note).
In the last chapter of the Apocalypse, Christ says, 'I am the Alpha and the Omega , the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.' Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, the language in which the New Testament was written. In Hebrew, the language spoken by Jesus, the first and last letters of the alphabet are Aleph and Tav. 'I am the Alpha and the Omega' means exactly the same, therefore, as, ' I am Aleph and Tav'.
Alpha and Omega or Aleph and Tav - these two letters represent the whole alphabet, for the beginning cannot be separated from the end. An alphabet is a whole consisting of a series of elements, the letters. The order in which these letters follow each other is not the result of chance ; they are the analogical representation of the 'letters' of creation. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet represent the elements, forces, virtues, qualities, spirits and powers, which God combined in order to create the Universe. By means of living letters, God composed words and phrases, and he continues to do so, today. This was how the world was created and this is how it is continually being created. When an Initiate studies the cabbalistic meaning of the Hebrew letters, he does so in order to read and understand the living language of Nature.
The Hebrew alphabet contains twenty-two letters. When Christ said, 'I am the Alpha and Omega', he was saying, ' I am the Logos, the twenty-two elements by means of which the world was created'. Man also uses the letters of the alphabet to help him to think, speak and write and, in doing this, he is doing what God did. The word (the physical expression of the Logos), whether it be thought, spoken or written is always one and the same thing.
We possess all the elements within us : colors, forces, projections, rays and vibrations all serve to form and express our thought. To think, speak or write, therefore, are three ways of expressing the Logos. Some people think the Logos, others speak It, others write It. The Initiates of old knew these three expressions of the Logos and, from earliest Antiquity, marked certain religious buildings with written, graphic expressions of the Logos in the form of figures and geometrical or hieroglyphic signs. Knowing that these figures would survive the centuries, they did this in order to put men of future generations in touch with the Divine Logos.
All the letters of the cabbalistic alphabet are linked to each other in a network that embraces the universe, and he who knows how to combine them into phrases and poems is a true scribe. A scribe, in the initiatic sense of the word, is one who has learned to transpose the elements of language, the letters of the alphabet, into every area of his life and, particularly, into his own inner being where he endeavors to combine them into a beautiful, harmonious 'word'. And it is precisely this that is so difficult : when our inner life is disordered, it means that our 'words' are in disorder, that we have jumbled them all up without order, science or wisdom.
It is also important to know that each letter corresponds to a geometrical form in nature, and that behind every geometrical form specific forces are at work. Nature knows how to link her own forms with the letters that represent them, so that he who knows the invisible powers that correspond to each letter is capable of setting cosmic currents in motion. When we create or draw certain forms, therefore, we are putting ourselves in touch with corresponding entities of the invisible world. When an Initiate seeks to learn the correspondences between the forces, forms and letters, and how to handle them, it is in order to create a bond with Heaven.
Let's pause for a moment to study the letter Aleph http://aleph.humanities.ucla.edu/wp-...ndard/logo.jpg . The first thing to notice is that it resembles a man with one arm raised Heavenwards and the other pointing down towards the earth. This attitude depicts an intermediary, a medium between Heaven and earth. With one hand he reaches up to receive light from Heaven and, with the other, he pours it out on humanity. Alternatively, he takes up all that is human, transforms it within himself and sends it back to Heaven in the form of light. Aleph is a being who knows and who is able.
The letter Aleph marks the beginning of an activity. When a man raises his arm he is signaling the beginning of something ; it is an expression of the will to act. When a man's arms are stretched out horizontally, like the wings of a gliding bird, so that arms and body form a cross, they express balance. But if his arms are at different angles, it means that the two arms of his scales are at different levels, he is no longer in a state of equilibrium ; in other words, he is ready for action.
And now, look at the first card of the Tarot, the Magician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ma...1_Magician.jpg . What do you see? A man standing by a table, with one arm raised and the other lowered ; in other words he is not immobile, he is doing something. What is he doing? With the arm that is raised, he is making contact with Heaven and, with the other, he is in contact with the earth and with human beings. The forces that he receives from Heaven pass through him and are handed on to the earth : he is Aleph. But to be Aleph also means to be capable of taking the forces of earth and of projecting them Heavenwards ; in other words, to be an intermediary. This is what Jesus was expressing when he said, 'No one comes to the Father except through me'. For a cabbalist Aleph is perfect man because he is in close touch with Heaven and, at the same time, working actively for mankind. Aleph also holds the secret of the two operations, Solve et Coagula : it teaches the adept how to work on matter in order to dilute or condense it.
Another interesting point is that the letter Aleph is made up of four Yod's. The Yod is shaped like a bent thumb http://www.firstpreswh.org/wp-conten...brew_Yod_1.png , and this means that it is related to the will. Aleph is a very powerful, creative letter ; its form shows that it possesses a will that is a combination of four wills, four activities and four directions. Aleph is the letter of space with its four directions - north, south, east and west - the letter of the four elements. And in the Tarot card we see the Magician standing in front of a table, symbol of the element earth ; on the table is a cup which symbolizes the element water, and in his hand is a wand that is pointing upwards, and this means that he is linking the elements below - water and earth - to those above, air and fire. In addition, the hat he is wearing has a very distinctive shape: the brim describes a horizontal figure eight, the symbol of infinity. The letter Aleph, therefore, symbolizes an Initiate who has the power to command the forces of nature, the four elements.
And now you are going to see how the numbers follow on each other : he who subjects the Four to the power of the One (spirit and will), becomes the Five, the perfect human being who possesses the five virtues : love, wisdom, truth, kindness and justice. But we can only be said to have attained perfect equilibrium when we have become the Six, the Six that is twice three, the two triangles of matter and spirit, the Seal of Solomon. A man becomes the Seal of Solomon when he achieves an inner state of perfect equilibrium between the two triangles.
St John, who said 'In the beginning was the Word', certainly had full knowledge of the letter Aleph, the 'first born of God', the beginning of all things. The Logos is the Christ, the cosmic Magus who works with the four elements by means of which all things were created. When Jesus said, 'My Father is always at work and I, too, work with Him', it was the Christ who was speaking through him and who wanted to emphasize the idea that his activity never ceases. You will understand, now, that the cross, the symbol of Christ, is also related to this idea of God's ceaseless activity in the universe. When the horizontal bar of the cross is tilted, it shows that it is in action, and its form is very similar to that of the letter Aleph. This is also the meaning of the swastika, a symbol which is found in many religions both in India and in Greece.
Aleph is the cross with the horizontal bar at an angle, the cross which has lost its perfect equilibrium in order to go into action. The cross with four equal branches at right angles to each other, on the other hand, symbolizes the absolute equilibrium of the masculine and feminine principles. But there are other ways of drawing the cross. The Ankh, for instance, indicates that the cross is a key, the key that enables us to open all the doors of the universe. And the key is also an image of man, but as long was we still do not know anything about man, we shall never be able to open the doors of the universe, for the universe is simply man stretched of the dimensions of infinity.
The letter Aleph can be seen in many other symbolic forms, that of a lamb holding a cross, for instance, or that of a serpent pierced by an arrow. Both are representations of Aleph and, at the same time, representations of man. The spine and skull of a human skeleton have some resemblance to a snake, and the arrow which pierces it and which indicates movement and the direction of its work, is represented by the arms, the lateral branches of Aleph. Christ, the Logos, is the living cross.
But what is this figure of a lamb holding a cross? What does it mean? The lamb is the victim of sacrifice, Love. In the beginning, before the world was created, the Lamb sacrificed himself so that the world might come into being. A cohesive force was necessary to hold atoms and molecules together, and that force is love. This is why it is said that Christ is the Lamb who was immolated at the beginning of the world. And this same force that holds the world together is to be found in all aspects of life. It is thanks to this force that molecules and all chemical bodies exist and survive, and it is also thanks to this force that all human communities, families, societies and nations exist and endure. Without sacrifice nothing can exist. A whole can only exist thanks to the sacrifice of each one of its parts. Do away with all the numerous forms of sacrifice - looks and words, mutual care and assistance and all forms of renunciation - and everything will disintegrate and fade into nothingness. If you want something to last a long time, be sure that it is founded in Christ, on love 2.
2: See Complete Works, vol. 5, chap. 9
The practical conclusion to be drawn from what I have just been saying about the letter Aleph, the first letter, is that one must never undertake an action of any kind without knowing the forces that one is going to set in motion. It is the beginning that is essential. It is always very easy to trigger forces and events, but it is very difficult to remain in command of them and steer them in the right direction. If the men and women involved in the political arena were more conscious of this law they would give themselves more time for reflection before deciding to make certain changes. A great many of those who have started revolutionary movements, believing that they were going to be able to keep control of things, have ended by being mown down by their own creation ! The term 'sorcerer's apprentice' exactly suits the person who imprudently sets in motion currents that he then finds himself unable to control or orientate.
Whether it be on the physical, astral or mental plane, your power is not in the middle nor at the end of an action, but at the beginning. Picture yourself standing on a mountain peak ; beside you, balanced on the brink of the precipice, is a huge rock. You know that you only have to stretch out your hand and give it a push and it will obey you. The choice is yours, to leave it where it is or to send it hurtling down the mountain side. If you tip it over the edge it will, of course, obey you, but that is as far as your authority goes : from then on you will have no control over it ; it will cause untold damage that you will be powerless to avoid. Similarly, if you decide to keep a tight rein on your anger as soon as you feel it rising within you, it will not burst out, but once you let it go you will lose control of it. The same is true of certain ideas that you may cling to ; you will end by being unable to uproot them. Be very vigilant, therefore. Never forget that Tav depends on Aleph, that the end depends on the beginning. Be like a magus who performs a magical rite knowing exactly how to begin it in order to achieve the goal he intended.
When Christ said 'I am Aleph and Tav', he showed us how to begin an action. The beginning is Heaven, the Divine World, and we have to begin with Heaven and move gradually down into matter. If you begin with matter and try to work up towards Heaven, you are bound to meet with failure and suffering. Two people who are in love must begin by loving each other spiritually before loving physically. Men and women usually do just the opposite ; they begin with Tav and relegate Aleph to the end. But, when everything has fallen apart, will they be able to love spiritually? In everything you do you must begin with the beginning, with the head.
Cabbalists, who study the Hebrew alphabet, distinguish, first of all, three Mother letters, Aleph, Mem and Shin, which created, respectively, air, water and fire ; secondly, seven Doubles, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Khaph, Pe, Resh, and Tav, which created the seven planets, and, finally, twelve Singels, He, Vav, Zayin, Het, Tet, Yod, Lamed, Nun, Sameck, Ayin, Tsade and Qoph, which created the twelve constellations of the Zodiac. The twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, therefore, embrace the whole of creation.
Of course, you realize that these letters are simply the material expression of abstract principles. When you speak or write, you do what God did, you combine letters and words, using them as the means by which you create. In this way you can create joy, trust, love and light in others, or you can create sorrow, darkness, illness, and despair. In the second instance you are producing neither true writing nor true speech - nothing but scribbles and gibberish. True evolution consists in learning to use speech, writing, forms and images to attain a divine result, that is to say, to bring elements of the Logos into play so as to create only what is good, beautiful and right. He who works consciously to do this participates in God's own work and, one day, he will be hired as a laborer in God's vineyard.
The work of creation is not finished. The Creator is continuously at work and He needs laborers to carry a little sand or a little plaster for Him. 'Is that all?' you will say. Yes, and there is no need to feel insulted. God is certainly not going to choose us for the most important tasks, but it is a glorious privilege to be allowed to participate in this divine work, however humbly. Examine the life that God has given you. Contemplate all its manifestations as though you were looking at the Lord Himself, and say : 'Henceforth I shall speak and act only with a view to vivifying, soothing, enlightening, warming, encouraging and strengthening other creatures'. Immediately, simply because you make this decision, the Logos starts to find His niche within you and you begin to perceive, more and more clearly, that you possess a multitude of God-given elements. You don't yet know how to use them but, little by little, you will find that they begin to obey you and you become very powerful. The only thing is that you must not be content to pronounce good and beautiful words. You must follow through with them, carry them out to their full accomplishment. Provided you do that, the words you utter will be 'truly truthful truths'.
In conclusion, I would like to tell you a story about myself. I was seventeen at the time, and I felt the need to find a form, a geometrical figure which would fill me with Harmony and Peace when I looked at it. After thinking about it for quite a long time I decided to draw a circle, then, using the same radius, I set off six points at equal distances on the circumference. With these points as the centre, I drew six circles, which gave me a rosette, then I painted the six circles with the six colors of the spectrum, violet, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. The contemplation of this figure lifted me to a state of ecstasy. To me, it was the symbol of perfection. After a little while, however, I felt that something was lacking and, while I was trying to think what it could be, a mysterious impulse drove me to write the first lines of the Gospel of St John under the rosette : 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made'. Why these words? Did I have some special relationship with them? I have no doubt that that is what it was ; in any case, I have thought about them all my life. Today I know why I completed my drawing in this way.
St John revealed the mysteries of the Logos who gives the power to influence the forces of nature. That is his Teaching. If Christians turn their backs on that Teaching and are content to be on the same wavelength as the priest or sacristan, that is their affair, but they have forgotten the mysteries of the Logos which contain all the secrets of the Universe. Do you remember the promises in the letters that St John was told to write to the churches? 'To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it'; 'To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in midst of the Paradise of God' ; 'He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments' ; 'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God' ; 'To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne'. All these promises are an Initiation into the mysteries of the Word.
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As super computers get more and more super, you'd think that eventually we'd be able to calculate the position and interactions of every atom in the universe and be able to accurately predict the future. In fact, this was once a widely held belief in science, until quantum mechanics arrived and put an end to that theory.
Some things in our universe are predictable, and with enough data sometimes even your local weather forecast can be bang on. But with quantum mechanics, there's absolutely no way to predict what will happen. And since the sub-atomic world plays just as much a part in our daily lives as, say, an incoming cold front, we will never be able to accurately predict how our universe unfolds. So for now the lottery industry can breathe a sigh of relief. [YouTube]


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Metropolitan Nikolaj Blesses Crosses for New Church in Foča
On the Feast day of the Holy Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God on Sunday, October 14, 2012 , His Eminence Nikolaj, Metropolitan of Dabrobosna celebrated the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy at Saint Sava church in Foča and consecrated new crosses for this church. At the Liturgv, four priests and one deacon of this church concelebrated and the choir of the Seminary of Saint Peter of Dabrobosna in Foča sang responses.
Metropolitan Nikolaj awarded Mr. Milorad Dodik, the President of the Republic of Srpska, with the highest distinction of the Metropolitanate of Dabrobosna – the Golden order of Saint Peter of Dabrobosna for outstanding devotion to build the church of Saint Sava in Foča.
The Church-school congragation of Foča awarded the Government of the Republic of Srpska for the help in the construction of the church of Saint Sava. Mrs. Željka Cvijanovic – the Minister for Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation received the award.
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Airing sometime later this year or early next, Lifetime will have a surprise for viewers. The steamy mystery novel Cayman Heat, by Connie Reeves Cooke, is now in development. According to the L A Times, the book is sure to be a "bestseller and must read murder mystery." Cayman Heat is Cooke's second book. Copies are available city wide but most especially in Barnes and Nobel in Studio City.
The star playing the role of Koral Sanders has not yet been revealed yet. Producer and Publicist Miranda Spigener-Sapon says that will be an additional treat when they present her to the press. But other stars include Frank Crim (as Sam,) Kim Estes (as Aron Ebanks,), Rafael Zubizarreta (as Charlie King) along with Lew Temple (as Ray Durbin,) Pete Freeland (as Dr. Martin Sneed,) Tysha Williams (as Savannah Taylor,) and Chelsea Cook (as Casey Andrews.)
Street smart and sassy, independent P.I, Koral Sanders, having immigrated from Houston area, realizes that her talents in weaponry and martial arts are needed here when she go to Grand Cayman on a vacation and joins up with big burly Sam, who helps her in her investigations. When multi-millionaire Reese Mallory disappears from his Grand Cayman home while on a diving trip, Koral gets involved as the skeleton of the body is discovered in a deep underground cave. Realizing he was murdered, Koral is asked by her good friend Royal Caymanian Police Chief Aron Ebanks to help track down the killer.
As Koral's life spirals down the explosive path of mingled greed, adultery, deception and wealth, she soon realizes why Mallory was murdered and why, but can she come to the surface quickly enough before her own life is extinguished.
Following the book, Lifetime originally planned to air the pilot as a two hour backdoor pilot , but has since decided to air it as two separate episodes with a cliff hanger in between.
Ms. Spigener Sapon, who started as a book and film publicist, fell in love with the book after meeting the author and decided to shop the book, herself. She, herself, has a degree in film from the National Radio Academy and loves working to develop writers. She has already sold foreign rights to the TV show to several major countries. In comparing the story to another series, she suggested Castle for the tone. She will be producing the show along with Nick De La Rosa, Cheryl Dubuque (who will cast for them) and Randy Turner as UPM.
While the book, itself, doesn't have a cold opening, the pilot does.
The next book in the series Cayman Wind will soon be out.
Can't wait to cuddle up with my copy of the book and I'm eager to see the series. For more information contact Ms. Spigener-Sapon.