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In the days approaching Saturday's funeral mass for Sen. Ted Kennedy, there was much discussion as to how much actual politics would be in evidence. In particular, there was the question as to how much contemporary politics would intrude -- and whether President Obama's eulogy in particular would touch upon today's raging health care debate.
In the end, the contemporary was put aside more in favor of values and lessons more enduring. And while politics made up a fair portion of the funeral service, it was a genuflection towards a certain kind of politics.
It's only appropriate considering who was being remembered: After all, even as a memorial service is, by definition, a personal event. when the departed is arguably the most significant legislator of his time and towering patriarch of the nation's preeminent political family, how could politics be completely ignored? Coming through in the words this day was a very strong message: Politics can be lived with both a lower-case and a capital "P." Ted Kennedy was a practicioner and participant of the capital-P sort of politics: One had to be to get elected and often to survive the rough and tumble of the ongoing electoral and legislative process.
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But it was in lower-case "P" politics that Kennedy became a master. The two forms are inextricably linked. But the small-P variety is that which requires the soft-touch, the ability to see beyond partisanship, beyond one's own personal principles and into a broader humanity that can help accomplish things -- help make over 300 pieces of legislation become law. That was evident and most strongly emphasized in several eulogies tonight. Perhaps it was the saddest responsibility that fell to Kennedy -- to be so often the Official Eulogizer of the Kennedy Clan -- that forced him to embrace skills appropriate to master the small-P politics. Indeed, President Obama seemed to link those two aspects of Kennedy's life:
This spirit of resilience and good humor would see Ted Kennedy through more pain and tragedy than most of us will ever know. He lost two siblings by the age of sixteen. He saw two more taken violently from the country that loved them. He said goodbye to his beloved sister, Eunice, in the final days of his own life. He narrowly survived a plane crash, watched two children struggle with cancer, buried three nephews, and experienced personal failings and setbacks in the most public way possible.
It is a string of events that would have broken a lesser man. And it would have been easy for Teddy to let himself become bitter and hardened; to surrender to self-pity and regret; to retreat from public life and live out his years in peaceful quiet. No one would have blamed him for that.
But that was not Ted Kennedy. As he told us, "(I)ndividual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in — and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves."
The president noted that that sentiment arose from Kennedy's rising from an earlier time:
He was a product of an age when the joy and nobility of politics prevented differences of party and philosophy from becoming barriers to cooperation and mutual respect — a time when adversaries still saw each other as patriots.
And that's how Ted Kennedy became the greatest legislator of our time. He did it by hewing to principle, but also by seeking compromise and common cause — not through dealmaking and horse-trading alone, but through friendship, and kindness, and humor.
Again, hard work was certainlly necessary to get legislation passed, but it was a sense of humanity and a common touch that ultimately got deals made. Standing there as the emissary from the American people thanking a public servant for his years of service, Obama shared a lesson on life at a person's death.
It was the perfect complement to the stirring, tear-inducing eulogy given by Teddy Kennedy Jr., who stepped into his father's big shoes as the Family Eulogizer. His younger brother, Patrick, is the one who went into the "family business," but he's the one who clearly produced an address that reflected the family's potent mix of personal remembrance, salute to public service and a mixture of wit and sentiment that verged on poetry.
He introduced himself as "Teddy Kennedy, Jr. -- a name I share with my son, a name I shared with my father. Although it hasn't been easy at times to live with this name, I've never been more proud of it than I am today."
He shared a tear-inducing anecdote (indeed, he broke down as he told it) of when he was gettiing used to having to walk with an artificial leg after he lost his real one to cancer: "My father taught me that even our most profound losses are survivable, and that is — it is what we do with that loss, our ability to transform it into a positive event, that is one of my father's greatest lessons." Again, that was the same message Obama gave -- perseverance through pain and loss brings great accomplishment. It enables one to live what Teddy Jr. called "a full and complete life."
In that regard, even as the late senator's politics were saluted by Kennedy Jr. (calling his father, "a proud member of the Democratic Party") and Obama ("the soul of the Democratic Party"), the themes of this funeral ended up being being remarkably non-partisan. They were lessons for all Americans -- faith, hard work, familial bonds, the attentiveness of a father and loving patriarch, a man of principle warmly respected and loved even by those with whom he could disagree.
These life lessons were gifts that Ted Kennedy gave his family as father, uncle, grandfather and general patriarch (a role thrust upon him at the age of 36) and they were gifts that the Kennedy family gave to their country over the better part of a century. And the nation got to hear those lessons one final time foday.
But, being a political family, the Kennedys smartly did not let the issue of health-care -- or Ted's passion for it -- go overlooked. As part of the Catholic Mass' intercessions of the faithful, the offerings were presented by quoting or paraphrasing many of Kennedy's own statements over the years. Coming out of the mouths of one of the youngest Kennedys, Max Allen, his daughter Kara's son, were these words:. "For what my grandpa called the cause of his life, as he said so often, in every part of this land, that every American will have decent quality health care, as a fundamental right, and not a privilege, we pray to the Lord."
It was a nice way of recognizing both the "cause of [Kennedy's] life," but also his "life's work" -- politics big and small -- in a muted, respectable manner.
The question for the Democratic Party -- especially President Obama upon whom Ted Kennedy did his best to pass on the Kennedy torch -- is whether the small-P politics which the Senate lion mastered can be absorbed by a new generation.
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The Institute for Supply Management said its services index eased to 54.2 last month from 55.1 in September, shy of economists' forecasts for 54.5, according to a Reuters survey.
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The vast services sector has fared better than its manufacturing counterpart, which contracted during the summer. Still, this was the first time since June that the rate of growth in services firms has cooled.
While manufacturing has begun to grow again, the services sector is expected to remain stronger as it feels less of an impact from weaker exports.
Taken together, the two reports point to an economy that is growing at around a 2 percent pace, analysts said, maintaining the third quarter's rate of growth and reinforcing the view that the United States is holding on to a modest recovery.
"Moderate growth in the U.S. economy continues," said Joseph Trevisani, chief market strategist at Worldwide Markets in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
New export orders contracted to 47.5 from 50.5 against the backdrop of slower global growth and the euro zone's ongoing debt crisis.
Financial markets saw little reaction immediately following the data. Wall Street was little changed in late morning trading as investors were wary of taking aggressive bets the day ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
Services companies in other parts of the world also saw slower growth in October, separate reports showed on Monday. The pace of activity in China slipped, while Britain's sector grew at its slowest in almost two years. (Reporting by Leah Schnurr Additional reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by James Dalgleish)


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"Healing, birthing children, gathering and growing food, keeping communities in balance, presiding over ceremonies and rites passage, maintaining relations with the dead, teaching, ministering to those in need, communing with nature to learn her secrets, preserving the wisdom traditions, divining the future, and dancing with gods and goddesses–these are shamanic arts. And these are the arts of women. In a thoughtful way, Barbara Tedlock traces the true history of shamanism, a history in which women have always been an integral and creative part. The Woman in the Shaman's Body illuminates the oftentimes hidden, and sometimes openly suppressed, feminine spirit that is shamanism, that is healing, that is life." –Bonnie Horrigan
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"This book is a highly readable yet comprehensive and definitive study of the role of women in shamanism. It is without doubt the best book ever written about the female role in shamanism and perhaps the best book ever done on shamanism itself."–Timothy J. Knab, Ph.D.,
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"Scholars and lay readers alike are indebted to Barbara Tedlock for combining her personal and professional experience in this insightful, cross-cultural interpretation of shamanism."–Douglas Sharon, director, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley
"Barbara Tedlock is part of the present big struggle to drag anthropology out of the rationalist and anti-humanist black hole in which it has found itself. Barbara Tedlock started her career in anthropology with the "distant coolness of a scientific observer." But the K'iche' Maya among whom she worked responded by healing her in her illness. They thenceforth taught her to practice as a healer herself. This is the pattern in advanced anthropology today. Now Barbara Tedlock has written the definitive book on women's shamanism–its history, the way it is activated, and its particular roots in the woman's body and in her powers of creation and procreation. The book is simply written, full of real stories, real dreams, and real shaman journeys. It will be a treasure for all adventurous women."–Edith Turner, Editor-in-chief of Anthropology and Humanism , published by University of Virginia; author of Experiencing Ritual and The Hands Feel It
"This is a wonderful, insightful, and compelling introduction to Shamanism as "a healing practice and religious sensibility" performed by women from time immemorial to the present day. Barbara Tedlock is a working Shaman and proud descendant of Shamans native to North America. She is also an accomplished social scientist who understands the rules of empirical analysis that apply to the scholarly study of religion and ritual. With the clear, engaging prose of an expert observer and the personal experience of a spiritual practitioner, she weaves a story that is both autobiography and persuasive argument for the importance of women as Shaman world-wide and throughout history." —David A. Freidel, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University
Barbara Tedlock's study of female shamans offers rare gifts: luminous insight, exhaustive scholarly knowledge, and accessible language that pulses with quiet intensity. After Tedlock, no one will ever again be able to portray shamanism as a male enterprise."
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"If Joseph Campbell or Mircea Eliade had been feminists, this is a book they could wish they had written. This canon-busting romp across history and around the globe, from Paleolithic Europe to contemporary North America, insists on the centrality of women to the shamanic traditions that have until now been considered the province of men. Drawing on her training in the healing arts as a young child by her Ojibwa grandmother, her later professional training with Mayan shamans in Guatemala, and her more recent observations of shamanic rituals in Mongolia, Tedlock has created a formidable work: a meticulously researched yet delightfully absorbing compendium of women's shamanic skills across time and space."–Alma Gottlieb, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology at University of Illinois; co-editor of Blood Magic, and A World of Babies; President, Society for Humanistic Anthropology


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The Board of Public Works unanimously approved two policies Thursday night to enforce payment of unpaid bills. The policies lay out guidelines for shutting off the water for homes with outstanding balances and placing liens on those accounts.
"We have an extraordinarily higher level of receivables than most communities," said board member Gregory Rice.
Rice said other communities are much more stringent in enforcing payment than Pepperell has been.
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Although the policy was technically implemented at Thursday night's meeting, it will be gradually enforced, board members said.
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"It makes sense to go from the worst and cut back slowly over time rather than just taking everyone who's in violation right now," he said.
The lien policy, which was approved as codification of an already existing policy, calls for a lien to be placed on any property with a balance of more than $250 that is more than 180 days past due. Lien fees of $75 would also be charged for water and sewer accounts that are overdue.
Director Kenneth Kalinowski said the lien would only be enforced as a last resort. Notices will be mailed out over the coming weeks to inform those with outstanding balances of the new policy.
Kalinowski said the details of how to implement the policy haven't been finalized yet. But the new policy won't go into full effect until the fall, allowing residents time to prepare to pay the bills.
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It was a really proud moment for me when my son MJ (Mike Jr.) first told me he wanted to work in the skilled trades. And when he said he wanted to join my crew, I couldn't have been happier.
Unfortunately, this isn't always the reaction kids get from their parents when they tell them they want to work in the trades. Sometimes, their parents are disappointed. They think having a career in the trades is some kind of a failure. It's not usually encouraged in schools, or at home — but, thank goodness, this is starting to change.
When I first started down this road more than 30 years ago, one of my goals was to change the way people thought about the skilled trades. I wanted people to feel proud when they said they worked as welders, framers, plumbers, carpenters or electricians. I wanted them to be proud of the work they did and the skill they brought to their craft. And I'm beginning to see this more and more.
Why is having pride so important in the skilled trades? Because it pushes people to do better — and these are definitely industries that you want people to do their best in.
People who are proud of the work they do will put in the extra hours to learn a new technique. They'll talk to other colleagues about what works and what doesn't. They'll do whatever they need to do to make sure every job they do is the best they've done yet.
But when people downplay tradespeople's work, they're really just shooting themselves in the foot. Because all that does is make these people feel like the work they do isn't all that important. And if that's the case, what's pushing them to do a good job?
Remember, these are the people working on our homes and on our roads, manufacturing our cars, and building our schools, hospitals and office buildings. Making them feel like their work is second-class isn't smart. Would you want people who aren't proud of what they do working on your home? I know I wouldn't. I've seen what that does, and it's not good. If more contractors were proud of what they did, I wouldn't see at least half the problems I deal with.
Thank goodness, we're starting to give skilled workers their due respect, and our country is making huge strides toward this. We had better, because, if things keep going the way they're going, Canada will be short 1 million tradespeople by 2020. If you think things were bad now — and they are — you don't want to know what they'll be like if half our skilled tradespeople are missing.
When my daughter Sherry started working on my crew, it was especially important. Why? Because I knew she was helping change the face of skilled trades. We forget that women make up more than half of our population. They represent a huge resource to our country. In fact, if we don't encourage our women to enter the skilled trades, we're setting ourselves up for a huge disadvantage. By empowering Canadian women, we make our country stronger. Some of the hardest-working people I've worked with have been women.
How much is it worth to the economy to invest in women? In 2006, a study revealed it was worth between 15 and 23 billion pounds ($24-38 billion) to the U.K. economy to get more women in the workforce and reduce gender segregation. Now the U.K. is one of the Top 10 economies that isn't facing a shortage in skilled tradespeople.
Today, a job in the skilled trades means earning a salary above the national average. And in the next two decades, it's estimated that 40 per cent of new jobs will be in the skilled trades and technologies.
If you're thinking ahead, getting into the trades could really pay off. The work might be hard, but one thing it's not is boring. Look at me. I've been doing this for a really long time, and there hasn't been a boring day yet. Talk to anyone on my team, and he or she will tell you the same thing.
And it's satisfying. Being able to stand back and see what you've built, watch people enjoy what you've done, and see what a difference it makes to their lives, is really something. It truly is one of the main reasons I got into this in the first place.
Skilled tradespeople are the unsung heroes of our time. But their work supports most of our lives, and their skill can sometimes make the difference between life and death. Think about it: The work of a certified electrician, an accomplished carpenter, or a master plumber, will have a huge impact on your life and your family's. Get a bad one, and you'll quickly learn how important their work really is.
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The suspicious death of a woman poet and 3 young women journalists.!
Dear " Yakin Erturk , These sudden and questionable deaths , once again brought the nightmare of the tragic chain murderings of the writers, journalists , translators and political activists in Iran in 1998 to the sight.
An open letter to honourable mademe professor " Yakin Erturk " The special reporter of UN commission on human rights about " violence against women".
Honourable mademe professor " Yakin Erturk",
Mademe professor " Yakin Erturk" , We have recieved news that, you as a special reporter of the UN human rights commission on " violence against women " have been invited by the government of the Islamic Republic to travel to Iran from Jan. 30th /2005 to Feb.6 / 2005 . And your intention is to meet people in order to fact finding in Iran and to report it periodical to UN commission on human rights.I would take advantage of this opportunity and bring your attention to the suspicious deaths of a woman poet and three women journalists which did occure in recent months and in order to stop these kind of happenings, I would like to demand an inquiry and need your help in this regards.
Based on the monthly human rights report in Iran ( Jan. 20, 2005 ) : " Elnaz Derakhshan The reporter of " Eftekhar" newspaper , Shiva and Shahla Shekari the reporters of "Shargh" and "Eftekhar" newspapers have been suspiciousely killed in Tehran .*1
Police in its preliminary report announced the death based on gas inhilation and or food poisoning , But the coroners office with observation of redness on the skin and body , strongly believes that they might have been suffocated. The house that the 2 other reporters namely "Shiva" and " Shahla" Shekari were, belonged to " Elnaz Drakhshan " the reporter of " Eftekhar " newspaper.
Honourable mademe, The other suspicious and sudden death is of the contemporary poet "Nazanin Nezam Shahidi" who has died suspiciousely on the evening of ( Tuesday Jan. 18, 2005) , apparently due to the brain death.While one day before to this event , she was chosen as one of the referee to the ( Karnameh ) award ceremony for "todays poetry in Iran" , and she red the statement of the referees in the Niavaran cultural gathering hall .2*
Dear Mademe " Yakin Erturk", These sudden and questionable deaths, Once again brings the nightmare of the tragic chain murdering of the writers, journalists, translators and political advocates of Iran on the year 1998 .
In the chain murdering of the year 1998 ; " Ahmad Zalzadeh", " Ahmad Tafazoli" translator and reporter of the press in Iran , "Mohammad Mokhtari" and " Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh " writer and translator , " Parvaneh Eskandari " ( Frouhar ) " and " Dariush Frouhar " one of the leader of " Mellat Party of Iran " were killed in different ways in the hands of the Ministry of Informations agents.
Now ; Because of these suspicious deaths of journalists, Elnaz Derakhshan, Shiva Shekari, Shahla Shekari and the contemporary poet Nazanin Nezam Shahidi , The public openion inside and outside of Iran and also the human rights advocates and civil rights organizations in struggle against the " violation on women " are very worried.
At the end Ms. Mahbaz on behalf of her colleagues and herself demanded mademe Erturk when meeting officials to question and ask for investigation about these suspicious deaths.
The letter was signed by Effat Mahbaz , The journalist and human rights advocate.dated 28 Jan./2005
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President Obama caught more flak Thursday night for his recent Christmas shopping trip.
Both of NBC's late night hosts joked about his gift-buying errand, already much criticized by Republicans in Congress, to Best Buy to buy gifts for his daughters.
Jay Leno showed a doctored clip in which Obama's credit card is declined — and shows that it's $15 trillion over its limit.
Jimmy Fallon imagined the president asking the store's technical support gurus if they can fix economies.
And not about to let the GOP off the hook, either, Leno mentioned the tale of a man believed to be braindead who suddenly recovered hours before he was set to be taken off life support.
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Life does have a purpose
This is what Christian propaganda material tells us.
Among the many life forms that evolved on the earth, human beings have done rather well for themselves. We have truly acted as the vice-regents of the earth and utilized most of earth's resources for ourselves. The purpose of every common man is to seek as much happiness as he can find. This couldn't be said to be the purpose of our lives. A few of us do go beyond personal happiness and lead a relatively more purposeful life, but this is again purely in the interest of the humans only. Mahatma Gandhi, George Washington, Edison and Einstein are all important to us, not to the universe.
If a creator god has created us with a purpose, then our existence should be important to the universe. Leave aside the universe, are we relevant to at least the earth? How much difference would it make to earth if we were not existing here? Are we more important to the earth than the earthworms? The universe is full of wasted material and space. How much more relevant are we to the universe compared to the wasted material? Are we glorifying ourselves by saying that our life has a purpose?
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Is not the purpose of living things to reproduce themselves a purpose?
Michael OL. Since we are all expressing opinions about "purpose", which can be hard to nail down for many of us, your "purposeless" world view is valid as well. As a biologist and evolutionist I attribute purpose to all life and biological processes, whether known or not.
I wouln't spend too much time and energy looking for a purpose. Your purpose might be doing what you do every day. Simply being alive and doing what you like -- common things -- can be enough. Extraordinary accomplishments are usually a result of curiosity or incredible persistence -- obsession, really. The purpose driven quest for a cancer cure has been going on for decades, to no great results. But a retired person studying an obscure alga in The Crimea might come upon something which sparks the interest of another which leads to something significant.
Searching for a purpose is frustrating and usually fruitless. If I fail with my art I will at least have enjoyed myself. And of course I may join the company of other failures, like van Gogh. hahahahaha
I have lived with more than a dozen cats (2 or 3 at a time), have lived with the man I still love for 36 years, have taken a little care of elderly people, have taught hundreds of people, have watered thousands of plants, have cleaned my apartment over and over, have read thousands of books, have done some suicide watch, have connected to people and said good bye, have cooked meals 40 years long, and I could make this list much longer. But you get the idea: for some I'm an elderly woman who is busy with trivia all day long, or you might think I'm a useful part of society - perhaps I am. To me, there's purpose in what I do. I think it's good for people to be part of a network in which care, understanding and joy play a big part, so I work at it. There might or might not be a bigger purpose, but if there is, it's too big for me to do anything useful with.
Chris, that was beautifully said.
Chris, we love you for this---it is all positives.
On a smaller scale, we humans must find purpose for our lives. It's up to the individual to define their life, whether it's parenting, on the job, helping others, etc.
Life cycle(an evolutionary cycle) is so purposeful in itself that we don't need to seach for individual purposes as being part of it.
Still if one persists to have a purpose as an individual, being happy yourself, helping others to be happy(all forms of life), you serve the purpose of the cycle.
In terms of purpose to the universe or even this planet? None. We can't destroy this planet. The life on it, yes, but this hunk of rock we call earth will continue it's path around the sun with or without us (or any other life form). Unless you take some kind of new age religious outlook, that our planet is alive and can feel, no life really matters to it. I honestly don't think earth is "happier or sadder" than say Mercury or Jupiter. And neither is the rest of the universe.
Concur. The topic seems to have been addressing human purpose.
The way I see it, the quest for human purpose can be approached from several directions.
If we're honest and look for universal purpose, we find that there is none. That is, what is the purpose of a human to the universe? Taken from an objective perspective completely removed from life, humanity, this planet and everything else, what purpose does a human have? The only honest answer is, none. Faced with that many become depressed, some find it liberating in that they're now free to choose their own purpose. I tend to prefer the latter simply because the former isn't any fun.
Then there's the evolutionary perspective. Some would say that the purpose is survival, some would say reproduction, but I actually disagree. The reason is simple, most things don't know that they're reproducing, most aren't self aware enough to understand that the object of the desire to survive is themselves. On some level, however, there is an awareness of certain traits and a drive to perpetuate said traits. From where I'm sitting, it's like a much more complex version of self-replicating proteins. But that seems so shallow... until you realize that "trait" is a hugely open ended term and "acting to perpetuate one's traits" could describe pretty much anything that any living thing does. But even then, because it is so broad, it lacks the potency and specificity to really inspire human beings. Heck, this isn't even specific enough for a member of any species. Then when you consider that this is an iterative feedback loop, you can see that to some degree the purpose of one generation is influenced by the previous. That is, the specific traits which are pursued are influenced by the selection criteria of the group doing the selection. So then we have hierarchies of purpose which stretch backwards through our ancestors as well as sideways through our societies and ecosystems. My purpose to the government might be to pay taxes. My purpose to my parents might be to care for them when they're old and feeble. My purpose to my dog might be to feed him and play fetch. They list of imposed purpose could go on nearly endlessly. And that might be enough if we weren't so self aware and so conscious of ourselves and our actions. It might be argued that many animals are effectively on autopilot, while we must consciously take the controls. That being the case, no external imposed purpose can really move us unless we internalize that purpose and make it our own... and once again, we're forced to decide our own purpose in life.
Then we get to the side which we Atheists don't normally think about, god-given purpose. That is, if god(s) exist, and they created us, then did they do so with a purpose in mind? How would we figure out what that purpose is, given the silence of the gods? The way I see it, we should be able to figure it out through similar methods to archaeology. We can look at ancient tools and see evidence of how they were used. We can then determine from that the purpose for which they were created. This is how we know that some hand axes were indeed created to cut while others were mainly to illustrate the skill of the person who made it. Similarly, if we were shaped by the hand of a creator, we should be able to see what it is that we do and determine the purpose for which we were created. I've had this conversation with theists before and have yet to have them disagree with me on this one. In this particular scenario, we're still left with having to find our purpose. We're not so much choosing it, as we are uncovering it. The fun part is that so long as you're not scientifically illiterate, this circles back around the evolutionary purpose. That is, once you admit that have evolved, and this is the way we got to where we are, then we still must admit that we would not only have a purpose imposed on us by god(s) but also everything else and that we must find our own purpose amongst all of that. It's not such an easy discussion if the person you're talking to doesn't believe in evolution... but we can still appeal to the specifics of humanity even if we can't appeal to the broad purpose of life... and we're still right back where we keep ending up.
The purpose of our life is the purpose we give it.
Homo sapiens do not have a purpose or a plan for our lives. We evolved as part of the natural processes of life, living things. If an individual dies, the Earth will not change If a species goes extinct, the Earth does not change. If all living things go extinct, the Earth has already changed, but continues on its journey around the Sun and Milky Way and Universe, looking more like Mars, perhaps, or whatever the elements produce. The Earth, the Sun, the Milky Way, the Universe do not care if all living forms on Earth go extinct. They will do nothing to make Earth more habitable if humans destroy the possibility of living things to survive.
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If I made a list of my favorite FF heroes and heroines, I think both lists would consist entirely of characters from FFVI and FFXII (and I've played all the games in the numbered series, minus XI).As for the 25th Anniversary PSN sale, I am considering getting V and VI. I recall hearing that VI is a port of the PSX version of the game, which I heard was terrible. I already own the SNES cart, so that purchase would be fluff. I haven't heard anything about the port of V and whether or not it is decent or not. I sort of feel like I should buy it out of principal, since I played it on that which shall not be named over a decade ago. Not to mention I've never beaten it, and I've beaten just about all the other numbered FFs.
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It's time to promote self-restraint. And critical thinking. And research skills.
It's time to be OK with gently correcting even the adults in your life.
Why this call to action? Because I firmly believe that until we can promote the idea that ALL of us, regardless of age, are responsible for conducting ourselves wisely online, convincing our young people to be responsible digital citizens will be an uphill, frustrating, and in the long run a losing battle.
An area where I believe we can easily make an impact is in the area of promoting the truth. Stated another way, let's resolve to
- Not pass along information without doing some quick fact checking.
- If you don't have time to fact check, just don't pass the info along.
- Let people know when they are sharing incorrect information and ask them to delete and post a correction.
- In the process, teach others how to do their own quick fact checking.
An Example of How to Promote Truth
Following through on a resolution to promote truth is not all that difficult. Here is a scenario which played out for me earlier this fall:
- A friend posted an address on Facebook where people could send cards to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington D.C.
- Thinking it was a good idea, but wanting to be sure it would truly work, I went to my favorite rumor checking website, snopes.com, and searched for Walter Reed cards for soldiers and quickly found that the address shared by my friend would not work.
- I then posted a comment on my friend's Facebook post, sharing that the information was inaccurate and that Snopes is a good place to check on these types of things before sharing. Then, I gently suggested she might want to take it down and let the person who shared it with her know as well. (She did take it down!)
That's how easy it was. Instead of clicking Share without thought, I took about five extra minutes to confirm that what was being said was true. Hopefully, anyone else who saw this play out will hesitate the next time they are about to share information and take a moment to check.
Develop Your Suspicion Muscle
One thing we all need to do is become more suspicious of the things we read online, especially the ones that are "feel good" (like sending Christmas cards to soldiers) or "cries for help" (like missing children alerts). Often these tales started out true. Many missing children posts began as truth. A lost stuffed animal's journey began as truth, but I continue to see the picture of the "missing" lion popping up on Facebook, even though the story has already had its happy ending.
Here are some of the types of posts that almost immediately make me pause and verify before sharing:
- Reports of the death of anyone famous
- Requests to help find missing people
- Photographs circulating during and after disasters (Just look at all the pics supposedly related to Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy. Anyone ever heard of Photoshop?)
- Any report of a scandal
- Stories/photographs that support a specific political point of view. (Even the views I agree with. Especially those! Why would I want to damage a cause I believe in by spreading falsehoods?)
It is hard to categorize everything that gives me pause, which nowadays is almost anything. But whenever I experience a mental "Hmmm..." alert after seeing something online, especially when social media is the first place I see it, I
- Head to Google where I specifically look for news references if it is a current event topic. And I try to find verification on two or more sites.
- And/Or I go to snopes.com if it seems to be something that might have been around for a while.
Whether I verify the information or not, if I choose to correct or reshare, I always include a link to a reliable source with the information. Again, hoping to model appropriate sharing for my online connections.
I Hate to Say it, but We Need to Trust Less
In the digital age, it is too easy to spread inaccurate information. Many of us who remember getting information pre-Internet have not made the mental transition from the days of print media and the days when news came to us only through networks on television. We trusted that what we read and heard from journalists had been verified. Frankly, many people, regardless of their age, are just gullible, assuming if it's online, it's true.
Today, anyone is capable of being a "journalist," of sharing the latest "news." People with zero journalistic training from your high school friend on Facebook to a social media specialist hired by a news or pseudo-news organization. Some of those specialists prioritize getting visits to their site and shares of their information far above sharing accurately. So it benefits us and those in our circles if we treat the information we encounter with healthy suspicion, and verify before we share.
Who's With Me?
As I write this, one year is ending and another is beginning. But no matter when you are reading it, I hope you will join me in a resolution to promote truth.
I would love it if you would share in the comments below your thoughts on this topic, ways you verify information which finds you online, or information you shared a correction on because you found it to be false. It will be encouraging to know we have partners in the truth crusade! :-)
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This device is plug and play. It does not use any drivers, and does not require any setup tasks other than plugging in the source (for example, a computer) and the destination (for example, a monitor).
- If using a display with VGA input, use the On-Screen Display menu to perform an auto-adjust of the image.
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The error "Out of Range" normally means that the resolution being output by the computer is not compatible with the display. Try lowering the resolution to see if that helps resolve the issue. You may need to connect another monitor or restart the computer or source to accomplish this.
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