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See this same timeline from a different viewpoint.
Events shown on this timeline:
- The Plan of Salvation
- Lucifer Created
- The Origin of Sin
- Creation of Earth
- First Sin on Earth
- Noah's Flood
- Jesus' First Coming
- Judgement of All People
- The Second Coming of Jesus
- Righteous Dead Raised to Life
- All Wicked Killed
- 1,000 Years of Peace
- Bottomless Pit
- Holy City Descends to Earth
- All Wicked are Raised to Life
- Sentencing of Every Person
- Lake of Fire
- Eternity Without Sin Begins
What's the Bible all about?
The Bible sums up the Gospel in John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." God is love and everything that He has done, is doing, or will do stems from this love.
"The history of the great conflict between good and evil, from the time it first began in heaven to the final overthrow of rebellion and the total eradication of sin, is...a demonstration of God's unchanging love." Patriarchs and Prophets, page 33
In other words, the "Gospel" is the whole story of God's efforts to save us from sin and to rid the entire universe of sin. It's the story of how much God loves us. The heart of this story is about what Jesus did for us 2,000 years ago on the Cross of Calvery. It certainly does not stop there though, it includes what He is still doing for us today, and it goes on to tell us of what His plans are for our future happiness.
This story actually began long before Jesus was born here on earth, because Jesus was not created. He is the Creator of all created things. He is God. (John 1:1-18) In short, Jesus created the Earth as a totally sin-free place that was full of peace and joy, but sin came and all that peace and joy left. Jesus then left His peace-filled home to rescue us from the results of sin. He came and died the death we deserved to die so that we could live. He came to return the Earth to it's original sin-free joy, and to return to us the gift that sin had taken away, the gift of peace and everlasting life. The details are amazing! Below is a summary of those.
View the What is the Gospel? video (about 4 minutes long).
Summary of Bible events on a Timeline (The Gospel):
God's Plan of Redemption
The first event in the story, or Gospel, of Jesus was the Plan of Redemption. The Bible says that the Plan of Redemption was made before the "foundation of the world" Rev. 13:8. It was a plan that would be used to rid the whole universe of sin, and to save any who would completely trust God. "From the beginning, God and Christ knew of the apostasy of Satan, and of the fall of man through the deceptive power of the apostate. God did not ordain that sin should exist, but He foresaw its existence, and made provision to meet the terrible emergency. So great was His love for the world, that He covenanted to give His only-begotten Son, "that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16." The Desire of Ages, page 22 (For further study, read The Plan of Redemption.)
Lucifer Created
Lucifer, the one who would become Satan, was created by Jesus to be the highest ranking angel in Heaven. He was created perfect, with no tendency to sin, yet with the ability to freely choose to serve God or not to serve Him. (For further study, read The Origin of Evil. Also, see Ezekiel 28:12-15 and Angels.)
The Origin of Sin
The next event cannot be explained. There is no reason that it happened. Lucifer sinned. (Ezekiel 28:13-19) If there could be found a reason, it would cease to be sin. The highest ranking angel in Heaven began to covet the honor that was given to God's Son, Jesus. Lucifer accused God of being unfair, of limiting the freedom of all created beings by requiring them to abide by a set of rules (God's Laws). He claimed that no one could keep God's rules, that even God Himself couldn't keep them, and that no one needed rules anyway. He claimed that if given the chance to prove that his plan was better, he would. (For further study, read Why was Sin Permitted?)
God takes no pleasure in a forced obedience. If He had done away with Lucifer right away, many would have served God from fear. The only way to erase sin from the universe was to let the results of sin, the results of breaking God's Law, be demonstrated. (This is why a loving God must allow suffering and death today. We are a part of this demonstration.)
Creation of Earth
About 6,000 years ago God created the inhabitants of the Earth. (See the Creation Timeline for details.)
First Sin on Earth
Lucifer wanted to be in charge of all of the "stars of God", to be "like God" (Isaiah 14:12-14), but of all the worlds that God had created in the whole universe, Lucifer could only win control of the newly created earth. He deceived Eve (Genesis 3:1-24 & The First Great Deception) and because Adam sinned also, Lucifer gained control of all people. Sometime after that, he and all of his followers were forced out of Heaven (The Bible says that there was war in Heaven - Rev. 12:7-9) and he was bound to this earth. He had wanted a chance to prove that his plan was better and so God is allowing him that opportunity right now, right here on earth. (To view this same information in another way, see The "Theater" of Our Universe Timeline. This timeline also shows in more detail why there is so much suffering today.)
"Noah's" Flood
In the next 2,000 years man became so wicked that God sent a worldwide flood. This kept man from living such a long, cruel life, and it also protected many unborn people from having to deal with all this cruelty. (See Genesis 6-8 and the Noah and the Flood Timeline.)
Jesus' 1st Coming
About 2,000 years after the Flood, and about 4,000 years after Creation, God became a man. (See the Life of Jesus Timeline, the Ministry of Jesus Timeline and the Passion Week Timeline for more details.) To fully understand why God (the Son - Jesus) would want to become a man is to fully understand the Gospel, but the love that God has for the whole universe and even for humans is beyond our ability to completely understand. Yet, we need to try to understand this awesome story, so here are a few of the reasons we know of as to why Jesus became a man:
1) Satan had claimed that the Law of God was not good, that even God could not keep it. Jesus came to prove that it could be kept, and that it was not only good, but perfect.
2) Satan had so misrepresented God that Jesus wanted to show us (and the angels) what God was really like.
3) If left unchecked, Satan and sin would destroy the earth, and us. Jesus came and died so that we could live, and because of His death, He has a "legal" right to save all who believe (all who trust) in Him.
Today, because of what Jesus did, the whole universe knows that God really does love us and that the Devil was lying. Satan has proven how much he hates God when he killed His Son, Jesus, on the cross. (See "A Parable of Jesus" & Example of Job.) Satan, has also proven to the universe that his way is not better. In fact, he has proven that ANY deviation from God's Law (also known as "breaking the Ten Commandments" or "sin") would not only destroy the earth, but the whole universe. Still, God is giving him even more time to unwittingly demonstrate just how bad things would get if all were under his control.
Judgment of ALL people *
After Jesus rose from the dead He returned to Heaven and according to the prophecy found in Daniel 8 & 9 has already started the judgment of all humans (both the dead and the living).
* Please note that this is the point in the above timeline where we are right now. According to Revelation 22:11 there will come a time when those that have been made righteous in the Blood of the Lamb will remain righteous, and those who are wicked will remain wicked.
Jesus' 2nd Coming
After some of the devastating effects of sin are shown, Jesus will return to rescue His people from this earth and take them to live with Him for 1,000 years. This will include those people spoken about in the next section. (See the Second Coming Timeline for more information.)
Righteous Dead Raised to Life
When Jesus returns to rescue His people, all those who have died trusting in Christ will be resurrected (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17). The Bible calls this the "1st resurrection", those who are resurrected here will not have a part in the "2nd death" noted below.
For more information on this period of time, including the "1st resurrection" and the "2nd death", see the Death & Hell Timeline. There is a common misunderstanding that there will only be 144,000 people saved when Jesus comes again, but actually the Bible's book of Revelation not only speaks of the 144,000 (Rev. 7:4) but goes on to say, "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;" (Rev. 7:9) In other words, the Bible says that there will be many more than 144,000 who will be saved. (For further study read: Hope for the Heathen)
Wicked Killed
When Jesus returns, not only will He save those who have trusted in Him, but He will also "destroy with the brightness of His coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:8-10) all those who follow after Satan and "love not the truth". (Notice that Satan, himself, is not killed. See the "Bottomless Pit" section below.)
1,000 Years of Peace
For 1,000 years, the righteous will review what the results of sin have been (much like a jury does today). They will open the records in Heaven, records of every thought, every deed that has ever been done. They will see for themselves that God is just and fair in what He has done, is doing and is about to do. (See Revelation 20:2-6)
Bottomless Pit
During this 1,000 years, Satan and the other fallen angels are the only ones alive on this earth. The righteous are all in Heaven with Jesus who has just rescued them and the wicked are all dead, destroyed by Jesus' return. The earth is in total ruins because of what Satan and sin have done. This is the "Bottomless Pit" spoken of in Revelation 20:1-3. and can be understood as a "bottomless pit" because Satan has no where to go and no one to tempt to sin. His whole focus has been to hurt God, but now he can do nothing except think. Satan will realize that there is no hope for him now, that he has had his chance for forgiveness, but turned it down. Satan is in a cold, dark "solitary confinement", but Jeremiah, the prophet, says that God isn't done with the wicked and has not made a "full end" yet. (See Jeremiah 4:23-27 and also The "Theater" of Our Universe Timeline.)
Holy City Descends
At the end of the 1,000 years, after the Judgment in Heaven is over, the Holy City, the righteous, and Jesus return to the earth. (See Revelation 21:2, and Revelation 20:9)
Wicked Raised
The wicked are all resurrected and surround the Holy City and God's people (Revelation 20:5-9).
It is interesting to note that at this point in time everyone who has ever lived on this earth will all be alive at the same time. The wicked are all outside the Holy City while the righteous are all inside the City with Jesus.
God's judgment is passed on all humans (Revelation 20:11-15), some to eternal life and some to an eternity without life. Either you will live forever, or you will not live forever Ezekiel 13:22. There is no such thing as an in-between. (For further study, see the Death & Hell Timeline.)
Lake of Fire
The Bible tells us that God will destroy not only sinners, Satan, and sin, but even death will be destroyed in what the Bible calls "the Lake of Fire" (Today we call this "Lake of Fire" either "Hell Fire" or just "Hell". Again, see the Death & Hell Timeline for more related information.). "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Revelation 21:4
Eternity Without Sin Begins
Once sin is forever gone, God will recreate the earth and will make all things new, and through all of Eternity the righteous will attempt to understand the love that God has for them. He wants them to be happy, He has always wanted them to be happy, and now they will be happy, forever. There will be so much to enjoy that the "former things" will not be remembered. (Isaiah 65:17 and Revelation 21:1-4)
What will those who have completely trusted in Jesus do for ALL eternity? Will we just "sit on a cloud and play a harp" as some would lead us to believe?
Here is what the Bible says:
"And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree [are] the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust [shall be] the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD." Isaiah 65: 21-25
"And so shall we ever be with the Lord"
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Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
The School of Business (SB) goal is to produce leaders in business who glorify God's Kingdom, as a part of the overall mission of GCU. We teach business techniques and, at the same time, we teach how business can be used to glorify God. BABUS courses offered at Georgia Central University (GCU) are designed for prospective students in need of gaining a mix of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills that will enable them to work as professional business managers upon graduation. As a business major, a student is likely to be eligible for employment as a professional manager in a variety of profit-oriented and non-profit business entities; from small, local enterprises to large multinational or international corporations. Graduates may perform executive decisions for their own businesses, or fill positions ranging from first-line management through to senior executive level, and they will be equipped to effectively plan, organize, lead and control an organization's resources so that it is better able to achieve its objectives.
Graduates of the Bachelor's Program in Business Administration understand and are familiar with
the relevant economic and financial issues of the current market system and forecast future markets logically
techniques to maximize the potential of electronic communications and the internet in business, inside and outside of corporate organizations
the concepts in marketing a corporate product, including price, location, productivity, efficiency, value-added and time management
the importance of both human and material resources and the required skills for resource management
review procedures for justifying corporate decisions
proposal presentation
corporate organization and structure
corporate business plans and corporate culture
legal requirements and protections governing intellectual property
regulations governing environmental protection and employee rights
Components and Requirements:
Admission Policies
Students wishing to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration degree, and who have completed the required courses in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may apply to the School of Business at GCU as a junior. Students who enter as a freshman must complete the required general education and business preparation courses by the end of the sophomore year.
GCU prefers students have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 for admission. Applicants must submit completed application forms. Applicants who are not currently GCU students must submit official transcripts from all previous colleges and universities attended to the Office of Admissions to be eligible for admission.
Transferring Students
Transferring students may find it to their advantage to enroll at GCU in their sophomore year or at least during the summer session prior to their junior year. Otherwise, some students may need more than two years to complete the degree.
Students who intend to transfer to GCU and enter the School of Business should consult with an advisor to select first- and second-year courses that will ensure progress toward the degree. Academic advisement is available Monday through Friday, though advance appointments for consultation are strongly recommended.
General Curricular Requirements
GCU's curriculum for the School of Business combines carefully-constructed and outstanding business courses, chapel, and elective courses to provide students with a strong foundation in critical thinking and reasoning.
During the first and second years, the primary academic emphasis is on General Education, Core courses and the Institutional Requirement (IR). Focus shifts to business courses in the junior and senior years. Students must complete more than 126 credits plus IR, comprised of 45 general education credits, 45 business core course credits, 36 elective course credits. Note that WS305 Institutional Requirement (chapel) is required of all students, every semester through graduation.
Students not completing these requirements within five years of matriculation must reapply for admission under the requirements in place at the time of readmission.
The curriculum is available in the catalog on page 105, you can download it here

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Record breaking earthquake in Oklahoma caused massive bird flight.
Modern samurai slices things with his sword. Including a bb 4:40 minutes into the video.
Rubberneckering may have caused a huge accident on the M5 in England.
Which one of these arrested prostitutes offered sex for beer?
Documentary about the 1960's monkey head transplant experiments.
Excellent Washington Post column reminds us how the financial crisis happened.
There are two kinds of Occupy protesters in this world.
1981 termination documentary: After The Axe.
On this day in 1975, Sex Pistols played their first show. According to attending journalist Nick Kent, their set consisted of playing The Stooges' No Fun over and over.
It's always fun to watch the Sex Pistols nearly get killed playing No Fun in Texas!


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Joseph Ermenc, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, died December 31, 2005 in Hanover. He taught at Thayer School from 1942 until 1978. In 1964 he taught the first classes on the history and philosophy of science and technology. He served as atomic energy consultant to the New Hampshire state legislature from 1957 to 1962. As chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' National History and Heritage Committee, he helped establish several dozen national historic engineering landmarks. His wife, Mary, predeceased him by five days. He is survived by three children and two grandchildren.
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text: Dear Colleagues, The 'RFC Editor' is the term used for the group of functions responsible for the publication of the RFC series. The Internet Architecture Board is responsible for oversight over the RFC Editor. The IAB has been, in cooperation with the community and under guidance of a transitional RFC Series Editor leading an effort to evolve the structure of the RFC Editor as documented in RFC5620. The result of that effort is a clearer description of the role and responsibilities of the RFC Series Editor and a description on how the IAB's oversight is organized. The consensus is documented in draft-kolkman-rse-2011[*] and calls for a committee of the IAB which implements that oversight for the IAB. That committee is the RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC, see details below) and the IAB is currently seeking candidates to appoint in that committee. First task of the committee will be to assist the IAB in the hiring of a RFC Series Editor. The IAB is looking towards the RFC-Interest list to provide one or more nominations. Candidates should be willing and able to spend about 1-2 days per week in the period shortly after their appointment and most probably less than half a day per week on the long term. The IAB will make appointments taking into account the requirements from section 3.1 of raft-kolkman-rse-2011, terms are expected to be between a half a year to a few years, so that a reasonable turn of membership can be established. Based on the skills and profiles of the members in the candidate pool the IAB will decide how many members to appoint to the committee. Please provide your nominations with motivation to iab at iab.org before March 7 Appointment is expected to take place before the prague IETF. While nominations will not be announced the fact that somebody was nominated will not be treated as confidential. CVs, personal motivations, etc will be kept within the IAB. For the IAB, --Olaf Kolkman Chair. [*] currently version 03. draft-kolkman-rse-2011 will form the basis for RFC5620bis, a Statement of work for the RFC Series Editor, and a call for candidates 3. RSE oversight The IAB is responsible for oversight over the RFC Series. In order to provide continuity over periods longer than the nomcom appointment cycle and assure that oversight is informed through subject matter experts the IAB will establish a group that implements oversight for the IAB, the RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC). The RSOC will act with authority delegated from the IAB: In general it will be the RSOC that will approve consensus policy and vision documents as developed by the RSE in collaboration with the community. In those general cases the IAB is ultimately responsible for oversight and acts as a body for appeal and resolution. For all aspects that affect the RSE itself (e.g. hiring and firing) the RSOC prepares recommendations for the IAB but final decision is the responsibility of the IAB. For instance the RSOC would: o perform annual reviews of the RSE and reports to the IAB. o manage RSE candidate selection and advises the IAB on candidate appointment (in other words select the RSE, subject to IAB approval) It is expected that such oversight by the IAB is a matter of due diligence and that the reports and recommendations from the RSOC are approached as if they are binding. RSOC as a body should abstain from direct participation in policy- making or formation of policy-making committees, which would conflict with RSOC's oversight role. If individual members of RSOC participate in policy-making, they should be aware of possible conflict with their RSOC role and should be prepared to recuse themselves from subsequent RSOC decisions if appropriate. There is one aspect in which the RSOC will work with the IASA: the renumeration of the RSE itself. The RSOC will propose a budget for approval to the IASA. The RSOC will be responsible to ensure that the RFC Series is run in a transparent and accountable manner. The RSOC shall develop and publish its own rules of order. 3.1. RSOC composition The RSOC will operate as a Program of the IAB, with the IAB retaining final responsibility. The IAB will delegate authority and responsibility to the RSOC as appropriate and as RSOC and RSE relationships evolve. Like other IAB Programs, the RSOC will include people who are not current IAB members. The IAB will designate the membership of the RSOC with the goals of preserving effective stability, keeping it small enough to be effective, but large enough to provide general Internet Community expertise, specific IETF expertise, Publication expertise, and stream expertise. Members serve at the pleasure of the IAB and are expected to bring a balance between short and long term perspective. Specific input about, and recommendations of, members will be sought from the streams, the IASA, and the RSE. 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It has been almost 2 years since my last post and obviously this is not good communication on my part.
Yet here I am ready to serve! Truly, I am up to something that will really make a difference in the lives of women who have struggled with hardship.
Briefly, I'm in the early phase of putting together an exquisitely beautiful venue designed to serve and inspire.
Please read about it here: Bohemian Romance
In order to bring this about there is much required. I'm making a huge request of you; after looking at the website, please return here and give me your thoughts and suggestions. I'm open to hearing the creative ideas you may want to contribute to this extraordinary vision I'm inventing.
I've challenged myself to generate $30k in 30 days in order to build momentum with this project. How will I do this? My goal is to sell 1000 art prints in 30 days.
As an incentive I'm offering a "buy one get one free" sale on my 11x17 art prints from now until the end of April. Additionally, anyone making a purchase during this period will automatically be entered in a drawing where the winner will receive a free original painting* from my Etsy Store
The drawing will be held on April 30th, 2014.
If I succeed in selling 1/2 of the goal amount, $15k, there will be 2 names drawn.
If I make my goal of $30k there will be 3 names drawn. That is 3 original paintings* to give away!
For more chances to win, please post this on your blog or your facebook page and your name will be entered 2 times!
Be inspired :)
Thank you for your continued support!
Please accept this free download of my 2014 Calendar....(if it's too small to print, let me know and I'll email you a bigger file)
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Be Inspired!
It has been almost 2 years since my last post and obviously this is not good communication on my part.
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M.E Purfield was raised in the Jersey 'burbs. At 18 he moved to Jersey City to attend The School of Visual Arts film program in NYC. He has never returned to the 'burbs. Since then he's done some script work for low low low budget films and even directed a few shorts.
Before publishing novels, he has toiled around with many short stories in many genres at many venues until he decided his strengths lie with Young Adult fiction. He wrote three contemporary novels jesus freakz + buddha punx, Breaking Fellini, and Delicate Cutters (due out in 2012). Now he focuses on Noir Fantasy, a genre that brings together hardboiled prose, anti heroes, crime, and dark fantasy.
When not practicing the art of Potty Mouth, he spends his time raising his son, being married, watching horror films, and listening to punk music.


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A team of astronomers has detected the "death cry" of a star being devoured by a supermassive black hole. The black hole had been sitting quietly — almost lying in wait, as it were — until its gravity reached out and shredded a passing star, pulling the star into its death grip and causing it to emit a characteristic signal. "You can think of it as hearing the star scream as it gets devoured, if you like," said astronomer Jon Miller of the University of Michigan, lead author of a report appearing in Science Express.
The black hole, identified as Swift J1644+57, lies 3.9 billion light-years away in the constellation Draco. That name arises from its discovery on March 28, 2011, by NASA's Swift satellite, which searches the universe for gamma-ray bursts. At first, astronomers thought the signal was a common gamma-ray burst, but the gradual fade-out of the signal matched nothing that had ever been seen before from such a source. Closer observation of the object with the orbiting Suzaku and XMM-Newton X-ray telescopes ultimately revealed a faint, periodic signal that, Miller said, corresponds in frequency to an ultra-low D-sharp.
Such signals have been detected from smaller black holes and they are thought to emanate from material that is about to be sucked in, said co-author Rubens Reis of the University of Michigan. But a similar signal had previously been detected only once from a supermassive black hole — one with a mass more than a million times that of the sun — in a galaxy just576 million light-years away.
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It's been 13 years since Michael J. Fox left "Spin City," not long after revealing his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease to fans. But as he returns Thursday in "The Michael J. Fox Show," playing a sitcom dad nearly 31 years to the day after the debut of "Family Ties," he's in the right place for the latest act in his TV career.
Coming full circle has proven a circuitous trip for Fox, whose new show offers a welcome homecoming and a sign of the ties that bind us to the resilient actor.
"The Michael J. Fox Show," part of NBC's Thursday night lineup just as "Family Ties" was in the mid-1980s, arrives during a season that will test the, well, back-to-the-future approach to programming. Robin Williams, who riffed his way to stardom 35 years ago in "Mork & Mindy," also returns Thursday as a sitcom dad, pairing with adult daughter in CBS' "The Crazy Ones." Next week, NBC reboots "Ironside," which broke new ground in 1967 by presenting a lead character who used his smarts to overcome physical limitations.
It will take more than nostalgia, of course, to reap success for "The Michael J. Fox Show," in which the 52-year-old actor plays a retired TV newsman who goes back to work, much to the relief of his family.
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Fans are rooting for the actor, not just because of his public fight to end Parkinson's – the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has funded $350 million in research – but also because of the likability and relatability that first made him a star on small and big screens. As we await Fox's newest plunge into the future, check out a preview of "The Michael J. Fox" show below:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Last week I started a mostly regular Saturday feature whereby I do My Thing for you guys here at WoM. No,that's not putting on a light display shooting lazers from my eyes. Embarrassingly I've generally switched raiding mains as it is and am considering switching again (shh, don't tell Matt), so lazers are much removed at present. But what I do do is gather the best posts from around the WoW blogosphere and deliver them straight to my readers at my website, MMO Melting Pot. And that's what I'm doing on a Saturday: rounding up the best posts I've read during the week, with a focus on the posts about healing, leading or raiding so that they're just the right cup of tea for WoM readers.
Things have been a little quieter in the blogosphere this week, particularly on the healer-chatter side of things. Y'see, the end of October hails, well, November. Many bloggers are focusing on preparing themselves – or their guilds – for Cataclysm. Some are blogging less because they're focusing on the now traditional (inter)National Month of Novel Writing (NaNoWriMo). Some, well… what can I say. It's Halloween. We'll just have to send search parties out if they don't come back after midnight tomorrow.
But all of that doesn't mean there's nothing going on in the blogosphere at all. Tumbleweed hasn't come to town by any means. Some people may be battening down the hatches against the coming storm but a lot of them are still writing. Heck, some of them are even creating a whole new website. What do I mean? Let's take a look at that – and more – as it's all fairly exciting.
- Brangwen: new site for MMO leaders – great news everyone! Brangwen of Non-Elitist Raiding Diary revealed that she and several others from all corners of the blogosphere have started up MMO Leader: a home on the internet for MMO leaders. If you're in any kind of leadership role – officer, guild master, raid leader, class leader, you're welcome to go on over there and join in their forums as much as you want to. They also have articles for your leadery-perusal. And yes, you can give writing your own articles for the front page a go, too. It's fantastic that us leaders finally have a place to rally in.
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Beta Healing – Vixsin at Life in Group 5 says that healing is going to change in Cataclysm: it's not going to be anything like what we're used to. She says we're going to have to adapt, and gives 7 points of what's going to change for us. That sounds like a taster, mind – from what she says, everything's changing. But there is hope. Vix rounds off the post with an excellent call to healer-arms (granted that's more likely to be sparkles of light) and reminds us that we can do this – it's why we're healers.
- Beruthiel: How To Prepare Your Guild For Cataclysm – any expansion's a shaky time for a guild, and Cataclysm even more so with its guild talents. So Beru's survival guild is essential advice for any guild. Her guide is lean and gives you exactly what you need to know to get your guild rolling for Cata, from tips on what to say to members to when to do it, and how to keep morale up. If you're a guild leader, you'll likely get some ideas from her. if you're a member of a sleepy guild, maybe wave it at your officers – you might inspire them to get moving!
- A Priest's Guide to Chakra Healing – this is for holy priests out there, fresh off the press from Derevka at Tales of a Priest. He's going through the chakra mechanic, explaining its two different states and what you'll be using them for. He also looks at how to change chakra states and gives helpful tips about how to track which spells you have available to you, when. A learning curve? Yes, Derevka says, but one that allows holy priesties huge flexibility.
- Fresh Brew: Addons That Help You Inspect People, Run Guild Raffles And Set Fire To Things – our addon roundup this week might well be useful to you. There are a couple of guild related ones in it, such as one that allows guild officers to use the new in game flares more easily and another that'll let you set up guild raffles for fun and giggles.
That be it for this week. I hope this lot keeps you entertained over your morning coffee. Or your evening meal, or brunch, wherever you happen to be. 'Til next week – have fun, and don't let the midnight horrors bite!
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
It's Those Campbells!
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Generational Curses, and Bear Lake
When I was visiting Bear Lake in Colorado, I was texting a family member. We started discussing family curses. It made me start thinking, and I came up with a few significant ones.
Weak self control seems to run in my family. The women can't think for themselves, and the men can't display any level of integrity. That's a problem. Almost all the women in my family were/are involved with dangerous men. It's heartbreaking. I was talking with my friend Gloria today. It seems to us that there are two types of women. The first would be the ones who desperately need an organized belief system or they get hopelessly lost. Those people keep going back to abusers, try out new religions, and swing back and forth like pendulums on a clock. They seem to literally repel healthy individuals, including their own sons and daughters, and simply cling to those who are hopelessly lost themselves. Like the old saying, misery loves company. Then there are those who are ACTUALLY independent, and who can choose to change their situation. Gloria will hopefully comment on this and give you a little more insight in what I mean.
Another curse that runs in our family seems to be the abusive relationships. Some of the women marry men who batter them, physically beating them with pointy-toed boots and strangling them for petty reasons. Then there are the ones who marry men who are neglectful-they just sit around and do drugs, ignore the kids, and are basically useless. And then the type that I was raised with-the ones who emotionally, physically and sexually batter the children, never once touching the mother but doing savage harm to the helpless ones instead. Those are the sickest, most messed up mother%@$#!* I've ever met.
And, finally, the curse of shunning children. It's a sad but true fact. Younger children beware, one day it may happen to you. It's happened to several of us. Warren was a victim of it, and a few of my aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, and now me. You notice the subtle shift of attitude when you walk into the room. Your family members begin to constantly harass you, convincing you that nothing you do is good enough. With me, it started when I found a young man who actually was healthy and really a gentleman. Certain people in my family became jealous, others vindictive. And now, here I am, an orphan in every sense of the word, except somehow not quite.
Now, some family members did TRY to get past their issues. I'll give them that. I got some sweet graduation and wedding gifts, gift cards from people who I know were short on money, and a bottle of wine that we loved. And that shocked and touched me. That those same people would turn around and spread lies about me online? That leaves me very hurt and confused. It's been a long road to where I am now, with a lot of tears and heartache. The curses remain. I know I'm not the last child to be estranged. I have a brother who I'm almost certain is being treated in the same way I was, and he may end up like me. If the fates allow it, he's going to have more support than I did from the start, because he'll have me. I have amazing support now, from the most unexpected places!
I hope this doesn't sound like I'm bashing any woman. Or man. This is just my opinion and my personal experience. I'm in no place to judge, and I'm happy with that. I mean no one any malice, because I understand that life is seriously too short to spend any amount of time being mad or anything else. It's a waste of time. My grandpa C is really old and frail, and my family is putting me through the torture of not seeing him. They know how much that hurts me-my Queen Mum friend from Tennessee died without me getting to say goodbye and it tore me to pieces. This will be worse. My grandma isn't that young either. And my younger siblings and I have about 80 years on average to be together. That's not long. By ripping me away from them and refusing contact, certain people know they are piercing me with excruciating precision at the very heart.
And those were the thoughts I shared with Candy Man up on the cold mountain. And he held me tight and told me that such things were gut-wrenching. But we can not lose sight of what we have in the face of what we've lost. And here's what I have:
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Monday, October 25, 2010
In Which We Get Honeymooned.
mulled cider. And it is wine at the same time. I couldn't
figure it out. Yummy!
at Evergreen cabins on Fall River. It was stunning.
We saw a few big-horned sheep. That was really
awesome!! They were not timid, although they
usually never come near people. They knew
we were honeymoon VIP :)
weather was much colder than Nebraska, but it was
beautiful. Really. The cold ought to stay in Colorado.
intrinsic design on the front. Aaron's is similar, but
on the back it says, In silence one hears all.
Aaron got some yummy burgers on our trip. I haven't had that
much meat in a very long time. It was really good.
probably my favorite day of all. We had a lot of fun,
the lighting was perfect, and we were just
beginning our adventure. Which made it perfect.
refreshing way to start a day. We had a hot tub
in the back, and each morning we were served hot cocoa
while watching the sun coming over the treetops.
The Candy Man demonstrates how to stand on a log. He
used the littlest child's head for assistance...
this from a tundra off-roader. We took a tour of
Rocky Mountain National Park with the coolest
tour guide ever! We got served beer and
margaritas as we admired the landscape.
in this photo had a yellow collar that the tour
guide explained marked her for birth control. Apparently
she is the main population-increaser. Hmm... my family
could use that! haha
this cozy nook, and hid for a few minutes. Then we built
a snowman just to say we did!
the trip. The view from the top was exquisite. We
could see layers of mountains, powdered in snow, and
a variety of hues from the trees.
side of the mountain... yes. He has every right to look so proud.
air was extremely fresh, but so thin that it was hard to breathe.
Wild Boar, Alligator, and Kangaroo.
Aaron's favorite: Kangaroo.
My favorite: Buffalo.
I'll have more soon. Along with another installment. But for now, I'm exhausted, and Aaron is forcing me to 'get in the spirit' of Halloween and watch the Halloween series, introducing Jamie Lee Curtis. (I like her better with short hair, btw). And so, I'd rather be snuggling with him than updating any more tonight. Enjoy the photos!!
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
The Deadliest Sin-English Essay
Angel Bennett
October 14, 2010
English Lit
Neil Harrison
The Deadliest Sin
The boy would not have done it if he had known history would treat him cruelly for it. His young mind, open to fresh experiences, could not resist the love language of touch. And so he gently pressed his lips to hers, breaking the seal that marriage had imprinted on his very identity. From that moment, he became a man branded by society as an adulterer. The torment that would bind him to an inevitable grave whispered white-hot pangs within his soul. His virtue became his vice, and forever he will carry an unforgivable debt of shame. All for one kiss.
As a growing adolescent he had fought tradition, shrugging off cares with reckless abandon. He knew who he was-a lover of music, a humorous soul, and a romancer. When he met the girl of his dreams, he knew. It didn't take more than the sight of her to enthrall him, sending tingles all the way to his toes. All was right in his simple world. He never betrayed his adoration for her, not even when he saw the face that would play a key part in his tragic tale. A single, passionate night shouldn't have sent the entire universe spinning into a galaxy of pain, uncertainty, and trauma, but it did…
Had it really been society's fault? Perhaps. After all, he was merely acting on his natural instincts, and society had always frowned upon that. When a very young boy, had he not been admonished against bringing in the stray birds on broken wing and nourishing them beneath his bed, he would have done so. His intuition was woven into a thread of natural humanity, and not of social etiquette. "Be yourself," his parents had encouraged him, and this is what he had become. Was himself not good enough, a mockery of mankind?
Or maybe he was simply a faulty product of organized religion. For years he sat mesmerized in the house of God, lost in the doctrine of morale. Augustine's pleadings bewildered the vulnerable child as he struggled to make sense of a God's love turned suddenly black in the face of lust. "Procreation is the only possible excuse for sex, which should be indulged in without lust or pleasure. Aquinas, who seconded Augustine on this point, routinely associated intercourse with such terms as filth, stain, foulness, vileness, and distaste, and asserted that any sexual activity that does not have reproduction as it's aim is ungodly-and immoral." (Gini) With such teachings being imprinted in his tender mind, the boyshould have shuddered at the very notion of lustful pleasures.
Had he really committed an act so vile, so repulsive, that the very forces that lent him breath could literally not find it in them to forgive him? It was hard to fathom, because he was a man of so many dimensions. He wore the hats of a musician, brother, son, philosopher, empathizer, and friend. From the work of his own hands flowed haunting melodies, and his words brought tears and smiles simultaneously to those who paused to hear what he might say. With a single, humorous line uttered at the right-or very wrong-moment, he could shift the mood from solemn to absolute hilarity. His humility, blended with enthusiastic love for mankind, gave hope and determination to those blessed to call him their friend.
What then was he to do? Was it his fate to be untrue to himself? Was it destiny that he must hide who he was-what he had become-at all costs? That hardly seemed fair even to those who knew him at his worst. Indeed, that would be a sentence to the death of himself, for he could expect to get lost while hiding his identity. "No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. " (Hawthorne) And yet to come clean of this, his unforgivable sin, would result in the ultimate shunning.
Of such things, what is our defense? Where lies our knowledge? If ever a tale were to end in questions, this one is it. That something could feel so right, and yet be so gravely wrong, no one can explain. A fabrication of conscience, then? If it holds such a bind over the innocent soul, perhaps we ought to rethink our position in this mystery called life. For if we have seemingly but one life to live, should it not be spent in a productive manner; productive defined as being yourself, in a state of bliss, and not in a chaos, a wave in the sea? Should the man follow his innate desires, or his learned moral compass?
"Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You should never subjugate yourself to another nor seek the subjugation of someone else to yourself. If you follow that Crispian principle you will be able to say ''Phooey,'' too, instead of reaching for your gun when you fancy yourself betrayed." (Crisp)
Works Cited:
♪ Gini, Al. Born, Daniel, Donald Whitfield, and Mike Levine. "xxii". The 7 Deadly Sins Sampler. Chicago: Great Foundation, 2007. Print.
♪ Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "XX." The Scarlet Letter. New York: Bantam, 1986. Print.
♪ Crisp, Quentin. "Famous Quotes about Adultery." Book of Famous Quotes - The One Stop for Quotations Lovers. 10 Aug. 2009. Web. 15 Oct. 2010.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Inside My Head, Installment #12
I found a new favorite artist. His name is Jaron Wood. He sings the new fun song 'Pray For You', which has become a huge hit in the Midwest US. I haven't heard a song of his I don't love. 'Meantime Girl' is the sweetest brief glimpse. 'Beautiful To Me' became my new favorite song, and it sounds like a more lyrical version of something Candy Man would say to me. :) 'If Happy For You Means I Hate You' is really funny, with a note of derision. When I have money, I am buying Jaron's new album. Doesn't that sound typical of my generation??
Instant gratification. That's something we expect. And it's funny how annoying we can be at attaining it. With our idealistic, fresh notions, we expect to conquer the world in it's pulverized condition, making it new and beautiful. But maybe the focus should be individual. That's another trait of Millennials. We think that individual values are the main priority over social pressure. This may be just because of the overwhelming pressure that the GenXers had to deal with. In a really idealistic time, we chose to settle for reality. And I think that may be a big stressbuster in the end. Cause I don't want to be the ideal, like my family tried to be. I just want to be happy. Truly happy, not giving the appearance of happiness.
I got sick right after the wedding. It started with a stomachache right after I ate anything. No problem, I thought, I just won't eat. I started a liquid diet, which usually cures stomach bugs for me. Except this is day 5 of that fast and I still can't keep food down. I'm starting to wonder if the bugs are getting nastier? Grr. We have a ton of wedding food left over, and I can't eat it. Hopefully soon it goes away.
With that in mind,
This is a real achievement. I tested for my high green belt today. I barely made it through floor exercises and had to sit down, shaking. After a while I felt better, so I went up to free-spar. I had to spar with a black belt. That was a ton of fun. Again, I finished exhausted. My form was spot on. At the end, my instructor asked if I was nervous-he was afraid I was going to faint. I told him I was just really hungry and weak and sick. He was impressed. :) I got my tape with pride and now I'm excited to learn my blue belt forms!! Yay.
I miss these people right here:
Mostly the girl on my right. I just call her Mine. She's in the Air Force. She and I met at summer camp years ago. I smashed a pear in her eye, and she retaliated with ravioli or something. Then I scared her because I had that look of infallible rage on my face (mixed with tomato sauce). She ran away from me. Now we are best friends. She's learning Russian, and since we are one, I'm learning it too. Pojoluista.
She was, in fact, my Maid of Honor. And at night we were cuddle-buddies. Her gift to me was a weekend in a cabin, just her and me. We're going for our joint birthday present. I think we will bring movie series and watch them, and cook yummy hot food, and apple cider, and cookies, and maybe go out and be brave in the cold. Because she's kick-ass that way. Mahwah.
The crazy guy? Oh, that's James. What? I met him at singing school. No, he doesn't live here. He's my Georgia contact. I make it a point to have a good friend in every state, so when I start running like Forrest, I have pit stops with BFFs. He's a goofy character. Broseph!
Today Candy Man and I went walking in the leaves. I love walking in Autumn, with him, because we both enjoy going out of our way to step on the extra-crunchy leaves, and that usually leads to shoving, and maybe tickling, and ends with kissing and laughing. The old neighbor two doors down squints as we walk by, shakes her head, and mutters in disgust. I would too if I were her. We're so in love, sometimes it's sick.
As we walked, we talked. It's interesting to talk to him, because his perception of the world is so new to me. Since we started dating, we've thrown out new ideas for our relationship. I'm not going to swear it will last, but I really think that we have the kind of companion love that will keep us together for many, many years. We're just best friends who hold a lot of common interests. I respect him implicitly. It's SO refreshing to respect a man because he earned it!
I'm really grateful that I got away from my mom's mindset. It's sad because the NLQ people (as a stereotype-the people from mom's forum) seem to have an aversion to men. It's so feminist that it's becoming terribly sad for half the population. I cannot imagine living a life of bitterness towards males. I understand there are a lot of them who were raised wrong, or have wrong values, or never learned to communicate, or deal with anger. But there are some really amazing guys out there still! My dear friend Ethan, a cowboy with boots made for dancing and a heart the size of Texas that is faithful and brave. My Rainbow Boy with his tainted worldview and his passionate resolve. Dane, the redheaded lion whose gave his heart away to a sweet girl and never asked for it back, and melts at the sight of her. Aaron's grandpa, an example of faithfulness with a slightly confused exterior and the good natured heart of a Nebraska bred man. I can't resist the hope that better creatures than women exist in men. I find many women's 'worst traits' to be far less tolerable than men's.
I wrote an awesome paper on Lust. I'll post it here Tuesday, after reading it in class. It took about 40 minutes to write, but I feel like a genius whispered the whole thing into my ear and I just free-handed it. I LOVE papers that come out that way! They are always the best quality.
Candy Man and I are leaving on our honeymoon Wednesday. I will get pictures of as much as you want to see and post them! I'm excited-mountains and autumn weather... mmm. Then we will get back and plunge into the final half of the semester.
I have more to say, but I have to go try and eat first. I'll leave you with the sad piece of news I discovered this morning: Life is a fatal STD. I heard that from a friend in a dream I had, and I laughed. :)
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
...Because I Love You!
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
All I Want Is Youuu
he loved the fact that he got to give away his
daughter to his son. :)
At the end of the wedding ceremony, we
became so giddy the rest of the night was amazing!
family picture to make the day complete. She
thought I could get all the people who mean the most
to me. Besides my bridesmaids, of course. This is my
other momma, Lynne, my sister Em, my sister
Gloria, and my big brother James... and Neil
and Kris-aunt and uncle? It was beautiful.
with grace and really held me together all this year. I
love her to pieces.
and grandpas Chamberlin and Garrison couldn't
come. And Grandpa Bennett-whom I love with all
my heart and I know he was there for me in spirit.
And... Aaron with the girls. He's such a
ladies man! haha
Those are my favorites. Later I will add reception pictures and
the silly after party pictures. Au Revoir!
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Two Hearts, One Love...
More to come!!! I just thought I'd throw out a few.
Thanks so much for all the well wishes! The
day was more than I could ever have hoped for.
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Bachelorette Party!!!!
The bachelorette party was the best!!
is her mama!! My Nashville/purple/rose loving friend
like me!
a total blast!! It was at a yoga studio. We learned
some strip teases, drank mudslides, and learned
how to dance some country dances. It was the best
party ever! Afterwards we went to a restauraunt.
heard what the bachelor party entailed (football and
gambling) and opted to be one of the girls. I knew he
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I asked Lexie to please unload the silverware from the dishwasher. Usually she enjoys "helping" me with this chore but after placing just a few pieces in their proper places she says:
L: Mommy, I can't do this.
M: Of course you can Lexie.
L: I need to go play so you can be Cinderella today and do all the chores.
Nice! At least Cinderella gets the prince at the end of that story (my real prince must have gotten lost along the way) but I did remind her that WE don't have any Cinderellas in our house since we both have chores. She managed to get all the silverware put away AND play. Life is good.
1- no shoes (especially high heeled princess shoes)
2- no gowns
3- no crowns
4- no dogs - especially the live ones Kit & Kaboodle
Don't you have the same rule for your trampoline?
Lexie and I got into the car to run some errands and this is the conversation we had.
Lexie: Where we are going Mommy?
Mommy : We need to go to the post office, grocery store and my office.
Lexie: Can we go to Mars too?
Mommy: Mars? Umm....sorry Lexie we don't have time to get to Mars before we need to get home to feed the dogs and cook dinner. Besides I don't have a space ship to take us to Mars.
Lexie: We could take the Space Shuttle.
Mommy: I think it's being used right now.
Lexie: We can take the car.
Mommy: Honey, this car doesn't fly.
Lexie: .......I know. We can use reindeer!
Mommy: Lexie we don't have any reindeer either.
Lexie: We can go to the North Pole and ask Santa - very politely - if we can use his.
Mommy: Okay. If we did, how many would we need to make this car fly?
Lexie: All the girl ones.
Mommy: And which ones are girls?
Lexie: Dancer & Prancer, Comet and Vixen too.
Mommy: Alright, how would we get to the North Pole to borrow the girl reindeer from Santa?
Lexie: We can take a train like Frosty did.
Mommy: Frosty tried to buy a ticket but he didn't have any money so he had to sneak on board. We don't sneak.
Lexie: But we have money right? So we can buy the ticket.
Mommy: But honey we still don't have time to make the trip. Why do we want to go to Mars anyway?
Lexie: To visit Martian Mickey.
Thank you Disney for a very entertaining conversation with my 4 year old on the way to the post office. I'll keep you posted on our pending trip to Mars via the north pole.
I put Lexie to bed at her regular time and after 3 different trips back into her room for itching, too much light & needing to be swaddled (yes just like her new baby twin cousins) she calls out to me yet again. I march into her room to tell her to go to sleep and stop calling me when she says:
"Mommy - I CAN'T sleep because I'm nocturnal."
I was amazed not only by her vocabulary but also by the fact that she used the word correctly and her natural ability to manipulated me into getting what she wants. Oh my brilliant little girl!


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[Warning: This entry has medical drawings of vaginas]
Ah Republicans, the party of small government except for vaginas. At the rate they want to regulate those things, you would think that vaginas work by trading synthetic derivatives made out of radioactive mercury. After all, what do you think that red dot in the Kotex commercials stands for?
The biggest recent issue is Texas HB15, which would require a sonogram before a woman gets an abortion. To quote the Austin-American Statesman:
House Bill 15 requires a woman seeking an abortion to allow a medical professional to perform a sonogram, display live images of the fetus, provide an explanation of the images and play audio of a heartbeat, if there is one. All that is supposed to happen at least 24 hours before the procedure.
But beyond the generic government intrusion into the doctor-patient relationship, the intrusion extends literally into the vagina. You see, the bill doesn't just require a sonogram, but a transvaginal sonogram.
Usually when people think of sonogram, they think of the jelly on the belly sort of thing, which is known as an abdominal sonogram.
However, for women who are 8-12 weeks pregnant, a abdominal sonogram won't show up anything. As Politifact Texas writes, the bill requires that the sonogram "display the live, real-time obstetric sonogram images in a quality consistent with current medical practice in a manner that the pregnant women may view them" and "make audible the live, real-time" heart beat. And in many circumstances, a abdominal sonogram simply won't cut it. Therefore, to comply with the proposed law, doctors would have to perform a transvaginal sonogram.
That is exactly what it sounds like.
To cite the medical encyclopedia on the University of Maryland Medical Center website, the transvaginal ultrasound looks at a woman's reproductive organs by placing a probe into the vagina.
The Masonic Cancer Center provides a great picture of what this involves.
This is a rather invasive procedure that is not necessarily medically necessary. It is being forced upon women and their doctors by Texas Republicans not for medical ends, but for political desires.
Women have a Constitutional right to control their bodies, and this means abortions. But do women also have a right to control their bodies to the extent that they can opt out of this government-mandated procedure?
Now, I'm not the world's best law student. Heck, maybe not even fifth best. But I have taken a Criminal Procedure class. This situation reminds me of the class section on Invasive and Bodily Searches, notably the contrast between Schmerber v. California and Winston v. Lee.
In the first case, Schmerber was hospitalized following a car accident. A police officer smelled alcohol on him and thought he was drunk, and thus ordered a physician to take a blood sample despite Schmerber's refusal to consent to the search. In that case, the Supreme Court held that, despite suspect's protest, a physician may take a blood sample from someone suspected of drunk driving. If I recall correctly, the court did not directly address whether such a search violated the 4th Amendment protection of privacy. However, the court did recognize that it was a clean slate issue, and that blood sample searches were justified if the means and procedures were reasonable, especially given that the key evidence (alcohol in the bloodstream) was slowly being destroyed by the liver.
The Winston case also addressed a body-invasive search. In that case, a shopkeeper shot a robber who was later found and taken to the hospital. The robber was charged with the crime, and the state moved for an order to remove the bullet lodged in his collarbone, asserting that it would provide necessary evidence. While the the surgery was originally thought only to require local anesthetic, x-rays revealed that a general anesthetic and invasive procedure would be necessary.
In that case, the court held that a compelled surgical intrusion into a person's body for evidence implicates expectations of privacy and security of such magnitude that the intrusion would be unreasonable under the 4th Amendment.
Admittedly, that case relied on the specific facts of the situation. The court held that the reasonableness of surgical intrusion depended on a case by case approach, balancing individual interest in privacy and security against society's interest. Notably, in this case the bullet was not the only evidence in the case and was not absolutely necessary to prove the robber's guilt.
Now, I am not the best law student and I don't know if this sort of criminal law precedent will apply to a civil law. However, it seems like there is an argument to be made here that the courts have differentiated between external and internal bodily searches. If the bill requires internal sonograms, then this should be treated differently than external ones.
This argument is a bit of a stretch, I know. And there are other arguments to be made along the lines of the government forcing speech upon the doctors, for which I'm sure there are rebuttals.
But to get down to the real brass tacks, without realizing what they were doing, Texas Republicans are forcing doctors to perform transvaginal sonograms on women when they are not necessary, and when women are at their most vulnerable.
Because Republicans want small government. In fact, government should be so small that it can fit inside a vagina.


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Hi everyone, I have learned kiteboarding 3 months ago with my girlfriend. Yesterday we kited at a local spot, flat water, very shallow for the first 10m near shore.
Anyway, we both lost our board at the same time right by the shore. Her board was a little bit further than mine so she didn't have problems body dragging upwind since she was in deeper water than I was (one time her legs touched the ground but not for long).
But for me, unfortunately, the board would not go downwind at all (no wind to push the board downwind when it is that close to shore over there/no wind for the first 1m-2m height). I started body dragging upwind without problems until my body started to touch the mud. I succeeded in somehow raising my body a little bit but then its my legs that where touching the mud. I tried back and forth for like 5 minutes with little progress. I was getting quite exhausted and luckily saw "an opening" (a deeper part) to my left, upwind of the board. So I body drag upwind in it and then just bodydrag downwind to my board.
The advantage of shallow water I guess is that upon reaching my board I could start riding from a sitting position which was fun/cool, but it doesnt outweight the disadvantage of not being able to bodydrag upwind.
Do you guys have any tips on bodydragging upwind in shallow water? I find that I was doing more progress when it was just my legs touching the mud, as oppose to my arm and the side of my body. Thanks in advance for any help/advice as we really enjoyed this spot and would really like to go back.
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A new paper appeared on the arXiv this week applying some simple topological ideas to the analysis of musical modes. This contains some simple ideas about fundamental groups and so on and I was thinking it might make a project for a musically-oriented student in my MASS course. There have been several papers of this sort recently: the earliest that I'm aware of is Rachel Hall's article in Science five years ago. (Dr Hall is a professor at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia and before that was a student in the Geometric Functional Analysis group at Penn State.)
A mode is a seven-note scale. The familiar major scale of Western music (C,D,E,F,G,A,B) is a mode (Ionian mode), but one can obtain different modes by starting from a different note (e.g. Aeolian mode, A,B,C,D,E,F,G) or by using a different starting scale, or both. The authors analyze a mode into two chords: the seventh chord made by notes I, III, V, and VII of the scale, and the triad made by notes II, IV and VI. For instance, Ionian mode is a major seventh (CEGB) plus a minor triad (DFA); Aeolian mode is a minor seventh (ACEG) plus a diminished triad (BDF). Spaces of chords are natural examples of configuration spaces (selections of \(n\) distinct points from the space of notes, with order irrelevant) so this allows the representation of a mode as a subspace of a product of two configuration spaces.
I'm not really competent to judge the music theory here (as a guitarist, I'm usually sticking with two or three of the innumerable possible scales that the authors identify), but it is a fascinating point (this is also what I got out of Rachel Hall's paper) that music is full of natural examples of configuration spaces, including knots and Möbius bands and other topological exotica.
Bergomi, Mattia G., and Alessandro Portaluri. Modes in Modern Music from a Topological Viewpoint. ArXiv e-print, September 3, 2013. http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0687.
Budney, Ryan, and William Sethares. Topology of Musical Data. ArXiv e-print, July 4, 2013. http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1201.
Callender, Clifton, Ian Quinn, and Dmitri Tymoczko. "Generalized Voice-Leading Spaces." Science 320, no. 5874 (April 18, 2008): 346–348. doi:10.1126/science.1153021.
Hall, Rachel Wells. "Geometrical Music Theory." Science 320, no. 5874 (April 18, 2008): 328–329. doi:10.1126/science.1155463.


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The safest pizza you'll ever eat
Adan Salazar
Prison Planet.com
February 19, 2013
A Virginia pizza shop is doing its part to uphold the Second Amendment and private gun rights by offering discounts to patrons who present concealed carry permits or visit the eatery possessing visible firearms.According to their website, the All Around Pizza and Deli shop in Virginia Beach is offering a 15 percent discount for customers who "show us you carry openly or show us a concealed weapons permit."
Pizza shop owner Jay Laze, speaking of the success of his deal, told The Virginian-Pilot, "it's been awesome."
Laze estimates that 80 percent of his clientele have taken advantage of the offer, and says he is extending the promotion til the end of March – that is, unless customer demand leads him to implement the discount indefinitely: "it might be permanent if people like it that much."
Various businesses have realized the absurdity of state and federal governments rushing to demonize virtually all gun-owners in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, and several have used the opportunity to send a strong and clear message to legislators seeking to eviscerate the Second Amendment.
A frozen yogurt shop in Utah recently held a similar promotion calling it "Second Amendment Week" and offered a dollar off for concealed weapons permit holders. Laze says this is where he got the idea for his pizza shop's promotion.
Last month, a gun range in Liberty Hill, Texas also offered discounts on firearms training and instruction for educators.
But some companies have not been as accommodating of gun rights advocates.
Last month, we wrote about Internet deal giant Groupon.com canceling a Texas gun shop's deal on concealed handgun courses.
According to Central Texas Gun Works owner Michael Cargill, after pressuring him to increase the threshold of his Groupon offer, a representative for Groupon called him back and said that their CEO had "decided to suspend all gun deals, anything having to do with guns, gun training, shooting clays, gun ranges; they suspended all gun deals."
In an exclusive interview with Infowars, Cargill labeled Groupon's actions "a direct attack on lawful gun ownership" and called for a boycott of the company, saying it is "an organization that clearly has no respect for those of us who, whether for recreation or personal protection, choose to exercise their constitutional right."
This article was posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Tags: constitution, food, gun rights


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