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These are confusing times.
Basically I personally hope today creates a lot of conversation. I like to look at Cultural studies, fads and trends in the Christian community. "Relevant" magazine strikes the balance between culture and Christ. Our constantly changing culture leaves many dazed and confused. Some are suffering a knock-out punch.
As we seek to glorify Christ and hold to Biblical truths (literal interpretation, textually accurate, focused on Christ) I have personally reached the point in ministry where I am no longer sure how ministry that reaches this culture and holds to the Bible blends together. Is it people that are the focus or Christ? Is it what they want or what they need?
A friend of mine retired from the ministry a couple of years ago. He retired a bit young. His reason: He no longer could figure out how to reach our culture with Christ. At times, I can't say I blame him.
Do we bend and sometimes break to reach the world or do we hold the line? Do we alter styles and methods to address an entertainment driven people who are reading less, committing less and have less connection to their roots than ever before?
It is like another friend who worked with youth in the Lowcountry. He was from a Gullah family. He tried to teach the young generations about their roots. Remember the movie Roots? Well, who cares? I remember him telling me as he went to resign his position "Nobody wants to know where they came from, the price paid to get here and where they need to go." His words were drowning in sorrow. I feel the same way only with Christians.
There is a statistic that says 85 percent of believers credit a personal friendship with their faith and growth in Christ. 85 percent. That leaves only 1.5 people out of 10 who would say it was a convention, revival service, crusade, youth group meeting, sermon or church service that made THE difference in their Christian walk. 8 percent.
That statistic was reported in the late 90s.
Meanwhile, more than ever the idea of "personal" relationship and "community" seems to truly be smothered by the "entertain me" mentality. Has church really boiled down to style? Is our faith defined by four songs on any given Sunday? Has faith in Christ evolved into a community that has to have special projects and programs to facilitate a giving heart? Has personal relationship been replaced by music trends and at the most 20 minutes of feeling good? I'm afraid it has.
Personal ministry is the long hard road to the gospel. It's dirty. It's hard and draining. It's slow. Studying the ministry of Jesus, he spent more time in discussion, teaching and mentoring to 12 guys in personal ministry than trying to make the masses happy. Somehow today, we spend more time making the masses happy than the long road walked in personal ministry. Maybe we don't want to ask WWJD in these regards. Strangely, the gospel frees us "to know" and "to be known." Maybe we hide in the moment to avoid the pain of who we are. Maybe, this is who we are. I am not sure "who we are" makes it right. What do you think?
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I was half way around the world for some time. Old classmate of mine threw me a bone and hired me at a well known international NGO and I ended up in Afghanistan. We were working on a water project in the eastern part of the country. I tell you what, I have accomplished a lot in life, like being the cabdriver of the month two month in a row few years ago...
"Mad Cabbie you are a pathetic looser, is that all you have to show for your college education, driver of the freaken month?"
Listen, don't call me a looser you jackass, you know when the last time they had cabdriver of the month two months in a row at Diamond Cab? It was in 1942 by a driver called Billy St. Jack! So besides being in the same league with hall of famer like Billy, the water project in Afghanistan tops the list. It was a hell of an experience, even though I was shitting in my pants every time I heard a loud noise. I grew my beard like my college Rasputin days to blend in, locals loved me and some Talibans were high fiving me, they were like "Yo nigger, what's up with the skid-marks in your pants, we're not going to hurt you..."
Look,, this is not a water project blog, I would like to go in details and write some funny experiences but I don't want to jeopardize of being hired again if I have that opportunity.
There is a lot of shit I need to get to about our DC cab business..... Ron Linton, Mary Cheh, Mayor Gray, Russ Ptacek, DC hack inspectors, DC inspection station, Uber.......All of these jackasses better get ready!
Please don't forget the homeless,
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Like this summer's theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, Friday's shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. sparked anew the debate on gun control across social media. While those in support of more gun control called for new legislation, gun-right advocates stood their ground.
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Thai cave rescue: Richard "Harry" Harris heroic efforts recognised
Tragedy has struck the Australian doctor at the heart of the rescue of a young Thai soccer team with the unexpected death of his father in Adelaide, soon after his heroic mission was completed.
Adelaide anaesthetist and underwater cave explorer Richard "Harry" Harris risked his own life to make the treacherous journey to the underground chamber where the group of 13 had been trapped for two weeks.
But soon after the rescue reached its successful climax on Tuesday, Dr Harris' father Jim passed away in what his boss and colleague at Adelaide's medical retrieval service said was a "complete, unexpected shock".
"Earlier this morning, Harry's father passed away here in Adelaide," MedSTAR clinical director Andrew Pearce told reporters on Wednesday.
"Harry was aware of that as it happened, and, as most of you know, that was after they'd all come out of the cave successfully."
Dr Pearce said Dr Harris did not undertake the rescue mission knowing his father was near death.
"We're never really ready for it but expect it, but Harry and his family need to come together now to come to terms and deal with the grief," he said.
"Harry's dad would have been extremely proud that he would have put himself out there to do what he's able to do."
Dr Harris was described as "essential" to the rescue operation because of his unique skills and expertise, including 30 years of cave diving and his work as a medical retrieval specialist.
He was asked by name to join the rescue mission after his abilities had earned him a worldwide reputation.
The last of the 12 Thai boys and their team coach were extracted from the cave system in northern Thailand overnight on Tuesday.
In a joint statement Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, Defence Minister Marise Payne and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton made special mention of Dr Harris in congratulating those involved in the rescue effort.
"We congratulate all of those involved, including Dr Richard Harris and his dive partner Craig Challen, as well as our Australian Federal Police divers and personnel from the Australian Defence Force and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade who provided logistics and planning expertise," the statement said.
"The rescue mission was made possible by a remarkable example of international cooperation.
"Australia has been proud to work with Thailand and other countries to achieve this extraordinary outcome."
Dr Pearce said he had spoken with Dr Harris who would be coming home soon to take a well-earned break.
"This is clearly a time of grief for the Harris family, magnified by the physical and emotional demands of being part of this week's highly complex and ultimately successful rescue operation," he said.
"It has been a tumultuous week with highs and lows.
"We are delighted that Harry and the boys are safe and that he was able to play such a remarkable role in the Australian response.
"Harry is a quiet and kind man who did not think twice about offering his support on this mission."
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July 17, 2006
Muncie, Ind. – We celebrate students involved in business internships, summer immersion learning, and recently the incredible science-related summer internship opportunities, but many Wabash men also pursue other types of interests during summer break.
Josh Vaughan '08 spent July 15 swimming 1.2 miles, biking 56 miles then running a half marathon of 13 miles in the 27th annual Muncie Endurathon. And he did it in 90 degree heat and stifling humidity. It was the junior's first effort at a half triathlon though he had competed in some shorter events.
Vaughn had predicted he could do the swim in Prairie Creek Reservoir in about 35 minutes. He came out of the water in slightly less overtaking a number of swimmers in the group who started before his 19-24 age bracket. He then hopped onto his custom bicycle he had purchased earlier this year and started out on the 56-mile bike ride he had predicted would take him 2 hours and 30-45 minutes. He again came in on the fast side of his prediction looking strong.
The quick turnaround in the transition area is fascinating for anyone who's never seen such an event. The competitors start getting out of their shoes – while on the bike – as they near the stopping point. They must run their bike to their transition spot and get out of bike cleats and into running shoes.
Josh took off looking strong. But like many of the competitors the scorching sun took its toll during the 13 mile run. While groups of athletes came out of the water and off the bike in groups, the distance between competitors at the finished increased substantially.
Instead of the 1:30 to 1:45 Josh had hoped to complete the half marathon in, he came in well over two hours. But completing his first half triathlon was about the learning experience. "I didn't think I would bonk on the run but I guess I did," he said while cooling off afterwards.
Incredibly many of the top men and women were in their 30s and 40s. The man with the fastest time was a 24-year-old Ball State student Zach Ruble. But Ruble was penalized after the race for storing his bicycle in a wrong spot and was docked 4 minutes on his overall time. Ruble completed all three phases of the race in 4-hours and 9-minues. The 4-minute penalty dropped him to second place behind defending champion Blake Becker of Boulder, Colorado. In the women's division the top four athletes were all over 40 years old.
The physical challenge and level of exhaustion of completing more than 70 miles under your own power is daunting. Nearly 700 athletes competed at the reservoir just east of Muncie. Vaughan was a Little Giant place kicker during his freshman and sophomore years on campus. He plans to run cross country this fall.
Editors Note: Look for photo albums and a student profile of Josh's effort and his thoughts about the day on the Wabash website later this summer.


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How Music Influences The Person?0
It's not obvious how music influences the person. Some experts insist that music and musicians influence youthful people. Other sources insist that particular individuals react to particular kinds of music and musical expression. In either case, today's youth can easily see how their most favorite musicians dress and behave, in public as well as in private, through the multiple media sources that are constantly monitoring the earth's celebrities. Youthful people may then want to change their very own appearance and behavior to mirror the music performer and musical style they most recognize.
Two separate, but related, theories let you know that individuals connect with and go to town through music. Social identity theory signifies that individuals "borrow" their identity in the society that they live. People adopting of the group identity through music is really a method for that individual to adapt towards the ideals, goals, and norms from the society in general. The alternative of social identity theory states that a lot of people want to behave in a fashion that is unlike societal norms. These folks choose to adopt their very own style and stand out from everybody else. This really is known as personal identity theory. These theories are interrelated because, despite the fact that personal identity theory identifies the person facets of expression, the individual continues to be identifying as part of a sub-group.
Youthful people are more inclined to sign up for different types of identification through music especially individuals forms that my not comply with the bigger society. As youthful people undertake the adolescent many into youthful their adult years, they are more inclined to explore and test out their very own identity through music than seniors, who've likely settled into one genre they recognize. Searching at music in this manner causes it to be simpler to determine the way it happens to be, and stays, a socializing agent a means for youthful individuals to explore their independence because they escape from the authority of the parents.
This angle on music can hide the influence that music is wearing children. The background music of history century has performed a huge role within the lives of youthful adults, yet music might be getting a growing impact on people who are even more youthful. Keep in mind that music happens to be a fundamental part of every society. Youngsters are socialized through songs which are distributed to them at many ages. Children's songs is often as simple as songs that educate fundamental information, for example ABC's and 123′s, plus they can educate social skills and acceptable behavior (think Sesame Street and Barney). Still, children have the same music that youthful adults get access to and often this music isn't age-appropriate. This phenomenon has ushered within the debates if contact with certain musical influences is getting a dangerous impact on the country's youth.
Interestingly, one study finds that females are more inclined to be affected by music than males, although both genders find expression through music satisfying. This can be because females are usually socialized as people of the societal group and men're typically asked to be self-sufficient. The study's authors think that the socialization process makes females weaker to musical influences than males.
Best Story, The Wedding Music Around the World0
Here Comes the bride to be might be performed at each wedding you attend, but that is and not the situation all over the world. Wedding music traditions change from nation to nation, as well as in one religion to a different inside the same country.
Here Comes the bride to be continues to be a popular for that bride's walk lower the aisle, but Pachelbel's Canon in D Major has turned into a close contender. Songs include hymns, popular music, and classic music…essentially regardless of the couple desires, as lengthy because the event venue does not stop it. In The Usa, weddings might be held anywhere, as lengthy like a minister or justice from the peace conducts the ceremony and proper documents is filed using the government.
Much like in the usa, Here Comes the bride to be may be the song preferred by the bride's entrance. British weddings are extremely walked in custom and tradition, a lot of brides might want to use a harpist. In England, law requires weddings to become locked in an authorized place-mostly places of worship. Like Americans, British weddings could have a mixture of music, but British events are often very traditional and formal.
Pachelbel's Canon in D Major is popular here, along with lots of the standard love ballads used at wedding events in the usa. One factor that differs around australia may be the signing ceremony, that also can involve music. In the finish from the ceremony, the pair signs the marriage certificate while everybody watches. British events may incorporate instruments for example bagpipes along with a didgeridoo.
The standard Japanese wedding is known as a shinzen shiki, a ceremony conducted with a Shinto Priest along with a shrine assistant. The wedding couple either can put on an outfit and tuxedo or traditional Japanese wedding garb, with a kimono and hakama. These traditional weddings use flutes and drums. Summer time Candle lights and Dolphin Ring by Anri are generally popular wedding songs. Much like American and British weddings, Japanese weddings include sappy love songs.
As the Mexican marriage ceremony might be serious and traditional, the reception is really a full party, with salsa and mariachi music getting everybody on their own ft. Mariachi music involves a multitude of music, including guitars, drums, as well as violins. Canon in D Major can also be popular for that bride's processional here.
It ought to be no real surprise that bagpipes are famous Irish weddings. A lot of couples are selecting to recognition their country's wealthy tradition, so Celtic music is extremely famous Irish weddings. The Irish Wedding Song is frequently performed at receptions and Danny Boy and Irish Eyes Are Smiling will always be popular at gatherings in Ireland.
White-colored gowns don't have any place in a Hindu wedding. The bride to be typically wears an attractive red sari so they cover her ft and hands in henna tattoos, referred to as henna staining in India. Music plays a leading role within the Hindu marriage ceremony and lots of popular wedding songs (including Aaj Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai) happen to be utilized in Bollywood movies. The marriage ceremony and publish-ceremony are extremely involved and could serve you for a couple of days, such as the bride departing her groom to participate her new family and also the wedding ceremony welcoming the bride to be to her new house.
Music offers the backdrop for those wedding events. Wherever the wedding is placed, the sensation of wealthy tradition remains the same. Came From Here Comes the bride to be to Aaj Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, brides around the globe are celebrating their love with music.


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Bradley Manning Requests Presidential Pardon, Says WikiLeaks Scandal Done 'Out of Love'
Former U.S. Army private Bradley Manning is seeking a presidential pardon for his 35-year-prison term after being convicted of espionage and other charges when he leaked classified U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks website in 2010. Manning states in the petition, released Wednesday, that he leaked the documents "out of a love for my country and sense of duty to others," as he questioned the morality of U.S. occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Manning's lawyer, David Coombs, sent the pardon request Tuesday to the U.S. Justice Department and the Department of the Army, arguing that the documents leaked by Manning in 2010 were not all considered to be classified or top secret. Although during the trial, prosecutors against Manning argued that his leaking of classified documents endangered the U.S., Manning's lawyer wrote in the pardon request that none of the leaked documents caused any "real damage to the United States."
Manning, 25, added in the petition that he decided to leak 700,000 U.S. security documents to the website WikiLeaks because he felt that the U.S. had "consciously elected to devalue human life both in Iraq and Afghanistan."
"The decisions I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country and the world that we live in," Manning wrote in the Pardon/Commutation of Sentence request. "I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States."
"When we engaged those that we perceived were the enemy, we sometimes killed innocent civilians. Whenever we killed innocent civilians, instead of accepting responsibility for our conduct, we elected to hide behind the veil of national security and classified information in order to avoid any public accountability," Manning added.
Manning's sentence of 35-years at Fort Leavenworth, a military prison located in Kansas, proves to be the longest prison sentence ever issued by the U.S. for leaked documents meant for publication. Prosecutors initially argued for a 60-year sentence against Manning so he may serve as an example to others against espionage, but he ultimately received 35 years.
The White House has previously said that Manning's petition for a presidential pardon would go through the same process as all pardon requests. The process reportedly takes years or longer, and Pentagon officials have explained that many inside the Obama administration doubt Manning will ever be pardoned, as his actions deeply affected president Obama's first term, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Shortly after his sentencing in August, Manning announced that he now identifies as a female, and wished to be referred to by the name "Chelsea." In a statement read on the "Today" show, Manning said he had identified with the female sex since he was a child, and waited until after his trial to announce his sexual identity change so as to not distract from court proceedings.
Manning's lawyer has requested that his client be able to undergo hormone replacement therapy at Fort Leavenworth, but the prison has said it does not offer such options, although it does offer psychiatry. The prison also said Manning will be referred to as a male at the prison and all mail addressed to him must read "Bradley Manning." Additionally, Manning signed his presidential pardon petition with his male name, "Bradley," which is his legal name.


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Ourselves As Mothers: The Universal Experience of Motherhood
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Sheila Kitzinger writes with understanding of the problems facing mothers in the West today, about the pain of infertility, the struggles of working mothers, the myth of the "new man", the underrating of housework, and the ways in which women try to juggle their identities as both mothers and achievers in today's world. Citing examples from India to Jamaica, South Africa to Communist China, she reveals what motherhood means in our own and different cultures. From preparing for pregnancy to the ritualization of hospital birth, from the bonds forged between mother and child to the changes in behavior expected of women when they become mothers, Kitzinger's unique anthropological exploration enables us to reflect upon and reexamine our own rituals. Ourselves as Mothers is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging study of its kind, and an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of women and society. It is a celebration of the diversity, the ingenuity, the energy, and the courage of the great sisterhood of mothers.
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First the internals. Ontario:
Liberals 40%(up 5%)
Conservatives 39%(up 6%)
NDP 12%(down 8%)
Greens 8%(down 1%)
That is a disasterous number for the NDP, given the small margin of error, hard to spin that as anything but a significant fall. I wonder if the NDP is getting lost in the Green Shift debate and/or economic uncertainty rising as an issue, never an NDP strong suit. Whatever the reason, that's a huge drop and not easily dismissed. As far as the Liberals and Conservatives, Angus tends to show a closer race than say NANOS, Decima or Strategic Counsel, so I still tend to think the Liberals have a decent lead, outside of MOE.
Bloc 35% (down 2%)
Conservatives 21% (down 4%)
Liberals 20% (down 1%)
NDP 15% (up 1%)
Greens 9% (up 6%)
Conservatives still can't seem to get much traction, every time they rise, they fall back. Interestingly, this poll was taken during the supposed "show of force" Conservative love fest in Quebec.
Now, for what I find to be the most relevant part of this poll, the leadership numbers. I don't want to overstate things, Dion still has a LONG way to go, Harper clearly enjoys the advantage, but the trends are certainly better. Harper's disapproval number has climbed further, to 46% and his "momentum score", which gauges improving and lowering opinions rose to -21(-19 in June). For Dion his approval rating remains unchanged (up 1%), but his momentum score is -19 (-26 in June). Here is where the difference for Dion manifests itself:
Has a vision for Canada
Harper 43% (down 1%)
Dion 36% (up 7%)
Understands complex issues:
Harper 41%(up 1%)
Dion 26% (up 5%)
Is honest and trustworthy:
Harper 32% (unchanged)
Dion 32% (up 7%)
Generally agrees with you on issues you care about:
Harper 27% (down 2%)
Dion 23% (up 6%)
Cares about the environment:
Harper 24% (down 4%)
Dion 49% (up 6%)
Can manage the economy effectively:
Harper 40% (down 4%)
Dion 14% (up 4%)
A couple of other measures, with no real change. Of note, Dion is up 4% on PM preference, "neither" still beating both men. Again, Conservatives will remind us who is ahead overall, in some cases by a good margin, but no one can deny that Dion's numbers have improved, his personal stature on the rise. UP on almost every measure, some by a noticeable margin, it's a good sign.
I've always argued that the Green Shift's greatest achievement politically will be if it gets Dion's popularity off the mat, lowers the gap between he and Harper. While it isn't champagne time by any stretch, I think it safe to say that this poll shows a positive effect for Dion, and in the final analysis may prove key in an election. The incumbent always enjoys the advantage, but Dion clearly has to close the personal gap to have any chance.


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cautions high court justice in Washington
Under the invalidated law, an offender could only petition for release based on reduced risk due to either treatment or permanent physiological changes. An offender could not claim, for example, that he no longer met the legal criteria for civil commitment (having a mental disorder that made him more likely than not to reoffend sexually) based solely on advancing age or maturation, even though these factors are strongly associated with desistance.
Most intriguing was the concurring opinion of Justice Richard B. Sanders. The justice rebuked the trial judge for abdicating his role as gatekeeper to ensure that scientific evidence admitted in court is reliable and valid. The trial court accepted the testimony of the government experts without considering whether they were scientifically valid, while summarily dismissing the opinions of the lone defense expert, Sanders noted.
In his declaration for the defense, psychiatrist Lee Coleman had challenged the science underlying the prosecution witnesses' risk assessments, diagnoses, and opinions. In particular, he disputed the legitimacy of the makeshift diagnosis of "paraphilia, not otherwise specified," i.e., "sexual activity with non-consenting females" assigned to convicted rapist David McCuistion:
Dr. [Carole] DeMarco claims that 'Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified (Nonconsent) is an accepted diagnosis among practitioners knowledgeable about sexual offenders.' I believe it would be more accurate to say that the only practitioners who use this label are those who perform SVP evaluations. But regardless of how many use it, the so-called 'diagnosis' is obviously nothing more than doublespeak for the crime of rape. If this is the best the evaluators are capable of doing … surely it means that the entire evaluation process is a sham created to fulfill legal and legislative agendas.Commented Justice Sanders:
As a 'dynamic risk factor' (characteristics that could change over time, as opposed to the static nature of one's criminal past), she wrote that Mr. McCuistion 'continues to associate with individuals who have an antisocial attitude and engage in a high level of fault finding with SCC rules and policies indicating an antisocial lifestyle.' Given the universal recognition by SVP inmates that the evaluation and treatment program is based on a law that has no recognized basis in science or psychology, it is totally unacceptable to equate 'fault finding with SCC rules and policies' with risk of sexual re-offending.
The trial court accepted the State experts' testimony without considering whether they were valid under Frye [the evidence admissibility standard in Washington] but proceeded to reject Dr. Coleman's testimony out of hand:No clothes, huh? Is it possible that the times they are a-changin'?
'Dr. Coleman's report and conclusion are contrary to the conclusions reached by previous examiners of Mr. McCuistion, and is essentially a re-argument of the original finding that Mr. McCuistion is a sexually violent predator. That Dr. Coleman disagrees with past examiners and fact-finders does not, itself, make his opinion the correct one.'
And yet that doesn't make his opinion wrong either….
Where a person is deprived of his or her freedom based upon opinion testimony lacking scientific credibility, reliability, and accepted methodology, courts must step forward and announce with the courage of a small child that the Emperor wears no clothes.
The majority opinion, concurring opinion, and dissent (saying the administrative costs and burdens of this ruling are too high) are all available online. Dr. Coleman's declaration is attached as Appendix A to Justice Sanders' concurring opinion.


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SUWANEE, Ga. — It's a call that firefighters routinely respond to — a report of a medical emergency.
But when five firefighters answered one in a neighborhood north of Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said, they encountered an armed man who demanded that his cable and power be turned back on at the house, which was in foreclosure.
The firefighters were held for hours, with one firefighter allowed to leave to move a fire truck. But with police later fearing the remaining firefighters were in immediate danger, SWAT teams set off a stun blast and stormed the house, and the gunman was shot dead during an exchange of gunfire, authorities said.
One SWAT team member was shot in the hand or arm but was OK afterward, and firefighters suffered only minor injuries, authorities said.
Gwinnett County police on Wednesday night didn't immediately release the name of the dead man or discussing details of the operation. However, the firefighters and a wounded police officer were treated at a nearby hospital and in good condition. Some had already gone home.
"In talking to the firefighters and their families just now, they're relieved," Gwinnett County Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge said at a news conference late Wednesday outside the hospital, according to video posted by Atlanta station WSB-TV. "They're simply relieved that the situation is over, that their family members are with them and that they're safe."
He went on to say "firefighters are resilient people and so they're brave and they're daring and they have a passion to help people" and that the five will be back on the job when they're able to.
The incident began with what seemed like a routine medical call for the five firefighters, who also have training as EMTs and paramedics.
Dozens of police and rescue vehicles surrounded the home and a negotiator was keeping in touch with the gunman, police said. The situation remained tense until the blast rocked the neighborhood of mostly two-story homes and well-kept lawns. Residents unable to get into their neighborhood because of the police cordon flinched and recoiled as the enormous blast went off.
Soon after the stun blast, officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect and a SWAT member was shot in the hand or arm, said Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter. Ritter would not saw how the gunman was fatally shot, saying it was being investigated.
"The explosion you heard was used to distract the suspect, to get into the house and take care of business," Ritter said in a news conference minutes after the resolution. He said the situation had gotten to the point where authorities believed the lives of the hostages were in "immediate danger."
The gunman demanded several utilities be restored, Ritter said. According to public records, the home is in foreclosure and has been bank-owned since mid-November.
"It's an unfortunate circumstance we did not want to end this way," Ritter said. "But with the decisions this guy was making, this was his demise."
Firefighters were able to use their radios to let the dispatch center know what was going on, the fire department's Rutledge said, and Ritter said officials decided to "get control of the situation" and do it swiftly.
The incident took place about 35 miles northeast of Atlanta, in the Interstate 85 corridor, and Rutledge said firefighters did not believe there was any danger in responding to the initial call. One engine and one ambulance responded. Ritter said authorities didn't yet know if the suspect may have faked a heart attack or some other problem to bring the firefighters to his home.
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This control over film-making is neatly contrasted with the often random nature of documentary-making, when moments later a telephone rings and the interview is stopped. Fittingly, the sequence is kept in, as if it had been scripted.
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It started off as an ordinary enough day.... pleasant weather, the usual concerns that needed to get done, the usual people passed on your way. You pause, hearing an intriguing tune, and realize that you've been hearing it or variations of it throughout the day. You haven't heard it before today, is it a new popular song, you wonder? Momentarily distracted by the music, you step around a corner and smack into a something that wasn't there a moment before. Or rather, stumble into it, literally into it. You float suspended in... something... that resists your movements something like water or jelly but feels like air. Glancing around yourself, you can still see your surroundings, distorted by whatever it is that holds you. People walk by, never noticing or reacting to you in any way, even passing through the edges of the pillar-looking thing that is holding you.
There is a "sensation" behind you and it sings the song you have heard all day long. You swim-turn around to see a area begin to glow and receede from you. The brighter the glow, the farther away it appears to be, until you have a sense of vertigo. From an enormous distance away, something appears to be moving towards you. Eventually you make out a personage. As they draw close you see that it is actually a chain of persons, both men and women, holding hands and looking stretched out to an enormous degree. Strain is evident on their faces. They are dressed in odd attire, completely unfamiliar. They all look somewhat transparent. The personage at the end of this chain of people draws close and stretches out her hand. Her mouth moves. If you stretched out your arm to it's fullest extension you could just grasp her hand.
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The womans plee strikes a cord deep inside of you. Thoughts race through your head, emothions churn in your heart. After a time... long, short, you can never recall after... you reach your hand out and grasp hers, almost expecting for your hand to pass through hers without resistance. Unexpectedly, your hand joins hers, sending a shock through you. There is a strong tingling sensation where your hands touch. At the moment of contact the pillar around you shivers, emitting a note beyond hearing, but which pierces your very being with its strength.
You hover for an instant, an eternity, and suddenly gravity tips forward, leaving you feeling as if you were somehow pinned to a ceiling, or floating above a deep, endless abyss. Your stomach twists uneasily, and your lower organs feel as if they are trying to climb into your chest.
... You fall ....
The planet rushes away from you, leaving the barely glimpsed afterimage of people running, sreaming away from where you were. There is a many-pointed star-shaped radial scorch mark on the ground above where you were hovering. Heavenly bodies and then stars flash past you with a rapidness that increases your sense of vertigo and speed. You try to turn your head to look about you. but. you. can. hardly. move.
More and more of the chain of people become visible. The faster you fall, the more solid and visible they become. Colors slowly leech into thier forms. You accelerate even more, feeling a solid pressure vibrate fiercly against you as you speed through whatever medium you now travel. There is a jolt and a sudden incandesent flash of brilliant white shattering into rainbows speeds away from you. The jolt causes you to spin around and flip back and forth, clinging desperately to the womans hand. Your surroundings blur into a tube of unsettling flickering greyish nothingness. Below you is a pulsating corona of the deepest crimson, above you is an all-consuming eye-searing violet maw.
The chain of people become smears of luminous colors, blurry and fuzzy in form. You can make out the flash of white teeth in the faces coming and going, words, something being spoken, sung, inaudible above the soul-jarring rush. Leviathian shapes bloom in the near distance, celestial orbs of alien mein, a sun of different countanence, all crowding about you, indifferent to the infitesimal specs of the chain of beings linking you to one of the smaller of the orbs below. They shrink and drift away with astonishing swiftness, assuming more proper proportions, as you come closer.
No sooner than you distinguish which orb the chain leads, than there is a shock of fresh air, laden with scents, visibling rippling away from you. Another shock and the land becomes visible, wiping away the clouds as with a giant hand. Another shock and you are falling into a lake, no a chain of islands in a lake. Another shock and there is a scintillating gleam, a city of towers spearing upwards into the sky to pierce you. Another shock and there is a great hall, and each person in the chain snaps suddenly into focus, one by one; in a lightning progression the colorful forms overlap someone sitting on the ground in a great spiral... Snap! Snap! Snap! More swiftly than you can follow, the people are rejoined with their bodies, each reconnection causing a titanic concussion that buffets you with a fury of blows. As the last person Snaps! into place, the cumulative impacts whiplashes through you, tearing loose your desperately clawing grip. The beautiful chanted chorus crahses in upon you, only to break apart into gasps of dismay. You tumble head over heels, flung by the hand of a titanic god, through the very stuff of matter itself. A flashing landscape of cities, islands, waters, sands, towns, mountains, forests, plains, and more tumble before your confused view.
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Opinion: The U.N. Promotes a Gadhafi Apologist
Assistant books editor Sohrab Ahmari on Jean Ziegler's appointment to the Human Rights advisory committee. Photo: Associated Press
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I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... United Nations as an exactly covered itself in glory when it comes to issues of human rights ... now we've got another example of a ... he just can't make this up kind the story ... assistant books editor so ever Mari is here to explain some prompting ... crews John Ziegler ... John Ziegler is a French actions the sociologist ... and the ... third world this intellectual these were leftists who thought the so the union was in really carrying the banner of world revolution any Martha's they started looking to figures like ... Robert Mugabe and mom are Gadhafi as the next wave of of world revolution ... some of the creek I can so the UN wants to promote in ... the U M one since the action as Switzerland has nominated and to serve ... on the United Nations human rights Council um advisory committee ... from two thousand to two thousand twelve this is either serve ... as a non profit or on the right to food ... and leader he was on the same committee that now he's been re nominated for ... so aam yet it's exactly database of certain you can make this stuff up ... or you describe Can as the market off the apologists ... it is back in my embrace understand he actually won ... a prize in Ghadafi Spain ... puzzled about that not only did he win ... the United meanwhile Martin Duffy human rights prize ... but Mr Ziegler is has helped to administer ... the mom are Ghadafi human rights prize he in nineteen eighty nine when the award ... in nineteen eighty nine when the award was inaugurated ... he said that this is the anti Nobel of the third world ... and he told time magazine that and subsequently them figures that it's been awarded to include ... I'm you know Farrakhan of the nation of Islam ... the French Holocaust entire ... row Rouge again or the ... ALM that ... although Chavez and the stone throwing children of Palestine ... okay so why would the Swiss government nominated guy like this it into a human rights position to seems ridiculous its abominable don't know the reason they're doing it ... um as I miss my sources tell me that he has his fans ... in the industry's for a foreign ministry ... to which he has as its share of crazy progress that and so they ... did get nominated him I think there's some opposition in the Parliament ... aam but I'm it's yet to ... result in a withdrawl in the oven on and and and what about said Mr Ziegler and so does he ... except these charges against and admitted he really Ghadafi to try to contact them ... I was ... I spoke on the phone with him and he categorically denies ... these things he says that it's the ... of the coup de Queen of the Israeli political spectrum the right Israeli right wing that's going after him because he once criticized causes of ... food situation ... aam and basically says this is all ... a campaign of defamation against me including the articles ... that where the ad that appeared ... about hand in the late nineteen eighties in other words some of the Israelis come back in time and planted stories Sollecito stylings of course on Israel's far that can be about thirty seconds left what is the US ... if anything Samantha Power treated about it to her credit she said this as unfit to serve but ... you know as far as the U S as record it in influencing the new one goes lately that doesn't seem to ... mean much and another was on the show ... off our that he will go or whether it will impact ... the outcome on all that and while the U N it's just a couple blocks away from here become an ... ideologically a world away my neck and terrible tale ... this isn't the centers over Mari thank so much for being on mission ...


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Monday, December 30, 2013
Dear Matthew
Below is my response to a question I received recently in an email from Matthew. He asked:
What was it that turned the tides for you, and allowed you to let go of your self-hatred [as a gay man]?
Dear Matthew,
Your question is an intriguing one. I've given it some thought over the past several days, and I'm going to begin by answering the second part first.
You make the assumption that I've let go of my self-hatred, and that it no longer affects me. But that assumption is incorrect. Yes, I'm more aware today than I was in the past that I have a streak of self-hatred in me. And, yes, being more aware allows me to live more consciously and take better control of those times when I still feel it.
But the truth is, I don't know if it's possible for any of us to overcome our self-hatred altogether. To arrive at that happy day and time when we can say, I used to hate myself, but, now, I no longer do. To say I've totally made peace with my sexual orientation, and, from this day forward, I will never feel negative about it or be affected by it. I don't think we ever get to that place, and, if someone tells you he has, be suspect of it.
I believe the most we can do is manage it. We can't get rid of it altogether, because we are not in control of everything that happens around us. We never know, for example, if someone will yell "faggot" at us from a moving car (which happened to Chris and me only a few years ago). Or if someone we pass in a grocery store will give us that look, the same one we've received countless times and recognize as disgust (which I wrote about in a recent post).
For me, even at my age, and even after I've worked for some time at overcoming my self-loathing, instances such as these continue to take me back to when I was that kid, or that younger man, all those years ago, and encountered people who had already made up their minds about who I was on the basis of my sexual orientation alone. And who made it very clear how they felt about me.
I've come to the conclusion that, unless you are one strong individual, and in complete control of your feelings at all times, you will likely always be affected by the insensitive things that some people say or do. All any of us really wants is to be loved, or, at the very least, liked and accepted. When we receive the opposite of that, well, it's a tough thing to process, and it can't help but influence how we feel about ourselves.
But–and I want to be really clear on this point–the work involved in overcoming self-hatred is still worth it. Had I not discovered that I hated myself some time ago, and started to take the steps to turn that around, I wouldn't be where I am today. And where I am today is a far cry better than where I was before, when I bought into all the bullshit about what other people thought about me, and when I allowed what other people thought about me to affect how I felt about myself.
All I'm saying is this: I'm not sure the work to overcome self-hatred ever ends. You will need to be continuously vigilant to fight against what other people think of you, and, sadly, what you end up thinking about yourself as a result. It's a constant struggle, but it's definitely worth your time and effort. Doing the work will change the course of your life for the better. You have to believe me when I say that. And I know for a fact most other gay people would say the same thing.
Okay, so let's take a look at the first part of your question.
What turned the tides for me (as you put it), in terms of starting to let go of my self-hatred, was so simple when it happened that it scared me. It prompted me to think, if it really is this simple, why did it take me so long to get it? And, almost immediately, it began to lift the heavy weight I'd been carrying around for the better part of my life.
While I've written a dedicated blog post on this very subject, I'll try to summarize it here:
I remember it was the early 1990s, and I was walking home one day. Out of nowhere came an epiphany, and the epiphany was this: Almost all of us, gay or straight, feel some form of self-hatred. Usually, the self-hatred we feel is the result of the way we're different from other people, and how some people judge us because of how we're different.
It doesn't matter how you're different. Whether you're Asian, or female, or black, or overweight, or Jewish, or gay, or what have you, someone out there doesn't like you for some stereotypical reason associated with what you are and not who you are (because they don't know you as a human being; they haven't given themselves the chance to find out about you in your amazing and wonderful complexity).
What struck me when I realized this was, I didn't look at these people who were judged in the same way at all. In most cases, I thought they were beautiful and incredible human beings, and I didn't believe for a moment they should hate themselves for any reason whatsoever. In other words, perhaps because I knew I'd been judged unfairly in the past, I didn't see them in the same way as those who judged them did, and I didn't treat them like some stereotype.
And here's the key piece that helped start my recovery, that opened a crack and helped me see myself in an entirely different way: If it was possible that other people were judged unfairly because of how they were different, was it also possible that I was judged unfairly because of the way I was different?
Those around me, who knew I was gay and liked me anyway (I thought this was a contradiction at the time), didn't understand why my self-esteem was so low. Why I was so down on myself. Why I was consumed with self-loathing. To them, there was nothing wrong with me, no reason whatsoever why I shouldn't see myself the same way they saw me. And it occurred to me that they felt about me in the same way I felt about those people who I knew were judged because of their differences, but didn't deserve to be.
For the first time, I really saw myself through the eyes of those who knew about me and accepted me anyway, or maybe even accepted me because of it. I realized I was no different from anyone else. That is, I was no better or no worse. I was just the same.
That realization opened up my world. Because I had always thought, as a result of what I'd heard about gay people over the years, that I was inferior and unworthy. That I was less than scum. In extreme cases, that I was actually worse than rapists and murderers. All at once, I knew this was not the case. I was different from other people, yes, but the way I was different was no better or worse than the way anyone else was different. That made me equal to everyone around me, no matter who they were, or the way they were different.
And since I knew I couldn't do anything to change how I was different–that it was just the way I was, that it was the way I was made, even–I knew I had no choice: I was compelled to accept my homosexuality in a way I never had before–even when I'd come out many years previously–and I had to believe, finally, that I no longer deserved to hate myself because of it.
Matthew, I'm afraid I may have confused you with all this, and made something very simple more complex than it need be. On a personal level, all you really need to understand is that, as a gay young man, you are like everyone else, no better and no worse. And, as such, you are just as worthy, and valuable, and amazing.
Every human life has value, and it isn't because one is gay that one's life is worth any less.
Being gay is nothing more than another way of being in the world, that's just as acceptable as any other way. And, when we get that, we discover there's no reason whatsoever to hate ourselves.
That's when we reach a turning point, when we realize we can't live for anyone else anymore. Or, rather, we can't allow ourselves to be influenced by what some people have said about us for far too long. Realizing this gives us the right to take back control of our lives, to believe in our intrinsic value as human beings, and to fulfill our unique and meaningful purpose for being here.
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- MatthewJanuary 3, 2014 at 2:21 PM
Thanks for the response. It was quite a mouthful, but it does make sense. This was the equivalent of a thousand "It Gets Better" videos for me. It means a lot to hear from someone who knows what a struggle with one's self-image feels like. I can only hope your words inspire other gay kids to look at themselves in a more accepting light.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm relieved you saw this, Matthew. I was concerned I'd taken too long to answer your question, but I wanted my response to be right. I wanted it to get at the truth of what I experienced, in the hope it would help you and others.Delete
Thank you for inspiring this post and for the kind words in your comment. I hope you'll continue to find something in my blog that makes your experience of being gay an easier one.


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Duenas waived extradition and was taken to the sheriff's Walnut station and booked on Wednesday.
In December 2010, deputies assigned to the Lakewood station stopped the car Duenas was driving. During that stop, deputies said Duenas became combative, so they took him into custody and searched the vehicle. He was not arrested at that time.
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Shola, 31, and 20-year-old Sammy combined in breathtaking style three minutes into the second half to set up the Frenchman to secure the narrowest of victories. It was a far from comfortable evening for Newcastle as Papiss Cisse failed to convert any of the chances which came his way.
The Pro League leaders gave a good account of themselves, with Steve Harper making a fine second-half save from Lior Rafaelov to preserve his clean sheet, but they made it to the final whistle without mishap to take their Group D points tally to a satisfactory seven from three games and leave themselves on the brink of qualification for the last 32.
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Maxime Lestienne forced a third-minute save from Harper within three minutes of kick-off and shot across goal and narrowly wide of the far post a minute before the break as he repeatedly stretched right-back Davide Santon and central defender Steven Taylor.
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