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Using a daily manure removal system has improved pig health and growth rates, while reducing ammonia emissions for De Hoeve Innovatie's rearing and finishing business.
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Lilys has represented my family's interests with great success – 'almost instantly' on one occasion. When a letter is written to a party which expresses points, authorities and terms of resolution so clearly that the settlement check gets 'put in the mail' within 48-hours – you know you've got a good attorney. California is a big state. I live in the northern half and Lilys is based in San Diego. Does that matter in the field of consumer law she works within? No so far. If you've been stung by a sleazy used or new car dealership and need assistance – a call to Lilys should be the first one you make.

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Over the next week, I'll be blogging from Geneva, where 118 nations (if they all show up) will be meeting to discuss "Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems" (LAWS) and, you know, the fate of humanity. You may have seen headlines about the United Nations trying to outlaw killer robots, which is a bit inaccurate. First of all, the UN can't actually outlaw anything; Security Council resolutions are supposed to have the force of law on matters of international peace and security, but apart from attempts to shackle miscreants like Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, the Security Council has never tried to impose arms control on the major military powers, most of which can just veto its resolutions anyway. And anyway, the first point is irrelevant; this meeting is taking place under a subsidiary of the UN, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), whose full name is actually longer and even more boring-sounding than that but has something to do with "excessively injurious" or "indiscriminate" weapons. As an aside, I note that "excessively injurious" weapons are the ones that don't kill you, not the ones that do. But delegating the issue of autonomous weapons to the CCW is more related to the notion that stupid killer robots, like land mines, would be unable to distinguish civilians from combatants, hence "indiscriminate."
|The author (on the right)
This will actually be the second CCW meeting on LAWS, which is a nice acronym but doesn't have any official definition. The first meeting, held in 2014, was attended by at least 80 nations, which is very good for a treaty organization whose typical meeting was described by a colleague of mine as "start late, nobody wants to say anything, routine business announcements, and adjourn early."
The views, opinions and positions expressed by these authors and blogs are theirs and do not necessarily represent that of the Bioethics Research Library and Kennedy Institute of Ethics or Georgetown University.


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America's Budget Crisis
Posted on 07. Oct, 2007 by Jason Guthrie in Economy, Saving & Investing
A friend of mine recently recommended listening to the Commonwealth Club of California's podcast. The Commonwealth Club is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its more than 18,000 members for over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
The most recent podcast was entitled America's Budget Crisis and contained a panel of bi-partisan economists, comptrollers, and others to discuss the state of the U.S. budget crisis. I highly recommend listening (or watching below) this program. Although the topic might bring to mind a lot of "gloom and doom" talk, the program is actually full of hope, helpful ideas, and recommendation on how we can make a difference.
Listen to the podcast here, or simply watch below.


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Hello! Happy New Year and every other 'Happys'
It's been a while i posted on here but i'm coming back soon.
In the meantime, while studying Ecclesiology (theology as applied to the nature and structure of the Christian Church., i was studied Daniel as an example of how to relate with authority.
Many of us have authority issues and we don't even know it. As a Christian, every area of our life is important to God. We are representatives of God and thus how we relate to everyone including our leaders matters a lot as it reflects our God. The Bible is quite clear on the topic of authority and submission.
Romans 13: 1- 7 – Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Let's review Daniel's relation to authority and glean some wisdom from it.
Daniel 1:8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.
Daniel made this resolution based on his personal beliefs and then went on to seek the permission of the authority placed over him. God gave him favor and he was granted his request. The lesson here is that despite his strong convictions, he didn't run off and do as he liked just. He still sought permission first by praying for God's favour. Many of us disobey authority figures set over us in the name of 'I was led' or 'I feel strongly to do this'. While it's absolutely understandable that we have convictions about certain things, if they don't go against core Christian beliefs, God wants you to submit yourself to the governing authority. We however have the benefit of tackling the issue in prayer and winning the heart of the authority figure. An example of this is was Paul was being interrogated in Acts 23: 1-5 and in defending himself, he insulted the High Priest; immediately he realized who he was and the authority placed on him, he immediately apologized.
Daniel 1:19 – 20 The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service.20 Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
The 4 Hebrew boys were found to be better than the rest. In the 3 years of training they must have worked on themselves and participated fully in the activities required, even though they were slaves. They recognized the authority placed over them and submitted to it as God's will and did their best to came out. They could have sulked and done the bare minimum because they were slaves after all and didn't chose to be there or serve a pagan king.
How many of us have delivered sub-par work in the name of not liking the boss or client. It's quite common, even normal, to stop pulling your weight when something doesn't please us either at work, in marriage, working in church etc. but this shouldn't be. The 4 Hebrew boys maintained a spirit of excellence at everything, irrespective of who the person in authority was and you should too.
Daniel 2:14 When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion.
Daniel could have spoken rudely but he applied wisdom. Let's use the manner of how most Nigerians relate with the police as an analogy; most times when the police stop people, the person in question is innocent and the policeman just wants to chop. But in that situation, how do you respond? Rudely or with tact? Knowing that even though it's an abuse of power, they have been given some authority and respecting for them for that authority. Daniel was guiltless in this situation and could have flared up and spoiled the matter but he recognized Arioch as a man under authority and replied with wisdom.
Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.
Daniel gave the glory of the revelation to God. He understood his source and recognizes it. Thus, he wasn't careful in relaying the interpretation or its implication to the king. He knew who and whose he was and thus was able to relate from a place of boldness. His boldness before men came from a life surrendered to the authority of God. The bedrock of all authority is God and we must have our foundation in him. Your life must be completely surrendered under the authority and leadership of God through the Holy Spirit. It's from this surrender that everything comes from.
When Paul calls himself as a slave to Christ, he wasn't confused or mincing words. We need that perspective also, we are slaves, sold out to God's will!
Daniel 2:46 – 48 The king said to Daniel, "Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret." Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over all his wise men.
Promotion comes truly from the Lord alone. Daniel promotion didn't come from ass kissing or other shady practices we engage in to get the boss to notice us at work. It came by Daniel solving a real problem through the manifestation of the Spirit. Instead of busying yourself worrying about to shine without doing much work, why not start looking for problems to solve? By being a solution to people's problems, you are putting yourself in the position of being recognized and thus your promotion can't be denied. Joseph was promoted because he solved a problem for the king; even Jesus sat at the Father's right side after going through the cross. Stop seeking to trick your authority figure but be a truly solution.
Daniel 3: 16 – 18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. But even if he doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up."
The 4 Hebrew boys made it crystal clear that God's authority comes first before every human authority. These men were sold out to God and thus couldn't sell off their conscience to please the king. They made their stance and belief known and were ready to suffer for it. God honored their honor of him and this event drew the nation closer to this God. Irrespective of human authority, as Christians, our ultimate authority is God and his will must be honored over all and you mustn't compromise your beliefs to please any earthly authority.
We do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. I initially thought this statement was a bit rude but this is simply a decisive statement. The king has made up his mind and they resolved also in their mind. There was no room for argument or being politically correct. They didn't mince words in making their stance clear. Decisiveness is a key trait in standing up for your beliefs and standards. There should be no negotiation/discussion over your standards. They should black or white, this or that. Give no room to the devil, if not you will find yourself sleeping on your standards.
In serving God, there will never come a time when we don't have a choice to do the right thing! Even if that chance means death, we must always to do the will of God and what he is right in his eyes. In reverence to the authority of their true leader, they chose death – the goal was, we have to obey God no matter what!
Daniel 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king's command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
The kingdom of the earth will become the kingdom of our God when we chose to stand with God on issues instead of bending to every human whim and will. In all your endeavour, always remember that earthly authority is under the authority of God so never place the created over the creator.
Daniel 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.
Again they prove that promotion comes from God!
Daniel 6:4 Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn't find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy
There was nothing to accuse him of in his servitude. He went about his tasks, not just sucking up to authority but being a truly excellent person. What can you be accused of not doing where you currently serve?
Daniel 6:10-11 But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
He knew where his help was and he wasn't trying to negotiate or fight without first praying. When he heard about it, he proceeded first to pray i.e. tell his commanding officer about it. He didn't rush into anything or react emotionally – he first went to his boss for direction. Note that he did it even though it was a crime at the time but he stood fast to his resolution and lifestyle of honoring God. Does your submission to God's authority show in how you react to circumstances? What's your first reaction when something wrong happens or when you are faced with an issue? Many of us run to google, twitter, social media, friends, family etc. first before reporting back to base. As a slave to Christ and someone truly authority, you must make God the 1st point of call before every decision, action or reaction.
Daniel 6:22 My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.
The only judgement that matters! Are we risking being not judged by men to being judged by God? At the end of the day, it's whether he finds us right or not that matters, not what that person said of you or how you were judged. Also when something happens with secular authority, we can give it over to God's final authority and judgement. The world's authority had condemned him but he was fine even in the lion's den because God hadn't condemned him. In the grand scheme of things, only God's judgement really matters. So stop worrying about what XYZ thinks about you and do what God is leading you to do!
Daniel 6:26 I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.
Again Daniel's resolve, fear of God and truthfulness with authority led to the advancement of God's kingdom.
Don't believe the lie that you can't succeed by upholding your belief in God and doing the right thing. Daniel and the 4 Hebrew boys are a great example of people like me and you who did it God's way and succeeded.
Thanks for reading!
Don't just read but make a conscious effort to deal appropriately with authority, henceforth.


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The dragons of Risen are big, beautiful and richly endowed with wisdom. They communicate with the humans they have bonded with telepathically. Although they are completely devoted to their human friends, food is their top priority. They love to eat! Who doesn't? Right? My dragon is Tempest and she is very narcissistic and will not hesitate to remind me that her needs are more important than mine. I can communicate with all of the dragons as can my grandmother, Gabriel and the wisp, Rew.


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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds. Votes: 15
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. Votes: 12
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The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that they may at last fail from not comprehending the great institutions which they have created Votes: 9
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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. Votes: 8
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. Votes: 8
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. Votes: 8
The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be null. Votes: 7
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. Votes: 6
Life is a school of probability. Votes: 5
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. Votes: 5
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. Votes: 4
The caucus is a sort of representative meeting which sits voting and voting till they have cut out all the known men against whom much is to be said, and agreed on some unknown man against whom there is nothing known, and therefore nothing to be alleged. Votes: 3
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. Votes: 2
There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and its employments. How can a soul be a merchant? What relation to an immortal being have the price of linseed, the brokerage on hemp? Can an undying creature debit petty expenses and charge for carriage paid? The soul ties its shoes; the mind washes its hands in a basin. All is incongruous. Votes: 2
We think of Euclid as of fine ice; we admire Newton as we admire the peak of Teneriffe. Even the intensest labors, the most remote triumphs of the abstract intellect, seem to carry us into a region different from our own-to be in a terra incognita of pure reasoning, to cast a chill on human glory. Votes: 2
I'm not the kind of writer who's able to block out the world around me. I'm mindful of our own haves and have-nots, how our culture often blames and punishes the have-nots. I worry about our precarious economic and political climate. Votes: 0
A cabinet is a combining committee, a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its functions it belongs to the other. Votes: 0
Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt. Votes: 0
A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members, rather than to leave free the energies of mankind; it overdoes the quantity of government, as well as impairs its quality. The truth is, that a skilled bureaucracy is, though it boasts of an appearance of science, quite inconsistent with the true principles of the art of business. Votes: 0
History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world have a chance for it. Votes: 0
Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does not look as if it did. Votes: 0
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor. Votes: 0
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits. Votes: 0
The beginning of civilization is marked by an intense legality that legality is the very condition of its existence, the bond which ties it together but that legality - that tendency to impose a settled customary yoke upon all men and all actions Votes: 0
We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself. Votes: 0
Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do. Votes: 0
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment. Votes: 0
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. Votes: 0
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. Votes: 0
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. Votes: 0
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it. Votes: 0
A highly developed moral nature joined to an undeveloped intellectual nature, an undeveloped artistic nature, and a very limited religious nature, is of necessity repulsive. It represents a bit of human nature a good bit, of course, but a bit only in disproportionate, unnatural and revolting prominence. Votes: 0
A political country is like an American forest; you have only to cut down the old trees, and immediately new trees come up to replace them. Votes: 0
A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind. Votes: 0
All the inducements of early society tend to foster immediate action; all its penalties fall on the man who pauses; the traditional wisdom of those times was never weary of inculcating that "delays are dangerous," and that the sluggish man the man "who roasteth not that which he took in hunting" will not prosper on the earth, and indeed will very soon perish out of it. And in consequence an inability to stay quiet, an irritable desire to act directly, is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. Votes: 0
But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers. Votes: 0
Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances. Votes: 0
Credit means that a certain confidence is given, and a certain trust reposed. Is that trust justified? And is that confidence wise? These are the cardinal questions. To put it more simply credit is a set of promises to pay; will those promises be kept? Votes: 0
Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men, or by a belief in the principles that those men represent, and they are maintained by fear of those men - by the fear that if you vote against them, you may soon yourself have no vote at all. Votes: 0
Every banker knows that if he has to prove he is worthy of credit, in fact his credit is gone. Votes: 0
Go ahead and do the impossible. It's worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn't. Votes: 0
Great and terrible systems of divinity and philosophy lie round about us, which, if true, might drive a wise man mad. Votes: 0
In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious. Votes: 0
In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best. Votes: 0
In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without scandal. Votes: 0
It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'; that it was the first government which made a criticism of administration as much a part of the polity as administration itself. This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government. Votes: 0
Life is not a set campaign, but an irregular work, and the main forces in it are not overt resolutions, but latent and half-involuntary promptings. Votes: 0
Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them. Votes: 0
Money is economic power. Votes: 0
Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still. Votes: 0
Nations touch at their summits. Votes: 0
Nine tenths of modern science is in this respect the same: it is the produce of men whom their contemporaries thought dreamers - who were laughed at for caring for what did not concern them - who, as the proverb went, 'walked into a well from looking at the stars' - who were believed to be useless, if anyone could be such. Votes: 0
No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of a second-rate man. Votes: 0
Not only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality; it tends to over-government in point of quantity. Votes: 0
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. It...makes you think that after all, your favorite notions may be wrong, your firmest beliefs ill-founded....Naturally, therefore, common men hate a new idea, and are disposed more or less to ill-treat the original man who brings it. Votes: 0
Our law very often reminds one of those outskirts of cities where you cannot for a long time tell how the streets come to wind about in so capricious and serpent-like a manner. At last it strikes you that they grew up, house by house, on the devious tracks of the old green lanes; and if you follow on to the existing fields, you may often find the change half complete. Votes: 0
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. Votes: 0
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding. Votes: 0
The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them that the mob are influenced; it is they who the inspectors cheer. The real rulers are secreted in second hand carriages; no one cares for them or asks about them, but they are obeyed implicitly and unconsciously by reason of the splendour of those who eclipsed and preceded them. Votes: 0
The best security for people's doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do. Votes: 0
The business of banking ought to be simple. If it is hard it is wrong. The only securities which a banker, using money that he may be asked at short notice to repay, ought to touch, are those which are easily saleable and easily intelligible. Votes: 0
The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad Bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good Bank. Votes: 0
The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts are very complicated and somewhat imposing, very old and rather venerable, while its efficient part, at least when in great and critical action, is decidedly simple and modern. Votes: 0
The essence of Toryism is enjoyment?but as far as communicating and establishing your creed are concernedtrya little pleasure. The way to keep up old customs is, to enjoy old customs; the way to be satisfied with the present state of things is, to enjoy that state of things. Votes: 0
The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair; The Grecian gods are like the Greeks, As keen-eyed, cold and fair. Votes: 0
The maxim of science is simply that of common sense-simple cases first; begin with seeing how the main force acts when there is as little as possible to impede it, and when you thoroughly comprehend that, add to it in succession the separate effects of each of the incumbering and interfering agencies. Votes: 0
The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is much stupidity. Votes: 0
The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm. Votes: 0
The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people. Votes: 0
The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened by hidden causes, a small accident may greatly hurt it, and a great accident for a moment may almost destroy it. Votes: 0
The real essence of work is concentrated energy - people who really have that in a superior degree by nature are independent of the forms and habits and artifices by which less able and less active people are kept up to their labors. Votes: 0
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. Votes: 0
The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people that can write know anything. In general an author has always lived in a room, has read books, has cultivated science, is acquainted with the style and sentiments of the best authors, but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see. His life is a vacuum. Votes: 0
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards Votes: 0
Throughout the greater part of his life George III was a kind of 'consecrated obstruction'. Votes: 0
Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns. Votes: 0
War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no matter how generated, will give them a military advantage, and make them more likely to stay in the race of nations. Votes: 0
What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common society, is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion. Votes: 0
Whatever expenditure is sanctioned even when it is sanctioned against the ministry's wish the ministry must find the money. Accordingly, they have the strongest motive to oppose extra outlay.... The ministry is (so to speak) the breadwinner of the political family, and has to meet the cost of philanthropy and glory; just as the head of a family has to pay for the charities of his wife and the toilette of his daughters. Votes: 0
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Votes: 0


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Sullivan Studies at the École des Beaux-Arts
After six fruitful months with William Le Baron Jenney, Louis Henry Sullivan decided to return to school for theoretical grounding, this time to the acknowledged source of architectural wisdom, Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Louis Henry Sullivan sailed from New York in July 1874, arrived in Paris in August and, after a period of determined preparation, entered the Ecole in October wherere Louis Henry Sullivan remained for approximately three months. But Louis Henry Sullivan found the Ecole as disappointing as MIT, in large part because of its concentration on Renaissance and classical ideas. After a tour of southern France and northern Italy, where Louis Henry Sullivan was staggered by Michelangelo's work, especially at the Sistine Chapel, Louis Henry Sullivan returned to Chicago in June 1875 as a free-lance draftsman.


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Here is the latest episode of Therapy Hour. This month I sit with Winnipeg singer/songwriter, Sean Burns. We are old pals so it doesn't take us long to get right into the heart of it all. We have real talk about the music biz and our places in it and it's place in our lives. Enjoy!
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I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME LOVE… – by of course featuring Bob Marley today, February 6th!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the man himself, honoring his legacy again this year.
He is undoubtedly in the top 15 of most covered artists and I'd highly recommend to do a search on YouTube sometime to admire some amazing versions of Bob's songs – AND his originals of course!
My first pick for today's post is a terrific cover of "Is This Love" by Bilal – another super talented artist.
My second choice is the feature with Lauryn Hill – "Turn Your Lights Down Low" – which became an instant classic…
The third video posted is a 12″ MIX version of Bob Marley's "Jammin"… Dope track! Close your eyes for a second and pay respect to Bob Marley's music – still spreading L O V E in this world.
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Iván de la Nuez
(Pubilshed in the monograph "RAÚL CORDERO: 73 Kg". Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Spain. 2012)
Umberto Eco suggested pricing books based on their weight. The more grams -or kilograms- the book weighs the more money we would have to pay to take the book home with us. Obviously, Eco's proposition has not much echo. At least not enough to change the traditional way of putting a value on literature. That is just how it should be, given that this idea has nothing to do with quality (Borges would lose out to any third rate best seller with more than 500 pages) or any other traditional approach to assessing literature, like critical legitimation or expected sales. Nevertheless, however crude it may have seemed back then, and still now, that way of evaluating a literary product has its logic, putting aside the fact that it was nothing more than a boutade.
What's more likely is that Eco had his own interests in mind, given that many of his books reach a considerable weight. It is also possible, however, that his goal was nothing other than confronting Culture with comprehensible measurements -in this case weight- in the same way that measurements are used in other activities and trades, such as by butchers, fishermen, drug dealers or live stock appraisers. Even though it's a vulgar practice we typically avoid engaging in -like anything whose value may be appraised- nearly all the works of art and literature throughout history, from a Van Gogh painting to a Kafka manuscript, have been passed around as nothing other than figures, record prices, in uncomfortable sums for hermeneutics.
Here we have the title of Raúl Cordero's exhibition in which he deals directly with those volumes, which for "serious" art, it is not in good taste to bring up. Rather, it's something art considers bad taste to say about itself. Art allows itself to talk about the stock market and oil prices, political corruption and the crisis. And to concern itself with hell, if and when, as Sartre said, the ones getting burned are "the others", or they at least function like abstract entities (like the market, for example).
This being the case, if the biography seems crude or lacking glamour it can be covered up with the neutrality of the curriculum vitae. And if a work of art has an obscene price, there's nothing better than to camouflage it under than the rubric of social importance. And if labour -translated into hours, administration, border customs, other interests- gives little insight into aesthetic discourse, it's better to push it under the elegant rug of the Work of Art.
73 Kilograms is the phrase that names this exhibition because it is, consequently, the weight of the show.
The first operation of this project thus revolves around its transparency. Hence, with its very title it makes one conscious of other measurable magnitudes and draws back the curtain bringing to bear the excuses with which art is, still, justified.
In 21 grams, Alejandro González Iñárritu explores the loss of body weight we experience when we die. The weight of the soul, supposedly. Roland Barthes finds recourse in the number zero to give form to the way he exploded literary criticism in Writing Degree Zero. There is the novel 13.99, in which Fréderic Beigbeder shakes up the world of appearances that advertising is based in. Revolution Number 9, by the Beatles or The 39 Steps by Hitchcock contain numbers in their titles that give shape to the works, or some enigma they intend to elucidate upon. All those titles could be called "numerical", and they are all in a tradition(?) that includes 73 kg, and a lot of other issues Raúl Cordero is concerned with, such as his apprehensiveness about the art system which, for some time now, no longer even talks about "art" or the "art world". They are alarms about the measure of art.
In the comedy with this title, Shakespeare constructs a world populated by complex characters who seek compensation for sin, injustice, redemption and dogma. The fact that the play revolves around fornication mustnít be ignored, nor that in it, a pregnancy before marriage is set against a death sentence. The entire play takes place in the midst of a plot of wrongdoings, (all of which are measurable although not all are confessable), which involves all the main characters. However, when all is said and done, Measure for Measure is a play about transactions. And for that reason it needs to pursue the truth, transparency even, so it may calibrate the true value of attitudes, which are also negotiable.
-All difficulties are but easy when they are known.
So says the Duke who is a protagonist of Measure for Measure, which is a text from 1604 that has been classified as a comedy and that was written at almost the same time as Othello. Tragedy and comedy, hypocrisy and jealousy, buying and selling… Arenít these the subplots of art? And, is it not the distaste for all this that might lead someone to lay bare the skeleton of a system that is intrinsically worn out but at the same time is trying to keep up appearances as if nothing were wrong?
If art persists as an ancient trade that refuses to give up, it is not because its story is more or less real or even more or less true than that of other trades that have existed at one time or another. It's because it can still lay claim to being exceptional. Hence its insistence on maintaining "special" spaces and life styles that are prohibited in other spheres. However, this resistance, which is still romantic even though few would admit it, is not an exclusively spatial matter. In some way, art's story about itself is afflicted by a temporary disorder marked by an unhealthy horror of the future; the terror of not surviving.
If there is still any doubt about this it can be dispelled by opening up any exhibition catalogue and taking a look at the artist's CV. That Freudian artefact that describes, unambiguously, a voyage to the maternal womb. There is no serious CV that does not start with the present and go backwards to the date of birth, real or artistic, of its subject. Leaving aside Freud, this "backwards" curriculum vitae is more related to fiction than theory or criticism. It's closer to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, or Journey to the Seed, by Alejo Carpentier, than any piece of writing by Arthur Danto or Brian Holmes. Those two stories illustrate a move towards a zero dimension from a point of departure in present that turns its back on the future. This is why the CV is not a reliable instrument. Especially because of the notable difference between it and the biography.
In the CV accolades take centre stage. While the biography draws upon somewhat more provocative material. A CV -in order to serve its purpose- covers up, while a biography, if it's honest, exposes. In contrast to the aseptic professionalism of the curriculum, it's the vices and obsessions, vanities and grudges that emerge to populate the novel of art that has been growing so steadily in recent years. One goes backwards, while the other follows the hands of the clock, moving forth towards decrepitude and the end.
That "natural" journey is what 73 kg proposes. The exhibition it is not a comedy but, "measure for measure", it does contain large doses of irony.
These transparent paintings directly allude to weight or the time it took to make them. For example, we're informed that one of the paintings was made on 12 August, 2012 between 9:45 in the morning and 8:55 in the evening. And, that another one weighs 2.2 kg. And that yet another one measures 100 X 119.5 centimetres, which is a tribute to Freddie Bartholomew that cannot be understood without repeating the size of the original work. This numerical obsession is not, however, a matter of "mathematics". It deals with making the invisible visible, and naming the unnameable. It's about making the works' process transparent and making us see, for example, that what we conventionally conceive of as a "fact" can become a title, even at the very core of an artistic situation. This is painting in the age of transparency, when everything is exhibited and everything is known. It's painting in the era of Facebook, Twitter and Wikileaks.
Thus the measurement of art carried out by Cordero dissolves the reverie of art's mystery. It's no longer the place of secrecy and privacy or of age-old truth that can only be found in that which is deeply hidden. Nowadays, on the contrary, that interiority comes right out to meet us. That's why these paintings don't champion Painting, but rather the physical -or physiological- act of painting. Painting is a matter of getting the right measurements; thickness, density, colour proportions. In fact painting is not even exclusive to the domain of art. It's independent of it, and it will most likely continue after the end of Painting.
Since the birth of the image -bestowed many years later upon the figure called the "artist"- human beings have tried to "make their mark" on the world. That phrase, which puts mark making (painting) on the same level as life, is not incidental.
Avant-garde movements stressed the boundary separating art and life and the need to breach it. However, something tells us that its failure to do so comes precisely from the sublimation of art. And from the fact that for the avant-garde life -finite and small- didn't "make much of a mark".
The die hard defenders of art as an eternal entity, as much as the ones dedicated to digging its grave, might both have wasted their time. No decree will make art disappear. And nobody will manage to give it the seal of immortality. If it continues, it doesn't seem possible that it can do so as it has done up to now, running in the opposite direction of time, and with the artists narrating away their lives towards purity.
This show is not neutral. You can intuit from it that art is an impermanent trade, like hundreds of trades that no longer exist. In 73 kg the measure of art is, ultimately, that of the time it has left. Whether it's a matter of days, years or centuries, we can only find out by setting our clocks ahead. Marking, into the future, the measure of art with our own mortal calendar.


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Rookie Morikawa takes out Merritt for first Tour win
Troy Merritt would have thought he already had one hand on the the trophy as he headed to the back nine at the Montreaux Golf and Club on Sunday.
However, rookie pro Collin Morikawa had other ideas as he fired off five birdies across the final nine holes to win the Barracuda Championship in Reno, Nevada in his just his sixth start on the PGA Tour.
Morikawa's total of seven birdies and no bogeys gave him 14 points under the modified Stableford scoring system, which was enough for a three-point victory over Merritt with with 47 points.
Merritt didn't give up the fight easily and almost forced a playoff at the final hole where he had the chance to sink an eagle for the win.
- Titleist Pro V1x Golf Ball
- TaylorMade M5 Driver (9º)
- TaylorMade M5 (Rocket 3, 14º)
- TaylorMade GAPR (2)
- Callaway Apex Pro (4), TaylorMade P-730 (5-PW)
- Titleist Vokey SM7 (52, 56, 60º)
- Bettinardi Carbon 3-Step Jam Prototype
Unfortunately for the two-time PGA Tour winner, he left his chip about four metres past the hole and then missed the birdie coming back.
"It was something really special to finally get the win," Morikawa said.
"It felt good to make that putt (at 17), but obviously I had one more hole to play. There was a lot of points on the board left, and I knew I had business to do on 18. And I hit three good shots and was able to tap in for birdie."
Collin Morikawa (Credit: PGA Tour)
While the 22-year-old had already played well enough in five starts to earn a PGA Tour card for next season, this win means he will immediately gain a full PGA Tour card and will move to 46th place in the FedExCup , earning him a start in the Playoff Series.
Robert Allenby was the sole Australian to make the cut in 67th place, his first since late February this year.
Cameron Davis, Rod Pampling, Curtis Luck and John Senden all missed the weekend.


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I'm working very hard to get SHIFTY: A BAKER'S DOZEN OF STORIES FROM THE WORLD OF SAGE done by the end of the year.
Here's an excerpt from one of the stories in it, "How Nerissa Kept Her Head".
There HAD To Be A Way Out
excerpt from "How Nerissa Kept Her Head"
by Marian Allen
Now, it happened that, on the day her hair had been cleaned and clipped close, Nerissa ran an errand for the Emir's Least Wife's Least Cook. She had barely returned when a man padded with both fat and muscle entered the kitchen.
"Lock the doors!"
And this was the reason Nerissa was granted an errand by the Least Cook: On this day, the Emirzade would perform a Domestic Condescension. On the day the Emir's Least Wife's eldest son mingles with his lower staff, no one wants to be caught out-of-palace when the doors are locked.
Nerissa gasped and lunged for the exit, but the Least Cook picked her up as if she had been a duck and whispered, "Be still, silly girl! Today, you'll have a full belly and an hour at ease."
Nerissa didn't ask why. She didn't care why. She only wondered what a full belly would feel like, as she had never had one in all her six years.
As a guttersnipe caught at hazard by the locked doors, Nerissa was lower than even the lowest scullery maid. She was given the same fare as everyone else – for this was the custom from time immemorial – but she ate in a small room set aside for the feeding of low-ranking outsiders.
A belly accustomed to being empty soon fills, although Nerissa was wise enough to stuff her pockets with anything that would keep and gorge herself on what would not.
And then, my children, something happened that often happens to the poor, to the low-ranking, and to outsiders: Nerissa was forgotten. Everyone was so full of good things, they simply washed up and went to bed. When the silence disturbed her, Nerissa opened the door and crept into the kitchen.
She opened another door, relieved to feel fresh air beyond it, and slipped through. One step over the threshold, though, told her bare feet that she had not reached the familiar back alley, but an enclosed yard of the palace. The kitchen door clicked shut behind her. The latch had closed, trapping her in the walled garden.
Night was familiar to her, for she had often been on errands at night, so the moonlit darkness didn't frighten her. It was the trespass, the being where she shouldn't be with no way to escape that made her heart pound and her palms grow damp. Her owners had told her tales of Tortoise, who loves to lurk in shadows and take bites from unwary children who wander out of bounds.
She caught her breath and forced herself to think. A palace would have more than one garden, and a gardener wouldn't go through the kitchen to get from one to another, which meant there had to be a way out of this yard.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: A character is locked into a place he or she would rather not be locked into.


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Not a great match, hopefully a lot of lessons learned afterwards. Here are some points to look at after New York City's FC's final visit to RFK Stadium (unless we meet again in playoffs).
1. [What do you mean by "final visit"?] Oh yeah, that's right! Let me explain. This was potentially the final DCvNYC fixture in RFK Stadium. There are only 13 more regular season home matches for DC United in that stadium. Next season, they'll be opening Audi Field. But there is doubt that it will be open in time for the start of next year's season. They plan to open in June 2018, well into the regular season. Proximity to a Metro station is not as great as RFK, but still good (Navy Yard-Ballpark station on the Green Line).
2. Back to the actual match, so far we have only seen two total changes to the lineup, and they are both at the same position, right back. First it was RJ Allen in the first match, then Ethan White held it down for three consecutive matches, and then we saw Frederic Brillant start at right back. I'll leave that to you to decide if that was a good move by Patrick Vieira.
3. David Villa likes scoring against DC. He scored in all but one match, the other 2-1 loss on October 3, 2015. Frank Lampard scored the goal in that one. But Villa kept the average at one goal per appearance against DC since netting two earlier this season, and is now at 7 goals in 7 matches. DV7! (Sorry, terrible joke…) Also of note, so far, all three of Villa's goals this season have been against DC United.
4. In the stadium, the folks at DC United decided to show a video of all of the goals DC had scored against City prior to Saturday before the first half kickoff. Eight goals sounds like a good handful, but compare that to the 14 City has scored against DC. Now the aggregate stands at 15-10 in favor of NYC. Also worthy of pointing out: out of the eight goals DC has conceded, five belong to NYC.
5. The current regular season head-to-head record now stands at 4W-0D-3L in favor of NYC over DC. They're catching up, but they'll have to wait until next season, since this is the last regular season match between the two clubs.
6. Lloyd Sam gets a hit again. The former Red Bull now has two goals and two assists in four appearances against City. Someone should mark him…
7. Now I'm at 1W-0D-4L for attending NYCFC matches. But I wasn't too much upset at this loss. Consider this: if this were a two-legged tie, the aggregate score would be 5-2.
Now, it's off to Philly on Friday. Catch the match on ESPN at 7pm EST.
RFK is falling down, falling down, falling down…but they're getting Audi Field…(heavy sigh)


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Tom: Thanks, Gary. The main topic for this week's program is the rise of occultism in Christianity, and in particular its entry through psychology and inner healing. Last week we addressed the occult influences in the church of Christian psychotherapy. Today, we plan to discuss similar effects in the church brought in through inner healing ministries. Now, inner healing is a form of metaphysical healing which attempts to bring about peace and harmony between the soul, or mind, and spirit. Its methodology involves a mixture of biblical, psychological, and occult concepts and techniques. First of all, Dave, is there a difference between inner healing and Christian psychotherapy or is it all cut from the same tree?
Dave: Well, it is cut from the same tree, I guess you could say, but there are some differences - among them, psychotherapy can only be practiced by licensed psychotherapists. You have to have a PhD and be licensed by the state; inner healing is practiced by anybody who picks it up and starts to do it. Not all psychotherapy is like inner healing. In other words, inner healing basically involves not just going back in the past, which psychotherapy does, but visualizing Jesus coming alongside in some traumatic experience and working it out for you. There are many Christian psychologists who don't advocate visualizing Jesus, but many of them do. So, yes, there are similarities and there are some differences.
Tom: Dave, last week we talked about Norman Vincent Peale being the father of Christian psychotherapy – psychology, really, and his background, as we mentioned, was the mind sciences. That's really his theology. Now, it's really interesting that the kind of…
Dave: Maybe we need to explain mind sciences…
Tom: Okay.
Dave: These are the cults of Christian Science, Religious Science, Mind Science, as you mentioned, and the whole idea is that sin, sickness, death, and so forth - this was Mary Baker Eddy's idea, which, of course, she got from a hypnotist - Quimby.
Tom: Right, Dr. Phineas Quimby.
Dave: Right, the idea is that these things don't exist - they only exist in our minds, like the Power of Positive Thinking, or Schuller's Possibility Thinking. You can change your circumstances - not just the way you feel about them, but your whole universe around you - by changing the way you think. So, Mary Baker Eddy, in fact, denied the reality of sickness or death. In fact, Jesus didn't die on the Cross, because there is no such thing as death. So these are the mind sciences, and Norman Vincent Peale, in fact, is claimed by them. He spoke - I don't know how many times, but a number of times - at Unity Headquarters at Lee's Summit, Missouri. Unity is one of those, what they call the New Thought—the New Thought Alliance. The New Thought Alliance, which involves these various churches, (they are really cults; there is nothing biblical about them at all). They claim - both Norman Vincent Peale and Robert Schuller (Robert Schuller was Norman Vincent Peale's main disciple; Schuller credits Peale as being his mentor), and the New Thought Alliance claims them as being part of - you know, they teach the same thing. Robert Schuller has also taught at Unity Headquarters in Lee's Summit, Missouri. He didn't go there to correct them; he went there to commend them and to share his church-growth principles with this horrible cult. He dedicated a Unity Temple in Warren, Michigan. He has spoken a number of times and blessed the Unity people. In fact, he had one of the major Unity ministers – well, she now is not directly affiliated with Unity; she was called in his brochure, Schuller's brochure for his Church Growth Institute a couple of years ago, "the Reverend Dr. Johnnie Coleman." She's the pastor of Christ Universal Temple in Chicago.
Again, so their affiliation with Unity, with Science of Mind, is very clear. In fact, I think you are about to read a quote out of Seduction of Christianity.
Tom: Right. A lot of people were shocked when we stated that Norman Vincent Peale, his background and most of his teachings, were right out of Religious Science and Mind Science. And in Seduction of Christianity we quote Charles Braden, who - here's a historian of New Thought, of Religious Science, and so on, and he writes, "Peale's father once told his son 'you have evolved a new Christian emphasis out of the composite of Science of Mind, metaphysics, Christian Science, medical and psychological practice, Baptist evangelism, Methodist witnessing, and solid Dutch Reformed Calvinism.'" Now, that's really the heart of Religious Science and Unity and so on. It's an amalgam - it's a collection - of different ideas, but it all has sort of a Gnostic or metaphysical foundation.
Dave: You would not get that so obviously if you know the occult. You would very clearly get it in his most popular book The Power of Positive Thinking. But we could take you to other books by Norman Vincent Peale, for example: Positive Imaging. And in that, Norman Vincent Peale teaches directly occult techniques that if a pastor wants to increase the number of people in his congregation, he needs to visualize these people coming in.
Tom: Last week, we mentioned how he utilized occult techniques such as visualization. Particularly, he gave an example of how he got into fundraising through this methodology. Dave…
Dave: And you could even get somebody to write out a check for you by visualizing them doing it. So this is direct occultism.
Tom: Right, exactly. Now what's interesting, and what I am leading up to here, is that as Norman Vincent Peale, with his mind-science background, is the founder of, really the one who introduced, the idea of Christian psychology. Agnes Sanford - she's really the mother of inner healing. She really brought that into the church. Now, her background: she started out the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary in China, but her theology developed into Religious Science.
Dave: Tom, the teachings (and we don't make this up - these are in her books; this is in writing) the teachings of Agnes Sanford are so incredibly unbiblical and directly occult that I don't see how anyone can possibly deny it, and yet she is the mother, you could say - I call her the "Mary…—
Tom: I did say that…
Dave: …I call her the "Mary Baker Eddy of the Charismatic movement." She is, indeed, the mother of the inner healing movement. She trained all of these people – well, she didn't train all of them; the ones she trained, trained the rest, such as Ruth Carter Stapleton, Rosalind Rinker, John and Paula Sandford - who are still all over the country involved in inner healing; William Vaswig, Rita Bennett, and you've probably got other names you could add to it.
Tom: Well, Richard Foster - we've mentioned his involvement…
Dave: She didn't directly train him, but he relied very much upon her.
Tom: …and recommended her in an early edition of his book Celebration of Discipline.
Dave: Yes, right and said he had learned a great deal from her; received a lot of insights from her…considered her to be very sound.
Tom: David Semands, certainly; Morton Kelsey - I am looking down a list here. Leanne Payne, of course; Francis MacNutt - these are people who are still very much involved in inner healing. And our concern here is that as sincere as they may be in trying to help people, the methodology, the techniques here, come right out of the occult.
Dave: Tom, let's just get down to that. John and Paula Sandford say that Agnes Sanford was "for all of us the forerunner in the field of inner healing." Now, when we exposed some of these things about Agnes Sanford, John Sandford said that he had cast a demon out of her.
Tom: Yes, and no relation - she has a son named John or Jack, but this is John and Paula Sandford.
Dave: With a "d" in it. Her name does not have a "d" in it.
Tom: Right. S-a-n-f-o-r-d.
Dave: He claimed that he had cast a demon out of her and led her to Christ, but nevertheless he says she was their mentor. Now this was before he supposedly cast a demon out of her and led her to Christ, but…
Tom: She was heavily involved in influencing people prior to that.
Dave: …But let me just give you a few quotes from Agnes Sanford: "God's love was blacked out from man by the negative thought vibration of this sinful world. So our Lord lowered His thought vibrations to the thought vibrations of humanity and cleansed the thought vibrations that surround this globe…"
Where do you find that in the Bible? This is pure Science of Mind, positive thinking/negative thinking. "…Therefore, since He became a very part of the collective unconscious of the race, when He died upon the Cross a part of humanity died with Him and an invisible personalized energy of our spirits has already ascended with Him into the heavens. [Now this energy, you know] His blood, that mysterious life essence, remains upon this earth in plasma form blown by the winds to every land, exploding in a chain reaction of spiritual power. We direct this great flow of life into a closed mind by doing penance for the sins of the world or for a particular person, and by taking that one [that is, visualizing them] to the Cross of Christ and there receiving from him forgiveness, healing, and life."
You know, I thought that salvation comes through proclaiming the gospel and those who believe it are saved. But you don't have to proclaim the gospel; you can simply visualize. Now she called God – well, she said we could tap into this "flow of energy, this high voltage of God's creativity." She claimed we are part of God; she called God "primal energy" and Jesus "the most profound of psychiatrists." And she said you could forgive other people's sins through visualization.
We give a lot of quotes in this book, and we could go on and on, but I think that's enough for anyone to recognize that this woman is not only unbiblical; she is teaching some very dangerous and destructive concepts of the occult. And yet this is the founder, really, the forerunner, in the inner healing movement. And these people still look up to her and honor her, and her books are still sold in Christian bookstores. Now, what does that say about the discernment not only of these people but of those who still follow them to this day?
That's one reason for this radio program. Tom, we are just pleading with people—we're not trying to run anybody down, we are not making false accusations, we're simply saying, "What do they teach?" We give you the quotes, we give you the documentation, and then we say let's get back to the Bible.
Tom: But, Dave, it isn't just a matter of them having fond memories of or ideas about Agnes Sanford. They utilize the techniques that she is talking about that come out of the occult. We talked about psychology and Carl Jung last week. Agnes Sanford was a Jungian to the max! That's where she got most of her ideas. For example, the collective unconscious - she believed, as you mentioned in the quote earlier, that Jesus - and everything - is a part, all of our memories are a part, of a collective unconscious that you learn how to tap into.
Dave: Tom, let me just go back a minute, because Richard Foster would be a name that would be well known. He has the Renovaré ministry, now, in which he is taking this across the country and around the world. His books, beginning with Celebration of Discipline and so forth, have sold, I would say, hundreds of thousands of copies. He's been very popular. Now, after what I quoted of the beliefs of Agnes Sanford, listen to what Richard Foster says: "I have been greatly helped in my understanding of the value of the imagination in praying for others by Agnes Sanford. This advice of prayer through the imagination, picturing the healing, and much more, was given to me by Agnes Sanford."
Well, I guarantee you, Tom, that wasn't given to her by God. It is not in the Bible. This is an occult technique. Foster endorsed Sanford and her books. He said, "I have discovered her to be an extremely wise and skillful counselor." And yet she openly taught Eastern mysticism and occultism. She taught that humans existed in heaven prior to coming to earth trailing "a cloud of glory with an unconscious memory of that pre-earth existence," and so forth.
Now, how can we honor a woman like this when we really consider that she is really behind the inner healing movement? That gives you some insight into what this movement is really about and the dangers that are involved. And yet, Tom, these people persist in this in spite of the fact that it is not biblical, it is contrary to the Word of God, and it uses the imagination to visualize Jesus, to visualize people, as though you can create reality in your mind. Tom, if I had any hair left I would pull it out, I guess. It becomes a little bit frustrating after a while.
Tom: Dave, I remember going back to the beginnings of the Vineyard movement. Ken Gulliksen actually founded the Vineyard movement before John Wimber was involved. But Ken had tapes then, and he very much got into inner healing. His wife got involved, and then he got involved out of her encouragement from that. When John Wimber joined the Vineyard movement, this was a major part – inner healing was a major part - of what the Vineyard movement was all about, and it was all based, again, on Agnes Sanford and her teachings.
Dave: Yes, they offered her tapes, her books…
Tom: Correct.
Dave: What we're seeing is: you follow the leader, you get some new idea - the Bible is not sufficient. What we need is some new technique for dealing with people's problems. This is how psychology got into the church. This is how inner healing got into the church. But once you turn away from Scripture, the sufficiency of Scripture - is this God's Word? Is this the Manufacturer's Handbook? Has He, as Peter says in his second epistle, chapter 1, "given us all things that pertain unto life and godliness?" Is the Bible, as Paul says in 2 Timothy 3, it will make you…the man of God will be "perfect, mature, complete, thoroughly furnished unto every good work."
Now, as soon as we say, "No, that's not true. We need some help from other techniques," then you've lost your moorings, you've lost your compass, you have no basis left for determining whether this thing that you are involved in is true or false. It seems to work. You take a pragmatic approach. In fact, this was the approach that John Wimber took, way at the very beginning. He had a Calvary Chapel, a large Calvary Chapel - and you know the story. Chuck Smith was concerned about some of the things that were happening, and finally, he said to John, "Are you going to go by the Bible or by experience?"
And John Wimber said, "We are going to go by experience. If it works, that's what we are going to do."
And that was when Chuck Smith, to his credit, said, "Then please don't use the name Calvary Chapel anymore." And this is where the Vineyards came from. Now…
Tom: That's the thrust that they took.
Dave: Yes, you had some Vineyards already. I used to speak at them. These were good people; I loved them, but I began to warn them about John Wimber and some of his ideas. And, of course, when he then called himself the Vineyard, he was well known and most people think he was the founder of the Vineyard movement.
But the point we are trying to make is that when you get away from the Bible and you go by experience…you can get all kinds of experiences - on drugs; I have talked to people all over this world, Tom - Moral Re-Armament people, they've got their headquarters are in Caux, Switzerland. They could give you experiences – fantastic experiences. I've talked to Hindus and Buddhists, occultists - incredible experiences! And some of them - they think they've had experiences with God. Carl Jung - the Holy Ghost appeared to him in the form of a dove. He picked up a spirit guide, as we have mentioned in the past.
Tom: Right, Philemon the demon.
Dave: So this is experience and where it will lead you. I've got to get back to the Word of God and have my confidence in this.
Tom: Dave, I just want to add this. When John Wimber began healing, he was looking for signs and wonders. That was his thrust. And as the inner healing started, it involved physical healing. Now that was the same way with Agnes Sanford, except she wasn't having much luck with regard to organic problems that people had. So then she made her shift to the healing of the soul, basically back to the mind science roots, which she had. But that's the trend that we see. They start out with signs and wonders, looking for physical manifestations, but then they have to fall back to the spiritual, and they push it to the realm. Again, the spiritual and the experiential, but no real basis for objectively…
Dave: Okay, Tom, why do we even talk about this, and why do we name peoples' names? Well, because they may come to your church, or you may pick up their books; they may be recommended to you by someone, and the next thing you know, you are caught up in this. So, it's amazing how many people can sit under someone's ministry and not recognize the false teachings that are coming forth, not realizing where they are being led, until finally there they are. So we're simply trying to warn people; we're trying to give some facts. We're letting you know what these people teach, where the teaching comes from. It comes out of the occult. It involves occult practices. And we are simply saying, "Compare it with the Word of God. Get back to the Bible, and let's renew our confidence in God's Word as being sufficient for our needs.
Tom: Dave, just to add to that - if these individuals that we've mentioned are teaching things that are biblical, fine. I mean to their credit, if that's the case, but people have to be discerning as to whether that's the case or not.
Dave: There's a mixture Tom, because not everything they teach is wrong, and that is more deadly. Because the good stuff then causes you to accept what is not of God.
Tom: Dave, earlier I mentioned Gnosticism. That's a term we don't hear much these days, but really what it is - this is a problem that the church dealt with early on. These are the early heresies - we could say they were Gnostic heresies. And it had to do with, first of all, a mixture of different beliefs. Some out of the East, some dealt with mysticism, some dealt with secret knowledge and gnostic, you know, it means "gnosis" - knowledge…
Dave: It goes back to the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Knowledge.
Tom: Right, but this is really the root of so many of the problems that we see that have come into the church. It's really at the heart – we're talking about mind science, religious science - it has to do with the spiritual being more profound or important than the physical side of life to the point where the actual physical side is denied, and everything must be spiritualized. We've talked in other programs about positive confession, positive mental attitude, the Word Faith teaching; these are all Gnostic heresies to one degree or another.
Dave: Amen, so let's get back to the Bible and see what it says. Don't believe us. We give you the facts, we give you the quotes, but mainly we want to teach the truth from the Word of God.


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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been urged to condemn "racist" comments made by a Fine Gael councillor,
Limerick councillor Stephen Keary, who is the father-in-law of junior minister Patrick O'Donovan, has defended comments in which he suggested welfare recipients from Eastern Europe see Ireland as "easy pickings".
Mr Keary, who is due to be elected Limerick's mayor as part of a voting pact his party holds with Fianna Fáil, said immigrants are the reason behind a substantial rise in numbers on social housing lists and hospital waiting lists in recent years.
"We are known as the home for the handouts. They see us as easy pickings," said Mr Keary.
"People have come here from Eastern Europe for the handouts. It has become a huge problem."
Labour councillor Elena Secas has called on Mr Varadkar to condemn the remarks by his party colleague, as she claimed they were unacceptable and an insult to all immigrant communities in Ireland.
"I am asking Taoiseach Varadkar to urgently investigate this matter and take appropriate action in response," said Ms Secas.
She said she believes Mr Keary is unfit to become mayor of Limerick because the person who holds this office should be "inclusive and representative" of the entire community.
"I strongly condemn these racist comments and believe that all immigrant communities in Limerick and across Ireland are owed an apology," said Ms Secas.
A spokesman for Mr Varadkar said the Taoiseach had been briefed on the matter
Solidarity councillor Cian Prendiville has also called on Fianna Fáil to pull its support for the long-serving member.
Mr Prendiville accused the councillor of embarking on a "bargain basement Donald Trump-style rant".
He accused Mr Keary of trying to "scapegoat immigrants".
"It's precisely the type of 'dog whistle' divide and rule politics that people like Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen have tried to use to whip up racism and division," said Mr Prendiville.
"It seems Fine Gael's most reactionary wing have been emboldened by the coronation of their leader Leo Varadkar, and recent attacks on those on social welfare."
However, Mr Keary continued to defend his comments yesterday, stating: "I stand over everything I said."
"When a person from another country comes into our country without work, and who has never worked before, they do it for the social welfare benefit and all the trimmings which go with it.
"They are nothing more than social welfare tourists who are improving their status and getting more money than they would in other jurisdictions."
Mr Keary said he still expects both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to support his nomination as mayor on June 26.


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I'm alive! I missed you!
What we had here (as I think most of you will know by now) was a derecho–a super wind, also referred to as a straight line tornado. Winds blasted as high as 91 mph. (See more about what a derecho is here.) I've never seen anything like it. The storm came on suddenly, picking up and throwing heavy things off the porches, like my gas grill.
And rocking chairs.
Stuff that doesn't usually blow off a porch!
I had gone outside to watch the storm. I like to watch storms. But, uh, never mind. I ducked back inside, afraid I was going to be HIT by something. (Luckily, I had no major damage at my farm.)
The road in front of my farm:
There were trees across roads everywhere, and power lines, too. Power lines that stayed in the roads for days. Few gas stations were open–few had power to pump gas, and those that did quickly ran out. There were lines at the gas stations that were pumping gas. Many of those couldn't take anything but cash because their credit/debit machines weren't working. Stoplights, even in the city, weren't working. It was a crazy world out there, like the aftermath of a mini apocalypse. Eighty-five percent of the population of West Virginia was without power at the beginning, and as of the last I heard (yesterday) there were still nearly 200,000 homes in West Virginia without power. (On and off storms since then have put people out of power again who got power back. I've never gotten power back, period.)
I sent Weston to Spencer. There was power at his girlfriend's house. I am so grateful for public water. I still have well water at the barn and all outdoor faucets. (Something to add to the list: Hook up at least ONE outdoor faucet to public water for extended power outages.) I tote bucket after bucket every single day to the animals. It's a long, long way with bucket after bucket of water. I fill up 5-gallon buckets for the animals, but I'll only carry a full 2-gallon bucket, so it's back and forth and back and forth. (I learned a long time ago that if I wanted to be a farmer for a long time, I had to stop hurting my back. I work hard to be careful to not carry more than I can handle.) The cows have water in their creek, and Patriot and the donkeys have the spring in their pasture, so I carry to the sheep, the goat yard, and the barn yard. Then I tote buckets to water flowers, trying to save them. It's an extensive daily process, exhausting and hot, but I am grateful with every bucketful that I have water because it's so dry here.
I shuttled off meat from my freezer to a friend who had power and a neighbor who had a generator, and other than that, let's just say the chickens had a really good day the day I cleaned out the refrigerator. I now have practically no food, but the freezer, it looks so clean. I started out with a bag of ice that I had when the power went out. When that melted, it was early in the power outage days and there was no ice available anywhere. You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal a bag of ice around here.
I didn't have a generator. We had a generator at Stringtown Rising, but it wasn't mine. I tried a number of times to pull-start that generator, but was never able to do it, so I knew when I got my own, a pull-start model would not be a good idea. A generator of my own has been on my to-do list, but an extended power outage in the summer hadn't occurred to me. Our extended power outages here are in the winter. I've been preparing for winter for months–mostly for the animals. I was putting off my human winter preparation (such as a generator) until after I'd taken care of the animals' needs.
But it's pretty hot here. We're having a heatwave.
Day Six:
It's been hard to find anything here–generators, power cords, you can almost forget it. And ice–ha. A new Cabela's is opening in Charleston soon. They got in a couple trucks of generators and the city let them "open" on the sidewalk and sell generators right out of the truck.
This beautiful generator came home with me on Day Six, when I'd finally had enough.
I'm camped out in the studio.
There is a window a/c unit here–my only source of air conditioning. I can't run the central air in the house on the generator. In the studio, I have hot water (gas water heater, nothing on it requires electricity, and there is a shower in the studio bathroom), gas stoves, a TV, a refrigerator, and light. Yay! Life improved immensely after I brought home the generator.
Best part of it? It has a push-button start!!!!
I picked up Morgan from the airport on Friday. Ross came home last night for the weekend. Weston came home today. Thinking ahead to winter preparation for PEOPLE now, Ross made a wiring alteration so that I can run the fan on my furnace in the house. I will be able to plug it in to my generator now and run heat in the house during a winter power outage.
We're sleeping on the floor in the studio.
I pulled the mattress out of the loveseat sleeper sofa in the house and brought it over so this is my "studio" bed.
(Notice I didn't even bother to bring a sheet.)
We're doing okay.
It was today before I put together the cords I needed to get the satellite internet box in the back upstairs bedroom in the house connected to the generator at the studio. You can't buy heavy duty extension cords around here right now. I had to borrow.
I change around what is hooked up to the generator, and I'm running a really long line to the satellite internet box and router, so I won't leave that on all the time, but I wanted to get up a post to update you. Thank you for all the comments you left. I appreciate it!!! I will be back when I can. I don't know when I'll have normal electric power again. They say maybe Sunday night, but they are also starting to make noises about later, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Or, you know, never.
But we're fine. In fact, under the circumstances, we're doing more than fine.
I have my three kids home, and we have enough generator power to be comfortable. I feel downright fortunate.


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Jimin And Suga Wiped Out At BTS's Concert — Here's The Whole Story
RM's song, "Forever Rain," decided to make a cameo at PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – SEOUL!
On Day 2 of BTS's concert, it didn't just rain. It poured! BTS performed in a torrential downpour, the most intense they have ever faced on stage. Even their legendary 2019 concert in Chicago couldn't compare.
By the end of the show, the members–and everyone in attendance–were soaked to the skin.
In a recent live broadcast, Surprise! BTS!!, RM, J-Hope, Suga, V, Jungkook, and Jimin talked about their rainest concert yet. Despite the weather, BTS were still able to dance on the slippery stage, with a few minor changes.
Dance leader J-Hope suggested changing the last part of "Permission to Dance." This adjustment might have prevented injuries.
Unfortunately, some members still wiped out at the show. Suga landed flat on his back during "Telepathy." It was painful, but he's happy to joke about it now.
You may not know the story of me falling down at the stage, but there are sheets on the floor of the stage. There are these marks in 'Permission to Dance.' If you step on these, you must fall down.
— Suga
"Falling down without exception," J-Hope added, playfully.
Thousands of people have watched Suga's slip-and-slide video, including Jungkook. The Golden Maknae couldn't help laughing when his hyung went flying.
Suga felt embarrassed at the time, but he wasn't the only member who got up close and personal with the stage. Jimin also fell at a Seoul concert, during "Black Swan."
According to Jimin, he lost his balance while trying to look "cool."
Jimin: And I fell down during 'Black Swan.' I fell down while I was pretending to look cool. I was doing like this [rolling his head], and then fell down.
J-Hope: I saw the video of it. You looked so natural in the video.
— Jimin and J-Hope
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt! Read more from BTS's broadcast here:
BTS's Family Members Caught COVID-19, But Jungkook? He's The "Super Antibody"
BIGHIT MUSIC Drops Official Statement Regarding BTS Jin's Military Enlistment
ARMYs Suspect BTS's RM Might Have Finally Gotten His Driver's License
20 Moments Of BTS's Jimin To Get ARMY Through The Jimin Drought
Big Hit Music Staff's Hilarious Way To Ensure ARMYs Don't Freeze During BTS RM's Intimate Concert


text: Money / Catholic Church 'Catholicism Inc.' Needs a Turnaround Artist The pope is really a CEO: Bill Keller By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Feb 18, 2013 12:26 PM CST Copied Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) The Catholic Church will be getting a new leader soon, and the cardinals making the selection would do well to think of the church as a business, writes Bill Keller in a New York Times op-ed titled, "Catholicism Inc." After all, the church employs more than a million, serves 1.2 billion "customers," and has tons of real estate. It's not just any business, but "a global business in distress," suffering from poor management and a lack of modernization, not to mention a few scandals. What it needs is a CEO who can "tweak its marketing, straighten out its finances, up its recruiting game, and repair its battered brand." Keller asked professional consultants for lessons the church could take away from the business world. Their advice: The new pope should be younger and more charismatic, to begin with. He'll need to purge the church of anyone responsible for the predatory priests scandal and cover-up, cooperate fully with the investigation, and then make reforms—and publicize them—so the church's image can begin to be restored. Then it's time for an "intensive strategic review," which the church hasn't done in half a century, to figure out what direction the church will take and how it wants to look in the future. That needs to include modernization, as in tweets that don't sound like "boilerplate composed by a dutiful intern." Finally, it will be time to recruit—right now the church's "work force" is shrinking fast. Click for Keller's full column, or for an alternative idea of who should be the next pope. (Read more Catholic Church stories.)