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Quotes from Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
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- [after being surrounded by Klingons in a starship simulator]
- Saavik: Any suggestions, Admiral?
- Kirk: Prayer, Mr. Saavik. The Klingons don't take prisoners.
- McCoy: Admiral, wouldn't it be easier to put an experienced crew back on the ship?
- Kirk: Galloping around the cosmos is a game for the young, Doctor.
- [Leaves]
- Commander Nyota Uhura: Now what is that supposed to mean?
- David Marcus: Scientists have always been pawns of the military.
- Carol Marcus: Please tell me what you're feeling.
- Kirk: There's a man out there I haven't seen in fifteen years who's trying to kill me. You show me a son that'd be happy to help. My son... my life that could have been... and wasn't. How do I feel? Old... worn out.
- Carol Marcus: Let me show you something that will make you feel young as when the world was new.
- [On whether Kirk should assume command from Spock]
- Spock: If I may be so bold, it was a mistake for you to accept promotion. Commanding a starship is your first, best destiny; anything else is a waste of material.
- Kirk: I would not presume to debate you.
- Spock: That is wise. Were I to invoke logic, however, logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
- Kirk: Or the one.
- Spock: You are my superior officer. You are also my friend. I have been and always shall be yours.
- [holds the dying Joachim]
- Khan: Joachim?
- Joachim: Yours... is... superior...
- [dies]
- Khan: I shall avenge you.
- Joachim: We're all with you, sir. But, consider this. We are free. We have a ship, and the means to go where we will. We have escaped permanent exile on Ceti Alpha V. You have defeated the plans of Admiral Kirk. You do not need to defeat him again.
- [paraphrase from Melville's Moby Dick]
- Khan: He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him! I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round perdition's flames before I give him up!
- [hailing Khan]
- Kirk: This is Admiral Kirk. We tried it once your way, Khan, are you game for a rematch? Khan, I'm laughing at the "superior intellect."
- Khan: Full impulse power!
- Joachim: No, sir! You have Genesis! You can have whatever...
- [grabs Joachim in anger]
- Khan: FULL POWER! DAMN YOU!
- [Kirk and McCoy are beaming down to Regula One]
- Spock: Jim, be careful.
- McCoy: *We* will!
- [Kirk remotely commands Reliant's shields to drop]
- Joachim: Our shields are dropping.
- Khan: Then raise them!
- [pounds fists on console]
- Joachim: I can't!
- Khan: The override. Where's the override?
- [after allowing the simulated Enterprise to be destroyed]
- Saavik: As I indicated, Admiral, that thought had not occurred to me.
- Kirk: Well, now you have something new to think about. Carry on.
- Saavik: Permission to speak freely, sir?
- Kirk: Granted.
- Saavik: I do not believe this was a fair test of my command abilities.
- Kirk: And why not?
- Saavik: Because... there was no way to win.
- Kirk: A no-win situation is a possibility every commander may face. Has that never occurred to you?
- Saavik: No, sir, it has not.
- Kirk: And how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life, wouldn't you say?
- Spock: He is intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking.
- Kirk: Scotty, I need warp speed in three minutes or we're all dead!
- McCoy: Damn it Jim, what the hell is the matter with you? Other people have birthdays, why are we treating yours like a funeral?
- Spock: The Kobayashi Maru scenario frequently wreaks havoc on students and equipment. As I recall you took the test three times yourself. Your final solution was, shall we say, unique?
- Kirk: It had the virtue of never having been tried.
- Saavik: Admiral, may I ask you a question?
- David Marcus: He cheated.
- Kirk: I changed the conditions of the test; got a commendation for original thinking. I don't like to lose.
- Saavik: Then you never faced that situation... faced death.
- Kirk: I don't believe in the no-win scenario.
- Kirk: What's on your mind, Lieutenant?
- Saavik: The Kobayashi Maru, sir.
- Kirk: Are you asking me if we're playing out that scenario now?
- Saavik: On the test, sir... will you tell me what you did? I would really like to know.
- McCoy: Lieutenant, you are looking at the only Starfleet cadet who ever beat the no-win scenario.
- Saavik: How?
- Kirk: I reprogrammed the simulation so it was possible to rescue the ship.
- Saavik: What?
- [to Spock]
- McCoy: Are you out of your Vulcan mind?
- [speaking to Spock in Vulcan]
- Saavik: He's never what I expect, sir.
- Spock: What surprises you, Lieutenant?
- Saavik: He's so - human.
- Spock: Nobody's perfect, Saavik.
- McCoy: Where are we going?
- Kirk: Where they went.
- McCoy: Suppose they went *nowhere*?
- Kirk: Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all.
- Khan: Captain, Captain, Captain... save your strength. These people have sworn to live and die at my command two hundred years before you were born. Do you mean he never told you the tale? To amuse your Captain, no? Never told you how the Enterprise picked up the Botany Bay, lost in space from the year 1996 with myself and the ship's company in cryogenic freeze?
- Capt. Terrell: I never even met Admiral Kirk.
- Khan: 'Admiral?' 'Admiral!' 'Admiral'... Never told you how 'Admiral' Kirk sent seventy of us into exile in this barren sandheap with only the contents of these cargo bays to sustain us?
- Chekov: You lie! On Ceti Alpha Five there was life! A fair chance...
- [shouts]
- Khan: THIS IS CETI ALPHA FIVE! Ceti Alpha Six exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet and everything was laid waste. 'Admiral' Kirk never bothered to check on our progress. It was only the fact of my genetically-engineered intellect that allowed us to survive. On Earth, two hundred years ago, I was a prince with power over millions...
- Chekov: Captain Kirk was your host. You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him!
- [Khan, about to put Ceti Eels in Terrell and Chekov's ears]
- Khan: You see, their young enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to suggestion. Later, as they grow, follows madness and death.
- Chekov: Khan, listen to me...
- Khan: These are pets, of course. Not quite domesticated.
- Saavik: You lied!
- Spock: I exaggerated.
- Kirk: Hours instead of days! Now we have minutes instead of hours!
- Dr. McCoy: You're hiding... hiding behind rules and regulations.
- Kirk: Who am I hiding from?
- Dr. McCoy: From yourself, Admiral.
- Kirk: Don't mince words, Bones. What do you really think?
- Dr. McCoy: Jim, I'm your doctor and I'm also your friend. Get back your command! Get it back before you turn into part of this collection, before you really do grow old.
- [Terrell and Chekov have beamed down into a sandstorm]
- Capt. Terrell: Chekov, are you *sure* these are the correct coordinates?
- Chekov: Captain, this is the garden spot of Ceti Alpha Six!
- [describing Khan; who is predictable at being goaded into rash actions]
- Kirk: I'll give him this: he's consistent!
- David Marcus: Every time we have dealings with Starfleet, I get nervous.
- David Marcus: Remember that overgrown Boy Scout you used to hang around with? That's exactly the kind of guy...
- Carol Marcus: Listen, kiddo, Jim Kirk was *many* things, but he was *never* a Boy Scout!
- [first lines]
- Saavik: Captain's log: Stardate 8130.3. Starship Enterprise on training mission to Gamma Hydra, section 14, coordinates 22-87-4. Approaching Neutral Zone; all systems normal and functioning.
- Sulu: Leaving section 14 for section 15.
- Saavik: Standby. Project parabolic course to avoid entering Neutral Zone.
- Sulu: Aye, captain.
- David Marcus: Don't have kittens, Genesis is going to work. You'll be remembered in one breath with Newton, Einstein, Surak...
- Carol Marcus: Huh! No respect from my offspring.
- [Khan discovers the Enterprise and realizes it isn't as badly damaged as he thought]
- Khan: There she is! There she is! Ah... not so wounded as we were led to believe. So much the better!
- [quoting from Melville's Moby Dick]
- Khan: To the last, I will grapple with thee... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!
- Kirk: We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.
- Kirk: I suppose you're about to remind me that logic alone dictates your actions?
- Spock: I would not remind you of that which you know so well.
- [Discussing the effects of the Genesis torpedo]
- McCoy: Dear Lord. You think we're intelligent enough to... suppose... what if this thing were used where life already exists?
- Spock: It would destroy such life in favor of its new matrix.
- McCoy: Its "new matrix"? Do you have any idea what you're saying?
- Spock: I was not attempting to evaluate its moral implications, Doctor. As a matter of cosmic history, it has always been easier to destroy than to create.
- McCoy: Not anymore; now we can do both at the same time! According to myth, the Earth was created in six days. Now, watch out! Here comes Genesis! We'll do it for you in six minutes!
- Spock: Really, Dr. McCoy. You must learn to govern your passions; they will be your undoing. Logic suggests...
- McCoy: Logic? My God, the man's talking about logic; we're talking about universal Armageddon! You green-blooded, inhuman...
- Kirk: Stand by to receive our transmission.
- [sotto voce]
- Kirk: Mr. Sulu, lock phasers on target and await my command.
- [sotto voice]
- Sulu: Phasers locked.
- Saavik: Humor. It is a difficult concept. It is not logical.
- Kirk: We learn by doing.
- David Marcus: Lieutenant Saavik was right: You never have faced death.
- Kirk: No. Not like this. I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing.
- David Marcus: You knew enough to tell Saavik that how we face death is at least as important as how we face life.
- Kirk: Just words.
- David Marcus: But good words. That's where ideas begin. Maybe you should listen to them. I was wrong about you. And I'm sorry.
- Kirk: Is that what you came here to say?
- David Marcus: Mainly. And also that I'm proud - very proud - to be your son.
- McCoy: He's not really dead. As long as we remember him.
- Kirk: It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done before. A far better resting place that I go to than I have ever known.
- Carol Marcus: Is that a poem?
- Kirk: No. Something Spock was trying to tell me. On my birthday.
- McCoy: You okay, Jim? How do you feel?
- Kirk: Young. I feel young.
- Captain Terrell: Sir, I demand...
- Khan: You are in a position to demand *nothing*. I, on the other hand, am in a position to *grant* nothing.
- [to Khan]
- Chekov: Captain Kirk was your host. You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him!
- David Marcus: Reliant is supposed to be at *our* disposal, not vice-versa.
- Sulu: So much for a "little training cruise".
- Khan: Let them eat static.
- [Saavik has just left the turbolift]
- Dr. McCoy: Did she change her hairstyle?
- Kirk: I hadn't noticed.
- Dr. McCoy: Wonderful stuff, that Romulan Ale.
- [Kirk has been informed of an incoming transmission from Dr. Carol Marcus]
- Dr. McCoy: It never rains but it pours.
- Kirk: As a doctor, you of all people should be aware of the dangers of reopening old wounds.
- [Chekov has noticed an energy flux reading on the scanner, prompting Terrell to contact Dr. Carol Marcus]
- Captain Clark Terrell: Maybe it's something we can transplant, uhm?
- Cmdr. Pavel Chekov: You *know* what she'll say.
- Dr. Carol Marcus: Can I cook, or can't I?
- Scotty: The energizer's bypassed like a Christmas tree, so don't give me too many bumps.
- Spock: You proceed from a false assumption. I am a Vulcan. I have no ego to bruise.
- Spock: We are now in violation of treaty, Captain.
- [Kirk unwraps Bones' birthday present]
- Kirk: Romulan Ale. Why, Bones, you know this is illegal.
- McCoy: I only use it for medicinal purposes.
- Crewman: Sir! The mains are back on line!
- Kirk: Bless you Scotty! Go, Sulu!
- Kirk: Kirk to Enterprise.
- Commander Nyota Uhura: Sir, we won't leave you behind!
- Kirk: Uhura, if you don't hear from us, there won't be anybody behind. Kirk out.
- Spock: Spock here.
- Kirk: Captain Spock, damage report.
- Spock: Admiral, if we go "by the book". like Lieutenant Saavik, hours could seem like days.
- Kirk: I read you captain. Let's have it.
- Spock: The situation is grave, Admiral. We won't have main power for six "days". Auxiliary power has temporarily failed. Restoration may be possible, in two "days". By the book, Admiral.
- Kirk: Meaning you can't even beam us back?
- Spock: Not at present.
- Kirk: Captain Spock, if you don't hear from us within one hour, your orders are to restore what power you can, take the Enterprise to the nearest star base, and alert Starfleet Command as soon as you're out of jamming range.
- [Enterprise is running with shields down]
- Joachim: They still haven't raised their shields.
- [Joachim fires phasers]
- Khan: Raise ours.
- [Joachim raises shields]
- Spock: Their shields are going up.
- Khan: Lock phasers on target.
- [looks at targeting computer]
- Joachim: Locking phasers on target.
- Spock: They're locking phasers.
- Kirk: Raise shields!
- Khan: Fire!
- Preston: I believe you'll find everything ship-shape, Admiral.
- Kirk: Oh, do you? Do you have any idea, Midshipman Preston, how many times I have had to listen to Mr. Scott on the comm, telling me his trouble? Do you have any idea of the ribbing I've had to endure in the officers' mess... to the effect that the Enterprise is a flying death trap?
- Preston: Oh, no sir! Wha... this is the finest engine room in the whole Starfleet! If the Admiral can't see the facts for himself, then, with all due respect, he's as blind as a Tiberian bat!
- Scotty: Ahem!
- Preston: Sir!
- Kirk: Midshipman, you're a tiger.
- Scotty: My sister's youngest, Admiral. Crazy to get to space.
- Kirk: Every young man's fantasy. Seem to remember it myself.
- Chekov: Oh, sir, it was Khan! We picked him up on Ceti Alpha Five... He put... creatures... in our bodies... to control our minds. He made us... say lies... do things. He thought he controlled us, but he did not. The Captain was strong.
- Khan: Surely, I have made my meaning plain. I mean to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I deprived your ship of power, and when I swing around, I mean to deprive you of your life.
- [last lines]
- [closing monologue]
- Spock: Space: the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life forms and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
- [David attacks Kirk]
- Kirk: Where's Dr. Marcus?
- David Marcus: I'M Dr. Marcus!
- Carol Marcus: Jim!
- [handing Kirk a birthday gift, after Kirk hands him the Romulan ale]
- McCoy: Now you open this one.
- [taking gift]
- Kirk: I'm almost afraid to. What is it, Klingon aphrodisiacs?
- McCoy: No. More antiques for your collection.
- [reading]
- Kirk: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." - Message, Spock?
- Spock: None that I'm conscious of. Except of course; happy birthday! -Surely the best of times.
- [Terrell disobeys Khan's order to kill Kirk, who taunts Khan over the communicator]
- Kirk: KHAAANNNN!
- [echo]
- Kirk: KHAAANNNN!
- Kirk: Khan, you bloodsucker! You're going to have to do your own dirty work now! Do you hear me? Do you?
- Khan: Kirk? Kirk, you're still alive, my old friend?
- Kirk: Still, "old friend"! You've managed to kill just about everyone else, but like a poor marksman, you keep missing the target!
- Khan: Perhaps I no longer need to try, Admiral.
- David Marcus: Oh, no! Let go! He can't take it...!
- [Khan beams the Genesis device away]
- Kirk: Khan... Khan, you've got Genesis, but you don't have me. You were going to kill me, Khan. You're going to have to come down here. You're going to have to come down here!
- Khan: I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her; marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive! Buried alive...!
- Joachim: They're still running with shields down.
- Khan: Of course! We are one big, happy fleet! Ah, Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold?
- [pause]
- Khan: It is very cold in space!
- [grabbing Spock's arm]
- McCoy: You're not going in there!
- Spock: Perhaps you're right. What is Mr. Scott's condition?
- [turns to Scotty]
- McCoy: Well I don't think that he...
- [Spock use the vulcan nerve pinch on McCoy]
- Spock: I'm sorry, Doctor, I have no time to explain this logically.
- [sits McCoy down and performs mind meld]
- Spock: Remember!
- Kirk: Physician, heal thyself!
- [Lying on the floor, propping himself up on one elbow]
- McCoy: Is that all you've got to say? What about my performance?
- Kirk: I'm not a drama critic!
- Kirk: Khan!
- Khan: You still remember, Admiral. I cannot help but be touched. I, of course, remember you.
- Kirk: Khan, how do I know you'll keep your word?
- Khan: Oh, I've given you no word to keep, Admiral. In my judgment, you simply have no alternative.
- Kirk: Time?
- Saavik: Three minutes, thirty seconds.
- Kirk: Distance from Reliant?
- Chekov: 4000 kilometers.
- Sulu: We're not going to make it, are we?
- [Kirk turns to look at David, who slowly shakes his head]
- Kirk: I hate inspections.
- Sulu: I'm delighted. Any chance to go aboard the Enterprise.
- [Kirk is reacting - badly - to Spock ordering Saavik to take the Enterprise out of spacedock, something she has never done befor]
- McCoy: Do you want a tranquilizer?
- [shakes head quickly]
- Kirk: Engine room. Well done, Scotty!
- McCoy: Jim... I think you'd better get down here.
- Kirk: Bones?
- McCoy: Better hurry...
- [In a whisper to Carol]
- Kirk: Is that David?
- Saavik: Trouble with the nebula, sir. All that static discharge and gas will cloud our visual display. Tactical won't function, and shields will be useless!
- Spock: Sauce for the goose, Mr Saavik - the odds will be even!
- [to McCoy, who is still lying where he fell during Saavik's simulation]
- Kirk: Physician, heal thyself.
- McCoy: Is that all you've got to say? What about my performance?
- Kirk: I'm not a drama critic!
- [reference to the turbolift]
- McCoy: Who's been holding up the damn elevator?
- [Enterprise has inflicted damage on Reliant]
- Joachim: Enterprise can wait! She's *not* *going* *anywhere*!
- [Kirk runs in to the engine room and sees Spock inside the reactor compartment. He rushes over but McCoy and Scotty hold him bac]
- McCoy: No! You'll flood the whole compartment!
- Spock: Do not grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many, outweigh...
- Kirk: The needs of the few.
- Spock: Or the one. I never took the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?
- Kirk: Spock.
- [Spock sits down]
- [Gasping]
- Spock: I have been... and always shall be... your friend.
- [he places a Vulcan salute on the glass]
- [Gasping]
- Spock: Live long... and prosper.
- [Spock dies]
- Kirk: No.
- Kirk: He'll die!
- Scotty: Sir! He's dead already.
- McCoy: It's too late.
- [They let go and Kirk walks to the glass and pushes the intercom button]
- Kirk: Spock!
- [Spock slowly walks over to the glass and pushes the intercom]
- Spock: The ship... out of danger?
- Kirk: Yes.
- [Spock is preparing to enter the radiated warp core]
- Dr. McCoy: Are you out of your Vulcan mind? No human can tolerate the radiation that's in there!
- Spock: As you are so fond of observing, doctor, I am not human.
- Spock: for everything; there is a first time. don't you agree admiral?
- Cadet: Sir! The Mains are back online
- Kirk: Bless you Scotty! Go Sulu!
- [1:18:38]
- Spock: She can still outrun us and outgun us.
- [1:44:56]
- McCoy: He's really not dead as long as we remember him


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*July 31 - August 6
|Religion in
|SABBATH AFTERNOON July 31
Read for This Week's Study:
|Gen. 2:15; 3:17-19; Lev. 19:35, 36; Eccles. 9:10; Matt. 18:21; Luke 15:11-32.
Memory Text:
| "The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked
paths will be found out"
In the aftermath of a ferry disaster in 1987 near Belgium, the experts faced serious problems in identifying all the victims. They found that one of them had a double identity; he had lived for years under one name in England and under another name in France. Just imagine how difficult it must have been for this man to keep those two lives, with two families and two sets of friends, in two different countries, totally separate.
This kind of situation does not, of course, occur very often. But in many ways people can live double or even multiple lives. That goes for Christians too. We must make sure not to compartmentalize our life into totally different spheres, in which we are quite different persons in different places. We must be the same kind of person in the workplace as we are at home or in church, operating with the same set of Christian values. This week we'll take a look at some Bible principles on how we as Christians should behave in the workplace.
The Week at a Glance:
|What happened to work after the Fall? What are the obligations of a Christian employer and employee? How should Christians give or receive discipline and correction?
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, August 7.
August 1
Work Ethic (Gen. 2:15, 3:17-19).
Read Genesis 2:15. What does it tell us about the existence of work in the pre-Fall world?
According to the Bible, work existed even in Paradise, in a perfect environment. Obviously, work must have been something good, something that was an integral part of God's original plan for the human race. After the Fall, the concept of work continued but, no doubt, in a radically different environment than before.
Read Genesis 3:17-19. What does it imply about work in the post-Fall world?
Cursed, sorrow, sweat, thorns, thistlesthese are some of the words used to describe the fate that awaited humanity because of sin, words used even in the context of the work human beings would need to do in a fallen world.
Read carefully Genesis 3:17. What does it mean that God "cursed the ground" for the sake of Adam?
"The thorn and the thistle-the difficulties and trials that make his life one of toil and care-were appointed for his good as a part of the training needful in God's plan for his uplifting from the ruin and degradation that sin has wrought."Ellen G. White, Steps to Christ, p. 9. In other words, the Lord made life more difficult for the race, not as punishment but as a means to help mitigate against the ravages of sin. This principle can be seen often, even today: Those who engage in honest labor usually get into less trouble than those who are idle, with nothing to do. There's something about the discipline and routine of work that, under the right circumstances, can help build character, a crucial task for beings steeped in sin.
|In what ways, in your own experience, have you seen the benefits and blessings that come from work?
August 2
"Whatsoever Thy Hand Findeth . . ." (Eccles. 9:10).
Whether in the poignant paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, who tried to capture the hardship of coal miners toiling at their task, or in some of the beautiful prose of Leo Tolstoy, who all but romanticized the toil of peasants in the field, human beings have sought to capture, in one way or another, the inescapable fact of work. With rare exceptions, most people have worked in one capacity or another. Many people, in fact, spend a great deal of their time working. The big question for Christians, then, is What kind of relationships should we have in the workplace?
Read Ecclesiastes 9:10. What is this text telling us that could give us a principle for the Christian on the job?
One thing most of us have learned, or at least should have learned, is that if we profess to be Christians, people will watch us. As Christians, we make some pretty bold claims, claims about having a new life in Christ, about having a peace that passes all understanding, about striving for a higher moral ideal. We are witnesses, in one way or another (Isa. 43:10, 1 Cor 4:9, 2 Cor 3:2). Thus, think for a moment: Which would give a better witness to your faith: if you were a hard, diligent, honest worker who did not only what was expected of you but perhaps even more, or if you were a slacker-cutting corners, trying to get away with as much as you could? The answer, of course, is obvious. Sure, there are all sorts of circumstances that can, at times, make it difficult for us to be good witnesses at work, but, as a rule, a Christian should be a reliable, honest worker doing what he or she is paid for, knowing the true reward is not here but in a new heaven and a new earth. In this context, Ellen White wrote of Christ's early years: "He was not willing to be defective, even in the handling of tools. He was perfect as a workman, as He was perfect in character. By His own example He taught that it is our duty to be industrious, that our work should be performed with exactness and thoroughness, and that such labor is honorable. . . . All should find something to do that will be beneficial to themselves and helpful to others. God appointed work as a blessing, and only the diligent worker finds the true glory and joy of life."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 72.
|The text in Ecclesiastes and the excerpt from Ellen White present an ideal attitude about work. How does your attitude compare? If you're honest with yourself, what changes do you need to make?
August 3
Christian Values in the Workplace: Part 1
Buying a secondhand car is often considered a rather hazardous adventure. The car may be beautifully cleaned and polished, but what dark secrets are hidden under the hood? Can you trust the odometer? It is said that one should never buy a car from, or sell a car to, a friend, since this may well put the friendship in jeopardy. This should not apply to Christians. Our business deals must be above reproach, whether we privately sell our car or whether we trade professionally. Indeed, whatever work or business we are in and whatever level at which we work, we should be honest, honorable, and fair, because that is what our God tells us to be.
Look up the following texts. What is each one saying, and what are their messages for Christians in the workplace? Lev. 19:35, 36; Prov. 10:17; Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5.
Whether employer or employee, as a Christian we need to be honest and fair with either our employer or employees. The only thing worse than employees who abuse their work situation by being dishonest are employers who are dishonest with those under their supervision.
Read again Leviticus 19:35, 36. What motivation is given for honesty in business dealing?
Because we are Christians, our concepts of right and wrong, good and evil, aren't based merely on the fluctuating whims of culture and time, which change from culture to culture and from time to time; rather, they are based on the eternal God, who never changes (James 1:17). Thus, we should do what is right and honest, because those things that are right and honest are rooted in God, our Creator and Redeemer. We shouldn't manifest honesty, integrity, and fairness only when they suit us, when they work to our advantage; rather, they should be foundational principles that underlie all we do as Christians, whether at home or in the workplace.
August 4
Christian Values in the Workplace: Part 2
Read Proverbs 16:32, 10:1, and 12:1 carefully and prayerfully. What do these texts teach us regarding the importance of discipline and correction?
Whether it is the army or a school or a factory or whether we talk about the home or the church, discipline is essential. The issue of discipline is a coin with two sides. Most of us will, at least from time to time, have to discipline others: children, co-workers, or church members. We must learn how to do this with consistency, tact, justice, and compassion. But we must also be receptive to discipline and learn how to accept counsel, direction, and, if necessary, correction all in a mature and constructive manner. As Christians in the workplace, we must learn not only to give discipline and correction but to receive it, as well.
We have all through the Bible, particularly in the Gospels, examples of Jesus either forgiving offenders (John 8:4-11) or teaching us the principles of forgiveness (Matt. 18:21, 22; Luke 15:11-32). How helpful are these texts for a Christian employer or supervisor who is dealing with a troublesome employee? Do these texts, though, imply that no discipline or correction should be administered, or are they, instead, teaching a principle that could, in the right context, be applied in the workplace?
At the same time, a Christian employee could believe he or she has been treated unfairly by his or her boss. Jesus, however, expressed some powerful words regarding the attitude of those who are treated unfairly (Matt. 5:38-42).
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Seeing Potential in Others (Acts 15:36-41, 2 Tim. 4:11).
Unfortunately, we do not always look for the best in others. We often tend to see the things others cannot do rather than the things they could do if properly trained and challenged to do so! In our relationships with co-workers, we need to build on one another's strengths rather than to focus primarily on one another's weaknesses.
What kind of people did Christ choose as His disciples? What does that teach us? Matt. 4:18-22, 9:9, Luke 5:1-11.
It has often been remarked that very few of us would have chosen these kind of men as our closest co-workers. But Christ saw the potential in some uneducated fishermen, as well as in an unpopular tax collector, and He challenged them to follow Him and work with Him. They received three years of intensive training and then went out into the world. Jesus discovered them and recognized a potential in these men that few of us would have detected.
Paul had a sharp disagreement with Barnabas about John Mark's suitability for a leading role in the work of the church. Barnabas believed there was potential in John Mark, while Paul pointed to John Mark's weakness in the past. See Acts 15:36-41, 2 Tim. 4:11. What lessons are here for us (in the context of today's study)?
When we hear a sermon on these passages, there usually is sharp criticism for Paul and praise for Barnabas. However, we owe it to Paul to put ourselves for a moment in his shoes. John Mark deserted and left Paul and Barnabas when they reached Pamphylia on their first missionary journey, even before the task was completed. It stands to reason that Paul did not want to run the risk that this would happen again.
In our day and age, we tend to argue as Paul did. If we have a choice, we do not continue with someone who has let us down at a crucial moment. Yet, on the other hand, how many of us know people who never again faltered when given a second chance to prove themselves? Maybe we ourselves have been such a person.
Dwelling on the lesson for today, ask yourself, Have I too quickly written off someone who has failed me in the past, either in the workplace or in any other situation?
August 6
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|"If you have taken advantage in your business dealings, which the Lord
calls injustice, this must be adjusted before you can be honest and righteous
in the sight of God. These things need to be corrected by our people everywhere.
. . . When you take up this work of readjustment and getting right with God,
angels of heaven will cooperate with you, giving you discernment to see where
you have viewed matters in a wrong light.
"The Lord can not bless the men who corrupt themselves by unjust business dealings, either with their brethren or with woridlings. And those who do such things lose their spirituality; they grow cold and formal and selfish. They gloss over their past mistakes by theories of their own invention that are opposed to the principles of the Word of God."Ellen G. White, This Day With God, p. 343.
Discussion Questions:
| Putting aside the obvious things that involve outright
crime or vice, are there certain respectable jobs that Christians, in good
conscience, cannot do? If so, what are they, and why should a Christian in
good conscience not do these kinds of work?
Suppose your boss asked you to work on Sabbath; you said you couldn't but knew someone else in the office who would take your place. Suppose, however, your boss asked you to steal or lie, and you said you couldn't but knew someone else in the office who would take your place. What, if any, is the difference between the two situations?
|As Christians, we bring our religion with us as we enter the workplace. Though there are usually limits to the amount of open discussion about religious subjects that can take place, we must still operate only with Christian values. Working together with others in a positive spirit is high on our agenda. Absolute honesty and integrityas well as love, compassion, and justicewill characterize our conduct. And while we seek to display these values ourselves, we will also try to bring out the best in others and do what we can to make them realize their full potential.
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The Volga Conference in Russia is a challenging field in which to work. A lingering communist influence, a strong national church, and several Muslim communities in the area make this a difficult area to penetrate with the gospel. In 1999 the director of Global Mission for the conference and two volunteers went to a town of 45,000 citizens and began scattering seeds of faith. This town has three large national churches. The Adventists had not been in the region long when the priests of these three churches set out to work to oppose them.
When the Adventists began holding evangelistic meetings in the town, the police arrested them and took them to headquarters for questioning. But when they checked the Adventists' papers and found everything in order, they had to release the trio. Later the Adventists learned that one of the priests with close ties to the police had requested their arrest.
The next day while the Adventists were shopping, a gang of rough-looking young men threatened them, "Leave our city within 24 hours, or you will die!"
"We are not afraid of you," the pastor told the gang members. "We are not breaking any laws. We will stay and hold our meetings."
Soon posters appeared throughout the city warning the residents of the "great danger" from the "Seventh-day Adventist sect" that had invaded their town. "Be careful. Do not attend their meetings. Do not associate with them," the posters warned.
When one woman saw the poster, tears filled her eyes. "Thank God my prayers have been answered," she exclaimed.
The woman, an Adventist, and her husband had moved to this city a year before. She had been praying that God would send some Adventists to her.
She urged her husband to attend the meetings with her. At the close of the meetings, 27 persons took their stand for Christ, and a company was organized.
The next year another evangelistic series was planned. The police chief gave them permission to hold their meetings and told them to fear no disturbances.
From one community to another in this difficult area, God is spreading the message in unentered areas in spite of strong opposition.
J. H. ZACHARY is coordinator of international evangelism for The Quiet Hour.
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First of all, I am not gay, but I am not against homosexuality. I am concerned about the success and tactics of the movement. What is the biggest reason people want same sex marriage? I would say that it is so homosexuals who are also religious can get married in the church, and be able to have it recognized "by god." But I see this as partial insanity because the bible contradicts this idea, and many Christians will not recognize it as valid.
So are gays wanting to change the religious/political construct of marriage, and get churches to accept this? To me, this is a losing battle because it clearly does state in the bible that homosexuality is wrong. I do not agree with this stance, but it seems to be written into the moral code of Christians, and several other religions that recognize marriage. I think it would be more effective if gays were to focus on marriage rights than it is to focus on what it is "called." If they started a movement that did not involve the word marriage at all, it could be more effective. People clearly don't like the term "civil union." It does sound cold, like going and getting paperwork drawn up or something that dry. I am not against "gay marriage," because I am not religious, nor do I think it is wrong. But what I am saying is I think this is a losing battle (legally) because it involves trying to change religion's deep-seated moral constructs. There has to be a better way to increase the rights of homosexuals, and prioritize one step at a time-from a political strategist's perspective. I'm very curious about what you think!
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I think the movement is less spiritual than that; much of it is purely legal, with more emphasis on the family than the faith (see NOM's (National Organization for Marriage) website to observe this view). There is the element where LGBTQ people and their allies argue over whether Jesus/God/whomever ACTUALLY hated homosexuality; this is a widely publicized view, which as a gay atheist, is supremely irritating. Queer spirtualists/theists tend fight that fire with their own, in part to show that not the entirety of the oppositional faith system is oppositional (see inclusive Christianity), and also in part because they are not secularists and not likely denounce someone else's faith in place of their own.
At an upcoming MBLGTAC Conference (Midwestern Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference), I hope to head a seminar on Gaytheism, to talk about how, instead of reconciling faith and sexuality, we should step back to reflect on WHY we're attempting to do so, instead of questioning faith itself. (and then inevitably we'll get on the topic of why secularism/atheism is really queer-positive and should be brought to the front burner of our efforts)
As a gay atheist I don't see why I should be prevented from having a civil same sex marriage in a registry office especially when it has nothing to do with religion. Same sex marriage isn't just prevented in churches its prevented for the non-relgious as well. I don't agree that the religious should have any control over the rights of the non-relgious like this.
In Ireland, we already have civil unions, but we call them Civil Partnerships. They don't give you the same rights as marriage. When the bill was first proposed they claimed that it would have the same rights so we would back down on the fight for marriage equality, but it does not have the same rights. Even with the civil partnership a same sex couple cannot legally adopt as a couple, only a single parent can adopt a couple if they are not in a straight marriage. Which means the child would only have one legal guardian. So you can image how many parents would feel comfortable giving up their child for only one guardian.
If a straight couple gets married in a registry office, they are regarded as a married couple, not partnership or whatever. What am I going to do, get down on one knee and say to my boyfriend "Would you partnership me?" Its insulting. I will ask him to marry me, the same as I would do do a woman if I was straight.
Calling it something else only complicates the matter, lets keep it simple call it marriage. Redefine marriage as two human beings of consenting age if we have to. The religious just want to claim ownership over an institution they never had ownership of in the first place. They don't own the rights to the word marriage.
I'm not fighting for same sex marriage for the sake of being obscene, I just want to be able to get married under civil law the same as a straight couple can.
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I agree: call all these unions civil unions and once they are united, they can call it a "marriage" whether done in a church or not.
I would say that it is so homosexuals who are also religious can get married in the church, and be able to have it recognized "by god."
I think you are way off here.
The reason LGBT people want equal rights in terms of marriage is because a civil union does NOT afford the same rights, protections and legal benefits that a marriage does.
Married couples have 1,138 federal rights, protections and responsibilities such as:
- Social Security benefits upon death, disability or retirement of spouse, as well as benefits for minor children.
- Family and Medical Leave protections to care for a new child or a sick or injured family member
- Workers' Compensation protections for the family of a worker injured on the job
- Access to COBRA insurance benefits so the family doesn't lose health insurance when one spouse is laid off
- ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) protections such as the ability to leave a pension, other than Social Security, to your spouse
- Exemptions from penalties on IRA and pension rollovers
- Exemptions from estate taxes when a spouse dies
- Exemptions from federal income taxes on spouse's health insurance
- The right to visit a sick or injured loved one, have a say in life and death matters during hospitalization.
Civil unions are different from civil marriage and that difference has wide-ranging implications that make the two institutions unequal, such as:
Marriages are respected state to state for all purposes but questions remain as to how civil unions will be treated in other states. The two appellate courts that have addressed the issue in Connecticut and Georgia have disregarded them based on the fact that their own states do not grant civil unions.
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According to a 1997 General Accounting Office report, civil marriage brings with it at least 1,049 legal protections and responsibilities from the federal government alone. Civil unions bring none of these critical legal protections.
Taxes and Public Benefits for the Family:
Because the federal government does not respect civil unions, a couple with a civil union will be in a kind of limbo with regard to governmental functions performed by both state and federal governments, such as taxation, pension protections, provision of insurance for families, and means-tested programs like Medicaid. Even when states try to provide legal protections, they may be foreclosed from doing so in joint federal/state programs.
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Separate and Unequal—Second Class Status:
Even if there were no substantive differences in the way the law treated marriages and civil unions, the fact that a civil union remains a separate status only for gay people represents real and powerful inequality. The United States Constitution requires legal equality for all. Including lesbian and gay couples within existing marriage laws in is the fairest and simplest thing to do.
Ending a Civil Union:
If you are married, you can get divorced in any state in which you are a resident. But if states continue to disregard civil unions, there is no way to end the relationship other than establishing residency in Vermont and filing for dissolution there. This has already created problems for couples who now have no way to terminate their legal agreement.
A time will arrive in Ireland and elsewhere when we will look back on ourselves and ask "Why did it take so long to get to this place"? It is only about human rights. The church should have no say in the matter because state marriage is not a religious matter. If 2 people want to get married in a church because of their religion that's fine with me. If two people want to get married in a registry office or on the 18 tee or on the beach then is should not be seen by the state as any different from a legal standing whether they are gay or not . This is because marriage should not be about sexuality any more that it is about ones 'religion. The legal document with both names on it should enshrine the same legal status and benefits to all couples equally.
We would be there now and this "debate" settled generations ago if it was not for the despotic power of the church. We should have done the "looking back" so long ago that this conversation should not be required. We are getting there. A recent poll (sorry no reference to hand) suggested that the majority of Irish people were in favour of gay marriage. It still annoys me though that people have to be "in favour of it" when it should just be the norm and not even need to be discussed. Anyway, marriage is a legal contract between two people and sexuality should have nothing to do with it. Until we get to the "looking back" stage it remains a human rights issue.
Actually, I think it's just that "Straight people have it; we should have it, too." I'm sure many (and maybe most) gays are atheists and don't want marriage for religious reasons.
This way of thinking isn't unprecedented. Feminists fought for "Ms." so that they, too, could have a form of address that was marriage status-neutral like the "Mr." men had.
BTW, did you ever wonder why "Ms." has a period? It's not an abbreviation for anything. The only reason is that "Mr." has one and so to be equal with what men have, "Ms." has a period, too.
Anyway, as for gay marriage—more correctly, "same-sex marriage"—they want it because they want it and they are entitled to want what they want.
Actually marriage historically has not been the sole province of religion. It's a common social construct and different cultures have had entirely different ideas of who (or what!) can be partners in such. The churches are the intruders into a personal decision and have used it to control social relationships. Is this such a surprise? The homosexual community simply wants the same social recognition and legal status that are granted to heterosexual marriages. I'm sure there are few members of that community with religious leaning that would want the recognition by their faith, but it's not a requirement.
"Marriage" is a legal/social term and not a religious one. And the United States, legally and as a matter of public policy, is a secular nation. Statutes do not depend on changing the beliefs and practices of any given religion. Several lower Federal courts have already ruled the "Defense of Marriage Act" as unconstitutional.
And, no, I'm not gay either.
I don't think this has anything to do with religion. Marriage is a legal construct, currently defined (in Australia at least) as being between a man and a woman. The Australian government are saying that the law will be changed to reflect the importance of civil unions. I just think it will be easier and more maintainable to change the definition of marriage to be between two people. That way it needs to only be mentioned once in law and it will apply to "gay marriage" as well as "straight marriage".
For an analogy: defining civil unions and giving civil unions the same bonuses that marriage currently has is like taking the scenic route on a reeeeaaaalllly long road trip... it would be faster to just go the direct way, and you will probably get lost on the scenic route anyway.
P.S. please correct me if I am wrong... I am neither gay nor religious so I don't claim to know what I am talking about is fact.
Definitely not the way I see it. What gays are asking for is the right to marry (as in have their unions legally recognized and get the same legal benefits as straight married couples).
As with any couple getting married having a religious ceremony is a personal choice and gays (like straight's already do) should seek out a church who accepts them and their lifestyle to be married at. (A catholic church in Oregon refused to marry my cousin because she was already living with her fiance.)
I recall a few weeks ago a church refused to marry an african-american couple.... probably a prime example of the church's ability to pick who they like.
I wouldn't have it any other way. If they want to reveal what asses and bigots they are, that can only help. The same religious freedom that protects them protects us.


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Your organization can easily manage thousands of users and their product access while also delivering Single Sign-On (SSO). SSO ensures your users can access their LogMeIn products using the same identity provider as for their other enterprise applications and environments. These capabilities are called Enterprise Sign-In.
This document covers configuration of your Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to support Single Sign-On authentication to LogMeIn products. Prior to implementing, however, be sure to read more about Enterprise Sign-In and complete the initial setup steps.
ADFS 3.0 is an enhanced version of ADFS 2.0. It is a downloadable component for Windows Server 2012 R2. One large advantage of 3.0 is that Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) Server is included in the deployment rather than a separate install. The enhancements vary the installation and configuration somewhat compared to its predecessor.
This article covers how to install and configure ADFS, and to set ADFS up in a SAML trust relationship with Enterprise Sign-In. In this trust relationship, ADFS is the Identity Provider and LogMeIn is the Service Provider. On completion, LogMeIn will be able to use ADFS to authenticate users into products like GoToMeeting using the SAML assertions served by ADFS. Users will be able to initiate authentications from the Service Provider side or the Identity Provider side.
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Among the prerequisites for ADFS 3.0 are:
- A publicly trusted certificate to authenticate ADFS to its clients. The ADFS service name will be assumed from the subject name of the certificate so it's important that the subject name of the certificate be assigned accordingly.
- ADFS server will need to be a member of an Active Directory domain and a domain administrator account will be needed for the ADFS configuration.
- A DNS entry will be needed to resolve the ADFS hostname by its client
A complete and detailed list of the requirements can be reviewed in the Microsoft ADFS 3.0 overview.
- Start the installation of ADFS 3.0 by selecting Administrative Tools | Server Manager | Add roles and features.
- On the Select installation type page select, Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
- On the Select destination server page, select the server on which to install the ADFS service and click Next.
- On the Select server roles page, select Active Directory Federation Services and click Next.
- On Select features, unless there are some additional features that you want to install, leave the defaults and click Next.
- Review the information on the Active Directory Domain Services page and click Next.
- Initiate the installation on the Confirm installation selections page.
- In your Notifications, you will have a notification alerting you that you have a Post-deployment Configuration… task remaining. Open it and click on the link to initiate the wizard.
- In the Welcome page select Create the first federation server in a new federation server farm (unless there is an existing farm that you are adding this ADFS server too).
- In the Connect to ADFS page, select the domain admin account to perform this configuration.
- In Specify Service Properties, specify the SSL Certificate created from the prerequisites. Set the Federation Service Name and Federation Service Display Name.
- In Specify Service Account, select the account that ADFS will use.
- In the Specify Configuration Database select the database to use.
- Review the information in Pre-requisite Checks and click configure.
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Each party (ADFS and LogMeIn) will need to be configured to trust the other party. Therefore, the trust relationship configuration is a two step process.
Step #1: Configure ADFS to trust LogMeIn SAML
- Open Administrative Tools | ADFS Management.
- In ADFS Management, use the Action drop-down menu and select Add Relying Party Trust. This will initiate the Add Relying Party Trust Wizard.
- On the Select Data Source page of the wizard, select Import data about the relying party published online or on a local area network and in the textbox below the selected option paste the metadata URL:
- Click Next.
- Skip the Configure Multi-factor Authentication Now? page.
- On the Choose Issuance Authorization Rules screen, choose the Permit all users to access this relying party unless another option is desired.
- Step through the rest of the prompts to complete this side of the trust relationship.
- You now add two claim rules.
- Click on the new endpoint entry, and click Edit Claim Rules on the right.
- Select the Issuance Transform Rules tab and click Add Rule.
- Select Send LDAP Attributes as Claims from the drop-down menu and click Next.
- Use the following settings for the rule:
|Claim rule name
|AD E-mail
|Attribute store
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|LDAP Attribute
|E-mail Addresses
|Outgoing Claim Type
|E-mail Address
- Click Finish.
- Click Add Rule again.
- Select Transform an Incoming Claim from the drop-down menu and click Next.
- Use the following settings:
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|Incoming claim type
|E-mail Address
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- Select Pass through all claim values.
- Click Finish.
- Right click on the new relying party trust in the Relying Party Trusts folder and select Properties.
- In Advanced, select SHA-1 and click OK.
- To prevent ADFS from sending encrypted assertions by default, open a Windows Power Shell command prompt and run the following command:
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Step 2. Configure LogMeIn to trust ADFS
- Navigate to the Organization Center and use the Identity Provider webform.
- ADFS publishes its metadata to a standard URL by default: https://<hostname>/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml.
- If this URL is publicly available on the internet, then on the Identity Provider tab in the Organization Center, select the Automatic configuration option and paste the URL in the textbox. Click Save.
- If the metadata URL is not publicly available, then collect the single-sign-on URL and a certificate (for signature validation) from ADFS and submit them using the Manual configuration option in the Identity Provider tab in the Organization Center.
- To collect the necessary items, do the following:
- To collect the single-sign-on service URL, open the ADFS Management window and select the Endpoints folder to display a list of the ADFS endpoints. Look for the SAML 2.0/WS-Federation type endpoint and collect the URL from its properties. Alternatively, if you have access to the standard metadata URL, display the contents of the URL in a browser and look for the single-sign-on URL in the XML content.
- To collect the certificate for signature validation, open the ADFS Management Console and select the Certificates folder to display the certificates. Look for the Token-signing certificate, right click on it and select View Certificate. Select the Details tab, and then the Copy to File option. Using Certificate export wizard, select the Base-64 Encoded X.509 (.Cer). Assign a name to the file to complete the export of the certificate into a file.
- Input these fields into the Organization Center and click Save.
Test the configuration
To test Identity Provider-Initiated Sign-On, go to
You should see the relying party identifier in a combobox under Sign in to one to the following sites.
To test Relying Party-Initiated Sign-on,go to the web login page for the LogMeIn product you wish to sign into (such as www.gotomeeting.com) and on the sign in page, click the Use my company ID option.
Enter your email address. You should be redirected to the ADFS server and be prompted to log in (or if Windows Integrated Auth is used, may even be automatically) after which, you will be sent directly into your desired product.


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If I've already read a piece where somebody's already said the point I'm getting at concisely, what good is reinventing the wheel? And I don't know a damn thing about the Hasidim's community. But the hippie comparison doesn't hold, and I would imagine the Hasidic Jewish comparison doesn't hold either because the American national culture is completely different from the French national culture...
And no, you don't have to expect the Italians to celebrate the Fourth of July or Thanksgiving, but I would find it offensive if they forbade me from celebrating them in their country.
I know what a Hasidic Jew dresses like, Red. But I'm not familiar with the conflicts of the NY community with integration into American life. I think talking about the European situation IN CONTEXT is important. So I can't help but find most of your examples irrelevant. The acceptable balance between integration and individual cultures in the United States is completely different from an appropriate balance in Europe, and the examples you bring up are not at all similar to the Europeans.The closest population in the US in similarity would, I think, be the new Hispanic immigrants because of its a highly concentrated population and the language and cultural barriers. But even that is so dissimilar that it isn't a very useful comparison.
Did I kill it by being too even-handed? Or does no one want to play once Red leaves? I find it really interesting that so much of the debate ends up focusing on the headscarves, which are just such a superficial piece of what's really going on. I think maybe it's easy to get people on your team when by playing the "women are being oppressed" card without really giving a damn about the women themselves. I really thought Jack Straw's comment was ridiculous and offensive, and the suspension of the teacher is even worse.
Couldn't agree more. I live in the Los Angeles area where English is rarely spoken anymore, and because my only foreign language study is in Italian, I am at a bit of a disadvantage around here. Pretty odd, I think. Also, think of what it costs this country to accomodate EVERYONE.It is simple: if you want to live in any given country, YOU adapt. Period.
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Lately I have gotten quite an awakening to the realities of waterfall testing processes. This has come in the form of writing tests for my current client as they are preparing for a major release.
So what have I learned? First, large development groups end up with large testing teams. This makes for challenges in coordinating efforts within the group. To overcome this I believe there needs to be well defined expectations and a single owner of the effort.
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Of course the ever present question of our times is why are you not using TDD? In order to answer that I think we need to break it down into further questions.
Digging into this issue brings two main questions to mind. First, how do we ensure business partners that thorough testing has been done? Second, and this is very important, what does the environment we are in dictate?
The first question is exactly what the waterfall method is intended to address. The main problem is that it is very costly. If a missed requirement is found during testing not only does the problem have to be corrected, but all of the testing documents need to be scanned for conditions that might be affected. Cost is also increased due to the fact that these are not automated tests. There is no button that can be pushed that will rerun all the test. Weeks can be spent doing a proper regression test.
As a consultant the second question is a key consideration. A contractor can advise, but the client still has the final say on what methodology will be used. The best thing that you can do is present facts objectively in a way that highlights benefits.
The one main draw backs that I see with TDD is that while it self documents for the developer, it does not do the same for the business stake holder. Their one assurance is that they have been seeing the product in regular increments. Tools may help address this concern, but there are no silver bullets.
I am sure I am over simplifying the problem. In the end I want to have my cake and eat it too. I want to cover my butt with documentation, but I also want the benefits of finding out early when that documentation is not accurate. To that end I will continue to learn from experiences such as this.
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When Clara Richardson looked down while walking the trail to the famous Hot Springs Cove near Tofino, at first it didn't register that the wooden plank said: "Clara Richardson will you marry me?"
Anyone who's walked the boardwalk trail — and has an ounce of romance in them — will remember the plank that rests near the bottom of one set of stairs. And now the mystery has been solved: She said "yes."
When Dave Hill became Richardson's fiancé that day in 2012, he had no idea he'd be raising the bar for marriage-minded guys everywhere. He was lucky it all went off so smoothly.
The couple, who'd been on-again, off-again for a few years, had rekindled their romance when they headed to their favourite getaway destination for the Valentine's Day weekend in 2012.
"We took a float plane there and, being from Alberta, I'd always thought of them as being sort of exotic. I'd always wanted to take a trip in one," said Richardson, 30, a Vancouver lawyer at Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger.
And like any great romance, the beauty is in the details, which were revealed when Richardson contacted Postmedia after a story about Tofino earlier this month mentioned the plank. (Read the Tofino story here.) The two-kilometre-long boardwalk leads from the public dock to the hot springs and many of the planks are personalized with family names, dates, and messages.
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