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A small water park would be added to the landmarked attraction north of New York City under a newly announced proposal.
Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino said Thursday he has chosen a new operator for county-owned Playland.
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The Dow jumps around 200 points after a report shows consumer confidence.
Those elusive "green shoots" seem to be back.
Stocks were soaring after the Conference Board's report on consumer confidence showed a reading of 54.9 in May, a surge from the upwardly revised reading of 40.8 in April. Economists had been looking for a reading of 43.
"Expectations are that business conditions, the labor market and incomes will improve in the coming months," said Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board's Consumer Research Center. "While confidence is still weak by historical standards, as far as consumers are concerned, the worst is now behind us."
That optimism sparked a broad rally today. At 1:15 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) was up 200 points, or 2.4%, to 8,477. The Nasdaq Composite Index ($COMPX) had surged 54 points, or 3.2%, to 1,746, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($INX) had gained 22 points, or 2.5%, to 909.
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The Conference Board's index of present conditions rose to a reading of 28.9 in May, up from 25.5 in April. Its gauge of expectations for the next six months rose to 72.3, the highest level since December 2007. That index came in at 51 in April.
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Overall however, the improved mood of consumers is encouraging. If the job market stabilizes, the improvement in confidence could translate into more spending and make the better outlook a self-fulfilling prophecy."
The report set a record low of 25 in February; in contrast, the index was at 120 in October 2007.
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This design pattern is part of the Mobile Design Patterns series.
A menu theme in mobile is very important in accessing any of the application from the menu bar.
Menu contains the icons in the screen; by touching the icon user can open any application, like Mp3 player, SMS, Browser, Contact, Dialer, Maps.
- Theme makes better look of mobile.
- It gives basic information e.g. date and time very fast.
- Some themes contains standard shortcut like sms, mp3.
- Theme gives graphical look to the application.
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Are any of you experiencing more and more synchronicity in life? It seems to be my beacon on an hourly basis --- if I pay attention.
Seemingly ubiquitous these days. What a joy to report that I can hardly keep up!
For Shirley re synchronicity
Yes definitely...in personal ways...but, the dreams are sometimes prophetic and well... scary. Dreamed about the recent conflagration in India the night before it happened.
Peace and Love,
YES, synchronicities these days are fast, numerous and mostly fun!!
Also, I can see small manifestations of my thoughts rather rapidly. So, be careful what you think and if you find yourself dwelling on the negative, stop and distract yourself.
I noticed this "quickening" of the energies last year....2012. :)
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This just happened to me moments ago in Las Vegas and had to share . . .
So, after a night of too much . . . well, too much Las Vegas . . . I walked my happy yoga bum about 2 miles outside of this craziness to the Whole Foods to begin much needed detoxification with organic salad, tofu, wheat grass, and a kombucha chia drink.
As I was happily eating in the WF cafe and reading Dancing in the Light (yes, this is my first read through it!), I took another swig of my Synergy kombucha chia drink and took a look at the back of the label and read the "words of enlightenment," and here's what it said:
"Courageously following the truth in life is the surest way to fulfill the purpose you were meant to live." (photo attached below)
"Huh?" I thought. That's pretty synchronistic to be reading a book authored by SM and then simultaneously read such a quote in a random WF in Vegas so far from home. Then I read the name of the person who submitted the quote to Synergy . . . the guy is not only from the Chicago area, but from Tinley Park, Illinois. Tinley Park, Illinois. Tinley Park, Illinois is the small, ordinary southwest Chicago suburb in which I live.
Yes, hello Universe! I am listening!
Namaste (temporarily) from the Vegas strip,
p.s. Don't you love the photo and how you can see the words from Dancing in the Light underneath this little communication from the Universe to me?!
Love this , Steph! It's amazing how this stuff just "seems" to come out of the blue. And that your town should be the same is mind boggling! Thanks for sharing this!
I have a small story too. Last week I went to dinner with my two sisters. Towards the end of the meal we started talking about spiritual beliefs and whatever. The discussion followed out into the parking lot where we were just standing around, still talking about these matters. A car pulled into the lot and we noticed the license plate was "Karma". We just looked at each other and started laughing!
Synchronicity does seem to be all around us, doesn't it?
decaf, anyone?
Anyone having synchronistic events lately? I had a very small one this morning that was sort of a synchronistic/law of attraction event. I've recently been engaged in a "Secret tuneup," as I like to call it, and was listing to the audiobook The Secret this morning on the way to work.
As I was walking towards the restaurant where I was to meet a witness before heading to the labor board, I thought that I really wanted a cup of decaf coffee. However, the restaurant where I was meeting my witness never has decaf. Then I thought, well, I'll walk down the street a block to another coffee shop that does have decaf and then walk back to the restaurant. Something in me, however, told me to just go ahead and go into the restaurant just as I was about to pass it instead of walking down the block for the decaf. I listened and obeyed the impulse.
As I entered the restaurant, I looked at the coffee station to the right of the door--decaf coffee! And then as I approached to clerk to purchase a cup of the decaf, she said, "no charge" and handed me a cup.
Just a simple example of the law of attraction or synchronicity at work.
Yes I have noticed more synchronicities than normal since April 2014. They mostly have involved numbers, 3's, 6's and 9's. I went to Boston in May and was staying in room #9 at a motel and that had great significance, then gave a guy who ran out of gas $4 and ended up being hired on June 4th at my current job (I had a feeling the 4 was important). When I got back to Mobile, a guy with a gas can asked me to call his neighbor to come pick him up & her number had "999" in it, for me my symbol of the unconscious. I was almost crushed by an SUV on May 3rd 2014 and had what I can only call an OOB experience that continued in late May/early June when I returned home. With Tom Kenyon's audio files, I got a reptilian to dis-embed itself from me and watched that leave, then encountered what I would call a psychopomp in my living room. So yes, I have had major experiences here lately since May. The experiences have subsided now, but I am very happy that I understand better now I am creating my own reality & that I do have power to change my life, and that my beliefs create what I experience.
i think it's a most beautiful thing when 2 people
experience synchronicity at the same time
surrounding same things.
Syncronic events - as you stated Shirley - are present all day long if we're paying attention.
Carl Jung wrote that we are on the right path when these events occur successively. It is a sign that we are listening to our inner guidance as well as the outer.
Just the other day, I registered for a class in California. Hours later, my friend here in NY told me about a house for rent that I could conceivably afford. Why?
The universe is testing me. I believe it tests all of us when we make choices in our courage to change, grow and evolve.
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Annual wellness visit clarified by CMS; Codes G0438 and G0439; Annual wellness visit versus routine physical
Q: In your column about the Medicare AWV, you listed six elements that may be included in the visits. I read that either verbal or written information about voluntary advance care planning must be provided. Is advance care planning also one of the required elements?
A: Since issuing a press release about this topic in November, CMS included the element of advance care planning and then removed it, clarifying in Transmittal 138, issued February 15, that "the addition and definition of 'voluntary advance care planning' as a specified element of the AWV has been removed."
Note that this removal does not prevent you from discussing advance care planning with a patient; it only deletes it as a requirement for the AWV.
Q: We have been billing codes G0438 and G0439 with ICD-9 code V70.0, and the claims are being rejected. Which ICD-9 code works with these two CPT codes?
A: CMS has not issued specific diagnosis codes to support codes G0438 and G0439. Some offices across the country have reported that their carriers have, in error, denied these codes when V70.0 is used.
Resubmit these claims, but answer a few questions beforehand:
1. Has the patient become eligible for Medicare within the past 12 months? If a patient is within the first 12 months of his or her Medicare Part B effective date, an initial preventive physical examination (IPPE) should be billed instead of an AWV. These types of claims could receive the following denial code:
If an IPPE was performed after January 1, 2011, coinsurance and Part B deductibles are waived for this service. When an electrocardiogram (ECG) is furnished with the IPPE, the deductible and coinsurance will continue to apply for ECG services only.
If a patient is outside the initial 12-month period, then bill for an AWV.
2. Has the patient received the initial AWV (code G0438) from another provider? G0438 signifies a once-in-a-lifetime benefit for each patient, and CMS will deny your claim if the agency previously paid for this service for a patient. Denial codes:
When billing code G0438, obtain an advanced beneficiary notice (ABN) of noncoverage before rendering the service.
3. Has the patient received an IPPE or AWV within the past 12 months? It will become increasingly difficult to historically track a patient's care. Therefore, obtain an ABN before performing an AWV. If a patient has received an IPPE or AWV within the past 12 months, the denial codes that you could receive are:
Q: How does the CPT code for the new AWV differ from the 99397 code for a routine physical?
A: Codes 99381 to 99397 include counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk-factor reduction interventions that are provided at the time of the initial or periodic comprehensive preventive medicine examination. As with the IPPE, however, CMS has delineated clear requirements for codes G0438 and G0439.
For a full listing of the requirements, see Medicare's Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 18, Section 140.
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*Laughs softly* Alright-y. *Turns back to serious* How're you coping up?
Kara : Aww!! That's bad. *She frowns* I'm sorry.
Oh No! What happened?
"Not much no luck in the love department and my pack's top elder now has to tutor the guy who killed his brother how to do his brother's job without becoming evil.....but nothing eventful for me personally."
Your Girl Friend Victoria..
Baddy bad for you, but see - I'm old enough and yet I've not seen it. Things are brighter. *Laughs* So How's Tory?
hahah it keeps on changing...right now it's pretty little liars and Dexter.
[walking over sitting on your lap laying my head on your chest] i dont mind anything
No way!!! you're kidding right? hahhaa
I like comedy, romantic and mysteries (you know) hahaha. I don't like horror movies, I'm a huge coward.
what about you?
I like all kind of musics. Alternative, rock, metal, nu metal, pop, punk, dubstep, Christian Rock, country.
Ok...let's see if we have something else in common...
what's your fav type of music? :D
your fav color is green too?
*Laughs* Uh. Yeah. Would love me some testosterone! *Chuckles and says patronizingly* A'right!
Ha! Ima perky as usual! *Looks at you as if you've lost ya mind* What's Magic Mike?
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The life-size figure of a woman holding an oil-slicked shorebird in her arms greets you at the entrance to "Edge of Extinction," a powerful show of mostly ceramic sculptures by Lisa Reinertson at the Pence Gallery in Davis.
Reinertson, a Benicia artist who has completed more than 20 commissions including bronze sculptures of Martin Luther King Jr. and former Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna, turns her attention here to the plight of endangered animals, among them mountain gorillas, polar bears, cougars and wolves.
A statement accompanying the show informs us that, according to a study in 2008 by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, "at least a quarter of mammal species are headed for extinction in the near future."
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In "Polar Bear/Slip Sliding Away" she gives us a moving image of the massive arctic creature mounted on a pillar that seems to melting like the ice caps at the poles. In "The Sleep of Reason," a reference to an etching by Francisco Goya, she offers a tender scene of a mother gorilla with her child cradled in her arms. It has religious overtones, like several of the works in the show.
That connection is apparent in a bas relief of two monkeys in an arch, as well as in "Pieta," an image of the Virgin Mary cradling a host of at-risk animals in her arms. It is most powerful in "Deposition (Cougar)," a reworking of Michelangelo's "Deposition of Christ" with the animal taking the place of the dead Christ. The handling of the male figure holding up the slumping dead weight of the animal is masterful.
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The Sacramento artist stops at a variety of ancient cultures, from an Egyptian royal couple and a pre- Columbian baby to Cycladic goddesses and a Tang Dynasty woman riding a horse. Returning to France in the 19th century, she gives us Rodin's portrait of his student Camille Claudel in a bonnet and Claudel's rough sculpture of a couple waltzing.
The paintings seem to have been done from photographs which gives them, at times, a flatness that belies their subject matter. Nevertheless, this is a new and clearly profitable direction for Pappas.
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Inside c - IV- i m i r Arts &.Entertainment News PJ? Pg2 PS 4 Pg9 i you have pucker power? For more information on the art of kissing, see page 7 The WSC women's track team shows its stuff at today's Mountain West Athletic Conference champions hip Wednesday, May 18, 1988 Weber State college Vol. 48 No. 68 - - - j- n fe . ' . :- .-tpV S J '- 5 , I ? ' , ft )t ' . ; ; ' . t - ; a;-1 jS.w . : :.! . r, ' - at; jiWfcLmi i ii ibaiaiimrtniBii . t. ... ... . r.rj-ai.rrn-i 1mti"f nr'iHirtir tin V,-m----iftlii t- -i-i wn.-jj.ii:.v,... ,,;iir . ! ' 'J, i i hi' IS SAM CLEMENS back from the dead? No, it's only author of such classics as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn actorcomedian Parker Drew, who will portray the eminent during tomorrow's Convocation in the Austad Auditorium. isit witn i warn Actor and comedian Parker Drew will be the featured speaker and entertainer at Convocation tomorrow in the Browning Center's Austad Auditorium with his one-man show, "Mark Twain Revisited." Drew has been performing since age seven, mostly with his musical talent as an award-winning clarinetist "Mark Twain Revisited" began as a five- minute speech presented by Drew in a forensic competition. An English teacher encouraged him to expand the speech to 30 minutes, and in May of 1969, the 14-year-old actor performed as a 70-year-old man for the first time. However, Drew has not limited his acting to one character. He has played roles in more than thirty diverse productions, including: Harold Hill in "The Music Man," Sancho in "Man of La Mancha," Clifford Bradshaw in "Cabaret," Riff in "West Side Story," the Artful Dodger in "Oliver," Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz," and Nathan Detroit in "Guys and Dolls." In 1986, he made his debut as conductor and musical director with the production of "A Chorus Line." At the age of 32, Parker Drew has already logged 25 years of experience in the performing arts. He has performed as an actor, multi-instrumentalist, mime, stand-up comedian television and radio host, record producer, conductor and television producer. It is this wealth of experience that he brings to each character he portrays. As one critic in Hartford Connecticut wrote: "...Parker Drew's ability is rare and well-defined. His acting, vocal quality and presence are alarming." Anti-racism protests effective (CPS) - The anti-racism protests that have closed up buildings, attracted police, provoked suspensions and sit-ins and generally rocked dozens of campuses in recent months are, in fact, forcing changes at American colleges, activists and observers now say. Scores of schools have adopted tougher penalties for students who engage in racist behavior. Others have adopted more aggressive programs to recruit more minority students and faculty members, and the efforts are starting to pay off. The University of Georgia, for example, on April 28 proudly announced it had recruited 15 new black teachers. At the same lime, a Brandcis University poll of 13 peer schools found minority student applications for the fall, 1988, term were more numerous than ever. "Protests," said Dr. Delores A. Austin of the University of California at Santa Barbara, "have placed these issues at the top of the agenda instead of the bottom or the middle." "The changes that have come about," said Barbara Ransby, a grad student and anti-racism activist at the University of Michigan, "are a direct result of student efforts." Ransby remains cautious, however. "We tend to be skeptical about broad public relations statements by administrators." "Our focus is on results, not promises." Protests against campus racism have occurred at the universities of Massachusetts, Vermont, Michigan, California-Berkeley, Iowa and at Dartmouth College, Pcnn State, Hampshire College, Williams College and scores of other schools in recent months. In response, many schools announced broad new programs to solve racial problems. Notre Dame, for one, established a $12 million plan to increase its undergraduate minority population from 11 percent to 15 percent by 1992. North Carolina State pledged to hire more black faculty members and expand its African-American Studies curriculum. The University of Colorado began working with its black students to further increase black enrollment. The University of Nebraska appointed an 11 -member commission to investigate the school's problems in recruiting minorities. (see RACISM on page 2) Utahns make good voters Reva Smith Managing Editor Based on past performance, it is expected that approximately 665,000 Utahns will be casting ballots this November in the 1988 presidential election. This total will represent an increase of about 35,000, or 5.6 percent over the number who voted four years ago. At one time, Utah nearly always ranked at or very near the top among the 50 states in the proportion of the voting-age population who vote in a general election. In fact, Utah led the entire nation in the percentage of voting-age population casting ballots for presidential electors in the 1964 and 1968 elections. Percentage of' voting-age population casting votes for presidential electors in Utah and the United States Presidential election years 1960-1984 100 - 95 - 90 - 85 - 80 - 75 - 70 - 65 60 - n 55 I f 50 - : n i 45 - : 40 - all 111 II; . . 1 '60 "64 '68 "72 '76 '80 '84 Utah voting average in a presidential election U.S. national voting average in a presidential election Several factors account for Utah's high participation in presidential elections, according to a Utah Foundation Research Brief. Chief among these are the following. Historically, Utah has a long tradition of citizen involvement in civic affairs because political, religious and community leaders actively encourage greater citizen participation in the political process. Also, Utah leads the nation in the number of years of schooling completed by its adult population and has a smaller proportion of resident aliens who are not eligible to vote than most other states. 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- Tim Colgan
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Has religion outlived it's usefulness?
I'd like to start this conversation with a quote from Richard Dawkins:
"Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. Revealed faith is not harmless nonsense, it can be lethally dangerous nonsense. Dangerous because it gives people unshakeable confidence in their own righteousness. Dangerous because it gives them false courage to kill themselves, which automatically removes normal barriers to killing others. Dangerous because it teaches enmity to others labelled only by a difference of inherited tradition. And dangerous because we have all bought into a weird respect, which uniquely protects religion from normal criticism. Let's now stop being so damned respectful!"
The Guardian, October 11, 2001
So my question is - assuming religion ever did serve a useful function for humanity, is it perhaps time that we get beyond religion and develop other tools to provide for human needs?
NOTE: To people making comments - I encourage you to not only give a brief response to the main question but also try to respond to one or more of the other comments. Keeping it brief, respectful and perhaps phrased as a question will help generate a true conversation. Thanks. And come back and visit when you can.
Closing Statement from Tim Colgan
Many thanks to all those who contributed to this discussion. Upon starting this conversation I was concerned that ted wasn't the right place, fearing it would be dominated by a single mind-set. But the diversity of opinions expressed here is amazing. These threads represent a true mosaic of human opinion. Perhaps not a perfect sampling, but a fascinating cross-sample of personal beliefs. The conversations themselves reveal a bit about humanity - filled with sibling rivalries, with moments of compassion. Highly recommended to anyone to take the time to read.
Although it's probably obvious from the conversation's introduction that my intentions included an agenda, that agenda was soon blown out of the water. We had trouble coming to agreement on the definition of religion. Whether it's called religion or not, humans need institutions to provide it's function. To me religion is most symbolized by it's place - temple, mosque, synagogue, church... A place where people gather to share their humanity and ponder the infinite, and their place in it. Perhaps ted is one of those places.
Thanks again to all who contributed. It has been truly enlightening. That's to say, each of you has shone light into some aspect of our topic.
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Mar 3 2011: See this is the big mistake everyone makes when they argue in favor of religious truth. When scientists say "there is something true that is beyond our observation" everyone jumps to the conclusion that scientists are talking about God. That's an error in logic. What scientists are implying is exactly what the sentence is stating, there is something out there which is true beyond our capacity to observe it. To claim this truth is God or anything else for that matter is to delve into fantasy land just like I can claim there are leprechauns because science hasn't uncovered them yet.
So just to repeat one more time. "A truth beyond our ability to observe" does not equal "God".
Until we observe this truth it can only be considered a black box or an unknown.
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Mar 3 2011: Who Dawkins? To tell you honestly I never read Dawkins I feel like he can't say much on the subject that I don't know. I debated this topic for over a decade both with philosophy, theology and science students. I am even a little weary of debating it, I wanna move on to more interesting topics so I have no reason to read Dawkins.
Are you talking about him. If so why does he bother you?
Mar 4 2011: That occurs, many "scientists" usually with fairly dodgy credentials try exactly this tack, they however are much less respected and so get less coverage. Atheism has everything to do with science, logic and rational thinking, I can't think of anyone more uniquely qualified to espouse atheism than an evolutionary biologist. Not only this but Dawkins isn't the first sceintist to say "enough", Carl Sagan was also anti-religion. As Dawkins himself says, "We are all athiests to some extent, some of us just go one God further."
Mar 5 2011: Okay Kathy lets look at it logically, sorry if you have heard this argument before but it bears repeating, I tell you that there is a fully grown space whale orbiting a planet 200 light years distant. Now you could believe me, you could disbelieve me, or you could withhold judgment until more evidence is available. Logically you should do one of the latter two, since I have provided no evidence and what evidence I could provide would be spurious. But now let's think rationally and scientifically, space whales have never been observed, there is no reason to assume they ever will be observed so now you are guided toward the middle response of disbelief. That is why I say atheism has everything to do with logic reason and the very fundamentals of scientific empiricism. I'd like to finish with a Carl Sagan thought experiment that I think explains the logical fallacy of belief better than I ever could:
"Look at the pale blue dot of our planet. Take a good long look at it. Stare at the dot for any length of time and then try to convince yourself that God created the whole universe for one of the 10 million or so species of life that inhabit that speck of cosmic dust. Now take it a step further: Imagine that everything was made just for a single shade of that species, or gender, or ethnic or religious subdivision. If this doesn't strike you as unlikely pick another dot. Imagine it to be inhabited by a different form of intelligent life. They too cherish the idea of a God who has created everything for their benefit. How seriously do you take their claim?"
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Mar 4 2011: Birdia,
I agree, religion has been such a long tradition especially in Western civilization that it goes unchallenged. Most people accept the existence of God without even asking for a burden of proof. In science such a thing is unheard of so naturally a lot of tension exists even though some scientists accept religion, more out of conventional behavior and norms than anything else.
In my opinion religion offers an easy means to provoke a war. It is alot easier to manipulate people when they are indoctrinated and oblivious to facts, it is alot easier to justify your own actions when you truly believe they are righteous. I find that with philosophy and science the field of study encourages people to look for problems, criticize and be skeptical. Thus such subjects do not encourage complacency
Mar 4 2011: Kathy, just to let you know in science positives are given priority over negatives. As far as scientists are concerned there is no god because positive evidence shows there is none. Negatives can never be proven true so science ignores them.
But I understand how you might feel about Dawkins and if it weren't for Dawkins I'm sure there would be another atheist to debate creationists. I am glad that Dawkins has made himself a public figure and has dispelled particular myths creationists were trying to push forward not just as an ideology but also onto our schools as well.
Mar 4 2011: Hi Budimir
I love debates on this, but Dawkins isn't up for debate, he considers it beneath him. He has dispelled few, if any, creationist ideas. I can understand his position. In a straight fight the creationist normally wins. Dig me out one where the evolutionist wins & I will watch it eagerly.
Mar 4 2011: Peter, you're right:
Why Richard Dawkins Doesn't Debate Creationists
Quote: "If you were a professional geologist would you agree to have a debate with a flat-earther?"
Mar 4 2011: Here's one for you the myth of irreducible complexity has been refuted by many eminent scientists, including Dawkins, even the supposedly "invincible" flagella argument has been debunked. The fossil record clearly shows evolution, the genetic record clearly shows common ancestry, geological evidence clearly shows the Earth to be about 4.3 billion years old rather than the 6000 claimed by the Bible, transit of light clearly shows the universe to be about 14 billion years old, what else is left? Creationism is bunkum, you don't need it to be true to believe in God, not even to believe in the God of the bible. Just let it go as the nonsense that it is, the Theory of evolution by natural selection is as close to fact as any science can be, and attacking it on creationist grounds is the equivalent of bringing a table tennis paddle to a nuclear war.
Edit: sorry for that last simile, on reflection it's a little violent, but the point stands none the less.
Mar 5 2011: Sorry Kathy I'll reply to both your comments here as I seem unable to reply to your comment below. Dawkins's claims about Yahweh are textually accurate and in fact the image of the Christian God would have been in full keeping with the views held in the middle ages. I refer you to Milton's portrayal of God in Paradise Lost. To call it a temper tantrum and to claim he does not understand seems a pretty arrogant stance considering in literary and historical terms his account is accurate. As for the bible not saying anything about the Earth's age or making other scientific claims I don't think you need me to tell you of the priest who calculated the age of the planet by tracing the generations back to Adam & Eve, it may not be a direct claim of the bible but the inference is there and this was considered gospel truth (excuse the pun). Although I like Dawkins, I don't consider his work without fault, (I am not religious about it), perhaps he does hammer hard on ignorance but I don't see why his perfectly reasonable arguments should be discounted as a result.
Mar 4 2011: Dawkins is often called militant, what is understood by this term? He debates forcefully with those who wish to debates him but no more so than his opponents. I have often seen him deal very kindly with those who are hopelessly entangled in doctrine. Militancy to me implies physical force, or at least physical threat, Dawkins has offered neither, he simply outlines perfectly reasonable and logical arguments against religion. If any individual holds their faith to be above all criticism one has to ask why. Do they fear it won't stand up? Do they fear the wrath of a vengeful God on Dawkins will somehow spill over onto them? Do they fear..?
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Mar 3 2011: yes.......you have succeeded.............. what you said make me think deeper at that face of world.....you didn't convinced me ( I don't think that someone could do that, maybe that's a problem)....................." urge anyone to examine their beliefs often and to keep their minds open, because this world is still a war-ridden place full of hatred even after so many thousands of years of violence. Each one of us is responsible because we owe our existence to this beautiful place we call Earth. And I BELIVE science and philosophy are our last chance to save nature and resolve human conflicts" I very agree with you because and I BELIVE............thank you.........
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Why are we not putting all of our efforts into discovering our universe and our place in it?
Most of us have what we need, so why are we so absorbed with things that lose value quickly and in our mortality which can best be understood with discoveries that have yet to be made.
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Aug 7 2013: havent we already discovered a lot about the universe and our place in it over the last few hundred years.
i suggest we can make apretty good go at understanding what we are, what drives us, and why. and whether there are better ways to live.
evolution, biology and psychology provides a reasonable explanation for our greedy tendencies.
we evolved in a competitive world. we are social animals with heirarchies. being resource rich makes us more attractive mates. etc. most of our evolutionary past we strggled to eat enough and not be eaten.
that doesnt mean being greedy is the most satifying or beneficial way to live. we can use our intellect to figure out how to reduce suffering and improve the human condition.
we should recognise our animal instincts and drivers, but not be slaves to them.
i would add that the material universe and people in it are all we reasonably know to exist and it seems reasonable to focus on making a good life while we live.
Aug 7 2013: From what I have seen it is quit obvious that the more we learn the more we realize we don't know and with every discovery from the very small to the very large and distant the more I feel engaged and part of an adventure that is forever and has no end results. That stimulates me more than money, power or fame.
Aug 12 2013: i agree the more we learn the more complex the universeappears and there is a growing wave front of things we realise we dont know.
but still we know so much more the 300 years ago.
we know life evolved. that there are billions of galaxies, not just one. dna. vaccines. electronics, flight etc.
the cup isfuller than before, bur bigger than we knew
Aug 8 2013: Re: "evolution, biology and psychology provides a reasonable explanation for our greedy tendencies. we evolved in a competitive world. we are social animals with heirarchies. being resource rich makes us more attractive mates. etc. most of our evolutionary past we strggled to eat enough and not be eaten."
In other words, possession and control of resources (a.k.a. "greed") makes us more "fit for survival", more likely to pass on our genes and more likely to ensure survival of our descendants. OK. That's understandable. How does morality makes us more fit for survival? Isn't caring for sick and poor make society sicker and poorer? Why should we have mercy for evildoers and grace for the losers? How do evolution and psychology explain that?
Intellect can make our lives better only if we know what "better life" means. And that knowledge does not seem to come from intellect or science, does it?
Aug 8 2013: Evolution does not work as fast as our intelligence would like it to. A just and humane society is not right around the corner but is closer than before. Just because life is a struggle should not stop us from searching for answers to everything and anything even when those answer just pose new questions.
Aug 10 2013: Hi I think we are some mix of instinct and reason. We have great intellect but also the instinctual drives.
I agree we should try to promote reason.
I suggest what a good life means is up to us to work out. Science helps us understand ourselves and the universe so it is perhaps part of the mix. Its also a mix of the mind- brain capabilities we have. We have the mental capability of empathy and we can think about what reduces suffering and improves the human condition.
Its up to us work out what a good life is. I think we have a pretty good handle on it, but ois t is a challenge.
Aug 10 2013: Hi, Obey,
You are very optimistic. I am fairly pessimistic about the ability of intellect to solve our problems. One may understand the problem, the source of it, but lack the will power to solve it. E.g. a smoker who has a lung cancer may not be able to quit the deadly habit despite the knowledge and understanding. Or, a person may have a great idea but lack the enthusiasm, energy, communication, and leadership skills to persuade and organize other people to realize it. On the other hand, a person who is "not the sharpest tool in the shed" may be very successful. The "Forrest Gump" movie is a great illustration.
"Good life" is an elusive concept. What seems good at a first glance turns not so good when we try it. E.g. having plenty of food (like a free all-you-can-eat lunch buffet every day) may seem to be "good" (better than lacking food) but one can get very sick if he over-eats regularly. Children - another example. I'm still trying to figure out if they bring happiness or misery.
At my age, I have a lot less confidence in my intellect than 30 years ago and I, for sure, do not "have a good handle" on what a good life is. I don't think, I have less intellect than 30 years ago, but I am not confident that it can bring me "good life".
Aug 13 2013: hi ag, i guess im optimistic that as a species we knowvenough to have a good go at developung a moral framework to reduce sufferingvand improvevthe human condition.
im not so optimistic about our ability to agree on moral frameworks or implement improvementscwhen a lot of these issues are complex with pros and cons.
i sometimes despair some still look to bronzec, iron age and medieval morailty emedded in scriptures not enlightment values etc, modern human rightsetc.
Aug 13 2013: I know, you are an atheist which means you are against faith and "beliefs without evidence". Yet, you believe that "as a species we know enough to have a good go at developing a moral framework to reduce suffering and improve the human condition." But that's a faith statement. There is no evidence for that. Moral frameworks don't seem to be developed based on knowledge. Besides, stealing and killing your competition could make good survival skills, from evolutionary standpoint. Intellect can successfully argue both ways. Some criminals are dumb, but some are very smart. Nerve gas and nuclear weapons have been created by very smart people. Intellect seems to have little to do with morality. Being smart is not enough to have good life or make other's life better.
Aug 13 2013: Good points ag.
Actually I admit my position is an opinion, but I try base on evidence and reason.
So I'm willing to update my view in the face of a compelling argument and evidence.
Which is still quite different from a theist belief in divine command, especially where they assume their god is all knowing and all good. By definition then whatsoever their god concept is supposed to have done or said is good.
Its not open to analysis or debate in the same way. God drowning the world was good. Heeternal suffering in hell is good. Kililling homosexuals is good. Regulated slavery is good.
Whereas I have arguments to support my opinion that owning people is not reducing suffering. Killing homosexuals is not improving the human condition.
Heck eating other animals is questionable from my perspective.
I admit these views are not based on evidence as rigorous as scientific theories, but suggest it is better than assuming any particular religious dogma is flawless without examination.
I would point out that while natural selection is competitive and a driving force shaping us I don't propose a dog eat dog society, because my assessment is there are better ways to reduce suffering.
One of my tests is to put myself in the shoes of others to try and determine the impacts of positions. Wanton killing is not going to support a peaceful productive life in my opinion, based on reason, whereas when Yahweh performs or orders killing theists position is not based on reason, just divine command, and baseless faith.
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The key to this encounter is
that to take the bolero to flamenco, you haven't
used rhythms, as is usual, but rather echo, vocals...
I didn't want that. If I want that,
I sit down and make a flamenco album on which I have to
sing por soleá, por seguiriyas, por alegrías,
like the next album is going to be. What I did want to
do was to give flamenco flavor to the vocals, those quejíos
and those turns, but respecting the bolero. It's
not just because, but rather because you have to sing
a bolero with the same tragedy as you sing with por soleá.
You have to have the same feeling. And it has to be very
nice, from the lyrics to the melody. And I put myself
in the shoes of a flamenco when I'm singing bolero,
I don't put myself in the shoes of a bolero singer.
Of what I am. But I'm going to respect the rules
of the bolero; the melody, the time, but being Cigala...
who is a flamenco cantaor.
There are people who say that Cigala
has gone to the bolero. No sir, I'm a flamenco by
the grace of God and I live with flamenco from when I
get up until I go to bed. I'm not just a flamenco
when I'm up on stage. It's a way of life.
And I think that way all day long. I think that's
what has pushed this project. It's taken us four
and a half years to make 'Dos lágrimas'
and if it'd had to take eight years, I wouldn't
have minded. But I thought it was the time and the place.
When I made 'Lágrimas negras'
I didn't know what a danzón was, I didn't
know what a clave was, what a guaguancó was, I
didn't know what a chachachá was. I did it
all by intuition. As Bebo used to say (he imitates
his accent): "Sing like the gypsy you are,
and I'll play like the Cuban I am". We let
ourselves go with the flow of that intuition. But today,
I now know how a clave goes... Since you already know
it, you already play with it, since you know where a danzón
is, where a chachachá is. What we do is measure
it in the time of tangos. Sabú always takes it
to that time when he's on box drum. And it's
the little detail which provides a contrast. Jumitus is
playing the piano and he often stresses por tangos with
melodies from there, from the other side of the water.
The live show has been rolling
since last summer, hasn't it?
Yeah, and what I like most about it is
that if you like the album, you'll like the live
show more, which is where I really let loose. The other
day, we were at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona.
The headline was: "Cigala wins two ears" (as
in bullfighting). But not like José Tomás;
me without blood, just with sweat. Ha ha ha.
Coming out the other day at the Palau de la Música,
doing a concert lasting two hours and twenty minutes,
selling the group at the back, which has never been sold...
and not singing a single song off 'Lágrimas
negras', was great. Not one. People ate up 'Dos
lágrimas' and then I spent forty minutes
singing with a solo guitar. The thing is I also want to
show that to people. The entire group at the back, Diego
del Morao here. And now I'm going to sing por
soleá, por fandango, por bulerías... People
perceive the real Cigala. There are people who are really
nice and when you're up on stage they shout to you:
"Diego, I want to hear you sing por bulerías!".
And there I go.
Diego el Cigala, 'Dos lágrimas'
in concert (Photo Daniel Muñoz)
We really took a risk that day because
it was a presentation of 'Dos lágrimas'
in Barcelona, the place was jam-packed in anticipation...
But it's really great that you can sing 'Dos
lágrimas' and then you can stick to what
you like the most and want to do most, which is to sing
with a guitar. And how that man played, amazing! What
a pity that shortly he's going to be playing solo.
'Dos lágrimas' is really exciting live.
You listen to the album and say that it's really
well-recorded, but the same repertoire appears live but
it's not the same. Jumitus is there on piano live,
Diego joins the "you're no longer at my side,
love", sketching things here and there. And then
the mark of inspiration comes. And the thing is that they're
all musicians of live shows, of inspiration. Jumitus never
plays a note for you the same way twice, although he respects
the melody where it comes from. And I never sing the same
way twice. I'd like to, but I don't know how.
'Dos lágrimas'
has been launched exclusively with a newspaper, with self-production
and doing without the great industry. How does this change
affect your career?
I'm really glad this wager is with
the daily newspaper 'El País' because
I think it's a way to change the record industry,
to open up a monopoly to other fields. Young people don't
have twenty euros for a record and if they do, there are
other priorities. An album like the one which has been
released with seventy-three pages, Juan Cruz's interview,
a dedication by Paco
de Lucía, Calamaro, with photos... a deluxe
album for ten euros seems to me like a way to avoid piracy.
And it could have been done years ago. If the decision
we've made had been made time ago by the record
companies, it wouldn't have reached the point where
it is now. It also means me being free; in my art and
in my hunger, I'm in charge. And anyone coming up
behind can get moving!
de la O and flamenco copla
"The hardest song for
me to do on the album, ladies and gentlemen,
is called 'María de la O'.
I didn't know how to do it... so many
versions of it have been done. Moreover, we
had to sing the lyrics from third person,
not sing them like María de la O or
from second person. It had to be arranged.
Everyone told me to throw in the towel. I
said no. We looked at it with rhythm, without
rhythm, ad libitum, we didn't know any
more. And one day at four o'clock in
the morning, I got it. I reached the point
where I hated María de la O. Mania
de la O! I got to the studio and I went aaaahhhh...
"Oh, this sounds so bad. I'm leaving".
The technicians, the people there would say:
"Diego, try it a little bit".
But I couldn't. Work on something else,
percussion, basses... whatever you want. Until
one night that magic came to me. Moreover,
what I like is that magic comes out when nobody
sees it, when you're there alone with
a technician. And I told him: "Don't
give an opinion, don't say anything,
I don't want an olé, I don't
want anything. Rec-play. Play-rec. Let's
record". I did a couple of takes and
I kept the first one. This was the challenge
of the album. Besides, how long has it been
since a copla's been heard in a man's
voice? Since Miguel de Molina. The copla has
been sung by the greats, Concha Márquez
Piquer, Lola Sevilla, Juanita Reina, all those
geniuses. But there's nobody singing
'Dos cruces' in a man's
voice today. The couplet has been lost, except
for the copla greats. It's been forgotten
as a style not a little, but rather quite
a bit. Since I saw it as flamenco, I wanted
to do a version of 'Dos cruces'
which sounded flamenco. What I want is for
the reviews of 'Dos lágrimas'
to say: "It's Cigala-style".
More information
Feature. Diego el Cigala, 'Dos lágrimas'.
Veranos de la Villa 2007
Review and photos
with Diego el Cigala, cantaor (September 2005)
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