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I work full time and am away from home about 50 hours during the week. We live in a very large old farm house and keeping up with everything is tough. But, I don't want to spend all of my weekends cleaning. So, I started the year my doing one thing around the house each evening- cleaning a cabinet, cleaning sinks, vacuuming, etc. then on Saturday or Sunday I can clean a room or two more thoroughly. I limit myself on Saturdays to stopping at noon and on Sundays (after church) to 3 pm. This way I get things done but don't spend a huge portion of my time at home cleaning, I still have time to relax and I'm not exhausted. I give myself Wednesday evenings off!

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Well, gay or not, belfs are flaming queens. And yes, straight men can be flaming queens.
However, I do like to argue that they really are gay. Back around xmas you could find two MALE belfs under the mistletoe in one of Silvermoon's inns :)
Besides, is it really that wrong to name your belfadin Flamingjustice?
As for homophobia in game, I have not encountered it myself. I've seen plenty of children use the words "gay" and "fag" as insults, but that doesn't imply homophobia any more than "n*gger" implies racism these days. I've lived in the south, and while the true racists throw that word around, so do a lot of other people, including many black people themselves. These days it's just an insult, not a connotation of bigoted hatred.
I'm not trying to justify use of any of those words, of course, just saying the don't hold the meaning they used to. I for one have found that if you throw it back in their faces, they quickly shut up and usually get all apologetic. Plus it's damn fun. Some examples that have happened to me:
Working in the wal*mart jewelry dept:
Customer: "Don't you think that looks gay?"
Me: "You're asking the wrong person that question"
A co-worker: "What is that your boooyfriiiend?"
Me: "Yes, actually"
Best part? Both happened right in front of my boss, and both times my boss already knew (different jobs).


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Continuing with the info of the Kentucky Derby runners this year, it's now time for the next 5 post positions (6-10); some of the more preferred starting spots as odds of being pinned by a bad break from the gate and/or having a longer distance to go are reduced.
Gate 6: Friesan Fire is out of Bollinger and A.P. Indy. Though A.P. Indy would be the better known of the two, Bollinger has been a stand out in her homeland of Australia even beating out the males at graded races. The bloodlines are more than there, though most won't know about the Bollinger side. All one has to do is look at his race record of 7-4-1-1 (starts-wins-place/2nd-show/3rd) with the one race outside the top three being a 4th. Friesan Fire is trained by Larry Jones and ridden by jockey Gabriel Saez. Both are probably best remembered for last year when his filly Eight Belles went down right after the finish of the Derby and ended up being put down. Look for a great race out of Friesan Fire and a possible top 5; if not a top 3 depending on if he gets blocked in on the inside. Odds are currently 5-1.
Gate 7: Papa Clem is out of Miss Houdini and Smart Strike. Smart Strike was not only a stand out horse in Canada, but his offspring have proven themselves as well being led by Curlin North America's all-time leading money winner and Horse of the Year in 2007 and Miss Houdini won a graded race in only her second start, so Papa Clem has some outstanding bloodlines. Papa Clem might be a surprise with a race record of 6-2-2-0, though he's already lost to other Derby contenders. Papa Clem is trained by Gary Stute and ridden by jockey Rafael Bejarano. Gary Stute may not be well known, in fact it's his first trip to the Derby, Rafael Bejarano makes up for that being one of the top jockeys in the nation and ranking high on the all time win list. Papa Clem may break the top 10, but much higher than that is doubtful. Odds are currently 20-1.
Gate 8: Mine That Bird is out of the unraced Mining My Own, daughter of Smart Strike and Birdstone. Though his mom is unraced, the bloodlines from her crossed with Birdstone should make for an amazing horse that loves the distance. Despite all that, Mine That Bird only has a race record of 8-4-1-0. Trained by Bennie Woolley Jr. and ridden by jockey Calvin Borel. Bennie Woolley Jr. maybe at his first Kentucky Derby, but Calvin Borel has a lot of experience and even won it before with Street Sense in 2007. With a record like Mine That Bird has it's easy to expect him to be running toward the back of the pack, but with Calvin Borel a mid-pack or better finish is possible. Odds are currently 50-1.
Gate 9: Join in the Dance is out of Dance Darling and Sky Mesa. Though the bloodlines are great, the three above him including Sky Mesa have had odd issues that have kept them from the big race, including a foot bruise and bone chip. Join the Dance has a race record of 8-1-3-1. Join in the Dance is another horse trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by jockey Chris DeCarlo. Though a well known trainer, Todd Pletcher has yet to get a Kentucky Derby winner even when training five horses for the Kentucky Derby. Chris DeCarlo is a jockey just under the radar, riding just once in the Kentucky Derby aboard Faultless Ensign in 1989. Pletcher will have to continue searching because Join in the Dance will be running toward the back of the pack with his other horse Advice. Odds are currently 50-1.
Gate 10: Regal Ransom is out of Kelli's Ransom and Distorted Humor. Though Distorted Humor didn't seem to have the distance, his offspring have proven to be able to handle it including Funny Cide the 2003 Kentucky Derby winner. Regal Ransom has a record of 5-2-2-0. Trained by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by jockey Alan Garcia, both of which are not that well known though Alan Garcia was the jockey on 2008 Belmont winner Da' Tara. Look for Regal Ransom to be in contention for the win, before fading to around a 5th place finish. Odds are currently 30-1.


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Sorry friends- I've been out of the blogging loop for quite some time. Being pregnant and running around with 3 kids kept me super busy! But on the bright side of things (not that running around with 3 kids isn't bright) Shann and I had our baby boy on March 6th, 2013 at 8:05pm. "S.J.", short for Shann Jr. was 8lbs, 8oz. and was 21 1/4" long. Delivered by cesarean (because he was stuck). I'm probably not going to post anymore for a while, since this 'meatball' of mine keeps me super busy.
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Undoubtedly Vonnegut's most influential work, Slaughterhouse-Five tells the satirical story of soldier Billy Pilgrim, captured by Germans and held in a defunct slaughterhouse. Unmoored to a conventional period in history, the events in Pilgrim's life occur randomly and without a traditional chronological underpinning. His story deals with themes of free will, fate, and the illogical nature of the human mind.
Adapted for a magnificent George Roy Hill film three years later (perhaps the only film adaptation of a masterpiece which exceeds its source), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) is the now famous parable of Billy Pilgrim, a World War II veteran and POW, who has in the later stage of his life become "unstuck in time" and who experiences at will (or unwillingly) all known events of his chronology out of order and sometimes simultaneously.
Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralmafadorians who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).
The "unstuck" nature of Pilgrim's experience may constitute an early novelistic use of what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; then again, Pilgrim's aliens may be as "real" as Dresden is real to him. Struggling to find some purpose, order or meaning to his existence and humanity's, Pilgrim meets the beauteous and mysterious Montana Wildhack (certainly the author's best character name), has a child with her and drifts on some supernal plane, finally, in which Kilgore Trout, the Tralmafadorians, Montana Wildhack and the ruins of Dresden do not merge but rather disperse through all planes of existence.
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I would think she needs some sort of training to be a counselor. To my knowledge K'Ehleyr has no background in psychotherapy. As for advising the captain, he has no shortage of those. Though one skilled in diplomacy would be a plus. Wasn't Troi on the bridge because she was an empath and Picard figured that would be useful? A Captain's prerogative type thing?
Though as an Ambassor K'Ehleyr could overrule and second guess Picard in certain situations. I can't see any Captain wanting that. I'd require her to resign her postion as an Ambassor and join Starfleet first.
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Todd Roccapriore won Best in Show with Widow Maker, his custom-built 2004 Peterbilt 379, at the 28th Shell Rotella SuperRigs in Lexington, Va.
Show officials awarded the Hebron, Conn., resident $10,000 for his truck, which also led the Best Interior, Best Theme, Best Chrome, Best Lights and Best Engine categories. Best in Show places the truck in the 2011 Shell Rotella SuperRigs calendar.
Jerry Beaudoin of Southington, Conn., was first runner-up for Best of Show with his 2007 Peterbilt. Mike Manuel of Front Royal, Va., won first place in the Tractor Division with his 2006 Peterbilt 379 and Scott Diller of Bethel, Pa., took top honors in the Tractor/Trailer Division with his 2007 Kenworth W900L and 2008 Mac stepdeck.
Neil Messerley of Harrisonburg, Va., won for Best Mural with a train mural on his 1991 Mack MH613 Ultraliner. Jerry Kissinger of Stoughton, Wis., took first place in the Classic Division with his 1991 Mack Superliner and snagged the People's Choice Award.
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A woman in Massachusetts gave birth to a 14.5 pound baby. The baby girl was born on April 22 and was the second largest baby ever delivered at Mass. Gerneral Hospital. According to a video report by ITN, Carisa Ruscak was delivered via C-section and was the largest baby delivered at the hospital in over a decade.
Carisa's parents, Caroline and Bryan, were prepared for another big baby since their first child weighed over 10 pounds at birth. Contrary to popular belief, a big newborn does not always signify a health issue like diabetes. Carisa is doing really well -- even if she is the size of a 6-month-old. Her weight it nearly double that of the "average" newborn baby according to Huffington Post.
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Fighting Public Welfare Fraud In Washington Keeps Investigators Busy
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Fraud investigators in Washington say they expect to announce a major case of public welfare theft next month. This small team of fraud-fighters was created three years ago after a series of media reports highlighted serious misuse of public benefits.
Food stamp theft. Misuse of welfare benefits. It happens every day in Washington. The job of stopping it falls to the three-year-old office of Fraud and Accountability within the Department of Social and Health Services. In one year alone, the team investigated more than four-thousand criminal fraud cases and referred nearly 300 of them for prosecution. Add to that the hundreds of welfare fraud tips that come into a hotline each month. Steve Lowe is a former county prosecutor who heads the fraud office. He acknowledges there's still a lot more work to do.
Steven Lowe: "We've been so busy on the criminal cases trying to put criminal cases , it's been so much work. I have 11 criminal investigators, they each have an average caseload now of 40 cases."
Lowe was my guest on TVW's "Inside Olympia" program. The Fraud office also gets more than 7-thousand requests a year to review suspicious applications for public benefits.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Byron Mullens had 25 points and 18 rebounds, and the Charlotte Bobcats defeated Boston 94-91 Monday night to snap the Celtics' seven-game winning streak.
Kevin Garnett had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Celtics, but missed a key 18-footer that would have given Boston the lead late in the game. Paul Pierce and Avery Bradley had chances to send the game into overtime in the final seconds, but missed open 3-pointers.
The 7-foot Mullens hit 10 of 16 shots from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Ramon Sessions had 19 points for the Bobcats, including the go-ahead jumper from 18 feet with 25.7 seconds left. Kemba Walker had 18 points, six assists and six rebounds, and Gerald Henderson chipped in with 16 points.
Jeff Green had 18 points for the Celtics and Paul Pierce finished with 13 points, eight assists and eight rebounds.
It was a back-and-forth game throughout.
After Henderson gave the Bobcats an 85-84 lead with 3:58 remaining, Jason Terry made a 3 from the wing and Garnett followed with a turnaround jumper in the lane to push the Boston lead to four.
It appeared as though the Bobcats were on their way to another fourth quarter collapse.
But trailing by four, Henderson hit a 3-point with 1:01 left. After Avery Bradley missed an open jumper, Sessions came free off a screen and knocked down an 18-footer to give the Bobcats the lead with 25.7 seconds remaining.
The Celtics called timeout but Garnett missed an 18-footer from the left wing. Mullens grabbed his 18th rebound and the Walker made a pair of key free throws to give the Bobcats a three-point lead with 14.8 seconds left.
Boston set up an inbounds play and Pierce got an open look but missed. He grabbed his own rebound and dished out to the wing for Bradley, but he missed a 3 as time expired.
Despite coming off a triple-overtime win against Denver on Sunday night, the Celtics came out of the gates strong with solid shooting and aggressive defence to take a 48-42 lead at halftime.
As he'd planned to do before the game, coach Doc Rivers went deep into his bench in the first half with 10 players seeing at least 10 minutes of action.
The Bobcats battled back in the third quarter behind 12 points from Mullens to take a 75-72 lead into the fourth. Mullens, who scored Charlotte's first 10 points of the game, did most of his damage from outside, knocking down 3-pointers and turnaround jumpers showing great touch for a big man.
Celtics reserve guard Leandro Barbosa injured his left knee late in the third quarter and did not return. He was carried to the locker room by a trainer and teammate after collapsing near the baseline.
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The Obamacare Class Action (OCA) is a Federal lawsuit challenging the Constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The goal of the OCA lawsuit is to reverse the legal precedent that has allowed the federal government to exceed its original Constitutional limits as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. This will also cause the entire "Obamacare" Act to be ruled unconstitutional and unenforceable.
This is why the OCA is unique among the many lawsuits filed against the PPACA. Our class action:
- Tackles the root cause of why Obamacare was passed by Congress
- Allows any American citizen to directly participate in Obamacare being overturned
- Removes Obamacare entirely, not just the "individual mandate"
- Prevents similar legislation from being passed in the future
How can we say this? The OCA lawsuit uses the PPACA as an opportunity to revisit the Commerce Clause precedent (Wickard v. Filburn) that has given Congress free reign to regulate all aspects of American life. The Constitution clearly intended Congress' authority to be limited to specific subject matter. The 10th Amendment of the Constitution emphasized this point. The OCA lawsuit seeks to re-establish the original meaning of the enumerated powers and of the 10th Amendment by re-establishing that the Commerce Clause was intended to allow Congress only the authority to prevent one state from creating trade barriers to doing business with another state.
Over 30,000 individual Americans and businesses have signed up to join as plaintiffs in the OCA. They include physicians' groups, tanning businesses, restaurant chains, law firms, and insurance providers. The OCA has provided them a voice and a clear path of action to overturn Obamacare.
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Gentlemen, do you see that hand? Are you sure you see it? Are your eyes playing a trick or something? No. Well, as sure as you see my hand so sure did I see the angel and the plates.
—Martin Harris, quoted in "Statement of William M. Glenn to O. E. Fischbacher," May 30, 1943, Cardston, Alberta, Canada, cited in Deseret News, October 2, 1943.
It is not a mere belief, but is a matter of knowledge. I saw the plates and the inscriptions thereon. I saw the angel, and he showed them unto me.
—Martin Harris, quoted in Robert Aveson, "Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon," Deseret News, April 2, 1927.
Well, just as plain as you see that chopping block, I saw the plates; and sooner than I would deny it I would lay my head upon that chopping block and let you chop it off.
—Martin Harris, quoted in "Statement of Comfort Elizabeth Godfrey Flinders to N. B. Lundwall," September 2, 1943, Ogden, Utah, cited in Assorted Gems of Priceless Value.
I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen, and I have heard what I have heard. I have seen the gold plates...An angel appeared to me and others.
—Martin Harris, quoted in "Affidavit of George Godfrey, October 29, 1921, original still held by attesting notary John J. Shumway, Garland, Utah.
Martin Harris sometimes told people that he did not see the golden plates and the angel with his natural eyes but rather with "spiritual eyes" or the "eye of faith."
John A. Clark, a former pastor who considered Joseph Smith a fraud and the Book of Mormon "an imposture," states,
To know how much this testimony [of three witnesses] is worth I will state one fact. A gentleman in Palmyra, bred to the law, a professor of religion, and of undoubted veracity told me that on one occasion, he appealed to Harris and asked him directly,-"Did you see those plates?" Harris replied, he did. "Did you see the plates, and the engraving on them with your bodily eyes?" Harris replied, "Yes, I saw them with my eyes,-they were shown unto me by the power of God and not of man." "But did you see them with your natural,-your bodily eyes, just as you see this pencil-case in my hand? Now say no or yes to this." Harris replied,-"Why I did not see them as I do that pencil-case, yet I saw them with the eye of faith; I saw them just as distinctly as I see any thing around me,-though at the time they were covered over with a cloth.
("Martin Harris interviews with John A. Clark, 1827 & 1828," Early Mormon Documents 2:270.)
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The source cited is "Martin Harris interviews with John A. Clark, 1827 & 1828," Early Mormon Documents 2:270. However, rather than being an interview between Clark and Harris, as implied by the title of reference work using in the citation, Clark's actual statement clearly says that he received his information from a "gentleman in Palmyra…a professor of religion," who said that he had talked with Harris. This is not an interview between Clark and Harris.
Larry E. Morris notes that the "claim that 'Harris told John A. Clark' is not accurate. This is not secondhand testimony but thirdhand—'he said that he said that he said.'….As if that weren't enough, Clark does not name his source—making it impossible to judge that person's honesty or reliability. What we have is a thirdhand, anonymous account of what Martin Harris supposedly said." (Larry E. Morris, FARMS Review, Vol. 15, Issue 1.)
Note also that the date assigned to these comments places them prior to the publication of the Book of Mormon, yet Clark's statement appears to include elements from both before and after Harris viewed the plates as a witness. Harris "saw them" with his eyes when he acted as one of the Three Witnesses, but he only saw them through the "eye of faith" when they were covered with a cloth prior to his being a witness. Clark's third-hand hostile relation of another hostile source, makes no distinction between these events, and instead portrays Harris as contradicting himself.
When Martin Harris said that he had seen the angel and the plates with his "spiritual eyes" or with an "eye of faith" he may have simply been employing some scriptural language that he was familiar with. Such statements do not mean that the angel and the plates were imaginary, hallucinatory, or just an inner mental image—the earliest accounts of Martin Harris' testimony makes the literal nature of the experience unmistakable.
Rather than being hallucinatory or "merely" spiritual, Martin claimed that the plates and angel were seen by physical eyes that had been enhanced by the power of God to view more objects than a mortal could normally see (cf. DC 76:12; DC 67:10-13).
Those who claim otherwise do not provide their readers with all of Martin's statements, distorting the historical record.
Detailed Analysis
Some wish to make it appear as though the statements made by Martin Harris about the Three Witnesses' manifestation discount its reality. Doing so pulls Brother Harris' statements out of their proper context. This vital viewpoint can be regained by simply taking a look at several passages from the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants—which all predate Martin's public statements about the nature of his experience.
Early hostile accounts disagree
An early hostile account of the three witnesses' testimony from February 1830 is instructive:
- In the Investigator, No. 12, Dec. 11, I published, by way of caution, a letter of Oliver H.P. Cowdry, in answer to my letter to Joseph Smith, Jun. Martin Harris, and David Whitmore—the believers in said bible of gold plates—which they affirm they have miraculously, or supernaturally beheld. I sought for evidences, and such as could not be disputed, of the existence of this bible of golden plates. But the answer was—the world must take their words for its existence; and that the book would appear this month.[1]
Clearly, the author here uses "supernatural" as a synonym for "miraculous," not an attempt to argue that the plates do not literally exist, since "their words" are intended as "evidences...for its existence."
Furthermore, Martin Harris' testimony is reported in a mocking newspaper article, which still makes it clear that Harris' experience was tangible and literal:
- Martin Harris, another chief of Mormon imposters, arrived here last Saturday from the bible quarry in New-York. He immediately planted himself in the bar-room of the hotel, where he soon commenced reading and explaining the Mormon hoax, and all the dark passages from Genesis to Revelations. He told all about the gold plates, Angels, Spirits, and Jo Smith.—He had seen and handled them all, by the power of God! [2]
The scriptural witnesses
- This prophetic passage had a direct application to Martin Harris as one of the Three Witnesses. It said: "the plates . . . . unto three shall they be shown by the power of God"
- "unto [three of my servants] I will show these things . . . . I will give them power that they may behold and view these things as they are." Speaking specifically of Martin Harris: "then will I grant unto him a view of the things which he desires to see. And then he shall say unto the people of this generation: Behold, I have seen the things which the Lord hath shown unto Joseph Smith, Jun., and I know of a surety that they are true, for I have seen them, for they have been shown unto me by the power of God and not of man. And I the Lord command him, my servant Martin Harris, that he shall say no more unto them concerning these things, except he shall say: I have seen them, and they have been shown unto me by the power of God; and these are the words which he shall say."
- All three of the witnesses were told: "you shall have a view of the plates . . . . And it is by your faith that you shall obtain a view of them, even by that faith which was had by the prophets of old . . . . And after that you have obtained faith, and have seen them with your eyes, you shall testify of them . . . . And ye shall testify that you have seen them, even as my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., has seen them; for it is by my power that he has seen them, and it is because he had faith"
From these scriptural texts it is evident that:
- The Three Witnesses were required by God to exercise faith like "the prophets of old" in order to view the angel and the plates (cf. Moroni 7:37; DC 20:6).
- God would exercise His power to enable the Three Witnesses to see things that were not usually visible to mortal eyes.
- Nevertheless, the Three Witnesses would see the angel and the plates "with [their] eyes" and "as they are" in objective reality.
Contemporary witnesses
Joseph Smith was an eyewitness to what Martin Harris said at the exact moment that the manifestation took place. He reported that Martin's words were: "Tis enough; mine eyes have beheld". [3] Another eyewitness, named Alma Jensen, saw Martin Harris point to his physical eyes while testifying that he had seen both the angel and the plates. [4]
Oliver Cowdery wrote a letter to a skeptical author in November 1829, and spoke for both himself and Harris on the question of whether there was some trickery or "juggling" at work:
- "It was a clear, open beautiful day, far from any inhabitants, in a remote field, at the time we saw the record, of which it has been spoken, brought and laid before us, by an angel, arrayed in glorious light, [who] ascend [descended I suppose] out of the midst of heaven. Now if this is human juggling—judge ye".[5]
David Whitmer helps clear up the "spiritual" vs. "natural" viewing of the plates. Responding to the questions of Anthony Metcalf (the same Metcalf who interviewed Harris) Whitmer wrote:
In regards to my testimony to the visitation of the angel, who declared to us three witnesses that the Book of Mormon is true, I have this to say: Of course we were in the spirit when we had the view, for no man can behold the face of an angel, except in a spiritual view, but we were in the body also, and everything was as natural to us, as it is at any time. Martin Harris, you say, called it 'being in vision.' We read in the Scriptures, Cornelius saw, in a vision, an angel of God. Daniel saw an angel in a vision; also in other places it states they saw an angel in the spirit. A bright light enveloped us where we were, that filled at noon day, and there in a vision, or in the spirit, we saw and heard just as it is stated in my testimony in the Book of Mormon. I am now passed eighty-two years old, and I have a brother, J. J. Snyder, to do my writing for me, at my dictation. [Signed] David Whitmer. [6]
And to leave absolutely no doubt about the nature of the manifestation Whitmer explained, "I was not under any hallucination . . . . I saw with these eyes." [7]
Early hostile newspapers claimed that the witnesses' descriptions did not match, but were clear that both Harris and Whitmer had at some point physically handled and examined the plates:
- Whitmar's [sic] description of the Book of Mormon, differs entirely from that given by Harris; both of whom it would seem have been of late permitted, not only to see and handle it, but to examine its contents. Whitmar relates that he was led by Smith into an open field, on his father's farm near Waterloo, when they found the book lying on the ground; Smith took it up and requested him to examine it, which he did for the space of half an hour or more, when he returned it to Smith, who placed it in its former position, alledging that the book was in the custody of another, intimating that some Divine agent would have it in safe keeping. [8]
David, like Martin, had been charged with being deluded into thinking he had seen an angel and the plates. One observer remembers when David was so accused, and said:
- How well and distinctly I remember the manner in which Elder Whitmer arose and drew himself up to his full height--a little over six feet--and said, in solemn and impressive tones: "No sir! I was not under any hallucination, nor was I deceived! I saw with these eyes, and I heard with these ears! I know whereof I speak!" (Joseph Smith III, et al., Interview, July 1884, Richmond Missouri, in Lyndon W. Cook, David Whitmer Interviews, 134-35) [9]
On another occasion in which Whitmer was asked about the plates, the interviewer recorded:
- He then explained that he saw the plates, and with his natural eyes, but he had to be prepared for it--that he and the other witnesses were overshadowed by the power of God and a halo of brightness indescribable. ("David Whitmer Interview with Nathan Tanner, Jr., 13 May 1886," Early Mormon Documents, Dan Vogel (editor) 5:166)
Paul understood the difficulty of describing spiritual experiences when he wrote:
- I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 2 Corinthians 12:2
Paul's vision was real, yet he was unsure whether he had the experience in or out of his body. Harris may have felt a similar experience. He knew the plates were real, yet he also knew that when the angel showed him the plates he was only able to see them by the power of God. On a separate occasion Harris testified to the reality of his vision. The scene as recorded by Edward Stevenson was instrumental in getting Harris to re-enter the Church.
On one occasion several of his old acquaintances made an effort to get him tipsy by treating him to some wine. When they thought he was in a good mood for talk they put the question very carefully to him, "Well, now, Martin, we want you to be frank and candid with us in regard to this story of your seeing an angel and the golden plates of the Book of Mormon that are so much talked about. We have always taken you to be an honest good farmer and neighbor of ours but could not believe that you did see an angel. Now, Martin, do you really believe that you did see an angel, when you were awake?" "No," said Martin, "I do not believe it." The crowd were delighted, but soon a different feeling prevailed, as Martin true to his trust, said, "Gentlemen, what I have said is true, from the fact that my belief is swallowed up in knowledge; for I want to say to you that as the Lord lives I do know that I stood with the Prophet Joseph Smith in the presence of the angel, and it was the brightness of day." (Letter of Elder Edward Stevenson to the Millennial Star quoted in William Edwin Berrett, The Restored Church (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1974), 57–58.)
Choice of phrase
The only question that remains, then, is why Martin Harris used the particular phraseology that he did in describing his experience. Perhaps the answer lies in another passage found in the book of Ether 12:19 (created by June 1829). Here it is noted that those people who have "exceedingly strong" faith can see things "within the veil." But even though they see things in the spiritual realm "with their eyes" it is described as beholding things with "an eye of faith."
Another possibility can be seen in the text of Moses 1:11 (created in June 1830). It reads:
- "But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural, but my spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died in his presence; but his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face."
This dovetails nicely with the description of David Whitmer who "explained that he saw the plates, and with his natural eyes, but he had to be prepared for it—that he and the other witnesses were overshadowed by the power of God." [10]
Other accounts
Harris made his views clear in other statements, and they do not match the critics' reading:
When in England to preach for an LDS splinter group, Martin Harris was ejected from a meeting of Latter-day Saints. He left, and began to loudly criticize the Church leadership. Critics of Mormonism arrived quickly:
- When we came out of the meeting Martin Harris was beset with a crowd in the street, expecting he would furnish them with material to war against Mormonism; but when asked if Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God, he answered yes; and when asked if the Book of Mormon was true, this was his answer: "Do you know that is the sun shining on us? Because as sure as you know that, I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God, and that he translated that book by the power of God." [11]
An LDS author reported in 1870:
- On one occasion several of his old acquaintances made an effort to get him tipsy by treating him to some wine. When they thought he was in a good mood for talk they put the question very carefully to him, 'Well, now, Martin, we want you to be frank and candid with us in regard to this story of your seeing an angel and the golden plates of the Book of Mormon that are so much talked about. We have always taken you to be an honest good farmer and neighbor of ours but could not believe that you did see an angel. Now, Martin, do you really believe that you did see an angel, when you were awake?' 'No,' said Martin, 'I do not believe it.' The crowd were delighted, but soon a different feeling prevailed, as Martin true to his trust, said, 'Gentlemen, what I have said is true, from the fact that my belief is swallowed up in knowledge; for I want to say to you that as the Lord lives I do know that I stood with the Prophet Joseph Smith in the presence of the angel, and it was the brightness of day." [12]
And, at his death, Harris reported:
- The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have heard what I have heard. I have seen the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon is written. An angel appeared to me and others and testified to the truthfulness of the record, and had I been willing to have perjured myself and sworn falsely to the testimony I now bear I could have been a rich man, but I could not have testified other than I have done and am now doing for these things are true. [13]
- ↑ C. C. Blatchley, "Caution Against the Golden Bible," New-York Telescope 6, no. 38 (20 February 1830): 150. off-site
- ↑ "Martin Harris . . .," Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) 2, no. 39 (15 March 1831).
- ↑ NeedAuthor, Times and Seasons 3 no. 21 (1 September 1842), 898. off-site GospeLink (requires subscrip.)
- ↑ Autobiography of Alma L. Jensen, 1932.
- ↑ Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris, in letter dated 29 November 1829, quoted in Corenlius C. Blatchly, "THE NEW BIBLE, written on plates of Gold or Brass," Gospel Luminary 2/49 (10 Dec. 1829): 194. (emphasis added)
- ↑ Anthony Metcalf, Ten Years Before the Mast (Malad, Idaho: A. Metcalf, 1888), 74.
- ↑ Palmyra Reflector, 19 March 1831; cited in The Saints' Herald, 28 January 1936.
- ↑ "Gold Bible, No. 6," The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 16 (19 March 1831): 126–27. off-site
- ↑ Joseph Smith III visited David Whitmer in 1884, along with a committee from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and several onlookers. According to Joseph III's memoirs, one of the non-believers there was a military officer, who suggested the possibility that Whitmer "had been mistaken and had simply been moved upon by some mental disturbance or hallucination, which had deceived him into thinking he saw" the angel and the plates. Joseph III's recollection of Whitmer's response is quoted above. See Memoirs of Joseph Smith III, cited in Mary Audentia Smith Anderson, Joseph Smith III and the Restoration (Independence, MO: 1952), pp. 311-12. Cited in Richard Lloyd Anderson, Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1981), 88. ISBN 0877478465.
- ↑ Nathan Tanner Jr. Journal, 13 April 1886.
- ↑ Matthew Roper, "Comments on the Book of Mormon Witnesses: A Response to Jerald and Sandra Tanner," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2/2 (1993): 164–193. wiki citing George Mantle to Marietta Walker, 26 December 1888, Saint Catherine, Missouri, cited in Autumn Leaves 2 (1889): 141.
- ↑ Letter of Elder Edward Stevenson to the Millennial Star quoted in William Edwin Berrett, The Restored Church (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1974), 57–58.
- ↑ George Godfrey, "Testimony of Martin Harris," from an unpublished manuscript copy in the possession of his daughter, Florence (Godfrey) Munson of Fielding, Utah; quoted in Eldin Ricks, The Case of the Book of Mormon Witnesses (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1971), 65–66.


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What is the difference between a good teacher and a great teacher?
I am curious to know what people consider the attributes that separate good from great. I would also like to know what you think would motivate a person who is a good teacher to aspire for that same greatness. Thanks for your ideas!
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Firstly, I am deeply appreciative of the thoughtful commentaries by all. As both a teacher and an administrator, I have a strong investment in finding out what motivates people to improve their practice. Passion for their subject area? Passion for student success? A combination of both? For me it boils down to the desire to make a positive impact and improve the life chances of all students. I believe it is an honour to have the opportunity to play such an important role in the lives of our children.
When I posed the question, in the back of my mind I was thinking about a quotation that I had heard that sought to explain why we had so few "great schools". It was something like, "the reason we only have a few great schools is that we have so many good ones." The statement first caused me to ponder what traits the speaker used to differentiate the two, but later I focused on the notion of "complacency". So, I wondered "aloud" what it is that causes a person to strive for more. Once again, thanks for sharing your ideas and insights with us all. I apologize for not being involved for the past several weeks as I was enjoying some family time on an island with no computer in sight!
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Jul 6 2011: I believe any teacher is a good teacher. Obviously, they have a wealth of knowledge in their subject that is at the prejudice of the student to tap into. But what really makes a teacher great, I mean superb, is in their ability to engage their students. Like a great TV show, after each episode, it should leave a cliff hanger, leaving the viewer wanting more, perhaps to the point they go on to research more about the show (i.e. director, time period, themes, behind the scenes, etc.). The same goes for a great teacher. If a teacher can leave their students with a desire after each lecture to go further into the subject, that will spark a focused interest in the subject, which leads to in depth understanding, which leads to creative intelligence. Now, this is an art that not all teacher can learn. It would be cliche to say that ENTHUSIASM is important, which it is, but I believe its more about drawing clear pictures of the subject through real life analogies, drawing comparisons through similar subject matter, incorporate/compare information from pass lectures, allow/aspire conversation, use ridiculous props, give timely examples, etc. Now, these don't need to be long and thorough examples and analogies, but simply short pauses to be creative with the subject matter. In most cases when a student goes to class, they see/hear ones and zeros, they are not understanding. Creativity is intelligence. Engage your students through enthusiasm, conversation, analogies, and spark imagination.
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Iurodstvo is the Russian word for the idea of "holy foolishness" for Christ's sake. It's a form of asceticism that has been practiced within the Russian Orthodox church for centuries.
Its practitioners feign madness in order to provide the public with spiritual guidance. The aim too is to avoid praise and acclaim for perceived holiness. It's a radical form of humility as well.
According to Russian Orthodox scholar Svetlana Kobets: "The holy fool's exploit is that of secret sanctity, which above all promotes the non-ontological understanding that all of God's created world is a sacred place. By his feigned madness the holy fool opts to say that the lowliest of the low can be not the poor wretch he appears to be, but a holy one and God's prophet. He shares his power and authority with all the weak, mocked and despised thus symbolically destroying clear-cut distinctions between the profane and the sacred."
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Saw this on the car parked next to me, when do you ever see these?!
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I see everyday as on my car too lol :D
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Death of the Web Page
Posted By Bryan Eisenberg On October 13, 2006 @ 3:01 pm In Conversion Rates,Marketing 2.0 / Web 2.0,Persuasion Architecture,Persuasive Scenarios,ROI Marketing | No Comments
The Web page was pronounced dead on October 9, 2006, after a long bought with chronic irrelevance. A large group of marketers attempted CPR and other heroic resuscitation techniques. Witnesses present at the scene told reporters that despite a few minutes of chaos, the Web page's last moments were largely serene and peaceful.
"She was a quiet and powerful beast, and she died doing what she loved," states one observer.
"While Web 2.0 technologies and persuasive scenarios [1] were certainly contributing factors, we have determined they were not the cause of death," said a spokesman for the Web page's care provider. "She was just too irrelevant, and she never quite recovered. She just couldn't keep pace or serve the needs of today's marketers any longer."
Online businesses and marketers are devastated by the news.
"She meant so much to those of us who work online. None of us could have accomplished what we've done without her. She'll go down as one of the great contributors to our bottom lines and to society as a whole," said one mourner on the scene.
Typical Web analytics jockeys [2] will likely be hit hardest of all.
"What are we gonna do now? What do we do with all these page hits? What will we track? How will we help our clients be successful?" said Iam Du'um, CEO of How Idiots Track Success Ltd., a small traffic-building and Web analytics consulting firm whose business focuses on helping clients increase their exposure by increasing Web page "hits" and, most recently, page "views."
Other experts disagree.
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As of 9 April 2014:
A portable toilet unit is available (year-round) near the dog park area.
The applicant agrees to abide by all of the 2014 regulations as noted on the Garden Plot Agreement and understands that the seasonal plot permit may be terminated at any time for violation of that Agreement.
In order to control costs, delivered compost will remain very limited. As a result, only 2 wheelbarrow loads of the CRPR-delivered compost may be applied per single plot; gardeners are responsible for furnishing additional compost for their own plot.
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Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord) is just your average dysfunctional teen - average apart from her sexualized fantasies about blood, surgery, necrophilia and dismemberment. In the mirror, she's drab and scabbed. But in her violent and macabre dreams, she's beautiful, immaculate and desirable.
She shares her middle class home with her neurotic and overbearing mother (the excellent Lords), downtrodden father, and younger sister who suffers from cystic fibrosis.
If Pauline qualifies as a surgeon, perhaps she can fix her sibling, the only person she truly seems to connect with. She prepares for this calling by dissecting roadkill and skipping school to devour anatomy books in the library.
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Her early monologue confessionals with a God she doesn't believe in are also a highlight. However, the film then lurches in tone, from farce to some very dark dream imagery and back again.
A newly aborted foetus dangled by the umbilical cord before exploding in an oven is deliberately and unnecessarily provocative, and signals the start of an incoherent second half that never recovers poise or lucidity.
These bizarre tonal shifts massively dilute an excellent central performance from 90210's McCord, who is going to be a star. However, debut director Richard Bates Jr. robs her character of any escalating motivation for her later acts, saddling us with a denouement that is more shrug-inducing than horrifying.
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An Analysis of North Korea's Unha-2 Launch Vehicle (2009)
North Korea has announced that it will attempt to launch a satellite into orbit in early April 2009 using its Unha-2 launcher. Few details are known about the launch vehicle since it has not been successfully flight tested. This paper attempts to model North Korea's launch vehicle based on publicly available information, assuming that it uses a similar level of technology as past North Korean missiles. This analysis suggests the launcher could place a payload of about 100 kg into orbit at 400 km altitude. Moreover, if used as a ballistic missile, it may be able to carry a 500 kg payload to a range of roughly 9,000 km, and a 1,000 kg payload 6,000 km; however, the missile structure may not be able to accommodate such a large increase in payload mass. While this would be a significant increase in range over North Korea's current missiles, it does not represent a true intercontinental nuclear delivery capability since developing a first generation warhead and heatshield with a mass of 500 kg or less is likely to be a significant challenge for North Korea.
The paper then looks at the kind of technical improvements that could be made to a launcher that would allow it to place several times as much mass in orbit, and that would increase the payload and range capability if used as a ballistic missile. It is unclear whether North Korea has the technical capability to take these steps. Information from the upcoming launch will provide information that may help to clarify the actual capabilities of the launcher.


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- SHRS-W 210 Introduction to Rehabilitation (3 cr.) Understanding the historical, philosophical, and organizational context of the rehabilitation profession within the context of the health care delivery system. Based on the premise that understanding of and respect for health professionals is critical for effective functioning as a member of a health care team. Emphasizes expectations of students as beginning health professionals.
- SHRS-W 211 Orientation to Health and Rehabilitation Professions (2 cr.) The major purpose of this course is to provide students with information to assist them in becoming acquainted with selected undergraduate and graduate health and rehabilitation science disciplines. Students will obtain information to develop realistic educational and career goals. NOT OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO ENROLLED IN A HEALTH CAREERS LEARNING SEMINAR.
- SHRS-W 361 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (3 cr.) Understanding the personal, cultural, and environmental factors affecting participation in health promotion and disease prevention activities; examining the application and relevance of the concepts of health, wellness, health promotion, and health education and a wide range of content specific topics in health promotion and disease prevention.
- SHRS-W 362 Legal and Regulatory Aspects in Rehabilitation (3 cr.) Assisting students in the understanding of legal and regulatory challenges faced by rehabilitation professionals, covering legal issues in counseling and case management, and significant rehabilitation-related legislation in the United States from 1917 to the present.
- SHRS-W 363 Ethical Issues in Rehabilitation Services (3 cr.) Examining contemporary ethical/moral considerations in the organization and management of rehabilitation agencies and the delivery of rehabilitation services. Practical applications of ethical principles to the delivery of rehabilitation service and client-provider relationships will be covered. The course will be a combination of lectures, case studies, debates, and guest speakers.
- SHRS-W 364 Disability and Society (3 cr.) Focusing on the psychological, social, political, and economic circumstances of individuals with disabilities in American society and to broaden students' perspectives on disability issues through exposure to the personal accounts and writing of persons with disabilities, examination of professional practices, discussion of public policies, and completion of class projects.
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One year I spent a lot of time with professional magicians. A few showed me the secrets to their tricks. Whenever they did, the skill and dexterity required for sleight-of-hand struck me as far more impressive than the idea that magic had been performed. It reminded me of my own experience with statistics.
Data analysis is very similar to performing magic. With great skill you can pull things together and create the perception of surprising relationships. Often the magic is getting people to look at one thing, when they should be seeing another. Similarly with statistics, it's often not the correlation that's interesting but what you did to find it.
This is important to keep in mind as the world embarks on the big data revolution. Big data is very large data sets, collected by the government, corporations, and institutions, becoming more available. Using this data, firms and policymakers can figure out what programs work (like health treatments, and which people respond to government incentives) and what consumers want. The deluge of information is expected to increase efficiency and lower prices. In a recent report, the McKinsey Global Institute encourages the increased availability of big data. It estimates that greater access to big data has the potential to create $3 trillion a year in value.
It is generally true that more information is better, though big data comes at a cost in terms of privacy and data collection. Yet what concerns me is the proper interpretation of big data. An earlier McKinsey report addresses this issue. It notes a dearth of trained statisticians, estimating that America is short 140,000 to 190,000 workers with the skills to handle data. But lack of talent is not just an impediment; it's a potential source of danger. People, even those who know better, often take correlations literally and make decisions based on them, without appreciating the magic behind the numbers.
Interpreting data is more of an art than a science. But unlike magicians, most researchers do not intentionally mislead people. A big concern when you run statistics is bias (over- or understating a relationship) and mistaking correlation for causation (whether X causes Y or just that they tend to occur at the same time). You might get biased results by either using the wrong data or an inappropriate estimation technique. Minimizing bias requires making subjective judgments. If you ran numbers on a large data set without inspecting it, removing outliers, and choosing the best model — you'd have much more bias than if you used some discretion.


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Chicago Bulls (19-22)@
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Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Troy Murphy recorded 27 points and 14 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers held on for a 98-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
Still playing without leading scorer Danny Granger, who is out with a foot injury, the Pacers overcame a 40.0 percent shooting effort for their third win in four games. Indiana improved to 5-1 this season when Granger has not played.
T.J. Ford provided 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists, while Jarrett Jack and Marquis Daniels each had 16 points in the win.
"It's a big adjustment, especially with Danny out at the end of games," Murphy said. "He was a guy to go to and hit shots. Today we went to T.J., and he delivered."
Indiana was very proficient from beyond the arc, shooting 8-for-15 for the game.
Ben Gordon shot 12-of-20 for a game-high 28 points for the Bulls, who had won three of four coming into the contest. Tyrus Thomas added 16 points, while Luol Deng had 13 in the loss.
"I thought our guys played hard, not real smart at times," Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro said. "Offensive rebounds were the difference. We weren't able to control (Ford's) penetration. We had opportunities but didn't seem to capitalize on them."
Chicago had only 10 offensive rebounds, while Indiana garnered 17.
Several new Chicago players got in the game Sunday, as John Salmons scored 12 points in 25 minutes of action after coming over from Sacramento before the trading deadline. Brad Miller was also acquired from the Kings and posted six points and 10 rebounds, while Tim Thomas, who came from the Knicks, had five points in the loss.
"I had a lot of nervous energy," Salmons said. "I felt like everything was going at 100 miles per hour. But after awhile, it turned into a regular basketball game."
Indiana led, 75-74, heading to the fourth, and Thomas' jumper to start the frame put the Bulls in front by one after trailing in the third by as many as 14.
The Pacers experienced a long shooting drought in the second half, which allowed Chicago's resurgence. Indiana went without a field goal from the 5:46 mark of the third to 6:43 left in the fourth, when Murphy tied the game at 80-80 with a three-pointer.
"We're a pretty resilient group," Murphy said. "When a team comes back on us, I don't think we worry too much. We just pretty much stayed in the game, hit shots and turned things back our way."
The basket woke up Indiana's offense, though, as the team made four of its next five shots to take an 89-86 lead on Jeff Foster's layup with 3 1/2 minutes left.
The teams traded baskets, and Ford hit a leaning bank shot to give the Pacers a 93-88 advantage with 1:23 on the clock. Ford came up with a steal and a layup on the ensuing Bulls possession for a seven-point lead, and Indiana held on from there.
Gordon was the leading scorer in the first with 11 points, and the two teams played to a 27-27 tie after the opening 12 minutes.
After a back-and-forth second quarter, Indiana held a 52-51 halftime lead despite Gordon's 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting.
The Pacers opened the third quarter on a 9-2 run, as Daniels' three gave the hosts a 61-53 lead in the early minutes. After Thomas cut the Bulls' deficit to six following a timeout, Indiana scored eight straight points to go ahead, 69-55, on Maceo Baston's basket.
Chicago responded with a 15-2 run, reducing its gap to only one, 71-70, on a couple free throws from Salmons. After the third quarter, Indiana held a slight 75-74 edge.
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