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He's one of the most widely admired mandolin players around, and the most influential in a generation or more, but when Adam Steffey finally got around to making his second solo album in eight years, he knew just what he did—and didn't—want. "I wanted to go in and make a record, and have all these people that I work with be on it," he says, "but I didn't want to make an instrumental album, because I think those can get monotonous. I know I'm known primarily as a player, but I wanted to have just enough picking on there to where everybody could turn loose, and then mostly have some good solid vocal things. If people listen to this album and take it as a reflection of the way I look at everything about music, and not just as a showcase for how I play, then that would be the highest compliment that could be paid."
It's hard to imagine listeners not getting that—and a whole lot more—from One More For The Road, Steffey's Sugar Hill Records debut that hits the streets on September 22nd. Balancing instrumentals with vocal numbers and carefully chosen classics with strong originals served up by Steffey and a brilliantly chosen supporting cast, including former bandmates from Alison Krauss & Union Station and Mountain Heart alongside current colleagues in the Dan Tyminski Band, it's a stunning portrait of a musician who's not only a master player and convincing singer but perhaps most importantly, a team player who knows exactly when to lead and when to lay back.
With support from producers Gary Paczosa and Union Station/Dan Tyminski Band bassist Barry Bales—a friend and picking partner of Steffey's for close to 30 years—Steffey and friends tackle a well-crafted set list that shows off a rare ability to not only find under-appreciated songs, but to match them perfectly with players and singers. And while attention will surely fall on vocal contributions from Krauss, who offers a lush reading of a decades-old Bluegrass Cardinals find ("Warm Kentucky Sunshine"), Tyminski and Ronnie Bowman, whose shimmering "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends" sets a new standard for the Kristofferson classic, it's actually the mandolinist himself who serves as the most frequently featured singer. "I try to be realistic about my voice," Steffey says, "and I'm not the ballad singer at all," but his evocative baritone is perfectly suited for the originals (including one self-penned entry) and bluegrass ought-to-be-classics like Mark Rader's early 90s favorite, "A Broken Heart Keeps Beating."
On the instrumental side, Steffey drew on a circle of colleagues who have interacted musically and personally for years—and whose playing shows it in every note. "I wanted everybody to be throwing different things in, and to mix it up some with different combinations," he notes. "But all the guys that I got to play on this album, they listen as hard as they focus on what they're going to play. They're sensitive to everything that's going on around them, which makes playing so easy—and they're just so good. I'm ready to jump out of my seat when I hear these guys playing."
Indeed, whether they're going to town on a slinky modern tune like the opening original, "Deep Rough," or a durable but under-recorded standard like "Durang's Hornpipe," the ensembles Steffey, Bales and Paczosa concocted for One More For The Road serve up models of precision, feeling and groove, born out of years of playing together and a more elusive but equally real musical empathy. Yet despite—or, perhaps, because of—his commitment to the ensemble dynamic, there's no doubt that this is Adam Steffey's album. His unique taste, along with his melodic gifts and unexcelled feel for rhythm, inform the project from first note to last.
"I know all the guys that are on here, they're thinking, they're listeners, and I want everybody to get that feeling from the record," Steffey says. "I'll be happy if the people who hear it can tell that I was listening and not getting in the way, that I was just trying to make the song the best it can be." It's a safe bet that they'll be able to tell that—and a whole lot more besides.


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The Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility at Rosemont College, in collaboration with the graduate Leadership program, is pleased to announce Ellen Daly as the second leader lecturer for the 2012-2013 academic year. Daly will present "Giving Voice to Values: Maintaining an Ethical Organization" on Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. in Kaul Hall at Rosemont College. The lecture is free and open to all.
Daly is a senior manager of ethics and business conduct for the Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (LMMFC) business area, and is responsible for effectively implementing the Lockheed Martin Ethics and Business Conduct Program.
"Lockheed Martin (LM) has implemented a robust ethics program that mitigates risk to the company, improves the culture of trust in the organization, and protects our values and reputation," says Daly. During the lecture, Daly will provide an overview of the Lockheed Martin's ethics program including samples of ethics awareness training utilizing techniques described in Mary Gentile's book, Giving Voice to Values.
"Ellen Daly brings a unique combination of theory and practice to her current role. She is committed to creating a culture based upon ethical conduct and sound business practices. Daly also understands that the business of ethics is good business," says Dennis Dougherty, dean of graduate and professional studies.
Prior to her role at Missiles and Fire Control, Daly was the ethics and business conduct director for Lockheed Martin, Electronic Systems, Global Training and Logistics (GTL). GTL had over 10,000 employees working in 400 locations throughout the United States and in over 50 foreign countries supporting 2,600 programs.
In January 2007, Daly joined the Lockheed Martin Ethics organization from the IS&GS Internal Audit Department where she held the title of Ethics Officer for the IS&GS Readiness and Stability Operations (RSO). Daly implemented the ethics and business conduct program as part of the integration of PAE and Eagle Group during her tenure at RSO.
Prior to Audit, Ellen held various positions in the contract compliance and finance areas over her twenty year career with Lockheed Martin.
Daly was born in Philadelphia, PA. She received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Rosemont College in Rosemont, PA.
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The Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility was launched in August 2011. Its aim, closely related to the historic mission of Rosemont College, is to understand and promote the essential connection between ethical leadership and social responsibility. Under the guidance of its director, Dr. Alan Preti, the Institute works toward this goal through research and scholarship, teaching and practice, and leadership.

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Career: Played in 68 games at defensive midfield … Tallied seven goals and three assists for 10 points … Picked up 71 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers … Went 38-of-89 (.439) at the faceoff X.
2013: Played in all 21 games as a defensive midfielder … Registered a career-high five goals and one assist for six points … Finished season with 25 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers … Tallied a career-high two goals in win at Rutgers (4/20) … Posted a goal and an assist in NCAA semifinal win over Cornell (5/25) … Also had a season-high four ground balls against the Big Red … Compiled two ground balls and two caused turnovers in NCAA Championship game against Syracuse (5/27) … Corralled three ground balls versus Towson (3/16) … Forced two turnovers three times, including in NCAA first round win over Loyola (5/12).
2012: Saw time in 20 contests ... Scored a goal and an assist for two points ... Had 18 ground balls and four caused turnovers ... Netted a goal in win over Jacksonville (2/26) ... Had an assist in NCAA Tournament first round win over Syracuse (5/12) ... Picked up four ground balls against Loyola (3/10) ... Had three pickups versus the Orange ... Also won 5-of-7 faceoffs in the victory over Syracuse ... Finished the year 14-of-27 from the faceoff X.
2011: Played in 18 games and started one in the defensive midfield ... Registered a goal and an assist for two points ... Picked up 26 ground balls and forced six turnovers ... Tallied his first career goal in win over Dartmouth (3/20) ... Had first career assist in victory over Brown (3/29) ... Picked up a career-high five ground balls at Jacksonville (4/30) ... Had two ground balls against Notre Dame in NCAA quarterfinal (5/22) and versus Maryland in the NCAA semifinal (5/28) ... Also had a caused turnover against both the Fighting Irish and Terrapins ... Won 18-of-47 faceoffs ... Won a career-high four restarts versus Jacksonville ... Victorious three times at the X in both the NCAA quarterfinal and semifinal contests ... Had at least one ground ball in 13 games ... ACC Honor Roll.
2010: Played in nine games … Picked up one ground ball in wins over Penn State (3/20) and Presbyterian (4/9) … Went 6-of-12 in faceoffs for the season … Won a season-best 3-of-4 restarts against Presbyterian.
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I haven't visited my AnD profile for a while. A friend told me there'd been some changes. I came to check it out....
Wow. This place _ really _ sucks. Whomever came up with these changes, great job royally effing everything up.
I never cease to be amazed at how selfish, uncaring and shallow the human animal can be. From small acts of rudeness at the grocery store to brutal acts of violence in the streets, have we become so wrapped up in ourselves that no one else matters anymore? Then my faith in humanity gets renewed when I get asked to do something like this...If you've been with me since September, you'll remember my friend Kirk who invited me out to California to work at the Life Changing Lives Charity Event (blog title "I Went Out There to Work" parts 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 )Kirk called me today because he needed my help. He'd been asked to write a letter of recommendation to help a teenager win a lucrative college scholarship being given way by Coke. No problem! No one can write PR like Kirk. Small problem. Kirk does freelance PR, now, and no longer has snazzy corporate letterhead to put the letter on. That's when I got called. "How fast can you work?" was the only question. Kirk quickly filled me in a bit on Brant Whiting. I hadn't even seen the information yet, but I agreed to do it. Kirk's email arrived. Everything happened just as I asked and a pdf was on it's way to the desktop printer at The Dresser in Fullerton, CA (Kirk's wife's shop) 25 minutes later. Yay! 25 minutes out of my life, and I might have just helped send a boy to college. I'll know in February... You might want to skim the next part, but I wanted to introduce you to the boy we're working for. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dear Semifinalist Selection Committee,
I know that in common practice letters of recommendation are supposed to be kept brief so that the committee reviewing submissions can quickly get through the commentary on a large number of applicants. In the case of Brant Whiting (17), I ask your committee's indulgence in allowing me to take a little more than the usual word count so that I can attempt to adequately communicate the contributions and leadership that I have personally experienced in working with a truly remarkable young man.
I first encountered Brant in 2003-2004 when I was Public Relations and Marketing Director for IQAir Corporation. IQAir is the world's largest manufacturer of ultra-high efficiency air filtration products for hospitals in more than 100 countries, and they are widely recognized as the top consumer air purifier manufacturer for homes with people with allergies, asthma, and other respiratory conditions. As part of my job, I was in charge of all of IQAir's charitable giving and philanthropic projects – and that is how I came to first meet Brant Whiting.At the time, I believe Brant was about 11 years old. He approached IQAir to ask if we would be one of the corporate sponsors for a project he had organized called "The Beanie Brigade." The Beanie Brigade collected recycled beanie baby toys and sent them to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq so that our soldiers could give them out to children in the war zone in an attempt to build better relations between U.S. soldiers and the citizens in these areas that were being ravaged by war and the many hardships that come with it. As PR director for a large international corporation, I was used to meeting requests for philanthropic funding. What I was not prepared for was to have an 11 year old boy meticulously detail for me a philanthropy that he had conceived on his own, personally raised the start up funding for, and successfully implement. Brant's dilemma was that the Beanie Brigade had now grown so large and so successful that he needed corporate support just to keep up on the costs of shipping the thousands and thousands of Beanie Baby toys that were now pouring in to his drop off locations.Brant's presentation of the Beanie Brigade was remarkable, much better than the vast majority of requests that I received from experienced adult fundraisers – and I was more than a little struck by the fact that sitting across on the other side of my desk making this presentation was an 11 year old boy.I secured the approval of our company founder and CEO, and IQAir became the full time mail sponsor of the Beanie Brigade. But quite remarkably, Brant's follow through did not stop with his picking up a check every few weeks to cover postage. He asked if our employees would like to also include letters of support to our soldiers. I floated this suggestion at our next staff meeting, and it was very well received by our company employees.And very soon I began to see the "vision" Brant had for asking if our staff would like to include cards and letters to our soldiers with the shipments of Beanie Babies. Simply stated – the soldiers wrote back. Soon, an entire wall of our office was covered with pictures of soldiers distributing the toys to children. We saw the bright smiles on the soldiers' and children's faces. (Often this was the first toy the child had ever received. These were children who lived in homes with dirt floors.) And the personal stories we received back from the soldiers touched us deeply.There was the doctor who told me about the little boy who was terrified to get a shot of penicillin, but he mustered up his courage to get the shot when he learned that if he got it the doctor would give his little sister the stuffed pink lion she had fallen in love with.I received a letter from a sergeant who had just lost 18 friends in a tragic helicopter crash, and the first package he opened after hearing the news was a box of Beanie Babies, one with a pin on it with the picture of a young woman who had died in Sept. 11. He wrote me "After losing so many friends in one day, opening that box reminded me of why we are really here.And then there was the soldier who told me of the little girl clutching the blue teddy bear he had given her the day before – and she sat in the road next to an IED left by terrorist. He said he thought the little girl believed the terrorists wouldn't blow up the bomb with her sitting next to it… and the gift of a little blue teddy bear saved countless lives that day.But as a public relations professional, what really struck me about all of this was that an 11 year old boy had the vision of how to engage the employees of our company and not just make us financial supporters of his project. He knew how to actually get our staff to emotionally invest in the lives of soldiers and citizens in countries half way around the world – and he planned and implemented this project completely on his own initiative.After the success we saw in working with Brant on the Beanie Brigade, we became corporate contributors to many other projects he developed: Read All Over, Just Do Right, Play It Forward, Yellow Ribbon Brigade, Choc Kids Cards, and 15 Pennies for Our Troops. To be honest, there were too many for me to even try to remember as I sit here and type, and each one of these philanthropies came from Brant's creative vision and his ability to lead and inspire others.My appreciation of Brant is not just my own. During the last few years I have been Public Relations and Marketing Director for the 25+ companies that make up The Stearns Corporation. Glenn Stearns, our Chairman, is widely recognized for the philanthropic work of The Stearns Family Charitable Foundation. Through Stearns I was asked to be on the Board of Directors for a book project that would recognize leading business leaders who have used their success to create successful philanthropies. These are business leaders who for the most part are themselves multi-billionaires, and they have built some of the most significant charitable organizations in the world. You cannot imagine my surprise when one day while reviewing who would be chosen for the book, I had another board member ask "Has anyone here heard of a young boy named Brant Whiting?" Had I heard of him! I'd watched him over the last 6-7 years launch numerous successful and well managed philanthropic projects. I cannot properly express the pride I felt that day when I saw Brant chosen as the ONLY teenager to be included in the book. (As a matter of fact, Brant is the only person included in "On Purpose" who is under the age of 50!)When it was finalized that Brant would be included in the book "On Purpose" – I told the editor that I wanted her to include the story of how and why Brant has dedicated his life the way he has to so significantly give back to helping others. When Brant was only 8 years old, he suffered a full cardiac arrest caused by severe asthma. While recovering in the hospital, he made a pledge that he would dedicate this second chance at life that he was given to giving back to helping others. This was a promise made by an 8 year old boy, and now that he approaches 18 and his life as an adult – I can only imagine how much more this remarkable young man will contribute to giving back to the world around him.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 25 minutes. What do you think this kid will do with that education if he wins? I got to be part of that. Woooooooow....
September 19th was International Talk Like a Pirate Day. We held our usual celebration and, instead of babbling on and on at you, I'ma gonna post the pictures now The official banner that freaks out all the neighbors Rhett's birthday is a few days before Pirate Day. Once again--just like boy-child's birthday--he could have a cake decorated anyway he wanted and chose a Boston Creme Cake instead. FIne. But I'm putting pirate candles on it Pirate Day cupcakes part IPirate Day cupcakes part 2The first arrival was this Mayfly. Dude! It's loooong past MayLast year we had some problems with kids dropping food on the carpet and walking over it. So we served all the food outside this year. Rhett built a frame for an awning and brought home some old banner material from work to use as the cover. FACTIOD: As an occupation, Rhett is in the field of graphics too--sign graphics. He manages the local office of a sign company. Their largest client is Spirit Halloween. If you live in the US, you might see a Spirit Store open by you Sept. 1 - Nov. 1. Go shop there! This held the pirate mints in case anyone had barnacle breath This is our punch bowl before punch. Yes, it's tradition that there be plastic skeletons in the punch. There's a plastic eyeball too. That caldron holds several gallons so I only end up filling it twice.This is my niece Megan. I love her eye patch. It's drawn on. HA! Oh, she's single, btw. Megan's 23, comes from a good family, a college student studying to be a nutritionist and works at a daycare. And she's not high maintanence. No, she doesn't dress this way all the time.Meet little Miss Amber. She's three. She's also her mommy and daddy's "oops child." There's 10 years between here and her older sister. Oops. She knows how cute she is and full of personality. I wish I had the camera when girl-child was teaching Miss Amber to impale herself on a sword. These guys lined the driveway. Got 'em last year at the post-Halloween sales 90% off! BONUSMiss Amber again with my great-nephew Aidin. I'm still mad at my niece and her husband for making me a great-aunt. It's just not fair. I'm not old enough to be a great-aunt, darn it! Anyway, Aidin had a drawn on eye patch too. Every year there's a battle between the HMS Facade and the Lustful Ghost. The Facade represents the British. We didn't have a British flag when we built her so a pair of Union Jack boxers fill the role And the Facade throws out the first volleyThere are better picture of the Lustful Ghost HEREAnd hour and a half to fill 100 water balloons and 5 minutes to destroy them allAidin taking the ship! Arrrrrgh! What a good little pirate And here's Amber again. We have a couple of these miniature ships set up for wee-people. Amber spent a bit of time rolling around in this one then had a static "issue." Nice hairAnd here's my tattoos. No, not real ones...maybe by next year though I'll let you guess where I wore them And lest I forget, the alllllll important list of Pirate Curses/Insults! Choose one from each column:ModifierLily-livered Barnacle-bottomed Chum-swillin' Kelp-festooned Rusty-hooked Fish-sniffing Weevil-eatin' Figurehead-fondlin' Albatross-huggin' Hornswogglin' Frog-lickin' Bilge-belchin' Wench-wrestlin' Poop-swabbin' Grog-guzzlin' Porthole-pluggin' Seaweed-smokinNounsLandlubberRum pot Bilge monkey Kraaken Son of a sea cow Gull-dropping collector Fancy lad Sheep shagger Sea dog Monkey dancer Cannon fodder Fishmonger Treasure dropper Parrot spanker Thicky Dirty ol' salt Second assistant cabin boy Our personal family favorites are: "" and ""
Kirk and Marianne had done a wonderful job making me feel at home. They truly have a gift for hospitality. I felt like a part of their family. It was kinda funny, the morning of the even, Kirk was handing me stuff he'd need that evening and I put it in my bag. Now the time was here and we were both off to find a place to change for the event. I dug into my bag and handed him his things. He smiled, "Bless you..." He'd totally forgotten about them.Remember the bathroom stall? They also make great dressing rooms. Heck, they were bigger than some department store dressing roomsHair, make up, nails and dress... with the usual lovely expression on my face ::roll eyes::. But hey, you get to see the lady's room's sitting room! That's only one corner. It was big... Yes, I spent all evening in those shoes. Dr. Sholes gel insoles for heels are worth every pennyGuests started arriving at 5:30, making their way down a spiral stair case, lined with a fireman honor guard, to a red carpet photo op. A few of the evenings celebrity guests:Joshua Allen and Katee Shean perform the dance piece "No Air" at the Life Changing Lives' fundraiser.Elliott Yamin took a lot of pics with people and performed. What a nice guy. I mean really, truly genuine.Haylie Duff and Nick ZanoHonoree Tibor Rubin, very special heroes, with Roy Firestone (the emcee). Mr. Rubin is a Jew who survived a Nazi concentration camp. After WWII, he made his way to the U.S. and joined the military. He fought in the Korean war, spent time in a POW camp and earned the Metal of Honor NINE TIMES! He was great. He said, "Did you know, if you win more than once, they still only give you one metal?" lolJames Littlejohn from the Boys &Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley with Sugar Ray Leonard. Astronaut Charlie Duke! He told awesome stories about going to the moon and working for NASA.Broadway star Jennifer Lewis. Soon after this photo was taken, I heard Ms. Lewis tell her assistant she needed to find the ladies room. I approached and offered my assistance. Even getting directions to the potty, Ms. Lewis was gracious. See behind her? That's the staircase at the end of the Hall of Mirrors that everyone came down.Most of the cast of The Sopranos was there. They sat down front at the gala. They were a fun bunch. Later, after dinner, was the live auction where they sold some big, high ticket items. One of the things up for bid was Dinner with The Sopranos the next even there at the St. Regis. One of the actors (I wasn't a fan of the show so I don't know his name, the big guy in the middle) stood up during bidding and announced, "and after dinner, we'll all jump in the hot tub!"There's a bunch more great pictures HERE.I was standing not far from the door leading to the terrance and noticed the oddest phenomenon. People couldn't find the door! They got their pic taken and walked past it. Then they'd stand there dumbfounded. If they kept going straight, they ended up in the restrooms. If they turned down the hall, they ended up in the volunteer rooms. This looks like a job for insert trumpet fanfare! ! That would be me. So I stayed there by the door and helped hapless celebs and rich people find their way to the silent auction.After the photos, guests made their way a few yards down the hall to a door opened onto a terrace. The terrace lead to another staircase that lead down to the lawn of the St. Regis where the silent auction was taking place.The Back of the St. Regis, overlooking the silent auction.The silent auction...When the silent auction was done, everyone came back up the stairs to the Grand Ballroom for dinner.A good pic of the ballroom and a couple knuckle heads Me, all ghastly pale and washed out, and the centerpiece. Hey, you can see one of my "removed wings" scars...Wouldn't be a proper AnD blog without food pictures. After a salad of Boston Lettuce with roasted baby beats, pistachio crusted boat cheese and truffle vinaigrette dressing, were were served this Kalbi marinated beef tenderloin with wasabi mashed potatoes and ginger-chianti reduction (aka really tasty gravy). Sorry, no pic of dessert. The St. Regis warm chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce was gone before I remembered. Did I mention the chocolate sauce was the cake? Yeah. And it came pouring out when you cut into it... Ummmmm....So I'm sitting there, minding my own business, eating away and happen to notice two people standing behind me talking. Wow. Another celeb! I stood up and asked for a pic. She was very gracious.Me and former American Idol runner up Brooke White. I chopped me out of the pic cuz the look on my face was waaaaaaay too dumb and my eyes were close. No, you can't see it.Then Brooke signed grandma's autograph book too. She has such pretty handwriting. Brooke commented on my book, "Wow, this is really pretty." When I told her where I got it, she was all "oooo" and "aaaah..." That was a pretty kewl moment.Jennifer Lewis sang the National Anthem as Challenger the Bald Eagle took a flight across the ball room. I knew this was coming so I was ready. Helps when you know the PR guy. Kirk was very glad Challenger didn't poo on his way across the room. lol! After dinner were several presentation from representitives of Wounded Warrior, Boys and GIrls Club and Make A Wish Foundation. Each presentation was done by someone who'd been benefited by the organization itself. I had to keep remembering my non-waterproof eye make up to keep from crying. All the presenter's stories were very moving. The evening finished out with several live performances by Bo Bice, Brooke White, Elliot Yamin. Honoree awards presented and the live auction items were sold. Things like a LA Lakers suite for you and 11 friends, two elevated ringside seats at the Pacquiao-Cotta Title FIght in Vegas, and Ultimate Nascar Experience, a LAPD Helicopter Ride-Along, a Navy SEALs Experience, a City Slickers getaway in Montana, tickets to the last season of Oprah (yes you read that right...), four tickets to the Grammys and after party passes and, of course, the above mentioned dinner with The Sopranos. Before everyone called it a night (and/or headed to the after party reputed to be gaining strength upstairs), Elliot and Brooke both did one more song and then Bo rocked the house. It was an amazing evening after an amazing day. And I got a day crammed full of things and people I would never forget. That evening, we went home and sat around on the couches with the dogs--my new best friends beagles Cooper and Paisley and their sister, a dog adopted from a Navaho reservation, Ahtay--reflecting on everything. Kirk was glad it was over--he'd spent most of the summer working (and stressing) on it--but thought everything came off very well. He was pleased. I was exhausted and thrilled. And I still had one full day left in CA ahead of me. TO BE CONTINUED...
And so now you know the reason for the title of these blogs. I went out to California to work at the Life Changing Lives event and what ended up happening was much more!The Caregivers Tea was an event within the event organized by Cindy Crawford(!)--who didn't show . An afternoon of pampering for people who volunteer. Kirk knew I did work with Operation Make A Life Enriched, Saying Thanks and Remembering (OpMALE STAR, a moral support org for deployed military...) and decided I needed a little pampering too...Wow. Me? Here?It was kinda hard to let them lead me away. But I did need my hair and make up done Only wish I'd gotten the hair and make up they put me in front of the camera. How mortifying! The lunch buffet table. All the girly fru-fru food you can eat! See the topiary at the end? Just beyond that was the coffee table! Aaaaaaaand the desserts. Well of course I sampled them all! The little cups there on top had a cheese cake filling with bits of pineapple and edible "pearls" on top. The pink squares were pink chocolate. No foam plates and plasticware hereCindy my hair stylist. She was greatThis is the hair after it was doneSheryl my make up gal. Also awesome. I told her about AnD. Said she might joinFInally, Peggy my manicurist. She had this great Russian(?) accent and did wonders with my nails! Yes, don't I look lovely all done up in my t-shirt and jeans? Geez...Between manicures and daintily gorging myself on free food, there were a number of photo ops to take advantage of. WARNING: I just don't photograph well (my opinion and I think I'm right so don't argue). Cameras just seem to know how to catch me with the dumbest look on my face... ! So please skip the commentary about my dumb expressions, K?See? Don't I look totally stupid? Oh wait. No. That's the dog they were auctioning off. Yes, auctioning. He's a trained assistance dog. The person who "bought" him would, essentially, be paying for his training and he was to be given to a person (probably a Wounded Warrior) who needed his brand of assistance. I gave him a good ear scrubbing. What a nice dogMe and Kirk. He enjoys getting his picture taken as much as I do. Can you tell? The lady who took the pic had to keep backing up in order to get both our face in the picture. He's taaaaaaaaaaaall.Yes, a real Bald Eagle. His name is Challenger. He was a special guest that evening. Click his name and read more about him! More on Challenger later...Remember the big basement clean out I did at my mom's house last fall? Well, in one of the boxes I brought home was this (below). It's my great-grandmother's autograph book. I don't know how my sister and I ended up with it, nor do I know why great-grandma never used it, but I was really glad I'd brought it along. Yep, that's right Idol fans, that's the boy himself, Mr. Bo Bice! I've never been an Idol fan, but I'll be Bo's fan from now on. What a warm and genuine person! Later that evening, he would rock the house...Wonder what great-grandma would think?My afternoon of pampering over, a full tummy and some really good coffee on board, it was time to make my way back to the volunteer room, finish up a few things then get dressed for the gala! I didn't realize till later, not many of the volunteers would get to go. The ones who'd be there would be working. I was going as a guest...TO BE CONTINUED...
I made this the other night for a cookout we went to. Turned out really good and was very tasty! Added bonus was it wasn't all that complicated IMPORTANT: If you wanna try this recipe, read through it first. It's easy to screw up otherwise (from someone who knows about screwing up a recipe ) ...Hot Fudge Walnut Cake
3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 TBSP baking cocoa
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
½ cup milk
⅓ cup butter, melted
1½ tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 c chopped walnuts
½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup packed light brown sugar4 TBSP baking cocoa1¼ cups hot water Cool Whip
Heat oven to 350°F.
In bowl, stir together ¾ cup granulated sugar, flour, 3 tbsp cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Stir in milk, butter, and vanilla; beat until smooth.
Stir in chocolate chips. You can add the walnuts here OR use them as a garnish with the Cool Whip at the end. Pour batter into 8 or 9-inch square baking pan. 4. Stir together remaining ½ cup granulated sugar, brown sugar and remaining 4 tbsp cocoa; sprinkle mixture evenly over batter. Pour hot water over top; do not stir.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes. Spoon into dessert dishes, spooning sauce from bottom of pan over top.
Garnish with cool whip and walnuts (if not in the batter).Unfortunately I didn't get a picture before the bbq-ers got to it...
We left Mammoth National Park and Cave City behind and pointed ourselves north toward Indianapolis, Indiana. Just outside Indy, we got a hotel, had some dinner, kids spent time in the pool... same routine as the last couple nights. The next morning, Miss Garmin navigated toward our next stop. I say "toward" becuz she obviously wasn't in a good mood and kept telling us to turn left when the building was on the right This is where we were going: Welcome to Albanese's Candy FactoryMy wee people were kinda anxious to get in... Isn't the store front cute?Upon entering the front doors, this is how you are greeted See the black wall in the back? Behind that wall is the actual factory. You can walk up a ramp on the far right, take the self-guided tour and watch them make gummis! At each window on the self-guided tour, you find a big yellow button and a monitor. Push the button and the monitor comes to life with a segments of a cheesy narrative done by members of the Albanese's family. It was goofy but informative. We also learned, you can schedule a group tour, completely free, and they guide you through the factory. Did I mention there's free samples? See the white counters out in front of the black wall? All of them are topped with bin after bin after bin of...Gummi'sRoasted NutsDipped Chocolatesand Dipped Nuts If you saw something that struck your fancy and you wanted to try it, just flag down one of the gals in an Albanese's t-shirt and she'll be happy to give you one to try I could never work there. I came to the conclusion one has to have some sort of an eating disorder to work behind the counter at Albanese's. OK, maybe that's not the truth, but I can't think of any other possible answer. Ever girl and guy (all the guyz t-shirts said "eye candy" on the back. HA!) working the counter there were thin and trim, yet they all seemed to know what was most tasty in each category and all had their "favorite." Maybe they're all hyper thyroid?Prices were really good. When was the last time you got super tasty, moist, juicy gummi's for only $2.49 per pound? If you can't get to north-west Indiana, (according to our tour) Albanese's Gummi's can be found in some Wal-Mart stores. They also sell in Japan, New Zealand and other countries. OH! Annnnd they have an online store There was also the gift room. See the brown pipe coming down from the ceiling? Wanna know why it's brown (behave yourself!)? Yep, it's running with chocolate Wonka style! They had all kinds of gifty items in there like t-shirts, mugs and picture frames. They'd basket up all your gifty items with your choices of Albanese's treats and shrink wrap it to go.Now that's a jawbreakerThe whole place was decorated "fun." If you look at the other interior pics, you'll notice brightly colored walls and displays along with giant flowers and butterflies every where. And this giant beehive and bees. I wish I had something for scale in this pic. Let me put it this way. Those bees were twice the size of your head--or the same size as your head if you have a giant ego We didn't stay long, but, as you can see, Albanese's left quite an impression Next stop, point east to the Potawamtomi Zoo...
I was ready to go home after the candy factory visit, but the wee people had their hearts set on going to the Potawatomi ( Native American word that means "people of the place of fire") Zoo. I couldn't find anywhere how the zoo got it's name--and I didn't see any people running around on fire--so I can only surmise there was once a Potawatomi population in that area.Moving on...The Potawatomi Zoo is located in South Bend, Indiana (that's north-central, near the Michigan border). It's not a big zoo, but nicely laid out and they did a nice job taking advantage of the space they had. Our Zoological Society membership came in handy, once again, and got us into this zoo free! BONUS! I took this pic for Peachey. Did you say recently you liked this kind of flower?Camel 1Camel 2Uuuuuuh... camel pushmepullyou?We-de-de-de
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A-wimoweh, a-wimowehIn the jungleThe mighty jungleThe lion sleeps toniiiiiiiiightIn the jungleThe quiet jungleThe lion sleeps toniiiiight(there Jane, now I've changed the song in your head...)You can be a big pig too! OY!Hey! I think this belongs in my mooning blog Yet another peacockBut the first tortoise we saw... He was mowing the lawn.If you've ready many of my blogs, you know I love dragonflies. I was pretty excited about this. A whooooooooooooooooooooole pond dedicated to them As my luck would have it though, there wasn't a single one to be seen. Anywhere. I looked, believe me. Girl-child looked too. A pretty damselfly greeted me in the parking lot though, landed on my hand, and apologized for my disappointment . ( FACTOID: Dragonflies are usually larger and their wings are always extended like a plane. Damsel's fold their wings behind them when they're resting.)Not many zoos have anteaters (I started to type "aunteater" HA! ). Back when girl-child was about six months, we visited the zoo in Tucson, Arizona. They have a nice anteater. He licked both of us I added talk bubbles cuz there's something about prairie dogs that needs dialogue.... Yes, that's a hint. Commence dialoguing for the prairie dogs! Gibbons grooming. Prior to popular belief, they are not picking out bugs. It's a social "thing" where they groom each other by pick out dirt and dry dead skin.Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah... This totem pole was right outside the petting zoo area. I know, I know... Yeah, it is kinda obscene isn't it? Maybe if I took the picture from another angle? Or maybe I should just submit the picture to the Fail Blog...We were done at Potawatomi Zoo in about two hours, ate our picnic lunch, then pointed north for home...
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Setting up a small shop for metal work and wood work for personal use. I want to invest in a air filtration system that could deal with fine wood particulates, but also with smoke and other nasty elements from welding, cutting, grinding metals. Space is currently unheated but may add heater in future.
I was looking at the JET 708620B AFS-1000B 550/702/1044 CFM 3-Speed Air Filtration System with Remote and Electrostatic Pre-Filter.
But upon doing more research, was concerned that it would not be able to deal with the smoke or other welding/cutting particulates.
I have two dust collectors similar to this grizley: http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-G8027-...dust+collector
I picked up these at a sale and could maybe convert one for welding. But If i place it outside as extractor, it would really cool the workshop quick in the cooler months.
Anyone have some good suggestions?
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09-16-2013, 09:37 AM #1Member
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Dealing with air filtration in a mixed use shop
Welding and woodwork is a dangerous combination in a shared space
unless you are a fanatic about cleanliness..
and even then.. very risky...
hot metal spatter will bounce into corners and crannies finding sawdust etc...
would really hate for you to have a fire..
you may want to consider segregating your work areas....
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Yeah, Will keep the area clean. I will move things around, so work will be done in center of space. Plus, keep flammables off floor.
Dealing with air filtration in a mixed use shop
I built a rather crude fume extractor and filter. Fume extractor is a 6" inline Vortex fan and the filter is a five gallon bucket with a tight fitting lid. Cut hole in top, glue in 6" flange. Bottom of bucket drill alot of 1/2" holes for exhaust. Use polyester pillow batting for the particle filter and bulk activated carbon. Line the bottom and sides with poly then fill with carbon and leave some room for more poly then lid. Duct tape it and make sure your out flow is good. Drill more holes if you need to. Waaaay cheap I know but I'm exhausting outdoors and the breeze is always blowin so it takes it away. Just my redneck $.2.
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Thanks Precision. This is a good idea. Is the carbon filtration really necessary if you are exhausting outside? I would imagine a flame arrestor would be good too...
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My choice was an air exhaust hood, dumping the air out the roof.
It has a timer and an adjustable speed control, because we don't need continuous exhaust.
No not really I guess, could just use the poly batting and be done with it. Just tried to recreate a respirator filter. It was just venting outside already. Honestly the lil lady thought it up(Mrs. Greenthumb)as the extractor also vents her lil painting booth for her crafts. She was worried about the fumes messing up her flower garden. She asked for it so I built it. I guess it would be better suited for cleaning air into the shop or if it were exhausting into another room of some sort.
Dealing with air filtration in a mixed use shop
Spark arrestor is a great idea too. It has about 18 feet of metal ducting so I figured they would have cooled off by the end but better safe than sorry. May just try and replicate a dirt bike muffler next.lol
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I have an Air Vac System built in Cedar Rapids Iowa. This thing works great for everything I can stick weld in my garage and this will keep it filtered. I have done some sanding on some woodworking projects and it collects dust too. It his a prefilter that's 24x24x4 and then a smoke sock inside. This does work very good and you don't have to exhaust air out of your garage to reheat it or make it up somehow
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I am looking at the inline 6" fan and a regulator. You can buy carbon filters that fit on 6" ducts. You could evacuate to outside during summer, and recycle during winter, when it gets cold.


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What contribution does mythology make towards the improvement of society?
On one side we have sciences and technology,which have eased our lives through inventions but what is the contribution of mythology?
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Mar 21 2013: The etymology of the word mythology is Greek: mythos = word + logos = rational argumentation.
Originally, the myth is a means to "signify" things, only afterwards it became a huge deposit of narratives, characters and situations.
Myths belong to the collective heritage of most cultures. They transcend geographical and temporal distances: the chosen time is usually the so-called Absolute Past = before history. Most recurring themes are tied to the big existential questions or to natural phenomena which humans could not explain.
Science is taking care of natural phenomena and now mythology may appear as a form of science-fiction but mythology is not necessarily something distant and alien. It continuously appears in tales, novels, fiction, poetry, theatrical performances...even in cartoons and video-games.
To answer the question, I agree with Aristotle's concept of "catharsis" (kàtharsin = purification), which states that the performance of myths confronts humans with their passionate and irrational impulses (matricide, incest, cannibalism, suicide, infanticide ...), thus enabling individuals to vent harmlessly, in a sort of mass exorcism.
In this respect, I think mythology is highly pedagogical- at the time being as it was in the past.
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Mar 18 2013: The Lord Of The Rings mythology teaches many good values, and the true Viking mythology that the LOTR is partly based on teaches us to live by the Nine Noble Virtues.
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In fact I can think of only one mythology that does not teaches ethics and that is the man created via evolution myth, maybe someday it will grow-up and have a code of ethics.
Mar 19 2013: Mr. Anderson (going to have to imagine the tone of voice) you do not seem to understand the difference between science and mythology. Science is based on figuring out how the world works by observation. Mythology is about telling stories that may or may not have moral messages. If evolution had a code of ethics it wouldn't really be science. Attempts to use evolution to imply morality is wrong. For example, Social Darwinism is a way people tried to misuse science to justify inequality.
Evolution and science can, however, tell us about why we have morals and how these morals work. I know that science denialism is popular with certain political and religious movements, but you should try and understand what science is and not try to claim that it is a form of mythology.
Mar 20 2013: G'day William
I disagree to a certain extent, mythology is of a belief/conviction in a myth science also has convictions don't they? They are not one of the same but they both have convictions which make them simular in their own deductive reasoning processes just because the reasoning processes are different doesn't make them the opposite or dissimilar overall.
MathewMar 21 2013: I would suggest that science simply provides us with very persistent myths by creating stories which correlate far more smoothly with observable reality than mere yarn-spinning can hope to replicate. (while we're here, I put that it's not clear if smooth correlation with reality is an inherently valuable trait for a myth to have.)
It may be that some of the stories science provides us with are so persistent that they will persist up to and beyond the heat death of the universe, but that doesn't change that they are essentially stories that we tell to help us understand what's going on.Mar 18 2013: Myths helps to serve as social control mechanisms; the work along the same line as stories. They help us to condition our minds to behave in socially acceptable ways; because just as prisons and fines help some people to 'behave', myths and mythologies would do for some.
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Mar 18 2013: Mythology has helped people make sense of the world and their place in it. People who feel well anchored in the world and their worldview often then concentrate on doing things that may be productive or constructive.
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Adherence to a particular mythology as anchor or worldview can have negative effects as well, but you have asked, I think, about benefits.
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Mar 21 2013: Your point about myth-destruction being part and parcel to the establishment of new paradigms is an important insight, thank you!
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Mar 18 2013: What we call mythology is the very best world view of people who lived long ago.
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Two thousand years from now, today's most cherished beliefs will be called mythology. It will probably include our belief in security, capitalism, human rights, and perhaps even our notion of freedom (freedom without defined responsibilities). Even science itself is not necessarily immune. Next month a man named Jones might introduce a better method for developing empirical truth. A year from now every serious scientist might be using the Jones method and the scientific method will be added to the trash heap of ideas we call mythology.
Mar 18 2013: I think a better way to phrase your question would be, "Why did humans of past generations feel the need to create myths?" By mythology, I assume we are talking about mythical gods, creation myths and supernatural occurrences. I do not think it is simply about making sense of the world, though that might form part of the motivation. Or blind superstition. Instead, I suspect it could have been a useful component of ancient political institutions that helped leaders to consolidate political power. The divine right of kings is a typical example of this. Even among secular Confucian elites of ancient China, the emperor finds himself invoking the name "Son of Heaven". If a bit of mythology is all you need to strengthen the legitimacy of your rule, why not?
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I also think mythologies are forms of aesthetic expression of the combined imaginations of the masses. The specific looks of various gods and goddesses reflect the artistic directions of society, while their qualities represent the desired traits of a ideal human being. An extraordinary man, even a king, perhaps would not have sufficed in meeting the imaginative needs of society. Thus it is to be expected that myths will come in to fill up the unearthly notions of mighty gods that live in the far reaches of the skies and the deepest corners of the sea, and intriguing ideas such as omniscience.Mar 23 2013: A Russian poet said,
"Сказка - ложь, да в ней намёк, добрым молодцам урок."
"A tale is a lie, but with a hint, a lesson for young fellows."
I'd say, mythology defines cultures. They reflect our worldview. They shape our relation to the universe and to each other. Religious myths are just one example. But there are secular myths as well. In the U.S. there are myths about American history, founding fathers, democracy, pilgrims and Indians, etc. In the Soviet Union, there were myths about communism, heroes who died "for the working people" after October Revolution, civil war in Russia and in the Great Patriotic War known as WWII in the West - much like the myths about Hercules and the heroes of the Trojan war.
You can't create a nation around a scientific theory. All nations seem to be created around myths. Even families have their own mythologies. Scientific theories and facts about the world change every day. Myths remain unchanged or change slowly and reluctantly. They define who we are as individuals and nations.
Myths also carry important symbolism which allow people from the same culture understand each other. Belief is not necessary - a mere shared knowledge of the myth does it. E.g. if you are familiar with biblical and Greek mythology, you will understand most of the European art. Another example are idioms like "Gordean knot" or "naked emperor".
Mar 25 2013: interesting, i suppose it depends on the intent of the myth - is it to teach a valuable lesson such as the heroic myths of old with a clear moral lesson, or to deceive and control such as the myths about communist leaders? we do have other myths based on ignorance though, such as the one about catching a cold if you go out with wet hair.
i do have to point out however that scientific theories and facts don't change every day. theories are often refined and improved as we discover more and more detail but not since the medieval ages has any scientific theory been turned on its head. for example the orbit of the planets was long thought to be circular, but with more information this was refined and we now know they are almost but not quite circular. also einstein's equations didn't prove newton wrong, they are just more precise.
Mar 25 2013: How do you classify myths about U.S. founding fathers and history? I think, it's simplistic to think that the only reason for the Civil War was to free the slaves. Yet, this is how it is presented to children in elementary school. Is it a myth with a moral lesson or a myth to deceive and control?
I did not say that scientific theories radically change over night, but they do change - scientific papers are published every day. They evolve much faster than myths. And they rightfully stay away from dictating or even suggesting moral rules. My point is that scientific theories cannot replace myths.
Mar 25 2013: let's start by defining the terms! a 'myth' is either a traditional story typically involving supernatural beings or events, or a widely held but false belief or idea.
if elementary school children are being led to believe that there was only one reason for the civil war, that seems to me to have a dual purpose - teaching children the virtue of helping others for no other reason than to be a decent human being, but also ensuring the ulterior motives remain hidden. what do you think?
regarding scientific papers you're right that they are published every day, but the change is virtually zero. rather they reveal new information, or go into more depth, expanding on what was previously known rather than altering anything. i would agree that scientific theories cannot replace myths, because the two are like apples an oranges; music will also never replace novels. myths are a good way of teaching morals, while science can tell us why having morals is better for the success of the human race.Mar 25 2013: I think, we are in agreement about the purpose of the myths. I agree that the myths about the country's history serve the purpose of teaching moral values prevalent in the country. Thus, they build the culture of that country.
I believe, the myths about communist leaders served the same purpose in the Soviet Union. Of course, if you don't share the moral values taught by the myth, you may say that its purpose was to deceive and control. But it's your opinion. I would still claim that communist myths and religious myths serve the purpose of teaching moral values, even if they are different from your moral values.
Regarding music and novels, I agree. Mythology and science are different beasts. So, the opening question is like asking "OK, music pleases ears, but what is the contribution of novels?"Mar 21 2013: (Continued from second post)
What is the actual purpose of a myth? I hope you do not think it is simply "to entertain." Myths are usually entertaining, but that is not their entire purpose any more than the teaching of moral lessons. I have a post on a very similar subject, which will close in a few days. Please search, "What is the value of fantasy?" to contribute. Unfortunately, the subject is too long to cover in a single post.Mar 20 2013: When cultural myths lead to introspection it adds to soceity when it promotes a cultural pathology it does the opposite.The Myth of Sceinttific progress keeps us from challenging Scientism.Myths that promote common humanity promote health in a society.Mar 25 2013: I loved the old Greek myths.
The genesis myth is quite poetic even in English.
Some of the stories were quite imposing as a child, like the angry Hebrew god drowning everyone - global genocide. And the one about the eyes getting pecked out, then healed again so it could repeat the next day.
The Maori's and Australian aborigines also have some great myths.
I guess they were important social technologies for imparting moral teachings and explaining things.
Probably some value in understanding our past, and perhaps human nature has not changed all that much.Mar 25 2013: (CONTINUED)
"An example of a common goal would be the rescue of the environment. A mythological dream would be to work together to achieve a common desire for a healthy environment. A single individual can do little to help the environment but if we all heroically work together this dream can be attained. The archetypical image of the hero is waiting in your psyche to contribute towards the improvement of society; all we have to do is utilize it."
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---Mar 25 2013: I asked my friend to write a comment for this question. This is his response.
"The purpose of mythology is to relate and connect people to their environment. Not only in accordance with nature but also the landscape of the soul or the psyche, depending on if you are religious or not.
Nowadays mythology does little good because many religious followers are living under a set of broken myths. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all have adopted myth to serve religion to subjugate their believers. Religion often does this. Joseph Campbell once called religion the misinterpretation of myth.
Mythology does not have to be religious. Mythology is not a message from god, it is a message from your ancestors who were one with nature and used mythology as a psychological tool to keep their people attuned to nature. Consider the American Indians and their way of life.
The archetypical images of mythology are etched in the psyche and while they are not real in a material sense, they have psychological powers that are manifest in dreams. If an individual or a society has a common dream, the power of what these archetypical images represent comes forth. This power is psychological and real in the sense that our psyche can utilize it to empower us to steadfastly stay on a track that will allow us to attain our dreams, real life goals.
The hero is the central image of mythology. The hero having conquered his demons and achieved his dream choses to vanquish what is considered detrimental to a healthy condition. He is a doctor, a fireman, a provider of justice. All are archetypical images that came from the psyche and I ask you are they real?
It is important to realize myth is a psychological mechanism that when properly utilized it gives a society and an individual cohesion. It links people together towards a common goal and at this time, there is no common goal. We are all stuck in the egoistic stalemate of individualism."
(CONTINUED)Mar 25 2013: contribution? i'd say nothing at all. on the contrary myth tends to be greatly detrimental to society, teaching things that just aren't so, which makes minds more susceptible to other false information.Mar 25 2013: Mythology is simply another page in the novel of mankind. All the pages are important. We are the culmination of those pages and many, many others.
Mythology does not improve nor does it decrease society as it is today.
cheersMar 25 2013: One key is to distinguish, what is a myth? It is said a little truth in every myth. I believe myths are generally passed on as oral history first. By the time they are written they have transformed through misinterpretation, opinion, translation, etc. I consider a prime example to be the Christian Bible. The danger is believing or putting any faith into these myths. They are excellent forms of learning as long as you consider the source. It is said that Sir Francis Bacon did NOT say "Knowledge, itself, is Power". He did say "Knowledge is HIS Power', referring to God. Some believe it was Hobbes, Bacon's early assistant, who credits him, making Hobbes the first to actually say it. Did Patrick Henry say "Give me Liberty or give me Death"? If they did not say these things, they are now part of Myths. The point is there is a message, someone said it, and it makes sense. Some individuals are "postertized" to mythical proportions like Washington, Columbus, or even Socrates. Washington had others write for him, Columbus kept 2 logs, and Socrates wrote nothing. Epicurus doubted the existence of his teacher's (Democritus) teacher, Luecippus, because he wrote nothing and Democritus "merged" everything into his work. In conclusion, I will believe the message without believing the messenger. "History is a beautiful thing...if only it were true."-Tolstoy (or someone).
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Mar 24 2013: Mythology, specifically Ancient Greek & Roman, is often inspiring and teaches us a good moral code to live by. This I think is the greatest contribution it has on society although as generations pass the impact these types of mythology will have will weaken.
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Mar 23 2013: Society is a mythology.Mar 21 2013: (Continued form previous post)
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Judeo-Christian and Islamic Scriptures are meant to be revelatory (you do them great disrespect to claim otherwise). They are written as histories and poetries; they have symbolic elements, yes; but their purpose is to reveal divine truth to humankind. This much is plainly stated in each holy book. This, like science, is one of humanity's traditionally preferred ways to discover truth.
Surviving mythologies of pagan societies bear no resemblance to revelatory scripture but are closely related to the apocryphal kind of story. That is, they do not infuse morals into society because they do not claim divine authority to do so; rather, they utilize morals already accepted (perhaps by divine mandate) to tell a good story. St. Patrick did not have to raise CuChullain's ghost to convince a pagan king that sin is divinely punished; but the story was much better that way. The gods of Asgard and Olympus never wrote a single moral law in their entire careers; they themselves are nearly human in personality, with all the imaginable plethora of virtues and vices, and so their stories are human stories. The pharaohs may have abused religion to strengthen their own authority, but is that myth proper? There is no story in it; and none of the Egyptian mythologies I have read bear any relation to historical kings. Egyptian mythologies, like the others, are tales of the gods interacting among themselves. And finally, going as far back as we can – The subject of prima nocta is dealt with harshly in the Epic of Gilgamesh, but no one ever said, "The purpose of the Epic of Gilgamesh was to teach people that prima nocta is wrong." This is a moral incorporated into the story; the moral came from somewhere outside of the myth, and while the myth may teach it, the primary purpose of the myth is not to teach.
(Continued in third post)Mar 21 2013: Hello all,
I would be much obliged if Khayam could clarify his own definition of "mythology," so we could comment on that rather than each of us attempting to define it ourselves, then commenting on our own remarks. But as the old saying (in America, at least) goes, "If you can't beat them, join them."
It's rather interesting to me that most commenters here have united religion/mythology/ethics, with the assumption that all are meant to be swallowed unquestioningly together – that truth is merely assumed from them. Science, when done properly, never assumes truth but discovers it. If the myths are not true, religions lie; and why not replace religion with science? (See notes of Tolkien's discussions with C.S. Lewis for ideas of Christianity as a "true myth.")
Allow me to suggest that religion and mythology are different things, and that the primary purposes of mythology are usually not religious.
I'll begin by pointing out that religion and ethics are strongly tied to Judeo-Christian and Islamic mythologies, but not to many others. And let me take a moment to say that I'm not calling the Qur'an or the New Testament or the Torah a body of myths. Judeo-Christian and Islamic cultures do, however, have many myths inspired by their holy books, which naturally incorporate their morality.
Take the apocryphal "acts of the apostles" for example. In the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles (do not confuse it with the apocryphal "acts"), St. Peter confronts a magician named Simon, who wrongly tries to bribe God to forgive his sins. The same story is repeated apocryphally, except that St. Peter and Simon the Magus have a sort of grand duel in which it is revealed (as the New Testament already points out) that Simon's magic is fake. The same moral lessons are presented in both cases; so why did the apocryphal writers feel the need for a new version?
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Mar 22 2013: Hello Sterling,
Actually it is one of those questions which boggle my mind. I wanted to know how people from different cultures respond to this question. I don't want to influence their views by giving my own definition of mythology. However I personally don't place religion in category of myths.
Mar 23 2013: Where do you put Greek mythology then?Mar 21 2013: Often priests were a source of knowledge and education.
A common believe helps you form a bond, something you and your neighbors have in common that makes it easier to lead people, form countries and work together for a common goal.
It established rules and some kind of punishment. Even when the chances of getting away with a crime are present, you maybe refrain from doing something "evil" because a higher power will punish you even if people don't.
It establishes trust. If that other person has a good live, he or she is probably a good person. So you can trust him or her, work together, trade and form agreements. The belief that a higher being punishes or rewards a person might help get rid of suspicion, which is a huge advantage in building a society.Mar 21 2013: I think what we really need to do is except that at one point in history it was considered truth. Much like how science works what at one point in time was considered truth now is not. In science things we prove wrong we don't consider that as mythology.
Mar 21 2013: I think you are right and have this to add. There used to be a saying for anything you don't know "There be dragons there." Time might just distort the past
Mar 21 2013: Never heard that saying what are its origins?
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Mar 25 2013: Centuries ago, it was a notation used on maps, placed at the edge of the known world.Mar 20 2013: Myths typically involve supernatural characters and are endorsed by rulers or priests. They may arise as either truthful depictions or overelaborated accounts of historical events, as allegory for or personification of natural phenomena, or as an explanation of ritual. They are transmitted to convey religious or idealized experience, to establish behavioral models, and to teach.
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In the USA we have modern day myths that are common to our society. "Hi, I am from the IRS and am here to help you". "This is the most transparent administration in the history of American politics." "There is no reason to be concerned about spending more money than we make". "The cause of all ills in the US is the 1% ... take away all of their money and your life will be better".
In the USA the term myth is often substituted as a political promise.
I wish you well. Bob.Mar 20 2013: G'day Khayam
First of all mythology isn't just of a religious belief but it is a religion as anything that incorporates a belief/conviction is of religion for example science has certain convictions in knowing how an atom works or the understanding of the theory of relativity it's all of a religion but it's not religious. Mythology relates to folklore or of a traditional belief of a myth or practice which sounds very much like a religious practice but not always.
I don't believe science as a whole has eased our lives altogether because for one a thousand years ago we didn't have the threat of a nuclear holocaust wiping out all human kind, this today is even a bigger threat to us than ever which does add to everyone's stress level. If you look at Iraq for instance I don't think a lot of boys killed & maimed over there would agree that science has eased our living.
Is mythology contributing to our existence? If we talk about easing of course it does as anything to do with anything spiritual has but only to those who are open minded to these concepts of understanding however mythology doesn't necessarily mean it's of the spiritual either but in the most they are. Mythology is also of any belief in certain myths for example Australian aboriginals believe in a rainbow serpent but it's not because of a religious order but accepted just as truth without doctrines as such that one must follow to be a believer it just is (isness), it's just of religion a faith/conviction.
MathewMar 19 2013: I need to ask another question first. Is religion mythology? I believe it is...
Religion inculcates an iherent bias towards mythology as the sole arbiter of ethical thinking. Mythology as a simple analog for ethical thinking is fine, but the problem is that the analogy bnecconfused as reality by a majority of the world, with horrible side effects of seperating people far more than it brings them together.
I do not believe the modern mythologies of religion do us any great service in the spread of morality; pedophile priests and suicide bombers of the world suggest otherwise. As we have seen on the TED stage, no religion provides a moral leg up over the others; the tales of compassion and ethical bevior range across race and creed; even animals show ethical behaviors we once relegated to only the "saved" among us.
As stories, mythology, and indeed any religion can inform and enlighten. I am reminded of Thomas Jefferson's book, "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth", where he held Jesus up as a life with examples we should all follow. Yet Jefferson was never a Christian; in a reply to a friend who asked, knowing Jefferson's atheism, what his beliefs were, Thomas replied "I am, sir, an Epicurean", referring to Epicurus' famous remark "What need have we of the gods, now that we have science?" Yet he found value in the mythologies passed down by his forbearers, enough so to write a book. Notice though, he goes no further than Jesus' life; he was not proselytizing, but offering example and analogy, not doctrine.
It is in the transformation of parable to doctrine that the damage is done, that men insinuate their own thoughts into the "teachings" of their mythologies. Fatwahs from mullahs, Fred Phelps and his family, the Crusades; none of these memes has a base in the books they profess to worship.A modern world, as even Epicurus knew a millenia ago, has no need for these mythologies besides the stories they tell, beyond that lies harm
Mar 20 2013: G'day Scott
Yes I agree as a whole religious mythology has divided us somewhat but I wouldn't like to know what this life would be like now if we had no common bonds at all through human history because all common bonds are of a religious belief of some sort. If religions around the world didn't evolve to become more ethical within their structured beliefs we would probably still sacrificing babies & virgins at the altar.
When you think about this isn't a group of scientists with common grounds also of a religious belief like having a belief in constructing nuclear devices to destroy all human kind? I think I know that wasn't their intentions but it's a plausible possibility which was helped by a group of people (scientist) who have a common bonding.
I find it awfully strange how one group of people with their ideological beliefs/convictions can continually have ago at others groups when they are just as bad themselves, I'm dumb founded as it makes no logical sense!!!!


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