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Star wars the gentle broken promise
Author: Revan-sama.
Game: Star wars Knight of the old republic.
Character: LSM/DSM Revan, Malak, Bastila Shan, Meetra Surik (exile), Master Atris, Master Arren Kae, Master Kreia, Mical.
Possible future Pairing: LSM Revan x Bastila, Meetra Surik x Mical.
Summary: A world, a galaxy, an universe unstable and shaking because of an eternal war. The Jedi against the Sith. The light side against the dark side.
Is there a possible way out of this cursed circle? Master Arren Kae saw too much of her Jedi friends becoming what they swore to fight until the very end. Was there no other alternative? Isn't there a way for everyone to express different arguments and live in peace? Is there no hope for the Republic? For democracy? Her answer came right after meeting the young promising Padawan of Master Kreia. Revan.
Please watch this other side of the story. The story of Revan.
Author's note: My grammar is bad, I know...(and english is not my first language so it doesn't help lol) Can someone help me with that?
I'm so sure I've made mistakes that I could cut my hand (french expression, hahaha)
We won.
We won the Mandalorian War, we have hunted them down until the end of the galaxy.
They have murdered many people only for their 'honor', to fight a strong opponent.
The republic.
We won the war and yet...
Even as I stabbed their leader, Mandalor, with my lightsaber, I knew...
As my tears were overflowing...
As I kept watching Master Arren Kae's cold body in a pool of blood.
I knew.
I've lost...
Not only myself...
But everything I believed in...
Chapter 0: A promise born of courage
Spring is a very beautiful season, especially on the planet Dantooine.
Flowers and various plants give life to the landscape, something that doesn't exist on Coruscant. On this world there was a serenity that you can't find everywhere. The perfect place for the training of a Jedi.
For young Padawan Revan, this place felt quite special. Here, he felt peace.
Today as usual has been quite a day. Studying, training with a saber and focus on the force.
Lift a small rock and push it with the force.
That was just a small part of training. From what the masters said, he was quite a quick learner.
His friend, Malak, got fired up and decided to train himself to catch up with Revan.
Even Master Kreia praised him! Usually she wouldn't give a praise so quickly.
Revan felt very proud of himself, he could almost achieve what most older apprentices could do.
Maybe soon he could have his first lightsaber...
"You did a good work today...But don't get too cocky."
"-? !"
He gasped and turned around to face the intruder.
How come he didn't heard or felt her presence?
Maybe it was normal, she was a Jedi master after all.
Master Arren Kae. She was one of his master.
She was wearing a white Jedi robe, had long silver hair and light blue eyes.
A very beautiful and friendly person...He couldn't understand why Master Kreia didn't like her.
Revan sighed and told her : "Please don't scare me like this, master."
The woman laughed quietly and said with a grin : " A jedi should be more alert of his surroundings."
He turned red at this and sulked.
Arren laughed even more. She waved her hand in front of her and said : "Sorry Revan...I'm only teasing."
Then she looked at the place where they were : "Beside that, this place is very beautiful."
Indeed it was. it was a field of white flowers, not too far away from the Jedi enclave.
After inspecting the place a bit more, she stared at her student and noticed that he seemed very calm.
Revan had a kind heart with an inner fire. But here that fire was stable.
The older woman smiled gently and asked him : "Do you like the enclave on Dantooine better than the Jedi temple?"
His surprise at the question soon turned to confusion.
"It's not that I don't like the Jedi temple on Coruscant...it's just that..." He smiled and told her :
"There is something special about this place, not because it's beautiful, There is a peaceful ..."
"...atmosphere?" asked Arren Kae.
Revan nodded eagerly.
She smiled and explained : "It's because the force has a strong connection with this place...if only..."
Her eyes became distant and wasn't smiling anymore. It surprised Revan since he never really got to see such attitude from Master Arren.
She could felt the impatience of her student for her to continue her sentence.
"If only there were more places like this in the galaxy."
"There aren't many of them?" asked a curious Revan. This time, her face was sad.
She was still looking at the landscape filled with flowers but she kept talking :
"There are, however, many of them were devastate because of war or because of fights against the Sith."
Master Arren's hair were dancing in the wind and Revan couldn't see her expression because of her hair in front of her face.
She kept silence for a moment, as if she was reflecting if it was alright to say what she was going to say:
"Is it really alright this way?"
"What do you mean Master?" It was as if she just realized Revan was there too.
She looked at him with an expression nonchalant then turned her gaze toward the horizon.
"It's not only the war against the Sith...Many Jedi, some of the most talented and most trustful member of our order leave to join the Sith and fall to the dark side. For all sort of reasons..."
She sighed deeply as she remember many of her Jedi friends, people she knew since childhood, turned to the dark side. Telling her either to join them or that she couldn't understand.
"For power, for not believing in republic anymore, for losing someone important and being filled with grieve, believing the Jedi Order can't bring true justice...And many, many other reasons."
She gritted her teeth as she remember some of her friends' words :
The Jedi order and the Republic are weak, they will bring us to our doom!
The Jedi try only to retain our true potential!
She died! She DIED! ! ! I can only avenge her by killing that fiend and I can't!
If the Jedi can't bring justice to the innocent who died then I will by my own way!
Wasn't there...Anything we could do for them?
Wasn't there a way to understand? To compromise?
Without falling so lowly as them?
We are Jedi, protector, guardians of peace. We fight for peace and Justice.
How can we still call ourselves this if we can't even protect the mind of those we are supposed to protect?
"Master Arren?"
Arren Kae opened slowly her eyes and turned her face to Revan. She forced a smile and said:
"Sorry, I'm probably confusing you with all this."
Then she crouch down toward him : "But do you know why I'm telling you this?"
Revan shook his head to say no.
Then Arren put a hand on his head, stroking gently his long black hair.
And smiled kindly : "Because I believe that someday you will understand and bring peace to this galaxy."
His light brown eyes widen.
"You have a kind heart and a strong will that most adults doesn't have. Keep these things close to your mind and you will get strong enough to protect the Jedi order the republic and most of all..."
She got up.
"All lives in this galaxy."
She began to leave, leaving Revan in his thoughts.
He kept silence the whole event.
-Next day-
"...And then, after training myself hard, I could push the small rock like you did yesterday!"
Malak was explaining so many things that Revan kept forgetting about it.
He had other things in his mind.
"Revan? Revan! You're not even listening!" sulked Malak.
"Uh? Oh sorry Malak, I have something to do." He began to leave.
"What? What do you have to do? Training only start in one hour."
"I'll tell you about it later!"
-Outside the enclave Jedi-
She should be here somewhere meditating...Ah! There she is!
"Master Arren!" Revan ran toward the silver haired master. She was meditating next a fountain.
And she was alone too.
She didn't open her eyes and said with an amused tone : "Calm down Revan, take a deep breath."
He took a deep breath....Lots of deep breath before talking :
"I...(panting) I was looking for you."
"Oh? Is that so? Does Master Kreia has something else to reproach me?" she said bitterly Kreia's name.
Master Arren Kae and Master Kreia weren't in good terms...even though Revan didn't know exactly why.
"No, she doesn't know I'm here."
Arren opened her eyes and looked at Revan : "Then what is it about?"
"About yesterday's conversation."
She seemed a bit worried. As if she thought that maybe it was a bad idea to talk about it.
Revan took a deep breath and had a determinate look on his face.
"I don't know what I can do about it...But even so."
Because I believe that someday you will understand and bring peace to this galaxy.
"I'll try. I'll do my best to change the course of this cursed circle. And someday I'll show Master Arren a world without the Sith. A World at peace where we can understand each other. Where people doesn't need to join the dark side."
Arren's eyes widen at his words and was surprised of his maturity.
"I'll make a better Jedi order and bring Justice to this Galaxy!"
Just maybe...
What I've lost wasn't lost after all.
"I promise!"
She kept silence and gazed into his brown eyes full of determination.
"I see...Then..."
She smiled and began to leave toward the Jedi enclave.
"I'll look forward it."
A modest answer of a master Jedi.
A holly vow from a future champion of Light.
A promise born of courage...
...And died of despair.
Argh...It's very hard to write about a character we don't know much about.
I hope it wasn't too boring...
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Well great story Revan sama !!!!don't worry it wasn't so boring
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Hey !
First off, it's nice to see a fellow French author writing in English - you don't meet too many of these. Pour l'expression "j'en mettrai ma main à couper", je pense que l'équivalent le plus proche serait quelque chose comme "I'd stake my life on it", littéralement "je gagerais ma vie là-dessus". Mais détails, détails...
I'll write the rest in English, let's not be rude to the others.
I like your style, the writing is good and the English flows well enough. The premise is interesting and you balance well dialogues with description. I think the main thing you might want to work on is your paragraphs - you start a new paragraph with every single sentence and it's a little unsettling for the reader.
Some sentences are phrased a little awkwardly, this one for instance :
"He was surprised by that question, but it quickly changed into confusion"
It would sound more natural if you wrote, say, "His surprise at the question soon turned to confusion". Just an exemple.
There are also a few minor mistakes, like this one :
"If only there was more places like this in the galaxy."
It's "if only there were", since it's plural.
But really, it's the kind of minor mistakes that will disappear gradually as you get more practice, so the best way to improve that is just to keep writing.
"She sighed deeply as she remember many of her Jedi friends,"
There's a little problem here, a minute ago we were in Revan's head and now we're in Arren Kae's. Head-hopping is not a good idea generally speaking, as it confuses the reader, so personally I find it best to pick one point of view and stick to it, at least for a given scene. That doesn't mean you can't tell the same scene from the point of view of two different people, but don't switch back and forth all the time.
Overall I liked it, pre-fall Revan is always an interesting character and I liked how you managed to convey his curiousity and open-mindedness, as well as Arren's conflict. I always imagine Revan to be more wilful and determined, but I tend to forget people aren't born that way, and the war probably contributed a great deal to forging the steel in Revan's personality... the story flowed well enough, and the beginning is enticing and makes us want more. I'd be interested to read more of it !
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Thank you for the praise battle111 and Akyra!
I had no idea there were french people on this forum.
Thank you for correcting me Akyra...it always help.
It means I have a long way to go before becoming a good writer.
I'll just have to try harder.
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Character: LSM/DSM Revan, Malak, Bastila Shan, Meetra Surik (exile), Master Atris, Master Arren Kae, Master Kreia, Mical.
Possible future Pairing: LSM Revan x Bastila, Meetra Surik x Mical.
Summary: A world, a galaxy, an universe unstable and shaking because of an eternal war. The Jedi against the Sith. The light side against the dark side.
Is there a possible way out of this cursed circle? Master Arren Kae saw too much of her Jedi friends becoming what they swore to fight until the very end. Was there no other alternative? Isn't there a way for everyone to express different arguments and live in peace? Is there no hope for the Republic? For democracy? Her answer came right after meeting the young promising Padawan of Master Kreia. Revan.
Please watch this other side of the story. The story of Revan.
This wasn't supposed to happen...
It's what I thought as the light inside me slowly died.
Soon enough I realize the Jedi code doesn't have the answers I search for.
Where is the peace, when you only feel the emotions?
Where is the knowledge, when at a time like this my only ally is the ignorance?
The pieces of the past I've gathered together are mixed.
When have I failed Revan?
And when did he became my fall?
Chapter 1: Let the dream or the illusion live?
Again. That woman was teaching Revan again.
Preparing him for when he will wield a lightsaber.
"Good! You are getting better. However..."
Saber on the floor.
"You have to work a bit more on your speed." Revan, surprised by the attack, fell down and let go of his saber. He got up and said:
"That's unfair Master Arren! I didn't know about that move!"
Master Arren Kae laughed a bit and grinned. Before she could say something, a strict voice came from behind Revan. Arren could recognize that voice anywhere. A strict and cold voice that she wasn't fond of.
"Do you think that every opponents will give you a list of all moves they can do? Revan."
The young man in question, turned around to face his master : "But Master Kreia...!"
But as soon as he saw her blind eyes full of reproach and her cold expression, he couldn't say anything.
Because he knew she was right. Frustrated of being without answers and sad of being scolded, Revan said : "No master...That's why I have work hard."
Kreia stared at her padawan for a moment. Even if she was blind and could only 'see' because of the force, it was as if she could see everything through his mind.
"Good." She said, ignoring her apprentice's feelings.
In the meanwhile, Master Arren Kae, who was looking at the whole scene, was angry.
There was no need to be so uptight with Revan. He was getting better and now, instead of praising him, Master Kreia ruined the mood with one of her scolding.
"You have now a training session with Master Vandar, I believe...you can go." Revan left the room with a somber expression on his face.
Kreia sighed and went back to her work. She had much to do, update one of the Jedi order computer with new knowledge recently found, putting back some Holocrons in the Jedi Archives,...
She could feel someone staring at her with a burning feeling.
The feeling called anger.
This sort of emotions shouldn't be felt by a Jedi, however she knew a certain female Jedi who possessed a very...undisciplined personality. Kreia didn't needed the force to notice that she didn't leave the room and wanted to say something.
"Master Kae...If you do have something to say, please say it. I don't have the time for this sort of nonsense."
Kreia felt Arren's anger grown. She smirked, it was so easy to make that woman angry. She really fail as a Jedi. In every sense possible.
"Nonsense? ! You call 'this' nonsense? ! After ruining your padawan's effort you dare call this nonsense? !" said angrily Arren Kae.
Kreia turned her chair around to face the other master : " Effort? You call this an effort? he can do far more better than this. Praising him has made him arrogant. If he think he can become a Jedi Knight easily, then he is wrong...And it's easy to know where this wrong thought come from."
The long silver haired woman's eyes widen and turned into a glare.
"Are you saying it's my fault?"
Kreia ignored the glare and kept a calm...or more likely, cold expression.
"Don't think I didn't notice your little speech about peace and a galaxy without Sith." Said bitterly the slightly older Jedi master. She lifted with the force one of the small holocron, made it levitate and looked in its direction.
"Such a thing doesn't exist. As long as Jedi lives, as long as the republic stand tall, there always will be conflicts. Be it within the Jedi order or elsewhere. The life of a Jedi is always of battles, in the name of a peace that we won't know."
She pause and now looked in Arren's direction.
"There always will be Jedi to fight for the Jedi order and Jedi who will fall to the dark side. The Justice we can bring is always for a short moment." She frowned and glared toward Arren.
"What you teach to Revan...to MY padawan is a pipe dream that will never become reality. You teach him of peace, such a strong word that can shatter at any time to be build back again."
Arren Kae gritted her teeth and moved her hands in anger : "It's not a 'pipe dream' ! I do believe that one day true peace will be established! True enough...maybe we won't be there to see it...But the next generations of the Jedi order will! I'm sure of it!"
Kreia putted down the holocron on the table, frowned even more : "And how can you be so sure? On what is based your theory? Hope?"
Arren's eyes widen.
"Could it be that you...just hope it will become like that? What you said are just pretty words...but if you don't put them into action, they will be meaningless." said Master Kreia.
The silver long haired master tighten her fist.
"A Jedi must believe in more than just mere hope. It's a luxury we can't effort."
She gritted her teeth at the Jedi master historian's words.
"Therefore, I would like that you keep your...'conciliated' teaching for yourself and stop filling Revan's head with them." She turned toward the computer once more and began to work.
A moment passed, until : "I won't give up on it."
She stopped and looked back at Arren Kae. Strangely she wasn't angry anymore, on the contrary, she was rather calm. Kreia raised an eyebrow and asked : "What?"
Arren was now smiling gently, while remembering Revan's words :
I'll try. I'll do my best to change the course of this cursed circle. And someday I'll show Master Arren a world without the Sith. A World at peace where we can understand each other. Where people doesn't need to join the dark side.
I promise!
Then she looked at Kreia with a determined look: "I know there is a certain truth in your words...But if we give up on hope and live only with facts then nothing will be truly achieved! That is what we got and what the Sith doesn't. That is why I believe in Revan's promise. Those weren't the idealistic words of a child...but the words of a future champion of light."
"You know it better more than anyone, right Master Kreia?" asked Arren with a grin.
Kreia's white eyes widen only for a bit.
"That's why you train him this hard and was worried about my teaching ruining his future...In true...you really like Revan like your own son."
Kreia said nothing but her eyes soften a bit at what she said.
But it lasted only for 5 seconds. She didn't wanted to show anything she felt to that woman.
"Somehow I...really envy you." said softly Arren.
The bond you two share as a master and student...Like a mother and a son...I...
I wish I could have the same with...
Arren Kae shook her head and decided to leave it to that.
"Anyway, please don't be too hard on Revan. He'll be fine. He is the future Hero of the Jedi order after all! I'll guaranty it!"
As Master Arren leaved the room, Master Kreia stared at the door for a moment. Frowned her eyebrows and kept working.
Foolish woman...
I just hope...
That it won't bring us to our doom.
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Well, I don't know if there are other Frenchies beside the two of us, but I'm sure there must be plenty of different countries represented here.
So, anyway, read the second entry and here are my thoughts, written down as I read it.
Revan saying he is a genius sounds a little arrogant. You'd expect at least Kreia, if not Aren, to scold him for it, since pride is not encouraged by the Jedi. She does mention later on that he is arrogant, but you'd expect her to still say something about Revan thinking he is a genius (whether that is true or not is irrelevant if she is trying to teach him humility).
"Good." She said while ignoring her apprentice's feelings.
You don't really need to specify "while", I think it would sound better if you wrote "She said, ignoring her apprentice's feelings".
Revan leaved the room
Aah, these pesky irregular verbs ! But it's "Revan left the room".
"she didn't left the room"
...And now it's the opposite, "she didn't leave the room".
Be careful with verb tenses, I've noticed a few more occurrences of that kind of mistakes. Don't sweat it, I only mentioned it because I thought you might want to correct it.
The mistakes I mentioned are not a big deal, just something you need to work on, but your writing is already pleasant to read. I like the structure of your sentences.
Regarding the story itself, nothing much to say - so far I like how it's headed. It's interesting that Aren Kae's idealism might have contributed to Revan's downfall, although our down-to-earth Kreia is obviously not helping much either.
I was surprised that you mentioned Kreia's blindness - is she already blind at that time ? I don't know much about the Kotor universe, beyond what was said in the games and comics, so I don't know if her being blind already is canon or not. I always thought she lost her sight when she joined the Sith, but that was just a guess.
So, I'm curious to see where you'll be taking this story !
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Author: Revan-sama.
Game: Star wars Knights of the old republic.
Character: LSM/DSM Revan, Malak, Bastila Shan, Meetra Surik (exile), Master Atris, Master Arren Kae, Master Kreia, Mical.
Possible future Pairing: LSM Revan x Bastila, Meetra Surik x Mical.
Summary: A world, a galaxy, an universe unstable and shaking because of an eternal war. The Jedi against the Sith. The light side against the dark side. Is there a possible way out of this cursed circle? Master Arren Kae saw too much of her Jedi friends becoming what they swore to fight until the very end. Was there no other alternative? Isn't there a way for everyone to express different arguments and live in peace? Is there no hope for the Republic? For democracy? Her answer came right after meeting the young promising Padawan of Master Kreia. Revan.
Please watch this other side of the story. The story of Revan.
This place is bound to change.
Like the seasons.
Like people.
Either for the better or for the worse.
I knew that fully well.
But somewhere inside my heart, part of me wished...
That this moment would last forever.
That HE would stay as the hero of the Jedi order forever.
Yes...I am aware of this.
Even if I win this fight...
"You can't win Revan!"
I knew my heart had lost.
No matter what would happen...
Chapter 2: Hoping and dreading.
She remember clearly, almost as if it was yesterday. Her father's gentle eyes and heartbroken smile when she was leaving to become a Jedi.
Her mother wasn't even looking at her...She probably was happy to send her off. It didn't matter if she kept yelling or crying that she didn't want to leave.
She was leaving home...and she couldn't do anything about it. At that time, Bastila Shan was five.
It took quite some time, to understand...but soon enough she began to adjust to this odd life. As a Jedi apprentice. She missed her father greatly, to the point of crying to sleep.
Later, she tried not to think about it. And tried to focus on her Jedi training.
It was a lonely life...even though a Jedi is never alone. Bastila had a hard time to believe that.
She didn't had much friends. Her studies came in first place. She didn't had the time or wanted to talk with the other apprentices. She had to think about her training.
The masters wouldn't stop to pressure her : "You're destined to be a great Jedi." or "You must train your battle meditation some more." She felt lectured like a child even thought she was a teenager.
She was in the main hall, returning to her room. Jedi students were talking with each others.
Usually she wouldn't listen to what they have to say, but something caught her attention:
"Hey have you heard about it? 'He' has gained the title of Jedi Knight!"
"Really? ! That's incredible! So young yet he is already a Knight. As excepted from the Jedi order prodigy."
The 'he' in question, was Revan. The Jedi prodigy. Bastila smiled to herself and thought : "He did it finally! Soon me too..."
It wasn't a secret for anyone. Revan was a Jedi admired and liked by many in the Jedi order. Bastila was one of them...even if she would deny it completely if asked about it.
It happened a few years ago...
The masters and the students were talking about two excellent apprentices.
But one of the two was really impressive. That is how she learned about Revan.
She never met any of the two, but she was really curious since the students were almost always talking about them.
She was walking outside the Jedi enclave and saw a group of apprentices staring at something. She went over there to see what it was. Apparently it was a senior padawan, challenging others with a saber.
Eventually the 'spectators' were chattering between themselves :
"Wow, he defeated three padawans at the same time! One of them was taught by Master Vrook."
"Yeah, but since the masters aren't there, he likes to show off his skills on the weaker apprentices."
Bastila frowned. Showing off his skills on the weaker apprentices? ! How dare he? !
She was torn between deciding either to talk to the masters about it or teach that...person (There is no emotion, there is peace) a lesson of humility.
But at some point the senior padawan challenged another one :
"Hey you!" He pointed his saber toward a young man with long black hair. He seemed older than Bastila...at least five years older than her. He was reading something on his Datapad and kept doing as if he hear nothing. But the senior padawan was still talking to him:
"I've heard your skills are quite remarkable! And that you are taught by master Arren Kae and master Kreia."
The young man still wasn't looking at the senior padawan, kept reading and said : "And what if I am?"
"Isn't it obvious? I want to test myself against one of the finest Padawan of the Jedi order."
This time, the young man turned around and stared at the senior's face.
"How about it? Revan?"
As soon as his name was said, everyone soon began to be more interested.
"Look! It's the prodigy."
"Will he defeat him?"
"But he fought three padawans at the same time. Even for a prodigy, there is no way..."
Bastila, herself was really surprised, he was quite like the rumour described him : Tall, charismatic, long black hair, light brown eyes, handso-...
At the last thought, Bastila's face became red like an apple then she shook her head.
What am I thinking? !
While ignoring her last reaction, she tried to focus on what was happening now. She was more curious about how he would handle this situation.
"..." Revan stared at the senior padawan with indifferent eyes. Until he finally answer :
"I never run away from a challenge..but I do have something to ask you first."
The senior Padawan seemed annoyed by this but nodded anyway.
"You...What are you trying to accomplish with this?" asked Revan.
The senior padawan just grinned and told him : "What you ask? The title of Jedi knight of course! If I prove the masters that I'm ready for tests, surly they will grand me the title."
Revan just listened to his explanation with a cold stare.
"I'm sick of those easy, padawan missions. I deserve better! I'm better than most of them. And if I defeat you now, They'll grant it to me faster!"
He took a fighting pose and said : "No more talking anymore! Let's fight!"
The senior padawan ran at full speed toward Revan.
"Watch out!" said a youngling to Revan.
As he was going to attack him, Revan was already behind him and give a small hit with his saber on the senior's head.
"If it was a lightsaber you would be already dead." the senior's eyes widen, turned around to attack Revan : "Don't underestimate m-!"
A hit on the stomach, the senior was down.
After the second round, It was over after one minute.
Bastila was amazed by his speed and accuracy. He wasn't just hitting everywhere.
His strength and agility were incredible, it almost felt as if he was dancing in the midair.
He was an excellent swordsman.
"I...I'm not done yet..." The senior still wanted to fight but Revan interrupted him.
"Is that all you can think about? What do you think a Jedi really is?"
The senior was confused and asked : "What...what do you mean?"
Revan sighed and explained : "I know your reasons of wanting to become a Jedi Knight...Your parents expected a lot about your training. However that's not what a Jedi is."
"For what purpose is that strength of yours? Of what use will it be, if you keep hurting the ones you must protect with it?" Asked Revan with kind eyes.
The senior's eyes widen as he realized what he was doing.
Fighting for more strength, challenging people weaker for your own gain...those weren't the way of a Jedi.
Bastila's eyes softened at Revan's speech. Those were the words of a true Jedi.
Without noticing it himself, Revan had motivated many padawans with his speech.
It felt like he could convince anyone in a good way.
"What is going on here?" After finishing their meditations, Master Vrook and master Vandar came to see what was all those noises.
Revan turned around to face the two masters and smiled : " He has fall down while training, I think he trained himself too hard."
Bastila's eyes widen, he wasn't going to tell anything about it?
Master Vrook was septic but Master Vandar believed Revan's story.
He helped the Senior Padawan to get up and leaded him toward the infirmary to give him a medipac.
The only one remaining was Bastila.
He...He is more kind than I thought.
One week later, because of Revan's speech the senior padawan decided to help those who needed more help with their training. He was a complete new person.
"All this because of Revan." she thought to herself in her room on her bed.
That is how she began to admire him...however, as she grew up and as she kept watching his progression at a certain distance...Bastila felt like she was more attached to him than before.
She felt like she wanted more than just admire him...more than just looking at him at distance. Her eyes sadden as she bite her lower lips.
She wanted to talk with him, walking side by side, training together, studying together. Like his best friend Malak or Meetra Surik.
Bastila frowned and felt angry at herself.
I shouldn't feel envious...it's not the Jedi way.
Between me and that person...
Even if I keep fighting against it...
I find myself wanting, hoping, dreading what I feel right now.
The more the difficulty, the more the glory.
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1971 Chevy Nova Feature- Cheap SkateWritten by on October 19, 2006 Contributors: Johnny Hunkins Eddie Corcino runs 10s at the drags for 10 grand with hand-me-down parts.
"I built the car on a super tight budget with cheap parts that I came across. With the help of a lot of friends, I came up with a nice, fast Nova...," says Eddie Corcino. To us, this car is more important than it might seem. It's an honest representation of most readers' rides, and while they may fantasize about a billet this or a magnesium that, the truth is usually a lot heavier.
Say you're like Corcino, mid-30s with a good job, a couple of kids, and an understanding wife. You aren't going to take anything away from them for the sake of your hot rodding hobby. The idea is to do the best you can with the resources at your disposal and to maintain a just and conscionable budget. So you learn the fine points of scrounging, wheedling, wheeling/dealing, and the time-honored art of bartering. You do things methodically, tastefully, and build the most advantageous motor combination that your anorexic wallet will allow.
But best of all, you have a cadre of friends willing to leave knuckle skin and spend the rest of the night thrashing under the car if need be. Eddie Corcino's cosa nostra includes Chico Caraballo, Eric Corcino, Al Corcino, Kevin McCullough, and Rob LaRocco, and all hail from Lorain, Ohio, and environs. And let's be clear from the get go, this Nova would not have been possible for anything remotely close to 10 grand were it not for the company and strong hands of close friends and family. It took them three years to put Eddie's '71 Nova on the straight and narrow path.
Corcino: "I found an ad in a local paper for a '72 Nova in Cleveland. I gave $400 and brought most of the car home in the bed of my truck. It was beyond restoration, but I wanted a Nova so bad that I bought it anyway. I spent hours working on it but with no money, it didn't get anywhere. I decided to keep what was good and parted out the rest of the car.
"Two years later, I found another Nova, a '71 this time. It was much better than the '72. It was a great southern car that hadn't seen more than two northeastern Ohio winters. My buddy, Chico, and I spent countless nights hammering and straightening the sheetmetal." Eddie and Chico looked to the right side of the car with a new front fender and rear quarter-panel. They gave it a new taillight panel and covered the engine compartment with a Glasstek 4.5-inch cowl hood. Chico's own Paint & Body (Elyria, Ohio) applied the '71 GM Burnt Orange paint.
Then came the fun part-getting all the goodies together for a budget engine that would kick booty on nuts alone. No jones for juice. No positive manifold pressure. All engine, dudes and dudettes. Truly, Eddie is a man after our own hearts. His brother-in-law kicked things off with a complete stock 396 motor por nada. Corcino forked over $450 for a steel 454 crankshaft, a spare 396 block, and custom Ross pistons made to accommodate a 396 with a 4.00-inch stroke, thus setting the stage for a 434ci bullet. Eddie shuffled the parts to Chuck Jackson at Rick's Speed Shop (Amherst, Ohio) for the necessary machine work (bored 0.060-inch, decked block, align honed, and balanced the rotating assembly) then hurried them home.
Why build a two-bolt main bearing 396 when there's so much else available? It all came down to moolah, folks. "Because they are cheap," says Eddie. He sunk the Ross 13.0:1 pistons in bores with Total Seal ring packs and hooked them to Eagle I-beam connecting rods, then he buttoned up the bottom end with a Melling oil pump and a Moroso six-quart pan. In went the Crane roller camshaft (0.708-inch lift on both valves with 262/272 degrees duration at 0.050) and the Crane D-Roller timing chain. Eddie's imposed budget also meant that he'd have to abide an all-iron engine. "Aluminum heads are nice, but I can't afford them, so my stock open chamber oval ports will have to do." He fiddled with the castings before assembling them, porting, polishing, and blending the bowls for the 2.19/1.88 intake and exhaust valves. The valve gear is an eclectic mix of Brodix G-1000 valvesprings, titanium retainers, Crane stud girdle, COMP Cams 10-degree retainers and lash caps, stock-length Manley pushrods, stock guide plates, and ARP rocker arm studs. ARP fasteners are used throughout.
With the long-block poised, Eddie port-matched the Edelbrock 454-O intake manifold and sandwiched an HVH Super Sucker 1-inch spacer between it and the Holley 830-cfm race carb. To isolate the incoming air, he crafted an air pan from angled aluminum strips and some stock he got at Home Depot, put on a 4-inch K&N filter and sunk a substack through it to the carb's airhorn. He sumped the fuel tank, hooked up a 140-gph Holley black pump, and called it a night. In keeping with the Nova's destiny, engine accessories have been reduced to just an alternator, and the system is maintained by March V-belt pulleys.
The Nova's exhaust system is just as minimal as the rest of the car. Nothing but the essentials here: Hooker Super Comp headers with 2-inch primary pipes and 3.5-inch collectors plumbed to nasty Flowmaster muffs and turndowns that have been rotated 90 degrees so the exhaust exits to the side rather than pulsing straight down.
Big-blocks in Novas are not famous for their cool-running characteristics, so Eddie addressed the shortcomings with a Weiand water pump and a honkin' Summit aluminum core, abetted by a big thermostatically controlled Perma-Cool push-through fan. He made the mounting brackets from sheet-stock that he formed with his contractor brother's metal break. Uncharacteristically, Eddie sprung for an MSD Ignition package (6AL box, coil, distributor, start/retard and RPM switch). The iron motor tested pretty well, too. Dynamometer results were 496 lb-ft at 6,700 rpm, and 598 hp at 6,700 rpm. At the heart of it, this 3,390-pound car runs 10.90s at 123 mph.
As big-torque processors go, it's difficult to beat the Turbo-Hydro 400 for capacity and longevity. Though it was a freebie, Corcino was obliged to sink about $1,500 in a performance rebuild by Rick Cole, Sr. (Amherst, Ohio), including the 9-inch BTE 3,500 stall converter, Hurst Promatic shifter, and the B&M pan and fluid cooler. Grunt goes down the line in a (3-inch diameter x 0.083-inch wall) driveshaft from Henderson Driveline & Axles.
Since he'd lavished a lot of loot on the motor, he had to tighten up the budget a little on the suspension and chassis modifications. He'd done a rotisserie job on the body and frame, so it was easy to refurbish the stock front components (including the '70 Chevelle spindles) with Energy Suspension bushings and amend the system with Summit 90/10 drag shocks. Weld Pro Stars and 26x5 M/T Frontrunners crown the stock disc brakes. Eddie approached the business end of the car with stock mono-leaf springs but moved the shock absorber attachment point inboard to coincide with the Competition Engineering coil/over crossmember, three-way adjustable coil/over shocks, and Slide-A-Link traction bars.
To instill a suggestion of torsional rigidity, he tied both halves of the car together with Jeg's subframe connectors. As a bucks-down racer, he coped with the marginal 10-bolt by welding the tubes at the coconut and installing a stock GM Posi-traction differential with 4.11:1 gears. Deflection is inhibited by a Moser cover with carrier main studs and Moser C-clip axles spin those 26x10 M/T slicks on 8-inch-wide Weld hoops. This probably wouldn't be a viable situation if the car was governed by a clutch, but the automatic soaks up enough of the gaff to maintain the axle's structural integrity.
So you're Eddie and you're inside the orange comet. Everything looks neat but pretty stock, save for the 15-inch Grant steering wheel you got both hands around and the big AutoMeter tach hung just below it. The G-Force harness and belts are so tight you can barely breathe, much less move. The part you're sitting on is shabby chic. The upholstery on those stock seats is ripped along the seams and threadbare throughout. Foam pokes a squishy head out and looks you right in the eye. But it's still very cool, very much in the spirit of the car, the core tenets being function and utility and nothing else.
Eddie's last words: "I've got a wife and kids. If I want anything for the car, I've got to do the work myself. All I need now, Johnny, is a Popular Hot Rodding article on doing your own interior! Ha!"
|Where Did The $10K Go?
|Before you pull out the calculator, realize that we've labeled some parts as "free" or "traded" because they are various big ticket items that we could not omit. Aside from the obvious attraction of buying used parts at a greatly reduced price, we also see that these recycled items are serving their second owner with the same performance that a new part would. Since Corcino has not reported anything untoward with the parts he bought used, that would speak directly to the quality produced by the speed equipment industry. The underlying themes here are wheeling, dealing, and slitting the throat of pride. Pride never won any damn race, but good parts will help.
|1971 {{{Nova}}}
|Rear Bumper
|Glassteck Cowel Hood
|Competition Engineering Slide-a-Links
|Energy suspension bushings
|Summit 90/10 front drag shocks
|Competition Eng. coil-over crossmember
|Competition Eng. coil-over shocks
|New GM mono-leaf springs
|traded for a twelve pack of beer
|Moser C-clip axles
|Moser Performance cover and carrier main studs
|GM 8.5-inch clutch pack
|3 x 0.083-inch driveshaft
|Jeg's subframe connectors
|Used Weld Prostars
|M/T Slicks
|M/T front runners
|COMP Cam roller lifters
|Crane roller cam
|396 Engine
|Ross 4.155 pistons & 4-inch stroke GM steel crank
|Oval-port open-chamber heads
|{{{Eagle}}} rods
|Moroso oil pump/pan
|Machine work and balancing
|MSD Ignition(6AL/coil/distributor/start retard/RPM switch)
|Perma-Cool electric fan and Summit radiator
|March V-pulleys
|Weiand water pump
|BTE Converter
|Hurts Promatic Shifter
|TH400 Labor to rebuild and new B&M pan
|Homemade air pan and K&N filter w/Stubstack
|Used Holley 830-cfm race carb
|Used Holley Black fuel pump
|Edelbrock 454-O intake manifold
|Used Autometer Tach
|Mallory oil and water gauges
|Four-point roll cage
|PPG paint/clear "Fiat Burnt Orange"
|Paint prep/body work
|Paint booth
|Professional painter
|traded 396 block/crank

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Carmen Gillespie is a Professor of English and the Director of the Griot Institute of Africana Studies. She also serves as the Bucknell University Arts Coordinator. Her research, writing, and teaching interests are in American, African American, and Caribbean literatures and cultures and creative writing.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Emory University
Teaching Interests
- American literature
- African American literatures and culture
- African American women writers
- Toni Morrison
- Caribbean literatures and cultures
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- American literature
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Prof. Gillespie's is currently at work on two scholarly book projects: Doormouth: Life Stories from the People of Barbados, "No Clamor for A ...": Vernacular and the Collapse of Meaning in the Fictions of Toni Morrison, and a book of poetry, The Facts in the Case Are These:.
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- In 2008, Professor Gillespie's book, A Critical Companion to Toni Morrison was nominated for an award as the best single authored book on the works of Toni Morrison. In 2005, A recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship for Excellence in Poetry, Carmen has also been a Fulbright scholar and a Cave Canem Fellow and has received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. In 2010, Gillespie was named one of Essence magazine's 40 favorite poets in commemoration of the magazine's 40th anniversary. She is the 2010 winner of the Naomi Madgett Long Poetry Prize for her collection Jonestown: A Vexation.
Selected Publications
In addition to journal and poem publications, Professor Gillespie is the author of the books A Critical Companion to Toni Morrison (2007), A Critical Companion to Alice Walker (2011), and editor of Toni Morrison: Forty Years in the Clearing (2013). She also has a published a poetry chapbook, Lining the Rails (2008) and a poetry book, Jonestown: A Vexation (2011), which was the winner of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Prize.


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One of the most important archaeological sites in Illinois, Albany Mounds contains evidence of continuous human habitation over the past 10,000 years.
The Alexis Museum houses numerous fascinating displays that depict the early days of the community.
This museum's fascinating collection of memorabilia includes scale model locomotives and stationary industrial engines. Take a trip on the miniature train that travels through the surrounding orchards.
Used today as a theater for live music and dance performances, as well as fine art exhibits, this 1912 church gives you a taste of "old-time religion" with its luminous stained-glass windows, curved oak pews and great acoustics.
Located adjacent to the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, this museum is dedicated to telling the story of the Mississippi River, from its colorful history to its modern-day role as a major transportation corridor. The museum features kid-friendly, interactive and computer animated exhibits. Steer a towboat through the locks and dam via simulator, measure your water consumption or come face-to-face with river fish in the aquarium. Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Alton Museum of History and Art
Winged monsters, explorers, riverboats and a gentle giant. The Alton Museum of History & Art shows the crossroads of American history in Alton. The museum is located in the historic Loomis Hall across from the Wadlow statue. Loomis Hall is the oldest building in the state of Illinois continuously utilized for education. One of the most popular rooms, the Wadlow Room, pays tribute to Alton's "Gentle Giant" and the World's Tallest Man. The Pioneer Room explores the history of Alton from the Lewis & Clark Expedition to the Civil War with exhibits on Elijah Lovejoy, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the "Alton Route" on the Underground Railroad. Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday 1 - 4 p.m.
Built in 1876, this 19-room museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was the division headquarters for Illinois Central Railroad. The museum showcases local artifacts from Amboy and the surrounding area.
Andover Historical Museum & Grounds
This former home of August Rehnstrom was a temporary haven for Swedish immigrants in the 1860s. The lawn features the bell from the area's first two-story school and millstones from the historic Edwards River Mill.
Presbyterian church in continuous operation since 1850 and the site of a winter encampment during the Trail of Tears. Only site certified by state of Illinois and Cherokee Nation.
Arcola Historic Train Depot & Information Center
This 1885 train depot displays Illinois Central Railroad memorabilia, the largest Louis Klein collection of antique brooms and brushes in the United States, and interesting Arcola relics and keepsakes. Because Arcola is the birthplace of Raggedy Ann creator Johnny Gruelle, Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls and collectibles are also on display.
Assumption Historical Society/Museum
This museum displays old school pictures and artifacts from the town of Assumption. Open by appointment.
Atkinson Historical Society Museum
This historical society museum has diplays and entertaining stories about the people and history of Atkinson, the Hennepin Canal, Rolle Bolle and Henry County.
Located at the Atlanta Museum, these three exhibits and 20 other prints depict a variety of Lincoln and Logan County events. It is located at the site of an early political rally during Abraham Lincoln's campaign for President.
The museum houses an agricultural display that includes antique tractors (1922-1937), engines, a 1919 grain/dump truck, a replica of a 1920s farmstead kitchen, and more.
This local history research archives houses historic photos, books, documents and maps covering Aurora's history from the 1830s to the present. Open by appointment only.
The museum features a variety of interactive exhibits designed to educate and entertain children, families, and firefighters. Visitors can pass a leather fire bucket. Marvel at a strange looking firemen's smoke mask. Explore the differences in fire hose nozzles. See and hear how fire engines clear the streets with sirens, horns, and devices that control traffic lights. Watch vintage firefighting films on five video touch-screens. All this, in addition to 5 pieces of fire apparatus on display in a fully restored fire station built in 1894. Suggested donation $5 adult and $3 child.
Aurora's interactive science and technology center offers over 200 hands-on exhibits demonstrating the principles of electricity, weather, astronomy and nuclear energy.
Fermilab's Lederman Science Center
The Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center houses hands-on exhibits for ages 10+, technology and science labs, a store and the K-12 Teacher Resource Center. Science Adventures classes for all ages take place at the Lederman Science Center. The Center also has a unique collection of indoor and outdoor exhibits introducing students to the world of particle physics. Open to the public Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–4:30 PM and on Saturdays from 9:00 AM–3:00 PM. The Center can accommodate groups of five or fewer on a walk-in basis. Larger groups must book a visit. Call 630-840-8258 for more information. A guided tour for families is available the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 am to noon.
Civic Center Authority Visitor Center
The Bedford Park Heritage Corridor Visitor Center is full of information and literature of exciting things to do and see throughout the Heritage Corridor. The Visitor Center provides National Heritage Corridor promotional literature and I&M Canal related resources to the public. It is operated by the Civic Center Authority in partnership with Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Village of Willow Springs. The Center is staffed by volunteers recruited and managed by the Civic Center Authority. Open Saturday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM and Sunday 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
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Visitors are invited to walk through this home, considered to be the oldest Greek Revival-style home in Illinois.
The Labor & Industry Museum is the only public institution devoted to the history of the labor and industry of Belleville and southwestern Illinois. The centerpiece is Jumbo, a 19th-century steam engine along with coal mining, carpentry, and stove-making exhibits.
St. Clair County Historical Society Museum
This Victorian adaptation of a Greek Revival home was built in the early 1800s. In addition to period furniture and vintage clothing, artifacts, and quilts, the museum contains an extensive research library and gift shop.
Boone County Historical Museum
Explore this varied collection of local memorabilia. The museum includes a log home, Civil War artifacts, a natural history room, historic dolls, clothes, tools and transportation ranging from a 1906 Eldredge Runabout to Belvidere's first Chrysler.
This restored 1905 jail museum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is near Rend Lake and features displays on General John A. Logan, The Beatles' George Harrison, actor John Malkovich, baseball star Doug Collins and Charlie Birger, the last convicted criminal to be hanged in Illinois. Only 5 miles of Rend Lake.


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Top stylish shopping spots in Cape Town: an Instagram essay
Allison Foat
I live and work in Cape Town, a place that inspires me on a daily basis with its beauty. I try and capture its exceptional uniqueness and that of other fabulous cities around the world, as best I can, as often as I can, through one lens or the other. I'm probably addicted to Instagram.
It's fair to say that I'm in search of amazingness wherever I can find it, and find it I shall.
I work as a Publicist in the entertainment industry, and am the founder and owner of DIVA PR (@AllisonFoat on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook / www.capetowndiva.blogspot.com).
My motto: seize the day.
As far as my favourite stores in Cape Town's CBD go, these five are at the top of my list at the moment. I tend to shop where products stand out by way of design and quality, and where I know I'll always get amazing service.
If I'm going to part with my plastic, I must have a fabulous shopping moment and be able to connect with the people who manage or own the stores – it's a big part of the experience for me.
Paul Smith
This store in Bree Street, owned by Anthony and Anne Keyworth, has long been a shopping destination for me. I love those famous stripes, I won't lie. I always used to make a beeline for the Paul Smith (PS) store in Covent Garden in London, and oh the joy when we got our own PS in the Mother City! This is where I go to buy my scarves, sneakers and a fab coat when I spy it. The quality of Paul Smith's garments is legendary, and the attention to design detail is exceptional – linings, cuffs, buttons ... there's always that special touch on PS apparel.
- 137 Bree Street, city centre (corner Bree and Wale); +27 (0)21 424 0354
LUSH captivated me when I first discovered it overseas about 20 years ago – those interiors with their pyramids of bright bath bombs and the aromas in each store are to die for (you can always sniff out a LUSH store, long before you see it).
The products at its V&A Waterfront store are not just attractive because they are good, but because they are 100% vegetarian, 83% vegan, 60% unpreserved and 38% naked (no packaging required), and are not tested on animals. I buy organic mascara, lipstick, soap, deodorant, body creams and bath bombs here – I'm a fan for life.
- V&A Waterfront (opposite iStore); www.lush.com; +27 (0)21 418 4150; @LUSHSouthAfrica
Have you seen my cool shirts, some a tad mad, with cats, birds and other random designs? I'm a BCWC (bluecollarwhitecollar) fan because these shirts set me apart from the masses, and I get great service from Anna and her team. Bluecollarwhitecollar has been on the style radar for five years, with a store in the Lifestyle Centre on Kloof Street and a pop-up stand at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock on Saturdays. Paul van der Spuy is the multi-award-winning designer behind the range of shirts and cool T-shirts, and in summer, retro shorts.
- Shop G21, Lifestyle Centre on Kloof Street; www.bluecollarwhitecollar.co.za; +27 (0)21 426 1921; @BCWCollar
My best place to buy unique tzatzkes is Heartworks – a haven of unique toys, trinkets, brooches and fun ornaments. This store sells beautifully made items – anything from Christmas tree decorations, to superbly carved wooden animals, to placemats, handbags, coasters, bracelets and keyrings.
This is the place to buy great gifts for friends overseas. The items sold are proudly South African and there's always something very different to be found, worn, given or just displayed.
- Gardens Centre, Mill Street; +27 (0)21 465 3289; www.heartworks.co.za
Extreme Eyewear
It is said that every face deserves the best frame, and if you're looking for something über-fabulous, go and see Justin Blecher at Extreme Eyewear, purveyor of sunglass and optical couture. He stocks a stunning range that will make wearing specs an event. He's a great optometrist who has looked after my blues for years.
- V&A Waterfront; +27 (0)21 421 1179; www.extremeeyewear.co.za
Allison Foat is a publicist in the entertainment industry and the founder and owner of DIVA PR. An Instagram addict, Allison is inspired by Cape Town's beauty on a daily basis. Visit www.capetowndiva.blogspot.com for more of her tasty and stylish adventures, and follow @AllisonFoat on Twitter


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I am not familiar with the different Christian doctrines but as I've slowly come to understand it, it seems that answers differ depending on doctrine. Does this mean there are no definitive answers to some questions due to the existence of different Christian doctrines?
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Does the diversity in doctrines among Christian traditions indicate that there are multiple "truths"? [closed]
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No, rather, diversity in doctrine shows the difficulty in approaching the truth.
Even armed with all that we know, there is plenty of room for educated, informed people to disagree on the best way to relate to God. When one person has a specific interpretation and others follow, that interpretation may become the doctrine of a specific sect. Others may interpret things differently, leading to other sects being formed. (Many of the churches we have today were formed by branching based on doctrinal disagreements.)
If the truth was easy to grasp, everyone would believe the same thing. But it isn't, and there are lots of variations in people's beliefs about what the truth is.
There is one truth, but people disagree on what it is.
No, there is only one truth. And it doesn't change because it is the person of God himself.
The problem is, our understanding is very limited and marred by sin. I quite honestly wish I was right more of the time, but quite frankly I'm wrong an awful lot.
The history of Christianity is littered with confusing tracks taken by folks who interpreted one issue or another differently based on their own priorities, limited understandings, etc. Others have tried to derail it for one reason or another. Among the jobs of the Church is to use the Bible as a reference to bring the first back into line and to identify the second as heretics and exclude them.
The issue is far more evident on a secular site like this that acts as a kind of public square. There are no doctrinal boundaries here to identify who the "real" Christians are so any self professing group can forward their doctrines here -- hence the need to scope questions to particular sets so that they can be given reasonable treatment in answers without sparking never-ending infighting between groups.
Throughout history you can trace something known as orthodoxy, or conventional standardized Christian belief. Different groups here will claim that line of faithful more-or-less correct doctrines is traced through different places, but each branch of Christianity (often referred to here as tradition) will have a pretty distinct set of doctrines or beliefs. While it is true that some of these are at odds with eachother and cannot both be actually "true", discovering which is truly true is an excersize left up to the reader and outside the scope of the StackExchange site. You can ask about all the doctrines here, but in the end you will have to make your own decision what to belief. You might find a local church helpful in this regard.
No. As Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life." (John 14:6) Note the use of the singular here, for both "way" and "truth".
Also note Matthew 7:13-14:
And again 1 Corinthians 14:33 (emphasis added):
And also 1 Corinthians 1: 10-13 (emphasis added):
This is just a small sampling of available scriptures on the topic, but it's clear that both Jesus and Paul considered there to be one truth; all divisions and confusions of doctrine were proscribed in clear and forceful language.
No, there is only one truth, but as finite humans we are incapable of fully grasping it:
But more important than knowing the right doctrine is learning to love the way God loves us:
In my experience, it's hard to find all the right answers, but it's even harder to practice that kind of love.


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Fort Hood's 3rd Brigade Combat Team is the first brigade in 1st Calvary Division to start combat training in a new way.
"We've kept a lot in check," said SFC Shane Hanover, who has been in the military for 23 years.
"We haven't shown a lot to the world in a long time."
"We were living on bases and executing on those bases and then back, but now it's more fluid and on the move," said LTC Robert Hensley.
This also means training on equipment that hasn't been used in nearly a decade.
With Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, the Army focused on the Middle East.
Troops often were on foot engaging with civilians and enemies in villages in terrain not suitable for certain military vehicles.
SFC Hanover says with today's training, he's seeing his soldiers fight in a way he hasn't seen in almost a decade.
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"It's nice to see the skill sets are still pertinent today."
LTC Hensley said soldiers must now combine old combat techniques with new ones.
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Here's a snippet from the working in a trigonometry textbook. I'm confused about the second line:
Am I correct in interpreting from this that: $1 - \sin^2 \theta \equiv (1 - \sin\theta)^2$ ?
Until now I had thought that $1 - \sin^2 \theta \equiv 1 - (\sin\theta)^2$
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I read this quote recently, attributed to Norman Mailer, that has had my brain itching:
Alimony is the curse of the writing class.
What did he mean by it?
I read this quote recently, attributed to Norman Mailer, that has had my brain itching:
What did he mean by it?
Roughly speaking, it means if you have to pay alimony, you have to earn money. Writing is not a way to earn money (for most of us). He's suggesting that it's insufficient income for an alimony payment, so a writer would have to take on some other work to earn enough money to make the payment, thus cutting into writing time.
Of course, you do have to suffer to write, so maybe it's a blessing in disguise. ;)
Personally, and without any reference to support it, I've always believed the quote meant that those dedicated to a writing career often cannot also effectively support a long-term, committed relationship. Which leads to divorce. And alimony.
Hence the curse. And Kris' reference from TJ Smith citing Mailer's six wives seems to confirm he suffered from it.
That if you take a writing class you'll want to become a writer, and your wife will leave you. Worse still, as a writer you won't make enough money to afford the alimony. [That last part is subtle, if money were not scarce than paying it wouldn't be so much a problem]


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The larger a group of people is, the more probable it is that they have to wait for at least one person before they can finally leave for the next pub. Why?
Assume the probability that one person delays is 3%. Then, for, say, 30 persons, it is almost certain -- 90%, or $3 \cdot 30\%$. Right?
Well, of course not. For $3\% =: \alpha$ and $30 =: n$, it is more along the lines of $1 - (1-\alpha)^n$. Had that at school. But still, for a fixed $\alpha$ there should be an $n \neq 0$ so that the "approximation" holds exactly. (Is that true anyway?)
$$ 1 - (1-\alpha)^n = \alpha n $$
I believe that there's no algebraic solution for this equation. But how to prove this (and perhaps similar problems)?
EDIT: After plotting the difference $1- (1-\alpha)^n-\alpha n$, it seems clear that the only values for $n$ where the equation holds are $0$ and $1$. This should be provable using elementary calculus, so I'm closing the question.


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HANNIBAL - Democrat Ed FitzGerald said no matter where he goes across Ohio, he cites the recent closure of Ormet Corp.'s aluminum smelter as an example of why voters should elect him over Republican Gov. John Kasich this year.
"Every part of Ohio I go to - and I have been in all 88 counties - I talk about Ormet," FitzGerald said at the plant Sunday, surrounded by several of the facility's 1,000 displaced employees.
"This is a crisis down here for this part of Ohio," he added.
FitzGerald serves as the executive of Cuyahoga County, home to Cleveland in northeastern Ohio. He and running mate Sharen Neuhardt are considered the likely opponents of Kasich and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor in the November general election.
FitzGerald has one opponent in the May Democrat primary - Larry Ealy of Dayton and running mate Ken Gray.
Ormet closed in October following a decision by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that did not reduce the company's American Electric Power bills by as much as Ormet officials requested. FitzGerald disputed claims by Kasich Press Secretary Rob Nichols that the governor has no direct authority over the PUCO to encourage its members to reconsider a ruling.
"The governor appoints members to the PUCO. When you appoint the members of the board, they tend to listen to you," he said.
FitzGerald also questioned why Kasich has not gone to Ormet, or anywhere in Monroe County, since the October closure.
"I gave him a long time to get down here," FitzGerald said of Kasich. "It's not political. It's your job. The governor has the power to get people together."
When Wayzata Investment Partners offered $221 million for Ormet last year, part of the new business plan involved eventually powering the aluminum smelter plant with natural gas.
FitzGerald said Ormet should have the opportunity to purchase electricity at "market rate" before building the natural gas power center.
Touting the ability to restart each of the plant's six potlines independently, Ormet officials now hope to sell the plant to a new company that may be able to operate it. Tom Byers, president of United Steelworkers Local No. 5724 at Ormet, sees this as a positive development.
"This is not about politics - we are just asking for help," he said of FitzGerald speaking at the plant. "These jobs are the lifeblood of this area."
When asked to respond to FitzGerald's Sunday speech at Ormet, Nichols referred questions to Ohio Republican Party spokesman Chris Schrimpf, who called FitzGerald "just a political opportunist."
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Schrimpf said the Kasich administration deployed a team from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to help displaced Ormet workers "immediately" following the shutdown.
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I'm not sure I understand how to get into hand to hand combat in RE5. It seems that I occasionally get a hint to press F and make hooks, but other than that and the machete, I don't see a way to just punch or kick an enemy.
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Unanswered: Config background image to fit the button
I have a push button and set its iconCls: 'icon-myimage'. I define in the css file the icon-myimage class as below:
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I'm sure there is a way to config the css or in extjs javascript. Can somebody show me how to fix this problem? Thank you!
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The button CSS is quite delicate, generally you'd just specify a background image and no-repeat for the icon.
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2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.
What is the "third heaven" that Paul mentions in this verse?
What is the "third heaven" that Paul mentions in this verse?
Two viable and not necessary mutually exclusive interpretations can be offered which result in the same theological conclusion.
Sky, Space, Heaven
I heard R.C. Sproul suggest that first heaven would denote the sky, second heaven deep space, and third heaven the presence of God. Ted Donnelly takes this interpretation in his book Biblical Teachings on the Doctrines of Heaven and Hell:
Three is Perfect
Three is a number of perfection because of the Trinity (e.g. Isaiah 6:3) and so Paul may very well mean it to be taken in a qualitative rather than quantitative sense—i.e. not indicating that there are multiple heavens but saying something to the effect of the heaven of perfection. Calvin says in his commentary on this verse:
Either way, the safest way to understand this phrase in 2 Corinthians 12:2 is that third heaven indicates an immediate revelation of the presence of the Triune God.
I cannot provide the exact cultural implications at the moment, but the third heaven has traditionally been taken as "into the very presence of God." This certainly was the position advocated by Aquinas as well as Augustine.
In Gen 1.1 'heavens' is a dual form of the word. God created two heavens and one earth. These are heavens 1 and 2 as listed above. They are created heavens.
The third heaven is referred to as the heaven of heavens:
Even the heaven of heavens cannot contain God. There is no container larger than God. Even this third heaven is within God himself. Since those going there have an 'out of body' type experience, it is suggested that it exists in a spiritual realm.
The Jewish sages tell us that when God created, he created the void within himself, since there was no place outside of himself. Then he created what we see, within and from the void.
With this model, the third heaven is outside of the void and within God himself. While we exist in the void, there is a separation from the essential nature of God. In the third heaven, His essential nature is experienced without separation.
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- Is it true that people 'like' those who are similar to them?
- Why is it so? Is there an evolutionary explanation?
Since you mentioned that you want an evolutionary explanation, there is one available. In biology the effect of providing benefit towards potential non-kin based on an arbitrary marker is known as the green-beard or armpit effect. In a social human setting, if the marker is arbitrary social construct it is usually known as ethnocentrism. This sort of behavior is studied in game theory in the context of cooperate-defect games (typical example: Prisoner's dilemma) and usually called conditional altruism.
It has been shown that conditional altruism evolves in a simple spatial agent-based model and promotes cooperative behavior (Hammond & Axelrod, 2006a 2006b). The effect does not create cooperation, but if there is another mechanism for creation of cooperation (say spatial factors in the H&A model) then ethnocentrism helps maintain it and extend the range of parameters under which cooperation can occur (Kaznatcheev & Shultz, 2011).
In humans, this ability to cooperate only with others of similar culture is believed to require a significant amount of cognitive ability. In fact, some even suppose that it could have been one of the factors that drove towards the increasing complexity of our brains. Unfortunately, Kaznatcheev (2010a) shows that the ethnocentrism of the sort present in the H&A models is not robust to increase in the cost of cognition. Thus, in humans (or simpler organisms) the mechanism allowing discrimination has to have been in place already (and not co-evolved) or be very inexpensive.
The above examples dealt with the prisoner's dilemma (PD) which is a typical model of a competitive environment. In the PD cooperation is irrational, so there conditional altruism allowed the agents to cooperate irrationally (thus moving over to the better social payoff), while still treating those of a different culture rationally and defection from them. This doesn't seem as bad, but Kaznatcheev (2010b) shows that the mechanism of ethnocentrism is robust across different games (not just PD) including ones where cooperation is rational. In those games conditional altruism produces an irrational defection from the out-group. Thus, from an evolutionary stand-point this is a two-edged sword: it can cause unexpected cooperative behavior, but also irrational hostility.
You may want to read up about "homophily". It is often summarised with the phrase "birds of a feather flock together". "Heterophily" relates to when people are attracted to those that are different to them.
There was a review article by McPhereson et al (2001) which you might like to read. To quote the abstract:


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I am facing a problem where the sql server 2008 fails for some high load. I need to find that load case and need to optimize the code so that it can handle the load. I have found on the internet that SQL profiler can be used to track the database interactions which can later be analyzed to find the exact point where the problem occurs. I have also found as to how we can start the sql profiler. But now my question is that by starting the sql profiler am i going to affect the server performance?
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SQL Server Profiler is a GUI that utilizes SQL Server Trace through the client-side. Due to this nature, yes you can potentially see a mild to severe performance impact depending on the environment.
SQL Server Profiler is suited mainly for a quick glimpse at what is happening on the server (provided the database server can handle the extra latency). It is not intended to be run for long periods of time. For longer traces, use a server-side trace or Extended Events.
If you use server side tracing, the impact on performance can be minimized.
Everything that the previous posters have said is correct. Profiler is an application that, at one point, used DMO and now uses SMO to capture trace events. This adds an enormous amount of overhead compared to simply using a server side trace.
SMO is an API that adds an additional "tier" to the tracing process along with a client application, Profiler. A server side trace will read trace events directly from a transaction queue, the resulting overhead of which is negligible.
I've been able to run server side traces in SQL Server environments that process 10,000+ transactions per second. Using Profiler in those same environments will bring the database instance to its knees. In any production environment, if you need to trace database activity always use a server side trace. Profiler will kill the database instance.
Yes, SQL Server Profiler does affect performance.
When you trace using the GUI, all events are synchronously processed and filtered, so factors such as server load, network latency, which events you collect, and even where the collected events are stored, all contribute to overhead.
As other answers have suggested, using a server-side trace instead of the GUI is preferred. However, this method is deprecated, and Extended Events should be used instead. (Note: even using Extended Events, which are more lightweight than a trace, it's still possible to add an undesirable amount of load to the server -- see the list in my second paragraph to think of how to minimize overhead when setting up an event session.)
In the case of a heavily-loaded server, you need to be very careful about the information being collected, as the measurement process itself may affect the problem being investigated.
SQL Server Profiler works in two steps: first you tell it to log all the queries. Then you run some typical transactions (or just let it log against production). This creates a "test load". Then you do the actual profiling (analysis) using the test load.
The logging isn't very expensive, especially compared to the cost of the queries themselves.


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The standard Desktop installer nor gparted work with RAID systems. Either the alternative installer or the server installer are required.
You can add RAID drivers to the desktop so you can run repairs in a liveCD mode or do some things. There are many types of RAID, so you have to use the correct tools for your version of RAID to modify partitions.
If you are not really running RAID then you have to remove RAID meta-data from the drives. Then the Desktop installer will work as it is not RAID. But BIOS should not be in RAID unless you have RAID. It should be AHCI or Large or LBA as drive setting.
Generally with drives of two different sizes you are not running RAID although some new systems have Intel SRT which uses RAID to make a SSD work with a hard drive.
If you are sure you do not have RAID.
Presence1960 on remove old raid setting from HD
sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb
Also check BIOS for raid settings