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Heaven on Earth: Zen-Like Lumeria Resort is Maui's Happy Place
Maui is a magical place. The island is known for reuniting old friends and having an uncanny ability to seep into your soul, whether you're watching the sun rise above the clouds atop Mount Haleakela, or silently meditating in a forest hammock overlooking the ocean.
It seems everywhere you go on the island, locals and tourists alike are eager to send a smile your way, say aloha, and engage in friendly conversation. In other words, it is the polar opposite of frenetic rat race I'd become accustomed to living in Los Angeles. And while the entire island evokes a certain peacefulness, those in search of true serenity will find no better haven than Lumeria on Maui. Lumeria's owner and creative director, Xorin Balbes, describes his 26,000 sq. ft. retreat as the perfect paradise for the "enlightened traveler."
From the moment I set foot onto Lumeria's six acres, nestled just two miles above the small but welcoming beach town of Pai'a, I felt a sense of calm wash over me. Lumeria's handsome main lodge beckons travel-weary passengers with its broad double doors, elevated ceilings peppered with decadent Moroccan light fixtures, and original dark wood frame that speaks to the site's long history on Maui's North Shore.
Lumeria's locale has a storied history on Maui — and exudes the serenity one would expect from a statuesque elder that has established itself as an institution on the island. Originally erected in 1909 as a convalescent home by sugar baron Henry Baldwin, the site is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, and was honored with a 2012 Preservation Award from the Historic Hawaii Foundation. As the Baldwin sugar empire faded in prominence, the property went through its own multi-dimensional transformation, serving as a college campus, a home for WWII veterans, and eventually, an over-populated dormitory for migrant pineapple workers.
When Balbes, a gay architect who also co-founded L.A.-based interior and architectural design firm TempleHome, first purchased the property in 2010, he says the site was in utter disrepair. But after a massive two-year renovation, and guided by Balbes' crystal clear vision to create a retreat that nourishes the body, mind, and spirit, Lumeria is nothing short of pure, regenerative magic.
After a five-hour flight from Los Angeles, and a 15-minute drive from Maui's Kahului Airport, I began my personal retreat in one of Lumeria's 24 simple, elegant private rooms. Complete with a palm-frond ceiling fan and impressively modern, minimalist stone showers and boutique amenities in the bathroom, I sprawled out on the soft, spacious four-poster queen bed and breathed in the cool island air from my open windows. Even this multimedia journalist who is generally glued to her smartphone didn't mind the lack of television in each room. I was eager to accept Lumeria's invitation to unplug — though for the sake of my deadlines, I was grateful for the free wifi available throughout the property.
As the sun set on my first day in Maui — the first time this Colorado native had been to any of the Hawaiian Islands — I emerged from my room ready to relax in the newly installed pool and hot tub. These aquatic retreats provided the perfect place to watch the sun set over the Pacific ocean, as they are situated near a corner of the property that overlooks Maui's endlessly scenic North Shore.
After soaking up the brilliant colors painted across the sky as the sun sunk into the ocean, I was welcomed into Lumeria's Harvest Restaurant, the on-site cafe that serves three meals a day comprised of locally grown organic food. The head chef, Indica, didn't flinch when I asked about options that were edible on my strict gluten-free diet. Instead she provided me with luscious, perfectly ripe fruit, vegetables, and some of the most succulent fish I've eaten to date. All the fruits and vegetables I ate over the course of my four-day stay came from within 10 miles of the restaurant. Some of the fruits came directly from Lumeria's garden on-site — including a pineapple I ate that entirely abolished what I thought was my universal dislike for the fruit. When my partner arrived at Lumeria the next day, the culinary team again accommodated our various dietary needs, offering my partner a wide range of vegetarian options that were both filling and fascinating.
My partner and I were, at the time, about halfway through a 10-month-long stint of a long-distance relationship, and were reunited in Maui for our first visit in six weeks. We could not have imagined a better, more joyful, romantic location for our reunion. After a decadent dinner at Mama's Fish House, just down the Hana Highway back into Pai'a, we found ourselves back at Lumeria, sipping pineapple wine by one of the gas-powered fire pits below a canopy of palm trees. After close to a year under the smog-filled skies of L.A., I was eager to stargaze, and we discovered the perfect spot to do so — smack-dab in the middle of Lumeria's impressive 10,000 square-foot grand lawn, lush and green and impossibly soft. My partner and I pointed out constellations and laughed at inside jokes, only quieting ourselves when we worried that our giggles might disturb the otherwise serene environment and generally mild-mannered guests.
During the day, that grassy terrace serves as the picturesque stage for several of the complimentary yoga classes included with each reservation at Lumeria. Guests can greet the day with a sunrise yoga class, or enjoy some acoustic accompaniment as they search for their own personal Zen in classes led by professional yogis. Lumeria also features an indoor yoga studio where seasoned professionals offer Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Anusara, and Restorative yoga. Those seeking greater enlightenment are certain to find solace in the various meditation classes also offered with each reservation, or are free to seek out their own private paradise in one of the many secluded meditation gardens on the grounds, each offering stunning views of both the ocean and the pine forest that surrounds the property, known in Hawaiian as Ke Kahua o Miuhia Makani, which translates to "the place of peaceful wind."
For those who want a somewhat less peaceful wind, Lumeria's concierge will be happy to arrange access to the North Shore's famed windsurfing, kite-boarding, and a host of other aquatic activities. Led by legendary and professional surfers like Suzie Cooney, Lumeria's water-sports program welcomes athletes of all abilities, and strives to help each guest make the most out of their island vacation.
While my experience at Lumeria reflected exactly the kind of rejuvenating, calming and solitary experience I was desperately needing after too long in people-saturated Los Angeles, the resort also hosts numerous retreats throughout the year, including writer's retreats, detoxes and cleanses, and, starting in 2014, two very special LGBT-focused retreats.
From June 7-11, 2014, Lumeria will host MAIA Midwifery's LGBTQ Fertility Retreat: Preparing for Vibrant Pregnancy, where participants can soak up the powerful, peaceful energy of Maui as they prepare to welcome the newest member of the family. Kristin Kali, a licensed midwife and owner of MAIA Midwifery and Fertility Services, will guide participants on a week-long journey exploring not only the technical aspects of pregnancy — including how to choose a donor, insemination, and maintaining a healthy pregnancy — but also gender, partner dynamics, sexuality, and legal issues as they arise in a uniquely queer context. The retreat will even feature a queer conception film festival, and promises to leave participants relaxed, rejuvenated, and ready to begin the next stage of building a family. In December 2014, the Body Electric returns to Maui, to partake in the ancient Hawaiian ritual of New Year's Vision. Anchored at Lumeria, the five-day retreat takes its guests to Maui's Seven Sacred Pools, and invites the creation of new visions as the sun rises above the famous Haleakala crater. The New Year Visions retreat will challenge participants to let go of those negative feelings and energy that didn't serve them well during the previous year, and find inspiration in Lumeria's luxurious, intentional construction that fosters introspection, serenity, and optimism. I can't imagine a better way — or a better place — to ring in the new year.
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Agnosticism is, in weaker forms, an affirmation of ignorance regarding the existence of a God or gods, and in stronger forms, the assertion that the existence of a deity or deities is unknowable.
By contrast, the formal definition of atheism given by encycylopedias of philosophy such as the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (and other philosophy reference works) is that atheism is the denial of the existence of God (see: Definitions of atheist and agnostic).[1]
Beginning in the latter portion of the 20th century and continuing beyond, many agnostics/atheists have argued that the definition of atheism should be defined as a lack of belief in God or gods. [2][3] [4][5]
- 1 Types of agnosticism
- 2 Origin of the word agnosticism
- 3 History of agnosticism
- 4 Analysis of agnosticism and common objections to agnosticism
- 5 Agnosticism and morality
- 6 Western agnosticism and race
- 7 American agnosticism and gender
- 8 Global agnosticism
- 9 American agnosticism: Race and gender statistics
- 10 Agnosticism statistics
- 11 Agnosticism debates
- 12 Betrand Russell on agnosticism
- 13 Charles Darwin and agnosticism
- 14 Famous agnostics
- 15 Agnosticism quotes
- 16 See also
- 17 External links
- 18 References
Types of agnosticism
See also: Types of agnosticism
Weak and strong agnosticism
See also: Atheism and agnosticism and Antitheism and Denials that atheists exist
The proponent of the weaker form does not make a claim to knowledge about existence, but he simply suspends from making a decision. A suspension of decision, in terms of logic, does not have a truth value, and therefore they are not making an argument. The proponent of the stronger form goes a step further and makes a claim to knowledge by saying, I know that the existence of God cannot be known.
Apathetic agnosticism
See also: Apatheism and Atheism and apathy
Apathetic agnosticism is not knowing if God/gods exists exist and not caring if God/gods exist.
Origin of the word agnosticism
The word "agnostic" was coined in 1869 by T. H. Huxley[6] from the Greek roots a- not, and -gnostic, knowing; the philosopher Herbert Spencer was influential in spreading its use. One nineteenth-century saw held that "There is no god but the Unknowable, and Herbert Spencer is his prophet."[7]
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Origin of the word agnostic
According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
|Though there are a couple of references in The Oxford English Dictionary to earlier occurrences of the word 'agnostic', it seems (perhaps independently) to have been introduced by T. H. Huxley at a party in London to found the Metaphysical Society... Huxley thought that as many of these people liked to describe themselves as adherents of various 'isms' he would invent one for himself. He took it from a description in Acts 17:23 of an altar inscribed 'to an unknown God'.[8]
History of agnosticism
See also: History of agnosticism
Up until at least 1970, there was a rise of agnosticism in the world. However, in the latter part of the 20th century and beyond, there was a decline of global agnosticism (see: History of agnosticism).
T. H. Huxley was an vociferous proponent of Darwinism and the worldview of Darwinism had extremely harmful effects on the world as it was influential in terms of Social Darwinism, Communism, Nazism and evolutionary racism (See: History of agnosticism).
Analysis of agnosticism and common objections to agnosticism
Common arguments for the existence of God
Norman Geisler on complete agnosticism
See also: Agnosticism quotes
Christian apologist Norman Geisler wrote on complete agnosticism:
|Complete agnosticism is self-defeating; it reduces to the self-destructing assertion that "one knows enough about reality in order to affirm that nothing can be known about reality." This statement provides within itself all that is necessary to falsify itself. For if one knows something about reality, then he surely cannot affirm in the same breath that all of reality is unknowable. And of course if one knows nothing whatsoever about reality, then he has no basis whatsoever for making a statement about reality. It will not suffice to say that his knowledge about reality is purely and completely negative, that is, a knowledge of what one cannot meaningfully affirm that something is not – that it follows that total agnosticism is self-defeating because it assumes some knowledge about reality in order to deny any knowledge of reality (Geisler, Apologetics, p. 20).[9]
Shaun Doyle: Four problems with agnosticism
Shaun Doyle writes:
| First, either God exists, or He doesn't. And, theism and atheism imply starkly different worlds. Atheism is a world of no objective purpose, meaning, beauty, or value. Theism expects science to work; it's a massive accident if God doesn't exist. But this contradicts strong agnosticism, which entails that theistic and atheistic worlds must be indiscernible. It also means weak agnosticism is flawed. The wildly different implications of theism and atheism make it unreasonable to remain agnostic forever.
Second, the weak agnostic might be unreasonably incredulous regarding the evidence for God. For instance, most Muslims reject the historicity of Jesus' death by crucifixion based on the Koran (e.g. Surah 4:157), despite the fact there is overwhelming evidence that Jesus died by crucifixion. Muslims refuse to accept an obvious truth due to a deeply held prior commitment. If so many people can be blinded to well-evidenced truths due to a faulty bias, it's not hard to see that the same is possible for the agnostic.
Third, it assumes that their allegedly poor position to know about God is permanent. Rather, a person's ability to know truths fluctuates with changing circumstances. It may be that they were once in a better position to know, or that they will come into a better position to know. The weak agnostic's ability to know about God is in principle provisional.
Finally, a dogged stance of doubt in the face of uncertainty is not very reasonable. For instance, Jesus said: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7). The psalmist said: "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!" (Psalm 34:8). God's goodness is worth grasping, and He is willing to answer those who seek after Him. As such, even if there is such a thing as reasonable uncertainty, that need not translate (and if God exists, certainly should not translate) into reasonable doubt.[10]
Laurence B. Brown on agnosticism
The Islamic scholar Laurence B. Brown raises the question to agnostics: ""You claim that nothing can be known with certainty ... how, then, can you be so sure?"[11]
Agnosticism is often seen as cowardly and fence sitting
Both theists and atheists frequently accuse agnostics of being cowardly, due to their wishy-washy rejection of God.[12] Studs Terkel, a self-described agnostic, jokingly referred to the frequent charge of agnostics being called cowardly, "You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist".[13]
It is also said by particular Christian groups, particularly but not exclusively in the United States of America, that those who know of Jesus but do not accept Him are just as damned as those who reject Him explicitly.
Agnostic Richard Dawkins and accusations of cowardice
See also: Agnosticism and debate
The evolutionists Richard Dawkins is an agnostic who flip-flops his public persona between being an agnostic and being an atheist (See: Richard Dawkins and agnosticism).
The Oxford University Professor Daniel Came (an atheist) wrote to Richard Dawkins: "The absence of a debate with the foremost apologist for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your CV and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."[15]
In October 2011, William Lane Craig went to England and the Daily Telegraph declared that Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for his refusal to debate William Lane Craig plus declared that Dawkins is a "proud man" and a "coward" who puts on an "illiterate, angry schtick" for the public.[16] In addition, Christian apologist Mariano Grinbank called Dawkins a "cowardly clown" because Dawkins and other prominent atheists refused to debate Creation Ministries International at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention.[17]
Below are some resources relating to Dawkins refusal to debate various debate opponents:
- Richard Dawkins and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (Denied debating him after losing video taped debate, refuses to debate another time)
In addition, respected biochemist and intelligent design researcher Dr Michael Behe has openly challenged prominent evolutionists and proponents of Darwinism to debate him regarding the many failings of evolutionism, yet Richard Dawkins - one of the most outspoken Darwinists today - has declined all such invitations.
Agnosticism and morality
See also: American agnosticism and political views statistics and Atheism and morality
Barna Group studies: Atheism and morality
Barna Group study on behavior of agnostics vs. evangelical Christians:
Richard Deem wrote:
| A random sample of 1003 adults were surveyed in May, 2008 by The Barna Group for their participation in a number of negative behaviors within the previous week. The results showed that there were vast differences in the behaviors of evangelicals compared to agnostics/atheists.
These results show that atheists/agnostics participate in morally questionable behaviors to a much greater degree than evangelical Christians - an average of nearly five times the frequency![18]
Barna Group study related to agnostics' beliefs about behaviors:
The Barna Group found that agnostics and atheists in America were more likely, than theists in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: illegal drug use; excessive drinking; sexual relationships outside of marriage; abortion; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; gambling; pornography and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in homosexuality/bisexuality.[19]
Given the many diseases associated with homosexuality, the biblical prohibition against homosexuality is quite arguably one of the many example where the Bible exhibited knowledge that was ahead of its time. See also: Atheism and sexual immorality
Agnosticism and Uncharitableness
Per capita agnostics and atheists in the United States give significantly less to charity than theists.
Aldous Huxley and sexual immorality quote
See also: Atheism and meaninglessness
The agnostic Aldous Huxley wrote:
|I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; and consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure metaphysics. He is also concerned to prove that there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to do. For myself, as no doubt for most of my friends, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom. The supporters of this system claimed that it embodied the meaning - the Christian meaning, they insisted - of the world. There was one admirably simple method of confuting these people and justifying ourselves in our erotic revolt: we would deny that the world had any meaning whatever.[20]
Western agnosticism and race
See also: Western agnosticism and race and Atheism and race
Pew Forum reported about agnosticism/race in the United States:
|Atheists and agnostics are particularly likely to be non-Hispanic whites. Fully eight-in-ten atheists and agnostics (82%) are white, 3% are black, 6% are Hispanic, and the remainder is of some other race or of mixed race."[21]
For more information, please see: Western agnosticism and race
American agnosticism and gender
Pew Forum reported about agnosticism/gender in the United States:
|Atheists and agnostics are much more likely to be male (64%) than female (36%). Americans who identify their religion as "nothing in particular" are more evenly divided: 53% are men, and 47% are women.[22]
Global agnosticism
See also: Global agnosticism and Desecularization and Agnosticism statistics and Global atheism [[File:Europe map.png|thumbnail|right|165px|Secular Europe has one of the highest rates of agnosticism rates in the world.
According to the agnostic and religious demography scholar Eric Kaufmann, in the Europe of tomorrow, immigration and religious fertility will increase the proportion of committed Christians in Europe, many from the developing world.[23] See: Desecularization In 2015, Pew Research indicated in their report The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050 that agnostics and atheists "will make up a declining share of the world's total population."[24]
The Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary estimated that agnostics made up about 12.8% of the global adult population in 2015. CSGC projects that agnostics will makeup about 11.5% of the global adult population in 2025 and 9.1% of the global adult population in 2050.[25]
The agnostic Eric Kaufmann is a professor of politics at Birkbeck, University of London and author. His academic research specialty is how demographic changes affect religion/irreligion and politics.
Kaufmann wrote in 2010:
|Worldwide, the march of religion can probably only be reversed by a renewed, self-aware secularism. Today, it appears exhausted and lacking in confidence... Secularism's greatest triumphs owe less to science than to popular social movements like nationalism, socialism and 1960s anarchist-liberalism. Ironically, secularism's demographic deficit means that it will probably only succeed in the twenty-first century if it can create a secular form of 'religious' enthusiasm." [26]
According to Kaufmann, in the Europe of tomorrow, immigration and religious fertility will increase the proportion of committed Christians in Europe, many from the developing world.[27]
Frequency in Western World Countries
Agnosticism has become a fairly common belief system in Western culture with 14% of people in the United States, 32% of people in France and 35% of people in Great Britain self-identifying as agnostics.[28]
American agnosticism: Race and gender statistics
See also: Western atheism and race and Atheism and women
Pew Research reported in 2012:
| Atheists and agnostics are particularly likely to be non-Hispanic whites. Fully eight-in-ten atheists and agnostics (82%) are white, 3% are black, 6% are Hispanic, and the remainder is of some other race or of mixed race...
Atheists and agnostics are much more likely to be male (64%) than female (36%).[29]
Agnosticism statistics
Agnosticism debates
See also: Agnosticism debates
Despite there being more self-described agnostics in the world than self-described atheists (See also: Definitions of Atheist and Agnostic),[30] since at least the latter part of the 20th century, there have been more atheism vs. Christianity debates than atheism vs. agnosticism debates (see: Atheism debates and Christianity vs. atheism debates). In recent times, however, there have been notable cases of atheists being unwilling to engage in debates (see: Atheism and cowardice).
For a listing of notable agnosticism related debates, please see: Agnosticism debates
Betrand Russell on agnosticism
[[Image:998086u.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|An essay by the Christian apologist Dr. James Spiegel describes Bertrand Russell as a "misogynistic and a serial adulterer; a chronic seducer of women, especially very young women, even in his old age."[31]]] Bertrand Russell once wrote that, in describing his beliefs,
- I never know whether I should say 'Agnostic' or whether I should say 'Atheist'.... As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one [can] prove that there is not a God. On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods.[32]
In 1927, Bertrand Russell wrote an essay entitled "Why I am not a Christian" which was based on a lecture Russell gave the same year.[33][34]
Below are some works by Christian apologists which show the inconsistencies and logical fallacies of Bertrand Russell's essay:
- Critique of Bertrand Russell's essay "Why I am not a Christian" by Dr. Greg Bahnsen
- Why Bertrand Russell was not a Christian by Rev. Ralph Allan Smith (1996)
- Bertrand Russell and Christianity by the Christian Courier
Charles Darwin and agnosticism
Charles Darwin likely abandoned Christianity as a student when he disappointed his father by refusing to become a minister. In his autobiography Charles Darwin wrote about the diminishment of his religious faith and Darwin stated that he was an agnostic.[37] Darwin wrote the following: "The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble to us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic."[38] However, Darwin stated in his private notebooks that he was a materialist, which is a type of atheist.[39] [40][41] In the 1996 British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Kim Sterelny wrote in a book review the following: "I have no doubt that Darwin was a materialist and a mechanist..."[42] See: Religious views of Charles Darwin
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy states regarding a candid admission of Charles Darwin:
| In 1885, the Duke of Argyll recounted a conversation he had had with Charles Darwin the year before Darwin's death:
In the course of that conversation I said to Mr. Darwin, with reference to some of his own remarkable works on the Fertilisation of Orchids, and upon The Earthworms, and various other observations he made of the wonderful contrivances for certain purposes in nature—I said it was impossible to look at these without seeing that they were the effect and the expression of Mind. I shall never forget Mr. Darwin's answer. He looked at me very hard and said, "Well, that often comes over me with overwhelming force; but at other times," and he shook his head vaguely, adding, "it seems to go away."(Argyll 1885, 244)[43]
For most of his adult life Charles Darwin suffered from very poor health.[44] The 1992 New Encyclopaedia Britannica stated that Darwin's illness was psychogenic in origin (A psychogenic illness is one that originates in the mind or in mental condition).[45] see: Charles Darwin's illness
Famous agnostics
See also: Famous agnostics
- Richard Dawkins and agnosticism
- Charles Darwin
- T. H. Huxley
- H.L. Mencken
- David Hume
- Robert G. Ingersoll
- Clarence Darrow
- Stephen Jay Gould[46][47]
- Francis Crick[48]
- Alan Dershowitz
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Carl Sagan
- Timothy McVeigh[49]
- Bill Maher
- Larry King
- Steve Wozniak
- Studs Terkel
Agnosticism quotes
See: Agnosticism quotes
See also
- Definition of atheism
- Ex-agnostics
- Atheists doubting the validity of atheism
- Atheist factions
- Apatheism
- Christianity in Conservapedia
External links
- Atheism, Agnosticism, and Skepticism Synopsis of Understanding Secular Religions by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Smart, J. J. C. (August 8, 2011). "Atheism and agnosticism". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.).
- Merriam-Webster dictionary: Atheism - a disbelief in the existence of deity; the doctrine that there is no deity. Origin of atheism: Middle French athéisme, from athée atheist, from Greek atheos godless, from a- + theos god [1]
- Atheism: a + theos, denying god, (Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology-1966).
- Sarfati, Jonathan, Ph.D. (23 June 2007). "Atheism is more rational?". See Creation Ministries International, Jonathan Sarfati.
- Day, Donn R. (2007). "Atheism - etymology".
- Definition of atheism by William Lane Craig
- Putting the Atheist on the Defensive by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal, Fall 1991, and Winter 1992, page 7.
- ↑ Day, Donn R. (2007). "Atheism - etymology".
- ↑ Definition of atheism by William Lane Craig
- ↑ Putting the Atheist on the Defensive by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal, Fall 1991, and Winter 1992, page 7.
- ↑ Britain is a less religious country than the United States and the online Oxford Dictionaries offers both the narrow/broad definitions of atheism (As noted in a previous footnote the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which is a traditional American dictionary, offers a more narrow definition of atheism similar to the definition that major encyclopedias of philosophy use). Oxford Dictionaries: Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.[2]
- ↑ T. H. Huxley was also an early and influential supporter of Darwinism.
- ↑ London, Jack (1913), Martin Eden, Chapter 13
- ↑ [Atheism and Agnosticism], Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- ↑ http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/ch01/default.htm
- ↑ Agnosticism by Shaun Doyle
- ↑ Laurence B. Brown (February 2008). MisGod'ed: A Roadmap of Guidance and Misguidance in the Abrahamic Religions.
- ↑ Studs Terkel, a self-described agnostic, jokingly referred to the frequent charge of agnostics being called cowardly, "You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist".[3]
- ↑ Interview:Studs Terkel, PBS
- ↑ Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God, The Daily Telegraph, May 14, 2011
- ↑ Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God, The Daily Telegraph, May 14, 2011
- ↑ Richard Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for refusing to debate William Lane Craig - October 21, 2011 - The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ Richard Dawkins, the Cowardly Clown
- ↑ Atheism Doesn't Lead to Immoral Behavior - Or Does It? by Richard Deem
- ↑ Practical outcomes replace biblical principles as the moral standard, Barna Group
- ↑ Aldous Huxley quote
- ↑ "Nones" on the Rise - Demographics, Pew Forum
- ↑ "Nones" on the Rise - Demographics, Pew Forum
- ↑ Shall the Righteous Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann
- ↑ The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050, Pew Research Forum
- ↑ Status of Global Christianity, 2015, in the Context of 1900–2050
- ↑ Shall the religious inherit the earth? - Eric Kaufmann
- ↑ Shall the Righteous Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann
- ↑ http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=1131
- ↑ "Nones" on the Rise Demographics, Pew Research
- ↑ Table on the projected global shrinkage/growth of various worldviews including atheism and agnosticism (Source: Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
- ↑ The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief By James Spiegel, page 72, Moody Publishers, 2010
- ↑ Russell, Bertrand (1947) Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic? Most online sources say "by which one prove," probably a mistake.
- ↑ http://gregbahnsen.blogspot.com/2007/06/interlude-why-bertrand-russell-should.html
- ↑ http://gregbahnsen.blogspot.com/2007/06/interlude-why-bertrand-russell-should.html
- ↑ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleological-arguments/notes.html
- ↑ http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-2109
- ↑ http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/library/cd_relig.htm
- ↑ http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/library/cd_relig.htm
- ↑ http://www.creation.com/content/view/1877
- ↑ Barrett, Paul H. Darwin on Man 1974:276
- ↑ American Scientist May 1977:323
- ↑ http://firstname.lastname@example.com/01cce4405c00501c2c38a&dpi=3&config=jstor British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Volume 47, 1996, page 641
- ↑ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleological-arguments/notes.html
- ↑ http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i4/darwins_illness.asp
- ↑ http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i4/darwins_illness.asp
- ↑ http://www.worldviewtimes.com/article.php/articleid-1739
- ↑ http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2007/03/20/a-review-of-the-dawkins-delusion-by-alister-mcgrath/
- ↑ Francis Crick, What Mad Pursuit: a Personal View of Scientific Discovery, Basic Books reprint edition, 1990, ISBN 0-465-09138-5, p. 145.
- ↑ http://townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2010/04/21/wouldnt_a_miniseries_on_attila_the_hun_explain_nancy_pelosi?page=2

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NO! This is a book about the vapid lives of the rich need-do-wells. I've listened for 2.5 hours and am bored, bored, bored. And Simon Vance's prissy, arrogant voice makes it even more tiresome.
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I almost never give up on books but I just couldn't do this one. Simon Vance does a good job but this is way to pointless.
"Pretentious boring and plotless"
How I wish I had read ALL the reviews instead of the first few - this is one of the most awful audio books - pretentious, plot-less, devoid of any characters worth connecting to - and after a few hours of struggling to find some value - I gave up. What a waste of money. And after I had just listened to Ken Follett's and Nelson De Mille's amazing books, the let-down was even worse. Not only was the book itself pointless, but the reader had this dreadful nasal snobbish upper class British accent that was hard to listen to. Sigh. What a disappointment.
I love a long listen and was excited about this book. I have never downloaded a book and then not finished it but this was the exception. I gave it 6 hours and wanted to stick a fork in my eye.
"Devoid of life, plotless, pointless...."
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The Effect Of Time In A Multi-Dimensional Marriage Market Model
In the paper, the author develops a theoretical model of a marriage market that accounts for the effect of aging on agents' wealth and physical attractiveness. Furthermore, the author uses the model to analyze how the structure and more importantly the stability of the marriage market is affected by the increased female income prospects. First, the author finds that the changes in agents' characteristics can result in an incentive to re-match and thus provide yet another explanation of the phenomenon of divorce. Second, comparative statics show that an increase in female income prospects increases the divorce rate, which suggests that the stabilization effect of being more attractive for a current partner is dominated by the effect of increased female marriage market opportunities.


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ARLINGTON, Texas - Kyler Murray threw four touchdown passes and ran for 188 yards and another score and Allen defended its Class 5A Division I championship with a 63-28 victory over Pearland on Saturday.
Allen scored the most points by a champion in the state's highest classification in front of the biggest title game crowd in Texas history - 54,347 at the $1.2 billion home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The No. 1 team in the final Associated Press poll won its 27th straight game a week after a semifinal victory against DeSoto, the second-ranked team at the end of the regular season.
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Running Time: 133
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Company: BelAmi Entertainment
Distribution Companies: Paladin
Cast: Jirka, Riga, Marek, David (II), Richard (II), Igor (II), Miroslav (I), Szabo, Josef (II), Sven (II), Stepan, Alex (II), Jiri (I), Martin (II), Tomas (II), Petr (II), Radim, Zoltan, Branislav, Jan (II), Adam (III), Jimmy (II)
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The successful Bel Ami audition series continues with another look at 30 aspiring porn talents who jack for the camera. Twenty of the sequences are shorter clips taken from Bel Ami's online "Casting Couch." But ten lads were seen as extra special and asked to do an interview-and-stroke section for director Marty Stevens (and helper Sebastian Bonnet). These ten segments lead the show, and each opens with various facts (favorite foods range from fried cheese to schnitzel) followed by brief question-and-answer sessions that touch upon hobbies and sexual experiences. Some of these fellas appear more nervous than others, while one even comes across as annoyed and close-to-angry. It's a good mix, and all of these smoothies are sure to please. David, a dark-haired heartbreaker with a killer smile, starts things off well, while Martin (the first of four Martins) appears honest and natural, coming across very "real" during his interview. Petr 1 has dimples, piercing eyes, and a sweet dick, while Petr 2 inadvertently comes in his own mouth with a monster shot in the eighth segment, his teeth and lips covered in cum. Josef also shoots a nice load, while Sven is a sweetheart ("It takes time to know another person and know what turns them on... but once I figure it out, I go for it."). The stroking is pretty standard sit-and-jack stuff without much variety, but with so much young hard dick to go around, who cares?


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Posted: 04/14/2012 - Authorities say a Fort Campbell soldier has been apprehended in Georgia after a high-speed chase in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife at the Kentucky Army post.
Posted: 04/13/2012 - Investigators say the pair has been arrested for two counts of breaking and entering for crimes they have been connected with on Lakeside Drive and Ontario Drive.
Posted: 04/12/2012 - The Bay County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of Angela M. Dotson this morning on charges of Exploitation of the Elderly, a third degree felony.
Posted: 04/12/2012 - From drugs to robberies, career criminal Lazaro Frias' was back behind bars Wednesday.
Posted: 04/12/2012 - At approximately 5:50PM, this afternoon, the Enterprise Police Department received a call from a Wal-Mart employee advising that a shoplifting was in progress at the Enterprise store.
Posted: 04/12/2012 - A Florida judge says that a defamation lawsuit filed against Casey Anthony can go to trial early next year.
Posted: 04/11/2012 - On Wednesday, April 4, 2012, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a theft complaint at the Pilot Truck Stop located at 2209 Hwy 71 in Marianna, FL.
Posted: 04/11/2012 - A boat full of marijuana washed ashore this morning in Palm Beach, Florida.
Posted: 04/11/2012 - Gwinnett County police say a woman shot her husband to death in a parking lot near Duluth and shot another woman before killing herself.
Posted: 04/11/2012 - A judge has set a bond for a Mercer University law school graduate who was charged with killing a fellow classmate last year.
Posted: 04/11/2012 - A former executive for Glock Inc. was sentenced to seven years in prison and 13 years of probation for stealing a pistol and conspiring with a co-worker to pilfer millions from the gun manufacturer.
Posted: 04/10/2012 - Violent crime rate down, but officer homicides are up.
Posted: 04/09/2012 - Deputies discovered one of the residents to be in possession of a quantity of methamphetamine as well as evidence of Methamphetamine production inside that residence.
Posted: 04/09/2012 - Klenton McLemore opened up Monday about the recent loss of his younger brother Tranum McLemore.
Posted: 04/07/2012 - Police in metro Atlanta have arrested a woman in the shooting of a 9-year-old girl in metro Atlanta.
Posted: 04/06/2012 - Investigators have arrested a female they say opened fire in the air at a Waffle House early Friday morning.
Posted: 04/05/2012 - A Liberty County resident is dead from a gunshot wound following what police say was a domestic dispute in his home outside Bristol. Police are trying to determine if he was killed or killed himself.
Posted: 04/05/2012 - The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Crestview man with sexual battery on a child under twelve and multiple counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under twelve.
Updated: 04/05/2012 - Calhoun talked about his childhood and some of the mistakes he made. He owned up to those mistakes but never specifically admitted to Brown's murder.
Posted: 04/05/2012 - Police began investigating the case March 19, 2012 when the victim filed a report indicating she had paid a large amount of money to Christopher Davis in 2011 for home renovations she had contracted him for.
Posted: 04/04/2012 - Today at approximately 2:45PM, a traffic accident occurred at the intersection of Dixie Drive and Apache Drive involving an unmarked police car and a white Pontiac Grand Am.
Posted: 04/04/2012 - Convicted murderer Johnny Sketo Calhoun walked into the Holmes County courtroom Wednesday with a smile on his face.
Posted: 04/04/2012 - Hundreds of protestors crowded the Florida State Capitol steps Wednesday.
Posted: 04/03/2012 - The police chief at Florida A&M University is retiring less than a week after reports surfaced that the school failed to inform Tallahassee authorities of an off-campus hazing incident.
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The Tigers may be out of the Marcus Lattimore Sweepstakes, but that's not preventing them from pulling together a top-flight recruiting class. Last week, they added the commitments of six more players, pushing their 2010 list to 14.
The burst was capped by the additions of Corey Crawford and David Beasley of Carver High in Columbus, Ga., along with Atlanta Westlake High's Darius Robinson.
Crawford is a 6-foot-5, 235-pound DE who had a pile of offers, including Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Beasley, a 6-4, 290-pound OG, was also pursued by South Carolina, Miami and UCLA, among others. Robinson, who is a 6-0, 170-pound CB, also had offers from Miami and Stanford.
That trio was merely the cap to a remarkable week.
Also committing were Kalon Davis, a 6-5, 340-pound OL from Chester (S.C.) High; Nashville Ensworth High TE Sam Cooper (6-5, 230) and Roswell (Ga.) Centennial High CB Martin Jenkins (5-9, 170 pounds).
Davis also had offers from South Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest and Alabama.
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Volunteer and former alumni association president Sperky Whiteside Byrne '56 (l) greets Dorothy Phinney '44 at the start of the "Hi! Tea Welcome Back Reception"
Our alumna who travelled the farthest to attend: (l) Esther Omolara Kayode-Adedeji '74, from Nigeria, with classmate Mary Lenore Gricoski Keszler, M.D. Welcome home!
Friday afternoon's "Hi! Tea Welcome Back Reception" led directly into a selection of educational/personal enrichment sessions led by four faculty members and two alumnae. Bravo all around, so say our alumnae who attended.
We're definitely at CHC...always with an opinion!
Cardiothoracic surgeon Kathleen McNicholas '69 co-presents the session "Where Do You Go Between the Obstetrician and the Pediatrician?" with Nancy Loving '68, former director of WomenHeart.
Karen Wendling, Ph.D. '03, assistant professor of chemistry, addressing the session "CSI: CHC...How DO They Do It?"
Father Rick Malloy, S.J., Ph.D, assistant professor of cultural anthropology, fascinates alums & guests with his "Catholicism Through Hollywood Eyes" session.
Assistant Professor of Music Ed Strauman, Ph.D. shared video excerpts from classic musicals while exploring key elements common to all during his "Broadway Musicals: Art or Entertainment?" session.
Pretty much a packed house for music professor Ed Strauman's 'Hollywood Musicals" session. That's right, Toto, we're in Chestnut Hill, not Kansas.
Suzanne del Gizzo, Ph.D. addressing the session "Hemingway on the Big Screen."
Catching up at Friday's Spanning the Globe Buffet Dinner immediately following the concurrent educational/enrichment sessions.
"To Boldly Go...," one final session after Friday's buffet dinner, conducted by physics professor Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, Ph.D. A first-time visit to the planetarium for many alums!
Friday night's "CHC Idol Night on the Hill" moved to the Social Room from the rain-drenched, tented Piazza --- but spirits were high as just about everyone kicked into karaoke mode. The Tiki Bar helped a bit, too.
(l-r) Alumni association president Pat Cholewinski Nicholson '70 greets Terry Clarke Trudeau '68 and Nancy Loving '68, co-presenter with Kathleen McNicholas, M.D. '69 of the women's heart health educational session. Nancy received the Distinguished Achievement Award in 2008 for her public advocacy success with women's heart health issues.


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This comprehensive and lucidly written volume is the combined effort of nine contributors, five of whom either are surgeons or are working in related fields. Three are research workers in the basic sciences, and one is a radiologist. The plan used in writing this book is a reflection of the interests of the authors, with the medical point of view conspicuously absent. The first portion of the book is devoted to the basic anatomy and physiology of the peripheral vessels and the laboratory and clinical methods of studying the circulation. The role of the sympathetic nervous system and its innervation of the vascular tree are stressed. Numerous diagrams and photomicrographs help to elucidate the text. The section also contains an excellent chapter on the radiology of peripheral vascular disorders. Included are descriptions of the results of soft-tissue x-ray technique, arteriography, and venography. The various pathological alterations are profusely illustrated by
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Padres Home Game series: vs. the Marlins
- When Multiple dates from Jul 30 - Aug 1, 2010 [days & times]
- Where PETCO Park, 100 Park Boulevard , San Diego Map | Website
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The San Diego Padres will take on the Florida Marlins in a home game series July 30 - August 1 at PETCO Park.
Friday, July 30, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, July 31, 5:35 p.m.
Special features:Clayton Richard Bobbleheads to the first 25,000 fans
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You Don't Know JackWritten by on July 17, 2014 Contributors: Jack Greiner A look back at hot rodding and track roadster racing in the Pacific Northwest during the '40s and '50s through the eyes - and photos - of Jack Greiner.
In Salem, Oregon, in 1946, an 18-year-old Jack Greiner spent his summers working in the local canneries and saved the money he earned there. He'd seen a '32 Ford roadster around town and heard it was for sale. Jack went to check it out.
The guy selling it was George Schwartz. The Deuce was painted a light gray primer and had a chopped windshield and no top. The original mechanical brakes were still in place, and it had a '40 flathead V-8 under the hood. The gas tank had been remounted in the trunk, along with the battery.
George was busy working on it and didn't pay much attention to Jack. When Jack asked how much, George replied $500. Jack said, "I'll buy it." After George nearly fainted, he hustled in the house to get his dad and make the deal.
For the next year, Jack's world would revolve around that '32 roadster. After the purchase, Jack started making improvements. He installed a set of Shanafelt heads with a matching dual-carb intake and a pair of 97s. Bill Shanafelt was one of a few speed equipment manufacturers in nearby Portland, including Eddie Edmunds, Bill Schnell, and Emerson Payne, who were all casting multiple-carb aluminum intakes for flathead Fords. Jack had a Carson-style removable top made at a cost of $65, and he spent an additional $12 for side curtains. This work was done by the Portland Top Company, a firm where Tom Medley had worked before moving to SoCal and becoming famous for his Stroker McGurk cartoons. Jack finished the car by having it painted maroon.
The '32 had the original front axle, and the kingpins and bushings were badly worn. The car would develop a shimmy at the city speed limit of 25 mph, forcing Jack to drive slower or faster to prevent it. One day, Jack was cruising through town at probably a little more than 30 and was stopped by the police. As the cop approached Jack's car, Jack got out and started explaining his dilemma. He told the cop he had a drop-center axle ordered, and he was going to replace all of the necessary parts to cure the problem. When the cop put away his ticket book and started telling Jack how fast he made the 40-mile trip to Portland in his Lincoln Zephyr, Jack was quite relieved. The best part: The cop's name was Blackie White!
In 1947, up the road in Portland, track roadster racing (hot rods) on Portland Speedway's 5⁄8-mile paved oval was in its second season. It was a rather inexpensive way for a young guy who was, in many cases, braver than Dick Tracy to get started in racing. With many of the entrants in the hot rod class consisting of stripped-down street cars, Jack decided to give it a try. He removed the fenders, headlights, and windshield from his Deuce. He had the number 93 and his name painted on the side. With Huely Graham, an experienced race driver, at the wheel, they raced it a couple of times at Portland. Jack drove it once at Portland and again at Klamath Falls on a dirt track at the rodeo grounds. Jack said they flat-towed it the 470-mile round trip with a friend's '40 Mercury convert. He received tow money of $35. Gas was cheap, and that more than covered expenses for the trip.
During that summer, the Northwest racers were paid a visit by Jack McGrath and Manuel Ayulo, two of Southern California's top roadster pilots. Jack and Manny's cars were two nearly identical '27 roadsters. Both were equipped with quick-change in-and-out boxes coupled directly to the back of the crankshafts. The locals learned real fast how not having a flywheel, clutch, or transmission made for quick acceleration off the corners. Those boxes also saved weight and enabled a speedy gear-ratio change for any size track. The California boys dominated on both the big paved track at Portland and the dirt track at the Salem Fairgrounds. The handwriting was on the wall: A lightweight, race-only, T-bodied roadster was going to be mandatory to be remotely competitive in the sport. Jack realized he needed to sell the '32 and either build or buy a real race car, so he painted the car blue and re-installed a stock '40 engine. He sold it to the son of Salem's mayor for $550.
Jack spent the 1948-'49 race seasons helping his pal Don Waters with a new '25-bodied lightweight car Don built and raced. After the '49 season was over, Jack bought a front-running car, minus engine and trans, from racer Dick Clevenger. It was a '27 on '32 rails, with a Franklin 6:1 steering box, and it was all business. Don Waters had just bought a live-axle Halibrand quick-change rearend, and he generously gave Jack the Stelling in-and-out box that he had used in his car. Now Jack had a car similar to the ones McGrath and Ayulo had made such an impression with a year earlier.
When the '50 race season rolled around, Jack had his new car ready to go with a 268-inch engine that utilized the Shanafelt heads and manifold he had run on the '32. Jack drove the car a few times until the flag man told him he would appreciate it if Jack would do him a favor and find someone else to drive! The flag man was Pat Vidan, who became the official starter for the Indianapolis 500 starting in 1962 and continuing until the late '70s. Jack's drivers through the years were Don Crockett, Frankie McGowan, Don Porter, and Ben Eyerly, who was his main driver. Jack's only track time consisted of warming up the car before the race.
Around 1952, Jack and Ben built a new roadster, a '25 body on T rails that weighed in at 1,600 pounds. They built it in one week and ran it until the roadster-racing era came to an end in the Northwest in 1955. The last race was held on the paved quarter-mile at Salem's Hollywood Bowl.
Jack has never lost his love for hot cars and racing. After he bought a new Shelby GT500 Mustang, he asked me, "Doesn't every 80-year-old need 500 hp?" On his 85th birthday, he took the Mustang for a morning run and kicked it up to 100. He said it didn't take long!
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These shots show Jack getting the '32 ready for the track in 1947. In the photo showing the front of the car (parked in his parents' driveway), you can see the "sanitary" front bumper and mechanical brake linkage. Jack said it was a weekly ritual to lubricate and adjust the brake system.Ready to race, 1947: Fenders, running boards, and windshield are gone from the Deuce, and Jack has his race face on. How many of us would put a fine roadster like this in harm's way on a dirt oval today?Jack's friend Don Waters loaned him a 268-inch, Offy-equipped flathead in 1948. "Plenty of horsepower," remembered Jack about the stroker.After Jack bought the Deuce in 1946, he installed Shanafelt heads and intake (cast in nearby Portland) on the '40 flathead that was in the car. Those are rare parts today.Here's Jack, in 1950, replacing head gaskets. He had moved the Shanafelt heads and intake from the '32 to the new race car. Note the Kinmont disc brakes on the front. They came with the car, brand new, uninstalled. They were one of the first sets in the area, and being an "unknown quantity," they turned out to be quite a struggle for Jack to adjust. He got fed up and traded them for a set of stock Ford brakes. Jack chuckled when I informed him those Kinmont brakes are going for north of 10 grand today.Jack's future wife, Rolleen, was a real race fan. They attended the Indy 500 a couple of times. A.J. Foyt was her favorite driver. They were married for nearly 60 years.In 1952, Jack and Ben Eyerly built a new roadster on T rails with a '25 body weighing in at 1,600 pounds. They built it in one week. This is their first outing with the new car, with Don Porter at the wheel. It was a 100-lap race at Portland Speedway, where they finished a respectable Seventh Place.


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Police have charged a pair of Chauvin siblings with animal cruelty after finding a dead pit bull and four other emaciated dogs at their house on Bayouside Drive.
Monique Marie White, 24, and her brother Brandon White, 17, both of 5309 Bayouside Drive in Chauvin, were arrested Wednesday. Monique White is charged with four counts of animal cruelty. Brandon White is charged with one count animal cruelty.
After receiving an anonymous call Wednesday, a Terrebonne sheriff's deputy sent to the house found a dead pit bull lying on the ground, its head sticking out of doghouse.
Four other malnourished pit bulls were found at the house. The doghouses were "covered in feces and appeared to have not been cleaned for an extended period of time," according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
The pair "could not provide an explanation as to why the animals were very poor in health," the release says. Brandon White said he owned the dead pit bull.
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Aunt Elizabeth had a more prosaic idea to account for Emily's languor and lack of appetite. She had come to the conclusion that Emily's heavy masses of hair "took from her strength" and that she would be much stronger and better if it were cut off. With Aunt Elizabeth to decide was to act. One morning she coolly informed Emily that her hair was to be "shingled."
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Aunt Elizabeth returned with the scissors; they clicked suggestively as she opened them; that click, as if by magic, seemed to loosen something — some strange formidable power in Emily's soul. She turned deliberately around and faced her aunt. She felt her brows drawing together in an unaccustomed way — she felt an uprush as from unknown depths of some irresistible surge of energy.
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Running Time: 50 Min.
Director: Kazuma Muraki
Company: Critical Mass Video
Cast: Steve Vernan, Tony De?Longo, Kelly Benz, Saucy App, Hentai Mona, Manis Munweller, Shaun O?Rourke, Bella Pussi, Ashley Thrill
Critical Rating: Not Yet Rated
Genre: Alternative
The foundling Mayatola lives in interesting times. Villages are regularly sacked and burned for supposed magical wrong-doing, and their women accused of witchcraft before being raped, tortured and executed. No wonder she has disguised her femininity to live as a man.
The problem with having a secret is keeping it a secret.
Although her disguise has saved her life, Maya has lost at love. Nonetheless, her doting maid is utterly enamored, which makes her the perfect victim once Chief Inquisitor Pickingel learns Maya's true identity.
After raping and killing Maya's father, Pickingel accuses her of the crime and hands her over to his sadistic female companion for deflowering, ultimately turning both Maya and her maid into ravening sluts. Unfortunately for the wicked duo, there's a lot more to Maya than meets the eye in this hentai.
Retailing: Moody and intense for the fan of Dark Ages-inspired cartoon sex.