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The Meaning of Life: Part I of II
August 16, 2007 at 1:51 pm The Apostate 18 comments
I'm going to be honest. I think that there is one thing that scares humans so much that we make fantasy worlds that flow with milk and honey, worlds that are controlled by perfected beings of enlightened wisdom and ultimate power: the meaninglessness of life. Amongst the fury of passionate arguments in the responses to one of The de-Convert's posts, one commenter (#42) randomly proclaimed,
"You are confused yourself Mr. Ape…
Try to understand. Why do you exist? What is your purpose in life? Do you exist to eat, work and sleep? Think again Mr. Ape…"
I shrugged off the comment along with the brutally useless dialogue I had gotten myself into. Yet I have come to understand that this seems to be a core issue whenever religionists of any sort proselytize to secularists, so I bookmarked the comment in my mind and promised myself to get around to it. We all know that the question itself is quite poor from an apologetic standpoint. Christianity, on any level, does not really offer any more "meaning" than any other religious movement. It is, rather, a purely rhetorical device that plays on an individual's insecurity with who or what they are in the universe. It is used by almost every major religion, almost universally as a evangelical tool, or, at best, an apologetic for belief itself.
Dennis Prager, of the uber-conservative Townhall.com site, writes,
"there are three values systems competing for world dominance: Islam, European style secularism/socialism and Judeo-Christian values… Perhaps the most significant difference between them, though one rarely acknowledged by secularists, is the presence or absence of ultimate meaning in life… If there is no God who designed the universe and who cares about His creations, life is ultimately purposeless."
Prager later rightly recognizes that the usual secular defense of living a meaningful life is not the same as having some ultimate teleological purpose. Those words were written over two years ago, although I am sure he would still say the same thing today. I am not going to pick on Prager. I am merely pointing out that the respondent in The de-Convert's aforementioned article is in good company with this psychological attack on the god-forsaken materialist heathens of the world. Yet, there appears to be an enthymeme involved in Pragar and Chito's confrontation, which is that a belief in God gives meaning and purpose. This statement is assumed by both believers, and is probably a universal assumption among all believers. But is it true?
If we are to follow Prager's line of thought, which dismisses the, at worst, day-to-day, or, at best, ontological meaning in our lives, we must seek this ultimate purpose that religionists assume is involved with a belief in God. I remember at the age of 11 or 12 wondering this same question. What is the meaning of life? It wasn't that I doubted life had meaning – that would come during my brief nihilist stage while in Bible college – since I knew life had meaning, I just wasn't sure what it was exactly. As a keen evangelical child, I went straight to my NIV Teen Study Bible and looked for God's purpose, not just for my life, but for life itself.
The first thing I found out was that there isn't much on the subject. I mean, there of talking around the subject, quotes that there is a purpose, but it definitely wasn't an obvious one. It almost appeared as though it was simply good enough to know that there was a purpose rather than there actually being a purpose. But that couldn't be it, could it. No good Christian could accept such an answer – I just wasn't looking hard enough. So I looked harder. I can say that when I finally found the only solid answer in the whole Bible, I wasn't exactly impressed. I justified it somehow, probably humbling my immature childish mind and promising myself to figure it out later in life – I wasn't impressed, but there it was.
"The LORD has made all things for himself: even so, even the wicked for the day of evil." (Proverbs 16:4)
"For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to who be glory for ever. Amen." (Romans 11:36)
"…you are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for you have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created." (Revelation 4:11)
Three different books, three different authors, one message. It was clear – God's purpose for my life was to serve him. It was the common thread, so it seemed, for all three "religions of the book". So what is the heathen to say to this? On the surface, if we are not living by this teleological purpose, it is implied, we must be merely living for ourselves. If we are living for ourselves, what is to stop us from succumbing to the worst of human nature? And so we come full circle. Meaninglessness of life is hence equated once again to fear. Not only then is it a fear of our own psychological insecurity, but also a fear of "the other" – the uncontrollable elements.
But what of this so-called "meaningful" life assumed by believers? The reason you were created was for one reason. It was so that God had someone (or someone else?) to worship him. A god without worshipers, it could be argued, is hardly a god at all, wouldn't you say? Georg W.F. Hegel pointed out in his historical philosophy that there is a paradoxical relationship between master and slave: a master is not a master without any slaves, and slaves actually become masters due to their master's dependence on them. If the believers are correct, are we not really any more than slaves? Is this really a purpose? Is that a meaningful life? Once again it appears that we are at the whim of the gods: they sit on their thrones on Mount Olympus – we are no more than their entertainment and occasional victims of their cruel wagers.
-The Apostate
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The first thing I found out was that there isn't much on the subject.
Funny. I found out the same thing when searching the Bible during marraige counseling. This is also why, I believe, Rick Warren must use a variety of loose Biblical paraphrases when he describes his 'Purpose' in his Mega Best Seller. He claims that the purpose of life, not just for you and I, Thinking Ape, but for every human on the planet is a balance of five things:
Ministry, Fellowship, Worship, Discipleship and … something else that I cannot remember off the top of my head.
That is it. We were created soley for the pleasure of God. Yikes. It appears that our ultimate purpose in life in Rick Warren's world is to be unpaid church staff.
a master is not a master without any slaves, and slaves actually become masters due to their master's dependence on them.
I was just thinking about this on my drive into work this morning. God, all-knowing and all-powerful being that he is, actually must react to our human actions if he is to have any personality at all. If God is pleased with us, angered by us, or reacts in any other way to us, it is a reflection that he does not know our future actions, and his actions are dependent on ours. But how can a trancendant and all-knowing being do this?
OH… this is just a headache inducing circular conundrum that renders God into just a hypothetical puzzle with too many loose ends for me to take seriously any more.
If a 'god' ceases to be a 'god' without worshipers, do people, likewise, cease to be somehow human without a 'god'? Silly question, but if God 'is', then he/she/it still 'is' apart from anyone worship, or affirmation of existence. Just as we continue to be even apart from an objective observer (ie – God).
Shannon, good question. By saying that something is not something, does not negate its existence, it only negates whatever that thing is. The 'god being' then can still be a 'being' of some type without being a 'god' (the alien conspiracy theorists ought to love that). The clue is in the terms – what is a 'god', what is a 'human'? A god is, no matter how much faith you have, always a hypothetical being. In the long history of hypothetical gods, a common attribute has been their mastery of the universe and our lives. By referencing Hegel, I was only pointing out that for a god to be worthy of worship, it must have worshipers and without worshipers, the god has no real authority – a king, one could say, without a country.
This is a very interesting conversation, and one that will continue as a "headache inducing circular conundrum" if questions are asked on top of questions without waiting for the answers.
Thinking Ape, your handle on what the Bible says regarding our purpose is right on, and you make several conclusions that are really solid. But you ask a primary question that goes unanswered: "If we are living for ourselves, what is to stop us from succumbing to the worst of human nature?"
You move on to comment that this logic is simply pandering to a fear motivation, but you neglect to offer another possibility for the outcome. So, lets start here and focus on this part of the discourse. Is there any other possible outcome than the worst of human nature? Nietzsche didnt think there was. William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, certainly didnt think there was. What do you envision being the other outcome(s)?
P.S. Forgive me if i sound rude in the asking, i just think this is an important part of the discourse and would like to focus in here.
In terms of purpose in the theist's world view, I go back to the very beginning of the Westminster Catechism, which defines it quite succinctly:
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.So I think you got it right, T.A.
If there is no god, there is no overriding purpose to life. Some people find that so overwhelmingly depressing that they cling to belief in god because they simply can't face the alternative. To me, part of growing up and being an adult is rejecting fantasies that feel good but don't hold up to logical scrutiny.
I think we bring our own meaning to life and we have the responsibility to our fellow human beings to make our lives matter in the greater scheme of things. How? Loving our families, raising healthy, civic-minded children, promoting education, helping others, making art or music or literature, contributing to new discoveries that improve something in the world – there are myriad possibilities.
The existentialists had it right when they recognized the paradox that humanity has developed the brain power to want to know "why" and also the sophistication to understand that the question is unanswerable. I find that accepting that paradox is not depressing but ultimately liberating. Besides, it's the only way to be truly honest with myself.
Back in my heady evangelical high school and college days, I was regularly invited to articulate my life's mission statement – because, you know, you need to have one to make sure you don't squander your life away. Anyway, various church/parachurch leaders, with no reference to the westminster catechism, offered their version of it: "to know, love and serve God, and to enjoy Him forever." I never got comfortable with that language because it sounded so foreign, so out there, so focused on…not ME. It's like I was irrelevant to the question at hand.
Mike inquires,
But you ask a primary question that goes unanswered: "If we are living for ourselves, what is to stop us from succumbing to the worst of human nature?"… What do you envision being the other outcome(s)?
P.S. Forgive me if i sound rude in the asking, i just think this is an important part of the discourse and would like to focus in here.
Not rude at all and it is more than a valid and a, might I add, blatantly obvious missing detail in this article. In this post I really only dealt with the positive Christian claim that their is actually meaning and purpose with hints that I agree, but that the Christian claim is vague and leaves much to be desired (I would say most of the contributors here would have felt this way). Tomorrow I will post "part ii" in which I focus more on the question of "okay… what then?".
I am purposely, for the sake of this discussion, sticking to positive claims. The issue that I hinted at with "succumbing to the worst of human nature" I believe, in short, is a non-issue – I think it is what we are living today and have always lived, whether one believed in a Judeo-Christian god or not. I do not believe that we are genetically built to "live for ourselves" – Golding's story was a story, a story that he believed could happen, but one that goes against many contemporary moral theories within an evolutionary framework. We all seem to remember the "survival of the fittest" without realizing that in order for the individual to survive, so must the society. We don't succumb to a Christian hell on earth because it goes against our evolutionary propensity to continue life. Again, more on that tomorrow 😀
That's a good thought, and i think Nash's Game Theory would support it quite nicely.
Forgive me if i am getting ahead of your next post, but then how do we handle the examples from our history where great damage has been done by men who link the survival of their society to the extinction of another. In the last century, we can look to Nazi Germany, Communist Russia (particularly under Stalin), Mao's Cultural Revolution, all the way up to the last decade with ethnic cleansing in Africa. These examples we would necessarily label as "evil," but why is that? Is it because we would say it "goes against our evolutionary propensity to continue life?"
I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with the "Alpha Course" (that thumbnail is their logo), but has anyone been to it? I know my grandparent's hosted one and that the canadian version of their website has a bunch of really sexy people dancing at a bar with a ripped out "Is there more to life than this?" title. I'm kind of tempted to check it out to see what their take on this is (especially if all those really hot people are there :P)
Mike is a philosophical hound dog,
… but then how do we handle the examples from our history where great damage has been done by men who link the survival of their society to the extinction of another…. These examples we would necessarily label as "evil," but why is that? Is it because we would say it "goes against our evolutionary propensity to continue life?"
Perhaps. Why is it that the majority of the human population finds such acts so revolting? What then do we say about the sociopaths – are they genetic abnormalities or has circumstance shifted their mindset to be able to separate our singular human species into many? Or even on a small scale, is their something to be said about those who are so detached from their own kind that makes them able to kill another human? Isn't that how soldiers – otherwise normal, decent humans – are trained? This century has been full of horrific events, which is accentuated mainly because we have become so efficient in our killing – could you imagine what some of the Chinese warlords or the feudal kings of Europe would have done if they had access to our technology!?
This all leads me to wonder – do animals have their own sociopaths, or is it something innate in human consciousness?
All good questions, none that I will touch in my more uplifting post tomorrow 😛
As an atheist, I don't believe in an afterlife, so every second of my time on earth is precious. The years remaining in my life provide the only chance I will have to fulfill my potential and make a difference. The people I love are to be cherished in the here and now for there will be no reunions in another realm. The suffering and pain on earth must be alleviated today because there is no happy ever after in the sky. Beauty is to be admired and appreciated now because tomorrow it will fade away. I must make meaning in life every day, because there is no-one providing a purpose for me to fulfill.
If the universe has no ultimate purpose, does that render our individual lives meaningless? I must answer with a resounding "NO!" Although meaning is not provided to us, we humans are uniquely qualified to make our own meaning and to find fulfillment through the act of living purposefully.
There are many worthy causes and many ways to find meaning in life. Eventually each one of us must come to recognize those causes that are closest to our own hearts and those issues that arouse our strongest passions. These may change many times over the course of a lifetime. Some people find meaning in raising a family, others in pursuing a career, and still others in charity work, volunteering, creating art, public service, and many other spheres. Every day we must search our hearts to find out what it is that gives us meaning and to find a way to fulfill our purpose while we attend to the needs of our families, work to make a living, struggle to keep up with our daily responsibilities, and are bombarded with negative news.
The path may not be easy, and the goal may sometimes seem impossible to reach, but regardless of what we call it, mystery and meaning are available to all who seek to live a spiritual life–and belief in the supernatural is not required.
(This is excerpted from an article I wrote for Skepchick a year or so ago.)
** It doesn't "mean" anything **
Ah yes, the nonsense about "meaning." (Or, it you prefer means-ends, "purpose.") Don't let theists beg the question — what meaning?
Once Western religious myths, like xianity, are rejected — moralized pairs of opposites, like purpose/accident, meaningful/meaningless, being/nothingness — no longer apply to the cosmos.
Those of us lucky enough to have become godless see a bit better what is unclear. Removing "God" from legitimate explanations of natural phenomena can cause intense mental distress.
(There's cognitive dissonance as well, but "meaning" is not a wholly cognitive concept. Distress, depression, even malaise penetrate the affects.)
To what extent a post-modern culture can create incomprehensible shock can be gauged by the fierce resistance to every threat real or imagined by xian fundamentalists. The U.S. suffers greatly from being among the last Western nations to make a successful transition to a truly secular state.
Starting 150 years ago, only the intelligensia were disturbed.
Darwin knew exactly how he would be treated by Society — he was after all a bona fide "gentleman" quite aware of the perks of class and freedom from laboring for any man save himself. T. H. Huxley, who had no fortune to inherit, felt himself socially inferior, certainly he was ill-treated by Owen. It's no surprise that Huxley coined the word 'agnostic.' He must have hated the ignoramuses of both class and cloth.
Someone like Matthew Arnold who seems to have been a sincerely attracted to God's good moralized natural universe, gives us 'Dover Beach' as testimony to a completely irrational, but widely felt depression. Science though true, negates meaning.
Reactionary believers, however, would have none of this. If science negates meaning, then it is either mistaken, false, or lying.
Today's troglodytes, people like the late (unlamented) Falwell, have continued to abandon rationality while exalting increasingly shrill versions of God's purpose and the meaning of your life, as defined by these demagogues.
We "godless ones" as Nietzsche calls us realize that "the moral world order" does not exist. It never existed. There is not and never was any "meaning" in this cosmic sense. Our affects are to that extent unperturbed.
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"We "godless ones" as Nietzsche calls us realize that "the moral world order" does not exist. It never existed."
Interesting you say this, since you make a normative and qualitative claim that you are "lucky enough" to be Godless. Nietzsche was never able to answer the problem of normativity though, so I don't expect you to be able to work outside it either.
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I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with the "Alpha Course" (that thumbnail is their logo), but has anyone been to it? I know my grandparent's hosted one and that the canadian version of their website has a bunch of really sexy people dancing at a bar with a ripped out "Is there more to life than this?" title. I'm kind of tempted to check it out to see what their take on this is (especially if all those really hot people are there :P)
Don't get your hopes up too much! 🙂
Alpha Course is an evangelical outreach put on by many churches. It's usually held over dinner in a couple's home and attended by "seeker" couples as well as church couples. The idea is to get nonbelievers who are looking for meaning in life through the door and then try to get them to convert. Pure and simple "friendship evangelism."
The course has rather controversial beginnings in the U.K., however, and over there it's aligned with a highly Pentecostal movement and charismatic pastor. That means it has a lot of critics over here in the U.S. – conservative evangelicals who disapprove of Pentecostals, of course.
Google it and read some of the links. It's pretty fascinating stuff.
Interesting, most of the churches Alpha has connected to in Canada appear to be fairly mainstream evangelicals (Alliance, MB, non-denominational, etc.).
I wonder, what exactly is a "seeker" couple?
That's interesting. Can you please elaborate?
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Stir fry spices paste/ground ingredients in a large saucepan over medium heat for 1-2 minutes, add salam leaves, galangals, and lemongrasses, cook for another 1 minutes until fragrant.
Add julienned pepayas another package of coconut cream powder, stir until mixed.
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Cate Blanchett-Led UNCLE VANYA Comes to Lincoln Center Festival this Summer
by BWW News Desk BroadwayWorld.com Jul. 20, 2012Sydney Theatre Company's (STC) acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Andrew Upton and directed by Tamás Ascher (whose staging of Ivanov for Katona Jozsef Theatre was critically acclaimed at Lincoln Center Festival 2009), will be a highlight of the Lincoln Center Festival this Summer.
The production was named the best play of the year by Washington Post critic Peter Marks, who put the play in the number one spot on his annual list of theatre's top ten.
The entire original cast - John Bell, Cate Blanchett, Sandy Gore, Hayley McElhinney, Anthony Phelan, Richard Roxburgh, Andrew Tighe, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving - will reprise their roles for the production which was a critical and box office triumph at Sydney Theatre Company in November and December 2010, before its Kennedy Center run in August of 2011.
This presentation is made possible in part by the members of the Producer's Circle. Uncle Vanya is presented in association with New York City Center.
Ten performances at the New York City Center on 131 W. 55th Street will take place on July 19 and 20 at 7:30 PM (previews); July 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 PM and July 28 at 1:30 and 7:30 PM.
For more information, visit: http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/
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추가적인 물리적 형식: | Online version: Freitas, Donna. Sex and the soul. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)608844870 Online version: Freitas, Donna. Sex and the soul. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)631831447 |
자료 유형: | 인터넷 자료 |
문서 형식: | 책, 인터넷 자원 |
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설명: | xxii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
내용: | Foreword / Lauren Winner -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Welcome to college; meet Amy Stone: tour guide, fashion model, straight-A student -- Section 1: Varieties Of College Religious Experience -- 1: Spiritual colleges: souls adrift -- 2: Why Catholic schools (and their students) are "spiritual but not religious" -- 3: Evangelical extroverts: faithful and diverse -- Section 2: Romantic Ideal -- 4: Evangelical purity culture: its princesses and warriors -- 5: Wanted: a little romance -- Section 3: Truth About Sex On Campus -- 6: Where dating. Practical guide to Sex and the Soul: three musts for your college to-do list: what to say to your child, student, parishioner, friend -- Appendix: On methodology -- Notes -- Index. |
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"Freitas... has carried out the most extensive empirical research to date of college students' sexual practices, sexual ethics, sexual confusion, and sexual heartache... An unequivocal must-read for church leaders, college and seminary professors, and parents." --Perspectives: A Journal of ReformedThought"In Sex and the Soul, Donna Freitas models a lovingly Catholic attention to evangelicals, a surprisingly evangelical attention to Catholics, and a passionate, creative attention to the desires of all college students. Freitas is America's foremost young writer on how religious traditions impact everyday life." --Tom Beaudoin, author of Consuming Faith"Sex and the Soul is both disturbing and hopeful. Donna Freitas is a skilled and sympathetic interlocutor, and her prescriptions for addressing the 'hookup culture' merit serious consideration." --Randall Balmer, author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture inAmerica"Relying on exhaustive research and analysis, this unflinching work delivers both a widely comprehensive and deeply intimate portrait of hook-up culture in this formidably spiritual generation, examining its contradictions, broken hearts, and impossible promises like no one has before. Sex and theSoul should be required reading for anyone interested in today's campus culture -- and tomorrow's adulthood." --Lauren Sandler, author of Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement"How to explain the rise in the 'spiritual but not religious' option among U.S. college students? Might sex have something to do with it? In this provocative book, one of the country's foremost scholars of religion and youth culture answers this question with an emphatic YES! At the heart of this pathbreaking (and heartbreaking) book are the stories of college students 'searching alone' for ways to bring their bodies into conversation with their beliefs. Smart, learned, beautifully written, and above all humane -- this book should jump-start a national conversation on how the sexual revolution has trapped students as much as it has freed them." --Stephen Prothero, author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know -- and Doesn'tNamed one of the Best Religion Books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly ''Fascinating, disturbing...Freitas's tone is engaging and her writing persuasive...Freitas's work chronicles a poignant spiritual loss that students themselves articulate and mourn.''--Publishers Weekly"Candid, disturbing, yet ultimately hopeful...Throughout this beautifully written book, Freitas presents students' feelings and experiences in an unflinching yet compassionate way. You care about these young people and their struggles. This book is a great service to students, parents, and those at colleges and universities who want to prepare young adults not just for the workplace but for healthy and fulfilling lives." --Christian Science Monitor''Fascinating...provocative...Anyone with any interest in mentoring young people should read this book and its recommendations, because there's great hope and wisdom in them.'' --The Weekly Standard''A wonderful, mind-clearing book...Freitas's book is a boon to anyone who not only cares about our nation's young people, but who has previously learned about this phenomenon only through rumors or anecdotes. Read her book, based on dozens of interviews, for the real scoop.'' --James Martin, SJ, America''Freitas's book should scare Catholic parents into asking some honest questions early and often.... Freitas has opened those dorm rooms a crack and allowed us to hear how we're doing. We need to listen up.'' --Commonweal"The level of technicality of the writing is formal but also easily understood. The author descibes her ideas and findings in general yet detailed ways and provide helpful definitions and explanations of terminology." --Hennie Weiss "Sex and the Soul is s powerful read and excellent...The candid, eye-opening narrative removes the barriers of ignorance and equips individuals to dialogue more openly about spirituality and sexuality." --Christy Rowden "In general, the book provides a quality read for those interested in how religion intersects with the sexual decision-making of young adults." --BYU Studies Quarterly 더 읽기…
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Is Malcolm Merlyn one of them? Has Thea Queen just joined both of her family's "businesses"? Review "Streets of Fire" in the recap and decide for yourself.
Hit her again, Felicity!!!
At the end of the previous episode, all of the heroes' lives were in jeopardy. In the first minutes of "Streets of Fire," they all get out of jeopardy again — before getting back into jeopardy, of course.
Laurel and Oliver were partially buried in that explosion, with Laurel ending up under some rocks with Oliver's weapons. Fortunately, one of those weapons is an exploding arrow. With a little coaching from Oliver, Laurel makes the rocks go boom and escapes without even dirtying her pretty red coat.
Diggle, meanwhile, is dealing with a mirakuru-ed Isabel. They swordfight for awhile before Isabel makes the fatal mistake of threatening Felicity. YOU DO NOT THREATEN FELICITY, ISABEL! Why? Because that makes Felicity run you over with a van.
Too bad Ravager Isabel doesn't die. But it's a good effort.
In other mirakuru-army attacks, Lance gets out of the precinct by detonating some handy-dandy grenades (and gets his detective shield back), and Thea avoids certain doom when dear daddy Malcolm Merlyn shows up — ninja-style — to kill some men for her.
Enter Canary
No one has really been calling Sara Lance the Canary all season, mostly because they hadn't gotten around to it. That all changes after Sara saves Laurel from yet another mirakuru maniac and the sisters reveal that they totally know all about each other.
Sara, however, is all depressed and stuff because she broke up with Oliver and is an assassin and wears a bad wig while in costume. Then she saves a little kid from a fire and gets called a hero. Yay, Canary!
The race to the cure
When Oliver reunites with Felicity and Diggle, he learns that Star Labs came up with the cure but unfortunately picked a terrible night for delivery. The courier van has been tipped, and the messenger is pretty much bleeding out.
Oh, and Slade Wilson knows about the cure and where the courier is too.
Despite the heroes racing over without delay, the mirakuru army gets there first, thanks in great part by their ability to tip over Felicity's van too. All hope is lost! Not even a hug from Felicity can convince Oliver that he hasn't failed the city.
It was never going to end well for Sebastian, was it?
While the city burns, Mayor Sebastian Blood is pretty much enjoying the view for awhile. That all changes when a bunch of mirakuru minions kill his office staff (in an incredible, backlit shot) and then District Attorney Kate Spencer, despite Sebastian's orders for them to stop.
Shockingly, a bunch of chemically enhanced rage monsters don't want to listen to reason.
Slade Wilson isn't particularly interested in reason either. He just wants to level Starling City because it's something that Oliver likes. And Slade's mission at this point is to destroy all of the things Oliver likes.
This is where we get the surprise revelation that Blood has an itty bitty conscience! The Mayor grabs the briefcase of mirakuru cure and runs to the only man who can help — the Arrow. Although Oliver isn't exactly moved by this change of heart, he does take the cure so that Roy and all of the infected criminals can be stopped.
Blood leaves, figuring he'll get his city and title back as soon as everything calms down. That doesn't work so well — Isabel shows up and stabs the poor guy until he is dead.
Apparently, Sebastian should have worked on making the right allies instead of just wearing a mask that reminded him of his scary papa.
Slade won five years ago too
In a limited number of island flashbacks, Oliver and Anatoliy pilot the sub so it's right next to the freighter. This is to allow Oliver to go rescue Sara and maybe even Slade. If this fails, however, Anatoliy is to torpedo the whole thing.
Oliver does find Sara, but he insists on getting the cure from Ivo's office as well. It's just too bad that Slade is insane-but-not-stupid and is ready to ambush the pair.
Based on later events we know about, it's likely that Anatoliy does torpedo the freighter — and only Oliver appears to survive.
Family reunions and other uses of deadly force
No one's efforts to save the city are working, so Amanda Waller has called in the troops. Forces mass on the edge of town, armed with enough missiles to level the whole place. Oliver isn't so happy about this, but Amanda is only giving the Arrow until morning before ARGUS attacks.
Thea meanwhile doesn't wait that long to take action. As Malcolm tries to approach his sweet little girl, she warns him off with accusations, anger and eventually a gun.
Then she pulls the trigger. It's probably not the reunion Merlyn had been expecting.


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Waterstone holds open house for 40 Montage condos
British Columbia's largest ever open house will be held on Saturday, Nov. 26.
The open house at Montage, Waterstone Properties' newest development, will allowing potential buyers the opportunity to view all 40 luxury new condominiums.
Montage is at 64 Avenue and 194 Street, just across the border in Surrey.
According to Waterstone's sales manager Sammy Wong, the event on Saturday, Nov. 26, is the largest single day open house ever held in B.C.
"So much of the market today is pre-sale, but we're offering something different. Why buy off a floor plan when you can see exactly how each one of these homes is finished?" he said.
"We've taken the guesswork out of the buying process," he added.
The event comes in the wake of the BCREA announcement that B.C. home sales rose three per cent in October, and while consumer demand in Vancouver edged lower last month on a year-over-year basis, strong increases were recorded in the Fraser Valley.
According to Scott Brown at Colliers International Residential Marketing, Waterstone is a testament to this report. In fact, the overwhelming demand to view completed homes at Waterstone was the rationale behind the large open house.
The open house will give the public full access to all 40 homes in Montage at Waterstone and a tour of the amenities that are making Waterstone one of the most sought-after and award-winning projects in the Lower Mainland.
Waterstone offers more amenities than any other development of its kind in western Canada.
The 15,000 square foot clubhouse at Waterstone includes a 17-seat theatre with a 100-inch screen, a gourmet chef's kitchen with professional-grade appliances, and a health and fitness spa with an indoor pool, sauna, steam room and state-of-the-art fitness facility.
When asked about the popularity of the clubhouse, Wong said that "it's astonishing how The Club at Waterstone is changing the community into a real neighbourhood where people get together and share activities."
For more information on B.C.'s largest open house and to register for an early preview, visit www.waterstoneliving.ca.


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Hercules (1998 TV series)
Hercules | |
Also known as | Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series |
Genre | |
Directed by | Phil Weinstein |
Starring | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 67 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Tad Stones |
Producer(s) | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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Original network | ABC, Syndication, Disney Junior |
Original release | August 31, 1998 | – March 1, 1999
Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the Greek myth, The television series served as the pilot direct-to-video episode Hercules: Zero to Hero. The series premiered in syndication on August 31, 1998, and on Disney's One Saturday Morning on September 12, 1998. The syndicated series ran 52 episodes, while the Saturday morning run ran 13.[1]
The series follows Hercules, as a teenager, training as a hero, as well as trying to adjust to life. With his free-spirited friend Icarus, his future-seeing friend Cassandra, and his teacher Philoctetes ("Phil"), he battles his evil uncle Hades. Like all teenagers though, Hercules has to worry about peer pressure when the snobbish prince Adonis ridicules him. The series notably contradicts several events in the original film.
The series was produced by Tad Stones, who had previously done Aladdin. The directors of Hercules, John Musker and Ron Clements, jokingly said to him while the film was being produced: "Hey, Tad, we're doing a pilot for a series". All animation production work was done by Slightly Offbeat Productions NZ Ltd a new studio based in New Zealand. The producers decided that the irreverence of the movie would be captured more easily by setting it within the events of the movie, with Stones declaring that "by ignoring continuity and trying to stay true to the elements of humor and adventure in the film, we came up with a much stronger series that really stands on its own". Since James Woods signed to voice Hades again, along with most of the cast of the film, many big-name actors were interested in taking part on the show. Over 150 celebrities took a part in the series, some self-lampooning: Merv Griffin played a griffin talk show host, game show host Wink Martindale played a riddle-expert sphinx and Mike Connors, famous for Mannix, played Athenian policeman Chipacles (named after CHiPs).[2]
Disney's revamping of Greek legend moved to the small screen in the late summer of 1998. Disney's Hercules had the Greek god still in "geek god" mode, before his "Zero to Hero" transformation. In the series, "Herc" was enrolled at Prometheus Academy, a school for both gods and mortals. Since events occur before young Herc meets and falls for the lovely Megara (Meg), he is joined by two new friends Cassandra (voiced by comedian Sandra Bernhard) and Icarus (voiced by French Stewart).
The animated television series was by Toon City Animation, Inc. in Malina, Philippines, Walt Disney Animation Australia, Walt Disney Animation Japan, Studios Basara, Tama Productions, Delta Peak Productions, Frontier Pictures, Nakamura Productions, Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. and Thai Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd., Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd, Plus One Animation, Inc., Sunmin Image Pictures Co., Sunwoo Animation, Korea, Hana Animation, Jade Animation International Co., Ltd. and Slightly Off Beat Productions Co., Ltd. by Seoul, Korea, Xindian District, Taipei, Taiwan and Japan.
In 2000, the series moved to Toon Disney, where it continued airing until 2008.
Disney XD aired the series in June 2011 when the channel launched in Canada.[3]
Disney Junior aired the animated television series Hercules, August 2017.
Disney's Hercules, like the animated series Disney's The Little Mermaid, is a spin-off of the 1997 theatrically released animated film of the same name (Hercules) and is based on his teenaged adventures, though it is not a prequel to the film of the same name (Disney's The Little Mermaid featured tales of a 16-year-old Ariel which occurred before the start of the theatrical film) or truly a sequel like Disney's Aladdin (whose tales takes place after the original film and The Return of Jafar). Rather Hercules features events which occur midway through the actual film, similar to The Lion King 1½ and Tarzan II, during his years in training on the Isle of Idra under the tutelage of Philoctetes (Phil) the Satyr. Many of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses only glimpsed during the film pay visit to the young hero-to-be and help or hinder him in his adventures. Other characters from the film that appear are the evil god Hades (voiced by James Woods) and winged stallion Pegasus (voiced by Frank Welker). Corey Burton portrayed Hercules' father Zeus.
However, the series ignores a certain fact about the movie: In the film, Hades believed that Hercules was dead throughout his first 18 years of his life, but in the series, the two of them have many interactions while Hercules was still in high school.
The main cast of the series includes:
- Hercules (voiced by Tate Donovan) - The god-turned-mortal hero-in-training; thus, he is half-mortal, half-god. He is the son of both Zeus and Hera (in contrast to the myth).
- Philoctetes (voiced by Robert Costanzo) - The satyr hero trainer. One of the few characters from the movie whose voice actor (Danny DeVito) didn't return.
- Pegasus (voiced by Frank Welker) - The winged horse "with the brain of a bird" formed from clouds by Zeus, he is the childhood pet and faithful companion of his owner Hercules.
- Icarus (voiced by French Stewart) - Hercules' best friend. The boy who escaped from the Labyrinth with his father on wax wings appears as a complete nut (he was "brain-fried" by flying too close to the Sun). Despite his accident, Icarus still flies every chance he gets resulting in a few more encounters with the sun and other perils, often requiring Hercules to rescue him. Icarus is very adaptive and hence could adjust to about every situation, except when he is very jealous and acts irrational. He could become an ultra serious soldier at boot camp or a nearly identical version of Hades himself. Thankfully, at the end of each episode, he reverts to his own odd self. He is also completely obsessed with Cassandra and flirts with her at every opportunity he gets. His father, Daedalus (voiced by David Hyde Pierce), is a teacher in the academy and Icarus doesn't acknowledge his parents' divorce. When Icarus graduates, he goes into inventing with his father and makes a fortune, earning the commercial title "The Wax-Wing King".
- Cassandra (voiced by Sandra Bernhard) - The Trojan War prophet appears as an attractive, yet anti-social girl, that has visions of the future (usually bad) once in a while, which are rarely believed. Icarus is obsessed with marrying her even though she has shown she has no reciprocation. She tolerated his presence even before Hercules joined the trio because otherwise she would have had no friends. But even after she gained Hercules as a friend she still continues to socialise with Icarus and even admitted to him that she considers him a good friend. After graduating, she joins the Oracle Friends Network.
- Zeus (voiced by Corey Burton) - Hercules' father and king of the gods. He is always ready to provide advice on hero work, but is often prone to mistakes and recklessness himself.
- Hades (voiced by James Woods) - Ruler of the Underworld and Hercules' uncle and nemesis. Wisecracking, devious, and hot-tempered, he constantly schemes to steal control of Mt. Olympus from his brother Zeus.
Zero to Hero[edit]
Four episodes of Hercules were reformatted into the movie Zero to Hero and released to home video. The episode Hercules and the Yearbook serves as the linking narrative, with the random clips replaced with the episodes "Hercules and the First Day of School", "Hercules and the Grim Avenger" and "Hercules and the Visit From Zeus".
Some of the dialogue between Hercules and Meg was altered to fit the episodes. An example of this is Hercules and the Visit From Zeus replacing the clip of Hercules graduating from Prometheus Academy.
Critical reception[edit]
CommonSenseMedia gave the series a rating of 4 stars out of 5, noting that this "better-than-average spinoff has heart AND brawn."[4] Calhoun Times and Gordon County News gave the series 3 stars out of 4.[5]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
1999 | Jennifer E. Mertens, Robert Duran, Paca Thomas, Marc Perlman, Brian F. Mars, Melissa Ellis, Robbi Smith, Robert Poole III, Rick Hammel, Kenneth D. Young, Charles Rychwalski, Eric Hertsgaard, William Kean, David Lynch and Otis Van Osten | Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class | Nominated |
1999 | Casey Stone for episode "Twilight of the Gods" | Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing - Television Animation - Music | Nominated |
2000 | James Woods for playing "Hades" | Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Won |
2000 | French Stewart for playing "Icarus" | Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Nominated |
2000 | Marc S. Perlman, Robert Duran and Paca Thomas | Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class | Nominated |
2000 | Joseph LoDuca | ASCAP Award for Top TV Series | Won |
- ^ "Disney's Hercules". www.bcdb.com, May 13, 2012
- ^ Disney's Little Big Screen: Turning Animated Features Into TV Series, Animation World Magazine
- ^ Disney XD Canada
- ^ https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hercules
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2213&dat=19980131&id=zX41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8zoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4509,3104398
External links[edit]
- Hercules at the Internet Movie Database
- Disney's Hercules at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Hercules at TV.com
- Disney's Hercules at DMOZ
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Lee Dorsey – Yes We Can (1970): On Second Thought
When I think of the genius of the late, great Allen Toussaint, I think of the masterpiece he made with Lee Dorsey in 1970.
When I think of the genius of the late, great Allen Toussaint, I think of the masterpiece he made with Lee Dorsey in 1970.
Allen Toussaint, who has died at 77, was always content to work behind the scenes – until a devastating storm swept him from New Orleans.
Allen Toussaint explores a Paul McCartney connection from long before their time together around the newly reissued 'Venus and Mars.'
The Band's fun run through Allen Toussaint's soul-lifting "You See Me" underscored an often-forgotten portion of their inestimable legacy.
A celebration of everything Helm meant to music, and vice versa.
Dr. John's flamboyant life and hoodoo-tinged music will be celebrated during a special concert event to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2014, in New Orleans as part of the Jazz and Heritage Festival.
This absurdly fun street parade of song finds Levon Helm winking and growling through a darkly humorous lyric about the galvanizing rule of Huey Long in Depression-era Louisiana.
The Band is revealed in all of its muscular, almost (but never completely) out-of-control on-stage glory — bolstered, in a meeting of musical worlds, by these stabbing horn charts from Allen Toussaint.
While "It's Makes No Difference" is commonly understood to be Rick Danko's career peak as a vocalist, "The Unfaithful Servant" is in many ways just as observant, and maybe more interesting.
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Two Indian weightlifters face life bans for second doping offences and the national body fears it could be suspended again if there is another positive test before the end of the year, a senior federation official said on Tuesday.
Shailaja Pujari, a women's 75kg gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and men's 56kg lifter Vicky Batta were caught in out-of-competition tests last month, Indian Weightlifting Federation secretary Balraj Gulati told Reuters.
"We've received adverse findings in the case of both lifters," he said, adding that Pujari tested positive for an anabolic steroid.
"They have a few days to ask for the B sample test."
Pujari tested positive for the steroid Stanozolol and was dropped from the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Batta, caught in a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) test, had won silver in that competition.
India has repeatedly faced embarrassment due to doping among weightlifters, and the sport is part of next year's New Delhi Commonwealth Games. The federation was banned in 2004 and 2006, penalised for three or more lifters testing positive within a calender year.
Last year, Egyptian Magad Salama resigned as national coach citing doping among senior lifters.
"We're not giving up, we are definitely seeing an upswing," Gulati said. "There were 40 surprise tests by WADA in September, but only one was positive."


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A High-End Designed Apt in Kolonaki
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Floor No.(with elevator)
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Accommodation summary
주소 | Kleomenous, 10675 Athens, 그리스 |
숙소유형 | 아파트 |
Acceptance rate | 84% |
Response time | A few hours |
Calendar updated | Yesterday |
Airport transport or any other trasport is available upon demand at an additional cost.
Kolonaki is a wealthy, chic and upmarket district, and a fashionable meeting area. As one of the capital's leading shopping areas, it includes a number of high-end boutiques from young adult to casual fashion to prestigious haute couture from Greek and international designers. One of its main shopping streets, Voukourestiou Street, is now known for its jewellery. Museums and galleries also abound in Kolonaki. The Benaki Museum, inside a preserved neoclassical manor house, and the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art and are two of the finest private collections in the country. Two smaller museums to be found in Kolonaki are the Museum of the History of Greek Costume and the Theater Museum, both highly specialized in their respective areas. A walk across the street from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue are the Byzantine Museum, and the War Museum of Athens.
There are a plethora of available options for nightlife, including bars, ouzeries, and tavernas. Outdoor seating on pedestrian walks is typical, creating a lively atmosphere at night. The main Kolonaki Square (with the small column) is surrounded by cafes and restaurants.
The Lycabettus Funicular, a funicular railway, links Kolonaki to the summit of Lycabettus hill. Kolonaki also hosts 2 metro stations, Evengelismos and Megaro Mousikis.
The guests in general must respect the property. Smoking is allowed. Pets are welcomed upon prior arrangement. For everything you might need, I am 24 hours a day on call. The keys will be deliverd upon arrival and I will personally explain you everything you need to know for the apartment.지도
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The apartment is in a convenient central location and George was helpful in arranging transfers which was much appreciated. First impressions wasn't so good though, apartment is not much bigger than a hotel room and not as "High-End" as I imagined, bed hadn't been made (we had to make it), linen for bed wrong size with pillow sheets missing, cleaning clothes left on floor, some power points weren't working or absent where expected (e.g. kitchen) and the inside door handle would come off in your hand if not careful. However, Athens hotels are expensive so the apartment represented reasonable value, and we may have been the exception re our issues.
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we had a plaesant stay at George´s Apartment in Piraeus. The Apartment is perfectyl located in the centre of Piraeus
The apartment we stayed was clean and very spacious. We also asked for an airport transfer and it was made in quite reasonable price with no problems. Contact we Mr George is ok but I would really appreciate bigger support before we made a decision and chose his apartment.
If I can make any clues for your stay in Athens - book an apartment nearby the sea and don't worry about transport time or cost to city center ;)
the apartment is very good and clean, near the center. But we had a chick in delay of 2 hours (14:00 instead 12:00). In general, we are satisfied.
We have had a wonderful Holiday in House Roustika. A fantastic beutifull House! Everything was perfect and we were meat with great kindfullnes and hospitality from our contact person: Eleni and the People, that lived in the Village! We can warm recommend House Roustika for everyone.
Amazing clean and cozy apartment with everything you need. great and save area, we really enjoyed the stay and can warmly recommend George as a host ;-))
Laura, Kathi, Line and Peter
George was an excellent house manager, replied quickly and in detail for each request. The house is very nice, quite and clean, very bright with a fantastic view on Athens's harbour and more. Everything worked well. Pireaus area is not so comfortable to get beaches and Acropoli (it took about 45/55 minutes) but you can easily get buses and the metro stop is about 10' far away.
To make it simple: the house was a WRECK (broken chairs, 3 chairs for a house for 10, 1 bathroom instead of 2, dirty floors, dirty stuff in the cupboards, dirty plastic bottles near the pool, ... ). We called George to complain and to tell him that we would not stay in the house (we were with children), and managed to talk to him.
BUT, that was the only contact that we had: he did not return our following calls to discuss refund. We left him several messages but he did bot care.
In the end we did not stay in the house.
George is a great host, his apartment is very pleasant and robust. If you are looking to stay in that area, then it is the best place to stay. George was very attentive to my needs and made everything possible to accommodate my desires.
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2012 Olympic GOLD MEDALIST visits Gansbaai
Foundation Hockey players got the chance of a lifetime to meet three times Olympic medallist Timo Wess on Tuesday 23 October 2012.
Timo was part of the German Hockey team that won a Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in Greece; captained the team that won Gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and Gold at the 2012 Olympics in London.
We were absolutely delighted to welcome one of Germany's most successful Hockey players to Gansbaai. The young hockey players have worked extremely hard over the past year and to see that work rewarded with a visit from a truly inspirational athlete gave them a training day they will never forget. The kids were really happy to meet with Timo and to learn more about what it takes to pursue a sporting career. They also got to play a game with Timo which was definitely the highlight!
Timo found out about the Hockey Project through a dear friend of his Steffen Friedrich who was head of sponsorship for Adidas in Germany. Friedrich passed away unexpectedly last year and in honour of his life, his friends, family and Adidas made a generous donation at the annual Alster Club fundraiser in Hamburg for the project.


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MILFORD - Pike County District Attorney Raymond J. Tonkin announced the following criminal sentences were issued Thursday, March 27 by Pike County President Judge Joseph F. Kameen:
• James Read, age 22, of Milford was sentenced to six to 18 months in the Pike County Jail, fines totaling $800.00 and had his driving privileges suspended for 24 months for the crimes of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Driving Under the Influence, Driving While Operating Privileges Suspended and other traffic violations.
On December 29, 2013, in Dingmans Township, Read was found driving on a suspended license, driving under the influence of a combination of drugs which impaired his ability to safely operate his vehicle, and in possession of crack cocaine, heroin and marihuana.
•Ian Gardner, age 22, of Port Jervis, NY was sentenced to one to 12 months in Pike County Jail followed 12 months of Probation, six months driver's license suspension and a fine totaling $400.00 for the crimes of Possession of a Controlled Substance and Receiving Stolen Property. On July 25, 2013, in Matamoras Gardner was found in possession of 38 packets of heroin. On August 26, 2013, Gardner was found in possession of stolen items having a value of $550.00.
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•Charles Swezy, age 47, of Matamoras was sentenced to 12 months of Probation and a fine totaling $500.00 for the crime of Theft by Unlawful Taking. On December 28, 2012, in Pike County, Swezy charged $1,095.84 to his employer's credit card without permission.
• Jonnie Floyd, age 52, of Dingmans Ferry was sentenced to five years of Probation and a fine totaling $500.00 for the crime of Terroristic Threats. On October 27, 2013 in Dingmans Ferry Floyd threatened his neighbor with violence.
• Labinot Bajramaj, age 28, of Matamoras was sentenced to one year of Probation, a fine totaling $525.00 and had his driving privileges suspended for one year for the crimes of False Identification to Law Enforcement, Possession with Intent to Use Drug Paraphernalia, Traffic Control Signals and Driving While Operating Privileges are Suspended and other traffic violations. On March 17, 2011, in Westfall Township, Bajramaj failed to stop for a red light. He provided the officers with false identification and was found to be in possession of a zip lock bag used for storing marihuana. His driver's license was suspended.
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