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There is something beautiful and ominous about a room with a stuffed animal. Most of my friends who own stuffed animals have acquired them from their parents or have purchased them at estate sales, which somehow makes them feel better about owning taxidermy. But lately, I have been seeing more and more stuffed birds popping up in ads, and in people's homes. Granted, the stuffed birds do act as colorful sculpture-- their feathers brightening up the room.
But, what do you think? Is it OK to decorate with stuffed birds, or is it as bad as wearing a fur coat? Do you have any stuffed birds in your home?
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Seven projects that will create or rehabilitate 324 residences in Monroe County have been awarded a total of $3.9 million in affordable housing grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.
The awards are below. The first four are located in the city:
A $1.5 million grant to the Isla Housing and Development Corp. to help finance the Harris Park Apartments project, which will rehabilitate 114 units of affordable housing;
A $710,000 grant to DePaul Properties Inc. to help finance the Carriage Factory project, which will convert a vacant warehouse into 71 affordable units of housing;
A $241,625 grant to the Providence Housing Development Corporation to help finance the Son House Apartments project, which will build 21 units of supportive housing for homeless individuals;
A $540,000 grant to Charles Settlement House Inc. to help finance the Stadium Estates project, which will build 45 affordable homes for low- and very low-income families;
A $750,000 grant to CDS Monarch to help finance the CDS Monarch Senior Living project, which will create 50 units of affordable housing for seniors in Webster;
A $71,200 grant to Heritage Christian Services Inc. to help finance the Railroad Mills project, which will rehabilitate a long-term supportive living facility for developmentally disabled adults in Pittsford;
A $123,500 grant to Goose II Housing Development Fund Corporation Inc. to help finance the Goose II Senior Apartments project, which will build 19 units of housing for very low-income seniors in West Henrietta.
"Recent media reports have highlighted the economic struggles in our area and these grants reinforce our commitment to address the critical need for affordable housing and economic revitalization in Rochester," said Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Perinton, in a statement.


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2. Scholars don't necessarily believe that most of the events you are talking about can be established historically. There are a number of categories here, including:>snip< • In some cases they believe the events were never intended to be historical, but that writers of that day used fantastic events as a way of illustrating meaning, and people of their day would recognise this. An example is Peter's quoting of Joel in Acts 2 ("I will pour out my Spirit in those days ... the sun will become dark and the moon red as blood") as an explanation of people apparently speaking in different languages. There is no indication that any of these ominous portents actually occurred, yet Peter applies the passage. Clearly he saw the language in some sense as metaphoric or some such.
I don't necessarily agree with all they say in these areas, but here is another example where just reading may be enough for the believer but is not enough for someone like you who wants to make historical-critical statements - you need to know all these things.
3. Most scholars say that Jewish people of Jesus' day didn't question that he did the miraculous, but that critics argued that he did it using evil powers.
So why would they make the fuss about it you suggest? And the majority of people couldn't even write, so there's little likelihood they would have left a record!
4. On the other hand, the Roman historians would generally not have cared what was happening in a far-flung and rebellious province, apart from the stuff relating to the success of the Empire, and they would have given little credance to reports from there. Again, why would you expect Roman historians to take much notice?
5. I can honestly say I cannot recall any scholar making the argument you make, though there may be some (my reading, after all, is not all that extensive!).
6. Finally of course, it isn't true to say that no-one noticed. The gospel writers noticed, and if you believe the scholars (another example where ignorance is indeed misleading!), the oral sources behind the gospels noticed. I wonder how may records you would want before you count it as someone noticing?
So I think you need to show, not out of your own fertile imagination but from historical analysis, why you are so confident of what you say.
I have explained this several times, but I will try again. We are not just talking about reading the daily news. We are talking about texts that carry very important implications (obviously, or we would not be discussing like we are). Just as I would not attempt to argue biology with Richard Dawkins, or paleontology with Stephen Jay Gould (if he were still alive), because they know a great deal of information that I don't have, so I suggest the historical scholars know a great deal that you and I (and Dawkins!) do not know. We make our statements about historical conclusions out of ignorance unless we build on their knowledge. I am amazed that you would attempt to suggest otherwise. So yes, you are entitled to form your own opinion, but it won't be based on evidence unless you know enough of the facts - which you have provided no indication that you do, any more than I do without the experts.
I'm not sure we are going to get much further on this. I think your anti-scholarship views look awfully like obscurantism.
I find it ioronic that an educated athesist who criticies christians for using faith rather than reason can argue the way you have. In the end, you still have not explained why I should accept such views ahead of people who have studied these matters for decades in high quality universities.
I hope I have not been personally rude, as that is not my intention,
I just wish to challenge you to move beyond your own ideas to take the best available evidence seriously. Then we can debate the more important debate on an evidential basis. Best wishes.
And miraculous and supernatural are matters that historians are loath to comment on as historians, because one's metaphysical beliefs or assumptions have a stronger bearing on one's conclusions than would the historical evidence.For example, there is quite a bit of historical evidence pointing to the fact of the resurrection, but an atheist or agnostic would (quite reasonably for them) be unable to accept it as historical because of their metaphysics. So most historians put aside their metaphysical views (at least for a while) and seek to establish what might be called a lowest common denominator understanding of what is considered to be historical, that is, what could be accepted on historical grounds by people of all beliefs.
But perhaps you would accept that particle physicist John Polkinghorne is a reputable physicist? (I have even seen a quote from Richard Dawkiuns to the effect that he is, or was, a first rate scientist.) John says this about miracles: "science has falsified the idea that we know the laws of nature so well that they can dispose of an individual event. like the resurrection" He bases this view on the nature of science as "restricting itself to the impersonal and general, and bracketing out the personal and unique"
I have tended to use the late historian Michael Grant because he was a specialist in the wider Roman Empire, not just the NT, so can bring a wider perspective to bear, and because he was an unbeliever, so could be considered to be impartial. Things Grant said could be established about Jesus included:he claimed to be able to forgive sins which only God could forgive and people believed him he believed his death would be redemptive and people believed him he believed he was inaugurating the kingdom of God on earth, and people believed him he believed repentant "sinners" were eligible for the kingdom, and people believed him he died a terrible death his actual tomb was later found to be empty and right from the earlist days people believed he had been resurrected
An atheistic world view can not logically account for invariate immaterial entities such as the law of logic. As such those that hold that world view, do so in opposition to itself, creating intellectual discordance and forcing compartmentalizing.
Quote from: kcradyNowhere here are any theistic deities required, or even desirable in establishing the validity of logic. You have done nothing but restate the laws of logic, which does nothing. You still have not accounted for the existence of said entities in a materialistic natural world view.
Nowhere here are any theistic deities required, or even desirable in establishing the validity of logic.
No. Any attempt to account for their existence is a means of analyzing ones own world view for inconsistencies in known reality. Their is no implications of non-existence.
I don't remember talking about deities? Where talking about how your materialistic worldview can not account for invariate non-material entities such as the law of logic.
This is random babbling. How do you account for the existence of the laws of logic with a worldview that believes you can only learn by observing nature
I'll do that right after your proof as requested in an old thread of mine that god doesn't always intervene for the best possible outcome of this world. Because if you can't prove that, whatever point of proving god cruel for letting and/or inspiring his followers to do that things, can't stand 100%, so can't logically stand for your high standards of atheist reasoning.
If I am nothing more than an animal there is no such thing as good and evil or any kind of certain moral code. Now I know that it might not be helpful to the ever evolving evolutionary group, or even members of my own clan, but as distasteful and unhelpful to all of you as it might seem, isn't it evil to kill, rape and eat a child on my block? If we are nothing more than animals it is not evil, it might not be helpful to the group, but not evil. A moral code created outside of humanity would make it evil, not evolution. If I and the child are animals then it's not evil, you need to coin another word for what it is, not evil.
Quote from: kcradyNow, you have critiqued atheist concepts of evolved altruism (which is not the morality I'm discussing here) on the premise that it results in the sanction of genocide and assault on children. Please read Numbers 31:17-18 and explain whether the actions described there are morally justified or not.First, I am not sure where you are getting your interpretation for Numbers 31 from. I would note that there is a distinction between the Hebrew world for "murder" and the Hebrew word for "kill". Second, Jesus didn't come to superseded the everlasting covenant, but to fulfill it as priest and sacrifice, both which are part of the Old Covenant. The Bible is consistent here: The penalty of sin is death. They disobeyed God, and God killed them according to his own law. They tried to take matters into there own hands by not relying on God's grace and mercy. The morality that Jesus preached is found in the Old Testament. What he was referring to in an "eye for an eye" was not coming from the old covenant, but from the scribes and pharisees of the day that were teaching something contrary to the ethics of the old testament. It is true that Jesus preached a message of mercy, but only in light of God. It is very clear that if one wants to take matters into his own hands (ie worship another God, thus rejecting Jesus and God) then he will receive due punishment.
Now, you have critiqued atheist concepts of evolved altruism (which is not the morality I'm discussing here) on the premise that it results in the sanction of genocide and assault on children. Please read Numbers 31:17-18 and explain whether the actions described there are morally justified or not.
Second, if survival is a basis for morality, you create a whole other set of problems. What if killing all people with brown eyes were beneficial to human survival. In this case, killing off all non-browned people would in essence increase the survivability of humans.
This may seems far fetched, but consider something that is not so far fetched: people of Arian descent are more well-suited for survival than those who are not. Therefore killing off all those who are not of Arian descent will increase the survivability of the human race. This is the same justification that the Third Reich used to kill Jews and the Japanese Empire used to kill Manchurian Chinese.
Additionally, such an definition of "good" and "bad" is not sufficient to account for for all that is "good" and all that is "bad". How does such a judgment apply to something like "a good day" or a "good nap" These things would be difficult to evaluate in that context.
Third, "Laws" as defined in science are really just abduction based on what had been observed in science. These "Laws" do not dictate that an action will occur. I think that we agree there. However, it does raise the question, "Could it have been another way?", and if it were another way, then what might it look like. Many of the constants in nature such as the speed of light in a vacuum, Avogadro's number, the gravitational constant, and others. There is such a delicate balance of these numbers that some have suggested that the universe was established with the "Anthropic Design Principle". This idea suggests that God did indeed establish laws (if you please) to govern the universe that it would support life. This principle was fundamental in a physicists and atheist-turned-Christian Frank Tipler's conversion.
If god is evil, then worshiping a loving and just god is the ultimate rebellion.
Wow, that serpent souns like quite a guy. Actually, the first five points on your first list would make some great 'commandments' to live by; treat others with respect, don't command/threaten, always tell the truth, always seek the truth. I may have to tell the next Born Again I meet that I've decided to follow the teachings of the snake from the Adam and Eve story
What are the implications for this, belief-wise? Isn't all of this very good evidence that what we think of as 'the Bible' was never made to be put into a single book, since it's so incoherent? And how do Christians get away from the fact that the Serpent could be portrayed as so 'good' at the start of the Bible and then conveniently become evil by the end of it?
Quote from: SolvalouIf god is evil, then worshiping a loving and just god is the ultimate rebellion.Won't mean a piss though if he is. It wouldn't be like there would be another God to cancel the bad one out. The bad one would probably just torture you all the same after death regardless of your rebellious phase, and you would have wasted the one little speck of tolerable life in worshiping a side of God he doesn't have. That's all, of course, if God exists and is a jerk.
Quote from: kcrady on March 26, 2007, 07:10:19 AMExactly. If you read the Bible applying the principle "Actions speak louder than words," it is inescapably clear that the Serpent operates on far superior ethical principles. Drop the a priori assumption that "Whatever Jehovah does is Perfectly Good because it's him doing it," and it is easy to see that Jehovah meets all of the attributes of the character we refer to as "the Devil." The Serpent is described in Ezekiel 28 as an "anointed1 cherub that covereth" (the word translated "covereth" refers to establishing a hedge of protection) who has the courage and integrity to stand up to Jehovah's tyranny and offer humans the opportunity to live up to our fullest potential, rather than seeking to make us his slaves.NOTES:1. The word for "anointed" in this verse is the derived from the same root from which we get the word "messiah." Interestingly, the numerical equivalent (gematria) of the Hebrew letters for the words "Serpent" and "Messiah" add up to the same value: Serpent: Nun (50) + Kheth ( + Shin (300), total = 358Messiah: Mem (40) + Shin (300) + Yohd (10) + Kheth ( = 358 That's a very interesting thought. What are the implications for this, belief-wise? Isn't all of this very good evidence that what we think of as 'the Bible' was never made to be put into a single book, since it's so incoherent? And how do Christians get away from the fact that the Serpent could be portrayed as so 'good' at the start of the Bible and then conveniently become evil by the end of it?
Exactly. If you read the Bible applying the principle "Actions speak louder than words," it is inescapably clear that the Serpent operates on far superior ethical principles. Drop the a priori assumption that "Whatever Jehovah does is Perfectly Good because it's him doing it," and it is easy to see that Jehovah meets all of the attributes of the character we refer to as "the Devil." The Serpent is described in Ezekiel 28 as an "anointed1 cherub that covereth" (the word translated "covereth" refers to establishing a hedge of protection) who has the courage and integrity to stand up to Jehovah's tyranny and offer humans the opportunity to live up to our fullest potential, rather than seeking to make us his slaves.NOTES:1. The word for "anointed" in this verse is the derived from the same root from which we get the word "messiah." Interestingly, the numerical equivalent (gematria) of the Hebrew letters for the words "Serpent" and "Messiah" add up to the same value: Serpent: Nun (50) + Kheth ( + Shin (300), total = 358Messiah: Mem (40) + Shin (300) + Yohd (10) + Kheth ( = 358
Quote from: Solvalou on March 25, 2007, 05:24:33 PMIf god is evil, then worshiping a loving and just god is the ultimate rebellion.Won't mean a piss though if he is. It wouldn't be like there would be another God to cancel the bad one out. The bad one would probably just torture you all the same after death regardless of your rebellious phase, and you would have wasted the one little speck of tolerable life in worshiping a side of God he doesn't have. That's all, of course, if God exists and is a jerk.
Kcrady,Many things that we might call bossy today was in the time of the commandments a protection issue.Pork and other forbidden meat was full of parasites.
Having only one sex partner cut down considerably the spread of VD. I think most commandments were for reasons like this.
It made for a healthier group of people overall.
As far as the Sabbath thing it makes sense to me. The whole nation taking a day off at the same time builds community, time for family and friends, national pride, something we do different.
And Jesus certainly implied that some accidents or whatever would merit work on the sabbath --pulling an ox out of a ditch on the sabbath seemed to be perfectly acceptable to Jesus.
I don't claim to have all the answers to these questions but i'll attempt to address the "killing other pagans" as best i can. In some instances i have no reply, in others it could be that since Abraham had owned the land and the people there refused to move, they had to fight for the land that was theirs.
"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon, than the word of God." --Thomas Paine, Age of Reason Part I, pp. 18-19 (emphasis added)
The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. It has been the most dishonorable belief against the character of the Divinity, the most destructive to morality and the peace and happiness of man, that ever was propagated since man began to exist. It is better, far better, that we admitted, if it were possible, a thousand devils to roam at large, and to preach publicly the doctrine of devils, if there were any such, than that we permitted one such imposter and monster such as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God in his mouth, and have credit among us.--The Age of Reason Part II, p. 176 (emphasis added)
What you call cherry picking i call "doctrinal priority of scripture" I won't quibble over the term usage because i see your point, however I do think god's mind is infinitely greater than ours and he uses concepts beyond our imagination.---that is why we call him god. >snip<I trust god, that he has it all figured out enough that i don't have to run around in a panic trying to convince everyone within 500 miles that they must accept christ and every uncomfortable verse in the bible. I guess it comes down to me just trusting in a god that is more good and wonderful than any of us can imagine. I think He is good enough and powerful enough to figure out the things that i cant figure out here for myself. ---Vynn ;-)
1. I think the starting point must be my tentative definition of "a god", which was: "a supernatural (ie outside of nature) being with the power to design and create the universe (on its own or in concert with other gods) and the volition to make a choice to do so".So how do we define "nature"? I would guess nature = space-time. God (or a god) would not be bound by or contained within space & time. >snip<But since I used the word nature, and believe nature is defined as space-time (perhaps we would want to add "in principle able to be measured by science") I have to conclude that these beings [hypothetical advanced aliens who caused our Big Bang and "fine-tuned" our cosmological constants] are not "gods" under the definition, because they are still in space-time.2. If we drew some corollaries from the definition of "a god", we might conclude that a god is eternal, timeless, never had a beginning - otherwise it would be in space-time. This too would rule out the beings you postulate.3. Your postulation then doesn't change anything. You have set up a regress, admittedly with only one extra item in the set, and it doesn't solve anything. If I could communicate back through time to these beings, I could have the same discussion we are having here, and argue that "a god" is the best expanation for their universe, or sub-universe, or part of the multiverse. So again, I conclude that they are in the same position as we are, and clearly not gods.
You have neatly illustrated what I think is the "problem" I am trying to highlight. "God does not exist" is a proposition and a pretty general one. Not just a particular god, but god generally. I can't see why such a proposition does not require some demonstration before it can be urged upon anyone else. If I put forward the proposition "a god exists" and wish to recommend that view to you, it is true as you say that a "burden of proof" lies with me. But that being the case, it seems to me that if you make your proposition and wish to recommend it to me, then you do indeed also have the same "burden of proof".The only way out I can see is either (1) we each stop trying to recommend our views and then we don't need to offer reasons for our respective views (that would mean closing down the parent WWGHA site), or (2) we both continue to present our views and we both share the same burden of proof.
1. Your example indicates that there are no objective, evidential, reasonable reasons for believing in Unies, that belief is subjective, untestable, etc. Now despite the fact that you and others infer the same is true for 'a god", this is manifestly untrue. There are many facts adduced as evidence, many arguments put forward by strict logicians, to support the proposition "a god exists". You may not, presumably don't, accept that these evidences and arguments establish the proposition, but that is a very long way from denying they exist and can be argued competently. Here are a few examples of such arguments:Philosopher Stephen Davis has written "God, Reason and Theistic Proofs", published by Edinburgh University Press, in which he outlines a whole swag of such proofs, and analyses the logic of their arguments. He concludes, (with one possible exception if I remember correctly) that the proofs do not succeed deductively, but they still exist, are formidable and plausible, and cannot be easily dismissed. If one allows inductive reasoning, they might, and in my judgment do, provide reasonable support for the proposition. There are of course many such books.The secular web carries or links to many arguments for and against God's existence. Powerful and well rehearsed arguments exist on both sides of the question.
2. Further, your analogy states: "apart from my claim that unies exist, there isn't even an issue to debate" and infers the same is true about a god. But again the analogy fails. It isn't the fact that I and a few other theists are responsible for promulgating this crazy belief and none of you would need to worry about it if we didn't do it. Belief in God crops up all over human existence, it is one of the most prevalent and defining features of humanity. People can look at the night sky and wonder why, even if they have never been taught about a god (e.g. that was my wife's experience - she was raised an atheist). So the issue exists in some people's minds, often because of theistic proselytising, but certainly not always.
3. Your analogy infers that you are the only Unie believer, and therefore that I might reasonably find belief in Unies a bit strange - of course you know yourself better than I do, so I'll leave you to judge that! : ) But of course theism, and my version of theism are not in that situation. They are believed by billions. Doesn't make them correct, of course, but it does lift the belief a little above the quaint.
In the extreme, if everyone in the world was a theist except you, no matter how strong your logic, it would be hard to argue that everyone else was wrong and you were right.
(You might be able to wirdtand the argument if the matter was as provable as 1 + 1 = 2, but not on such a semi-subjective matter.) Of course it isn't like that, but weight of numbers can at least arguably indicate that the belief may not be based on "delusion".
Further, christianity and some other forms of theism have had enormous impacts on the lives of people, societies and the entire world - it can be well argued that christianity is largely responsible for the development of modern science,
the rise of modern democracies,
major social changes and institutions such as schools,
freedom for slaves,
Your Unies belief really changed nothing and impacted very little on you, compared to this great impact of theism. Thus the lives of believers constitutes some evidence (not always good, but overall good).
5. The Unies belief in the end is unimportant - it doesn't really matter of you believe it or if I don't. But christianity and theism are very different - the stakes are very high if they are true, and fairly high if they are not.
I think DTE does well showing that the imagery of slavery is used throughout the Bible, but what I think most people end up doing when the issue of slavery is brought up is they begin to superimpose a 21st century understanding of the concept of slavery onto a 1st century world and prior. Often times when we think about slavery, we associate the obvious imbalance between long hours repaid with marginal living conditions and poor treatment. Of such things, the Bible condemns.
In the Old Testament, slavery was permissive, but not necessarily promoted. The law had allotted certain regulations governing slavery that entrusted the masters to treat slaves fairly, not with severity. (Lev 25:43,46). It also seems that masters were held accountable for treating a slave justly. Exodous 21:20 invokes masters to be punished should a slave die in the process of being punished. This was a sharp contrast to the way the Israelites had been treated as slaves under the Egyptians, who were ruthless in the way they treated the Hebrews. It would be easy that once freed, a person could become vengeful and want to take advantage of those in servitude.
During the New Testament period, perhaps as much as 60% of the population of the Roman Empire were considered slaves. Most of these slaves were probably bondservants -- those that hired themselves out to pay a debt.
When an apostle identified himself as a servant (or slave if you prefer) he is saying that he has volunteeringly surrendered his interests to the interest of Jesus, making himself subject to Jesus, Jesus teachings, and way of life. If the predominant model of slavery in the New Testament period was the idea that people gave themselves into slavery, then it would have been understood that the apostles when they were saying this were saying that they were volunteering themselves as such.
On the same token, the imagery of redemption is also prevalent in scripture, in that Jesus paid the purchase price for those who were onces slaves to sin.
In Romans 6, Paul uses the analogy of slavery to illustrate that once those who are saved were slaves to sin which leads to death, but they become slaves to righteousness which leads to eternal life. Not only is this slavery freedom from death, but it is an elevation to sonship through adoption (Romans 8:15, 23). If Christ is king, and isn't being his servant leads one to be adopted as a son by the king them certainly we would want that over the alternative.
Now, going back to the original observation, with the precognitions of the evil slavery that has existed in recent years, slavery in the Bible doesn't seem to be the same thing, and as I mentioned, it is permissible but not necessarily prescriptive. And the slavery of which the New Testament speaks leads to freedom and sonship, not bondage and death. Comparably speaking, I would rather be a slave to a king that would adopt me as a son..
kcrady:This post picks up our discussion, and asks a few more questions of you, please, to clarify what you believe.The outstanding questions so far are:1. Are you assuming that all human beings (including me) actually accept that "objective morality"? Or do you believe that we should accept that morality? If the latter, on what basis should we accept it?
2. Your statement sounds pretty much like utilitarianism, and one of the obvious difficulties is how we actually know the requirements for human survival.
I'm not talking about the difficulty of doing a computation but what things should be taken into account. Would you be happy for me to include the benefits of knowing God in this life and the benefits of life in the age to come in the computation?
I have three more questions, in the form of hypotheticals, please, to further explicate your belief in ethics based on the good of human beings:
3. Suppose you and Richard Dawkins and many others are in a plane flying in South America when your plane crashes into snow-covered mountains (just like the football team many years ago). Everyone in the plane is incinerated to ash, but somehow you and Richard survive. There is plenty of water from snow melt, but no food. You both know rescue is weeks away. Richard looks at you and says: "My continued existence is far more important than yours to the wellbeing of the human race, otherwise those pesky christians will enslave even more people. I am needed to combat them. You must allow me to kill you and eat you, so I survive to carry on this important work. That is the best result for the human race, so I know you will allow me to do it." You know he is speaking the truth. What is your response?
4. Same scenario, but this time it is you and a dying man. So you argue that you continuing to live is more important than him, so you make the same suggestion to him. But he demurs, saying piously that he doesn't think either of you should kill the other. What do you say to persuade him to see things your way, or do you just use your extra strength to kill him?
5. The human race is multiplying, and global warming is reducing the food supply. You are director of the UN population and health program, and a proposal is put forward by two influential members of the Security Council to apply methods developed in animal husbandry and national park management, and begin to cull the human race. After all, we are just a higher form of animal, but no different in essence. Do you agree to support the proposal, and who do you start with?
For those who believe in the immortality of the soul, saving a person from physical death is nothing compared to the power of saving their soul from spiritual death.
My point was, God gives us powers that benefit people in ways that we may not understand.


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Next Meetup
What we're about
This ain't your mama's book club!
The focus of the club is to read and discuss books. We will usually have a genre selection, sometimes have a group selection, and sometimes (rarely) have no selection. And, it's OK if you don't read the "book of the month," just come and talk about something you're currently reading or have read in the past. Our members read all genres, and some of our best discussions have been about books that have been suggested that aren't "best sellers."
We are an ongoing group that is converting to Meetup to meet and make new friends. This format has worked well for us. If you're looking for a traditional book club, where everyone is expected to read the same book, perhaps this isn't for you.
We will usually have two meetups, both on Saturday. The first is a lunch at a restaurant, and this meetup is followed by the book discussion. The book discussion is usually immediately following the lunch, but in a different place than the lunch.
Other ideas we are playing with include:
*An additional meeting, possibly for dinner and discussion.
*Single book events (make a suggestion!) where only one book will be discussed.
*In the past, weekday evening meetings have been sparsely attended, but that doesn't mean we can't have them in the future, if there is enough interest.
Most of the meetings will be in the greater San Jose area. Occasionally we might make a road trip for a special event.
Effective 1/1/16, there will be membership dues of $5 for every 6 months, collected in June and December (can be pre-paid). Please contact the organizer for details on how you can waive these fees.


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Invited speaker in TEDx Monemvasia on July 27
Lost for words, hopefully not on July 27 when I will be on of the 7 speakers of TEDx Monemvasia. My grandmother was from Monemvasia and it is an honor to speak in the place she loved so much. Please support the amazing team of young people that are making TEDx Monemvasia a reality!
"The TEDx Program is designed to help communities, organizations and individuals to spark conversation and connection through local TED-like experiences.
At TEDx events, a screening of TED Talks videos -- or a combination of live presenters and TED Talks videos -- sparks deep conversation and connections at the local level."


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Danny K. Coston was in White County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon for a pre-trial hearing in connection with the double homicide case of which he is accused.
Danny K. Coston was in White County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon for a pre-trial hearing in connection with the double homicide case of which he is accused.
The Wednesday hearing was brief, with Coston's attorney, Scott Rosemblum of St. Louis, requesting a new pre-trial date and asking Judge Thomas J. Foster to not yet set a trial date in the case.
Rosenblum said the discovery is "voluminous" and continues to flow in from the state, so he needs more time to prepare for trial and to file motions in connection with the case.
White County State's Attorney Denton Aud offered no opposition to the defense's request. The judge set a new pre-trial hearing for 1:30 p.m. March 27.
Coston, who appeared to have gained some weight while in the City-County Jail under $3 million bail, was once again led to court under tight security while clad in street attire rather than the usual orange jumpsuit. He was also sporting longer hair and a new, neatly trimmed beard.
The courtroom was also packed as usual with family members from all sides present for the hearing.
Also in court Wednesday morning was Candice Brown, Coston's girlfriend, who faces a felony charge of obstruction of justice. She is accused of lying to investigators about Coston's whereabouts on the night the victims in the case went missing.
She received a new pre-trial date of 9 a.m. Feb. 13 and remains free from custody on cash bail.
Coston faces nine formal charges, including murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault. He is accused of committing the shooting deaths of 22-year-old Jacob Wheeler and 17-year-old Jessica Evans in a remote location east of Centerville during the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 26.
The charges are five class M murder charges, one class X felony charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two class X felony charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and one class 3 felony charge of concealing a homicidal death.
Evans and Wheeler were reported missing Sunday, Aug. 26, when they failed to return from a camping and fishing trip along the Little Wabash River east of Centerville. Evans' body was discovered Monday, Aug. 27, behind an abandoned farm about a mile south of the pair's campsite.
During the search for Wheeler, parts from a damaged pickup were discovered that led authorities to Coston's truck. He was picked up for questioning Friday, Aug. 31, and allegedly provided authorities with information that led to the discovery later that night of Wheeler's badly decomposed body in remote southeastern Wayne County down a seldom-traveled farm lane.
Autopsies showed both victims died from gunshot wounds to the head. An exhaustive search for the firearm used in the homicides was conducted using specialized equipment in many instances, but failed to find the weapon. It is said to be a small caliber handgun.
Evans was a senior at Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School and lived with her mother in Norris City. Wheeler recently returned home from a tour of duty in Iraq as a member of an ordinance disposal unit of the U.S. Army.


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1914 Boston Braves World Series Press Pin
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Exceptional ultra high-grade Boston Braves press pin issued for the 1914 World Series against the Philadelphia Athletics. All pre-1920 press pins are extremely rare and this example is especially desirable as it commemorates one of the most improbable World Championships in baseball history. On July 18, 1914, the Boston Braves were in last place and trailed the first place Giants by eleven games. Miraculously, the team then went on a remarkable winning streak that saw them post a record of 60-16 to close out the season and capture the pennant. Dubbed "The Miracle Braves," the team continued to work its magic in the World Series by sweeping the heavily favored Athletics in four straight games. The circular pin with scalloped edges is lettered "World Series – Braves 1914" and features in the center the raised image of an Indian Chief rendered in extremely fine detail. Perfect enamel. Manufactured by Bent & Bush. Threaded-post back. Diameter: 0.75 inches. In extraordinary Near Mint condition. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000+. SOLD FOR $3,555
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Honors & Awards
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (Coaches)
- Third-Team All-Big Ten (Phil Steele)
- Honorable-Mention All-Big Ten (Media)
- Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist (1 of 10)
- Dave Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List (2010, 2011)
- Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP, 2010)
- Tom Novak Award Winner (2011)
- Jake Young Memorial Scholarship Recipient (2011)
- Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2011)
Center Mike Caputo was the leader of the Nebraska offensive line during his senior season in 2011, and was a fixutre in the middle of the line each of his final two seasons at Nebraska. The 6-1, 275-pound Caputo started all 27 games during the 2010 and 2011 seasons, helping the Huskers rank among the conference leaders in rushing each of those seasons.
Caputo's leadership was a key ingredient for a young Nebraska offense in 2011. Up front, Nebraska had four first-time starters alongside Caputo at the beginning of the year, and the unit also battled significant injuries throughout the latter half of the season. Originally a walk-on, Caputo was one of three walk-ons to start in the middle of the line in six games, as sophomore Spencer Long and junior Seung Hoon Choi manned the starting guard spots for much of the season.
Caputo was honored for his effort, being chosen a second-team All-Big Ten selection by the league's coaches and an honorable-mention pick by the media. He was also a semifinalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to a standout college player who began their career as a walk-on.
Caputo earned his bachelor's degree in communication studies in December of 2011.
2011 (Senior)
Caputo keyed an offensive line that helped Nebraska rush for more than 200 yards seven times in 2011. Nebraska racked up back-to-back 300-yard rushing games in wins over Washington and Wyoming. Caputo and the offensive line also played a key role in wearing down the Ohio State defense in a school-record comeback win. The Huskers rushed for 232 yards and had 423 yards of total offense against the Buckeyes, including 195 second-half rushing yards.
The line helped NU put up a season-high 346 rushing yards at Minnesota, and also top the 200-yard rushing mark in the regular-season finale against Iowa. Caputo and the line also paved the way for junior I-back Rex Burkhead to rush for 1,357 yards in 2011.
2010 (Junior)
Caputo and the offensive line paved the way for a strong running game. The offense averaged 247.6 rushing yards per game and topped 200 rushing yards 10 times in 14 games. The rushing average was Nebraska's best since 2002. The Huskers had three 100-yard rushers in their victory at Washington—just the fifth time that has happened in school history—and had two other games with a pair of 100-yard rushers. Senior I-back Roy Helu Jr. rushed for more than 1,200 yards and 11 touchdowns behind the offensive line. Overall, NU had 12 100-yard rushing games.
2009 (Sophomore)
Caputo appeared in six games as Hickman's backup at center and saw important playing time with Hickman battling nagging injuries for much of the season. Caputo played in three non-conference games, then saw his most extensive action against Iowa State when Hickman was sidelined with a leg injury.
2008 (Redshirt Freshman)
Caputo played in seven games and helped the NU offense rank among the top 20 nationally in scoring, passing and total offense.
2007 (Redshirt)
A walk-on, Caputo redshirted in his first season.
Before Nebraska
Caputo was a two-way standout for Millard North High School and Coach Fred Petito. Caputo helped Millard North reach four straight Class A state semifinals, including a victory in the title game in 2005. Caputo was named to the Class A all-state team by both the Lincoln Journal Star and the Omaha World-Herald as a senior. Caputo received offers from several Division II schools, as well as several Division I walk-on offers, before deciding on Nebraska.
Mike was born on May 2, 1989, and he is the son of Tony and Maryann Caputo. Caputo majored in communication studies at Nebraska and earned his bachelor's degree in December of 2011. He assisted with team hospital visits, the Omaha Heart Walk and volunteered at Elliott Elementary, Eastridge Elementary and Huntington Elementary. He was named to the 2011 Brook Berringer Citizenship Team for his outreach work.
Caputo's Career Statistics
» Games Played- 40 (7 in 2008; 6 in 2009; 14 in 2010, 13 in 2011)
» Games Started - 27 (14 in 2010, 13 in 2011)


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The Magi got much clearer and more definite responses.
"Has anything happened on the island since I was here?" It was far too leading a question to ask an island resident. But listen to the pauses and the silence as well as the evasive answer and you might guess whether anything significant has transpired and even where you might look for it.
I heard about John W., only in his sixties, who died recently after a long illness and a turbulent life on oil rigs and at sea before returning to the island with a Chinese wife. Everyone liked her and spoke of how loyally and lovingly she cared for him throughout his last illness. With her he found five years of an emotional and domestic stability he had not known before. Until the day before he died he smoked like a chimney and indulged his passion for betting on the horses until his vision failed and he could no longer see the television. Shortly before the end he put on a party for his friends on the island, which is to say almost the entire island. 'Why should you have all the fun at my wake without me there', he asked them. They came and had a long great craic even though he had to go to bed early.
Changes don't happen alone. One leads onto another; so, we ring in the changes like bells tolling, continuously yet seemingly unexpected. St Augustine knew what time was until he had to describe it. Heraclitus said of the river of time that we never go down to the same one twice. Continuity and change and sometimes: a finality like the last sound of a fading gong. New Year only reminds us that time ever flows, flies like an arrow in one direction till it falls. John's absence means many things, one thing to Min, another for the islanders. It means we will no longer see a quiet, self-possessed Chinese woman walking the lanes of this Irish island taking a short break from her carer's work.
These deep thoughts melted in the practical world during my first walk on the island after several months. Looking up to the crest of the hill I saw not just the Cross which is lit up at night and is visible from the mainland as soon as the island comes into view on the road from town. There was also a strange new thing, awkwardly present, like an unexpected guest wearing the wrong clothes and uninvited. A single wind generator, a three blade turbine, a blow-in rudely taller than the 1950 Jubilee Cross.
Retrospectively the silence that my innocent question had evoked became more understandable. This was something that had happened alright and people had their feelings about it. Without notice or consultation, it had appeared on public land for private profit. But if people spoke about it at all, they spoke guardedly. It was an event, unlike John W's departure, that could cause division and resentment for years to come. Any personal remark travels fast through the ether of a small community and acquires spin as it travels. I could hear the danger of my own too direct comment.
We spend much of our life denying death. When other unpleasant things happen we instinctively find ways to deny them too. Isn't this what must have happened in the cases of clerical child abuse over decades? You begin by downplaying its importance. It will go away. Wait and see. Don't cause unnecessary offence. God will take care of it with time.
In the case of an illegal and anti-social wind turbine you begin by describing, with some glee, how it broke down immediately it was turned on. But it is not easy to seriously discuss its rights and wrongs if there are no structures for discourse, no civic institutions except extended families where blood is thicker than water and stronger than the wind. It is the procrastination of unfinished business anywhere that feeds corruption in homes or in communities or states.
Well, at least there is the liturgy. Here we experience sacred time not subject to the intrusions of fashion or faction or individual whim because the sacred can't be created even by the highest magisterium. It takes time to mature and for words to acquire the resonance and layered familiarity of funerals, weddings, anniversaries and the flow of ordinary days. But a fresh new missal with its often dissonant piety and false sounding archaisms, hard to understand and hard to read aloud, lay open on the altar, reminding us that nothing is sacred, even the sacred. No one I spoke to, lay or clerical, likes it. Maybe, in time, like people and scandals and the wind it will go away.
Laurence Freeman OSB
The World Community for Christian Meditation, of which Laurence Freeman OSB is director, has recently opened a new outreach program – "Meditatio" (www.wccmmeditatio.org)


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The Life of Buddha, by A. Ferdinand Herold, tr. by Paul C Blum [1922], at sacred-texts.com
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THE Master was happy to number these relatives among his disciples, and he took them with him to the Bamboo Grove. There, poor Nanda was suffering. He kept thinking of Sundarika; she often appeared to him in his dreams, and he regretted having left her. The Buddha knew of his unhappiness, and he decided to cure him.
One day, he took him by the hand and led him to a tree where a hideous monkey was sitting.
"Look at that monkey," said he, "is she not beautiful?"
"I have rarely seen one as ugly," replied Nanda.
"Really?" said the Master. "And yet she resembles Sundarika, your former betrothed."
"What are you talking about!" exclaimed Nanda. "Do you mean to say that this monkey looks like Sundarika, who is grace, who is beauty itself?"
"In what way is Sundarika different? Are they not both females, do they not both awaken the desire of the male? I believe you would be willing to leave the path of holiness and run to Sundarika's
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arms, just as somewhere in this wood there is a monkey that can be roused to a frenzy of love by the violent ardor of this female. They will both become old and decrepit, and then you, as well as the monkey, will wonder what could have caused your folly. They will both die, and perhaps you and the monkey will then understand the vanity of passion. Sundarika is no different from this monkey."
But Nanda was not listening. He was sighing. He was dreaming that he saw slender, graceful Sundarika wandering in a garden bright with flowers.
"Take the hem of my cloak!" the Blessed One said, imperiously.
Nanda obeyed. He felt the earth suddenly give way under him, and a fierce wind sweep him to the sky. When he regained his feet, he found himself in a marvellous park. He was walking on a path of gold, and the flowers were living jewels, fashioned out of rubies and fragrant sapphires.
"You are in Indra's sky," said the Blessed One. "Open your sightless eyes."
Nanda saw a house of shining silver surrounded by an emerald field. An Apsaras, far lovelier than Sundarika, was standing at the door. She was smiling. Maddened by desire, Nanda rushed to her, but she stopped him with a sudden gesture.
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"Be pure on earth," she said to him; "keep your vows, Nanda. After your death, you will be reborn here; then you may come to my arms."
The Apsaras disappeared. Nanda and the Master returned to earth.
Nanda forgot Sundarika. He was haunted by the lovely vision he had seen in the celestial gardens, and, out of love for the Apsaras, he now resolved to lead a pure life.
But the monks still looked at him with disapproval. They would not speak to him; often, when they met him in the Bamboo Grove, they would smile at him scornfully. This made him unhappy. He thought, "They seem to bear me ill will; I wonder why?" One day, he stopped Ananda who was passing, and he asked him:
"Why do the monks avoid me? Why do you not speak to me any more, Ananda? Formerly, in Kapilavastu, we were friends as well as relatives. What have I done to offend you?"
"Poor man!" replied Ananda. "We, who meditate on the saintly truths, have been forbidden by the Master to speak to you, who meditate on the charms of an Apsaras!"
And he left.
Nanda was very disturbed. He ran to the Master; he fell at his feet and wept. The Master said to him:
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"Your thoughts are evil, Nanda. You are a slave to your feelings. First it was Sundarika, now it is an Apsaras, who turns your head. And you would be reborn! Reborn among the Gods? What folly, what vanity! Strive to attain wisdom, Nanda; give heed to my teachings, and kill your devouring passions."
Nanda pondered the Buddha's words. He became a most obedient disciple, and gradually he purified his mind. Sundarika no longer appeared to him in his dreams, and now, when he thought of the Apsaras, he laughed at having wanted to become a God for her sake. One day, when he saw a hideous monkey watching him from a tree-top, he cried in a triumphant voice:
"Hail, you that Sundarika can not equal in grace; hail, you that are lovelier far than the loveliest Apsaras!"
He took great pride in having conquered his passions. "I am a true saint," he said to himself, "and in virtue I will not yield even to my brother."
He made a robe for himself of the same size as the Master's. Some monks saw him in the distance, and they said:
"Here comes the Master. Let us rise and greet him."
But as Nanda drew near, they saw their mistake.
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[paragraph continues] They were embarrassed, and as they sat down again, they said:
"He has not been in the community as long as we have; why should we rise in his presence?"
Nanda had been pleased to see the monks rise at his approach; he was abashed to see them sit down again. But he was afraid to complain; he felt they would blame him. Yet it was no lesson to him; he continued to walk through the Bamboo Grove, wearing a robe that was like the Buddha's. In the distance, he was taken for the Master, and the monks would rise from their seats; but at his approach, they would laugh and sit down again.
Finally, a monk went to the Buddha and told him. He was very displeased. He assembled the monks, and in front of them all, he asked Nanda:
"Nanda, did you really wear a robe of the same size as mine?"
"Yes, Blessed One," replied Nanda; "I wore a robe of the same size as yours."
"What!" said the Master, "a disciple dares to make a robe for himself of the same size as the Buddha's! What do you mean by such audacity? An action of this kind does not tend to arouse the faith of the unbeliever, nor does it help to strengthen the faith of the believer. You must shorten your robe, Nanda, and, in the future, any
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monk who makes a robe for himself of the same size as the Buddha's, or larger than the Buddha's, will be committing a grave offense, an offense for which he will be severely punished."
Nanda saw the error of his ways, and he realized that to be a true saint, he would have to conquer his pride.


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Design Trend: One Papered Wall
Nowadays seeing a graphic wallpaper on all four sides of a room can be visually overwhelming, but large-scale pattern can be such a refreshing treat when used sparingly on an accent wall with a coordinating solid color covering the rest of the space.
The realization that less is more has revived the use of wallpaper in interior design. On an accent wall, it tends to function more as artwork than as the defining feature of a room. The right paper can integrate all color, texture, and scale issues involved in a design and suddenly have them all make sense together.
What are some of your favorite one-wall papers?
Row 1:
1. Katie*Belle
2. Revolutionary Ideas
3. creamylife
4. emmas designblogg
5. Design Hole
Row 2:
6. houzz
7. decorpad
8. The Lennoxx
9. creamylife
10. AT: Wallpaper in the Bedroom


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December 16 money bomb set to be biggest ever
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Thursday, December 8, 2011
With Ron Paul now firmly established as a top tier candidate just weeks away from the crucial caucuses in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Paul campaign is set to launch what could turn out to be the biggest ever single day online money bomb in the history of U.S. politics.
Back in 2007, Ron Paul supporters made history by raising $6 million in online contributions in a single 24 hour period, beating the single day record for a national candidate.
That total could easily be topped on December 16th, when the Paul campaign launches its 'Tea Party Money Bomb' as part of a final mail, radio, and TV ad push in Iowa.
However, Congressman Paul has urged his supporters to donate as soon as possible so as to fund ad buys in Iowa. Paul's TV ads have been devastating to his Republican rivals thus far, with the latest being targeted against Newt Gingrich's "serial hypocrisy".
The crucial Iowa caucus takes place on January 3rd with New Hampshire following a week later on January 10th.
"We need to do well in Iowa and New Hampshire, because it's very important for perception," Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton said to POLITICO after the Michigan debate. "It's also important because the voters in those states are very adept and astute at evaluating candidates, so we need to be in the top three in those states, no question about it," Mr. Benton added.
"If you were holding off on contributing until the Money Bomb later this month, I must ask you to please contribute today at least half of whatever you were planning to give on the 16th," Mr. Paul said in a campaign email.
As Michael Brendan Dougherty highlights, the next few weeks could be the most exciting ever in the history of the Ron Paul Revolution. It's no longer a stretch to say that Ron Paul has a genuine chance of building the kind of momentum that could see him secure the Republican candidacy.
"This is no longer a political novelty act. It's not a seminar on the Constitution disguised as a campaign. This is the emergence of a populist-libertarian force that is growing into an organized movement in American politics. And if Paul shocks the establishment in Iowa, January 3rd 2012 will be recorded in history as this movement's coming out party," writes Dougherty.
As numerous polls have shown, should Paul become the Republican nominee, he has every chance of defeating Barack Obama in a head to head run off. The most recent survey conducted by NBC-Marist shows that Paul has the best chance of beating Obama compared to all the other Republican candidates. Paul is currently tied with Obama 42-42, whereas Newt Gingrich trails Obama 47-37 and Mitt Romney is behind 46-39.
There are also reports that Democrats are abandoning Obama in droves over his vast expansion of the U.S. Military's involvement in foreign conflicts and registering as Republicans simply so they can vote for Ron Paul.
Now has never been a more important time to get behind Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign, and we encourage all our readers to donate either before or on the day of the next scheduled money bomb by visiting http://www.ronpaul2012.com/.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.


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They came to us nearly fully formed in sound and attitude: bombastic, righteous, and solemn, but always impressively airtight in their professionalism for such a young band. Paul "Bono" Hewson was always a head of hair. He was a small statured man with a huge voice and a vaulting ambition — and always, always hair. Hair from here to Sunday. Less so, Dave "The Edge" Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. — you always felt that the three of them put together couldn't grow one Bono-like pompadour — but still the band was never less than fashion conscious and well appointed. Early on they projected the image of serious young men with grave thoughts on the brain, espousing a rigorously intractable concern with social justice, non-violence, and human rights. It was a largely noble and certainly understandable posture for four individuals raised amidst the teeming chaos of a divided Ireland in the 1960s and '70s. The periodically grim earnestness of their spiritual and political preoccupations played in odd ways with their fashion choices, and Bono's hair seemed to grow higher and higher, until, around the time of Rattle & Hum, it became clear that the band could no longer sustain its literal and metaphorical weight. Something had to change. The band took time off. When they regrouped a few years later, with the entirely revamped sound of Achtung, Baby, highlighting the group's long suppressed sense of irony, Bono's mane had been tamed — or at least slicked back in the manner of a particularly repugnant Hollywood agent — and he had added the colored sunglasses which became a trademark of the band's second act and later work.
Most people can't wear vests or leather pants without creating a tremendous public outcry. You have to have some kind of standing in the world to do this and not be burnt as a heretic. U2 understands this, and also understands that as one of the biggest rock bands in the world for four decades running, they can wear anything they want. In this regard they do not shrink from the privilege, but rather embrace it. Lets take a look at a few examples of U2 doing it their way:
This is an image of the very young band – so young that they couldn't even afford full-size t-shirts or to have Larry Mullen in the photo (instead they got Guggi to pose in his stead. All except that rogue The Edge, who has enough shirt that he can tuck it in his pants — where does his trust fund come from? Why is he holding a shoe? So many questions.
OK, here's U2 on the beach during their imperious middle period, we guess doing like a Village People thing where everyone's a different kind of manly archetype? Larry Mullen pretty much nails the biker dude look, Adam Clayton seems comfortable as a rent boy, Bono's maybe trying to be a gangster, and The Edge appears to be like some hybrid of a bandito and a guy who handmakes hammered dulcimers. Those painted jeans had to have been a conscious decision on his part, yes? Whatever, these guys all seem like they just want to get the photo shoot over with so they can get into whatever is cooking over that unforgettable bonfire (likely a piping hot cauldron of Guinness, right?).
And so we progress to the "Beautiful Day" salad years. What have we learned? Looks like vests are out, leather is now for blazers and not pants, and v-necks for everyone. Although it's not a contest and we don't encourage wagering, if there is a real winner here, it has to be Adam Clayton, who has really managed to run the vaunted geek to chic gamut by going prematurely gray and therefore Paul Newman-exotic (who are we kidding? Of course it's a contest.).
And … back through the looking glass!
So: has U2 inspired crafts? You bet U2 has inspired crafts. At the risk of selling short our previous subjects on Craftwerk, this may be by orders of magnitude be our greatest bounty yet. It took a pitched, highly emotional, multi-hour winnowing process to arrive at just these ten, complete with crying, recrimination and epithets (and this was just when we consulted James Jackson Toth). So by all means, explore on your own – there's a lot out there if you still haven't found what you're looking for. (We know, fuck off).
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Thank you. I kept the size of the ZFS portion reasonable for symmetry but much, much more could be written about it. In particular, now that the iSCSI target is in production Solaris, it would have been interesting to discuss the extensive integration of ZFS and the target.
Good point about the dev features. I just checked my fresh Solaris 10 Update 5 (latest) install and the pool version is 4. The current dev pool version appears to be 10 since November 2008. Since then, they have changed the zpool on-disk spec to enable gzip compression, use of NVRAM devices for acceleration, quotas, booting, cifs, and other things.
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Here it is, the brand new E-Class in all its glory. As you can see, the biggest change is that Mercedes-Benz's most important model will switch from the dual-pod lights seen on the current one to single units with LED wizardry. I guess that's how Stuttgart says "hi" to Ingolstadt.


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k erm my little sister who is 14 has got a b/f whos my age (16) they've done everything but sex but they have planned to they were going to on xmas eve but all the family was around so they couldnt but now my mum is letting him sleep on new years eve and their going to do it then.
I dont want her to do it just because she thinks shes ready i mean she might regret it (i did at her when i first did it at her age i thought i was ready ive also told her this) and what if the comdom splits and she is also underage.
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Cardinals cough up lead, fall in extras to Crew
ST. LOUIS -- Seeking to make a statement in an early season series between the National League Central's best, the Cardinals weathered the Brewers' seventh-inning surge only to find themselves unable to make a dent against a formidable relief corps.
What was a three-run lead for Michael Wacha was lost with a sequence of rapid-fire singles. Milwaukee's two-run 12th against Cardinals reliever Seth Maness then clinched the game for the Brewers, who expanded their division lead to 5 ½ games with the 5-3 win in front of 40,514 fans at Busch Stadium on Monday.View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- Seeking to make a statement in an early season series between the National League Central's best, the Cardinals weathered the Brewers' seventh-inning surge only to find themselves unable to make a dent against a formidable relief corps.
What was a three-run lead for Michael Wacha was lost with a sequence of rapid-fire singles. Milwaukee's two-run 12th against Cardinals reliever Seth Maness then clinched the game for the Brewers, who expanded their division lead to 5 ½ games with the 5-3 win in front of 40,514 fans at Busch Stadium on Monday.View Full Game Coverage
Though the season is still young and 15 more games remain between these two clubs, that is a division deficit greater than any the Cardinals faced on their march to a division title last season. Manager Mike Matheny called the loss "as tough a one as we've had this year."
After Pat Neshek helped Wacha out of a troublesome seventh, scoreless relief appearances by Carlos Martinez, Trevor Rosenthal and Randy Choate gave the offense repeated opportunities to send the Cardinals home with a third win in four games. More so, the Brewers had run out of healthy position players after eight innings and were down to a Rule 5 Draft pick as the last man standing in the bullpen.
None of that would help Maness.
After carving a fit in the Cardinals' bullpen a year ago by becoming the ground-ball guy, Maness continues to watch balls be elevated against him this year. Monday was no exception.
Jonathan Lucroy greeted the right-hander with a double to left field. Khris Davis then lined an RBI triple into the right-field corner to give the Brewers their first lead of the night.
"I was trying to go away and left it up a little bit for him to get it deep enough," Maness said of the misplaced four-seam fastball. "Everything is just finding a hole."
David had been 0-for-5 with four strikeouts prior to that final at-bat.
"It's crazy," Davis told reporters. "You come from being as low as that to answering questions from you guys."
Mark Reynolds' sacrifice fly gave Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez additional cushion. It put Maness' ground-ball-to-flyball ratio this season at 1.64. For comparison, it was 5.50 a year ago. He has been scored upon in five of his nine appearances, though he had allowed just two extra-base hits in his first eight games.
"I'd say it probably goes back to Spring Training, too, where he's just having trouble finding that good groove that he was in most of last season," Matheny said. "We know what he can do. We haven't really used him in the spot that he was so effective in last year, which is coming in the middle of an inning to get guys out of trouble. We also know he has good enough stuff to come in for a clean inning and give us a chance and throw a couple."
Reaching four runs was evidently the key to victory, as neither of these two clubs has lost a game yet this season in which it has reached that run total. The Cardinals had plenty of chances to puncture the Brewers' bullpen and get there first.
They stranded the bases full in the ninth, and wasted Matt Holliday's leadoff double in the 10th. That inning turned when Holliday was stopped in a rundown on a botched sacrifice bunt by Peter Bourjos, batting cleanup following a ninth-inning double switch.
A two-out walk by Matt Carpenter in the 11th led to naught. The potential tying runs reached with two out in the 12th before Jhonny Peralta ended the night with a flyout. Jon Jay had an especially rough night, finishing 0-for-6 and ending five innings.
"It's definitely frustrating," Allen Craig said of the missed opportunities. "But it's early in the season. We played a good game, took some good at-bats. We just couldn't pull through in the end."
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo, long snakebitten by the Cardinals, would have his troubles again. The Cardinals jumped on him quickly, turning Carpenter's leadoff double into a run for the second time in as many days. Again, it was Holliday who drove Carpenter home, this time on a single to right.
The Cardinals later powered their lead to three behind sixth-inning solo homers from Holliday and Craig. The home runs were the second of the season for each outfielder. Gallardo, in 18 career starts, has now given up 22 home runs to Cardinals hitters -- nine more than to any other opponent.
But the Brewers' offense kept Gallardo from falling to 1-12 against St. Louis by getting all those runs back in the seventh.
Wacha opened the inning with his ninth strikeout of the night to retire Reynolds. A walk to Jeff Bianchi followed, after which the Brewers doubled their total number of hits off Wacha with four straight singles. That brought Milwaukee to within one and Neshek into a bases loaded mess.
"I thought he looked pretty good, real good actually," Matheny said of Wacha. "He entered that inning with about 82 pitches and we like his ability to get out of tough spots with swing-and-miss stuff like he has. Pushed him and it didn't work today."
Neshek nearly snuck out of it, striking out Jonathan Lucroy and getting to two-strikes against cleanup hitter Aramis Ramirez. Then he plunked him with an 83 mph slider to force home the tying run.
That took Wacha out of position to earn his third win of the month, though he does finish April with 44 strikeouts in 36 1/3 innings. Of the nine he had on Monday, eight were swinging. Three came on his four-seam fastball, two on the cutter and the other four with his signature changeup.
"I felt good throughout the good game," Wacha said. "I just let it get away from me there in the seventh. I just gave them the opportunities by putting the guys on base there and they made me pay for it."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB.


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The 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft will take place Thursday. Below is a scouting breakdown of former Baylor wide receiver Josh Gordon, who is expected to be the top player selected.
Also available in the supplement draft are TCU running back Ed Wesley, Boise State DB Quaylon Ewing, Syracuse RB Adam Harris, Iowa State tackle Adrian Haughton, Carson-Newman linebacker Larry Lumpkin, Georgia defensive end Montez Robinson and Midwestern State wide receiver Houston Tuminello.
Selections will be made electronically beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
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Josh Gordon
(Vital statistics: 6-3, 220 pound, 4.52 in the 40-yard dash)
STRENGTHS: Gordon's ability to pluck the ball, turn upfield and gain yards after the catch could turn him into an NFL playmaker. While his route running needs work, his ability to use his upper-body strength helps Gordon push off defenders to create separation. Gordon can reach back to catch passes thrown behind him without having to slow, which allows him to quickly get started down the field.
Gordon finds creases after the catch and runs through arm tackles. He turns quick passes behind the line of scrimmage into 10-yard gains and first downs. Gordon has superior speed for his size. This allows him to get downfield separation.
For a player with his physical talent and play-making ability, Gordon surprises with his willingness, effort and production as a blocker.
WEAKNESSES: Gordon was on the verge of being a productive college receiver after a 42-catch sophomore season in 2010, but he was dismissed from Baylor for violating team rules. Gordon was arrested in 2010 on a marijuana possession charge. He sat out the 2011 season when he transferred to Utah. There are questions about Gordon's maturity and decision making.
Gordon must work on running sharp, precise routes, especially those that require sharp cuts like "out," "dig" and "curl."
In order to take advantage of his acceleration and speed at the NFL level, Gordon must improve his initial quickness off the ball. He has a bad habit of picking up the heel on his back foot at the snap before driving forward, which slows his release.
Gordon must run with a better bend and body lean to release from NFL defenders. In addition, he must wrap up the ball with both hands after catches to avoid fumbling. In the four games graded, Gordon fumbled three times.
BOTTOM LINE: Based on Gordon's 2010 game tape at Baylor, he had better hands and run-after-the-catch ability than Kendall Wright, who was the 2012 NFL Draft's 20th overall pick by the Tennessee Titans. Gordon must improve his routes, but in terms of pure physical skills he has all the tools to be a highly productive NFL receiver.
Gordon is likely to be drafted in the third or fourth round because of his size and potential. Based purely on film evaluation, Gordon is a better prospect than Brian Quick (St. Louis Rams) and Stephen Hill (New York Jets), both of whom were second-round picks in April.


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The N.C. High School Athletic Association has made the conferences official for the upcoming four-year period beginning this fall and, while the names are still the same, county schools will still feel an impact.
The N.C. High School Athletic Association has made the conferences official for the upcoming four-year period beginning this fall and, while the names are still the same, county schools will still feel an impact.
Central Davidson should feel the biggest change. That's because the Spartans are moving up to 3-A and the Mid-Piedmont Conference. That gives Davidson County more of a footprint in the MPC, with Ledford joining four years ago after 50 years in the 2-A Central Carolina Conference. Central is replacing Northeast Guilford and the MPC is also gaining Western Guilford.
It's going to mean a lot more travel for Central, in contrast to the compactness of the CCC. Central's rivalry with Ledford once again takes on a greater meaning as they are once again to be conference rivals.
One thing to watch for in the MPC is softball. Central has long dominated the CCC in softball. But the Spartans will encounter Ledford and Southwestern Randolph, two traditional softball powers. Ledford and Central had some classic battles in the CCC. Central's pending move to the MPC should also be a boon for Ledford, which had been sort of an island in the MPC with all the Randolph and Guilford County schools.
North Rowan is replacing Central in the CCC after a four-year absence in the hinterlands of the 1-A Yadkin Valley Conference. The Cavaliers are excellent in boys' basketball, which should at least somewhat offset Central's departure. Other than that, the CCC is intact.
The Central Piedmont Conference is gaining Parkland to be a seven-team conference. Parkland's biggest impact will be in wrestling. The Mustangs are a megapower in the sport and will probably rule supreme in the CPC, too. As for football, the biggest thing North Davidson will notice is one less nonconference game. North had already dropped longtime county rival East Davidson beginning in 2013 because the series was so onesided.
South Davidson will see some notable changes in the YVC, though the travel will be no less a challenge. Joining the YVC are North Stanly, Queen's Grant and Union Academy. North Stanly is located in New London, several miles north of Albemarle on U.S. Highway 52, and is a natural rival for South. Queen's Grant, which doesn't play football, is in Matthews and Union Academy is Monroe. There's going to be some long nights getting back and forth from Denton to those schools. South fans can count on that.
It's going to be different. That's for sure.
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These days, Adam Sandler is a bottle of beer that's lost all its bubbles — cheap, mass-produced domestic beer.
So let's focus on what works in his latest, "Blended," because he sure doesn't.
Drew Barrymore, in her third pairing with Sandler, still brings energy and conviction to her performance as Lauren, a mother of two thrown together on an African vacation with this lump she met on the blind date from hell — a blind date at Hooters.
Wendi McClendon-Covey, playing Lauren's best friend, Jen, delivers a comically furious turn and either upstages Barrymore or forces her to play at her level. Watch and listen to the two of them berate an obnoxious, snarky...


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- According to the present state of research, there seems to be no language which shows possessive classifiers and possessive verbs corresponding to English "to have" at the same time. In classifier languages predicative possession is expressed by verbless clauses, i.e. by existential clauses ("there is my possessed item"), equative clauses ("the possessed item is mine" "that is my possessed item") or by locative expressions ("the possessed item is near me"), in which the classifier in the case of non-inherent possession marks the nature of the relationship. While most Melanesian languages, as for instance Fijian, Lenakel, Pala and Tolai are classifier languages, Nguna, a Melanesian language spoken in Vanuatu, only shows traces of the Melanesian possessive classifier system, but, in contrast to the other Melanesian languages, it has a possessive verb, namely 'peani' "to have". In order to show how the Nguna possessive constructions deviate from the common Melanesian type, we shall start with a brief description of the Melanesian possessive constructions in general, and that of Fijian in particular.


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CARLINVILLE, Ill. – The Panthers moved to 6-4 in the SLIAC on Saturday as they cruised past the Beavers of Blackburn College in an afternoon double-header. GC pounded BC in the opener 7-1, and kept the foot on gas in the capper with a convincing 14-0 decision.
At the plate, senior first baseman Justin Hubbard helped spearhead the clubs efforts with a 2-for-3, four RBI day in the opener.
Freshman pitcher Michael Wittmer claimed the win for Greenville going seven innings with one earned on five hits.
In game two, freshman DH Reid Cerutti was on fire at the plate to lead the Panthers. Cerutti batted 4-for-4 with six RBI and a run scored to help pace Greenville to the 14-0 win.
With the pair of wins on Saturday, GC Baseball is now 7-15 (6-2 SLIAC).
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August 31, 2011
by Sebastian Pruiti
While Channing Frye remained a dangerous three-point shooter last season, his percentage was down from his breakout 2009-10 campaign. The Suns hurt Frye by having him take more shots on the move.
August 26, 2011
In year two, Stephen Curry showed growth as a finisher around the rim. What's next for the Warriors' promising young point guard?
August 24, 2011
Even as the Pacers returned to the playoffs, Danny Granger saw his production drop off last season. Improving his performance on spot-up jumpers could make Granger and Indiana more dangerous.
August 18, 2011
Blake Griffin was impressive en route to winning Rookie of the Year, but there is still room for improvement in how he deals with double-teams as well as his outside shot.
August 16, 2011
After being dealt to Orlando, Jason Richardson found open jumpers more difficult to come by and the paint congested when he tried to drive. Can Richardson find a better fit for his skills?
August 12, 2011
Last season, Blazers big man LaMarcus Aldridge managed to improve without adding anything to his repertoire. Instead, Aldridge emphasized the parts of his game that were already effective. The next step will be avoiding fouling.
August 10, 2011
Joe Johnson's performance suffered last year because he was unable to knock down the open shots the Hawks were generating with their new, motion-heavy offense. Will that change next season?
July 29, 2011
Sebastian suggests a couple of tweaks Kevin Love can make in order to build upon the success of last season's career campaign.
July 26, 2011
After winning Rookie of the Year, Tyreke Evans was hit by the sophomore slump. Painful plantar fasciitis contributed to a disappointing second season. What lies ahead for Evans?
July 22, 2011
Humphries had a big walk year but as he stands on the cusp of free-agent riches, Sebastian explains why he needs to add to his repertoire to justify a hefty contract.
July 19, 2011
Lopez showed enough in 2009-10 to give the Suns hope he could be their long-term man in the middle, but did a sub par season and the arrival of Marcin Gortat put the kibosh on those plans?
July 15, 2011
Sebastian looks at what the high-scoring guard has to do to earn court time in Sacramento's crowded backcourt rotation.
July 13, 2011
Even as the Bulls posted the league's best regular-season record, marquee newcomer Carlos Boozer was a disappointment because of injuries and an invisible postseason. Poor finishing on the pick-and-roll and an altered shot from midrange were the culprits.
July 8, 2011
In the wake of an unexpectedly strong rookie season, Sebastian looks at how Landry Fields can do more to help the New York Knicks as a role player.
July 5, 2011
Sebastian kicks off his offseason series on last year's underachievers by looking at whether Nets center Brook Lopez can recover from his disappointing campaign.
June 21, 2011
Like Charlotte Bobcats point guard D.J. Augustin, UConn's Kemba Walker is a high-scoring point guard who is dangerous running pick-and-rolls because of his shooting ability.
June 20, 2011
The latest installment of Sebastian Pruiti's video breakdowns compares BYU star Jimmer Fredette to another high-scoring, sharpshooting collegian, J.J. Redick of the Orlando Magic.
Lithuanian big man Jonas Valancunias is one of the mysteries of this year's draft for many NBA fans. The numbers and the tape show some similarities to Tyson Chandler, who anchored the defense of the NBA champions.
June 17, 2011
Our statistical comparison of Derrick Williams to J.J. Hickson may sound underwhelming, but the two players use their quickness in similar ways. Still, Williams' shooting ability explains why he is the far superior prospect.
June 15, 2011
Using statistical translations, we've matched up some of the top players in the upcoming draft with a similar NBA talent. Sebastian goes to the video to see how well the translations hold up, starting today with the Bulls' Derrick Rose and Duke's Kyrie Irving.