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By Anna Antoni, KF11 Indonesia
In Indonesia, a developing country where you can observe a lot of chaos and reasons for inconvenience, religion is obvious everywhere. Every religion is extremely prominent in daily life and I dare to state that for most Indonesians there is no part of life that is not influenced by religion.
And maybe this is one of the reasons why most people i met still seem to be more confident and happy in their life than people in countries with a higher standard of living (see "7 reasons to fall in love with not-perfect Indonesia")
They believe in a certain way for them- whether one is guided by a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindu god(s). As an Agnostic I enjoy observing the effect of spirituality and believing itself, and there probably is no country more suitable than Indonesia for understanding what religion and spirituality can do for people.
Why Indonesia? The Kiva field partner Koperasi Mitra Usaha Kecil (MUK) is a Christian organization. On a mainly Hindu island. In a mainly Islamic country. That's exciting for an Agnostic who believes in the power of spirituality but is not guided by the Bible, Koran or other religious document. Even if I don't pray in the morning bible-sessions at MUK, I enjoy the spirit of this half hour. Let me explain why, as it has parallels to the attitude of most Indonesians I met.
It starts with a song to worship god and life, followed by collective preying, reading the bible, interpreting it with the chance for every staff member to frankly reflect the passage on his or her life. Closed with another collective prayer, where Kiva is included every day. If one of the staff members or their family members is sick, he or she will be included and a huge group of people focuses positive thoughts on that person to overcome the challenge.
I had an injury and a MUK staff member said to me "you must see it positive. You will find something positive through it- it is all god's way for you". Even if it is hard for me to accept "god's way" as an agnostic I appreciate the positive attitude. Focusing on the positive side of a challenge has a healing effect. It reduces pain, and if it persists it makes it more bearable. Believing in a positive outcome can keep you on moving forward even with heavy resistance. It is no coincidence that many people start believing in a religion or construct like fate or others in a crisis if they didn't already grow into it. There are scientific studies that showed that patients who regularly pray have a faster healing process and the connection between positive thinking and a positive impact on health seems to be widely accepted.
The ugly dog
"Problems are like an ugly 3-legged dog. The more you tell him to leave, the more he will come back". This quote of Sascha Lobo, co-author of a great book in German, became something like my motto and it seems to be for most people who believe in a certain way for them as well. It's all about thinking positive and looking into the future with hope when you face challenges.
In a developing country are many obstacles to take. Seeing how others in far away countries live in TV doesn't make it much easier to accept the situation. But people focus on moving forward and believe in a certain way for them and their country. Religion plays a huge role in this.
So here comes microfinance into the picture. Taking a microcredit isn't something that instantly raises your standard. Maybe it takes a year or more with 1-5 loans until a major financial improvement is achieved. But there is something that instantly happens. If the trust in the future and positive thinking wasn't already strong, it will become stronger. *
The community aspect
The community aspect is another important effect of religion besides the support in challenging situations and keeping a positive focus. Religion brings people together and provides a supportive environment that strengthens communities. At MUK I enjoy the morning worship very much because of the we-can-move-something-together-spirit that it produces. It supports that the team works in a trustful environment.
So here I am…
A person who doesn't believe in god but in fate and several other things that keep me going in a crisis, in a country where you can't ignore the presence of god(s) everywhere. I see headscarves, I hear calls for prayers from mosques, I see women carrying offerings to temples, I hear the bible being read and my best friends praying several times a day- to different gods.
The quote of Raden Ayu Kartini, an Indonesian heroine for emancipation of women reflected my perspective on religion before I came to Indonesia: "Religion must guard us against committing sins, but more often sins are committed in the name of religion"
Now I see millions of people using religion every day to overcome their challenges. Spirituality helps so many people that in my view it outweighs the use of religion and their communities for power, political reasons or terrorism. Poor societies are much more vulnerable to follow a harming use of religion, so a critical reflection of things done in the name of religion must be supported through education- both religious and general. For this is plenty of room for improvement, especially in developing countries.
* Of course there are exceptions- see my previous post "The license to kill" about similarities of Medicine and Microfinance.
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Ten months of bloodshed in Ukraine
SHAFAQNA – Here are key dates in the conflict between pro-Moscow separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine that has left more than 5,300 dead since April 2014, according to the United Nations.
Kiev and the West accuse Russia of arming the rebels and of having deployed more than 9,000 soldiers in Ukraine, something Moscow denies.
— 2014 —
April 6: Two weeks after Russia annexes the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, pro-Moscow demonstrators seize government buildings in towns and cities in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east, including Donetsk and Lugansk.
April 13: Kiev announces the launch of an "anti-terrorist" operation aimed at retaking the rebel zones.
May 11: Voters call for independence in referendums in Lugansk and Donetsk that are rejected as being illegitimate by Kiev and the West.
May 25: Ukraine's presidential election is won by Petro Poroshenko.
May 26: Major battle breaks out for control of Donetsk's modern airport after it is seized by rebels.
June 27: The EU and Ukraine sign an association agreement whose rejection originally sparked the Ukraine crisis.
July 5: Rebels abandon their main base of Slavyansk in the face of a government onslaught and retreat en masse into regional centre Donetsk.
July 17: Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is shot down over rebel-held territory, killing all 298 people on board.
July 29: The EU and the United States broaden sanctions on Russia.
August 25: Rebels mount a counter-offensive in the southeast, reportedly backed by Russian troops and heavy weapons.
September 5: Ceasefire signed in Minsk but violence continues.
October 26: Pro-Western parties win the most seats in an election boycotted in the east.
November 2: Separatists in eastern Ukraine vote in Russian-backed leadership elections that Kiev and the West refuse to recognise.
November 12: NATO accuses Russia of sending fresh columns of tanks, troops and military hardware into Ukraine.
December 26: An exchange of prisoners begins under an accord concluded in Minsk between Kiev, Moscow and the OSCE and the separatists, but the peace process remains deadlocked.
— 2015 —
January 22: Donetsk airport falls into the hands of the rebels, who two days later launch an assault on the strategic government-held port city of Mariupol.
February 5: US Secretary of State John Kerry says President Barack Obama will "soon" decide whether to give Kiev arms.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande make a surprise trip to Kiev to propose a new peace plan.
February 6: Kiev and separatists agree a brief humanitarian truce around the battleground eastern town of Debaltseve so besieged civilians can leave.
Merkel and Hollande fly to Moscow to seek President Vladimir Putin's backing for their peace plan.
Source : AFP.com

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Stone Mountain
Cohen attends Easter Sunday at Stone Mountain in Georgia. I have seen Stone Mountain, a very impressive monument to some Civil War heroes. It is an interesting thing about the south that there are quite a few monuments to the losing side of the war. Cohen mentions that growing up he always heard the war referred to as the "war of Northern agression" and never even knew that the south lost. Growing up in Maryland, I never knew that I lived in the south. Of course Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon line, and it was also a "border state" during the war. I realized much later in life how touchy Maryland is about its identity as a southern state. In school we were always lead to believe that we were really on the winning side because we weren't really in the south. A few years ago I looked up the words to Maryland My Maryland, the state song. I had never heard them growing up, although I knew the tune very well (it is the same tune as O Christmas Tree). When I found the words I realized why we never sang them. It is a a Conferderate song. This NPR story tells of a state bill that would change Maryland's song.
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Call of the Wild
Explain Jack London's message of survival to the fittest to the reader
Jack London believed in Herbert Spencer's theory of "survival of the fittest," which means basically that an organism or group that is better suited to an environment will have a better chance for survival than an animal or group that is less suited. In other words, Spencer suggested that learning did not play a great role in the survival of a species. More often it had to do with luck -- a major environmental change would suddenly make one group of organisms better off than it had been before, and they would therefore live longer and reproduce more.
London clearly makes use of the idea of "survival of the fittest" in The Call of the Wild. By chance, Buck's environment undergoes a tremendous change - he is kidnapped and taken from a "sun-kissed," easy existence to the wilds of the Klondike. Buck survives because he was genetically more suited to that environment than many of the other dogs who were there. He did not need to learn much of anything - the instincts for survival were handed down by his ancestors -- a more poetic version of genetic inheritance.
London takes the idea even more literally than is necessary. If Buck had remained in Santa Clara, he would not have passed on his genetic traits, for there were no suitable mates available to him. At the end of The Call of the Wild it reads that "the years were not many when the Yeehats noted a change in the breed of timber wolves; for some were seen with splashes of brown on head and muzzle, and with a rift of white centered down the chest." Buck has had many children, children who will inherit from Buck all of the experience and "fitness" of their ancestors.


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A claim common to Speculative and Critical Design as well Discursive Design is that these artifacts and scenarios are thought-provoking. Their form and content, it is claimed, prompt those who engage with them to ask important questions about the future that they would not otherwise. In the language of some STS scholars evaluating Speculative Designs, these artifacts assemble publics. In an era of risk, it is important that citizens have times and spaces to make decisions about the everyday lives that technoscience developments entail.
However, as Ilona Gaynor once quipped in response to these claims, we are all still waiting for Mr Debate to turn up. If these critical designs provoke questions, where are the forums for consequential responses? How can Post Normal Designers take responsibility for curating the debates that they claim their artifacts afford?
Monday, November 7, 4:00-6:00pm: The Privilege of Participation
Dimeji Onafuwa, Jabe Bloom and Teju Cole
This workshop explores allyship with regards to race and culture in contemporary society, particularly in a climate of social unrest. While working to become aware of the politics of their privilege, participants will engage in alternative frameworks and will identify scenarios relating to actions, speech and practice that address the social and cultural implications of allyship in times of social unrest. It begins and ends with a conversation with Teju Cole, author of Known and Strange Things and Open City.
Wednesday, November 9, 12:00-2:00pm: Myths of the near future: CCTV
Katherine Moline
CCTVs have a powerful and ongoing daily role in structuring and disciplining our lives through the biopolitics of surveillance. The Myths of the Near Future: CCTV workshop looks at the social practices shaped by technologies of observation and inspection to look anew at the way in which we use technology to shape the stories we tell about ourselves and others.
Tuesday, November 15, 12:00-2:00pm: Bodies in Motion
Stephen Neely
In the Bodies in Motion workshop, we invite participants to explore bodies-in-action as a medium of design, in an effort to broaden conceptions of and possibilities for design practice. Interaction designers have demonstrated growing interest in the performative body as a major variable in designed systems, aspiring to whole-body interaction, defined as "interfaces that are in some way physically embodied" (Hornecker, 2016), and the development of systems that will "more fully engage people's bodies" (Zimmerman & Forlizzi, 2014). However, most design-led research on human bodies has been concerned with how bodies interact with the forms and products of design— artifacts, spaces, interfaces, communications and services. By considering bodies as a medium for design, we hope to contribute new ways of thinking about the body in design, particularly the design of bodies-in-action. We invite anyone from any background to attend. The onlyrequirement is that attendees be willing to participate in hands-on, collaborative, and body-based movement exercises. Participants should be interested in considering design as a ubiquitous practice, which may require de-prioritizing, for now, concerns about professionalized design and expertise.
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Deepa Butoliya
The Speculating Jugaad Futures workshop invites participants to engage in speculating and imagining futures through making in an indigenous hacking system called Jugaad in India. Jugaad is a Hindi term which means making
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Ahmed Ansari
The philosopher Vilem Flusser in his famous essay "About the Word 'Design'", traces a geneology of the word and connects it to the Latin 'ars' or 'artifex', both of which have connotations of cunning and deception. In a key sentence of the essay, Flusser points out that the design disciplines were to make possible a culture that was "aware of the fact that it was deceptive". Telling Lies with Design Fictions takes this literally as the starting point for our workshop, where we attempt to uncover the logics of lying at the heart of design imaginaries about the present. We will do this through questioning the logics at the heart of current beliefs about the present and future in American culture today and designing new fictions for others we will probably never encounter in life.
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Laverne Baker Hotep and Sheila Collins
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Terry Irvin and Laurene Vaughan
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The lost foam casting process utilizes injection modeled polymeric foam patterns for the production of metallic components. Foamed polymer patterns of the desired shape are coated with a water-based refractory slurry, dried and embedded in unbonded sand. Molten metal is poured directly on the coated polymer. The polymer undergoes thermal degradation and is gradually replaced by the liquid metal to yield the casting after solidification. Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is the most common pattern material used in commercial practice. The use of EPS patterns with ferrous castings may result in the formation of carbonaceous defects in the casting. Consequently, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and copolymers of EPS and PMMA have been developed for ferrous castings. The thermal degradation of the foamed pattern results in the formation of gaseous degradation products and of a partially depolymerized viscous residue. The fraction of viscous residue increased with temperature and is essentially constant above about 650 C. During the filling of EPS patterns, nearly 60% of the polymer is converted to the viscous residue and 40% is transformed to gaseous products. In the case of PMM, almost 60% of the polymer undergoing degradation at the metal front is transformed to gaseous products. The melt flow velocity during the filling of the mold generally increases with temperature
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Sunday News Roundup (A Trifle Late)...
Just one on the agenda today, because, let's face it, apart from all the doom-and-gloom predictions about how shit the economy is, and how much shitter it's going to get, there's really been only one constant this week, and her name is Sarah Palin.
I have but three things to say about Ms. Palin (the very sight of whose name makes me feel anxious in a way I haven't since High School, when I was consumed with worry every day).
1. SHE IS A CREATIONIST. Who just recently acquired a passport. No, ladies and gentleman, this is not the latest Miss America, this is the potential President of the United States.
2. When, how, how and HOW did various (fairly respectable) media outlets decide that she not only isn't that bad, she's...er...an invigorating choice for VP? Am I living in an episode of the Twilight Zone?
3. Did I mention she's a CREATIONIST? Who just recently acquired a passport? 'Cos, see, we have this thing called the separation of church and state, and I'd quite like to see that upheld. Moreover, we have this thing called FOREIGN POLICY. Foreign. Policy.
If Ms. Palin is allowed anywhere near the White House—anywhere near—then I shall suggest a mass exodus from the USA.
In other news, the St. Giles fair is on in Oxford. I'm now of the opinion that you can't fully comprehend the word "surreal" until you've seen a roller-coaster shooting by the austere walls of an Oxford college, a Merry-Go-Round beside the Martyr's Memorial.


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The Vancouver Courier— November 24, 2015
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Every once in a while I'll get a press release that really catches my attention, whether it be something new and unique, or a novel twist on an existing product. Earlier this week I got a presser regarding the new LaserLyte NAA Venom, an under-barrel laser for the North American Arms Black Widow and Mini-Master:
The laser simply replaces the cylinder pin and only adds 0.6 ounces to the overall heft. It comes sighted in from LaserLyte, has 10 hours of run time in pulse mode, and is activated with the push of a button. This is such a slick idea, and for somewhat of a niche pistol - sometimes you wonder if these things get developed because one of the engineers has one and thought it would be cool.
Now, if they could make one for the NAA-Mini 22...
That is all.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Okay, Now THIS Is Neat!
Labels: Cool Stuff, Gunnie Gear
2 comments:
- Old NFO said...
What are they going to come up with next??? :-) neat little idea from LaserLyte!
- November 30, 2012 at 8:29 AM
But Jaaaaaayyyy... there's no provision for STABBYS!!!
- November 30, 2012 at 2:04 PM
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RNA profiling reveals familial aggregation of molecular subtypes in non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families
- Authors:
- 10.1186/1755-8794-7-9
- Abstract:
- BACKGROUND: In more than 70% of families with a strong history of breast and ovarian cancers, pathogenic mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 cannot be identified, even though hereditary factors are expected to be involved. It has been proposed that tumors with similar molecular phenotypes also share similar underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. In the current study, the aim was to investigate if global RNA profiling can be used to identify functional subgroups within breast tumors from families tested negative for BRCA1/2 germline mutations and how these subgroupings relate to different breast cancer patients within the same family. METHODS: In the current study we analyzed a collection of 70 frozen breast tumor biopsies from a total of 58 families by global RNA profiling and promoter methylation analysis. RESULTS: We show that distinct functional subgroupings, similar to the intrinsic molecular breast cancer subtypes, exist among non-BRCA1/2 breast cancers. The distribution of subtypes was markedly different from the distribution found among BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. From 11 breast cancer families, breast tumor biopsies from more than one affected family member were included in the study. Notably, in 8 of these families we found that patients from the same family shared the same tumor subtype, showing a tendency of familial aggregation of tumor subtypes (p-value = 1.7e-3). Using our previously developed BRCA1/2-signatures, we identified 7 non-BRCA1/2 tumors with a BRCA1-like molecular phenotype and provide evidence for epigenetic inactivation of BRCA1 in three of the tumors. In addition, 7 BRCA2-like tumors were found. CONCLUSIONS: Our finding indicates involvement of hereditary factors in non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families in which family members may carry genetic susceptibility not just to breast cancer but to a particular subtype of breast cancer. This is the first study to provide a biological link between breast cancers from family members of high-risk non-BRCA1/2 families in a systematic manner, suggesting that future genetic analysis may benefit from subgrouping families into molecularly homogeneous subtypes in order to search for new high penetrance susceptibility genes.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- B M C Medical Genomics, 2014, Vol 7, Issue 1
- Keywords:
- Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; BRCA1 Protein; BRCA2 Protein; Breast Neoplasms; Cluster Analysis; DNA Methylation; Epigenesis, Genetic; Family; Female; Gene Expression Profiling; Genes, Neoplasm; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pedigree; Principal Component Analysis; Promoter Regions, Genetic; RNA, Messenger; RNA, Neoplasm; Receptors, Estrogen; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome; RNA profiling; non-BRCA1/2; Gene expression analysis; Microarray analysis; Molecular subtypes; Promoter methylation; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2014
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
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From the start, Masters of the Universe drew comparisons to Robert E. Howard's violent medieval epic Conan the Barbarian. Adapting that for children is supposedly not what Mattel set out to do, but the toy line was similar enough to fuel a lawsuit from Conan's rights holders — a battle the House of He-Man would eventually win.
Children of the 1980s understand how exciting it was to buy a He-Man action figure. The packages came with 5-1/2-inch tall musclebound heroes, cool accessories, and detailed mini-comics containing a complete He-Man adventure. In those early days, the stories were one-dimensional and small on characterization.
However, Mattel continued tweaking the back stories, and by the time Masters of the Universe landed on television screens a few years later, a generation of schoolchildren were enthralled by this mystical new world filled with colorful characters and dripping with imagination.
Now step with us through the dimensional portal and enter a world that will feel simultaneously familiar and foreign as Screen Rant presents the 11 Things You Need To Know About The Masters Of The Universe.
11 France hates Skeletor
FCC Standards throughout the 1980s concerning what could and couldn't be shown on television were a little out there. One unintentionally hilarious viewing of Scarface on regular cable during that time would confirm as much. ("Forget me? No, forget you!") As nitpicky as it may have seemed, however, America never went so far as to ban Skeletor from the airwaves.
Some reports indicate that is exactly what happened with "Bonehead" in France. While it is not verifiable that France did indeed ban or put heavy restrictions on Skeletor, the rumor is a well-known one among hardcore Masters of the Universe fans, and it highlights the proverbial eggshells that Mattel was walking on at the time. No series before He-Man ever created a cartoon with the express purpose of marketing directly to children. G.I. Joe would follow suit in 1985 after the Masters of the Universe experiment worked (and more would follow suit).
At the time, however, scrutiny was so high on the content of the series that if one observes closely, they will notice that He-Man is never allowed to punch another living thing (though he did smash a few robots). Considering how crazy censorship standards were at the time, it would not be shocking to find out that the Skeletor rumor is true. What would be puzzling is how one could pull it off while still televising the series, considering Skeletor was a major villain for most of the 130 episodes.
10 Teela, Evil-Lyn, and the Sorceress died in 1995
The talented voice actress Linda Gary — sometimes incorrectly credited by a presumably dyslexic casting person as Linda Gray — lent her versatile voice to three female characters that made many little boys' hearts swoon during the original series run. Those characters were Teela, Evil-Lyn, and the Sorceress.
Gary also pitched in on voice work most of the time for Queen Marlena, mother to Prince Adam and his sister Princess Adora (see She-Ra, Princess of Power). She was so committed to her roles that it was seldom noticeable that any of these characters — who often appeared in the same episodes — were voiced by the same person. Most of the time, Gary could be found doing voice work for cartoons and video games. Her highest profile film appearance was in the notorious thriller Cruising, starring Al Pacino.
Unfortunately, Gary's life was cut short at the age of 50. She was diagnosed with brain cancer and died just one month shy of her 51st birthday.
9 Masters of the Universe only ran two seasons in its original form
Most passing MOTU fans, who were children when the first episodes came out, are shocked to learn the series ran for only two seasons. If it seems like there was more than that, it's probably because Masters was a daily syndicated series, so one "season" was the equivalent of three for a typical half-hour weekly (65 episodes, as opposed to 22).
Even though series producers reused a lot of footage to help fill out the in-betweens on some episodes, that's still an impressive feat for an animated series. After all, this wasn't like old episodes of Dark Shadows, where if a boom mic accidentally enters the frame or an actor forgets their lines, you just run with it and move on.
Masters of the Universe episodes had to be produced ahead of time, so writers, artists, and editors, had to move quickly to meet the demands of a cogent-heavy show.
8 MOTU is Satanic propaganda, say some lunatics
One does not have to look far across the web to find detailed theories of how Masters of the Universe was basically a Satanic recruitment video series. It is hard to explain for brains that aren't so wired, but some conspiracy theorists believe that both He-Man and Skeletor were symbols of the Devil, fighting against one another while fighting for their Dark Master. One site points to the cross symbol on He-Man's armor and points out similar-looking symbols on the Pope and Hitler as some type of "proof" that Filmation was subliminally brainwashing the Jesus out of children.
Such theses are never short on details, but are often bereft of common sense. However, the sites that continue to report on these are only better thought-out and presented forms of what many who grew up with He-Man and organized religion remember from their youth.
While the vast majority of people — religious or otherwise — looked at Masters of the Universe and saw a simple kids' adventure series, a few overly religious parents stigmatized it like porn.
7 Skeletor and Ming the Merciless are the exact same character
Most voice actors who worked on Masters of the Universe, had to do multiple voices. No one knows that better than Alan Oppenheimer, who performed dozens of characters and often multiple ones per episode. He is best known for breathing life — and the world's most comically evil laugh — into Skeletor.
"Skelly" truly is one of the best-voiced characters in cartoon history. 'Tis a shame viewers did not get to enjoy more episodes. But wait, they do! In 1979's Flash Gordon animated series (later retitled The New Adventures of Flash Gordon), Oppenheimer does two 16-episode seasons as Ming the Merciless, and other than the appearance of the two characters, there is no difference. Ming and Skeletor share the same laugh, the same penchant for bad jokes, the same high-pitched nasally twang. Want more Skeletor? Seek out Ming. You're welcome!
6 Some of your favorite toys only appeared once on the series
New He-Man characters in action figure form were like gold to young collectors, and it didn't matter if a character had never been seen before. In fact, that often added to the excitement. A strange offshoot of that excitement was that many characters ended up feeling more prevalent than they actually were.
Man-E-Faces — a favorite of ours — appeared twice in 130 episodes and made a background appearance in the He-Man/She-Ra Christmas Special. Fisto never appeared until season 2, and then he was only featured prominently in two of the 65 episodes. On two additional occasions, he is basically a background decoration. His arch-nemesis — the gold-handed and dangerously-close-to-being-a-racist-stereotype Jitsu — showed up in only one episode. Poor Clamp Champ and Stinkor never appeared once. And the above examples are hardly exhaustive.
5 Superman gave He-Man his first big break
In 2013, the DC Universe went to battle with the Masters of the Universe — a fresh and unique team-up idea until one realizes that it was Superman who gave He-Man his first big break way back in 1982. The title — DC Comics Presents — pitted a Man of Steel controlled against his will by Skeletor against a fierce-looking He-Man.
What is even more interesting about this appearance is the genuine fear Supes has for his well-being. This is a guy who can stop a locomotive dead in its tracks, but he's worried about his own mortality in the face of He-Man. A fresh young character couldn't get a bigger boost than that, nor could a villain have better bragging rights than to say they turned Superman into their very own personal battering ram.
Predictably, the fight doesn't have a clear winner, and Skeletor ends up the big loser.
4 You can finally get all of the He-Man mini comics
The He-Man mini comics were a unique way to familiarize young customers with a new product line and get them excited about the adventures ahead. The stories are also pretty barebone, which is especially noticeable when one considers how malleable the storylines and characters would become as the toy figures moved closer to their own cartoon.
Going back to revisit those mini comics is an education in itself, but it will take you a long time to consume everything that was produced. Dark Horse finally completed some of the legwork in November 2015 when they collected every single mini comic — both U.S. and U.K. published — into one 1,232-page volume. Early stories are more cartoon drawings with prose text, but by the fourth and fifth issue, they start taking the form of a traditional comic book, and Mattel started relying on serious comic book writers like Donald F. Glut to enrich the universe.
3 The New Adventures of He-Man is part of the original continuity
Mattel and Jetlag Productions teamed up for a revival of Masters of the Universe called The New Adventures of He-Man after the original series and its popular spinoff She-Ra: Princess of Power faded into the void. On the surface, this new series seemed like a different creature altogether. The only returning characters were He-Man and Skeletor. Eternia was a distant memory.
But digging further into the story, it becomes clear Mattel had no intention of abandoning the old continuity. Everything in Masters of the Universe still applies. Except now, instead of having a Conan-type character in a magical realm reminiscent of medieval times, you have He-Man as defender of the universe — a full-on space opera. The tonal shift results in a completely new and unrelated series bound by the common links of He-Man and Skeletor.
But even they aren't the same. He-Man has a different look as does his arch-nemesis, and the voice actors don't try to sound anything like the former cast. Keep in mind as you are watching this that it ran for 65 episodes, while a show like Firefly ran 12. Let that sink in a bit.
2 A 40th episode of the 2002 reboot does exist — sort of
One of Mattel's biggest missed opportunities is the way the company gave up so easily on the 2002 reboot. The series had stellar writing, worthy voice work, and superior animation. Unfortunately, it ran a mere 39 episodes in spite of being a slicker and more competent production than any of its predecessors. However, a 40th episode does exist, and many He-Man fans may have "missed" it.
That's because it never made it into animation. When the DVD set was released, however, Mill Creek Entertainment slapped together some of the drawings and had it finished out as a full-length comic book available as a PDF as part of the set. The package also features all 40 shooting scripts.
What is perhaps the most disappointing about the plug getting pulled so early, is how Mike Young Productions, the company behind it, had planned to incorporate more minor characters and diversity in the ensuing episodes. In fact, Clamp Champ, the lone black character in the entire toy line, was slated for a recurring role as one of the main Masters of the Universe characters, taking the place of Man-At-Arms, who was to be enslaved by the Snake People.
It would have made for a compelling storyline, and would have also righted the ship, so to speak, with He-Man's less-than-stellar track record of playing into stereotypes.
1 Yes, there are live-action versions of both He-Man and his sister She-Ra
Not much has been said about She-Ra to this point, but the character was just as popular as He-Man for a short time. She also enjoyed her own series of two seasons and 93 episodes. She-Ra closed the doors on her series in December 1987, just as her brother, Prince Adam, was presumably drinking himself into oblivion over the horrible live-action rendition of his adventures from Cannon Films.
The 1987 film kept little of what fans liked about Masters of the Universe — OK, Skeletor was kinda cool — instead opting for a Hollywood script by someone who had apparently never watched an episode. What's worse, it almost got a sequel, which would have been painful, considering Dolph Lundgren wanted no part of it. Had they been able to secure financing, Laird John Hamilton — yes, the surfer guy — would have stepped into the role. Like the first, earth was the proposed setting, and Skeletor would have been the evil CEO of a major corporation. Let's hope McG does better on the in-development reboot!
As for live-action She-Ra, her one appearance was in a series of Funny or Die videos, played by the always-lovely Kylie Minogue and, as one would expect from the Donald Drumpf: Art of the Deal crew, it's played entirely for laughs.
There it is — your master's degree on Masters of the Universe. Now it's your turn to educate us. What are some cool facts and tidbits you would consider "need to know" about MOTU, and who would you cast in the upcoming reboot film? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.


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|Re: Doc: NR clarified \footnote command as a TextScript (issue 6137050)
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On 2012/05/12 18:36:56, Keith wrote: http://codereview.appspot.com/6137050/diff/11001/Documentation/notation/input.itely
File Documentation/notation/input.itely (right):
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\breathe c2 \footnote #'(0.5 . 0.5) #'BreathingSign \markup { Breathe }
The \breathe example is more normal-looking here.
Not exactly the most intuitive order I have to say. \breathe does not take a postevent, though, so the alternative would be the use of <>\footnote or equivalent, either before or after \breathe itself: \breathe creates an event without duration. This is one case where the postevent order is not helpful, because the thing you want to modify itself does not take a postevent. Putting the postevent on c2 instead delivers it at the right point of time, but this is plainly counterintuitive. http://codereview.appspot.com/6137050/
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Here is the place which we hope to help each other with our inside journey - the journey that isn't being seen.
First meet up: How is your dream group? Discuss to set up the group!
Hi everyone,
Welcome to first meet up!
Sure that we want to gradually get to know each other deeply and share our thoughts and experiences. But at first, let's set up our group in the way which work the best for all people! We will talk about all of our preferences and will come to a general agreement of how things should be going.
Here is schedule and content of the 1st meet up. Please prepare your answers and ideas, so we can discuss when we meet. I do have my own answers for those questions and I will share with you then.
1. Basic introduction: your name
+ Did you join similar group before? Did you lead a group before? If yes, how was your experience? Tell us a group you liked the best and what they have done well? What did you learn from it?
2. How is your dream group?
+ How big/small is the group fit you the best?
+ Who do you prefer to be in the group?
Do you prefer certain age? Certain gender? Certain nationalities/hometown? Certain jobs? Etc
Do you prefer people who speak English fluently only?
+ What's set up of the group the best for you?
What's your preferred location, time?
How often should the group meet? Once per week? Twice per month?
Where do you prefer to meet the most? Coffee shop/private house?
How long is the time of the meet up fit you the best? (1 hour/2 hours/3 hours)
Would we need or projector in case we would have powerpoint presentation?
+ Coming to the group, what's your transportation? Is there anything we can help/need help from each other about transportation?
+ What's schedule/content of the meet up fit you the best?
Should we include 15 minutes of ice-breaking game?
Should we do follow up with the content of the last time we meet?
Should we summarize for people who didn't come last time about what happened?
+ What're responsibilities of each person joining the group?
Should the group leader make decision on where to meet, what to discuss all the time?
Or should we rotate the right to be the leader?
+ Rule and regulations in the time of meeting?
Can we use our cell phone in the time of meeting?
Should we take pictures/record audio/video in the time of meeting?
+ If a member of the group has conflict/misunderstanding/unspoken thing with another member of the group, who should he/she talk to?
+ Withdrawal from the group: what does a member should do if he/she want to withdraw from the group?
+ Keeping in touch after the meet up? By which channel? (Facebook/email?) Should we write summarize of the meet up after each meet up? If yes, who?
How to manage the common channel to keep in touch?
+ How should we promote the group for other people?
+ New member policy: what should we do with new member joining? Should anyone introduce to the new member everything about the group (history, member, purpose)?
+ What are your talent/interest which can contribute to the group?
+ What is your purpose in the group? How can the group help you?
+ What are the ultimate values of the group? And what is the ultimate purpose of the group?
3. Open for ideas/suggestions
- Location: Boloven coffee shop. It's a coffee shop near My Dinh bus station, on My Dinh street and opposite to no. 82 My Dinh street.
- Time: 7pm Oct 28th, 2017
- Registration: Email to Khuyen at firstname.lastname@example.com
There is space to park motorbike, we will meet inside of 1st floor.
Drinks here are mostly tea and coffee, with price range from 20,000 – 45,000 VND
Facebook of the coffee shop: https://www.facebook.com/BolovenCoffee/
Call or text me to 0903 882 851 if you need help to find the place.
Please register with your name and phone number!


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Tucson knows it's tamales!!
Healthy good stuff!!! Inexpensive.
Jean-Claude is amazing! What a great little place. Love it Love it!!!!!!
Although the food may be good the owner was incredibly rude to a me and a group of my associates because we stayed at our table 30 minutes past our breakfast, because we could not herd out like cattle fast enough for her to replace us. I even gave the waitress a 40% tip for taking the extra time. That was 3 years ago I haven't been there since. There weren't even people waiting. What the heck? Oh well, at least other establishments appreciate our business.


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Jacob Tucker's brother just turned 24. And it's time Jacob told him what he really thinks about him.
Dear Brother,
It just hit me that you'll be 24 years old soon. 24! That's a man, bro! Can you believe it? I've been thinking about our relationship these past 24 years and all the good times we've had. Like when we shared a room and stayed up late at night playing games we made up. Remember teacher and student? Rhyme time? The sock game?? Remember the camaraderie we built by picking on our little brother? It's a wonder he still likes us.
I've also remembered some of the many things I'm sorry for.
I'm sorry that I blamed you when I highlighted everything on a bunch of mom and dad's checks. I'm sorry about that time I was throwing you the baseball and I got frustrated that you couldn't hit it. I'm sorry that when we were going to school and you wanted to hold my hand that I pushed it away for fear that my friends would see. I'm sorry for that one time that someone was making fun of you outside The Donut Palace and instead of being mad at him, for the moment, I just wanted you to stop being you.
I knew you were different, I just didn't know how to handle it. It hurts me to admit that for a time in my late childhood I wished I could change you.
Thankfully, you changed me.
I remember in high school someone asked me, "Isn't there something wrong with your brother?"
Finally I said, "No. He has autism, but there's nothing wrong with him."
I remember a poignant moment in the kitchen when mom and I were talking about a child who had a severe handicap and you asked, "Mom, am I severe?"
With a tear in her eye she said, "No, you're perfect."
As I got older I realized a deal breaker for any girlfriend I had was how she reacted to you. I'm so glad that you now call my wife sister and that somehow she's the only one who could ever get you to sing out loud. You have a really nice voice by the way.
And that little brother of ours? He's grown up to be the kind of brother to you that I could only dream of being.
You've taught me more than you'll ever know. Likely more than I'll ever know. Like how peaceful sitting in a front porch swing can be. How the simple joy of getting a yahtzee can't be overstated. How everyone deserves a hug and to be seen for the good they possess. And how every moment we experience can be pointed to something deeper if we let it.
Now, I never want you to stop being you.
We've shared many things, but nothing has been worth sharing more than our last name. Thank you for these past 24 years and for giving me the hope of looking forward to the next 24, and the next 24, and the next 24….
This is an open letter to my brother as he approaches his 24th birthday, but it could echo for anyone who has been touched by mental disability. For more on my brother check out Like a Crown: Adventures in Autism by my father, Robert L. Tucker available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Google Books.
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(photo from our engagement session)
In about 6 months we will be welcoming our first little cupcake!
Back in November we found out we were pregnant and in this past week we've been sharing the good news with our friends and family.
Nausea and extreme tiredness aside everything has been going great.
I still don't quite feel pregnant.
We get to hear the heartbeat for the first time on Feb 1 and go for our 20 week ultrasound on March 2 and I'm sure those two things will make it feel more real.
That and the fact that my pants don't fit anymore!
Only 6 more months!


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We can take this from any perspective you want, a religious one, or an atheistic one. But one thing is for sure, that among other things, there are instincts we are born with. We are born with things like music, and to many's surprise, a system of deity. Look at the records. Never has an explorer found an atheistic tribe, they all have there gods. Same with music, and also morals. It seams to be a universal constant that is is wrong to kill without a (relatively justifiable) reason. It is also wrong to steal. Extremely basic morals are present in any society.
Things such as love, friendship, caring, kindness, and much more are good things and they make the world better. Killing, rape, murdering, robbing, and much more are all immoral evil things that make the world a worse place to live in. So yes, good and evil actually do exist due to how the world is.
1. Good and bad are human perceptions. - TRUE
2. We have yet to transcend the human experience. - TRUE
3. We have built in reactions to good/bad things, I.e. Laughter, feelings of dread, ect. - TRUE
4. Conclusion - good and bad are real to humans. If it transcends to the animal kingdom or after death is another debate. This is what they call logic.
For a moment, lets not involve God or Satan. What do most people view as evil? Killing and hate. If you think for a moment killing people is okay, then it is considered unhealthy, and that you are in need of a psychologist. But maybe you don't believe in laws of any kind, and go against order in every way you can, and don't understand why people think it's wrong to kill. That is considered animalistic, and anything animalistic is, when you break it down, what people view as evil. Being humane is considered good. In religion, God was kind, and loved all, Satan wanted everyone miserable, by any means.
I am not saying animals are evil, with the term animalistic, as animals have a strong survival instinct, and don't really have a sence of the future in the whole, as humans do. They, like young children, don't have an idea of 'wrong or right' (and thus can't have a sense of good or evil) but think of things as 'what do I do to help me?' without fully thinking of the results, and not knowing better.
There are many reasons as to consider someone as truly good or truly evil. Many of these are from actions and behaviour of another person. In my opinion good and evil run the world, deciding the tempting fate of people whether they are destined for a truthful life or life full of hatred.
Does pain exist? Lets debate and discuss as much as we like, but to a person in pain, it very much exists and they can feel it.
The ability of humans to inflict pain on each other knowingly or unknowingly is what determines whether good and evil really exist.
A person has a child, and works hard to provide for the child. This action is driven by love.
A person has a child and abuses the child. This action is driven either by hatred or insanity, or simply not caring.
In the second example, the person is being evil either knowingly or unknowingly. If unknowingly (insanity, etc), then it would still be a matter of opinion if the deed done was evil or was simply an outcome of a medical condition. If the person knowingly hurts someone else, then it would be categorized as an evil action.
Moral values seem to be a very personal thing and everyone has their own definitions of these. However, evil is a definition of a deliberate act of hurting another person/animal/or anything that can get hurt.
'Evil' is only a word or a definition, and yes it does exist.
Evil people however, that is debatable due to the ability of humans to evolve from evil to good and back to evil and then sometimes back to good.
That's what good and evil are. Religions throughout history have told us that they exist, but I'm going to offer insight into some scientific evidence. If you look at all 8.7 million species of creatures on this planet, only one of them commits actions with malicious or noble intent. From canines, to fish, to birds, to chimpanzees, no animals on this planet actively commit acts for the purpose of detriment to another. Yes, animals will kill eachother, steal food from eachother, etc. but it is born out of a self preservation instinct, as writer Richard Koch points out. Humans are the only beings who will receive pleasure from the pain or pleasure of others.
In addition, humankind is the only species with a general morality in the form of rules. Every society in the history of the world has looked down on stealing, lying, cheating, murder, etc. Animals do not have rules in place to prevent these things. They simply do what they want if they are big enough to do it. Every society has also held a general moral standing that things such as honesty, fellowship, and love, are good. From 16th century African Tribes to modern day Missionaries, helping a neighbor has been something to be praised and lauded. The only conclusion I can come to is, yes, there are a good an evil, lest we would be no different from the animals around us.
The Bible in these arguments are an appeal to religion, but the question does not ask for a religious perspective, simply does it exist. These types of debates rely upon opinion and opinion only making the matter subjective. When people appeal to the Bible it is based upon the belief that it is the infallible word of God. It is not a matter of opinion for religious people, but a statement of what they believe therefore objective to them. All other views are based upon opinion. Non religious people will not accept the Bible as God's word and therefore not accept it as fact that demands to be proved, which in its primitive state relates to if it cannot appeal to physical senses it is therefore not real!
What do you Believe?
Ge 15:6 And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.
The good, have a sence of..Faith, and trust. You understand feelings. Evil people, do not understand feelings. They have no emotion. They don't care about much at all! Some people don't want to...But that is the differents...Uncaring and evil are sadly mistaken. But, YES there are good, and bad people.
The "Yes's" environment of the debate is an affirmation of moral realism (morality is an objective feature of the world independent of human opinion––good exists). On the other hand, the habitat of the "No's" side of the debate is an affirmation of moral nihilism (nothing is truly moral or immoral––good doesn't exist).
But the position that good does not exist is self-contradictory. E.g. rational thought/actions are governed by reasons. Doing X "for a reason" means thinking that all reasons (a, b, and c) in favor of doing X are better than all reasons (x, y, and z) not in favor of doing X. If "better" and "worse" are not considered, then the action or thought is a-rational. But "better" and "worse" are moral terms. Indeed, avoiding a moral connotation here is like trying to get your foot out of a bear trap––don't think you will be walking off on it.
But if there is no such thing as "better" or "worse" reasons (moral nihilism), then rational actions/thought go out the window also. It is like saying carbon does not exist; if that is true, then there can be no more of our animal kingdom as we know it, because all animals are carbon-based life forms. Well then, nothing can be rational or irrational. Including, perhaps, the idea that nothing can be rational or irrational. Moral nihilism self-destructs! It can be formalized thus:
1) Rational thought/action requires a value/moral judgment
2) Moral nihilism denies the existence of value/moral judgments
3) Moral nihilism thus denies rational thought rationally
4) Therefore, moral nihilism is self-contradictory
Therefore, good truly exists!
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er;
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
Oh, for grace to trust Him more!
There are always two sides of the coin. When Adam and Eve ate fruit of the tree in the Garden of Eden, the Bible said that God condemned them and banished them and their descendants to a life of hardship. But if Adam and Eve hadn't eaten the fruit of the tree, they wouldn't have gained knowledge, and we would not be able to hear God's words through the Bible. So is that really a bad thing? On one hand, Adam and Eve went against God's orders and ate the fruit, but on the other hand, the fruit gave the people of the world knowledge so they could record God's words down for everyone to hear.
So far, the "Yes" side of this statement has only given examples that we can deduce to be good/bad because that is our belief. First, I would like to point out that this kind of reasoning is unreliable. Throughout the years, we have gone thorough much change in society. What we used to think was good might now be bad, and vice versa. For example, some ancient civilizations believed in human sacrifices to be "good" in order to please their Gods. Now, we believe killing, like this, to be cruel or "evil." In addition to that, our ways of thinking conflict very much with nature at times. When we think "murder is evil", aren't we murdering cows and pigs everyday because we think this food is good? When we think "equality is good", why is it natural for some people to be born with disabilities, which is unequal or unfair to them? Who is right? Sometimes, the things we believe to be good or evil do not make sense. When they do not make sense, I believe it is logical to question their existence. Additionally, please refrain from using any more pseudo-scientific claims (e.g. "good and evil energy") I agree with titanium1982 that "There [are] no conflicting forces locked in a cosmic struggle for your soul."
Answer me this, if a man robbed someone, would you consider him evil? No because clearly people who do that are in desperate situations, are only trying to get by. Not like the robber wants to do this, he just tries to get by. We can't take everything at surface value, everything has a logical explanation. Take Adam Lanza for example, the man who caused the Sandy Hook School shooting, who killed children a and school teachers. Now considering his actions, you would thing that would be the pure definition of evil. Actually no, it was because he was mentally disturbed. He wasn't a person of rational thinking. There are rational thinking men who have done Artois acts. Let's look at Adolfo Hitler, he was responsible for causing the holocaust and murdering millions of Jews and had them in concentration camps during WWII. Actually let's also look soldiers since we're talking about War, are soldiers evil for what they do? Or are they only evil if their not fighting for your country? The truth is good and evil is what society tells you what's good and evil. Instead of looking at these two terms, let's look at morals and ethics. My morals and ethics would differ from person to person, so at the end people just do what they think is right. How can good and evil truly exist when it's hard to determine what is right or wrong. Life isn't made up of easy non-thought provoking answers. It's never simple.
Ask yourself this question, is murder ALWAYS wrong? Well the obvious answer is yes murder is wrong. But if we change the question to, is it wrong to murder Adolf Hitler? The answer might not be as clear. Now out of everyone who reads this your opinions will likely vary. And perhaps even some people would say those who disagree with them are crazy or misguided, but is that really the case? Unless you are a religious person there appears to be no defining force of good and evil. Adolf Hitler probably though the holocaust was the right thing to do. But needless to say most people would disagree. So who here is in the right? Well you could say that you personally think it wrong to do so, but you cannot say it is universally wrong to do so. The closest thing you can achieve to a universal good is popular opinion. But even then the unpopular opinion is not necessarily evil. So in the end good and evil are nothing but concepts of the mind.
Ask yourself this question, is murder ALWAYS wrong? Well the obvious answer is no, murder is wrong. But if we ask the question, would it be wrong to murder Adolf Hitler? The answer may not be quite as clear. Opinions would vary, and that's the point. If you went around town and asked a couple people their definitions of good and evil you would get mixed answers. Now everyone may say that their definition is right and that the others our crazy or misguided but how can you be sure? Unless you are a religious person there is no defining force of good and evil. Adolf Hitler probably thought the holocaust was the right thing to no. Needless to say most people would disagree. So in the end good and evil are really nothing but concepts of the mind.
Humans tend to do what they consider to be the best course of action, relative to their needs. Therefore, they consider this action to be 'good.' If another person sees this action as conflicting with their beliefs, they will label that person as 'evil,' or wrong in some way. Based upon this principle, it can be concluded that the perception of good and evil is dependent on a person's beliefs and whether or not something meets their moral standards, indicating that true good and evil is nonexistent, and purely founded on egotistical ideologies.
Think about it, anyone in the world belives that they are doing good, take war for example. In a war, each faction believes that the other is evil. Any "evil" that one side sees, is considered as "good" by the other. So there is no fixed right or wrong, or good, or evil. There is just a different viewpoint. There are no "rules" for "good" or "evil". One cannot just say, "nope, that's evil, that's not in the book." One can't just assume that their morality is more "correct" than someone else's. That's why I hate it when people end up hating eachother because their OPINIONS on a matter that cannot have an answer, just because they confuse morality for an objective fact..
The "good" are only trying to have a perfect reputation to gain power. The "bad" people try to gain power a different way. A murderer is just trying to decrease the number of people they have to compete against for power. A dictator uses intimidation to try and make the people the are the ruler of submit to their authority. Good and Evil is just a way to categories people, a very unfair way to catagories people.
The ideas of good and evil don't actually exist in my opinion. Both words are subjective and depend on what the person in question thinks good is. For example, if I stole a ham from a deli to feed my staving family, would you call me good for attempting to remedy my family' situation, or bad for stealing? There are two sides to every situation. Every human has the potential to commit unpleasant acts, while most humans also have the potential for kindness and compassion. Humans are simply complex creatures who live in a world shaded by grey.
Let'stake a hypothetical scenario. A human being helps aliens kill the human race and take over the world. Evil, no? But what if the alien race's home planet was already draiend of resources and were in danger of becoming extinct? What if they saw humanity as already draining the resources of the planet too much and determined that there was no way to co-exist with us on the same planet? What if they also knew that there was no way we would give up our monopoly on the Earth's resource? So if that person helps the alien race survive, is what he did truly evil? Saving a species is considered noble and good, isn't it? And a tyrannical government with a monopoly on all the resources has always been portrayed as bad in literature and movies, hasn't it? So what that person did - save the alien race and cause genocide to humanity - is technically good.
Good and evil is highly opininated and there is no possible way that good and evil do not overlap on a regular basis. The only conflict in the world is not based on good and evil, it is simply two groups with differing/opposing opinions. The concepts of good and evil are always established by the authority in power, not ethics or beliefs. It is perfectly possible for an alternate version of our race where killing and enslaving millions can be called good and noble, if Hitler had won the war.


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Switzerland managed to survive a terrible mistake in the final minute of the game to end any chance the Latvians had to move on thanks to a 3-2 victory.
The Latvians chose the absolute worst time for them to just fall asleep at the wheel. With multiple defensemen bothering with the guy who had control of the puck and ignoring Damien Brunner in front, the New Jersey Devils forward put the Swiss on the board early with an easy tip in in front of the net. Minutes after, Domink Schlumpf, who has one of the coolest names in the entire tournament, sat all alone in the slot and beat Kristers Gudlevskis to make it 2-0 Swiss. Simon Moser almost made it 3-0 Switzerland with five minutes to go, but his shot somehow stayed out after bouncing off the inside part of the post. In a game where a win was a must, the Latvians were surely off to a poor start in the first.
The Swiss would score again less then half a minute into the second. Vancouver Canucks defenseman Yannick Weber gave his team the 3-0 after a shot from the point made it through the Latvian defense and past Gudlevskis for the marker. A minute later, however, Koba Jass beat Reto Berra's five-hole in front, similar to how Mikhail Grabovski did on Monday against the Latvians. With eight minutes remaining in the period, Latvia would accumulate multiple decent scoring chances, including a breakaway opportunity Mārtiņš Cipulis that Reto Berra stopped with the pad.
With the Latvians in desperate need of a goal late in the period, Cipulis skated past four opposing players but couldn't beat Berra over the glove with the flick shot. The Latvians would manage to score late in the period with the net pulled…or would they? Well, yes, they did, as it was determined that Zemgus Girgensons's stick was below the cross bar on the redirect and deemed legal, but it would take them five minutes to decide that. On the very next play, a two man breakaway by the Swiss on the empty net resulted in one of the biggest hockey blunders you'll ever see in your lifetime. Somehow, after some crazy wizardry right in front of the Latvian net, the puck managed to hit the post and stay out, ranking up with Patrik Stefan's fail back in 2007 as one of the strangest scoring attempt fails of all time.
Regardless, the Swiss would manage to hold on in the final minute, taking the 3-2 victory over the Latvians and eliminating their foes in the process. With Latvia's loss, Finland has now secured a spot in the quarter-finals and will face Canada on Thursday.
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