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The Illusion of Free Choice
Christians will tell you that God provides freedom of choice to individuals, which makes them responsible for the consequences of their actions. For example, we are free to choose whether to believe in God or not; to keep his commandments or violate them; to head for heaven or slide down to hell. This choice is sometimes put in the simplest of terms – choosing good or evil. Good, of course, is defined as God-approved, while evil means anything that is in opposition to God's will.
The problem with this idea of free choice is that it is purely illusory. It requires people to make a choice only within a prescribed framework . For example, we are told that we can either keep God's commandments or break God's commandments. Keeping God's commandments is the "good" choice, the "right" choice. Breaking God's commandments is the "bad" or "wrong" choice. But the fact is, there is only one set of commandments to choose from and they have been designed by God. Where is the opportunity to decide that, in certain situations, different behaviours are more appropriate or morally benign? What if you want to decide your own morality, based on your own sense of right and wrong, so you discard God's commandments and create an individual moral code that suits you and harms no-one?
Limiting choices to within a framework which assures the framer the result he desires, cannot be called "free". It's like a mother telling a child she can only choose to wear the red dress or the blue dress, because those are the dresses the mother likes best. There's no option to choose the green dress or the yellow dress. Nor, for that matter, is there the chance to wear a tee shirt and jeans, or a blouse and skirt. In the same way, God limits our options to ensure that our choices correspond to his own predetermined outcomes for us.
Freedom of choice is also illusory when the person making the choice is given no clear idea of the consequences of his decision. Christians will tell you that if you do this you'll go to heaven and if you do that you'll go to hell. They witter on about peace and happiness, fire and torment, but you won't get a clear description of what an eternity of heaven or hell will actually consist of. The trouble is, apparently no human has actually been to either place and returned to give us a full-blown account of their adventure. It's a bit like the promise that Hank will give you a million dollars when you leave town but, although plenty of people have left town, no-one has ever returned with stories of the huge spending spree they've been on with Hank's million dollars. To have real freedom of choice you must comprehend as clearly as possible what the results of your choice will be.
And while we're on the subject, portraying the consequences of our choices in terms of reward or punishment is surely a matter of enticement, rather than the offer of free choice. Just as we are influenced, albeit unconsciously in many instances, by advertising, fashion, or popular opinion, so God influences our choices by manipulating our feelings about where we we would want to spend eternity (always supposing we accept the idea of life after death). If he were to include a third option, for those people who don't necessarily want to live with him, but whom it would be unjust to punish with endless hellfire, at least the alternatives would be somewhat fairer than a simple happiness versus misery scenario. After all, no-one would choose to live in endless misery, so making that one of only two options is to weight the odds very strongly on the side of choosing the path that leads to heaven. However you look at it, that smacks of blackmail.
Probably one of the most important aspects in making a genuine choice is having the ability to act on reliable, verifiable information. You don't just need to know what the options are, you need to be certain that they're real. Imagine a man comes to your door and tells you he has a car for sale. It's just what you're looking for, it's in perfect condition and at a very reasonable price. Probably one of the first things you would want to know is when you can see it. How would you feel if the man told you that he couldn't actually show it to you, but he had a picture of it? Would that be sufficient for you to hand over your money? How about if he produced a written statement by someone who had seen the car, confirming everything that the man was telling you about it? I'm guessing that unless you could actually have a good look at the vehicle, perhaps even getting a qualified mechanic to check it over, and taking it for a test drive yourself, you would tell the man at the door to take his proposition elsewhere.
Christians will tell you that you need to accept Jesus as your personal saviour and that, if you don't, you will go to hell. But where is the proof that Jesus even existed, or that he was who he said he was? Prior to the time Jesus allegedly lived, there were many stories of mythical saviour figures bearing strong similarities to the story of Jesus contained in the gospels. Being told that you have to accept some historical myth on faith alone is hardly a strong foundation for making an accurate choice. Just as you wouldn't accept a stranger's word for the fact that he had a fantastic car for sale without verification of its existence and reliability, so it would be foolish to accept the need to conform your life to the urgings of a religious believer without corroborating evidence of the product he is peddling.
Some might say that, to be convinced of the reality of Jesus as the son of God and saviour of the world, you must set aside your scepticism and open your heart to belief. That only the holy spirit can confirm the truth of spiritual things. But why should you be expected to make life or death decisions based on emotions and desires rather than on concrete facts? That is no foundation for wise choices in matters that have far-reaching consequences.
No, the claim by Christians that God allows people the freedom to choose to follow him or not is bogus. Without being able to choose options that are unlimited by a framework that manipulates the outcome to achieve the framer's desired result; in the absence of the fullest details about the consequences of the choices to be made; and without verifiable information about the reality of the options apparently available to you, freedom of choice is just an illusion.
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Cool article IslaSkye – hey, we got the same name 😉
No, not really. I'm more of a pussy cat than a scratchy cat (no offence intended). Enjoy reading you 😉
Interesting article. I found this page by it being put on the StumbleUpon listings.
As someone who believes in God, I would just like to offer a reply or comment on this blog entry. For the purpose of my argument, I just want to use a parent/child relationship as an analogy between us and God.
So when you say free will is not so free when we're in a sense under obligation to choose in God's framework, and that what's freer is for us to choose our own framework, I see it as like a young man choosing whether to take on their family business in the safety of the family, or go off to make a name for himself in the outside world. The thing that you'll be disappointed to know is that for us there is no outside world. For us, God made the universe and made his own rules to govern it well. We can't escape moral laws any more than we can escape the law of gravity. Sure, anyone can say that I define my own morality, but they have no power to make reality. In a parent's house, we are given life, they nurture us, etc. So out of God's blessings, we are alive and living. When people live lives saying that God's morality doesn't apply to them, it's as delusional as a rebellious teenager who hates his parents and says he doesn't need them, yet takes the allowance money his dad puts on his desk every week and eats his mom's food every night.
Archaeological evidence? Pray, do tell?
It doesn't matter enough to me to hand over the evidence that Jesus existed, but it's out there if it's important to you. That doesn't mean he was who he said he was, or who people thought he was. Then again, it doesn't men he wasn't. It's like you said about Hank's millions, we don't know, and it's unknowable, at least until we effectively leave town.
But I agree with you that there are limitations on free will. It's one of the first tricks mothers and teachers figure out. Without those limitations, life would be chaos, and probably for most people, not just the mothers and the teachers. If God exists, most people probably hope he gives a damn about us. He probably doesn't want any more headaches himself. As someone who used to teach English comp to college freshmen, I can assure you that leaving the choice of topics wide open is not going to get the teacher the kind of paper he wants. Yes — the kind of paper he wants. If the kids don't want to graduate from college, nobody's keeping them in freshman comp. If people want to stay out of jail (we know they're real), they try to stay inside the law. If people believe in heaven and hell, they try to follow what they've decided is God's law.
No, there's no such thing as free will. But that doesn't mean there is no such thing as choice.
You've managed to choose not to believe in God. 😉 To be more honest, I'd have to call myself a "hopeful agnostic" — and I don't believe in hell. It's senseless. Purgatory makes more sense than hell, but couldn't God just, *blip*, purify your soul on his own? I hope desperately that there's an afterlife. For one thing, I want to see my grandmother again. The idea of seeing Memaw again is worth all sorts of intellectual backflips. I mean, I know it doesn't make much sense. I just want it desperately.
My idea of God is based on reason, imagination and desire. I'm not trying to sell it to other people. I certainly don't believe in the petty God of the Old Testament and I don't quite understand the need for Jesus to die senselessly. (I don't understand the need for torture, period, but, I'm an American, so it's probably dangerous to publish that information.)
It's just my personal lens to look at humanity through. I don't claim it to be THE lens. My point is that intelligent people make a conscious choice about what they believe in. It's not that most theists, or Christians in particular, are particularly intelligent or have made a conscious choice about how they see the world. I have, though.
This topic really moved me. I have had trouble with religion since about age 11. I quit going to church at 19, and that was close to 40 years ago. I still contemplate the notion of God, however. You could call me a closet non-believer. I prefer to avoid the social stigma in my country of "coming out" as an agnostic or atheist. OK, I don't have the courage. And on rare occasions, I whisper a prayer to "God, if you are there." Call that hope.
Anyhow, despite having thought about God for years, I don't think I ever put my finger on the "blackmail" aspect of so-called "free choice" until I read this post. I recall having discussions with clergy on the subject, when I questioned how we could possibly have free choice when you'd be an imbecile to choose hell over heaven, they out-thought and out-talked me with whatever the party line was. I think it ran along the lines of "you have to pray for grace to accept it, and not everybody gets it because it's a gift." I went away unsatisfied, but at least quiet.
In this post, here comes Islaskye, with my wake-up call in the example of mommy controlling the little girl's choice of clothes. I agree that children need guidance as they learn to dress themselves, and maybe the manipulative "choice limiting" is acceptable when dealing with that issue. On the other hand, maybe not.
I can clearly remember an incident when I was 5 years old, where mommy and I went shopping for a new outfit for me. It came in either turquoise or red. My mother asked which I wanted. I chose red. "Oh, dear, babies choose red. Don't you want to be a big girl," asked my mother. So of course, I swithced my answer and then said turquoise.
It took me many decades to get over wondering what my mother would want me to choose, but eternal damnation would not be a consequence if I got it wrong. That's my personal issue. It certainly does illustrate your point. Having quit the Roman Catholic church all those years ago, it took me a good 20 years to quit thinking I would go straight to hell for having quit.
Blackmail by parents is somewhat acceptable; they are just people doing the best they can on a temporary rather than eternal scoope. Blackmail by religious leaders is about the lowest thing I can imagine. (No, wait, pedophilic clergy are worse.)
Thanks, Islaskye, for articulating the illusion of free choice the way you did. I found it helpful and inspiring.
What is a more glorious freedom than from this thing that calls itself "God" but is in the end obnoxious to proclaim itself higher than anything else. Through this supposedly true deity, choice and freedom are indeed illusions, but it can simply turn itself around and say, "Well it's not my fault that I am powerful enough to create the metaphysical laws that dictate you setting yourself upon this path and created Hell to punish just such dissenters."
I would say that most gods are fickle and insecure children that they demand worship with the threat of punishment at the slightest slip-up, but none so much more prominent than the Christian God.
I'm willing to stake it is only the promise of eternal life or the fear of everlasting damnation or, dare I say, the fear of our own inevitable expiration date that anyone would willingly worship he. There is no love or understanding in such a relationship, only misery and fear.
Reason is the only gate by which the mind is set free and the heart put at ease.
i find this article interesting, but it is also flawed…
let me explain myself… referring to your final paragraph, yes i do agree that there is a 'framework' that limits our decisions… so according to your logic, there is no real freedom in actions… like i cant choose to be able to fly… this'framework' (aka laws, rules, ect.) is what keeps us safe and in existence… a possible equivalent that we can relate to is the way government is set up… i am from america. Therefore, according to american law, i cannot legally murder another human. this law, or as you put it "framework" is set up to protect everybody from killing everybody… does this make sense? and referring to your last paragraph again,
"a framework that manipulates the outcome to achieve the framer's desired result"
this is well said, congrats… you've just accurately described the function of rules and laws!!! i have not seen many people successfully accomplish this. the only thing i would change about it is "…the outcome to attempt to achieve…" although i am not sure my change would result in correct grammar… but hopefully you get my idea
now just imagine your country, wherever you are, what would happen if everybody started complying outside of your country's framework (laws) it would go into total anarchy and chaos… rules are set up to protect
imagine raising a child, and the framework you set up is to protect him from getting hurt… but he is able to defy those rules and get injured…or sometimes not get injured, but the outcome of his actions result in him making his own framework according to which he would live by and learn from.
the same concept can be applied to god, he has set up the rules to "manipulate" us to not hurt ourselves and to get along and to love eachother for that is what he is; god is a god of love.
but our world is not what it should be if we were only able to act within this framework. our world is corrupt and evil BECAUSE people have acted OUTSIDE the so called framework
i hope this brought clarification… but i am sure this does not change your position. i respect your position. but you must understand that i can do whatever i want, whenever i want, no matter what i want if it is within by abilities and or reach… and that may be considered outside the framework
dont get me wrong, i did enjoy your article and i did find truth in it. i am just pointing out that limitations are required to have order and god likes order… but limitations can be exceeded and that creates chaos…. therefore, if chaos exists so does limitations that are excceded
This is what we do. We are simple creatures, seeking a place to find answers. Frameworks provide us a sense of control or at least the illusion of control. Within such frameworks we can build an entire universe of explanations and common understanding. Christianity, or more appropriately, religion is one of these, but they are endless.
You can see the same attempts in science, physics, economics, government, politics and other "man created" systems of thought whether translated into law/moral code or not. I would argue that testing the parameters/rules/laws within our created frameworks is a healthy thing to happen. Entire frameworks, methods of thinking and ways of living have been torn down and build anew thanks to those who are unwilling to accept them and make their voices heard.
It is our humanness, our reason, that brings out the best in us. Asking the big questions and trying to build a framework to support our answers is out best gift. There are people much smarter than anyone who wrote here or who is ever going to read this that debate whether the universe is a system of sheer chaos (random action) or whether it is an organized and logical system (choice).
But to the original writers, point, faith is healthy. That isn't an argument, it is a fact supported by factual data. Much like those who are positively effected by a placebo in a study, it has been proven that those who have a strong faith achieve things others cannot. Does it matter? No. Who cares? Our moral convictions are ultimately tied to our perceptions. Those perceptions shape our reality. Too often we forget that we can shape the world into what we want it to be. Religion, faith, Christianity, for better or for worse, shows us that it has and still can. The tragedy taking place today isn't that people believe in false frameworks. The tragedy today is that not enough people believe strongly enough to do something to change their world and those that have that conviction have seen and understand so little.
Finally, believing is not stupid. Believing, with one's heart and soul in something, anything, is not ignorant. It may be what is most valuable to us if we're going to evolve and become more. Challenging established frameworks, the beliefs/rules/laws set therein, is equally important. Get off your high horse. You and I, we're not God, if there is indeed a one God. And if we were, chances are we wouldn't take the time to explain ourselves to those incapable of accepting such a possibility, don't ya think?
wrote: In the same way, God limits our options to ensure that our choices correspond to his own predetermined outcomes for us. "God didnt limit our options cause we dont have any options/choices IslaSkye!" God said "dont do this and do that" ;this is a command not an option/choice. you think if God says wear the blue dress & you decide/choose to wear jeans that you had a choice and that it was YOU that picked the jeans? no,no,no, this is the biggest downfall of mankind,hes failed this test from the beginning! you dont choose anything,God is in control of everything; God kills & makes alive,God wounds & heals! Man can do nothing of himself; God does it all. For mankind to say that he has a choice/option/alternative hes only blinded and even his blinding is down by who,thats right, GOD. How can we actually believe such a thing,sounds absurd right? Thats the key,TO BELIEVE is the key. To believe is not choice; choice is not belief. Choice implies we (humans) have the last say when it comes down to doing anything whether it be good or bad. Choice implies that we have control,we are given the option to do anything. Choice implies that God is not in control but we are. Choice says we did this,we do that, we are ultimately responsible for doing good or evil. Belief implies God is in control. Belief implies that God is authority over all things. Belief implies that God gets glory for everything. Belief says that God is supreme and we can do nothing without God. Choice implies pride. Belief implies humility.
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Airfix = air fix; the air needs fixing.
I'm thinking too much into this, perhaps but these little death discs, so unlike their real-life counterparts, nevertheless began the clicking soundtrack drums (here come the drums, here come the drums) of IX Tab. And when I was partly messing up the opening track at Hacker Farm's Salvage (more later) it was the sound of the plastic spring-loaded mechanisms inside these little beauties that I could hear, ticking away like a bear-trap clock...
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Getting on a career path was easy for some. They graduated high school, and slid straight onto the right path (or what they felt was the right path). Then, there are people like me who search for what seems like a needle in the haystack. All the while, I have never been confused about the fact that this world is too big and plentiful to live with limits.
With the no limit theory, it is easy to get overwhelmed. Even more, it is easy to give up because you figure you have more options, right?
People who are successful commit to something. They see it out and see things through. Your life and career will grow when you see things through.
If you give up, what will giving up look like? What will the result look like? You have given up before. Save the sob story as to why because it doesn't matter. What matters now is that you resist. You resist giving up like your life depended on it.


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Dr. Boyce Watkins; National Association of Black Journalists Split from UNITY…
April 13, 2011 by Staff
Filed under News, Opinion, Weekly Columns
(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has apparently had enough. The group announced recently that it is splitting off from UNITY, an organization designed to bring together groups of minority journalists. The NABJ has cited the financial decisions of UNITY as the primary reason for the departure.
"NABJ board members concluded that as a business model, UNITY no longer is the most financially prudent for NABJ and its membership," according to a statement released by the NABJ.
UNITY was founded in 1994 and was designed to coordinate the activities of journalists of color. The group was comprised of the Asian American Journalists Association, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Native American Journalists Association and the NABJ. UNITY held a conference every four years, while each group holds its own national conference annually.
It's hard to know the details of the reasons that the NABJ split from UNITY, but the bottom line is that the divide is an unfortunate one. If it is the case that UNITY is not sharing its convention revenues with the NABJ fairly, then I applaud the move. I hope it's not a matter of NABJ leadership being greedy, so I'd love to hear more about their perspective (I am not, by the way, a member of the NABJ).
My initial thinking is that this divide might be similar to many others that occur whenever African Americans are melted into broader liberal groups. In far too many cases, our agenda gets pushed to the back of the bus in favor of an agenda that simply blends the plight of black folks into the experience of anyone who isn't white. This happens on many college campuses across America, who have decided that affirmative action should apply to anyone who isn't a white man, leaving thousands of African Americans without access to education, jobs and other necessities for success.
But if you weren't enslaved by whites for 400 years and subject to the devastating social, psychological and economic impact of Jim Crow, it's difficult to understand what we've had to overcome. While America can be disrespectful to most ethnic minority groups, no group of people has had the White American foot on its neck more than the black community. The NABJ understands this, and hopefully UNITY understands this as well.
But then again, this dispute might be simpler than most of us speculate. It could simply be a matter of money not being shared properly, without any deeper context. Either way, the NABJ might be better off operating on its own, for its rare to see a truly independent black institution (especially in media).
Staff Writer; Dr. Boyce Watkins
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition. For more information, please visit http://BoyceWatkins.com.


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One of the things that Apple hasn't made easy for iPhone owners is providing a way to create custom ringtones in Windows. If you're a Mac owner you can use GarageBand, but Apple doesn't provide that application on Windows. Instead what they expect you to do is purchase a song for $0.99, and then convert it to a ringtone for another $0.99.
As it turns out in a few steps you can actually convert a DRM-free song into a ringtone using only iTunes in Windows. The trick also works for Mac users, but using GarageBand is a lot simpler so we're focusing primarily on the Windows side.
Here's what you need to do:
- Start iTunes and find the [DRM-free] song you want to convert to a ringtone. Right-click on it and select the Get Info option.
- On the Options tab locate the Start Time and End Time options. This is where you want to specify the portion of the song you wanted converted into a ringtone. Check both of the boxes, and make sure your ringtone is under 30-seconds. Press OK when finished.
- Right-click on the song you just modified, and choose the Convert to AAC option. If you don't see this in the context menu navigate to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Importing, and make sure the AAC Encoder is selected in the Import Using menu.
- Once the song has finished being converted to the new format it will appear in your music list, and the "Time" should reflect the correct duration of the ringtone (which should be less than 30-seconds). Now navigate to your iTunes music folder to find the converted song. Here's an example of where my Green Day ringtone was located:
- Make sure you're able to see the file's extension (.M4A) like in the screenshot above. If you don't see the extension go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View (Organize -> Folder and Search Options on Vista), and uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types box. Then click OK.
- Copy the music file (with the .M4A extension) to your desktop. Once you've done that rename the file's extension to .M4R which will make iTunes recognize it as a ringtone. Make sure there are no symbols (underscores, hyphens, etc…) in the file name.
- In iTunes go to File -> Add File to Library, and then browse for the file from step 6. Once you've selected it press the Open button. iTunes will place the ringtone in the respective section in your library:
- Sync your iPhone with iTunes and your newly created ringtone should get transferred over. If it doesn't be sure to check the Ringtones tab in the iPhone configuration section of iTunes to verify that it is setup to sync your ringtones.
–What is DRM?–
I've been getting all kinds of questions and emails from people asking what DRM is. An anonymous commenter below did a great job answering the question. Here is his response:
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. In a nutshell, a song with DRM is meant to keep you from giving it to someone else. If you're using Windows XP (and I'm sure there's some equivalent for Vista), you can right-click on a song file, and choose Properties. Under the Summary tab, click the Advanced >> button if it's there. Under the Origin heading, you will see an entry named 'Protected'. If it says No, then the song does not have a DRM. If it says Yes, well, you may be able to pay Apple money to convert the song to an iTunes Plus track, which will be DRM-free. Hope this helps, best of luck!
That's all there is to it. Now you can save yourself a bunch of money on ringtones. A big thanks to the Apple Blog who assembled the original instructions on how to do this for the Mac!


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The U.S .restaurant industry has experienced significant growth since 1970 (National Restaurant Association, 2011). Publicly traded restaurant firms tend to initiate dividends soon after they go public, quite often even in the same year. This study tests hypotheses based upon four dividend initiation theories: signaling, life-cycle, agency costs and catering. The results reveal that only the signaling theory is significant. Since most restaurant firms initiate dividends at the growth stage, they tend to have little free cash, flow, high investment opportunities, and low dividend premiums (which are less favorable to investors).
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Oak, Seonghee; Hua, Nan; and Dalbor, Michael
"Why Do Restaurant Firms Initiate Dividends?,"
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One second. That's all that stands between Secretariat and a complete record-breaking sweep of the Triple Crown. If Penny Chenery and the president of the Maryland Jockey Club, Thomas Chuckas, can prevail, this situation will finally be rectified after 40 years. … Continue reading
October 4, 1989…Remembering Big Red
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A Rocky Mountain High for Secretariat's Meadow
Have been on a "Rocky Mountain high" since our whirlwind trip to Denver for the advance screening of the Secretariat movie on Sunday September 12. Over 400 guests of the Chenery family attended and so did Entertainment Tonight! They interviewed Penny and … Continue reading
Kicking off our Barnstorming Book Tour!
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The other night I roasted a chicken stuffed with essentially the same mixture from which I'd made a savory bread pudding the week before (at our new e-friend Christina von Koehler's suggestion: it reminded her of her Hungarian grandmother's stuffing). I could have made a "proper" sauce using chicken stock and so forth, but since the Union Square Greenmarket tomatoes were so spectacular I decided to use them for the sauce.
While the roasted chicken was resting, I deglazed the pan with white wine and water (it had the chicken neck and feet in it, along with some tarragon), then strained this, degreased it and poured it over a biggish yellow-with-pink-blush tomato which I'd peeled and diced. Hardly any further cooking: I just brought it up to the boil and took it off the heat. All it took was a little chopped tarragon and a check for salt and pepper (it needed salt, but not pepper), and it was done. Yes, it had a certain chickeniness and acidity from the poultry juices and wine, but the main flavor was September at the farmers' market – one of the best flavors a city dweller can experience.


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So last week I was just finishing of a generic metadata import solution for MDS. Basically you map your Excel semi-structured data source file to the entities and attributes in MDS run the solution and it automatically imports, transforms the file and loads it through to the mapped entities. It was all working great; until Windows installed a patch! Basically it looks like they have finally nailed the coffin shut on the Jet 4 driver – to be fair I probably shouldn't have been using it.
So for older xls files (2007 – 2010) you can use the Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 driver. If you have office 64 bit installed like me your SSIS IDE may not have this driver available in SSIS; but why?
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marimar replied to chrisrbower's topic in General acne discussionOh no no dont pick at it it could get worse! try bringing down the swelling with a cold damp cloth and girl at top is right, take some ibuprofen like advil to calm the inflammation. You might want to go see a dermatologist about that, you might need to have it injected with cortisone or possibly even drained. so yeah get that checked out!
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marimar replied to Noremac's topic in General acne discussionOne thing thats really good for scars and redmarks is a Hydroquinone cream like Palmers which help lighten the redmarks or darkspots left by acne. I personally tried and loved "AcneFree Complete Scar Fade and Erase", that not only comes with a hydroquinone cream but also a great spf moisturizer! Older scars are very hard to dissapear sometimes they are for life especially pock marks and ice pick marks but give the hydroquinone a try and see if it helps a bit, and remember scars and spots take ti
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marimar posted a topic in Prescription acne medicationsHey everybody, well today I went to the Dermatologist and he put me on Doryx (Doxycycline Hyclate delayed release tablets) as well as Duac(Clindamycin, Benzoyl Peroxide) in the morning and Ziana (Clindamycin Phospate, Tretinoin) at night. Has anyone been put on a similar regimen? And has it worked for you? Im really hoping that this will help my acne, I have already been through Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Retin A Micro, Tetracycline, Minocycline, Clindagel, and countless over the counter products and I a


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Life has been rather ho-hum lately.
I've been doing a lot of dog sitting lately, well, not only dogs, but a cat, 2 Peacocks & 1 Macaw.
Then there's my guys too. I too have dogs & cats.
I've become a kennel manager in some way. Hmmmm
So I've not been hanging out on blogger like I'd like to lately. But I have finally added my
So I will have to check out cameras out there & make a decision on acquiring a new one.
In the meantime, I've started working on videos again since I have footage that was just sitting there.
Last weekend, we did go to Brazos Bend State Park. I had no idea that it really wasn't that far away from me! It's a really neat park, but it does have gators! My friends' grandchildren were here, so we took them there. They wanted to see gators, but none were out. So we did some walking & went to the observatory. Saw the moon all close up & personal. Saw Saturn, Venus & the stars of the Big Dipper. That was cool. Especially seeing the rings around Saturn & Venus.
I plan on going back to that park to do some camping when the weather cools down a bit. It's so darn hot. It's just too hot to go camping anywhere, which would really help with my boredom if I could. But me & the dogs would only sit inside of the RV trying to keep cool in the a/c if we tried camping right now.
Here is a link to Brazos Bend State Park: http://wildtexas.com/texas-parks/brazos-bend-state-park
I plan on buying a park pass for Texas State parks once I do finally get out to do some camping. I also live within an hour of Stephen F Austin State Park too.
I'm still in therapy. That should finish up in the first week of September. I'm not anywhere near where I'd like to be physically. I did pay for the walking we did at Brazos Bend. We didn't do that much, but what we did do was still too much for me. But then, there was also a lot of standing around too. Especially in the lines at the observatory to see through the huge telescopes. But it was cool! Especially with the young boys, which are my friends grandsons. Their excitement of seeing these planets really enhanced our moods for sure.
But since I'm not healing as well this time around, they might put me in another program for more therapy. We'll see. I do need it, but I'm so tired of all this.....
The main chiropractor there told me that it's harder the 2nd time around on the same type of surgeries on the same body part. It just takes a lot longer to heal. I have to agree with that.
Again, I hope all is well with everyone. I'm going to once again, try to catch up on my blog reading. I finally have some quiet time for about 2 hours.
~As always, be kind to your pets, clean up after them on your travels & respect your neighbor~


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The Butchies, Pinhook Outdoor Stage, Durham NC, 09/24/11, originally uploaded by Ash Crowe.
As I start my year end wrap up posts, today some stats to keep it in perspective. This was an amazing year in live music in Durham and in Raleigh and in Chapel Hill. I didn't even see most of it (though I came closest in Durham) but, bow howdy, I saw a lot of it.
[All stats include shows I know I'll see and shoot before the year is over. Stats do not include shows I went to without my camera (it happens)]
I saw and shot 209 shows at 33 venues in 2011 (this counts each day of a festival as a single show): 150 shows in Durham, 23 in Chapel Hill, 22 in Raleigh, 13 in Carrboro, 1 in Winston-Salem.
Counting each set by band I saw and shot 565 sets in 2011: 381 bands in Durham, 85 bands in Raleigh, 66 bands in Chapel Hill, 31 bands in Carrboro, 2 bands in Winston.
Looking at the venues I shot the most out of the 33 total venues: I shot 58 shows at Motorco, 47 shows at Pinhook, 13 shows at Casbah, 13 shows at Local 506, 11 shows at Motorco Garage, 10 shows at Cat's Cradle.
Going by number of band sets, not shows: I shot 155 bands at Motorco, 108 bands at Pinhook, 38 bands at Casbah, 37 bands at Local 506, 34 bands at Motorco Garage, 23 bands at Cat's Cradle, 21 bands at Kings, and 20 at Nightlight.
All together I saw and shot 358 bands this year, almost a band for each day of the year. 276 of those bands I saw only once. 65 of the bands I saw between 2 and 4 times. And 17 of the bands I saw 5 or more times:
Band – # of shows
JKutchma (w/ the 5/5 or solo) – 19
Midtown Dickens- 10
Almost People – 10
Phil Cook & His Feat – 8
Magnolia Collective – 7
Pink Flag – 7
Onward, Soldiers – 6
Mount Moriah – 6
Free Electric State – 6
Gray Young – 6
Hammer No More The Fingers – 6
Birds & Arrows – 6
American Aquarium – 5
Effingham – 5
Humble Tripe – 5
Red Collar – 5
The Moaners – 5
A special nod to JKutchma, Midtown Dickens, Phil Cook & His Feat, Gray Young, Mount Moriah, Birds & Arrows, and The Moaners, all of whom I saw play in at least 5 different venues.
And, yes, if anyone is curious, I'm happy to share the excel spreadsheet where I store all this info if you are curious about the nitty gritty details or want to look at lots of pivot tables.
In summary, I saw and shot a ton of shows and bands. I shot in venues all around the area and also really focused on shooting in Durham. I got to see many of my favorite bands play a bunch, some of my favorite bands not nearly enough, and just about everything in between. I found new music, new friends, new angles, new light, and so much more at shows
And between now and the end of the year, I have posts coming to try and pull from that magnitude of music: my favorite shows, my favorite concert moments, my favorite photos, my favorite albums.
Links to all year end coverage:
Top Ten Albums of 2011
Twenty Favorite Photos of 2011
Ten Favorite Shows of 2011
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I was bullied
The documentary "Bully" should be rated PG-13 -- not R. Join me in asking the MPAA to change its rating.
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I was bullied a lot in middle school. Five years ago, it got so bad that four guys came up behind me, called me awful names and slammed my hand in my locker, breaking my finger. The worst part is, I felt so terrified and alone that I couldn't even tell my parents the truth about what happened.
So when I saw the new documentary
, which was produced to stop bullying, it felt so good to know that the filmmakers were telling the stories of kids like me.
I think that every kid should see
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Two weeks ago, I started a petition on Change.org asking the Motion Picture Association of America to change
's rating to PG-13. More than 300,000 people have joined me. Click here to sign now.
The past two weeks have been incredible. I've been on CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, CBS, and The Ellen Show. Celebrities like
Ellen DeGeneres, Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp,
Justin Bieber, Randy Jackson, Demi Lovato, and Drew Brees
-- as well as
29 members of Congress
, led by Rep. Mike Honda -- have said publicly that they agree with my campaign.
But even after all that, the MPAA hasn't budged.
I got to meet with one of their executives last week, and she told me that they have to keep things "consistent." Maybe she thought that I would give up, or that I'm just 17, so how much can I really change anyway? But I know that if we keep up the pressure, the MPAA will have no choice but to admit that being "consistent" isn't as important as letting kids see a movie that could literally save lives.
Click here to sign my petition to tell the MPAA to change
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Thanks for your help. Knowing that all these people are standing with me, I don't feel alone or afraid anymore.
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'Poltergeist' Remake Gets 'Monster House's' Director
There had been rumors that Sam Raimi -- who's on board as a producer -- would helm the remake of Tobe Hooper's 'Poltergeist,' but they didn't come to pass. Gil Kenan, best known for being behind the motion captured 'Monster House' and live-action film 'City of Ember,' just landed the job as the remake's director.
This comes from Deadline Hollywood, and what that suggests is they want to go with an overall lighter tone. 'Monster House' was very much indebted to 'Poltergeist' and Steven Spielberg's gift for mixing the supernatural with suburbia, and though 'City of Ember' is something of a misfire, Kenan's a good choice for the material if they are trying to make a PG or PG-13 horror movie that's family friendly.
This is also one of the rare Steven Spielberg projects that's gotten/been allowed to be remade. The original was co-written by Spielberg, and -- from some reports -- actually directed by him as well. The original is also known as a "haunted" film as co-star Dominique Dunne was murdered by her boyfriend shortly after the film was released, and Heather O'Rourke -- who played Carol Anne again in the film's two sequels -- died of cardiopulmonary arrest at the age of twelve. Hopefully that curse won't transfer over to the remake.


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At 8.07 AM 30 miles Southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, U-160 torpedoes US tanker MV Bidwell. The cargo of 83,144 barrels of fuel oil ignites, sending flames 150 feet into the air (second mate is sprayed with burning oil and dies). The crew makes emergency repairs and takes MV Bidwell into Hampton Roads, Virginia, under her own power (repaired at Norfolk, Virginia, and returned to service).
At 5 PM 250 miles Northwest of Bermuda, U-571 torpedoes Norwegian tanker MV Koll and the cargo of 96,067 barrels of diesel oil catches fire (2 killed). 33 survivors abandon ship in 3 lifeboats; 1 is rescued quickly but 2 lifeboats drift for 10 days in severe gales until found (1 man dies of exposure).
Mediterranean. British destroyer HMS Havock, sailing from Malta to Gibraltar for repairs to damage suffered in the Second Battle of Sirte on March 22, runs aground in shallows off Cape Bon, Tunisia and is scuttled by her crew. British tug HMS West Cocker is sunk during an air raid on Malta.
Operation C, Japanese Navy raid in the Indian Ocean. Most Japanese warships retire Southeast of Ceylon into the Indian Ocean and sink 16 Allied freighters, while aircraft carrier Ryūjō sends aircraft to raid the towns of Vizagapatam and Cocanada on the East coast of India (sinking 3 ships). At 4 PM Southwest of India near the Maldive Islands, Japanese submarine I-4 sinks US freighter Washingtonian.
Philippines. American/Filipino troops have fallen back so fast in the center of the Bataan peninsula that Japanese infantry pause for the day to bring up supplies. US forces are given no time to reorganise, however, as Japanese bombers attack artillery positions, troop concentrations, command posts and roads.
Burma. Royal Indian Navy sloop HMIS Indus, in dock at Akyab (now Sitwe) is hit by 3 bombs during a Japanese air-raid and sinks (no casualties).
Overnight, RAF Bomber Command sends 157 bombers (110 Wellingtons, 19 Stirlings, 18 Hampdens and 10 Manchesters) to bomb Essen, Germany, but most turn back due to a severe storm and complete cloud cover over Essen. 2 Hampdens, 1 Manchester, 1 Wellington and 1 Stirling are lost.
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The Bride Price
|Bernabo Visconti & his wife Beatrice
Following the money, Hawkwood now left papal employ taking up service with Florence and Milan. In an attempt to permanently attach the foremost mercenary of the times to his service Hawkwood was proffered a marriage with an illegitimate offspring of Bernabo, Count of Milan.Born in 1360, Donnina, who came with a dowry of 10,000 florins, was Bernabo's daughter by Montanina di Lazzari, who bore one other child to the count[i]. The wedding took place on 3rd May 1377; the couple had four children, one son and three daughters.
'Last Sunday, Sir John Hawkwood conducted a bride with all honours to the house where he was living………..and the wedding was honoured by the presence of………all the daughters of Signor Bernabo.'[ii]Within four days of the ceremony Hawkwood was off to Cremona, where Hawkwood's men, alongside Visconti forces, were preparing a defence against the Bretons. At the same time Hawkwood was also greatly improving the defences of his properties in the Romagna. Donnina was left at Bagnacavallo, which was roughly the same size as Cotignola.
The Pope was unable to pay the Bretons and by the summer Hawkwood was ready to give battle, despite being advised against it by a Florentine ambassador. His response was
'Go and weave your cloth, and leave me to lead soldiers.'[iii]The Bretons made their way through the Maremma, to Grosseto which they blockaded with 1,800 lances. They were followed by Hawkwood and a small force of his men. By early autumn the Bretons were quarrelling amongst themselves and drifting away, looking for more remunerative work, until only about a third were left under papal command. Now the Pope was making peace offers to the anti-papal league, headed by the Visconti
'Seeking to make peace with Bernabo Visconti, through the offices of John Hawkwood.'[iv]When Hawkwood informed the Signoria in Venice of the offers; their response was concern about the Visconti motives. The Signoria believed that the Count of Milan wished to extend his sway throughout central Italy. They feared that a Visconti-Papal alliance would leave Florence exposed. The Pope's position seemed to be hardening and when Siena sent ambassadors he held them prisoners for four months and demanded three million florins from Florence as a price for peace.
Working for Two MastersAlthough a pensioner of the city for many years, Florence had never welcomed Hawkwood into her gates. But now afraid of isolation and the machinations of the Visconti Hawkwood was welcomed into the city.
'Sir John Hawkwood entered Florence with his Company at the twenty-third hour and dismounted at the palace of the Archbishop of Florence, and great honour was paid him by our Signoria and the other councils, and a great deal of wax, and sweetmeats, and draperies of silk and wool were presented to him. They made a great feast for him and his Company in the Palace of the Signoria, and he was much honoured.'[v]The city lay under interdict from the Pope. In the October of 1377 the Florentine government passed a law requiring the citizens to ignore the Papal ban on attending religious services. Gregory responded by ordering all clergy in Florence to leave immediately. The city's trade had suffered during the interdict[vi] and the citizens were weary of the war.
On 10th December Hawkwood left Florence for a conference with Bernabo Visconti. The Florentines begged him to return to Tuscany where the majority of his men were quartered. Letters spoke of his men in disorder
'Without you we can neither control them, nor send them to the help of allies, which may be the cause of consequences displeasing to both you and us' and 'It was the captain's place to immediately repress this scandal, going at once to the place where his presence and prudence would be sufficient to re-establish order.'[vii]At the end of January 1378 Hawkwood returned to bring his men back under his iron hand. Visconti was now in favour of coming to terms with the Pope and demanded the release of Hawkwood and most of his men; a demand that deeply concerned the Florentines. In March Gregory sent one of his most influential representatives to Florence, Catherine of Siena.
Urban VI
The citizens of Florence were so weary of the war, which to date had cost 2,500,000 florins, their military reverses and the uncontrolled excesses of Hawkwood's men; that the Signoria was compelled to sue for peace. The city's representatives, at the peace conference, were about to come to terms when the news of the Pope's death arrived. In April the new pope, Urban VI was elected[viii]. The news merely delayed the inevitable and on 18th July the Florentines were informed that a truce had been agreed. The following day the citizens erupted and chaos ensued for over a month to be put down in a brutal repression.Later in the year Donnina gave birth to her first child Janet and in 1379 Catherine was born. Hawkwood's additional costs were more than compensated for by bribes and a reward for detailing a conspiracy in Florence, which resulted in the execution of 46 people.
The English Connection
Richard II seen kneeling in left hand portion of the Wilton Diptych
The death of Edward III and the accession of his grandson, Richard II, led to another hiatus in the Hundred Years War. And English emissaries were in Italy seeking a bride for their young king and allies in their fight against the French. In May 1378 the English emissary[ix] had started his travels bringing his king's greetings to
'Bernabo Visconti, Lord of Milan, and to our dear and faithful Sir John Hawkwood.'[x]By June Hawkwood was assisting Bernabo of Milan in a war against Bernabo's wife's family. Hawkwood met the English emissary sometime during the summer and Milanese officials travelled to England to discuss the possibility of a marriage, which failed to materialise[xi].
In additions to the large fees that he charged for the Hawkwood's men, Hawkwood was also making money in the wool trade, as an earner on the side. English records show his involvement in the trade. On 5th May 1381 Hawkwood was appointed Richard II's ambassador to the Papal court in Rome; he was instructed to discuss the schism with Avignon. By now, following the failure of the English marriage, Bernabo had fallen out with his son-in-law and this new position was timely.Bernabo was so infuriated that he offered thirty florins to anyone who took prisoner or killed one of Hawkwood's men. Hawkwood's daughter, from his first marriage, Antiocha had married a Sir William Coggeshall[xii] and Coggeshall was also fighting in Italy. Hawkwood now had Coggeshall journey to his own property at Bagnacavalo, requesting a safe conduct from the Gonzaga while travelling across Mantua lands.
The protection of his properties in the Romagna were costing Hawkwood far more than the income he received from them. The three properties were accordingly mortgaged to the d'Este family for 60,000 gold ducats. Hawkwood now attempted to get permission to reside in Florence; as he was not a citizen he had to apply for permission. The Signoria agreed to allow him to reside outside the city walls at San Donato in Polverosa.Intermezzo
Charles III of Naples
In 1382 Charles, Duke of Durrazzo, had murdered his way to the throne of Naples. Another claimant Louis, Duke of Anjou[xiii], was en route to Naples. Anjou threatened the Pope[xiv], as one of his supporters was the anti-Pope at Avignon, who had crowned Louis King of Naples. The Count of Milan and Amadeus of Savoy were his other main backers. Hawkwood's men were called to protect the pope in a letter of 31st July asking for;
'Our beloved son, the noble John Hawkwood, knight.'[xv]
Louis of Anjou
And six hundred lances. Anjou was attacked on the road by brigands, directed by Charles III. By the time he arrived in Naples Charles III was safely behind fortifications and Hawkwood's men, released from the necessity of guarding Florence, arrived to support him.Eventually Louis returned to France following a guerrilla style war and the loss of large numbers of his soldiers to an epidemic, leaving Charles in possession of the throne. Urban had hoped that Charles would stand aside to allow Urban's nephew to take the kingdom, the primary reason for throwing his backing behind Charles, who did not oblige.
Urban excommunicated him and laid Naples under an interdict. He was eventually obliged to return to Rome without any spoils, taking with him as prisoners six of his cardinals[xvi]. All but one of the cardinals was murdered.In September 1385 Urban met with Hawkwood, in his capacity as English ambassador. The English court was concerned about the fate of the last of the cardinal prisoners, an Englishman Adrian Easton[xvii].
Hawkwood had been given far-reaching powers to treat over alliances with the pope, Florence, Perugia, Bologna and Naples. With his fellow ambassadors, Nicholas Dagworth and John Bacon[xviii], Hawkwood was successful in his intercession for Easton, who was released[xix].Bibliography
Italian Dynasties – Edward Burman, Thorsons Publishing 1989Chronicles – Froissart, Penguin Classics 1968
The Fourteenth Century – May McKisack, Oxford University Press 1997A History of Venice – John Julius Norwich, Penguin Books 1982
Hawkwood – Frances Stonor Saunders, Faber & Faber Ltd 2004A Distant Mirror – Barbara Tuchman, Pan MacMillan Publishers Ltd 1989
[i] Bernabo had over 30 children, 13 of whom were illegitimate. Donnina's brother was made Lord of Brignano.
[ii] Hawkwood – Stonor Saunders
[iii] Ibid
[iv] Ibid
[v] Ibid
[vi] In 1368 customs tolls were 196,395 lire and in 1377 circa half this amount – Stonor Saunders
[vii] Hawkwood – Stonor Saunders
[viii] Urban's terrible rages meant that a number of cardinals departed from Rome and elected Robert of Geneva as an anti-Pope in Avignon in November 1378, known as the Western Schism.
[ix] Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet
[x] Hawkwood – Stonor Saunders
[xi] Richard married Anne of Bohemia in 1382 and after her death married the daughter of the King of France, Isabella in 1396
[xii] The couple had four children
[xiii] The murdered queen's adopted heir
[xiv] Urban VI, Gregory died in 1378
[xv] Hawkwood – Stonor Saunders
[xvi] Taken prisoner as they had wanted to forcibly return Urban to Roma
[xvii] A Benedictine Abbot from Norwich, who was made a cardinal in 1379 by Urban
[xviii] Richard's secretary
[xix] Dying in 1397 and buried in St Cecilia in Trastavere.


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I took Sasha out for a quick walk and as we came near our building a small grey cat actually stalked and the repeatedly attacked her! A 55 pound dog, being attacked by a 6 pound cat. Repeatedly. It was like the cat was doing strafing runs on the dog. I was so shocked I had to laugh, but as it continued the dog and I were both freaked out and I had to drag her away to keep from being attacked anymore.
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