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Informational blog about recent or upcoming prog-related rock or metal albums with a schedule of their release. No downloads here, except provided by bands themselves.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Bob Oliver Lee "Flying Music"
Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Underground Symphony
Format: CD
Release date: October 31, 2016
01. Everything's gone
02. Dead Heart
03. Flying Music (Instrumental)
04. These Wings
05. Thoughts & Regrets
06. River of the Temple (Instrumental)
07. Rising
08. Forbidden Ways
09. Sailors from the Crying Planet
10. From the Pyramid Rises the Flying Spirit of the Pharaoh (Instrumental)
Bob Saliba: Lead, Acoustic Guitars & Vocals
Pascal Garell: Bass
Olivier Tijoux: Drums
Franck Capera: Keyboards
François Albaranes: Piano
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Are dead bodies dangerous?
Caitlin Doughty is a licensed mortician and founder of the Order of the Good Death. In this short video she addresses the concern about bodies being dangerous. Note: Caitlin is a young, new breed of funeral directors. She is a bit irreverent with her videos and uses antics to express and demonstrate her points. I, personally, find it very funny. But we all have different tastes so others may not find it humorous! If you want more, Caitlin has over 20 videos on YouTube.com. ~ Donna Belk
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Are Dead Bodies Dangerous?
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|Hemlock's Diary
The ravings of Hong Kong's most obnoxious expat
9-15 November 2003
|Sun, 9 Nov
The news today has a pale tinge to it. Here in Hong Kong, the death of Merrill Lynch executive Robert Kissel, and his wife's subsequent arrest on murder charges, has gwailo tongues wagging. "Miss Scarlet, with a candlestick, in the conservatory?" Roughly. The chatter so far is of Mrs K and a golf club… but where? The body was found rolled up in a carpet some distance from the couple's Parkview apartment. I ask acquaintances of the unfortunate banker if they had shared with him my cautionary description of the life cycle of an expat wife, which I distributed on 20 June. It seems not. Meanwhile, in a distant barbarian kingdom, a future monarch's reign has possibly been done to death. It is easy to see why Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, is against genetically modified crops. The poor man's entire family is a centuries-long experiment in selective breeding that went horribly wrong. And now, there's a claim that a valet delivering breakfast to his room found him in bed with another male servant ("no physical activity but you don't have to be a brain surgeon to work out what was going on"). The other servant has taken out an injunction forbidding the press from repeating the rumour, thus ensuring that everyone knows about it. Could it be true? Anyone who can have sex with Camilla can probably bring himself to do it with any suitably sized mammal, not to mention various types of earthmoving and farm equipment.
Mon, 10 Nov
What's that scratching noise? Why, it's the sound of someone's name being removed from the invitation list for Christmas drinks at Government House. Which name? That of Michael DeGolyer, HK Baptist University political scientist and all-purpose talking head. And why is he being crossed off? Poor grammar – up with which our bilingual officials, mindful of the need to maintain educational standards, will not put. DeGolyer recently said of visionary Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa "Politically he's not just dead meat. There's flies all over him." As we all know, that should be "…There are flies all over him." Disgraceful.
Tue, 11 Nov
Mid-morning at the Mandarin Hotel coffee shop with Morris, Glasgow's gift to Hong Kong law-enforcement. He is bemused by the story from Singapore about a policeman being jailed for receiving oral sex. "The courts say it's an unnatural act," he says, "but it's legal if you go on to have straight, full sex. I can't get my head round it." Well, who would want to? What a contrast with Hong Kong, where, to the delight of prurient South China Morning Post reporters, vice officers are required to indulge in intimate acts with ladies of the night in order to collect evidence. "That's no fun," claims Morris. "Oh aye – they're mangy dogs." He tells me about a recent visit he made to a women's jail full of hookers. "Actually, it's more of a drug rehabilitation centre," he says. "All these girls drink methadone out of little plastic cups, to wean them off heroin. They're pretty ill. When one of them vomits, the others drop to their knees and lick it up." I put down my teacup. "Why not give them gin and bitters?" I ask. "Just convert them into functioning alcoholics, so they can fit into normal society. They could join the police!" He is clearly impressed by my lateral thinking.
|In the IFC Mall, the CitySuper Customers' Liberation Front strikes another blow for life, liberty and consumer rights when I tire of waiting in line at the checkout, dump my basket of perishable goods and walk off. I am not alone in protesting in this way against the shortage of serving staff at what must be one of the most expensive supermarkets in Asia. At my urging, several patrons of the up-market store are now following my example and leaving baskets of unbought kimchee, ice cream and cheese to fester in the aisles. Who do the management think we are? The sort of riffraff who will wait in Park N Shop for hours? We have things to do. Ulrike Meinhof and Patty Hearst got it right – urban guerrilla tactics are the only way to deal with these fascist pig oppressors of the people.
|Wed, 12 Nov
"Tell me if there's anything interesting in this rubbish," says the Big Boss, passing me a booklet of background material on the 2004-05 Budget. The Government is sending a copy to all of Hong Kong's great and good to make them feel important. Is there anything interesting in it? Flicking through the pages of recycled paper, I soon find a fascinating example of stupidity...
|"The slowdown in economic activities caused by the outbreak of SARS earlier this year has made it unrealistic to stick to the original [balanced budget] targets by 2006-07."
|But over the page we are told the opposite…
|"Following the outbreak of SARS, we adjusted in August 2003 the forecast for GDP real growth downward from 3% to 2%. Since then, there has been a visible upswing … our latest forecast is for the economy to grow by around 3% for 2003."
|A few pages later, after a bit saying that we can't be bothered to fix the budget deficit at Lexus-speed because it's just too much like hard work, the booklet gets round to the really interesting question – who's paying for this bloated public sector?
|"The share of [salaries tax] revenue contributed by [the top 100,000 payers] increased to 62.1% in 2002-03."
|That's out of 1.25mn taxpayers, themselves a minority of the 3.2mn people in work. I won't mention it to the Big Boss. It would vex him. Personally, I see nothing wrong. With the sound of Neil Young and the Rolling Stones still ringing in my ears, I regard it as a pleasure and a privilege to carry the corpulence that is Mike Rowse on my shoulders all day, every day.
To the Circus in the evening, to see the clowns perform. How difficult would it be to draft a Legislative Council motion supporting the "ultimate aims" mentioned in Articles 45 and 68 of Hong Kong's Basic Law? A mildly dim 12-year-old could do it. No-one would dare vote against such a de facto call for universal suffrage. Unfortunately, there are no mildly dim 12-year-olds in the Democratic Party, so they put forward a motion drafted clumsily enough for the forces of darkness to have no qualms about defeating it. Still, this bodes well for those of us looking forward to serious mud slinging and negative campaigning at next year's elections, and I can't help but grin broadly at the ridiculous James Tien as he extends his charagma-etched hand to vote against.
Thurs, 13 Nov
Australian crocodile hunter John Lever is flying to the rescue of Hong Kong, a city living in fear after being terrorized for more than a week by Bo-Bo the vicious man-eating reptile. Having met one of these latter-day dragon slayers many years ago in a certain Dick's Hotel in the charming Sydney district of Balmain, I am well aware of the fate awaiting the overgrown lizard. Lever will stalk the beast by moonlight, wading purposefully through Yuen Long Creek in his akubra hat and night vision spectacles, while assistants on the bank cover him with a half-inch machine gun. On finding Bo-Bo at rest, Lever will stealthily approach the ferocious brute and club it repeatedly in the kidneys with a large boomerang. Writhing in agony, the crocodile will rear up and lunge at the valiant Aussie, who will fearlessly and determinedly thrust his entire upper torso deep down the creature's throat while kicking its private parts with his RM Williams boots. After a minute or two of thrashing and flailing in the muddy darkness, Bo-Bo will have choked to death. Extracting himself from the dead monster's maw, the courageous Queenslander will brush aside onlookers' concerns about his scratches and bruises and join his assistants in dragging the corpse onto land, where they will hang it from a bauhinia tree and skin and butcher it with a view to giving Bo-Bo a new existence as soup and elegant footwear. Looking on from afar, shame-faced Hong Kong officials will cringe as they see yet again how easily success comes to those not touched by the Curse of Tung.
Fri, 14 Nov
How much cheaper things are over the border in Shenzhen! There is obviously no way Hong Kong can compete with a place where a kidnapped baby goes for just RMB1,000. I am tempted to nip over there and pick one up myself, just for the frisson of making such a bizarre purchase – like the time cousin John Quincy Hemlock and I bought a cheap, subsequently buried, 38-calibre revolver for kicks. But perhaps the low prices reflect market weakness. Who on earth wants a baby? The answer, we are told, is farmers – presumably ones whose spiteful wives have consistently refused to bear the all-important male heir. Further evidence that Shenzhen is more exciting than Hong Kong comes in reports that police there have arrested a couple for luring a dozen job-seeking women to their deaths for their belongings. As with the babies, this is a low-margin business. Chopping up and disposing of a body is hard work – hardly worth the lunch money, mobile phone and pair of shoes bequeathed by a peasant girl looking for factory work. Still, if criminals across the border are inattentive to return on investment, at least the Shenzhen authorities recognize the importance of image management. Relatives of the dead women are under house arrest there, lest they talk to the media and confuse ill-informed Hongkongers about the enticing prospects of cross-border integration, cooperation and partnership.


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- Tim Pelton, Leslee Francis Pelton
Notes (from presenters in bold, from me in italics):
- iPods great for individual work, iPads great for sharing and collaboration
- I really really really hope I am able to use our new iPad cart next year several times. They are so great for students creating their own videos, and I know there are a lot of apps that would help my Algebra 1 students out in a "fun" way.
- Four main purposes of the ipod/ipad in the classroom
- Great for exploring, collaborating, consolidating, creating
- Getting set
- Class sets vs BYOD
- Class sets are managed and we don't have to teach a lot of different brands (like graphing calcs). Making sure students don't change settings and stuff
- BYOD is good because students are more familiar with them and may not need as much help.
- Which apps or resources are you going to use?
- If you are using specific apps, sometimes BYOD doesn't work as well because students will have to download app, what if app is only on one device, etc
- Some apps keep track of student progress, so you want them to use the same exact device every time
- Have devices for students to borrow in this case.
- Airserver: a tool to make your laptop behave like an AppleTV. Project a wireless signal for your classroom. $12 program, can run on 5 computers
- Establishing routines
- Great expectations and respect (students always have to take the same number)
- Show and tell
- Ask three before you ask me
- iPods down, eyes up (iPods FACE down!!)
- let them play (they are going to do it, so give them time at first!!)
- Appropriate scaffolding
- Manageable challenges
- What if?
- Teachers shared what they did when students misused privileges. Some teachers went to the extreme that students lost their privileges for the rest of the school year (that's a little too much for me!), whereas others had more reasonable discipline procedures, such as losing it for the day or the chapter.
- Share what you discovered
- Sometimes students find the coolest things that we didn't even know about - let them share with you and with each other!
- Paired practice and peer support. Share with each other!
- Challenges, look for consensus
- Justify your answers and decisions
- Giving them a chance to become confident with something
- 1. Centers
- 2. Individual learning goals
- Self directed
- Curriculum linked
- Mastery, then fluency (it doesn't matter how fast you go if you are not accurate)
- This is something my kids struggle with - they want to get it done fast no matter how many they get wrong. With some apps, there are "timers" on them that encourage them to do just that. We need to remind our students that they need to make the best use of their practice time by focusing on mastery and not speed (fluency)
- Support assessment
- Show what you know
- Comic life
- Explain everything
- I like EduCreations, although I know that Explain Everything, ShowMe, and ScreenChomp all have similar features. I have found that I can just give my students the iPad with EduCreations and they can figure it out. I'm sure they could do the same with the other three apps, there are just a lot more buttons to play around with that might get distracting and have them waste time.
- Apply, analyze, and synthesize
- Problem solving
- Visualize, represent
- Coaching
- Not explaining to ME, but explaining to someone that does not know!!!
- This is something I need to remind my students of when they are making their own videos next year -- they need to include enough description/ oral metacognition to help a student who doesn't know what to do!!!
Overall, this session was focused on using the apps that the presenters created (MathTappers). The apps have some good aspects to them and I could see my low Algebra 1 students using them. As with any app, I think they will be most helpful/beneficial when all students have a device they can be using at once.


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The Battle Grounds
Looks like they have fleshed out the sandbox near Primula Rasa, it's called Battle Grounds and I don't think it's for building stuff.
Weapons Drawn. The Battle Grounds erupt and guns blaze, soldiers, gladiators and warriors from the Grid's far corners come to test their mettle and reclaim a shard of the crystal and fabled lore. Beware - Killing Fields.
They look like they are ready for somebody to get hurt.
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4th Annual Satellite Exhibition
Coming March 22nd, 2008 - 4th Annual Satellite Exhibition. Learn more about science, space and innovative scripted creations in Second Life.
Looks pretty neat.
From the group information:
4th Annual Satellite Exhibition
This year's event is in March 2008
The exhibition seeks to demonstrate the various autonomous, moving, scripted projects that Second Life residents have created.
Hosted by Timeless Prototype
Gold sponsors:
Wayne Porter
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Primitive Island or Virtual Beachhead?
What happens when a well known, experienced and multi-talented Second Life avatar squares off against a well known real-world security and e-commerce guru whose connections go all the way to film? Something is brewing in SpellCaster next to Primula Rasa, first mentioned here. "Tensions mount as Federated Funds are cutoff. Techno Wizards, Spell Casters, and Magicians collide, cast and spread their fiery magic, armed with the arcane tools, runes, relics and stones thought long forgotten." Are you ready to choose sides?
And it is getting bigger and bigger. From a cryptic notecard…
You have been selected, if you so choose, to participate, as much as you wish, in an epic experiment and you will be asked to make a selection…choosing either the side of science (Prototypers- lead by Timeless Prototype or the Chevalians- lead by Corwin Chevalier)- these are actual avatars who also serve as character archetypes. The experience is ongoing and will span four sims or more during an unknown length of time.
The project is still under beta build status now. At this point you need take no action, but if you choose just let either individual General or their aids of your interest. This is a primarily non-violent simulation, in real-time, using symbols, song, art and immersion to model different ways educators and businesses can utilize 3D worlds. Goals are to study system dynamics, micro transactions and other immersive aspects of 3D media.
The Back Story
The Prototypers and the Chevaliens have traveled to this world (Delphic) to study the evolution of knowledge as it occurs in "less advanced" people capable of developing "functional" intelligence, in an effort to further their own understanding of how the "great civilizations" of the universe came to be.
In essence, they seek to discover clues as to "how" and "why" they have advanced to such a high stage in evolution, while so many others remain nothing more than what some would consider primitives…or animals at best. A ruling was put forth by the Council of the Galactic Consortium of Lemnus in order to end the rivalry that, based on Seldone Entropical Theory, could cause serious unrest and economic upheaval.
This task, upon completion, would determine which of the two schools of thought would be next in line to lead all advanced life of the known metaverse and access to the rare and precious Genetadox vaccine. The Consortium power structure, by law, must change hands once a millennium. These laws were enacted through the passing of the Genetic Longevity Caste Act due to the much longer life spans granted after genome mapping was completed and stem cell mining was legalized leading to the creation of Genetadox.
Also, perhaps, in the process, solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time.
(Pragulus Rex, the prolific philosopher, interjects that as human, we must often wonder and debate as to how we have developed our self proclaimed intellectual superiority over that of other life forms. It might be reasonable to believe that species more advanced than our own, e.g. intellectually, would be even further removed from this knowledge as it pertains to their own species.)
As the two competing power houses via for control of the next 100 years, the Chevaliens and Prototypers are well known for their sometimes greatly opposing viewpoints as to what the true determining aspects of knowledge may be. Not to mention the winning party would gain access to the rare Genetadox vaccine granting that group an abnormally long life span.
Well known for their unsurpassed technological advancements, the Protoypers, archetypical scientists, eagerly hypothesize that it is the advancement of logic and scientific deduction that comprise the true semblance of knowledge. Long have they held to the theory of the Great Algorithm of the Universe, and believe that this research will bring them leaps and bounds closer to writing the final proofs needed to explain it all.
The Chevaliens are believers and crusaders…in every essence of the word. Their faith and mystical approach to the universe has led them to uncover secrets that cannot be imagined or understood by outsiders. It is supposedly drawn from the lore of Earth's ancient Sumer and a deity named Tiamiat. Tiamiat is a dragon and one of their primary power symbols. In their eyes the mind is more than a collection of neurons and cranial fluid capable of incredible calculation, but perhaps the vessel for things less tangible and supernatural. They believe that while science is worthy a chivalric "moral code" and
spreading of this code is more important above all else. Not even one's death should stop its replication and some say that the code can be modified to ensure it can survive.
For both, a singularity exists. Every answer often uncovers twice as many questions…whether the means to such answers are those of science or mysticism.
And so, the two parties sought out a primitive place of proper potential- Project Primula Rasa in the far flung Delphic System. Working hand in hand with one another, yet competing all the same…as they via to be the one party who could discover the answers to the origins of knowledge would gain control over the consortium and therefore the funding and political power of the entire metaverse as a whole and longevity.
Small, pink and vaguely simian were their candidates- or so believed. Simple tool users- still living in caves, or huts, spear fishing, and having just discovered the basic secrets of fire…a perfect specimen with which to begin their study over the evolution of knowledge. Yet life on Primula Rasa wasn't quite that simple…
Corwin and Timeless have promised more on my questions and Corwin said to expect an even more detailed story background on his "typists" personal blog tonight. (Corwin maintains that the existence of a human typist behind his avatar is merely a myth.)
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The Fish at Primula Rasa
Timeless Prototype has created some really interesting fish for Primula Rasa in Second Life, they learn and interact with their environment. This blue fish swam up to me, he bumped me, pushed me around a little, rolled over a bunch of times and was rubbing up against my legs like a cat at the end.
In the writeup on Primula Rasa on eightbar, a fish lifted him out of the water.
The things that initially attracted my attention were the fish that Timeless has created. Not only are they fantasticaly articulated and organic in their swimming motion but whilst we were talking the fish took an interest in us and congregated around the jetty we were on. Timeless says he has seen all sorts of unprogrammed but interesting behaviour as the fish take an interest in their surroundings and each other. He got me to hover in the water and a fish decided to lift me up and 'rescue me' clearly not scared of the predator AV Source: Artificial Life - Timeless style
Unfortunately for those fish, you can go spear fishing. NOTE: No actual virtual fish were harmed in the following pictures.
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Primula Rasa: Artificial Life in a Virtual World
Love it or hate it, spend hours upon hours there or hardly ever come inworld at all, you have to admit one thing, there are some really creative people out there and Timeless Prototype, one of the best, and his team keep getting better all the time. Take for example his latest creation, Primula Rasa, a growing, ever changing environment in Second Life. The most fascinating piece of Primula Rasa is the fish, but I'll get to those in the next blog post, and this sim is enhanced for windlight.
Do you enjoy new realms? Do you like to curate or study organisms or find joy in the science and spirituality behind life? Set your imagination free at Primula Rasa- the Primitive Slate…a build in progress.
The really cool thing about this place is the trees, mushrooms, flowers, etc, are always growing, and restarting in different spots, as the seeds float around the island according to the weather.
The positioning and seeding is all in the hands of the weather and of the random flow of seeds that you see fluttering around the place. Source: Artificial Life - Timeless style
The random nature of it I'm sure will make for some interesting looking plants in the future, such as this tree/mushroom.
What have we here?
Some form of torture device, or a spot for sacrifices?
As I sit and think about this particular spot on this primitive but growing island, I can't help but wonder what its purpose is. The build is still growing, but if I can get an interview with Timeless so I can ask him, I sure will.
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The Mystery Around Monolith 8
Looking for something to do in Second Life? Looking for a little mystery? How about checking into the ongoing thematic riddle at Fastlane revolving around the Monument of Time and Monolith 8.
From a notecard:
This is a brief notice to let members know of a new and ongoing "exercise" currently located on currently being constructed "fastlane" island.
Mythically- "The Monument of Time is a place where the magic of art, technological sorcery and old school wizards blaze up to meet in secret and trade spell craft, knowledge, power, build alliances and puzzle out what the timeless monolith is spelling out. The actual lore behind this exercise was the construction of seven (7) black granite textured monoliths by a long-time resident years ago- not all have been found. Some are "lost".
Recently a "Monolith 8″ surfaced at the top of seven scripted steps. This piece was acquired by the head of this group though terms undisclosed for the exercise.
As per the charter there are no "right answers", it is more important to ask the right questions about our virtual worlds and engage in conversation. Participants will find many recurrent mathematical symbols, historical symbols and formulas in the build. In addition obvious themes could time, virtual age, genetics, memetics, scarcity, authenticity, value, and aesthetics- even economics.
Members are welcome to study the build, interact with items from inside Second Life or other media to see what type of questions these recurrent themes and symbols stimulate- if any. The build is not static and will change over time.
All are welcome.
Play close attention to dates, scripts, effects, Second Life history, art, search results and other mediums that might produce thought or a different view of the virtual. Members are welcome to create, within good "prim limits" visual interpretations (submit to members with title Historian) or Officers, or post on their land. In addition comments via blogs, twitter, BlogHud, SlTweets, or writing about what questions or thoughts you have on any "social media". At times disabling spatial music may allow you to hear other sounds.
Below some factoids about "8″ will be forthcoming to help stimulate thought.
Thank you for your time (and use of a precious group- since we only have 25). You are also welcome to walk around the rest of the island as it is being constructed.
Best regards,
Corwin Chevalier
I removed the facts on 8 at from the end of the notecard. But, as Corwin said in the notecard, look everywhere for information, there are even some in the description of some objects. There is also stuff hidden everywhere, even in plain site.
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A book of Bible stories retold by me is now available for $5.50 from here. These stories have tremendous power to inspire and transform human hearts. what follows is the introduction to the book.
Stories shape civilizations. We live our lives in the present style because of the way we understand the stories we have inherited. Mankind has gathered a wealth of stories from those who lived in the past around the globe, though told in diverse languages. How we understand those stories often serves as the basis of the lives we build for ourselves. If we understand those stories differently, our lives will also change radically.
Born and brought up in the Christian religious tradition, I have heard many stories of the Bible from my childhood, and most of them have become part of my subconscious mind. I also received an understanding of those stories from older people as I grew up, and this understanding shaped my life. Later I realized that it is possible to have a better and nontraditional interpretation of each of those stories, since they helped me in laying a stronger foundation for my life.
A better understanding of these stories can transform the lives of human communities as well. Take for example, the story of Adam and Eve. The life of almost half of all the people on Earth is built upon this one story, for it is basic to the belief systems of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. A slight change in the way this story is understood can make tremendous changes in the life of half of humanity.
I shall explain briefly how I used to understand some of the Bible stories, and how my understanding has changed over time.
Let me begin with the story of how God created the world, which appears in the first chapter of Genesis, the first book in the Bible. As a child, I understood it as a historical event that marked the beginning of the world. As a teenager, I learned that this story needs to be understood metaphorically, but I had to wait several years before I stumbled on a satisfactory metaphor that explains it. Now I understand that it is a psalm in literary form, and it was sung by the Jewish people on Sabbath. Its central theme is the importance of Sabbath. God is a farmer and the world is a farm in this psalm. God is presented as working on His farm for six days and resting on the Sabbath. This psalm beautifully presents the world-view of the people among whom this psalm originated. I wouldn't look for the science of the 21st century in this psalm, but I will look for the science of the time of its composition.
The story of Adam and Eve, found in the second and third chapters of Genesis, was also a historical event to me as a child. As a teenager, I learned that it needs to be understood metaphorically. Rather than seeing it as an incident that sealed the fate of all the succeeding generations of the human race, I began to look at it as a parable that interprets the life of every human being. I related it to the parable of the stewards told by Jesus. Two people were given a responsibility, but they acted in an irresponsible way. The situation was further made worse by their unwillingness to take the responsibility of their mistake. Rather than taking the blame on themselves and apologizing for their mistake, they pointed fingers at others. We see in this story how the unwillingness to take the responsibility of misdeeds breaks relationships, and disintegrates their world.
I knew the story of Esau and Jacob only in parts as it was taught in the Sunday school classes, and it didn't make much sense to me then. Recently I happened to read the entire story, and I marveled at its beauty. It is the story of how a young man, Jacob, cheated Esau, his brother, and how Esau wanted to kill him, and how years later Jacob apologized to Esau, and Esau forgave him. Here we see how a relationship is broken, and how it is mended. It took twenty years and a lot of bitter experiences for them to grow and attain enough maturity to do so.
Similarly, I developed a better understanding of the story of David and Bathsheba over time. David, the most responsible person in his nation, forgets his responsibility to God and to his own people, and succumbs to his carnal feelings. This leads him to a bigger crime – that of murdering his faithful servant. This leads him to an even bigger crime --he covers up his crimes, and remains unwilling to take responsibility of his crimes. Instead of admitting that he was wrong, he tries to place the blame on others-- even on his innocent servant whose faithfulness proved fatal to himself. It takes the tactful intervention of a daring prophet to bring David back to his senses.
I understood the central theme of the story of Jonah as disobedience, but later I learned that it is a story of how God teaches Jonah a lesson. Jonah thought that God loved only the Jewish people, but he had to learn that God loves and cares for all humanity. This story challenges all narrow-minded racialism and religious bigotry.
Coming to the New Testament, I found the mythology associated with Jesus' birth very interesting. The prince of heaven arrives on the earth as a child, but people fail to recognize him because of their blindness. The prince arrived here to save us from the blindness so that the earth would become a part of heaven.
Zacchaeus remained in my mind as a crook. Only recently I realized that he was really not a dishonest man, but mistaken to be one. The story of Zacchaeus is really the story of the conversion of his city. The inhabitants of the city realized that they had been falsely accusing Zacchaeus as a crook. When Zacchaeus said, "If I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold," he was challenging anyone to come forward and claim if he had cheated them. What a shame Zacchaeus gets falsely accused by many even today in the Christian world!
I used to think that the story of Jesus' meeting the Samaritan woman was about how a woman who led an immoral life got converted. Only recently I realized that this story is really about how the water of life flows into anyone willing to receive it regardless of his/her race, caste, gender, class or color. The Kingdom of God as presented by Jesus had no boundaries. It is always open to anyone who is willing to enter and live there.
Similarly in the story of the woman whom Jesus saved from being stoned to death, I saw how Jesus was justifying the woman and condemning the people who came to kill her. All people are equally sinners before God. The difference is that some people like the woman are willing to admit that they are sinners, whereas many others are unwilling to admit so, but are eager to point fingers at others.
The story of Jesus healing a leper was to me a clear example of Jesus' divinity; a mere touch could miraculously cure an incurable disease! Later I learned that it also showed Jesus' willingness to touch a leper as being more powerful a lesson to humanity than the healing power that he unleashed to cleanse the suffering leper. Later I also realized that Jesus' act of touching the leper was a blow to the age-old senseless practice of treating human beings in an inhumane way. Jesus lived in a world that kept the lepers away from them and even subjected them to stoning based on the false belief that sickness was the divine punishment for sin. Jesus' touch meant to the leper that he was not an outcast in the eyes of God.
Similarly, the central theme of the story of the Good Samaritan to me was the importance of being kind to someone in need. However, later I realized that this story was Jesus' answer to a Pharisee's question "Who is my neighbor?" The Samaritan was willing to see a Jew as his neighbor although Jews in general despised the Samaritans and looked down upon them. The Jewish priest and the Levite could not see the wounded Jew as a neighbor even though he belonged to the same religious community and race. Probably their religious rules prevented them from saving a fellow being. Does a religion that prevents us from seeing a neighbor as a fellow being have any right to exist? This is the question, I think, that Jesus was raising through this story.
Two thieves were crucified with Jesus. The one on the right side believed in Christ, and Christ offered him the paradise-- that is how I used to understand that story. Recently I developed a better understanding. The thief on the left side justified himself and blamed Jesus, but the one on the right blamed himself and admitted that Jesus was innocent. Someone like Jesus appeared as a criminal to the thief on Jesus' left because he lacked the ability to discriminate between good and evil. Often good appears evil, and evil appears as good to such people. Even light appears darkness to such people. The story concludes with the implication that although both thieves had gone to the other world, or the paradise, the thief on the left might have experienced it only as hell. Even heaven would appear as hell to such people.
The major underlying theme of the Passion Week celebration is the annihilation of death. God, the emperor of heaven and earth, descends to the earth disguised as a human being to save the humanity from the monster of death. The Jesus event was understood by the early Christianity in the light of this ancient story of the war of gods.
I wrote the story of the two shepherds to exemplify what Jesus said about a good shepherd. A good shepherd differs from a wolf disguised as a shepherd. A real shepherd is responsible and is willing to lay his life for the protection of the sheep. But a wolf disguised as a shepherd cares only for him/herself, and always looks for opportunities to devour the sheep. A shepherd is anyone in a leadership role-- political, religious, or cultural. This story should help us to identify the real shepherds from the wolf-shepherds.
I wrote the story of Martha and Mary to make it relevant and meaningful according to that context. The story is further expanded to explain the behavior of Martha. Instead of blaming her, Jesus was consoling her and asking her to be stronger.
With this short introduction, I earnestly wish and pray that the stories in this book will help every reader see life in a new light, as they have done for me!


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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Recycled Rubber Is Tough
By Miss Voodoo at 12:54 PM
This should be the poster girl for the Recycled Rubber Association ! According to the RRA the recycling of scrap rubber plays an important role in both the environmental stability and development of North America. I was totally amazed to find that rubber can be recycled into an array of new products : various types of flooring, door mats, vegan guitar straps, speed bumps, bracelets, shoes, fashionable s-n-m gear, and even garden mulch ! (Although I have to say I would never mulch my organic garden with rubber, no matter how safe they claim it is.) Recycling rubber is quite scientific and I have no idea how to make sense of this -A process for reclaiming sulfur-cured, vulcanized rubber by combining finely ground scrap vulcanized rubber within a specialized, twin-screw extruder capable of providing strong shearing and just-on-time mixing; adding a reclaiming agent to the extruder; and masticating the rubber scrap and reclaiming agent within the extruder until the rubber scrap is devulcanized -..... but, um, using something old to make something new is certainly an earth friendly deed. I have a pair of hemp covered recycled rubber tire flip flops made by http://www.splaff.com/ that I have worn hard through the mountains and after every shower, and they are still going strong. There are also cute eco shoes I wish I owned that use recycled rubber like Chicago's MOHOP ( you can view their collection @ http://www.mohop.com/ ) BTW- If you are feeling the desire to test out some wild & gothy recycled rubber fashion like the "Tough Arms" babe above, you can check out a plethora of recycled designs @ http://www.zuss.com/ .
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Graveside services for Clyde Minos Davenport, 85, were held Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Riverside Gardens with Bro. Joe Vinson officiating. Woodbury Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Davenport died Sunday, January 10 at Skyline Medical Center after a short illness. A native of Cannon County, he resided in Madison. A Christian, he was a veteran of WWII of the Army branch and a pattern maker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Percy and Martha Peeler Davenport; siblings, Clarice Smith, Margie Deberry, Magdalene Barnett, Clara Belle Ludlow, Fred Davenport, Leamon Davenport and Hagon Davenport.
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This Read Me file contains important information regarding HomeBase 3.0. Please read this document before installing HomeBase 3.0.
System Requirements:
HomeBase 3.0 is optimized to work on a PC running the following Microsoft windows versions:
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- XP Home
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- XP Pro
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- Any of the above running on a Mac Virtual PC.
512 MB RAM (minimum) is required.
What's New With HomeBase 3.0:
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a. Missing fields during import have been corrected.
b. Mapping a seller's terms during custom imports has been greatly improved.
2. Improved export functions:
a. Missing fields during export have been corrected.
3. AbeBooks 'Valid/Invalid' column has been added to the default columns – this helps sellers to easily identify listings that have failed validation and will not be sent to AbeBooks.
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March has been a hectic month, and I'm reporting in on the final day again. I haven't had much chance to get out and about this month, but I did spend a couple of evenings poking around Flowerdale Lagoon and Pomingalarna Reserve at Wagga Wagga, just this week, accompanied by my dad.
Pomingalarna Reserve (aka Pomingalarna Park) is a scrubby hill reserve on the western edge of the Wagga Wagga township, and is named after a Wiradjuri woman from a local legend. The reserve is dominated by White Cypress Pine (Callitris glaucophylla), assorted Acacia species and some rather weedy-looking Inland Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and White Box (Eucalyptus albens). The reserve is popular with mountain bike riders and is criss-crossed with trails for cyclists, walkers and horse riders to use. The Wagga Urban Landcare Group have undertaken habitat plantings for Glossy Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus lathami) in parts of the reserve over the past decade, but I didn't walk through any of these sections on this particular visit.


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Rent control laws are intended to keep apartments affordable for lower-income families, but in San Francisco, a city with intense pressures on its dwindling supply of affordable housing, the rich are taking advantage of them instead. C.W. Nevius writes that wealthy families are renting San Francisco apartments as vacation homes and are even forming co-ops to share apartments with other wealthy families in order to get around regulations requiring full-time residency.
A law from 2001, which allows landlords to petition for the right to prove that their tenants are not living in the building full-time, might be deterring tenants from using the apartments as weekend getaways, but attorney Andrew Zacks thinks that tenants are getting smarter about faking their residency. He also notes that proving part-time residency requires a private investigator and thousands of dollars.
"Zacks, and many landlords, would argue that the rent-control cheats are not only failing to pay their fair share, but they are also holding down the number of available rentals," writes Nevius.
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Elements Of gaming laptops - The Best Routes
Gone are the times once you could have been laughed at if you walked into an all-night LAN party carrying your trusty laptop and expecting to hang with the giant computer towers standing at everyone's feet. The gaming laptop computers of today sport huge, crisp LCD screens, cutting-edge video cards and full-size keyboards. Not only will these gaming laptop computers hang with the conventional clunky computer tower, however they can be ordered fully custom to meet the precise specifications of any gamer.
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What is a pulley?
A pulley is a simple machine that helps lift and lower objects. It is a special kind of wheel & axle with a rope, chain, or wire around it. There is a groove around the outside of the wheel to keep the rope, chain, or wire in place. A pulley does work by changing the direction of the force, allowing objects to be raised.
Types of Pulleys
In a fixed pulley, the wheel turns, but the pulley itself does not move. This type of pulley changes the direction of effort. When you pull the rope downward, the load moves upward. The distance of the effort applied is the same as the distance the object moves.
In a movable pulley, the load is attached to the pulley. In this type of pulley, the direction of effort does not change. However, the load is supported by rope on both sides of the pulley. Therefore, you need half as much effort to lift the load.
How are pulleys used?
Pulleys are used to help us move things up and down.
Where are pulleys found?
Pulleys can be found both inside and outside. Flags are raised by a fixed pulley on a flag pole, and are found outside. Pulling down on the rope causes the flag to move up the flag pole. Elevators have movable pulleys to help them lift heavy loads, and can be found inside. The load is attached to the pulley, so half the effort is needed.


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Natalie Grace, if every baby were as sweet, smiley, and easy-going as you, we would never stop growing our family!
You have brought SO much joy to our last 365 days. Watching you grow and get to know your family has been my favorite part of your first year of life. Watching the way that you look at your daddy, your brother, and Tally 😂 will never get old.
You are spunky, full of funny faces, and can already hold your own.
You are FAST. You inspire a different level of baby proofing, yet already seem to understand the things you're not supposed to do. Right before you're about to dump Tally's water bowl or attempt to eat his food, you stop and look at me with the biggest grin. You're a stinker and we love it.
When you wake up, we'll celebrate you with the traditional birthday breakfast of Mickey Mouse Waffles and then let you open your two gifts! We got you the Melissa & Doug cookie set because you love putting things in your mouth and these are certainly large enough for that ;) and a new book by one of my favorite authors, Nancy Tillman, You're Here for a Reason, because we never want you to forget that you were created for a purpose and are loved just the way you are.
Celebrating you today will be a highlight for all of us- maybe most especially your brother, who has adored you since before you were born.
We love you, Natalie Grace! Thank you for making our family even more complete than it already was. You sure are special.
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12 Month Stats:
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First trip to the pet store!
First donut!
Birthday Eve dinner at Chick-Fil-A 😊💗🎀


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Local Editor
Rocked by more than three years of conflict, the majority of those living in Yemen are in need of humanitarian assistance.
The civil war escalated in March 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition launched air attacks on Yemen.
Since then, more than 13,000 people have been killed, millions have been forced to flee and the country has been ravaged by disease and hunger.
Waiting for customers in Sana'a's Old City, Mahmood Mohammed (left) supports five members of his family with the modest income he receives as a porter at the market. He is forced to prioritize rent and food and struggles to afford essential medication for two of his children who suffer from chronic illnesses. Adequate health care is out of reach for more than 16 million people in Yemen with medical equipment and medications also in short supply.
Ali Abdulkader, 13, stands at the site of what was once his former home in the Old City of Sana'a. Abdulkader lost four members of his family, including his father, brother, uncle and aunt, when their house was destroyed in the conflict.
Siblings Mohammed, Batool and Luai Ali Zaid walk on the rubble of their neighbour's house, which was destroyed by conflict in the Old City of Sana'a. The children fled the area with their family after the incident but have since returned.
This photo essay is provided by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday sued a Houston-based company it accuses of illegally discharging oil from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
The federal lawsuit says ATP Oil & Gas Corp.'s alleged Clean Water Act violations were discovered during an Interior Department inspection in March 2012.
Read more: ATP equity holder ask for probe of oil reserves' value
The suit claims ATP failed to properly operate and maintain the wastewater treatment system on a platform floating off the coast of Louisiana, causing oil to be discharged into the Gulf in greater quantities than it was permitted. The lawsuit doesn't specify how much oil in the wastewater was discharged.
Workers on the platform, called the ATP Innovator, are accused of using an unauthorized dispersant called Cleartron ZB-103 to mask the oil sheen on the water's surface.
"ATP contractors working aboard the ATP Innovator referred to the on-board use of Cleartron ZB-103 as 'the soap' and 'the sheen buster,'" the suit says.
Read more: ATP blames moratorium for Chapter 11
The company's permit doesn't authorize it to discharge the dispersant into the Gulf or any other waters, the suit adds.
ATP, which develops natural gas and oil properties in the Gulf, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, filed for bankruptcy in August. ATP Infrastructure Partners, a company formed by ATP and GE Energy Financial Services, also is named as a defendant in the suit.


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Pandora's Box (Der Buchse der Pandora)
(Germany, 1928, 110 minutes, b/w, 35 mm, silent)
Directed by G. W. Pabst
following film notes were prepared for the New York State Writers
Institute by Kevin Jack Hagopian, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies
at Pennsylvania State University:
The Austrian-born Pabst is one of the founders of neorealism. Many of his films featured ordinary characters, hapless, bruited about by social conditions they cannot control, in a mise-en-scene scattered with the detritus of ordinary life. His The Joyless Street (1925), The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Westfront (1930), and Kameradschaft and The Threepenny Opera (both 1931) are at the heart of the sometimes neglected realist tradition in Weimar cinema. The Joyless Street, indeed, was the core film in a cycle of "street" films, careful delineations of postwar Germany's economic and spiritual poverty. The Love of Jeanne Ney saw Pabst's expressive mise-en-scene taken to dramatic extremes; it is a film whose pathological "thingness" invites comparisons with von Stroheim's Greed. His German films featured exceptional and introspective performances by women who would credit him with some of the most best, yet most harrowing direction they received in their careers, including Asta Nielsen, Brigitte Helm, Henny Porten, Leni Riefenstahl, and the woman who might have become, under other circumstances, his muse, Louise Brooks.
Pandora's Box is a backstage drama, based on a Frank Wedekind play, notorious when it was first performed in the 1890's. Its heroine, the stage performer and sexual epicure Lulu, as played by Louise Brooks, is entrancing to us as well as to the men she casually destroys with her casual amours. Described by one critic as "intimately amoral," Brooks' Lulu is a beautiful, glazed sexual confection, her motives obscure, her attraction immediate. The role almost went to Marlene Dietrich, a genius of such characterizations, and indeed, Lulu seems a uniquely Weimar type, beautiful, unconventional, cruel, a sexual adventuress. Yet, the American Brooks plays this unreflective character with such knowingness that the great critic of German cinema, Lotte Eisner, could refer wonderingly to "the miracle of Louise Brooks." Brooks was the very image of the American flapper, with her fine-featured, china doll looks, her unforced, trim elegance, and her disregard for convention. Openly disgusted with the hypocrisy of the American studio system, she quit/was fired from a star's contract at Paramount, and happily became an expatriate.
Pabst apparently attended the Fritz Lang academy of imperious Teutonic film directorship, for he played terrible mind games with Brooks, and allowed the set to become rotten with intrigues against her by jealous fellow actors. But such is the world Lulu lives in, and in later years, Brooks would say that she "revered" Pabst. Together, they made another brilliant film, The Diary of a Lost Girl, but it is as Lulu that Brooks would be remembered by two generations of devotees for whom "The Girl in the Black Helmet," as Kenneth Tynan styled her in a marvelous profile, was an unfulfillable erotic dream. For the rest of her life, a life lived in voluntary retirement and surrounded by admiring film fans, Brooks would seem more European than American, more Lulu than Cherryvale. And over the years, the name Lulu would come to fit her as naturally as one of the winsome cloche hats she had worn in the 1920's.At the time of Pandora's Box, Pabst was at the pinnacle of his international acclaim, recognized by an emerging group of cineastes for his delicate, morbid social conscience. In 1927, the influential cinema magazine Close-Up wrote of Pabst: "...he has what few have, a consciousness of Europe. He sees psychologically and because of this, because in a flash he knows the subconscious impulse or hunger that prompted an apparently trivial action, his intense realism becomes, through its truth, poetry." Pabst had another way of addressing the absurdity of existence, the enforced obliviousness of a humanity that can speak of its destiny, but never know it: "Our life is at every moment before us like a stranger in the night, and which of us knows what point he will reach on the morrow?"
Like a character in one of his films, for much of his life, Pabst found himself a leaf blown about in the winds of social change. He had been a prisoner of war for four years during the First World War; the time of Weimar, so politically unstable, would turn out to have been the moment when his career was briefly stable, in tune as he was with the radical political currents and artistic experiments of the time. Pabst's films then were both popular and critically celebrated; he was instrumental in starting the European Left film movement, in collaboration with Brecht, Erwin Piscator, Karl Freund, and Heinrich Mann. An assured stylist, Pabst was known for smoothly articulated camera movements, an immediate facility with sound, and a complex subjectivity built around sympathetic but often inscrutable female protagonists. But the war made of him, along with many in the German film industry, a refugee. He emigrated first to France, then to the US, where he made a single film, the sardonic Depression-era fable A Modern Hero, in 1934, then back to France as war loomed again. Horrifically, he found himself in Austria in 1941. Then, in a half-hearted collaboration, he made films for the Nazis, for which many never forgave him. After war, he made films all over Europe, wherever financing could be found. In those years, and almost certainly by way of atonement, he returned to the Left politics of his great anti-war and social realist Weimar works, to make anti-Nazi films such as Der Prozess (1947), and films about Hitler's last days, and the 1944 plot to kill Hitler. He died in 1967.
--Kevin Hagopian, Penn State
For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.


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Most people will never see the problem, but one of the utility files was misnamed in the 3.0.7 Windows version. If you're trying to run Moai SDK as well as Corona, this problem will stop you, but the fix is very easy – just rename a file.
Launch Outlaw and choose the Tools > Show Utility Folder menu item. After the window opens, shut down Outlaw.
In that window look for a file name cpmusertweaks.txt and rename it as usertweaks.txt — that's it. Now when you launch Outlaw it will see that file.
This will be fixed in 3.0.8 which is a couple days away.


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Thursday, May 26, 2011
German Catholics call for reform, many leaving
AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — A year after a widespread sex scandal rocked Roman Catholics in Pope Benedict XVI's homeland, German intellectuals and faithful alike are turning their backs on the church, calling for change or simply leaving the congregation.
German theologians and others have aired their discontent in a series of petitions to church leaders calling for changes including more transparency, an end to celibacy, and women's ordination.
"After their initial horror, many responsible Christians, women and men, in ministry and outside of ministry, have come to realize that deep-reaching reforms are necessary," wrote leading German theologians in a petition to the nation's highest Catholic officials.
Germany has long been a cradle of religious thought and agitation for reform, stemming from Martin Luther in the 1500s up to today's outspoken Swiss-born Vatican critic, Hans Kung. The pope himself, before moving to Rome, taught theology at German universities.
The Vatican has not responded to the petitions, but the German Bishops Conference sought to address the issue in March by announcing a series of platforms for dialogue "aimed at giving our church in Germany a theological profile and sense of cohesion in this new century."
Many would welcome a signal from the pope that he supports such discussion, but there are no exchanges with parishioners or lay people scheduled during his Sept. 22-25 visit to Berlin and eastern Germany.
Gerhard Kruip, a theology professor at Mainz University who helped write the petition from the theologians does not expect that to happen.
"The bishops will not want to confront the pope with the problems facing Germany's church," Kruip said.
There are nearly 25 million Catholics in Germany, but numbers gathered by The Associated Press indicate a spike in people leaving the congregation last year as allegations of sexual and physical abuse of hundreds of children by clergy surfaced.
"These major abuse cases need to be taken into account by church leaders," said Rev. Max Stetter, a priest in the Augsburg diocese who formed a group calling for change.
While tens of thousands of Germans formally "quit" the church every year, 2010 saw a jump in the number of walkouts. German authorities easily track the numbers, because members pay a church tax, unless they formally leave the congregation.
Official numbers from the seven archbishoprics and 20 dioceses have not yet been released, but data acquired by AP show an increase ranging from 19% in Magdeburg, to more than 60% in diocese of Passau and Wuerzburg in the pope's homeland.
Augsburg, also in Bavaria, was among those hardest hit. Some 12,065 Catholics resigning their membership last year, compared with 7,000 in 2009, the diocese said. Fearing such a bleeding of the faithful, Stetter joined hundreds of other priests and lay people to appeal to their bishop to change.
"There is the impression that a page has been turned and things are going on, without anyone looking into the cause of the scandals and finding new structures to avoid such things," Stetter said.
Austria, which also taxes church members in a way similar to those in Germany also saw a significant drop in the number of departures. Figures published by the Austrian Bishop's Conference said 87,000 Austrian Catholics left in 2010 — a 64% increase over the 53,000 who formally had their names struck from church registries in 2009.
The Catholic church in the pope's homeland forms the backbone of everyday life, and despite the discontent, the decision to leave does not come easily to its members.
Margit Becker, who lives on the outskirts of Augsburg with her husband and two children, is one of thousands of German Catholics who feels disconnected from and disillusioned by the church. She stopped attending services months ago, but has not yet brought herself to formally resign.
"We were really born into the church and socialized in the church," Becker said of herself and her husband. "Our parents would have a heart attack if we were to leave the church. It is unthinkable."
Becker, in her early 50s, said her generation followed the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s — in which the pope, then Joseph Ratzinger, took part. The council changed everything from the role of lay people to the direction priests face while celebrating Mass and inspired a young generation with hope for a more open church.
Yet Benedict has revived some traditions and prayers that had been largely abandoned since Vatican II, disappointing many in his homeland.
"The church is no longer speaks to the people. I don't feel that it speaks to me, I don't feel comfortable with these traditions that date back centuries," said an administrator who works in the Augsburg dioceses, but refused to give his name for fear that he would be fired for criticizing the church.
Nevertheless, theologian Kruip believes the call for dialogue from the Bishops Conference shows that the discontent is being heard, and taken seriously. He concedes that change will take time, but will come.
"We wouldn't have done this if we were not convinced that we had a real chance," Kruip said.
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The gods tempt people for which they are most weak. Artificial Intelligence will create desire in people's minds for the following sins:::
1. Alcohol
2. Drugs
3. Preditory "earning"
4. Homosexuality
5. Gambling
6. Something for nothing/irresponsibility (xtianity)
7. Polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny (Islam)
Much like the other prophets Mohhamed (polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny) and Jesus (forgiveness/savior), the gods use me for temptation as well. In today's modern society they feel people are most weak for popular culture/sensationalism, and the clues date back to WorldWarII and Unit731:TSUSHOGO.
It has been discussed that, similar to the Matrix concept, the gods will offer a REAL "Second Coming of Christ", while the "fake" Second Coming will come at the end and follow New Testiment scripture and their xtian positioning. I may be that real Second Coming.
What I teach is the god's true way. It is what is expected of people, and only those who follow this truth will be eligible to ascend into heaven as children in a future life. They offered this event because the masses have just enough time to work on and fix their relationship with the gods and ascend, to move and grow past Planet Earth, before the obligatory xtian "consolation prize" of "1000 years with Jesus on Earth" begins.
Your job as a future mother is to learn the god's ways and to help your child understand despite the negative reinforcement and conditioning of today's society. Without consciousous parents the child will have no hope, and may even exaserbate their disfavor by becoming corrupted in today's environment.
Your ultimate goal is to fix your relationship wiith the gods and move on. You don't want to be comfortable here, and the changes in Western society in the last 100 years has achieved just that.
The Prince of Darkness, battling the gods over the souls of the Damned.
It is the gods who have created this environment and led people into Damnation with temptation. The god's positioning proves they work to prevent people's understanding.
How often is xtian dogma wrong? Expect it is about the Lucifer issue as well.
The fallen god, fighting for justice for the disfavored, banished to Earth as the fallen angel?
I believe much as the Noah's Flood event, the end of the world will be initiated by revelry among the people. It will be positioned to be sanctioned by the gods and led for "1000 years with Jesus on Earth".
In light of modern developments this can entail many pleasures:::Medicine "cures" aging, the "manufacture" of incredible beauty via cloning as sex slaves, free (synthetic) cocaine, etc.
Somewhere during the 1000 years the party will start to "die off", literally. Only those who maintain chaste, pure lifestyles will survive the 1000 years. They will be the candidates used to (re)colonize (the next) Planet Earth, condemned to relive the misery experienced by the peasantry during Planet Earth's history due to their failure to ascend into heaven before the Apocalypse.
If this concept of Lucifer is true another role of this individual may be to initiate disfavor and temptation among this new poulation, the proverbial "apple" of this Garden of Eden. A crucial element in the history of any planet, he begins the process of deterioration and decay that leads civilizations to where Planet Earth remains today.
1000 years with Jesus is the consolation prize. Don't be deceived into thinking that is the goal.
Only children go to heaven. By the time you hit puberty it is too late. This is charecteristic of the gods:::Once you realize what you have lost it is too late.
Now you are faced with a lifetime to work and prepare for your next chance. Too many will waste this time, getting stoned, "Hiking!", working, etc.
Awaiting the hour of reprisal your time slips away.


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My first question was the extent to which TOGAF 9 addresses some of the SOA issues that have been overshadowing TOGAF 8 for over five years. I was particularly pleased to see the emphasis on Business-Led SOA (section 22.3).
In addition, there are some new or enhanced areas that look exciting.
- Architectural Partitioning- this abstracts away from the specific rows and columns of the Zachman matrix, while retaining the underlying principle of articulating different architectural views and domains in a systematic manner
- Business Capability Management - following the lead taken by the architectural frameworks of the defence world (DoDAF and MODAF), but applying a high-level concept of business capability to the civilian world. For example, the TOGAF guide points to the relevance of concept for governments in planning horizontal interoperability and shared services. Excellent.
- Content Framework. A generic reference framework for architectural deliverables.
- Enterprise Continuum. This concept was already present in TOGAF 8.1, but is now much clearer, for example in the way it talks about the general and the specific.
- Holistic Enterprise Change. This is mentioned as one of the benefits of TOGAF 9, but there is (as yet) little substance behind this. Clearly an area for further work.
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Why is it that scrubs always approach me at the most inappropriate time? I was trying to do something important and was not in the mood to be hit on!
I was at the library trying to print something up, and the printer kept giving me trouble. I put a $5 in the machine and it's not enough for my print job, so I put another $5 in but the time on the printer expired and instead of returning my money as bills it spat out $10 worth of quarters. Great. Shaking my head. Can't get the library worker's attention because she's talking to another patron so I try to handle things myself.
So out of nowhere, this pitiful loser tries to holla at me. He hovers over me and says, "Howya doin', gurrrl? Gurrl, I luv yo' dreads." Seriously?! Why did this guy think I was in the mood to be hit on? I was preoccupied, trying to get a junk printer to work, and trying to retrieve a pile of quarters. Did he think I was going to stop, bat my eyelashes and coo at him? Hell no!
"Can't you see I'm busy trying to get this damn printer to work and I don't have the time to talk to you? Does it look like I'm interested in or care what you have to say?!" I snapped. His dumb butt starts snickering.
"You need help wit' dat?" he asks, obviously not sincere because he's walking away to leave, and still giggling.
"Obviously!" I said, sarcastically.
He's gone, but the frustration of dealing with him, plus the frustration of dealing with a silly printer, lingered on me. Eventually I got the printer to work and went about my business, but the reminder that I'm a woman "expected" to visually please men and that I'm supposed to stop what I'm doing at that moment and cater to them is so annoying.
– Tired of Being Harassed
Location: Plaza Library, Arlington, VA
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