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IN A NUTSHELL: The Titans (9-15, 5-6) host Cal State Northridge (9-14, 6-4) in their only game of the week, seeking a split of the season series. Northridge has won the last three years in Titan Gym. Fullerton's 7-year win streak at Northridge ended in an 89-65 loss on Jan. 15.
AUDIO: Most Titan games can be heard live on the internet. Listeners may access the CSF Athletics home page at www.fullertontitans.com and follow the links. Mike Martinez is the usual play-by-play announcer.
VIDEO: ALL non-televised Big West Conference home games can be viewed on computers via BigWest subscription TV. Fullerton's Feb. 26 home game vs. Cal Poly SLO has been moved to 8 p.m. to accommodate an ESPNU national telecast.
No. Name Ht. Yr. ppg a/rpg Quick Notes
G 21 Perry Webster 6-1 Jr. 8.8 5.1a Leads BWC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.49:1); 3-for-5 treys vs. UCR
G 3 Devon Peltier 5-11 Sr. 13.5 1.9r Leads BWC in free-throw percentage at .904; 14th in nation thru 2/6
F 15 Orane Chin 6-7 Jr. 12.8 6.0r Double-double including late pivotal 3-point play in 2/3 UC Irvine win
F 0 Andre Hardy 6-6 Jr. 11.6 9.0r Leads team with 3 double-doubles and a rebound shy of three others
C 12 Jer'Vaughn Johnson 6-6 Sr. 14.5 6.5r Had best game of career with 22 points, 13 rebounds vs. Long Beach on 1/19
G 11 Roger Guardia 6-4 Sr. 2.3 2.1r Season-high 14 pts. vs. USD, made all four 3-point attempts; started at UofA
G 13 Isiah Umipig 6-1 Fr. 7.3 1.3r Led team in scoring vs. UCI on 2/3 with third 19-point game of season
G 14 Orlando Brown 6-1 Jr. 3.7 2.9r Best game of year vs. UCR: 2/3 FGs, 2/3 3's, 5/5 FTs, 2 rebs., 1 ast., 15 pts.
G 32 Eric Williams 6-3 Sr. 1.3 1.3r Walk-on played solid 19 minutes including all of overtime in win at UCR
C 33 Sedric Martin 6-6 Jr. 2.9 1.8r Scored 13 points in first start of season at USC
F 45 Steve Jurich 6-7 Jr. 2.8 1.9r Got third start of season vs. Occidental
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LAST GAME: The Titans saw their 4-game home-court winning streak snapped in a 70-69 loss on Saturday to UC Riverside. Kevin Bradshaw's dunk with 3.8 seconds left was the game winner after Devon Peltier had put Fullerton ahead, 69-68, with a pair of free throws at 1:19. UCR rode Phil Martin's 26 points to a series split. UCR had a run of 16-0 (11 in a row by Martin) in the first half and 10-0 in the second half to erase Fullerton's biggest leads of each period -- 22-13 in the first half and 52-44 in the second. After the last UCR spurt, there were 11 lead changes and two ties in the final 9 minutes.
THE COACH: Bob Burton is 132-107 in his eighth season at Cal State Fullerton and career. He has the most victories at the Div. I level and trails only Alex Omalev (139-176 in 12 years) all-time. Burton's winning percentage of .552 trails only Bobby Dye (.583, 109-78). He is 13-6 vs. Cal State Northridge including 3-4 in Titan Gym.
ABOUT THE MATADORS: Cal State Northridge (9-14, 6-4) has won five of its last seven games starting with an 89-65 home win over Fullerton on Jan. 15. The statistical leader is Lenny Daniel (16.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg) followed closely by Rashaun McLemore (15.8 g, 4.2 rpg). The Matadors shoot only 33 percent from the 3-point arc but they made 8 of 16 in the first meeting with the Titans.
SERIES HISTORY: CSF leads it, 35-27, but the Matadors won handily in the previous meeting this season, 89-65, on Jan. 15 at CSUN. In each of the past three seasons, the visiting team had won.
FRIENDLY CONFINES: Under Bob Burton, the Titans are 69-32 (.683) in Titan Gym including 35-4 (.897) in non-conference games. Fullerton had won its last 13 and 32 of the last 33 home non-conference games prior to the Dec. 22 loss to Montana. Fullerton's all-time Div. I Titan Gym record is 294-166 (.639). Fullerton also is 1-8 in regular season home games at the Anaheim Convention Center.
ROAD STRUGGLES: Under Bob Burton, the Titans had made dramatic strides as a road team before this year's 2-12 effort. They are 60-64 (.484) away from Titan Gym (includes 11-15 on neutral floors) from 2004-05 through the present. For the previous 10 seasons (1994-95 thru 2003-04) the combined road record was 30-115 (.207). With a 3-11 mark in his first season (2003-04), Burton's total CSF road record is 63-75 (.457).
BIG WEST COIN DRIVE: The fourth annual Big West Coin Drive has returned to the nine conference campuses throughout the month of February as each school's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) collects coins and donates the funds to charity. Each school will donate three-fourths of its collection to its designated charity and the other 25 percent to the winning institution's charity. Cal Poly was the top fundraising institution in 2010, while Pacific (2009) and UC Davis (2008) raised the most money the previous two years. The nine Big West schools raised more than \$11,000 in 2010.
SECOND-HALF TENSION: The Titans are only 7-4 when leading at the half. In three of those wins it took a last-second reprieve to salvage a win after blowing a significant lead; vs. UCSB it took a late 19-5 surge to overcome blowing a 14-point advantage and vs. UCI on Thursday night it took a 17-11 finish for the 6-point win after a 10-point lead at intermission. At USD on Nov. 1, the lead was 55-48 with about 7 minutes to play before USD had a 10-0 run only to eventually miss three shots in the paint to take a lead in the final five seconds and then miss a trey at the buzzer to tie. Vs. Pacific on Dec. 30, the Titans led, 51-39 at 5:16 only to go scoreless until Devon Peltier's tie-breaking, lucky bounce 3-pointer with 00.4 on the clock. At Riverside on Jan. 8, the lead was 73-68 with six seconds to go but UCR tied it on a 3-pointer and two foul shots stemming from a technical foul for a "sixth" timeout. Fullerton also saw all but 2 points of a 10-point lead disappear in the final 44 seconds vs. Long Beach State on Jan. 19 and all of a 10-point edge disappeared before beating UCI. Fullerton is 2-11 when trailing at the half, rallying only vs. Cal State Bakersfield and at UC Riverside.
LINEUP DIVERSITY: Thanks primarily to healing joints, the Titans have been able to settle on a regular starting lineup. Through the first 14 games, the Titans utilized 10 different starting combinations, due in great part to the delayed arrivals of Jer'Vaughn Johnson and Andre Hardy, not to mention the absence of any returning starters other than Johnson from 2009-10. But the combo of Webster, Peltier, Chin, Hardy and Johnson has started nine times including the last eight games. All five "regular" starters plus Isiah Umipig have been the team's leading scorer (or tied) in at least one game: Peltier 8, Johnson 6, Chin 5, Webster 3, Hard 2, Umipig 1.
Orlando Brown - had his best game of season on Feb. 5 vs. UCR with 11 points on 5-for-5 at the line and 2-for-3 at the arc and total FGs... helped slow down Phil Martin in second half (6 points vs. 20 in first half)... playing time has diminished with the arrivals of first Jer'Vaughn Johnson and later Andre Hardy... he played total of 42 minutes in back-to-back games vs. UoP and at UCI but only 25 minutes total over the next 4 games... started first 8 games of the season... twice has grabbed 9 boards in a game... usually guards opponents' top scoring threat... scored 11 points vs. Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 27 and 10 in Bakersfield on Jan. 25... hit a big trey in the second half vs. Long Beach on Jan. 19.
Orane Chin - team's fortunes have ridden on his shoulders the last six games... Big West Player of the Week (Jan. 17-23) for his efforts in wins vs. Long Beach State and UCSB but struggled following week on the road, averaging 3.5 points on 3-for-17 (.176) shooting in losses at Bakersfield and Long Beach... bounced back on Feb. 3 with double-double and pivotal 3-point play with 33 seconds to go vs. UCI but then was 2-for-8 FGs for only 8 points and 1 rebound vs. UCR on Feb. 5... was one rebound shy of a double-double in the win over the 49ers on Jan. 19 with 12 points and 9 rebounds... on Jan. 22 he led team with 18 points vs. UCSB, scoring 11 unanswered points late in the first half to erase an early UCSB advantage and his free throws at 3:15 put the Titans ahead to stay, 51-50... scored career-high 32 points at Portland State on 13-of-22 shooting (4 of 7 treys)... made the Rainbow Classic all-tournament team, averaging 22.7 ppg and 6.0 rpg.
Roger Guardia - has played only 7 minutes in last six games, all at Long Beach... after 6 scoreless games, scored 6 first-half points at Cal State Northridge on Jan. 15... he averaged 19 minutes over five games between Nov. 30 to Dec. 18 but has played a total of only 83 minutes in last 13 games... grabbed 9 rebounds at Montana and against USD had 14 points including 4-for-4 from 3-point line... started at Arizona.
Andre Hardy - in 12 games since returning from ankle surgery is averaging just under a double-double at 11.6 ppg and 9.0 rpg... scored what proved to be the winning bucket vs. Long Beach State on Jan. 19 with layup for 88-82 lead with 13 seconds remaining... after a rusty first half vs. Montana on Dec. 22 (in first game action since March, 2009, in the NCAA Tournament for Oral Roberts), had 11 points and 8 rebounds after intermission to post only the third double-double (11 pts., 11 rebs.) by a Titan this season... almost did it again vs. UC Davis with team-high 19 points and 9 rebounds in a starting role and had 17 points and 9 boards vs. Pacific before being ejected for "fighting" with 2:57 to play... missed game at UCI but came back with second double-double (14 pts., 10 rebs.) at UCR on Jan. 8 and had a third with 12 points and 10 boards at Cal Poly on Jan. 13... just missed again with 12 points, 9 rebounds on Feb. 3 vs. UC Irvine.
Jer'Vaughn Johnson - only returning starter from last year...strained knee ligament in early practice session; released to practice again on Nov. 18 and debuted with 13 minutes off the bench at USC on Nov. 24... has been most consistent Titan player... ranks close second in Big West to CSUN's Lenny Daniel (.587) in field-goal percentage at .578... went 6-for-7 at Bakersfield on Jan. 25... was 6-for-8 Thursday night vs. UCI and 4-for-6 vs. UCR... had arguably best game of Titan career on Jan. 19 vs. Long Beach, one point and one rebound shy of his career highs with 22 points and 13 rebounds in 34 minutes against the athletic 49ers... made all 7 shots and all 5 free throws in 19-point game at Portland State before fouling out with 1:16 to play... has shot only .400 (18 for 45) vs. twin-towered USC, Montana and UCSB but is at .633 (90 for 142) against all others.
Steve Jurich - has not played in past six games and has played total of only 35 minutes vs. Big West competition... averaged 8 points and 2.5 rebounds in two starts in Hawai'i before back problem sidelined him... came off the bench at San Diego and played 21 minutes with 5 points and 5 rebounds... had season-high 7 rebounds at Montana... started again vs. Occidental.
Sedric Martin - had 8 points in 7 minutes of play at Long Beach State last Saturday... had season-high 5 rebounds in 11 minutes at UC Irvine on Jan. 5 after not playing at all in two previous games... got 5 more boards at Cal Poly on Jan. 13... got first start at USC and made 6-of-9 shots against the Trojans' twin 6-10 towers and scored 13 points... hit two free throws at 3:39 to tie Hawai'i game at 70-70.
Devon Peltier - has managed only 20 shots over last 3 games to average 8.7 points... but was "go-to" man down stretch vs. UCR, scoring 6 points in final 6 possessions (Brown also scored and 2 offensive foul calls)... leads team in minutes played at 774 (32.2 mpg average) and only man to start all 24 games... leads Big West in free-throw percentage at .904... began week No. 14 in the nation... 34-for-36 (.944) at the line in Big West play... hit game-winning trey in final second to beat Pacific on Dec. 30... led the Titans with 15 points at USC and 20 at Montana and in between was most of the Titans' offense in the second half at San Diego, scoring 14 of his career and game-high 24 points... led team with 19 at Arizona, making 4 of 6 treys.
Isiah Umipig - after five relatively quiet games (18 total pts. on 7-of-22 FGs) after the first UCR game he had 12 points at Long Beach State, leading second-half rally, and 19 to lead the team on Feb. 3 vs. UCI... had back-to-back breakout performances four weeks ago... led desperate rally at UCI on Jan. 5 by scoring 16 points in final 6 minutes for season-high 19 points (5-of-5 FGs, 5-of-5 FTs)....started for injured Perry Webster at UCR on Jan. 8 and scored 19 again including 7 in first 4 minutes of second half to almost erase 8-point deficit and then back-to-back buckets in final five minutes when UCR had pulled within a point... "saved the game" for the Titans per Coach Burton vs. Occidental... came off bench to score 13 of his then season-high 15 points before intermission.
Perry Webster - leads Big West in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.49 to 1.0 (117 to 47) despite 12 assists vs. 16 turnovers over last 4 games... led team with 15 points on Feb. 5 vs. UCR including back-to-back treys 24 seconds apart for 52-44 lead at 13:19... clutch down stretch at home vs. Long Beach and UCSB, scoring 7 points in 9-4 CSF run that produced 83-74 lead at 0:55 vs. the 49ers and hitting trey to beat the shot clock for 58-50 lead over UCSB at 0:35... after scoreless game at USC came back for season-high 17 points vs. Cal State Bakersfield and matched that vs. Occidental... matched it again -- all in the second half -- at CSUN on Jan. 15... had 10 assists in double-double with 10 points at Portland State... scored only 5 points at San Diego but they turned a 58-55 deficit into a 60-58 lead on back-to-back possessions (2 free throws and a trey around his steal).
Eric Williams - walk-on played solid 19 minutes on Jan. 8 in win at UC Riverside and made big trey in second half vs. Long Beach State... got season-high 5 points at CSUN on Jan. 15... got first career start at San Diego as Titans went "big," starting him (6-3) in place of 6-1 Umipig, who had started against Montana State... hit first trey of season vs. Occidental... started again on Dec. 28 vs. UC Davis.


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The Historical Unreliability of Jesus: A Review of Robert VanVoorst's Jesus Outside The New Testament
The Historical Unreliability of Jesus: A Review of Robert VanVoorst's Jesus Outside The New Testament
by Sarah Schoonmaker
Robert VanVoorst's Jesus Outside the New Testament claims to provide evidence for Jesus' life, death, and resurrection from non-Christian historians and Jewish writings. Jesus Outside the New Testament refers to the following classical writers in order to defend the historical reliability of Jesus: Thallos, Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Tacitus, and Josephus. The purpose of this review is to address the historical writers that remain lauded as evidence for the historical Jesus and demonstrate how they all fail to bolster any historical support for Christianity.
VanVoorst points to Thallos as the earliest reference to Jesus set in the middle of the first century 55 C.E. Most of Thallos' works perished, but was quoted by Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian writer in his History of the World. This book was eventually lost, but the quote originating with Thallos was also mentioned by Byzantine historian, Georgius Syncellus. According to Syncellus, when Julius Africanus writes about the darkness of the death of Jesus, he mentions that, "Thallos calls this an eclipse of the sun, which seems to be wrong."[i] Julius claims that the darkness was miraculous, "a darkness induced by God." Even though Thallos could have mentioned the eclipse with no reference to Jesus, VanVoorst claims that it is more likely that Julius who had access to the context of Thallos' quotation was correcting Thallos as a "hostile reference to Jesus' death."[ii] For instance, VanVoorst concludes, "if Thallos was simply writing about an eclipse, Julius Africanus would not have cared to say that Thallos was mistaken."[iii]
In logic, when an argument against a particular view is offered, one mentions the claim under refutation, followed by premises and a conclusion. If Thallos were arguing against the claim that the eclipse was associated with the death of Jesus, he would have mentioned this event. However, there is no reference to Jesus, so therefore, one cannot conclude that it is even likely that Thallos was responding to a Christian claim about the "darkness induced by God" surrounding Jesus' death. VanVoorst's conclusion is a straw man fallacy because he creates an argument that Thallos does not claim to make. At best one may only infer that Thallos wrote about Jesus in his lost writings, but this is a massive assumption.
Pliny the Younger
As a prominent lawyer and senator in Rome, Pliny published nine books of letters between 100 and 109.[iv] He writes about punishment of Christians specifically by the Roman governor Trajan. Pliny also records that Christians would "sing hymns to Christ before dawn on a determined day and took oaths to refrain from theft, robbery, and adultery, not to break any promises, and not to withhold a deposit when reclaimed."[v]
Pliny also tells Trajan that, "many people of all classes, ages, and regions of his province are infected by this contagious superstition."[vi] VanVoorst credits this source fairly by claiming that Pliny's writings do not bear independent witness to Jesus independent of Christianity. "What is related about Christ confirms two points made in the New Testament: first, Christians worship Christ in their songs (Phil. 2:5-11; Col. 1:15-20; Rev. 5:11,13), and second, no Christian reviles or curses Christ (1 Cor. 12:3). Pliny, however, shows no knowledge of Christian writings in his letter."[vii]
Pliny bears witness to the practices of Christianity and the persecution from the government. However, he offers no contribution to the historical Jesus. As a result, he is equivalent to any other historian writing about Greek mythology. Just because a historian writes about a certain group worshipping a god or gods, this does not validate the existence of their god or gods.
The Roman writer Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (ca. 70-ca. 140) practiced law in Rome and was a friend of Pliny the Younger. He published a book Lives of the Caesars, which covers the lives and careers of the first twelve emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.[viii] In the fifth section of Lives of the Caesars, Suetonius reports how emperor Claudius treated several people during his reign. The quote claimed to support Jesus Christ is as follows, "He (Claudius) expelled the Jews from Rome, since they were always making disturbances because of the instigator Chrestus."[ix]
VanVoorst claims that "Christus" often found confusion with "Chrestus," by non-Christians. Furthermore, the Codex Sinaiticus (fourth century) spells Christian with an -"eta" in all three New Testament occurrences of the word (Acts 11:26, 26:8; 1 Pet 4:16).[x] In particular, "Christians" were also referred to as "Chrestians." I find VanVoorst most convincing for the possibility of the connection to Jesus Christ when he claims that 'Chrestus' "does not appear among the hundreds of names of Jews recorded by the Roman catacomb inscriptions and other sources, yet was a familiar Gentile name. He concludes that this opens the door to the possibility that Suetonius may have confused Christus for Chrestus."[xi] On the contrary, Bart Ehrman notes that Suetonius is probably referencing an individual "Chrestus" and Jesus' followers, since Jesus of the Gospels was executed twenty years prior to the riots.[xii] My conclusion rests on the possibility of a reference to Jesus Christ here, however advances no farther than speculative evidence.
As a Roman historian, Tacitus is most famously known for the Annals, which covers the Roman Empire from 14-68 C.E. and includes information about the reign of Nero. He records Nero's probable arson of Rome in order to implement his own architectural designs and how he passed the blame to Christians as a ready scapegoat. As a result of this blame, Nero heatedly persecuted Christians and Tacitus wrote the following about this, "But neither human effort nor the emperor's generosity nor the placating of the gods ended the scandalous belief that the fire had been ordered. Therefore, to put down the rumor, Nero substituted as culprits and punished in the most unusual ways those hated for their shameful acts, whom the crowd called "Chrestians." The founder of this name, Christ, had been executed in the reign of Tiberius by the procurator Pontius Pilate."[xiii]
Indeed, emperor Nero used Christians as a scapegoat to explain the fire, which broke out in Rome (64 A.D.). Tacitus mentions that the Christians were likely not the cause of the fire, but used the fire as an excuse to persecute Christians. The Annals do not prove that Jesus Christ existed but merely that Christians existed in the First Century A.D., which no scholar has ever disputed. Since Tacitus recorded The Annals one hundred years after Jesus' proposed existence, this lacks historical reliability. It is important to remember that the negative evidence cited above is not "absence of evidence," but rather "evidence of absence." In science, negative evidence is often as important as positive evidence.
As a Jewish historian, Josephus briefly mentions Jesus two times in the Antiquities. Josephus mentions James "the brother of Jesus who is called Messiah" (Ant. 20.9.1). While Josephus does discuss many individuals with the name Jesus in the Antiquities, he does not refer to any of them as "Messiah." I believe this is a reference to the Jesus of the Gospels since no other Jesus was associated with "Messiah" or called by its definition, "the anointed one." While I grant this as a reference to Jesus of the Gospels, the credibility of this reference remains highly contestable.
For instance, Josephus' other reference has him professing faith in Jesus, calling him Messiah when Josephus never became a Christian in the first place. "Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day."
Since Christian scribes copied Josephus' writings through the Middle Ages, it is controversial whether his references to Jesus were altered or not. While Christians quote this passage as reliable evidence to Jesus' existence, teachings, and resurrection, these references did not show up in the writings of Josephus until centuries after his death, at the beginning of the fourth century. Thoroughly dishonest church historian Eusebius is credited as the real author. The passage is out of context, which points to text alteration. All scholars agree that Josephus, a Jew who never converted to Christianity, would not have called Jesus "the Christ" or "the truth," so the passage must have been doctored by a later Christian–evidence, by the way, that some early believers were in the habit of altering texts to the advantage of their theological agenda. The phrase "to this day" reveals it was written at a later time. Everyone agrees there was no "tribe of Christians" during the time of Josephus–Christianity did not get off the ground until the second century.
If Jesus were truly important to history, then Josephus should have told us something about him. Yet he is completely silent about the supposed miracles and deeds of Jesus. He adds nothing to the Gospel narratives and tells us nothing that would not have been known by Christians in either the first or fourth centuries. The paragraph mentions that the divine prophets foretold Jesus, but Josephus does not tell what they said or us who those prophets were. If Jesus had truly been the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy, then Josephus would have been the exact person to confirm it.
[i] VanVoorst, Robert. 2000. Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence, (Grand Rapids, MI: Erdmans), 20
[ii] Ilbid, 21
[iii] Ilbid, 21
[iv] Ilbid, 23
[v] Ilbid, 25
[vi] Ilbid, 26
[vii] Ilbid, 29
[viii] Ilbid, 29
[ix] Ilbid, 30
[x] Ilbid, 31
[xi] Ilbid, 33
[xii] Ehrman, Bart. 2001. Jesus, Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 58
[xiii] VanVoorst, Robert. 2000. Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence. Grand Rapids, MI: Erdmans, 41
(Sarah Schoonmaker is completing her second BA in philosophy at the University of Colorado–Denver after receiving a BSBA in Finance from the University of Denver and an M.Div from Denver Seminary. She plans to begin a Ph.D program in the fall of 2010 to study philosophy of science, philosophy of language, logic, and epistemology. In the meantime, she researches and writes on a variety of topics covering religion, science, culture, and philosophy. For more information see: www.schoonmaker.wordpress.com.)
Ode To Rapid Republicans
Ye cravest certainty in a world
Ye knowest as boundless;
Thy dismay bleedest
Through the cracks in thy rusty and shackled armor
ye refuest to discard.
Thy time hast passed, yet ghostly ye cling, forlorn and lost.
Worn buckles fumbled shut,
Old steel boots mauled onto fungied feet,
Thou preparest thy latest onslaught.
Thou hast trodden into our minds for many a decade
Thy hatred for all;
Harvesting fear and frenzy, seeding anger to fester and explode.
In droves thy recruits swarm behind thee.
Proudly bannered in the American flag.
They slogan forth, fangs dripping Patriotism,
Death to terrorists,
Death to Muslims,
Death to the Other,
Death to all
that lights this wondrous world,
Death to it all
But your dictums.
Though thy faith leadest to the valley of death,
Though thy faith leadest to the Killing Fields,
Though thy faith
thou into befouled alleys,
Heaped in thy stinking deceipt,
Beset by bigotry, envy, grisly greed, lust, and dreadful deeds
that most surely will end in contrition,
Ye travelest it leaning on blind dogma—eschewest reason
and wonder not to justify the vile means nor the ends for that
which you seek.
Doest thou not thinkest of thy God thou invokest so facilely?
Doest thou truly believest thy God adorest thy offerings:
Burned flesh?
Charred children?
Drowned poor?
Suffering meek?
Did Christ not enjoin thy vows of love?
of mercy?
of compassion?
Methinks thou hast lost thy way,
To gather at the birthing of thine own making,
Yet not of the foretold nor desired Second Coming.
Thou hast abandoned thine children
Foresworn thy duteous caretaking,
Forgotten the words of thy Savior,
The meaning of
to woefully follow the
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OK, now you're in a bit of a panic. You hurt your shoulder, and the doctor ordered an MRI. To say that you dread the idea of lying still for 30 minutes inside the MRI machine is an understatement.
To help patients who might feel anxious or nervous about enclosed spaces, St. Elizabeth now offers new, state-of-the-art MRI scanners that are more spacious than older scanners. And, they create high-quality images, faster than ever, to help doctors diagnose what's bothering you.
"This new technology will change people's perceptions of what an MRI experience is like," says Erin Wesselman, ambulatory radiology manager for St. Elizabeth Healthcare. "It's more comfortable and less intimidating."
The new units feature openings, called bores, that are about 70 centimeters in diameter. That's about four inches wider than older scanners.
"Since it's a wider, shorter scanner, more of your body is out of the machine," says Wesselman. "It's a better experience for people who are claustrophobic."
Doctors like them because they use digital frequencies to create high-definition images""better images than you get with traditional open-style scanners and older MRI units.
St. Elizabeth's new, wider MRI scanners also:
- Create advanced images of the heart's intricate structures.
- Allow radiologists to see around metal implants in the body, such as those used for knee and hip replacements.
- Correct for motion. If you move, the technician can still get a good image.
- Support patients who weigh up to 550 pounds. Older MRI units had a 440-pound limit.
Still feel a little anxious? St. Elizabeth invites you to visit the MRI center before your actual exam.
Technicians will provide your favorite music, an iPod hookup or goggles for TV viewing.
Typically, scans take less than 30 minutes, versus 45 minutes or more for traditional open-style scanners.
"We offer people an easier MRI experience," says Wesselman.
For your convenience, St. Elizabeth offers MRI services in many locations – Edgewood, Ft. Thomas, Florence, Covington, Grant County, Alexandria, Hebron, and starting in January, Independence.
To make an appointment, patients can call St. Elizabeth Central Scheduling at (859) 655-7400.
In January 2017: A powerful, new 3T MRI scanner will join St. Elizabeth's fleet of MRI imaging units. The new 3T also has a wider opening. It's ideal for prostate and advanced neurological work.


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When you have a question about process automation that needs a short answer, let us know with #WishIknew and #Visaya! We'll reply with a #WishIknew post. It'll give a quick explanation, then some related articles, videos, and reviews if you want to know more.
I wish I knew what is thermocouple compensation!
When it comes to thermocouples, the word "compensation" can point you in two directions. The first one deals with the compensation cable and how it differs from the extension cable. We already have this #WishIknew, and you can read it herehere. Second, you can have cold-junction compensation for higher accuracy when you use copper lead wire.
We explained this idea in another #WishIknew over here about calibrating thermocouples. However, let me give you a little more about it.
We use it to avoid creating a thermal electromotive force (EMF) in the connection terminals. A temperature change in the terminals can change the readings. However, the transmitter should compensate for this difference automatically.
You have two ways to compensate the cold junction, the electrical bridge method and the thermoelectric refrigeration method. If you want to know about those, then post another #WishIknew!
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'Your voice' is the Council's new residents' publication. This newspaper style publication includes news from the Council and key partners in the borough, who have helped fund the publication.
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A smaller show of cattle this week all sold to a steady trade throughout. More stock needed to meet demand. Prices as follows:
BULLOCKS: Gary Miller £1040/650kg, M & S Buchanan £1020/670kg, Edward Quigley £985/590kg, £975/500kg, £910/630kg, Gary Miller £915/570kg, £940/570kg, £935/570kg, John Arbuckle £925/490kg,T Moran £850/400kg, £830/390kg, £820/390kg, Steven McGuinness £675/430kg, M& S Buchanan £670/500kg, David Whiteside £590/340kg, J Dalton £550/270kg, David Whiteside £530/300kg.
HEIFERS: James Mitchell £1200/670kg, £1000/520kg, £940/540kg, £890/520kg, John Arbuckle £895/550kg, £880/460kg, £865/450kg, Alan McMurray £865/560kg, £800/540kg, £800/510kg, James Mitchell £860/510KG, Tony Moran £850/500kg, £780/470kg, James Mitchell £845/500kg, David Devenney £840/450kg, £790/430kg, £770/380kg, RICHARD cRAIG £800/460KG, £770/400KG, T Moran £780/380kg, £770/380kg, £760/370kg, £750/360kg, £750/350kg,£750/360kg, £745/350kg, £740/280kg, £740/280, £730/280kg.
A demand on Fat Lambs this week strengthens prices on Tuesday. Fat Lambs up to £71/26kg, Store Lambs £62 and Fat Ewes £86.
FAT LAMBS: S Craig £71/26kg,£70/24kg, John Logue £71/24kg,S McHugh £70/23kg, £69/21kg, Reid Clarke £68.50/23kg, Owen McDevitt £67/22kg,£62/20kg, Alaistair Glenn £64/20kg, Norman McFarland £62.50/20kg.
STORE LAMBS: Oen McDevitt £62, Mervyn McKinley £61.80, David Smyth £60.50, £60, Robert Golligher £57, £56.50, Eamon McHugh £57, £56.50, Eamon McHugh £54.50, William Orr £53.80, Robert Golligher £53.50, Norman McFarland £51, Eamon McHugh £50.50
FAT EWES: John Gilfillan £86, Eamon McHugh £74, John Logue £71, Howard Lynn £70, A Harpur £70, £69.


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Objective 6, Book 4b
I have seen this older gentlemen at the center a few times, working out in the outside gym. However, today he has a whip. I am talking about a full on Indiana Jones style whip. He is slapping the concrete around the pool with it and screaming out, "Hoorah!" I think he must have been military. Probably, the marines. He has one eye that is crossed, or lazy. I wonder if he was injured in the military. I am sitting at the smoking table with a few friends.
"Who is that?" I ask under my breath.
"That's Edward," Ryan answers. "You haven't met Edward?"
"No. I have seen him a few times, but why the fuck does he have a whip?" I ask through laughter.
"He's a bad mother fucker," Ryan responds.
"I think he is a Hell's Angel," MJ suggests.
"Really? Why is he at the center though? I mean, is he a former student or an instructor?" I ask.
"He like runs this whole place. He owns all of the student houses," MJ answers.
"He is with Yelena," Keisha adds.
"What? Are you serious?" I laugh.
Yelena is this tall, beautiful, thin woman. She has blonde hair and perfect teeth. She looks high class. Her clothes and car suggests she likes and has nice things. Her and Emma Chadwick are best friends. They both have toddlers around the same age. I haven't really spoken to Yelena because she isn't here very often, and when she is, she is in the Reg office.
"You didn't know that?" Ryan asks. "My boy Edward is pimpin to be able to pull that dime."
A "dime", in modern slang terms refers to her being a ten, or super hot chick. The term "pimpin," doesn't suggest that Yelena is a prostitute. It simply infers that he has skills to be able to get Yelena to go out with him. It's not that Edward is unattractive, but there is a noticeable age difference. It surprises me that they are a couple because like Emma Chadwick, Yelena is one of those, "prettiest girls you ever meet in real life," kind of girls.
I am still crushing on Ryan. Even when I am having the worst day, his energy always makes me feel better. I know he is way too young for me to be obsessing over, but these feelings aren't going away. It's purely a physical attraction. However, I feel a real connection with Brian. He has always defended me and known exactly what to say to calm me down or encourage me to keep pushing through this program. However, he has a family he is trying to reconcile back home and we have discussed that several times. I don't want to do anything to jeopardize that, and despite having a mutual attraction, neither does he.
It feels like everyone is paired up here. The entire staff is paired up, except Wiggles. Most of the students have a 2D flow going with someone. I feel pretty lonely. I have had opportunity to hook up with a few guys, but that's not really what I want. It's difficult to fight my tendency for codependency. I think all drugs addicts battle that pitfall. Being around Christmas, makes being here, all the more lonely.
It is time to get back to the Objectives course room for round two of this bizarre exercise. We load onto the van and make our way back to the place I now refer to as, "hell."
"Are you ready for this?" I ask Buster.
"Let's do it," he agrees.
We both take our seats facing the course room.
"Look around here and tell me what you could have?" I command.
"That chair," he replies.
"Good," I acknowledge. "Look around here and tell me what you could have?"
"That clipboard," he responds.
"Good," I acknowledge. "Look around here and tell me what you could have?"
"I have a cog," he suggests.
"I realize that I can have anything and everything that I want," he cogs.
"Good," I acknowledge.
"Look around here and tell me what you would permit to remain in place?" I command.
"That water cooler," he responds.
"Good," I acknowledge. "Look around here and tell me what you would permit to remain in place?"
"That Heroin Hound," he laughs.
"Good," I acknowledge.
"Look around here and tell me with what you could dispense?" I command.
"That desk," he responds.
"Good," I acknowledge. "Look around here and tell me with what you could dispense?"
"I have a cog," he suggests.
"I realize that I have the ability to choose what remains in my life and what I let go of," he cogs.
"Good," I acknowledge.
We run the rest of our session. Buster makes up several realizations, in hopes that he will EP this Objective. The 3 o'clock break proves unfruitful. Buster did not get the alleged pill shipment. The rest of the day is like any other. I run him on Objective 6, we have dinner and finally, we load onto the vans and go to the houses.
A lot has changed at the Ginger House. Victoria is an intern and has moved to the Top House, along with Coco and Chanel. Boston and Violet are interns here now. It's crazy to have 18 and 19 year old interns responsible for enforcing the rules at the house. Tess Jetman is our house mom, but she is gone a lot with her boyfriend Stormy. When she is home, she chills out in her room. Hayden, Misty and Justice are here now. For the most part, I am content just chilling in my room with Keisha. I love when Hayden comes in and hangs with us too, but I am tired of hearing Misty talk about Adam Moon. Justice and I are in a love/hate relationship right now. I think we are just too alike. I feel like there is a split in the house and that sucks, but I am so tired all of the time that I don't want to hang out in the living room. It's weird, I like Justice by herself and Misty by herself, but when they are together the dynamic changes.
Misty and Justice are in the laundry room when suddenly Hayden brings attention to the fact that they are whispering among each other.
"I like to whisper too," Hayden whispers loudly.
That line is from the movie Elf and both Keisha and I burst into laughter. Hayden comes into our room and begins frantically moving her arms. I am not sure what just happened but Hayden makes no attempt to whisper about what she believes just went down.
"They are in there whispering about me! So I told them that I like to whisper too," she says in a huff.
Both Justice and Misty want to explain that they were not whispering about her, but she doesn't believe them. Both Keisha and I have no idea if they were in fact whispering about her because we were already in our room. Hayden also has a tendency to be paranoid at times. I love her to death, but she admits to her paranoia openly.
Hayden shuts the door to the room and wants to hang out with us for the night. We are totally on board.
"Lets watch Elf," Keisha suggests.
We all burst into a fit of laughter, but agree to watching that movie rather than our usual, Bridesmaids.
"I'll put it in," I state while hopping up.
"I'll get the Oreos!" Keisha exclaims.
"Oh great, I'll go out into bitchfest and fetch the milk," Hayden shouts loud enough for them to hear through the door, before getting up to grab the milk.
I love this movie. It is one of my favorite Christmas movies. I always cry at the ending, no matter how many times I watch it. Something about them all singing together to reignite the Christmas spirit, kills me every time. I tend to be overly sensitive when it comes to movies. It's something Keisha has laughed at me for, a couple of times now. Keisha's favorite scene is when Buddy is heading to New York and saying goodbye to all the animals at the north pole. Something that resembles a whale with a unicorn horn pops out of the water and says, "Bye Buddy, hope you find your dad."
Knowing this, I look at her and she looks at me and together we say, "Bye buddy, hope you find your dad." The three of us laugh. We spend the night talking shit about the program, other students that drive us nuts, our crushes and in between, we recite our favorite lines of the movie as it plays in the background. I love these girls. They both feel like family. They are like sisters to me and I feel blessed that I have both of them to help me laugh and forget about where I am and how far away I am from my family. Especially, at Christmas time. The one thing I can say about Narconon is that there really is a sense of fellowship and family here. These are people that will always have an unspoken connection with me later in life. I think it's because we survive the crazy together….
Today's Theme Song- Santa Claus is Coming to Town- Elf
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**DISCLAIMER: This is my personal experience at a Narconon Rehabilitation Center. This is not an expose or journalistic documentation. It is not meant to bash the program in any way, or suggest that it is the only rehab facility that works for recovery. I have been clean and sober since 09-27-13 and attribute much of that success to this program. All of the names in this series have been changed to protect the identity of my friends and sober family's privacy! Thank you for reading!**


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Beautiful Vancouver British Columbia!
I spent the morning finalizing the SOLD details on a beautiful condo in the heart of Vancouver, ADDRESS: Beach Avenue.
Just steps away from the marina, beach, restaurants, transit and so much more, this gorgeous condo came fully furnished and priced to sell! They didn't give it the name Beautiful British Columbia for nothing. It is truly a magical place to live.
Many residents in Vancouver enjoy a lifestyle that is somehow catered for in every season of the year. If the sun is shining, the boats are taken out, and sails, set sail! If the snow is falling, then the ski's and snowboards are packed and ready for the slopes. The many trails, and bike paths allow for residents of all ages, and visitors alike, to enjoy and marvel in the beautiful city of Vancouver at any given time. There never seems to be a time that may be left open for boredom or nothing to do. It is an out door place to venture at any given time, and close proximities allow for a convenient and comfortable lifestyle.
The condo that sold on Beach Avenue this morning has a prime location, and is beautifully positioned for the new owners to enjoy the lifestyle that Vancouver has to offer 365 days of the year!


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Do you ever feel like you're bringing the playroom with you by the time you're done packing your child's carry-on luggage? After I get the iPod, earphones, colouring books, crayons, bedtime story books and snacks packed, the bag weighs more than my child! Ok, not really, but it's definitely heavier than they'd like to be lugging around, which means either my husband or I am left to carry it in addition to our own luggage more often than not. I just want to make sure they are entertained and occupied while traveling.
Well, I recently came across a product that solves my packing woes when it comes to bringing reading material for the kids on trips. Now, you might ask, why not just download books on the iPod or iPad for the kids? Well, I could, but this is much more fun! Let me introduce Smart PJ's. These pajamas seem to be just covered in dots, but if you look carefully, every dot cluster you see is unique in color and configuration, and work much like a QR code you see on many brand packaging and advertising now days. What do the dots do? Download the Smart PJ's app on your smart device, and your child will be lead into a wonderful reading or animal discovery journey.
The app is fairly easy to use. There are currently two versions listed in the App Store, Smart PJs and Smart PJs Stories. The Smart PJs app provides a photograph of an animal and a sentence of what it is, while the Smart PJs Stories app reads illustrated stories to the children. Simply open the app which uses the camera feature, take a picture, click "use" and you're instantly taken to either an animal or a story. Simple as that. My own kids were excited to put them on at home and use them for bedtime stories. We took them to my daughter's class and allowed the children to scan the pajmas for literacy time..they loved them!
When I saw the pajamas, I immediately thought of how easy (and light) it would be to pack the pajamas instead of books, and have instant entertainment for my children while traveling. Long train rides, overnight flights, car trips or even just going to bed at night in a new environment…Smart PJ's can take some of the boredom out of long travel itineraries. In the age of technology, why shouldn't clothing jump on the bandwagon too?
*Smart PJ's sent me the pajamas for free, but the review and opinions are solely my own.


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Once you start on the yoga path, however, it's useful to back away from our Hollywood appropriation of Karma as a stiletto-wearing-bad-girl-avenger type, and dig a little deeper to understand how yoga and karma are linked together. To help with this, I've created some little drawings, which if nothing else clarify that I do NOT have the karma of an artist. :)
What is karma?
Karma in sanskrit means action. At the most basic level then, our karma is simply the sum of our actions, thoughts and words. And like any moment in time, our thoughts/actions/words don't exist in isolation, but they build upon what we have already done/thought/said, and play a role in creating our future thoughts/actions/words. In modern behavioural science, we call this habit formation, and it's an essential part of being a human being - on a basic level we use our talent for habit formation to learn language (associating words with objects or feelings), remember people's names, pick up essential motor skills like walking, or learn how to do new things, like swimming or standing on one leg.
In yoga philosophy, every action leaves an imprint, like an echo or a small seed planted as a result of this thought/word/action. These imprints are called samskaras, and they accumulate in our subconscious. The more we repeat a particular type of thought/word/action, the more seeds are sown, and similar seeds group together to become clusters. These are called vasanas, and as you might imagine, the bigger the cluster, the more ingrained the habit.
These patterns begin forming from the time we are just infants. As children we are not born into a neutral environment: we are born into a family, a place, a culture, and the karma of the world around us begins to imprint on us from a very early age. As we grow up, we emulate the actions/thoughts/behaviours that we see around us, thus planting the first seeds and starting the accumulation of samskaras. In traditional philosophy, we are also born with vasanas that we have inherited from our previous incarnations, and we take them with us into the next incarnation.
You are creating your karma every day
The key thing to understand is that karma is not some scales-and-balances system, with all the vasanas waiting passively around to be weighed out on a final judgement day. The cycle of karma is an active, ongoing, day-to-day process. Our samskaras and vasanas manifest in our daily lives as subconscious desires, and around these desires we form habits that, over time, become deeply engrained patterns. As we act out these patterns over and over, the vasanas grow and become like powerful magnets: we become subconsciously attracted to people or actions of the same nature, and go around the wheel again. The bigger the cluster, the more powerful the attraction. As the saying goes, "like attracts like." The vasanas are so powerful that they become compulsions: we think we are making choices, but in fact our lives are being directed by our subconscious impulses.
It's important not to immediately attribute judgement to this picture. Some of our vasanas are our highest qualities, and these increase our joyfulness. But we also have vasanas that manifest in ways that make us unhappy, too. Have you ever found yourself emotionally over-reacting to something small, and taking it out on others? Do you make poor choices and then wonder "why did I choose that?" Have you ever mused to yourself "why do I always do this to myself or to others around me?" Do you freeze when you wish you had acted, or act impulsively and then wish you had not? Do you constantly revisit a choice you made and hold on to regret or bitterness about that situation? These are some of the symptoms of vasanas that are NOT serving you. When these vasanas hijack our choices and our relationships, it causes us suffering. This is samsara - being stuck in the endless wheel of karma, hostage to our own subconscious.
Anyone who has dealt with addiction (theirs or someone else's) can probably relate to this. Or, just watch any soap opera ever made!
Yoga helps us become aware of our karma
There are two things that are important here. One is to understand that our "karmic" addictions here are not just physical, but they are mental, behavioural and emotional patterns as well. The second is that karma is not an external force striking blows for or against us: we actively create our karma every day, through our thoughts, our actions and our words. This is fantastic news, because it means that by changing our words/actions/thoughts, we can sow new seeds, and grow new clusters, and create new magnetic forces that attract happiness instead of suffering. But of course, first we have to become AWARE of our subconscious habits, which is trickier than it sounds.
This is where yoga comes in. The practice of yoga is the practice of self-awareness. What we are learning through yoga is to observe ourselves so that we can become aware of our vasanas, our deeply rooted patterns. What we encounter on the yoga mat is ourselves: our thoughts, our emotions and our reactions to our practice are a mirror for our everyday lives. We seek to become aware of ourselves so that we may transform our thoughts, actions and words, and create new habits, new patterns, that don't cause us pain.
The eight limbs of yoga are a roadmap for this transformation, with the ultimate aim being liberation, moksha, to free ourselves from the wheel of karma and from the compulsions of the subconscious. To be self-realised is to be mindful of our every action, thought and word, allowing us to create our own destiny.
Readers, was this interpretation of karma useful to you? Has your yoga practice helped you let go of any habits or break out of any patterns? I'd love to hear about it!


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Today is super exciting because I get to host another NuNaturals giveaway! 😀 😀 Anyone who reads my blog on occasion knows I love to use NuNatural products because they are diabetic-friendly, sugar-free, and just fabulous. There are FOUR winners in this giveaway and it is open internationally, so click beyond to enter for some fabulous prizes and to see ways in which you can use your goodies!
I was chatting with Ron, "the Sugar Poppa", from NuNaturals over the December holidays and squeeing over my latest package when he said I could host another giveaway, to my utter delight. I figured to celebrate my birthday on the 16th of January I would pull a Hobbit and gift some lucky readers, because there's nothing better than sharing one's bounty 🙂
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thoughts on Jennifer Lawrence's photos hacked + leaked online
A young woman takes naked pictures of herself and texts or emails them to a lover, or keeps them for her own amusement. There is nothing wrong with this.
There is, however, something very wrong with anyone who seeks to exploit or humiliate that woman by violating her trust and/or basic right to privacy by splashing those images online.
Equality begins with a woman's ability to have control over her own body (….including naked representations thereof).
I mean, I'm all for desire, and the things we do and the games we play when we're caught in the zesty back-and-forth of mutual lust.
It's human nature to find each other attractive.
It's human nature to want other people to find you attractive.
But a person's sexuality cannot be divorced from the person herself (or himself): that hot body comes complete with an inner life, a personality, hopes and dreams, a range of emotions, family and friends, an intellect, and the will to consent. Or not.
When you deny a person all that rich interiority – when you deny a specific group of people that, and you do it thoroughly and consistently – you strip them of their humanity. You flatten them out. You reduce them to a two-dimensional existence.
That's when it becomes oppression.
As Laurie Penny writes in her new book UNSPEAKABLE THINGS,
"it ceases to be about desire and starts to be about control. Seeing another person as meat and fat and bone and nothing else gives you power over them, if only for an instant. Structural sexual objectification of women draws that instant out into an entire matrix of hurt. It tells us that women are bodies first, idealized, subservient bodies, and men are not."
Penny reminds us of Caitlin Moran's
"litmus test for sexism, whereby if only women have to put up with a certain situation – say, seeing their gender reduced to oiled, half-naked, dead-looking stereotypes on every surface that'll take an advert before they've even had their cornflakes – then it's sexist. When it comes to sexual objectification, the misogyny is in the discrepancy."
I was thinking about this when I went on Twitter and found out about the nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence, apparently stolen from her iCloud account. Scrolling through the #Jennifer Lawrence hashtag, I saw guys applauding the hacker who did this like he was some kind of hero, and I saw the inevitable comments about how she should not have been so stupid as to upload those photos to a cloud server in the first place.
What I didn't see was any tweet that said, more or less: The hacker who did this? Dude. What an asshole.
When this happens to actresses – and this happens so often that many of us will roll our eyes and shrug it off, or assume it to be a PR stunt – it's so easy to blame the women themselves. Reese Witherspoon did exactly that in an awards acceptance speech, saying that she was at the podium on behalf of "the good girls" while chastising the bad ones to "hide your face! Hide your face!" when they're stupid enough to take naked photos that get uploaded and released without their permission.
There is nothing shameful about female sexuality.
There is nothing shameful about the female body.
There is nothing shameful in taking pride in that body.
What's shameful is how this culture encourages women to loathe their bodies, worrying about everything from body hair and body fat to how we smell and look "down there", thinking if we don't properly monitor and control and pare away and remove, we won't be loved.
What's shameful is when this culture assumes a right to a woman's body when the woman herself did not give permission.
What's shameful is when this culture assumes it is okay for a person to use that woman's expression of her own sexuality against her, and for their own benefit.
What is shameful is revenge porn.
"Women's feelings don't really matter," writes Penny. "That's the point."
I like Jennifer Lawrence a lot. She's a great actress, and she's hilarious, and she seems like the kind of woman you would love to grab a beer with and talk and laugh and dance until you've closed down the bar.
So she took some naked photos of herself. So what.
But the hacker who leaked them online?
What an asshole.


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These girls,(and guys) were THE best company you could wish for when on a retreat. It was so good to meet up with old friends (of a year ago lol) and meet new ones, especially those whose blogs I have visited. And also those who dont have a blog but still came along for the weekend.
First and last photos were at our Saturday night dinner – the desserts were amazingly scrumptious. Worth going back there just for the Sticky Date pudding.
2nd photo – Judy, Kathy,Lillian, Alison and Fee after our time at the Salamanca Market.
3rd photo – Morning tea while we were on our shop hop. Yummy cakes and slices, wonderful coffees.
See what I mean? Tasted as good as it looks.
.4th photo - Darryl is checking out that noodle box rather intently. What could be in it?
5th photo – Judy and Dawn with their new "friend"..
Lots of fun was had in the Cadbury shop..
Joy found:
some Joy.
And Fee – well this speaks for itself
No its not what it looks like. You wouldnt think she would keep all those chocolates for herself would you?
She collected chocolates to share with us all. That was before we went into their shop.
and before we helped the Cadbury economy like this.
Well, you cant pass up the opportunity can you !!!


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Social Media Etiquette for Seniors
It might drive you crazy when your aging parent writes a status update with the CAPS LOCK ON, or tags themselves in your Facebook post when they are obviously not in the photo – but truth be told these small annoyances are a small price to pay.
The benefits of being online and involved in social media are huge for seniors and include happiness, lower rates of depression, a feeling of connectedness and an ability to stay in touch with friends and family.
Social Media Use Among Seniors
According to recent Pew Research, 48% of online adults aged 65 or older are using Facebook and 22% of online adults aged 50 and older are using Pinterest. The same study showed that a small percentage of the online adults aged 65 and older are using Instagram (4%), LinkedIn (12%), and Twitter (6%).
What are older adults doing online? They're using social media platforms to:
- Reconnect with long lost friends and relatives
- Stay in touch with children and grandchildren
- Talk to family and friends who live far away
- Find new hobbies and learn about new interests
- Talk to like-minded people
- See and share pictures of their children and grandchildren.
5 Rules of Social Media Etiquette
Although most of these older adults have been able to figure out social media, the intricacies of social media etiquette may not be so apparent, but with that being said, age itself is no guarantee of proper online behavior. People of all ages have made online faux-pas, and some mistakes have been more serious (and even dangerous) than others. For the sake of safety and manners, it's a good idea to follow these general social media rules of etiquette, no matter your age.
1. Don't Overshare
For security purposes it's important that you don't share any personal information like your full name, birthday, address, etc… Most sites will ask for this information when you sign up, but you can set privacy settings so that only your friends can see this information (so they can wish you happy birthday, for example). Or, you can lock down your privacy settings altogether so that no one can access these personal details.
It's important to never share information like your social security number and bank account information online.
Also, don't announce on social media platforms the details of your upcoming vacation (or that you're on vacation). Many thieves will scan social sites for this information when choosing which houses to target. There is plenty of time to share this information when you're back from your trip.
It's also important to not share information about other people – especially your children and grandchildren, who are sadly often targets of online predators. Don't share details about their name, age, school, address, etc.
Be mindful not to share other people's exciting news like an engagement, pregnancy or job change until that person has given you the okay to do so. Sharing this information prematurely can be upsetting to some (especially if they haven't had the opportunity to share their own news yet) and can even put those you love in an awkward situation (say, for example, a colleague sees your post about you granddaughter's pregnancy and it somehow puts her job in jeopardy). This sort of news is exciting, but be mindful of when and who you share it.
2. Sharing Photos
Don't re-post someone else's photo. Even if they shared the photo with their social group, they may not be comfortable with strangers seeing it (the people on your social group are strangers to them). This is especially true with pictures of children. Photos of children can be seen by the wrong people if the photo is posted and re-posted, so you could be inadvertently putting the ones you love most at risk.
It's also proper etiquette to ask before you post pictures that you take of other people. Keep in mind that some people might not be confident of their appearance, or may not want pictures of themselves or their family posted online. Whether their reasoning is serious (they're dealing with a cyber stalker or messy divorce) or frivolous (they might not have a reason), this is their choice. The best thing to do is to ask before you post.
When it comes to photos, another online mistake that many people make is sharing photos and images for which they don't hold the rights. In the worst-case scenario, sharing a photo without having rights to that photo can lead to copyright infringement and subsequent legal actions. With that being said, millions of photos are being shared online daily, so this isn't a worry that should keep you up at night. Still, for photographers who make their living from their photos, accidentally sharing something to which you don't have the right to share can impact their livelihood, so it's a factor to consider before you post a photo or image that you find online.
3. Comment Carefully
The age old adage of not discussing religion and politics with friends is often lost when online, but it's still an area in which to tread carefully. Also be careful about commenting on people's clothes, appearance or lifestyle choices in a way that could be taken negatively. Although it's tempting to speak your mind freely in comments, think first about what you say and how it will be perceived. You wouldn't want to offend a friend or family member and you also need to consider that your comments will paint a picture of who you are to people who don't know you.
Keep in mind that jumping into a conversation between a child or grandchild and their friend with a comment of your own is not likely to bode well for your relationship. Not only can commenting in this way seem intrusive, it may also be embarrassing for your child or grandchild (especially if they're a teenager).
4. Keep Your Circle of Friends Close
Even if you've met your child or grandchild's friend, it doesn't mean that you should invite them to be friends with you on social media. For security and privacy reasons, it's best to invite and accept friendships from people who are actually your friends and family. Remember, it's more meaningful to have a close circle of friends that you care about and interact with than a large number of followers who you don't know (and who don't know you).
5. Finer Points of Internet Etiquette
You may or may not know that:
- Writing with CAPS LOCK ON means you're yelling at someone.
- Emoji's (small pictures that express an emotion) are used to show how you're feeling and can replace words. But if you misuse or overuse them your meaning can be confusing, lost or misinterpreted.
- Hashtags (a # symbol) are used to categorize and tag pictures and posts so that they can be found again. Misusing or overusing them can be annoying and can make future searches difficult.
- Tagging someone in a picture (or a post about an event) should only be done when the person is actually in the picture or at the event you're discussing – and again, don't overshare information. Make sure the person will be okay with being tagged first.
Benefits of Getting Online Outweigh Etiquette Rules
The ins and outs of social media etiquette can be tricky and intimidating to some older adults, so although it's good to keep these etiquette points in mind, don't let etiquette keep you off of social media. The benefits of being online make it worth taking the plunge. Remember, most of us learn this etiquette through trial and error, and from some friendly advice from friends and family.
What social media channels do you or your elderly parent use the most? Share your thoughts on social media use and seniors with us in the comments below.
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Since he was five years old, war orphan and junior librarian Lazlo Strange has been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep. But it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and Lazlo has the chance to follow his dream.
Laini Taylor, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, once again puts her huge, fearsome imagination to the test in her latest offering – technically a young adult novel, it is nevertheless complex enough to warrant a devoted legion of adult readers.
I tumbled head over heels in love with this book. The world is utterly engrossing, captivating and wildly imaginative. Taylor has created a world that is so rich in imagery, myth and magic that readers will be hard-pressed to find the will to put it down.
Lazlo is a wonderfully charming character. He's very likeable – sweet, courageous and a compulsive reader – so much so that when the viewpoint shifts to our other main character, Sarai, at first I couldn't help but feel disappointed that I was leaving Lazlo's company. Thankfully Sarai turned out to be just as interesting to spend time with – tough but conflicted, powerful but flawed. Oh, and she's also the daughter of the most feared goddess of all time.
Despite the depth and intricacy of the world Taylor has created, she has managed to create characters who still feel like real people – they've just been placed in extraordinary situations.
Unfortunately, the pacing is where this book was let down. The last third or so of the book is where I began to lose interest. All the adventure and strife that had gone before was relegated to the background and in its place was a story of two characters falling in love. Admittedly the way they fall in love and carry out their romance is unusual and intriguing, but no one needs a two-page description of two characters' first kiss. The problem was that the story felt so big, the scale and the risks so momentous, but then it kept shrinking until all it amounted to was two characters pining for each other.
It's quite obvious to see where the plot is going most of the time, and it does veer dangerously close to the Chosen One trope so overused in fantasy fiction, but it was nevertheless a highly enjoyable journey to get there, and I will definitely be looking forward to the next book in the series.
It will be up to each individual reader to decide whether Strange the Dreamer's positives outweigh its flaws, whether the fantastic first two-thirds of the book are enough to make up for the disappointment of a muddled ending.


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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests > Glass Paperweights
Antica Murrina Venezia Paperweights
Two paperweights
I posted about 'Antica Murrina Venezia' in Murano glass. They do jewellery, vases & bowls, animals and lovely paperweights, good quality for the price. This one was about 35 euros, the second one was a few euros and I have posted it to show just what you can pick up abroad (flea market Milan), it is not Italian I am sure!
Antica Paperweight
I bought this paperweight (large and round) in Milan – I am sure it is not Italian
Ref the Antica, I agree with Peter that it is likely a company having items made for them in Venice/Murano as they seem to cover a lot of stuff
Adam P
Antica murrina venezia means "old venetian canes" and is not, as far as I am aware, the name of a Glassworks from Murano. I noticed that John Simmons in the Paperweight Collectors newsletter wrongly attributed the name of the Glassworks 3 Fiori as 3 Fiori (Antica Murrina Venezia). The full name of 3 Fiori is Vetreria 3 Fiori. Certainly not with "antique venetian canes" attached to their name. It was of course true of what they produced - the most wonderful murrina - and used in their paperweights - which makes it even more of a loss that they have ceased production.
Thanks Jackie
I am constantly being told you are the one to ask about Murano & Italian paperweights. I love your website and was going to send pics of my weights to you but always feel that is an imposition for a dealer. But here you are on GMB which is fantastic; you must have so much knowledge having handled all those Murano/Italian paperweights over the years.
What you say makes sense and you seem to know about this company.
I posted about their Murrines marked AMV in the Murano board, same make as the paperweight. Ivo says about the Murrines: -
--- Quote ---AMV (brand name of Vittorio Voltolina in Martellago, 6 kms inland from Venice) have been producing glass since the 60s but it was not until the 90s they specialised in Murrinas. And yes, they have become the largest Murrina producer in the world - quite a succesful operation.
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I take it that the paperweight operation is based at the same factory where the Murrine and jewellery is made, in fact just one or two shops in Milan seems to carry AMV ands some of the large vases are very expensive, I guess as Ivo says it is all made in Martellago. I love the idea that they have been going since 1960s, I would love to get a paperweight from the early period
Have you ever had any in, I wonder how they were marked – I will go and do some research on what Ivo and yourself have said.
Thanks ever so much
Adam P
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The making of Succulent container from re-purposed chair
There are so many ways to convert any chair to a succulent container but by far, this is my favorite of all. I love how Laura Le Boutillier presents her do it yourself projects. She talks really fast but she gets right to the point. I hope you like it too. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.


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Hillary Clinton On 'Ellen': Watch Her Whip, Watch Her Nae Nae
Hillary Clinton is proving that you can run for president and whip and Nae Nae. During a commercial break on the Sept. 10 episode of 'Ellen,' tWitch taught the former First Lady learned how to do the dance! Watch it below.
If you're not a Hillary Clinton fan, you will be after this video. When she wasn't talking about Kanye West running for president in 2020, Hillary, 67, was getting dancing lessons from tWitch himself. You have to see this video.
Before we get to Hillary doing the epic dance of the moment during the commercial, we have to talk about how amazing this interview was. At one point, Ellen asked her what it would be like to potentially become one of the oldest Presidents elected. Hillary's answer was pretty much perfect.
"Well I think it's very important, but the way I look at it is I would be the youngest women ever elected President of the United States," she said without missing a beat. Preach! She also reflected on being a grandmother to Charlotte, who will be one on Sept. 26. "Yeah on my way here I stopped by just to see her so that I could kind of catch a glimpse. Ya know it changes so fast. Yeah well there she is when she was just born, but now she's doing all kinds of interesting and exciting things," she said, before adding what she'd like Charlotte to call her. "Well you know, I'm fine with 'Grandma.' I'm fine with 'Madame President.' I mean whatever strikes her fancy."
Hillary Hopes Kanye Doesn't Run Against Her
As for running against Kanye, well she's not exactly into that — even though she did take an epic selfie with him and Kim Kardashian. "I heard him make the announcement and he said he wanted to run in 2020. I would only ask him if I'm running for reelection to wait… but, otherwise, a lot of people want to run for president these days!"
Alright, she officially proved how amazing she is, so now you can watch her whip & nae nae below. Then let us know if her dance skills impressed you as much as her politics do.
— Emily Longeretta


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I decided to stop at the Vinyl Revolution on my way to the McHenry Civil War Round Table discussion group meeting in Crystal Lake and left early. Unfortunately, the line was already around the corner and the place wasn't yet open. And, I really hate lines.
I hate lines, so continued on my way to Crystal Lake. I was running early, so stopped at McDonald's for a breakfast biscuit and then went to the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Northwest Highway (US-14) and bought a Blue & Gray magazine featuring the Battle of Bentonville and the Russian Navy and World War II magazine featuring the Sullivan Brothers.
One thing that does my heart good is seeing all the vinyl records they now sell. Sadly, though, they are all in the $20+ range, more than I like to pay. I went through Barnes & Nobles's sale CDs, but didn't buy any.
Then, it was on to Panera Bread for the discussion group. Today's topic was April 1865.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Record Store Day-- Part 2: No Vinyl Frontier, But Barnes & Noble
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SASKATOON — The mother of a six-year-old girl bitten by a Saskatoon police dog says she doesn't want the animal to be put down.
Leslie Welder's daughter, Autumn Clifford, was home outside on Saturday when a police dog tracking suspects in a home invasion came around a corner.
The police handler had the dog in a harness and on a leash, but the canine was ahead of the officer and latched onto the girl.
A witness said the dog wouldn't let go despite several commands from the handler to do so.
Welder told CKOM Radio that the dog isn't entirely to blame.
She said she understands the dog was doing its job, and that perhaps more training could help, which is why she doesn't want the animal to be destroyed.
"To me, it's the handler that should have been handling that dog better than he did, and how he did."
Police have said the handler was about three metres behind the dog and heard a cry, but didn't see the girl get bitten.
The girl required several stitches to close wounds on her abdomen.
Welder said her daughter has been relaxing on the couch after being instructed not to move much for the next two weeks.
"She's going to miss all her school functions because of this, and her little kindergarten graduation because of this," said Welder, who added her daughter has also become more withdrawn since the bite.
"(We're) trying to move on and trying to get her to go back to my normal little Autumn."
Police said Monday that the dog, a three-year-old Belgian Malinois, had been on duty for 10 months and there were no issues during that time or while it was in training.
The dog completed a mandatory 16-week course with its handler before being brought into active service.
Saskatoon police Chief Troy Cooper said the dog has been taken off duty, but the handler is not being disciplined.
The service is doing an internal review and will determine what happens next once that's complete.
As for how police should be held accountable, Welder said she isn't sure exactly what she wants, because her focus is helping her daughter recover.
"It's all about Autumn, getting her to feel better and heal and to be back to a normal six year old."
Welder said filing a lawsuit against the police service is far from her mind at the moment.
Victim services has reached out to the family. Welder said she may consider counselling for herself and her daughter.


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Delivering personalized medicine for cancer patients
Drs. Paul Walfish and Ranju Ralhan, Photo: Erin Howe
By Liam Mitchell, University of Toronto
Not all cancers are the same. Some can develop quickly and are aggressive, while others can develop slowly and be easily managed. Being able to tell the difference is important in determining the care for each patient. But without a crystal ball, what can help doctors determine the best treatment options?
The answer lies in identifying reliable biomarkers, which can be measured to determine how aggressive a particular cancer might be. The result: more personalized medicine for cancer patients.
Genomics, which focuses on a cell's DNA, has been a popular method for delivering on this promise. Mount Sinai's Dr. Paul Walfish, and Dr. Ranju Ralhan from the University of Toronto's the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, have focused their research on proteomics, which identifies specific cellular proteins.
"Proteins are really the workhorses of cells," Ralhan explains. "If you focus your attention on their expression and function, you can quickly obtain an understanding of relevant biomarkers.
Using this approach has led to identification of the S100A7 protein as a predictive biomarker for an oral lesion with dysplasia called a premalignant lesion. These types of lesions can lead to cancer. However, it's difficult to predict which of these oral lesions will become cancerous and how rapidly. This remains a major clinical challenge and is important for identifying patients who would benefit from early intervention.
"We are extremely pleased to have identified a protein which can predict which oral dysplastic lesions will transform. This will be a great tool to find out which patients really need closer follow-up, and in time this will lead to better patient survival," says Walfish, who is Director of the Mount Sinai Hospital's Alex and Simona Shnaider Research Laboratory in Molecular Oncology.
"The overexpression of S100A7 can demonstrate the aggressiveness of the premalignant lesion, which can help doctors determine the best course of treatment," explains Ralhan, who is the Co-Director of the Shnaider Laboratory and Canadian Institute of Health Research Chair in Advanced Cancer Diagnostics. She notes that treatment for advanced oral cancer can cause severe pain, disfigurement and poor quality of life in survivors. Being able to accurately predict whether treatment may be needed spares the patient unnecessary discomfort by avoiding overtreatment and providing greater cost savings.
Their findings were detailed in October, in the International Journal of Cancer, and have been independently verified by labs in both Toronto and New Delhi. The importance of these findings is underscored by the global rates of oral cancer. Oral cancer is one of the most common cancers in Asia —particularly in India and China — where smoking or chewing tobacco and betel quid are common. Incidents of oral cancer are also increasing in North America.
Working with an interdisciplinary team of researchers that includes pathologists, oncologists and surgeons, Walfish and Ralhan are continuing to explore how protein biomarkers can help diagnosis and prognosis of other epithelial cancers. For example, they have also used their approach to identify biomarkers for types of breast and thyroid cancer.
"Since there is a lot of interest in personalized medicine, biomarkers identified by proteomics offer a more feasible option," says Walfish.