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What to Look for in a Spiritual Mentor
- Cliff Young Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
- 2011 11 Aug
Earlier this year, I signed up for some continuing education courses. As a component of my training, I will take part in a mentorship program where I will experience a couple of days in the life of my mentor to see what he does, how he approaches his work and the decision process he goes through.
While I am learning so much by reading, studying, practicing and watching webinars, some of the most important education I'll probably receive will come as a result of understanding my mentor's day to day activities and how he faces success and adversity.
My impending educational mentorship got me thinking about our continual need for a spiritual mentor in our lives. Have you ever thought or considered who you would want to learn from and shadow if you had the choice of someone from the Bible?
Naturally, the most sought after mentor would probably be Jesus himself and he would more than likely have a sizable waiting list. Aside from him, who would you consider to be your next choice?
I would guess Jonah, Moses and Paul would have some space available for those interested in marine biology, wilderness training, or criminal justice. Adam, Cain and the prodigal son may be a possibility for those desiring a "freer" environment and lifestyle, an anger-management candidate or a self-indulgent personality. Even Peter would be inspiring if you could stay up with and handle his zeal.
After a recent devotional, my top choice for a spiritual mentor would be King Solomon. Besides the lifestyle I would have to "put up with" in his lap of luxury, what he showed me with one statement convinced me he would be a man I could learn a lot from.
In 1 Kings 3:5, the Lord appeared to Solomon and asked him what many of us would love for the Lord to ask us directly, "What would you like me to give you?" Granted, at this point in time Solomon had just inherited the kingdom of Israel from his father David, including all of the riches that go along with being King; however, instead of asking for more stuff, a long life to enjoy his success or revenge against his enemies, Solomon answered, "Give me the wisdom I need to rule your people with justice and to know the difference between good and evil. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?" (1 Kings 3:9-10).
Humbly and unselfishly, Solomon only asked for the tools with which to better serve God's people.
Who would have asked for that in Solomon's position? How many of us ask for that today amidst all we are going through and struggling with?
Do we appeal for wisdom to know how to best serve and minister to our spouse or family in the way they need or how to change us to live more Christ-like to others or do we ask the Lord to change our spouse, our family or our relational status to better suit ourselves?
Do we pray for wisdom to better understand how to make ends meet, to better steward what we were given or to use what we have to help others or do we beg for help financially by providing a well-paying job, more resources or a winning lottery ticket?
Do we request wisdom to best utilize our time, talent and resources for God's purpose or do we just want things for our own enjoyment and pleasure?
Wisdom means to know what is best and right in a specific situation with the clear understanding and discernment of how to use that knowledge. Not that asking for a job, a relationship or anything else is wrong or not "wise;" however, we should be posing to ourselves "With what heart and reason are we asking these things?"
For all that Solomon had materially, what I found most interesting was the amount of "press" he received for his wisdom.
[The Queen of Sheba] said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard. How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! (2 Chronicles 9:5-7).
All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart (2 Chronicles 9:23).
Royalty from around the world did not come to King Solomon to see his kingdom or be impressed by his riches. They came because of his wisdom. People with wisdom inspire others.
There are few men today who would command that much attention when it comes to their wisdom— Warren Buffett (legendary investor) in the world of finance, Jack Welch (former General Electric CEO) in business, Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple) in technology and the Reverend Billy Graham are only a few who may be singled out like that today.
While many of those minds have succeeded well financially, it is their knowledge, understanding and perception that others are motivated by, not their pocketbooks. Wisdom is not something anyone can put a price tag on nor compare to worldly riches.
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver! (Proverbs 16:16).
Solomon honored his God-given position, accepted the responsibilities given him and didn't allow "advisors" or ungodly influence to persuade him from doing what was best in God's eyes. That is what people with wisdom do.
Are we aligning ourselves with mentors (and friends) of this stature or are we following the crowd, being a groupie to the latest and greatest, trying to "fit in" with the world or seeking earthly treasures alone?
When you seek a spiritual mentor or a mentor of any kind, have the insight to find one who has wisdom.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed (Proverbs 3:13-18).
Cliff Young is a contributing writer to Sandlot Stories (ARose Books), as well as the monthly column, "He Said-She Said," in Crosswalk.com's Singles Channel. An architect and former youth worker, he now works with Christian musicians and consults for a number of Christian ministries. Got feedback? Send your comments and questions to email@example.com.


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You have almost no excuse not to download freeware indie platformer Ninja Senki, the action platform game from Jonathan Lavigne inspired by classic NES games Ninja Jajamaru-Kun and Mega Man.
The 8-bit action adventure, created by the designer of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, gives us a much-needed injection of shuriken-tossing ninja action, with adorable superdeformed ghosts, demons, monkeys and enemy ninja dying in bloody bursts of cute pixelated gore at the hands of our hero Hayate. There's gamepad support, 16 levels and multiple endings if that convinces you to start the download.
Expect a challenge. Lavigne warns that "skills are required" when playing Ninja Senki.
You do have one barrier. This is a Windows-only game. Sorry, Mac and Linux users.
Ninja Senki [Official Site - thanks, JF!]

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text: Facebook recently announced a messaging product that promises seamless messaging, conversation history and a social in-box, nothing short of a new way to communicate, regardless of the channel \u2014SMS, e-mail, IM or chat. The Social Inbox will only contain messages from Friends and Friends of Friends, with other messages being routed to the 'Other' Folder.RealNetworks founder starts Facebook video chat serviceIn conjunction with the announcement, Facebook noted that, "relatively soon, we'll probably all stop using arbitrary 10-digit numbers and bizarre sequences of characters to contact each other. We will just select friends by name and be able to share with them instantly. We aren't there yet, but the changes today are a small first step."Facebook Bible: Everything You Need to Know About FacebookWhile that may be a noble goal, it is a lofty goal, one that may take a long time to come to reality, if ever. Why? It has to do with the numerous ways that both people and enterprises may be addressed.Let's use Network Unaffiliated Virtual Operators (NUVO) as an example. NUVOs are services that offer replacement or complementary P2P services such as SMS and voice, independent of any network operator. They include services such as Google Voice, MediaFriends' HeyWire, Pinger's TextFree, Toktumi's Line 2 and quite a few others.NUVOs assign you a new telephone number and extend messaging and sometimes voice to devices other than 'phones.' With these types of service providers growing in popularity, it is not only feasible but likely that many people may be addressable by multiple telephone numbers - all registered with a single or across multiple devices. With my laptop, iPad, and iPhone, I now have five telephone numbers assigned. I also maintain four e-mail addresses and am registered on four IM services (including Facebook Chat). You're probably thinking: 'That is insane! Why so many numbers?' Partly because many of the NUVOs are customers or prospects of ours, but each offers a plethora of benefits I think are useful.In the instant messaging (or IM) world, there are numerous communities. Facebook Chat is the newest and, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one that generates 4 billion messages today from 350 million Facebook users. But then there are still millions users of Windows Live Messenger, AOL, GoogleTalk, ACQ and many other IM communities.Of course, you know about the zillions of e-mail communities we all deal with \u2014 we have personal e-mails, work e-mails, and even 'speciality e-mails' such as eBay e-mails, that are only within the eBay community (you are addressed by your eBay ID). In fact, many enterprises and communities offer varying types of e-mail-like or IM-like P2P communications channels.Add to that the almost 5 billion subscribers addressable by SMS, and you see the enormity of the problem standing in the way of reaching a single method of addressing. From a global standpoint, while it would be nice to undo several generations of telephone number usage, we are extremely far from that point.Instead, what we're likely to see is different communities settling on a common manner to register a person that will span multiple communications mediums or channels. On mobile devices, the common messaging client is now standard, where you can receive or send SMS or MMS, depending on the type of media you include - the client is intelligent enough to decide if a message is an SMS or an MMS message. In their own way, Facebook has extended that intelligence to span their IM or chat community, e-mail and SMS, itself. I expect them to further integrate other communities, e-mails and even phone numbers into that client.Doing the same on a global scale will be a much larger challenge - and one that will probably be incrementally undertaken. For example, if you want to simply contact me as 'Bill Dudley' or 'William Dudley,' then you have to separate me from all of the other 'Bill Dudleys' and 'William Dudleys' that are out there - meaning today, you have to map my name to one or more of my addressing methods - that is, one of my e-mail, IM, or telephone numbers. However, I may not want to be found, or I may want to remain anonymous, so using my name may not be the optimal way to universally address me. So, in many ways, we are back to square one - I'm left with my five anonymous phone numbers to be given out as I see fit.The upshot: On a global basis, it will be extremely challenging to move 5+ billion people from telephone number based ecosystem to one that registers some, other addressing scheme to reach people, businesses or enterprises without multiple 'social' or 'enterprise' communities. Of course, the biggest community of all is the global PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), based on the ITUs E.164 standard, which defines the international public telecommunications numbering plan or the format of telephone numbers around the world.We'll probably always have to map telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, IM handles, and other addresses to our friends and enterprises, through various clients or apps. People will need to be smart about it, as everyone will have different preferences as to how they will want to be contacted. It all began with the simple, automated contact list. Now, Facebook has taken this to a new level, by integrating various forms of 'messaging channels' into a intelligent, universal client or as they call it the Social Inbox. I think this is a great start and one that will evolve across a variety of 'communities' and not just Facebook. Time will tell.Read more about lans and routers in Network World's LANs & Routers section.


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Seattle-based Zillow, which raised $32 million in funding in 2005 from Benchmark Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures, has raised another $25 million. This round of capital comes from a new investor, Boston-based Par Capital Mananement. No word on valuation. This comes on the heels of a recent (and massive) distribution deal with Yahoo.
Zillow, essentially a mashup of maps and historical real estate sales information, has now raised a whopping $57 million in capital. Other than supporting their 118 employees, it's unclear what they plan to do with the money. John Cook has good information on Zillow's recent stats, noting that in June the company had 2.1 million unique visitors, ranking 11th among real estate Web sites.
Note that Jobster, another Seattle startup, has also recently completed a large financing, bringing their total to nearly $50 million raised.


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How did Calvin Borel—who has a chance to become the first jockey to win the three Triple Crown races on two different horses—get so good at his job? Because dangerously illegal backwater death tracks made him that way.
As you may have noticed from his incomprehensible post-race interviews, Borel is from the South. Louisiana, specifically, where tiny, podunk "bush tracks" provide the gritty foundation for horse racing in America. Borel learned to ride as a toddler and not in some grassy pasture with a cowboy leading his horse by a rope. He was racing thoroughbreds down double-wide dirt tracks with no turns at 8 years old—for $4 a race, 17 races a day. (And sometimes he would race against a chicken, for some reason.) But then the nanny state had to go and ruin all that.
No other region in the continental U.S. offered kids as young as 8 the opportunity to learn the balance and subtle artistry it takes to ride a reckless, 1,200-pound animal. Riding racehorses is sort of like skydiving-there's only one way to learn how to do it.
And if you could do it on a bush tracks, sometimes with your bare feet in the stirrups, sometimes on a horse's bare back, surely you could do it on a sanctioned track with an ambulance following behind....
Veteran horsemen say the end of the bush track, and rules requiring all jockeys to be at least 16, are major reasons the sport is dominated by jockeys from the Caribbean and South and Central America, where informal racing still allows children to ride.
"It's like kids and basketball in the inner city," said Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. "The riders from Puerto Rico and Mexico and those places, they still grow up with horses all around them."
Actually, it's not like that at all, but point taken. Latin riders are dominating our good 'ol American boys and there ain't no turning back. Those crazy Puerto Ricans ride horses everywhere and how is little Johnny supposed to compete with that when his helicopter parents are constantly trying to protect little Snowflake from broken collarbones and horseshoes to the face?
It also probably doesn't help the jockey industry that 20% of our youth population is morbidly obese.
Hardly a star student, Mr. Borel dropped out of school after eighth grade. ("It was pretty clear I wasn't going to be no doctor or no lawyer," he said.)
Look at what those fat bastards are missing out on!
The Racetrack Education of Jockey Calvin Borel [Wall Street Journal]


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I watched the video interview of Tiwa Savage. And I have a few thoughts on it.
Seems to me that the basic idea, coming from a PR perspective, was to pull a fast Olivia Pope ish on the scandal which broke a few hours ago. And understandably so. Tiwa Savage is a Brand Ambassador for a few top brands such as MTN, Pepsi and Pampers.
Whatever the negative fallout of this impending and scandalous divorce , it's going to have some downside a bit on the brands she campaigns for. So a fast 'tell-my-side-of-the-story mode' had to be employed and fast too.
I don't know if a professional PR person was involved with the packaging but it was tacky. Not professionally done, in my opinion. I'm not harping on what she said, as those things are her personal heart cry and she has a right of reply but I'm more interested in the optics of what has been put out.
First, perhaps in a bid to elicit some linear empathy or something, Tiwa was made to think that looking humble and contrite corresponds with tying a dormitory scarf on her head and looking casual in a T Shirt was a good way to send the message home. I think it only demystified her brand more. This is a video which would be watched for years to come and even more so by her kid. Having tried so hard to be a Beyonce clone in Nigeria (and that's my perception of her artistic projections all these years), she should have known too thatBeyonce never plays with her optics in any way. That scarf and sombre look wasn't the right optics, if you ask me. There are more visually acceptable ways of projecting a diva's side of the story and her PR team (if she has any) messed it up there.
I'm asking myself too if the proprietary of having such an interview twenty four hours after the scandal was advisable. For many, it wouldn't matter but for some, perhaps a little dignified silence would have been advisable. Ma'am, you are supposed to be pop queen. You be 'Dorodiva' . A simple press statement that you and your family would love to have your privacy respected at these trying period and bla bla bla would have kept everyone a bit cool till a proper interview surfaces. Recent clamping up lessons from Toke Makinwa would have helped.
And the spilling though! I really have nothing to say on that much. First, every marriage has peculiar challenges. And couples try to work things out till the pressure point either makes the marriage go South or force the brakes for reconciliation.
I have written many times about couples, especially celebrity couples who 'flash and form' seemingly pristine lifestyles on social media and I always end my homilies with the caveat that incessant kudos by one or even both partners to each other on social media at the slightest opportunity, are indications of a festering problem in that marriage. It's the way it is here. The guy can be pummeling the wife every morning and she still would go up on social media to post his picture with words like 'the only one for me…my lover, my life'. Incredible.
In her interview, Tiwa said she dreaded his birthdays or wedding anniversaries because of "what people would say". Sad, when a marriage is predicated on keeping up appearances for the public when it should actually be more private for both couples.
Like I said, what she said in the interview is her right of reply. I would sympathise with her beyond the cosmetic sympathies she's getting from fans, friends and fiends. She wanted a fairy tale life, worked hard to build it but found out that she was kissed by a frog who didn't turn out to be the Prince she desired. My sympathy would be on the truncation of that dream and really not the nightmare she woke up from. Because she created it with him. And it had its entertainment value for the fans who lapped it all up.
He was still legally married, from reports back then which were either squashed or played down, yet did she ignore the alarm bells and went ahead to marry him"after the traditional introduction"? Was the celebration in far away Dubai just a reception for the introduction perhaps and not the legal nuptials? I stand to be corrected on this?
It's the classic case of the gullible girls always falling for the bad guys. And when you ask the question why such girls fall into that trap, they would reply that 'I thought I could change him. That he would change'. Shiooor! His father could not change him, his mother could not change him but it's you and your ikebe that will now change him?
The gods are wise!
She has denied the allegations of the trysts she purportedly had with Don Jazzy, Dr Sid and Tuface. Just as well too. Because I'm sure those guys must have had some temporary flaccidity after Tee's 'depressed' rant. Person go just siddon e own and next tin your name go dey for somebody gbanshing list! Na wa o.
And hasn't this marital incubus taken its toll on her career in the past year? I think it has. In my opinion, this last album of Tiwa is crap. It's quite a flat album. And it's being received as such since its release in December. Perhaps the matrimonial shenanigans distracted the focus.
It's going to be hard work to rebuild her career from here on. Hard work.
But she could just reinvent her career . She seems like one who came into the scene with a ferocious focus to be on top. And she was arguably the biggest female act on the scene before perhaps a personal yearn for emotional fulfilment veered her off the path. And in trying to make a comeback, it hasn't been easy. The fans have limited patience and other female rivals have come on the scene.
Somehow, some comic relief seems to have come out of this. And it is perhaps culinary by inference. 'Edible Catering'. Talk about choking on one's swallow! No pun intended.
I do not know how people psycho-analysed that Tee Blizz's instagram rants were as a result of depression. It seemed like a drunken or spaced-out outcry to me when I read it. And an accompanying recant on twitter later that his account was hacked seemed too like some silly sobriety thereafter. It's high time these celebrities stop using the hacking excuse to cover up for infantile indiscretion.
In all of this, I do feel some little sympathy for the couple. But there is a larger lesson to be learnt from all this by them and intending couples too ; stop trying to keep up with The Joneses when in actual fact you have forgotten that you are The Jegedes. Keep the ish real.
Oh….and if Tee Blizz was really hovering around the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge as reported, for a suicide swim from which he was saved by Banky and others, then I would advise a whole squad or eagle – eyed friends to surround all bridges in Lagos after this Tiwa's interview.
She cleaned him out. Finished his ass like he messed up hers the day before.
Dude's likely to see any bathtub as a river after he watches that video.
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Cease and Desist Letter from Kanye West Confirms Existence of Sex Tape
Lawyers employed by Kanye West sent out a cease and desist letter yesterday to a number of media outlets effectively confirming the existence of a sex tape featuring their client.
"Be advised that the Screen Shot, as well as the Tape from which the Screen Shot was taken, were illegally obtained and believed to have been stolen from Mr. West's computer," wrote attorney Lisa M. Buckley of Pryor Cashman in the letter, obtained by AllHipHop.com.
She goes on to demand the screenshot be removed or else.
The sex tape in question, first described by RadarOnline, allegedly features a "Kim Kardashian lookalike" who claims to be 18 years old and married.
Sex.com has offered the tape's anonymous seller $1 million or more for its exclusive distribution rights, and Steve Hirsch of Vivid Video — the folks behind Kim K's career-launching sex tape — believes Kanye's tape could be worth "a couple of million dollars."
Meanwhile, TMZ is reporting that a second sex tape starring a different ex is also being shopped, this one even longer than the first.
"Both tapes are impressively long — the first is roughly twenty minutes ... and the second is more than FORTY," claims TMZ. "And we're talking constant action. Seriously, the guy takes no breaks. It's incredible. Almost Sting-like."
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03 / April 2018
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Of all the components that make up the cost of equity (COE), the company-specific risk premium (CSRP) often has the biggest impact on your discount rate. And, while appraisers rely on hard data for all of the other inputs in the COE, the CSRP is more or less a guess—which can send your business valuation off course. Check out BVR's infographic. Read more >>


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Lack of sleep and obesity have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
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Lack of sleep and obesity have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in adults and young children. However, the association is not as clear in adolescents, an age group that is known to lack adequate sleep and have an overweight and obesity prevalence rate of 30% in the US. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers found that cardiometabolic risk in obese adolescents may be predicted by typical sleep patterns.
Heidi B. IglayReger, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Michigan and Baylor University studied 37 obese adolescents (11-17 years of age). Metabolic syndrome characteristics (fasting cholesterol and blood sugar, waist circumference, body mass index [BMI], and blood pressure) were measured to create a continuous cardiometabolic risk score. The adolescents were fitted with a physical activity monitor, which was worn 24 hours a day for seven days, to measure typical patterns of physical activity and sleep.
One-third of the participants met the minimum recommendation of being physically active at least 60 minutes a day. Most participants slept approximately seven hours each night, usually waking up at least once. Only five of the participants met the minimal recommended 8.5 hours of sleep per night. Even after controlling for factors that may impact cardiometabolic risk, like BMI and physical activity, low levels of sleep remained a significant predictor of cardiometabolic risk in obese teens. This shows that even among those already considered to be at risk for cardiometabolic disease, in this case obese teens' decreased sleep duration was predictive of increased cardiometabolic risk.
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This study cannot determine whether lack of sleep causes cardiometabolic disease or if obesity itself causes sleep disturbances. However, according to Dr. IglayReger, "The strong association between sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk score independent of the effects of body composition and physical activity suggest a potential influence of sleep duration on cardiometabolic health in obese adolescents." These data provide evidence that objective sleep assessment may be a useful screening tool to identify at-risk adolescents. Future studies are needed to determine if improving sleep duration would decrease the risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases.
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Journal Reference:
Heidi B. IglayReger, Mark D. Peterson, Dongmei Liu, Christine A. Parker, Susan J. Woolford, Bethany J. (Sallinen) Gafka, Fauziya Hassan, Paul M. Gordon. Sleep Duration Predicts Cardiometabolic Risk in Obese Adolescents.The Journal of Pediatrics,2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.01.034


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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Posted by Rot at 10:02 PM
Labels: flickr.com, jack o'lanterns, photography, sky, sunset, that farm girl
2 comments:
- JHMDF said...
Love how it looks like he has a bit of fire in one eye.
- June 11, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- Nev said...
You have to wonder if thats doctored... its just too perfect.
Wow. Thats awesome. Its like a cover to an old 80s horror vhs.
- June 12, 2009 at 8:31 AM
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Press Release
Ten years ago, writer D.K. Maylor found himself wondering what a modern-day interview with Jesus might sound like. Strictly to humor himself, Maylor sat down one afternoon and typed a few lines of dialogue. Little did he realize that his initial musings would evolve into a serious, heavily researched, nine-year labor of love. The result: a 465-page spiritual bombshell entitled Wrestling with Jesus.
Maylor's book has him sitting with Jesus for an all-day conversation by a river in a secluded forest in the southern U.S. -- and the fact-filled, hard-hitting but humorous discourse is apparently striking a chord with readers around the world. At this writing, the 21 readers who have taken time to post reviews at amazon.com have given the book a perfect 5-star average rating. Not bad for an unknown first-time author.
"I had no idea the book would be so well-received so quickly -- especially among Christians. The book, after all, is not kind to various aspects of religion in general or to certain parts of Christianity in particular." Some of the topics tackled in "Wrestling" include questions such as:
_ Why does the Bible God require the spilling of innocent blood before He can allow Himself to forgive?
_ Why didn't God create everyone perfect, as He supposedly did with Jesus?
_ How can God be loving if He tortures non-believers forever in a place called "hell"?
_ Was Jesus really born of a virgin? Why didn't he (or most of the New Testament writers) ever mention it?
_ Does the Old Testament really predict the birth of a godman? Does it truly foretell of a bodily "resurrection"?
_ Why didn't God place everyone in heaven the moment He created them? Why risk their damnation by first sending them to earth?
_ Why did God create hell long before Jesus' birth? Did He have doubts that Jesus' mission would succeed?
Maylor contends that most religious devotees are never really encouraged to do much thinking about their faith. Instead, he says, they're typically urged to simply believe and do as they're told. "But it makes no sense," he says, "that God would give humans such a high level of intelligence and then dissuade us from applying that intelligence to anything connected with our faith."
Recent surveys show that more and more believers are beginning to question the basic tenets of their religions, and Maylor says "Wrestling with Jesus" seems to be resonating deeply with those who are open-minded enough to read it. "It's truly shifting perspectives and changing lives."
But not everyone is ready for the challenge, admits the author. "Like politics, religion is a tough subject to examine objectively because it carries such an emotional charge. And churches have done a pretty effective job of discouraging folks from questioning and doing a little honest investigating. When you read the book, you'll understand why."
Maylor believes the book's growing popularity is due partly to the extreme levels of humor in the writing. "I figured that if I could help people laugh at some of the ridiculous assertions put forward by religion over the centuries, it might help them keep turning the page and not feel so threatened or defensive. And I have no doubt that an enlightened being like Jesus would have a terrific sense of humor."
If the reviewers at Amazon are any indication, Maylor's work is hitting home. An author and independent book reviewer from Texas writes: "Maylor and his buddy Jesus have a field day… deconstructing the traditional Christian doctrine of Jesus as the sacrificial scapegoat who saves mankind by appeasing Yahweh's wrath with his crucifixion. And, of course, the analysis makes great sense AND offers a much better interpretation of 'salvation'... This is a marvelous book."
Wrestling with Jesus is available in both paperback and in Kindle format at Amazon.com (a generous portion can be accessed HERE for free) and more information is also available at WrestlingWithJesus.net, where a special $3 discount code can be found for use in purchasing the book (paperback only) at CreateSpace.com.


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Offsite Links
Official Social & Information Sites
Steve Taylor's Personal Facebook Page
Steve Taylor's official personal Facebook page.
Steve Taylor's Facebook Fan Page
Originally started by a fan, this page is also updated by Steve.
Listen To Dave Perkins
Dave Perkin's official web site. Look in the "pics" section for a photo from the "Violent Blue" music video shoot.
Dave Perkins on MySpace
Dave Perkins' MySpace page, with news and history about his musical work and songs to listen to.
Usenet Posts
Steve's posts to rec.music.christian during a few weeks in 1995.
Wikipedia: Steve Taylor
Wikipedia: Chagall Guevara
Wikipedia is a project that aims to create a free content encyclopedia. These articles were created over time by the contributions of Wikipedia users.
Unofficial Social Sites
Unofficial Chagall Guevara Facebook
Norvin Coblent's Chagall Guevara Facebook fan page.
Unofficial Chagall Guevara MySpace
Norvin Coblent's MySpace Chagall Guevara fan site.
Unofficial Chagall Guevara MySpace
Josh Jackson's MySpace Chagall Guevara fan site.
Unofficial Steve Taylor MySpace
Ryan Creek's MySpace Steve Taylor fan site.
Fan Sites
On The Fritz
KingDavid8's older page with news and MP3 downloads of full albums.
Tale o' the Web Page
Mint Shows' site. He gave me a swell plug and a pat on the back on his page. What a nice guy. ;-)
The Steve Taylor Resource
A fan site with guitar tabs.
The steve-taylor Mailing List
An archive of an email discussion group concerning Steve.


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Read The Awakening, Chapters XIV-XXVI
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1--Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2--Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4--Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
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This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF.
In the day-to-day news about trade problems with China the bigger picture can get lost. America is giving up its competitive position in industries of the present and future and it is costing us. Even the people you would think would defend "free trade" are coming to understand that America is losing its vital ability to invent, keep and create industries and jobs and to keep a modern economy humming.
Robert J Samuelson has a significant op-ed today in the Washington Post, The makings of a trade war with China in which he says we need to confront China's illegal trade manipulations. You should read the whole thing but here are excerpts,
… Confronting China's export subsidies risks a similar tit-for-tat cycle at a time when the global economic recovery is weak. This is a risk, unfortunately, we need to take.
… The trouble is that China has never genuinely accepted the basic rules governing the world economy. China follows those rules when they suit its interests and rejects, modifies or ignores them when they don't.
… China's worst abuse involves its undervalued currency and its promotion of export-led economic growth.
Samuelson concludes,
The collision is between two concepts of the world order. As the old order's main architect and guardian, the United States faces a dreadful choice: resist Chinese ambitions and risk a trade war in which everyone loses; or do nothing and let China remake the trading system. The first would be dangerous; the second, potentially disastrous.
It's not just Samuelson concluding that we need to confront China's cheating on trade. Many others have been weighing in that we are losing too much and have to take steps. For example, in July Andy Grove, Intel's influential former CEO published a very important opinion piece on a similar topic, How to Make an American Job Before It's Too Late. Grove wrote that we are not just losing jobs to China, we are losing the "chain of experience" that enables new companies and industries to form and to create new jobs and argues for a national economic strategy to preserve our manufacturing and technology base. (These are excerpts but Grove's entire piece is an absolute must-read.)
You could say, as many do, that shipping jobs overseas is no big deal because the high-value work — and much of the profits — remain in the U.S. That may well be so. But what kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work — and masses of unemployed?
…evidence stares at us from the performance of several Asian countries in the past few decades. These countries seem to understand that job creation must be the No. 1 objective of state economic policy. The government plays a strategic role in setting the priorities and arraying the forces and organization necessary to achieve this goal.
Grove also says that we need to fix this and fix the unemployment problem for other reasons as well,
Unemployment is corrosive. If what I'm suggesting sounds protectionist, so be it.
One after another our business leaders and economists are realizing that the "free trade" ideology has not worked out very well for us. We were told by the "experts" that moving our factories out of the country was a good idea, that new jobs would replace those lost. They didn't. We were told that we don't need or want a national strategy to be competitive in the world because an invisible hand would guide us. It didn't. We were told that trade "partners" would reciprocate by buying from us equally. They didn't. We were told that we would invent new industries to replace ones we lost. We did, but the new industries moved or are moving out of the country, too.
Now that we are in the midst of the resulting crisis even the "experts" are realizing that trade needs to be a two-way street for it to work, and it hasn't been. "Free trade" was supposed to be a panacea, bringing us a prosperous future. The reality was different. A few corporate leaders (the ones who promoted these ideas) have gotten really, really rich at the expense of the rest of us (and that includes other corporations and corporate leaders). Now that the beneficiaries of the "free trade' bamboozlement are off to their private islands in their private jets or private yachts the rest of us are looking around at the devastation of our economy and standard of living, wondering what to do and finally becoming aware that rigid ideologies and their enforcers have kept us from looking for practical solutions that actually work for all of us as a country and community.
So finally from the depth of the resulting crisis a rational national discussion may be beginning, one in which people on the "free trade' side are not able to just shut down different opinions by shouting "protectionist" or other slogans. As this discussion gets underway here are three principles to help guide us:
1) Let's drop ideological preconceptions and look at what has worked in history and what is working for other countries today. Science is supposed to DEscribe, but economics has too often been about "if only people would do such-and-such, so-and-so would result." That is PREscribing and is not science.
2) We have to talk about how we handle mercantilist nations like China who are not playing by the trade rules and what we, together as a nation, can do about it. Let's also talk about and multinational reactions to the mercantilists. We can join with countries interested in lifting each other with fair trade, interested in trade models that help us mutually lift each other, and together take on those who want it all for themselves.
3) Ultimately we can't all export our way out of this mess. And ultimately we can't return to unsustainable old economic models that have failed us over and over. We can't continue with a few taking as much as they can get at the expense of the rest of us. As machines and technology solve more of our problems and do more of our work our overpopulated, undereducated world has to come to grips with equitable models for who gets what for what and how to take care of our planet and each other. That is the only thing that will work in the long run.
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LOS ANGELES — The Air Force says an unmanned experimental aircraft suffered a control failure during an attempt to fly at six times the speed of sound.
The X-51A Waverider was designed to reach Mach 6, or 3,600 mph, after being dropped by a B-52 bomber off the California coast on Tuesday.
But the Air Force said Wednesday that a faulty control fin prevented it from starting its exotic scramjet engine and it was lost.
The first Boeing-designed X-51A achieved Mach 5 for about 140 seconds in 2010. A second Waverider flight last year ended prematurely with the craft trying to restart its engine until it plunged into the Pacific.
The Pentagon has been testing hypersonic technologies in hopes of being able to deliver strikes around the globe within minutes.
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
On-line version ISSN 2078-5135
Print version ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 n.8 Pretoria Aug. 2010
IVH - the rise (and fall) of the surfactant dose?
To the Editor: The incidence (or not) of intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) in infants receiving surfactant remains controversial. Moreover, it is well known that the incidence of IVH, adjusted for known risk factors, varies across neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in any country.1
Given that a trend towards an increase in overall IVH incidence with natural surfactant was noted in the meta analysis by Soll,2 an important question arises: Could a recent trend in higher concentrations/doses of natural surfactant lead to an increase in IVH? It is not suggested that there is a consistent association between surfactant treatment and IVH, but this is an interesting consideration. As surfactant treatment has consistently been shown to lower mortality, it is extremely important to ensure that this is not at the expense of increased survival of infants brain damaged by haemorrhage or ischaemia.3 Infants who present with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) are extremely vulnerable, and are precisely the infants most at risk of cerebral lesions.
This relevant question is applicable in South Africa and internationally, with the proposal for the inclusion of surfactant in the WHO model list of essential medicines. Since surfactant has been adopted into routine neonatal practice in South Africa, the other very important question of economic impact has shifted to questions regarding the specific preparations, number of doses, modes of administration, concomitant use of new technologies such as nasal continuous pulmonary airway pressure (nCPAP), etc. However, before stakeholders plunge headlong into an economic - or any other - argument, perhaps there is a need for greater collaboration between clinicians (and the pharmaceutical industry) in the reporting of recent trends, including adverse events in this very vulnerable group.
Dhamend Lutchman
School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Tube Coupling
The Instalok uses an O-ring seal instead of a gasket for a better seal in both vacuum and pressure environments. The O-ring also reduces the water seepage found at times in outside applications. The coupling is designed to align tube ends automatically, so there's less of an opportunity for pellet shear. Its metal-on-metal clamp provides a positive engagement that reduces tube movement. As a result, there's a reduced opportunity for pockets to develop where pellets can be trapped during line purges. Additionally, with no gasket, the threat of abraded gasket material in the line—and thus in the end product—is eliminated. By the use of two bolts that can be rotated to fit the area, the Instalok can be applied in half the time it takes to install a compression coupling.
H-P Products Inc., Louisville, OH 330-875-5556 www.metflo.com
V-Band Couplings for Flanged Joints
V-band couplings are a flexible alternative to bolted or welded flange designs, joining flanges with V-shaped profiles by providing constant radial clamping force on the flanges. The design makes it easy for operators to access joint areas for routine maintenance and service. Operators need to unfasten one nut and bolt only, as opposed to several nut-and-bolt subassemblies, which are associated with bolted-flange designs. Installation and maintenance procedures can be further shortened with the use of quick-release latches and handles. V-band couplings also provide maintenance and service flexibility that welded-flange designs cannot offer and can be easily integrated into joint areas of various diameters, beginning with flange outside diameters as small as 1.66 in.
Clampco Products Inc., Wadsworth, OH 330-336-8857 www.clampco.com
Kink-Resistant PVC Suction Hose
Kink- and crush-resistant Vardex hose is available for both pressure and vacuum applications. Made of clear PVC with steel-wire reinforcement, the hose is suitable for fluid, air, or granular-material transfer. A sampling of applications includes chemical lines, material handling, cleaning equipment, water feeds and discharge, vacuum lines, shop air supply, conduit, and environmental-suit air feed. Vardex combines the desirable properties of PVC—clarity, rubber-like flexibility, excellent flow characteristics, and resistance to corrosion and abrasion—with the strength of steel. The wire reinforcement allows the hose to resist kinking, crushing, and collapse, even at full vacuum (29.9 in.Hg). This makes it especially useful in applications where bends and turns are involved. Vardex eliminates the need for extra attachments involving fittings, clamps, separate pieces of hose, and the labor to assemble and install them.
NewAge Industries Inc., Southampton, PA 800-506-3924 www.newageindustries.com
Self-Aligning Pipe Couplings
Ring-grip pipe couplings are heavy-duty, self-aligning couplings for either high-pressure—to 150 psig—or full-vacuum-rated applications. These couplings install quickly and easily, reducing installation costs. They are made for use on plain-end pipe, regardless of pipe wall. The couplings are also self-grounding, vibration resistant, and externally leak-proof, with a high end pull for difficult applications. No machining or grooving is required to maintain pipe integrity. Every coupling becomes a union, providing easier and lower-cost maintenance when piping components need replacement. Numerous standard gasket materials are available to meet special design conditions, such as food-grade, higher-temperature, or special chemical-resistant applications.
Tuf-Lok International, Madison, WI 608-270-9478 www.tuflok.com


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Microsoft's Channel 9 has released a fascinating two-part video documentary of the history of Visual Studio, appropriately titled Visual Studio Documentary. It's an hour long (split into two 30-minute parts) and covers Microsoft's development efforts dating back to MS-DOS, OS/2, and the original version of Visual Basic:
Not only did we sift through hundreds of videos and assets but we sat down for an intimate conversation with those that were there since the very beginning: Scott Guthrie, Dan Fernandez, Jason Zander, Tim Huckaby, S. Somasegar, Dave Mendlen, Dee Dee Walsh, Mardi Brekke, Jeff Hadfield, Alan Cooper, Anders Hejlsberg, and Tony Goodhew.
Part One dives into MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic 2.0, Visual Basic 3.0, Microsoft Visual C++, Visual Interdev, FoxPro, Visual Studio 97, ASP.NET and the early days of Microsoft's Dev community.
It's available for web viewing, of course, but also in various downloadable formats that are iPod, Zune, and Windows Media Player friendly.


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When Chevy let us take a little ride in the Spark, they really drove home one point: This is a car for young people that don't normally buy cars.
Now, there's an electric version on the way. Presumably for young, environmentally conscious people that don't buy cars.
At least it's affordable. The all electric Spark EV will sell for about $25,000, after tax breaks, when it goes on sale next summer. There are no range numbers yet, but it is supposed to be among the "best in the segment," which presumably means around 100 miles like the Nissan Leaf.
The Spark EV will also have a fast charging capability that will get it to 80 percent charge in just 20 minutes. That's pretty good.
Under the hood is an electric motor with 130 horsepower and 400 pound feet of torque. 400 POUND FEET OF TORQUE. To put that in perspective, the gas powered Spark has 84 horsepower and 83 pound feet of torque. That equals 0-60 in less than eight seconds. Like holy crap.
And, of course, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention how the car has full iPhone integration for your apps, you kooky millennials you!
When the Spark EV goes on sale next summer, it will be available in California and South Korea, along with limited availability in dealerships around Oregon and Canada.
We'll get a closer look at the Spark EV at the LA Auto Show tomorrow.


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7 Common Misconceptions About Juicing
This blog does not intend to provide diagnosis...
Juicing has been around since countertop appliances became popular in the 1950s and '60s. Today, raw juice bars are everywhere, and lots of people own juicers to make their own fresh and healthy drinks at home.
Consuming raw juice has many benefits. It gives us energy, lots of nutritional quality, and increases our intake of health-promoting phytochemicals. Certain juice blends enhance weight loss, help to detoxify the blood and organs, and can boost immunity as well. For now, let's look at some of the common misconceptions people have about juicing.
1. With juicing, the most important ingredient — the fiber — is thrown away.
Juicing fresh fruits and vegetables does provide some fiber, particularly soluble fiber. It's the soluble fiber that has been shown to lower cholesterol levels and exert other beneficial effects beyond improved bowel function. Juicing helps the body's digestive process and allows for quick absorption of high-quality nutrition. It quickly provides the most easily digestible and concentrated nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables. The result is increased energy levels.
2. You shouldn't mix fruits and vegetables in juice, as they require different digestive processes.
There's no scientific evidence to support this contention. Nonetheless, some people do seem to have difficulty with combined fruits and vegetables, complaining of gassy discomfort. If you're one of these people, avoid mixing fruits and vegetables. Exceptions to this rule appear to be carrots and apples, as these foods seem to be able to mix with either a fruit or a vegetable. Let your body and taste buds be your guide.
3. Beta-carotene supplements are better for you than carotene-rich juices.
Juicing provides greater benefit than either beta-carotene supplements or intact carotene-rich foods. This is because juicing ruptures cell membranes, thereby liberating important nutritional compounds, such as carotenes, for easier absorption. Beta-carotene supplementation, while beneficial, only provides one particular type of carotene, whereas juicing a wide variety of carotene-rich foods will provide a broad range of carotenes, many of which have properties more advantageous than beta-carotene.
4. You can't freeze raw juice.
You can freeze juices, although you'll lose some of the nutritional benefits and enzymes. But it's better than letting the juice go to waste. You can add frozen vegetable juice to soups, and you can make delicious homemade popsicles with fruit juice that both kids and grownups love.
5. People with diabetes shouldn't drink fruit and vegetable juice.
Too much of any simple sugar, including the sugars found in fruit and vegetable juices, can lead to stress of blood sugar control mechanisms, especially if you're hypoglycemic or diabetic. The advantage of the assortment of natural simple sugars in fruits and vegetables over sucrose (white sugar) and other refined sugars is that they're balanced by a wide range of nutrients that aid in the utilization of the sugars. Nonetheless, individuals with diabetes should consume no more than eight ounces of juice at any one time, focus on vegetable juices, and drink the juice with a meal to delay the absorption of the sugars.
6. People with recurrent kidney stones should avoid juices because many are high in calcium.
It's often recommended to people with recurrent calcium oxalate kidney stones that they avoid juices containing spinach, because spinach is rich in both calcium and oxalate. It's probably not a big sacrifice, even though it may not be that important in preventing stone formation. These people's diets should definitely include other fresh juices on a regular basis. A beneficial juice for individuals prone to recurrent kidney stones is cranberry juice, which has been shown to reduce the amount of ionized calcium in urine by about 50 percent in patients with kidney stones (high urinary calcium levels greatly increase the risk of developing a kidney stone).
7. You can get all the nutrition that you need through fruit and vegetable juice.
While drinking fresh juice is tremendous in improving nutritional quality, it cannot supply all of the nutrition your body needs on a daily basis. In particular, it is important to get high-quality protein and important healthy fats such as mono-unsaturated oils and omega-3 fatty acids into your diet on a daily basis.