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Home prices are stabilizing, and sales of existing homes rose sharply in September, however much of the activity was spurred by the soon-to-expire federal tax credit for first-time home buyers. No wonder that 82% of Americans responding to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted Oct. 15-18 say the recession isn't over.
The worry is that if workers continue to lose their jobs and the ability to spend, the tentative recovery could morph into another downturn. In other words, while many economists are increasingly optimistic that a recovery is under way, some still warn that it could be W-shaped, meaning a second dip could be around the corner.
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> "Tweeny Witches" is one of the most original anime ever–delivering two episodes in each 30-minute show. Although this means that each show runs very quickly, the series' blend of fast broom-flying action and magic is more than enough to dazzle viewers.
As stated before, each 30-minute show features two 10-minute episodes. This is a fast series, covering more ground per episode than any anime before. The dialogue is brief, the action is fast and the series is a little hard to keep up with. However, the series is so visually stunning that is more than any shoujo (girl) anime fan could ask for.
The protagonist in "Tweeny", Arusu, is a young teenager who loved magic ever since she was a kid. Her high school friends steal her book one day. Arusu chases them up to the rooftop to get her book. She grabs it, but she also falls off the multi-story building. Thankfully, the magic of the book sends her to a world ruled by witches.
Arusu has always believed that witches use their magic for good, but these witches are just evil. They imprisoned her after she took a fairy from the land. To Arusu's dismay, the witches are capturing fairies for their powers. And the two young witches taking care of her don't like her too much, especially Sheila, the discipline officer. She wants to keep Arusu in a cage forever. Geez, talk about strict.
Fortunately, Arusu manages to convince the other witch, Eva, to set her free. Arusu learns to fly on a broomstick, and quickly sets free all the fairies. However, the Grand Master of the witches isn't pleased, and she punishes Eva and Sheila with eternal youth. Any girl would love eternal youth, unless they are 8-year-olds, like Eva and Sheila.
Eva and Sheila obey the Grand Master's orders to capture all 100 fairies again, but Arusu knows that something isn't right. After all, this empire of witches doesn't act anything like the ones in the sitcom "Bewitched". Arusu decides to make it her mission to set the fairies free from the witch empire.
Although this series moves very quickly, and some of the camera shots don't focus on the important action, the series has some of the best dialogue I've ever heard. The kids are incredibly detailed, and the speedy animation is dazzling. And at the same time, the series had enough drama to keep me glued to the edge of my seat.
Honestly, after the usual junk anime I've seen in the past, I never expected this anime to be so excellent. The theme of freedom from oppression is a common in anime, but "Tweeny Witches" tells each segment of the tale in a compact 10-minute segment to watch during a coffee break. Never before has an anime been so epic and brief at the same time. This is a one of the most original anime series that I have ever seen.
I'm really looking forward to watching more episodes of "Tweeny Witches". This is a release you won't want to miss.
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Woke up sicker today than the past week combined. Made for a tricky "Mommy" experience. I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, one of those perfect mommies that sets up a craft each day, makes perfectly organic meals, and takes a million adorable photographs in perfect lighting of all the wholesome fun we have each day. But neither am I the mom who bitches comedically about all the crap my kids do, all the chores I ignore, and how uptight we've all become whilst sipping on wine. Not that I don't enjoy reading their blogs. I do. I'm just not them. I'm somewhere deep in the middle camp. Or actually, if I'm honest with myself, I'm off some haphazard trail I've beaten out of the brush…I'm different. My middle name.
I digress… So anyway, our days are not full of schedules and predictability on a good day, but there is usually some kind of method to my madness. But not on sick days. I'm just out of commission(which happens more often due to having dysautonomia & an autoimmune condition). But The Cute has to eat. And he deserves love, attention, and cuddles. So I developed "Bed Days". Whole days devoted to media, popsicles, cold drinks, hot tea, and books. My son loves those days(which is why the sick "no!" day flopped). We take turns picking out cartoons and documentaries to watch. We have "picnics" on the ground in front of the Tv. We take breaks to read books and play iPad games(mostly educational but fun). We cuddle the day away and talk about everything we see. It's just fun. And today was a great bed day.
I can feel judgemental eyes on me as I write that… But I really don't understand why. Just as I don't understand the guilt I feel. That I ignore. I chalk it up to social pressure because who doesn't want to eat popsicles and watch Tv when they're sick? Who doesn't want to play iPad games and cuddle in the covers? I don't get the fear over media and children. I love computers and Tv. And I parleyed them into my work. I'm an illustrator who uses Illustrator….along with Photoshop. As well as acrylic, watercolor, clay, colored pencil….you name it, I embrace it. I love my iPad and work on that too. So why should I deprive my son of all the fun? I also have a degree in psychology and nowhere in my many child development classes did I find anything to compel me to fear early media exposure. Except maybe content.
And that's why we don't have cable. I didn't want our family dealing with all the fucking commercials. I hate being sold to every goddamn minute. I also don't like being hooked on programs that force me to wait week after week as they unfold. I watch seasons in marathons over a few days if I like it. At times that are convenient. I don't want to be tempted to watch inappropriate crap in front of The Cute. I love Netflix for that. He has never watched glorified violence or sexual innuendo. He doesn't know the latest brands of cereal or toy. He only watches Tv in front of me(or my husband)so that I can talk with him about it, explain it, and ask his views. And with the iPad i have even more control. He knows I mostly read blogs and books on my iPad and he does too. We carefully choose the most amazing educational fare for him to play and limit his time a bit with pure platformers. And all I can say is that with our child, I see only benefits. He problem solves like a pro, can keep up with my husband in the Lego games, and can find his way around a computer like a 12 year old. He's only just turned four. We embrace it.
Of course, we embrace real life just as much…but then why do I feel like I have to say that? It's so interesting being a parent in a world made small by the internet. I feel so lucky to be able to look up a thousand solutions to any problem, a thousand activity suggestions at my fingertips in seconds. So lucky to be able to get a glimpse into other people's lives across the globe and learn from there parenting fiascos and successes. But there's the flip side…there's more pressure to be perfect. To be blog worthy.
And I don't know if I am, but that's not the parent I care about being. I just want my little boy to embrace life without the need to justify. I want him to love a kindle for the awesome innovation and convenience while still appreciating a book for the simple beauty of sliding his fingers on the smooth decadence of paper. I want him to love all genres of movies, books, and music without feeling the need to negate anything. I want him to look at life and take all the best bits and pieces regardless of new or old. I want him to question everything, appreciate and learn from the past, all the while enjoying, thoroughly, the present and future.
So my rambling point is that, although we never left the bed, we seized the day. As one should always do. Of course when we aren't sick around here, that means embracing the sunshine, learning gymnastics, and pretending to sail the seven seas. But on crappy days…sick days…I want him to learn that you can make the best of it too. Sure, you may have a leaky faucet for a nose, a sinus headache, and a sore throat….but that's just the perfect day for abject decadence. Hell, that's how all adversity should be faced,in my opinion…with fun, cuddles, and a fizzy, cold, chocolate soda…oh, and a massive amount of cartoons.


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I have received an e-mail from Werner(DL8BEG) who successfully reproduced the downconverter that I designed to receive DRM with the kenwood TS-450S radio.
Werner found a mistake I made in the drawings(now corrected):
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How does the language and dramatic action of Act I of Hamlet lead the audience to an awareness of a state that is entrenched in both personal and political conflict?
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HOW DOES THE LANGUAGE AND DRAMATIC ACTION OF ACT I OF HAMLET LEAD THE AUDIENCE TO AN AWARENESS OF A STATE THAT IS ENTRENCHED IN BOTH PERSONAL AND POLITICAL CONFLICT? In Act I of Hamlet, many different situations are introduced that will unfold as the play progresses. The first aspect of conflict that arises in the Act is that of the political differences between Denmark and Norway. We learn of this through Horatio, when he admits that the King 'did slay this Fortinbras'. Throughout the first scene the audience get a great sense of tension. The language no only creates the impression of a bitterly cold night, but also ominously foreshadows one of the major themes of the entire play. When Bernardo says 'Long live the king!' it is ironic because the king has just died and the entry of Horatio intensifies the already taut atmosphere. He informs us that King Hamlet has gained much land for his country, Denmark, and that the young Fortinbras is forming an army in order 'to recover those foresaid lands so by his father lost'. There is a lot of tension between the two countries and Fortinbras clearly wishes to avenge his father's death. ...read more.
This political conflict between the two countries has been extended into a more personal one between the citizens of Denmark. Both Marcellus and Horatio talk of people being very tense as they prepare for war and Horatio talks of the 'post-haste and romage in the land'. The second scene introduces Hamlet and we learn that the play is also a personal tragedy, as Hamlet is mourning the death of his father. The first part of the scene ends in turmoil, as the court departs to celebrate the countries victory, leaving Hamlet alone on the stage. This dramatic contrast is very effective. Hamlet's soliloquy conveys his true feelings, as he laments his sad situation to the audience. The fragmented structure of his speech, which is continuously broken up with speech, reflects Hamlet's tormented state of mind. His use of complicated language, such as 'dexterity' and 'incestuous' emphasises how disgusted he is with his uncle and mother. Hamlet clearly admired his father a great deal and talks of him as an 'excellent king', 'so loving to [his] mother'. He is also dressed in an 'inky cloak', showing that he is still mourning. There is a sense of desperation is Hamlet's soliloquy as he uses phrases, like 'O God!' and 'O fie'. ...read more.
The play on the words 'son' and 'sun', suggests that he doesn't appreciate being called his uncle's son. Claudius urges Hamlet to 'throw to earth this unprevailing woe', and he comes across very insensitive when he tells his nephew that '[his] father lost a father' and 'that father lost, lost his'. He clearly shows know understanding about the grief that Hamlet has and appears very ruthless in that he has obviously already forgotten his brother. The king tells Hamlet that to preserve his sorrows shows 'obstinate condolement' and 'unmanly grief'. He also encourages Hamlet not to return to 'school in Wittenberg', but to remain in Denmark in the 'comfort of [his] eye'. This suggests that Claudius wants to keeps an eye on Hamlet, possibly because he is nervous after recently killing his brother who was also the king. On this suggestion Hamlet responds only to his mother and tells her that he will 'in all [his] best' obey her. This indicates that Hamlet doesn't value his uncle's opinions and dislikes the fact that Claudius feels he has authority over him. During the first Act of the Hamlet, Shakespeare introduces to the audience with an excellent use of language and dramatic action, to the personal and political conflicts that are to dominate the remainder of the play. ...read more.
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by Brand Robins
Your father was the hero of the resistance. He girded on his sword and took up his wild harp and led the charge against those who had come to take your lives, your families, your hope, and your freedom. His courage was an inspiration, his prowess on the battle field a legend.
When they final battle was lost and he was captured they made an example of him. They took his pride, and made him die as a man before his body died. They made you, and your siblings, watch. Now you are a conquered people, they have taken your property, your dignity, your language, and even your names.
And we all know the story that comes next – the story of strength and vengeance, of honor and of battle, of a people who fight and gain their freedom.
This is not that story.
This is the story of 4 siblings who learn to live, to survive, to remember, and to love again. The game will guide them on a path that exposes their loss and shame, their trauma and hope, and helps to tell a story about how sometimes the greatest heroes are not those who wield fire and fear, but are those who kneel down, who hold their ground, and love.
Duration: 3-4 hours
No. of players: 4 players and 1 GM
Tags: Family drama, semi-historical, resistance, freeform table-top
Age: 15+
Player type: You want to play a story about family and the possibility of love and forgiveness in a terrible situation. You make your characters feel real, both to you and to the other players, and care a lot about working with the other players to build a compelling story. The game works best if you can invest deeply in your character when you are playing them, but think about the play experience of the other players when you are outside your character's head. You need to be comfortable setting scenes and setting an emotional agenda for scenes, as well as meeting the emotional agenda of other player's scenes.
GM type: The GM in this game is able to bring serious content to life, and to effectively manage and integrate the creative input of players. The GM is responsible for filling in background, setting scenes for the establishing acts, cutting scenes, helping brainstorm, and playing NPCs. Your most important role is helping guide the players together and giving a sounding board and creative direction to their contributions. Less dictator, more dramaturge. But still, some dictator. You are, after all, going to be playing the oppressors.
About the author: Brand is a Canadian-American game designer, and this is his third Fastaval scenario (previously he worked on Run Them Again and Hope Is The Last Thing in the Box). This time he's trying to not force his GMs and players to read so much English, because English is the language of the oppressor.
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A Saturday Final Exam!?!?
Really, a final exam on a Saturday morning? What is this world coming to? I am preparing, or should I say procrastinating. I only have two exams this semester, but I am counting the minutes until I am done. There are a couple reasons why I want my class to be over and my grade to be posted. Here is why:
1. I have 4 things occupying my time right now (not including family life and other day to day regular activities) and I need a break from one for at least a week or two so I can focus a little better.
2. I need my grade to post so I can attempt to register for Intro to Org Comm. This class is only offered in the early summer semester and if I can get into it I will only have two semesters left to complete my degree. If I cannot get into this class I will have three semesters left. The class is currently full and I am praying that I can somehow slide into a vacant slot and there is only about 10 days from when my grade posts to when the class will start. Its crazy to think that an entire semester of my life is based on this 10 day window.
3. Exams are an added stress that I do not need. I normally don't stress about classes and grades, but I will admit that I have been slacking off toward the end of this semester (when it comes to school). My grades have been so good that I haven't felt a need to put as much time and effort into class. I don't even know if I can mess up enough on either final to pull me out of the B range, but I have been so used to getting As that I feel like one of those kids I used to hate. You know, the one that cried the first time they got a B on something. I used to hate those kids and now I have become one. I know I will be ok and the tests will be fine, but just being a little ill-prepared adds to the stress factor.
All that to ask this…
Please pray for me over the next week. I am becoming impatient with school. Mostly because there are so many things (priorities) in my life that I am ready to dive into 100%. Its like I'm standing on the starting line to a race. I want the gun to fire so I can take off and give it everything I have, but I also know I haven't trained myself fully. I know I need to back off the starting line and continue training so that my 100% will get me much further in the race. I know I need to finish my degree to be most effective in life, but it is also keeping me from the priorities, passions, and missions that I want to give my life to.
I know I will finish school in God's time, but I am praying that God's time is a semester early.
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Tagged: Carolina Sanín
21. Reading: Alto Rendimiento
Someone recently critiqued my closed-mindedness when it comes to different writing styles (I'm not a fan of traditional scientific prose, for example), so I made an effort to expand my exposure to text forms, genres and styles that would not be the easy choice for me. In the case of Carolina Sanín's Alto Rendimiento (2016, Matera libros) it was both topic and form: a chronicle about the Olympic Summer Games of Rio, taken from her Facebook page. I have to say that it positively surprised me, especially because I didn't think I was a fan of obviously ficticious fiction. (This might be worth a longer discussion at another point…) For now, suffice it to say that the chronicle is fun, and with the short entries an ideal bedtime treat.
Also, it is beautifully illustrated by Manuel Kalmanovitz (when was the last time you read an adult book with images that where not photographs?), and an interview with Sanín about the project and how it came into being. It gave me accute flashbacks to that writing seminar with her, as she poignantly corrects and reformulates the interviewer's questions (not in the literal sense, though), so as to make them meaningful and be able to give a truthful answer.
How did I come across the book?
It was part of my book shopping spree for female Colombian authors. So far, none of the works disappointed me!
When and where did I read it?
In Konstanz, before bedtime, during the last weeks of the semester, and before I started A Field Guide to Getting Lost.
10. Reading: Ponqué y otros cuentos
As I said a few times, already, I am not a big fan of short stories. This, mostly, because I really like slow character development and a story that takes time to reveal itself on at least 100 pages. Which is a totally arbitrary approach, I know. Nevertheless, there are always exceptions to my rules, and Ponqué y otros cuentos (Laguna Libros, 2016) by Carolina Sanín is one of them. The collection contains 7 short stories, all of which star strong female characters. It is this aspect I liked most about the stories, which depart from everyday situations like riding a train, listening to the radio, or reading a hand-written note, and usually revolve around quirky aspects of the main character, if not her surroundings. Especially the last two stories stroke chords with me, the darker Carolina en su funeral for its factual approach to loss, and Ponqué, the title story, because it reminded me of the Satanic Verses. This, mostly, because it combines a story of a young woman from Bogota going out to live in New York with the biblical narrative of Joseph (son of Jacob) from the book Genesis.
I was utterly impressed by the accuracy of descriptions and wording. For a long time I haven't read anything as precise and therefore enjoyable in Spanish, and I am often bored by too long and too forced sentences when reading Colombian authors. I was very happy to see that a different style is possible, and one that appeals to me both in topics and style. And as if marvellous writing wasn't enough, the book is also really pretty. The edition and illustration are beautiful, and the thick paper makes for a pleasant tactile experience, as well. For so many reasons, this is a book I did not want to stop reading.
How did I come across the book?
I took a creative writing seminar with Carolina Sanín, which turned out to be a live-changing experience. Not because I think writing fiction could be a thing for me – I still don't, really – but because it happened at a complicated moment in field work and brought back the curiousness about the topic and the willingness to write. I started reading her books only after the seminar, in a way attempting to continue the conversations on writing. Turns out Carolina is not only an amazing teacher, (so if you have a chance to take a course with her: GO DO IT!) but also sticks to all of the rules she teaches. Speaking of authenticity in teaching, she is most definitely a new role model for me to follow.
When and where did I read it?
I started on the plane back from Bogota to Zurich, to make the passage a little lighter. I finished it within the first days while trying to get rid of the jetlag. But fortunately, there are several other works from her left to read in my bookshelf.


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Modern technology is a bane. - Essay Example
Throughout two years experience In Industrial Engineering field, most of mass production process In domestic and foreign countries have concerned with technology that it probably seems to replace social responsibility. Convenience and constant performance can be produced by modern technology. Profound foundation of technology is main propose in prospect of study for master of information and communication technology and master of computer science, therefore more experiences and argument researches can certainly advantage to establish potential basis of study.
The analysis of the research topic The purpose of research questions, "Modern technology is a bane not a boon. Do you agree? " Is to analyze and argue the disadvantage or the advantage of modern technology which is regarded as a bane or a boon. In the research topic question has two aspects of discussion about modern technology Is a bane not a boon or modern technology is a boon not a bane. Bane of modern technology can attribute to social problems that have increased unemployment problem, social stress levels and destruction of natural ecology.
There is more conclusive evidence of social problems that has contribute by disadvantage of modern technology; for example, machine replacement In factory, Increased unemployment rate after terrorist attack, increased social stress level, pollution by modern technology, extinct of natural resources and rest area and hazardous waste In nature. Although It cannot be denied that modern technology has contributed to advantage, it should also be seen that modern technology has negatively affected social degeneration. Modern technology is a bane. The diagram in this below shows structure of the analysis of research question.
DATA COLLECTION The research method The research has completed in four steps. First of all, chosen research question, answer of the research question was required by exploit background and information from pass experience and analysis of key concept. In the second step, secondary source from research book and current Journal article was analyzed and author, which has encouraged an argument must be related and specified with question propose. Accordingly, it should confirm argument by provided strong and reasonable evidence to supporting research answer.
The third step, review and revise of verbal structure and logical concept have done by reviewer in the draft of research. Although the research was based on personal observations or expert opinions, background and pass experience about argument in research answer is significance. The forth step was rewritten and improved the research by add more evidence to compose strongly research. Therefore more evidence has provided from current Journal article in many way, such as newspaper or internet to modernized information.
However, the research was completed in four steps, but analysis of argument research and technology foundation is required for improvement. Annotated bibliography Brown, A. (2001). Sometimes the ululated are right. The Futurist, 35(5), 38-41 This article identifies a disciplinary negative consequence of technological development behind the problematic of society. This article discusses about an argument that concerns with problem from new technology in 21st century. The main point of this article adequately presents the effects of modern technology based on contemporary problem.
This article is written for the researchers who are studying in computer or technology education. Delis, J. R. (2002). Real estate and the capital market: A special look at the impact of terrorism. The appraisal Journal, 70(1), 10-20 This article attempts to show an economic downturn problem in United States of America in 2002. The prolonged economic crisis is caused from violent crime by terrorist attack on September 1 lath 2001. This article shows a content that concerns with an economic problem, which affects economic market in United States of America.
The main point of this article adequately presents the information of economic crisis based on contemporary problem. This article is written for the researchers who are interesting in area of global crisis in the view of economics study. Float, B. V. (1995). The Technological Domination of Nature: Nature as inventory. In B. V. Float, Inhabiting the earth: Heidegger, environmental ethics, and the metaphysics of nature (up. 84-109). New Jersey: Humanities Press International, Inc.. This chapter discusses and clarifies the question of relationship between natural environment and policy of the future.
The detail in this chapter can be presented as an attempt to clarify that possibility by explanation in details of how influential philosophers to rightly inhabit in the earth. The question how technology dominates on nature as inventory is described in this chapter. The significance of is written for the researchers who are undertaking in area of natural environment philosophy. Hang, S. (1999). Ecological pantomimic; the parameterization of the ecological crisis. College literature, 26(1), 137-149. This article attempts to identify a disciplinary apparatus behind the problem of ecological crisis.
The detail in this chapter discusses about an argument that concerns with an ecological problem, which has been a problematic crisis. The main point of this article adequately presents the effects of ecological crisis based on contemporary technology. This article is written for the researchers who are undertaking in area of ecological sciences. Seal, H. P. (1994). Kurt Evensong's Player Piano: Ambiguous Technological Dyspepsia. In H. P. Seal, Future imperfect: the mixed blessings of technology in America (up. 26-146). United State of America: The University of Massachusetts Press.
This chapter describes the technology imperative lies, which is debated over technology and progress, at contemporary. It identifies the affect of technology in term of contemporary crisis from the historical problem based on American society and culture. This chapter uses case studies to analyze and illuminate a relation of today's technology based on American history, especially in Maine. This chapter is written for researchers who are studying in unadulterated technological progress. Well, M. M. & Rosen, L. D. (1997). HOW Deconstructed Are you?. In M. M. Wetly & L.
D. Rosen, Technologies: coping with technology @ work @ home @ play (up. 1-26). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. This chapter describes how technology stresses people. It presents about increased stress levels in contemporary society which has caused by technology. The focus point of this chapter shows relationship between development of technology on frustration feeling and annoyance feeling which has contributed to stress levels. This chapter is written for researchers who are undertaking in area of psychological sciences or development of technological science.
The critical review During the past three decades, the ecological crisis has been problematic basis to society. Modern technology has constructed ecology crisis. Sung I-J Hang, in a 1999, attempts to identify a disciplinary apparatus betide the problematic ecological crisis. Hang, a PhD in political science at the University of Connecticut, dissenting on "Green Capitalism: A Dangerous Liaison", focuses on personalized responsibility and provides a case of global management to treat ecologic problem. Therefore, sustainable refinement of ecological crisis is complicated and seemed to be ideology. Montgomery society. This article can be advanced for natural research study for understanding contemporary ecology crisis. Disciplinary apparatus betide the ecological crisis is imperative proclamation in contemporary society. Ecological crisis can be defined as a natural degrading phenomenon, such as global warming, ozone depletion, resource exhaustion, and toxic pollution. An additional a disciplinary apparatus, Hang has defined as an acceleration of ecology crisis that can analyze within three factors.
The first is an increased population that can be impacted to ecological sources, the second is exhausted natural resources by consumption of technology, and the third is natural resources exploitation that is used for supporting economics. Thus, this article has presented detail of each mention as a key term of cause-effect in ecological crisis. However, it seems that the most important apparatus in this article is exhausted natural resources by technology because technology seems to be increased influence in contemporary society.
On the other hand, it should be recognized negative affect of technology through ecology crisis. Among a disciplinary apparatus of ecological crisis in this analysis, perhaps the most interesting is the consistency which Hang suggests between ecological degeneration from development of modern technology and increasing population in society. Indeed, it seems to be that an ecological crisis might be depended on increased population growth rate because more consumption demands of population are accelerated exhaust of natural resources and technology is as an apparatus for increased exhaust rate.
An additional making this important relation, Hang analyzes a greenish behavior that is claimed environmentalist and ecologist to study relationship between modern technology and the population rate in West Chester. However, Hang's view on each element of the ecological crisis has based on the claim that ecological crisis requires the supporting scientific evidence of advanced technology which is major cause of the ecology crisis but this evidence is used a less of statistic database to support. This claim is reasonable, although it seems to be unprocurable evidence.
Because of many information from secondary sources shows that technology has increased ecology crisis in contemporary society. Hang also suggests that the reason why affectation from modern technology must be reclaimed that is inseparability in ecological crisis because of it is unnoticed fact of ecological debacle. Without further documentation, this concept is hard to accept because it is unprocurable claim. Moreover, Hang calls upon research experience in a firm he founded on database from Intel Corporation, which is presented about hazardous waste from its product.
However, more questions need to be made available by Hang to prove and support the evidence so strong, such as How can modern technology make ecological disaster? Perhaps the fault in Hang's reasoning is his claim that technology itself is a major to only occur from technology but also it causes by the user who apply or implement technology. Even though modern technology can be validated a warning of ecological crisis, society should determine about the affect through the natural destruction.
It seems that, in general, his research is more appropriate for the victim who receives more effect on the disaster crisis that has to deal with contemporary technology. Because technology can cause social problem through ecology crisis and unrecognized of disadvantaged technology is increased trouble in society. Finally from Hang's research, the conclusion of ecological crisis is caused from any factors and it is early imperative subject for society. One factor of ecological crisis is from modern technology because technology can be exhausted many natural resources that is caused about destruction of natural ecology and environment crisis.
It is probably suitable way for contemporary society to utilize technology in only positive way not in the negative way by conserved natural resources because technology can extinct all of natural resources easier. The analysis of research The research was limited by the time limitation. Argument writing and evidence source is caused of trouble. According to the question of research must be related by pass experience and current information that can initiate time limitation.
Research source and collected information was limited progress of the research because of UN- updated information or unrelated research source and indistinguishable propose of author. An additional limitation, ambiguity of the research topic and aspect of research question can attributed to limited research. Consistent with research question should be specified or focused on the advantage or disadvantage of technology, such as computer or communication technology. Other possible factors hat limit the research is deficiency of background in pass experience, but it can solve by searched secondary source form library or modernized information.
Thus, although topical question has limited the research, the research can be improved foundation of technology and argument writing. The suggestions for future study If this topic area was chosen again, same kind of research question in technology field would be selected. Throughout pass experience and current global situation can construct proficient foundation about modern technology. Contemporary world has many kinds of resource to develop basis of technology knowledge; for instance, swapper and internet is the modernized information to supply comprehensive demand.
Consequently analysis of research topic area can implement with that kinds of modernized information. Moreover the possible areas that should be taken into consideration for any similar research in future maybe scope in politics about immigration from underdeveloped country or contemporary psychological problem because these problems have increased negative effect on many countries in the consequence of technology throughout social problems; however technology should be regarded to utilize in only the positive way not in the negative way.


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HAMILTON ISLAND, Australia : US talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey cuddled a koala and her excited studio guests scattered across Australia Wednesday as her "Ultimate Australian Adventure" swung into action.Winfrey touched down in Great Barrier Reef holiday spot Hamilton Island in her private jet before personally driving a golf buggy to a wildlife sanctuary, where she was mobbed by hundreds of cheering Australians on the first stop of her tour."It's beautiful. It's a long trip but it's worth it," Winfrey, wearing a marigold blouse and gold hoop earrings, said of her first impressions of Australia."It's better than a book or a magazine. And the people are so friendly. Spectacular is what it is," she added, before being ushered away by her security detail.Earlier about 100 members of her studio audience flew in from Sydney, with some still struggling to come to terms with their trip of a lifetime."This is very exciting. This is awesome. I don't have the words, man, I'm speechless. It's awesome, it's just bananas," said 27-year-old Epiphany Toi, from Washington DC.
"It's above and beyond a dream come true. I never thought I could have anything like and have it actually be real," added Milwaukee, Wisconsin teacher Meghan Wielebski, 32.The rest of the 302-strong audience, which has been split into groups, jetted off to destinations in Australia's rugged Outback to visit sacred Aboriginal rock art, and to exclusive vineyards west of Sydney.Oprah's tour, which will take in all corners of the vast country, marks the first time her wildly popular talk show — now filming its final season — has been filmed outside North America.The megastar said she would take a helicopter flight over the Great Barrier Reef before flying to Australia's red desert centre Thursday to visit Uluru, a giant monolith sacred to local tribes, also known as Ayers Rock.From there Oprah said she would go to Melbourne, reportedly to meet Prime Minister Julia Gillard and make a public appearance with fans, before returning to Sydney, while her audience would visit far southern and western regions in her place."I have been here one hour and I've seen two koalas mating already," Winfrey joked to the Ten Network of the amorous pair, Elvis and Phoebe.
"I'm trying to do it all in eight days."Winfrey, 56, said she was "overjoyed" to be in Australia "and really just open to this entire experience"."As I was flying in I thought 'this, I could get used to'," she said of Hamilton Island, the idyllic white-sand gateway to the Whitsunday Islands chain.Winfrey's tour is being funded by 2.3 million dollars (2.25 million US) of government money in a bid to halt a fall in tourism since its highs of the 1990s, and officials hope it will be a boon for the industry, suffering due to the strong Australian dollar."This trip will generate enormous publicity when the show goes to air in January," said Tourism Queensland CEO Anthony Hayes.Oprah's whirlwind itinerary remains a closely guarded secret, but a climb of Sydney's Harbour Bridge and visit to Bondi Beach are believed to be on her weekend agenda.The iconic Sydney Opera House will become the "Oprah House" on December 14, when two episodes of the hit talk-show are to be filmed in its forecourt before 12,000 Australians who were selected by ballot.Ranked the world's most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, Oprah is expected to be swarmed by fans Australia-wide, with some even staking out Cairns airport where she made a pit-stop Wednesday, hoping for a glimpse of their icon.Local media have dubbed her visit the "biggest show in town", with security rivalling that normally offered to heads of state and summits, complete with road closures and exclusion zones throughout Sydney.Australian fans attending the Opera House tapings have been issued a lengthy list of prohibited items including umbrellas, coolers, tents, bicycles, fires, illegal drugs and pets – Yahoonews


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To most in and around hockey, Scott Stevens will be remembered most for his bone-crunching, open-ice hits. They were textbook bellringers, usually during the postseason, and the recipients almost always were stars.
Eric Lindros. Slava Kozlov. Paul Kariya.
"I've seen them so many times on TV, but to be honest, I never saw them live in their entirety," goaltender Martin Brodeur said. "I was always watching the puck. And the guys he hit, well, they didn't have the puck after he was done with them, so I had to turn my attention elsewhere.
"Obviously, though, I always get asked about them and I don't think we'll ever forget them."
But for Brodeur and center Sergei Brylin – two of four players who joined Stevens on all three Stanley Cup teams – the hit they'll remember most isn't one Stevens delivered.
It's one he took.
"I couldn't believe what I saw. Blood was everywhere and our captain was down," Brodeur said of Game 3 of the 2003 Eastern Conference semifinals at Tampa Bay, when Stevens was hit in the head with a Pavel Kubina slapshot. "We're not used to seeing that."
Stevens left the game, and the Devils lost to the Lightning to cut their series lead to 2-1. Doubt about his status, about his career, about their Cup chances, crept in.
"We didn't see him much, he didn't skate after that, and we just didn't know if he was going to come back," Brylin said. "You don't expect anyone to come back from that in a few days. But, Game 4, we were sitting in the locker room, and there he was."
Stevens – who last night became the first Devil to have his jersey retired – scored a goal in the Game 4 victory. Two days later, the upstart Lightning were eliminated. Eight victories later, Stevens was hoisting his third Cup.
"That was classic Devils and classic Scotty Stevens," Brodeur said. "Another team had been given life – a young, good team in Tampa – and he came back, lifted us all, and before you know it, the series was over."
But Stevens, now 41, never was the same. He missed most of the following season with post-concussion syndrome, and after the lockout ended, he retired after 22 seasons and 879 wins.
"There are so many memories," Brodeur said. "When you talk about 2000 against the Flyers [in the Eastern Conference Finals], we were down 3-1. We won two games, we went into their building for Game 7, and he knocked Lindros out. It sent a cold shower to the Flyers. Time in and time out, when we needed something to happen, he was there."
Like in 1995, when after the work stoppage ended, Stevens rallied the troops, shook off a slow start, and headmanned a Cup run.
He was the captain then, too, but with so many longtime Devils on the team – John MacLean, Bruce Driver, Ken Daneyko – Stevens wasn't outspoken.
"He led by example," Brylin said. "He's not the typical rah-rah captain. He'd give a look sometimes in the room, and we would just know that it was time to go.
"I don't see every single player in the league, but I can say – in this room – there will never be another Scott Stevens."
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Cannonball Read IV #52
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Jennie Allen and her husband were in a rut. They felt out of sync with life and what God was calling them to do, so one night, they prayed a simple yet profound prayer: "God, we will do anything." And He listened.
The result of that prayer is Allen's book Anything. I am at the same place in my life so Allen's words really resounded with me. The author and her husband went to seminary and were living lives that glorified God but they wanted more, so they asked Him to have His way, with their jobs, their family – the entire thing. The result is Cooper, their son who they recently adopted from Africa. He is a beautiful child and even though the process was hard on the Allen family, they listened.
This book really inspired me. It's full of first-hand stories of how Allen and her family embraced the idea of anything and went to life an obedient life, even when it was hard or they didn't want to. These are absolutely lessons I can learn. The book is simple, laying out why we need to be willing to sacrifice everything to else God have and do His anything. It's written in a language that's accessible to everyone – it's not just for theologians and pastors.
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As I've mentioned previously, a major obstacle to IdM project implementation is fragmented ownership. Consider:
- HR owns the "Identity Data"
- IT Owns the Technology infrastructure, email and PBX systems
- Legal is responsible for compliance
- Corporate Security owns the Access Systems and assists with compliance
This fragmented ownership makes it quite difficult to determine who owns, funds and administers the IdM project. So ultimately the following things need to happen:
- Identify an executive owner. Since there's probably no CIdO in the organization, someone at the C-level needs to own the project. This person will be the champion of the project at senior levels of management, who will fight for budget, acceptance of the system and control the ultimate destiny of the project. Without this person there can be no clear vision or representation of the project and it will most likely be doomed to failure.
- Begin the Project plan. Typically this will require:
a. Identifying repositories to be used
b. Designating an authoritative repository; begin reconciling data into the repository and applying cleansing rules. Synchronization tools such as MaXware's synchronization technology found in DSE and MIC are perfect for this.
c. If desired replicate applicable data to the repositories mentioned in (2a). This ensures that no matter where users look in the enterprise infrastructure, they will see clean, authoritative data.
d. Outline and implement provisioning workflows for the repositories in (2a).
e. Outline and implement password management, self service, administrative and other workflows as dictated by your IdM processes and software.
f. Develop compliance and metrics reporting processes. g. Review processes and compliance checks on a scheduled basis.
This is not meant to be a comprehensive outline, but rather the beginnings of the implementation plan. This is a basic flow that will need to be expanded on as dictated by your organizations goals, IdM Software, compliance needs and infrastructure. Many organizations will find themselves caught for a while in creating a cleansed and valid authoritative store. The important thing is that as the project is designed, make sure there are separate, distinct phases and that the executive sponsor is kept aware of progress and milestones reached. Hopefully when IdM products and consultants are chosen by the organization, they will come equipped with the ability to make a detailed project plan.
Since there is no designated person or department that currently owns the Identity Process, I believe that understanding the underlying process to implementing your identity management project is essential and will make the difference in achieving the objective.


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Selling my 12 yr old mare due to medical issues I have. Can be seen in San Tan Valley. Please read the whole ad, if you ask a question that is answered in the ad, I will not respond... 12 year old Grade Mare. If you can sit on a horse, you can ride her, however, to really make her "go" you will need to know how to ride a bit as it takes a little bit of a push to get her to go. If you want a horse to put your kid or husband, friend, etc on and just have them go out on the trails, she's your horse! If you're looking to do Gymkhana or Barrels, move along. Pros: Very nice mare, not mareish, not spooky, loves to go out on the trails. Responsive to rein and leg cues. Has been around cows, not worried about them at all, inquisitive. Is broke, broke, broke. Has never bucked, kicked, or reared in the 12 months I've had her. She takes the bit with no issues, saddles fine, ground ties, ties to the fence quietly with zero pulling or moving. She is currently barefoot and has really nice, hard feet. She is great for the farrier, actually falls asleep while he's doing her feet. She is not an "in your pocket" horse, but if you want to go out in the pasture and just lay on her, rub on her, talk to her, feed her, etc, she'll stand there and relax with you, as she loves attention, just doesn't always seek it out and need to be on top of you (to me this is a Pro). She's an easy keeper. She is UTD on shots, dewormer, and farrier care. She will be needing her fall shots soon. In the herd, she is "boss mare". Cons: Needs consistent trailer loading training. Can get her on with pressure/release leading her on, she just likes to resist. She is fine in trailer and unloading. She does not like other horses riding next to her, or up in her butt. She doesn't act up just puts ears back as far as I experienced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxcmfYqXFuU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjHtrU-kGU&feature=youtu.be


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Overcoming Poverty
In Progress and Poverty Henry George sought the 'cause of industrial depressions and the increase of want with the increase of wealth' and offered a 'remedy' which remains as relevant to the problems of poverty and inequality we face today, as when he first wrote, but it also opens a new way of dealing with environmental pollution.
To understand the relevance of the 'remedy' we need to understand what causes poverty and inequality. The cause is institutionalised, just as slavery once was. As Mandela pointed out in his Trafalgar Square speech in 2005: 'Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.'
What is the institution that makes poverty inevitable? Adam Smith described it very succinctly in The Wealth of Nations:
'As soon as land becomes private property, the landlord demands a share of almost all the produce which the labourer can either raise, or collect from it. His rent makes the first deduction from the produce of the labour which is employed upon land.'
More recently (27th Dec 2009) in the Financial Times John Kay wrote:
'You can become wealthy by creating wealth or by appropriating the wealth created by other people. When the appropriation of the wealth is illegal it is called theft or fraud. When it is legal economists call it rent-seeking.'
But, economists will say, private property in land is essential for economic development. Without security of tenure, nobody is going to invest in sowing crops or building a business. As Hernando de Soto pointed out in The Mystery of Capital economic success has everything to do with the legal structure of property and property rights.
At the end of the 19th century there was growing friction between industrialists and workers over pay, and the appalling conditions under which so many workers lived was troubling the conscience of society. This prompted Pope Leo XIII in 1891 to issue his encyclical Rerum Novarum, 'to refute false teaching … in the interest of the Church and the commonweal … [He] thought it useful to speak on the condition of labour … [and] to treat expressly and at length, in order that there may be no mistake as to the principles which truth and justice dictate for its settlement.'
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"You can become wealthy by creating wealth or by appropriating the wealth created by other people. When the appropriation of the wealth is illegal it is called theft or fraud. When it is legal economists call it rent-seeking"
John Kay, Financial Times 27th Dec 2009
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, they cannot save the few who are rich."
John F Kennedy, Inaugural Speech, Jan 1961
"If science is defined by its ability to forecast the future, the failure of much of the economics profession to see the crisis coming should be a cause for great concern"
Joseph Stiglitz
"Today we live in a world that is divided. A world in which we have made great progress and advances in science and technology. But it is also a world where millions of children die because they have no access to medicines… It is a world of great promise and hope. It is also a world of despair, disease and hunger"
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Rent Unmasked explores the new economic paradigm that policy-makers need to solve global problems in the post-2008 era. With conventional economic theories discredited, the new model must equip governments with tools to re-stabilise societies in a dangerous world. Rent Unmasked explains why one paradigm only qualifies to serve this purpose: the dynamic model that reinstates time and space in economic theorising.
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It is exactly at these times when I am having my "what could have been" thoughts. Just in time for the nearing graduation, which I badly hope that I could be part of. I'm not exaggerating, but I really am having my doubts. I don't know what, but the uncertainty is just there shadowing my every move in my hopefully last semester in college.
What could have happened if I did not take Computer Science? What if I shifted or transferred schools? What if I quit school? Particular situations where I couldn't even give myself contentment with a simple answer.
What could have been? It is something that I could not resort to making a fic out of it just to answer this dilemma. Plus, I suck at making fics because I really go outside the box. And the farther it gets from reality, the more it makes no sense. And I think, it is for the better– so I could not have my regrets.
While I am having these doubts and "could have been" thoughts, I am thankful for all the things that I have now. No regrets so far. I will just let my alternate versions of myself in other parallel universes enjoy the consequences on the crossroads I had in the past. (Just enough proof to show I am a sci-fi geek)
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Wachovia Securities was heard roadshowing its second Latin American ABS last week, a US$75 million transaction for Banco Salvadoreno. The deal is backed by diversified payment rights (DPR) and tenor is expected to come at between five and seven years. Salvadoreno had been initially working with Merrill Lynch on a DPR deal; when that commitment expired, Wachovia moved in. The structure is understood to be similar to what Merrill had conceived, with some tightening. "The new bankers wanted to put their stamp on it," said a source familiar with the transaction.
The debt-service coverage ratios will trigger early amortization if they slip below 5X for the month and 8X for the quarter. The trigger ratios were previously 3.5X and 6X, respectively, as spelled out in a Fitch Ratings report released in November 2002. Wachovia also upped the percentage of collections that must be maintained with correspondent banks for three collection periods in order to avert early amortization. That figure was punched up to 70% from 60% initially.
Citibank, Wachovia, and Bank of America are the correspondent banks that have pledged to pay remittances through the offshore accounts controlled by the trustee. BancoSal - a U.S. entity fully controlled by the originator - will also sell rights to its remittances to its parent, which will in turn sell those to the special purpose vehicle. BancoSal handled 12% of eligible DPRs in 2003.
While potentially making a difference to investors, the structural tweaking has not appeared to boost the transaction's credit standing. Fitch has not changed its rating on the transaction from the BBB' assigned in its prior incarnation. Standard & Poor's has also given the deal a BBB'.
Legal counsel for Salvadoreno was Dewey Ballantine on the cross-border front and Delgado & Cevallos domestically. Wachovia used Mayer, Brown, Row & Maw and Guandique Segovia Quintanilla, respectively.
This deal marks the first time the originator is securitizing all of its future DPRs in the form of MT100 and MT200 payment order messages, according to an S&P report. Overcollateralization and the bank's strong position within the Salvadorian banking system help underpin the transaction's investment-grade rating, which is two notches above the sovereign for both S&P and Fitch.
Salvadoreno processed roughly US$877 million in remittances in 2003. Those flows came from export payments, family remittances, capital flows and other sources.
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I was at the city council briefing and heard the discussion about bond issues to be placed on the ballot. Sandy Carmany was on the right side of the WMS issue. Maybe others will be persuaded to keep their promises about maintaining this historic stadium. I think the actual phrase during the planning of the new stadium was "continue to maintain."
I have a few words to say about that. How can we continue to maintain something that we have not maintained, but have let slide into such disrepair that we are now told that it is only fit to be torn down?
I am in favor of spending more money on maintenance of all city property in our regular budget. One of the reasons that the tax rate did not increase last year (an election year) is that the council decided to put off routine maintenance of many city-owned properties. Of course, the Coliseum got new carpeting and Bryan Park got money to do work around the greens, and Downtown Greensboro, Inc. got money for whatever and city money was allocated to redecorate the area around the downtown park.
Because of this lack of maintenance of property for several years, the council is now asking for capital improvement bonds to do what should have been done all along. I hear much talk about "taking care of what we have," but little real effort to do it. One excuse is that the economy hasn't been doing as well as was expected, so money wasn't there to "take care of what we have."
Talk is cheap. Action isn't. Taxpayers will pay one way or another. Council will decide what we will pay for and how it will be financed. And the beat goes on, and on, and on.
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No Time!/
I just wanted to make a short entry to let everyone know that I am still here. The past few days have been absolutely crazy, and I haven't had the time to post anything. I have a couple of good topics on my mind, so Lord willing, I'll get to those this week. Until then, God bless each of you!


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It is a 3v led, if that helps.
And what should I put in its place? I want warm to neutral white, and a large emitting area (MT-G2 would be ideal, but it is 6v and I don't want to driver swap this thing). I realize I will probably have to focus/spacer the LED/MCPCB due to how high the stock LED is currently sitting.


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A little while ago, I posted about replacing commercial dog food with homemade meals for our dogs, and included the recipe that I started out with. After receiving some great advice from readers and friends, reading up a bit more about canine nutrition, and paying close attention to my dogs, I've made a few changes to that first recipe of mine.
To begin with, now I use more sweet potato and less potato, more carrots and less apple, and more raw meats/fish. I cut out tuna due to concerns about mercury, and have replaced that with salmon, sardines, sole and herring. I was feeling that fish alone wasn't enough animal protein, so I checked out the meat aisle in the grocery store (I have never in my life shopped in the meat section of the store! It was a strange experience…). There is a section of the cooler that is full of deals, 30% off and so forth, so I stocked up on some chicken legs and ham. Now, in the morning the dogs will get a raw chicken leg with bone or a chunk of raw ham. In the evening they get their rice mix (with the tweaks I mentioned above), topped with fish, flax oil, and a scoop of cottage cheese. I still throw a raw egg in there from time to time, as well, and mix in the broken shells for added calcium.
On their new diet, the dogs have shown some awesome changes. They have more focused energy (as opposed to hyperactive, unfocused wildness), seem better able to follow through on commands, and have brighter eyes. Their fur is shining and so soft. Oddler, 11 years old next month, had been suffering from a bad arthritic limp that has now completely disappeared (he had been nearly unable to walk some days, before the diet change). They sleep better and poop less – and, speaking of poop, their stools are smaller than they've ever been, not much bigger than our cat's poop! This tells me they are absorbing most of the nutrition from their food, instead of taking in lots of fillers that pass right through them and come out as large stools.
So, I think it's safe to say that the dogs are thriving on their new diet. They exude health. It's easier on our wallets and life is just all-around better for everyone!


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When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, "Peter is at the door!" "You're out of your mind," they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, "It must be his angel." – Acts 12:12-15
I tend not to think a whole lot about angels. At most, I've always seen them as characters that have their part to play in the overall story but have little to no direct contact here and now. Because of what was written about angels in the Old Testament, Jewish men and women came to believe that everyone has a heavenly representative, a guardian angel, who could take the form of the person they are meant to protect. This belief carried on into the New Testament. "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven." – Matthew 18:10 and Hebrews 1:14; "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?"
The belief in angels was a powerful one that on occasion crossed the line of angel worship: " Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow." – Colossians 2:18-19
It seems as if there are two extremes – one that is a powerful belief in angels and one that very nearly denies them completely. Of the two, most would rather error by not believing in angels than by beveling in angels too much. At least, that's been my stance on the matter as long as I can recall. That might be because the angels we see in the Bible don't seem to be beings that minister to us here and now. It's not as if angels are going to rescue the righteous out of sinful cities before it's judgement, or going to stand on the road in our way, or destroy whole armies, or personally deliver messages to God's prophets. It never seemed like I'd qualify for any of those things.
I struggle to find the right balance. I think that's true of Christianity in general these days. We don't want to believe too much in secondary matters, but we ought to believe in them at least somewhat as they're part of the package. There's also confusion as to what is secondary and what isn't. Sometimes we don't really miss out if we get some of the secondary things wrong. However much or little one believes in angels doesn't really disqualify them from being a Christian. But when secondary matters are made to be primary matters, that's when we risk throwing off the balance entirely.
Imagine what it would be like if Christianity were to emphasize belief in the roles of angels as being equally important as belief in salvation through Jesus. Imagine that the roles of angels gets talked about more than the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the fruit of the Holy Spirit, the armor of God, or virtues such as faith, peace, and humility combined. Because this secondary belief has been made primary, it becomes a key part of the 'litmus test' for a true believer. Anyone who believes in Jesus, but not in the role of angels or anyone who believes in the role of angels but not Jesus is enough of a heretic to warrant disfellowshipping. But that's ridiculous, right? We would never do such a thing.
Ah, but we do all the time. That's half the reason of denominations. For the Southern Baptists, the issue was that slavery was as important as salvation and it was Biblical. Denying slavery would be akin to denying the very word of God. Anyone who believed in "Jesus + Slavery" was good. Anyone who believed in either but not both could not be one of them. Right now the Methodist church is settling the question of Jesus and the belief in homosexuality. It's a long, slow debate. For some churches the litmus test will be "Jesus + belief for" and the others "Jesus + belief against". The Southern Baptists are caught up in all sorts of different teachings: "Jesus + Young Earth Creationism" or "Jesus + Calvinism" or "Jesus + …"
I think that's a big part of why the Church loses so very many people. What they are told they have to believe doesn't match up with what every cell in their body happens to believe. They are told that they are wrong and the church is right. There isn't any balance in their teachings or their approach to interpretation. Really smart people get turned off by the dismissal of evidence. Arminians get turned off by the dismissal of their beliefs by Calvinists. Men and women get turned off by the emphasis on the secondary teachings that get more focus than Jesus himself. Christianity feels like anything and everything that isn't Jesus these days.


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Those closest to me know that I am a devoted supporter of the New Kids on the Block. If I have an opportunity to bring my favorite band and education together, I will definitely share that here with you at Acquiring Excellence. Thanks to Joe McIntyre, I have that chance.
In May 2009, Joey McIntyre started his "Let's Get This" Foundation, started principally for people coming together to learn how, in even the smallest ways, we can make the world a better place.
The first goal of this foundation is literacy, and in meeting that goal, the Let's Get This foundation has partnered with First Book and New Kids on the Block fans to organize a book drive. In one of Joey McIntyre's blogs about this endeavor, he explains, "There is an enormous lack of age appropriate reading material for the kids". I completely agree that early reading is so incredibly crucial.
As a New Kids on the Block fan, I intend to set up a collection spot for brand new childrens' books at my local library, Key Center Library during the next two weeks, but for those readers who are not local to me, I would encourage you to make a donation of $5 or more at Let's Get This' First Book site. You can make a donation with a credit card or paypal, and for each $2 you donate, one brand new children's book is purchased.
Even if you are not able to support First Book, I would encourage you to seek out your local library and ask how you can best support early literacy!
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