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Monday, January 31, 2005
Authentic authenticity
You wouldn't think we would need to put an adjective in front of the word authentic to make sure that the authenticity you were referring to was, in fact, authentic. But, according to Andy Crouch in Christianity Today magazine, modern churches are working hard to look authentic. Read the whole article here: Stonewashed Worship.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
'Western seekers after spiritual wisdom travel to India looking for gurus to set them "free." But gurus can also entrap their eager recruits.' The ABCs The Spirit of Things recently explored the phenomenon of gurus by talking to two people who have had personal experience with gurus. You can read a transcript of the program here or, for a limited time, listen to the program here.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Thought Provoker #1
I visited a church recently and picked up a piece of paper in their foyer which had a long list of interesting questions on it. They had asked their congregation to submit questions about Christianity that bothered them or that they would like answered. I thought it might be interesting to post these questions occasionally as Thought Provokers. I welcome your comments and suggested answers to these questions. You can click on the comments link at the end of this blog. Your responses can be anonymous if you like. Thought Provoker #1 If God loves his people why did he make mosquitoes, rats, and flies? I look forward to your comments!
Book Review: 'Angels & Demons'
If you have read Dan Brown's popular The Da Vinci Code then you know the sort of rollercoaster ride you are in for in his Angels & Demons. At the heart of this thriller is the age-old conflict between science and religion. Robert Langdon, the symbologist who also featured in The Da Vinci Code, is once again called to the scene of a gruesome murder at a Swiss research facility where the victim has a mysterious marking burned into his chest. It appears that the Illuminati - a once-powerful underground organisation - has resurfaced and is intent on destroying the Catholic Church which is in conclave to elect a new Pope. This is a great page-turner. In my opinion, it is better written than The Da Vinci Code. However, the most interesting aspect of the book is the way the plot provides a backdrop to issues of religion vs science and the battle between them. Like The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons should get thinking people talking about the nature of science and religion and how they relate to each other. Does science make religion obsolete? Or are both needed to make sense of the human experience? Angels & Demons is a heart-stopping, intelligent thriller. Product Description
An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.Related Link Dan Brown's website for the book Hypertext edition of the book God and Science. Where science and religion overlap Buy Angels & Demons from Amazon.com
Monday, January 24, 2005
Movie Review: Sideways
The movie Sideways has received universal acclaim from critics as a brilliant bitter-sweet comedy. And it is good but, in my view, not quite as good as some are saying. Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) are long-time school buddies who decide to go on a week's tour of California's wine region in the week prior to Jack getting married. Miles is a failed novel writer who is recovering from his recent divorce and Jack is a failed actor who wants to make the best of his last week of being single. They couldn't be more different. Miles is depressed, introverted, and uncertain about everything except his love of wine -- a love which he hopes to introduce to Jack on their holiday. But Jack wants only to bed a woman for the last time before he is married. Soon after their holiday begins they meet two fascinating women -- Maya (Virginia Madsen), who is struggling to put her own recent divorce behind her, and Stephanie (Sandra Oh) who is a single mum working in a winery serving tastings to customers. As their friendships develop the two men are forced to reexamine their respective moralities, the meaning of their lives, and their attitudes about human relationships. There are some wonderfully touching moments and some hilarious incidents making the film a rich and satisfying experience. The locations are truly beautiful and the portrayal of the wine culture around California is interesting. There were times, though, I wondered whether I was watching a promo for California's wine country and wine consumption. Undoubtedly, those who love wine (and I am not one of those) will appreciate that aspect of the movie more than I did. It's good to see a movie that is moving and funny and deals with issues that are deeper than the typical Hollywood fare. A warning though: the film contains a large amount of coarse langage, a few quite explicit sex scenes, a scene of full-frontal nudity, and a lot of alcohol drinking. This means that the movie will not be for everyone. But this is a movie that should not be judged on the basis of the incidence of behaviour but on the overall themes and message of the movie. You can read more about this issue in the review by Christianity Today author Russ Breimeier (in fact, I recommend all Christians read this review to help them decide whether they want to see the movie or not). My Rating: **** out of 5. Best Review '...hysterically funny yet melancholy comedy...' - Kirk Honeycutt/The Hollywood Reporter Worst Review 'Alexander Payne's new movie, Sideways, makes you feel like you're trapped at dinner with a wiseass who's trying to convince you what a sensitive guy he is.' - Charles Taylor/Salon.com Read the Christianity Today review of this movie Buy the book of the movie at Amazon.com
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Where is 'The Passion of the Christ'?
The Golden Globe awards were held on Sunday night and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ was nowhere to be found. Christianity Today reports:
Nowhere to be found among the winners—or even in the list of nominees—was a single mention of The Passion of the Christ, perhaps an indicator that Mel Gibson's film will get snubbed throughout the awards season. The Academy Awards are still a month away, and their nominees haven't yet been released, but so far, The Passion has been noticeably missing from various awards shows and critics' end-of-year lists.Read the full story here.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
'Did God say, "Let there be a tsunami"?' (Adventist Today)
Here's a courageous point of view on God's role in the Boxing Day tsunami. James Coffen's conclusion might surprise you: Did God say, "Let there be a tsunami"?
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Book Review: 'The Deep Things of God'
The biblical book of Revelation has probably had more ink spilled over it than any other book of the Bible. It is an engimatic book to most people filled will weird symbols that are a repository for an incredible range of theories and interpretations. How do we make sense of it? Is there a right way to intepret it? Are there principles that can guide us as we journey through its fantastic landscape? Jon Paulien has written a brilliant guide to understanding this book in his The Deep Things of God: An Insider's Guide to the Book of Revelation. In an easy-to-read style, Paulien surveys the world of Revelation, the patterns of Bible prophecy from Genesis to Revelation, issues and problems dealing with the writings of dead prophets, safeguards for Bible study, tools to help in interpreting the Bible and Revelation, the overall structure of Revelation, the way that the writer of Revelation uses the Old Testament, and how to see Christ in the pages of Revelation. Jon Paulien has spent 30 years studying the book and it shows in his gifted explanation of this important book of Scripture. Rather than tell the reader what Revelation means, Paulien's burden is to describe a method for understanding the book for ourselves which is faithful to Revelation itself. It is so easy to read our own agenda into Revelation. Paulien offers a way of avoiding that and genuinely hearing what the author of the book really wanted to say. On the way, though, he illustrates the method by shedding light on some of the most difficult passages in Revelation. This is truly an exciting book for anyone wanting to carefully and responsibly interpret Revelation. Jon Paulien is a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) scholar and, therefore, has commented on various issues relevant to that denomination's members. Seventh-day Adventists claim that Ellen G White, one of the founders of the denomination, is a prophet whose writings are authoritative for members. In a few places in his book he comments on the relationship between White's writings and interpreting Revelation. These issues are not relevant to non-Seventh-day Adventist Christians and detract from the overall general nature of the book. This should not deter the general Christian reader, however. The general Christian reader can safely ignore those parts which are not relevant. These parts of the book are minimal and the majority of the book is quite brilliant and relevant to anyone wishing to understand Revelation. Seventh-day Adventists, however, should listen carefully to what Paulien has to say to them in particular as he gives wise advice on using extra-biblical sources when interpreting the Bible. If you are interested in uncovering the "secrets" of Revelation then this book is a must read. Buy The Deep Things of God from Amazon.com
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Tim Winton's Faith
Tim Winton is the award-winning Australian author of The Riders and Cloudstreet. In the ABC program The Spirit of Things Rachael Kohn interviewed him about 'his journey into his own Christian faith.' You can read a transcript of this interesting interview here: Tim Winton's Faith. If you would like to listen to the program, click here. Please be aware that the audio option is only available for a limited time.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Warning: Conspiracy Theorists are afoot
It doesn't take long for conspiracy theorists to use a major event like the Boxing Day tsunami to come up with new theories that prop up their own agendas. Apparently one of the theories going around is that aliens were trying to correct the wobble of the earth's rotation! Check out this Backpage Article and keep those critical thinking skills tuned for more nonsense to emerge.
'By Jupiter, the astrologers missed a trick' (Guardian Unlimited)
Check out Catherine Bennett's story in Guardian Unlimited for some delightful comments on the lack of astrologers predicting the Boxing Day tsunami: By Jupiter, the astrologers missed a trick.
Monday, January 10, 2005
The Church Why Bother? (Christianity Today)
So many people do not attend church believing they can exist as Christians without it. Tim Stafford explains why attending church is indispensable to the Christian life. You can read the article here: The Church Why Bother?
Sunday, January 09, 2005
ReasonOnline: Among the Non-Believers: The tedium of dogmatic atheism.
Here's a critical review of a new book The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, by Sam Harris, New York: Norton from ReasonOnline magazine: Among the Non-Believers: The tedium of dogmatic atheism. It has some interesting discussion about the position of dogmatic atheism as illustrated by the author.
Disaster Ignites Debate: Was God In the Tsunami? (New York Observer)
I've just read a painfully probing essay by Ron Rosenbaum in the New York Observer entitled Disaster Ignites Debate: Was God In the Tsunami? Every Christian should read it to understand the effect of so many of the cliches and platitudes trotted out whenever a disaster occurs in the world. [NB: Since I posted this blog the New York Observer have moved the article to their archive where you have to pay to view it so, unfortunately, it is no longer freely available.] This weekend I heard a Christian say that the tsunami in Asia was a message from God in Japanese. The message was: 'Trust Me'. I wonder what the more than 150,000 people lost in the tragedy would think of that statement if they were alive to hear it? Atheists, agnostics, and even many Christians have struggled with this dilemma: If God is all-powerful he could put a stop to suffering and evil. If God is all-loving he would put a stop to suffering and evil. Because God doesn't put a stop to suffering and evil God must be either incapable or unwilling to do so -- or perhaps both -- maybe God doesn't even exist. Asia has just experienced probably the worst natural disaster in history. It is completely understandable that people begin to question the nature of the Christian god and doubt God's very existence. How should we respond? Well... certainly not with statements like I heard this weekend. All they do is raise more questions. If the tsunami from God is a message in Japanese to trust God, does that mean that God has either caused or allowed the deaths of over 150,000 people and millions of others to be homeless and injured so we get the message? Has God either caused or allowed little children to be kidnapped or sold into slavery or made the pleasure-things of paedophiles so we get the message? When we see little children lying in piles of rubble crying for their lost mums and dads how can we turn around and say that is God's will? I suppose it is pretty easy to say things like this when we are sitting in the safety of our lounge rooms in front of the TV. Fortunately, of course, the real heroes are not people who are sitting around having theological arguments about God but are getting on with the job of doing something about it -- whether it be direct involvement in Asia or supporting the interventions with financial contributions. Last night, during the concert telecast on Channels 7, 9, and 10, Australians gave a staggering $15.5 million and the contributions keep rolling in. Whether or not God exists, we can see the principles of love and compassion being expressed by believer and unbeliever alike. It is possible, I suppose, to come up with theological arguments that may be satisfactory to believers and, possibly, some unbelievers. But now is not the time to do that. Now is the time to express our love and compassion in concrete ways and enter into the pain and suffering of the millions who have had their lives changed (mostly for the worst) for the forseeable future.
Saturday, January 08, 2005
Movie Review: Touching the Void
Touching the Void is an incredible story of human endurance, courage, perseverance, and tenacity. In 1985, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates decided to climb the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. After 3 days they finally reached the 21,000 foot top after traversing dangerous snow powder formations. But coming down, disaster struck. Simpson fell and broke a leg by ramming is lower leg bone up into his knee cap. In order to continue down the mountain, Yates lowered him using a 300 foot rope one section at a time. They had run out of gas and couldn't melt water to drink so had to keep going even though darkness came. A snowstorm occurred and Simpson fell over the edge of a cliff. Yates was pulled slowly down the mountain and was afraid he was going to be pulled over the edge with both of them falling to their death. So he decided to cut the rope allowing Simpson to fall on his own to certain death. Incredibly, Simpson survived and managed to crawl back to base camp with no food, no water, and a broken leg. The film recreates their journey interspersed with contemporary interviews with the two men. One interesting aspect of the story is that Simpson, an atheist, discusses how he was brought up a Catholic and left the faith. He had always wondered whether, if he found himself in a crisis, he would return to God and pray for deliverance. He said it never entered his mind. It's a gripping, inspirational story. My Rating: **** out of 5 Best Review 'By the end of this white-knuckle movie, you stand in awe at the depth of man's will to survive. "Touching the Void" leaves you emotionally and physically spent, and grateful it was only a movie, not a mountain, you had to endure.' - David Ansen/Newsweek Worst Review 'It's true that the movie, arrested between documentary and drama, doesn't quite do justice to either medium: The actors playing Joe and Simon don't have anything like "lines" to simulate "drama," or even just "conversation," while the real guys often fall back on bland English understatement.' - David Edelstein/Slate Buy The Void from Amazon.com
Friday, January 07, 2005
Book Review: Refuting Compromise
Astronomer, Hugh Ross, has promoted a view of creation called Progressive Creationism which, essentially, argues for the days of Genesis 1 being equivalent to billions of years. In his view, his model brings about resolution of the alleged conflict between the Bible and science. Jonathan Sarfati is a young-earth creationist who understands Genesis 1 to teach a literal, 7-day creation approximately 6,000 years ago. In this book Refuting Compromise: A Biblical and Scientific Refutation of "Progressive Creationism" (Billions of Years), as Popularized by Astronomer Hugh Ross Sarfati provides a comprehensive and detailed argument against Ross's model and a number of others (such as the framework hypothesis). In more than 400 pages, Sarfati covers an amazing array of biblical and scientific arguments in favour of a literal, 7-day, recent creation and against any other view. In a very readable manner, Sarfati deals with such issues as death, bloodshed, and disease before Adam and Eve; the extent of Noah's flood; the translation and interpretation of the Hebrew word for 'day' in Genesis 1; the Big Bang theory of origins; and much more. The depth of the material varies across the book. Some of it is very densely argued and technical in nature. Sarfati has been kind enough to put the most complex and technical discussions in shaded boxes throughout the book. Even so, there is enough of interest in the book for all levels of readers. No matter what side of the debate a person comes from, this is an important book to read. Many creationist books are simplistic and condescending and don't fairly treat the opposing views. From what I can tell, Sarfati quite accurately describes views different to his own and aims to be scholarly and rigorous in his discussion (I don't know enough about Ross's work to know if Sarfati fairly treats Ross's position). The book seems to take a verbal inspiration position on Scripture with which some will disagree. Overall, though, an interesting, informative and comprehensive statement of the young-earth creationist argument and a penetrating critique of Hugh Ross's work. It will be interesting to see if, and how, Ross responds to Sarfati's criticisms. If you want a good survey of the issues in the creation vs evolution debate from a young-earth creationist perspective then this is a good book to start with. Related Links Reasons to Believe (Hugh Ross's website) Answers in Genesis (Jonathan Sarfati is associated with this organisation and has a large amount of anti-Ross material) Radio broadcast with Sarfati discussing Hugh Ross's theories (RealPlayer) The Dubious Apologetics of Hugh Ross (Danny Faulkner) Buy Refuting Compromise from Amazon.com
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Book Review: Steal Away
Christian fiction is often preachy and cliched with an obvious agenda of making a point. Linda Hall, the author of Steal Away, though, is never any of these. I have read previous fiction by Hall and have always enjoyed it. In Steal Away Linda Hall begins the Teri Blake-Addison Mystery series. Teri Blake-Addison is a private detective, newly married to widower and fellow Christian, Jack Addison who is a professor of English. Teri is hired by Dr Houseman, a world-famous author and televangelist, to investigate the state of mind of his wife who disappeared in a boating accident some years before. Dr Houseman is getting married again and wants to put this previous phase of his life to rest. The plot of this novel is quite good although I guessed the central resolution of the mystery almost immediately. Despite that, there are a number of sub-plots that come together at the very end. The themes of forgiveness and redemption are obvious along with a gentle but pointed critique of a religious life that has no time for everyday relationships with friends and family. From the Cover 'Dr. Carl Houseman, celebrated minister and speaker, is determined to find out what really happened to his wife, declared dead five years ago after her sailboat washed ashore on a coastal island of Maine. Private investigator Terri Blake-Addison must piece together the life of this woman who felt she didn't know or understand the God that her husband so faithfully served. Did Ellen really die in those cold Atlantic waters? When a murder rocks the island, Terri knows more is at stake than just the puzzling life of an unhappy minister's wife.' You can Buy Steal Away from Amazon.com
Movie Review: Garden State
Life is this moment -- what are we going to do? Too often we live in the past or the future, neglecting the present moment and the fact that it is now that we live and make decisions. This is the message of Zach Braff's debut movie Garden State for which he wrote, directs, and acts in a poignant romantic comedy. Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) is called back to his home town for his mother's funeral. He has been on antidepressants for many years which were prescribed by his psychiatrist father (Ian Homes). He has become numb emotionally. He takes his return home as an opportunity to discontinue his medication. As he meets his friends of former years he feels disconnected from the idiosyncratic characters. Then he meets the crazy Sam, played brilliantly by Natalie Portman, who changes his life in a matter of days. This is a wonderfully quirky film with some genuinely funny moments along with some scenes of deep emotional pain. Braff affirms the value of living fully in the present moment and experiencing it rather than shielding ourselves from emotional pain. It's great to see a movie that takes risks and avoids most of the cliches of Hollywood. I say most because, disappointingly, the end of the movie collapses in an over-romanticised finale. Apart from that, a warm, funny movie with a sting in its tail. My Rating ***1/2 out of 5 Best Review 'a seductive, genuine, and ultimately heartbreaking comedy' - Peter Debruge/Premier Worst Review 'Say this for actors: Too self-centered to be embarrassed, they can be existential heroes of a (moronic) sort.' - David Edelstein/Slate Rating Information language, drug use and a scene of sexuality
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Compassion the only meaningful response
Two more articles on the issue of God and the tsunami. Both conclude that human compassion is the only adequate response to the tragedy of the tsunami: Edward Spence in the Sydney Morning Herald who concludes that,
Ultimately, heartfelt tears shed in earnest and with compassion, with offerings of charity for those who have suffered, are more meaningful than any theological and philosophical treatise on the problem of evil. Especially at Christmas when, according to the gospels, love is the single core message."You can read the two articles here: The Sydney Morning Herald article The Telegraph article
Monday, January 03, 2005
Facing the hard questions
The recent tsunami disaster in Southern Asia raises some very difficult questions for Christians and other religious believers. If God exists and is a loving god then how could he have allowed something like this to happen? The Guardian Unlimited's Martin Kettle asks these very difficult questions in his article How can religious people explain something like this? The question is not new (it has been asked for centuries) but is still relevant and just as difficult to answer. How do we, as Christians, respond to this question? We need to because it has historically been the one question that, perhaps more than any other, led people to reject Christianity and the existence of God. I'd be very interested to hear your responses to Kettle's article and this question. You can click on the Comments link below to add your thoughts. You can remain anonymous if you wish.
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Film Review: Osama
Osama is a heart-rending movie that provides some insight into the plight of women in the early Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Sidiq Barmak, the director, has based this story on a true event. A young girl (Marina Golbihari) and her widowed mother (Zubaida Sahar) participate in a demonstration for women's rights to work to earn a living. The Taliban break up the demonstration and the mother and girl hide from the Taliban with a local street kid, Espandi (Mohamad Aref Harat). Later, when the hospital where the mother works is taken over by the Taliban, the mother loses her job and livelihood. In a desperate move to survive, the mother shaves her daughter's head and dresses her as a boy to send her out to work. The girl is forced to attend school and she meets up again with Espandi who becomes her friend. Espandi names her Osama. She has to struggle to survive by maintaining her disguise as a girl. A 'depressing' but important movie - the first all-Afghani-acted feature film since the end of Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Marina Golbihari is outstanding as the young girl who conveys (mostly without speech) deep emotions. This film won an honorable mention at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. My Rating **** out of 5 Other Reviews '"Osama" is like a film from some long-ago age. Although it takes place in Afghanistan, it documents practices so cruel that it is hard to believe such ideas have currency in the modern world.' - Roger Ebert 'Without a word of preaching, Barmak provides a stinging condemnation of the kind of social and cultural stagnation that can arise when religious fanaticism becomes the Law.' - James Berardinelli Buy Osama from Amazon.com
Do animals have a sixth sense
The tsunami in the Indian Ocean is an incredibly devastating disaster -- it is almost impossible to come to grips with the extent of death, destruction and injury that has fallen on so many people. Our hearts go out to all who are suffering as a result of this tragedy. One of the stories that I have heard recently is that no elephants and wild animals have been found along with the suggestion that animals seem to have a sixth sense about impending disaster. Kevin Paine has written an informative response to this idea here. As he quite rightly says, with the overwhelming human crisis we are having to deal with, maybe worrying about the number of dead animals is right down the bottom of our list of priorities at the moment. Check out Kevin's comment here.
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Actor Scott Eastwood is facing a possible fine after sharing video footage of himself performing an illegal cliff jump in Australia.
The Suicide Squad star is currently filming the Pacific Rim sequel Down Under, but he had a day off on Tuesday (17Jan17) and decided to travel to the picturesque Wattamolla Falls near Sydney with some pals.
The cove in the Royal National Park is popular among thrill-seekers, who often jump off the tall cliffs into the lagoon below, and Scott did just that - and shared video footage of his daring leap on Instagram.
He captioned the clip, "Just wait for it..."
However, Scott's adventurous nature could land him in trouble with authorities as cliff diving in the area is against the law due to safety concerns.
Officials at the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have revealed they are looking into the incident, which could land Clint Eastwood's son a hefty fine.
"Unfortunately some individuals put themselves at risk of injury by disregarding warning signs, jumping over barriers and not keeping to formed paths," an organization spokesperson tells the local ABC News.
"NPWS will review this incident and decide what actions, if any, are required."
NPWS bosses are also considering implementing further safety measures to prevent others from engaging in cliff diving at Wattamolla Falls, where a 27-year-old man drowned on Christmas Day (25Dec16).
Scott has yet to comment on the investigation.
He is currently working alongside Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega in Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, the follow-up to filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's 2013 original.
Steven S. DeKnight is directing the new monster movie sequel, which is set for release next year (18).

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Excerpt from King Solomon's Mines, by H. Rider Haggard
McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, New York., pp. 213-217
When the ceremony was over we waited upon Ignosi,
and informed him that we were now anxious to investigate
the mystery of the mines to which Solomon's Road ran,
asking him if he had discovered anything about them.
" My friends," he answered, " this have I discovered.
It is there that the three great figures sit, who here are
called the 'Silent Ones,' and to whom Twala would have
offered the girl, Foulata, as a sacrifice. It is there, too, in
the great cave deep in the mountain, that the kings of the
land are buried; there ye shall find Twala's body, sitting
with those who went before him. There, too, is a great
pit which, at some time, long dead men dug out, mayhap
for the stones ye speak of, such as I have heard men in
Natal speak of at Kimberley. There, too, in the Place of
Death is a secret chamber, known to none but the king
and Gagool. But Twala, who knew it, is dead, and I
know it not, nor know I what is in it. But there is a
legend in the land that once, many generations gone, a
white man crossed the mountains, and was led by a wom-
an to the secret chamber and shown the wealth, but before
he could take it she betrayed him, and he was driven by
the king of the day back to the mountains, and since then
no man has entered the chamber."
" The story is surely true, Ignosi, for on the mountains
we found the white man," I said.
" Yes, we found him. And now I have promised ye that
if ye can find that chamber, and the stones are there – "
" The stone upon thy forehead proves that they are
there," I put in, pointing to the great diamond I had taken
from Twala's dead brows.
" Mayhap; if they are there," he said, " ye shall have as
many as ye can take hence – if, indeed, ye would leave me,
my brothers."
" First we must find the chamber," said I.
" There is but one that can show it to thee – Gagool."
" And if she will not ?"
" Then she shall die," said Ignosi, sternly. " I have
saved her alive but for this. Stay, she shall choose,"
and, calling to a messenger, he ordered Gagool to be
In a few minutes she came, hurried along by two guards,
whom she was cursing as she walked.
" Leave her," said the king to the guards.
As soon as their support was withdrawn the withered
old bundle, for she looked more like a bundle than any-
thing else, sank into a heap on the floor, out of which her
two bright, wicked eyes gleamed like a snake's.
" What will ye with me, Ignosi ?" she piped. " Ye dare
not touch me. If ye touch me I will blast ye as ye sit.
Beware of my magic."
" Thy magic could not save Twala, old she-wolf, and it
cannot hurt me," was the answer. " Listen: I will this of
thee, that thou reveal where is the chamber where are the
shining stones."
" Ha ! ha !" she piped, " none know but I, and I will
never tell thee. The white devils shall go hence empty-
" Thou wilt tell me. I will make thee tell me."
" How, O king ?"
" Nay, thus; if thou tellest not thou shalt slowly die."
" Die !" she shrieked, in terror and fury; " ye dare not
touch me – man, ye know not who I am. How old think
ye am I ? I knew your fathers, and your fathers' fathers'
fathers. When the country was young I was here, when
the country grows old I shall still be here. I cannot die
unless I be killed by chance, for none dare slay me."
" Yet I will slay thee. See, Gagool, mother of evil, thou
art so old thou canst no longer love thy life. What can
life be to such a hag as thee, who hast no shape, nor form,
nor hair, nor teeth – hast naught, save wickedness and evil
eyes ? It will be mercy to slay thee, Gagool."
" Thou fool," shrieked the old fiend, " thou accursed fool,
thinkest thou that life is sweet only to the young ? It is
not so, and naught thou knowest of the heart of man to
think it. To the young, indeed, death is sometimes wel-
come, for the young can feel. They love and suffer, and
it wrings them to see their beloved pass to the land of
shadows. But the old feel not, they love not, and, ha! ha!
they laugh to see another go out into the dark; ha ! ha !
they laugh to see the evil that is done under the sun. All
they love is life, the warm, warm sun, and the sweet, sweet
air. They are afraid of the cold; afraid of the cold and the
dark, ha ! ha ! ha !" and the old hag writhed in ghastly
merriment on the ground.
" Cease thine evil talk and answer me," said Ignosi,
angrily. " Wilt thou show the place where the stones are,
or wilt thou not? If thou wilt not, thou diest, even now,"
and he seized a spear and held it over her.
" I will not show it; thou darest not kill me, darest not.
He who slays me will be accursed forever."
Slowly Ignosi brought down the spear till it pricked the
prostrate heap of rags.
With a wild yell she sprang to her feet, and then again
fell and rolled upon the floor.
" Nay; I will not show it. Only let me live, let me sit in the
sun and have a bit of meat to suck, and I will show thee."
" It is well. I thought I should find a way to reason
with thee. To-morrow shalt thou go with Infadoos and
my white brothers to the place, and beware how thou
failest, for if thou showest it not, then shalt thou slowly
die. I have spoken."
" I will not fail, Ignosi. I always keep my word: ha!
ha ! ha ! Once a woman showed the place to a white man
before, and behold, evil befell him," and here her wicked
eyes glinted. " Her name was Gagool, too. Perchance I
was that woman."
"Thou liest," I said, "that was ten generations gone."
"Mayhap, mayhap; when one lives long one forgets.
Perhaps it was my mother's mother who told me ; surely
her name was Gagool, also. But mark, ye will find in the
place where the bright playthings are a bag of hide full
of stones. The man filled that bag, but he never took it
away. Evil befell him, I say; evil befell him ! Perhaps
it was my mother's mother who told me. It will be a
merry journey – we can see the bodies of those who died
in the battle as we go. Their eyes will be gone by now,
and their ribs will be hollow. Ha ! ha ! ha !"


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Channel Partners applauds PGi for signing on as a founding member of the Cloud Convergence Council," said Channel Partners Editor Khali Henderson. We expect the work of this unique cross-industry body will inform the dramatic transformation ahead for both the IT and telecom channels in the cloud by identifying and bridging gaps in understanding."
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PGi is proud to be a founding member of the Cloud Convergence Council. Our participation in the community illustrates our commitment to the channel industrys growing demand for cloud-based solutions," said Ralph Hawkins, senior vice president, PGi Partner Channel. PGi has a strong track record of embracing the cloud to support infrastructure demands and providing innovative applications to the channel. With the recent launch of our next-generation iMeet and GlobalMeet solutions, we are clearly embracing the cloud approach to developing and deploying technologies that have major revenue potential for our partners in the channel."
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For the month of December,homes for sale in Fox River Grove have increased in the amount of closed sale activity and market time. This area has decreased in number of new listings, median sales price and its month supply of inventory. In December 2010, Fox River Grove had only 2 traditional properties close. This month of closed sales has been more active having 2 traditional, 2 REO and one Short Sale property closed. Out of the last three Decembers, this year ended with Fox River Grove closing its first Short Sale property. The total average of sales for attached condos and townhomes during the month of December has been very steady with only one closed sale. The amount of closed sales for detached properties has increased to an average of 3 properties for December.
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The Graduate School offers advanced degree programs in many fields leading to the master's and doctoral degrees. Stony Brook's advanced graduate programs are internationally recognized and consistently receive exceptionally high ratings from external evaluation agencies and scholarly studies. The graduate programs at Stony Brook are among the best in the nation. Stony Brook ranks in the top three of the nation's public research universities and is among the top 25 institutions funded by the National Science Foundation. Award-winning faculty of international stature, in close collaboration with graduate students, conduct their scholarly inquiry using state-of-the-art laboratories, extensive library facilities, and advanced computing equipment. Unique opportunities are available for students to participate in frontier research sponsored by federal agencies, private foundations, and industry. Students in the humanities, arts, and social sciences will also find exciting opportunities to work with scholars and artists who are world leaders in their respective areas.
Graduate study is offered in more than 40 different degree program areas as well as in the five schools of the Health Sciences Center and the School of Professional Development. For a full listing of graduate programs of study, consult the 2008-2010 Graduate Bulletin, available from the Graduate School, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4433; (631) 632-7040, or on the Web at http://www.grad.stonybrook.edu. Address any inquiries concerning graduate admission, financial aid, scholarships, or fellowships to the specific program.
The School of Professional Development (SPD) offers several options for part-time graduate study leading to master's degrees or advanced graduate certificates.
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How Many Seals Are Killed Annually?
In 2005, the government quota for the number of seals who could be killed was 320,000, and in 2006, it was raised by 5,000 because of government reports that the seal population is "flourishing." However, scientists argue that the Canadian government failed to take into account changes in the environment, like food availability, toxins, and global warming (which may adversely affect the populations of harp seals, because they give birth on ice floes) when setting "sustainable" hunting quotas.
Are Baby Seals Still Being Killed?
It is legal to kill seal pups when they are about 12 days old, or as soon as they have molted their white natal fur. During last year's hunt, almost all the seals killed were 3 months old or younger. Many had not learned how to swim or eaten their first solid meal. They are helpless and have no escape from their violent end.
How Are the Seals Killed?
Sealers bludgeon seals with clubs and "hakapiks" (clubs with a metal hook on the end), drag conscious seals across the ice floes with boat hooks, and toss dead and dying animals into heaps and leave their carcasses to rot because there is no market for their meat. Seals are also shot, but bludgeoning is preferred, because pelt buyers deduct money for every bullet hole in a seal's skin. Veterinarians who studied a past hunt concluded that the hunters failed to comply with Canada's basic animal welfare standards and that 42 percent of the seals appeared to have been skinned alive.
Read an eyewitness account from last year's hunt. Rebecca Aldworth, a native Newfoundlander, who for years has worked to stop the seal slaughter, described this scene during last year's hunt:
"A movement catches my eye, and I realize with horror that a clubbed baby seal is still conscious. She is writhing around on the ice in pain, moving her flippers. She lies next to another seal who has been killed, vacant eyes staring up, blood already frozen in the ice under her mouth. It is a macabre scene—the dead and the dying huddled together here in the rain."
Aldworth says that the seal "is trying to crawl and making anguished sounds. … She is trying so hard to live, and I know there is no hope for her. She has her eyes tightly shut, as if to keep out the sight of the dead seals around her."
Do Harp Seals Contribute to the Depletion of Cod Populations?
The scientific community has concluded that the cause of the depletion of fish stocks off Canada's East Coast is human over-fishing. Blaming seals for disappearing fish is a convenient way for the fishing industry to divert attention from its irresponsible and environmentally destructive practices. Harp seals, who are the primary target of the hunt, eat many different species-—only 3 percent of a harp seal's diet is commercially fished cod—and they also eat many cod predators.
Is the Seal Hunt Necessary for Canada's Economy?
The Canadian fishing industry is propped up by millions of dollars in subsidies every year. Local fishers make one-twentieth of their income from seal hunting and the rest from commercial fisheries. Even in Newfoundland, where 90 percent of sealers live, revenues from the hunt account for less than 1 percent of the province's economy. Nor is sealing a livelihood for native tribes; most sealers are commercial fishers who use large boats to break through the ice to reach the baby seals.
International boycotts in response to the slaughter further weaken the "economic" argument. Italy and Greenland recently banned imports of seal pelts, and more than 400 restaurants and companies have pledged to boycott some or all Canadian seafood until the seal hunt is ended.
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Crowds of young men in military fatigues chanted against Turkish "occupation," vowing they would fight the Turkish troops themselves if they do not withdraw.
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Organised crime groups using airfields and helipads to breach border controls are being targeted in an initiative launched in Kent.
Project Pegasus wants to put pilots, airport workers and the public on the alert and report any unusual activity or suspicious behaviour.
The campaign, launched at Rochester Airport, follows a similar drive which got under way in Sussex last month.
Police said Kent had 120 public and private airfields and helipads.
"It takes only 10 minutes to fly across the English Channel," said Det Chief Supt Chris Hogben.
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It is two years since French pilot Eric Adrien Laou-Hep smuggled seven Vietnamese people into the UK on a light aircraft.
Laou-Hep, who was later jailed for four years, flew into Laddingford Airfield.
People smuggling is among crimes highlighted by Project Pegasus. Others are firearms smuggling, money laundering, drug smuggling and terrorist activity.
Kent Police has previously said an increase in travel during the 2012 Games will provide an opportunity for crime gangs.
"Whilst it's impossible to say what a criminal or terrorist looks like, their behaviour can give them away," said Mr Hogben.
"We want the aviation community and members of the public to be our additional eyes and ears in a bid to keep Kent safe.
"You have always got criminals and potential terrorists looking to breach our borders...and one of the ways that people can do that is by using light aircraft."
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Is anyone out there doing this succesfully on a CNC router? I just bought the amana insert bit for miterfolding the splash to make integral coved splashes and the insert was smoked after a test cut only 30 inches long. It looks like the chips are rewelding and becasue the tip is so small, wearing the carbide prematurely. Wondering if feeds and speeds are correct or if I have to somehow rough this cut out with some other tool first. its a 46 degree cut and I'm running at 220 IPM. TIA from any operators who have experience with this.
Edit: I was running this @180IPM. I just tested running this at different speeds and feeds and broke the insert and ruined the bit. :(
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There were a lot of Burn Notice fans in the audience, at City Hall, they were in favor of Burn Notice staying, of course, having assumed that they would be heard, but it was not an item on the agenda and no one in the audience was allowed to talk. It started out as a protest, announced last week by a fan, and maybe some folks assumed it was a hearing.
Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones spoke on the issue, about 3 pm, saving the folks in the audience from hanging on all day and night to hear what they wanted to hear. Only of course, it wasn't what they wanted to hear.
Spence-Jones assured the Burn Notice folks in the audience that all five commissioners on the dais were in favor of Burn Notice being relocated. She apparently changed her mind from her perspective last time. She said that the independent studio in Wynwood would be used for the proposed transition. "We respect each others' [commission] districts," she went on to say. Which meant that Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, whose district Burn Notice is in, wants Burn Notice out, so apparently she and the other commissioners have decided that's that.
She went on to say, "We may not understand the reasoning for this, but the Coconut Grove residents want a park." So she was thrown under the bus last time by Sarnoff and this time, she threw the Coconut Grove residents under the bus, stating that we all want a park instead of Burn Notice, where I honestly don't see this to be the case.
"I have heard people say there is going to be a private park on the property, for one of the condos, nothing can be further from the truth," said Sarnoff.
He went on to say, "There will be a park, a very well thought out park, and yes commissioners, we have $1.8 million dollars," put aside for the park.
He said that he received many nasty emails calling him a crook and being in people's pockets. Most came from the film industry. Most of the emails he said were well thought out and polite, but quite a few were nasty and rude and called him names. I do feel you get more flies with honey, but to be honest, this was a lost cause and I didn't want to throw water on people's hopes, but once it is said to be a done deal like at the last meeting, that's it.
According to Sarnoff, producer of Burn Notice, Terry Miller and Marc Sarnoff will hash it out alone. It will not be a public discussion. He doesn't even want Fox TV involved in the discussions. With that, the commissioners took a break.
Sarnoff did say that he doesn't read blogs, so guys, save your nasty comments. The deed is done. The folks that rely on the business that Burn Notice brought to town remain silent, when the hotels, restaurants and other places don't see that cash coming in anymore, then maybe they will stop being the silent majority and start speaking up. They are the ones being hurt, not the fans.
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