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More than a century after abolition, slavery is still a problem in the United States, actress Jada Pinkett Smith told a Senate committee Tuesday that's deciding whether to renew a law designed to combat human trafficking.
In a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pinkett Smith and other witnesses urged members of Congress to reauthorize a 2000 law – the Trafficking Victims Protection Act – that seeks to curtail the buying and selling of humans. The law expired last year.
Pinkett Smith, on hand with her actor husband, Will Smith, said she was motivated by her 11-year-old daughter, Willow, who'd researched child slavery. That inspired her to found an organization this year called Don't Sell Bodies.
"Let it be our legacy to deliver on emancipation's promise: making freedom a reality for all who have been victimized," Pinkett Smith said.
Some 200,000 to 300,000 U.S. children are at risk of being trafficked into commercial sex, David Abramowitz, the vice president of policy and government relations at the human rights group Humanity United, told the committee. The United Nations has reported that human trafficking yields $32 billion a year worldwide, he said.
Pinkett Smith said her interactions with former victims showed her the importance of renewing the protection act. She introduced three American victims of human trafficking: Monica, who was kidnapped by seven men at age 15 and forced into prostitution; Jamm, who was arrested at the same age after she stole her aunt's phone in an attempt to get out of forced prostitution; and Minh, whose parents starting selling her body to men when she was 11, even as she continued to attend public school and receive straight A's.
After hearing their stories, committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., called for "a little more naming and shaming" of people who contribute to human trafficking. Any attempt to fight trafficking must begin by addressing the underlying economic issues that make many victims vulnerable, he said.
"It's not a new issue, and not one Americans come to without bearing our share of responsibility," Kerry said.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., emphasized the importance of treating people who've been trafficked as victims and not perpetrators. "When you interact with a victim, they've been so battered that they act like a willing participant," he said.
The protection act already has spawned teamwork between international governments, such as a Cambodian-American campaign against sex trafficking, Abramowitz said.
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Joel Berkowitz, Barbara Henry, eds. Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, Performance, and Show Business. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2012. Illustrations. 416 pp. $39.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8143-3504-8.
Reviewed by Stuart Hecht (Boston College)
Published on H-Judaic (June, 2013)
Commissioned by Jason Kalman (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion)
Our Yiddish Theatre, Ourselves
Coeditors Joel Berkowitz and Barbara Henry have assembled a diverse collection of essays and shaped them into a broad, revealing, and invaluable volume. Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage is a rich account of Yiddish theatre history and practice, from its earliest days to the present. Their collection zigzags across nations and centuries, from shund to high art, from the commercial to the avant-garde. It includes tales of scandals and rivalries, of poets and vagabonds, of self-expression and opposing oppression, ever celebrating the vitality and drive of a people passionately taken with the stage.
Scholars have written eloquently about the Yiddish theatre, perhaps most notably Nahma Sandrow with her book, Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater (1995). There are also valuable collections of Yiddish plays translated into English, such as Ellen Shiff's Awake and Singing: Six Great American Jewish Plays (2004). In more recent years, a younger generation of theatre scholars has begun to consider the Yiddish theatre form from a different perspective, one not so bent on preservation as on analysis; Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage is just such a book. Furthermore, in addition to its editors, this book introduces the work of a number of scholars tilling comparable topical soil. Part of the reason for the long-standing dearth of scholarship is because such study often requires a working knowledge of Yiddish language and culture, as well as any number of other languages, given the Diaspora: Russian, Polish, German, Hebrew, and/or Spanish, in addition to English. That scholars are now able to report on a theatrical form whose heyday was almost a century ago indicates renewed interest and study in the Yiddish language by this new generation of researchers.
The book is composed of thirteen essays, divided into four sections (plus an excellent introductory overview). The first part, "Origins, Influences, and Evolution," includes three essays that consider the roots and nature of early Yiddish theatre as found in Russia; the second part, "Toward a Jewish Stage," centers on translations of Uriel Acosta and two studies of Yiddish theatres in Warsaw; the third, "Authors, Actors, and Audience," takes a sociological turn, recounting the culture of audiences and the business of doing Yiddish theatre, both in New York City and in Argentina; the fourth and final part, "Recoveries and Reconstructions," looks at the interaction between the Yiddish stage and often contradictory other social and political agendas embraced by Jews, ranging from Communism to Zionism. In all, this represents a montage of the Jewish/Yiddish theatre experience, which aims not to be comprehensive but rather far reaching and, achieving this, revelatory in its counterbalance of scope and detail. In addition, the book includes well-chosen photographs, important and useful notes on transliteration, and a comprehensive bibliography.
Most accounts of the Yiddish stage tend to be puff pieces, awe-filled tributes to stars such as Jacob Adler, Boris and Bessie Thomashevsky, or Maurice Schwartz as cultural darlings. Such memoirs are filled with backstage gossip on the one hand, and ringing descriptions of theatrical triumphs on the other. They are melodramatic tales of adventure with our heroes being these larger-than-life tragedians and comics winning greasepaint glories. But such accounts usually overlook any substantive mention of the plays that they performed or any insight into the world of their adoring fans. Perhaps part of the reason for this, aside from publicity and self-promotion, is that Yiddish theatre icons generally represented escapism and, increasingly, the older generation's nostalgia for the "old country" and traditional ways, especially to New York City's impoverished immigrant, Jewish community.
This collection of essays opens up the subject of Yiddish theatre to reveal that it encapsulates so much more than that. It exposes us to the complexity and variety of theatrical, cultural, political, and historical forms that Yiddish theatre took, both in America and abroad. Rather than focus solely on the lives of famous performers, it also zeroes in on the everyday lives of those who attended to it: young men who peopled the balconies, vying violently with each other in the name of the particular actors they chose to serve and promote, and those same actors who encouraged them. Another essay traces the lifelong, vituperative feud between two scholars over whether to include in print a star actress's questionable past, and hence how best to represent the Jewish people themselves. Still another chapter recounts how post-World War Two political agendas were explored and expressed through a seemingly innocuous Purimspiel. These are only a few of the many essays found here that collectively suggest a vast and diverse Yiddish theatre experience, both past and present.
What is ultimately learned in this excellent anthology is the vibrancy of 150 years of Jewish experience as expressed through its interactions with the Yiddish stage. What comes across here are not the usual dry recreations or forced theoretical theses. Rather this is a close-up view of what audiences--and the Jewish community at large--experienced, thought, and did in the name of the Yiddish stage. This thereby illustrates the surprising centrality of Yiddish theatre to their view of themselves. That they argued and fought, competed and strove, attests to the pivotal role Yiddish drama and theatre played in their lives. Though the Yiddish stage goes back less than two centuries, it is all the more remarkable that Jews the world over, from Warsaw to New York, from Argentina to Israel, found solace and pride and even definition in what happened on that stage.
The Yiddish theatre has largely faded thanks to a language now long discarded, along with the worldview it most often embodied. So we should give an extra hearty "bravo" to the authors whose work is assembled here, along with the more than able editors, who worked so hard to unearth and breathe fresh life into a topic too long neglected.
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In this environment of local problems and a world economy that continues to struggle, we felt it is appropriate for us to pause and consider other things to be thankful for. Primarily we are thankful for the continued importance of information systems. And, we are thankful for what we see as burgeoning changes in the fundamentals of enterprise IT. The net result should be increasing bounty for the IT industry at large, along with increasing and improved business effectiveness and opportunity for user enterprises.
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PRINCETON, NJ -- Registered voters by a significant margin now say they are more likely to vote for the "Republican Party's candidate for president" than for President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, 47% to 39%. Preferences had been fairly evenly divided this year in this test of Obama's re-election prospects.
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Creating ecommerce product pages that rank well, bring in decent search engine traffic, convert well and earn their own inbound links is a tough task. Every single product page on an ecommerce site is a potential landing page for searchers and a well constructed product page will rank well in its own right in the search engines. What follows is a breakdown of a product page that does just that, not all of what this company does will be relevant for your particular ecommerce needs, however you will be able to take away a number of tips for improving your product pages.
The example we are looking at today comes form Firebox. I chose one of their more recent products so you can see the page in its younger years. The page was also chosen on its ability to rank for fairly competitive terms even though the page is fairly new.
The Product: iCade (super geeky I know, a box for you to transform your iPad into an arcade machine).
Competitiveness: Here is some basic data form the Keyword Tool so you can see that the phrases are fairly competitive:
Ranking: the page that was chosen had to be ranking well for a few related terms that are relevant to the product. As you will see below the page in question has fairly good rankings!
So what exactly is it about this page that is helping it perform so well and why is it a great product page?
Solid best practice SEO
The guys over at Firebox have made sure that there is some good solid foundation SEO on the page. The product has an optimised Title Tag, H1 tag and good descriptive Alt Tags. There is plenty of original copy on the page and there is use of less used SEO tactics such as bold text.
Unfussy 'Call to Action'
The Call to Action is simple – 'Buy' – it isn't pushing you into buying merely suggesting to you should. Alongside this, in simple terms, are some key pieces of information that you might like to know before buying:
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- How much it is
- How much you need to pay for postage and packing
The page has good quality product information on it
Not only is the text that accompanies the product information good for SEO, it's unique! Most ecommerce sites suffer from just adding the standard blurb that is provided by the manufacturer. This mean that there are dozens of other sites with the same photo and text as is featured on your site. Firebox combat this with good SEO text that also has a brand personality:
The page also has much more information, detail and pictures than the manufacturers originally supplied Firebox with
The page has multimedia for both the users and the search engines
A key issue with shopping online is that you can't feel a product or see it up close. Firebox have combated this problem with some great videos – the video featured on this page has the product in it, you can see the relative size, and you can see it actually working. It's great to have plenty of images on a page, though it's the video gives the potential customer an overall better understanding of whether the product is for them. I would quite happily bet that if the video was taken away that the page wouldn't convert to a sale nearly as well.
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Retail site visitors who view video are 64% more likely to buy
Retail site visitors who view video also spend 2 minutes longer on site per visit
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The page attempts to incentivize users to add their own content
UGC (user generated content) is a great way to add extra, unique content to your product pages. Firebox do this in a number of ways:
They have competitions for adding your own videos or photos of you using the particular product
They use the Facebook comments plug in to give the product social validation
Right here on the product pages you can see what people are saying about this particular product on the Facebook page. More and more people rely on what others say about a particular product before they actually decide to purchase. Firebox allow their potential customers to undertake the necessary research without even leaving the website!
Further content is added via reviews and FAQs
I particularly love how this section works for Firebox. The seemingly simple addition to the page helps it in a number of ways:
- Unlike the Facebook section, Google can crawl this text and it's full of keyword rich, contextually relevant content
- It allows people to have their say, in public, about the product—people inherently love to tell others about great products
- It allows Firebox to answer questions about the product in an easy to mange way
- It shows that Firebox care – notice how they reply to each and every comment
Is that it?
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Luke 10:17-20
Look at the text. The Disciples had been out preaching and ministering in the name of the Lord. They had seen powerful things take place. Why, even demonic spirits were helpless against the power of God in their lives and were cast out by them. They are overjoyed by this and come to Jesus rejoicing in their great spiritual power. Jesus, however, shows them the true reason for rejoicing. He tells them that salvation is the best and greatest catalyst for joy in the life if the believer.
You know, I'm glad He said that! I have never cast out a demon, and I probably never will. Most, if not all of you are in the same boat. We haven't, and aren't like to experience anything like that, and if it took something of that magnitude to give a reason to rejoice, then I suppose we would never be able to rejoice in the Name of the Lord. However, Jesus put rejoicing within the reach of every child of God!
The only item necessary for there to be rejoicing in your life is just the fact that you name is written in Heaven. If we could ever get a hold of that truth, we would tear this building down tonight! I am here this evening to tell you that if you are saved, then you have a reason to rejoice. You have cause to shout. You have everything that is needed to praise the name of the Lord as long, as loud and as often as you wish.
I want every born again person in this room to know that you can rejoice, that there is nothing stopping you. You can, you should, you must learn to praise the Lord Jesus and I want to tell you why. Allow me to give you three reasons why You've Got A License To Praise The Lord.
(Ill. Salvation is more than a "get out of Hell free card." Salvation brings with it many wonderful gifts that the believers tend to forget about as they fight the battles of life. I would just like to refresh your memory about what is yours through your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If your name is written in Heaven, then you are saved and all the benefits of salvation belong to you! Notice with me some of those benefits.)
A. There Is A Relationship - At the very instant of conversion, a new relationship is formed. The new born child of God instantly becomes a child of God - 1 John 3:1-2. God in Heaven becomes our Father and we enter into a special relationship with Him. I want to touch on 2 aspects of that relationship this evening.
1. There Is An Adoption - Gal. 4:4-6; 2 Cor. 6:17-18 When we are saved, we are adopted into the family of God. He takes us as His children with all the rights and privileges thereof.
2. There Is An Access - As children, we have unlimited and unhindered access to the Father in Heaven, Heb. 4:14-16. Therefore, we can take our burdens to Him and find help. We can take our problems to Him and find solutions. We can take our hurts to Him and find healing. Because we are the children of God, we can and should go to the Father and allow Him to minister to our needs.
B. There Is A Renewal - When a person comes to Jesus for salvation, some things are made new. Sometimes are done away with and that is reason for rejoicing!
1. We Are Cleansed By Him - Col. 2:13; Eph. 4:32 - Everything that was dirty, filthy and evil about us has been forever taken away! That alone, is a reason to praise His Name!
2. We Are
Changed By Him - Not only does He take away the past, but He changes the
future as well! 2 Cor. 5:17 tells us in no uncertain terms that when a person
becomes a child of God, they are changed!
They are no longer what they used to be, but not they have been redeemed
and they are free to live for the Lord.
There Is A Reward - As
hard as it may be to imagine, the Lord is going to reward His children, both
now and when they get home. According to
D. There Is A Rescue - Daniel 12:1 tells of a time when those whose names are written in the book of life will be taken out of this world. We believers know that event by the name of the rapture, 1 Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Thes. 4:16-17. Simply because our names are written down in Heaven, we will get to go and be with Jesus when He returns to receive His Bride. We will be taken alive to be with Him in Heaven and we will miss the Great Tribulation that is to come upon the earth. We will leave in an instant and spend eternity with our glorious Lord in His heavenly Home!
There Is A Reality John 5:24 When we came to Jesus for
salvation, we passed from death unto life," and we "shall not come into condemnation. We have been delivered from all the vile
effects of sin! We have been delivered
from the horrible price that was attached to sin,
A. Ill. Not only are we saved and can shout about that, but we are saved forever! Notice the words "are written. This verb is in the Perfect Passive Indicative. May not mean much to you, but this surely will. The literal sense of this verb is this, "your name is written and shall be written. It means that "it stands written. The Perfect Tense refers to an action completed in the past that has ongoing results into the future. The Passive Voice reminds us that the subject is being acted upon by another. The Indicative Mood is merely a statement of fact. If you put all of this together, you realize that at some point in the past, God put your name in the Lamb's Book of Life, and that action carries on into the future. Simply stated, Jesus said this, "your names stand written in heaven.
B. The Lord Jesus gave a promise along these lines in Rev. 3:5. He promises there that our names will not be blotted out of the book of life! I am grateful to the Lord that when you get in, you are in forever! There is no way for any child of God to lose his salvation, John 10:28; John 6:37-40; John 17:12! After all, we are not kept by what we do, but by the power of God, 1 Pet. 1:5. If I can lose my salvation, then God isn't great enough to keep me saved!
C. If it ever dawned on us that we have been saved by grace and are kept by that same grace, we would come unglued! I have no doubt that many Christians harbor a secret fear in the back of their minds that someday, some way, they just might lose their salvation and go to Hell. Nothing could be father from the truth! If you are saved, you are saved forever and that is a reason to rejoice!
A. Ill. If being saved and being eternally secure isn't enough to bring us to the point of praise, then perhaps the thought of Heaven will do it for us. Why? Because having your name written in the Book of Life spells the difference between Heaven and Hell, Rev. 20:15; Rev. 21:27. If your name is in the book, then you are going to Heaven!
B. The word "written means to enroll as a citizen." When you received Christ as your Savior, and your name was written in Heaven, you were enrolled as a citizen of that country - Phil. 3:20; Eph. 2:19. As a result, Heaven, all that it is and all that it contains, belongs to the redeemed!
C. Just think of what that means! It means that Heaven is ours and that one day, we will enjoy all the glories of that Heavenly city! Let me remind you of some of them.
1. No tears - Rev. 21:4 2. No death - Rev. 21:4
3. No sorrow - Rev. 21:4 4. No pain - Rev. 21:4
5. No sin - Rev. 21:8 6. No sinners - Rev. 21:8
7. No
9. No night - Rev. 21:25 10. No curse - Rev. 22:3
1. God with His people - Rev. 21:3
2. The Lamb with His people - Rev. 21:22-23; 22:4
3. Jasper walls - Rev. 21:11-12
4. Pearly Gates - Rev. 21:21
5. Golden Streets - Rev. 21:21
6. The redeemed - Rev. 21:24
7. The glory of God - Rev. 21:23
8. Home - John 14:1-3
Conc: As we bring these thoughts to a close this evening, I hope you can see
that we who are saved have many reasons for rejoicing. The question that comes to mind now is this,
we been giving the Lord the praise He deserves and is worthy of, or have we
been guilty of holding back?
Let's decide that, if we are saved, we will act like we are saved and we
will rejoice simply because we can! Isn't
the Lord good to give us so many reasons for praising His name? Let's not take them for granted, but let's
give Him glory and honor this evening. (
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yay, i heard that this was supposed to be different than the original
I wonder if anyone knows what's different/limited?
from what i can see, there r only 8 courses, and u only get to pick from the original 8 players... there is no wfc, and from what i see, after a race, the graphics on the bottom screen look differnt. i only played 1 race tho. not sure what CC is it either...
would be great if this was released before the release of the real game
so true...
The little icon is different for this one.
From what I've noticed...
- The title screen is different (old logo, ESRB logo etc...),
- There are no gameplay options, it takes you straight to a character then cup select screens,
- 8 characters to choose from,
- Either Nitro or Retro Cup,
- Nitro includes Figure-8, Yoshi Falls, Cheep Cheep beach, Luigi's Mansion,
- Retro includes SNES Mario Circuit 1, N64 Moo Moo farm, GBA Peach Circuit, GCN Luigi Circuit,
- Some music is slightly different (figure-8 circuit for ex.),
- A lot of graphics are different,
- Some tracks look slightly different (cheep cheep beach has grassy verges that aren't in the final build),
- The map screen looks slightly odd and the character icons and fonts are different,
- Bullet Bill isn't in the game, but the Chain Chomp item is,
- The results screen and the trophy screen look different.
i also noticed that you play in 100cc, whenm you are getting a speed boost by pressing left and right, it doesn't turn blue first and then orange, it just turns orange. you only can't choose karts.you don't get that speed thing when you ride behind someonr.
What does the chain chomp item dso
Chain Chomp was in Mario Kart Double Dash. It would basically do the same thing the Bullet Bill does except it drags you behind the Chain Chomp instead of becomming it. (Based off Double Dash, maybe be different in DS)


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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Doilies... for science!
Hey folks!
I was doodling away last week and came up with some ideas I'd like to play with knitting. The main idea is that knitting can always be divided up into rows - mathematically we'd call this(ironically) a fibred surface. But this has some consequences - if you want to knit a shape, you start off by picking a fibration. If, though, you picked a different fibration, you could knit the same shape, but come up with a radically different pattern, and a radically different look. A very simple example would be if you were to knit a rectangle lengthwise rather than width-wise(if that's a word). I've come across examples of this elsewhere, such as (the awesome) Nona's Sidewinder socks, Ysolda's sideways hat Urchin, and especially this absolutely amazing sweater(which presumably belongs to Numei.com, but I haven't been able to find there), but I'm looking to take this idea a bit further.
My first experiment with this idea goes like this - I want to take a question mark, and knit it into a doilie, but in such a way that the question mark is actually a row in the pattern, so it's somehow intrinsic to the fabric somehow.
Or course, while I'm arranging my rows in interesting and nontrivial rows, it would be a shame not to throw in some lace. this will be relatively simple this time around, but I'm really hoping that in future attempts I'll be able to make this a bit more extreme and take advantage of the interesting shapes to make some really interesting lace patterns, but I don't have much experience with lace yet, and I really wouldn't be able to create my own.
Oh yes, and you might wonder why I chose a question mark? Well, primarily because it was the first symbol I found which was simple enough to do this with, but also this is supposed to symbolise inquisitiveness, the need to always find out more which I think lies behind all good science.
So there you have it - Science doily!
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
More whales!
Ok, just a quick post - following on from the Erst-whale, I decided to make a little school of other whales, and that each whale would be wearing a different kind of hat. Ever since I made the bee-hat, I've been feeling the need to put tiny hats of stuffed toys. I think the whales are particularly suitable for this because with out the "1" on the side the whales are a bit plain and featureless.
So, hats. The first one is a top hat, the second is(inevitably) a fez, and the third is a floppy sunhat. I really like how the tassels came out on the fez - I had some trouble with this, but eventually found that lots of strands of sewing thread worked very well. They're tied very tightly in the inside, so hopefully this is still baby-safe. The sunhat didn't come out so well - I'd hoped that the natural curliness of the stocking stitch would make the brim turn upwards nicely, but I think it curls a bit too tightly here. This might be better if I'd knit the brim on larger needles(here I'm using DK yarn and 3mm needles, so it's quite tight). I also had some trouble making the concave edges, where the brims meet the main part of the hat - for a convex edge a row or reverse stocking stitch makes a nice fold, but the other direction is harder. I found a row of knitting through the back of the loop gives a bit of a crease, but not as much as I would have liked. Any ideas, anyone?
The photos here were taken at the Hermitage, the little nature reserve next to the Observatory, where I took the whales to see the ducks. The first one shows top-hat-whale watching the ducks over the pond. The second one doesn't show so well, but it's fez-whale meeting a suprisingly friendly robin(can you see him? On the other end of the bench?). And the third one is sun-hat-whale having a doze in the sun, reading the newspaper and enjoying the view.
The plan is to make a couple more whales(cos there's a couple more hats I want to try) and then they'll be shipped off to the Neonatal unit all at once, cos I haven't sent them anything for *ages*.
Happy wednesday!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Completed Comrade Leonine
Comrade Leonine!
So, what to say about him? He follows the same pattern as the earlier Gay Pride lions, so there wasn't too much pattern to make up. He was also good and quick to knit, since the pattern is small and aimed to be as simple as possible.
Added to the basic pattern is the moustache and little beard - these are sewn on afterwards, and I'm very happy with how they turned out. Being so small it's very delicate getting these bits just right. And then there's his little hat. This is intended to be a little baggy flat cap. I think it could have done with being a little flatter, really. The crinkly bits at the edges came out nicely, but could probably do with being a bit more pronounced. I decided the hat really needed to be lightly stuffed to hold it's shape, but I think it might also have helped to tie the top down a bit to make it less tall and bring out the edges more.
The photos are taken around KB - I took Comrade Leonine and a few of the Gay Pride lions across and had some fun posing them in different positions. There are a couple more photos, and a bit more explanation here: Facebook link.
(I took some sensible pictures too, but they seem kinda dull in comparison - I guess if you're very keen to see more schematic pictures, let me know and I'll post some).
Otherwise, enjoy, and happy July!
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Summertime at DRHQ is a special season around here. Our house/office goes from freezing cold to hot and humid. Stink bugs, ants, spiders and the rest of the insects are in full force. Our resident bird couple make non-stop food runs from their nest built into the brick of the patio, and somewhere around here the black snake is killing vermin that wander on to its territory. At least it hasn't found its way into the house again.
This is also the time that we take full advantage of the trails right outside the back door and do as many rides on test gear and bikes as possible. On Friday we did a staff ride that included the Bronto Willy, which I'm riding, Matt's Salsa Spearfish, Josh's Trek Superfly, and Justin's Jeff Jones Steel Diamond. Others were using wheels and components slated for future issues.
For a while now, we've been pedaling on soggy trails with forest growth that's been tame. A recent heat wave, strong sightings of the sun and a few storms have changed the trails into hard packed dirt with a top layer of loose, fragmented shale, pine needles, and rock. The vegetation has exploded and heavy winds have brought down many large trees.
Our eagerness to ride in the June sun may have been the fault of 3 or 4 crashes and was most certainly the cause of all our flats. It wasn't pretty out there and I personally always feel a little sorry when I soar over the bars on the maiden voyage of a test bike. Especially when it's a really nice bike. Sorry Bronto.
Karl's arm could have used a few stitches, my bruised leg muscle feels better, tubes have been patched, bolts tightened, and we are going at it again tonight. 5:00 p.m. Quitin' time is ridin' time.
The Following Morning
So how did the ride go? Did we get redemption and have a better ride? Well, yes. The humidity and 90+ degree temperature is a beast all its own, but Karl set a good pace and the ride began refreshed and finished with no disastrous crashes.
In between was plenty of sweat and heavy breathing, some suffering in the heat and plenty of laughter. A slow, sprawled out crash by Justin and a tear in my tire that had tubeless sealant spraying all over the Bronto frame and on to my sunglasses were the only mishaps. (I'm still not sold on the tubeless thing. Sure weight is saved and maybe a flat, but it's such a mess and makes me feel bad when sealant is spewing all over nature).
All things considered, when the group size, eight, is divided by the number of crashes and mechanicals, two, and everyone survived to ride another day, I'd say the ride was a success. It was as exhausting as it was fun, and I even enjoyed hanging my mountain bike in the garage and grabbing my commuter to pedal home under a setting sun. The margarita and chicken mole enchilada was the perfect topper to a good day in the saddle.
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This is why I left the Lutheran church. They mock God on so many levels.
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Yes,#1. This is indeed a mockery of God. But God will not be mocked by this false pastor and his supporters.
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Will Peter display her proof?
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That still doesn´t make her a man.
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This is a hate crime. It´s gender appropriation.
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Apparently, the Lutherans (ELCA we presume) are in a headlong race for worst apostasy and heresy with the United Methodists, Disciples of Christ, and American Baptists. Not a race you should want to win.Somehow, I doubt that Luther would be pleased.And pleasing the Lord seems to be the least of their concerns. "Depart from Me, I never knew you" is in their future.
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At least they did not do a renaming of St Matthew and a celebration of "her" change of gender identity.
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Delusional fools.
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Another example of the "Ten Suggestions" doctrinal basis of many so-called mainstream "Christian" denominations . . .
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Ah yes, celebrate perversity. Their day is coming...
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#1,#2,#6,#9- With all due respect, such a blanket statement about the Lutheran Church is most unfortunate and inaccurate. Indeed, the ELCA has gone off the rails as evidenced by the formation of a new synod, the NALC (North American Lutheran Church) constituted on August 27, 2010 due to the ELCA's "shift in policy toward homosexual members and clergy. The NALC regarded the shift as being unbiblical and symptomatic of growing liberalism of ELCA."[Continued]
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I wish this woman nothing but the best.\When a person has inward coherence, her body and mind operate harmoniously. If that harmony is absent and her body is healthy, it´s her mind that´s unhealthy.Ethically, you assist the mind to match the healthy body, not sabotage the normal, healthy body to match a confused mind.The doctors who do this are unethical: they are not treating underlying causes, and not aiming for real wellness.The poor women. I hope she keeps her "girl parts," so that when she realizes that fake maleness isn´t working, she can "transition back" without extra ripping and stitching.
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[Continued]The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) accept and preach Scripture-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation: "Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone."Scripture is very clear about "false teachers" – "Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness." (James 3:1)
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I´m guessing that the pews are filled with gays, transgenders, their poor children, and a few older parishioners who are staying because they´ve attended their entire lives. Not exactly a sustaining congregation.
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He can change his name.He can have all the mutilating surgery that he wants.He can take dangerous amounts of steroids and hormones EVERY day for the rest of his life so that his body will mimic a woman´s body.But he can NOT change his DNA!!!! His DNA will always say that he is a MAN!!!!!!God will not be mocked!!!!!!
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They´ve confused their peters.
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you´re right poster #15. It doesn´t matter what they cut off, what they add on, what drugs they take, the science is settled and 100% of scientists agree, you cannot change your sex.
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Perverts, all of them.
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And the Episcopal diocese in Washington will no longer refer to God in terms of the male gender. That diocese is already losing members. It will lose more I think.
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These people are bleepin´ insane!And that idiot episcopal ´priest´ in Washington was on Tucker Carlson last week and showed his lack of knowledge of the Bible, at least Genesis 2.His entire non-gendering of G-d was based upon his mistake.May G-d have mercy upon these confused and ill souls.
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So, the Lutheran Church agrees with this woman that God made a mistake in creating her as a woman. He should have made her a man and now Man has/is going to correct God´s mistake?
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The national churches of the main Protestant lines have been thoroughly and completely infiltrated by anti-religious zealots and extremist leftists for quite some time.Not a penny to support these national church groups, they really do NOT represent the religions that they have hijacked.And look at the Pope, certainly not much of a Catholic.This is how the left is working to destroy Christianity. Infiltrate the ranks with zealots and try to dismantle it from within.The Bible still remains.
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If I were a Bible-believing Lutheran, I would get out of any of its denominational churches until they changed their name and became distinct. Hard to figure out who´s who when they all call themselves Lutheran. Agreed, this is a perversion and will catch up with this woman/man/whatever. "Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and do not touch what is unclean and I will welcome you" (2 Cor. 6:17)It always baffles me why people who don´t believe what the Scripture teaches insist on playing church and pretending. It´s a schizo way to live. Then again, there´s a lot of money in those places.
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#11/13 – Thank you for the explanation of the various synods under the Lutheran label. I understand your pain with brethren who are unable to accept basic truths and choose instead to break away and reform.Respectfully, I do have a question about Lutheran doctrine. I'm a bit confused by your quote, "Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone." You listed three things that are "alone". How can all three be "alone"?
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Isn't that special?
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The new name is ´Peter´?Now, that IS funny!
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#23- With all due respect, abandoning Lutheranism is not an option for believers of Scripture-based teaching. Much like President Trump is doing to right the wrongs of left-wing decadent governance, believing Lutherans who are members of Scripture-based teaching synods need to pray for errant Lutherans and challenge false teachings within Lutheranism while providing a safe haven for Lutherans recognizing and rejecting false teachings. Catholics would not abandon their "denomination" to become separate and distinct. Ultimately, true believers constitute the Church on earth. Our Lord assures believers that "…the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Church)."(Matthew16:18)
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The church of What´s Happnin´ Now !
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Forrr...He´s.. umm, It´s a jolly good fell..!..err, Person?Dang. Awkward.
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I can´t claim to know how this hustle worked exactly, but presumably a major reason Rev. Pete got this position in the first place was because she is a woman. Ironic, or so it seems to me.Another dispiriting case study in this loony bin called the 21st century.
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The Catholc Church,with its idiot communist Pope,is not far behind in perverted thinking.
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#24: "alone" has a specific meaning.Faith alone means faith not dependent on or supplemental to good works. See Romans 3 for a description of what faith means. "Abraham believed G-d, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."Scripture alone means not dependent on any writings other than the ones in Scripture. In other words, what the Pope says has no bearing.Grace alone means we can do nothing to deserve salvation. Salvation is utterly dependent on the work of G-d. It cannot be earned or bought."alone" means not mixed with any other operative force.See the Formula of Concord for details.These three pillars were insisted on by Luther.And they were based on years of reverent study of Scripture.
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I´m glad to get some clarity on which Synod allowed this to happen. I was raised in the Missouri Synod (Parochial school for 8 grades) and I have always known them to be the strictest of the Synods. I don´t think Lutherans should jump ship just because of this one Rogue church and Minister. Catholics have held firm while their Pastors molested little boys. They also have become more and more lenient on Gay Marriage. I think we all need to just hold firm in our beliefs and let the chips fall where they may. We can choose which Church to attend, so we do not have to support this Pastor who is giving all Lutherans a bad name! God will decide who is right!
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Thank you, #32. Good information.
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This ELCA Lutheran, watching this stuff taking place, is as uncomfortable as a Christian Scientist with appendicitis.
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I am LC Missouri Synod and joined because this type of hipster nonsense drove me from the Episcopal Church. There is no reason that a person at odds with reality cannot join a church, including a congregation that wishes to be taken seriously. There is, however, an obvious imperative that such a person not act as a leader of that church. Inclusiveness doesn't mean collective mental illness. This leads to things like the New Hope Methodist Church becoming Marsha Brown's Creole Restaurant complete with ironic stained glass windows of biblical stories next door to the Wiccan shop and the tattoo parlor.
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#32- Excellent post, sincerely appreciated.#24- #32 is correct. St. Paul makes it easy to understand "Sola gratia,Sola fide,Sola scriptura" in the words of Ephesians2:8-9 – "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." God's mercy is generous toward the undeserving.(Romans5:12-21) Grace "is like the benefit of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, which is not a work, but a treasure included in the Word. It is offered to us and received by faith."[Continued]
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[Continued]Through faith, God's gift, is the opposite of works and sight; a trust in God's gifts, now and to come. (Luke 7:50, Romans 1:17, Galatians 2:16).Salvation is not the result of works: "Neither Jews who obey the Torah, nor Gentiles who heed their conscience, may claim a reward from God (Romans 3:19-31). Ultimately, "Christ's merit is obtained not by our works or pennies, but from grace through faith, without money and merit."[Continued]
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[Continued]The Holy Bible – "Whoever believes and holds to Christ's Word, heaven stands open to him, hell is shut, the devil is imprisoned, sins are forgiven, and he is a child of eternal life. That is what this book teaches you—the Holy Scripture—and no other book on earth." Martin Luther (WA 48:155)Soli Deo Gloria! – To God alone be the glory!
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This is disrespectful to the One who created the two sexes.The hubris of one who would claim that God made a mistake that needs corrected by His creation is blasphemy of the highest order.She obviously sees herself as superior to God and on a mission to correct his failings.Any church that embraces this is not a church of God.
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#32 – Thank you for answering my question. You clarified the issue for me.#33 – "They also have become more and more lenient on Gay Marriage." It was unclear if you were referring the Lutherans or the Catholics. The Catholic Church has not changed its prohibition against gender-neutral "marriages". Practicing Catholics who are homosexual or lesbian are called to chastity as are single heterosexuals. There are many special ministries available to those who live with such temptations.#37,38,39 – Thank you, as always, for the Scripture quotes. Catholics also believe that salvation is a Grace Gift from God, totally outside any effort of ours. Although it is a common misconception Catholics do not believe that our works will save us but, just like the fig tree we will be known by our fruits. We are commanded by Christ to be His hands and feet in the world. We do believe that Scripture without Tradition to guide interpretation can lead believers into dangerous waters. Oral Tradition was the basis of Christian belief before The Bible was assembled in the 4th century. The Pope is infallible in only matters of faith and morals. The last papal bull on dogma was in 1854, when the Church formalized the teaching on the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Infallible papal declarations are very rare.AMDG – For the Greater Glory of God.
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I don´t care which denomination they are, it´s weird and a mental illness. But, that is between them and their G-d. Who am I to judge and cast the first stone?
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#41- As always, enlightening exchanges sincerely appreciated.#42- "Judge, cast first stone." When a believer falls into sin, believers are to try to encourage the sinner to examine the fault.(Matthew 18:15-20) Rather than being judgmental, the attempt is more like compassion that would impel a medical professional to care for an injured person. Jesus gave the keys of the kingdom of heaven to the Apostles (clergy) to forgive or refuse to forgive sins(Matthew 16:19). Believers need to pray for sinners who show no concern for their souls, and work to win them back so they will not be lost forever.
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Futurama Characters in LEGO
Ochre Jelly, who made the famous Stephen Hawking Lego, is at it again. This time with the cast of Futurama (I <3 Nibbler!).
Hurry up and make the rest of the characters, Ochre Jelly! Link - via The Brothers Brick
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Those are some sweet Futurama figures!
Those lego peices are amazing, I wish I could make lego like that!
Love to play with them :D
This is Awesome, are you celebrating the 50s anniversary of Lego :)