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When Heaven Invades EarthDestiny Image, Inc. 2005; US$ 15.99
When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous, supernatural power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible,... more...
Release the Power of JesusDestiny Image, Inc. 2009; Not Available
TELL YOUR STORY TO EVERYONE AND RELEASE THE POWER OF JESUS! ...For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10). Telling others about the miracles in your life makes God more real for others and causes faith to explode in those who hear what God has done for you.They will begin to see miracles in their own lives... more...
Insights to Help You survive Peaks and ValleysDestiny Image, Inc. 2008; Not Available
Bishop T.D. Jakes gives practical and proven insights to help you survive your challenges and revel in your joys. Life is not the same day after day some are good, others are not. Walking through the peaks and valleys takes energy, direction, and stamina. You will be prepared for a lifetime of journeying by following the insights given by... more...
It's Time to Reveal What God Longs to HealDestiny Image, Inc. 2008; Not Available
Bishop Jakes calls for believers to strip away all layers of superficiality, religious reasonings, and pious pretendings. We need to be real to be honest before God and man. Our example, Jesus Christ Himself, ministered and died in total openness before us. How can the hurting around us receive help and healing unless we too are Naked and Not... more...
Release Your AnointingDestiny Image, Inc. 2008; Not Available
I believe that we're in the beginning stages of the greatest revival this world has ever known. In order for us to carry out the plan of God, we must realize that divine intervention and not human effort will usher in this end-time revival. Christians must know that their lives with God can be full of new experiences every day. Instead of merely... more...
Christianity UnshackledDestiny Image, Inc. 2009; Not Available
Christianity Unshackled follows the development of Western thought over the last 2,000 years, showing how Christianity has grown up side-by-side with Western philosophy. Great errors have resulted from that entanglement, primarily because Western philosophy has its roots in the ancient Greek worldview. After untangling that mess, Harold R. Eberle... more...
How to hear God's VoiceDestiny Image, Inc. 2006; US$ 24.99
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear." Matthew 13:16 You can hear the voice of your Lord. He is always speaking to you. In fact, every believer is called to have a one-on-one relationship with God because He longs to share sweet times of intimacy with all His children. How to Hear God's Voice... more...
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Your subconscious makes 95% of your decisions. If you deep down believe the LIE that it is spiritual to be poor, then you subconscious will sabotage your life and your finances to keep you spiritual (poor according to your belief system). There is only one thing that can free you from the bondage of a lie,THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!!!... more...
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It is the story of the blood of Jesus through the entire Bible. It is about why Jesus had to be crucified, shed His blood and be raised from the dead, and what it all means to you. The Miracle of the Scarlet Thread explains in easy-to-understand, reader-friendly language, the central story of the Bible. It makes the complexities of the Bible... more...
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"It's a pleasure to support the Emerging Leaders program at PubU for the second year in a row," expressed Kristen McLean, Executive Director of Business Development at NPD Book. "We really believe in supporting and encouraging the development of the next generation of Christian publishing leadership at NPD, and we think PubU is the perfect opportunity to work with publishers to identify and nurture these fantastic candidates."
The class of ten, selected from a strong pool of candidates, will be officially introduced at PubU and honored at the opening session, which will also feature a keynote by Gabe Lyons and the announcement of the Top Shelf Book Cover Award winners.
"The industry is already recognizing the positive effect of identifying and supporting the next generation of publishing professionals," stated ECPA executive director Stan Jantz. "These are the voices we need to take Christian publishing into the future and we congratulate the 2017 class of industry emerging leaders."
SEE THE LIST OF EMERGING LEADERS at http://rushtopress.org/ecpa-names-ten-industry-emerging-leaders-pubu-scholarship/

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The Harrogate Rambling Club offers walks in pleasant company in the beautiful dales and moors of North Yorkshire. In these web pages, you will find information about what we do and how to join us – please come in and have a look!
Background Information
Harrogate Rambling Club was formed in 1936 and is affiliated to The Ramblers (formerly the Ramblers Association). It now has a membership of around 400, and organises more than 400 walks each year. We have a wide range of walks for people of all levels of fitness and experience, and walks are normally available on Wednesdays and Sundays throughout the year. Typically, we organise 30-35 walks each month, with lengths ranging from 4 miles to 15+ miles.
A Programme of walks is published three times a year and distributed to Members, local libraries and elsewhere. It contains details of the current committee, the AGM (which is held during the first week of each October), and details of each walk for a four month period, as well as news items and other matters of interest.
Walks Slips
The new walk slip process is available here
Walks Programme
Full details of the current programme are here
Potential New Members
Potential new members are always welcome to join us for a trial walk. Full information on Club membership is here but, for a trial, choose a walk from the programme that you like the sound of and, at its simplest, just come to the start to join us. In practice, though, it would be best to give the walk leader a call – their number is on the listing – so that they can look out for you and introduce you to the others.
Sunday "A" Walks
Unfortunately, the number of members walking in the Sunday "A" group has now fallen to such a low level that it is no longer practical for the Club to reliably offer such walks. We regret that this option will therefore be removed from future programmes.
Annual General Meeting 2017
The Minutes of the 2017 AGM are here.
Contact Information
For more information, contact the Membership Secretary, Allan Reynolds, or one of the other Club officers, at the addresses here.
Alternatively, contact us directly via the enquiry form here.
Members' Photographs
The website has a growing collection of members' photographs, but is always looking for more. Go here to see some recent photo albums.
Automated System for Preparing Walks Listings
The Club has developed a semi-automated system for preparing walks listings, and it is available for use by any walk leader or walk collector. More details are available via the "Walks Slips" page.
If you should be unfortunate enough to be involved in an incident whilst on a club walk, please report it using the procedure here.
Path Obstructions
If you should encounter a blocked or otherwise unsatisfactory path, stile, etc., please report it using the procedure here.


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Converse pulled out the big body '70s profile for these Chuck Taylors. I know I just mentioned the 1970s, but fuck it, I only thinking about Ponyboy and his greasy ass dome when I see shoes like these. Let's go smoke some cigarettes, steal a car, joyride that shit and have unprotected sex with girls who look like Bettie Page. We can even get into fistfights with the rich kids who wear varsity jackets. Remember the kids in middle school that got way into S.E. Hinton? Fucking nerds.
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I actually got this at half off at PhP350something at the Missha store at that pine tree cutting mall. I was looking for something not lemon-y. something not too fruity, i kinda not remember why i didn't get an apple scent. before even smelling soon as i saw the word mango, i knew i wanted it.
weeee, Missha's against animal testing.
and the ingredients.
and the atomizer.
at first i found the scent too sweet then it started to dissipate. and then it was just right.
a few thoughts:
- it's not alcholy, like that tingy feeling that it's kinda drying on the skin? it's not that
- scent doesn't last too long, but it leaves behind something really mild and doesn't smell like old tresor or anais anais (oh ha hindi na jovan or charlie :p)
- the scent is not overbearing
- since i don't go to the provinces, i don't get to smell fruits for real, the supermarket is the closest thing hahaha i iz a looser? so i got this, i'm glad i did.
- oh the atomizer works just right, too. doesn't do the glob of spritz and it's easy to control. i can do just a small squirt to a full on spritz the type you walk into while it's in the air LMAO :P
- the cap that covers the spritzer - it's difficult to take it off once it's clicked on to its proper position. this is a very good thing that way my bag won't suddenly smell of mangoes because of accidental spritzing because the cap didn't stay where it should.


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Home is the place where our heart is and where our mind wants rest after tiring entire day at work. Our homes are our prized possessions and we just love it when anybody appreciates it. Homes for sale Tulsa Oklahoma perfectly fit the bill. Tulsa is the only city in the globe that boasts of its greenery, wonderful scenic destinations, an escalating economic system, rich cultural heritage, abundance of refreshing recreational areas and lots more. These explain why a large number of people are attracted to stay here. According to a recent survey, there are plenty of visitors who are willing to invest in this booming real estate industry.
The huge amount of investment in building residences in Tulsa prompts people to make decisions of buying a property in this place. Whatever be the size of the property, people do not ignore the chance of buying a residential property here, as this would be a lifetime investment in terms of utility and benefit. The home owners boast of enjoying a whole lot of advantages after buying homes Tulsa Oklahoma. Modern facilities and prime location are the characteristic features of these properties which prompts investors to invest their hard earned money. The investors try to put in a package all facilities which a modern home owner expects.
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This driver is from the Abit website and is the only one listed under GeForce 4 MX, specifically being for the Siluro GF4 MX Pro; it also works fine with the Siluro GF4 MX-8X E. The version is 43.51, not 56.55 as listed on the website! There is a separate driver listed for Win2000 / XP (listed as version 43.51, may actually be 56.55?), presumably it would work for this card too.
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ROBINSON RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP: Bethany Robinson, of Baton Rouge, a junior electrical engineering major at Howard University, has been named winner of the H.O.P.E. Scholarship Initiative's second annual 140 Twitter Challenge.
The 140 Twitter Challenge is a scholarship competition designed to meet students on social media. Students respond to a question provided by HOPE on Twitter in 140 characters or less and the best response is awarded a $140 scholarship.
Robinson's winning response to the question "What are you currently doing to make your world, university or neighborhood a better place?" was, "I mentor and teach in a middle school STEM classroom encouraging kids to do well in math and science and pursue majors in STEM."
Robinson is an in-class intern at the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science. The class teaches core STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) curriculum.
She is the daughter of Terry and Samantha Robinson, of Baton Rouge.
HART RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP: Nathan Hart, a graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School, is a recipient of the Haudenosaunee Nations Scholarship at the University of Rochester.
The scholarship provides full tuition grant aid for admitted members of the Haudenosaunee: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca or Tuscarora. Hart, a freshman and the son of Holly Hart and Dr. Craig Hart, is a resident of Baton Rouge.
TERNDRUP RECEIVES LEADERSHIP AWARD: Christopher Terndrup, a student at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been named a recipient of the American Medical Association Foundation's 2013 Leadership Award. This award provides medical students, residents/fellows and early career physicians from around the country with special training to develop their skills as future leaders in organized medicine and community affairs.
Terndrup is a fourth-year medical student pursuing a residency in internal medicine. At Tulane he held numerous leadership positions over community service and advocacy projects, from creating the Interpretive Services Project to organizing the school's first annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Week.
KING GRADUATES FROM TEST PILOT SCHOOL: Air Force Capt. Bradley King graduated from USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Dec. 8.
King, a Baton Rouge native, is a 2000 graduate of Parkview Baptist High School. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from LSU and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Tennessee. His graduation from Test Pilot School carries a master's degree in flight test engineering.
King has been assigned to the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M. He is the son of William and Pam King, of Baton Rouge, and the grandson of Keith and Melva Burchfield, of Baton Rouge.
SWAN COMPLETES BASIC: Pfc. Eric J. Swan graduated from recruit training on Dec. 7 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. He is the son of Anthony and Donna Swan, of Gonzales, and is a 2012 graduate of St. Amant High School.
REDEMPTORIST HIGH SCHOOL: The Class of 1963 will hold its 50-year reunion on April 6. Classmates who have not been contacted are asked to call Jim Altazan, (225) 766-5276.
AUGUSTUS-SMITH-GALLOWAY FAMILY: The Augustus-Smith-Galloway family reunion will be held July 18-23 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Contact Carla Traylor, firstname.lastname@example.com, (909) 450-3271; or Chanel McNabb, firstname.lastname@example.com, (909) 578-4874.
"Neighbors Notes" is published every Tuesday in the People section. Send items — including military graduations, reunions and promotions; university and college academic achievements; and neighborhood association events — to "Neighbors Notes," The Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821; fax information to (225) 388-0351; or email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Deadline is Tuesday at noon of each week for the following Tuesday. By submitting photos to The Advocate, you agree that they can be published in any of The Advocate's print or digital publications.


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Report NEP-IPR-2013-04-27This is the archive for NEP-IPR, a report on new working papers in the area of Intellectual Property Rights. Giovanni Ramello issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
Subscribe to this report: email, RSS or Twitter.
Other reports in NEP-IPR
The following items were announced in this report:
- Antoine Dechezlepr�tre, 2013. "Fast-tracking �green� patent applications: an empirical analysis," GRI Working Papers 107, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
- Nicolas Figueroa & Carlos J. Serrano, 2013. "Patent Trading Flows of Small and Large Firms," NBER Working Papers 18982, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Item repec:eca:wpaper:2013/143016 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Nam, Sangjun & Nam, Changi, 2012. "The impact of patent litigation on shareholder value in the IT industry," 19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012: Moving Forward with Future Technologies - Opening a Platform for All 72514, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
- Nicolas CARAYOL & Valerio STERZI, 2013. "Signaling and the Ownership of Academic Patents," Cahiers du GREThA 2013-13, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée.
- Item repec:dgr:tuecis:wpaper:1303 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Pierre Dehez & Sophie Poukens, 2013. "The Shapley value as a guide to FRAND licensing agreements," Working Papers of BETA 2013-03, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
- Item repec:dgr:tuecis:wpaper:1301 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Mónica L. Azevedo & Óscar Afonso & Sandra T. Silva, 2013. "Endogenous growth and intellectual property rights: a North-South modelling proposal," FEP Working Papers 492, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto.
- Erkan Gurpinar, 2013. "Institutional Complementarities and Property Rights-Technology Equilibria under Knowledge Intensive Technology," Department of Economics University of Siena 673, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
- Cevikarslan, Salih, 2013. "Optimal patent length and patent breadth in an R&D driven market with evolving consumer preferences: An evolutionary multi-agent based modelling approach," MERIT Working Papers 020, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
- Kibae Kim & Wool-Rim Lee & Jorn Altmann, 2013. "Patterns of Innovation in SaaS Networks: Trend Analysis of Node Centralities," TEMEP Discussion Papers 2013104, Seoul National University; Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP), revised Jan 2013.


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Book a CLEAN trip
Call 205-322-5326 or click the link above to send an email requesting a CLEAN Trip.
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About the SHANE HULSEY CLEAN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Cahaba River Society's Shane Hulsey CLEAN (Children Linking with the Environment Across the Nation) program provides students with interactive, river-based environmental science activities while they safely participate in a canoe trip, stream walk, or service-learning project.
Classroom CLEAN programs prepare students to learn in the field. CLEAN has brought over 36,000 students and teachers into the Cahaba River and other community water resources since 1996.
CLEAN offers a diverse and adaptable set of programs designed to educate, motivate and inspire youth to take active roles in the environmental health of our community.
Young people have a natural curiosity about science and the environment, and CLEAN's interdisciplinary field and classroom curriculum encourages critical thinking by students and prepares them to make informed decisions about water resources. CLEAN teaches the science that underpins stewardship while engaging youth in fun, healthful outdoor play and learning, helping to foster a new generation of informed citizens and leaders. Age-appropriate field activities include watershed orientation, collecting and learning about fish and macro invertebrates, learning how to canoe, and water quality testing.
The vision of CLEAN is that our young people become knowledgeable and healthy adult leaders and act as good stewards to ensure their drinking water remains healthy & abundant and their rivers are clean & life-filled. We are expanding CLEAN to serve more urban and rural disadvantaged youth, especially those of color and low income, to give them a positive outdoor experience that enhances learning and connects them with water resources.
OUTREACH TO URBAN & RURAL SCHOOLS: CRS is a partner is supporting curriculum enrichment in Birmingham City Schools, such as such as the Career Academies and the Woodlawn Innovation Network, and CLEAN's Education Director and Environmental Educator serve on the Woodlawn Arts & Environmental Science Academy Advisory Council. Through strengthened relationships with members of the Birmingham Board of Education and Village Creek Human and Environmental Justice Society, we are advancing opportunities to promote CLEAN to urban school administrators and teachers. We continue seeking opportunities to expand service to rural communities.
SUMMER ADVENTURES IN LEARNING (SAIL): SAIL is a collaborative initiative that invests in summer youth programs to strengthen math and reading skills and improve summer learning retention. SAIL's aim is that Birmingham's disadvantaged students will no longer lose up to 5 months or more of grade-level equivalency during the summer months. CLEAN was selected as a SAIL enrichment program in 2013 to support these goals through fun, interactive science learning. To dispel common fears about the outdoors, we offer "Classroom CLEAN"– an in-class, interactive introduction to the Cahaba's biodiversity and importance to our region – to all SAIL providers.
SERVICE-LEARNING RESTORATION PROJECTS: Engaging people in volunteer river restoration is an important part of CLEAN's aim to build commitment to environmental stewardship. We work with many school, civic, and business partners to organize river restoration projects, including river clean-ups, privet removal, riverside tree plantings, and trail building.
LEAD CLEAN PROGRAM STAFF: Gordon Black, CRS Education Director since 2007, has more than 45 years' experience in paddle sports and a national reputation as a teacher of boating safety and rescue. Gordon was the American Canoe Association's National Director of Safety Education and Instruction for 6 years and spent 16 years as instructor, guide, and Head of Instruction (7 years) at the Nantahala Outdoor Center.
La'Tanya Scott, CRS Environmental Educator, holds a BS degree with an Environmental Science major. La'Tanya is a skilled outdoor educator and role model who strengthens our outreach and service to urban schools and youth of color.
Made Possible by the Generous Support of:
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation
Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation
Regions Bank
Daniel Foundation of Alabama
Wells Fargo
Vulcan Materials Company Foundation – Lead CLEAN Corporate Sponsor
Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation
McWane Foundation
Norcross Foundation
International Expeditions
City of Vestavia Hills
Alabama Outdoors
ABAHAC, Inc.
Amerex Corporation
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
EBSCO Industries
Hancock Forest Management
Eugene Ireland Foundation
Jemison Investment Company
Hugh Kaul Foundation
Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
Robert R. Meyer Foundation
The Nature Conservancy of Alabama
Protective Life Foundation
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
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A Beauty and Wellness Boutique
Head-to-Toe Therapeutic Spa Package for one
$99 (Value $210) or Girls Night Out Cosmetic Party For Four $277 (Value $640)
Spa Package #1
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Girls Night Out Cosmetic Party for you and 3 of your
close friends.
Enjoy a group party with well known Makeup Artist.
Skin Analysis - Step by Step Makeup Lesson
$20 Free Gift - Color Chart
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Please Note:
- All discounted services, packages and all other Groupon type Deals are subject to a 15% Gratuity based
on the full amount at time of service.
- Groupon or other type of vouchers may not be purchased by separate clients and booked as a group party
unless otherwise noted.
- Group appointments of 3-5 guests booking together need to be purchased through the spa directly.
We can only accommodate head-to-toe packages for 3 or more by special
arrangements on Mondays - Saturdays evenings or Sundays
- Groupon or Travel Zoo expired vouchers are valid towards any FULL VALUE service or package - Not web specials
Facial and Body Decadence Duo/ Spa Package:
Customized Antioxidant Facial Treatment and Infrared Thermal Body Wrap...
Treat yourself or someone special to a Pampering / Wellness Treatment. Indulge with a Duo package of customized treatments designed for your individual needs for face and body issues. Both you and your Therapist will select the appropriate treatment option Duo. Your choices for your face and body needs include an array of Organic blends and delicious options.
Facial choices:
- Pumpkin - For problem skin/ exfoliates
- Chocolate Mousse - To exfoliate/ regenerate/ antioxidant rich/ calms/ hydrates
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While you are relaxing in the wrap your Therapist will perform a customized facial treatment consisting of:
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- Avoid caffeine the day of treatment
- Wear thin loose comfortable garments like T-shirt, yoga pants,
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- Bring a change of clothes
- Drink water after treatment, small sips for 2 hours after treatment
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Customized Facial $115.00
Total treatment time approximate: 1 hour 15 mins.
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A kidney mass is a growth that arises from inside the kidney, according to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Most kidney masses are found when a patient is undergoing evaluation for something else and receives an ultrasound or CT scan.Continue Reading
Cysts are the most common kidney masses, explains WUSM St. Louis. These fluid-filled sacs appear in half of people older than 50. Cysts do not generally cause medical problems or comprise any significant risks. Radiologists can easily identify most cysts, most of which do not require any intervention. In some cases, no further observation is necessary. Other cysts, however, are complex and provide more of a challenge. People who have complex cysts receive follow-up monitoring through CT scans or MRI, which look for changes and growth in the cyst.
Solid kidney masses are more worrisome than the liquid-filled cysts, notes WUSM St. Louis. About four out of five solid kidney masses turn out to be cancerous. To err on the side of caution, the noncancerous masses are often treated as though they cancerous. Sometimes a doctor orders a biopsy of the mass to provide more information, but biopsies are not always reliable as far as determining the malignancy of a mass. In most cases, the doctor uses such treatments as freezing the mass, or laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. In other cases, the surgeon may choose an open partial nephrectomy, if the situation is too complex for laparoscopic handling, notes WUSM St. Louis.Learn more about Conditions & Diseases


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Posted by BE on September 17th, 2009
I read that New York's Health Commissioner, Thomas Farley, has said he wants to take the Big Apple's war on smokers to the city's beaches and parks. There will be the inevitable cries of 'Nanny State' from smokers and possibly even from some civil libertarians. My own view is that the only right smokers have consists in the freedom to very slowly take their own lives, as uncomplainingly and as far away from the rest of us as possible. This may seem harsh, but there really is no difference between the smoker and the heroin user. Both are drug addicts. I hear no argument in favour of junkies having the right to shoot up in public places, whether indoor or out.
Like 'PC', the use of 'Nanny State' to decry any legislation designed to enhance wellbeing or preserve the environment or protect the responsible citizen from the irresponsible, now provides a failsafe indication that the user has neither intelligence nor argument. Our own history of 'Nanny State' intrusion in the lives of citizens should properly include fluoridation of public water supplies, all forms of immunisation against disease, all traffic laws, especially the compulsory wearing of seatbelts, all laws against the personal use of narcotics, all restrictions on smoking and, most recently, any restriction of the rights of parents to raise their children in whatever way they see fit.
The list is of course far too short, since any law which, in the interest of the general good, restricts the freedom of the individual, is really an example of the 'Nanny State' in action. So we have the unwelcome spectacle of the Leader of the Opposition renouncing his party's previous attempts to conserve water and power and to prevent parents using 'reasonable force' as a defence against the charge of having abused their children, on the grounds that these 'Nanny State' policies meant that Labour was perceived as having 'taken its eye off the ball' and lost votes in the process. Never mind that these policies might actually have been for the general good.
The logical extension of such populist thinking might seem to be the repeal of all the previous 'Nanny State' legislation mentioned above. But, as a means of regaining widespread voter support, it wouldn't work. People would not want to go back to the days when it was legal to travel in a fast-moving vehicle without buckling up, or acceptable to fill the air in public places with life-threatening chemicals. For most of us life is better because of laws that we once thought intrusive. That's the thing about Nanny: In time she almost always comes in from the cold.
Speaking of cold, the advent of Spring means that for the next six months or more, smokers' rights will actually take precedence over the rights of non-smokers. In cold weather smokers are disadvantaged by having to go outside – cafes, restaurants or their place of work – to smoke. They sit shivering at kerbside tables or huddled in office doorways, sucking in death with the damp, icy air. Poor things.
But in fine, warm weather the smokers come into their own. In fine, warm weather everyone wants to be outside. But, for the non-smoker, being outside means having to put up with the noxious, appetite-killing fumes drifting across from neighbouring tables. The worst table to sit next to is one with a mixed party of smokers and non-smokers. The smokers, aware of the discomfort their smoking may cause their non-smoking companions, either exhale their smoke vertically into the air, from where the breeze wafts it gently to the adjacent tables, or 'considerately' hold the burning cigarette down behind their chair, well away from the guests at their own table, but directly next to yours.
So in Spring I'm more than ever with Mr Farley. It's time to take the next logical step in the war against the weed. NO SMOKING IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE, INSIDE OR OUT! (BY ORDER OF NANNY)
And while I'm at it, here's a non-PC aside. We already know that there is a correlation between unemployment and smoking. If my observations are correct, there's also a correlation between smoking and obesity. A disproportionate number of fat people seem to be smokers as well, thus doubling their risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes, to name but three.
My theory is that these are people who find themselves in a downward spiral of boredom, low self-esteem and depression which they attempt to allay with comfort food and the narcotic and boredom-relieving effects of smoking, resulting in further weight gain, poorer health, loss of energy and vitality along with sexual and social attractiveness, in turn leading to greater boredom, loss of self-esteem and depression…
I could be totally wrong of course. But what is absolutely clear is that the more difficult you make it for people to smoke, the fewer people smoke. I'm with Nanny. I know you don't like it, but it's good for you. One day you'll thank me. (Isn't that really infuriating? Don't you want to kill both Nanny and me?)
By the way, I used to be a sixty a day man. I know what you're going to say – nothing worse than a convert. But I can feel your pain.
More often than not, you'll find that smoking is an appetite suppressant. eg. models. You'll also find that incense smoke is as carcinogenic as cigarette smoke. Have fun telling the hippies and Catholics that their rites should be banned outright because of your intolerance.
More often than not, you'll find that smoking is an appetite suppressant.
Well, as an appetitie suppressant it doesn't seem to be working for a hell of a lot of people. Can't comment on the incense smoke. And nor should I. I'm not part of that congregation and not affected by the practice. Presumably the worshippers have no objection to the incense smoke, since it forms part of their ritual.
I am so fed up that smokers have taken over the outdoors. I remember going up Mt Vic a couple of years ago to see a comet or something, there were loads of people up there, and a handful of smokers. The smokers made it awful really, beautiful night, stench.
Every garden bar, fresh air dining place is a waste of time even bothering to sit it, you know you will have an unpleasant environment.
Outdoor dining in Australia is much more pleasant because no one can smoke within 5 meters of any outdoor diners.
Only 25% of NZers smoke, but they pollute 100% of our urban public spaces
I am so fed up that smokers have taken over the outdoors. I remember going up Mt Vic a couple of years ago to see a comet or something, there were loads of people up there, and a handful of smokers. The smokers made it awful really, beautiful night, stench.
Right on. However, smokers aren't bad people and it's worth politely asking them to stub out if it's annoying you. We were sitting outside a Ponsonby cafe one day. A guy at the next table was holding his cigarette behind his chair and we were getting the benefit. When Judy asked this guy to move his cigarette away, she got an earful. BUT the guy's girlfriend told him not to be such an arsehole and he stubbed out the cigarette. Mostly people (or their friends) are reasonable.
Yeah B.E, innit weird how gross smoking is once the habit is kicked.
I can't stand the smell of smoke on my friends and family who still suck and yet I once lived to smoke.
It is so disturbing to watch the epic struggle of my friends who don't want to smoke any more and yet can't make the break. It is heartbreaking.
Will: if catholics can do away with drinking from the chalice at communion due to swine flu they can do away with the incense to aid asthmatics in the congregation. No Nannying, just consideration.
Yeah B.E, innit weird how gross smoking is once the habit is kicked.
I feel for your friends. I certainly don't underestimate the difficulty of quitting smoking. It's hell. But I know of several cases where mounting disapproval from family, especially the kids, has finally convinced Mum or Dad to give up. But understanding doesn't have to mean tolerance. Never mind passive smoking. The smoker has no right even to make life unpleasant for other people.
Don't know anything about Catholics, the chalice and swine flu. I'm a Protestant atheist as you probably know.
Not an "incoherent rave" at all. Quite restrained, in fact.
Making life as difficult as possible for smokers, has nothing to do with Nanny State. These social misfits don't have any "rights" — especially when
it comes to contaminating the air I breathe, the clothes I wear and befouling my hair.
They are the bane of every non-smokers' al fresco public dining/coffee-drinking enjoyment. Whenever I'm at a table that's on the pavement, and an inconsiderate cretin lights up, I just want to take the pitcher of water and offload the contents right into that person's carcinogenic gob, just as he/she is about to exhale.
And ladies, seeing you all huddled together, kerbside, puffing away madly on your poison sticks
during your work breaks — arms semi-crossed against your muffin bellies — is a real turn-off. You look like decrepit hookers chatting in a huddled group, about to disperse to your own street corners. Asians are the worst, sitting on their haunches, looking up at you with that vacant serpentine look.
Smokers — don't bleat on about being "victimised" and that you have "rights", when you're the ones inflicting the misery on others. We, non-smokers, have rights too.
Not an "incoherent rave" at all. Quite restrained, in fact.
For heaven's sake, man, stop all this shilly-shallying. Call a spade a spade!
Seriously though, your quite correct statement that smoking seems to be more common among Asians than other ethnic groups might seem to cast doubt on my smoking/obesity/low self-esteem connection. However, I think this has more to do with the smoking culture in Asian countries. What is certain is that making life difficult for smokers, as we have done in New Zealand, is an effective aid to quitting and stopping people smoking.
This urge to dine 'al fresco' has always puzzled me. Regardless of smokers, other irritants such as insects, sparrows, diesel fumes and wind borne dust are far greater nuisances. Give me a table inside anytime.
On the general matter of smoking (and I speak as an ex smoker) I get fed up with being instructed as to what I can and can't do; of having my life regulated. At the risk of stirring up one of your other correspondents your views surprise me since the Irish are noted for their contrariness and reluctance to conform.
As for Mark S I would suggest he take up smoking to calm down. This suppressed rage cannot be good for him.
On the general matter of smoking (and I speak as an ex smoker) I get fed up with being instructed as to what I can and can't do; of having my life regulated.
As for those contrary Irish, Eire was the first country in Europe to have a ban on smoking, followed immediately by the Northern Irish. We may be contrary, but we're not stupid.
I also seem to recall the ban was widely ignored
My father (who never smoked) was a great admirer of smokers … 1940's actresses etc, which I suppose is why I have smoked with a passion for 40 years – 'suicide in slow motion' so to speak.
As a fixation of oral eroticism (and effective self-perpetuating stress relief), I personally consider my vice as 'out there' for all the world to see, and take the high moral ground that it's infinitely preferable to having an 'anal fixation' like many non-smokers.
A short period on nortryptiline completely and rapidly removed any desire to smoke, that was until a nice lady from the Cancer Society had a couple of cigarettes in front of me and I was away again. Sigh.
Benefits of smoking:
1) ritual
2) stress relief
3) drives all you 'anally fixated/retentive' types to expose yourselves
4) more socially acceptable than thumb sucking
5) seeing the joy of recognition on another smoker's face
6) the raw juvenile pleasure of rebellion against authority (and you don't even need to be a Libertarian!)
7) watching the 'righteous' cheerfully imbibe emissions from vehicles, air 'fresheners', hair spray, perfumes, dyes, plastics etc
– degrading side effects followed by a certain slow agonising death
– derision and social exclusion by 3), 6) and 7) even when being sensitive to their rights
– judgemental health 'care' workers
– impoverishment due to greedy immoral Govt. taxes
– stress caused by social intolerance
– annoying tea-towel wavers popping out from behind bushes
– butts
– cleaning ashtrays
As tobacco is so dangerous, why doesn't the Govt. just bite the bullet and ban it's import?
If folks want to grow their own, let them get on with it … I suspect the effort and hassle involved, combined with doubtful returns from any black market activity would soon cause most of us smokers to abandon all hope and take up obsessive eating or drinking or droning endlessly on and on in a monotone … or perhaps to fully explore our previously restrained capacity for oral-aggression.
My father (who never smoked) was a great admirer of smokers … 1940's actresses etc, which I suppose is why I have smoked with a passion for 40 years – 'suicide in slow motion' so to speak.
Pretty good summary of the pros and cons. I don't object to people smoking at all, as long as it's not around me. It's unpleasant and, though I rarely give this much thought, apparently bad for my health as well. As to why governments don't ban smoking outright, the only reasonable explanation seems to be the huge tax take they get from the sale of tobacco and cigarettes.
"This may seem harsh, but there really is no difference between the smoker and the heroin user. Both are drug addicts. I hear no argument in favour of junkies having the right to shoot up in public places, whether indoor or out."
Well, you're gonna hear it from me, Brian! I hasten to add that I only ever smoked for 2 years, from the ages of 29-30, after I finally learned to inhale on pot in Africa (long story)! Gave it up when I realised how silly it all was.
But here goes: People will use drugs (nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, heroin, P, whatever) whether you want them to or not. Nothing is ever going to change that.
Given that these drugs will always be available and people will always use them I see only one sensible approach. It consists of three parts:
1. Serious, no-holds-bared compulsory drug education (including alcohol and tobacco) in schools. Parents cannot withdraw their children. And the education is honest and forthright without being preachy.
2. Anyone who supplies any of the above-mentioned substances to anyone under the age of 18 has the book thrown at them. No mitigation, you cop a serious sentence. And police and other enforcement agencies make this a real priorty. (Given recent evidence about brain development, ideally this age should be 25, but realistically that would be impossible to implement.)
3. Above the age of 18, take what you like. It's all legal. But you deal with the consequences – the state ain't gonna bail you out. If you drive drunk and crash, it's on your head. If you take P and slash someone, you can't claim being under the inflence of P in mitigation. Indeed, if you commit a crime under the influence of any substance, you can't claim it in mitigation. And if you harm yourself or others while under the influence of any substance, you can't plead incapacitation.
That extends to health care. If you smoke and develop lung cancer, you pay for your own treatment. If you develop cirrhosis of the liver, for obvious reasons, you pay for your own treatment.
If you want to consume mind-altering substances of any kind (including alcohol) and you want to protect yourself from the financial risk that exposes you to (because the state ain't gonna cover you) take out insurance. It'll cost. But you will be the one paying.
Choices come with consequences. Only when there is no way out of a consequence will people pay real attention to the choice they make.
Well, you're gonna hear it from me, Brian!
Interesting thesis, Ashley. I have some sympathy for the idea that legalising and controlling the manufacture, sale and use of drugs makes a great deal more sense than attempting the impossible – prohibition.
However, I don't believe that in a civilised and humane society we can simply abandon wrongdoers to their fate, on the grounds that they brought it on themselves. What of those smokers, probably the majority, who can't afford to pay for their own medical treatment or even for the drugs that would give them relief from the agonies of cancer in its later stages. What of the young drunk driver who crashes and ends up a paraplegic? Are we to leave that person to die without medical aid or rehabilitation? I think what you're proposing is a very unforgiving and brutal society in which I, certainly, would not wish to live.
'Little Toot' makes a valid observation. The rise and decline of the smokers' fortunes can be viewed through the prism of movie-making.
Smoking has long surrendered its mantle as a sign of svelte Sophistication and Debonairness, as highlighted in those movies from the 1930s and 40s. Where actors such as Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Lauren Bacall, Veronica Lake; Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Gary Grant et al seemed to engage in a precise ritual of extracting a cigarette and — either having it lightened for them, or lighting it themselves. It seemed the epitome of mannered social grace and breeding.
The TV series Columbo (1968-2003) changed all that. Peter Falk, portraying an unkempt cigar-smoking, quizzical/befuddled police lieutenant in a rumpled trench coat, was the antithesis of all that glamour. It probably was a turning point in public perception – and by default – public acceptance as well.
Nowadays, smokers are fast becoming social pariahs; exiled to the outdoors, finding favour with no one save for their fellow smoker. On any given weekday, outside any office complex, we see them gather — in an almost circular formation — on the footpath, as a motley bunch engaged in a weird kind of synchronicity; of first raising their cigarettes to the lips, deeply inhaling smoke, slowly reclining heads to a 75 degree angle; then, offering measured mute whistles to the sky. Reminds me of those non-affirming slow-turning clown heads I used to see at the sideshow attractions at the Easter Show.
When you realise how far our modern-day smoker has fallen from grace, from the elegant settings (as depicted in the Hollywood movies) to the pavements of the urban concrete jungle, then, there's an unmistakable feeling of abjectness and sadness to the sorry saga.
'Little Toot' makes a valid observation. The rise and decline of the smokers' fortunes can be viewed through the prism of movie-making.
Elegantly put. I wonder if you've ever heard the Bob Newhart track where he talks on the phone to Sir Walter Raleigh in America where he has just discovered tobacco. Hilarious. You can read the script of the sketch at http://www.monologues.co.uk/Bob_Newhart/Tobacco.htm Or buy the record.
The problem with banning smoking is that it completely bypasses the requirment for personal responsibility. It leads to the next ban – ban some light bulbs, ban wasteful showers, ban boy racers, ban, ban , ban.
Banning is the soft option.
What should happen is that smokers should be told "You are free to smoke in places where no one else will be harmed" (and dont say 'but thats everywhere' – becasue if you take that track , youll have to ban cars) "but you will get no welfare state health cover. If you dont take private cover, then no public health funds"
Same goes for diabetes from overweight, use of P and the likes.
Now thats what I call personal responsibility and the consequences of not taking responsibility for yourself.
It will take a few years for the message to get through, but sooner or later (due to health system costs) it will have to be considered.
The problem with banning smoking is that it completely bypasses the requirment for personal responsibility. It leads to the next ban – ban some light bulbs, ban wasteful showers, ban boy racers, ban, ban , ban.
See my response to Ashley who has a similar idea.
Brian, I have sympathy for your view. But, we live in an age in which medicine can achieve amazing and wondrous things – many, many more things than the state will ever be able to pay for. Decisions are made that treatments will not be offered to people all the time, because they are too expensive, they're politically unwise, and all sorts of other arbitrary reasons.
At some point, we make the decision about what the state should and shouldn't pay for. Personally, I believe "you did this to yourself, you had all the information, all the encouragement not to do it to yourself but you went ahead anyway", is the sensible place to draw the line at.
What I suggest could not be brought in overnight – it is a long-term solution. It absolutely requires full access to information and an emphasis on education. It absolutely requires that everyone understand precisely what the effects of the substances they might consider taking are, what might happen to them, and how much it will cost to take out insurance to cover any likely health care needs if they still want to go ahead. It would take at least a decade, probably longer to bring in.
But there should be no reason why, for example, people choosing to take up smoking now should expect the state to pick up the cost of their treatment for lung cancer, or people injured while under the influence of P should expect an ACC payout.
Bans don't work – they simply drive the problem underground and create opportunities for criminals to move in. Which makes everything much worse.
The choice is between imperfect ways of dealing with harmful human behaviour. I believe prohibition is the least efficient, least effective choice. And I firmly believe informed adults should be allowed to do what they want to their own bodies – as long as they are fully prepared to accept the consequences of those choices and do not expect anyone else to bail them out.
"but you will get no welfare state health cover. If you dont take private cover, then no public health funds"
Are you also proposing getting rid of the tax on tobacco?
Maybe the solution should be to replace the tax on tobacco and alcohol with compulsory insurance premiums, paid at point of purchase. And slap those insurance premiums on other decriminalised substances (I like evolving ideas!). Imagine if, every time you bought a packet of ciggies you had to pay an extra, say, $15 into a health fund that was used purely to treat smoking-related disorders. Gets around Brian's objection that you can't just leave people to die, but still imposes the cost on the people who make the choice.
Nice pros and cons, Little Toot. Smokers are humans too. They have rites too.
Will de Cleene: "Smokers are humans too. They have rites too."
Whaddya on about, Dude? "Rites" as in the actual practice/ritual of smoking (affected mannerisms etc?) Or, do you mean "rights" as in the legal/social 'right' to smoke? Or, are you just playing silly semantic games? Or is your literacy level real shonky?
I still recall my toddler coming to me at the beach with a bucket of shells and cigarette butts he'd collected – yuck.
Who was it who said: 'Every time you create a new law you create a new criminal class'?
I believe there is still a law against using a motorised lawn mower outside your gate without the appropriate licenses …
The prisons are full! Bring back the birch! Tax 'em, punish 'em, make 'em pay, let 'em die like a dog in a ditch … when I was a boy etc…
Rites? Rights? Semantics? …is this form of point scoring helpful to the argument?
Tobacco taxation at 35cents per gram means that my $34 pack of rolling tobacco generates $17.50 in revenue for the NZ Government (www.ash.org.nz).
If you take into account the Govt levies paid by the tobacco companies, our government gets 70% of the price of a packet of smokes generating $1.1 billion in tax each year (www.nzma.org.nz).
NZ govt.levies paid by British and American Tobacco totalled $0.88 billion in 2008, and tobacco sales put approx NZ$1.4 billion into retailers pockets (www.batnz.com).
Where does the government channel this lucrative little earner? You do the research.
Why bother creating new laws? Why not just stop the import, manufacture, and the immoral profiteering from this product?
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Robert Lincoln Maby, Jr. was born in New York City in August 28, 1921, the only child of Robert L. Maby and Lelia Grace Maby. He served in the US Army Air Force during WWII on B-17's earning several decorations including Distinguished Flying Cross. He received a B.S. in Geology at the University of Wisconsin in 1947.
While attending the University of Wisconsin he met and later married his wife, Carolyn (Lyn) Lorene Wollschlaeger. Carolyn was born in 1928 and died in 1988.
Robert learned the "nuts and bolts" of the oil business while working for Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation in Oklahoma from 1951-1954. He then went on to an illustrious career at the Arabian American Oil Company, (ARAMCO) from 1954 – 1982. He then became an International Consultant until his retirement in 2000.
His career included working as a drilling superintendent, drilling engineer, geologist, petroleum engineer, geophysicist and teacher who could speak eight languages. Roberts's expertise led to the discovery of the Cretaceous Orbitolina Limestone reservoir, writing a definitive company manual on bottom-hole testing among many other accomplishments.
As soon as he retired from ARAMCO, the Society of Petroleum Engineers awarded him a Distinguished Lectureship and for a year he traveled and spoke throughout the United States and Western Europe. Afterwards, he worked on constructing a mathematical model of the world's largest oilfield, participating in planning of an extensive hands-on oil exhibit/museum in Saudi Arabia, and consulting with NASA and the US Army Topographic Laboratory.
Aside from geology and archeology, Robert's interest and study included theology, mythology and music, especially opera. Robert died in 2009.
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What is mythology?
Mythology (Greek Mythos means "Myth" in English) has to do with the relationship of the human experience to, and subsequent attempt to explain, the realm of the divine. Myth usually connotes the time before human history, what is called prehistory. The primitive epochs of creation of the cosmos, and speculation on divine hierarchical structures even before such creation events are familiar ground for mythological thinking. Myths and mythology therefore can be generally considered as stories outside of, or before, human history.
What is postmodernism?
Postmodernism or postmodernity includes poststructuralism within its intellectual landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries. Postmodernism is the move away from modernism of art and architecture, philosophy and truth, and general cultural account and critique. It requires especially the rejection of global cultural narratives, meta-narratives, universal theories, or what are also called grand theories like religious fundamentalism.[1] Narratives are constructed realities produced from cultural meta-narratives so that religious fundamentalism can be expressed in the Islamist narrative. However within postmodernism narratives are dynamic, changing and evolving within different times and places, that is, different contextual backgrounds. Meta-narratives cannot even be approached in any substantive way if what we observe from them, namely narratives, are not static. Postmodernism is a social theory of skepticism questioning what meta-narratives create like authority, political and cultural norms for not only a society but individuals, and also questioning where meta-narratives stem from like revealed theology or even human reason.
Democrat slavery and Republican liberty
Political party platforms define the governing political philosophies and how they are to be applied. Platforms for the Democratic party began in 1840, while the Republican party platform began in 1856. It is important that either party was entirely focused on the Constitution more so than any current platform seems to do, although Republicans are showing promise.
The very first Democrat party platform was in 1840 and it lists 9 Resolved principles of which politics form. There is only one mention of slavery and it is number 7. It states;
7. Resolved, That congress has no power, under the constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several states, and that such states are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the constitution; that all efforts by abolitionists or others, made to induce congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our political institutions.
What is Q?
The Q source (also known as Q document, lost sayings of Q or just Q) is a hypothesized concept used by biblical and New Testament scholars to suggest a non-existent manuscript as the source of common material (logia) found in the gospels Matthew and Luke but not the Gospel of Mark.[1] John S. Kloppenborg, James M. Robinson and Burton Mack, according to Michael Licona (Research Professor of the NT), refer to the Q source as a "sayings gospel" or "Q gospel" with Mack particularly overreaching by concluding that Q is wholly different, in fact alien, from important events recorded in the canonical gospels like the resurrection.[2] The Q document is thought to be constituted of the sayings of Jesus called logia. Source criticism supporting Q also generally supports Markan priority, or the position that Mark was the first written of the canonical gospels. Accordingly if a tradition or particular logia is found consistent with all three synoptic gospels then Mark is considered the source not Q. Therefore not just Q, but Q and Mark were source material for Matthew and Luke which is why depending on the variation of argument it is referred to as the QM theory.
What is liberalism?
A liberal is someone who agrees with and votes in support for the political philosophy, and by extension type of government that will represent their favored view. Liberalism has a spectrum of definitions that help break down the many approaches of thought towards governance seen throughout history that regulates the activities, mainly economic, of the people.[1] Liberty is the result of interaction between the government and the individual to whatever degree is allowed by the temporary representation the people put into power. Liberty in the religious context is the spiritual and moral outcome that constitutes Christianity.
Within the 21st century political landscape of the United States for example, the Republican party to some extent embraces classic liberalism or what can be called conservatism, while the Democrat political party tends to support a new, more progressive liberalism.
Classic Liberal
Classic liberalism or traditionally liberalism as it was originally conceptualized during the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, is the economic philosophy recognizing a political economy needs to be rooted within the honored principles of private property, land or soil, and an individual. A democratic government under classic liberalism goes so far as to suggest that land ownership by individuals or what can be called private property accumulation ensures both a limited government and a fomenting of individual liberty. The idea being that a free market can be attained by defining wealth through making it equal to the labor put into the production or refinement of the resources the land, or private property provides an individual. Classic liberalism is similar to free market capitalism in that a type of economic power is maintained for individuals to counter that of the federal government. Classical liberalism as well as capitalism reject the redistribution of wealth as a legitimate tenet of government.
Alexis de Tocqueville – Democracy in America thoughts, Part 2
Town liberty therefore escapes human effort so to speak. Consequently it is rarely created; in a sense it arises by itself. It develops almost in secret within a semi-barbaric society. The continuous action of laws and of mores, circumstances, and above all time succeed in its consolidation. You can say that, of all the nations of the European continent, not a single one knows town liberty.
The strength of free peoples resides in the town, however. Town institutions are to liberty what primary schools are to knowledge; they put it within the grasp of the people; they give them a taste of its peaceful practice and accustom them to its use. Without town institutions, a nation can pretend to have a free government, but it does not possess the spirit of liberty. Temporary passions, momentary interests, the chance of circumstances can give it the external forms of independence; but despotism, driven back into the interior of the social body, reappears sooner or later at the surface.ref
The town system. The most intimate form of institutional government because the people are still physically close to its center, the center being where policy is made. Thus liberty accelerates because the power can literally be exorcised by the presence of individuals who exorcise that control by being physically close. It is from the many autonomous towns spread about within early America, from East to West and North to South. With their particular mores and social milieu, interconnect through trade that celebrates an overarching common character.
What is exegesis?
Exegesis (from the Greek: ἐξηγεῖσθαι, exēgēisthai; "to lead out") is a critical exposition, commentary or interpretation of ancient literature especially religious books such as the Bible or Qur'an.[1] The opposite of an exegetical reading of Scripture is eisegesis and instead of reading out what the text plainly presents it reads into the text what the reader is influenced by.
In order to understand a given passage one must reconstruct as much as possible the world of thought in which the NT writer lived. Since the NT frequently quotes the OT (hundreds of times) or alludes to it (thousands of times) and everywhere presupposes its language, concepts, and theology, exegesis should be particularly sensitive to its presence and careful to reconstruct the exegetical-theological context of which a given OT quotation or allusion may have been a part. A comparative approach is essential.[2]
Alexis de Tocqueville – Democracy in America thoughts, Part 1
At the time when European peoples descended upon the shores of the New World, the features of their national character were already well fixed; each of them had a distinct physiognomy. And since they had already reached the level of civilization that leads men to self-study, they have handed down to us a faithful picture of their opinions, mores, and laws. The men of the fifteenth century are almost as well-known to us as those of our own. So America shows us in full light what the ignorance and the barbarism of the first ages concealed from our view.ref
Alexis de Tocqueville renders a fascinating portrayal of American character. The moment European peoples stepped foot onto shores of land and air of which they never saw nor smelled defined for generations what being American truly is. Although escaping from European monarchy religious oppression, the peoples instinctively brought with them old European intellectual traditions as well as adoption of new ones that emerged such as the Protestant Reformation of the 1500′s.
What is Islam?
Islam (Arabic: الإسلام, al-'islām) is a religion founded by Muhammad (Mohammed) in AD 622 during the Umayyad aristocracy (a golden age for the Islamic Ummah in which it was specifically Arab). Islam practices a theology based in the Qur'an, and an individual who follows Islam is called a Muslim. According to traditional Islamic belief, Isa or Jesus was sent by Allah to pave the road for Islam revealed to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel.[1][2] Gabriel revealed Allah's last message, the Qur'an to the utmost and final prophet, Muhammad. The word Allah (الله) is the name of God predominately used by Muslims and the word Islam means "submission" or total surrender to the will of Allah.


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24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
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Top-seeded Michael Chang successfully defended his Legg Mason Classic title Sunday, beating second-seeded Petr Korda of the Czech Republic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 in Washington.
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An amendment to the Housing & Planning Bill would introduce a s106 dispute resolution service that POS suggests developers may not opt to follow.
Local authorities would have to bear in mind the costs which may be incurred if they go for dispute resolution, Graham Jones, the POS CIL and Infrastructure Specialist, told Planning magazine. "The service is supposed to be self-financing with the local authorities and applicants sharing the costs," he said.
Developers will be keen to use the mechanism if they think they can get a better decision out of it than from the local authority, said Jones. However, Jones added that they are likely to be deterred because it would introduce new uncertainties into the planning process, and it may place additional requirements on them to reveal more detail about the economics of the development.
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The Suffering of Christ Defines Passion
Long before we started using the words passion, passionate, etc in our everyday language, the word passion was used to describe the suffering of Christ. Just as Mel Gibson's iconic movie "The Passion of the Christ" showed, the passion was considered the narrative of what happened from the moment Christ began suffering on our behalf.
As the saying goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In this case, any attempt at imitating Christ's Passion pales in comparison. Jesus didn't just die for our sins, He suffered and died for them. And for some that is reason to reserve the word passion or passionate for Christ only.
But the fact is, the English language lacks in words to describe an extreme love, one that causes one to act sacrificially because that love. There are words like zeal and fervor that are certainly hints at the enthusiasm someone may have for something they enjoy or even love to do. But the gold standard for the meaning of a sacrificial, deep love or devotion, is still the word passion. And we have our savior Jesus Christ to thank for giving us context and meaning to the word.
If we say that Music is our Passion, Fitness is our Passion, or even Christ is our passion, are we even doing the word justice then? Most definitely not- our devotion can never compare to the love Christ first had for us. But that doesn't mean we can't be passionate about our relationship with Christ, in fact it means all the more that we should. It also doesn't mean we can't be passionate about other things in life, only that our first love should be Him always!
So as you explore this site now and in the future, consider whether Christ is your passion. Sure there are millions who believe Jesus Christ is the son of God- even the demons and Satan himself believe that! And there are many who are reverent of Christ and those that are grateful for what He's done for them. But for those who are truly passionate for Christ, their lives are truly transformed from top to bottom.
It's for those and those that desire to make Christ their passion that this site exists. It's our hope that you find the articles inspiring and helpful in your walk and relationship with Him.
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During last night's presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump responded to Democrat rival Hillary Clinton's tax records attack by offering her the deal of the century. She was speechless.
The debate took place last night at Hofstra University in Hampstead, New York, and has become the most tweeted about presidential debate ever. During portions of the heated debate, moderator Lester Holt seemed to have disappeared as the nominees went head to head.
The Donald had too many zingers to count, but the one that left Hillary Clinton speechless was the deal he was willing to make with her.
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Hillary was left utterly speechless, and it is doubtful that she will respond to Donald's challenge and release her 33,000 deleted emails, if she even has them any more to release.
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Exclusive: Met rehires Brit head of music
July 31, 2015 by norman lebrecht
John Fisher was Director of Music Administration at the Metropolitan Opera from 1997 to 2006.
He went on to run Welsh National Opera for four years.
We hear that John, 65, is returning to New York as Director of Music Administration at the Met from September 1.
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That won't go down well, he's widely despised in the theater.
Could you tell us why he's despised?
None of my business, I suppose, but my stay at the Met corresponded almost precisely with John's, and I never got that kind of negative impression from my colleagues. His farewell party was well attended and full of good feelings, as I recall….
This is the first, and probably the last time that I will ever comment on a blog, but I couldn't let this comment go by without a response. I am a member of the Met music staff and can tell you that John is absolutely beloved by staff and singers alike!
It seems to me that the extraordinarily misguided comments from 'Respect' may – perhaps – belie sour grapes.
As many in the field already know only too well, John is one of the world's greatest vocal coaches who has worked at high level in many of the principal opera houses and his cv is second to none. His return to the Met has been justly applauded and I, for one, am sure that he can contribute siginificantly to the resurrection of this once greatest of companies.
Welcome back, John!!!
I thought he'd gone back to the Met immediately after his four years at Welsh.
It's a good sign he's back.
I'd believed that he had returned to the Met off and on in recent seasons to work on various productions and help coach the Lindemann young artists. If he's returning as Director of Music Administration, then what's happening with Craig Rutenberg?
John is also casting consultant with Opera Rara.


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This is a draft for an "Open Source Policy" which might be adopted by a company or other organization and would govern how employees or members of the organization interact with and contribute to open source software. Original discussion took place on the Apache community mailing list: http://s.apache.org/cs6
This section contains the draft of the Policy itself.
Open Source Policy
- We're a business, our goal is to serve our customers.
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- We will participate as and when we feel it is appropriate for our business and the broader community.
- We will encourage our development staff to lead our engagement with open source projects.
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Hello WV,
Tonight a decision was made that will change not only WV history but surely CP Army History. Funks, Tap and myself have decided to close down this generation of WV. Why? We weren't going anywhere but right now I don't wanna talk about that, let's talk about the golden stuff 🙂
I remember starting this generation up with Zak and Dash. I had been leading the gen for about a week by myself and we were getting sizes of like max 10 if we were lucky and then Zak pced me one day about him returning to WV and about some friend of his that wanted to return to armies and lead a new one- that 'friend' was Dashing Snow who went on to become, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the top 3 best WV leaders. WV dominated SMAC when we returned, I can remember coming on and reading WV being 1st for weeks on end- it was amazing and it wasn't too long before we would make our way to CPAC. I'm not going to write a big thing about the history of this generation, let's just make it short.
I remember the wars we had, our first one was DD and then Pretzels I believe. WVs biggest war was when we declared war on DW when we teamed up with AR and Nachos, who alongside us were some of the most powerful armies in CP. Hey AR, remember the countless times we nearly came to war with each over over the server Berg and other little fights- they were fun, right? So why did WV die? I honestly don't think it was because Zak and Dash weren't leading because we were doing fine at one point when both of them retired but I guess with the mix of lots of negative things like school starting and the standard of recruiting dropping we started to fall.
What happens now? A legendary chapter is laid to rest.
Thinking back on all the memories it would be a lie to say I'm not sad- but happy at the same time. THANK YOU to everyone who has influenced WV and that doesn't just mean the leaders and owners, it means the troops, people who may have only helped out at one event and even our enemies who went to war with us- thank you.
If WV is ever brought back (which I'm sure it will) it will most likely be by a former leader.
10 months WV, 10 months. Well done.
-signed on behalf of Funks, Bepboy9 and TapDancer-
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