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If the late-February blues (no relation to the St. Louis Blues) are getting you down, you at least got a little taste of what Bruins hockey come April is going to look like tonight.
In defeating the Calgary Flames on the road, the Bruins used the formula they're going to rely on to get them by in the postseason.
The Flames proved the perfect test for the new-look Bruins, who suited up Tomas Kaberle, Rich Peverley and Chris Kelly in the same game for the first time since last week's trio of trades swung by general manager Peter Chiarelli. Left for dead not so long ago, the Flames have been playing playoff hockey – and doing it well – for the better part of the past month. Riding an 11-1-2 stretch into tonight's game with the Bruins, the Flames went at Boston with all the desperation you'd expect from a team in the thick of a Western Conference race that seemingly includes everyone except Edmonton.
The Flames' occasional two-man forecheck, their determination in the corners and behind the net, and their sound positional defensive play gave the Bruins fits at times. While they may not be able to claim a spot among the league's elite teams, the Flames played at an intensity level consistent with teams that have Stanley Cup aspirations.
But Boston didn't panic, partially powered by the 1-0 lead it took just 59 seconds into the game. And the Bruins showed that if the roster looks after the Feb. 28 trade deadline just like it does now, they have weaknesses that can be exploited and strengths that can cover up those blemishes.
Even with Kaberle, the Bruins can still sometimes be a puck-mover or two short on their back end. Adam McQuaid and Andrew Ference, who both recorded assists in the win, had their share of rough stretches trying to handle the puck against the Flames' pressure. But that's where the Norris Trophy-worthy play of Zdeno Chara and All-World netminding of Tim Thomas come in to save the day.
The Bruins lack a vaunted sniper, so when they're not getting goals from Nathan Horton and Michael Ryder – who often look like they're trying to shatter the back glass or decimate the opposing goaltender's pads – Boston has to muck it up around the net to score. All three goals, even Milan Lucic's game-sealing empty-netter, were the product of hard work by the goal-scorer or those around him. Lucic fought his way to the blue paint for his first goal. Brad Marchand cashed in on a rebound after Patrice Bergeron was a one-man wrecking crew on the forecheck and then in front of the goal. Lucic won a race to tap the Bruins' third goal into the open net after Mark Recchi and David Krejci won the war along the wall.
Nothing's going to come easy at the offensive end for these Bruins. They're in the top 10 in offense, but they're not going to win any shot beauty contests. That's the unspoken reasoning behind Chiarelli's trades for Peverley and Kelly. Chiarelli seems resigned to the notion that he can't land a top-six sniper via trade, so he did what he considers the next best thing and landed two guys with an unrelenting work ethic, the likes of which can at least generate offensive chances and turn momentum Boston's way even without lighting the lamp.
Winning faceoffs (they won 56 percent tonight) and blocking shots (20 against the Flames led by four apiece from Kaberle and McQuaid) are the other pieces of the formula. The Flames were already playing playoff game when they took the ice tonight; the Bruins can now claim they've played at least one playoff game some two months before the start of the actual race to the Cup.
As evidenced by tonight's victory, and maybe a couple others to this point of the season, we know Boston can muster this type of team-wide effort when necessary. You can only bury Ottawa and the New York Islanders so many times and garner meaning from those victories. It's wins like this one over the Flames that give the fan base hope for a lengthy run and, more importantly, schools the Bruins on exactly how they need to play when the season's on the line.
Come spring, the Bruins will be able to look back at this victory over the Flames as a source of confidence for playing winning playoff hockey. It remains to be seen, however, if they can duplicate it 16 times.


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Chemical used by Pepsi causes brain damage and a general rant
Chemical used by Pepsi causes brain damage and a general rant
Here's the yahoo news story.
I realize that basically everything they put in soda is harmful, but this specific one (brominated vegetable oil) is completely unnecessary (keeps flavor evenly distributed so you don't have to shake the drink) and has been proven to cause neurological disorders and altered thyroid alterations. Allow me to itemize all the parts of the article that piss me off.
Jeff Dahncke, a spokesman for PepsiCo, noted that brominated vegetable oil had been deemed safe for consumption by federal regulators. "As standard practice, we constantly evaluate our formulas and ingredients to ensure they comply with federal regulations and meet the high quality standards our consumers and athletes expect — from functionality to great taste," he said in an e-mail.
-When confronted about obviously unsafe chemical used in products, food and beverage companies always use the same dismissive tone that leads me to believe that the FDA is in their pocket. They know their product harms you and they don't care, as long as you are stupid enough to pay for it. The spokesman turned the question into a free airtime advertisement, "It's great taste is what athletes crave!" (Channeling Idiocracy) "Brawndo has got electrolytes! It's what plants crave!"
In fact, about 10 percent of drinks sold in the United States contain brominated vegetable oil, including Mountain Dew, also made by PepsiCo; Powerade, Fanta Orange and Fresca from Coca-Cola; and Squirt and Sunkist Peach Soda, made by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group.
Use of the substance in the United States has been debated for more than three decades, so Ms. Kavanagh's campaign most likely is quixotic. But the European Union has long banned the substance from foods, requiring use of other ingredients. Japan recently moved to do the same.
"B.V.O. is banned other places in the world, so these companies already have a replacement for it," Ms. Kavanagh said. "I don't see why they don't just make the switch." To that, companies say the switch would be too costly.
-A healthier replacement already exists and is utilized in the rest of the world, but "it would be too costly" for Pepsi to switch to it. Pepsi... a company that makes 43 billion annually... can't afford to change one chemical in their soft drinks. Oh man, it's just SO costly. I bet if the replacement chemical cost twice as much but made the drink taste better, they'd find the funds in their tightly strapped budget.
Brominated vegetable oil contains bromine, the element found in brominated flame retardants, used in things like upholstered furniture and children's products. Research has found brominate flame retardants building up in the body and breast milk, and animal and some human studies have linked them to neurological impairment, reduced fertility, changes in thyroid hormones and puberty at an earlier age.
Limited studies of the effects of brominated vegetable oil in animals and in humans found buildups of bromine in fatty tissues. Rats that ingested large quantities of the substance in their diets developed heart lesions.
-So it's clearly bad for you. How can it be approved by the FDA then?
The second exemption created what Tom Neltner, director of the Pew Charitable Trusts' food additives project, a three-year investigation into how food additives are regulated, calls "the loophole that swallowed the law." A company can create a new additive, publish safety data about it on its Web site and pay a law firm or consulting firm to vet it to establish it as "generally recognized as safe" — without ever notifying the F.D.A., Mr. Neltner said.
-Oh that's how. You can legally bypass the FDA if you pay the right people.
The rest of the article goes on to say how brominated vegetable oil was recognized as unsafe in the 1970's but that the FDA didn't deem the issue "worth spending its limited resources on."
Big companies seem to answer to no one in this country. You can plaster your product with "organic and all natural health food" labels when you're selling rat poison and cancer in a bottle. And the byproduct is this "mysterious" increase in obesity percentages. (Confused face) "Wha... what's causing it? Is it weed? Gay marriage? I don't understand."
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RE: Chemical used by Pepsi causes brain damage and a general rant
I had to check, several times, to make sure this wasn't a post by I and I. Not saying it's a baseless tinfoil hat conspiracy theory, but really? You really think that a company with hundreds of employees who know exactly what chemicals go into their product simply pays off the ENTIRE Food and Drug Administration, and nobody at Pepsi and nobody at the FDA ever says a word?
I'm not saying Pepsi is a health drink. I'm not saying BMO is safe to consume. I don't know jack about this BVO. Maybe it really is a harmful substance that should be banned. But I'm pretty sure it's your tinfoil hat talking if you think Pepsi is sitting around, knowingly and deliberately pouring deadly chemicals into their drink and bribing federal regulators to keep looking the other way for 4 decades and nobody, not one person, ever, has said anything about these bribes or Pepsi's knowing complicity in poisoning the population of the world?
It's just silly. The world doesn't work that way.
"Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly." - Robert A. Heinlein
RE: Chemical used by Pepsi causes brain damage and a general rant
Please cite the study. Not saying the study doesn't exist, but there's one critical piece of information missing: what was the dose? How many mg of brominated vegetable oil was administered to test subjects, versus how many mg of BVO are in a can of Pepsi?
E 2 = (mc 2)2 + (pc )2
614C → 714N + e– + ̅νe
2 K(s) + 2 H2O(l) → 2 KOH(aq) + H2 (g) + 196 kJ/mol
It works, bitches.
RE: Chemical used by Pepsi causes brain damage and a general rant
Umm... how do you think big tobacco works?
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RE: Chemical used by Pepsi causes brain damage and a general rant
The does of BVO in soda is much lower than the doses they use in studies, which is why it was originally labelled "safe." But then they discovered that BVO accumulates in your heart, liver, and fat tissue... combined with the fact that people drink tons more soda than when the study was first done (decades ago).
"After a few extreme soda binges — not too far from what many video gamers regularly consume – a few patients have needed medical attention for skin lesions, memory loss and nerve disorders, all symptoms of overexposure to bromine," according to a recent article in Environmental News."
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
RE: Chemical used by Pepsi causes brain damage and a general rant
Good thing I drink nothing but water (assuming that this story is legit).
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An atheist's critique of the Bible (Book and eBook now available)
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(12-05-2011 06:14 PM)cfhmagnet Wrote: Sometimes I wonder, are christians reading the same bible we are man? Why aren't they thinking these thoughts and asking these questions?No! But that's Biblical too.
"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." (2 Peter 1:20 KJV)
Then again, Christians believe they are lambs of god. And Jesus is their shepherd. What they fail to realize is that the primary sacrificial animal in the Bible, besides humans when omniscient omnipotence got pissed off at his creation, are sheep!
Making them (humans) sacrificial offerings unto the glory of god.
Not that the OT doesn't forewarn of that as well. (Exodus 29:18 & Leviticus 1:1-17)
Meanwhile, atheists and others who proclaim no allegiance unto a fabled mythological invisible tyrant in heaven, are deemed damned and deluded. That's because auto-theism (self god) is considered one of the 7 deadly sins. (Pride)
And that's because the flock probably missed reading this:
"I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High." (Psalm 82:6 KJV)
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(12-05-2011 07:31 PM)GassyKitten Wrote:Nice, very nice.(12-05-2011 06:14 PM)cfhmagnet Wrote: Sometimes I wonder, are christians reading the same bible we are man? Why aren't they thinking these thoughts and asking these questions?
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(12-05-2011 06:13 PM)GassyKitten Wrote: [quote]1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness"
Gassy I'm sure you know who transcribed the bibles. A bunch of monks who didn't even know Latin ordered to make this parchment look like that parchment. Of course if they did try to read it they'd be killed because they weren't worthy to read the bible. Those were the days when Christianity was blatantly obvious. Too bad they seem to be returning.
On a side note sorry I've been gone so long but you know I love these Buddy.
I wonder what the best excuse for Michal is, maybe at the time she was 18 and had a son every year since adulthood. Not that it matters since David was dead long before this fictitious event happened.
I'm not a non believer, I believe in the possibility of anything. I just don't let the actuality of something be determined by a 3rd party.
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(18-05-2011 06:39 AM)Lilith Pride Wrote: On a side note sorry I've been gone so long but you know I love these Buddy.Welcome back...
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Disclaimer: Don't mix the personal opinion above with the absolute and objective truth. Remember to think for yourself. Thank you.
RE: An atheist's critique of the Bible
Every time I post a verse on facebook, I usually get 2 or 3 response from christians going "where does it say that?" ...so I tell them, and 7 hours later, they feed me an interpretive guess as to what god REALLY meant. "Well when it says take all the virgins for yourselves, you have to understand that this was war and that's just how things were." -Oh really? Because I've been to war twice and have yet to even consider taking virgins as sex slaves for myself. The atheist soldier showing more moral restraint than God's Chosen Army?
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19-05-2011, 01:04 PM (This post was last modified: 19-05-2011 01:17 PM by Buddy Christ.)
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HUZZAH! Here we go!
1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
-Right off the bat, first 4 verses. Old Man David is cold and dying, so they bring in a virgin to sex him up and make him warmer (ever hear of a blanket? Ba-Zing!)
1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah...
-This goes on for a chapter or two, where apparently the author had a whole bunch of celebrity names on a sheet and just felt like name dropping. Or perhaps he was a girl doodling names of future children and felt like trying them out just to see how they looked.
2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever:
-I'm having trouble mocking Kings so far, mainly because I'm having trouble understanding it. The dialect of this author is ridiculously cluttered and redundant. All I'm hearing is "he who placeth the pot upon the shelf, being forthwith of said pot, being that the pot is round, the son of Jebad, ruler of Herod, placed forth the pot unto him and slew kindness into the peoples."
Then David dies and Solomon becomes king. So he immediately kills some relatives (don't ask me why) and the Lord visits him in a dream and offers him anything he wants. So Solomon asks for an "understanding heart" so that he might better judge between good and evil. The Lord is pleased at this unselfish request and gives him the heart, the brains, and the courage (oh wait, that's Wizard of Oz). I mean wealth, long life, and honor. Then Solomon offers thousands of burnt offerings and is met by harlots (this plot line really needs some structure).
The harlots then say:
3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
-Seriously, 1 Kings appears to have been written by an illiterate 1st grader.
Then the story we've all heard about: there's a dead child and a living child and both harlots are making claim to the living one. So Solomon says "let's cut the kid in half and give each of you a half (wow)." The actual mother says "no give it to her then, I just want the child to live" and the fake mother says "yes, good idea, let's cut the kid in half (really...?)."
So Solomon is able to tell the real mother from the fake and gives the child the real mother. Then Solomon is praised for his "wisdom" in handling the situation.
Many chapters praising Solomon for being the wisest man in the world and listing all the many material possessions he had and the specifics of the giant house made of gold he built.
8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
-Solomon has the biggest sacrificial house warming party the world has ever known.
You're lucky I'm only using this pic. Google "Bible animal sacrifice pics" to see a wonderful selection. People drinking the blood from a goat's severed neck, or washing themselves with blood.
(At this point, my browser messed up and all that was after this point was deleted, so allow me a quick catch up of what was erased)
11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
-Solomon is warned that his "strange wives with their odd incense burning and foreign gods" will lead him away from God. So Solomon "the wisest man in the world" denies God and worships foreign Gods. So God get pissed and empowers the enemies of Israel, "stirring up adversaries" to rebel against Solomon. And so Solomon died... of natural causes 40 years later.
Then a prophet comes to town, and says something about someone somewhere, then leaves. But on his way out of town a man invites him to his house for food and drink.
13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there
-And back and forth going "The Lord said for me not to eat food and drink." And the other guy going "well I'm also a prophet and the Lord told me he changed his mind and that you can have food and drink." Until Prophet Number 1 decides to have food and drink. So God kills him via lion.
13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him
-Moral of the story: DON'T HAVE FOOD AND DRINK!
Jeroboam is worried that God might kill his sick child, so he disguises his wife and sends her to Shiloh seeking a prophet. But the Lord beats her to the prophet and tells her that because Jeroboam has angered Him with all his sinning and lovingly informs her that:
for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
-Enjoy! You will all die and dogs and birds will eat your corpses and your sick child will die the moment you step foot back into your city. Because the LORD hath spoken it. Now kneel before me, bitch!
14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
-Because at this point, we all know:
14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
-God clearly embraces homosexuals with open arms.
15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
-This is repeated throughout Kings. That David was the shining example of what God desires and no one else measure up to him. So go back and read about David and know that everything he did was perfectly in accordance with God's wishes.
God commands Baasha to "smite all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD" and then God kills Baasha in the same manner for smiting the house of Jeroboam (what?).
16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
-Did you get that?
What follows is what sounds like the mumblings of a drunken senile man. Along the lines of "and there was a man named Elijah, and the Lord brought a drought to the land, and ravens brought Elijah food every morning...(grumble)... uhhh, look to the east and hide by a brook in Jordan... grgrmgrmrgr...
17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. ...(grumble grumble)...
17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
-Is it just me? None of this makes any sense! Go meet this widow, I'm gathering two sticks, let's die! Go shew yourself and it will rain, Elijah shews himself, nothing happens, I fear the Lord greatly!
-I feel like I'm reading the subtitles of a Japanese anime. "He make great fear! No persons know this hands for butter!"
I skimmed the rest of 1 Kings and was bored to tears. Oh, and God killed a few more thousand people. I'm hoping the author of 2 Kings was a different author.
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BAM BAM, 2 in one day. Honestly I'm just trying to get through this literary nightmare that is the Book of Kings.
Alright, here we go. 2nd Kings, gonna be better and more coherent than 1st Kings, right?
1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
Nope. Same ol' Kings.
Ahaziah gets in trouble with God for seeking out other gods to cure him of his ailments. The prophet Elijah shows up claiming to be the voice of God, so Ahaziah sends out 50 men and a captain to shut him up. Elijah has God consume them in a cloud of fire. So Ahaziah sends out 50 more men and a captain... and Elijah has God consume them as well. So Ahaziah sends out a third group of 50 men and a captain (doesn't seem to "get it")... but the captain of this group falls to his knees and claims fealty to Elijah and his God.
So then God kills Ahaziah for seeking out other Gods. Though it seems to me He could've done this earlier and spared the lives of 102 innocent soldiers doing their duty. But I guess that wouldn't be the bloodthirsty God we've come to know.
2:1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind
-Wait, what? You can't just throw that out there, with no prior mention, all nonchalant. Elijah doesn't actually go to heaven, but rather Bethel ...and then Jericho... and then Jordan, because they were met with hostility at every city they went to.
2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
-Elijah proves that pretty much anyone can part the seas and walk on dry land, then a chariot of fire (?) flies by them and finally takes Elijah up into heaven via whirlwind (why was all this necessary?).
Elisha (Elijah's son... who apparently wasn't awesome enough to ride the whirlwind ride to heaven) gets on Jericho's good side by throwing salt into what little water they have (yet another drought) and making the water plentiful in the name of the Lord.
-I gotta ask. Why salt? If the item you're throwing in the water is symbolic anyways, why not just wave your hands and do a dance. Why waste salt?
2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
-Just one of my all time favorite passages. Children mock Elisha's bald head (as children do) so the Lord sends two bears to slaughter all 42 of the children.
All the kings of the area (Edom, Israel, and Judah) rose up against the king of Moab, who was the regional dickhead. But the kings had no food or water in the desert (dynamite planning fellas), so they go to the "prophet" Elisha, who is known for regularly following God on Twitter, to ask what the Lord would have them do. And so Elisha tells them:
3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
-God dammit, Kings. Could you make sense every once in a while? A minstrel plays a tune (must have been a beast of a song to get God's attention) and the Lord says "Make this valley full of ditches." He then expands on this vague nonsense.
-he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
-God orders them to go all Viking on the Moabites and leave nothing intact. Set phasers to Annihilate. And they do, until the king of Moab offers his eldest son as a burnt offering upon the wall. And for some reason this makes them all go home.
Elisha brings a child back to life by:
4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
-Is anyone else picturing how ridiculous this would look?
A leper comes to the door of Elisha and is told to wash himself seven times in the waters of Jordan... so the leper does so and is healed.
-Soooo, why were the miracles of Jesus so special again? Elisha can part the seas (right after Elijah is swept away), make food and water be plentiful, raise the dead, and heal leprosy. If Elisha says anything remotely insightful while standing on a mound, I'm starting a new religion. Elishians.
Gehazi, a servant of Elisha, makes the ex-leper (alms for an ex-leper!) give him money in Elisha's name... so Elisha curses Gehazi and all his future children with leprosy.
-So Elisha can also CAST leprosy. One up on Jesus in the battle of the messiahs.
6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
-What... the hell? I'm trying to be patient with you 2nd Kings... but spontaneous wood cutting and floating iron axeheads is pushing my boundaries.
6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
There was a famine in Samaria so bad that women were boiling and eating their babies.
6:28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
-Apparently the first atheists were from Samaria
And so Elisha says to the starving lepers:
7:1 Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
-Everybody, it's ok! Tomorrow someone's gonna sell some flour! One of the listeners makes sarcastic remarks and is later trampled by horses for his insolence.
God sends a 7 year famine on some random people, Elisha convinces a messenger to lie to his king, then kill him, business as usual in the Bible.
9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand
-Oh boy! Gird up your loins and grab some oil, because you haven't partied until you've partied with a prophet.
God claims that the house of Ahab will meet the same fate as Jeroboam and Baasha... and pisseth on a wall... and dogs will eat corpses... and yada yada.
Joram (king of Judah) rides out to meet Jehu (recently anointed to be king of Israel) and greets him warmly:
9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
-Booyah! Your mother is a whore and a witch! I'm guessing this is where the term "jezebel" originated? So then everyone is like "oh shit, it's on!" and flees. But Jehu systematically hunts them down (the kings who were present) and "kills them in their chariots" with his bow.
Jehu then goes to the home of Jezebel, whore mother of the king he just killed, and:
9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
-Just delightful. They throw her out the window she was looking out of... where blood splatters everywhere. Then he tramples her with his horse. Then they go enjoy a nice meal, then return to find that her corpse has been eaten by dogs, which is fine since she isn't worth the shit she'll soon become.
Jehu stands at the gates of Samaria and demands that if the people don't want to be killed, they should behead all 70 sons of Ahab and bring the heads to the gate and put them in a pile. Which they do. Then Jehu kills off the rest of Ahab's family. Then he runs into the 42 brothers of the king of Judah and kills them all too. Then he bumps into an old friend on the road, and Jehu demonstrates the "zeal of the Lord" by riding back into Samaria and killing more people.
Then Jehu claims that he is a huge follower of the god Baal and that all the other followers of Baal should meet in a big tent to worship him. And when all of the followers of Baal are in the tent, Jehu has them all killed.
10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
-All the killing and deception and beheading was exactly what God wanted.
(I realize how long this one is becoming so I skip ahead some)
Elisha falls deathly ill, so Joash (the king of Israel... seems to be a popular profession in the Bible) comes to him and Elisha says to him:
13:15 Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
-Pure brilliance. "Shoot out the window" (Boing) "That's proof that you will smite the Syrians. Now strike the ground with some arrows" (smack smack smack) "You idiot! If you had struck the ground 5 or 6 times (Five OR Six? So there's no magic number) you would've TOTALLY wiped out Syria, but now it will only be a little bit wiped out."
13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
-WOW. Elisha doesn't even have to be alive to reanimate the dead. I'm throwing my hat in with Elisha.
14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
-Are you kidding me God? All you do, all day long, in every book... is punish children and future descendents for the sins of their fathers. That's like your favorite curse, next to famine of course.
A lot of kings came into power, a lot of people were killed, and so on. I'm skipping through all the boring stuff.
19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
-This isn't (as theists always argue) humans killing humans in the name of the Lord. This is an angel, sent from God, killing 185,000 men while they slept.
...and how does one "arise early in the morning" to discover that they are a dead corpse?
Hezekiah is informed by God that he will die soon, and to get his affairs in order. But Hezekiah prays and pleads with the Lord to let him live. So God goes "ok then" and tells Hezekiah he will add 15 more years onto his life. And as a sign that God will do so, he makes the sun move backward in the sky... making the shadows move in the opposite direction.
Manasseh takes over as king at the age of 12 and delights in pissing God off.
21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
and he re-erected the altars to Baal and draws pictures of the Lord with penis mustaches, etc. to the point where God says:
21:12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
-But after all that macho talk, God does nothing. And Manasseh's son eventually takes over and is just as much a dick to God as his father was. Eventually his own people killed him.
Josiah takes over and does God's bidding... which is to tear down all these damn Baal altars again and kill all Baal's followers. But even though Josiah does as he's told, God is still pissed about his grandfather, Manasseh. Seriously.
23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
-Even though mere chapters before, you just said "don't punish children for their father's sins."
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
RE: An atheist's critique of the Bible
(19-05-2011 09:38 PM)Buddy Christ Wrote: 14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
I'm guessing that the actual statement is that he may curse people with generations of death, but everyone dies anyway because they're horrible even without the generations. Also generally he lets bad people live longer than good people.
I'm not a non believer, I believe in the possibility of anything. I just don't let the actuality of something be determined by a 3rd party.
26-05-2011, 04:25 PM (This post was last modified: 27-05-2011 01:44 AM by Buddy Christ.)
RE: An atheist's critique of the Bible
Been distracted lately and ignoring my biblical studies. But we're gonna knock this one out. 1st Chronicles. You ready? Here we go!
The End
Seriously. Staying true to the chronicle part of its name, the 1st half of 1st Chronicles is one long genealogy and the 2nd half is just a recap of all the things the other books have already mentioned. I think the authors knew that most people had fallen asleep already and were trying to catch them up on things.
Or to quote SkepAnnot "The first nine chapters of First Chronicles are good examples of the 'endless genealogies' that Paul tells us to avoid (see 1 Timothy 1:4 and Titus 3:9). Wearisome as these chapters are, the rest of the book isn't much better. Consequently, First Chronicles is probably the most boring book in the Bible -- maybe the most boring book in all of literature."
21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
-The first mention of Satan by name... and that's all we get. No explanation, nothing. The way I understand it is that the Books as they appear in the Bible are not in chronological order. But still, you'd think whoever arranged the books would put the book introducing Satan (I believe in the book of Job?) before this one.
On to 2nd Chronicles.
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
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character of the meeting.
Assembly Websites in England
Manvers Gospel Hall - Bath
Park Lane Gospel Hall - Aston, Birmingham
Cumberland Chapel - Cleveleys
Church Street Gospel Hall - Coventry
Spencer Bridge Road Gospel Hall -Northampton
Bethany Chapel - Lyme Regis, Dorset
Parkside Christian Fellowship - Maidenhead,Berkshire
Bethany Gospel Hall - Weston Super Mare, North Somerset
Welcome Gospel Hall, Winchester, Hampshire
Wallingford Gospel Hall - Oxfordshire
Providence Chapel - Reading
Foxlydiate Gospel Hall - Redditch
Bromborough Gospel Hall - Wirral
Winton Gospel Hall - Rottingdean, Nr Brighton
Hope Hall Christian Fellowship - Leeds, West Yorkshire
Datchet Gospel Chapel - Datchet, near Windsor
Upper Hill Street Gospel Hall - Coventry
Crawley Gospel Hall - Crawley
Mill Lane Chapel - Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
South Molton Gospel Hall - North Devon
Bensham Gospel Hall - Gateshead
Belmont Hall, Harrow, Middlesex
Emmanuel Gospel Hall, Wimborne, Dorset
Bethany Gospel Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucester
Welcome Gospel Hall, Winchester, Hampshire
Pensford Gospelhall, Pensford, Somerset
Hebron Hall, South Sheilds
Rugby Gospelhall, Rugby, Warwickshire
Assembly websites in Scotland
Arnot Gospel Hall - Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
St Andrews Gospel Hall - St Andrews, Scotland
Holburn Gospel Hall - Aberdeen, Scotland
Perth Gospel Hall - Perth, Scotland
West End Gospel Hall - Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Victoria Gospel Hall - Victoria Rd, Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland
Springfield Gospel Hall - Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Assembly Websites in Wales
The Heath Gospel Hall, Cardiff, Wales
Rehoboth Gospel Hall - Johnston, Nr Wrexham, Wales
Heath Gospel Hall - Cardiff, Wales
Adamsdown Gospel Hall - Cardiff, Wales
Leckwith Gospel Hall - Cardiff, Wales
Assembly Websites in Northern Ireland
Ebenezer Gospel Hall - Bangor, NI
Ballyduff Gospel Hall - Newtownabby, Co Antrim, NI
Woodford Gospel Assembly - Co Armagh, NI
Kells Gospel Hall - Kells Co Antrim, NI
Culcavey Hall - Hillsborough- County Down, NI
Carryduff Gospel Hall - Belfast, NI
Cardy Gospel Hall - Greyabbey, Ards - Co Down, NI
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Secondly, how can I take you at face value when, apart from being misinformed, you seem to misunderstand what I'm asserting? Let me ask you this: Do you desperately want me to be wrong?
I am not passing my opinions off as facts. What I've mentioned just happens to be factual. And it is also a fact that history shows religion to be poisonous, dangerous and murderous... and continues to be. I also think slandering me with names such as "bully" and "troll" is uncalled for. I've seen more polite rebuttals.
You're right, it is not either of those Gods, that's for sure. The "God" I believe in (not a conventional God) is basically the entire consciousness of the universe, including our own.
Consciousness is not a God and did not create the universe. Consciousness happens to be a by-product of an evolving universe. The universe is not a conscious entity, or wholly conscious, it contains individuated structures that have the potential to be conscious and sometimes unconscious. We call these lifeforms.
do so constructively and without insults and lecturing.
But where's the insult and the lecturing (care to show me)? Pointing out where some have gone wrong? If we never did we'd be unable to teach or learn. Tell me where the insult and lecturing are so I can refrain from doing so again. So far, you've already had other parties point out to you that none are found. Enlighten us if we missed something.
I haven't called you a "bully" or a "troll" somewhere, have I?


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Last week was a busy one for me, and I completely forgot to post a link to my latest Sandman Meditation, this one on the fourth issue of the series, "A Hope in Hell". I'm tempted to say that just as Sandman seems in the later issues in the Preludes & Nocturnes collection to be finding its feet and style, I'm beginning to feel like I sort of know what I'm doing with these columns, but I know if I say that then writing the next one will be nearly impossible. And really, no matter appearances or what I think at this moment, I haven't any idea what I'm doing. And that's okay.
Speaking of having no idea what I'm doing, my latest Strange Horizons column, "Real Action", has just been posted, and as occasionally happens with these things, I read it over and disagreed with myself. I like the structure of the ideas in the column, but I think that structure led me to simplify some of the points, and in particular to elide important complexities in the idea of "reality" in action movies, especially action fantasy movies like The Dark Knight. No big deal, though ... those complexities now give me an idea for another column...
For far more insightful writing about Christopher Nolan than I am capable of, be sure to check out two posts by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell: "INCEPTION; or, Dream a Little Dream within a Dream with Me" and "Revisiting INCEPTION". The vast amount of discussion of Inception on film sites has been fascinating to me, even though my feelings toward the movie itself were lukewarm -- I'm with Jim Emerson in finding it "more fun to theorize about than it was to watch", though I don't think I found it as tedious when watching as Emerson did. This summer's been pretty weak as far as blockbusters go, so maybe everybody's just so thrilled to have a movie to talk about that's not 100% stupid that Inception's getting an inordinate amount of time and thought. No matter. What else are film geeks supposed to do?
Well, we could all read the last interview with Francois Truffaut, which Richard Brody just posted (the interview was conducted by Bert Cardullo, though). (I know it brands me as an inveterate middlebrow, but Truffaut is my favorite French filmmaker after Jean Renoir. Oh well. Godard, Rohmer, Renais, etc. aren't lacking for passionate admirers, so my basic, unpassionate admiration is unlikely to cause the world to stop spinning on its axis...) Brody follows this with some thoughts on Truffaut. Well worth reading.


text: Student Profiles Andrew Gachanja '06 Andrew Gachanja '06 Home: Tigoni, Kenya Major: Economics and English Double Major Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? I particularly liked the size and school environment. After having attended a small high school I was attracted by the promise of interaction with faculty. Additionally, I felt that a liberal arts environment was more conducive to learning given the opportunity for wide exposure to all sorts of subject matters. Bowdoin also offers generous financial aid to international students and that helped a great deal. Why did you choose you major? I chose English because I enjoy the academic approach, namely the effort to view a topic from numerous viewpoints without necessarily elevating one approach over the other. It calls for reasoning, logic, defense of a stated position regulated by an abiding adherence to clarity and brevity, to sum it (see what I mean?). I'm also an economics major; that has been interesting, as well. I like the economics major and particularly its overlap with the study of social issues. I have taken classes in Latin American Development and Economics of the Family, which applied economic rationale to everyday problems. I'm also taking a Finance and Law Economics course which should both prove to be useful in my future career plans. What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? I took a first-year seminar called "The Invention of Africa" with Professor Randy Stakeman of the history department. He decided to give us a headstart in college life by introducing us to the foundations of historical analysis and criticism. This ensured that successive classes went much easier because we had done extensive reading of major theories as freshmen. Additionally, we got to watch movies and I'm always down for that! One movie was shot in colonial Kenya and I actually understood what the African characters were saying. It was hilarious because they were saying completely random, irrelevant stuff to make the movie "authentically" African and I got it. It always makes me laugh to remember the movie. Have you engaged in any independent research while at Bowdoin? Not yet, hopefully next semester I'll be able to do something on post-colonial literature and Africa. I've yet to really finesse the study but I hope to do it. I've spoken briefly with some of my English professors on the topic and we'll see how that goes. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I have worked on campus a lot, particularly in the Art Library and the Language Media Center. The staff has been simply wonderful and I have managed to spend two summers working here for them. Brunswick is unbelievably beautiful in the summertime. There are lots of interesting places for bike rides, for both the adventurous and those who like to conserve their strength (I'm one of those). I'm also a member of the International Club, African American Society, and other student organizations. The I-Club organizes fun events and it's a great way to meet a very diverse group of individuals. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? Technically, I am studying abroad (no I did not). What is your best Bowdoin memory? I would say it's the kindness and support I have received from faculty, staff and friends. The Bowdoin community has some wonderful people who have gone out of their way to make my stay comfortable. It's not always easy being away from home but your support helps enormously. Often, we don't realize how the little things, like a joke, or a kind word can make all the difference especially if you're from a different cultural background and/or country. I appreciate each and every one of you, you know yourselves, my extended family at Bowdoin. What are your plans for after graduation? I received and accepted an offer from Banc of America Securities for a position as an Investment Banking Analyst. I plan to do that and build on the experience by either going back to school (grad school, business school or law school) or continuing in related fields. I'm mostly interested in acquiring the skills and experience I need to return to Kenya and work in the finance sector. Long-term goals involve African economic development and/or teaching. We'll see. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? I say learn, enjoy the classes and get to know your professors. It never ceases to amaze me how much talent and resources Bowdoin has. Additionally, use every opportunity you get. Bowdoin works amazingly well and that is an enormous advantage because you have all the tools you need to pursue your goals. 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At WhoWhatWear.com, we're all about celebrating the tastemakers who inspire and influence the world's wardrobe choices. But of all the sartorial stars out there, the ones who really impress us not only have high-impact personal style, but they also build business empires around it. Our October Guest EditorÂ--the one and only Lauren ConradÂ--gracefully manages to do both with brilliant results. In addition to her prodigious professional career (more on that in a moment), Conrad never fails to delight with her unfailingly attractive wardrobe choices that make you, dear readers, swoon. As such, we were curious about Conrad's seasonal essentials and asked her to share them for today's story. Her picks are accessible, effortless, and always polishedÂ--much like our muse herself!
But before we let you luxuriate in all of Conrad's marvelous must-haves, first a word on what our Guest Editor has been up to lately. Industrious, to say the very least, she's responsible for the wildly successful L.A. Candy book series (the first two installments, L.A. Candy ($10) and Sweet Little Lies ($10), both hit #1 on The New York Times' best-sellers list), and this month is outdoing herself with two new releases: Sugar and Spice ($9), her third novel, and the fashion handbook Lauren Conrad Style ($12). Outside of the literary world, Conrad's just as busy, with projects like the LC Lauren Conrad collection, which is available exclusively at Kohl's, and is currently gearing up for a return to the small screen. That's right, for those of you who live under a rock, Conrad's returning to MTV with a new reality show centered around her professional life, but this time she's starring and producing. With all of these work responsibilities, we're not quite sure how the girl-next-door entrepreneur found time to round up her favorite things for today's Guest Editor storyÂ--but we're certainly glad she did!
So what's on Conrad's radar right now? First and foremost, she's smitten with Stella McCartney's understated and elegant fall collectionÂ--particularly the monochromatic looks. She's also always in the market for a feminine cocktail dress, whether that's the sweet Paul & Joe sheath shown above or a sophisticated long-sleeve style, like Herve Leger's Boat-Neck Bandage Dress ($1150), which was another one of her selections. As for the rest of Conrad's seasonal essentials, well, you'll just have to read on to find out. One thing's for certain: this mogulette sure knows how to pick 'em!
Cooperative Equestrian Belt ($28) in Tan
A timeless brown leather belt is an accessory staple, as the addition of one makes a dressier look feel a bit more casual. Conrad swears by this trick and has a number of options in her closet that are similar to this simple style from Cooperative. Also available in black, the belt has a perfectly antiqued buckle, which makes it a must-have basic.
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Everyone needs a great black moto jacket in her wardrobe, which is exactly why our Guest Editor designed one for her Kohl's collection, LC Lauren Conrad. It's one of her favorite pieces from the line and she pairs it with softer, girly outfits to give them a little toughness.
Dior Miss Dior Cherie Perfume ($59)
You can tell a great deal about a person by her taste in perfumeÂ--and how loyal she is to it too! Conrad's pick is known for its clean, feminine combination of green tangerine, soft patchouli, and sweet strawberry leaves: no wonder she's been wearing it for years!
Stella McCartney's F/W 10 show
Of all the fall fashion shows, Stella McCartney's eponymous line is the one that claimed Conrad's heart. From feminine frocks, like the Silk-Organza Paillette-Embellished Dress ($2365), to monochromatic and minimalist ensembles, such as the mouse gray Cashmere-Blend Sweater ($755) and Cuffed Slim Pants ($735), we understand why the collection speaks to Conrad's sensibilities.
Christian Louboutin Bibi Pumps ($795)
For red carpet events, Conrad tends to eschew trendy footwear and instead opts for gorgeous solid-colored heels. Considering this, her selection of Christian Louboutin's Bibi Pumps makes perfect sense. Rather than going for the more expected black, she picked a cocoa brown hue that would work wonderfully with all of this season's neutral pieces. For a less pricey alternative for these Loubis, check out Martinez Valero's Blaine Pumps ($143) in brown suede.
Dior Cat Eye Logo Sunglasses ($295, 800.929.DIOR)
As a Southern California native, Conrad is definitely an expert when it comes to sunglasses. To protect her eyes and add a touch of vintage style to her day-to-day outfits, she reaches for these Dior cat-eye shades in a warm tortoiseshell hue.
Charley 5.0 The Basic Skinny Leggings ($98) in Sea Grass
Naturally we had to ask Conrad about her favorite pair of jeansÂ--denim is king in LA, after allÂ--and she answered our query with these Charley 5.0 jeggings. In addition to basic black and dark-rinse denim options, the brand also makes their signature style in a range of unexpected colors, like the Sea Grass pair shown above!
mark Get In Line Hook Up Liquid Waterproof Eyeliner ($6) in Painted Black
Conrad's signature beauty lookÂ--sleek cat-eye linerÂ--also happens to be completely in style right now, so we were delighted she wanted to include this mark product in her roundup. We also happen to be longtime devotees of this liquid liner and can personally rave about its foolproof skinny brush and long-wear formula. Try it in Conrad's favorite noir shade or go for one of the other three colors (Cocoa Coquette is amazing too), either way, you're sure to love it.
Paul & Joe Prasline Asymmetric Wool-Crepe Dress ($575)
If you pay attention to Conrad's personal style, you know that she loves a little cocktail dress and favors these party frocks for most events. And while her picks are decidedly girly, they're never fussy or flouncy. Instead, she sticks to subtly feminine options, like this single-shoulder style with a bow accent from Paul & Joe. In addition to Conrad's exact selection, you also might like TFNC's Bow One Shoulder Chiffon Drape Dress ($76) for an equally pale alternative or BCBGeneration's One-Shoulder Belted Dress ($118) for a noir option.
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Yucca with trunk in Vértes mts. (Yucca constricta, collected near Tuscola, Texas)
Trunk of Cupressus glabra (Raised from seed, Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona)
We started our experiments with plant naturalization and climate resistance according to the instructions of the Dendrological Atlas Team lead by Dr Zsolt Debreczy, and using in a significant part the propagating material collected by them in original living areas.
Based on the experiences of the first decade, we founded Arizonica Gardening Services in 1992, with the main mission to test, observe, experiment the methods of nursery and growing of plants resistant to both summer heat and winter cold, and to produce plants for sale.
On such grounds we built special, Mediterranean and chaparral-desert gardens, garage-roof gardens maintainable without any watering.
József Hódi Tóth has continuously been publishing our results gained from research and practice in the following magazines: Kertészet és Szőlészet (Gardening and Viniculture), Kertbarát Magazin (Friend of Gardens Magazine), OTTHON (HOME), Széplak (Nice Home), Családi Ház (Family House), A Mi Otthonunk (Our Home).
On the southern hills of Vértes, Csákvár area, we possess a special arboretum (pictures) where the most complete Hungarian Cupressus and Yucca collection can be found. The arboretum, serving also as a reference, maintained wholly without any watering, has been nationally registered since 2001 and protected by law since 2009.


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On Sunday, May 4, from 1 to 3 pm, Dolores Bannister, of the Little Rhody Thrummers will offer a workshop in the art of traditional rug hooking. This workshop is recommended for adults and older teens.
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Determinants of Multiple Health Risk Behaviors Among Latinos
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01479257
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 24, 2011
Last Update Posted : August 31, 2018
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|Cancer Risk Factors in Latinos
|Behavioral: Questionnaires Device: Accelerometer Device: Smart Phone
Study Participation:
If you are eligible and choose to take part in this study, you can choose to visit the clinic 2 times or have research staff visit you in your home or a community setting (such as a church or community center) 2 times.
At the first visit (this is the same visit where you complete the in-person screening test):
- You will have your height, weight, and waistline measured.
- You will be given a smart phone to take home with you. You will answer questions on the smart phone up to 5 times a day for 7 days. The phone will beep at random times (4 times per day) and set times (in the evening) to prompt you to answer questions about what you are doing and your current thoughts and feelings. These questions should take about 5-7 minutes to complete each time.
- You will be given an accelerometer (a movement meter). The accelerometer is a small device worn on your hip that measures the amount of physical activity you do. You will wear the accelerometer for 7 days in a row.
- You will receive training on how to use the smart phone and the accelerometer.
At the second visit, you will return the smart phone and the accelerometer.
At both study visits, you will be asked to complete questionnaires that ask about your feelings, moods, and behaviors. You will complete 36 questionnaires at the first visit (a total of 474 questions) and 25 questionnaires at the second visit (a total of 278 questions). These questionnaires should take about 60 to 90 minutes to complete.
Throughout the study, you will be contacted by mail, email, or telephone for reminders of visits. You will be reminded before each visit. You will be asked to provide the names and contact information for family and/or friends should the study staff have trouble reaching you.
Each time you complete a survey on the smart phone, your answers will be saved on the phone. When you return the phone, all of your answers will be downloaded from the phone to a secure server, where they will be stored. Then, all of your information will be deleted from the phone. Your name or other personal information will not be stored on the phone.
Your name and other identifying information will not be stored together in the same files as other information you provide during your participation in the study. The link between your identifying information and other data will be kept in a separate file and securely protected. The link between you and the study data will be destroyed 5 years after the study ends.
Length of Study:
You will be considered off study when you complete the second visit.
This is an investigational study.
Up to 225 participants will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|225 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Determinants of Multiple Health Risk Behaviors Among Latinos
|Actual Study Start Date :
|January 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|January 2022
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|January 2022
Bilingual Latinos
Bilingual Houston area Latinos surveyed for 7 continuous days with objective and subjective assessments using accelerometer and smart phone.
Behavioral: Questionnaires
36 questionnaires at the first visit (a total of 474 questions) and 25 questionnaires at the second visit (a total of 278 questions), taking about 60 to 90 minutes to complete each visit.
Other Name: Surveys
Device: Accelerometer
Small device worn on the hip for 7 consecutive days that measures physical activity.
Other Name: Movement meter
Device: Smart Phone
Questions on smart phone up to 5 times a day for 7 days taking about 5-7 minutes to complete each time.
Other Name: cell phone
- Determinants of Cancer Risk Behaviors in Latinos [ Time Frame: 7 days ]Outcomes assessed through daily diary ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data and coded as yes (engaged in activity) or no (did not engage in activity). EMA assessments done over 7 contiguous days in a questionnaire computer-administered self-interview format.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Self-identify as Latino in ethnicity
- Are between the ages of 18-65, inclusive
- Possess a valid home address and functioning telephone number
- Possess marginal to adequate health literacy in English (as indicated by a score of at least 45 on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine) and Spanish (as indicated by a score of at least 38 on the Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish Adults).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Used an illicit substance in the past 30 days
- Another household member enrolled in the study
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Participated in a smoking cessation program in the last 90 days
- Uses nicotine replacement products
- Uses other tobacco products besides cigarettes
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01479257
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Larkin L. Strong, PHD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01479257 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1K01CA157689 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
R25T CA57730 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: NCI )
|First Posted:
|November 24, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 31, 2018
|Last Verified:
|August 2018
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
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Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Risk factors
Hispanic Americans
Latino resident
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Spanish speaking
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American adults eat in restaurants an average of five times a week—which means they probably eat way too much salt. Even fine-dining menus offer little escape from sodium overload.
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Find a workshop near you.
Do we bring our cameras to the workshop?
Yes! It's a hands-on workshop so we go through camera modes and menus. and practice shooting. I like to hear everyone's camera clicking away during class. The more mistakes you make while you're there, the more we can address on the spot. Bring your camera, lenses, memory card, and charged battery. Oh yeah, don't forget your extra battery in your charger!
I haven't purchased a camera yet. Should I buy one first or come without a camera?
It really depends on you, but either can be beneficial. I will just tell you the advantages of each and you can decide. If you buy a camera beforehand, you can get a little more familiar with it before you come. Most of the people that come to the workshop are here because they bought this expensive camera that they thought was going to take perfect shots right out of the box. After about one hour, they realize it's not that easy. By playing around and realizing a few of your camera's shortcomings, things will make a little more sense. You'll have a lot of "OK, so that's why the camera did that!" moments.
If you haven't purchased your DSLR yet, then I can let you use one of my cameras for the class. I have a Nikon and a Canon so if you've never tried either you can play around with both and see which one you like best. It will also help you to make a better buying decision as you will have a better idea of what each camera offers. I have had quite a few people say they wish they had waited until they took the workshop before buying.
There is a Part I and Part II workshops the same day. Should I take them back to back?
My answer to this question is usually "no". There is A LOT of info to absorb, so I tell most people to just attend Part I first and then give yourself some time to practice. Once you are more comfortable shooting, then take Part II and the new info will make a lot more sense.
I am a total beginner, will I be able to keep up?
Yes, we start with exposure and show you how to put those settings together to create your shot. There are tons of examples and they all have my exposure settings attached so even if you have no idea what ISO, aperture, and shutter speed have to do with each other, by the end of 3 hours you will!
I consider myself advanced; would your class be too easy for me?
If you've ever switched your camera to "Program Mode" just to see if you could get a photo to "work better" then you will benefit from the workshop. If you're just spinning dials in manual mode until you arrive at your exposure, you will benefit from the workshop. If you don't shoot 100% RAW files then you would benefit from the workshops. If you're even reading this far into my FAQ, you would benefit from the workshop.
When are you coming to my city?
If you don't see classes near you, then send me an email and let me know where I need to come next. If you are in a small city, please let me know the closest large city near you.
Are there any takeaways or handouts?
You will receive a booklet with talking points and photos from the presentation.
Is there a minimum age?
No, the youngest person I've had in the workshops so far is 11 and I've had a few 14 and 15 year olds, too. Considering I had my own darkroom at the age of 10, I don't think you're ever too young to start. I do, however, ask that if anyone under the age of 16 wants to attend the workshop, they are dropped off by a parent or guardian and check in with me when they arrive.
What type of camera is the workshop for?
The ideal camera is a DSLR. That's a camera with interchangeable lenses like Canon Rebels, Nikon D-series, Sony Alphas, Pentax K-series and Olympus E-series. The general rule for the class is if you can take the lens off, it will work for the class. Other cameras that will also work fine are the Sony NEX, Olympus OM-D-series and Panasonic Lumix. You will not have screen shots during the class, but I do know their settings.
What makes your photography class so different?
My workshop is focused on photography more than camera specific features. There is a big difference between learning about photography verses learning about cool features on your camera. I've been using manual cameras since I could walk so I don't worry about cool features. We spend our time on the most important aspects of your DSLR and try to get you fearless in manual mode in three short hours.
I have a Canon Powershot, Nikon Coolpix, or point and shoot. Can I take the workshop?
The workshop is not ideal for these cameras as they have limited capabilities. You are certainly welcome to take the class but be warned that everything will not apply to your camera and you will have a harder time finding your corresponding settings.
Is there a waiting list for full classes?
No there isn't, but there are always openings if someone reschedules to another date and openings are first come, first served so check the site often as you get closer to the date and there may be openings.
We only have one camera between the two of us. Can we take the class together or should we take it separately?
You'll be just fine sharing a camera. The hands on parts of the workshop aren't so strenuous that you both won't have time to try each exercise.
Am I able to reschedule my workshop?
Yes. You can reschedule any time before your workshop.To reschedule, sign in (top right of the browser) and use the drop down menu under "my registered classes" to change your session.
How can I confirm whether I'm registered for a workshop?
Sign into the website (top right of the browser window) and you will see "My Registered Classes" and your class will be listed if you're registered. If you do not see a class then you will need to register.
How do I redeem a plastic gift card? I don't see a number on it.
The plastic gift cards are like having cash so if you would like to redeem one select "pay at the door" when you register and bring the card with you. If you would like to use one for an online workshop, that's possible but you will need to contact us to walk you through the process.
My voucher is about to expire but I don't see any classes left that fit my schedule. Can it be extended?
Sorry, we are not able to extend the expiration date. If you are not able to fit a class into your schedule you are able to use the paid value of your voucher (usually $49) towards any other class. We will soon offer the ability to redeem expired vouchers towards online classes if there are none scheduled in your area.
Sorry we currently have no classes in your area. Please complete the Stay In Touch form below and we will let you know when we are coming to your town.


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John Stark was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and three counts of misuse of 9-1-1
A DeLand police officer helping a woman get her property from her ex-boyfriend's apartment was battered and called a communist by the man who pushed him and then called 9-1-1, an arrest report shows.
John Stark, 55, was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and three counts of misusing 9-1-1, police said.
According to the report, Sandy Hutchinson called DeLand police for an escort to Stark's residence to pick up some property from her ex-boyfriend Sunday. When Hutchinson and Officer Thomas Gillian arrived at the apartment at 155 Stetson St., Stark ran to toward Hutchinson's car and started yelling at her.
Gillian then stepped between Stark and Hutchinson to stop the ex-boyfirend. Stark then started arguing with Gillian circling the officer trying to get past him to go after Hutchinson, police said.
When Gillian put out his hands to stop Stark, he pushed down the officers hands and shoved his weight against the officer, the report states.
Stark then called Gillian a communist and asked that a police officer be called, according to the report. When Gillian told him he was the officer responding, Stark, again called the officer a communist and called 9-1-1 three times, the report shows.
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Voters in Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities completed the process Thursday, Nov. 7, of establishing the basics of their municipal school districts, with elections for their respective school boards.
Once the Shelby County Election Commission certifies the election results, the school boards are expected to move quickly to hire their respective superintendents.
The set of elections Thursday decided six contested races among a slate of many more school board races that were one-candidate uncontested races effectively decided at the filing deadline for candidates earlier this year.
The turnout, based on the unofficial vote counts, ranged from 1.4 percent in Collierville, where all five school board races were uncontested, to an 8 percent turnout in Germantown, where the lone contested race featured a field of three, the largest field of candidates in any of the six contested races across the six suburbs.
In that race, Linda Fisher came out on top over Paige Michael and Edgar A. Babian.
The Germantown School Board formally joins a discussion already well underway between Germantown civic leaders and Shelby County Schools leaders about the proposal by Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson to keep Germantown Elementary, Middle and High Schools in the SCS system.
Germantown Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy took a formal request to the Shelby County Schools board last week seeking terms that would allow the Germantown Schools district to claim the three "G-schools" – or at least Germantown Elementary School, which, unlike the other two, does not have a majority of its student body living in the Memphis annexation reserve area.
"We were giving them an opportunity to talk," Shelby County Schools board chairman Kevin Woods said the day after the presentation. "We still have questions on how they would plan to educate those kids for the long haul."
Goldsworthy's proposal seeks to maintain current attendance zones for the schools that not only include children in unincorporated Shelby County but also approximately 1,000 Germantown High School students who live in Collierville. But the agreement doesn't guarantee that "in perpetuity" – a phrase Woods and others on the board have used as they express concerns that if the number of students living in Germantown and attending Germantown schools grows, the children who live elsewhere would be pushed out.
"I'm not sure it changed the mind of the superintendent that we still need those facilities to educate kids," Woods said of Goldsworthy's proposal. "That's really what it boils down to. The message that needs to be put out is regardless if Shelby County (Schools) is operating those schools or Germantown with the same great principals, teachers and parental involvement, we should still have great education in those schools."
Goldsworthy has said attendance zones always change to reflect shifts in school-age population. Her proposal includes a collaborative review by both school boards on any changes in the attendance zones in which neither school board could unilaterally rezone children from unincorporated Shelby County out of the Germantown Schools system.
"I think it was much different from the original conversation and the original comments that were made about what any kind of a new Germantown school system would look like," said Shelby County Schools board vice chairman Chris Caldwell the day after he got the proposal. "I think I still have a lot of questions that need to be answered."
Meanwhile, in other suburban school board election results:
• Millington had three contested races for its seven-member school board, which has two more positions than the other suburban schools boards. Cecilia Haley, Jennifer Ray Carroll and Donald K. Holsinger were the winners in those races.
• Bartlett voters elected Erin Elliott Berry and David Cook to the Bartlett Schools board in the two contested races on the ballot there.
• Lakeland voters chose from a single list of seven contenders for five positions on the Lakeland school board, with the five top vote-getters claiming the seats. Those were Kevin Floyd, Laura Harrison, Kelley Hale, Matt Wright and Teresa Henry.
• There were also no contested school board races in Arlington.
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Canon's ability to pack a lot into a very small package is well demonstrated in its Digital IXUS range of cameras. The latest addition, called i5, is a 5-megapixel ultra-compact model that weighs less than 125g with the battery and SD card installed. It's smaller than a lot of mobile phones and similar in shape.
The biggest downside to the diminutive dimensions is that it can only fit a small 1.5-inch LCD screen and the camera can be difficult to handle for larger hands.
Apart from the plastic battery cover, the stylish body is all metal and will appeal to the fashion-conscious with four colours available. The i5 powers up quickly (within two seconds of pressing the on button), extending the lens just 5mm from the body. The lens is fixed (at 39mm in the old scale), so zooming relies entirely on digital wizardry. Digital zoom increments up to 6.5x, though a marker is set at 2x to remind the photographer that postcard-sized prints will probably start to look coarse after that.
Picture quality is impressive with great handling of colour tones and balance. However, it does degrade noticeably when the zoom is used. The movie mode impresses for its ability to edit the captured clips in-camera during playback. At its highest quality, it can capture only 30-second clips, but they look smoother than the 10 frames per second rating suggests. There's voice recording included, too.
The 9-segment autofocus is a great idea, but in practice it's less frustrating and quicker just to leave it on centre-frame most of the time. Despite the small body, Canon has managed to also fit an A/V out port so you can play back images directly on the TV. The i5 is a brilliantly simple compact to use, but also rewards the adventurous with a depth of customisable features.