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Costs that individuals incur through mating can play an important role in understanding the evolution of life histories and senescence, particularly in promiscuous species. Copulation costs, ranging from energy expenditure to reduced longevity, are widely studied in insects but have received substantially less attention in other taxa. One cost of mating, the energetic cost, is poorly studied across all taxa despite its potential importance for the many species where copulation is physically demanding and/or frequent. Here, we investigated the energetic cost of mating in both male and female dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica). In this species, copulation can last up to 3 h and requires that the male physically restrains the female. We report that the act of copulation halves the swimming endurance of both sexes, and that they take up to 30 min to recover. Such a reduction in post-copulatory performance may have important implications for predator avoidance, foraging ability and energy allocation. Therefore, quantifying this cost is essential to understand the evolution of reproductive strategies and behaviours such as female receptivity and male and female mating frequency.
1. Introduction
For many species, mating involves strenuous physical activity and inflicts significant costs, including physical injury [1], reduced lifespan [2] and even death from sexual cannibalism [3]. Such costs of mating have important implications for the evolution of life-history strategies and ageing [4,5], particularly for species with promiscuous mating systems. Despite the importance of copulation costs in evolutionary biology, some costs are substantially underrepresented in the literature.
One intuitive, though largely overlooked, consequence of mating is its energetic cost. Many taxa, including insects, crustaceans and reptiles, have prolonged, very active and/or frequent copulations [6–9]. Although traditionally assumed to be trivial, energetic costs are likely to be significant for these taxa. To date, energetic costs have only been confirmed in a millipede, in which oxygen consumption during copulation was elevated relative to resting levels [9]. Whether such metabolic costs affect an individual's physical capabilities post-copulation has never, to our knowledge, been demonstrated. However, a reduction in physical capabilities post-copulation may influence important behaviours such as predator avoidance and foraging which, in turn, may impact survival, growth and future reproduction.
Cephalopods (squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus) are an excellent model system in which to investigate mating costs because all species are promiscuous and most live for less than one year. These traits are likely to compound the costs of mating and concentrate the costs within a short period, respectively. Furthermore, investigations into copulation costs in cephalopods are uncommon; thus such experiments can provide an insight into the evolution of reproductive strategies and behaviours in this group.
Here, we used wild-caught dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica) to investigate the energetic cost of copulation and subsequent recovery time. Mating is likely to be energetically costly in this species because both sexes mate multiply, copulation can last up to 3 h and the male must physically restrain the female (figure 1). We aimed to test this hypothesis and determine the recovery time for individuals of both sexes.
2. Material and methods
We collected E. tasmanica through multiple shallow (less than 5 m) night SCUBA dives at St Leonards (38°10′13 S, 144°43′11 E) in southeastern Australia from March 2010 until June 2010. Upon capture, we transferred squid to facilities at the Victorian Marine Science Consortium in Queenscliff, where they were housed individually in glass tanks (24 cm3 volume). Each holding aquarium contained a layer of sand substrate and a short (6.5 × 5.5 cm diameter) length of PVC pipe for shelter. Aquarium lights provided a reverse 12 L : 12 D cycle and all aquaria received a continuous through-flow of aerated, ambient (14–20°C) seawater pumped directly from Port Phillip Bay. We fed squid Palaemon sp. shrimp ad libitum, checked the health of each squid and monitored water flow every second day. Squid had an acclimation period of at least 18 days prior to being used in experiments.
(a) Swimming endurance
We tested the energetic cost of mating by determining a squid's swimming endurance before and immediately after mating. This was measured by placing squid in a clear cylindrical swimming chamber in a flume and making them swim against a constant current (24 cm–1) until exhaustion. Methods used and flume design were adapted from Stobutzki & Bellwood [10], except that water velocity was kept constant at 24.4 cm−1 instead of steadily increasing.
Before treatment, sexually mature squid were randomly allocated into treatment (mated; n = 30) and control (not mated; n = 17) groups, then blotted to remove any water and weighed. On day 1, we tested baseline squid endurance. Squid were placed in the flume and once they had moved halfway down, the flow and timer were switched on. Squid would swim, then tire and touch the rear mesh. Squid were then gently touched three times at one second intervals and most would swim again. This was repeated until they would no longer swim following the three touches, at which time the flow and timer were switched off. On day 2, treatment squid were mated. Males were placed in a mating tank (volume 1.5 l) and left to acclimate for 10 min before the female was introduced. If they did not begin mating within 30 min, females were disturbed and generally the male would initiate copulation. Occasionally (n = 5), pairs would not mate for unknown reasons and different pairs were selected in these cases. During mating, we monitored squid from behind a curtain to avoid disturbance to the study animals and to determine when mating concluded. Immediately after the conclusion of mating, we tested their endurance following the earlier-mentioned method and alternating which sex was tested first. Control squid also had their endurance tested on day 2.
To investigate recovery time, we performed a second experiment using the same methods as earlier-mentioned except that endurance was tested 30 min after the conclusion of mating on day 2 (n = 23).
(b) Statistical analysis
We analysed the data (see electronic supplementary material, tables S1 and S2) via a repeated-measures linear mixed model (PROC MIXED, SAS v. 9.1) with swimming duration (seconds) as the response variable. Residual plots indicated that this variable did not require transformation to meet the assumptions of a linear model. The independent variables were sex (male, female), treatment (control, mated), time (before mating, after mating) and their interactions. Time was the repeated measure within individual squid (individual ID as the blocking factor). Initially, we included weight and copulation duration as random factors but they were found to have no influence on results (copulation duration: F1,40 = 0.02, p = 0.90; squid mass: F1,26 = 0.23, p = 0.63) and we therefore excluded them from the final model. For significant effects, we used post-hoc Tukey's tests to assess differences between group means.
3. Results
The endurance of both males and females was reduced by mating (F1,85 = 14.60, p < 0.01; figure 2a), and this reduction was not affected by squid mass or mating duration. There was also no difference in the size of this reduction between the sexes (F1,85 = 1.79, p = 0.18); however, males were observed to swim for longer durations than females (F1,85 = 13.31, p < 0.01). Squid recovered their endurance capacity within 30 min after mating (figure 2b). Swimming duration at this time was not significantly different from swimming duration recorded on day 1 (F1,21 = 1.85, p = 0.20). Males in this treatment group also swam for longer than females (F1,21 = 6.73, p = 0.02).
4. Discussion
Swimming endurance was clearly reduced by mating and the magnitude of this effect was similar for both sexes. We expected males to be more strongly affected than females because males are more active during copulation. The males physically restrain the female, pump jets of water into her mantle and jet, change colour and ink more than females do. By contrast, the female appears relatively quiescent, only occasionally jetting or visibly elongating the mantle. The reduced endurance in males following copulation most likely arises because the level of activity that takes place during copulation cannot be sustained by aerobic metabolism alone; males may require anaerobic metabolism. This would impede swimming ability because anaerobic metabolism (glycolysis) increases lactate production, which is an important agent of muscle fatigue [11].
Reduced endurance in females, on the other hand, is unlikely to be due to female activity but rather a result of the copulatory position. The male's copulatory grip visibly constricts the female's mantle cavity throughout the duration of copulation (figure 1) and the hectocotylus will enlarge to twice its original size after insertion. These actions could cause an oxygen debt by decreasing the amount of oxygenated water that reaches her gills and inhibiting the circulation of oxygenated blood around her body. Squid can withstand hypoxic conditions by increasing anaerobic metabolism [12], which would result in lactate production [11]. Despite the different causes of anaerobic metabolism between the sexes, the result (muscle fatigue) is the same, which may explain why there was no difference in the reduction in swimming endurance between the sexes.
If copulation causes muscle fatigue, we might expect a correlation between swimming duration and copulation duration. However, individuals varied substantially in their motivation to swim and their style of swimming (jetting or finning). These factors would confound any correlation between swimming duration and copulation duration, which may be why there no correlation was observed.
The second experiment, which investigated time until recovery of endurance capacity, demonstrated that squid of both sexes recover from copulation within 30 min. A similarly short recovery from exercise or exhaustion is observed in other taxa [13,14], most likely because cellular changes that occur during exercise can be reversed quite quickly (generally within 1–60 min [11]). However, the energetic investment in mating still represents a significant cost. This cost is particularly relevant for species that are short-lived and promiscuous, like E. tasmanica. Frequent mating would compound energetic costs, an effect that may not be simply additive. Reduced locomotion ability is likely to be ecologically relevant as individuals may be more vulnerable to predation, have temporarily reduced foraging ability or be less competitive in seeking subsequent mating opportunities, thereby curtailing future reproduction. Squid, like many other species, lay several clutches over the reproductive period and the energy consumed in each copulation, together with lost foraging opportunities, could also affect investment into future clutches and growth [15,16].
Numerous taxa exhibit mating strategies with prolonged copulations, frequent mating and/or short lifespans [6,7,17]. To understand the evolution of reproductive strategies for these taxa, it is crucial to quantify the energetic costs. For instance, a significant energetic cost has the potential to influence diverse reproductive behaviours, such as female receptivity and mating frequency [18,19], and how such behaviours may change over an individual's lifetime and across different environmental conditions [20]. The new evidence presented here, showing that mating affects physical performance post-copulation, highlights the need to account for energetic costs when assessing the costs of mating.
We thank Rod Watson and Ben Wegener for their help with fieldwork, and Mark Elgar and Bob Wong for their comments about the manuscript. Funding was from the Hermon Slade Foundation. Research was carried out with approval from the University of Melbourne Animal Ethics Committee (ID: 0810874.3), and animals were collected under Fisheries Victoria collecting permit RP962.
- Received June 12, 2012.
- Accepted June 27, 2012.
- This journal is © 2012 The Royal Society


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I see it all the time: there are those people out there who have been working in a particular industry for years. They're wonderful at what they do, and they have a lot of knowledge from all of that time being dedicated to their field. But if you ask them about it, they'll just brush it aside, saying they're nothing special. The reason? Because to them all of the things they know seem commonplace. They've been working so closely with it for so long they forget that everyone doesn't know this stuff as well, and so they don't take advantage of chances to spread their knowledge around, and improve their image at the same time.
Have you ever thought about writing an article for a magazine? I'm sure your industry has plenty of magazines that are going to be filled with articles written by people who are just like you. With all the experience you have there is going to be a lot of possibilities for things to talk about. The reason why this works so well is because people like to read about these different things. They like to know what a person has learned, and they like to gain a better insight into an industry. It isn't just people in the industry who pick up those kinds of magazines. Many people take interest in what goes on in the places they do business with, and like to keep on top of things. This leads to a more interesting way to take advantage of a person's desire for knowledge, and put it to good use with something like calendar printing.
What you do is have each month dedicated to a different subject within your industry. Write out a mini article dealing with what you know, and give them a list of different places they can go to learn more on the subject. Now, a catalog like this obviously isn't going to be for everyone, which means you'll have to take the time to find out specific people or a set market you can spread them around in. Establishing yourself first through writing actual magazine articles will be the best way to get the most from your calendar printing as well. Once your name is known you have that as your chief draw to make people interested in getting those calendars. There are other ways to capitalize on this as well, such as writing booklets or finding a different method for spreading your knowledge.
My goal is to get you thinking about the possibilities. This is a strong way of getting your name to your customers and helping to improve your image. If you've been in your industry for any length of time I'm sure you've built up some solid experience. Put that experience to good use for your marketing.
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When he ended his life last year by shooting himself in the chest, Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to the head.
When he ended his life last year by shooting himself in the chest, Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to the head.
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health said Thursday the former NFL star's abnormalities are consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
The hard-hitting linebacker played for 20 NFL seasons with San Diego, Miami and New England before retiring in 2009. He died at age 43 of a self-inflicted gunshot in May, and his family requested the analysis of his brain.
"We saw changes in his behavior and things that didn't add up with him," his ex-wife, Gina, said. "But (CTE) was not something we considered or even were aware of. But pretty immediately (after the suicide) doctors were trying to get their hands on Junior's brain to examine it."
The NIH, based in Bethesda, Md., studied three unidentified brains, one of which was Seau's, and said the findings on Seau were similar to autopsies of people "with exposure to repetitive head injuries."
"It was important to us to get to the bottom of this, the truth," Gina Seau added, "and now that it has been conclusively determined from every expert that he had obviously had CTE, we just hope it is taken more seriously."
In the final years of his life, Seau had wild behavioral swings, according to Gina and to 23-year-old son, Tyler, along with signs of irrationality, forgetfulness, insomnia and depression.
He hid it well in public, they said, but not when he was with family or close friends.
Seau joins a list of several dozen football players who were found to have CTE. Boston University's center for study of the disease reported last month that 34 former pro players and nine who played only college football suffered from CTE.
The NFL faces lawsuits by thousands of former players who say the league withheld information on the harmful effects of concussions. According to an AP review of 175 lawsuits, 3,818 players have sued. At least 26 Hall of Famer members are among the players who have done so.


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This hot weather is and has been HOT. I'm going going to lie, I have definitely been feeling the heat and have been doing all I can to stay in the shade. I do love the sunny weather, I really do, but my preference has always been to enjoy it from the shade. That way I can see the sunshine and appreciate it whilst not getting too hot and sweaty and not getting burnt. There are challenges when it's hot but they can be overcome. Too hot and sweaty when arriving at work? Take a change of top with me and leave a bit earlier so I can walk slowly up the hill. Can't sleep because it's too hot? Open the window. Can't sleep because now the church clock wakes you up by ding donging every fifteen flipping minutes? Put the fan on the windowsill and that will keep you cool AND drown out the noisy church.
There are lots of things to appreciate about weather like this though, despite having to make small changes like walking down the other side of the high street on the way home so that you can stay in the shade. Everyone is so much happier when the weather is like this. More chilled out, more smiley. Happiness breeds happiness!
We have been enjoying lots of salads for dinner and I have been enjoying how easy it is to prepare dinner when half of it is slicing a lettuce and putting it in a bowl. Less washing up too. Ice lollies for pudding are a definite win … I got 6 cloudy lemonade ice lollies from M&S for £1.30, excellent. They're really nice. I do have an ice lolly maker somewhere but I can't find it. Besides the new freezer is quite small and doesn't really have room to house an ice lolly maker. I am making some ice cubes though! ooh it's lush having a freezer that works.
I admit that I have spent a rather large chunk of my time at home during this heat spell just gazing out of the kitchen window, or standing on the kitchen step and gazing at the same view, or standing in the yard and gazing out at slightly less of the view since the yard is lower and I'm short. I never get tired of this and I love seeing the view change as the seasons do. Last week the leaves were just buds, and they all unfurled over the course of a day which was quite a thing to come home to after work. We see less of the hills and the view in the summer but we do get lovely leaves instead.
One can also make the most of the long light evenings by going for an evening stroll. On Sunday night we walked through the woods and sat for a time at the edge of the pool before returning home feeling refreshed and happy. And slightly midge bitten but we'll gloss over that part.
After spending months trying to keep the house warm it's such a novelty to have all the doors and windows flung open during this weather. It's great to spend time in the yard, just standing in it really since it's full of bathroom bits – bags of tiles, wood, the old shower tray and sink. It makes our living space feel so much bigger. I long for the rubble to be gone and to have a small table and chairs out there but for now I eat al fresco by standing on the top step with my bowl of cornflakes. Makes me happy :-)
In addition to standing in the yard I have been sitting, not on chairs but on the steps up to the kitchen. I took my yarn and hooks (but not my scissors … "Andeeeeeeeey please can you pass meeeeee my sciiiiiiiiissors???") out on Sunday and enjoyed hooking in the shade for a while.
Later on I fetched out an old table so have somewhere a bit cleaner to put my things (do you see what I mean about the stuff?). It was about the right height to sit on the steps and hook at the little table and it was nice because I could just pop out and pick up my hooking in between cooking our dinner.
My sunny view ahead:
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I am making a stack of 5 round Elmer Squares. I have an idea in mind for them but I'm not sure if it will work out so I'll keep it vague for now. The yarn is Stylecraft Special Dk and the photo above makes me think of ice creams. I've never seen ice cream that colour so I don't know quite why it makes me think of that, but it does. I've also failed to diligently sew in my ends as I go along, what a rebel. Its easy to sew them in on this kind of square and of course with no colour changes it's even easier so I don't mind a bit of a session sewing them in.
I have been struggling quite a bit with what clothes to wear during pregnancy. I've discovered that the shops that have maternity lines don't stock them in their actual shops, and on the rare occasion that they do stock them it's a choice of 1 top and some odd trousers that appeal to a younger and trendier demographic than myself. I get by at work with a big pair of trousers and some larger sized tops but at home in this heat I have been reduced to an old cotton dress (empire line, shirring elastic on the bust) and a pair of pyjama shorts. I finally bit the bullet on Saturday and ordered 3 tops and a pair of over the bump leggings from New Look. Oh my, they're amazing! And they are smoothing enough to hide the weird (overweight) kink in my bump too, which is great. I wore my new leggings with another old dress (again, lots of lovely shirring elastic going on here!) and actually felt quite nice. I've been feeling MEGA FRUMPY lately. Don't get my wrong, I love being pregnant and I'm so glad that I am, it's just that I always struggle with clothes (I'm both fussy and don't know what looks good, no sense of style) and it's even harder when actually nothing fits and no shops stock anything that might fit. (Yes I have tried ebay but haven't found anything that would do.)
Anyway, I wore my brightly coloured dress to Tracy's house last night for crochet. We've jumped ship from the pub and met in her yard last night for Monday evening crochet. I was so happy to be there! With my increasing amount of things to do and feeling tired, Monday night crochet was just one of the things that I had to put on hold for a couple of months. I don't manage it every week still but I really love it on the days that I can go. Last night was just great.
Tracy certainly does have a sense of style.
Lots of Pimms was consumed, sadly not by me but my water with lemon was sufficiently fruity and summery ;-)
Such a happy, relaxed evening with lots of laughter and chatter. I'm so lucky to have friends like these, especially living so close by. Andy came and met me afterwards and we walked home together as our evening stroll.
Oh I have to show you this! One friend is knitting a chess set, how cool is that?
We both agreed that the knight on the horse is the coolest thing ever. :-)
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A former Bethel High School teacher arrested last month is now charged with three felony counts, including second-degree rape, after being accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student.
A former Bethel High School teacher arrested last month is now charged with three felony counts, including second-degree rape, after being accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student.
Wendy L. Hickman, 40, of Shawnee, was charged Thursday in Pottawatomie County District Court. Out of jail on bond, she made a brief court appearance Thursday as charges were announced.
District Attorney Richard Smothermon has charged Hickman with second-degree rape and forcible sodomy as well as soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology for text messages allegedly sent to the teen.
If convicted of all counts, Hickman could face up to 45 years in prison.
Hickman, who was beginning her third year as a freshman English teacher last month, resigned Aug. 21 and was arrested in the case the following day.
According to the information filed Thursday, Hickman is charged with second-degree rape and is accused of having sexual intercourse with the 16-year-old Bethel High School student on or about July 28, at which time Hickman was age 40 and an employee of Bethel High School.
On the charge of forcible sodomy, she is accused of engaging in oral sodomy with the same student on or about July 28, the charge reads.
In the count of soliciting sexual conduct by use of technology, Hickman is accused, between May 1 and Aug. 21, of facilitating, encouraging, offering or soliciting sexual conduct or engaging in communication with the same teen, who is a minor, by use of a cell phone and by sending sexually explicit photographs of herself to that teen for the purpose of instigating sexual contact, the charge reads.
Smothermon, who has filed charges in three teacher-involved cases in Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties this past year, said the law says a student can't consent to a relationship with a teacher.
"Teachers have such a dramatic influence on their students," Smothermon said, adding teachers can't use that influence for a sexual interest or "abusing a position of trust."
"They need to be a role model and not a sex symbol," Smothermon said.
Deputies arrested Hickman at her home Aug. 22 after a search warrant was served. The investigation was launched the day before when a Bethel teen and his mother went to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office to make a report for sexual assault. In that report, the teen told detectives he had sex with his high school teacher at his home sometime at the end of July, the arrest affidavit shows. He also reported it happened just one time.
According to court documents, Hickman was the teen's English teacher during the 2011-12 school year.
The teen also reported that Hickman had been sending him text messages and nude pictures of herself from her cell phone, so authorities retrieved one of those images. The nude person in that image, whose face also was visible, was later identified as Hickman, the warrant reads.
Hickman's next court date is scheduled in October.
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I don't want you to fear the sheer trend, but I totally understand your concerns because there's definitely a difference between peek-a-boo chic and the did-she-forget-her-slip look. That's why my go-to advice is to invest in some key underpinnings: it's all about the foundation garments. In terms of shapewear, there are so many great options on the market, including everything from midsection shapers to sculpting slips and slimming bodysuits. From there you can always pick a skirt or sheath dress that's sheer but lined, so you won't need an additional slip. However, if the garment in question is sheer but unlined-say, a translucent shirtdress, an ethereal maxi dress, a filmy blouse, or a gauzy skirt-you'll need another layer in addition to your shapewear, like a thin slip or cami. If your outer layers are pastel, go for nudes and blushes; if they're darker, black is usually best. You also can always go for a chemise or cami with lace or lace details, and don't worry if you can see a hint of it through your sheer pieces. It can really add another layer of depth to your outfit and be a very alluring detail!


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Alice Englert: 'In Fear' London Premiere
Alice Englert steps out for the premiere of In Fear in London on Tuesday night (November 12).
The 18-year-old actress joined co-star Allan Leech and director Jeremy Lovering for the event.
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In Fear is about driving, lost and tormented in the night, primal fears of the dark and the unknown give way to fear that you have let the evil in, or that it is already there.
Earlier this year, Alice took the movie to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
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"Courageous," the new, Christian-themed movie that was created and produced by Sherwood Pictures, the media division of Sherwood Baptist Church, continues to make headlines across America. Certainly, it is the film, itself, that has audiences and critics intrigued. But, there's also something grander and more complex that is driving the discourse.
Contrasting greatly from other Hollywood successes, Sherwood's story is an astounding tale that defies the odds, while showcasing the ability of positive and uplifting messages to resonate with the masses. Rather than praising drugs, sex and violence, Sherwood pictures uses films like "Courageous" to help individuals and families reconnect with one another — and with God.
The Blaze sat down with Stephen Kendrick who has co-written and produced the church's highly-successful films, to learn more about how a Baptist church from Georgia has distinguished itself as the epicenter of spiritually-themed big screen successes.
Every week, countless movies make their way into theaters, as they entertain and inspire millions of audience members. But there's something special about "Courageous" — something uniquely organic. See, most Hollywood successes are driven my major studios and professionals who have countless years of experience in the industry. For Sherwood, which is based in Albany, Georgia, the situation is much different.
Kendrick, who is the Senior Associate Pastor at the church, provided me with a brief history that explains how he and his brother, Alex (Alex stars in "Courageous"; he also co-wrote and directed the film), found their way from the pulpit to the big screen.
As children, both Stephen and Alex had a penchant for making home videos. Their passion for telling stories through film started early on.
"When we were in elementary school, Alex asked for 8mm movie projector," he said. "He would setup chairs in our garage and invite friends to come over and watch his home movies. It's always been a love and a passion."
And according to Stephen, their hobby of capturing almost everything on film even extended into the classroom. "In high school we would be assigned papers and we would submit videos instead," he said through laughter.
Alex's dream was to make films as an adult. But as the years went on, Stephen says the two men were led toward a very different career path — Christian ministry.
"Both of us were called to ministry. We really fell in love with God by developing our own faith," he explains. As their years in ministry progressed, though, the path towards realizing their childhood dreams became clearer. Eventually, they both ended up working at Sherwood Baptist Church, which set the stage for their theatrical success.
Alex, who was brought on as the media director, was the first to arrive on staff at Sherwood. "When he was hired, he told the church that one day [the church] was going to make Christian movies," Stephen explained. At the time, church officials didn't really know what this meant.
After all, making serious movies isn't something houses of worship are known for. But according to Stephen, it didn't take the church very long to realize that it needed to work its way into popular media if it wanted to make an impact. He explains:
"In 2002, a national poll came out and it said that the church was no longer in the top 10 influences of American culture. So we realized, if people are letting media influence them, why not take the best messages in the world and incorporate that into a movie?"
So, in 2002, Stephen says that the church rallied $20,000 and started working on "Flywheel, the first of the four films that have been produced by Sherwood Pictures. Considering the fact that this was the church's first attempt at movie-making, the production for "Flywheel" was, understandably, a bit disorganized. "Everyone was a volunteer church actor," Stephen explains.
Armed with a vision, childhood dreams, an extremely small budget and a troop of Christians willing to give their time to the cause, Alex and Stephen wrote the script and began production. When the film was completed, a local theater agreed to show it on one screen. Of course, the church was elated.
"We were so disorganized that we finished the movie the morning that it was supposed to be shown at the local theater. We were sitting in a theater thinking, 'Is this about to be a big, cheesy embarrassment?,'" he explained. But it was quite the opposite.
"People weeped as they watched and gave a standing ovation. We were so exhausted — we were thinking, 'Do people really like this?'" Apparently, they did. Below, watch the trailer for "Flywheel."
"Flywheel" did so well (it was the second most popular film during its debut weekend) that the theater asked if it could continue showing the film for a week. In the end, the movie was kept on screen for six weeks — an accomplishment that was mesmerizing considering that it was a local, low-budget production.
According to Stephen, "["Flywheel"] beat 12 Hollywood movies that came, died and left. It got funny. Every week we'd get a call from the theater asking for more time."
In the end, the church decided to put the film on DVD. To date, Sherwood has sold more than 500,000 copies of "Flywheel." Even Walmart and Blockbuster got in on the action, as the former sold the film and the latter offered it up for rental. This was the beginning of major movie success for the Kendrick brothers. In sum, Sherwood has produced four films, with each doing astoundingly well.
Following "Flywheel's" local popularity, the Kendrick brothers' second film, "Facing the Giants" (about the coach of a high school football team), ended up reaching major national success. Stephen and Alex, hoping to build on their presence in the local theater, wanted to bring the second film into three theaters. But fate had very different plans for the brothers.
"We were submitting the movie to get copyright permission on a Third Day song," Stephen explains. Then, the unexpected happened. The music label they were working with to obtain usage permissions approached the church, explained that the company had just been purchased by Sony and offered to distribute the film to 441 theaters across America. "We didn't even know they did distribution," he said.
Thus, the path to success was set for the second film, going above and beyond the church's humble, three-theater goal. In 2006, "Facing the Giants" was released with great fanfare. Watch the trailer, below:
"Facing the Giants" had a $100,000 budget and the film subsequently brought in an astounding $10 million. The team's third film, "Fireproof," which focused upon repairing broken marriages, had a larger budget — $500,000.
In the end, "Fireproof" brought in $33 million, opening as the fourth most popular film during its debut weekend. Now, "Fireproof" is on DVD in 75 countries — a monumental accomplishment, as the film continues to impact families both in America and abroad. Watch the trailer for "Fireproof":
Stephen summarizes these success as follows: "That had to have been God because we know we don't have the skills, the ability, the training to do this…"
Now, "Courageous," the latest flick to come from the Kendrick team, opened in fifth place (by some accounts fourth place), nationally, making it difficult to ignore the astounding ability Sherwood Pictures has to connect with the American public on the big screen.
Despite this success, though, Stephen says that the church's goal isn't to rival Tinseltown. He explains, "We're not trying to compete with Hollywood. We're just trying to do something to reach out into our community."
When it comes to Hollywood's reaction to the church's succes, he says he hears "mixed things." While some cheer Sherwood on, others are against the church's projects. Sometimes, "they're against non-Hollywood people [making movies]." For Hollywood, he says, the canvas is the screen, but for Sherwood "the canvas is families."
Stephen credits the box office achievements he, his brother and their church community have had to strong and relevant story lines. While the films do, indeed, tackle tough issues and subject matters that are pertinent to contemporary society, the Kendrick brothers' process for making their films may also play well into their successes. He explains:
"After a film is done, we go back and pray. We ask the Lord, 'What do you want the next movie to be about?' We spend six months to a year praying and asking that question.
What's happened consistently is that we always have a ton of movie ideas. But [when we pray, a specific] idea kind of gets dropped on us and it lines right up with scripture and where people are in need."
So, while Stephen and Alex always have a multitude of ideas for movies they'd like to make, the filmmakers rely heavily on prayer as a tool to guide them toward the one subject that they believe God wants them to tackle. When asked about why the two chose fatherhood as the subject of their latest film, "Courageous," Stephen says that he has both a logical answer and a "faith" answer.
"Logic is that we are fathers. Alex has six kids and I have four kids and we are passionate about the issue of fatherhood and how important that role is," he said. "We know how hard it is on those without dads."
When it comes to the faith answer, Stephen explains that he and his brother prayed incessantly. As they researched the issue of fatherhood, he says the material "just exploded" and it became more than clear that this was the area of focus God wanted the church to turn its attention to. In discussing what he hopes people will take away from "Courageous," he says:
"I hope that dads will realize how priceless they are to the next generation. This generation doesn't know what great fatherhood looks like. They don't see it at home and they don't see it in television and in movies.
Young men in their 20s and 30s sometimes don't know what is it to be a man. They don't have a vision for being a strong husband or father. They're not getting married. They're following the example of the guys on 'Friends' rather than 'Father Knows Best.'"
Here's the "Courageous" trailer:
And, below, watch the film's opening scene:
Aside from impacting audiences with positive, Christian messaging, the church has been able to turn the profits made from the films into more wide-reaching ministry. According to Stephen, "We started with nothing. We never used church offering plate money for any of our movies." He explains that people donated to assist in funding these films. He continues:
"We pour the money right back into ministry. We have started multiple churches. We also created an 82-acre sports club for families in the community. We have done homeless work and food shelter work. There's a whole list of things the church has done with that money."
Stephen says that his church has been "totally blown away" by the success each film has had. "We're celebrating what God's doing in peoples' lives through these movies," he says. Next on the agenda, he says, is rest and prayer, as the church again seeks to figure out which subject it is destined to explore on the big screen.
"We're in a situation in which is takes us three years to make a movie," he says. "It's got to be right. I'm not interested in good ideas. I'm interested in God ideas."


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In the defense segment, Asia-Pacific region has the highest growth potential for the Inertial Navigation System Market. China has announced that it will increase its defense budget by 12.2% to $132 billion this year. It is planning to spend a significant amount on military and defense aircraft. This will fuel the market growth for military and defense aircraft, which in turn will also increase the demand for INS. The Indian military is readying itself for any potential two-front war with Pakistan and China. In its new Prahar missiles, India will be using ring laser gyro based inertial navigation system (RLG-INS).
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The Portland Timbers don't have to be happy about sitting just one spot behind New York for a final playoff spot, but they do have to excited about knowing that they will be facing a rookie goalkeeper making his second career start when they take on the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
Portland trail Philadelphia by two points in the hunt for a postseason berth with eight games left, so a win could leapfrog them into a berth ahead of the Red Bulls.
Portland beat the Union 1-0 back on May 6, 2011, on a header off a free kick by defender Mamadou "Futty" Danso in the 72nd minute.
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Winners of three, with one draw and two losses in their last six matches, the Timbers beat Chivas USA their last time out in a match drenched with playoff implications.
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Four members of the Timbers squad joined their respective national teams last week for international friendlies, or in some cases, 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica), James Marcelin (Haiti) Steve Purdy (El Salvador) and Lovel Palmer (Jamaica).
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The injury list for the Timbers has not grown in the month of September, but still carries four players who remain listed. Defender Kevin Goldwaite (ruptured Left ACL), forward Bright Dike (ruptured right Achilles), defender David Horst (left hip flexor ), and midfielder Peter Lowry who has been out since June 29 with a strained left quadriceps.
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Second-year midfielder Eric Alexander has recorded just 19-miutes in one match played since being acquired in an August 19 trade that sent defender Jeremy Hall to FC Dallas. Alexander played 39 games for Dallas since being drafted in the third round (44th overall).
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Police Chief Thomas O'Loughlin last night encouraged residents of all races to talk freely with police, insisted the department is not targeting Ecuadoreans and reiterated his support for the federal Secure Communities program.
Police Chief Thomas O'Loughlin last night encouraged residents of all races to talk freely with police, insisted the department is not targeting Ecuadoreans and reiterated his support for the federal Secure Communities program.
O'Loughlin said that, following the death of Matthew Denice, his department has received reports of people yelling "Go home" to Ecuadoreans, threatening them or throwing things at them. No one has filed formal complaints.
"We're being observant and attempting to intervene in those situations," he told about 50 people gathered at Freedom Life Church. "If you know someone who has those types of difficulties, even if they don't want to pursue it, come and let us know."
O'Loughlin's remarks came at a forum held in response to Denice's death. The 23-year-old Milford resident died last month after Nicolas D. Guaman, an illegal immigrant from Ecuador who was driving drunk, struck Denice's motorcycle, police say.
Several people who attended last night's forum, including Denice's stepfather, Michael Maloney, said afterward that the community has taken a step forward.
"I think if everyone works together, we can make progress (with illegal immigration) and drunk-driving issues," Maloney said.
Mildred Medina, 51, of Milford, who is Puerto Rican, said, "I believe a bridge has been built within the community."
The Rev. Hector Quinones said the bilingual church serves people from 15 different nationalities, including some Ecuadoreans.
"Our purpose here tonight is to have a time of peaceful dialogue, and we owe this responsibility and this privilege to the memory of Matthew Denice," Quinones said.
He said some members of the Ecuadorean community were worried about how their presence would be received and decided not to come.
Jonathan Leon, 30, who is Ecuadorean and has lived in Milford for six years, said he hasn't experienced any of what O'Loughlin described but has friends who feel they have been the target of hate.
Leon said what Guaman allegedly did is wrong. But it has made it difficult for Ecuadoreans such as himself who love Milford and are trying to support their family.
"We're here because we need work," he said after the meeting. "We need to make bread for our family."
Leon asked O'Loughlin about what he perceives as an increase in the number of people pulled over for driving without a license because they look Ecuadorean.
O'Loughlin said that has not happened. In the past four and a half years, he said, the department has issued an average of about one complaint a day for driving without a license. In 18 days since Denice's death that O'Loughlin examined, the department issued 21 citations for driving without a license.
"I understand there's a perception of that kind of profiling taking place," he said. "I don't believe it's done, and I believe it's not done because it's unconstitutional. I take a lot of criticism in just saying that, believe me."
O'Loughlin said he does not see the problem of unlicensed driving going away soon because it could take hundreds of years for federal immigration authorities to remove the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country.
The department has officers who speak Spanish who try to reach out to the Ecuadorean community for police matters and other subjects, such as how to get permits for gatherings in town parks, he said.
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In Digital Media students prepare for the professional world of video, graphic arts and audio. Students produce short films, documentaries, commercials, audio recordings, video for industry and more. Some examples are shown below. The skills learned in Digital Media prepare students for skills they will use is almost every industry. Video, Audio and Graphic Arts are the communication tools of today and tomorrow. The Digital Media Certificate is 24 units, eight courses. Students who wish to transfer to a four-year
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Pennsylvania-based Exeter Property Group has snatched up the Smucker's distribution warehouse in West Memphis for $15.6 million.
The 600,000-square-foot facility was a foreclosed property from Bank of America, which was selling it with a year-end anticipated closing, said Matt Brodnik, Exeter's director of capital markets.
"We didn't think there would be as much competition for such a short closing," Brodnik said. "We did it as an all-cash transaction."
The deal was also appealing because the building's tenant, J.M. Smucker Co., is a tenant Exeter has elsewhere in its portfolio. Brodnik said J.M. Smucker Co.'s lease term runs through March 2015, "so our expectation is that they would end up staying."
The Class A facility was built in 2007 on 38 acres at 3271 Infinity Parkway near the Union Pacific Corp. intermodal facility in the Crittenden County submarket. Built in 2007 as the first building of a 5 million-square-foot warehouse-distribution complex, the facility has a 235-foot truck court, 96 dock high doors and an ESFR sprinkler system.
Brodnik said Exeter "buys into the West Memphis story," even though the park is not fully developed out.
"The proximity to the UP rail yard there is big – we believe in the growth that's going to be generated from it," Brodnik said. "It's kind of their end-of-the-line terminal, so it's one that I know that Smucker's uses. The labor pool in West Memphis is very good as well."
The deal brings the real estate private equity firm's total Memphis area footprint to 4.1 million square feet. Exeter just closed on an 806,000-square-foot building at 5140 Memphis Oaks Drive and a 300,000-square-foot facility at 6225 Global Drive from DCT Industrial Trust Inc. for $10.4 million.
In June, Exeter closed on a 10-building industrial portfolio from Prologis Inc. for $40 million. And in December 2011, Exeter bought the 338,000-square-foot building at 4480 Swinnea Road from TIAA-CREF for $10.2 million.
What's more, Exeter has two buildings totaling 1.4 million square feet under agreement. When that deal closes, Exeter will grow its Memphis portfolio to 5.5 million square feet.
"That's a good size to have in Memphis. It gives you kind of a critical mass to see every lease opportunity that comes to town," Brodnik said. "We believe in that market from a distribution perspective – the FedEx hub, obviously, and then the BNSF and UP rail yards."
Mike Hanrahan and Paul Hilton with Cassidy Turley in St. Louis co-brokered the Smucker's deal for Bank of America, along with Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors Asset Services LLC's Shane Soefker, Jacob Biddle and Patrick Walton.
Soefker joined Commercial Advisors last fall as principal of its new Capital Markets division. This deal marks the first investment sale for the firm's new service line, behind a recent equity raise in Houston.
But this deal was distinct in that it was an accelerated marketing period for the seller and also a compressed due diligence period for the buyer.
"That stuff usually takes a while, but we had everybody working together on this one to knock it out quickly," Soefker said.
In other commercial real estate news, Rock 'n' Dough Pizza Co. has started its buildout of YoLo Frozen Yogurt & Gelato's former 1,253-square-foot space next to Amerigo Italian Restaurant in Loeb Properties Inc.'s Park Place Centre, 1243 Ridgeway Road.
Rock 'n' Dough, owned by Jeremy and Amanda Denno, is the brand behind Trolley Stop Market's pizza offerings and has been operating a food truck at the Memphis Farmers Market Downtown for two years.
The company was recently featured on the Cooking Channel's "Chuck's Eat the Street," along with a handful of other South Main Street-area eateries.
Jeremy Denno said he wants to take the dough part of the company to another level by using different kinds of dough.
"The essence of the place is going to be a pizza-by-the-slice joint with fresh and local ingredients, with a twist on pizza dough," he said.
Rock 'n' Dough's ingredients for its first brick-and-mortar store include wheat and gluten-free crusts, pretzel dough with a local bratwurst, organic salads with homemade dressing, and fresh-squeezed drinks such as strawberry lemonade, orange juice and fruit tea. Pizza will be offered by the slice individually, as a $10 package with salad and drink, or whole, and will be available for delivery or pick up.
Denno said Rock 'n' Dough will employ about 20 staff members, including delivery drivers. He hopes to get the store open by the end of January and that he will "probably be forever connected with Trolley Stop in some rare form."
When asked if he will keep his food truck and set up at farmers markets, he quickly replied, "sure will."
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When Lion is first installed, the hard drive is separated into a utility partition and an OS partition. Because of the way that PGP works, it is expected to break when partitions are manipulated and therefore users are discouraged from upgrading to Lion if PGP is installed or if the disk is encrypted with any other software.
Using FileVault
In the Lion operating system Apple's FileVault has been upgraded to a full disk encryption solution, as opposed to the protected Home directory that was used in previous versions of the operating system. To enable FileVault, open the System Preferences application and click on the Security & Privacy menu.
If you decide to turn on FileVault, you will first receive a recovery token that can unlock the drive in the event that your password doesn't work. The recovery key should either be stored in a safe place, or sent to Apple for safe keeping.
If you choose to send the whole disk recovery key to Apple, you must create three security questions that are used by Apple to encrypt your recovery key. The answers are case sensitive so be sure to type them just as you would remember them.
Immediately after the recovery token options are set, the system will reboot and a valid passphrase will be required in order to unlock the drive and start the operating system. When you sign back in to Mac OS, you will receive a dialog like the one below that attempts to estimate the time remaining on the drive encryption.
Retrieving your recovery key from Apple
If you forget your login password for an OS X Lion FileVault-encrypted drive, and you had chosen to store your recovery key with Apple, you may contact AppleCare and request retrieval of your recovery key. Typing in the wrong login password three times will produce a note under the password field which states, "If you forgot your password, you can… …reset it using your recovery key."
Click the triangle-button next to that message to reveal the Recovery Key text field (which replaces the password text field) and AppleCare contact information, along with your computer's Serial Number and a Record Number. You will need to provide these two pieces of information in order for AppleCare to retrieve your recovery key.
Upon successful retrieval and entry of your recovery key, you will be prompted to change your login password. After changing your login password, it is also recommended that you change your FileVault recovery key and upload the new one to Apple.
Changing your recovery key
In the Security & Privacy system preference, under the FileVault tab, click "Turn Off FileVault…" to disable FileVault. After FileVault is off, FileVault will begin to decrypt your drive. Once decryption is complete, you'll be able to click the "Turn On FileVault…" button. Doing so will allow you to enable unlock-capable users, will show you a new recovery key and will give you the option of sending this new key to Apple. The old key sent to Apple will not be able to unlock your newly-encrypted disk. If you need to retrieve your recovery key from Apple, only the new one will be retrieved based on the Serial Number and Record Number displayed to you in the login window.
Migrating a FileVault-protected Home from an earlier version of Mac OS X
If you are using FileVault in Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, you can install OS X Lion and continue to use your FileVault-encrypted home directory in the same way you did in Snow Leopard. OS X Lion considers your earlier version of FileVault encryption to be "Legacy FileVault". With a Legacy FileVault encrypted home directory, opening the Security & Privacy preference pane will cause the following dialog to appear, alerting you that "You're using an old version of FileVault":
You may continue to use OS X Lion with Legacy FileVault, but you cannot enable Legacy FileVault for other user accounts in OS X Lion. If you turn off Legacy FileVault, the Legacy FileVault tab will disappear and you can then choose to enable OS X Lion's FileVault 2 (disk encryption).
Encrypting Time Machine
Time Machine works properly on Lion, but more importantly it allows you to encrypt the backup. Once a drive has been prepared and encrypted in Lion, it can't be mounted on any operating system that's older than Lion because of the encryption.


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Partly tongue in cheek, of course. But this is the problem with heaven; it sounds a lot like the idealized version of what the animal part of us wants. No pain, no decisions, no thinking, just bliss. Forever. Not even a chance to want to feel something different for a nanosecond so you can have something to compare that bliss to, nor any desire. At all. Forever.
I don't claim to have any truth.
Sounds to me like you've filtered everything down to a fine point that suits you.
And to be honest, none of that pomp and circumstance even remotely mirrors the message of that guy...the one who had no possessions, walked around preaching...twelve apostles? Jesus! Yeah, that guy.I don't recall anywhere in the good book where Jesus tells us to go be a Catholic and follow their rules? Can you point that out to me? Maybe where Jesus said "let the Pope take it from here"?
It takes objectivity and humility, mostly, but a degree in the behavioural sciences and a good deal of knowledge of history helps too.
Two things:Where have I claimed that everything I say is true?
How does Matthew 16 relate to becoming a Catholic and following a Pope?
And this understanding is the only one possible? It couldn't be, even remotely, that we – given our limited experience, viewpoint, knowledge, etc – can't imagine what Heaven could be like? Are you saying that there's no way we could be wrong in our understanding of Heaven (assuming it exists, of course)? Why do we claim that we, who are finite, flawed and selfish, can imagine what it would be like to be enraptured in eternal, perfect, complete and unconditional love?Have you ever been in love? Deeply in love? I love my wife deeply and as perfectly as I can manage. I want only to love her and for her to be happy. I want my love for her to be complete, total and unconditional. I don't want to desire other women so that I "feel something different." If I did that, then I would not truly love her. I would be selfish and self-centered. Many people in our society think you can "love" other women or men and still "love" your wife or husband. They've done that by redefining love. Heaven is to be enraptured in eternal, perfect, complete and unconditional love. We can want to feel or desire other things, because we will still have free will. But we won't want to. Go back to my earlier analogy. . . It's like eating mud all your life and then being given real food – such as a nice, thick, juicy steak. We won't even think of wanting to eat mud again. Why would we?
Why are we even discussing it if even the people telling me what its like then tell me that even they can't actually imagine what its like? What are you basing your statement on when you say how wonderful it will be? It's an exercise in futility.
an infinite number of monkeys, each with a button in their hand, lined up to the end of an infinite horizon.
I have a general understanding of the history of the Catholic Church, but not a detailed one. You can point me to information that you think is relevant to the first 300 years, and I will take a look. I hae several books at home as well, that I have read, but maybe they are not as detailed as what you are thinking of?
I do think I have a better position as an atheist, but I don't claim any absolute truth, nor do I expect people to simply take my word for it. If I were shown compelling evidence that I am wrong, I would change my mind. I'm not hardened to deny what is obvious. But I am skeptical by nature, and choose not to accept things that don't have a strong basis in scientific understanding. Philosophy is a different thing, so while it can be fun, it is not something I choose as a way to discern actual truth.
Humility? You? I don't think so. I've seen your posts. Even this thread is evidence against you. First, you make statements about me even though you don't know me. Second, you imply that you would know more than God, if he existed, of course.You may have humility, but I don't see it in your posts.
The thing I claim as absolute truth, in the sense that I will die for what it says, is the Nicene Creed.
You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.
You're a human being. How do I have to know you in order to make some general statements about a behaviour you share with the rest of species?
You are correct, of course. It's safe to make general statements about me, as in your examples of biology (not behavior) - breathing, eating, pooping. And I do all of them quite well, thank you very much. But the statement you made to start this was not about biology. It's a much more personal and much more profound statement. (Hmm, although, now that I think about it, biology is both personal and profound.)
I do not think it's good for productive conversation to assume that you know the other person as you do. I try to treat each person on this forum as an individual because each person has something uniquely important to contribute. When we don't do that, then we lose compassion and love.
Your statement also belies your claim to objectivity. It clearly assumes that there is no God, which you cannot state with moral certainty nor even scientific certainty, but only "practical certainty," and to be as dogmatic as you are about it is not objective at all. The best you can say is that you have no evidence for the existence of a god and therefore you choose to act as if there is not one. Is that what you mean when you make your statements?
QuoteIf I really wanted to convert you, we'd be talking directly about Jesus Christ. I am Catholic because of my personal relationship with Him and not by an accident of history.No. It is an accident of history.
If I really wanted to convert you, we'd be talking directly about Jesus Christ. I am Catholic because of my personal relationship with Him and not by an accident of history.
The most knowledgeable and moral reply possible, in kind, to your short public display of mental masturbation.
If I were a good christian and felt that I was doing a good enough job to get into heaven and then was told I would suffer eternal bliss when i got there, I think I'd go rob a bank to get out of it. I could deal with an eternity burning in hell better than I could with constant bliss.
Good Morning ParkingPlaces,Happy 4th Sunday of Advent! How is life for you today? Very well, I hope.I think you might be done with this conversation. However, a thought struck me this morning on how the arguments being made show the irony of the atheist attacks. Quote from: ParkingPlaces on December 19, 2012, 06:22:12 PMIf I were a good christian and felt that I was doing a good enough job to get into heaven and then was told I would suffer eternal bliss when i got there, I think I'd go rob a bank to get out of it. I could deal with an eternity burning in hell better than I could with constant bliss.You argue here against the eternal bliss of Heaven and in other places others (maybe you, too) argue against the suffering here on Earth. I find that brilliantly ironic, don't you? How can you be against suffering in one place and for it in another? That's not only a contradiction, but backwards, since the first is temporary and the second eternal. I think it points out that really some (I won't say all) just want to argue against. It doesn't matter what it is, if theists say it's true, someone will argue against it and it doesn't matter how contradictory the statements are, since they are made at different times, we miss it. I think this irony shows up quite a bit. I'll have to look for it.Have a great day.
I was being ironic, not literal.
My point (which I may not have stated to clearly) was that enforced bliss (i.e. eternal, whether you want it or not) has no appeal to me, and even if I knew for certain that it was my fate once I left this world, I wouldn't be the least bit happy about it.
Had Satan gotten along better with the boss and earth still been a less than 5 star experience, there would have been a lot of 'splainin' to do.
not the one where I have been sanitized and civilized and dressed in robes and told to enjoy or else.
I knew I was happy because I had lots of other emotions to compare it to.
If you are searching for a way to make religion appealing to me, you need to take a different track.
P.S. Hooray, I lived longer than five minutes!


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pacotacoshell wrote:BasharOfTheAges wrote:Yea, wow. Personal responsibility and actions having consequences - what was I thinking?
This. Haha, I don't really understand what's so bad about that rule. You don't want the same person dropping again, so you put him at the bottom of the list. It's their fault for dropping out in the first place. It also doesn't mean they don't want them in their contest, it just means that they aren't a higher priority over later registrants because they dropped out last year. I don't see the problem there.
So what, you have someone who signs up not knowing that maybe in 2 weeks someone dies in their family or they get really sick, maybe even hospitalized. Yes, so they deserve to be on the bottom list next year for dropping. And you can't say.. huh well you can give these people the slide. NO, it must be for everyone. That's plan out stupid, and takes the fun out of it. And anyone who drops should have a right to drop for their own reasons and not be punished (especially considering not everyone will tell you why they drop, because somethings can be too personal) ...... >.>


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So is this a little container you can play around with or is this the really big walk in one like at Chucky Cheese??
No matter your political beliefs, if you value freedom you can support this group. They are dogmatically consistent in their support of personal freedom, even when it conflicts with public opinion and common sense. They ask the questions that should be asked. As such, I support them even when I disagree with their position on any particular issue. They are as essential to the functioning of our society as the media.
It's unfortunate that the political issues surrounding the Boy Scouts of America have overshadowed the rest of what it does. It is responsible for more of my values and character than any other influence, and remains a fantastic organization. On the issue of permitting Gays and Atheists to be members, I consider myself part of the loyal opposition. As an Atheist myself and an Eagle Scout, I will support and participate in the organization so long as it will accept my support and participation.
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Freedom of speech is the most essential right. All others spring from it. In the US, we protect speech, even reprehensible hateful speech, more thoroughly than any other nation on earth. Many people aren't nearly so lucky.
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