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I think most designers know to add their name to their file names, but I suggest you also add your name to your TOU file name too. So many times I get a TOU file with my download & it only says TOU. Then my computer lets me know I have a duplicate file name and asks me to overwrite the original file with the new one or not. Either answer I give my computer leaves me with losing someone's TOU file. Just something for you think about if you haven't already.
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I think it depends on what system you have. I run Vista on my main computer and it gives me a bunch of options; Replace, Keep both copies; rename, & skip. It only asks if I'm uzipping files into the same folder, which I usually won't do unless they all belong to the same kit, in which case it doesn't matter if I overwrite or skip that particular TOU on subsequent files into that folder. I always put CSF on the front of all my files (or at least I try to - may forget one once in a while), but it is a good habit to get into when naming the files for your designs.
@ Shiree: I edited your title because I thought you had a great idea to help out the designers. Let's all keep it nice but we can give the designers some of our ideas/suggestions as end users that they might not have thought of.
So, I have one to share:
While trying to collect a kit where designers want you to come back to their blog, FB, store, or website day after day all month to get one kit, instead of loading it all at once. I can totally respect this concept & the business side of why. However, as of late... it has become a bit of a pet peeve for me because of the alphas.
My suggestion would be... PLEASE do the alpha or each different alpha as a set by its self to be given away in ONE single file. It's very frustrating to have been there every day and then life hits you hard one or two days and bam no internet time for that day and then your other time feels wasted as far as you ever getting the alpha. I usually trash it at that point. No sense it being on my HD taking up valuable space if I'm missing three or four letters of it. I'm one of those scrappers that still has a hard time with the mixing & matching of alphas, unless it's already done for me. But your cute or gorgeous alpha is now not usable to me.
I may try to keep the Upper A, S, T, or M (maybe even the vowels) if I was lucky enough to get them to use as the first letter of a journaling block or mine or the hubbies names, but it's gonna have to be pretty special for me to do that and not just delete it.
TRUST me if I really like your stuff I'm gonna come back every day at least almost every day that life is normal, and keep your stats up high for you. But most of us know... normal life includes a couple down days every month that don't go exactly according to our own plans. Make it pleasant for your clients and your stats will stay up. If people get too frustrated, they'll just quit coming by and go somewhere else. I know a couple websites I was part of for about 6-7 years. A few were often late with uploads and were sassy about it if you asked when... I never did, too scared after watching others pay the price. If the end user missed a day by five minutes, it was Tough Patootey for them, too. Some of those sites/designers are now gone. I'm sure there was more to them being gone ($$$, stats, and so on), but there are so many new designers coming along daily, you have to keep a pleasant attitude for you and the end user... at least to the best of your ability.
Any who... that turned into more than just about alphas, didn't it??? LoL Guess I've been around online too long.
Include kit preview. I also included a tiny preview named folder. At least on my old windows xp, it will automatically put it on the folder as an icon thumbnail. I thought it was a nice touch when I saw others do it. The one I saw were between 170x170 - 200x200.
Also I like when they have a simple photo TOU included, as well as a TOU in txt format. Again on at least my older systems, having a small txt file instead of Word doc to have to load another LARGE program, it just is nice. Or the photo TOU that pops up as your flipping though the graphics they've designed, it's just a simple reminder of how they allow you to use their stuff. (Just minor polishing details, IMHO).
@Shiree I agree with you. I like to make files for "Elements, Papers, Glitters, sometimes Word Art (if there are a lot otherwise they go into the elements folder) and if there are several TOUs I make a folder for them too." For TOU files I like to name them with "TOU and the designers name or initials." If they don't have the designer name or initials then I rename them. I like the file name to have the TOU first so that if you don't have a Word Art folder then it is alphabetically after the main folders. I also keep the preview jpeg outside of the other folders. It works for me best this way.
I'm still learning my zip program. I so wanted to make a main folder and thn put all the previews and TOU into it and then have other folders inside. But each zip would produce that first folder if it wasn't there already and then add the folder and items to a sub folder... So that if folks only wanted papers they would have the main folder, previews TOU and the just the papers folder. But those that went for all zips wouldn't end up with 3 sets of my TOU inside. But I didn't figure it out in time... Part of my trouble was that when I went to move my files around, my old PC started truncating the names on me. I also didn't realize that for google drive I needed to keep the zip files under 30-25 Meg's to be virus scanned on downloads. So I ended up having to even split my original elements zip. Always something more to learn
I third the TOU one. I keep all my TOU in one folder on my computer. I don't currently do any S4H, or CU stuff, but in case I ever get to that point, I can go read the TOU's and see who will allow what. Then I'll separate based on usage allowances.
I also pull out the preview and stick it in one folder. If I am doing a book, I like to know what kits have similar colors, or go together, or if there was a blog hop it's easier to look. Some designers only include the 'folder' file as a preview which means I have to rename it.
I know a lot of file names, etc. depend on how you store, sort, and organize your digi supplies. But I do find it helpful when all pieces have something to tell where it came from. I have a few elements that are named "red", "Button", etc. and I have no idea who designed them.
The latest thing I've come across that might just be a learning thing: a link to Facebook, Newsletter, Pinterest, Fan Blinkie, Store Shortcut, and Blog Shortcut, along with the No Piracy notice in every folder. For me, it's obnoxious when the designer only sells things in a kit, but has those things in every folder (ie in the elements folder, in Paper 1, Paper 2 and in the Terms and Extras Folder). I'm glad you want to make it easy to connect, but it bugs when I end up with 4 copies of each of those things. Maybe one pdf with a link to those?
@Courtney these are the things I was mistified about too but this may help....the reason there is a "folder" file is because you can use that image on your folder in Windows. I have read about how to do it but have not had a lot of luck at doing it on my computer. But then haven't spent a lot of time to figure it out. I like when they give both a preview file and folder file (though before I knew what they were for I just deleted or renamed if there wasn't a preview image) As for the reason that you may have extra duplicated stuff in the files (I believe) is that for some designers they participate in their store's "pieces" sale for say the first week of the month or they actually sell the kit as well as each type file. When they put it all together they just bundle it all up as is.
These are my beliefs but there may be other reasons too. I do share in your frustration too!
Shiree, I agree wholeheartedly with your suggestion! Though I don't think "most designers know to add their name to their file names." I have been doing some major hard drive clean up lately (yup, its full again!), and I swear I have about 2,000 files with extraordinarily unhelpful names like "flower.png" and "ribbon.png." I name my files "CC_KitName(or initials)_item.png." And for those designers who use a Mac, Automator is your friend!! Learn to use it, and in about 2 minutes you can rename every file in your kit. I always do it at the end before uploading using Automator.
Automator? I have been using a Mac for years but I never heard of it, Heather. Do explain, please please?
Go to your Launchpad and on the very first page of apps, there is a cute little robot icon for the application Automator. If you have an older OS, I think it should still have Automator, check your app folder. Its a standard app, but I can't remember which OS it started with. Basically, you can use it to make lists of tasks you want your computer to do, and it will do them all in order. So to rename files, I create a new workflow and use the following actions: Get Specified Finder Items (which lets you choose the files you need to rename); and then Rename Finder Items (which lets you, amongst other things, choose to add text before or after the file name). I choose all of the files that make up my kit (which I have named things like "ribbon" and "uppercase-A" and "Blue_flower") and then choose to add the text "CC_KitName_" to the beginning. I click "run," and in less than a second, a happy little beep lets me know that every file has been renamed like magic! Automator can do WAY more complex tasks, but I am intimidated by creating complicated workflows. But this simple little workflow I created has saved me SO much time!
All good suggestions! Sometimes, I wonder if designers have ever opened one of their own zips. You're going for a ride on a blog train. You download all the special goodies into a folder. Then, you go to that folder to unzip them all. If you click on "Extract Here', the files open right where the zip is located. So, I highlight all the new zips and click 'Extract Here'. Ta-da! There may be 6 or 8 folders, each separate like the zips. But, it is almost fail-proof that one, or more, designers did not put their goodies in a folder. Amidst all the nice neat folders, you now have dozens of elements and papers, all mixed together due to alphabetical filing. If there was more than one and they aren't identifiable, you're stuck with a bunch of 'no-name' pieces. You could go back and re-extract the zip using 'Extract Files'. This unzips the file into a folder by the same exact name. Then, using the files as guides, delete all the 'random' elements that were loose. Or, designers could load their goodies into folders, then, zip that folder. I didn't do this right for my first few freebies. It just saves a lot of work!
When you all speak of the 'folder' preview, in case you are wondering, Windows XP will show an image on the front of the folder it is in, if you name that image 'folder', - no accents. When you get to Windows 7, the folders are half open, so, this doesn't work. You can see some of the files in a folder, but, not well. I don't know of any quick tips for seeing what is in the folder. I wish! LOL
As far as opening the TOU's, whether in Word or a text document, even a .PDF, use the Preview Panel that Windows offers. When you open a folder, look to the top right. There is a little icon of a window, it looks like. When you click on it, the right side of your view will become a preview of the file that is selected. If the window is too small, grab the line between it and the file window and drag it either way.
As you can see, I didn't have to open the TOU. I just highlighted the doc and it came up in the preview window. Word, PDF, almost any format will be viewable in this window.
I like these tips! Thanks, everyone!
Totally AWESOME tip for all of us SU!!! Thanks for sharing.
As far as opening the TOU's, whether in Word or a text document, even a .PDF, use the Preview Panel that Windows offers. When you open a folder, look to the top right. There is a little icon of a window, it looks like. When you click on it, the right side of your view will become a preview of the file that is selected. If the window is too small, grab the line between it and the file window and drag it either way.
As you can see, I didn't have to open the TOU. I just highlighted the doc and it came up in the preview window. Word, PDF, almost any format will be viewable in this window.
@Heather: WOW! I never knew! That little robot will be my best friend the coming blogtrain(s). Thanks so much Heather!
@Su, yeah I'd love the preview feature of Windows 7 but unfortunating the older Windows XP doesn't have that feature.
I have watched my dads screen on Skype screen share and he runs Windows 7, he could hover over his half opened folder and that "folder" file would skoot out for a better view...still. Not as nice as the photo laying flat as in XP but a little better then that half hidden view as you showed above. Do any of you others running on Windows 7 get it to peek out on a hover or was that a fluke?
@Sue, Thanks soooo much for the tips! All this time and I never knew of the preview panel! What a time saver for me! Now if we can just find a way in Windows 7 to replace the half open folder look to a chosen preview image instead.
Oh yeah, I was going to mention also, that there are some handy little programs out there to help organize faster. There's probably a way to do it in Windows 7, but I don't know it, so I have always used ExtractNow to extract multiple files all at once to whatever folder you choose, and Copy All To One, which will copy all your files in a selected folder to whatever folder you choose. I drag multiple folders to it, and put in a folder directory for the contents to go, then it takes out all the contents of all those folders and puts them into one folder, where I can organize them better and get rid of tons of files I don't need all at once. It save me a lot of time! There is also .abr Viewer for windows that allows you to preview your brushes without opening them up in photoshop, and there is one for mac too, BrushViewer. There is also one that gives a preview of all files, (brushes, patterns, shapes, psd files, layer styles, color swatches,fonts and more). This one you have to pay for (its Tumasoft), I never tried it, so I don't know how much it costs, but I think I would love it! I think I read somewhere where it will also convert them to .png files for non photoshop users, but I'm not sure, that may have been a different program.
I love ExtractNow... One of the designers clued me into it. Before that I used WinZip & it was a major pain to unzip all the files & organize stuff. ExtractNow is so simple & so easy to use, and it amazes me how fast it does it!
Although I agree it is a bit of pain having to delete Tou's and the rest of the additional information. Some people may only download one folder so the Tou's have to be in every folder. When I have extracted the files, I transfer them to the appropriate folder ie flowers to flowers. I transfer one copy of the TOU to (funnily enough!) a TOU folder, making sure the name is on there's before I transfer and delete the rest. I also like to check the TOU as they do sometimes change. Some people like to keep the same designer's work in folders with the designers name. The trouble with that is, if I am looking for a flower, for example, I have to look in several folders.
The trouble with that is, if I am looking for a flower, for example, I have to look in several folders.
For image files (like jpeg, png, etc.) you can add tags and search by tag in Windows photo gallery. Saved me a lot of headaches and time when I realized my organization wasn't what it was cracked up to be...
hi thank u everyone for the great tips.
hi thank u.
Automator sounds like another reason to add to the list of why I should have gotten a Mac
I enjoy using WinRar on Windows 8. It opens those pesky .rar files. Also, I can highlight a mixed group of archived files (.zips, .rars, etc), right click and choose "Extract each archive to separate folder" and it'll do a mass extraction into my downloads folder, placing each archive into it's own folder. I then move them over to my scrapbooking folder for further sorting and renaming.
I really enjoy using Windows 8, but there are a handful of software developers that won't touch it with a ten foot pole. The developer of ExtractNow is one of those developers. It's really vague on whether or not the program is runnable on Windows 8, but the he is pretty explicit that he will not offer any support for it on Windows 8 - so if you get any bugs, you're outta luck. (I don't particularly like that kind of attitude.)


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"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." - Heb. 4:15What exactly does this passage mean, apart from the obvious fact that our Lord Jesus Christ did not sin? How far did these "temptations" go that Jesus had? For instance, was Jesus tempted to steal? Was Jesus tempted to lust? Did Jesus struggle with jealousy? Or does this passage mean something else entirely? St. John Chrysostom says of this passage:"For in the case of men it is impossible that one should know the affliction of the afflicted who has not had experience, and gone through the actual sensations. Our High Priest endured all things. Therefore He endured first and then ascended, that He might be able to sympathize with us." (Homily 7 on Hebrews)What does "actual sensations" here mean? Does this signify that the temptations were indeed real, even as we also experience them (yet without actually going to the point of sinning)? What then of temptations like even more disagreeable, did Jesus experience those as well? After all, it says that he was tempted "in all points".
All, then, He assumed that He might sanctify all. He was tried and overcame in order that He might prepare victory for us and give to nature power to overcome its antagonist, in order that nature which was overcome of old might overcome its former conqueror by the very weapons wherewith it had itself been overcome.The wicked one, then, made his assault from without, not by thoughts prompted inwardly, just as it was with Adam. For it was not by inward thoughts, but by the serpent that Adam was assailed. But the Lord repulsed the assault and dispelled it like vapour, in order that the passions which assailed him and were overcome might be easily subdued by us, and that the new Adam should save the old.Of a truth our natural passions were in harmony with nature and above nature in Christ. For they were stirred in Him after a natural manner when He permitted the flesh to suffer what was proper to it: but they were above nature because that which was natural did not in the Lord assume command over the will. For no compulsion is contemplated in Him but all is voluntary. For it was with His will that He hungered and thirsted and feared and died.
What does "actual sensations" here mean? Does this signify that the temptations were indeed real, even as we also experience them (yet without actually going to the point of sinning)? What then of temptations like even more disagreeable, did Jesus experience those as well? After all, it says that he was tempted "in all points".
St. John of Damascus teaches us that the temptations that the incarnate Word was subject to were entirely external, since his humanity was altogether deified and not subject to Original Sin, and not at all like the internal temptations that Original Sin brings about in us.
The passage is confirming Our Lord's consubstantiality with in that He was not difficient in His ability to be tempted. Yet being like us, He was able to resist temptation in His humanity and not sin. Consider the Greek; πεπειρασμενον δε κατα παντα καθ ομοιοτητα χωρις αμαρτιας -can be translated: but one having been tested in all [things] according to [our] likeness, separate from sin.We must also consider the two aspects of temptation, that of the tempter and that of the temptee. You may try to tempt me with a delicious steak during fasting time, but if I do not in turn reciprocate (out of my zeal for getting closer to God through fasting) by desiring that steak, am I still not tempted without having sinned.
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The second round of the playoffs is never as exciting as the first unless your city is still playing; the Coyotes ownership situation is intriguing to watch, but it's on the verge of becoming a legal battle and until they get cameras in the court, it just won't be that exciting.
So let's talk some Oilers.
The latest name mentioned to replace Craig MacTavish was none other than the MOOSE. The boys on HNIC mentioned he will be in Switzerland and will chat with Tambellini and Lowe.
Curious what the response would be from Oiler fans if Messier got the job?
I sense only he or Gretzky could be acceptable options from the Old Boys Club. Any other ex-Oiler and the Oilers would be ripped mercilessly. Craig Simpson, Charlie Huddy, Kevin McClelland or Mark Lamb wouldn't get the same response. I mention these four because they are currently coaching, or have recently.
For the record I don't think Messier would be the right choice right now. Having your coach as the face of the franchise is not what this team needs, and Tambellini's first hire can't come from the OBC or people won't believe it was his hire.
I honestly can't get a read on who they are leaning towards. Some people within the organization don't even know. Tambellini is keeping this top secret, which isn't a bad thing.
Many will toss out names, just in case one of the names they use turns out to be the guy, so they can say I told you so. I still feel it will be someone with previous head coaching experience, but who exactly is a big guess, and the only name I've heard that doesn't fit into that category is Scott Arniel.
Regardless of who Tambellini chooses, it should be an aggressive coach who will hold all of his players accountable, and preferably one with some creativity on a powerplay.
On a complete guy feel, I think with Renney and Laviolette being on TV. they won't get hired here.
Contract talks on hold
I spoke to an agent of an RFA Oiler and he said he was told there would be no contract discussions until a new coach is named. I wonder if that holds true for UFAs like Roloson and Kotalik?
What it does mean is that the new coach will be named before free agency, and realistically by the end May or early June. It means the new coach will have to decide where guys like Smid, Grebeshkov, Brodziak, Reddox and Brule fit into his plans.
With Tambellini stating he wants his team to be more aggressive, you'd think the new coach would want Smid on his team for sure. Grebeshkov makes a lot of sense, but what about Brodziak?
I ran into him last week and he admitted he needs to be tougher. He mentioned he wants to be harder to play against, and seemed confident that it would happen. I believe he will be better next year.
In junior he made huge strides in his third season, and he repeated that in his third year in the AHL. Next year is his third in the NHL, and I wouldn't be surprised if he took a big step next year. A big step for him won't be necessarily mean becoming an 18-20 goal-scorer, but rather, becoming a more useful and reliable role player. He needs to realize that if he can be gritty, physical, hard-to-play against and strong in the dot he'll be get his points. If he doesn't he could find himself out of Edmonton.
His confidence, or lack thereof, has always been his biggest hurdle. You might not meet a more down-to-earth, polite NHL player than Brodziak, but if he wants to expand his role he will need to shed that persona when he gets on the ice. At 6'2" and 210 lbs he has the size to play gritty, and he has proven that he can handle himself if he needs to back up a gritty style.
Will the new coach give him that chance? I suspect he will, regardless of who the new coach is.
3-0 Comebacks
Only twice in NHL history has a team come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. The Leafs did it in 1942 v. the Red Wings in the Cup Finals, while the Islanders did it in 1975 v. the Penguins.
The Calgary Hitmen are trying to become only the second WHL team to accomplish that feat. The Hitmen lost the first three, but have won two straight by scores of 6-2 and 6-1. In 1996 the Spokane Chiefs rallied to beat the Portland Winterhawks. The Chiefs did it in the first round.
The Chiefs went 50-18-4 that year, Mike Babcock was the coach and their most notable player was Jan Hrdina. They went on the WHL final before losing to the Brandon Wheatkings.
One of the most interesting parts of this year's WHL final is that after game four in Kelowna on Wednesday, the teams shared a charter to Calgary for game five on Thursday. After the Hitmen won, both teams shared a charter back to Kelowna for game six. How much would it have sucked to be a member of the Rockets on both of those flights?
Game six is Saturday and game seven will go Monday. Not surprisingly, both teams will bus to Calgary for game seven.


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Getting in shape and for free is every mother's right! You don't need a gym, you don't need have to leave your child with anyone - you just need your stroller!
Just walking with your stroller for at least 20 minutes back and forth will complete your body workout.The most important body parts – triceps, abs and buttocks – are done. Go anywhere ,do anything and even get your daily tasks done. You just need to keep the right form when walking. See how Sarah holds her form below when she goes walking with her Mountain Buggy terrain. You'll love being to train anywhere, any time and right on the go.
To start your work out/walk put your child in their stroller, grab some water and warm up by walking at a comfortable pace for 5 minutes. Stop and do some stretching of the arm, leg and oblique muscles. This will warm up your muscles whilst toning up your bod.The best thing for anyone trying to get in shape is interval training so try running as fast you can for 5 minutes and then brisk walking for another 2 minutes. Repeat this a few times on your way to your destination and if you're feeling up to it repeat it on the way back!
Once you get home make the most of your stroller and do some squats, lunges or both! Do 12-16 reps of each. Stand behind your stroller with your hands on the handlebar shoulder-width apart. With your feet and knees forward, squat down as if sitting on a chair, keeping your weight in your heels, your knees directly above your ankles and squeeze yourself down. Like squats, lunges work most of the muscles in your legs including your quads, hamstrings, glutes and calves so they're pretty good too. Stand in a split-stance (one leg forward, one leg back). Bend knees and lower body into a lunge position,pushing your stroller in front of you, keeping the front knee and back knee at 90 degree angles. Keeping the weight in your heels, push back up (slowly!) to your starting position.
Repeat this 5 stage routine 2-3 times a week! By the time your child has grown out of it's stroller you'll have a fabulous sporty body - built entirely by your stroller!
Hips&shoulder stretch Buttocks stretch Side stretch Oblique stretch
Lower handle Elbows fixed at waist Hold two fingers Keep position & go!
Higher handle Firm full grip Elbows tucked behind Keep position & go!
Waistline handle Straight arms - uphill Bend hills - downhill Large steps - downhill
5.Squats & Lunges
Put your break on and be careful not to put your full weight on the stroller - you don't want it to tip.


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NEW ORLEANS (SunBeltSports.org) – The dawn of a new era in the Sun Belt Conference began today as new members Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Idaho and New Mexico State officially joined the league as part of its expansion effort originally announced on March 27, 2013.
"The additions of Appalachian State and Georgia Southern along with Idaho and New Mexico State put the Sun Belt Conference in a great spot in the national landscape of college football," Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson said on Tuesday. "Expectations will be high this season after the SBC had its best football season in league history last year, and I know expectations and excitement will be at all-time highs for Appalachian State and Georgia Southern with their jumps from FCS to the FBS level."
"While Idaho and New Mexico State are both undergoing a rebuilding process, I am very confident it won't be long before the Vandals and Aggies are going to bowl games and contending for the Sun Belt football championship," Benson said.
Appalachian State and Georgia Southern join the Sun Belt Conference as full members while Idaho and New Mexico State join as football-only members. The additions bring the Sun Belt Conference's all-sports membership to 11 schools and its football membership also to 11 schools. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern will be immediately eligible to compete for Sun Belt Conference championships in all sports but will not be eligible for bowl games until the 2015 season.
For Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, July 1 marks the completion of their first years in a two-year transition from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Both schools feature rabid fanbases and a storied, rich and most importantly winning tradition surrounding their football programs. Appalachian State (3) and Georgia Southern (6) have won nine combined FCS national titles since 1985. This includes Appalachian State's back-to-back-to-back national titles from 2005-07 and Georgia Southern's back-to-back titles in 1985-86, 1989-90 and 1999-2000.
Idaho and New Mexico State are familiar partners with the Sun Belt Conference as both begin their second affiliations with the league. Idaho was a football-only member from 2001-04 while New Mexico State was an all-sports member from 2000-05.
The Sun Belt Conference begins its new era with additional members as well as new bowl affiliations in 2014. The Sun Belt Conference holds primary bowl tie-ins with the R+L Carries New Orleans Bowl and GoDaddy Bowl while it adds the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., to its list of primary bowl tie-ins beginning in 2014. The Sun Belt also adds the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla., to its primary bowl tie-in list beginning in December 2015. In addition to these bowl games, the Sun Belt Conference is also part of a coalition that will send teams to the Miami Beach Bowl and the Bahamas Bowl on a rotating basis beginning in 2014.
The future is bright for the Sun Belt Conference as beginning in 2014 it becomes an exclusive member of the College Football Playoff. Not only will Sun Belt Conference teams be eligible to compete for college football's ultimate title, but one spot is guaranteed in the College Football Playoff's six non-semifinal bowl games for the highest-ranked champion of the Sun Belt Conference or its four peer conferences (American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mid-American Conference and Mountain West Conference).
The Sun Belt Conference begins the 2014 football season following its most successful campaign in league history. The Sun Belt's 21 non-conference football wins in 2013 were a new record for the league - eclipsing the mark of 19 set the year prior. Additionally of note for the league's non-conference win total was that the Sun Belt fared well against its peer opponents. The Sun Belt finished a combined 8-1 against members of Conference-USA (4-1), the Mid-American Conference (3-0) and the Mountain West Conference (1-0). The Sun Belt also had the best overall non-conference win percentage when comparing the four non-AQ conferences.
The 2013 football season also saw two teams take home bowl championship trophies, as UL Lafayette won its third consecutive R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and Arkansas State won its second consecutive GoDaddy Bowl.
Appalachian State
Appalachian State University is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Boone, N.C. At an elevation of 3,333 feet, Boone began as a frontier outpost named after pioneer Daniel Boone, who first explored the area in the 1760s. Boone now attracts those seeking a breathtaking location, adventure and a quality education. Appalachian is a member of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system and offers a challenging learning experience. The university combines a small-town atmosphere with a strong academic reputation. Appalachian's academics are supported by an accomplished faculty, close, personal interaction between students and faculty, and intimate class sizes that average 25 students.
Originally founded as a teachers college, Appalachian now cultivates leaders in business, science, the arts, communication, music, nursing, education and other careers. Innovation and creativity are hallmarks of Appalachian graduates, many of whom are leaders in communities in North Carolina and around the world. Appalachian also emphasizes the importance of sustainability and service to communities, both locally and globally. Today, Appalachian is a leader in the fields of energy-focused green technology and the health sciences.
Consistently ranked among U.S. News and World Report's best public universities in the Southeast, Appalachian is also noted as a "best value" by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and other publications.
Notable Alumni: Eric Church, Nashville recording artist; Dexter Coakley, former NFL Pro Bowler; Stephen J. Dubner, journalist/author; Armanti Edwards, two-time Walter Payton Award Winner (NCAA Division I FCS Player of the Year) winner and current member of NFL Chicago Bears; Charles Frazier, novelist; Alvin Gentry, former NBA head coach; Melissa Morrison-Howard, two-time Olympic bronze medalist (100m hurdles); Mary Ellen Snodgrass, author; J. Bradley Wilson, former Chairperson, University of North Carolina Board of Governors and current President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.
Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University offers more than 100 academic majors in a comprehensive array of baccalaureate degrees and selected master's and doctoral programs. The University has earned a reputation for providing all of the benefits of a major university with the feeling of a much smaller college. In 2011, Georgia Southern was named the fourth most popular university in the country in the U.S. News & World Report's "Top 20 Most Popular Universities." One of the top choices in Georgia for new freshmen, including HOPE Scholars, Georgia Southern enrolls an increasingly selective student body representing the United States and nearly 100 nations.
The nearly 700 acre park-like campus continues an era of capital construction that has opened new facilities for colleges and academic programs, student recreation and development, university housing, athletics, and public service. The learning environment is enhanced by a museum of cultural and natural history, a botanical garden, a unique wildlife education and raptor center, a performing arts center, the Center for Art and Theatre, and a continuing education and conference center. The campus is located in Statesboro, a classic Main Street community near historic Savannah and Hilton Head Island.
Notable Alumni: Daniel Cathy, President Chick-Fil-A; Tony Townley, co-founder of Zaxby's Restaurant; Hala Moddelmog, President of Arby's; Luke Bryan, Country Music Singer; Mike Davis, Executive Director, USGA.
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's oldest public university located in the rural city of Moscow in the northern portion of the state. UI is the state's primary research university, and enrolls more national merit scholars than all other institutions in the state combined. In January 2012, the university enrolled the highest number of National Merit Scholars of any school in the Northwest; more than the other flagship institutions in the region with significantly larger enrollments.
The university presently has an enrollment exceeding 12,000, with over 11,000 on the Moscow campus. The university offers 142 degree programs, from accountancy to wildlife resources, including bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and specialists' degrees. Certificates of completion are offered in 30 areas of study. At 25% and 53%, its 4 and 6 year graduation rates are the highest of any public university in Idaho, and it generates 74 percent of all research money in the state, with research expenditures of $100 million in 2010 alone.
As a rural land-grant university, UI has the largest campus in the state, located in the rolling hills of the Palouse region at an elevation of 2,600 feet (790 m) above sea level. In addition to the main campus in Moscow, the UI has branch campuses in Coeur d'Alene, Boise, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls. It also operates a research park in Post Falls and dozens of extension offices statewide.
Notable Alumni: Frank A. Shrontz, former chairman and CEO (1986–96) of Boeing; Dan O'Brien, Olympic gold medalist (decathlon); Sarah Palin, 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate; W. Mark Felt, former top official of the FBI, Watergate informer "Deep Throat."
New Mexico State
New Mexico State University is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It is the second largest four year university in the state in terms of total enrollment across all campuses, with campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana County, and Grants, with extension and research centers across New Mexico.
NM State was founded to teach agriculture in 1888 as the Las Cruces College, and the following year became New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. It received its present name in 1960. NM State offers a wide range of programs and awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its main campus and four community colleges.
NM State offers a wide variety of programs through the Graduate School and the colleges: Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Extended Learning and Health and Social Services. The 21 doctoral programs are limited primarily to agriculture, education, engineering, and the sciences; the specialist in education degree is offered in 4 study areas; the education doctorate degree is offered in 3 study areas; there are 51 master's degree programs and 87 baccalaureate degree programs. In accord with its land-grant mission, New Mexico State University provides informal, off-campus educational programs through the Cooperative Extension Service.
Notable Alumni: Dr. Dan E. Arvizu, Director and CEO of the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica; Walter Johnson, former NFL defensive lineman; Fredd Young, former NFL linebacker.


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Bindings to PortAudio crossplatform library.
Common Lisp Quick Reference
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A booklet with short descriptions of the symbols defined in the ANSI standard. It comes with a comprehensive index.
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Snarf is a simple prototype-style OO language for common lisp. It uses a call syntax rather than a CLOS-style general function syntax. Snarf is so small that the entire language (about 400 lines) is ...
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Lisp file for accessing Terminfo databases.
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TRIVIAL-LDAP is a one file, all lisp client implementation of parts of RFC 2251.
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A library for search and replace operations on sequences.
CDR 3: Revisiting CONCATENATE-SEQUENCE
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What read-delimited-list will and won't do, and changing the reader syntax in CL
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A short article on the Common Lisp reader that explains what READ-DELIMITED-LIST actually does, which is not what is usually expected, and how to change the reader syntax.
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A Common Lisp language extension for adding first-class lexical environments, a.k.a. "lexicons".
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A small set of Common Lisp utilities for string and symbol operations, CLOS, mapping, flow control, anaphoric macros, and more.
The Idiot's Guide to Common Lisp Packages
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A tutorial by Ron Garret on Common Lisp packages. It covers symbols, values and the REPL loop, interning, home packages, exporting symbols and using packages, shadowing, and DEFPACKAGE.
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A tutorial by Ron Garret on Common Lisp special variables. It covers variables and bindings, lexical and dynamic scope, DEFVAR, and lexical closures.
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A simple metaobject protocol for packages
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A sketch proposal of a meta-pbject protocol for Common Lisp packages. It is based on the idea of associating to each package a corresponding class that represents it.
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An implementation of the GATHER macro, which generalizes the list comprehensions facilities of the Python programming language.
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An implementation of a FOR control structure macro similar to that of the Python programming language, which is based on iterator objects.
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An implementation of global lexical variables.
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A library that parses a string into one of the Common Lisp number types, or signals an error if it is not possible.
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A library that makes it possible to read an entire Lisp form in the context of a given package by switching packages at read time. This is part of the Lisp hacks collection by Tim Bradshaw.
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"A Survey of Current CLOS MOP Implementations"
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CLOS in Context: The Shape of the Design Space
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The Senate Judiciary committee is scheduled to vote on the Sotomayor nomination today. Based on the statements made by Senators so far, the vote will almost surely break down along straight party lines, with all but one of the seven Republicans voting against confirmation, and all 12 Democrats voting in favor. The Republican exception is likely to be Sen. Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, who has already said he will support Sotomayor despite his belief that she will vote "left of center." Graham is defending his stance by arguing that presidents deserve some deference when it comes to their judicial nominees. Graham's view used to be the prevailing norm among most Senators – but it is no longer the case.
Note that it is not unusual for members of the Judiciary Committee to differ along ideological lines. Unlike other Senate committees that deal with more "bread and butter" issues, such as tax or spending, that can be disaggregated and parceled out to states, the issues addressed by the Judiciary Committee, such as judicial appointments – are less amenable to log-rolling and compromise. One either supports the nominee or does not – there's no way to divvy up the benefits or costs. For this reason, senators who self-select to become members of the Judiciary Committee tend to be the more ideologically extreme than the party as a whole.
We can see this by comparing the ideological rankings of Judiciary Committee members as based on their voting records to the average of their party as a whole. Remember, the scores range from 1 (most conservative) to -1 (most liberal).
The mean score for the Democratic Party in the 110th Senate (2007-08) is -.47. However, the mean score for Democrats serving on the Judiciary Committee (not counting Arlen Specter because he voted as a Republican last year) is -.57. This does not include Al Franken, who hasn't voted enough to calculate a voting score as yet (but whom Simon Jackman, using his own voting scale, has placed on the liberal end of the Senate voting scale.)
Similarly, the mean score for all Senate Republicans, based on voting in the previous session, is .45. But for Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, it is .57.
So, we see that Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are, on average, more liberal than the Democratic Party as a whole, while Republican committee members are more conservative. So we shouldn't be surprised at all if the Committee votes the Sotomayor nomination up on an almost straight party line vote.
By the way, here are the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee:
Democratic Members – Judiciary Committee
Patrick J. Leahy
Chairman, D-Vermont
Herb Kohl
Dianne Feinstein
Charles E. Schumer
D-New York
Russell D. Feingold
Richard J. Durbin
Benjamin L. Cardin
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar
Edward E. Kaufman
Arlen Specter
Al Franken
Republican Committee Members
Jeff Sessions
Ranking Member, R-Alabama
Orrin G. Hatch
Charles E. Grassley
Jon Kyl
Lindsey Graham
R-South Carolina
John Cornyn
Tom Coburn
If the committee does split along party lines, it will continue a pattern of committee voting dating back to the Roberts nomination. In 2006, when Republicans controlled the Senate, the Judiciary Committee voted along straight party lines 10-8 to forward Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination to the full Senate, where he was later confirmed by a 58-42 vote, with only four Democrats in favor.
In 2005, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. passed the Judiciary committee with a 13-5 vote, with three of eight Democrats supporting him. He was confirmed in the Senate by a 78-22 margin, with half the Democrats voting for him and half against.
However, although the Judiciary Committee has always been a more ideologically divided committee, that partisan division has become more pronounced in recent years. It used to be that when it came to nominees for the Supreme Court, there was a greater willingness among senators to take the Graham route and defer to the president. In this regard, both Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa and Orrin G. Hatch of Utah have said they will vote against Sotomayor. If so, it would be their first "no" votes on a Supreme Court nominee. The switch in philosophies is perhaps not a coincidence, given that, as a Senator, Obama voted against Roberts and Alito.
In an interview, Grassley defended his decision not to defer to Obama by noting that the Senate had changed: "I think it's a whole new ballgame, a lot different than I approached it with [Justice Ruth Bader] Ginsburg and [Justice Stephen G.] Breyer." (As I noted in a previous post, Ginsburg and Breyer – Clinton's two nominees – were confirmed by 96-3 and 87-9 margins, respectively.)
Prior to this decade, Supreme Court justices who won confirmation usually had the backing of most of the Senate. Justices John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia and Anthony M. Kennedy all won confirmation by unanimous votes. Justice David H. Souter was confirmed by a 90-9 vote in 1990. The exception, of course, was the highly charged debate over Clarence Thomas, who was confirmed by a 52-48 vote in 1991. Nor am I including those nominees who were defeated in a Senate vote – see my previous post for my discussion of those candidates.)
The increasingly partisan debate over judicial nominees reflects the convergence of two trends that I have discussed before in this blog: the widening ideological gap between the two parties, and the increasing tendency of the courts to take a more activist approach in their rulings, making them a more potent policymaking tool. Both Senate sides recognize this, and it is why I argued in my previous post that Republicans ought to vote against Sotamayor, and Democrats for her. So far, both sides seem inclined to do just that. Note, however, that at least five Republicans in addition to Graham – none of them on the Judiciary Committee – have indicated they will vote for Sotamayor when the full Senate considers her nomination.
At this stage, given my estimate that the over/under on the full Senate vote stands at 31, I may win my own "It's the Fundamentals, Stupid" t-shirt.


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It is certainly a good question. One that we should always keep in mind as we advance in our life paths. Answering it accordingly should be enough to further one's mission, or at least to keep oneself well motivated when the horizon does not look that clear. That mission is unique for every one of us and for my case in particular, a unique one in the field of microfinance.
In this regard, my life goal has been undoubtedly enriched by this fellowship in Kenya and by this incredible organization called Kiva. As a matter of fact, one of the major reasons for saying this, It is because I deeply share belief with one of the most important values for Kiva. This couldn't be something else but the value that promotes connection between people from every corner of the world.
This is an unquestionable milestone on Kiva's success which has been continuously achieved thanks to a whole community investing on this endeavor. A community that has tremendously grown over the course of 7 and a half years and I couldn't elude better to this if it isn't mentioning the recent achievement of hitting more than 1M borrowers
All these souls have been benefited from this shared dream and for making this connection a reality. Our borrowers are of course the main characters of this movie, but behind the scenes there are the fellows, the stuff and the generous lenders making everything possible. If you haven´t checked how this community interacts with the precision of a Swiss watch, I recommend you to check Kiva Live
I feel proud of myself for being part of this big family (we Latin-Americans love big families) and for having put my two cents on this literally, millionaire figure. However, without going further I feel that I have to go back to the beginning, where this dream started and I invite you to enact this story along with this post.
After a long absence of more than 5 years away from my home land, I was fiercefully determine in coming back and doing some positive impactful work in my country. I felt like after having the opportunity of receiving great education abroad I owned Colombia my return. The truth however, is that I had just came back from a long journey without a single idea of what I wanted to do with my future. Maybe I did have some ideas, perhaps I didn´t have the enough confidence to execute them.
I looked at the websites of several ngos instead, sent couple of emails and after one week, without even noticed I was working for COLFUTURO, Fundacion para el Futuro de Colombia. The name acted as a great teaser I have to say, however after two months I wanted to run away! Don´t get me wrong I am not writing this whole post to talk bad about my last job, I actually feel completely blessed for having had that opportunity because otherwise, I wouldn´t have had the chance of getting to know Kiva and also… my truly beauty Colombian girlfriend.
I was bearing the burden of heavy operational and tedious work and was this close to quit. However, I am of those who think that everything in life happens for a reason and you just have to gather yourself in serenity to understand why you are here. I gave it some time and decided to be patient (something that I still have to work out a lot), fortunately time went by and one day I found that my ngo had just signed a contract with this exotic named organization, Kiva.
6 long awaited months came to a happy end because I happened to be blessed with the new challenge called Kiva Field Partner Coordinator. I was ready to rock. The program was designed to support lower income students and marginalized groups with a brilliant academic future. Kiva loans were to be funneled into COLFUTURO to help finance often prohibitively expensive application costs. These included exam and application fees, document translation fees, visa expenses and transportation expenses to major cities for interviews and exams. All this sounded great but as an average Colombian I had no clue about microfinance, not to say about the world of crowd funding.
Furthermore, this project was totally aside from the main activity COLFUTURO had and therefore, all the infrastructure for the Kiva loans had to be created. It was a true challenge but luckily I was not alone. An inspiring Kiva Fellow – Kiyomi Beach, travelled south to help us and that is how I got to know these crazy and adventurous people called Kiva Fellows. It was exciting, we worked hand by hand crafting the whole project, from the design of the MIS to marketing, legal procedures, loan writing and the Field Partner Manual. Her entrepreneurial spirit played such an important role on guiding us through the right path. She as a Kiva fellow was a great example of devotion and serving others in need.
When the first batch of students was posted on Kiva, we were very skeptical for what the reaction of the lenders could have been. We knew we were competing against profiles of borrowers that are more likely to gain empathy from the lender community and that was our first hurdle on the project. However the quality of the stories propelled amazing fundraising rates (loans were about 1000 US and the average fundraising speed was 3.5 hours).
Frankly, I have to give all the credit to these talented students since they were their own scriptwriters of their lives. I define them as truly entrepreneurs since what they did was all about bringing catalyst change on the way people think and act in order to bring progress to their community and ultimately to humanity. The next months were filled with the wide smiles of many students that were completely grateful for the generosity of hundreds of lenders supporting their projects. A connection that united Colombia with the world and that will soon reap the benefits for our people.
Completely inspired by this connection and driven by an enormous curiosity for the world of microfinance I saw the opportunity of becoming a fellow, as a unique experience for learning while achieving a positive impact in the lives of more borrowers around the world.
After building a steady ground for this project and developed a structured path for keep supporting more and more students, I wanted to put all my effort into new challenges. An opportunity that came as a blessing to hone in my entrepreneurial thinking and untap my potential in this passionate and interconnected world.
All the love from Kenya, following the quest for a Global Village Bank.


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"We'll be on track in Jerez," the Oxfordshire based team Tweeted, "and everyone is looking forward to getting going now!"
Williams added that the first all-new FW36, to be powered by a turbo Mercedes V6, is currently being put together at the Grove factory this week.
Williams' news has left heads scratching, after Lotus boss Eric Boullier claimed he knew as "fact" that more than one team will be sitting out Jerez.
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It is believed both Lotus and Marussia have missed the initial deadline for paying the 2014 entry fee to the governing FIA.
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Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
25-04-2012, 04:16 PM (This post was last modified: 25-04-2012 04:18 PM by houseofcantor.)
RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
(25-04-2012 10:16 AM)NoahsFarce Wrote: Neil deGrasse Tyson
FTW. Always. It's a rule...
(25-04-2012 10:15 AM)Internet Mullah Wrote: Furthermore, I think that many of the acts of violence being done in the name of Islam has increased only in the last couple of decades.
It's an identity thing. Islam is no more violent than Buddhism.
RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
(25-04-2012 02:56 PM)ShirubaDangan Wrote: Welcome to the forum!! Now sorry if I sound so critical and even if I sound rude but the fact of the matter is. I had people die in my family for such idiotic things as you stated above. I believe it to be disgusting but that has nothing to do with you. I respect your opinions and views but I will definitely question.
Hi ShirubaDangan. Thank you for your constructive reply.
I just read your post, and I think you raised a lot of good points, and that's why I'm going to give them the careful thought that they deserve and reply accordingly. But, first, if you don't mind, I'm going to answer some of the other questions posted earlier in this thread. After I do that, then I will come back to your questions when I'm ready to answer them. I'm trying to catch up with everyone who posted here, and there's a lot, but I'm still in the process of thinking about these things.
RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
That is completely fine. I am a patient person and you have already done much more than Egor has ever done with my posts. I welcome your answers.
"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." -John F Kennedy
"The way to see by Faith is to shut the eye of Reason." -Benjamin Franklin
It has been a long time. How have you been?
RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
First of all, thank you for taking the time and showing such patience in replying to all these questions, Internet Mullah.
As a female, I would likely have been stoned to death or killed in some other way a long time ago if I was living in a Muslim country. Then again, I would likely have chosen different paths and just would not be who I am today.
Stoning someone to death - that is about the cruelest, most hateful and horrific way of killing someone.
European nations did use to kill people in public and draw large audiences when people were killed by giullotine and such, and I think quite a few public hangings took place in the US too. While I consider that Barbarian also, it does not compare to stoning to death.
It is difficult for me to even comprehend how someone can be so cruel. Do people not have feelings of empathy? How can someone laugh while watching another human being dying in such incredible agony? Out of all the people there, not one comes forward to try to help that poor person? It is simply incomprehensible to me.
Yes, the old testament is full of cruelty also, but these were times when people were primitive, they behaved like animals in many ways.
Even animals have empathy, but humans with their superior brains, living in a modern world where invasions and violence are not on the daily menu, should excel in protecting, teaching and furthering their own rather than treating them in such inhumane ways.
Nothing, absolutely nothing justifies such cruelty.
Yet I have met and gotten to know quite a few Muslims in my life, and they all seemed to be as nice as the next person. How can someone be a caring, pleasant human being one minute and turn into a blood thirsty psychopath the next?
I just cannot reconcile the image of a decent, loving person with such unimaginable cruelty.
Science is the process we've designed to be responsible for generating our best guess as to what the fuck is going on. Girly Man
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RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
Why would you be a Muslim in the modern World?
The whole of the Quran is little more than hate speech. So why would you follow its "teachings"!?
Isn't it time to wash the sand out of you vaginas and move out of the dark ages?
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25-04-2012, 08:08 PM (This post was last modified: 25-04-2012 08:12 PM by Mr Woof.)
RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
(25-04-2012 07:11 PM)mysticjbyrd Wrote: Why would you be a Muslim in the modern World?Mullah, in some ways I can see where you are coming from.
It seems to me that you hold Allah, seen as epitomising total knowledge, kindness, and perfection as having created humanity in a way potentially pleasing to the ideals you attribute to this force.
Even assuming that you are correct (hypothetically) some of us hold that even Allah as perceived by you, would have no moral rights to impinge his plan, and inherent suffering, on beings who arguably had no say in the matter.
Is it the right of an all powerfull Being to whip, metaphorically speaking,finite creatures into submission in order to gain some unknowable alleged paradisical state of being. To say Allah has these rights because Allah is Allah is simply circular reasoning.
It appears to me that Islam is largely geared around premises whereby women are inferior, though equally worthy in their way, to men who operate a highly patriarchal system.True, women locked into child rearing and serving their husband(s) may be happy in their roles and this may lead to a stable society in some ways; however the price paid is arguably coercion.
You failed to answer the question I raised relevant to clitorectomies perfomed on little girls? I imagine you would have answered this is one of the problems related to ignorant people unaware of the nuancing. I don't think this is good enough.
Also I read your article relating to stoning, and lashings, and how these are almost impossible to apply due to the safe guards . The fact that four people may feel embarassed and snoopy getting close enough to see the penis inside the vagina, and thus get the victim off the hook sounds odd, especially such as the law doesn't apply to anal intercourse or oral sex, not perhaps that this is encouraged, Again I would argue that where provocative laws remain on the books poor enforcers can always use them. You have mentioned Turkey and Egypt as being less tolerant in some areas.
Essentially any great mass of holy writ will contain gross human considerations that can be abused purposely, or because of ignorance, as you indicate yourself. I would even argue that there is considerable danger in militant atheism and scientism.
You appear as sincere in your beliefs an I am sincere in my disbeliefs, my choice being to pursue, as calmly as possible, the dangers inherent in both religion and secularism and thus very much engage the middle ground.
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26-04-2012, 03:01 AM (This post was last modified: 26-04-2012 03:31 AM by Mark Fulton.)
RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
Internet Mullah, I've had a read of your responses and feel that you deserve more of an explanation from myself. I want you to continue to feel welcome and to keep posting.
Please accept that you are going to get criticized here. I'm not claiming to speak for everyone, but most here have thought long and hard about religion, including Islam, and have rejected it. Yet we want to keep learning.
Re "Mark Fulton and Mr. Woof, it seems that you guys are getting a little too upset about my views on sex and adultery."
I can understand you think I'm upset and hot under the collar. Actually, I'm not. I chose to use colourful language for effect. I don't criticize others to make them feel small, or to vent, or to make me feel superior. I do it to make a point. Too often religious people like you get away with saying grossly unethical things, such as implying it is ok to stone someone for sexual indiscretions. I'm not going to let you get away with it, even if I sound like a raging militant atheist. I ask you now to retract that assertion, and if you won't, then state your position unambiguously.
Re "my opinion on adultery is primarily due to my belief in Islam and that's why I think that adultery is a sin, and that it is a crime."
Yeah, I know. Do you think the world is impressed with the fact you hold the ignorant, delusional despot's opinions in high regard? I assure you I don't, and I think most of the world agrees with me, and we don't think professing faith in Islam is a valid excuse for disgusting ethics.
I'd like you to consider the following. You are a typical Muslim apologist. You either water down (ie "interpret") the holy book, or pick out pieces of it, thereby ignoring the unethical sections. You claim that Muslims more radical than yourself just ain't reading it right. These excuses are weak and lame because the Koran says what it says.
You have probably been offended by my comments about Mohammed and consider them deliberately inflammatory. Yet you, in my opinion, have a respect for the prophet that he doesn't deserve. The Koran was allegedly transcribed by others based on his words, so the crux of this whole issue is Mohammed's legitimacy. So let's discuss that.
Who was he? An early seventh century wandering, desert dwelling trader of goods with no education, a man who knew very little of the world outside his own environment. He never studied literature, law, history, science, art, architecture or religion. He may have come across the odd Jew or even Christian, but knew bugger all about their scriptures. He was good looking, intelligent and intuitive, and married a wealthy woman, worked hard and did well for himself. With time on his hands, he started seeing and hearing messages from god/angels or whoever. There was nothing unusual about that…its standard fare in any psychiatric hospital today. Over 1% of people then and now suffer from psychotic illnesses. Nowadays psychotic people usually respond well by losing their delusions and hallucinations after a week's worth of medication. He may well have had epilepsy too, another illness usually easily treated today.
Mohammed was ambitious and power hungry. Religion and the wielding of power were one and the same process in those days. He tried to start his own religion based on his delusions, and was at first spectacularly unsuccessful. Yet he was persistent, aggressive, cunning, confident, manipulative and lucky. He slowly built up a gang of supporters over the years, and they went on the rampage fighting and robbing
other communities. He killed many of his enemies. He had multiple wives, (as you do once you become a megalomaniac), including the wife of one of his mates and a prepubescent girl.
The gang he formed turned into an aggressive faith breathing monster. After he died they fought amongst themselves, turned him into a legend, and continued on the warpath in pursuit of power and money. The rest is history.
There is considerable doubt about how much of the Koran originated from him. We know he didn't compile it. After his death his supposed words were found scribbled on bits of bone and leaves and Allah knows what else, and it was some decades before they were compiled into a book.
So this, in a nutshell, is the basis of an entire religion.
Why any informed, intelligent, modern person should feel compelled to live their life according to a code allegedly invented by this unwell, illiterate, pedophile tyrant is beyond me.
Yet you choose to read the drivel in the Koran as the word of god…a god you have never seen or touched and who has never talked back to you, a god that was originally invented 1000 years before Mohammed's time by the ancient Jews!
I invite you to get real, put your brain into gear, have a shave and step into the 21st century by abandoning your toxic beliefs. Your thoughts, your freedoms and your individuality are being suppressed by power hungry Mullahs, and they do it so well, with techniques pinched from the Jews and honed over the centuries, you have no idea what has happened to you. That is ultimately what Islam is all about…the control of people…but then again, maybe you're one of those doing the controlling?
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RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
Boo, he didn't engage in the subject I brought up...
"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
Ok, glad to see we have some people covering the disgust I'll just ask some questions then.
First clarify the requirements of an adulteress' confession. Does the other person confessing sentence you to death as well?
On the concept of stealing, the Koran holds that living is the most important law, and in it posits the idea that stealing food when you need food is not a sin even though stealing is. Does this ever get factored into civil law or is it simply an ignored passage?
As far as homosexuality, the arabic language only has a word for the man submitting as a connotation of gay (to my knowledge). Does the male penetrator still get punished, and what exactly is the restriction on women? Many arabic countries have a lot of same gendered physical interaction. Kiossing and hugging are common actions. What is the stopping point?
Lastly as with most religions the roles of men and women are clearly defined. What about those who are neither male nor female? They've always existed yet never been accounted for. Are people who do not fit the normative characteristics killed? What about transsexuals?
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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RE: Ask a Muslim [split from introductions]
(27-04-2012 05:34 AM)NoahsFarce Wrote: Boo, he didn't engage in the subject I brought up...Thanks for posting that video. I learnt a lot from it. It would be a shame if IM has picked up his bat and ball and gone home. Maybe he's organising a goon squad to come and get me for what I said about Mohammed. If you never hear from me again you no why LOL
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