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Weather: high 80's today.
Hot and sweaty today. Going to pick up Becker today, think I may need to stop at Taco Bell and get a Triple Double Crunch and Munch.
A blonde was shopping at Target & came across a shiny silver Thermos. She was quite fascinated by it, so she picked it up & took it to the clerk to ask what it was.
The clerk said, 'Why, that's a thermos….. It keeps hot things hot, and cold things cold.'
'Wow, said the blonde, 'that's amazing…..I'm going to buy it!' So she bought the thermos & took it to work the next day.
Her boss saw it on her desk. 'What's that,' he asked?
'Why, that's a thermos…. It keeps hot things hot & cold things cold,' she replied..
Her boss inquired, 'What do you have in it?'
The blond replied……'Two popsicles & some coffee.'


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26 May to 3 June 2018
Block Universe, LondonŌĆÖs leading international performance art festival, has completed its fourth and largest edition to date.┬Ā The festival programme consisted of a ten day long programme (26 May to 3 June 2018) of newly commissioned performances and UK premieres from emerging and established UK-based and international artists.
In collaboration with major cultural institutions and organisations across the city, including the┬ĀRoyal Academy of Arts, ŌĆŗSiobhan Davies DanceŌĆŗ, ŌĆŗThe Store XŌĆŗ, ŌĆŗBritish MuseumŌĆŗ, ŌĆŗSomerset HouseŌĆŗ, ŌĆŗStudio VoltaireŌĆŗ, ŌĆŗOval Space ŌĆŗ ŌĆŗand Brunel Museum ŌĆŗthe festival presented work by some of the most innovative UK-based and international artists working in performance today, alongside talks, workshops and special projects.
Full programme and tickets here.
Positioning London at the forefront of international performance art, Block Universe 2018 featured three UK premieres (Maria Hassabi, Giselle Stanborough and Nora Turato) and seven new, site-specific commissions (Evan Ifekoya & Victoria Sin, Gery Georgieva, Hanne Lippard, Alex Mirutziu, Last Yearz Interesting Negro/Jamila Johnson-Small, They Are Here and Laura Wilson) by artists working at the cross-section of contemporary visual art, dance and music. The 2018 edition explored themes that act as a counterpoint to the divisiveness created by contemporary politics, focusing on, as well as questioning, utopian ideals of community and collectivity. By addressing the ways in which we relate to one another, the contributors┬Āresponded both to the larger fabric of society that binds us as well as to the politics of sex and love in our personal relationships.
Block UniverseŌĆÖs expanded Public Programme┬Āfeatured talks with key industry professionals, film screenings and participatory workshops. Our Satellite Programme was a new addition to the festival programme and highlighted events, specially commissioned performances and exhibitions across London.
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The restaurant Chez les Anges in the 7th arrondissement in Paris welcomes its guests into an elegant and warm setting.
The menu at this restaurant changes every day according to available fresh produce. The chef, Satoshi Toriumi, concocts creative dishes of impeccable quality.
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Paul Craig Roberts points to Western and Japanese economic policies as simply supporting financial speculation and the banks. He says:
"For almost a decade the economic policy of the US, Europe, UK, Canada, Japan has been directed to the support of the financial speculation that caused the 2008 worldwide economic crisis. Nothing has been done for the populations of the countries who experienced the crisis. Indeed, many of these populations, such as the Greeks, have had their living standars forced down in order to protect the big banks. This proves beyond all doubt that in the "Great Western Democracies," economic policy only serves the hyper-rich and the hyper-powerful. Citizens simply do not count. They are as nothing....."


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Hundreds of the biggest innovators and operators in the email world together for a candid discussion about the Inbox as a platform, produced by Jared Goralnick of AwayFind & Joshua Baer of Return Path. If you are building the future of email, this is the event made just for you.
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2018 IS finally here, and we are well and truly into our fitness regime/detox and all of our New Year's resolutions, right...? No? Don't worry too much, as we still have 11 more months to truly push and achieve all of the health and fitness goals we set out on January 1. Whether you're looking for some new kicks for that extra spring in your step or the latest gadgetry to help you along in your journey to better health, we have compiled another list of goodies – whatever your budget may be – to help you get fit and look good this year.
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On are a revolutionary Swiss running brand created by former athletes. Their aim is to create a running shoe that gives the perfect running sensation for a cushioned landing and a firm take off. The Cloud X is one of the latest styles in their creations that we looked at. These shoes are noticeably lightweight and extremely comfortable which is ideal for not just running but also a mixture of workouts and activities. The secret to this shoe's success lies in the sole, which uses zero-gravity foam, trademarked CloudTec. A breathable, engineered mesh upper and dynamic colour options make this shoe the perfect training partner. Visit https://www.on-running.com/en-gb/ to view the range and for more details.
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Ultimate Ears have a reputation for powerful sound and quality custom-fi tted earphones used by musicians in live concerts. This technology has been adapted to their range of powerful portable 360-degree sound speakers such as the BLAST. Make no mistake these really loud speakers pack a 12-hour battery life as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology. Its secret weapon is the addition of Amazon Echo allowing you to control your workout music with your voice. Other impressive features include waterproof protection for up to three feet of water meaning there is no limit to your activities. See https://www.ultimateears.com/en-gb.
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New Balance has launched a sportswear range to celebrate the 125 year anniversary of Liverpool Football Club. As part of the collection this hoody features a grey LFC embroidery to the left of the chest with a grey CXXV (Roman for 125) below it. It is comfortable and stylish, made with 60 per cent cotton and has a full front zip opening and pockets to either side. This hoody is great during or post workout and it is an added bonus if you support the club. Visit https://store.liverpoolfc.com to buy.
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HTC Vive – RRP £599
Now this is a little different from the other items but still quite effective. Virtual reality, or VR, made waves in 2017 and is set to add to that in 2018. The HTC Vive is one of the VR products out now in the market. It does have a big price tag at £599, but you get a headset, two intuitive wireless controls and two base stations with 360 degree play tracking coverage. With games like BoxVR and Racket NX you can experience high-intensity cardio workouts from the comfort of your own home. Perfect if you're not a fan of working out in the winter weather. See https://www.vive.com/uk/ for more details.
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I think your temperature is a bit cool for them. Try raising it to 78 or 80 and see if that doesn't get them eating. I would also loose the plastic plants in favor of real plants--the frog skin is pretty delicate and could get cut on the sharp egdes. If you have to use fake plants, then try the silk/fabric ones that are not as sharp. Sometimes these frogs just go off feed for a while, and don't eat for a week or more. Then they eat everything in sight. Mine seem to prefer guppies to rosy reds for some reason, and only eat worms once in a while. Make sure you have a cave or hide box for them to wedge under as that makes them feel more comfortable.
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Well, not completely, however, the FCC ruling will impact you as a presenter.
Here's the story in a nutshell. For the second time in less than ten years, the FCC sold off a large number of frequencies that were used for wireless microphones – everything from 600MHz and 700MHz – spectrum. Effectively, you now have fewer choices.
Why is it important and how will it impact you?
There are only so many frequencies for transmitting audio. As the number of frequencies available dwindles, those frequencies left become more and more crowded. It isn't difficult to imagine the consequences of not having enough frequencies to go around.
The first consequence you will experience will be when two or more transmitters windup using the same frequencies. One will nullify the other and neither will be able to function – results, no wireless mic. The second is when the second transmitter sends its signal to your receiver, and you begin to hear someone else talking to your audience; complete event interruption will be the result.
Once either of these happens, you will have to hunt down the interfering transmitter and have the frequencies changed – something that many users of wireless microphones do not know how to do. More likely than finding the intruder, you will have to scramble to change your frequencies. Sadly, this takes time. Your audience will have to sit idly by waiting for you to fix the problem.
This will increase your costs
These FCC changes force wireless microphone user (in 600MHz) to replace their equipment. This is a significant cost – tens of thousands of dollars. As a result, wireless producers are going to have to increase their prices.
The End Result
The result to you is inconvenience and added costs. This makes an effective and knowledgeable meeting planner and technical team more important than ever. A combination of both will help to mitigate costs and offer workarounds that will lessen the blow on your meeting budget. Most big box A/V companies won't even acknowledge this problem much less let you know about it until you see the bill.
Wired Magazine
Here is a link to a much deeper look into the issue. It is an excellent article from Wired Magazine


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This was the first of three talks at the Learning Christian Living: The Task of Catechesis workshop, which was held at All Saints' Margaret Street on Nov 8 2017. The other two were on Discipleship and Doctrine.
Christian catechesis began in the early Church as quite a rigorous process. The rigour involved in becoming Christian, in fact, lead Celsus—the Celsus Origen wrote against—to write in about the year 180 that if all people wanted to become Christians, the Christians would no longer want them. Catechetical practice as reported and instructed by people like Tertullian and in the writings attributed to Hippolytus might lend Celsus's criticism some credence. Imagine, after three years of receiving in-depth Bible teaching, then going through intense fasting, pretty extreme personal interrogation, ritual bathing, daily exorcisms, and an all night prayer vigil filled with further instruction and someone reading at you through the night leading up to your baptism on Easter.
All following, of course, being initially questioned about your life and profession upon your first visit to church, after which you quite likely would have had to quit your job to become a catechumen in the first place. Just think how hard the 'church growth' moguls of our age would come down on you if you questioned every newcomer about the morality of their life and profession upon their first visit to church before letting them in the door! Second- and third-century catechesis went a few steps further than watching a couple of bishops sitting on a park bench discussing the Eucharist in a Pilgrim video! [Not that there is anything wrong with bishops on park benches discussing this Eucharist...]
The strict separation from society required in the third century would later change, of course. Whereas for Tertullian one would not only have to change professions if one was a soldier or actor, but also a construction worker, stone mason, or basket weaver (presumably because these might be useful for the construction of and use in pagan temples), major cultural shifts in the fourth and fifth century would allow for a type of Christian living that is more 'in but not of' the world, to use a Pauline phrase. Catechesis then came to be a training up of a body of people who were in the world, living among and within the broader society rather than in more strict separation from it.
But there is a deep continuity here. In both cases, and in every case of properly Christian catechesis, the focus is on the formation of one's whole life – on transformation and not merely information. Catechesis is a cultivation of a lived faith within the community of the Church. Whether in the form of strict separatism in the third century, or holiness within society in the fourth and fifth, the aim and purpose of catechesis remain the same, and must remain the same for us.
Aim and purpose of catechesis: Living as the continuation of Christ
Christian faith and theology is a lived, practiced, performed reality - performed in the sacramental, communal, and missional life of the Church. And catechesis is an invitation into this lived reality.
In catechesis we are talking about the shaping of a certain and distinctive kind of life, the making of a certain and distinctive type of human being, for a certain and distinctive community. It is a shaping of the Christian imagination, offering a new vision of the world, ourselves, and of our God - this is not about merely disseminating the right information: memorizing creeds, or the ten commandments, or theological formulae.
Catechesis does depend on teaching but the aim of that teaching is the holistic formation of people's lives because that is what the truths of our faith do. That is what theology is all about. The gospel does not inform us. The gospel makes us new creations.
And so all of our teaching, all of our thinking toward God, all theology, is a lived practiced reality. Because the purpose of right thinking, the purpose of orthodoxy is not being orthodox. Having right belief, embracing truth, is important but the purpose, the aim, the end of that orthodoxy is not being 'right', it is to live a life of outpouring love and mercy in the world, drawing all people to God in Jesus Christ, because the love of God has been 'poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us', as the Letter to the Romans has it. The aim, the end, is to live as the continuation of Jesus Christ on earth. This comes through teaching, yes, but teaching which is wedded to the grace of the sacraments, the life of the community, service to the poor, evangelism of the lost, justice for the oppressed, hope for those in despair - it comes through the world looking more and more like the world Jesus shapes in his life, ministry, death, and resurrection.
We don't want to think rightly about the Trinity in order to not think wrongly about the Trinity, in order to not be 'Arian', or something. That's not the point. We don't want to be 'Arian', so-called, because to be so is to deny our salvation. We want to believe rightly about the Trinity because right belief about the Trinity is not having the right answer to a puzzle: 'how can 1+1+1=1?'! Right doctrine of the Trinity has to do with finding ourselves in the midst of God's salvific mission to restore all things to God's self, because the doctrine of the Trinity is not a puzzle at all, it is an invitation - an invitation into the divine life, that life of the Father, who sends the Son to us for our salvation, and the Spirit who draws all things back into the Father's love.
We do not want to think rightly about the Incarnation in order to score theological points or satisfy intellectual curiosity about how to best understand the two natures of Christ. We want to think rightly about the Incarnation because the Incarnation is where we meet God among us – from the humility of the manger to the agony of the cross, God among and within us, uniting us to himself.
And so it goes for all doctrines. We are not seeking right answers. Ultimately, we are seeking right or holy living in union with Christ through the Holy Spirit for the salvation of the whole world. Catechesis is inviting others to join us.
So the beginning of catechesis is ultimately the life and mission of Jesus Christ himself. This is what we are after as we train up the Body of Christ through the ministry of teaching, proclamation, and catechesis.
So, if I am going to talk about 'Beginning Catechesis', I have to begin by stating this end of catechesis. We cannot know where or how to begin without the telos, the end or purpose of the thing before us. We must be headed somewhere if we are to set off in the right direction. And so we must have the end in sight, and the end is to bring people into communion with Jesus Christ in the life the Trinity. Salvation. Redemption. New Creation. In catechesis, that is our end.
Encounter and Evangelism
With that end in mind, it seems quite obvious that we begin with encounter with the living God in the person of Jesus Christ. This means that beginning catechesis actually begins before beginning catechesis. We cannot truly begin catechesis without the shocking, unsettling, trauma of encounter with Jesus Christ. Through the proclamation of the gospel, through our lives of service and mercy, and through the beauty of the liturgy and Christ's presence in the sacrament, we place ourselves on offer as a gift of Christ's love in the world so that people come into contact with Jesus, and this encounter is earth-shattering. The reforming of the imagination, the new vision of the world, is one resurrected from the trauma of the crucified Christ's encounter.
This is crucial because in catechesis we are not teaching about the Church and its beliefs. Catechists, priests, and teachers are not presenting an objective outsider's perspective. We are not putting on an interesting religion course. We are not talking about Christianity to show what 'it' is, but who we are. We are saying the Church lives, moves, thinks and believes in these ways, and you might like to live, move, and believe along with her.
Believing God or believing in God is always first a matter of placing our trust in God. We give ourselves over to God and spend our whole lives trying to figure out what it means to trust him. Our teaching and formation of others must reflect this. We are calling people to God, more than attempting to explain God. We are moving people by and toward the truth, more than proposing it.
And doctrine flowing from trust is indeed how we get good and true teaching, where creeds come from, where what we have come to call orthodoxy was made. The doctrines of the Trinity, or of Christ, or of salvation, or anything else, come from people loving and trusting God and working out what that means as a human community living before God. The creeds are not abstract principles floating around in some ethereal truth sky which we pluck out and write down so that everyone can check their ideas against them and make sure they aren't heretics. All proper Christian doctrine is the expression of the Church living with and before God, giving herself to God and being received and made new by God. There is no such thing as theology in the abstract.
Catechesis must first, then, be a call to renewal, to repentance, to devotion, worship, and prayer. It must be that newfangled and trendy buzzword, Evangelism. [I always thought it was pretty basic but some people seem to think it's a shiny new thing!]
If there is no encounter with the risen Christ, no trauma of meeting God among us, then catechesis doesn't make much sense, as it is about going deeper into that relationship with the triune God.
We have the perfect example of this in Acts 2. Peter proclaims the gospel of Christ, crucified and risen, the people ask what they are to do, he tells them to repent and be baptised to receive forgiveness and the Holy Spirit. Verse 41 says 3,000 were added to their number that day. Verse 42 goes on to say that they 'devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers', in other words, to catechesis.
A winsome and persuasive presentation of the gospel of Jesus Christ which convicts hearts and transforms minds must be at the beginning and bedrock of our catechesis.
Because it seems to me that we have lost confidence in our own story, indeed, what we would say is the story of everything. We are constantly looking to the world around us for reasons for our own existence, to justify a purpose for the Church, for effective ways to minister or present the gospel, because we have somehow lost confidence in our own identity as the people of the crucified and risen One. And I think because of this, we have lost the ability to present our story with beauty, persuasiveness, and winsomeness. We must begin by proclaiming: 'Here is the story, the heartbreakingly beautiful story of our Saviour who is God-among-us for our salvation, meeting us in the depths of our human life and struggle and bringing every part of us into the warm embrace of God'. We must begin here, with evangelism towards encounter with Christ.
The School of Prayer
If the aim of catechesis is to become the people of the crucified and risen One, to encounter Christ and live as the continuation of his love and mercy in the world, then catechesis must also be and begin as a school of prayer. If we are to be renewed and shaped to share in God's mission in the world then both catechist and catechumens must live a life in God's presence through prayer. Catechesis might involve much more but it cannot be less than learning to pray.
Prayer is, first of all, simply acknowledging the truth that God is always present with and among us. To pray is to respond to God's presence and activity, by living our own lives in God's presence and directing our own activity towards God. So if catechesis is about union with God in Christ and our own lives being shaped after God's action in Christ, then we must begin with prayer. God has given himself to us in Jesus and a life of prayer is a life given over to God in love and service – responding to God's gift by giving in return. In this sense prayer is a most basic action for living in the way of Jesus.
Learning the faith, learning Christian living, is learning through prayer. And if catechesis is not going to be just about learning facts or propositions about faith, but a lived faith, an active life of progress towards the living God, then catechumens must be actively learning to pray. So as with evangelism and encounter, we must begin in the school of prayer.
Beginning with the Bible
And both these two aspects of beginning catechesis – proclaiming our story and learning to pray – necessarily mean that catechesis begins with the Bible. Scripture gives us a grammar to know God and speak about God and how to speak back to God, as it is the witness to Christ, God the Word. It also connects us with the full story and life of God's people, helping us to find ourselves in the midst of our 'family tree'.
The example of the apostles makes this biblical beginning of catechesis clear. Whether we look at St Peter preaching his first sermon at Pentecost, St Stephen giving his defence to the Pharisees, St Paul speaking in the synagogue in Antioch of Pisidia, and so on, the mystery of faith in Christ is explained through the whole of the biblical narrative. And the apostles learned this honestly from Jesus himself, of course, who demonstrated the truth about himself from the law and the prophets, and claimed, 'Moses wrote about me'.
So as we begin with evangelism and encounter, and with the school of prayer, so we necessarily begin with Scripture.
Virtues and sacramental life
The next point I want to make, is that if the aim of catechesis is to encounter Christ and live as the continuation of his love and mercy in the world, this means that catechesis, while having nothing to do with a moralist agenda, is about shaping virtuous lives – forming lives from which Christian virtues flow into the world; lives which show the produce, we might say, of the fruits of the Spirit. I don't want to tread over onto the path of today's session on discipleship, but here it must be said that this is not just about right moral thinking or keeping commandments, but about the whole of one's life being shaped in a certain direction, the direction of the cross, the direction of the new creation – lives that look like Christ's life of self-giving love.
And this brings out the emphasis on the sacramental role of the Church's life in catechesis. If catechesis is about virtuous living, about living a life that looks like the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, then we have to begin with the worshiping life of the Church. The grace which indwells us to live such lives flows through the waters of baptism and down from the altar, out of the doors of the church and into our streets through those who meet Christ at the font and at the altar.
While the sacrament is of course the summit of catechesis – we are bringing people to the point of meeting Christ in the sacrament –, we cannot forget that the sacrament is also the source of catechesis, and the Christian life as a whole.
And this is so naturally because of the grace that comes to us through the sacrament, but also in that the sacrament and the liturgy supporting the sacrament have a didactic role in themselves.
Take the example of small children. From the time they are newborns, we read to them, talk to them, sing to them, and they cannot comprehend a single word of what is being said. Why do we do this? Well, all of the sudden, often at around two years old, they start spouting out sentences. And it becomes clear that all along, even though they might not have been able to comprehend anything early on, their minds have been being shaped, the language was taking root and they were growing up into that language and comprehension of it.
The worship of the Church works similarly as it gives us a grammar for and teaches us the language of the faith. It is catechetical in that going through the motions of the liturgy opens us up to comprehension of the faith in new and deeper ways. People who are new to the liturgy may not understand everything that is going on, but they are being shaped and moulded more in the way of Christ through their act of worship. And this means that we must lead and participate in the Church's liturgy with unabashed confidence. Many people seem to think that the fullness of the liturgy is something to be shy about, or that maybe children or people who are visiting or new to the Church aren't yet ready for it. On the contrary, the liturgical life of the Church is for them as much as it is for the seasoned Christian, and it works to reform our relationship to God, one another, and the world.
And so as with evangelism and encounter, prayer, and the scriptures, we must begin at the sacramental and liturgical heart of the Church's life and mission.
Life of the catechist
I want to point out one more thing we find at the beginning and foundation of catechesis. If catechesis is about union with the triune God through Christ, and if catechesis is a school of prayer shaped by the scriptures and the sacramental life which manifests Christ's self-giving love in the world through the Church, then catechists themselves need to be on that road of learning Christian living through prayer, study, sacrament, and self-gift themselves.
And this involves not only devotion to the sacraments and to prayer, but also to theological learning. We should have a storeroom, a well of theology being filled up by immersion in the Scriptures and the work of great theologians from which we continually draw.
And if we are ordained we have promised ourselves to this. The ordering of deacons and priests requires the one being ordained to make a vow to a life of study and teaching, particularly of the Scriptures. In fact, in the ordering of priests in the Book of Common Prayer, five of the eight promises made by the person being ordained are centred upon study, teaching, and formation of the life of the flock, which it calls 'the great treasure' committed to the priest's charge. We are to 'study to show [ourselves] approved unto God, [workers] that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth' (2 Timothy 2.15).
The anti-intellectualism in our society has greatly influenced the Church, so that it seems priests are at times actively encouraged to forsake their vow of holy learning. I cannot tell you the stories of priests being turned down for jobs or refused promotion for being too clever, or intellectual, or knowing too much theology.
And I think this has a great influence on what I mentioned earlier about a lack of confidence in our own story, a lack of confidence in the gospel. This is something we must resist and overcome if we are going to begin and continue catechesis in a way that honours our Christian heritage, honours our life as priests for those of us who are ordained, and honours the people entrusted to us for their growth in holiness. We must begin with ourselves and our own unwavering devotion to prayer and study.
If the life of the catechist, though imperfect, is not driven in the direction of prayer, contemplation, love, generosity, holiness, and sound learning, they have already failed before they have begun. And so we must begin our catechesis with the catechist.
Where we do not begin
I just want to say something briefly about where we do not begin. I hope it is clear by now that as catechesis is not simply about acquiring right answers to 'God questions', that it follows on from this that catechesis is not apologetics. If you look through much of contemporary catechetical material, the vast majority – from Roman Catholic to presbyterian – begins with attempting to prove that God exists. This is very unfortunate. And it seems especially true of catechetical material aimed at young people. It is almost as if we are making an intentional effort to make people into bad theologians from as early an age as possible!
I hope I am not bursting your bubble when I tell you that the infinite, non-contingent, source and sustainer of all existence cannot be proven or disproven by finite beings whose very existence is utter contingency and who can only use resources from a finite contingent world as tools for investigation. Richard Dawkins may not have the philosophical or even logical acumen to figure this out, but I hope we do!
If you have ever picked up a catechetical resource and saw that the first lesson was entitled, 'Proof of God's Existence' and you absolutely panicked, I hope that the idea that catechesis should not begin here puts you at ease. But it is also essential not to make catechesis about this sort of thing because we want in our catechesis to train good theologians, that is, train people up in that lived, practiced reality – the performance of Christian doctrine. And beginning with false or even anti-theological categories that place God within the boundaries of material creation as if he could be examined under a microscope, is probably not a good start at shaping good theological minds.
This doesn't mean we ignore questions related to this. It means that we should not fall into the trap that much of Christian catechesis has in our age of treating theology like a method of scientific enquiry rather than a lived, practiced, reality, as if the study of God were much the same as a botanist studying conifer trees. God is not known in this way, and we are not beginning catechesis well if we begin by thinking toward God in the wrong way right from the start.
However, beginning with evangelism and encounter, beginning in the school of prayer, beginning with Scripture, beginning in the sacramental life of the Church, and beginning with the catechist's own life, we can begin to envision a catechetical life in the Church that does not merely posit information and find answers to our curiosities, as important as our curiosity is, but one that moves people. One that moves people further toward the fullness of life in Christ – that moves people toward new creation. And one that perhaps moves us toward a catechesis that has the proper end in mind: that of union with the triune God through encountering Jesus Christ.


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This beautiful home is located in a holiday park on the edge of Lanaken, near Maastricht. It is situated in a quiet area, surrounded by nature and has a cosy interior. The special, South African wood stove provides cosy warmth. The house stands on a large plot with a furnished terrace. Ironing facilities are available. Steep stairs lead to first floor. Check-in on Sundays and public holidays is not possible.
In the holiday park there is a shared playground, several fish ponds and a lake with a lawn and a sandy beach, exclusively for the guests. The restaurant in the park offers a beautiful view of the lake. You can explore the fabulous landscape around the park on bike. Throughout Belgian Limburg, there is a unique network of cycling paths, totalling almost 2000 km. The Ardennes and the Eifel region can be reached by car. You can also visit the Hoge Kempen National Park, which borders the holiday park as well as Maastricht, the beautiful and diverse city with an interesting nightlife. Also the cities of Aachen and Liège are worth a visit.
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- Building: Wood and brick house
- Pets: 0
- Bed linen not for rent
- Not suitable for youth groups
- In Sunclass Sonnevijver
- Build (year): 2001
- Our quality rating: 3
- Guests: 4
- Free kids amount (max 4 years old): 1
- Cable TV
- Radio and CD player
- 1 DVD player
- Wireless internet
- Kitchen: Hot and cold water
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- Bedroom no. 1
- Double bed(s) (2 spaces)
- Bedroom no. 2
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- Electric cooktop: 4 hobs
- Refrigerator
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- Freezer Box: 30 l
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- All year round insulated
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- Woodburning stove
- Garden: 600 m2
- Garden furniture
- Free parking on site: 2 parking spaces
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- Open terrace
- Playground: 800 m
- Bicycles for rent: 500 m
- Nearest habitation: 20 m
- Distance fishing opportunity: 250 m
- Distance shopping: 1 km
- Nearest restaurant: 1 km
- Nearest city: 8 km (Maastricht)
- Distance water: 500 m (Lake)
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During an appearance on the "Tonight Show" Wednesday, Kristen Wiig continued her unique tradition of dressing as a Hollywood staple for her interview — this time, the "Welcome to Me" star had "Game of Thrones" on her mind.
As fan favorite Daenerys Targaryen, Wiig pulled out all the stops by sporting a metallic gown and platinum blond wig. And while the "SNL" alum isn't quite up to speed with her "Thrones" trivia, she did her best to recount Khaleesi's forest dwellings, fondness for meat and, of course, her hobbies.
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Kalahandi: In an unfortunate incident, a woman died of electrocution while trying to save her five-year-old daughter here today in Odisha's Kalahandi district.
The incident was reported from Bagpada village at Jayantpur under Kegaon police limits.
According to reports, the woman identified as Rasa Majhi died after coming in contact with an electric wire while trying to save her daughter, who was playing with the wire.
Majhi was admitted to Kalahandi district headquarters hospital where she died while undergoing treatment.
The husband of the deceased held the electricity department responsible for the incident.
"The incident took place at around 9.00 am when my daughter was playing with an earthing wire and got electric shock. My wife rushed to the spot and became victim while she was trying to save our daughter," said Nakul Majhi, the husband of the deceased.
"The electricity department is responsible for death my wife. The department officials should fix the electrical faults as we all are living with our children," he added.


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1 November 2014 will mark 100 years since the first convoy sailed from Albany carrying Australian and New Zealand troops to the first world war.
Over the last few years "City of Albany" and the State government have been upgrading our "Anzac Historical Sights" with great anticipation for the Centenary Event this coming November. You can find out what's happening with up to date schedule of events and services at Albany Anzac website - http://www.anzacalbany.com.au
Places of interest :
- Princess Royal Fortress - www.albany.wa.gov.au/facilities/princess-royal-fortress
- Mt Clarence - Desert Mounted Corps Memorial : Site of Albany's Anzac Dawn service each year on 25th April.
- Padre White Lookout - Mt Clarence Memorial : Steel walkway structure located at the top of Mt Clarence.
- Ataturk Memorial " Ellen Cove Boardwalk" : overlooking the channel, scenic boardwalk that leads Albany CBD to Middleton Beach.
- Anzac Peace park : Princess Royal Drive ; CBD foreshore
- National Anzac Centre - www.nationalanzaccentre.com.au
Visit Albany to Remember; further information on centenary event available at http://www.anzacalbany.com.au/
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July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain. Two days afterward-July 4th-the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed, albeit by only two individuals at that time: John Hancock, president of Congress, and Charles Thompson, secretary of Congress. Four days later, on July 8, members of Congress took that document and read it aloud from the steps of Independence Hall, proclaiming it to the city of Philadelphia, after which the Liberty Bell was rung. The inscription around the top of that bell, Leviticus 25:10, was most appropriate for the occasion:
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof."
To see the turmoil in other nations, their struggles and multiple revolutions, and yet to see the stability and blessings that we have here in America, we may ask how has this been achieved? What was the basis of American independence? John Adams said, "The general principles on which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity." Perhaps the clearest identification of the spirit of the American Revolution was given by John Adams in a letter to Abigail the day after Congress approved the Declaration. He wrote her two letters on that day; the first was short and concise, jubilant that the Declaration had been approved. The second was much longer and more pensive, giving serious consideration to what had been done that day. Adams cautiously noted: "This day will be the most memorable epic in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival."
It is amazing that on the very day they approved the Declaration, Adams was already foreseeing that their actions would be celebrated by future generations. Adams contemplated whether it would be proper to hold such celebrations, but then concluded that the day should be commemorated—but in a particular manner and with a specific spirit. As he told Abigail: "It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty."
John Adams believed that the Fourth of July should become a religious holiday-a day when we remembered God's hand in deliverance and a day of religious activities when we committed ourselves to Him in "solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty." Such was the spirit of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of those who led it.
Have you ever considered what it meant for those 56 men—ministers, businessmen, teachers, university professors, sailors, captains, farmers-to sign the Declaration of Independence? This was a contract that began with the reasons for the separation from Great Britain and closed in the final paragraph stating "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
Men of Honor
In 1781, Dr. Benjamin Rush, father of American medicine and a signer, wrote to John Adams, "Do you recollect the pensive and awful silence which pervaded the House when we were called up, one after another, to the table of the President of Congress to subscribe to what was believed by many at that time to be our death warrants? The silence and gloom of the morning was interrupted, I well recollect, only for a moment by Colonel Harrison of Virginia (a big guy) who said to Mr. Gerry (small in stature) at the table: 'I shall have a great advantage over you, Mr. Gerry, when we are all hung for what we are now doing...From the size and weight of my body I shall die in a few minutes, but from the lightness of your body you will dance in the air an hour or two before you are dead.' This speech produced a transient smile, but it was soon succeeded by the solemnity with which the whole business was conducted."
These men took this pledge seriously. Robert Morris of Pennsylvania is an example of the highest level of integrity. He was chosen as the financier of the American Revolution-except that there was no bank willing to help fund the Revolution. It was three years before America got any kind of funding at all. After winning the Battle of Saratoga, foreign nations like France, Holland and others began loaning us money.
So where did we get money for the first three years? Congress, at that time, could not have obtained a loan of $1,000 yet Morris secured loans upon his own credit, for tens of thousands.
It has been justly remarked that: "If it were not demonstrable by official records, posterity would hardly be made to believe that the campaign of 1781, which resulted in the capture of Cornwallis, and virtually closed the Revolutionary War, was sustained wholly on the credit of an individual merchant."
America couldn't repay him because there was no money and yet Morris never complained because he had given his word.
You see the same kind of commitment in the life of John Hart, a strong Christian and speaker of the House of Representatives in New Jersey. There were three important things in his life: his Savior, his family and his farm. The British were seeking him and the rest of the signers of the Declaration to execute as traitors. John Hart fled his home after which his farm was ravaged, his timber destroyed, and his cattle and stock butchered for the use of the British army. He did not dare remain two nights in the same location. After Washington's success at the Battle of Trenton, he finally returned home to find his wife had died and his children scattered. He lost almost everything that was important to him but kept his word.
John Hancock lived in a mansion reflecting his princely fortune—one of the largest in the province of Massachusetts. During the time the American army besieged Boston to rid it of the British, the American officers proposed the entire destruction of the city. "By the execution of such a plan, the whole fortune of Mr. Hancock would have been sacrificed. Yet he readily acceded to the measure, declaring his willingness to surrender his all, whenever the liberties of his country should require it." A man of his word, Hancock demonstrated integrity.
No King but King Jesus
The 16 congressional proclamations for prayer and fasting throughout the Revolution (i.e., the acknowledgment of Jesus Christ, the quoting of Romans 14:17, etc.) were not unusual considering the prominent role that many ministers played in the Revolution.
One such example is John Peter Muhlenburg. In a sermon delivered to his Virginia congregation January 21, 1776, he preached from Ecclesiastes 3 which speaks of a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. Arriving at verse 8, there is "a time of war and a time of peace," Muhlenburg noted that this surely was not the time of peace; this was the time of war. Concluding with a prayer, and while standing in full view of the congregation, he removed his clerical robes to reveal beneath them the uniform of an officer in the Continental army! He marched to the back of the church and ordered the drum to beat for recruits. More than 300 men joined him, becoming the Eighth Virginia Brigade. Muhlenburg finished the Revolution as a major general.
Another minister-leader in the Revolution was the Rev. James Caldwell. His actions during one battle inspired a painting showing him with a stack of hymnbooks in his arms while engaged in the midst of a fierce battle against the British outside a battered Presbyterian church. During the battle, the Americans had developed a serious problem: they had run out of wadding for their guns, which was just as serious as having no ammunition. Caldwell recognized the perfect solution; he ran inside the church and returned with a stack of Watts Hymnals—one of the strongest doctrinal hymnals of the Christian faith (Isaac Watts authored "O God Our Help in Ages Past," "Joy to the World," "Jesus Shall Reign," and several other classic hymns). Distributing the Watts Hymnals among the soldiers served two purposes: first, its pages would provide the needed wadding; second, the use of the hymnal carried a symbolic message. Caldwell took that hymnbook—the source of great doctrine and spiritual truth—raised it up in the air and shouted to the Americans, "Give 'em Watts, boys!"
The spiritual emphasis manifested so often by the Americans during the Revolution caused one Crown-appointed British governor to complain: "If you ask an American who is his master, he'll tell you he has none. And he has no governor but Jesus Christ."
Letters like this, and sermons like those preached by the Rev. Peter Powers, gave rise to the motto of the American Revolution. Most of us are unaware that the American Revolution even had a motto, but most wars do (e.g., World War II—"Remember Pearl Harbor;" the Texas war for independence—"Remember the Alamo;" etc.). The motto of the American Revolution was directed against King George III who regularly violated "the laws of nature and of nature's God."
The motto was very simple and very direct: "No King but King Jesus!"
Preserving American liberty depends first upon our understanding the foundations on which this great country was built and then preserving the principles on which it was founded. Let's not allow the purpose for which we were established be forgotten.
The founding fathers have passed us a torch; let's not allow it to go out.
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Existentialism provides a moving account of the agony of being in the world. The spirit of existen- tialism has a long history in philosophy. But it be- came a major movement in the second half of the 20th century. Existentialism is not a systematic body of thought like Marxism or psychoanalysis. Instead, it is more like an umbrella under which a very wide range of thinkers struggled with ques- tions about the meaning of life. Much of the appeal and popularity of Existential- ism is due to the sense of confusion, the crisis, and the feeling of rejection and rootlessness that Euro- peans felt during World War II and its aftermath.
Existentialism's focus on each person's role in cre- ating meaning in their life was a major influence on the Phenomenological and Humanistic traditions in psychology and on the "human potential" move- ment that emerged from them. Rene Descartes (1596-1650) said, "Conquer your- self rather than the world. ". To modern existential- ists this means that the World itself has no real meaning or purpose.
It is not the unfolding expres- sion of Human Destiny or a Divine plan, or even a set of natural laws.
The only meaning is that which we create by acts of will. To have a meaningful life we have to act. But we should act without hope. Acting is meaningful but it doesn't create meaning that lasts beyond the acts themselves or beyond our own lifetime. You are what you do – while you are doing it – and then nothing. (Very depressing. ) In The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus (pronounced "Kam-moo") (1913-1960) describes life as a kind of hopeless, endless, uphill labor. Hence, the only true problem is that of suicide. Yet, he rejects nihilism; for the human being must fight and never accept defeat.
The problem is to be a saint without a God. The last judgment takes place everyday. The human being must do his best, try for what he can within the confinements of his situation. Camus describes Sisyphus condemned by the gods to push a stone up a hill over and over, only to have it roll back down each time he reaches the top. A task that can never be completed. But he finds meaning in the fact that Sisyphus at least gets to decide each time whether to carry on or end it all. Camus says, "The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy. " Although there can never be any meaning in Sisy- phus' task, there is meaning is choosing each time to continue. Despite encompassing a staggering range of phi- losophical, religious, and political ideologies, the underlying concepts of existentialism are simple: Mankind has free will. Life is a series of choices, creating stress. Few decisions are without any negative conse- quences. Some things are irrational or absurd, without explanation. If one makes a decision, he or she must follow through. Notes on Existentialism by Tanweer Akram.
The fundamental problem of existentialism is con- cerned with the study of being. The human being's existence is the first and basic fact; the human be- ing has no essence that comes before his existence. The human being, as a being, is nothing. This nothingness and the non-existence of an essence is the central source of the freedom the human being faces in each and every moment. The human being Notes on Existentialism Compiled for PSY 345 (Fall 2004) Existentialism Notes 2 has liberty in view of his situation, in decisions which makes himself and sets himself to solves his problems and
live in the world. Thrown into the world, the human being is con- demned to be free. The human being must take this freedom of being and the responsibility and guilt of his actions. Each action negates the other possible courses of action and their consequences; so the human being must be accountable without excuse. The human being must not slip away from his re- sponsibilities. The human being must take deci- sions and assume responsibilities. There is no sig- nificance in this world, this universe. The human being cannot find any purpose in life; his existence is only a contingent fact.
His being does not emerge from necessity. If a human being rejects the false pretensions, the illusions of his existence hav- ing a meaning, he encounters the absurdity, the fu- tility of life. The human being's role in the world is not predetermined or fixed; every person is com- pelled to make a choice. Choice is one thing the human being must make. The trouble is that most often the human being refuses to choose. Hence, he cannot realize his freedom and the futility of his existence. Basically existence is of two types: authentic and inauthentic forms of existence.
Authentic existence is contrasted with dynamic and is the being-for- itself, rising from the human being's bad faith, by which the human being moves away from the bur- den of responsibility, through this beliefs in dogma and by regarding himself as subject to outside in- fluences and his actions to be predetermined. There is a striking contrast between the authentic and the inauthentic forms of being; the authentic being is the being of the human being and the inau- thentic being is the being for things. Yet, authentic being is only rarely attained by the human being; still it is what the human being must strive to gain.
The inauthentic being-in-itself is characteristically distinctive of things; it is what the human being is diseased with for his failure to see himself as and act according as a free agent and his impotency to reject bad faith. Things are only what they are. But the human being is what can be. Things are deter- mined, fixed, and rigid; the human being is free; he can add essence to his life in the course of his life and he is in a constant state of flux and is able to comprehend his situation.
The human being does not live in a pre-determined world; the human be- ing is free to realize his aims, to materialize his dreams; hence, he has only the destiny he forges for himself because in this world nothing happens out of necessity. The human being hides himself from freedom by self-deception, acting like a thing, as if he is a pas- sive subject, instead of realizing the authentic be- ing for the human being; this is bad faith.
In bad faith, the human being shelter himself from re- sponsibility by not noticing the dimensions of al- ternative courses of action facing him; in bad faith, the human being behaves as others demand of him by conforming to the standards of accepted values and by adopting roles designed for him; in bad faith, the human being loses the autonomy of his moral will, his freedom to decide; in bad faith, the human being imprisons himself within inauthentic- ity for he has refused to take the challenge of re- sponsibility and the anxiety that comes along with his freedom.
Anxiety ascends from the human being's realiza- tion that the human being's destiny is not fixed but is open to an undetermined future of infinite possi- bilities and limitless scope: The emptiness of fu- ture destiny must be filled by making choices for which he alone will assume responsibility and blame.
This anxiety is present at every moment of the human being's existence; anxiety is part and parcel of authentic existence. Anxiety leads the human being to take decisions and be committed. The human being tries to avoid this anguish through bad faith. But the free human being, in his authenticity, must be involved; for his own actions are only his, his responsibility is to himself, his being is his own.
The human being must be com- mitted. To be committed means not to support this in place of that, but to attach a human being's total- ity to a cause; it is the human being's existential freedom that leads to total commitment. Existentialist thinkers begin from the human situa- tion in the world; the condition of despair, the modes of existence, the human being's tendency to avoid authentic existence, his relation to things, his own body, and to other beings, with whom he can- not come into genuine communication, and the sufferings of life.
Starting from the study of being, each existentialist thinkers originate their own doc- trines, with their own emphasis on particular as- pects. Very often their viewpoints is conflicting and sometimes contradictory; yet this philosophi-cal attitude of being, as a whole, can be described as the existentialist movement, which stresses upon the "being" of the human being.
Existentialism Notes 3 Additional Notes on Existentialism Existentialism, philosophical movement or ten- dency, emphasizing individual existence, freedom, and choice, that influenced many diverse writers in the 19th and 20th centuries. Major Themes Because of the diversity of positions associated with existentialism, the term is impossible to define precisely. Certain themes common to virtually all existentialist writers can, however, be identified.
The term itself suggests one major theme: the stress on concrete individual existence and, consequently, on subjectivity, individual freedom, and choice. Moral Individualism Most philosophers since Plato have held that the highest ethical good is the same for everyone; inso- far as one approaches moral perfection, one resem- bles other morally perfect individuals. The 19th- century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, who was the first writer to call himself existential, reacted against this tradition by insisting that the highest good for the individual is to find his or her own unique vocation.
As he wrote in his journal, "I must find a truth that is true for me . . . the idea for which I can live or die. " Other existentialist writers have echoed Kierkegaard's belief that one must choose one's own way without the aid of universal, objective standards. Against the traditional view that moral choice involves an objective judgment of right and wrong, existentialists have argued that no objective, rational basis can be found for moral decisions. The 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche further contended that the indi- vidual must decide which situations are to count as moral situations.
SubjectivityAll existentialists have followed Kierkegaard in s tressing the importance of passionate individual action in deciding questions of both morality and truth. They have insisted, accordingly, that per- sonal experience and acting on one's own convic- tions are essential in arriving at the truth. Thus, the understanding of a situation by someone involved in that situation is superior to that of a detached, objective observer. This emphasis on the perspec- tive of the individual agent has also made existen- tialists suspicious of systematic reasoning.
Kierke- gaard, Nietzsche, and other existentialist writers have been deliberately unsystematic in the exposi- tion of their philosophies, preferring to express themselves in aphorisms, dialogues, parables, and other literary forms. Despite their antirationalist position, however, most existentialists cannot be said to be irrationalists in the sense of denying all validity to rational thought. They have held that rational clarity is desirable wherever possible, but that the most important questions in life are not accessible to reason or science. Furthermore, they have argued that even science is not as rational as is commonly supposed.
Nietzsche, for instance, asserted that the scientific assumption of an orderly universe is for the most part a useful fiction. Choice and Commitment Perhaps the most prominent theme in existentialist writing is that of choice. Humanity's primary dis- tinction, in the view of most existentialists, is the freedom to choose. Existentialists have held that human beings do not have a fixed nature, or es- sence, as other animals and plants do; each human being makes choices that create his or her own na- ture. In the formulation of the 20th-century French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, existence
precedes essence. Choice is therefore central to human exis- tence, and it is inescapable; even the refusal to choose is a choice. Freedom of choice entails com- mitment and responsibility. Because individuals are free to choose their own path, existentialists have argued, they must accept the risk and respon- sibility of following their commitment wherever it leads. Dread and Anxiety Kierkegaard held that it is spiritually crucial to rec- ognize that one experiences not only a fear of spe- cific objects but also a feeling of general apprehen- sion, which he called dread.
He interpreted it as God's way of calling each individual to make a commitment to a personally valid way of life. The word anxiety (German Angst) has a similarly cru- cial role in the work of the 20th-century German philosopher Martin Heidegger; anxiety leads to the individual's confrontation with nothingness and with the impossibility of finding ultimate justifica- tion for the choices he or she must make. In the philosophy of Sartre, the word nausea is used for the individual's recognition of the pure contin- gency of the universe, and the word anguish is used for the recognition of the total freedom of choice that confronts the individual at every mo- ment.
Existentialism Notes 4 History Existentialism as a distinct philosophical and liter- ary movement belongs to the 19th and 20th centu- ries, but elements of existentialism can be found in the thought (and life) of Socrates, in the Bible, and in the work of many premodern philosophers and writers. Pascal The first to anticipate the major concerns of mod- ern existentialism was the 17th-century French phi- losopher Blaise Pascal.
Pascal rejected the rigorous rationalism of his contemporary Rene Descartes, asserting, in his Pensees (1670), that a systematic philosophy that presumes to explain God and hu- manity is a form of pride. Like later existentialist writers, he saw human life in terms of paradoxes: The human self, which combines mind and body, is itself a paradox and contradiction. Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, generally regarded as the founder of modern existentialism, reacted against the system- atic absolute idealism of the 19th-century German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, who claimed to have worked out a total rational understanding of hu- manity and history.
Kierkegaard, on the contrary, stressed the ambiguity and absurdity of the human situation. The individual's response to this situation must be to live a totally committed life, and this commitment can only be understood by the indi- vidual who has made it. The individual therefore must always be prepared to defy the norms of soci- ety for the sake of the higher authority of a person- ally valid way of life. Kierkegaard ultimately advo- cated a "leap of faith" into a Christian way of life, which, although incomprehensible and full of risk, was the only commitment he believed could save the individual from despair.
Nietzsche Nietzsche, who was not acquainted with the work of Kierkegaard, influenced subsequent existential- ist thought through his criticism of traditional metaphysical and moral assumptions and through his espousal of tragic pessimism and the life- affirming individual will that opposes itself to the moral conformity of the majority. In contrast to Kierkegaard, whose attack on conventional moral- ity led him to advocate a radically individualistic Christianity, Nietzsche proclaimed the "death of God" and went on to reject the entire Judeo- Christian moral tradition in favor of a heroic pagan ideal.
Heidegger Heidegger, like Pascal and Kierkegaard, reacted against an attempt to put philosophy on a conclu- sive rationalistic basis—in this case the phenome- nology of the 20th-century German philosopher Edmund Husserl. Heidegger argued that humanity finds itself in an incomprehensible, indifferent world. Human beings can never hope to under- stand why they are here; instead, each individual must choose a goal and follow it with passionate conviction, aware of the certainty of death and the ultimate meaninglessness of one's life. Heidegger contributed to existentialist thought an original em- phasis on being and ontology as well as on lan-
guage. Sartre Sartre first gave the term existentialism general currency by using it for his own philosophy and by becoming the leading figure of a distinct move- ment in France that became internationally influen- tial after World War II. Sartre's philosophy is ex- plicitly atheistic and pessimistic; he declared that human beings require a rational basis for their lives but are unable to achieve one, and thus human life is a "futile passion. "
Sartre nevertheless insisted that his existentialism is a form of humanism, and he strongly emphasized human freedom, choice, and responsibility. He eventually tried to reconcile these existentialist concepts with a Marxist analy- sis of society and history.
Existentialism and Theology Although existentialist thought encompasses the uncompromising atheism of Nietzsche and Sartre and the agnosticism of Heidegger, its origin in the intensely religious philosophies of Pascal and Kierkegaard foreshadowed its profound influence on 20th-century theology. The 20th-century Ger- man philosopher Karl Jaspers, although he rejected explicit religious doctrines, influenced contempo- rary theology through his preoccupation with tran- scendence and the limits of human experience.
The German Protestant theologians Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann, the French Roman Catholic theologian Gabriel Marcel, the Russian Orthodox philosopher Nikolay Berdyayev, and the German Jewish philosopher Martin Buber inherited many Existentialism Notes 5 of Kierkegaard's concerns, especially that a per- sonal sense of authenticity and commitment is es- sential to religious faith. Existentialism and Literature A number of existentialist philosophers used liter- ary forms to convey their thought, and existential- ism has been as vital and as extensive a movement in literature as in philosophy.
The 19th-century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky is probably the greatest existentialist literary figure. In Notes from the Underground (1864), the alienated anti- hero rages against the optimistic assumptions of rationalist humanism. The view of human nature that emerges in this and other novels of Dostoyevsky is that it is unpredictable and per- versely self-destructive; only Christian love can save humanity from itself, but such love cannot be understood philosophically.
As the character Alyo- sha says in The Brothers Karamazov (1879-80), "We must love life more than the meaning of it. " In the 20th century, the novels of the Austrian Jew- ish writer Franz Kafka, such as The Trial (1925; trans. 1937) and The Castle (1926; trans. 1930), present isolated men confronting vast, elusive, menacing bureaucracies; Kafka's themes of anxi- ety, guilt, and solitude reflect the influence of Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, and Nietzsche.
The in- fluence of Nietzsche is also discernible in the nov- els of the French writers Andre Malraux and in the plays of Sartre. The work of the French writer Al- bert Camus is usually associated with existential- ism because of the prominence in it of such themes as the apparent absurdity and futility of life, the indifference of the universe, and the necessity of engagement in a just cause. Existentialist themes are also reflected in the theater of the absurd, nota- bly in the plays of Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco.
In the United States, the influence of exis- tentialism on literature has been more indirect and diffuse, but traces of Kierkegaard's thought can be found in the novels of Walker Percy and John Up- dike, and various existentialist themes are apparent in the work of such diverse writers as Norman Mailer, John Barth, and Arthur Miller. Conclusion Existentialists make endless claims.
They never bother to show how they reached their claims or if these are, indeed, true. The existentialists when he pretends to present a representation of reality pro- vides no cognition; unverifiable assertions may well express powerful and even necessary emo- tions and passions, but that's best left to the arts and literature. Existentialism is a highly passionate philosophy and, from the outset, seems to aim at a dynamic and fashionable life-style.
Also it is mostly unsys- tematic and pays little attention to logic or science. Whatever one makes of its metaphysical claims, one cannot deny that existentialism was able to provide a moving account of the spirit of the con- temporary world and the nausea and frustration of survival. Indeed, it is basically for its richness in psychological insight and its impact on culture that existentialist philosophy will continued to be stud- ied.


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Junior Teya Nolan named 2016 Western Mass. Girls Volleyball Player of the Year. Additionally, Teya and Claire Basler-Chang were A1-State Selections on this Volleyball team.
- Amherst Sophomore Sophia Jacobs-Townsley named 2016 Western Mass. Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
- Four Amherst High School Athletes were honored as Hampshire Gazette Players of the Year. They are: Sophia Jacobs-Townsley, Sophomore, Amherst, (Girls Cross Country). Megan Rice, Senior, Amherst (Volleyball). Samson Heyer, Senior, Amherst (Boys Soccer). Jack Yanko, Sophomore, Amherst (Boys Cross Country)
- Congratulations goes out to Sidilene Pereira DaVeiga, who was nominated and selected to attend the First Annual Indoor Track Recognition Breakfast on Friday, February 17th. This Breakfast recognize and celebrates student-athletes who have shown success both in the classroom, in their sport, and are also involved in their community. The Breakfast will be held at the MIAA offices, 33 Forge Parkway, Franklin, Ma. The morning will start at 8:30 with check-in and breakfast, followed by welcoming messages, presentation of certificates, and a guest speaker.


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Taryn Simon's 007 Art Opening Draws Jared Leto, Elle Fanning
Simon's opening of her latest exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, "Birds of the West Indies" which homages Bond films, also drew artist Alex Israel and actor Henry Winkler.
Entering artist Taryn Simon's latest exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, there is a lilting, slightly ominous sound of "Under the Mango Tree," sung by Nikki van der Zyl, who voiced all of Ursula Andress' lines in the film, Dr. No. The sound emanates from part of a video in which van der Zyl reads all of Andress' character Honey Ryder's lines from the first Bond film. Andress was one of only ten Bond girls who refused to be photographed for Simon's new project "Birds of the West Indies" which spotlights the "It" girls, a where are they now of sorts, of all the Bond girls featured in the iconic films.
The opening for Simon's new 007 based work -- which also shows the weapons, vehicles and even birds seen in the films -- coincided with Oscar week and what is always one of the more star-studded art events of the year. Simon's husband Jake Paltrow and Paltrow's mother Blythe Danner were on hand.
Other notable attendees included John Waters, Jared Leto, Elle Fanning, photographers Greg Gorman and Terry Richardson, new MOCA director Philippe Vergne, and artists Alex Isreal, Sam Falls and Doug Aitken.
The Holywood Reporter spoke with actor Henry Winkler, portrayer of another cool iconic stud, about the show. As to the "real" James Bond, Winkler was definitive: "Sean Connery. Has never been equaled ... maybe Daniel Craig. God bless all of the other actors, but Sean Connery is my favorite because he was limitless."
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Simon's "Birds of the West Indies" takes its title from an actual volume on birds created by James Bond, the ornithologist on whom Ian Fleming based the secret agent's name. The first "volume" of the exhibition is a group of images documenting the "Bond girls" along with cars and guns appearing in all of the 007 films. The objects are all photographed on a black background: the "Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt," the "Mechanical Arm" and several models of the ubiquitous PPK. The women were photographed by Simon in front of a white backdrop. In contrast to the extreme gender stereotyping of the films, she did not direct them or dictate their appearance. Some of them, like Helga Brandt 's "Karin Dor," stand plainly, resigned to their lost "It Girl"-ness. Others, like Kristina Wayborn, "Magda," vamp a little, revisiting the sex symbol status of their youth.
The second "volume" of the series involves an exhaustive ornithological investigation of the Bond films. In an elaborate turnaround, Simon assumes the role of the actual James Bond, scientist, and documents every bird appearing in the various Bond films. As with the first volume of the series, all the images are organized in an objective and systematic manner. The artist's imperfect second generation black and white images begin to associate with other art world photographers who work off of other existing photographs, Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince among them. Simon is more removed, as no evidence of her hand or image enter the documentation. This line between the objective and the subjective is of particular interest to the artist. Simon is soft-spoken but lucid in discussing her research: "I am always skating that line between science and aesthetics. Science itself often gives the appearance of authority or clear answer, and it is often design that is rendering that certainty. And I like playing with that and creating systems that appear certain in my work, and that appear absolute, but are in fact just creations of my own."
"Birds of the West Indies" will be on view at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills until April 12, 2014.


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One can write long and in detail about the healing powers of plants and there will still be something to add. It is fascinating how many plants we see every day and even use for culinary purposes, have a beneficial effect on us. For today's article, we have chosen the many benefits of lemon geranium. However, we will endeavor to enrich you with further useful knowledge about the medicinal herbs. Now we can see what lemon geranium is and how it can help to improve our lives.
Everyone knows the lemon geranium, but the few know how healthy it is
What is the lemon geranium?
The lemon geranium or as everyone knows it, the lemon geranium is a very common balcony and indoor plant that has proven useful and healthy in many situations. The plant can be multiplied quickly and is also really easy to care for. Obtain a lemon geranium and benefit from its great properties!
The well-known balcony and houseplant can also bring benefits to our health with a single fragrance sheet
A very simple example: Rub yourself with 2-3 leaves of lemon geranium in the evening and pull off in the summer. You will finally be able to enjoy the evening outside in peace. Why? Because no mosquitoes will approach you. The essential oil, which is in the leaves and why the geraniums smell so wonderful, keeps mosquitoes away and works well with stings. In addition to antibacterial, the lemon geranium can still be responsible for a charming experience of the taste buds.
You can also use the natural pure essential oil of geranium and benefit from it
Effect and application of the lemon geranium
Because of the enchanting scent and the beneficial effects of the lemon geranium is preferred in many areas as a remedy or baking additive. It is said that even a sheet of lemon geranium is the first aid to alleviate earache. Using the pure essential oil brings the emotions back into balance and is even successfully used against depression. Lemon geranium supplements are also preferred in intestinal complaints and fight well parasites in the intestinal area.
Nothing refreshes better and cools off more permanently than an ice cream flavored with fresh lemon geranium leaves
The aromatic oil eliminates mosquitoes and keeps away ticks
What else should be known about the lemon geranium, except that it eliminates mosquitoes and improves the mood?
With real lemon geranium or with a natural geranium oil, you can conjure up fantastic dessert masterpieces. If you like the aroma of the geranium, you can use it to prepare ice cream or the summer cake and combine pleasure with effect.
Last but not least, one takes geranium or its products for regulating and relieving monthly complaints.
Ask for the geranium essential oil in the health food store or health food store
The geranium on the windowsill does not let mosquitoes or flies into the apartment
Try the lemony aroma of geranium the next time you bake a cake
Herb butter with a difference – dare to prepare several dishes with the medicinal plant
Sweets can be re-evaluated, even if they include healthy
Any dessert enriched with ethereal aromas will automatically become special and special
The oil of geranium protects against ticks and you can finally learn undisturbed outdoors
Mosquitoes like to stay away from the strong aroma of lemon geranium
Naturally and harmless you can protect the children from insects
There are numerous geranium varieties and it is always worthwhile to have them all in the garden or on the balcony
Cake and fruit bread with geranium flavor are unique and very effective
Jams and compotes are good for the fresh lemon fragrance of geranium
The plant and the vegetable oil are used sensibly in natural cosmetics
A homemade and refreshing lemonade can be even more delicious with some leaves of lemon geranium
For quinces and peaches the scent of geranium fits perfectly


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Quick story:
I have had multiple clients that have found that they are unable to continue making progress towards their fitness goals. As a trainer that hopes to have influence over multiple aspects of a clients' life, I often feel straight up at fault. It makes me want to dive into every aspect of their life and play around with all of the variables - because there must be a way...right?
Yes and No. Everyone should be able to continue making progress towards a fitness goal (sans something like birth control, for example, that can impede weight loss), but what we run into is a variable that few trainers even consider...stress.
Biologically, the stress response found in animals is an amazing thing! It sets the body up to act in a moment's notice to an environmental stimulus that could potentially be deadly (i.e. getting chased by a bear). Unfortunately for our urban societies, however, this same response is triggered when we are psychologically stressed out from unpaid bills, an argument with a friend, busy times at work, planning a wedding, etc.
Here's what I have run into as a trainer when I know that the client I am dealing with is stressed out:
- Muscle tightness and pain that doesn't seem to go away despite being worked on
- Inability to pay attention to the workouts - all sorts of anxiety and a constant need to check email
- Eating and drinking stuff that they know is counterproductive to their goals (and not strategically)
- Sleeping too little
I did a little bit of research to see what else happened when one is chronically stressed out:
- Memory problems ensue
- Poor Judgement
- Constant Worrying
- Irritability
- Overwhelmed Feelings
- Constantly getting sick
- Reliance on alcohol/drugs to relax
Unfortunately, chronic stress is a side effect of living in our society today. Not only are we bombarded by stimuli environmentally, we are pushed to the emotional and psychological brink through work and interpersonal relationships. In this world, it is important to find...no, MAKE time to destress AND decompress.
Everyone's stressors are different, so responding to them should be customized to your individual needs. Just because you are meditating or doing yoga, you need to look at what may be required to truly get away from what is causing the biggest problems. While a vacation from a stressful job would be ideal, I understand that this is the real world and maybe it needs to be thought of as a smaller, more regular effort at getting away from work. I find it fascinating that when clients go on vacations, their muscular problems tend to go away or lessen.
Some ideas that have helped me or people I know get away from the stress:
- Meditation (daily): They have great phone apps and such that are a great way to get yourself immersed in this now as the market for it increases every day. From there, seek out ways to do meditation in a less tech-oriented way to increase its effects.
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- Tech Redux: Stay away from your phone, computer, and TV (even though it may feel relaxing, news and shows can be tiring and stressful too). Find yourself getting into a book, game, or hobby that takes your mind off of your daily life stresses.
- One of my favorite things to do to get away from my phone is take a walk without it. We live in a beautiful city, filled with all sorts of stressors; but if you go out with a relaxed mind and no phone you will see just how beautiful it is.
- Vacation: This is a big one. I know that it is not exactly easy to just go on vacation, but try to plan one in the near future. It will help ease the stress and give you stuff to do when you need to get away from work for a little bit.
- Deep breathing exercises (you can even do this one at work!): Like the ones found here. As you may know, I am a huge fan of correct breathing as it is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to functional movement. Bad breathing technique is directly correlated with tension in the body and is a good indication of how stressed out you are. The PRI breathing exercises are another example of focused breathing that can help you relax.
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The Ritual
Inktober 2016 Day, The Eighteenth: For all her exhaustion, nothing replenished Gillian quite like her 'nightly sip of serenity'. Yea, she always had a moment for that most sacred of her evening rituals: just before falling asleep, she'd stare into Jacob's old lamp, feeling the light fall upon her like a kiss. All those little important things blurred together and vanished; All the noise slowed and dimmed until there was only one thing to hear in the darkness- her own voice saying, "This, my Life- O, the Humbling Wonder!". And the darkness that followed became warm and magnanimous.
Solomon Landerman