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|Look up homie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Homie (from "homeboy") is an English language slang term found in American urban culture, whose origins etymologists generally trace[1] to Mexican American Spanglish from the late 19th century, with the word "homeboy" meaning a male friend from back home. The words had use Latino and chicano communities (Zootsuiters) in the United States, starting in the late 1930s/early 1940s and continuing up to the present. As slang terms, the words have come to have variations in meaning, depending on local subcultures in a region, without the stability provided for dictionary-defined words. The term has also been traced to military slang[citation needed].
The late 19th century was a time when many Latinos were migrating to cities in larger numbers, and the word "homeboy" meant a male friend from back home.[citation needed] It was eventually shortened to "homie". The word is also a contraction of Mexican slang words "homeboy" or "homebuddies" which became prevalent among some of the youth in Latino and Chicano communities in the United States, starting in the late 1960s and continuing up to the present. Since the 1980s, the word has been particularly prevalent in hip hop subculture.
Some etymologists have said the term "home boy" may have had its origins in the Spanish word "hombre" which means "man".[citation needed]
Other sources state that "homeboy" originated during the Vietnam War era in the military, and referenced two soldiers being from the same hometown. Once it was discovered that two soldiers were from the same hometown, they would refer to each other as Homeboy, which was later shortened to Homie or Home.[citation needed]
Variations in usage
In an early use of the term "homie", Ella Mae Morse, a white singer, in the original 1946 version of the song "House of Blue Lights" asks, "What's that homie?" to Freddie Slack, the writer of the song.[citation needed]
In 1992, the Latino rap hip hop group called A Lighter Shade of Brown released the recording "Homies" on their Hip Hop Locos album, which describes what a homie is in the Latino community. The status of "homie" is similar to "my best friend" or "someone I can trust", as in, "This is my homie Alex, we've known each other since grade school", or "I won't be around this afternoon, but you can give the money to my homie James, and he'll give it to me later."
In the hip-hop culture the homeboy image is important for artists and audiences. The need to appear "hip" and "fresh" with attitudes, clothing, and jewelry is an important aspect as with other cultures and subcultures. The inspiration for this homeboy image can be traced to Malcolm X, who also rebelled against a tradition of being perceived as ineffectual.[2] It has been argued that hip-hop has redefined the homeboy by providing him with functions that contradict society's view of him. Manthia Diawara, author of the article "Homeboy Cosmopolitan", writes, "Hip-hop culture gives aesthetic pleasure through ironic and parodic play with mainstream images of black people".[2] Diawara argues that hip-hop permits the creation of a new image of black cultures, because it sharply turns against preconceived notions of African-American society and allows for the creation of a new image of black Americans. This image of staying hip is always evolving with new dress styles and sayings.
As a Mexican-American slang word created in Southern California by Rey Fierro in the early 20th century cholo-style generation, the term can be traced back to fact-based films such as Boulevard Nights (dramatizing their culture from 1975–1978), Blood In Blood Out/Bound By Honor (1972–1984 culture), and American Me (1940–50s culture).
The Southern California slang term "choloz", or Nahuatl for "it jumps", is inspired by cultural self-identity. The word originates from a commonly believed police mantra, "Get [to] home boy; before we beat you down". This stems from the practice of late night de facto detainment by the police in the chicano barrios; anyone found outside late at night would get a promised beating. Often it has been said that police would announce, "This is your new home boy so get used to it" when orientating detainees to the jail staff.[citation needed] Consequently this led to the creation of the Chicano Militancy movement and neighborhood street soldiers of "homeboys" who challenged the "[white] man, e.g., power" repression.[citation needed]
In humorous usage, the comedian Pablo Francisco has utilized the similarity between "homie" and "homo" in some of his stand-up routines. The trailer for a Francisco's fictional film about gay gangsters includes "They were homies … they were homie-sexuals."[3]
In recent times, on August 14, 2009, an 11-year-old TV reporter, Damon Weaver, from South Florida interviewed President Barack Obama and declared that the President was now his "homeboy".[4]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Diawara, Manthia. "Homeboy Cosmopolitan". In Search of Africa, 245–46. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998.
- ↑ "Pablo Francisco — Bits and Pieces: Live from Orange County". Amazon.com. Retrieved Apr 26, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Reals, Tucker (August 14, 2009). "Reporter, 11, Grants Obama Homeboy Status". CBSnews.com.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>


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Billing System .net to SQL
Presupuesto $300-1500 USD
VoIP Billing System;
Interface – Nothing Fancy just need it to work and be user friendly
Database – We will need integration with SQL
Programming Language - .NET preferably 2
We will need the framework on completion of the project, we will use the programmer again and more frequently based on results.
Invoicing – Need to export invoices as text, word and PDF docs.
We need to be able to create and invoice with all call details (based on info in attached .csv) and also create invoices minus call details that only show total monthly cost.
Margin – We need to be able to set the sell price of the calls by a total percentage across the board and also specify individual sell prices based on call category i.e Local, National, International and Mobile.
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Total No of Calls Out and In (Holistically, per customer, per site and per user or source)
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This beer was brewed on 11/08/15. This is my third year brewing this beer, but I was still doing partial mashes the first time around, pre blog days. This beer started off as a direct clone of Firestone Walker's Wookie Jack. If you haven't tried that beer, do yourself a favor and find it. Get it fresh of course since unfortunately Firestone beers can sometimes sit around for a bit, at least around Chicago. The dark malts and rye lend a really cool blend of flavors that play really nicely with the Amarillo and Citra hops.
Last year I tweaked a couple things from it being a direct clone, such as upping the bittering a bit, and a different yeast. I also increased the late hops. The type of hops used remained the same, and the malt bill received only minor tweaks.
For this year's Black December, I've made a few more, mostly minor tweaks. Most of these changes fall in line with my current brewing practices, such as loads of late hops in styles appropriate for it, 180 degree hopstands, and higher chloride water for mouthfeel and smoothness. The two major changes would be the addition of Mosaic hops, and using my new love, Wyeast 1318 London Ale III. I have loved everything I've used this yeast on so far, so I expect this will be no different. I feel it compliments both malt and hops equally well, and should go great with this beer. The Mosaic hops have quickly become one of my favorite varieties in my beers. They have such a variety of flavors and aromas that you would almost think they could be a hop blend like Falconers Flight. There are times where I think they are citrus, sometimes tropical fruit, berries, and other times they seem dank and earthy. I wanted to kick the hops in this up a bit, and Mosaic with Citra and Amarillo should be a citrusy fruit bomb.
I'm surprised that more breweries haven't made beers similar to this one. The way the rye adds another dimension to a black IPA is wonderful. It lends a bit of spiciness and smoothness to the finish that adds a little more complexity than your typical Black IPA. I've had a few other examples of Black Rye IPA's, but for the accolades that Wookie Jack has gotten, I'm surprised more breweries haven't had a take on it.
On to the brew day. Really, there's not a whole lot to say about the brew day itself. It was pretty quiet for most of the day, and I was alone for much of it. My wife was in and out, as were a couple of the neighbors, but it was a calm day. This was probably for the best, as I was HURTING from the Hoppy Grinchmas brewday/bottle share from the night before. I mashed in at 152 for an hour, and got the boil going. No boil overs unlike last year! The hour long boil went smoothly, nothing was forgotten or missed. I killed the heat after the hour was up, let the temp drop to 180, and then hit it with a big hopstand addition for 30 minutes. The beer came in a couple points high, so I diluted it with just a bit of distilled water until I got back to my intended SG of 1.074.
The beer fermented at 68 degrees for 5 days when I dded the first round of dry hops. As I've mentioned elsewhere in this blog, I like to do the first round of dry hops while fermentation is still slightly active. You lose a bit of aroma due to the C02 scrubbing it, but it adds another dimension to the flavor and aroma of the beer. There are some yeast/hop oil biotransformations that happen here that I will not even pretend to fully understand, but I love the results even if I don't understand the science behind it!
Keg Update: The beer was kegged after the beer had 4 days on the first round of dry hops. The FG of the beer came in at 1.012, so I should have an ABV of about 8.2%, consistent with what I was shooting for. The sample tasted amazing at keg time, and that was without another big dose of dry hops! I can't wait to start drinking this one!
I lost my notes on the water chemistry for this one, but if I recall correctly my calcium was around 130ish, sulfate was 150ish, and chloride was near 200.
Recipe Specifications
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.073 SG
Measured OG: 1.074
Estimated Color: 41.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 71.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
11 lbs Brewers Malt 2-Row (Briess) (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 71.0 %
2 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 2 12.9 %
12.0 oz Chocolate Wheat Malt (550.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.8 %
8.0 oz Carafa III (Weyermann) (525.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.2 %
8.0 oz Caramel Rye (Weyermann) (66.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.2 %
12.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 6 4.8 %
1.25 oz Warrior [15.00 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 56.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] – Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 7.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] – Boil 5.0 mi Hop 9 7.4 IBUs
2.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] – Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 m Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] – Steep/Whirl Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] – Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] – Dry Hop 1
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] – Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 1
1.00 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] – Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 2
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] – Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 2
1.00 oz Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] – Dry Hop 2
2.0 pkg London Ale III (Wyeast Labs #1318) [124. Yeast 13 –
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs 8.0 oz
Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 18.44 qt of water at 164.4 F 152.0 F 60 min
Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (0.65gal, 3.49gal) of 168.0 F water
Tasting Notes 12/27/15:
Appearance: Black December pours black as the name implies, with hints of ruby or brown along the edges when held to the light. The beer had a nice tan lingering head that clings nicely to the side of the glass.
Smell: Hop forward, but the rye and dark malt is evident too. The hop aroma is mostly citrus and a bit of pineapple and passion fruit. The hop aroma isn't quite as strong as I would have thought for the amount used, but its still pretty good.
Taste: Really well balanced. The bitterness is really smooth, and lingers just a little bit from sip to sip. The hop flavors are orange citrus heavy with notes of pineapple as well. The rye is pretty evident as well. I'd like to dial the roast flavors back just a bit for next time, though they certainly aren't overpowering. Maybe cold steeping them would help, or maybe I just need to tweak the recipe a bit. Its really good though, so I wouldn't do much.
Mouthfeel: One of the biggest improvements over last year. This beer is sooooo smooth and creamy without losing its dry bite or feeling thick. Between the 1318 London Ale III yeast, the higher chloride in the mash, and the rye, the body on this one is incredible.
Overall: This beer is pretty damn close to being dialed in, and it lived up to my expectations. Its one of my favorite beers that I brew, and this batch was the best of this beer that I've brewed. I have no doubt that kegging this for the first time helped, but I really like the other changes over prior batches. I love the nuances that the Mosaic hops added to the aroma and flavor. I'm thrilled with everything I've used the 1318 yeast in. I'd like to maybe go a bit lighter in the specialty malts to let the hops come through just a bit more, but its 95% there. All in all, I'm very pleased with this one!


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Posted on January 31.2013 | article by: Shira Lazar host and executive producer of What's Trending .
Follow your passion. Passion is a fuel for your mission.
Have a clear goal. Know exactly what do you want, how to get there and how it will make a change in the world.
Recognize your philosophy and try to achieve your target in light of this philosophy.
Put attention on quality, much before you are running to raise money.
Hire people you feel comfortable with – they share your passion, values and beliefs.
Create movements, not just a product. Even if your ideas are not totally original/world changing, you can success.
You don't have to be like other entrepreneur, you just have to research yourself good enough to get the right answers regarding – who you are, what is your purpose/target, what kind of a leader you want to be, etc.
Balance product with create social marketing – pay attention to build a great product first. Zuckerberg was very deliberate in how he rolled out his product to his users across college campuses and then beyond. He ensured that their capacity was able to handle the new demand. When had a great product, they started their focusing on marketing, passionate users first.
Identify your customers and choose the right platform for a success engagement. Whether it will be facebook, pinterest, google+ or any other platform.
If your resources are limited, focus on building an engaging community on just one network. Then, creating relevant content, responding in real-time and providing constant value will help you engage more customers.
In 2013, analytics will become more sophisticated, useful and will be integrated into more services. Thus – tools for analyzing data faster and better will be crucial. As a result, decision-making cycles will get shorter.
The article, Think Like Zuck: The Secrets to Facebook's Success, was republished from Entrepreneur.


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The Star Man by Jan Irving
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Holiday
Length: Short Story (93 pgs)
Other: BDSM, M/M, Spanking
Rating: 4 Cherries
Reviewed by Fern
On Christmas Eve, Matthew Cromby is fired by Dove Hollister, the man he has a secret crush on. But things get much stranger when, right in front of him, Dove is hit by lightning and wakes up a different man--a sweet, sexy, and untouched angel who has been watching Matthew, drawn by his yearning. Dove can't stay on Earth, and protective Matthew vows to help him get home, despite his desire for the innocent angel who is trying to heal his heart.
The Star Man is a story that offers something unique in the M/M genre. As a fan of Jan Irving, I was curious about a premise in which an angel comes to earth, falls in love, and heals the wounds of a tormented soul. It sounded fascinating, and although I worried the elements might not work, I'm pleased to say that the way she handled the material went beyond my wildest imaginings.
Matthew went to jail for defending a loved one, only to be shunned in turn. Now, he's bitter and hollow, a former shadow of what he used to be. In the beginning, it's hard to like him, as he's caustic and spiteful. However, when his boss and fantasy man, Dove, is struck by lightning, things begin to change. The entity inside Dove claims to be an angel that has watched over Matthew all his life. Drawn to his pain, the angel seeks to eradicate it and replace it with happiness. As the story progresses, this Matthew is forced to come to terms with his past and discovers it's okay to love and forgive. The emotions run high and at times are almost too much to bear.
The writing is wonderful, as I've come to expect with Ms. Irving. She weaves fascinating stories with memorable characters. I enjoyed the relationship that developed between Matthew and "Angel" and felt that the ending was fitting with all things considered. There is more here than a sexy tale (though you get that as well) but focuses on the growing trust and love between two souls who cannot exist in happiness without the other. The sci-fi aspects were a bit strange (angel isn't an angel exactly, but an alien), but Irving manages to bring it all together so that by the end, it's buyable and doesn't detract from the story or the inevitable conclusion.
If you're in the market for a story that is different yet intriguing, The Star Man is just what you're looking for.


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Can neurons regenerate? Are the brain and spinal cord nerve cells able to repair themselves or replicate? This is a topic that has received more attention in the past decade than it enjoyed in the previous 50 years. To appreciate this some historical review is in order.
But first, here's a story to begin this section. Recently, in 2006, Dr. Michael Fehlings extracted adult stem cells, not embryonic fetal stem cells, from adult rats and injected them into the spinal cords of rats that had had their spinal cords crushed. He found that when he treated these "implanted" rats with a cocktail of human growth hormone, and minocycline, these rats were able to make new myelin sheaths around the nerve fibers which restablished the ability of the nerves to conduct their signals from the brain to the muscles of the limbs. The rats were able to again bear weight on their legs (and arms) and to walk with better coordination. The implanted adult stem cells had become new perineural cells which made and repaired the myelin. We didn't think this was possible.
Dr. Joseph Altman, using a relatively new technology in the 1960's, injected animals with radioactive thymidine and looked for its presence in neurons. Its presence would denote the formation of new DNA sequences and therefore, by extension, new cells. And indeed he found it. However, as is often the case with such discoveries that call into question basic tenets of science and utilize novel methodologies, his findings were largely ignored.
The concept of the static brain gathered momentum with the research of Dr. Pasko Rakic at Yale. In the 1980's he used much the same technique used by Dr. Altman at MIT, radioactive thymidine labeling of new neurons in primates. However, unlike Dr. Altman, he was unable to identify any uptake of thymidine in his primate model. This result appears to have confirmed Dr. Cajal's findings more than a half century before and scientists were satisfied that in the adult mammal no neurogenesis occurs.
Since the mid 1990's, however, more and more data from well designed studies has begun to accumulate. Dr. Ronald Duman has demonstrated the propagation of trophic and growth factors (brain derived growth factor or BDGF) which result from brain tissue exposure to antidepressants such as fluoxetine and other SSRI antidepressants. These trophic factors stimulate neurogenesis by 50% in the hippocampus of the rat. Dr. Duman believes this observation may account for the 7-14 day delay in the clinical benefits of antidepressant medications and that the effects of the medications are dependent on the generation of new neurons rather than exclusively on the inhibition of the reuptake of serotonin. He has also demonstrated that stress decreases these same trophic factors which are stimulated by exposure to fluoxetine.
Dr. Elizabeth Gould has data in primates that shows when they are exposed to novel environments, the hippocampal neuron count increases dramatically, but under stressful conditions for prolonged periods of time, the count decreases. Additionally, in the novel environment, the dendritic number and density increases. This may account for the different findings of Rakic in whose studies the primates were not constantly exposed to novel environmental stimuli.
To add even more support to the concept of neurogenesis in the adult mammalian brain, Dr. Jonas Frisen published a paper in 1999 identifying stem cells in the brain. These adult stem cells are stimulated to differentiate into neurons by a cascade of proteins and trophic factors. Dr. Frisen is working to identify drugs that might trigger this cascade and subsequent differentiation of adult stem cells, specifically in the substantia nigra of a rat model of Parkinson's disease. He has data to show a reversal of limb paralysis after 5 weeks of treatment with one of his drugs suggesting a restoration of dopamine neurons in the brains of these animals.
So by way of review, since 1995 the field of neuroscience has progressed from a belief that was spawned at the turn of 1900 by Dr Cajal's papers postulating the absence of neurogenesis in the adult mammalian brain to the demonstration of the presence of adult stem cells in the mammalian brain which are capable of differentiating into new neurons as a result of stimulation of the trophic protein cascade by certain drugs and chemicals and that then can be integrated into the brain's functional network.
And why wouldn't this be the case? After all, mammals have stem cells in every tissue. Erythropoesis is probably the best known example of adult stem cell differentiation and it is stimulated by erythropoietin, a hormone, and by L-carnitine, and by taurine, and by somatotropin or human growth hormone, to name only a few. Dermis and endothelial tissues regenerate similarly and can be stimulated to do so by specific hormones and chemicals such as basic fibroblast growth factor or BFGF that appear to drive the cascade of trophic proteins responsible for this differentiation.
Can neurons regenerate? Are the brain and spinal cord nerve cells able to repair themselves or replicate? This is a topic that has received more attention in the past decade than it enjoyed in the previous 50 years. To appreciate this some historical review is in order.


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Fall Skin Care
Autumn season implies special care for our skin including protection, nourishing, moistening, and cleaning+toning. Today we are going to talk about the methods we can use to take a good care of the skin on this changing year time.
To protect your skin, you'd better have fall creams that are noted "regenerative" or "protective". Such creams will help you to build up the protective barrier for the skin against the weather changes.
It's also worth mentioning that the fall cosmetics should have more fatty components in its composition than the summer one.
But as is generously known, you should know where to stop, because if you overdo it using a too oil rich cream, you simply harm the skim. The thing is that too fatty cream can cork up the pores when heated (at work for instance) leading to the oxygen penetration into the skin cells.
Masks are also of super importance! They should combine both protective and vitamin qualities. The good example is an oat mask.
Prepare this mask at home using the following recipe. Take 3 tbsp warm cream or milk and add them into 1 tbsp rolled oats. Wait until they swell and then apply the mixture onto the face an snack skin. Leave it there for 20 minutes. Then rinse with warm water not soaping after.
You probably think the right way: nourishing is of grand importance. Skin requires vitamin C utterly. See if you can include into your ration this vitamin containing products as much as possible: citrus, apples, bell pepper, kiwi, cabbage, greens.
Fresh barriers, fruits and vegetables are perfect for the homemade-cosmetic masks. But the truth is that sometimes skin can bear them as they are too rich with this vitamin.
That's why you can feel some burning or tingling on the skin during this procedure. To avoid this effect, use fruit-berry-gruels that will make you less discomfort.
Here also some recipes you are free to use in fall:
1. For oily skin: make a mixture of moistening cream, several drops of mint tincture and grated cucumber that narrows pores (very urgent for oily skin). Put this blend onto the skin for 40 minutes. Then rinse it off with warm water.
2. For combination and normal skin: grate the grapes, cabbage, and apple, pear until you get gruel and then add 1 tbsp nourishing cream. Apply the mix onto the skin of the face and neck for 40 minutes and rinse it off on the expiry of this time.
3. For dry skin: the following nourishing blend is a real godsend for dry skin. Mix up oil rich cream, citrus and sea-buckthorn. Then put it on for 40 min and then rinse either.
Our skin suffers from dust, dirt and strong wind in autumn. Thus you should pay a lot of attention to the cleaning procedures that are better to be combined with its toning. The stated below advices can help you to cope with this problem.
Cleaning lotions for normal and oily skin:
- Squeeze juice of an aloe leaves and mix it with 2-3 tbsp of warm water. Rub the skin mornings and evenings daily with this lotion. Keep it in the fridge.
- Take 2 tea spoons of St. John's wort flowers and 2 tea spoons dry leaves of red rose. Pour 3.5 oz 3% table vinegar into the herbal blend. Let if drew for 10-12 days in a glass pot hidden from the sun light. Filter the lotion after that period of time.
Now let's see the toning facial masks.
- Apple mask goes well for the dry skin. Take a half of the apple, peel it off and grate. Then add 1 egg yolk, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tea spoon vegetable oil and 1 tea spoon ascorbic acid into it. Blend the ingredients thoroughly and apply the mask onto the face. Rinse it off with cool water in 15 minutes.
- If you have a sensitive skin, use this mask. Blend 1 vegetable marrow and wait until juice oozes out. Then put 1 egg yolk in to the juiced vegetable marrow and stir it. Apply a thick layer of the mixture onto the clean skin of the face and neck. And leave it for 20 minutes. Then rinse it off with cold water. Complete the procedure rubbing your skin with ice cube.
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Travis Mack named new Xfinity Series crew chief for Michael Annett
Travis Mack, who began the season as Kasey Kahne's crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series, is returning to JR Motorsports.
Mack will take over as crew chief for JRM's No. 5 Chevrolet team and driver Michael Annett in the Xfinity Series beginning this weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Mack replaces Jason Stockert.
Mack, 35, is a former employee of Hendrick Motorsports and JR Motorsports, dating back to 2004. During the 2014-15 season, he held the role of car chief on JRM's No. 9 Xfinity entry and was part of the team's 2014 championship campaign.
"We are constantly building toward the team's future," said Ryan Pemberton, JRM's director of competition. "At this point in the season it was time for us to evaluate where the No. 5 team was and where we wanted it to be moving forward. It became clear a change was necessary.
"I want to thank Jason (Stockert) for all he's done for the organization in building the No. 5 team from the ground up. But we're also looking forward to a new chapter with Travis."
Stockert, who has been with JRM since 2017, will move into another role within the organization.
Following a 14th-place finish at Iowa Speedway last weekend, Annett is currently 14th in the series standings, 40 points outside of the top 12.
"I'm very grateful to be able to return to JR Motorsports," said Mack. "To have been here previously as car chief and now to come back as a crew chief is a tremendous opportunity. I'm looking forward to getting started with the No. 5 team this weekend."
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Dental Hygiene
Program of Study
The Dental Hygiene Program is a two-year course of study that includes lecture, lab and clinical courses. All courses must be taken in sequence. Lecture courses include Infection Control and Safety, Dental Anatomy and Histology, Oral Biology, Oral Roentgenology, Oral Pathology, Pharmacology, Local Anesthesia, Periodontology, Community Dental Health, Restorative Function, and Trends and Issues. All six terms also include lectures in dental hygiene theory and practice. The first year of the program includes 6-14 hours per week of lab, pre-clinical and clinical instruction. The second year of the program includes 17-22 hours per week of clinical instruction.
In order to apply for entry all applicants must complete certain prerequisites with a grade of C or better. See the course catalog for specific requirements
Dental Hygienists enjoy their choice of a wide variety of practice settings such as dental offices, schools, public health clinics, hospitals, correctional facilities, assisted living facilities, cruise ships, VA clinics, military bases, Indian Health Services clinics. Some serve as members of the armed forces. In some cases dental hygienists may also accept well paid international work assignments. Additionally, Dental Hygienists who attain advanced degrees may choose to become educators, researchers, administrators, and preventive program developers, among other career paths.
Flexible scheduling is a distinctive feature of this job. Full-time, part-time, evening, and weekend schedules are widely available. Dentists frequently hire hygienists to work only 2 or 3 days a week, so hygienists may hold jobs in more than one dental office.


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The alarms are sounding in Washington.
According to a Syrian military official, Russian military experts have become more present in Syria over the last year.
"Russian experts are always present but in the last year they have been present to a greater degree," the official said.
Intelligence reports triggered US Secretary of State John Kerry to call Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday, and warn about the consequences of Russia expanding its military role in Syria, The New York Times reports.
Following the call, a spokeswoman for Lavrov said that "the Kremlin had long provided military assistance to the Syrian government in its fight against extremists and expressed surprise at Kerry's warning."
However, as The New York Times notes:
Russia appeared to be making preparations to deploy advisers and military personnel to an airfield south of Latakia and might also bring in aircraft and fly airstrikes from there.
Those preparations included the delivery of prefabricated housing for as many as 1,000 personnel and a portable air traffic control station to the airfield.
Over the weekend, two giant Russian Condor transport planes ferried more supplies and equipment from an air base in southern Russia across Iran and Iraq to Latakia, according to an American official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official was discussing intelligence reports.
"They're clearly establishing some sort of forward operating base," an unidentified US official reportedly said.
Syrian President Bashar Assad's weakening regime isn't good for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"If the West succeeds in turning the tide of the war while Assad is vulnerable, the political outcomes in Syria are more likely to be dictated by the US,"geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia Group, told Business Insider.
"Which means Putin needs to bolster Assad now," Bremmer added.
Since Syria's civil war began in 2011, regime barrel bombs have killed more than 12,000 people, dwarfing the combined number killed by ISIS and Al Qaeda.
Michael B. Kelley contributed to this report.


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Every time the Purl Bee features a new pairing of fabrics for this lap duvet project, I can't resist making yet another one – they are just so simple to make, yet so elegant and beautiful when finished! These fabrics are particularly stunning: Robert Kaufman's Chambray Union Dot and Moda's 200 Count Muslin.
Unfortunately, there's no way a photo can convey the texture and sheen of these fabrics – you really have to see them in person. I bought the kit that Purl Soho assembled, comprised of:
1 3/4 yard of the Chambray Union Dot in color Indigo
1 3/4 yard of the Muslin in color Natural
1 throw-size Quilter's Dream Dream Wool batting
Gutermann cotton thread in color 1040
I followed the simple instructions and finished in not much more than an hour. This is definitely a gift for someone who will notice and appreciate luxury fabrics and materials, because it is very understated, but absolutely gorgeous.Pin It


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VMware load balancing gets tricky with large VMs
VMware increased the maximum VM size in vSphere 5.1. With large VMs comes a greater responsibility for VMware load balancing and availability.
Large virtual machines can test the limits of VMware load balancing and high availability technologies. VMware admins with large and important VMs -- like those running mission-critical apps -- need to keep performance high and resource utilization efficient to reap their benefits.
With the release of vSphere 5.1, VMware enabled larger virtual machines: 64 vCPUs and 1 TB of vRAM. Enterprises also are virtualizing complex, mission-critical apps, sometimes in multi-tiered vApps that use several VMs.
What do vSphere and vCloud admins have to watch out for when they deploy large VMs and multi-tiered vApps?
When deploying large VMs in vSphere or any other virtualized environment, pay close attention to load distribution and high availability balancing. Load distribution and high-availability balancing are not always easy to achieve, nor are automated vSphere load balancing and HA tools always up to the task in highly asymmetrical environments.
Absolute RAM and CPU consumption don't tell a VM's whole story. For example, a modern 2P server can easily host 512 GB of RAM. If a 384 GB VM resides on that server, with high RAM requirements but low CPU utilization, can you add a smaller VM with low RAM requirements but high CPU utilization?
Maybe, maybe not. There are many considerations. What percentage of the system's RAM bandwidth is consumed by that high-RAM large VM? What are the networking and storage I/O impacts on that host? There could be secondary effects on bandwidth caused by intense work bursts on RAM (or PCI Express peripherals). Admins will find that Distributed Resource Scheduler, the VMware load balancer, is not adept at digging this deep into resource usage.
Large, critical VMs face a considerable HA risk. If the primary host for a huge VM dies, what other host can take on the significant resource drain of this large VM? Do you even have a 384 GB block of RAM available on another host? The VM's other subsystems are likely to be affected by the VM's failover. Again, admins cannot always rely on the "balanced" readout built into the vSphere client.
Additional resources:
- VMware's Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman cover VMware load balancing in their book, VMware vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive.
- Epping's and Denneman's work is reflected in Cloudphysics' offering, which is a simple HA monitoring solution designed for tricky VM load-balancing problems.
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Related Q&A from Trevor Pott
Does performance data have to get trashed following ESXi migration?
Saving and referring to performance data following a switch to a different version of vCenter can be done, but not without some difficulty. Continue Reading
It's getting hot in here: Performing a hot VM clone
Long possible with vSphere, live VM cloning is now a reality with the latest version of Hyper-V. But what options do you have on other platforms? Continue Reading
How NPIV almost guarantees unique WWNs
Though aberrations exist, WWNs are nearly always unique, and the advent of NPIV technology on virtualization platforms helps ensure this fact. Continue Reading


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This installation procedure describes the installation from Git. Therefore we assume that your are an advanced user who knows the shell! After downloading and prepared the phTagr must be initialized which is described in SetupProcedure. Please read the SoftwareRequirements before installing!
It really good that you want to stay at the edge by fetching phTagr from the Git repository!
The given installation examples are based in on Ubuntu 10.10 but works similar on other system, too. We assume that you install phTagr in a system wide environment - default location in /var/www/. It is possible to use the git version also in your user directory ~/public_html. Please read this manual and adapt the steps to HowToInstallInUserDir.
See also:
- HowToInstall - Installes phTagr as system wide gallery (server version)
- HowToInstallInUserDir - Installes phTagr in your home directory (~/public_html)
- HowToMigrateToGit - Migrate a release installation to the Git version
Get phTagr via Git
$ cd $ git clone git://github.com/xemle/phtagr.git phtagr $ cd phtagr $ git submodule init $ git submodule update $ cd /var/www $ sudo mv ~/phtagr .
Now your folder structure looks like this:
/phtagr /cakephp <-- CakePHP framework /Config <-- Basic configuration path /core.php <-- Basic core configuration file /database.php <-- Database configuration file (can be created automatically) ... /users <-- Directory of your user's files, photos, videos, cached previews, ... /tmp <-- Directory for log files, cache files, ... /webroot <-- Directory of public files like javascript, css, images ... /.htaccess <-- Redirection settings for apache
Please see http://book.cakephp.org/view/329/Getting-Cake and http://book.cakephp.org/view/19/CakePHP-Folder-Structure for the general folder structure in cakePHP. Note Since phTagr 2.2 the PHP framework !CakePHP is used as sub directory within phtagr.
Now we need to make some folders accessible for the web server (in /var/www/phtagr)
$ cd /var/www/phtagr $ chmod -R go+w users tmp Config
Open now phtagr in your browser http://localhost/phtagr, which should open the setup page. Continue with the SetupProcedure. On problems, see also HowToInstall and HowToInstallInUserDir. Eg. rewrite problem, suPHP, etc.
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Sadly this stone has now fallen. It would have been very impressive when standing. It would have stood about 1.8m tall. This is the chunkiest stone in the area.
It is difficult to decide which way up it would have stood. The broadest end is 1.5m and the narrowest end is 1m wide. The stone is 1m thick. Being in the middle of a large field and just 100m from a busy road the site has no atmosphere at all. The main thing of note here is a hill to the northeast.
This is an explanation of (and a bit of a disclaimer for) the coordinates I provide.
Where a GPS figure is given this is the master for all other coordinates. According to my Garmin these are quite accurate.
Where there is no GPS figure the 6 figure grid reference is master for the others. This may not be very accurate as it could have come from the OS maps and could have been read by eye. Consequently, all other cordinates are going to have inaccuracies.
The calculation of Longitude and Latitude uses an algorithm that is not 100% accurate. The long/lat figures are used as a basis for calculating the UTM & ITM coordinates. Consequently, UTM & ITM coordinates are slightly out.
UTM is a global coordinate system - Universal Transverse Mercator - that is at the core of the GPS system.
ITM is the new coordinate system - Irish Transverse Mercator - that is more accurate and more GPS friendly than the Irish Grid Reference system. This will be used on the next generation of Irish OS maps.


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Please call us as soon as you notice the sports or stains. Taking care of spots or stains immediately increases our chance of success. If a stain has not affected the fibers permanently, we have a much higher change of removing them.
What is Scotchgard protector? How will it help my rug?
The Scotchgard protector repels soil and dirt and helps prevents stains from becoming permanent. It is child and Pet safe and is non toxic. As an added bonus, it has a natural fresh scent.


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Daisy relaxing in a mud puddle. We think that she was doing this in part because her leg was hurting and the water helped cool it off and make it feel better.
It still didn't prevent her from getting a bath when we got back through.
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In the mail before the holidays, I received this lovely quilt top from Annie in Vashon Island, WA. She had asked if I wanted it for the project. I told her that I would quilt it and she sent it on. I finally got to it this past week.
I pulled a wide backing from my stash, and loaded it onto the longarm.
I used a pantograph that I often use, its swirled pattern is easy to do, quick and covers a lot of space in one pass.
The top thread is Glide in a golden brown color, with Bottom Line in the bobbin.
I like the way it adds a bit of pattern to the white areas and texture to the dark ones.
The thread color is very close to the wheat motif in the print.
So quick, the quilting was accomplished in just one day.
It was so nice of Annie to also send the binding, already made.
After trimming the top, I could immediately get to binding.
I did it by machine both front and back.
All finished and ready to send to Wilmington.
There will be an update on January 6th for the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project. I have been working on a drop off network in North Carolina, and will announce the participants then. I have a network of longarmers ready to help quilt tops and ship, all you need to do is let me know you have a top and backing ready to send. I have reports of quilts already delivered as well, and I'll show you some of that soon too.
What are you working on?
Craftsy is making a big change to its offerings, significantly reducing the number of designers and pattern stores, and possibly reducing the patterns of the designers remaining. See their Store Changes FAQs. I am one of the lucky ones that Craftsy wants to keep, but they may not keep all the patterns I have with them. I won't know until after the weekend. From now until 12/28, all the stores and patterns will remain on the site, so you have until the end of the week to get any that you might want, from my store or any others you've been thinking about. So, in order to help you shop, I've put all my Patterns on Sale 25% Off for Christmas! The regular price was $9, now $6.75 until Friday 12/28/18.


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Hart's Girl Band had its beginnings with a Hicksville jeweler, Mr. O. V. Hart, who in 1915 gathered five of his music students together to share in good musicianship. As the band added more instruments and musicians, its reputation for excellence spread to surrounding counties. With World War I depleting the ranks of Hart's highly respected Boy Band, the burgeoning All-Girl Band aptly filled the void. Successful street concerts led to requests to ballyhoo area fairs, because Hart's Girl Band always drew a crowd. 1918 marked their first annual tour.
By 1921, twenty-four band members were making yearly tours into different regions of the United States, eventually traveling in a special B & O coach with the band's name on the side. Musicians earned $40 a week beyond expenses, and held membership in the American Federation of Musicians. Sometimes billed as the Scottish Lassies or the Ohio All Girl Band, they were advertised as being the country's first (and some say only) traveling professional all girl band.
During their heyday in the 1920's, Hart's girls crisscrossed America's south, plains, midwest, and Atlantic regions, as well as Canada's Maritime Provinces. Their venues included state fairs, conventions, Vaudeville theatres, and Murphy's Circus, where they accompanied the acts. Among their stops were New York, Chicago, South Dakota's Corn Palace, and Atlantic City. Their ten weeks on the Boardwalk of Atlantic City (pictured above) were highlighted by performances for President Woodrow Wilson and members of the Paul Whiteman band.
We can only guess at the impact Hart's Girl Band had on their far-flung audiences. In northwest Ohio, they paved the way for countless other groups and set a high standard of musicianship that lasted for generations. With their disciplined delivery of the classics and much vaunted presentation of popular music, the band won over listeners, often times changing the way they thought about music and female musicians.
The following letters and news accounts came from band leader Hart's daughter, Edith Hart Smith, who kept a scrapbook of band memorabilia.
Excerpted Letters from Band Member Lelah Mohley—August 1920
Dear Folks,
We left Clarion, Iowa Sunday at 9:30 and got into this town at 1:00. This is sure a swell hotel. We had a nice room and plenty to eat. We went around and advertised the fair at Strawberry Point. We are going out to the mountains tomorrow and Friday to the Mississippi River. Went up in an airplane the other day and looped the loop and did the nose dive. People out here never saw a girls' band before and treat you like a queen. There are surely good people out here and they take us all over to see the sights. Well, I guess I had better quit as we have to be in bed every night at 8 bells. Hurry up and write and tell me a little news from home.
Dear Mother,
I am going to send you one of the plants we took out of the great ice cave today. We went in and broke some of the ice off and found these growing there where you almost freeze if you stay in there ten minutes. Another great sight was the greatest and most beautiful Catholic Church in the United States. It was all finished in 18K gold and mahogany. The church cost $300,000 but the people are very wealthy around here and don't think anything of that.
Lelah Mohley
News Accounts of Hart's Girl Band:
Excerpt from The Iowa Daily Record
The many hundreds of people who braved the disagreeable weather to attend the musical concert at the Fairgrounds presented by Hart's All Girl Band were given a treat they will not soon forget. Well used to music of a high class, the fondest expectations were fulfilled in this organization, which for more than an hour gave an entertainment that critics say is the best ever heard at the Fairgrounds.
The concert given was a combination of sacred and classical numbers from the world's best composers. Though weary from travel, the musicians stamped themselves as an organization of artists who will compare with the best in the land.
Uncredited News Article
It was at the eleventh hour that Secretary Baily of the Fair Association succeeded in securing the services of this unique and well balanced organization. The band which is composed of 25 girls from a college [sic] in Hicksville, Ohio and led by Prof. O. V. Hart of the same school, supported well the standard set by the 168th infantry band.
While the numbers rendered by the girls' band were of the lighter and more popular variety, they were well received and the players enthusiastically applauded for their efforts. Following their part in the concert Sunday afternoon, the Hart girls began to play the week days on the midway in the automobile building and in the large dance pavilion.
The girls of the Hart band, all natives of the small city in which their college [sic] is situated, range in age from fourteen to twenty-two years. They are now playing their first concert tour which is in its fifth week. Already the young lady players are destined to rank with the best in America.
Web site and all contents Copyright © 2006 The Hicksville Historical Society, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Hi, my name is YoYo, and I'm a knitaholic. And by knitaholic, I mean I leave the knitting in the car in favour of sangria.
Good times, good times. (Oh, but I did have a skein of Zen Yarn Garden with me, so that kind of counts as this being knitting-related.)
Kathleen's husband heads back on Saturday, so we had to have another hurrah before he goes - I ate a LOT. I had a little sangria. (A little sangria. Yeah. Like saying, "Oh, I knit a little." But I did know when to stop, so I have progressed beyond my college days.)
Four people. Two designated drivers. Three pitchers of sangria. (Can you spot the DDs? Hint: there are two people carrying on a coherent conversation, one making a goofy face in front of a camera, and one whose head may have fallen off.)
And because every picture is horribly blurry due to my intense hatred of the flash, here's one where you can see our faces and we don't appear to have extra noses.
The waiter insisted on using the flash. Oh, and we're splotchy because we tried to go next door to the putt-putt place but they closed and it started pouring rain, so we got a little drenched. (It wasn't a sangria fight, I swear.)
Enough of that, mmkay. Here's some knitting:
This is my Pomatomus progress (bus shot). I've been using this as my commuter knitting. Hot DAMN if that ain't some slow going (I love and hate you, twisted rib.)
I never have a damned thing to show off around here anymore, I know. I'm sure everyone wonders why I never knit anymore, especially since I do seem to get plenty of spinning done. And I do - because I'm very lazy on the weekends and I rarely do crazy things like leave the house or clean stuff, so it's mostly all spent on the couch in front of the wheel. Usually while absorbing whatever ridiculous thing is running on marathon (America's Next Top Model - I've seen some entire seasons three times now - or CSI, or Monk, or whatever).
But see, I AM knitting. I just can't show it off. And I haven't really mentioned it, but it's because I've been writing patterns. I've been working on kind of a lot of patterns, actually. Some are exclusives, and some are just things I'm working on for fun. I didn't want you to think that I won't share my knitting with you - once the patterns are released or ready, I can show you what I've been up to...but until then, it's all very hushy.
I am still working on Green Gable and the Pomatomus, though, so that I have something I can show you progress on - I like to have accountability.
Have a wonderful, wonderful weekend!


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VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TEA TABLE c1850
VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TEA TABLE. Circa 1850
This super quality Victorian Mahogany Tea Table dates from circa 1850. It is made from well-chosen timbers, rich in colour and well figured.
The centre column has restrained Gothic detail.
When the Table is closed it can be used as a Side Table or Lamp Table against a wall and, when opened, as an intimate Dining Table or Card Table.
Dimensions when closed: 37.25 inches (95 cm) by 18.25 inches (46.5 cm)
Dimensions when opened: 37.25 inches (95 cm) by 36.75 inches (94 cm)
Height: 27 inches (68 cm)


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There's a blog I read from time to time called Thomistic Bent. The latest post is a short video that tries to give a good reason for why the Bible says God commanded the Israelites to commit genocide against the Canaanites. The reasoning of this explanation is almost as perverse as the stories themselves. As Thomas Paine once said, attributing these kinds of actions to God is the worst form of blasphemy. I'd appreciate anyone who wants to join me in the conversation at his blog.
74 thoughts on "The Ultimate Blasphemy"
Ark, Its probably not helpful or productive to heap insults on Thomistic Bent from Nates blog, I just think that kind of attitude just makes it harder for people to understand each other.
@ portia
"Ark, Its probably not helpful or productive to heap insults on Thomistic Bent from Nates blog, I just think that kind of attitude just makes it harder for people to understand each other."
People like Thomistic bent are the reason we have wars in the name of religion. They need to taken down more than a peg or two.
There are individuals in Islam who have similar attitudes.
They cannot be reasoned with, and if you care to read his posts you will quickly discover he is a poison pen. If religion was open to reason there would be NO religion.
I stand by what I wrote. He is an arsehole. And a nasty one at that.
@ Unklee
"1. As a christian, the NT is what I base my faith on. I respect the OT as scripture, but it is old covenant not written to me. So I don't think about it so much. And I don't find it difficult to say I just don't know."
Here we go again. The OT doesn't apply to me story.
In the beginning was the Word. John right?
God is Jesus is God.
Your god in human form is the same god that alighted on the mountain and chatted with Moses. he same god that told ensured Joshua went into Canaan with explicit instructions to liquidate the entire population. Every living, breathing thing, every blade of grass.
You can do the theological two-step 'til your legs drop off. There is only ONE god in the bible that Christian and Jew alike follow, irrespective of what guise he is in.
He is the one you consider the Creator.
Time to stop playing the bleeding heart hypocritical victim once and for all, Unklee.and step up to the plate and take it on the chin.
"You often argue against this ebulliently, but never cogently."
How much more cogently does it have to be, fr your god's sake?
Your own understanding of this issue merely requires an ability to read and write, yet you seem to letting yourself down even with this. Catch a wake up for goodness sake!
The ONLY issue here is the rationale that the OT covenant does not apply to Christians, thus enabling Christians like Unklee to turn their back on the deeds of the Old Testament God. 'Oh, the liquidation of the Canaanites? Hah! Doesn't apply to me and MY God" Yeah, right!
There is no mention of the fictitious nature of certain characters, so why on earth raise this issue? And for what it's worth,most of the characters in the Bible Old AND New are fictitious.
And if you bothered to study history and archaeology you would quickly discover this to be fact.
This is about trying to justify your god's genocidal tendencies. Nothing else.
Please, I have a question, if may. Why is it whenever I pose a question to Unklee or take him to task for yet another piece of irreconcilable and irrational Christian polemic – on whichever blog he happens to comment and I may happen upon and read – you rush over and surreptitiously answer for him?
Just because he got his nose out of joint over the Bernards excellent rebuttal of his ridiculous little tantrum over Nazareth,he is now going to run and sulk?
Are you his alter ego, Unklee in disguise or merely his damn minder? Or is he so full of pride that he refuses to face his accuser because he knows full well that his argument holds no water and is morally bankrupt?
Other people read your comments too, you know, and they are not as dumb as you might believe. They see through Unklee's softly softly pretense, and you ,sir, are fooling no one either.
Silly Person.
You wrote….
'Here's a summary of key points:
1. It is possible for Christians to believe that several of the notorious events in the OT were fictional. In some cases, there are actually good reasons.'
Of course the Biblical tale of the conquest of Canaan is all nonsense. Finklestein and Herzog and others have all but proved this.
Unless you are now denying Yahweh, of what relevance is this to the post at Thomistic bent?
'2. I didn't refer to fictional persons, but texts, passages and events.'
Good for you. Events and passages that contain fictional people. Again what relevance is this to the post, and why include it in your reply/defense?
"3. I affirmed the historicity of several NT characters, most importantly Jesus, Peter, Paul, Pilate and Caiaphas."
Again this is irrelevant to the post, and I suspect you are now trying to be disingenuous. I wont play along merely to make you seem like a clever boy.
But you may pat yourself on the back. Happy now? Good….
"4. If I appear to rush to UnkleE's aid every time you question him, that is an impression based on coincidence."
Although, coincidentally, nobody else feels the need to help him out,…or ever has done. Odd, that? He must considered himself honored, then.
'5. Why doubt UnkleE's or my motives?'
Because you and Unklee, always do exactly what you are doing with this reply. His posts are rife with this type of smarmy, surreptitious modus operendi …and if you believe people are unaware of it then you are naive; and I'll bet you half a dollar.
So, I shall reiterate. The god of the OT, Yahweh, is the same as the god of the NT, Jesus, only metamporphised into human form.
He is the Creator god you worship and the Creator god responsible for the genocide which is the topic of discussion.
That Unklee – and also you it seems – believe you can separate the two and thus ease, if not clear, your conscience is fallacious.
The more the OT is rubbished by Christians as analogous or even fictitious merely weakens their characterization of the man-god Jesus.
Whatever horrors the OT god ,Yahweh committed can be laid at the feet of the NT man-god, as they are one and the same.
In the beginning was the Word and the word was made flesh..or something like that. Gsp. John, right?
Now go away and play with a rosary or something, you are being silly.
I will add to clarify this point further. Marcion abhorred the OT god and wanted shot of him, which was why he created his own gospel based mostly on Luke. He like you and Unklee couldn;t stomach ol Yahweh and thought he was a monster.
But the Church Fathers realized that without a foundation in the Old Testament, their man-god would never cut it, thus they were obliged to incorporate Yahweh and the OT, warts and all, ditch Marcion and declare him a heretic.
Its not my fault, blame Constantine and his church buddies. They made JC a god., and invented the Trinity, and that was when the midden hit the windmill and you lot have been trying to plug the holes in the leaking dam ever since.
At least the Muslims saw through that ruse easily enough. The Christians are still try in to wipe the egg off their faces and you know it all too well.
I think that's an interesting point about Marcion and his views on the OT, I'll have to read more about him, thanks 🙂
@Ignorant whatever…
Go away…you are twit…
in reading your post I can't help but wonder, if there are things in the OT that are unquestionably inaccurate, how does that fact not throw doubt on the supernatural claims of the rest of the book?
How do you reconcile tossing this portion out, but holding on to that portion?
While ark can be pretty pointed and fairly rude, I think he's making sound points. The NT even says to read and study the OT, so if there is doubt in the OT, it stands to reason to then doubt the NT.
Thank you William. I shall take that as a compliment. There are enough people pussy-footing around the re reborn Christians and evangelicals. They relish in the knowledge that most folk will not 'tell them their fortune' for fear of being the next one banned on their blogs when they visit.
Meanwhile, all they try to do – and this applies to all of them – is use atheist blogs ( in the main) to try to ridicule any form of dissent, no matter how well reasoned the argument ( Nate & Marcus's blog are perfect examples) then make sure they leave at least one asinine comment to ensure you know that, while entitled to your opinion,, you are wrong, wrong, wrong and maybe just a bit silly for even considering that Jesus is not 'God' and as he may be turning up any moment now, and you may well be going to Hell….you better watch out, buster!
And look out for the theological two step …or the bait and switch.
They are all, to the man/woman, hypocrites.
To see this tactic in action, I would strongly recommend that anyone reading this post go and read the post below and take note of the strongest argument yet against the biblical village of Nazareth.
Commenter, Bernhard Schornak completely takes to pieces every part of the blog host's post in a balanced, and well-reasoned argument that is not able to be refuted.
When the blog host's counter argument has been reduced to tatters, but before the blog host loses too much face, Bernard is cut short and the argument ended, in more or less exactly the same way Thomistic Bent does on his blog.
It is a fascinating read from a person who knows his stuff.
Ark, I personally enjoy reading your comments and can completely identify with your frustrations.
@ William.
No religious person I am aware of has every reconsidered their position on the say-so of an atheist, or non-Christian. For to even concede one iota is opening the door to the complete collapse of their faith. This is why they will use ANYTHING to rubbish criticism.
Ask Nate. He had to sort it out for himself. Marcus the same and no doubt every deconvertee. As believers, they would tolerate no argument against their former faith. None.
Always remember no matter how reasonable,affable and apparently polite they come across as, they are really not interested in considering any POV that will expose any shortcomings of their faith. ALL of them believe in the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. If you take note of this immutable reality then you know exactly what you are getting into when the likes of Unklee and Ignorantianescia, start their nonsense.
Fair point,re the Ist paragraph.
@nd Paragraph. Having come to get to know your character just a little these past few months even you,in your Fundamentalist heyday, must have felt hypocritical arguing for a loving God when you had to contend with the likes of the Joshua genocide. I cannot believe for a second you would have been unmoved.
@ Ignorantianescia
Although the bible does not specifically say it is inerrant there are enough passages that suggest this is what it is intended to be viewed as such.
Thus this cherry-picking so often seen of today's 'modern reborn Christian' is because they have not been able to come to terms with the heinous acts of the OT god and have turned their backs on it, as did Marcion.
There isn't really an analogy imaginative enough that could possibly be drawn from the Canaanite genocide. It is something Christians and Jews have to come to terms with.
Archaeology shows it didn't happen, of course, and most savvy people accept this.
But then, if this part of the bible is the hogwash it has been shown to be, how reliable is the rest of the bible, so often lauded as god-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16, )?
This verse alone suggests that the bible cannot be a 'pick and mix' as you see fit, and not least because the New Testament is (according to Christian doctrine) fulfillment of prophecy.
This too, of course, is hogwash and even a casual biblical scholar will not take too long to discover the passages most oft referred to pertaining to the coming Messiah, via a Virgin Birth, notably Isaiah, which, actually have nothing whatsoever to do with anyone called Yashua. I will take for granted that every Christian these days will know to what and whom these spurious claims actually do refer.
So, in a way, this cherry-picking brand of Christianity is worse than its Fundamental bedfellow. In the case of the latter, one can admire their fortitude for sticking to their guns, knowing that their methodology will ultimately fail, as people cannot be held captive to this level of stupidity for ever.
But the former, the cherry pickers, of whom some are here among us, have an insidious tendency to subtly move the goalposts whenever the midden hits the windmill; using philosophy and apparent logic to justify belief in their god but at the same time dismissing Him,
and STILL managing to acknowledge parts of the Old Testament that are relevant, and necessary to their man-god, Jesus.
This is the type of reasoning that will continue to be inculcated into children and those who would be unfortunate enough to drift within the clutches of Christianity and who may stumble across some of the nastier, and noticeably more HUMAN characteristics of Yahweh.
Well, let's make it plain to these people, there is NO bible currently in print that has Buffet Edition printed on the cover.
Yahweh is Jesus is God is Yahweh is Jesus.
LOL! There you are coincidentally NOT rushing to defend Unklee. 🙂 Good one.
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'Schornak tries to discredit the competence of the experts and resorts to ad hoc explanations like this jewel.
"As the distribution of 0.003 objects per square meter suggests, this was a pastoral area, so the single Herodian shard could have been lost by shepherds, a picnic party, Roman soldiers on patrol – there thousands of probable scenarios how pottery shards might have been distributed in pastoral areas like this."
And your own expert opinion and knowledge of archaeology tells the reader that this minuscule amount of retrieved artifacts is clearly indicative of a city (as per Luke) or town or village, is it?
Even the archaeologists don;t state this outright. Ad hoc? It is verified fact. What is the problem with it?
Unklee a his best….from the post in question.
"But it becomes clear after a while that a discussion is unlikely to be productive any further, and so without any personal criticism of Bernard, and GRANTED THE UNRELIABLE SOURCES he was quoting, I couldn't see that further discussion was worthwhile."
My emphasis.
WHAT, unreliable sources?
Re: the archaeologists.
Schornak quite openly refers to Bagatti's work and explains that he never found ANYTHING to suggest a village,town city was evident at the time of Jesus. I cannot see what you are trying to prove here?
You are quite clearly cherry-picking once more, and even though you love to throw the sheet over the piano, it is still a piano underneath and no amount of subterfuge or thinly veiled attempts to besmirch Schornak's excellent refutation of Unklee's poorly presented article for a Nazareth in Jesus's time will take away from this.
@ Your are a christian with an obvious bias. Since it was posted I have read the post more times than might be considered good for me.
Your replies though quite eloquent, are disingenuous, like those of your chum.
The 'experts' have not had their work peer reviewed nor has it been published in any recognized scientific journal. Furthermore, the site of the house has since been covered so further, excavation is impossible.
And, just to clarify for other readers.
None of the archaeologists, not even Bagatti, have EVER produced concrete evidence to show there was a village/town/ or city on this site at the time of Jesus, and none would be so bloody stupid to risk their reputation by stating this as fact either.
Just as an aside, have you ever actually read any of the material; Bagatti,etc? Have ever even bothered to read Salm?
thanks for the reply.
you say,
"Simple, it's not based on pick-and-choose, but based on evidence. With the assumptions outlined above (including the assumption that Jesus is God's Son), I ask myself whether it is probable a certain portion is factual based on my knowledge."
Forgive me, but this still looks like pick-and-choose to me, even though you say it isnt, but never mind that for now. when you go on to say that you make your decisions based upon your assumptions, including the assumption that jesus is god's son. isnt that quite an assumption? Doesnt that assumption dictate most, if not all, of your following "logical" connections? if you start with a false premise, the best logic in the world will to error when starting from a false idea. Like building your house on the sand; the best carpenters and masons could have built the house, but without a good foundation it will never be structurally sound.
wouldnt that be like someone assuming that zeus is the supreme god, and then "looking" to please god? that assumption would seem to dictate every following move, and would lead the individual farther and farther into a false notion. And if ever questions or if ever presented with information that refutes his religion, he only falls back to his foundational assumption, that zeus is the supreme god, then follows that right back to his previous and flawed conclusion, all the while convincing himself that he has reexamined things. And he did, he just failed to reexamine why he begins with his assumption each time.
Some assumptions are safer and more necessary than others. What has led you to assume that Christ actually resurrected? I hear people say they believe it based on history quite often, but never really see why.
I mean, I believe Jesus existed, i just no longer buy into the far-out-there claims that he actually performed miracles, walked on water, rose the dead, died and came back to life, etc. I can see where history may indicate that Jesus lived and was crucified, but I have yet to see anything that actually corroborates the claim that the other stuff happened. I wouldn't buy that from anyone I know, and I'd be skeptical even if i saw video today… one reason I dont believe in Bigfoot, alien encounters or islam, etc.
The validity of the resurrection or any other supernatural claim of jesus seems to be an assumption that looks an awful lot like a giant leap. But no more so than the belief in any other religious hero, yet I suspect you have no issue doubting other religions' validity or credibility.
and I still think that saying, "this part of the bible (collection of books and letters) is good and reliable, while that portion is bad and incredible," is in fact picking and choosing. My question is really how do you do that?
I understand we may all do that to a certain degree with history, but again, some assumptions are better than others. So assuming that there was a man named jesus who was crucified, is one that is easy to accept based on history and the fact that nothing supernatural or out of the ordinary is required to make that happen. to say that this man was the son of god, flew, raised the dead, etc, is something completely and drastically separate.
Comments like this one from mybroom smack of 'Hard Done By'. There is a petulance about them that is all too familiar – the Holier than thou Christian having his little dig at the former Christian, couching his terms in a pseudo intellectual fashion that oozes condescension.
. Many atheists, myself included, often wonder why bother writing about the utter absurdity of religion and in this case, Christianity. Many times we walk away. Then a comment like Graeme's pops up and one is quickly reminded, once again, why we write, and why deconvertees need support and why twits like mybroom who still want to belittle those who follow a path of true enlightenment , free from superstition and fear are deserving of the same belittling.
However, sometimes it may be better to just smile. It is often tough enough to find one's own path without having to light the way for the delusional-minded worshipers of a narrative construct and would be man-god.
Yes, this guy Arkenaten is most definitely an improvement on the fundies.
You are a Christian of the 'We Don't Need Religion' variety but probably claim a relationship with Yashua, yes?
If I have any of this wrong, feel free to rap me over the knuckles, but this is the impression created on your blog.
I would strongly recommend you go back to basics, study some of the history of your 'I am not part of a religion' religion.
Composition of the biblical texts is always a good one to kick off.
Read up on all the Church Conclaves, Eusebius etc etc.
Read Marcion too.
This will help you clear up many misunderstandings and erroneous beliefs you may have been saddled with along the road of you inculcation.
Why not then look at an in-depth study of the Isaiah prophecy, its terminology, etymology and who it was REALLY directed at.
Sorry if I come across as somewhat pointed, I have spent far too much time having to listen to William Lane Craig types and this puts a dent in one's normal civility.
Most atheists are more than willing to help you understand real truth, if this is what you want. It all depends on you.
Any questions you have have , feel free to ask….no problem. I, at least will do my best to help you find a better path. It might not yet be the best, but it can only be an improvement on the one you are currently on.
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I am not even going to pretend to have all of the answers on this one lol but I will say that to go back to one of your other posts, We did not create dogs, we did not even create other people, even if we want to claim we created our own kids, someone else created us and the way kids are created etc. God created all of us he is the only one who did, we have never made life or created life so if we murder someone it is truly murdering someone but if the one who gave you life to begin with who promised you death one day decides when it will end then is it murder then? Imagine you created something, if someone else came along and destroyed it, it would be vandalism and would seem cruel and wrong but if you destroyed it yourself it is different. Especially if you destroyed it because maybe it did not serve it's purpose but not only that it was ruining other things you created that were serving their purpose and were doing great things, but maybe some others are upset because they love what you created or were benefiting from it somehow but does that mean you are wrong for destroying it? You love it to but also love your other creations and do not want them all to be destroyed or for them to even just suffer due to the other ones? There is just one thought on the subject. Another thought it some people believe in God but not Hell, I personally like to think that even the Devil himself could be saved so what if we all end up saved and in Heaven what does it matter if we die here, we are not really dead just finally alive without all of the suffering? For the wages of sin is death but he came to save us all from that. As for the ways people were killed, I may be mistaken but my understanding is God's usual commands were to kill everything. Just to kill it, not to enslave it, torture it, keep it for yourself or give it a cruel death, etc. People often went against God's commands in this matter and suffered for it. This of Saul for example. Also, I think people often try to say God had them do something when that was not the case like with the Indians so like with a lot of things he gets a bad rep because of people like that but think of the religious people when Jesus came. They rejected Jesus, and actually caused him to be crucified, an innocent man, I think any wrongful death or genocide is the result of people saying they are doing things in the name of God but really are not, not God himself. I really feel strongly about the way the Indians were treated too because my great great great grandmother was full blooded. I am Indian/Native American. Of course I am also a relative of the ones who did it to them lol Also the people in the Bible were going to Land but not just land, land promised to them by God, to do great things for God, those people were not just in the way of land they wanted they were in the way of God's plans. Yes maybe they could have asked nicely for it and in some cases I believe they did but when it comes down to it everything is God's, and if those people are not willing to give it to God to whom in belongs to, so he takes it from them ,everything from them. This is not our world, these are not our lives, our children, our things, they are all his and we realize that and are thankful for it we are rewarded even more. It is like your children, imagine if they have a lot you have given to them, maybe they are even spoiled a little but they do not appreciate what they have, do you give them more? Or do you maybe give them less or at least stop giving more until they appreciate what they do have? Or if you give them a lot and they are so thankful and appreciate it so much you probably reward them with even more. Some do just continue to spoil them whether they are thankful or not and end up with spoiled brats yet that is what most expect God to do with us and think it is unfair when he doesn't.
Here is one link I found before I read your response but let me actually read that part of numbers before I even try and respond to your response: http://www.accessv.com/~rjchin/proof/canaan.htm
This might have already been address in that video you linked but I could not watch it for some reason.
And about the Pinocchio doll if it goes crazy and turns into an evil Chucky doll would you kill it? lol
I still have not had a chance to read all your blogs and they may address this but how did you explain this when you were a Christian? how did you justify it then? Or could you not and you just accepted it at the time? If I don't reply to any of your other replies I replied to so much I don't know if I will ever have time to go back and read them all lol Can't normally spend as much time as I did yesterday
Here is a response to the response below I know won't appease you but does appease me. I have also seen a good one before explaining slavery in the Bible I will try to find. I have had all of these same questions and concerns before but have had them answered over time through prayer, not internet research really so it is not just the article below that appeases me. I use the internet to give another side at times because you cannot explain to people what you have seen and have experienced easily that makes you trust God when it comes to this stuff and in general. I actually thought something similar when I was watching the Bible on the history channel recently and he killed Pharoah's son. When I was younger it used to bother me but I now realize his son died in his sleep, no suffering and went to heaven as he was still an innocent child. Had he killed the Pharoah instead, his son would have grown to probably be even crueler than him, hate God even more and avenge his father's death. I also questioned the whole Abraham being asked to sacrifice his son and like with things like this I think it is a test to make sure you trust God and that he is not the type of God that would do that, he was not testing him to see how much he loved him. He knew how much he loved Him, he even already knew what he would do but Abraham did not know what he himself would do so if anything it was to show Abraham that. Before his wife doubted that child God promised so much that she had her husband sleep with another woman and have a child with her and Abraham went along with that, that child was a gift from God, that child was God's yet people think God cares about that child less than them? .


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The Easter Rising damaged the Irish psyche and made people more pro-violence, former Irish leader John Bruton has said.
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1916 Easter Rising made Irish violent, says former Irish leader
The Easter Rising damaged the Irish psyche and made people more pro-violence, former Irish leader John Bruton has said.
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I absolutely adhere to William Karr's belief that Bruton failed to consider the approximately 800 years of British domination in Ireland before the 1916 Rising. 5,000 British troops remain in the 6 Counties today making it legal for the Republican Armies to resist them, and there is still no intent to withdraw by the Brit invaders.ReplyDelete
Ronnie Austin
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2015 at 11:55 AM
More tendentious and bigoted rubbish from this pompous and self-regarding fool.ReplyDelete
By any conservative estimate, at least 4 million Irish people died during the English conquest of Ireland, by war, famine and pestilence.
Was it Britain that reduced almost our entire nation to a condition of beggary - to the status of serfs in our own land - or did we imagine it?
Was it Britain that justified this brutal and outrageous tyranny by assuring themselves that, being no better than animals, we deserved no better treatment - or did we imagine that too?
Was it Britain that, since independence, has (until very recently) sneered at us at home and, belittled us abroad? Did we imagine all this, Mr Bruton?
Whose was the violence, Mr Bruton? Whose the tyranny and whose the oppression? Whose the contempt and whose the injustice?
It's a great relief entirely that this shameful story can now be re-labelled as "Our Shared History", a piece of euphemistic nonsense that is, no doubt, appealing to Mr Bruton and to those who share his view of 1916, Mr Kevin Myers among them.
If he wanted to find a reason for damage to the Irish psyche, Mr Bruton might look no farther than the social, economic, cultural, demographic and linguistic evisceration of our people.
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