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Breathe Well and Breathe Often (Part 4): Half-Kneeling, Stabilizing, Moving and Breathing
By Robert "Skip" George, DC, CCSP, CSCS
It is safe to say that every practicing doctor of chiropractic has treated patients with back pain. Almost every patient with back pain will have some kind of spinal alignment or movement dysfunction that either caused the problem or is now a consequence, even when the pain disappears.2-3 As mentioned in the previous three articles in this series on breathing, the most common movement dysfunction is breathing.
From the time we develop as infants, grow into adulthood and then head into our senior years (for many of us once again kicking and screaming like infants), the challenges remain the same from a dynamic and structural standpoint: How do we move, stabilize and breathe in a pain-free, coordinated and functional manner?
Providing even a simple corrective exercise strategy to our patients presents with more complexity in today's practice than most of us care to admit. Handing the patient printed instructions to read and perform on their own is about as effective as handing the printed sheet into the round file in the corner of your office. Efficient and simple verbal instruction progressing one exercise to the next is key in moving a patient from passive care to becoming a more active partner who does their part in maintaining not only spinal health, but also overall well-being.
One of the challenges is selecting an exercise that matches a patient's specific needs. Addressing alignment, movement or stabilization dysfunctions while educating the critical nuances of basic form provides the patient with an awareness of what got them in trouble in the first place and how to self-correct and retrain basic neuromusculoskeletal patterns. The biggest challenge is consistent follow-through with daily practice by the patient all on their own.
You may notice that even with detailed instructions for a simple exercise, the next time the patient comes into your office that same exercise may not resemble what you showed them just a few days before. Just ask them to teach you what you taught them for revealing insight of what most patients actually take in. Repetition and patience is needed for every exercise (and that includes whenever we learn something new).
Half-Kneeling as a Progression to Teach Functional Breathing
One deceptively simple-looking position that could be classified as a corrective exercise or basic functional position is half-kneeling. It is really part of a progression that incorporates functional breathing; first starting supine, then prone, then tall-kneeling and then into half-kneeling, advancing to sitting and finally standing. For many patients with mobility dysfunctions(like being very stiff and tight in the hip flexors; immobility of the thoracic spine) or with balance problems, the basic set-up of half-kneeling can be daunting.1-2
For instance, when just getting into the set-up position, many patients wobble or need to hold a dowel pushed into the ground for support so they don't fall over. This is especially true for the older patient, who often has balance, movement and flexibility issues. The relationship between balance and movement can be dramatically revealed in this simple position.
Adjustments and manual therapy may be needed to help the patient reset their ability to get into position.3 With many patients, this is also a good time for you to talk about hydration, ergonomic issues and perhaps even provide corrective taping to reinforce a particular pattern.3
Adding to the challenge of this position is that narrowing the stance with the knee on the ground, hips and torso directly above and the front leg aligned with the heal and back knee perfectly in one line for a narrow base of support, tests the patient on how well they balance with a minimum of muscular effort.1-2 The real trick is to see if the patient can do all that and breathe functionally (as described in previous articles on breathing in this series) without recruiting accessory muscles like the scalenes, trapezius or SCMs.
Watch what happens for many patients who simply try to get into position and then add breathing while in half-kneeling. In an attempt to stay in position and balanced, they may wobble and lose balance. While attempting to stay balanced and breathe, the patient may recruit the above-mentioned accessory muscles and find themselves struggling to breathe and stabilize.
Adding a movement exercise like chops or lifts can reveal just how difficult it is to stabilize, breathe and move in a functional and coordinated fashion. (Please refer to the excellent article by Dr. Perry Nickleston, April 9, 2012 issue of DC, regarding half-kneeling with chops and lifts.) In a matter of no time, a simple-looking exercise can reveal breathing, movement and stabilization issues in all planes of movement.
Any time there is too much difficulty versus a workable challenge, the difficulty of the exercise needs to be made more simple or "peeled back." For example, the "peel-back" from half-kneeling may be to have wider placement of the front foot or move back to tall-kneeling.1-3 At each stage of the exercise progression, if the patient is unable to maintain balance, stability, breathe and move well, then reduce the difficulty before moving forward in the progression.
Once the position is mastered, then loading with resistance training like chops and lifts reloads that movement pattern.3However, the setup is everything and often can take 2-4 units of billable rehabilitation time.2-3
Instructions for Half-Kneeling1
As you can tell, even seemingly simple exercises have subtle, critical nuances, and every nuance matters. The ability to move, stabilize and breathe in a coordinated manner often dictates injury predictability and athletic performance. Thus, whether your patient is a weekend warrior, professional athlete or a senior who just wants to take long walks with their grandchildren, the half-kneeling stance, integrated in a progression from easier positions, can be an invaluable tool in maintaining spinal and functional corrections. In addition, it is really fun to experience not only the satisfaction of getting patients better with your chiropractic care, but also seeing them move, stabilize and breathe well in an artful and carefully craftedcorrective exercise program. Details, precision and excellence matter – and by the way, they are also some of your best referral tools!


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Murder Charge Against Oscar Pistorius Upgraded
Oscar Pistorius faces the most serious murder charge available under South African law after a court heard on Tuesday that he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp while she was "unarmed, innocent and sitting in a toilet."
Oscar Pistorius, center with head covered, leaves the Brooklyn Police Station. (AP)
Pistorius is likely to remain incarcerated until he faces trial, after prosecutor Gerrie Nel laid out the case against him regarding the tragic events of Steenkamp's Valentine's Day death, and chief magistrate Desmond Nair agreed that for the purposes of bail he should face a schedule 6 murder charge, which requires that the killing was premeditated.
Pistorius will now have to prove "exceptional circumstances" if he is to have any chance of earning bail.
Just as in his preliminary hearing on Friday, Pistorius, the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics and Paralympics, regularly broke down into tears as defense attorney Barry Roux and Nel debated over the issue of premeditation during his bail hearing at Pretoria Magistrates Court.
The prosecution asserted an element of cold-blooded intent, putting forward that Pistorius had gotten up from his bed, put on his prosthetic limbs and fired four shots through a locked bathroom door, three of which struck and killed the deceased.
Roux, however, insisted the matter was "not even murder," sticking resolutely to the theory that Pistorius had mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder.
"All we know is that she locked the bathroom door and he shot, thinking she was a burglar," Roux told the court.
Meanwhile, 700 miles away in Port Elizabeth, Steenkamp was laid to rest in a small cremation ceremony involving members of her family and close friends, including South African international rugby star Francois Hougaard, who reportedly texted Steenkamp just before her death.
While the Steenkamp's family insisted they were trying to avoid all coverage of the Pistorius hearing, her friend, former professional jockey Gavin Venter, spoke out angrily. "[Pistorius] is a danger to the public, he will be a danger to witnesses, he must stay in jail," Venter told 567 Cape Talk radio.
As the bail hearing got underway, a moment of pandemonium erupted in the halls outside the courtroom, as officials insisted only 26 journalists be allowed inside as more than 100 clamored to be among the chosen few.
This mention is worthy because the South African media has already been a huge part of this sad tale, and make no mistake, will continue to be so.
The nature of the South African judicial system, which abolished jury trials in 1969 at a time when that nation's tortured racial history was approaching breaking point, means that a single judge, perhaps accompanied by one or more technical experts, will decide Pistorius' case.
That means that the typical media reporting restrictions that would be in place for a jury trial in the United States or most other legal jurisdictions based on the English common law system do not apply. In America, the kind of details that were reported over the past few days would not have been permitted under contempt of court regulations, for fear that its publication could influence the minds of potential jurors.
Not so in South Africa, and the level of coverage, thanks primarily to apparent leaks in the South African police force, has been both detailed and graphic. The City Press newspaper, led by award-winning author Adriaan Basson, gave an in-depth account citing a police source that told how a bloody cricket bat would form a key part of Nel's submission to the court. (As of this publication, Nel had not mentioned the bloody bat in court.)
And then the speculation began.
Did Steenkamp use the bat in self-defense? Was she struck with it? Did Pistorius use it to smash down the bathroom door at that luxury residence that remains a murder scene? Other snippets were relayed: that Steenkamp was found in her nightwear, that she had slept in the runner's bed (seemingly quashing the "intruder" defense), that her iPad was found on Pistorius' bedroom floor and that she was shot while sitting on the toilet.
Reeva Steenkamp's casket arrives ahead of her funeral ceremony in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (AP)
Other publications ran their own versions, with their own sources and their own details. But some of the details from different outlets conflicted – some reports have the first shot being fired inside Pistorius' bedroom, others say it was through the bathroom door – leaving the unedifying reality that some of the information disseminated to the public is false, while being reported as fact about a case that will determine one man's liberty and a young woman's justice.
The pros and cons of this judicial approach divides even legal theorists – a heavyweight struggle between freedom of the press and the individual's right to a fair trial – but one thing is for certain: Oscar Pistorius can be thankful that this matter will be decided by one man because public opinion – influenced in no small part by the media "revelations" – has already presumed him guilty.
"All I am saying is let him speak, let his side be heard without jumping to conclusions," Pistorius' former girlfriend Jenna Edkins tweeted on Saturday, though her account has not been verified.
Later she added, "I would just like to say, I have dated Oscar on off for 5 YEARS, NOT ONCE has he EVER lifted a finger to me , made me fear for my life.."
Whatever your thoughts on Pistorius, innocent until proven guilty he is clearly not, at least not in the minds of the majority. The most salacious and, sadly, the most bloodthirsty verbiage will always garner the greater attention. Nothing coming from the Pistorius camp or any other means, like being ditched by Nike, could deflect from the report in City Press about that cricket bat allegedly recovered from Pistorius' luxury home in the Silver Lakes gated complex.
Police cast doubt on City Press' source, but not necessarily the article's content, and in any case we will never know where the information truly emanated from. South African law protects publications from having to reveal their sources.
On the flip side, the Pistorius camp has had its say, using its own entitlement for public persuasion allowed by the South African system. Pistorius was visibly full of grief at his preliminary hearing last Friday, shaking, gasping and bent over double in the dock. Yet either he or someone very close to him had the presence of mind to ensure that public relations guru Stuart Higgins had arrived in Pretoria from London less than 48 hours after Steenkamp was found dead.
Higgins is a man well-versed in hard-fought public image campaigns, having waged them on both sides of the media divide, first as editor of top-selling British tabloid The Sun and then as an adviser to companies, sporting franchises, athletes and public figures in need of a shiny image makeover.
Right now Higgins, who sat in the second row just behind Pistorius' father and brother during Tuesday's court proceeding, is merely in damage control mode and it may be that he is fighting an impossible battle. First there was Pistorius' uncle (not his legal team) issuing a firm denial of the premeditated murder charge, then his "best friend" Justin Divaris regaling Pistorius' anguish at the "accident," then the story that the runner would sue photographers over certain snapshots taken of him in court as they intruded into his grief.
It all seemed to matter little when Steenkamp's mother June issued the following heart-wrenching comment to South Africa's Times newspaper: "Why my little girl? Why did this happen? Why did he do this?"
And so the process continues and the frenzy will surely show little sign of abating between now and the trial. Meanwhile the conjecture will go on as to the fairness of the system, but it won't stop the public appetite for the tale of a superstar athlete potentially murdering his cover-girl lover, one that makes irresistible reading, viewing and listening for all but the most morally disciplined.
The bail hearing continues.
Now his side of the story
In an affidavit, Oscar Pistorius made the following statement which was read out in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday by his lawyer.
(This transcript is unverified and will be updated with the official version as soon as the court makes it available)
I am an adult male, SA citizen and applicant in this application and seek to be released on bail.
I make this affadavit of my own free will and have not been influenced. Contents is true and correct.
I fail to understand how I could be charged with murder, let alone premeditated murder because I had no intention to kill my girlfriend.
I have been informed I have been acused of murder – I deny the accusation.
Nothing can be further from the truth that I planned the murder of my girlfriend.
I have no intention to relocate as I love my country.
I earn R5.6m a year. I've never been convicted of crimes.
I deny that I committed murder in the strongest point. Even though I don't have to, I want to deal with these allegations.
Reeva had bought me a present for Valentine's Day. We were deeply in love.
We were deeply in love and couldn't be happier. I loved her and I know she felt the same way.
On 13 Feb Reeva would have gone out with her friends, me with mine. She wanted to stay at home.
By about 22h00 we were in my bedroom. I was watching TV. My legs were off. She was doing yoga. At the end of the evening we got into bed.
I'm accutely aware of people gaining entries to homes to commit crime, I've received death threats.
I sleep with my 9mm under my bed. I woke up to close the sliding door and heard a noise in the bathroom.
I was scared and didn't switch on the light. I got my gun and moved towards the bathroom. I screamed at the intruder because I did not have my legs on I felt vulnerable. I fired shots through the bathroom door and told Reeva to call police.
I walked back to the bed and realised Reeva was not in bed. Its then it dawned on me it could be her in there.
I rushed back into the bedroom and opened the sliding door onto the balcony and screamed for help.
I put on my prosthetic legs, ran back to the bathroom and tried to kick open the toilet door.
I think I must have then turned on the lights.
I went back into my bedroom and grabbed my cricket bat to bash open the toilet door.
I called paramedics and complex security. I tried to carry her down stairs for help.
I tried to help her but she died in my arms. I am mortified.
With the benefit of hindsight I realise that Reeva went to the bathroom when I went to close the balcony door.
I trust the South African legal system and the facts will show that I did not murder Reeva.
I believe the forensic evidence will prove what I am saying. I used a cricket bat to break open toilet door.
I am an international sports star, I will not evade my trial.
After the shooting I did not flee the scene. I remained until the police arrived.
I dont know of any witnesses in this matter, and I won't interfere with any witnesses.
My continued incarceration will be of "no benefit" to the state. Release would not disturb the public order.

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I fail to see why they talk about greater standby times for a smart phones, If I only wanted to use it for calls I would have got a "dumb" phone. I want a greater in use time please!
Twin-track development plan for Intel's expansion into smartphones
Intel is planning a two-pronged attack on the smartphone and tablet markets, with dual Atom lines going down to 14 nanometers and Android providing the special sauce to spur sales. Mobile and communications group VPs Mike Bell and Hermann Eul laid out Chipzilla's plans for slurping up market share in the sector. Intel has …
Friday 11th May 2012 08:06 GMT Giles Jones
They know full well that x86 based designs totally suck for mobile. Okay, I had a phone with a 486 in it once, but it was Nokia communicator brick and the 486 was pretty old and relatively efficient by then.
If you like open source and freedom then don't let Intel take over the mobile market, you don't want another monopoly. While you think ARM is a monopoly in mobile, they don't actually make any chips and anyone can licence their designs. ARM's income isn't vast but they aren't a huge company in terms of employee count.
Friday 11th May 2012 08:21 GMT AdamSweetman
Since when was ARM open source? Talk about mixing your terminology.
Intel is one of the the biggest contributors to Linux as well as one of the biggest supports of standard and open source, both of which lead to interoperable open ecosystems.
X86 designs totally suck for Mobile? Back that up a little with some facts please. If you mean traditional x86 cores didn't have the power/performance envelope to work in a modern mobile phone you are spot on, that's been the case right up until Medfield. Things are changing quickly though, and that's what the article describes.
Success in the mobile arena is about hardware, software and telco combinations, its very different from other markets.
Friday 11th May 2012 09:49 GMT theblackhand
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Re: X86 designs totally suck for Mobile?
Yup - my summary of the Medfield reviews is that performance is there as long as you don't have to emulate ARM for your apps (i.e. games), battery life is about average for a smartphone and I suspect ARM will destroy Intel on SoC price.
While moving to smaller process sizes will give Intel an advantage in increasing performance/battey life and the requirement to emulate ARM will be greatly reduced/disapper if they are successful in the marketplace, their ARM competitors are at least half a process node (i.e. 40nm vs 32nm for Medfield) behind Intel allowing them a significant cost advantage that they will retain regardless of the process node used by Intel.
Remind me what the upside of X86 in mobile is again?
Friday 11th May 2012 17:42 GMT Joe Earl
Tuesday 15th May 2012 08:40 GMT N13L5
I welcome Intel muscling in on the mobile market
From all accounts, the purpose for which x86 is the optimum solution might be found back in the 80's or something, but then, I doubt any argument against x86 can also be refuted by someone else, or negated by a new development or adjustment.
However it plays out, Intel spending time and money to become one of the larger players in this market can only be good for customers and technical advances overall.
I would have preferred Intel sticking with Nokia and their Linux flavor, but I guess that opportunity has long passed, and currently, Android ICS is easily the best Mobile OS
I'll judge what I buy after I see new products released and tested - not based on forum arguments regarding issues nearly as complex as calculating the movement of waves on the ocean.


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Sh*t Ruined: The wall
Level of Destruction: 6
Repeat to yourself: Picasso probably did the same thing. Picasso probably did the same thing. Picasso probably did the same thing...
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Sh*t Ruined: Oriental Carpet
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If you squint your eyes really hard you almost can't tell the difference between the spot and the design. (Really hard!)
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Dewey Decimal System Run Amok
Sh*t Ruined: Bookshelf
Level of Destruction: 3
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Sh*t Ruined: The kitchen
Level of Destruction: 4
Look who learned how to open the fridge. What a showoff.
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Sh*t Ruined: Mom's tampons
Level of Destruction: 2
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Sh*t Ruined: Her hair
Level of Destruction: 7
Submitter Andrea says, "Ruined: A year's worth of hair growth. My daughter managed to get a Zhu Zhu pet caught up in her long hair. We had to cut it out. Tomorrow she's getting a bob."
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Sh*t Ruined: Our appetites
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Yo Ho, Yo Ho a Pirates Life For Mom.
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Sh*t Ruined: The cat
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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but only a toddler can paint her green.
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Sh*t Ruined: Themselves
Level of Destruction: 3
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Sh*t Ruined: Mom's privacy
Level of Destruction: 2
Just when you think you've been able to escape to find a moment to yourself—in the bathroom—a tiny hand reaches under the door and a tiny voice says, "Mom, can I have a Rice Krispies Treat?!"
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Sh*t Ruined: Cell phone
Level of Destruction: 9
The kid in us thinks this is hilarious, but the adult in us really just wants our phone back. (Note: AT&T was unable to recover any pictures or contacts from the damaged phone.)
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Sh*t Ruined: The dog's dignity
Level of Destruction: 3
From Jami, the submitter, "Have you ever seen an animal more humiliated by getting her nails 'done?' Way to go, Son."
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Sh*t Ruined: The outfit
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It only took this baby 13 months to realize one of the most important truths in life: Nutella is awesome.
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Sh*t Ruined: Dessert
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From Dave, the submitter, "Who stole the pumpkin from the pumpkin pie? Lucy stole the pumpkin from the pumpkin pie. Who me? Yes you. Couldn't be! Uh… yeah, right."
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Sh*t Ruined: His face
This submitter's kids were too quiet for far too long. "I went out to the living room to find my son's head completely green and my daughter holding food coloring bottles. I of course panicked and starting calling family and friends to help me figure out how to get him clean. I got many laughs while telling the story."
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Facebook user Liz L. submitted the winning caption to this crazy photo. "Blue paint $20.00. New shoes $25.00. The cost of replacing your hardwood flooring? Way more than your credit card will allow."
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Sh*t Ruined: his bedroom floor
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I DON"T know the answer to this one: Anyone hear from a guitarist/stick player, name of Pearce?
Quote from: GordonDanis on April 01, 2008, 06:51:28 PMI DON"T know the answer to this one: Anyone hear from a guitarist/stick player, name of Pearce?I heard from Jeff Pearce about a week ago. He's doing fine, working on music, and well aware that people consider him "absent" now that his working methods have him completing an album about every 2-3 years. He's definitely been working a more direct, clear-sounding, and composed style of music lately, than his Hypnos listeners are familiar with. But in our last talk, Jeff did express an interest in doing some more atmostpheric or ambient work in the near future.
Tuu came up here not too long ago, and somebody knew what they (he?) had been up to, but I don't remember.
Yes - Jeff added a new track to the Terra Ambient MySpace page last December 2007which is much more current than the last time I added a track to the dreamSTATE MySpace page. OMG! Where am I now?
I actually met Thomas Ronkin, around the time his 2nd album came out. He was traveling through Portland for work -- he actually worked for the government as a translator.


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This cold weather makes me want to cook comfort food. I�m looking for some tasty and satisfying casseroles.
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Anne from Adrian made up her recipe for Rice Pudding and says any ingredients can be altered except the eggs and milk. Janice from Defiance sent in her recipe for Rice Pudding that she got from the Dinah Shore Show. La Vonne from Tecumseh says her recipe for Rice Pudding can be doubled for a potluck. Sara from Concord says it the lemon zest that makes her Rice Pudding so good.
3 eggs (beaten)
4 c milk
1 c cooked rice
1/2 c sugar
1/2 t vanilla
1 c raisins
DIRECTIONS: Mix together beaten eggs and milk. Add rice, sugar, vanilla and raisins. Mix well. Pour into a baking dish. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake at 350 degrees until top is browned, approximately 30 minutes. A knife inserted into the center will come out clean.
1/2 c rice
1 c water
1 qt milk
1/2 c raisins
1/2 stick of butter or margarine
1/2 c sugar
1 t vanilla
2 or 3 eggs
DIRECTIONS: Cook rice in boiling water for 7 minutes. Add milk and butter. Cook slowly and stir for one hour. Mixture will thicken. Beat eggs with a fork. Add sugar, raisins and vanilla. Pour slowly into rice. Add cinnamon if desired and serve.
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2 c cooked rice
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2 c milk
2 eggs, well beaten
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1/3 c sugar
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Olofson Chapel Talk: 'Shut Up and Listen'• April 8, 2010 Share:
"Shut up and listen," was BKT Assistant Professor of Psychology Eric Olofson's advice to Wabash men Thursday in the weekly Chapel Talk.
Olofson's point was to illustrate the merits of listening and dangers of talking for talking's sake. And he explained how hard it has been for him to not talk when he should be listening but used an example of a Wabash student who helped him change his ways.
The talk is available on the Wabash College YouTube channel or in the video below.
Olofson had a sophomore in class who was, by all accounts, a very good student but seldom participated in classroom discussions. The Professor had a private meeting with the young man who explained that he enjoyed hearing other students' interpretations of the day's work and felt he learned best when listening to others.
He challenged the students and those at the Thursday talk to let go of some, if not all things, they're sure of and listen more. He asked students if they had definitive opinions at 16 and if they were ready to hold to the same thoughts at 36? If so, he reasoned, the four years at Wabash will do nothing to shape and influence the way any student thinks.
The Psychology professor said part of his learning at Wabash has been to 'shut up and learn from those around me … because if we don't listen, we don't learn."
He also re-enforced a popular explanation of the benefits of an all-male college. He noted during his time teaching in Oregon that females were predominantly those who answered questions and engaged in discussion in his classes. He added that the "being embarrassed in front of the ladies" concept was at work in those classrooms. "But one of the best aspects of teaching here is students are afraid of looking stupid. It's one of the best arguments for being an all-male student body."


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"This collaboration couldn't have come at a better time," said Maritza Arroyo, executive director of Zone 126. "It comes at such a moment of need, when there are so many budget cuts in the arts."
Dozens of student works were on display in the park for the graduation, and consisted of mostly small-scale sculptures made of a wide variety of textiles, wires and other colorful materials. Each of the art pieces was accompanied by a short narrative explaining what the piece means to the artist.
"I am astounded not only by the creativity of the works, but by the narratives that accompany them," said John Hatfield, executive director of Socrates Sculpture Park. "We are thrilled to have Zone 126 as a partner and we look forward to having an involvement with the organization and the high school for many years to come."
LIC High School Assistant Principal Natalia Duncan explained that when Zone 126 and Socrates approached her office to pitch the program it appeared to be extremely ambitious, but the staff of the high school decided to give it a shot.
"It sounded huge," Duncan said. "But we thought, we would like to try it and at the end, we will look at what the students have done. Now, I hope we continue to expand."
The Art Studio program was made possible through a donation from Shelley and Donald Rubin, who matched Zone 126's own funding to create an arts literacy program within LIC High School.
Arroyo explained that with the help of this funding, a collaboration was formed between artists associated with Socrates, logistical support personnel from her organization, and students from the high school.
The end goal of Zone 126 programming is to find ways to bolster graduation rates in schools located within the 11101, 11102 and 11106 area codes, hence the "126" in the organization's name.
Natiana Espino, who will be a high school senior next year, chose to create a piece about growing up and "the chaos of being a child."
"I called this piece 'Not One Stitch Alike' because we're all unique in our own way. Not one stitch is alike, not one pattern," Espino said. "I'm a really unique person, so I just like being different. And I've always loved Alice in Wonderland, so I decided to put that into words in the form of a hat."
Brianna Arroyo found her inspiration for her project from her love of books.
"I'm always reading and I'm always writing stories, and I truly feel that a book is never finished," Arroyo said. "My idea was to make an incomplete book opened right in the middle to show that particular world, with different settings to show there's never truly one world."
To date, roughly 350 students have been impacted by the program and soon, Arroyo hopes to be serving all of the high school students in the Zone 126 operating area.
"We have to see what works and what doesn't work, so part of the evaluation is focused on the efficacy of the program. It's a long-term project," Arroyo said. "We're pretty new in terms of how we're scaling this, but we're hoping to be fully scaled and serving 10,000 kids by year seven, so that way we have another seven to 10 years of full-scale data to be able to see the change."


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For years, scientists, astronauts, science fiction writers and the general
public have dreamed of having a permanent space station in orbit around Earth.
The United States and Russia have had orbiting space stations since 1971 and
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I can no longer believe that many so called "evangelical" churches are even Christian. Churches by the tens of thousands, led by their pastors, have strayed so far from the New Testament directive that they are no longer Christian. That does not mean no one is saved because that cannot be discerned by man. A person's salvation can only be known by God. The Lord knows those that are His.
But if we take a step back, and if we examine the teachings of Christ and the New Testament without cultural dilution, we must see how tragic the situation is. And it comes from many different avenues and theological streams. From the health and wealth movement, to the emergent church movement, to the purpose driven template, to the positive thinking teaching, to the ecumenical debacle, and many other movements, we now have a mess that cannot truthfully be called Christian.
What we have are religious constructs which are built and operate in the power of the culture and the mindset of the western populace. There is no hint of salt or light, and no hint of "come out from among them and be separate". Some churches claim Jesus was a he-man and demonstrated a virile sense of masculinity. Others claim He was extremely pragmatic and sought earthly solutions. Some teach that Jesus sought to dramatically elevate everyone's personal wealth. Other churches portray Jesus as a someone who sought to unite all faiths. Many teach that Jesus was a "you can make it" kind of guy.
The entire evangelical landscape is now poisoned by all kinds of misrepresentations of Christ and His teachings, and upon those misrepresentations are built many falsehoods and grievous errors. The culture has assimilated most of the western church so that over the last several decades Christianity as it was known and practiced in the early church no longer exists in the west. Most of the western ecclesiastical construct is nothing more than practical advice about things which benefit our earthly lives. That is not Christianity.
The gospel has become nothing more than an appendage to practical advice, and God is portrayed as existing as a servant for man. Sacrifice and self denial are curse words. Preachers live as kings and spend more time golfing than they do in the prayer chamber. You have the always smiling Joel Osteen on one end, and the aggressive and self absorbed Mark Driscoll on the other. And a brand new phenomenon is the millionaire preacher. Private jets, five star restaurants, designer clothes, Rolls Royce cars, and extravagant expense accounts now define thousands of so called preachers.
No longer is Jesus the demonstrative core of their theology, to say nothing of being a living template. In many ways, Jesus has become nothing more than a doctrinal talisman that justifies any and all prostitutions of the revelations in God's Word. As long as Jesus is mentioned preachers feel licensed to teach all sorts of heresy and cultural twisting. A man like Mark Driscoll can be rude and aggressive as long as he mentions Jesus in his statement of faith, while a man like Joel Osteen can be spineless and compromising as long as Jesus makes a cameo in his statement of faith.
And the outward signs and manifestations of a religion that says it is Christian but reveals everything to the contrary, are all around us. In fact, if you cannot see the open disfigurement of the faith once delivered to the saints you are deceived as well. And these are not minor disagreements that are more fringe than core. These modern displays tear at the very fabric of what Jesus came to do and what the church is ordained to do and be. Again I say that the situation is so horrifying and treacherous, that in good conscience most of the evangelical religious expressions can no longer be called Christian.
Oh for a humble and sincere return to the simple but bold faith that requires sacrifice, commitment, and a quiet but remarkable lifestyle of faith. The Spirit must yearn for the church to come together once more to worship Christ with all their hearts and minds without having to be manipulated by all sorts of technological accoutrements. I embrace a demonstrative worship atmosphere, and its volume is irrelevant. But when it is obvious that people are manipulated by the music or the lights or the visuals, then it becomes nothing more than a sports atmosphere that attaches a religious moniker upon it.
It is impossible to worship God on Sundays when all week long you have worshiped the world. When you go almost prayer less, and when you barely touch God's Word, and when you have spent countless hours in front of the television, do not expect to worship God on Sunday mornings without a season of deep repentance. And when hundreds of people who have spent little or no time with Jesus during the week; and when some have lusted all week long; and when some are encumbered by the material things of this world; and when some are contemplating adultery or promiscuity; or when some have obvious unforgiveness in their hearts; when that mixed multitude can come together and outwardly seem to worship God then you can know that the music and the praise leader and his team are the driving force behind the worship service.
What kind of worship are we offering the Risen Christ? Is He impressed by the way we worship when we are supposed to and when the music vibrates our being, but when no one sees us we are as dead as toast before Him? Is that a sweet smelling savor that wafts up before His throne and gives Him glory? Or is that kind of perfunctory worship nothing more than a mirror of the Muslims when they bow before Mecca at the appointed time? Let us be painfully honest so we can do authentic business with our Master!
Finally, in an attempt to awaken that which may be dead inside of us, let us revisit the Savior, the Redeemer, and the Living and Risen Christ. Let us recall who He is and what He has done. That, my friends, is the issue. And when we describe Him there can be no hyperbole. In the revelation of Him, the most colossal hyperbole is just truth which only touches the hem of His garment! He is life itself, and in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead.
The story escapes the cords of prophetic parlance and arrives in full glory in the insignificant, little town named Bethlehem, or the house of bread. The Bread has come down from heaven and clothed Himself with a human form and is called Emmanuel, God with us. The event is historically monumental, but far greater in its spiritual consequence and redemptive power. Here is He who would save His people from their sins. How quaint the phrase but how powerful the meaning.
The perfect Son of God, incarnate in the likeness of sinful flesh, but pristine in His Person and determined in His mission. He walked the earth for more than thirty years, and He traveled with common men and common women. Conspicuous by His miracles and teachings and inconspicuous by His appearance, He lived without sin. But even the Holy One gained enemies, since the sinners He came to save did not know who He was nor did they care. But still His eyes were fixed upon Golgotha.
It is impossible to fully grasp the enormity of our sin and the enormity of the consequences of that sin. We were doomed, separated from God, and completely dead. Our lives were mere shells, and we took every opportunity to rebel against our Loving Creator, who for thirty years stood before mankind. Not only were we not looking for Him, in reality we did not desire Him. We were content and satisfied in the pigpen of our own iniquity.
But God's Son walked right into the trap laid before Him, all the while knowing full well His fate. But the Christ did not just know what was before Him, He embraced it. In fact, He orchestrated it. What kind of love is this? There was no reasoning with us, and nothing short of death could ransom the captives. And God Himself stepped into the diabolical plan that would end His life and provide life for the unrighteous dead. This is love about which we are unfamiliar.
And there He hangs, beaten and bloodied, and nailed to two Roman planks. He who existed in the glory of heaven, the emerald aura of God's throne room, was now the object of scorn and ridicule. Wearing the spittle of wicked men, He looks down from His unjust place of death and asks forgiveness for those who carried out this colossal injustice. Like a slaughtered animal, a Lamb to be sure, writhing in His last throws of death, He bleeds out the power to redeem all human kind.
And lifting up His mangled body, He breathes in His last breath, and with His last ounce of energy, He expels the last breath to ever enter His lungs, and He says, "It is finished". God the Son has died. To say it is a mystery is a feeble attempt to explain it. Stand there and gaze at the unthinkable. Squint your eyes as you behold the most glorious sight a sinner could see, and yet a gory mess, limp and lifeless and covered in the crimson flow that only a few hours ago gave Him life but now is shed for ours. The Creator has given His life after suffering the unfathomable torture that was meant for every man. It should have been us, but He died in our place.
Do you think this story is much too archaic and void of the modern sophisticated thought about God and religion? Does this narrative have a hollow ring to your sensibilities and your intellectual reason? Or is this story only for children and not for the clear thinking adults? Oh my friend, if you feel that way you haven't just missed something wonderful; you have missed life itself. We believers are not perfect, but we have touched and been touched by a redemptive power that cannot be fully communicated by words.
Jesus is our Savior, Jesus is our Lord, Jesus is our God, and Jesus is our very life! Yes, our sin sometimes distracts us and the cares of this world rob us of the experience of His presence, but do not let that fool you. It is not us you should be seeking, it is Him. And Jesus, in all His august glory, majesty, and power, will incline His redemptive ear to any sinner who cries out for salvation. Halleluiah, what a Savior!
And so you should now see why we reject the Christless expressions that are passed off as God's church in these last days. We do not wish to pick a fight or to find fault, but we cannot, we must not, remain silent when Christ is crucified afresh on the altar of filthy lucre, pragmatism, human sexuality, earthly success, and the entire ecclesiastical industry which only uses the name of Jesus to project its own selfish agendas. No one who has been redeemed by the Master, and who has been given life and life everlasting through faith in that magnificent sacrifice, can stand silent as the Savior is misrepresented and put to an open shame.
You desire to use someone for your own self interests? Then use us, not Him. You, Warren and Osteen and Bell and all the rest, if you desire to crucify Him again through your religious and humanistic machinations we implore you, crucify us. You wish to ignore Him, then ignore us. You wish to drag His wonderful name through the wringer of earthly success and personal prosperity, then drag us. Our hearts are broken over what you are doing to the Savior of all mankind. We are torn between righteous indignation and tears of grief.
But this word of warning: One day you will wish you only had to face us, because on that day you will stand before Him from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And everything you did to shred His Person, His blood, His cross, and His glorious resurrection will come up against you. And what, pray tell, will you do when you face the Consuming Fire?
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January 30th, 2012 - With the world watching, Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian made history as the team won the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona to open the 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season. John Pew, Ozz Negri, AJ Allmendinger, and Justin Wilson drove the No. 60 LiveOn Ford-Riley to a 5.198-second victory after completing a DP-era record 761 laps at Daytona International Speedway.
Singer Songwriter is grateful for "Crazy Girl" Composing Recognition
January 26th, 2012 – Curb Records recording artist and BMI songwriter, Lee Brice, was nominated today by the Academy of Country Music in the prestigious "Song of the Year" category for his composition, "Crazy Girl," recorded by the Eli Young Band. Brice shares writing credit with collaborator, Liz Rose. "Crazy Girl" was Billboard's No. 1 country song for 2011, and Brice's well-known hit, "Love Like Crazy," was the No. 1 song for 2010.
January 24th, 2012 - Today's release of Emotional Traffic serves as a fresh reminder of the strength of the unique superstar presence Tim McGraw has carved in the industry since his 1994 breakout with the #1 single "Don't Take The Girl".—a presence that was reflected in Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems 2010 proclamation of Tim McGraw as "Artist of the Decade" (2000-2010).
January 23, 2012 – Tim McGraw adds yet another awards plaque to his extensive trophy wall with the announcement that his most recent #1 single "Felt Good On My Lips" has struck digital download gold on the sales front. The good news comes on the countdown to McGraw's much anticipated new studio album, Emotional Traffic, being released by Curb Records tomorrow.
NEW TIM McGRAW SONG AVAILABLE TODAY
January 12th, 2011 - Jo Dee Messina and her husband Chris Deffenbaugh welcomed their second son into the world on Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 11). Jonah Christopher Deffenbaugh was born at a Nashville hospital at 2:43 PM, weighing 6 lbs., 13 oz. He joins three-year-old big brother Noah.
"Noah couldn't wait to hold his little brother," Jo Dee reports. "He's so good with him. God has blessed us so much."
"Take A Back Road" Single Reaches Digital Platinum Status
January 10th, 2012 – Curb recording artist Rodney Atkins will be making a return appearance to the ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! stage Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 11:00 p.m. CT. Atkins is set to sing the multi-week No. 1 single and title track of his current album, "Take A Back Road," in celebration of its RIAA Platinum® Single Certification having surpassed the 1 million mark in digital sales. In addition, Atkins will end the show with a performance of his brand new single, "He's Mine."
TIM McGRAW DIGITAL SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC
January 10th, 2012 – Curb Records is announcing a January 10th digital single release from the forthcoming new Tim McGraw album Emotional Traffic.
"The One That Got Away" will be available for single download as the fourth of five song releases planned in advance of the new McGraw studio album which will street on January 24th.
January 6th, 2012 - The Top 10 Country Songs of 2011 on AOL Radio features two Curb recording artists: Tim McGraw at #4 with "Felt Good On My Lips" and Rodney Atkins at #7 with "Take A Back Road".
10 Sara Evans - "A Little Bit Stronger"
9 Zac Brown Band - "Colder Weather"
8 Lady Antebellum - "Just a Kiss"
7 Rodney Atkins - "Take a Back Road"
6 Jason Aldean - "Don't You Wanna Stay?" featuring Kelly Clarkson
5 Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You"
January 2nd, 2012 – With 2012 freshly out-of-the-box, Curb Records offers an adrenaline rush to country music's new year with the January 24 release of Tim McGraw's latest album, Emotional Traffic—a studio project the iconic performer named 'Artist of the Decade' by Nielsen BDS proclaims as a 'best ever' creative effort in his more than three decades of hit music.


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Rate for Spain's benchmark 10-year bond rises on uncertainty after Italy's PM resignation plan
MADRID – Italian Premier Mario Monti's announcement that he plans to resign has sent the interest rate for Spain's benchmark 10-year bond climbing again.
The rate, an indication of investor appetite, rose 0.19 percentage points to 5.84 percent in opening trading Monday. It later edged back to 5.59 percent. The yield had dropped to 5.3 percent last week.
The main IBEX stock index in Madrid was down 2 percent.
Spain and Italy are two countries at the center of the European debt crisis.
Recession-hit Spain's borrowing costs rose to unsustainable highs of 7 percent earlier this year but have eased greatly since the European Central Bank pledged in September to buy up a country's short-term bonds if it formally applies for aid.


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It's 11:18pm in my timezone as I write this and I'm reflecting on International Women's Day. I feel kind of anxious and twitchy and unhappy, and I'm trying to unpick why.
This morning one of the first things that greeted me, as I sat in bed skimming my Dreamwidth reading page, was this video of Ethyl Smyth's March of the Women, illustrated with pictures of women suffragists who fought for votes — and a wide range of human rights — for women.
Next year marks 100 years since the composition of that song. These are women of my great-grandmother's generation marching, fighting, protesting, being arrested, and being imprisoned for basic human rights. I should be inspired, and yet I feel frustrated and exhausted.
How is it that we are still dealing with this shit?
(And because I am cranky, I am going to set an arbitrary rule on comments: if you post a comment with "but here's an awesome feminist thing to be happy about!" you must also post a "but this fucking sucks" link as well. And vice versa.)


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Francesco Durante
born in Frattamaggiore 31st March 1684
died Naples 30th September 1755
Francesco Durante was
a highly respected composer and teacher during the first half of the 18th
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Durante was primo maestro at the two major
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Source: BL MS R.M.24.a.9.(4) (only source) Durante's masterful a minor setting of the Litaniae Lauretanae is in three parts, and weaves a colourful picture around the words. The structure means that it is possible to perform both with choral and solo forces or with a mixture of the two.
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Wyo. House Panel Backs Concealed-carry Bill
The House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee voted 8-1 Friday in favor of the bill, sponsored by Casper Republican Senator Kit Jennings. It already has cleared the Senate and now goes to the full House.
The committee amended the bill to specify that people couldn't carry concealed guns while intoxicated.
If the bill becomes law, Wyoming would join Alaska, Arizona and Vermont as states that don't require citizens to have permits to carry concealed weapons.
Supporters of the Wyoming bill say the state and federal constitutions guarantee the people's right to carry guns. Opponents warn against putting more guns into hands of people who shouldn't have them.


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Pacman games are one of the most famous games because there is almost no person in the world who never played some kind of pacman. You can easily find the original classic Pacman game online. Most of us know how this wonderful game is played. For those of you who have never experienced the original arcade classic in all its glory, Pacman presents the challenge of traveling through a maze, eating dots, and avoiding the ghosts. When the ghosts catch you, it's all over, but you can send those ghosts scrambling to get away by eating the special power dots. These flashing dots turn the ghosts blue, and eating them before they turn back to normal can lead to a surge of extra points. You can also help your high school by eating pieces of fruit found throughout the maze.
The game challenges you to think and move quickly. Eat all the regular dots, know when to use the flashing dots, and avoid getting trapped in the corner with the ghosts hot on your tail. You only get a certain number of lives. Once you have used them all up, the game is over. Make sure you try some
Free Running Online Games too.
This is the basic formula for a classic game of Pacman, but there are some online Pacman games available to put an interesting spin on that basic formula. Pac-Xon challenges you to move your character across a blank space, and turn at least 75% of the spaces into blue spaces. Ghosts chase you throughout, and some of these ghosts up the ante by being able to eat blue squares, attack you on blue squares (which are normally safe), and more.
The game Purp is an even more challenging alternative to the beloved Pacman formula. Eat the dots, and make sure to avoid the ghosts, but try to do both of those things as the screen moves along. Keep moving and stay alive. Get caught by a ghost, stuck in a corner as the screen passes you by, and the game is all over.
PacMan Adventure: Dracula's Castle is one of the most exciting variations on the Pacman concept you're going to find anywhere. Travel through a series of complex mazes that make up Dracula's castle. The main objective of the game is to avoid Dracula's minions, collect items, destroy Dracula, and rescue your sweetheart from certain doom. Mad Pac is another strange-but-exciting alternative to that legendary Pacman gameplay. You can find something for any challenge level, and you can find something that's going to appeal to any age of player.
There are a lot of other great pacman games which you can play on this website. Even now, people still love the challenge of guiding Pacman (or perhaps Ms. Pacman) mazes, eating dots, avoiding ghosts, and racking up the best high score possible. Looking for Pacman games, Ms. Pacman games,
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Is it just me, or does everybody on here sound like pathetic politicians, just trying to make themselves sound more believable putting others down than proving themselves? Has anybody heard of the phrase, "You catch more flies with honey than vinegar?," or has the complex design of human intelligence been reduced to stupidity?
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Why would I base my entire outlook in life on a 20 minute segment from a touch-feely talk show? Thousands of people have had NDE's, and not one of them has held up to any scrutiny. Furthermore, many people who have had NDE's have seen Vishnu - now is that irrefutable evidence that Christianity is wrong and Hinduism is right?
@ Warofages – Ok that is quite a response and I will give you credit for it. I also admire your honesty in what you say. Most theists on this site will "hit and run" when their ideas about god are confronted and those that do descend into proselytizing about whichever god they have faith in.
So…..where to start……OK, first off any evidence you claim to have had is purely subjective. Feeling a warm glow around you and deducing that it is the warmth of Jesus a.k.a. the creator of the universe can only be deemed a leap of faith. When I use the word "subjective" I mean the evidence you think you have cannot be shown to me. That is, it exists entirely in your mind. You cannot make it objective – that is make it tangible enough for me (or anyone else) to see or test. I am not asking for you to prove you god existence –I am only asking for you to make some of this evidence available. Even just a tiny scrap of it will suffice. I do not believe that you have any. If you can furnish me some I will believe in your god.
Of course all religions assume that they are correct because they have "hard evidence" and other religions are just traditional and based on superstition or a misreading of what their own religion deems to be the Truth. I have yet to get even the tiniest scrap of evidence from any theist of any religion to justify their belief. It is usually around now that I am told "Well we have faith so we don't need evidence". Yes that is exactly what faith is. A belief held because there is no evidence. You are making the same mistake that all theists make. That is you are using the word "Evidence" when you should be using the word "argument". You have been argued into believing that your god exists and assumed that this was evidence. The arguments seemed reasonable and logical therefore your belief can be justified as it looks like evidence.
I was hit by a car at about the same age. I spent 5 days in hospital. I saw a white light too. That was in my mind as I faded in and out of consciousness. When I look back I realise what actually happened. I was involved in an accident, I nearly died, I went to hospital and recovered.
Next….another classic mistake that many theists make – and I have just cleared up the same error for a couple of Jehovah Witnesses – is one that makes me cringe when I hear it. I hope you will change your mind when you think about this.
Evolution is not a matter of Faith. It does not require any faith whatsoever. It is only a matter of understanding. It is a matter of education. Have you studied it? It is a scientific Theory that is fully proven to the point that it is a FACT. People can deny this all they want but it does not change the fact that it is still a FACT. The Earth is not at the centre of the Universe. That too is a FACT. It does not take any faith to accept (believe) that. It is proven just as is the fact that humans are an evolved species that are related to all other species.
You cupcake analogy is off. When Science….ok I will park the Science for now….I have just started to read the link on Evolution and it is so bad. It is appalling bad. The definition and summary of the TOE is so wrong I am unable to respond to it as it would take too long. It is a shameful misrepresentation written only to "prove" the validity of the bible's account. You are being cheated. You may of course think that I have some hidden Atheist agenda here. But I don't. I feel annoyed that this sort of tripe can get passed off as some sort of intellectual debate. It speaks only to those that already belief the Genesis story. It is why Theists think Evolution is a matter of Faith. Warofages I am not out to dissuade you of your beliefs. I used to be a born again Christian at your age – not for long but for long enough to understand the way religion smothers the mind in its attempt to reign supreme in the mind – the only place where god exists. I too thought that I would life forever – that is become immortal - after I died - because I had some fuzzy warm "it must be Jesus" glow that I could sense as real. I was mistaken. I know now and have done so for a long time that Faith in a god is a delusion. If you could see with the clarity I now have you too would be an Atheist – that is someone who do not believe in the god you have faith in. You do yourself an injustice to use links those two above as any source of worthwhile study. They have no intellectual merit.
PS I am so glad that Howard Storm does not hold it against me that I am ignorant. He is an embarrassment. I hope his knuckles don't hurt when they drag along the ground.
@warofages You've written well, but if I could respond to it all, it'd all quickly become a black hole of too many topics. Off the top of my head:
Not only Christians experience the white light thing. It can happen when part of the brain lacks oxygen. Same for OBEs (out of body experiences), and some other common "spiritual" experiences. See the TED video below about Jill Bolte Taylor's personal experience. If interested in more, UCSD's Prof. Ramachandran has researched and described
Secondly, I see a kind of fatalism built into faith, in that "it's what God wants" becomes an end-all answer to questions, or an end-all explanation to anecdotal experiences. What makes science different from faith is that there are no end-all answers; there is no ancient, unquestionable, unchangeable dogma. All knowledge is subject to update with newest evidence. If we didn't constantly update our knowledge and beliefs, we'd still be living like apes, not even able to visualize or discuss God or religion, or life or death.
People have faith based merely on anecdotal "evidence" and local beliefs; the only way one can maintain one's personal faith is by ignoring other religious dogmas and anecdotal experiences of other faiths' believers.
Science is different from faith in that it leaves itself open to self doubt, review, tests, and revision; scientists with differing theories inevitably come together to agree on universal, provable principles. Newton's science was groundbreaking, profound, and still useful today, but Einstein's science took Newton a step further to understand more about the universe's possible origins and futures. Newton's then Einstein's theories became universally understood and adopted, because they could be repeatedly tested with verifiable results.
There are millions of theories floating around about cancers, causes and cures for disease, production of energy without petroleum, how to predict severe weather, how to explore our solar system and the rest of the universe... and so on. Almost every daily activity is made possible or easier because of some past "theory", passing tests and coming to fruition in man-made inventions and processes. We take our tools and products of science and technology so much for granted that we rarely even think of all the hundreds of years of knowledge and experience that went into them.
Science will continue to differ from faith in the future: don't we all expect newly discovered or invented cures for diseases, including cancer, longer and healthier lifespans, technologies that raise the world's standard of living and protection of our earthly environment? If you want to call that "faith", then fine, but it's a wildly different kind of faith that works at a universally reproducible level, and it's highly predictable and effective regardless of personal religious beliefs.
I'm not saying science is all good or should be worshiped. I'm saying it should be understood as well as possible by everyone, because (for better and for worse) it will continue becoming increasingly powerful, and needs to be managed as wisely and properly as possible. Even unknown/unknowable beings on unknown Planet X with an entirely different set of unique religious beliefs would eventually come to the same agreements about how science describes reality, and how well and predictably it works. It isn't eternally tied to dogma, unquestionable faith, anecdote, or opinion.
I should add that there are neuro-phisiological theories other than "hypoxia" to explain NDEs and OBEs, so they're not fully explained by science, yet. It's fertile ground here for humans to believe whatever they want about the causes. But/so this is a good example of what I'm sure science will someday explain better than the personal, anti-scientific anecdotes.
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i appreciate your insight, it has opened my eyes furthermore into the science in which you guys study and thoroughly understand. I'm not against science in any way, i enjoyed it more than any other subject in school to be honest, its just the whole "i used to be a primate" thing, its a bit heavy when you can imagine that, by your views, the earth is ridiculously old. It's just easier for me to believe that God created this rock some couple thousand years ago than it just popped out of nowhere 6 billion years ago. My mind cant comprehend that such an old rock would still be functional, and even if it still was after that long of a lifespan, that it wouldnt move closer nor farther away from the sun, or spontaneously combust, or a similar "big bang" to happen right next door to it, ending this rock's life. It just seems too perfect to be such an accident. I know this sounds stupid, but over the life of the earth, why hasn't another big bang happened yet, abolishing all life and space as we know it? As i said before, i have nothing against science, it's just that the absolutes of this universe are too extreme to not be designed.
On a slightly different note, i know you all are knowledgeable and intelligent folks, but where do YOUR morals come from? Obviously for me, mine come from the Bible, as i see that their is such a thing as sin, which consists of lying, cheating, murder, stealing, and other such things. I just wonder since you guys are obviously not serial killers and dictators, where do you stand in such things and how did that come to be? My point in that question is where relatively would we gain the abilities of a conscious when evolving from a more primitive animal into the breed we are now called humans.
If you had a hard time dealing with "I used to be a primate," consider that YOU did not used to be a primate. You are at the end of a progression from single-celled organisms, to chordates, to bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, primitive mammals much like shrews. Primates come along quite a bit later. So, if imagining some pre-human ape-like creature bothers you, what about a fish or amoeba?
Also, as to morals. Believers commit all the sins you mention. The only difference between us is that you think a magical sorcerer (God) will take care of busiiness in the afterlife. We believe it's better to deal with these things in this life.
Don't give up on science, until the ID/Creationist "scientists" declare science off limits. At least they're often trying to use science to explain things. Their gargantuan task, growing more difficult every day, is how to explain why God left so much scientific evidence to support non-Genesis explanations.
I think my morals come from inside me, from my family, and from society. Morals in the bible came from the minds of mere mortals, after all, and one can see that their sincere attempt at it had flaws. Primarily, for me, it's a libertarian form of the golden rule. That is, do unto others what you feel they would want, and don't force your ideas into/onto them unless they are causing harm. This is *not* a perfect analysis of morality, because I don't think one exists. However, I think it works even better than a lot of the morality prescribed in sacred dogmas that are immune from periodic re-evaluation.
It doesn't have to get much more complicated than that. Even most animals know how to respect each other, at least. We're just learning where empathetic behavior like that comes from, but it's evident in social animals as primitive as ants.
Consciousness is a whole other, huge topic. My personal feeling is that homo sapiens started out with a very limited, rudimentary form of consciousness, which was enhanced and added to in leaps and bounds by increasingly sophisticated language, and other cultural cultural memes (e.g. reading/writing) that took thousands of years to develop. Perhaps even our new ability to invent and describe various gods was simultaneous with our increasingly sophisticated ability to imagine what other people could feel and think about, and even the (huge!) empathetic leap forward to imagine what other beings (and gods, of course) might be feeling and thinking about each of us. (This is called "theory of mind", if you're interested in learning more about it.)


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NHL Game Night: 10-17-13 Wild at Lightning
5-2-0. Nice. Daddy likes.
Ben Bishop allowed 1 goal on 26 shots for the victory. Another near shutout for the University of Maine product. He's been damned good, and that instills a lot of confidence in the team in front of him.
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Radko Gudas had a helper, 3 hits, and 6 blocked shots in 16:30. I'm surprised his minutes total was that low, because he looked like he was everywhere tonight, including throwing a massive hip check that drew a retaliation penalty from Minny.
Tyler Johnson had 1 goal, 3 shots, and was 69% on draws in 17:34. It was his best all around game in a Lightning uniform thus far, including some excellent defensive work in the neutral zone.
Alex Killorn had 2 penalty minutes, 3 shots, and 1 hit in 14:08. He made a great one-on-one play to beat a defender wide to set up one near goal and set up Stamkos on a 2-on-0 that nearly resulted in another goal.
Ondrej Palat had 2 shots, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 15:06. It was also Palat's finest game in a Lightning uniform thus far. Defensively, he was strong as always, but we saw Palat also at his best in the other two zones, as well. On the forecheck, he sat on the puck well late in the game protecting the lead, and I finally saw one of the aspects of Palat's game that I like the most, which is puck savvy in the neutral zone to carry it out of danger and into the offensive zone. The more he does that, a la Filppula, the more he's a keeper.
Andrej Sustr had 1 shot in 14:11. I thought this was one of Andrej's rougher nights. He was a little Bambi-legged in the First Period and had a couple of giveaways in the D zone. It was an uncharacteristically green performance from the talented rookie.
Richard Panik had an assist and 2 shots in 13:27. He had his moments on the forecheck and the chances are still coming for him. Sooner or later he will pot one and the floodgates will open.
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I will be attending Comic Con with my company and be working at the RC2 booth. I will see if I can get extras for the JD forum members, you guys will be welcome if I secure some. I am sure I will be able to trade some swag for some troopers.I really do not care for this exclusive, I would just love a Stormtrooper building pack.
I probably want one... but really the English writing on the banner and the chest emblem look silly to me. I'd rather see it in Aurebesh (or whatever it's called).
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During a recent trip to the US, Sinn Fein Newry and Mourne Councillor Pat McGinn advised those applying for the green card lottery to only do so through the official US Department of State website.
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>Running 101>LongRunNick willing to help newbies.
At the moment, in the group 'Coach25K and One hour Runners', most active members are trying to escape that 'I used to run but...' club, so someone who reminds us to take it easy is much appreciated...
I only started running at age 46, and last year was my most consistent year of running, but when people around me convinced me I would be able to run a half in October, I have been pushing to hard, and...
OK, but now I'm back there, and training very conscientious at a low heart rate. Yesterday I was even able to walk instead of running (and proud of it) because it seemed impossible to keep my HR below MAF.
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Well I am just starting back again after a break of a few years following injury and a false start caused by a bout of tendinitis by running in my old shoes. I have done two runs and skipping to the third week (6 reps of 3 minutes running and 1 minute walking) and so far its going well I just would like to avoid getting injured again, so any advice would be very much appreciated.
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