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For Christian universalists of my basic type, as well as many other Christians who stray from traditional, mega-nasty doctrines of hell in certain vaguely universalist directions, C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce has been a godsend.
The "basic type" of universalists in question are those who accept what I call "strong exclusivism," which goes beyond the claim of "exclusivism" that it is only through Christ that any can be saved to add a condition to the effect that in order to be saved, one must somehow explicitly accept Christ and the salvation he makes possible. The exact nature of the explicit acceptance can be worked out in various ways, but the problem here, of course, is that many people die without having explicitly accepted Christ on just about any way of working out those details. The solution to the problem is to hold that saving explicit acceptance can occur after death.
But while some Christian universalists are thus moved to believe in "further chances" after death (FC), and many other Christians also accept FC for reasons other than that it is the way to square universalism with strong exclusivism, I am still inclined to believe something in the vicinity of what I wrote quite a few years ago in my on-line defense of universalism about the strength with which the opposing doctrine of "no further chances" (NFC) is held in many evangelical circles:
I think no other doctrine can even compete with "no further chances" in terms of the following three factors. No doctrine even comes close to a) being so strongly believed by so many evangelicals despite b) being so utterly disastrous in its consequences and c) having so little by way of Scriptural support.
Well, I suppose I can now come up with some serious competition for NFC here–and even one example of a belief that can beat NFC on this score. (And this not so much because the conditions "on the ground" in EvangelicalLand have changed, but just because I've become more aware and appreciative of the tough competition NFC faces.) Still, I think NFC scores very high on this measure.
To the extent that attitudes are softened at all toward FC, it seems to be largely through the influence of Lewis's Divorce, which has been running interference for universalists and their fellow-travelers for years now. Many evangelicals admire Lewis, and that he presents a picture on which there are further chances constitutes for them a reason for giving FC at least some credence–or at least to not react quite so vehemently those who accept, or even just seriously consider, FC.
So I'm working a bit against my own cause here, but still, I have to question whether Lewis is really promoting FC in Divorce. What is largely at issue is how to read this bit from the end of his "Preface" to the book:
I beg readers to remember that this is a fantasy. It has of course–or I intended it to have–a moral. But the transmortal conditions are solely an imaginative supposal: they are not even a guess or a speculation at what may actually await us. The last thing I wish is to arouse factual curiosity about the details of the after-world.
I should say right off the bat that I am very far indeed from being an expert on Lewis. So it's very possible that–and indeed it would be great if–some readers know about other things he wrote that bear on how to read him here. (Indeed, for all I know, he directly addressed FC in some context where he was writing more straightforward, expository prose.) In fact, I guess this post can be viewed largely as a bleg in this regard. I'm going mostly just by what is in Divorce itself.
But I always assumed that the ability of the characters in the story to move from hell to heaven was in the scope of the "transmortal conditions" that were just an "imaginative supposal." As such, I took Lewis to be saying that was "not even a guess or a speculation at what might actually await us." So I was quite surprised to find people thinking that Lewis was promoting FC in Divorce. But, focusing especially on the last sentence above (which is also the last sentence of the "Preface"), I suppose I can see how they might think so: One might think it's the details of the story that are added for effect as an "imaginative supposal," while some of the more basic and important features of the story, including the ability to move from hell to heaven, are being presented as features of what will actually–or at least may (well) actually–await us.
So I should say a little about why I thought the further chances in the story were supposed to be among the "imaginative supposals" of Divorce. And I guess I was largely led here by what I took the "moral" or main point of the book to be. I've always taken Divorce to be mainly about the various tendencies we have–different ones for different people–to "choose against joy." These are tendencies we (many of us: again, different ones for different people) have now, and constitute a problem for us now, and so are worth exposing. That account of what Lewis was trying to get at provides an account of why he would include the ability to move from hell to heaven as an "imaginative supposal" of his story, even if he wasn't even speculating as to whether that will be the case in the afterlife. Sometimes a good way to explain a feature of something is to show how that feature would manifest itself in counterfactual situations. And that's what I think is going on in Divorce. Imaginatively supposing that folks can move from hell to heaven allows Lewis to make points he wants to make about our current condition. He is saying that we have self-destructive tendencies that are so bad that we can easily get to the point that even if we were in hell but then got to experience heaven and had the chance to stay there, we would choose to return to hell. That the ability to move from hell to heaven could function so well as an "imaginative supposal" to help Lewis make important points should, I think, make us quite hesitant to conclude that that feature of his story was anything more than such an "imaginative supposal."
Hi Keith,
On your bleg: Lewis has some discussion of hell in *The Problem of Pain*, pp. 120-128; portions of it are reproduced in the compiled *The Joyful Christian* entry on Hell, pp. 222-226. Might be of some help to see if he considers FC.
If I remember correctly, Lewis actually comes out and says he believes in purgatory. I think it was in his book, Letters to Malcolm [or is it Malcom?], Chiefly on Prayer. I would need to read through it again for a page reference. Would Lewis think that purgatory was only for believers or for anybody? I would guess the latter.
Meanwhile, I first read The Great Divorce when I was a teenager, and it laid to rest at least one troubling question: Do people go to Hell against their will? And Divorce answered with a resounding NO!
I don't know of any other writings where C.S. Lewis explicitly defends "Further Chances". Other writings, such as The Last Battle, seem to indicate that he was probably an inclusivist. Nothing he wrote, that I know of, would indicate he was a universalist.
Yes, well, I think I recall that Lewis has the universalist George MacDonald appear in The Great Divorce. As I recall, it was this kinda slimy move by Lewis, having the dead MacDonald coming in to say how he now sees how he was wrong about these things during his life, and Lewis has it right. Something like that! (It's been a while.)
I see somebody already did the work for us. And it is "Malcolm":
I found my copy of Malcolm. The site I linked to left out a bit. After the first paragraph Lewis continues:
"On the traditional Protestant view, all the dead are damned or saved. If they are damned, prayer for them is useless. If they are saved, it is equally useless. God has already done all for them. What more should we ask?
"But don't we believe that God has already done and is already doing all that He can for the living? What more should we ask? Yet we are told to ask.
"'Yes,' it will be answered, 'but the living are still on the road. Further trials, developments, possibilities of error, await them. But the saved have been made perfect. They have finished the course. To pray for them presupposes that progress and difficulty are still possible. In fact, you are bringing in something like Purgatory.'
Well, I suppose I am. Though even in Heaven some perpetual increase of beatitude, reached by a continually more ecstatic self-surrender, without the possibility of failure but not perhaps without its own ardours and exertion — for delight also has its severities and steep ascents, as lovers know — might be supposed. But I won't press, or guess, that side for the moment. I believe in Purgatory."
There's more that the site skipped. But I think I've quoted enough to show that Lewis did in fact believe in Further Chances.
"Slimy move by Lewis," eh? Nevermind that you probably never would have even heard of George MacDonald if it weren't for that slimy Lewis. The fact that Lewis said that no author he knew came closer to the Spirit of Christ than MacDonald apparently doesn't mean that we should think twice before labeling Lewis's dealings with his master's thought as "slimy." I guess I'll have to look up that passage, also.
Yeah, I'm inclined to think that taking someone who's dead, but who held a view different from yours, writing them in as a character in your story, and putting into their mouth that since dying they've come to see that their view (universalism, in this case) should be given up for yours (roughly: well, free will is involved, so there's really no saying) is a kinda slimy maneuver–esp. when the view in question had been so important to the person you're dealing with.
A belief in purgatory does not imply a belief in further chances. The standard Catholic understanding is that these days (i.e., after Christ's resurrection–before, there was also sheol) at death people are sorted into three or maybe four groups based on their state immediately preceding death: hell, purgatory, heaven and maybe limbo. All those who go to hell, heaven or limbo are guaranteed to stay there for eternity. All those who go to purgatory are guaranteed to end up in heaven for eternity. There are no further chances.
On further chances, another available view is that God can stretch out a dying person's subjective time, so that she has a century's worth of further chances in her last second. (But we who have heard about Christ early in our lives had better not count on such a thing.) The advantage of this view is that it fully fits with the long-standing Christian tradition of NFC, and has almost all the theological benefits of FC. (And if supertasks were possible, it could have all the theological benefits of FC, plus the further advantage that it makes it possible for a really persistent sinner–one who persists for a subjectively infinite time–to choose hell, but alas for Grim Reaper reasons, I don't think supertasks are possible.) Granted, there may be little empirical evidence of such stretching (though maybe something could be made of some near death experiences), but there is no more empirical evidence of FC.
In The Problem of Pain Lewis says that âthe doors of hell are locked on the inside.â I take that, and Great Divorce, to mean that the damned do not want to enter heaven, so they wonât. If âhaving no further chanceâ means they are constrained by outside forces, then the damned have infinite further chances. If it means there is no genuine possibility of leaving hell, then they have no further chances. Roughly, they are free if you are a compatibilist but not if you are a libertarian.
Also, I think one should distinguish questions about purgatory from questions about further chances.
For those who would be interested, below is the end of Ch. 13 of THE GREAT DIVORCE; the narrator is talking with George MacDonald:
"In your own books, Sir," said I, "you were a Universalist. You talked as if all men would be saved. And St. Paul too."
"Ye can know nothing of the end of all things, or nothing expressible in those terms. It may be, as the Lord said to the Lady Julian, that all will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of things will be well. But it's ill talking of such questions."
"Because they are too terrible, Sir?"
"No. Because all answers deceive. If ye put the question from within Time and are asking about possibilities, the answer is certain. The choice of ways is before you. Neither is closed. Any man may choose eternal death. Those who choose it will have it. But if ye are trying to leap on into eternity, if ye are trying to see the final state of all things as it will be (for so ye must speak) when there are no more possibilities left but only the Real, then ye ask what cannot be answered to mortal ears. Time is the very lens through which ye see-small and clear, as men see through the wrong end of a telescope-something that would otherwise be too big for ye to see at all. That thing is Freedom: the gift whereby ye most resemble your Maker and are yourselves parts of eternal reality. But ye can see it only through the lens of Time, in a little clear picture, through the inverted telescope. It is a picture of moments following one another and yourself in each moment making some choice that might have been otherwise. Neither the temporal succession nor the phantom of what ye might have chosen and didn't is itself Freedom. They are a lens. The picture is a symbol: but it's truer than any philosophical theorem (or, perhaps, than any mystic's vision) that claims to go behind it. For every attempt to see the shape of eternity except through the lens of Time destroys your knowledge of Freedom. Witness the doctrine of Predestination which shows (truly enough) that eternal reality is not waiting for a future in which to be real; but at the price of removing Freedom which is the deeper truth of the two. And wouldn't Universalism do the same? Ye cannot know eternal reality by a definition. Time itself, and all acts and events that fill Time, are the definition, and it must be lived. The Lord said we were gods. How long could ye bear to look (without Time's lens) on the greatness of your own soul and the eternal reality of her choice?"
From my quotation of Lewis, I think it's clear that Lewis rejected the Catholic view of Purgatory, also. He didn't think that one's final destination is decided at time of death.
Lewis says, "You talked as if all men would be saved. And St. Paul, too." It's not clear that Lewis was willing to accept that Universalism was in fact the correct way to interpret MacDonald, just as he wouldn't have been willing to accept that would have been the correct way to interpret Paul. So I don't think your accusation of "slimy" holds. And do you really want to continue using that adjective? Would you have known about MacDonald if it weren't for Lewis?
"In your own books, Sir, you were a Universalist."
I don't think Lewis leaves any question, nor is there one, really, about MacDonald having been a universalist.
As a description for the maneuver I described above (putting into a dead person's mouth that a view they held and was important to them should be given up in favor of a view your yourself hold), which is what I applied the term to, yes, I think 'kinda slimy' (which is what I wrote) fits pretty well.
You think that maneuver is just fine? Not even kinda slimy?
I have always been puzzled by this: if universalism is true and all will be eventually saved then why would God put us thru all the hassle? Why not simply start with the endgame and avoid all the suffering?
This probably shouldn't turn into a discussion of the pros and cons of universalism, but since you've already asked, John …
It turns out that Michael Murray asked basically that question (though in a more detailed form, of course, since it was a full paper), and Thomas Talbott (my fellow universalist) answers it here:
I don't really remember much of Michael or Tom's paper, so I'm not in a position to recommend them or not, but I do know of them, so I thought I'd mention them & send you to Tom's, which has a reference to Michael's.
In general, I get puzzled by such puzzlement. Am I right to suppose that you think that you have a good answer to why we have to go through all this if universalism is false, and universalism messes that good answer up? And is the good answer something like that this life is a good way for God to determine who will get an eternity of eternal bliss and who will suffer in hell? If so, then I guess I can understand what's behind the question. It's just that this life seems to me a very bad way to attain that goal.
Anyway, I'm very uncertain about God's purpose for having us go through all these hassles, but the best answers I can vaguely come up with don't seem to be ruined by universalism.
Thanks Keith for the link to the paper. I will read it with great interest.
You are correct that this post is not the place to work out this issue. I raised it in hopes that maybe Lewis or some interpretation of him could provide an answer and one could alert me to this response. Regarding Universalism, basically my position is this:
Assume that God will only create a world where evil exists iff it is necessary for a greater good to exist or to eliminate an equal or greater evil.
1.God can create any world that does not involve a contradiction.
2. Creating a world containing only human beings that are 'saved' is not contradictory.
3. Evil is not a necessary condition for creating saved beings.
4. Therefore the world we live in is either one that contains only 'saved' human beings or God does not exist.
5. This is not a world that has only human beings that are 'saved.'
6. Therefore God does not exist.
Sorry, John: I misjudged where you were coming from. As you are arguing for an atheistic conclusion, you are of course not committed to God having some reason or other for putting us through all the hassles. Your puzzlement no longer puzzles me!
John Alexander,
âWhy not simply start with the endgame and avoid all the suffering?â
Because the endgame depends on how one gets there. Whom would you value more, a climber who got to the peak through a lot of hard work, or somebody who was flown there by helicopter? And who of the two would you rather be yourself?
Hi Keith,
Another passage from Lewis to consider is this one from _Mere Christianity_, Book II, Ch. 5 ("The Practical Conclusion"):
"Here is another thing that used to puzzle me. Is it not frightfully unfair that this new life should be confined to people who have heard of Christ and been able to believe in Him? But the truth is God has not told us what His arrangements about the other people are. We do know that no man can be saved except through Christ; we do not know that only those who know Him can be saved through Him."
It's not a clear endorsement of FC, but I've always interpreted the passage to be good evidence of Lewis's inclusivism, at least, and FC is one common way of fleshing out an inclusivist view.
Keith: I do not know if there is a God or not. It depends on the definition. For all I know there can be a creator and sustainer of the universe who would allow evil because He (or She) lacks the ability to create a universe without evil. Or maybe there is some sort of Jamesian emerging God – who knows. I try to keep an open mind. I just like to argue/discuss. I suppose I am more like the character of Dr Rieux in Camus' The Plague.
Dianelos: It does depend on how one gets there. We do respect those that 'adapt and overcome' because we are in a universe not of our choosing that contains evil. But that is not the issue from God's perspective. He has a choice of either creating a universe with evil with being who are capable of adapting and overcoming or a universe without evil with beings who are 'saved.' Evil is a necessary condition for the former but not the later. If God will only allow necessary evil then he should choice to create the latter universe.
Imagine that you can create a world for your child. You know that if your child suffers some disease that he or she may adapt and overcome that condition and become a stronger person for it (Adam's overcoming horrendous evil). Would you give your child a disease so that it could have this opportunity? This is different then deciding to have a child knowing that he or she might have a serious disease. We cannot create perfect children in a perfect world. But if God exist as theism defines Him then He can create such a world. There is a big difference between God's moral starting point and yours and mine. He created the basic conditions for the situation we are in, if He exists. We deal with the world as we find it and adapt and overcome to the best of our ability. But, some people are defeated before they really have a chance. Does not seem fair. Anyway, I agree that we value actual achievement over…. But that seems to actually favor not believing that there is a God.
First, I notice that you haven't answered my question: Would you have known about MacDonald if it weren't for Lewis? My guess is that no, you would not have known. I think the modern world owes a debt to Lewis for rekindling interest in George MacDonald and his works. And Lewis did this by noting his own debt to MacDonald in becoming a Christian; and in noting that no other author came closer to the spirit of Christ than MacDonald; in having MacDonald be his "Virgil" in Heaven; and in producing an anthology of MacDonald's works.
So let's make it clear that the man you are accusing of slimy behavior towards MacDonald came seriously close to worshipping him.
Let's also make it clear that you haven't acknowledged your debt to Lewis for your even knowing about MacDonald. Perhaps this suggests kinda slimy behavior on your part?
Let's also note that Lewis was a professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and probably knew a thing or two about the importance of faithfully interpreting an author's work. So if Lewis uses the sentence, "You talked as if all men would be saved," right after saying that MacDonald was a Universalist in his books, then perhaps Lewis was making a distinction that we would be wise to understand, or at least not pass judgment on Lewis before we try to understand it. That would be acting on the principle of charity, which I understand is much valued in certain places.
I have no idea whether I would have heard of MacDonald without Lewis. It's been a while, but I believe I was taught about MacDonald in an English course at college, when studying T.S. Eliot, who was, as I recall, influenced by MacDonald. That's likely not the first time I heard of him, but it's the first time I now remember. But take C.S.L. out of the world and do I still hear of MacDonald? Can't say. My guess is I likely would have, but I don't know, and it's also likely I wouldn't have heard as much about him. If it strikes you as "kinda slimy" for me not to acknowledge something I'm quite unsure is right, well, ok, I guess.
(It may be worth adding that the writings of neither GM nor CSL have been particularly important to me, directly. I am interested in CSL largely because he seems very important to lots of current Evangelicals, and, in particular, in addition to his "running interference" for many with views in the vicinity of mine in terms of acceptance of the possibility of FC, his thoughts about freedom form the basis of a lot of current thinking that free will blocks universalism. I hope to address that free-will-based pessimism in the future. As for MacDonald, I know his writings have been extremely important to many of my fellow-universalists, but that hasn't really been the case for me. I think how helpful a universalist finds his writings depends a lot on what one thinks of as the main issues that most stand in the way of universalism, and the issues he's strongest on aren't the ones that most bothered me.)
I can't help but notice that you haven't answered my questions (at the end of the JUNE 25, 2012 11:03 PM comment), and, more generally, that, though my criticism was of a particular move Lewis made (I called it a "kinda slimy move"), you don't seem to like to talk about the particular move which is what I was criticizing.
You keep dropping my qualifier; please keep it on. I described a particular move of Lewis's as "kinda slimy." That move was, as I described it above, "taking someone who's dead, but who held a view different from yours, writing them in as a character in your story, and putting into their mouth that since dying they've come to see that their view (universalism, in this case) should be given up for yours (roughly: well, free will is involved, so there's really no saying) … when the view in question had been so important to the person you're dealing with." Perhaps that characterization strikes you as inaccurate (things are complicated here). Or maybe you just think that maneuver is not even kinda slimy — in which case we disagree. if you have anything to offer about why that move is all right, I'm ready to hear.
Probably the thing I read (outside of the New Testament) that did the most to influence me in becoming a universalist was REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE by Julian of Norwich. I think I'm far from alone in being influenced by that work. This despite the fact that I think RDL does not advocate universalism. (I think it's best read as holding that *somehow*, in a way Julian says she can't understand, "all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well," even though some humans never make it to heaven. The two are compatible somehow.)
Much of the section of THE PROBLEM OF PAIN on hell is available free online at googlebooks here: http://books.google.com/books?id=qGxZkKdB-68C&pg=PA119
the page numbers don't quite match what Matt listed in the first comment, so this must be a different edition in which the section on hell is pp. 119-131. googlebooks does not include pp. 123-126, but seems to have the rest of it. The famous remark that "the doors of hell are locked on the inside" is on p. 130.
John Alexander,
Theism entails realism about values. So perhaps we are mistaken in valuing actual achievement, but if we are right about it then it is because achievement is valuable, independently from anybodyâs âperspectiveâ.
We cannot reason about God without trusting our own sense of value, and therefore holding that it leads us to understand Godâs sense of value too. And the more one considers the issue the clearer it gets that earned personal value is infinitely greater than given personal value, and thus one realizes that God would want to create a world in which personal creatures are given the opportunity of earning their worth, rather a world in which they are made perfect right away â for that latter kind of perfection is hollow and not worth having at all. This by the way is the basis of John Hickâs soul-building theodicy.
You seem to suggest that there is good naturalistic explanation of why we have this particular sense of value, namely of respecting those who âadapt and overcomeâ. I agree, but from this it does not follow that this sense of value is misleading. On the contrary, since on theism God is the author of nature this is how one would expect things to be. For it stands to reason that God would not create nature in such a way that judging value correctly would be an unnatural phenomenon.
There is a passage in the Hell section of THE PROBLEM OF PAIN that addresses further chances — though I can't see that Lewis commits himself on whether there will be further chances. Here is the passage:
A simpler form of the same objection consists in saying that death ought not to be final, that there ought to be a second chance. I believe that if a million chances were likely to do good, they would be given. But as master often knows, when boys and parents do not, that it is really useless to send a boy in for a certain examination again.
This occurs in the pages skipped in the link I gave above, but if you'd like to see some of the surrounding context, you can go here:
I think The Great Divorce does open the door to the idea of "further chances," but it also makes it clear that not everyone will accept the chance to turn to Christ after death. I'm happy that someone like Lewis, who is so revered in the evangelical world, gives some reason to hope that people can be saved after death, but I think he gives too much weight to human free will as the ultimate determiner of our fate. I wrote about it here: http://blogs.christianpost.com/ambassador-of-reconciliation/the-great-divorce-15248/


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Fallout 4 FUSION CORE Location and Power Armor
Make your way to the "Museum of Freedom", which will automatically put you in a quest to kill enemies. After you're done, talk to the people inside and they will mention a Power Armor that you can use on the roof. It will need a Fusion Core to work.
Luckily there is one on the bottom floor of the building. At the start of the staircase is a generator behind a gate. Lockpick it and remove the Fusion Core.
Now go all the way up to the roof of the Museum of Freedom and put the Fusion Core inside the Power Armor to activate it. From here on out, it's yours. Have fun.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A belt or girdle worn by men in ancient Greece.
- n. Herpes zoster.
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- n. An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
- n. The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Shingles.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ancient Greek costume, a belt or girdle; originally, a warriors' belt round the loins, afterward any girdle or zone, but chiefly one of a kind worn by men.
- n. Same as herpes zoster (which see, under herpes).
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- n. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Shingles is sometimes called herpes "zoster", a Greek word meaning "girdle" or "belt", which describes the appearance of the rash.
The doctors told her that it was herpes zoster, which is caused by the same virus as chicken pox.
The first one is for varicella zoster, which is shingles.
Isada NB, Parr DP, Johnson MP, Straus SE, Holzgreve W, Qureshi F, Evans MI: In utero diagnosis of congenital varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection by chorionic villus sampling (CVS) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Shingles is caused by the Varicella zoster virus, or VZV, the same virus that causes chicken pox, and it only strikes people who have had chicken pox in the past.
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, often starts as pain, burning, numbness or tingling, followed by an itchy, often excruciating red rash a few days later.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Shingles: Can Adults Protect Themselves From a Pox They Hoped to Leave to Childhood?
Nearly one out of three people in the USA will develop shingles, a painful and potentially serious condition also known as herpes zoster, the CDC says.
Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus and characterized by a painful blistery rash that erupts along the nerves.
Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox.
An excellent case in point is the vaccine for shingles (herpes zoster).


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We are working hard on OVMS v3. The development environment for the microcontroller we chose for v3 has finally stabilised to a point where we can rely on it. There will be a new revision of hardware silicon around the end of 2017Q1 and we'll most likely try to time the first production releases of OVMS v3 to use that as soon as it is available. But, the good news is that we have the production development environments available now, and the CAN driver (although early beta) is working well. All the components are finally in place and usable. This has caused us delays in our plans, but we are confident that our choice of microcontroller was the right one. This will give us a great platform for the future and most importantly allow us to keep costs down without being constrained by RAM/Flash memory storage (as was the case for the v2 PIC18 platform). Bluetooth and Wifi support are a bonus. Work on the firmware for OVMS v3 is ongoing, and we're hoping to release this to the open source team any day now. Some highlights of the coming features for OVMS v3 include:
In the meantime, we continue to support OVMS v2. The hardware is still available on fasttech site, but we are over half way through what we think will be the very last batch.
In other news, we have partnered with hologram.io to provide a cellular network for OVMS users (both v2 and v3). Early feedback from our users has been fantastic, and this is now running in a bunch of OVMS cars. Use of this is entirely optional, and the cost-effectiveness will depend on where you are in the world and what other cellular options you have. We're not forcing you to use Hologram; just making it easy for you to choose them if you want. OVMS v3 will come with hologram.io SIMs included as standard (but easily replaced if you choose not to use it). For OVMS v2 users in USA, with the imminent shutdown of the AT&T 2G network, we recommend Hologram.IO now. You can get SIMs from Hologram directly at https://hologram.io/store/, and Tom has penned an excellent write-up of how to switch to Hologram at https://www.idleloop.com/tesla/ovms/hologram.php.
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The Evolution of a Saint
The Evolution of a Saint is a collection of poetry by Chisaraokwu ("Chisara") that is at once provocative, engaging and refreshing. With a storyteller's voice, the poet takes you on a journey through her experiences—from her bicultural, bilingual upbringing in southern California to the pulpits of the Christian church, where politics and religion collide— revealing a mosaic of the complexities of life, faith, love and loss. A portion of all sales from this book go to support the Asomugha Foundation scholarship funds.


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How to Run Effective Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings get a bad rap. There's a misperception out there that it's more difficult to get things done or gain consensus on major issues if everyone isn't together in the same room. Plus, as the arguments go, the tendency for attendees to crosstalk and multitask is higher, and there's greater potential for distractions when people are connecting from multiple locations.
But as more individuals work remotely and from mobile devices, these misperceptions are starting to fall by the wayside. Many are finding that virtual meetings can offer distinct – and worthwhile – advantages. Not only can virtual meetings help your team make decisions faster, but the latest enhancements to conferencing and collaboration technologies can keep attendees engaged and make meetings more productive.
In fact, virtual meetings are easier than ever to organize with features such as one-click joining for impromptu sessions and calendar integration for planned conferences. In addition, collaboration tools such as screen sharing and web chat greatly improve team interaction. And by adding video, organizers can help colleagues interact and bond as if they were in the same room.
Still, conducting a successful, outcome-oriented virtual meeting requires solid organizational and team management skills. The most effective organizers understand just how important it is to structure their meeting in a way that will maximize attendee participation and keep the discussions on track to ensure actionable outcomes.
"Virtual meetings require a stronger leadership approach because you don't have access to the non-verbal cues about whether people have questions or would like to get into the conversation," Paul Axtell, author of Meetings Matter, writes in Harvard Business Review.
To manage virtual meetings so that they're more effective, Axtell recommends paying attention to three things: Relationships, Planning and Leadership.
Relationships: Team Building
During face-to-face meetings, attendees have those few minutes to greet each other, shake hands and share personal anecdotes over coffee before getting down to business. This pre-meeting chat is valuable for creating connections among co-workers and forming the trust needed for effective collaboration. Meeting organizers and team leaders should build a few minutes of this casual time into the beginning of the meeting, and it's naturally suited for the time in which participants are joining the call. Video conferencing makes these interactions even more personal, of course. However, as an organizer, it's also important to firmly and tactfully bring the meeting back to the main agenda after a few minutes to ensure a productive session.
Smart Planning
All meetings operate more smoothly with an agenda in place, but don't try to pack too much into one session. In fact, Axtell recommends planning 20% more time for each topic than you think you'll need. To keep your meeting on schedule, an agenda timer integrated with your conferencing solution can make planning easier and also help to track discussions in real time, ensuring that every topic is covered within your schedule.
Leadership: Lead the Conversation
One of the biggest challenges of virtual meetings is the risk that some attendees won't fully participate. This is important because when colleagues don't speak up or can't get a word in, crucial information may be missed, potentially leading to poor decisions.
As the meeting organizer, you're responsible for managing this in a few ways. First, make sure you have the right attendees. This may seem obvious, yet we've all been subject to meetings we didn't need to be in and meetings that go off the rails because there are too many participants to effectively collaborate. Next, be clear on the nature and expectations of the call with your agenda and invitation. If the intent of the meeting is simply to inform, be sure attendees are muted at the appropriate times and know when and how they should engage with questions. If participation is expected from all attendees, it's your job as the leader to proactively seek input from quieter participants. This is essential in a virtual setting where body language and other non-verbal clues aren't as available to you.
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American Division Championship Bowl
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Chaffey College
Los Angeles Pierce vs. Chaffey
It's not an all-star game, per say, but Rob Hadaway is hoping to add to the fast-growing reputation of Inland Empire football on Saturday.
The Chaffey College coach is hoping his local talent will prevail against Los Angeles Pierce when the teams meet in Saturday's American Division Championship Bowl.
Chaffey, which hasn't lost a game in 68 days, is coming off its first conference championship in 11 years after defeating Southwestern last week for a ninth consecutive win.
Pierce (8-2) has plenty of talent local to Los Angeles in addition to a number of players from out of state. The attraction, according to Hadaway, is the large number of scholarships given to Pierce players every season. Last year's team sent 12 players to NCAA Division I programs.
Chaffey (9-1) is that much more proud to have claimed the American Division Mountain Conference this season with a large percentage of home-grown talent.
"I knew what this school could produce with local talent," Hadaway said. "I don't think I've done anything special besides manage the program. We've got some great players here and they didn't just do it with their talent. They came to work every day and they earned this championship."
Hadaway has been on staff for all four of the Panthers' conference titles. He is one for one as a head coach.
He came to Chaffey with longtime head coach Carl Beach in 1996 and served as his defensive coordinator until Beach left after last season.
Hadaway saw up close why Chaffey wasn't producing the way it was capable for years, but it had nothing to do with Beach.
"Carl was handcuffed in terms of not having people on staff," Hadaway said. "There are a lot of reasons that I probably shouldn't get into."
The talent pool from which Chaffey is drawing may be better than it's ever been.
Conference MVP Dimitri Morales played his high school football practically within earshot of Chaffey. The Rancho Cucamonga High School product decided to join Chaffey after a year playing in the secondary at Azusa Pacific.
Quarterback was his position of choice and he made the most of his season at the helm. He was the second-leading rusher in the conference with 90 yards per game and the fourth-leading passer with 193 yards per game. He threw for 18 touchdowns and ran for seven more.
Morales' counterpart, Pierce's Nick Arbuckle, has thrown for 254 yards per game with 23 touchdowns opposite 13 interceptions to lead the Pacific Conference in both categories.
Pierce's loss to Santa Monica on Nov. 9 cost it a conference championship. Ironically, Santa Monica was the last team to beat Chaffey, having handed the Panthers a 30-27 defeat in the season opener.
Pierce fell to Santa Monica, 36-13.
The comparison with a common opponent is one more reason Chaffey has to believe it can win on Saturday.
"I think we've got a confident group," Hadaway said. "I just hope they're not overconfident."


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If you have ever had to rush to the emergency room for an injury or illness, you know full well just how crowded and chaotic these places can be. Hospital emergency rooms are often under-staffed, and the staff they do have is often over-worked, sometimes working more than 24 hours at a time. For these reasons, mistakes do happen in emergency rooms, and people do wait, sometimes for hours and hours on end. It is estimated that several thousand people fall victim to medical malpractice due to the rushed, substandard care that is provided.
If you have been in an accident and are in need of stitches or some other type of surgical procedure, your best bet may be to find a highly trained and experienced cosmetic surgeon to suture you up or perform any necessary surgeries. If you live in a highly populated area such as Los Angeles or New York City, the care you receive at a private surgical center may far surpass that of the care you'd receive at a crowded chaotic emergency room.
In addition to the typical breast augmentation and tummy tuck procedures, many cosmetic surgeons will offer other surgeries in their on-site facility including:
- Scar revision
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Instead of waiting in an impersonal hospital waiting area, you can receive the best care possible by meeting with a cosmetic surgeon. On-site surgical centers offer more personalized service, a friendly staff, and thorough post-surgery instructions to maximize your healing experience.
On-site surgical centers (often called ambulatory surgical centers) typically have highly trained compassionate staff members who will work very hard to ensure your surgery is as tolerable as possible. If your surgery is not elective, your health insurance may cover all or some part of the costs. Almost any cosmetic surgery procedure has several cost components including:
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Unlike a hospital emergency room, a cosmetic surgery practice will offer financing options and will explain every single cost to you so you know exactly what to expect and can budget for everything associated with your surgery.About the Author:
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What does reign mean?
Definitions for reignreɪn
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word reign.
Princeton's WordNet
a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
"he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
the period during which a monarch is sovereign
"during the reign of Henry VIII"
reign, sovereignty(verb)
royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
have sovereign power
"Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail(verb)
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
"Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
The exercise of sovereign power.
England prosperred under Elizabeth's reign.
The period during which a monarch rules.
The reign of Victoria was a long one.
To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch
He reigned in an autocratic manner.
Origin: regnen < and regner, from the verb regno, and the noun regnum
Webster Dictionary
royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion
the territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion
the time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth
to possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule
hence, to be predominant; to prevail
to have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule
Origin: [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. rgne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal, Regimen.]
A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation or of a people or of a spiritual community. In most hereditary monarchies and some elective monarchies there have been no limits on the duration of a sovereign's reign or incumbency, nor is there a term of office. Thus, a reign usually lasts until the monarch dies, unless the monarchy itself is abolished or the monarch abdicates or is deposed. In elective monarchies, there may be a fixed period of time for the duration of the monarch's tenure in office. The term of a reign can be indicated with the abbreviation "r." after a sovereign's name, such as the following:
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
rān, n. rule: dominion, as Reign of Terror: royal authority: supreme power: influence: time during which a sovereign rules.—v.i. to rule: to have sovereign power: to be predominant. [Fr. règne—L. regnum—regĕre, to rule.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'reign' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4816
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'reign' in Nouns Frequency: #1986
Anagrams for reign »
niger, Niger, renig
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of reign in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of reign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
Free reign is not the case.
Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
The reign of imagagology begins where history ends.
These countries cannot sit by idly when these terrorists have free reign in this area.
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Translations for reign
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- ملكArabic
- regnat, regnarCatalan, Valencian
- vláda, vládnoutCzech
- regeringstidDanish
- Regentschaft, Herrschaft, herrschen, regierenGerman
- regadoEsperanto
- reinar, reinadoSpanish
- hallituskausi, valta-aika, hallitaFinnish
- règne, régnerFrench
- uralom, uralkodikHungarian
- regnareItalian
- فهرمان ڕهوایهتیKurdish
- regnaturiLatin
- valdytiLithuanian
- valdītLatvian
- troon, heerschappij, regering, regeren, heerschap, bestuurDutch
- maktutøvelse, regjere, regjeringstidNorwegian
- reinado, reinarPortuguese
- верховная власть, править, правление, царствование, царствоватьRussian
- vladavina, vladatiSlovene
- regering, härska, regeringstid, regeraSwedish
- devirTurkish
- triều đạiVietnamese
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- Posted November 16, 2012 by
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This iReport is part of an assignment:
Election 2012: Your stories
Time for Us to Step Up
Now the election is over with we need to start looking ahead to 2016 offices and
elections. Everybody should be back to his or her regular selves. But they not
county still have problems including the nation.Majority of the folks are still for themselves. Most are crooked and calling themselves running for different
organizations in this county and half of them do not know how to come out of the rain. Problem is they need to put God first and they don't. They dont work together and not caring doesn't better the situation. Call their selves loving one another
but their no such thing as love if you don't come together as a whole in Christ.
This county will never grow and never will the nation come together. They close our town down years age now they close our social security office down now what is we suppose to do? Why can't we get together and help rebuild our county. Its not
all about the money, but if we believe in God anything is possilbe. As of right now look at us?We still rising hell and about what? when we should be thanking
God for all we have now. If you look around you really don't have friends but God
will never leave your side. Instead we sit back and do nothing.


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I'm Bri Garbani, a designer + photographer living in San Diego, California. It's here that I express my passion for dogs, design + DIY through writing + photography. If you like what you see, you'll want to check back often as I have a constant need to create + Native Blonde is my prime creative outlet.
Hello, I'm Bri Garbani, a designer + photographer living in San Diego, California. That wasn't always my name + I didn't always live here. I have recently relocated, reinvented + redesigned my professional + personal life. You can call me Native Blonde.
I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas where I also earned my degree in fashion design. Combining my passions + creative talent in addition to working experience as a visual merchandiser, stylist, graphic designer, marketing professional + photographer has built my portfolio into what it is today. I thoroughly enjoy the creative process behind producing aesthetically pleasing images whether for business needs or simply for personal enjoyment. While you are here you will also find home design inspirations, see how a life in Southern California is lived, view numerous photos of my dogs + do-it-yourself projects that I have done. These are just a few of the many things that inspire me.
Take a moment to look around + please make yourself at home. If you like what you see, you will want to check back often as I have a constant need to create + it just so happens that Native Blonde is my prime creative outlet.


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Jason Downs is a singer from Columbia, Maryland, of Cherokee, Dutch, Irish and, Scottish descent. He has released two albums on Jive records, "''White Boy With a Feather''" and "''The Spin''". He has also released "''White Boy With a Feather''", "''Revenue''", "''Cherokee''", "''Trippin"", "''Shut Up (Let's Hook Up)''", and the remake of the Harry Chapin classic, "''Cat's in the Cradle''" as CD singles. The Rap artist, Milk has appeared on and produced many of his songs, though the songs without the rapper are more rooted in Folk, Rock, Country or Pop music. As a music artist he appeared in many British variety shows including ''The Top of the Pops'', ''CD:UK'', ''Mtv'' and ''The Big Breakfast''.
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Downs is also an actor. He has appeared in the films, ''Hairspray'', ''Clara's Heart'', ''Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control'', and ''Come Lovely'', which he also produced. He is currently starring in a feature film entitled ''Racing Daylight'' alongside David Strathairn, Melissa Leo and Giancarlo Esposito.
Downs was born on September 8 1973. His parents are Jay and Jeanie Downs. He has a brother, Jordan and a sister, Jillian.


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Google Maps has some cool beta features
If you haven't played around with some of the new beta features in Google Maps, well . . . you should. Some of the new goodies probably won't hang around long but some seem like no-brainers. To turn on these features, go to Google Maps and look for the word "New" in red at the top right corner of the page.
Clicking that will open a pop-up window that allows you to pick and choose any of the following features. Though you can use the features if you're not logged in to your Google account, you must be logged in to retain the features that you select. I especially like the Drag 'n' Zoom gadget. But you really need to try them all!
Distance Measurement Tool
Measure the distance of a path on the Earth
Drag 'n' Zoom
Zooming in on a specific part of the map is now fast and easy. Simply click the Drag 'n' Zoom button, draw a box on the map, and zoom! You're there!
Aerial Imagery
Add Aerial imagery to the map! Aerial imagery gives you rotatable, high-resolution overhead imagery presented in a new perspective. Currently imagery is only available in certain areas, but we're adding more all the time.
Where in the World Game
Test your knowledge of world geography! Guess the name of the country from satellite imagery, and try to beat your top score!
Rotatable Maps
Tired of North always being up? Add rotatable map types and give East, West and South a fair go.
What's Around Here?
Adds a button that displays the most popular places in the current map view. A great way to browse the map.
LatLong Tooltip
Displays a tooltip next to the mouse cursor showing the latlng directly underneath it.
LatLong Marker
Adds an option to the context menu that lets you drop a mini marker showing the latlong of the position that the cursor was pointing at when the context menu was evoked.
Smart Zoom
Ever zoom in too far and get the message "We don't have imagery at this zoom level"? Ensure you don't see it again, with Smart Zoom, which will check in advance what imagery exists, and ensure you can't zoom in beyond it.


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- Engine, ECOTEC Turbo 1.4L Variable Valve Timing DOHC 4-cylinder sequential MFI (138 hp [102.9 kW] @ 4900 rpm, 148 lb-ft of torque [199.8 N-m] @ 1850 rpm)
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- Transmission, 6-speed automatic
- Mechanical jack with tools
- Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, front disc/rear drum
- Steering, power, non-variable ratio, electric
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- Passenger Air Bag
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- Knee Air Bag
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- Door locks, rear child security
- LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for CHildren), for child safety seats
- Safety belt pretensioners, driver and front passenger, dual
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- Posted February 25, 2014 by
- annacourtney
Apple's iPad - A Leader in Education Market
In today's world where everything has summed up on one click only, people have come closer and the way of doing things have changed on a bigger point. Education is also the part of this change.
Books have been replaced by Tablets and teachers have been replaced by virtual instructors and videos. This change has been beneficial for some companies manufacturing technology based products such as tablets, laptops, smart phones etc. Apple is one of those players.
Apple says that last year was their best selling year ever; they sold around $1 Billion worth of products among which 90% were sold to education sector. Apple iPad took over 94% of the tablet market share last year in education sector.
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple said that they do saw some chrome books in the hands of students but most of them either had a Mac Book or an iPad. He himself admitted that this is the highest market share ever in their history. He further said that this shows that they are making some amazing products that are preferred by students and it feels great to serve education market.
Through a research it has been observed that more individuals now look for convenience and easy accessibility which makes them opt the options that provide flexibility to them. This change has been seen in education world too, more students are now choosing online mode of learning over the traditional mode. Not only this, nowadays professionals who have quite a good working experience n their fields also think for completing their education or increasing their educational profiles through fast degrees online in multiple subjects. This has been the recent inclusion in online education world and has provided a facility to those who didn't have a vocational degree but have a practical life experience.
Tim Cook, while speaking to their employees in an annual meeting said that education is now taking different turns and has now became automated and digitalized and therefore they need to make their products compatible with the online learning mode and more users friendly to make it easier for students to learn through them. Through an exploration it has been watched that more people now search for accommodation and simple receptiveness which makes them pick the choices that give adaptability to them. This change has been seen in training world too, more understudies are presently picking online mode of taking in over the accepted mode.
To cater education market, the IOS App developers have created some really useful apps for students such as Calzy; a calculator with a new look and design supported by IOS 7. The other app that appeared to be interesting for students and instructors is Zamurai Mobile Whiteboard; it looks like a mind map of white boards where brainstorming is quite easy and useful.
This analysis and research has proved that education is no longer being kept in between huge walls, its open; it's accessible and is reachable by every individual. The only need is to make the process more smooth and understandable by the learners.
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Noooooooooooooo...Ali read my avatar!!!Originally Posted by Bloomers;3839302;
Noooooooooooooo...Ali read my avatar!!!Originally Posted by Bloomers;3839302;
I think he is lying too. One of Vienna's family members posted that V had been gone a couple of times for filming during the show. The only filming that V would have been doing would be the AFTR (and she posted this before the AFTR was filmed) & so I believe that Jake did meet V at a secret location a few times.Originally Posted by Alexxxx;3838775;
Of course. Its the only way Jake can keep secrets - lying. It's like that every season, they say they haven't had contact with any of them, but they have indeed- ESPECIALLY with their chosen one. ( In this case Vienna)Originally Posted by joliepaige;3839768;
Originally Posted by 1blue1pink;3839151;
He had his chances and he let her go. If Ali is b'ette then Jake coming on her show(please NO, NO, NO) on her show would be way over the top. One reason I would say he had already decided it was Vienna was on the SF date when he defended her to Ali. Ali is a smart cookie, she got the message loud and clear and rather than let him dump her for her nemesis on the show she decided she will get a better chance with a fresh batch of 25 guys chosen just for her. It might be a little more entertaining next season IF and only IF Ali shows spunk in the way she interacts with the guys. We don't need MF's puppet playing the lead again. Let's hope there are no dull guys either, those with interesting personalities not scripted would make sleuthing fun.
Jake doesn't have to defend or explain why he chose Vienna. Nobody would care one way or another in a couple of weeks. He would, however, have to explain to his folks a whole lot more. He did say, God, family and friends in that order. He can get a new batch of friends if he chose but family....... he's got who he's got. If the previews are anything to go by, the looks on their faces was more like "what the heck"? and it was hilarious..........wonder what was going on at the time?
Boy, oh boy! I guess he is willing to lie for a few minutes in the limelight. In his case, bec' he said he wanted to be the bach when he went on Jillian's season (maybe it was his auditioning for this season) and after Kip and Reid said "no thank you" (now those two are the smart ones) they ended up with Jake.Originally Posted by Alexxxx;3838775;
Pure speculation here, but with all the stories already amassed about participants before and during filming could they have spilled some of the stories to the rags themselves?
If Jake makes it to the altar with Vienna let's hope it's done away from the cameras or on network TV. Jake seems to have done more interviews than any lead in recent seasons. Time for him and his f1 to go riding on his motorbike into the sunset. Let's hope he doesn't surface on the next season. Enough already!
I've got high hopes for Ali too, I think she has the shrewdness to keep MF on his toes and not cave in when pressured.Originally Posted by seeker;3839776;
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I'm convinced that this will never happen on this show. MF will always be the puppet master.Originally Posted by seeker;3839776;
I only have a kitchen because it came with the house.
Has everyone forgotten Jillian and Reid?Originally Posted by seeker;3839782;
Why do we think that Ali is going to be allowed to be any different with the producers?
Please! If you are reading this and you have any doubts, please visit the edit thread and look at just 2 of the 4 or 5 kinds of tests we know they have to take which allows the producers to know how to manipulate them. Then add to that the lead and the contenders ALL sign contracts (copy on the board) agreeing to basically do what the producers want them to do.
Based on what has happened in the last 5 seasons, it doesn't take a psychic to say that at this point in Ali's season, we will most likely be shaking our heads and saying, "How can she be doing this?"
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything they have.
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Bloomers said
Based on what has happened in the last 5 seasons, it doesn't take a psychic to say that at this point in Ali's season, we will most likely be shaking our heads and saying, "How can she be doing this?"
See, Bloomers, that's the thing. When we KNOW, why do we ask that? Where in those tests do we fit?
I am going to take this to the Edit Thread where we have been talking about the tests and psychologists!Originally Posted by Nice'n'Easy;3839796;
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The head of Philadelphia's public schools is defending his efforts to forge closer ties with faith-based groups in the city. He says religious leaders can help with tutoring, mentoring, counseling, and organizing faith-based clubs and can do so without violating the Constitution.
In May, Paul Vallas invited churches to start gospel choirs and prayer clubs. Last year, the district sponsored a back-to-school meeting with speeches and prayers by clergy. The Anti-Defamation League and Americans United for Separation of Church and State claim the ties could be illegal.
But the CEO for the School District of Philadelphia says he will keep working with faith-based groups as long as Philadelphia's schools are plagued by violence and other behavioral problems.
"As long as our students are being killed in the streets or pursued by drug dealers as long as we have problems of bad behavior and bullying and intimidation within our schools as long as our students go to school in sometimes very violent communities, I'm going to be seeking support of those organizations that can provide the greatest support of services to our kids."
Religious groups, the educator maintains, can connect students in the Philadelphia school district to the community service projects they are required to perform in order to graduate. And Vallas says voluntary activities led by ministers, rabbis, and other clergy members are perfectly constitutional.
"There is nothing preventing faith-based institutions from organizing faith-based clubs or prayer clubs or after-school Bible clubs or, for that matter, gospel choirs and for students to participate in those activities," he says, "as long as they participate voluntarily and as long as they are an after-school, extended-day activity."
Pennsylvania law allows students to be released from school 36 hours a year for purposes of practicing their faith or taking part in faith-based activities.
Prior to coming to Philadelphia, Vallas served as CEO of Chicago Public Schools. During his six-year tenure there, he transformed the nation's third largest school system from what was thought of as "the worst in the country" to "a model for the nation."
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NBA Says Referees Erred on Pivotal Final Call in Grizzlies-Nuggets GameApril 2, 2014
Monday night's game between the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies ended on a controversial note. With 0.7 seconds remaining, and the Grizzlies nursing a 94-92 lead, Memphis guard Courtney Lee missed a free throw that did not touch the rim. But the referees didn't call a shooting violation, and the Nuggets were forced to scramble for a shot with the clock running. The Grizzlies held on for the two-point win.
Here is a video of the final play, courtesy of NBA.com.
On Tuesday, the NBA released an official statement from president of basketball operations Rod Thorn, admitting that the refs missed the call:
Upon review at the league office, we have confirmed that a free throw taken by Memphis' Courtney Lee with 0.7 seconds remaining in the game did not touch the rim. A violation should have been called with Denver inbounding the ball with 0.7 seconds left on the clock. Since the Nuggets had no timeouts remaining, they would not have been able to advance the ball to the frontcourt.
That last sentence is crucial. Since the Nuggets didn't have any timeouts left, they would have needed to move the ball the length of the court, albeit with the clock stopped.
Though the Nuggets have already been eliminated from contention, the game did have massive playoff implications in the Western Conference. With the win, Memphis moved into a three-way tie with the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns for the final two playoffs spots.
As it currently stands, then, neither franchise can feel too bad about the result. The Grizzlies avoided the dreaded ninth seed, while the Nuggets picked up another loss for lottery purposes. The real losers in this case were the Suns and Mavericks.
The public release of these official referee memos has been a recent development of the new Adam Silver administration. Unlike his predecessor, David Stern, Silver seems to be interested in making the league's dealing with their referees a more transparent process.
And that is a good thing, per NBC Sports' Dan Feldman:
Fans who spend money, directly through ticket sales and merchandise and indirectly through advertising, on the NBA deserve to know what's happening in the league.
Kudos to the Silver regime for going this direction. Referee memos can be a bit trite, but there's no good reason not to disclose them.
Hopefully these memos will continue to be made public. The fans want accountability from the league and the refs, and this is a good start.


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I started tanning yesterday too! Got some burnt spots.
Any Philly brides in need of BD photos?
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Posted 21 March 2008 - 12:28 PM
Posted 21 March 2008 - 01:00 PM
Oh I didnt think of that.. I have to start tanning too. What ever will I do? LOL
Posted 21 March 2008 - 08:09 PM
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Hmmmm, I will be in KofP tomorrow afternoon, might have to stop at Frederick! Is it in the mall? Man, I hate that frigging mall, it's too big and crowded for my taste.
For all you ladies tanning, I didn't bother before my pics. I think I actually started tanning about a week later
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008
The Pope's at it again...
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Addressing a meeting of academics sponsored by the Paris Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pope warned that "in an age when scientific developments attract and seduce with the possibilities they offer, it's more important than ever to educate our contemporaries' consciences so that science does not become the criteria for goodness."
He added that research is required "into anthropology, philosophy and theology" in order to discover "man's own mystery, because no science can say who man is, where he comes from or where he is going".
Apparently this is because "man is not the fruit of chance or a bundle of convergences, determinisms or physical and chemical reactions."
Perhaps someone ought to have a quiet word with him?
Posted by New Humanist at Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Labels: Intelligent Design, Pope, science, Vatican
3 comments:
- The Mad Patriot said...
Hey Ratzinger, in an age when altar boys attract and seduce with the possibilities they offer, it's more important than ever to educate your priests' consciences.
When you show some sign of having a clue what the hell you're talking about, maybe I'll listen.
- 29 January 2008 at 18:00
- email@example.com said...
"No science can say who man is, where he comes from or where he is going".
What a strange thing to say!
Yep, the guys losing his marbles!
I think that Science can say quite a bit on most of these things, expect maybe "where he is going", although even with that surely the rate of scientific progress in the future is extremely relevant to 'where we go'!
The better question though is why does the Pope think that religion has got anything useful to say on these issues?
- 30 January 2008 at 15:45
- Ex Patriate said...
what more can one expect from a man that heads an organization that has been perpetuating a myth for the past 2000 plus years
- 2 February 2008 at 18:37


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Azerbaijani referendum approved the introduction of elements of totalitarianism"
"Moved away from the feeders officers can withdraw from obedience"", the budget revenues decreased several times", "there is a threat of an Islamist coup." So political analysts describe the reasons that led the citizens of Azerbaijan to endorse a rather radical change in the Constitution of the country. Discussed the fact that they were made for 19-year-old son, Ilham Aliyev.
The referendum in Azerbaijan (one of the issues which was the extension of the powers of the President) is recognized as valid. Voter turnout was 30.6%, said Monday the Director of the information center of the CEC Farid Orujov. We will remind, according to the Electoral code of Azerbaijan, the referendum is considered taken place if in it will take part in at least 25% of voters.
"The opposition is not one of the domestic elites, their main donors – Western organizations, their activities are more consistent with the wishes of their foreign sponsors"
The referendum was proposed the inclusion in the Constitution of Azerbaijan of the amendments providing increase of term of office of the President from five to seven years, the introduction of Vice-presidents, as well as removing the age qualification for candidates for the presidency and Parliament. Now to run including the presidential position can be 18 years old.
"Abuse and the punitive operation against the people"
Against the amendments strongly supported by the opposition. So, on September 17 in Baku, there were mass demonstrations against a referendum on amending the Constitution, which involved three to four thousand people, told the "Caucasian knot". Similar protests opponents of the constitutional reforms held on 11 September.
The protesters chanted that all the proposed changes to the law are responsible only to the interests of the ruling elite. "We believe that changes to the Constitution are an insult to the people. What people agree to vote for the restriction of his right to freedom of Assembly, property rights?" – said the leader of the oldest opposition (in the early 90s – the ruling power of the popular front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) Ali Kerimli.
Joined the protests not only of the secular opposition, but Islamists.
"If you call yourselves Islamists…"
A member of the Islamic party of Azerbaijan, Rovshan Ahmadli, read out a message from prison the leader of the movement "Muslim unity" of Taleh Bagirzade. "If you call yourselves Islamists, why do you take a contemplative stance? Those who support this government, worship not Allah, and idol – quoted Bagirzade Rovshan Ahmadli. In response to these words in the square shouted: "We came to the square to say "No" to Satan (the devil)!", "Freedom!" "Resign!". In the situation the police intervened.
Meanwhile, Deputy of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) Malahat Ibrahimgizi said that the opposition supported by some foreign forces pursues only one purpose-to discredit the successes Azerbaijan achieved in all spheres in recent years, the policy was quoting Trend news agency.
"The people of Azerbaijan clearly does not accept them, do not believe them. Our nation has chosen the path of prosperity," she said. Ibrahimgizi recalled: "When 24 years ago the current opposition was in power, the situation in which the nation was? People were standing in bread lines, everyone lived in poverty, couldn't get a hard-earned salary. Each and Sundry, have created a gang and worked in Azerbaijan that wanted in the country was not a disciplined army. Our people have survived this difficult period, and everyone knows that represents the current opposition," – said the Deputy.
In her opinion, the opposition is unable to gather many people at gatherings that are called meetings. So, at the last rally managed to gather less than 200 people", – said the Deputy.
West drew attention to the "arrests and intimidation"
Meanwhile, the international human rights organization Amnesty International, known for its Pro-Western attitude, said that the Azerbaijani authorities are suppressing protests against the referendum, encroached on the freedom of expression of civil society, moreover, their actions are reminiscent of the punitive operation. "The referendum was initially accompanied by arrests and intimidation. Those who dared to criticize and campaign against the proposed amendments, assaulted and harassed by authorities", – said Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia Amnesty International Denis Krivosheev. The portal reminded that back in August arrested three political activists of the opposition movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL) which began to collect signatures of opponents of the referendum, among them Executive Director of REAL Natig Jafarli.
In addition, local human rights activists claim that Azerbaijan has more than 70 political prisoners. "Every election campaign in Azerbaijan is becoming a campaign of intimidation of civil society. The Azerbaijani authorities are obliged to respect international obligations on human rights and to give everyone, including their critics, the opportunity to freely Express their opinion" – called torticollis.
Azerbaijani citizens choose security, not democracy
The political scientist, the head of the Institute of the newest States Alexei Martynov said in comments the newspaper VIEW: many observers say that the new edition of the Azerbaijani Constitution is offensive for rights and freedoms, the retrenchment of democracy, the path to autocracy and totalitarianism.
"On the other hand, look at what complicated the region is Azerbaijan, to neighboring Turkey, Iraq. While in terms of foreign policy turbulence, taking into account the threat of an Islamic revolution, citizens of Azerbaijan choose security, not democracy," – said the expert newspaper VIEW.
He also recalls that the Americans after 11 September also adopted the formula "freedom in exchange for security", agreeing with the extension of the powers of the security services.
Martynov believes that Azerbaijan is very vulnerable from the point of view of preserving the statehood. "If the Azerbaijanis want to protect themselves through the introduction of elements of totalitarianism, that is their right. Let them choose a form of life which is convenient to them. Importantly, Azerbaijan has not posed a threat to neighbouring States," he explained.
The expert notes that Aliyev enough internal enemies, and it is not only Western-funded secular opposition, but also many Islamists. "In addition, the threat of a military coup. Officers trained in the Turkish military academies, are accustomed to receive from Aliyev large sums of money. Now, when with the fall in oil prices has pushed them from the trough, they can get out of obedience" – says the analyst.
"State revenues decreased several times"
Azerbaijani scientist, the head of the club of political scientists "South Caucasus," Ilgar Velizade, believes that constitutional reform in Azerbaijan is primarily caused by internal processes, not foreign factors.
"The fall in energy prices has seriously affected the social and political situation in the Republic. The state budget revenues in recent years has decreased several times. Economic reforms aimed at the development of other sectors of the economy, was announced last year, but their implementation required a simultaneous political reform", – said the expert newspaper VIEW.
Velizade recalled that from the late autumn of last year the country created new state institutions, particularly in December, was created the Institute of public law governing the activities of the Central Bank. Insertion of amendments to the Constitution, in particular the introduction of the post of Vice-President, directed not so much at strengthening presidential power, but on the removal of a number of political functions of the Cabinet of Ministers, which will bear the brunt of the economic reforms.
The heir is the successor to reflect earlier
As for lowering the age limit, Velizade does not share the theory that this is done in order to enter into the power of the members of the Aliyev family. Previously, a number of observers pointed to the fact that his son, Ilham Aliyev, Heydar, named after the famous grandfather, was 19 years old.
Velizade do not agree with those who believe that 54-year-old President has already thought about who to appoint the successor. "All these talks are without any Foundation. Ilham Aliyev has the opportunity to be elected unlimited number of times, he's young for a politician. Question about the transfer of power is not worth it. Most likely, the government wants to grow at the expense of new, young officials," – said the expert.
In addition, the analyst is skeptical about protesting against changes to the Constitution of the opposition. "They had the opportunity to Express their opinion, but they once again demonstrated that they can not influence neither the political process nor on the minds of people. All their slogans hailing from the early 1990-ies, the rhetoric is not connected with reality. In addition, they were not worth none of the domestic elites, their major donors are Western organizations. Their meetings are few", – Velizadeh said.
The political scientist also considers that the referendum will not affect the bilateral Azerbaijani-Russian relations. "Russia in recent years strongly supports Azerbaijan, ignoring criticism from the West, and Azerbaijan does not support the sanctions policy and anti-Russian moves in PACE and other international structures," he said.


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