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LOS ANGELES – Whitney Houston was given a final sendoff by the Grammys on Thursday as Halle Berry, Britney Spears, Jennifer Hudson, Usher and other stars shared their memories and performed in homage to the late singer.
Academy-award winner Berry made a tearful introduction at the "We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston" special, and praised the "unforgettable" performer.
"She inspired a generation of little girls and women to believe in their own dream and to know that they had within themselves the greatest gift of all. I was one of those little girls who then became a woman who never ever, ever, stopped loving Whitney Houston," Berry said.
The event was attended by Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, who was joined by boyfriend Nick Gordon and sister-in-law Pat Houston.
Noticeably absent was Houston's mother, Cissy, and her brother Gary. Record label executive Clive Davis, who discovered the late singer, sat alongside the family in the front row.
The tribute comes towards the end of a year in which the music world was rocked by Houston's sudden death at age 48 in February. She was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub on the night before the Grammy awards, from what authorities said was accidental drowning brought on by cocaine use and heart disease.
A homage to Houston was quickly put together at the Grammy awards in February with Jennifer Hudson singing a heart-felt rendition of "I Will Always Love You" on a stage lit by a single spotlight. Later in May, R&B star Jordin Sparks, who co-starred with Houston in the late singer's final movie "Sparkle," sang the same song at the Billboard Music Awards in tribute.
There was no mention of Houston's turbulent personal life and history of drug abuse on Thursday as the Grammy organizers decided to focus on the late singer's career achievements and best-known performances, including her rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the 1991 Superbowl.
Hudson on Thursday channeled Houston's style from the 1980s with big hair and a glittering blazer, performing more uptempo numbers with a medley of "I'm Every Woman," "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody".
R&B star Usher sang "I Believe In You And Me" and gospel singers Cece Winans and Yolanda Adams delivered a rousing performance of "Count On Me," which had Houston's family in tears.
Canadian singer Celine Dion was on the bill to perform on the night but was unable to make it, taping her rendition of "The Greatest Love Of All" in Canada to air during the televised special.
The event organizers decided to leave Houston's best-known song, "I Will Always Love You," to the late singer, showing a tape of her singing at the 1994 Grammy awards.
Presenters at the event shared their memories. Pop star and "X Factor" judge Spears said her version of Houston's "I Have Nothing" scored her a deal with a record label and started her career.
The audience were also treated to exclusive interviews from the early days of Houston's career, showing her talking about fame, philosophy and religion.
The one-hour CBS special will be aired on November 16.


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Where there is passion on the internet, there is someone who seeks to exploit it. Thus, in the wake of the massive fan-driven controversy surrounding the ending of Mass Effect 3, a new scam has been unearthed that seeks to trick users into clicking on affiliate advertising offers in exchange for a download of a supposed "new ending."
The spam email, as uncovered by GFI, directs users to download a ZIP file containing a password-protected downloader for the supposed new ending. A text file inside the ZIP instructs downloaders to go to a web site where they're asked to take part in one of a number of shady offers to get access to the supposed password.
"Last Mass Effect 3 Ending, was really bad, but here, you have NEW, EXCITING ENDING," reads the download page. "You only need, to downlad [sic], and run it, downloader will automacitally [sic] start, download, new ending files, you will like it!"
You'd think obvious misspellings like "automacitally" and the generally poor grammar would raise the warning bells for users even remotely familiar with internet security, but nevertheless the download link has attracted at least a few hundred gullible players since its first appearance, according to publicly displayed statistics.
Recently, Bioware told fans they would be working to address the rampant criticism of the Mass Effect trilogy's vague ending with new downloadable content that will help answer lingering questions. However, the official DLC will not be available until April, and will likely only be available on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, and Origin (EA's download service.) Even then, it's unclear whether the new content will significantly change the game's existing ending or merely add new context an explanation to the existing narrative.

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10 Romantic Bedrooms We Love
Does your bedroom lack romance? Discover inspiration in these bedrooms from HGTV fans that incorporate decadent bedding, soft lighting and all the essentials for a truly romantic retreat.
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December 17, 2014
By: Charity Curley Mathews
Luxurious Dreams
HGTV fan Rethink Design Studio created a romantic and regal getaway with smoky blue walls, a silk tufted headboard and a soft mohair blanket. Luxurious furnishings and soft lighting are perfect additions to such an elegant space.
French Getaway
This charming master bedroom delivers romance through the custom-made headboard, bedding and Old World furnishings. The curved lines of the furniture and soft lighting create the perfect setting for a cozy night in. Design by HGTV fan SedonaSidney
Antique Inspiration
This refined and sophisticated bedroom exerts romance through its use of soft, neutral hues and fabrics paired with antique furnishings and an elegant, oversize fabric headboard. Design by HGTV fan cherrybounce
Room With a View
With stunning views, soft flowing linens and an open design, this master bedroom in Bali is truly a vacation spot of its own. Design by HGTV fan BoBendana.
Soft Ruffles
Sometimes the best way to treat a small space is by going all out. HGTV fan mypointofview added layer upon layer of ruffle to her tiny French-inspired bedroom in serene shades of gold and blue.
Bold Contrasts
It's easy to turn up the heat in this dramatic and dreamy master bedroom. A creamy tufted headboard is a bold contrast against deep blue walls and looks especially desirable paired with crisp white linens. For an added punch of color, freshly picked red flowers are a romantic addition to the nightstands. Design by HGTV fan transformingdesigns
Shared Space
To create the perfect bedroom for one husband and wife, HGTV fan mypointofview chose a bed with clean lines, allowing for elegant bedding on top. With a mix of solid furniture and feminine touches, the room is a romantic retreat for him and her.
Simple Romance
Nothing says romance like a room with a grand, four-poster bed. HGTV fan Niomi tones down the black bed frame with soft, white linens and red accents. A neutral wall color and minimal accessories keep the space perfectly simple.
Small But Sexy
For this small space turned sexy bedroom, it's all about contrast. The bold red accent wall pops against crisp white and black accessories, creating a room with va-va-voom. Design by HGTV fan jwthornt
Cream Palette
Soft and serene, this guest bedroom is layered in creamy whites and gold, complete with a silk comforter and antique accessories for a romantic cottage feel. Design by HGTV fan LuluD
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How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's, using rods that are identical?
Can you make a train the same length as Laura's but using three differently coloured rods? Is there only one way of doing it?
Using the picture of the fraction wall, can you find equivalent fractions?
Use the fraction wall to compare the size of these fractions - you'll be amazed how it helps!
Can you find all the different ways of lining up these Cuisenaire rods?
Find out what a "fault-free" rectangle is and try to make some of your own.
Pick two rods of different colours. Given an unlimited supply of rods of each of the two colours, how can we work out what fraction the shorter rod is of the longer one?
Using only the red and white rods, how many different ways are there to make up the other colours of rod?
Make a line of green and a line of yellow rods so that the lines differ in length by one (a white rod)
Can you see how to build a harmonic triangle? Can you work out the next two rows?
Data is sent in chunks of two different sizes - a yellow chunk has 5 characters and a blue chunk has 9 characters. A data slot of size 31 cannot be exactly filled with a combination of yellow and. . . .
Imagine a strip with a mark somewhere along it. Fold it in the middle so that the bottom reaches back to the top. Stetch it out to match the original length. Now where's the mark?
What have Fibonacci numbers got to do with Pythagorean triples?
What have Fibonacci numbers to do with solutions of the quadratic equation x^2 - x - 1 = 0 ?
Make and prove a conjecture about the value of the product of the Fibonacci numbers $F_{n+1}F_{n-1}$.
Maisy has thought carefully about how to make chairs and tables out of cubes which match each other for size.
A partial solution is shown here. Can you find the other arrangements?
Brilliant and simple. Quality thinking involved in devising this solution.
This article for teachers suggests teaching strategies and resources that can help to develop children's number sense.
An environment which simulates working with Cuisenaire rods.
A train building game for 2 players.
This article for teachers describes a project which explores the power of storytelling to convey concepts and ideas to children.
First or two articles about Fibonacci, written for students.
An introduction to some beautiful results of Number Theory
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Remaining print from a fundraising art fair. 5x7.5 image on 8.5x11 fine art watercolor paper, individually bagged.
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The Art Fair: here you'll find miscellaneous smaller prints left over from fundraisers, art fairs, and such. As usual they are printed at the same quality as my exhibition prints, but are just smaller. For most of these there are only one or two remaining, so they're on sale!


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Did you spend time with your family on Feb. 15? Canadians did. For many of our northern neighbors, this Monday wasn't Presidents Day but Family Day, an official paid holiday created in several provinces for the sole purpose of promoting quality time for families.
Canada's Family Day is the capstone in a long tradition of family-friendly policies that support and strengthen the family unit. Although America has a deep-seated philosophy that strong families are key to a strong country, our state and national policies simply don't measure up.
Despite our fears that socialism is an unwanted and perhaps contagious disease, in these tough economic times, most Americans would welcome the kind of public benefits provided to Canadian families. New parents can take up to 50 weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave, at up to 55 percent salary. They are also guaranteed a comparable job when they return to work at the end of the time off.
To help offset the costs of raising children, a variety of subsidy programs are available, both to working parents who use day care and stay-at-home moms and dads. These benefits are in addition to guaranteed healthcare for all families, regardless of income, employment history, size of workplace, or preexisting health conditions.
Dubious distinction on parental leave
By contrast, the United States is arguably the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't give all new moms paid time off. In a 2007 report that studied 173 countries, a Harvard and McGill University research team found that 168 nations provide some form of paid income benefit for childbirth, leaving the United States in the company of four other countries – Lesotho, Liberia, Swaziland, and Papau New Guinea – that do not guarantee some form of paid maternity leave.
Even US companies that are praised for being family friendly offer little more than six weeks of fully paid leave. The resulting financial pressure causes many moms to separate prematurely from their newborns. Given all we know about early childhood development, this separation imposes a high cost on families and society in years to come.
An American mother might be able to afford to take another six weeks of unpaid leave, or some companies may allow her to use sick time to extend her paid leave. She must return to work within 12 weeks, however, or risk losing her job. Fathers are generally absent from the equation unless they qualify for, and can afford to take, the 12 weeks of unpaid leave provided by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). But since FMLA applies only to companies with more than 50 employees, about 40 percent of US workers aren't eligible.
Such help is no help at all to the growing number of homeless and jobless families. And millions of families that try to keep a parent at home with the kids must do so without good health insurance. These families face the fear that one health crisis could leave them in financial ruin.
Maternity leave in America comes in the form of disability insurance. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prevents employers from treating pregnancy or childbirth any differently from the way it treats other short-term disabilities. Thirty years ago, this legislation afforded critical employment protection for women. Today, it effectively devalues families by classifying the act of motherhood as something broken or sick.
The cost of not investing in parents
What if the United States chose to follow Canada's lead and funded families as a high national priority? Critics say we could never pull off something so radical because of sheer cost. What we don't realize is that we are already paying.
When we say we can't afford to invest in new moms, dads, and their babies, we pay in other ways – with attachment disorders, compromised mental and physical health, and stressed and absent parents during the critical formative years when research and instinct tell us our children need us most.
For all our fears about the cost of universal healthcare, the US already spends much more on healthcare than Canada does. Canadians seem to have found a way to focus on wellness, preventive care, and lifestyle changes. The US seems to operate in perpetual crisis mode, with high-cost, uncontrollable healthcare usage that has emergency rooms bursting.
A healthy country depends on healthy families. Yet rather than unite to push for needed reforms, Americans have politicized family values. The "pro-family" distinction has been hijacked in America by right-wing politics. We discuss gay marriage endlessly, but have yet to begin to talk seriously about practical ways to help the parents who raise our newest citizens, and who live and work in our communities.
It is true that American families are under attack, but for reasons that transcend the current, unhelpful conservative-liberal debate. In the past decade, as Canadians have doubled the length of standard parental leave, and secured Family Day for additional provinces, Americans have divided along partisan lines, watching lobbyists fight tooth and nail to see whose definition of family will sway federal policy. The debate has distracted us from the difference we might make if we just focused on those things that are good for all families.
Canada's newest statutory holiday may not be enough for Americans to move to a colder climate. But it ought to be enough to give us pause. Canadians have implemented vastly different policies that benefit their families, not just on the third Monday of February, but every day, in the quality of life they lead.
With a fresh focus on the importance of families, and a united commitment to strengthen the family unit, we Americans could see similar progress, if not a new national holiday. At the very least we can acknowledge, that yesterday, as they took time off from work to spend with their families, our northern neighbors got it right.
Angela Kays-Burden is a licensed master social worker.


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Four-year graduation guaranteeThe four-year guarantee for graduation relies on mutual commitment from the student to follow a list of practical guidelines while attending college, and from the university to ensure that required courses or acceptable alternatives are available.
Students must have appropriate high school preparation, pursue a course of study that is intended for four-year completion and follow these prudent practices:
- Select a major early in college and stay with that major.
- Work closely with academic advisors to develop a four-year curricular plan.
- Sign up early for classes during each semester's pre-registration period.
- Register for and complete 15-18 credit hours per semester with acceptable grades.
- Work at a job fewer than 20 hours per week.
- When a required course is not available, notify the department chair in a timely fashion.
The Four-Year Graduation Guarantee was approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents in 2002. The program recognizes the importance of Nebraska undergraduate students being able to earn their bachelor's or first-professional degrees in timely fashion.
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Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis was established in 1984 with proceeds from the sale of Lutheran Medical Center. Since that time, the Foundation has awarded more than $100 million to 600+ churches and organizations.
The Foundation is committed to seeing the improved care of hurting people in the greater St. Louis metropolitan region. Through our grant support to area congregations and organizations, the Foundation acts as a conduit for Christians to model the healing love of Christ, thereby fostering a healthier community. Our investments help congregations and organizations deliver services that cultivate meaningful transformation—mind, body and soul.
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Critical Thinking Exercise #1: Did Jesus Keep the Law?
One of the very key things that I am called to do as a minister is to encourage people to develop sound critical thinking skills. When I taught as a professor at a Bible school, I always attempted to inspire reflection and analysis among my students by encouraging them to think about the content of the course. Most theological schools merely "indoctrinate" their students, and critical thinking is too often highly discouraged. However, it has always been my goal to "educate" people instead. The latter can only be achieved if people are given the tools to think correctly (logically), and entrusted with the ability to use their God-given brains as they try to reach sound conclusions.
Yes, people will make mistakes, but that is also how we learn. Moreover, if a professor/teacher is secure in his or her own ability to discern and explain truth, then they should be willing to let people make the effort and then give sound critique to get them on-track if they miss the mark. We should teach students how to think first, and provide them a framework of understanding core doctrines of the faith at the same time. Then we need to allow them to put those same doctrines to "the test" by analysis.
Within my FREE audio series, The Fundamentals of the REAL Gospel, I called this the "lab" (short for "laboratory") part of the education process. Using a chemistry or physics class as a metaphor, I liken the Bible instruction portion of the education process to the textbook reading and lectures. However, the concepts don't become "real" to a person unless they can then see the dynamics involved with their own eyes. Hence, there is a "lab" class in which they get to "test" the theories they learned in the main classroom. There is something about actually working with the experiments that makes abstract concepts come alive to the mind, as we understand how they apply in the real world. Likewise, if a given doctrine is truly correct (i.e., both biblical and logical) then the "lab" of good analysis will verify that fact. However, if the doctrine is false, then when it is "put to the test" it will fall apart as the inconsistencies and contradictions are exposed.
With these points in mind, I would like to do something different with this article than I have within my previous ones…
Normally, I take a subject that I have on my heart and write an article. I lay out my case as logically and methodically as I can from the Scriptures, and attempt to provide analogies to make the teaching more comprehensible (much like Jesus used "parables" to do the same).
Once I post the article, however, it is not uncommon that someone will come along and challenge me on a point or two. When they do, I typically respond to them and dissect their arguments (like a good professor should) in order to demonstrate where their reasoning is in error (if, in fact, it is in error). Some appreciate this, and others do not. Of course, the Bible told us that is the way it would be:
Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
(Proverbs 9:8, NKJV)
For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life…
(Proverbs 6:23, NKJV)
So not everybody appreciates the correction, but nonetheless, it is the way people are supposed to grow intellectually and learn. Another way that people learn is to "do" something concrete with the instruction that they have already been given, as I noted above with my "lab" analogy. So what I would like to do is to combine these two concepts, and that brings me to my idea.
My Experiment
I would like to do my OWN experiment here. Instead of answering a particular comment directly myself, what I would like to do is allow my readers to examine the comment and to dissect it to see if they can pick out the errors. Then I would like my readers to post their own comments underneath this article with their analysis, and I will affirm those points that are correct and coach them where they fell short, in order to sharpen their discernment and reasoning skills.
So to use another analogy, picture a classroom setting. One of the "students" (in this case, a reader of this website) has just stood up and presented a thesis that challenges something that I as the "professor"(in this case, the author of the article in question) have presented to the "class" (i.e., all my other readers). So turning to my class, I am asking, "Okay, he has presented his case. Is he correct? Is he wrong? In what way or ways is he wrong? Critique his thesis using sound reasoning, and be sure to justify your own answers accordingly."
If this little experiment of mine works well, then I may do this more often from here on out. As I write articles, and people come to challenge me on points, I may take some particularly ideal comment and set it apart in an article like this for group analysis. (Not all comments are as well suited for this as the one I will present below, so I will only be able to do this as I have comments that are useful for the purpose.)
Supporting Analysis Is Provided
Of course, I will not leave my readers without some helpful instruction. What I will do is post the comment in question below, and then give you a few hints at what problems are in there that I have already identified. Then you can choose the category (or categories) that you want to study and analyze, and select the points underneath which you wish to address. Then write your comment at the bottom of this page in order to break down the problem AND to give the correct answer from the Scriptures. You can choose as many or as few points to discuss as you like and as your schedule permits.
What I will do on my end is to leave all the comments in the moderation queue for a few days (maybe a week or more) so that I can let them build up. I want to give you all a chance to respond to the parts that you want to address without someone taking your topic first and/or influencing your answer. When I am ready to pop them out of the queue, I will respond to each post (very kindly) and affirm the good arguments/points, while providing a proper critique of the parts that are not quite correct. Hopefully, we can work together to help this person understand why his comment is in error.
(Of course, the person who posted the comment could themselves re-examine their original statements in the light of my "hints" about the problems therewith, and post their own corrections.)
The entire exercise should hopefully prove to be a great way for my readers to learn more about biblical exegesis and logical analysis. It is my hope that this will encourage a greater quality of critical and biblical thinking, while enabling me to take on more of a "coaching" role whenever the time comes to address another sincere (but erroneous) comment in the future. Again, my goal is to "educate" people. Part of that entails encouraging critical thinking and logical analysis. Thus, I hope that this "lab" time will help you all to attain greater skill in these areas.
The Rules
Of course, I have to put a few control mechanisms in place in order to ensure the discussion stays objective and polite. I want to encourage academic-style discussion to the greatest degree possible. I do NOT want to merely encourage people to post unsubstantiated opinions on my page, or to abuse the person who has just inadvertently "volunteered" for this exercise by posing a public comment on one of my articles. So to be clear: I don't want your "opinions." I want your thoughtful analysis and resulting conclusions. (Yes, there is a difference.)
So here are the basic rules:
- No baseless name-calling. In logic, this is called the "ad hominem" fallacy. This is a Latin term that literally means, "at the man." Whenever a person lacks good reasoning skills or have nothing by which to substantiate their thesis, they often resort to verbal abuse as a defense method. This is nothing less than a school-yard bully type of tactic in debates. Unless the statements/labels being used are relevant AND substantiated with fact (e.g., calling a proven heretic a "heretic" is perfectly legitimate), then we are dealing with an "ad hominem" fallacy. Such comments will either be edited (i.e., if they contain other useful commentary) or deleted entirely (if they do not).
- State facts, not opinions. In order to "make your case," you need to address specifics with the person's comment, or expound upon a Bible passage, or identify a relevant point of logic or something else of substance. While statements like, "I don't like that" or "I think it should not be that way" may be honest expressions of your opinion, they are also not logical "arguments" in the true sense of the word. Stick with the facts, and make your case. Please keep emotions and mere opinion out of it as much as possible.
- Be respectful. While you may not agree with the commentator (or me), be respectful in how you address the other person's view and argument. You may not respect their particular view (i.e., in the sense of agreeing with it), but you can still be respectful toward the person. Again, hostile or disrespectful comments will be either edited or deleted.
So with these basic rules in mind, let me now present to you the comment that we will all study together and analyze. I will thereafter provide some helpful "hints" as to what problems I have already identified therein (in several categories). It is then up to you to take it from there and make your case about any point that you wish to address (including any points that I do not identify explicitly because I have not stated all of them that I see, nor do I necessarily see all of the problems that are within the comment; I am certainly not omniscient).
The Comment
The following comment was posted by a very sincere person by the name of Loddie Resnick. This brother was NOT hostile, so we must give him due respect as we reply to his comment. However, he is quite incorrect on a number of points, so I think it will be a good exercise for my readers to reach out in an effort to help this person see where his reasoning is not as scriptural as it could (and should) be.
This comment was posted underneath my recent article Casting "Boomerang Stones." (Since his comment addressed a secondary point of that article, it would take that page way off topic if I replied to him there; thus, this is another reason why I have relocated his comment here so that we can discuss it without detracting from that other article.)
So before replying to what he wrote, you will certainly need to first read that article. This is necessary in order to understand the subject of what Loddie is discussing. In the mean time, here is what he wrote:
You state "One of the things that qualified Jesus Christ to be our Savior is the fact that He NEVER sinned! He was the sinless "Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Thus, in order to KEEP the law (which Jesus had to do in order to be "sinless," and He Himself said He came to "fulfill" it in every way), then Jesus would have had to AGREE with the Law—but only if it was being properly applied." Nowhere in the 4 Gospels does Jesus ever claim that he came to "keep" the Law of Moses. The using of Matthew 5:17-18 to justify your belief that Jesus was testifying to his keeping the law "perfectly" in order to be sinless is just plain bogus. Jesus himself contradicts your understanding of what he meant by fulfilling the law.
Read the account of the two men on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24. Verse 27 states, "And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself." Then later in the chapter Jesus appears to his disciples back in Jerusalem and verse 44 states "Then He said to them, 'These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.'" The Law of Moses, in types and shadows, and the Prophets and psalms all pointed to Christ as the coming Messiah who would save mankind from their sins. Jesus was asserting, thus promising, he was going to fulfill all those things declared of him in the law and prophets. For you to twist Christ words in Matthew 5 to mean that he came to "keep" all the Law of Moses perfectly contradicts Jesus himself and calls into question your whole hypothesis about the boomerang words. You cannot start out contradicting Christ and somehow believe you will end up with the truth.
One enjoinder of Christ often repeated was to "follow me." If Christ was in fact keeping the Law of Moses then we are obligated to "keep" that Law also or we would not be following him or way he lived his life in the Gospels. Do you really believe true born again Christian are obligated to "keep" the Law of Moses in order to follow Christ and live as he did? Seems to me one would have to believe that if they truly believed Christ was "keeping" the Law of Moses. Otherwise they would not be truly following Christ.
Gal 5:18 "But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." Is not someone under the law obligated to "keep" the law? Yet keeping the law would be counter to walking in the Spirit. If Jesus was "keeping" the law was he then not being led of the Spirit? Of course Jesus was led of the Spirit thus he was not under the law and therefore, not "keeping" the law. He manifested the life of his Heavenly Father that dwelt within and thus was never under law or "keeping" the Law of Moses. This is exactly how we live our lives by following the example of Christ in being led by the spirit and not under law. The Apostle Paul puts that whole argument to rest.
"But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust." (1 Timothy 1:8-11) Just how does a true born again Christian use the law lawfully (correctly, properly)? They use it correctly in revealing Christ to sinners and their need of him for salvation. They misuse it when they attempt to "keep" it or try to impose it on others as a necessary part of salvation. Paul is emphatic that the law was not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and ungodly. Why would Christ, our righteousness, have to submit to and "keep" the Law of Moses since it was not made for a righteous person? Makes no sense that Christ had to "keep" the law "in order to be "sinless," (your words, Rich) if he was already sinless and righteous before his Heavenly Father.
Rich, you contend Jesus would have insisted upon Law of Moses being obeyed by supporting the stoning the two caught in adultery, had the man been brought to Christ along with the woman. Your argument is based on the belief that Christ had to "keep" Law of Moses perfectly. Nowhere in the Law of Moses does it allow for the mitigation of stoning adulterers even if they are contrite and repentant of their sin because the Law of Moses was the ministration of death (2 Corinth 3:7) not life. If what you contend was true then the words of Christ from Luke 9:56 "For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them" would be disingenuous at best to the ordinary Jew in those times but more so the words of a hypocrite and deceiver.
Rich, you really need to go back and rethink what you have written here and ask the Lord for clarification and correction.
Your brother in Christ
This is a well-written comment, indeed. Most of the ones that challenge me are not this well stated, well formatted, or grammatically correct.
However, there are a number of biblical and logical errors within this sincere brother's comment. Let me point out a few of them here, and then let me challenge my own readers to explain WHY these are problems and what the correct biblical exegesis is that will get him on track.
Points to Note
The problems that I have already identified with what he wrote above fall into three categories: His use of fallacies, self-contradictions, and statements of error. Let me explain (in general) what I see herein:
Use of Fallacies:
The first thing to note is that there are at least four fallacies that he has used within this comment. "Fallacy" is a word that is defined simply as error in reasoning. More specifically, these are "informal fallacies" that he used because they do not pertain to the formal structure of his argument, but rather to his ability to "form" and then "target" his argument at all. These are:
- The "Straw Man" Fallacy: Whether due to misreading my arguments to which he addressed within his commentary, or due to an unclear explanation on my part, or due to his own faulty thinking, etc., the position that he thinks that he is attacking is not real. It is a figment of his imagination. In short, what he thinks that I was arguing, is not what I was arguing. So like fighting a "straw man" rather than a real one, his entire thesis is pointed toward an illusion instead of what I really said. (Note: You can study about the "straw man" fallacy by clicking here.)
- The Fallacy of Bifurcation: This fallacy occurs when a person wrongly thinks things are "either this or that." In other words, they think that the answer is one of two "mutually exclusive" choices (and, of course, they think theirs is the "correct" choice) when, in reality, there may be three or more choices. It is like a person who thinks everything is either "black or white" when in the world around us, there are colors like red, green, blue, yellow, orange, and even "banana cream." (Many years ago I worked in the paint department of a major home improvement retailer, and some of the names of paint colors made me hungry! LOL!) In particular, Loddie thinks that what I said, and what he proposes, are mutually exclusive positions. However, what I really said (i.e., not his "straw man" argument) is perfectly congruent with the passage he mentioned from Luke chapter 24. (Those of you who have listened to my FREE audio teaching series, The Fundamentals of the REAL Gospel, know that I spent considerable time teaching from Luke chapter 24 within that series.) Yes, there are times when bifurcation is not fallacious because there really are only two mutually exclusive choices. However, Loddie falsely thinks that his answer excludes my earlier points, when they do not. (Note: You can study about the fallacy of "bifurcation" by clicking here.)
- The Fallacy of Hasty Generalization (aka "Hasty Conclusion"): This fallacy occurs simply because too few samples are taken before "jumping to a conclusion." In the field of statistics, an example would be conducting a survey of five people and then concluding from these few responses that "everyone in this town thinks this way" about that topic. The sampling has to be significant enough in order to be credible. In the world of theology, however, this fallacy takes on a slightly different character. Basically, this fallacy occurs whenever a person studies too few Scriptures before reaching a conclusion about a given doctrine. Loddie is sincere, but he is also ignoring many Bible verses in order to make his point. I run into this particular fallacy frequently when people propose doctrines in error. In Loddie's particular case, he is taking an OVERLY narrow view of a much broader subject than he realizes. (Sorry, there is no quick link to a Christian website that I can provide for this one at the moment, but I might write an article about this fallacy later myself.)
- The Fallacy of Begging the Question: In this instance, the fallacy in question involves assuming a conclusion that has NOT yet been proved. In other words, it is a case of a person thinking that they are right, and then insisting that they are right, without actually proving that they are right. This is why this fallacy is also called "circular reasoning." Now, reasoning in circles is not necessarily fallacious. We all do this all the time. For example, you might be talking with co-workers about something that you all already know (e.g., some technical issue). Unless the underlying assumptions are challenged by someone, then those assumptions speed the conversation along because it would be a waste of time trying to "prove" something concerning which everyone is already in agreement. However, the moment you are presenting an argument to someone who does NOT agree with that assumed position (or if they challenge you to prove it), then you have to validate that assumption. Otherwise, a person commits this fallacy as they continue to assume that their assumptions are "true" without proving that the are so. Likewise, Loddie has assumptions about the truthfulness of his position that are unproven, partly because he is fighting a "straw man" and partly because of his bifurcation. In fact, because of the contradictions within his argument (which I will note next), his entire thesis is entirely unprovable. (Note: You can study Begging the Question by clicking here but also by clicking here for a second article on the subject.)
Now, there may be other identifiable fallacies within his comment. Nevertheless, I will leave this list off here for the sake of time. If you notice other fallacies that he used, however, feel free to elaborate upon them within your analysis as you post your comments below.
One critical point of logic is that no genuine TRUTH can ever self-contradict. For example, something cannot be "this" and "not-this" at the same time. So a car cannot be "in the garage" and "not in the garage" at the same time. Now someone might protest, "Well, the car could be half-way in the garage, and be both." No, that is NOT "not in the garage" but "half-way in the garage." There is a difference. Someone else might say, "Well, something could be black AND white at the same time." Yes, that is true; but that is not a contradiction. If someone says "it is black and it is NOT black," then they have self-contradicted. Being black AND white is different (i.e., there is no contradiction there). Stating that something is "black and not-black" at the same time is a contradiction.
There are at least two contradictions that I see within what Loddie wrote above:
- The contradiction that comes from the combination of his "straw man" argument and bifurcation, in that he quotes my stated point and then PROVES my point with what he writes thereafter. That is like saying, "You are wrong and you are not wrong" at the same time. Whenever you say that someone is wrong, but then prove that they are right, that is a contradiction. (Note: I will revisit this particular contradiction again further below.)
- The second contradiction is one that I already explained within the article itself, Casting "Boomerang Stones." In anticipation of challenges, I had already explained in that article (irrefutably) that to argue against my stated position on that point puts a person into an automatic self-contradiction. If he had thought carefully about what I had written regarding this, then he would have perhaps realized that he was self-contradicting himself by trying to argue against my stated position.
In short, one cannot base their case upon contradictions AND still be telling the truth. The two parts cancel each other out, so that the "argument" is self-nullified. So the fact that Loddie self-contradicted himself twice proves that those particular points are invalid. Since those points are integral to his thesis, then his entire thesis collapses by self-nullification.
(Unfortunately, his entire thesis also qualifies as outright heresy because it indirectly attributes sin to Jesus Christ, but I doubt that he realizes that fact. So please be gentle with him as you reply.)
Statements of Error:
Loddie also made at least one factually incorrect statement. (He may have made more, but I will let you search for those if they are there. Again, I am trying to encourage critical thinking, so I want to see what you all come up with here.)
When Loddie wrote above, "Nowhere in the 4 Gospels does Jesus ever claim that he came to 'keep' the Law of Moses," he was making both a straw man argument AND an incorrect statement. Moreover, he seemed to forget that the Bible is more than the four Gospels alone. So let me challenge my readers:
- Can any of you find passages in the four Gospels in which Jesus explicitly or implicitly stated that He was sinless, and thus, keeping the law perfectly?
- Can you find quotes about this fact from anywhere in the rest of the New Testament?
- Are there any such passages found about Jesus Christ (i.e., prophetic descriptions of Him) in the Old Testament?
Of course, I can give quotes from all three areas of the Bible, but I want to see what you all come up with first.
Again, all of this points back to the Fallacy of Hasty Generalization that I explained above. It also demonstrates that one should not make "absolute" statements about the Bible unless they have truly studied the Bible.
(Again, the very fact that Loddie tried to argue that Jesus was NOT sinless–which is the implied meaning of his argument–is a contradiction, as I already explained within the article Casting "Boomerang Stones" itself.)
One Correct Point to Note:
I do not want to leave my readers with the impression that Loddie's entire comment lacked merit. I should note, in all fairness, that Loddie DID make a correct statement when he wrote:
The Law of Moses, in types and shadows, and the Prophets and psalms all pointed to Christ as the coming Messiah who would save mankind from their sins. Jesus was asserting, thus promising, he was going to fulfill all those things declared of him in the law and prophets.
In fact, with that one statement Loddie proved my entire thesis (i.e., the very thesis that he was challenging). Again, this is one of the self-contradictions that I mentioned above. Can any of you explain why this statement of his PROVED my entire thesis, contrary to what he intended?
Start Thinking
Now that I have pointed out three categories of error that are found within his comment above, along with a few specifics under each category, it is time to see how good the critical thinking skills of my readers are. Here are a few pointers:
- Please do NOT try to tackle too many categories or issues in one comment. Otherwise, your comment will be too long and it will be hard for me to reply to you. Instead, try to keep to one or two issues within each comment.
- Please do NOT try to tackle too much in one sitting. You may need to ponder these things a bit. Moreover, your schedule may only provide you enough time to touch on one or two things, but you can then come back later to address other points.
- Please READ Casting "Boomerang Stones" first, because you need to understand his comment within the context of that article. You will ALSO need to understand my own points (to which he addressed his comment) within their own context. So read that article first so that you do not commit the "hasty conclusion" fallacy yourself:
A fool has no delight in understanding, but in expressing his own heart…. He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.
(Proverbs 18:2 & 13, NKJV)
- Please also remember that we are trying to help Loddie understand why his entire thesis is incorrect. This is to be a respectful discussion.
- Please FOCUS on explaining what the Bible really says about Jesus keeping the Law (i.e., the subject at hand) and try to avoid running off into unrelated topics or tangents.
- Please do NOT think that you need to "defend" me or my article. This is NOT about me. It is about learning to discern and explain biblical Truth while helping a brother to see that Truth. (Besides that, I am quite able to defend my own theses whenever the need arises.)
So with these points in mind, let me again invite my readers to take the time to do some reading and analysis, and to post your comments below. I will again keep the moderation queue from posting publicly until I have collected a few and have the time to respond to each one. Also, again, I will endeavor to tactful in replying to a sincere effort to respond to Loddie's comment above (or to me). So please just keep in mind the rules above and don't be nervous about writing your comment.
Once I start releasing the comments from the moderation queue, we can also begin to dialog further. I hope to get a good discussion going through this exercise. So please feel free to mark the "notify me of follow-up comments via email" option whenever you post your submission (you can always cancel those updates later if you wish). That notification system will enable you to monitor the discussion as it proceeds. (By the way, I will likely release all future comments in batches too, simply because of my schedule. So don't be nervous about any delay in having your comment approved because sometimes I get busy.)
If this experiment of mine works out, and my readers seem to enjoy learning by this method, I may do it again in the future from time to time. So if you like this idea, then please be sure to participate! Please be sure to also "like" and "tweet" this article so that others know about it and can participate.
Now, get to reading, and get to thinking! 😀
Always in Jesus,


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THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, jockey Mario Gutierrez, also the owner J. Paul Reddam, and trainer Doug O'Neill.
We'll ask a couple of questions, then open it up. Gentlemen, let's get started. Doug O'Neill, let's get started with you. You've been here a couple of times before; had some success at Churchill Downs. I remember your owners that day had a shirt on that read, Getting lucky in Kentucky.
DOUG O'NEILL: That's right.
THE MODERATOR: Talk about what's happened to you here.
DOUG O'NEILL: I got extremely lucky when Paul and Zillah called me to train for him. They have a great group of trainers, and I'm blessed to be one of them.
This race is unbelievable. I can't believe it. Paul, he's a big owner, but he's also a big fan. It's an incredible feeling.
THE MODERATOR: First Kentucky Derby win for you here. How important is it for you?
DOUG O'NEILL: It's incredible. When you tell people you're in the horse racing game, they ask you, Have you won the Kentucky Derby? Now I can say, Yes, I have, 2012.
My brother Dennis, he's been there with me through the ups and downs, and there's been a lot of downs. So this is incredible, and I'm going to soak it up as long as I can.
THE MODERATOR: Mr. Reddam, you've had some wonderful horses, good experiences here, and now you have a Kentucky Derby. Your thoughts on the race, your horse, what's happened to you today here.
J. PAUL REDDAM: Well, I think you win a race like this, everything has to go pretty much according to plan. That's the way it's been since the horse started back this winter.
When he came into Kentucky ?? he did his primary work, of course, in California, and everyone was kind of wondering about that. Doug had a plan and he followed the plan, and the horse was doing super every day. We kind of greet each other every day with, Well, so far, so good. That went through today.
I'm just so excited for Doug and Dennis who picked out the horse, Mario. I was telling some folks that was the second time Mario has ridden on the dirt at Churchill, and the first time was earlier today. We got him the experience he needed. Went off flawlessly. Really happy for the whole team.
THE MODERATOR: How big a goal was this for you as an owner in thoroughbred racing? Was it the biggest thing on the horizon for you or just one of them?
J. PAUL REDDAM: I don't know how at this point anything could be bigger than the Kentucky Derby. If you hear of something, let me know (laughter).
THE MODERATOR: Dennis O'Neill, you picked this horse out. Talk about what it's like to be here?
DENNIS O'NEILL: It really is. It's beyond belief. Somebody asked me earlier in the week what would it be like to win the Kentucky Derby. I used Bubba Watson's quote when he won the Masters: I never dreamt this far. I never in a million years thought we could do this.
Baffert always told us in the past talking to us, saying, If you ever win The Derby, there's nothing like it. And, boy, was that true.
THE MODERATOR: Really a first timer, Mario Gutierrez. First things first, where did you watch the Kentucky Derby a year ago today?
MARIO GUTIERREZ: I was in British Columbia at Vancouver, where I've been doing all my racing since 2006 pretty much. I watched it there. I saw Animal Kingdom win the Kentucky Derby that year.
THE MODERATOR: Did you have any dream at that point you would be riding in race a year from then?
MARIO GUTIERREZ: Like all jockeys, we all dream that one day fortunately I would be in the Kentucky Derby. At that time I was at Hastings Park and of course like a joke I had the dream, but I wasn't thinking it was going to be the next year.
THE MODERATOR: Let's talk about your experience in the race. You were in a great spot with I'll Have Another throughout. Talk about how the race went, especially when Bodemeister spurted clear at the head of the stretch.
MARIO GUTIERREZ: He broke sharp, as he usually do. He's such a professional horse. He's a really calm horse. I know he was going to help me 100% through the first part. In the end, he just give 100% all the time. As soon as you ask him, he throws everything on the race, and he didn't disappoint today.
THE MODERATOR: Did you feel you could catch Bodemeister?
MARIO GUTIERREZ: I know my horse was reaching every single step of the way, but I wasn't going to stop riding until I was passing the wire. That is when the horse race is finished.
THE MODERATOR: Everyone at the table appreciates that.
We'll open it up for questions now.
Q. Mr. Reddam, it's been written a lot that you saw Mario ride in California. What did you see in him that day that made you want to put him on your horse?
J. PAUL REDDAM: I don't know if he won or not, but he really looked good in the irons to me. I said, We need to try some new blood.
I want to mention there was some karma today because it was Cinco de Mayo, right, and we rode the Mexican rider.
Q. Your horse won the Santa Anita Derby. It was relatively overlooked this week. Why do you think that was?
DOUG O'NEILL: I think he was such a prize because of me training it and Mario riding it. If it would have been a Pletcher or Velazquez, I bet you it would have been 9?2. How do you win the Santa Anita Derby and not be one of the top five choices?
I know the buyer numbers. He didn't put up crazy high buyer numbers. When they win the way he did, we were super confident in this colt.
Q. Doug, you changed the calendar in the barn. What's up your sleeve next? Trick worked great this time.
DOUG O'NEILL: I changed the calendar on what?
Q. In the barn, to make him think he had more time between races. You told me you were going to change the calendar in the barn to make him think he's got more time.
DOUG O'NEILL: We're going to change the calendar and make the Preakness be like the middle of June. This horse is so smart, though, he would figure that out (laughter).
Q. Mr. Reddam, talk about the team and about the fun that you guys have together. Talk about the entire operation.
J. PAUL REDDAM: The Doug O'Neill team is a lot of fun. The whole group tries to remember that racing is supposed to be fun first. There's not just Doug and Dennis and Mario, but all the guys that work very hard in Doug's operation.
There's a lot of laughs there, I would have to say. We're kind of a working class group, from the trainer, the owner, the jockey. We don't come from the bluest of blood for horse racing, and that's okay. The horse matches that absolutely completely, right?
I can remember Seattle Slew being bought for $17,000, how amazing that was. Now we got this horse for $35,000. In Seattle Slew dollars, he was probably cheaper.
Q. Why was he only $35,000? What were people seeing that they didn't like?
DENNIS O'NEILL: You know, he didn't breathe that fast. Generally shows you have to breathe 10 flat or 9.4 to be expensive. I think he breathes 10.2 or 10.3. Just had a beautiful way of going. He was a little weak behind. You could pick things on him.
But me doing this so long, working with Doug, I know what Doug can put up with and what he can't. Honestly, when he went through the ring, I said, This is a perfect horse. I thought he would be 60,000 or 80,000. When he went for 35, I was surprised.
He breathes okay. You could still see, he goes the same way now that he did then. A beautiful long stride on him.
Q. Did the horse break like that on his own, or did you have to urge him? How critical was that coming from the 19 hole?
MARIO GUTIERREZ: Like I say, he's a really smart horse. I let him run a little bit to have that position. He's so smart, he does everything pretty well. I just waited for him, push him a little bit to have that spot, and then everything from then on was from the horse.
Q. I'd like to ask Doug to just comment on Mario's ride as he went around the racetrack.
DOUG O'NEILL: He did a pretty good job (laughter).
No, you know, he did. The horse broke perfectly, which in a 20?horse field, you got the starter, we schooled him in the gate the other day. Scott was such a cool guy. So great start from Scotty here.
You know, Mario, by mid?stretch the first time around, just had great position; really had a trouble?free trip. I love the way Mario said he really stretched for him down the lane. That's what we've been seeing here.
Since he's come from California, he's maintained that long, beautiful stride. I love the way he carries his head. He's such a beautiful, talented colt. The way he handled the crowd today, incredible.
Q. Mario, did any of the other jockeys give you any advice going into the race? What did they say to you after?
MARIO GUTIERREZ: I came here focus. I came here prepare. I know this is huge. I did my homework my own. I talked a lot to Doug O'Neill, Mr. Reddam. I haven't talked after the race with any other jockey, so I don't know what they're going to say.
Q. Doug, could you talk about what you saw in Mario when you first put him on the horse. Did he work him before?
DOUG O'NEILL: He did. I was having lunch with Paul and Zillah. We were talking about we were going to debut I'll Have Another this year. Dennis and I came up with a brain surgeon idea of starting him in an allowance race down the hill.
Paul immediately asked us if we were drinking. Then he said, You know what, you guys have been telling me how good this colt is. Why wouldn't you think about the Bob Lewis? I said, You know what, Paul, this horse is training that good. I see a good mid pack or better finish.
But we're not going to get Bejarano or Rosario, so who do you want to get? Just as we were talking, Mario had just won a race. Paul said, Who is that kid? I knew his agent. Ivan Puhich is a legend. I knew Ivan had him. I couldn't pick Mario out of a lineup at the time.
I had him come work the colt. They got along beautiful. Paul said, Let's give the kid a chance. Thank you, Paul, because this kid can really ride. Actually, I just hope he doesn't get too big to where we can't get him. Usually what happens with these jockeys, they got so popular and you're like, Wait a second, did you forget about us, Mario?
Q. Doug, congratulations. First Santa Anita Derby winner Charlie Whittingham came here in 1979. Just memories of Charlie during that year, what you were doing then, and what impact will this have on West Coast Santa Anita Racing.
DOUG O'NEILL: I don't think there's anyplace with better weather than Southern California. Santa Anita is just an unbelievable facility. They've got new management over there. Mark is now the CEO. I think there's a lot of good stuff going on in Southern California.
Having the Santa Anita Derby winner win the Kentucky Derby, we're carrying the flag for Southern California. Any horsemen that have any interest in beautiful weather and good purses, come to Southern California, because it's a great place to train, a great place to live.
I can't say enough about Southern California.
Actually, when I first started, Charlie Whittingham was the man. I remember being on the trainer's stand with him just in awe of him. So to be the next guy who has won the Santa Anita Derby and the Kentucky Derby, it's just an unbelievable honor.
Q. Mr. Reddam, you could have your choice of pretty much any trainer. Could you talk about when your relationship started with Doug and why, what his best qualities are, why you use him.
J. PAUL REDDAM: Well, in 2004, a friend of mine claimed a horse with Doug and sold me a piece of the horse after he claimed it. Doug started to call me every day and say how this 20,000 claimer jogged well, he ate well. This Doug O'Neill guy is really nice. He's calling me every day to tell me about this one?quarter of one horse that I have.
I have all these other horses and they're not calling me. It took me about 10 years to figure out what happened (laughter).
The biggest thing about Doug and the crew is that he's a lot of fun and he's not afraid to talk about things, to listen. It's not his way or the highway. Sometimes, if anything, he might take too much input from his owners, including me.
I just feel like we have a very good chemistry. It culminated with today.
Q. Mr. Reddam, take us maybe quickly back through your involvement in this industry. What got you in? What keeps you in?
J. PAUL REDDAM: Well, horse racing is the most dangerous kind of addiction because it has intermittent reinforcements, right? Every once in a while something good happens, and that keeps you gambling or buying horses, what have you.
It started for me in high school when a friend of mine was a groom at the local harness track. We used to skip school a little bit and go bet. When I came out to California in 1979, I was working on my doctorate. I went to Santa Anita one day and, Oh, my God, look at this place.
I was fortunate enough to see, the first year I was there, Spectacular Bid, his run. I was hooked. I never really dreamed that I would be in a position to own racehorses, but I got very lucky in my life and it happened. I guess I'm still pretty lucky.
Q. Mario, can you repeat what you said in both of the questions you were asked in Spanish.
MARIO GUTIERREZ: He asked me about a lot of the media didn't believe in myself. They really don't know anything about me.
But I grew up with horses since I was a little kid, since I was eight years old on a farm in Mexico City, Vera Cruz. I start riding horses since I was 12. Pretty much all my life I've been riding horses.
I rode in Mexico City. Like nobody knows where I spend my six years of riding in Vancouver. Top trainers, top owners, of course, they're not going to know anything about me. But I'm glad that this happened to me.
I think we all need opportunity and great things can happen. I'm so thankful that this happened to me. I'm happy that I didn't melt down. I prepared myself to do that. The horse is so professional, so I prepare myself to be at the same level as the horse.
This is the great opportunity of my life. I wasn't going to come here and melt down, that's for sure.
Q. Mario, some background on you. How old are you? Where in Mexico are you from? How did you happen to get into horse racing?
MARIO GUTIERREZ: I'm from Vera Cruz in Mexico. My dad was a quarterhorse rider in Mexico City. We only raced in the match races. He was training horses. I always wanted to be like my dad. I asked him to teach me how to learn.
Part of my growing up was learning how to ride horses.
Q. Dennis, you picked out this horse. You're Doug's main assistant. If I'm not mistaken, you've been through some health problems recently. Can you talk about what you've been through and what this means.
DENNIS O'NEILL: Well, that's a tough one. Yeah, I have been through a lot. Going through what I went through I guess makes me appreciate this a little more; makes you appreciate your family.
You can say whatever you want about Doug, but he's the nicest, most caring person I know in the world. I never would have made it through what I went through without him. It's great to go through something like this with him and celebrate with him.
THE MODERATOR: Doug, there's a friend of yours named Hope. She's here with the Make a Wish Foundation and has joined all of you in this adventure. I want you to talk about this experience. Hope, welcome to Churchill Downs. Doug, could you talk about meeting her and the experience.
DOUG O'NEILL: You know, Case Clay of Three Chimneys called and told me he met a friend in Hope, how she wanted to come to the barn area. She kind of liked Hansen in The Derby, so we had to get through that little thing (laughter).
But Mario, if he knew this, might have been a little nervous. We put Hope on Lava Man. She was an absolute natural on Lava Man. It was incredible.
Just so cool. Just so cool to see someone who is so excited about the horses, just so passionate about the game like we are. We got a new friend. Her parents are great. They're from St. Louis. They weren't sorry to see Pujols leave.
No, but it's been a great addition to our family. Hope, here we go. We're going to the Preakness, baby.
THE MODERATOR: Before this turns into a party, they have a party to go to, any more questions? One more question.
Q. You've mentioned the Preakness a couple times. Was it always the plan to go to Baltimore, Mr. Reddam, or was that going to be based on what you did today?
J. PAUL REDDAM: Well, you know, we certainly didn't know we would win the race today, but we were confident the horse was going to run well. We never really talked about what happens next.
Of course, subconsciously that was always the plan, certainly. We gave the horse only two preps this year. Part of the idea was we knew we had a good horse, and we wanted to make sure he was fresh because the Triple Crown is a gamble and it looks like it paid off. We've only run three times this year, so Preakness, here we come.
Q. Doug, are you planning to stay here at Churchill and then to Pimlico?
DOUG O'NEILL: We'll find one, and hopefully Mr. Reddam will buy it. I think that would be the game plan.
We'll stay at Churchill. He likes this track. Ben Huffman and Donny Richardson, they were so cool to give us a whole barn. I have to thank some other owners. We had a real presence in the barn area. Our barn was so quiet because we had nine of our own horses. It felt like home. That helped.
I think the game plan now, as long as he comes out of it good right now, is to stay at Churchill and head to Pimlico. Southern California, baby. We're going to Maryland.
THE MODERATOR: Seeing as there are no other questions, before a record crowd at the Kentucky Derby, 165,000 plus here today, I'll Have Another wins the Kentucky Derby, owned by J. Paul Reddam.
We have the brothers O'Neill, Doug and Dennis, and jockey Mario Gutierrez in his first Kentucky Derby ride. Congratulations, gentlemen. Good luck in Baltimore.
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Easter was a wonderful day; the weather sunny and warm, and we were in the company of good friends and delicious food (all gluten free). My friend Danielle (who recently went through an extensive culinary program), cooked a Moroccan lamb dish over saffron quinoa. For desert, she baked a polenta, almond, lemon cake with lemon carmel icing. I contributed with a couple bottles of red wine and an organic spring mix salad with radishes, tomatoes, red onion, strawberries and balasmic dressing. Mielle and Chris made stuffed pears with goat cheese and candied walnuts. What a feast!
Danielle has a beautiful backyard that is prefect for a photo shoot. Lucky for me, Jason brought his camera along. I am obsessed with mixing patterns and especially stripes with florals. That is one of my favorite combinations and it happens to be one of the trends for this spring and summer.
My floral, draped, silk skirt is from Orion London and the striped top is from Tart. Since it wasn't quite warm enough to go without stockings, I opted for a solid pair of black tights and my Jeffrey Campbell wedged booties. For an extra layer, I added a solid black knit blazer from 7forallmandkind. I didn't want to look like a hot mess with too many patterns and colors so I purposely stuck with all black solids.


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Northern Ireland lose another star to the Republic
Wolves striker Liam McAlinden recently became the latest player born in Northern Ireland to opt to play for the Republic, and has proven to be just the latest in a recurring and concerning issue for the Ulster side.
McAlinden joins famous names James Mclean, Darron Gibson and Shane Duffy, as well as numerous others in switching allegiance despite playing for the North at youth level.
Windsor Park's footballing authorities may feel aggrieved at the situation, and have indeed complained in the past to FIFA that such players take full advantage of their training and financial resources at youth level but the province then receives no benefit from their subsequent international careers.
Anyone born in Northern Ireland can opt for an Irish passport rather than a British one, but only one in five people actually do. In football, however, it seems a disproportionately significant issue.
Yet, while Northern Ireland may be dismayed, in reality it is an inevitable product of a complex state of affairs whereby politics cannot be left aside. History has placed Northern Irish football in a difficult position; for those who don't know, since Ireland was partitioned in 1920, the Ulster province has been disputed territory, with one community (predominantly Catholics) identifying themselves as Irish, while many Protestants wish to stay loyal to the Union with Britain.
James McClean is scornfully known as the 'defector' by Northern Ireland fans, and became particularly unpopular last year among loyalist fans for refusing to wear a Remembrance Day poppy whilst on duty with Sunderland. After choosing to turn out for the Republic, the Derry-born midfielder claimed he, and many other Catholic players do not feel at home representing Northern Ireland games, identifying the Union Jack flag and the British national anthem 'God Save the Queen' as two of the main problems.
McClean received sectarian vitriol and death threats on Twitter following the claim. Sectarian chanting has been greatly reduced, but not eradicated.
Tensions came to a head in 2002 when Celtic manager Neil Lennon, also a Catholic, was forced to retire from international football following a death threat he received prior to a match against Cyprus.
The threat referred to Lennon's apparent desire to play for a United Ireland football team, as is common in several other sports.The source of the threat was allegedly the paramilitary 'Loyalist Volunteer Force', though the group later denied this.
Catholics have typically found themselves up against it in Northern Irish football; in 1949 Belfast Celtic withdrew from league football fearing their players would suffer sectarian attacks. Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill is adamant that players like McAlinden are made to feel welcome, but it remains an unfortunate truth that players from nationalist backgrounds will continue to shun the six counties.
Notwithstanding politics and religion, the Republic of Ireland continue to offer the more promising international career with their more frequent appearances at World Cups and European Championships.
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In a society of ignorance, some professions are considered more noble and some more ordinary than others. The job of a secretary is regarded as more ordinary than many other jobs. One of the main reasons for this is that secretaries are merely someone else's assistants. For this reason, in a society of ignorance if you ask secretaries what they do for a living, they will often make themselves appear more qualified by saying that they work as personal assistants. Because being a secretary does not command a lot of respect in some circles of the society, they boast about their employers and the assistance they give them. However, it should satisfy a person that he works at a legitimate business and that he earns money by legal means. No one ought to be attributed superior status, as in the ignorant society, or need to be regarded with respect by those around them. What makes an individual worthy of good in this world and the next are what he has done to win the favor of Allah.
As stated earlier, morality based on ignorance offers a totally different and erroneous way of interpreting reality. Secretaries who adopt this erroneous value system revere their employers. Their employers consider themselves their benefactors and think that they have all kinds of rights over them. Secretaries do not take it personally when their boss treats them badly, orders them around or makes them do all sorts of jobs; in fact, it actually pleases them. They do much more than is expected of them, and try their best to make their boss happy. Because, in a sense, their boss is their future. They consider their boss to be the only one who can improve their prospects, expand their network of acquaintances, and bail them out of difficulties.
Actually, most of the tasks secretaries do are not defined in their job description; in a society of ignorance, they have to do everything they are told to do. Their bosses take advantage of this and work them very hard. When they become irritated during the day, they shout at their secretaries who do not say a word in response; they just smile in return. But, at the first chance they get, they criticize them behind their backs.
As well, secretaries behave the same way towards other employees as their bosses behave towards them. They will surely find someone else in the workplace to order around and put to work, these usually being the janitors.
Those who work as secretaries for high-level bosses act especially arrogant towards other employees, because they see themselves as the person closest to him. According to the mentality of ignorance, the secretary to the boss of a major company occupies a high position. All the managers are obliged to go through the secretary if they want to see the boss. Most often, they ask the secretary what kind of mood he is in. These secretaries take advantage of their position by constantly ordering other people around and speaking harshly to lower-level personnel.
In such a character living in a society of ignorance, we can discern types of ignorant behavior such as lying, ignoring bad habits, being hypocritical and criticizing others behind their back. They do all this to get one person to like them and for the advantages that they believe they will derive from it.
However, the only power that can benefit human beings in this world and the next is the power of Allah. Those who try to ingratiate themselves with others, and to make themselves liked, forget that Allah is the only One whose pleasure has to be earned. They forget that Allah exists. But a believer is one who strives only to win Allah's favor. Believers never make the mistake of exaggerating the importance of other human beings, or attributing to them any real power; and, they never entertain the hope of gaining anything from them. They are aware that their fate is in the hands of Allah.2012-01-21 02:47:32


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Jerry Nelson, the Voice of Sesame Street's Count, Dies at 78
Aug 24, 2012 5:21 PM EDT
Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer best known for playing Count von Count on Sesame Street and Gobo Fraggle on Fraggle Rock, died Thursday, the Jim Henson Company confirmed. He was 78. "Jerry Nelson imbued all his characters with the same gentle, sweet whim… Read more


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2012: Competed in six meets as a sophomore … finished third at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational (9/15) with a time of 18:33.03 … came 14th in the 6k at the Purple Valley Classic (9/22) in 22:59 … placed 19th with a time of 17:51.33 at NEICAAAs (10/07) … finished second at NEWMACs (10/27) in 18:30.85 … came fifth at the New England Cross Country Championships (11/10) with a time of 21:43.53 … placed 38th at NCAAs (11/17) in 22:04.4 … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … NEWMAC First Team All-Conference.
2011: Competed in six events as a freshman … NEWMAC All-Conference … named to the NCAA Division III All-New England team … finished 3rd at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (9/17) with a time of 18:00.00 … Won the All New England Championship with a time of 18:27.00 (10/8) … placed eighth at the Brooks Invitational on (10/15) … in the NEWMAC Cross Country Championship (10/30) she finished in third … finished seventh in the New England Division III Championship (11/12) … in the NCAA Division III Championships she finished with a time of 21:45:51 placing her in 25th (11/19) … named the NEWMAC runner of the week following her outstanding performance at the All New England Championship.
Off the Cross Country Trail: Majoring in physics.
High School: A 2011 graduate of California High School … cross country team captain … National Honors Society … president of the Green Club.


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My original plan for Hong Kong was fitting in as much amazing Cantonese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian food as possible in a 3-day period. I solicited recommendations on Chowhound and did research on Openrice. I had dreams about sitting in a cha chaan teng with Hong Kong milk tea, French toast with condensed milk, and the odd-sounding but comforting macaroni with Spam. Then I got sick.*
I did get my milk tea, some congee, and a nice Cantonese dinner with relatives. But I was in no mood to hunt down new restaurants on streets and alleys I had never been to. Sneezing, wheezing, headaches, and a sore throat can dampen the spirits of any seasoned foodie. The best meal I had in Hong Kong was on the day I arrived, before the bad stuff started.
Jake and I got into Kowloon's train station at 1:30pm. By 3pm, after dropping off luggage, we were sitting in plastic chairs at Victory Kitchen in Northpoint. We were with my uncle, a HK foodie, who had never been to the restaurant but has always seen lines of people outside the door. That's a good enough sign for me.
The tiny restaurant, operated by a Thai chef (according to the uncle), serves a mix of Southeast Asian and Cantonese dishes. I ordered a noodle soup with huge chunks of lemongrass fried pork. I had not eaten anything with pungent lemongrass flavors in many months, and savored every bite. (That the pork was deep-fried probably contributed to my sore throat later on, but I would gladly eat it again.)
Jacob's Hainan chicken noodle soup was every bit as flavorful as I remembered Hainan chicken to be. The best part was the immaculate house-made chili sauce that came with the chicken, somewhat light but with a nice vinegar tinge to the spiciness. As we left I saw the cooks in the front kitchen quickly and expertly slice a Hainan chicken in preparation for the dinner rush, placing the slices onto neat mountains. This is why I love the south.
Victory Kitchen 124 Wharf Road, North Point Hong Kong
2566 9938
*I'm in Zhongshan now, still very sick, but sucking down as much Tylenol, Fisherman's Friends, ginseng tea, and random Chinese medicine as possible. Of course, this common cold or flu or whatever it is absolutely pales in comparison to the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people right now in Sichuan province after the worst earthquake to hit China in 30 years. Too many people lost their lives, too many of them are young children. You can't be in China at this time and not feel the weight of this disaster, when the images of the dead and the barely alive are on TV 24-7, and when so many people wonder if this disaster was partly man-made. My heart goes out to all the victims and their families.