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I've always had an indescribable need to search for the truth in life. I never really grew up in a religious home, only taught that God was real. Now, as an adult, I am searching for information, history, philosophy, and logical processes to lead me to the most truthful conclusion. If anyone has resources for me to learn and build a repertoire to debate theists, let me know. Right now I'm reading Dawkins' books, and A History of God by Armstrong. I also feel I should familiarize myself with the bible...but which version is the most historically correct? Hope to get to know a grow with you all.
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Welcome to Think Atheist Jeremy. I don't know if you know this already, but there are some good debates on Youtube (on the atheist side) if you check out Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens (to name a few). I personally like John Loftus a lot. I don't think he is on Youtube but he has written some books and has a blog.
I don't know which bible is the most historically correct, although I do believe the King James version is one of the more popular ones. From what I understand, Catholics do not use the King James Version. I don't know if twhat they use is more historically accurate than the King James version. They might both be equally inaccurate lol.
My understanding is that serious scholars lean towards either the Revised Standard Version or the New Revised Standard Version.
The New International Version and many newer evangelical versions are egregiously dishonest in places.
"the most historically correct" bible. Brilliant! I haven't laughed like that in a while. Thanks. That's akin to asking which Dr. Seuss book or Harry Potter novel is more historically correct. I know of no discernible or at least valuable truths to be found within that tome unless they are well hidden amongst the iron-age superstitions, delusions, outright fabrications and distortions of history that make up the majority of that wholly inaccurate "holy" book.
Just remember; God loves you, and he'll kill you if you don't believe that.
Hi Jeremy. I can recommend Demon Haunted World and God is not Great. Also for familiarising yourself with the bible for the purpose of debate you cannot beat Nonstampcollector on youtube!
The truth in life is everything that is and everything that has been. In a constantly changing world (universe), the truth changes with it. And as long as life and intelligence evolves, the truth will continue to change. Some, from Socrates and Constantine I to Martin Luther and Mao, have sought to install their own versions of the truth. But there will never be an absolute truth as long as any degree of awareness has the ability to make change. So I suggest you go to DQ, buy a cup cone, and enjoy the sunset.
I find this sums it up for me:
I believe in time, matter, and energy, which make up the whole of the world.
I believe in reason, evidence and the human mind, the only tools we have; they are the product of natural forces in a majestic but impersonal universe, grander and richer than we can imagine, a source of endless opportunities for discovery.
I believe in the power of doubt; I do not seek out reassurances, but embrace the question, and strive to challenge my own beliefs.
I accept human mortality.
We have but one life, brief and full of struggle, leavened with love and community, learning and exploration, beauty and the creation of new life, new art, and new ideas.
I rejoice in this life that I have, and in the grandeur of a world that preceded me, and an earth that will abide without me
Hi Jeremy,
I'm always glad to meet a fellow seeker. It sounds like you're reading from good sources. The #1 book for debating theists is, of course, the Bible: but be prepared for a LOT of boring and redundant material -- especially in the Old Testament.
Christopher Hitchens compiled a book of essays by influential freethinkers. It's called "God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything". It's a really great collection that will provide a strong foundation for freethought.
Morality is the Bible's biggest weakness. Be on the lookout, while you read the Bible, for examples of immorality. I'd even use a highlighter to emphasize them. It will come in handy when you want to recall those examples for debates. Actually, there's lots of digital Bibles online that makes research VERY easy.
Finally, I'd like to refer you to a slam-dunk argument against God and the Bible . . . I've used variations of it on this site and it has proven effective against the occasional believers who frequent T|A. Check out the latest version here.
I believe the Hitchens book you are referring to (collected essays) is The Portable Atheist Essential Readings for the Non Believer. It was published the same year as god is not Great, which is entirely authored by Hitchens. Hitchens deliberately broke the rule of capitalizing the first word of the title, for some reason. ;) god is not Great is more of a new-asshole-tearing indictment of religion as an institution than it is an argument against the existence of god.
Well, I don't know much about different versions of the Bible. The Catholic bible has more books in it; such as Tobit, Judith, 1st & 2 nd Maccabees, and Ecclesiasticus (all OT), which were left out of the Protestant bible. Possibly these books were left out because they are not in the Jewish version of the OT? There are other "Apocrypha" books as well that are not included in either type of Bible....like the Gospel of Thomas, and Mary Magdalene.
As for which version of the Bible is the most historically correct, that depends on which theological camp you ask. Currently the English Standard Version (ESV), which is based off of the Revised Standard Version (RSV), seems to be growing by leaps and bounds in conservative, Evangelical Christianity. Before that one, and which is still immensely popular, is the New International Version (NIV). That being said, the NIV is a "thought for thought" translation and the ESV is a "word for word" translation, and there are huge debates about which translation methodology is superior. The more liberal elements of Christianity use the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), which is an updating of the RSV and is also gender inclusive.
If you're just looking for a version where you can read and come up to speed with the basic elements of what the Bible teaches, probably any version will suffice.
For a critique of the historical reliability of the Bible, including any version that's available, check out some of Bart Ehrman's books. He used to be a Christian and went to seminary, but after achieving enlightenment has left the fold.
If the NRSV is gender inclusive, does it say that men and women may both beat their spouses with a sticks no thicker than their thumbs? Or, is it not quite that "gender inclusive? :-)

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This week it rained and stormed for seven straight days here. Blueprints for an ark were starting to take shape in my mind. Talk about gloomy weather! I was beginning to forget what the sun looked like and honestly couldn't remember the last time I wore sunglasses while driving. Add to that trips to the doctor, the pharmacy, and a regime of antibiotics, drops and sprays, and it definitely hasn't been the sunniest of weeks. Although while I have been convalescing, I have discovered Pinterest. What a great place for finding all sorts of inspiration! If you are on there, feel free to follow me (browneyedbaker).
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Soba Noodle Stir-Fry with Spicy Almond Butter Sauce – A delicious vegetarian dish. My first try at soba noodles, and I love them!
Ears, Books & Ginger Ale – The post in which I whine about being sick…
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Recipes from other blogs that I thought looked especially delicious and that I thought you would like too:
Amaretto Cheesecake with Almond Crust and Amaretto-Caramel Sauce (La Mia Vita Dolce)
Amaretto? Cheesecake? Caramel? Count me in a million times over. Looks gorgeous!
Chocolate-Coffee Semifreddo with Salted Caramel Sauce (Delicious Shots)
What an absolutely decadent frozen dessert. Easy to make, but totally gourmet-caliber. Love!
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes (Taste and Tell)
I love Oreos. LOVE them. Not necessarily on their own, but in cheesecakes, cookies, crusts, you name it and I love them. So these cupcakes look right up my alley. Can't wait to try them!
Rhubarb Pie (In Praise of Leftovers)
I love that this pie is rhubarb-only. I love strawberry-rhubarb pie but have been on the prowl for just a plain ol' rhubarb pie recipe. So happy to have finally found one!
Strawberry Cream Cheese Crumble Tart (Nick Malgieri)
I am positively certain I could eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Pastry dough, cream cheese, strawberries, crumb topping?! This is my heaven.
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NORTON, Mass.—Lucas Ilges (Gloucester, R.I.) allowed just one earned run over eight innings, but UMass Boston's (15-19) bats couldn't get anything going Tuesday afternoon in a 2-1 loss to #14 Wheaton College (28-10) at Sidell Stadium.
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Battery mate Todd Ezold (Westfield, Mass.) led the UMB offense with a team-high two hits and the Beacons lone RBI of the day in UMass Boston's final non-conference game of the year.
Matt Consiglio (Soutbury, Conn.), Nick Radcliffe (Randolph, Mass.), Gerard Florentino (West Roxbury, Mass.) and Kurtis White (Nahant, Mass.) accounted for the rest of the UMB's six hits. Pinch-runner Kyle Thebado (Marlborough, Mass.) scored the Beacons only run, coming in to score from second on an Ezold single in the eighth inning.
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Yawn, stretch: if it's Tuesday, this must be Medellín! After about six hours' sleep in Hotel San Lorenzo de Aná, it was time to get moving and see some of Colombia. We'd been combing over our Viventura itinerary for so long, it was hard to believe we were now about to live it. Our hotel was small, basic, clean, had TVs in the rooms, and a pretty garden. The boys were fascinated by the garden's birds, bugs, and rocks. Though Medellín is not coastal, and sits at elevation 1,495 meters/4,905 feet, it is nevertheless lush, green, and tropical.
At our post-midnight check-in, my pal Lorri and her son Ryan (who'd been there a day, and had stayed up to welcome us), let us know we'd need to leave with our guide Stephanie at 8:30 sharp . We enjoyed our arepas, eggs, and excellent coffee. Lorri and Ryan had had a great time exploring the city the day before, and Lorri was anxious to see more of Parque Jjeras down the hill. We liked our little hotel, though Lorri's shower knob was broken or touchy or both, and she'd had a hard time dialing in the right temperature. (Later in the trip, we'd find ourselves grateful for any semblance of hot water, but we were blissfully ignorant of this as yet.)
Our guide Stephanie arrived and told us we'd be going to the bus station, then a drive up and over the mountains surrounding Medellín to the towns of Peñol and Guatapé. A tiny car met us in the driveway for the short ride to the bus station, so we put Stephanie up front, stuffed the four of us in the back, and were on our way.
The Terminale del Norte bus station was busy but not packed. I could tell the boys were impressed by the place, mainly because there were no shortage of opportunities to buy candy and sweets. There were enough open seats on the bus for Tyler and Ryan to sit together, and for Lorri and I to sit behind them. The boys were both equipped with app-laden iPads for the long drive and were itching to plunge into them. Though I'd rather my son appreciate the view more than on-the-road electronics permit, you've got to pick your battles and I enjoy peaceful rides as much as I presumed our fellow passengers did.
As we followed the Río Medellín out of town, Stephanie told us about the elaborate Christmas displays we were passing, and the huge farmer's market, the Central Mayorista. She was German, but had been living in the city for five years, and was knowledgeable, friendly, and sweet. Once out of Medellín, the bus stopped every 15 or 20 minutes to let people on and off. At these stops, and also especially at toll plazas, Extreme Food Vendors would board in front and traverse the length of the bus. They had mostly sweet snacks wrapped in paper or plastic and dangling from sticks. Once they'd satisfied everyone's craving for chocolate or coconut filled bread, they'd step lightly out the rear exit — and the fact the bus by then was doing 10-20 MPH didn't phase them a bit.
The drive was fascinating. There were farms with skinny horses, nurseries, places you could buy pre-fabricated homes, tons of small roadside cafés. Many of the buildings were made of or used bamboo, and Stephanie told us how a plentiful local species is often used in housing. The roads were in excellent shape except where they weren't — mudslides are commonplace in the lush, densely vegetated mountains. (I kept an eye out for Kathleen Turner in her newly macheted flats.) We had excellent cell signal throughout, so I was able to pull up Peñol and Guatapé in Stuck On Earth and give Lorri a preview of our destination.
We reached El Peñón de Guatapé, a black monolith rising out of the landscape between two small towns about 55 miles NE of Medellín, at about 11:00 a.m. A brick stairway switchbacks its way to the 7,000 ft/2,000 km summit. We opted for a quickie cab ride from the main road to the base, during which the boys asked Stephanie, who translated and asked the cabbie, what the rock is made of. He didn't know, but said many locals think it's a meteorite — which the boys found very cool. Before tackling the steps to the top we made a restroom stop. This is where I learned the Colombian rule of toilet paper: you either bring it with you, pay for it, or marvel that you didn't have to bring it with you or pay for it. Having been in the country already a day, Lorri performed TP management and brought me up to speed.
The walk up looked more daunting than it was. The stairs dip in and out of sunlight and shadow, and the view across the adjacent valley and reservoir improves with each turning. Bromiliads spring from the rock's sheer sides, and the shrine to Mary halfway up makes a nice resting spot and view point.
The top rewarded us for our efforts. There was ice cream, a little rain, and spectacular vistas. The boys ran around and took pictures of us, each other, the view. We chatted with Stephanie about the hydroelectric dam that had formed the reservoir in the 1960's, and the farms, buildings, and churches that are now under water.
On the way back down, Tyler doggedly counted every step. He got 606, but that didn't include the ones to the topmost observation tower at the summit.
With El Peñón under our belts, it was time to think about lunch so we grabbed a quick cab into Guatapé. We dined on the lakeside patio of La Fogata, and had yummy trucha (trout) and other local fare. We were happy we arrived when we did, because about five minutes after we got settled at a prime lakeside table, a tour bus full of Colombians on holiday arrived and took every other seat in the place. The woman at the table next to us did an impromptu, operatic duet with the musicians serenading the diners. For dessert, we snagged ice cream from the spot next door for the boys and successfully got them to take their malaria pills (which we were taking in anticipation of the jungle portions of the trip) by burying them inside. This was to become a daily challenge: how to transform adult malaria pills into something kids would actually ingest.
We spent the balance of the afternoon touring the Guatapé Reservoir in a tiny boat. Remarkably, the reservoir and its gorgeous, glassy water were devoid of water sports lovers. There were only small boats such ours and one or two larger tour boats. The shores were forested, green, and dotted with fincas (vacation home estates). There was also an eerie artifact of Colombia's Pablo Escobar days. His former, once luxurious finca, still juts into the reservoir on a commanding piece of property, but today it's a charred and graffitied shell. Stephanie told us there are several of Escobar's erstwhile homes in similar condition throughout the country, left this way as a cautionary tale and reminder of his ill-fated end.
We stopped nearby at Puerto de la Cruz, once the colonial-style home of a doctor, now a café and museum. Photos and exhibits tell how people nearby were relocated to Guatapé when the dam was built and the reservoir flooded their land. We took our time there, enjoying some cervezas. cappucino, hot cocoa, and spectacular views.
Too soon, it was time to get back to Guatapé and catch the bus back to Medellín. We enjoyed the boat ride back and more strolilng through the picturesque town of Guatapé. Guatapé is full of dazzlingly colored buildings, many of which include bas-relief artwork between the sidewalk and about hip level. The town has a beautiful church, packed for mass on a Tuesday afternoon, and a conveniently located wine bar where we provisioned up for the ride home. It also has a wild-looking canopy ride over the lake. We were tempted, but our kids were a bit young for that particular adventure (I think the minimum age for riders was 15).
After a long and crowded bus ride back, we had a few minutes to freshen up and go meet our Viventura host Matt Dickhaus for dinner. Tex-Mex in Medellín? Yep, at T-Bar Restaurante. I think you can find just about every cuisine imaginable around Parque Lleras. Over our first shot of aguardiente (the national drink; a little like ouzo), we discussed the rest of our trip. We had a flight the next morning to Nuquí for 3 nights on the Pacific Coast. Then, back to Medellín with time, we hoped, for sightseeing and shopping, and off again to the Caribbean coast, this time with Matt coming along for the ride. Lorri and I were a little nervous about the Nuquí leg of the trip, where, during the transit portion, we'd be left to our own devices without a guide. But someone from the lodge was to meet us at the airport, so we weren't too worried.
We talked too about the Hotel Charlee across from where we were dining. It looked like the local equivalent of the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas. Lorri and Ryan had taken the full tour before we arrived. The art ("naked people!") and rooftop club/lounge/pool had made quite an impression.
All in all, a great end to an exhausting but fun day.
More photos from Day 1 are here and here.
Next time: I'd take private transportation to Guatapé and Peñol. The bus was efficient and a good window into the culture, but long and crowded. I'd also make sure to save enough time for the Canopy ride, and probably spend a night or two in Guatapé.
Next up: Flying to Nuquí, and on by boat to the El Cantil Ecolodge.
Please see: the disclosures at the end of this earlier post.


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For Feingold, "LegitAction" Is One Way to Stave Off Threats to Democracy
By Matt Leistra | Apr 05, 2017
Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has decided to jump back into the national spotlight with LegitAction, a new online political advocacy group that plans to help local grassroots organizations raise their public profiles.
Relying on social media as well as traditional platforms like newspapers, the Wisconsin Democrat founded LegitAction in March to educate the public about threats to "four pillars" of American democracy: the Supreme Court, presidential elections, voting rights, and campaign-finance reform. Feingold does not want to diminish the importance of resisting President Trump on a daily basis, but he worries that these four pillars of democracy are vulnerable to attack as long as Americans are distracted by Trump's daily outrages. The group is "a good connector organization" that can work with smaller groups to "broaden" their reach, objectives, and accomplishments, says Feingold, who recently lost a close November comeback bid against Republican Senator Ron Johnson, who beat him in 2010.
Supporting the Senate Democrats' filibuster of Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is high on LegitAction's list of initial moves. Feingold says his nomination undermines the legitimacy of the high court. "It is simply illegitimate because it was Barack Obama's appointment, not Donald Trump's," Feingold tells The American Prospect. "This president doesn't have a right to fill this seat at all."
The group would like to see a number of electoral reforms. With two of the past three presidents reaching the White House without winning the popular vote, Feingold views the Electoral College as an anachronistic embarrassment that undermines popular sovereignty. He argues that it is time to "either pass a constitutional amendment to get rid of it, or to assist the efforts to create a compact of the states" through a National Popular Vote initiative. Under this plan, when the total number of electoral votes in states whose legislatures have ratified the pledge reaches 270, each state must assign their electoral votes to the candidate that wins the nationwide popular vote. Eleven states with a combined total of 165 electoral votes have already signed on, pushing the measure 60 percent of the way toward the mark that will trigger the compact.
Threats to voting rights have mushroomed in recent years. Gerrymandering, voter-ID laws that disproportionately affect minorities, and preventing ex-felons from voting even after they are released from jail all hamper the right to vote in many states.
Campaign-finance reform, of course, was Feingold's signature issue in the Senate. The 2002 law that bears his name, the McCain-Feingold Act (officially, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act) banned soft-money donations to national candidates and parties. However, it fueled the rise of nonprofit "527" organizations—groups that are free to take large gifts from wealthy individual donors, labor unions, and corporations, and are not subject to spending limits. (These organizations cannot make donations to federal candidates, however.) Feingold argues that the Citizens United decision, which upended the 2002 reforms, has "gutted our campaign-finance system," and has been "brutally exploited to allow unlimited money and non-disclosure."
LegitAction plans to voluntarily disclose its contributors' names, even though as a 501c(4) nonprofit, it is not legally required to do so. "We are more than happy to have everyone know who is supporting us, and we're proud of the people that support us," Feingold says. "We're not worried about hiding them like the right-wingers."
Feingold, who will not accept a salary for his work on behalf of the group, intends to serve as LegitAction's spokesman, addressing these issues through speaking engagements and op-ed articles. He served in the Senate from 1993 to 2011 and currently teaches at Stanford University Law School's Law and Policy Lab.
New PAC Will Back Every Single Democrat Running for Congress
By Matt Leistra | Mar 22, 2017
For the past two decades, Democratic fundraiser and operative Jonathan Zucker has been fed up with the way his party doles out funds to candidates.
The problem, as Zucker sees it, is that Democrats distribute most of their funds to candidates running in swing districts that the party sees as winnable, instead of divvying the money up evenly between every Democratic general election candidate. By picking winners and losers, Zucker argues, the party ignores large portions of the country and makes it harder for candidates to make incursions into Republican strongholds.
Zucker's solution is a new PAC dubbed It Starts Today that sets out to solicit donations for every Democrat running in one of the 468 congressional races set for 2018. The former executive director of the digital fundraising platform ActBlue, Zucker has built his new PAC around a high-technology gimmick and simple math, asking donors to give at least one cent per month to each of those 468 candidates—a mere $4.68 a month.
"You never know which district will have a rock-star candidate emerge on the Democratic side, or say, a district where a Republican incumbent gets caught up in a scandal, but you know that without funding you can't take that advantage," says Zucker.
Zucker's aim is to fix what he sees as a party-wide problem that is hurting Democrats at every level. On election night, Republicans not only won the White House, but secured six- and 44-seat majorities in the Senate and House respectively. They also cemented their grip on state governments, where the GOP now controls 32 Legislatures and 33 governorships. To Zucker, this is the price Democrats have paid for ignoring large portions of the country for decades.
Zucker acknowledges that targeting only contested races can efficiently allocate scarce resources in the short term. But the consequences of this targeted spending, he argues, have been ruinous. In 2016, there were 79 congressional districts where the Democratic Party either didn't field a candidate, or ran a race with less than $10,000 in funding. Altogether, Democrats in those 79 districts raised $88,000 compared to the $111 million raised by Republicans.
The money raised by It Starts Today will not be distributed until the primaries are over. After that the PAC will send out equal payments to every Democratic nominee's campaign within 10 days. As additional money comes in, further donations will be disbursed in weekly installments to every Democratic campaign in equal measure.
This will make general election money perpetually available to all Democratic office seekers, explains Zucker, something that he says will help level the playing field for progressive candidates who may lack the resources to run effective campaigns. This will free the party up to take a risk on long-shot candidates instead of focusing only on swing states, says Zucker, making it less likely that Democrats will miss low-profile politicians with enormous potential.
Even if Democrats fail to take back Congress, Zucker predicts that It Starts Today will help overall turnout. He says Democrats can make inroads in the kinds of small, rural communities that have been sending Republicans to Washington, and where Democrats have failed to field challengers for years. Zucker even thinks it could make an impact at the top of the ticket.
"What if we had turned out 12,000 voters that weren't excited about Clinton, but weren't voting for Trump?" asks Zucker. "That flips Michigan and Pennsylvania. And there were 24 state legislative races in Wisconsin without a Democrat on the ballot, and another 15 with under $10,000—just one thousand [voters] from each of them. That changes the presidency."


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The deadly flood that soaked Nashville, including iconic music dives like the Grand Ole Opry, may become the worst disaster to hit the state since the Civil War, and one of the worst non-hurricane disasters in US history.
So where was the 24-hour blitzkrieg news coverage of a major US city under water?
With the Gulf oil spill and the Times Square bombing attempt dominating the news cycle, maybe the relative lack of coverage and attention can be chalked up to disaster overload or the lack of a broader political and social narrative of the kind that drove hurricane Katrina coverage.
But one Facebook group still wondered, "Pardon us, did you notice Nashville is drowning?"
Fortunately, it turns out anonymity suits many Tennesseans fine. Chalk up the ambivalence about the relative lack of national coverage and attention to good old country grit – and a city's determination to take care of its own.
"A large part of the reason that we are being ignored is because of who we are," writes Patten Fuqua on the hockey blog Section 303. "Did you hear about crime sprees? No … you didn't. You saw a group of people trying to move two horses to higher ground. [We] weren't doing anything to draw attention to ourselves. We were handling it on our own."
Record rainfall
With a record 13-inch rain, the Cumberland River overflowed its banks last Sunday, yielding dramatic pictures of houses floating along interstates and residents stuck in torrid waters. Ten people died in Nashville alone of 31 total. The cleanup could be one of the costliest in US history.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano went to Nashville Saturday, and President Obama has declared 53 counties as federal disaster areas, clearing the way for residents to receive federal aid.
Political response has been mostly by the book. Relief efforts have been intensely local. Water, food and money have come mostly from individuals, including country singer Taylor Swift, who contributed $500,000 to the effort. The brawny NFL Titans football team will be in town this weekend, helping with the cleanup.
"Already some residents are seeing significant progress, thanks to kind strangers. Kristin Griffith, of nearby Franklin, saw 10 people she didn't know ripping waterlogged boards off her floor at one point," writes the Associated Press.
News watchers counted far fewer Nashville flood mentions on Google News than for parallel news events. But saying that the national media ignored the story is far from fair.
Dearth of media exposure?
Yet many saw a troubling paradox in what was perceived as a dearth of media exposure.
"It was mind-boggling to flip by CNN, MSNBC, and FOX on Sunday afternoon and see not one station even occasionally bringing their viewers footage of the flood, news of our people dying," writes Betsy Phillips of the Nashville Scene.
The gradual move by mainstream media toward opinion over hard news as budgets and circulation shrink could certainly have played a role in how the Nashville flood was perceived and covered.
"Everyone is talking about BP and Faisal Shahzad 24/7, the 'thinking' goes," writes Andrew Romano in Newsweek. "So there must not be anything else that's as important to talk about. It's a horrible feedback loop."
A Newsbusters commenter had a more sanguine view, reflecting on other disasters like the Iowa floods that received less-than-blitzkrieg coverage.
"The only thing that I can figure is that maybe Nashville is doing its best to handle the problem in any way they can, and they aren't whining and crying and blaming somebody or something for what is obviously a natural disaster," the commenter writes. "And also, maybe there's not much 'news' in this for the MSM, since there doesn't appear to be an agenda that they can push."
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Willingham's homers can't prevent ninth straight loss
DETROIT -- As the Twins showed Thursday night at Comerica Park, when things are going bad, the breaks never seem to go your way.
Reliever Jared Burton induced what appeared to be an inning-ending double play off the bat of Prince Fielder, but instead it misdirected off his glove and past a diving Brian Dozier at second base to give the Tigers the lead.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- As the Twins showed Thursday night at Comerica Park, when things are going bad, the breaks never seem to go your way.
Reliever Jared Burton induced what appeared to be an inning-ending double play off the bat of Prince Fielder, but instead it misdirected off his glove and past a diving Brian Dozier at second base to give the Tigers the lead.View Full Game Coverage
It proved to be the game-winning hit, as the Twins couldn't hold a late three-run lead despite two homers from Josh Willingham in a 7-6 loss to the Tigers that extended their losing streak to nine games.
"It's tough," Burton said. "I felt the offense did enough early on where we should've won that game. Unfortunately, I didn't do my job. It cost us a much-needed win and we're obviously going through a tough stretch. So for it to get away from us like that hurts."
Fielder's go-ahead hit came with one out in the eighth inning to score Omar Infante, who led off with a single and was bunted to second by Torii Hunter. Fielder's single came after the Twins decided to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera.
"It looked like it was probably a double-play ball," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Stuff happens. When you're going good, it goes right to him, and when you're scuffling and trying to find ways to win, it bounces the other way. And tonight, it bounced the other way for us."
It spoiled a strong performance from Willingham, who crushed a three-run homer off Tigers starter Rick Porcello as part of a four-run third inning and later added a solo shot off reliever Darin Downs in the seventh to give the Twins a three-run lead.
But the Twins couldn't preserve the lead, as Detroit rallied for three runs in the seventh. Reliever Brian Duensing surrendered back-to-back RBI singles to Fielder and Victor Martinez after Casey Fien gave up a single to Infante and walked Cabrera. The Twins brought in Burton, but he gave up the game-tying double to Jhonny Peralta.
It handed Scott Diamond a no-decision, as the left-hander left with the lead after allowing three runs on nine hits and a walk over 5 2/3 innings.
"I was able to make some adjustments and stayed aggressive for most of the game," Diamond said. "But if that fifth inning didn't happen the way it did, I would've been able to eat up some more innings, because that's what we needed tonight and I wasn't able to do that. So I really feel like that's on me."
He struggled early, giving up a two-run blast to Cabrera in the first inning, but settled down until the fifth, when he allowed an RBI single to Cabrera with the bases loaded and two outs. But Diamond was able to get out of the jam by getting Fielder to pop out to end the inning.
Diamond outlasted Porcello, who scuffled through five innings, giving up five runs on 10 hits and a walk to see his ERA rise to 6.28.
The Twins got on the board in the second inning with an RBI groundout from Dozier to score Justin Morneau, who doubled to open the inning.
They added four runs in the third against Porcello with three straight singles from Pedro Florimon, Jamey Carroll and Joe Mauer. But Florimon sprained his right index finger sliding into third on Carroll's single and was replaced the next inning by Eduardo Escobar. After Mauer's single, Willingham launched a three-run blast to left field on a 1-1 fastball to give the Twins a three-run lead.
"They had a pretty good game plan," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "If you watch Morneau and Mauer, they just kind of took what [Porcello] gave them."
Willingham later hit his second homer of the night on a 3-2 slider from Downs in the seventh. It gave Willingham his team-leading eighth homer and marked his first multihomer game since July 24, 2012.
"He's a big part of our offense," Gardenhire said. "Tonight, he put a couple out in the seats for us, which was huge for us. If we keep scoring runs like that, we should be OK."
But Willingham's big night wasn't enough for the Twins, who took yet another disappointing loss.
"It just seems like we played really well and just had a lot of bad breaks," Diamond said. "After that fifth inning, it seemed like things were against us a little bit. It is frustrating. But good teams have to come back and fight. And we're still showing fight, so as deflating as it is right now, I guarantee you we'll keep fighting tomorrow."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger.


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Top of the Agenda: Bolstering Turkey's Air Defenses
NATO foreign ministers are expected Tuesday to approve Turkey's request for the deployment of Patriot missiles (AlJazeera) that would bolster Turkey's air defenses and counter a threat from Syria, shortly after Washington bluntly warned Damascus against the possible use of chemical weapons. Reports surfaced that Syria had begun mixing chemicals that could be used to make sarin (AFP), a deadly nerve agent, and could deploy the gas in an attack on advancing rebels. Ministers from the twenty-eight-nation alliance are expected to give their backing when they meet in Brussels for a biannual meeting in a move that Russia, a staunch ally of Syria, has firmly opposed.
"The risk is that a Western air campaign would not end the fighting in Syria, but simply change the direction of the conflict. To prevent that, the West might then feel compelled to send a large 'stabilisation force' into Syria. But any such talk immediately raises the spectres of Iraq and Afghanistan," writes Gideon Rachman for the Financial Times.
"While Patriot can reach into Syrian airspace, NATO is at pains to stress that this is in no sense a step towards establishing a no-fly zone over Syria. Nonetheless, NATO may also hope that there will be a deterrent effect that may dissuade Syria from operating its aircraft too close to the Turkish frontier," writes Jonathan Marcus for the BBC.
"It can easily be said that NATO is now extending its threat assessments further, and the Russian worry does have some basis. Plus, with NATO approval of Patriot deployment, Ankara has saved itself from a potential political trap that the civil war in Syria would turn into a bilateral matter. Instead, it is now an international one," writes Murat Yetkin for Hurriyet.
Vietnam Boosts Patrols in South China Sea
Vietnam is launching patrols in late January to guard its fisheries (Reuters) in the South China Sea after a state company accused Chinese boats of aggression and India said it was ready to deploy naval vessels to protect its interests in the disputed waters. The move dovetails with mounting tension in the region, where China has insisted on claiming sovereignty.
JAPAN: Official campaigning for Japan's December 16 elections kicked off on Tuesday (JapanTimes), with key issues including nuclear power, the struggling economy, and recent strained ties with China and South Korea at the top of the agenda.
CFR's Sheila Smith asks whether Japan is in decline in this blog series.
Iran claims it captured US drone
Rwandans react to UK aid freeze
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For a long time, the only devices Apple has ever extensively serviced in-store have been Macs, with some requiring mail-out repairs. If recent rumors are to be believed as true, Apple plans on extending in-store repair options to iOS devices. According to a report by AppleInsider, Apple will begin actually repairing iPhones and iPads in-store instead of swapping them out for replacement refurbished devices in the very near future.
Anyone who has ever taken a broken or defective iPhone or iPad into Apple is already aware that as it stands now, you will be given a replacement device in place of your current one. The fee is based on whether or not you're in or out of warranty and whether the issue is caused by accidental damage. Tara Bunch, a vice president for Apple, spoke in a Town Hall meeting on Thursday discussing changes to these current policies. An employee in attendance summed up some of the biggest policy changes:
"The biggest announcement, was the way repairs for iPhones will be handled soon," the person, who asked not to be identified due to their active status as an Apple employee, told AppleInsider. "The way it is now, if almost anything is wrong with an iPhone, iPod, or iPad, the entire device is exchanged for a like-new re manufactured (sic) device, whether brought into an apple store or sent in for mail in repair. Now we are starting to actually repair the products and return the same device to the customer."
The rumored changes, according to the source, could result in $1 billion a year in savings for Apple. As it sits right now, Apple only does simpler repairs on iOS devices in-house which include back glass replacements for the iPhone 4/4S for $29, iPhone 3G/3GS screen replacements for $99, and a few others that include the vibrator assembly in the GSM variant of the iPhone 4 and battery replacements. The cost of these repairs could be an indicator as of what is to come.
Back in September of 2012, iMore heard Apple would replace iPhone 5 screens for $99. While that never seemed to come to light, a lot of it was probably due to part constraint and the difficulty of obtaining replacement assemblies as most of the manufactured stock was going to new and replacement devices. We were told they weren't sure when it would go into affect but eventually, it would.
According to AppleInsider, the new policies are set to go begin this fall with international rollouts following suit afterwards.
Would you be content if Apple offered more repair options in-store instead of swapping out your device for a new one, considering it would most likely have a lower price tag attached? Or do you prefer paying a little bit of a premium for a new, if not just like new, replacement?
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Christopher Ashton Kutcher (/ˈkʊtʃər/; born February 7, 1978), best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American actor, producer, former fashion model and comedian, best known for his portrayal of Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. He also created, produced and hosted Punk'd, and played lead roles in the Hollywood films Dude, Where's My Car?, Just Married, The Butterfly Effect, The Guardian, and What Happens in Vegas. He is also the producer and co-creator of the supernatural TV show Room 401 and the reality TV show Beauty and the Geek. It was announced in May 2011 that Kutcher would replace Charlie Sheen in the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.
Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Larry Kutcher, a factory worker, and Diane (née Finnegan), a Procter & Gamble employee. Kutcher was raised in a conservative Roman Catholic family, with an older sister, Tausha, and a fraternal twin, Michael, who had a heart transplant when the brothers were young children. Kutcher's twin brother also has Cerebral Palsy and is a spokesperson for the advocacy organization Reaching for the Stars.
Kutcher attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids for his freshman year before his family moved to Homestead, Iowa, where he attended Clear Creek Amana High School. In a 2010 interview on Late Night with David Letterman, Kutcher claimed to be an all-state linebacker who averaged 15 tackles per game in high school. According to a former coach, however, Kutcher played sparingly as a wide receiver on a team that won only two games in his entire high school football career. Kutcher also appeared in school plays.


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Increased innovation in virtualization, compute and networking technology is steadily increasing the growth and adoption of VDI. Many enterprises are extending VDI deployments to their remote offices and branches but many are also apprehensive of running VDI across the WAN link due to concerns that a single point of failure could disrupt the entire business at a remote location. Similarly, small and medium businesses (SMBs) are exploring VDI. For them to adopt VDI the offered solution needs to be simple, reliable, and able to incorporate other business needs like office communications, PCI compliance, business continuity, etc. They prefer solutions that provide a healthy TCO and can also be deployed and managed easily.
Inder Sindu, Cisco SVP, in his book "Doing Both" explains why "doing both" is today's best growth strategy and how successful businesses prioritize both growth and profitability along with Innovation and operational excellence. The engineers and architects who built the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge focused on the confluence of two seemingly opposing ideals—beauty and strength. This concept of "doing both" holds true in in business, too.
For organizations who want to deploy VDI at their remote offices, the efficiencies of a centralized model at cost of performance over the WAN is unacceptable. And conversely, a distributed model could introduce greater cost and complexity.
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Cisco and VMware have partnered together to build the Remote Office Branch Office solution where up to 30 VDI sessions can be served from the double wide UCS E-Series Server, hosted within the Cisco 3945 Integrated Services Router. Cisco and VMware have begun working together on VDI support on the UCS E-Series, and through the VMware Rapid Desktop Program, the two companies have validated that branches and SMBs can host up to 30 virtual desktop sessions using the Cisco ISR G2 "Office-in-a-Box" with VMware View hosted on the Cisco UCS E-Series.
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Similar to the Golden Gate Bridge – an engineering and esthetic marvel this joint solution between Cisco Systems and VMware delivers local VDI for desktops, wired/wireless WAN/LAN connectivity, Unified Communications, Security, WAN Optimization all in one small footprint platform.
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Wow it's geat, I wont to show this for my clients and "open his eyes". What are other function server in router?
…Just a great Cisco and VMware move…thanks for a so informative Post…


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This blog post could be finished with that one picture. Sometimes words just aren't necessary to further explain an automotive atrocity.
As a natural-born writer, though, certain words simply erupt from my fingers when I look at this picture. Many of them unsuitable for a respectable blog.
First, I should note that I can appreciate a good car modification as well as anyone. I know a lot of time and money and skill goes into tearing down a vehicle and rebuilding it to exact specs specifically suited to an individual's tastes. That's partly why I've been in love with car culture so long: A vehicle can take on the persona of the person behind the wheel. And that's pretty cool.
But this… this I just don't get.
Perhaps the saddest part of this custom job is the donor was a Camaro ZL1. The GT500-killing 580-hp superbeast that reigns supreme as king of the muscle cars. Think the car you see above will turn a lap at Leguna Seca in 1:39.18 or blast to 60 in 3.8 seconds? Nope. So why not use a base V6 Camaro for this custom job when all performance is lost anyway? That's where I get lost. Even more confusing, a turbocharger was added to the 6.2-liter V8, which I can't imagine will ever get used.
The work was done by 813 Customs in Tampa and includes a gold vinyl wrap (at least it's not actually gold-plated), 30-inch Forgiato wheels, a custom dash and a completely re-worked interior to handle at least 8 million speakers and three 23-inch TVs. I didn't know one 23-inch TV would fit in a Camaro.
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The main feature of England's attacking play during their 4-1 victory over Montenegro on Friday was their excellent use of the flanks. The all-Tottenham combination of Andros Townsend and Kyle Walker attacked powerfully down the right, with Townsend responsible for creating the opener and later scoring a fine goal from long range.
The advanced positioning of the left-back Leighton Baines was also particularly obvious, with England playing a patient game, switching play between the wings.
Roy Hodgson will urge a similar approach at Wembley against Poland. Unable to qualify for the World Cup after their 1-0 defeat in Ukraine on Friday, and with their coach Waldemar Fornalik widely expected to leave his job after this match, Poland hardly represent an intimidating challenge – and their most obvious weakness is at full-back.
In the right-back position, Poland are without Dortmund's Lukasz Piszczek, who has not played since the European Cup final at Wembley in May because of operations on his hip and groin. Poland's biggest strength is his relationship with the right-winger Jakub Blaszczykowski, which works excellently at both club and international level, so he represents a significant loss. The replacement, Artur Jedrzejczyk, was the best defender in the Polish Ekstraklasa last season, earning a move to the Russian club FC Krasnodar, but he is not on Piszczek's level.
There is an even bigger problem at left-back, however, where the previous regular, Sebastian Boenisch of Bayer Leverkusen, received criticism for a string of poor performances, and was therefore omitted from Fornalik's final squad for these two games. Jakub Wawrzyniak has failed to take advantage of his opportunities, constantly making positional errors, but Grzegorz Wojtkowiak has not fared much better. A right-back by trade, the 1860 Munich player made a huge error for the only goal against Ukraine, failing to intercept a cross from the left-winger Yevhen Konoplyanka, allowing the right-winger Andriy Yarmolenko to score.
The nature of Ukraine's goal – the two wide players combining – neatly summarises how England must attack, and Yarmolenko also opened the scoring in the reverse fixture, cutting inside from the right to shoot with his favoured left foot, something Townsend frequently attempts for Spurs.
Poland's left-sided weakness is not helped by Fornalik's indecision on the left of midfield: in nine qualification games, he has used five different players in that position, none of whom have started more than twice. Waldemar Sobota failed to impress on Friday, and with Poland now unable to reach the World Cup it makes sense to give the promising 19-year-old Udinese winger Piotr Zielinski, who has scored three goals in six games so far, a start.
Hodgson will be without the suspended Walker, with Phil Jones set to deputise at right-back, but England's strategy does not need to alter significantly: spreading the play wide to use Townsend's pace and Baines' crossing should reap rewards.


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Hummus is a Middle Eastern spread made from chickpeas or garbanzo beans, and tahini, a paste of sesame seeds. It is typically eaten with pita or other flat bread.
When I first tasted hummus a couple of years back, I disliked it instantly. Being new to the country and never having experimented with non-Indian food, I obviously needed time to get accustomed to eating pureed chickpeas. I believe that it is an acquired taste. But now, with time, I have grown to like hummus and even make my own these days.
You can buy hummus in most grocery stores, but it's so easy to make and so much more fun to make your own by experimenting with the ingredients and adjusting the flavors just the way you want it . Tahini too can be easily found in your local grocery store, but it can be made at home too. Here's an easy way to make your own tahini. I used store-bought tahini for making this. Adding too much adds a slightly bitter taste to the hummus.
A can (15 oz) of chickpeas/garbanzo beans, drained
2 big pieces of roasted red pepper (I used the jarred ones)
2 cloves garlic
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
A big pinch or two of ground cumin
2 Tbsp tahini (sesame paste)
1Tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste.
Place all the ingredients (except the oil) in a food processor and blend well. Add the olive oil in a thin stream, with the processor running, till everything comes together to form a smooth paste. Season with salt.
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