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botolo86 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 207 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
TellaWorld is a completely new concept of social network. How many times did you try to write something on the 'net and nobody ever replied to your message in a forum, your comment on a blog or your tweet? Audience was missing. Now TellaWorld solves this problem and gives you the audience you were looking for. Every message posted on TellaWorld is displayed for 30 seconds on the main page. All users connecting to TellaWorld.com during those 30 seconds will see just your message, the star of the website. And you will receive tons of views and comments. TellaWorld is a global think-tank, a place where people will share their most important emotions, feelings and thoughts. We want quality, not quantity.
users with something deep to say, bloggers, people looking for new interesting friends from all over the World, users who want to be part of a community of people who care, who love to talk and to share emotions.
TellaWorld is all about users and their thoughts. A big role of TellaWorld is also Planet Earth. Each message is displayed on a big 3D Planet Earth from the place inserted by the user. As you may see, the current layout and logo of TellaWorld are very dark. We want to change this, we want something full of passion, of life, of positive energy. We want the logo to say users what TellaWorld is. We are looking for your creativity. Feel free to experiment, to use capital letters, lower case letters, to use a mascotte close to the logo. Whatever you feel appropriate. We will write feedbacks on a daily basis and we are here for any clarification you may need.
Logo should be made ready to be used on different kind of backgrounds, white or dark.
Designers should also provide a single letter or symbol to be used somewhere instead of the full logo (like, for example, the "f" of Facebook or the two dots of Flickr).
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Token Black
Token Black
|Hair Color
|4th Grade
|Token Black the Healer, Tupperware
|Roman Catholic
|Steve Black
|Linda Black
|Nichole Daniels
|Voiced by
|Adrien Beard
|First Appearance
|Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
- 1 About
- 2 Memorable Quotes
- 3 Life Lessons
- 4 Alter Egos
- 5 Family
- 6 Girlfriend
- 7 Ex-Girlfriend
- 8 Close Friends
- 9 Groups
- 10 Residence
- 11 Featured Episodes
- 12 Bonus Factoids
- 13 Behind The Scenes
Token is a member of the boy's 4th grade class. He is the richest kid in South Park and also one of the only black kids. In one instance, Cartman got arrested and sent to juvie hall after throwing a rock at Token's head. Token is also a very gifted singer and can play a mean bass guitar, (much to the dismay of Cartman's stereotyping). When he's not slapping the bass, however, he's teaming up with the infamous superhero squad Coon and Friends. His secret identity: "Tupperware!"
DNA Overview
You're calm, cool and collected. You have the pride of a lion and a heart of myrrh. People with Token Black DNA have an artsy side, contrary to what others may think.
Memorable Quotes
- "Yeah, and with Cartman's enormously fat ass, the boys are sure to win." (Cartman's Silly Hate Crime)
- "Please God, send more rich kids to my town..." (Here Comes the Neighborhood)
- "What?! We don't HAVE a bass guitar!" (Christian Rock Hard)
- "JESSE JACKSON IS NOT THE EMPEROR OF BLACK PEOPLE!" (With Apologies to Jesse Jackson)
- "I'm sorry, Kyle. I like girls." (Cartman Finds Love)
- "You made everyone think I'm a fucking patient zero!" (World War Zimmerman)
Life Lessons
- "Five midgets spanking a man covered in Thousand Island dressing. Is that making love?"
Alter Egos
Phone Destroyer Outfits
Close Friends
Featured Episodes
- Cartman's Silly Hate Crime (s04e01)
- Here Comes the Neighborhood (s05e12)
- The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers (s06e13)
- Christian Rock Hard (s07e09)
- Raisins (s07e14)
- Quest for Ratings (s08e11)
- Wing (s09e03)
- With Apologies to Jesse Jackson (s11e01)
- Coon 2: Hindsight (s14e11)
- Funnybot (s15e02)
- 1% (s15e12)
- Cartman Finds Love (s16e07)
- World War Zimmerman (s17e03)
Bonus Factoids
- Much like Butters, Token has actually been around as a background character since the pilot episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe". His first big breakout role was in Season 4's "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime".
Token vs. Cartman
Token and Cartman have always had a love/hate relationship -- from the "hate crime" in Token's first main episode ("Cartman's Silly Hate Crime") to their intense standoff in last season's "World War Zimmerman". Token also kicked Cartman's ass in "Christian Rock Hard".
Behind The Scenes
- Token is one of the few main [male] characters not voiced by Matt and Trey. His voice is provided by our Producer/Lead Storyboard Artist Adrien Beard.
- Below is a selection of kick-ass behind the scenes content, exclusively from South Park:
From "World War Zimmerman" (1703)
Fist Bump: Storyboard
After the script is written, the first step in our production process is creating storyboards. Here's a "board" of the fist bump scene, before it was animated bro.
"Patient Zero" Art
Here's a better look at the art for Cartman's "Patient Zero" sketch. All props used in the show are created by our Art Department.
From "Black Friday" (s17e07)
Production Art: Round Table
This round table was a specialty prop. As you can see, the boys "wireframes" were used here for placement.

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My Writing and Reading Life: Michael P. Spradlin
Michael P. Spradlin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Youngest Templar trilogy, the Wrangler Award Winner OFF LIKE THE WIND! THE FIRST RIDE OF THE PONY EXPRESS, and several other novels and picture books. He holds a black belt in television remote


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The Nmap Security Scanner is (C) 1996–2018 Insecure.Com
LLC ("The Nmap Project"). Nmap is also a registered trademark of the
Nmap Project. This program free software; you may redistribute
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; Version 2
EXCEPTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN. This guarantees your right to use,
modify, and redistribute this software under certain conditions. If
you wish to embed Nmap technology into proprietary software, we sell
alternative licenses (contact <firstname.lastname@example.com>). Dozens
of software vendors already license Nmap technology such as host
discovery, port scanning, OS detection, version detection, and the
Nmap Scripting Engine.
Note that the GPL places important restrictions on "derivative works",
yet it does not provide a detailed definition of that term. To avoid
misunderstandings, we interpret that term as broadly as copyright law
allows. For example, we consider an application to constitute a
derivative work for the purpose of this license if it does any of the
following with any software or content covered by this license
("Covered Software"):
Integrates source code from Covered Software.
Reads or includes copyrighted data files, such as
Nmap's nmap-os-db or
Is designed specifically to execute Covered Software and parse the results (as opposed to typical shell or execution-menu apps, which will execute anything you tell them to).
Includes Covered Software in a proprietary executable
installer. The installers produced by InstallShield are an example of
this. Including Nmap with other software in compressed or archival
form does not trigger this provision, provided appropriate open source
decompression or de-archiving software is widely available for no
charge. For the purposes of this license, an installer is considered
to include Covered Software even if it actually retrieves a copy of
Covered Software from another source during runtime (such as by
downloading it from the Internet).
Links (statically or dynamically) to a library which does any of the above.
Executes a helper program, module, or script to do any of the above.
This list is not exclusive, but is meant to clarify our interpretation
of derived works with some common examples. Other people may
interpret the plain GPL differently, so we consider this a special
exception to the GPL that we apply to Covered Software. Works which
meet any of these conditions must conform to all of the terms of this
license, particularly including the GPL Section 3 requirements of
providing source code and allowing free redistribution of the work as
a whole.
As another special exception to the GPL terms, the Nmap Project grants
permission to link the code of this program with any version of the
OpenSSL library which is distributed under a license identical to that
listed in the included docs/licenses/OpenSSL.txt
file, and distribute linked combinations including the
The Nmap Project has permission to redistribute Npcap, a packet
capturing driver and library for the Microsoft Windows platform.
Npcap is a separate work with it's own license rather than this Nmap
license. Since the Npcap license does not permit redistribution
without special permission, our Nmap Windows binary packages which
contain Npcap may not be redistributed without special
Any redistribution of Covered Software, including any derived works,
must obey and carry forward all of the terms of this license, including
obeying all GPL rules and restrictions. For example, source code of
the whole work must be provided and free redistribution must be
allowed. All GPL references to "this License", are to be treated as
including the terms and conditions of this license text as well.
Because this license imposes special exceptions to the GPL, Covered
Work may not be combined (even as part of a larger work) with plain
GPL software. The terms, conditions, and exceptions of this license
must be included as well. This license is incompatible with some
other open source licenses as well. In some cases we can relicense
portions of Nmap or grant special permissions to use it in other open
source software. Please contact email@example.com with any such
requests. Similarly, we don't incorporate incompatible open source
software into Covered Software without special permission from the
copyright holders.
If you have any questions about the licensing restrictions on using
Nmap in other works, we are happy to help. As mentioned above, we
also offer an alternative license to integrate Nmap into proprietary
applications and appliances. These contracts have been sold to dozens
of software vendors, and generally include a perpetual license as well
as providing support and updates. They also fund the continued
development of Nmap. Please email <firstname.lastname@example.com> for further
If you have received a written license agreement or
contract for Covered Software stating terms other than these, you may
choose to use and redistribute Covered Software under those terms
instead of these.
This Nmap Reference Guide is (C) 2005–2018 Insecure.Com LLC. It is
hereby placed under version 3.0 of the Creative Commons
Attribution License. This allows you redistribute and modify
the work as you desire, as long as you credit the original source.
Alternatively, you may choose to treat this document as falling under
the same license as Nmap itself (discussed previously).
Source is provided to this software because we believe users
have a right to know exactly what a program is going to do before they
run it. This also allows you to audit the software for security holes.
Source code also allows you to port Nmap to new platforms, fix
bugs, and add new features. You are highly encouraged to send your
changes to <firstname.lastname@example.com> for possible incorporation into
the main distribution. By sending these changes to Fyodor or one of
the Insecure.Org development mailing lists, it is assumed that you are
offering the Nmap Project the unlimited, non-exclusive right to reuse,
modify, and relicense the code. Nmap will always be available open
source, but this
is important because the inability to relicense code has caused
devastating problems for other Free Software projects (such as KDE and
NASM). We also occasionally relicense the code to third parties as
discussed above. If you wish to specify special license conditions of
your contributions, just say so when you send them.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License v2.0 for more details at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html, or in the COPYING file
included with Nmap.
It should also be noted that Nmap has occasionally been known to crash
poorly written applications, TCP/IP stacks, and even operating
While this is extremely rare, it is important to keep in
mind. Nmap should never be run against mission
critical systems unless you are prepared to suffer
downtime. We acknowledge here that Nmap may crash your systems or
networks and we disclaim all liability for any damage or problems Nmap
could cause.
Because of the slight risk of crashes and because a few black
hats like to use Nmap for reconnaissance prior to attacking systems,
there are administrators who become upset and may complain when their
system is scanned. Thus, it is often advisable to request permission
before doing even a light scan of a network.
Nmap should never be installed with special privileges
(e.g. suid root).
That would open up a major security vulnerability as other users on the
system (or attackers) could use it for privilege escalation.
This product includes software developed by
the Apache Software
Foundation. A modified version of the Libpcap portable packet capture
is distributed along with Nmap.
The Windows version of Nmap utilizes the Libpcap-derived
Ncap library
Regular expression support is provided by the
PCRE library,
which is open-source software, written by Philip Hazel.
Certain raw networking functions use the
networking library, which was written by Dug Song.
A modified version is distributed with Nmap.
Nmap can optionally link with the
cryptography toolkit
for SSL version detection support.
The Nmap Scripting Engine uses an embedded version of
the Lua programming
language. The Liblinear
linear classification library is used for our
IPv6 OS detection machine
learning techniques (see the section called "IPv6 matching").
All of the third-party software described in this paragraph is freely
redistributable under BSD-style software licenses.
Binary packages for Windows and Mac OS X include support libraries
necessary to run Zenmap and Ndiff with Python and PyGTK. (Unix platforms
commonly make these libraries easy to install, so they are not part of
the packages.) A listing of these support libraries and their licenses
is included in the LICENSES files.
This software was supported in part through the Google Summer of Code and the DARPA CINDER program (DARPA-BAA-10-84).
Nmap only uses encryption when compiled with the optional
OpenSSL support and linked with OpenSSL. When compiled without
OpenSSL support, the Nmap Project believes that Nmap is not subject to
U.S. Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) export control. As such,
there is no applicable ECCN (export control classification number) and
exportation does not require any special license, permit, or other
governmental authorization.
When compiled with OpenSSL support or distributed as source
code, the Nmap Project believes that Nmap falls under
("Information Security Software"). We distribute Nmap
under the TSU exception for publicly available encryption
software defined
in EAR


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Behind the Scenes
Isn't it fun to know what goes on "behind the scenes"? (But so difficult to do when you don't know where or who to talk with?)
Well, we can get you onto farms and into craft studios that are happy to host you for about 30 minutes at a time.
Our downloadable tours work at any time, because they are businesses that are open at speciifc times, and ready for visitors. The farmers and artisians we know would love to show you around and answer all your questions--as long as they have prior notice and can work it into their schedules for the day.
We think it is only fair to pay the farmers for their hosting--but we take care of that so that your visit is purely conversational.
Please contact us about what you'd like to see or learn and let us craft a specific itinerary for you with behind the scenes tours of farms or production sites. Below is a current listing of areas we have established contacts with.
Price is $85 per 30 minute visit; group size is limited to 10 (there may be flexibility in some places).
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*Organic flower raising
*Sheep rearing & lambing
*Beef farms
*Dairy farms
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*Pick-your-own seasonal fruit
*Cheese making viewing
*Winery tasting
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Ron Paul just wants to have fun.
In Florida, he's polling in the single digits and his campaign has said that he has no intention of seriously competing there.
His performance in last night's CNN debate in Jacksonville seemed to reflect that attitude. Paul was relaxed and showed off his quick wit on several occasions that have become some of the most memorable of the evening.
This is part of the reason why so many people love Ron Paul (The Washington Post reports that Paul supporters were the most numerous and vocal in CNN's liveshot before the debate).
When moderator Wolf Blitzer asked him about his health, Paul quipped, "I'm willing to challenge any of these gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride any time of the day in the heat of Texas."
In another buzzed-about moment, Blitzer asked, "Imagine you're in the Oval Office. You speak to Raul Castro. What would you say to him?"
"Well, I'd ask him what he called about," Paul laughed. It's hard to say whether the response was serious or a joke, as Blitzer's question was pretty vague.
Perhaps Paul's best moment came when the conversation turned to Newt Gingrich's proposal for a lunar colony.
"Well I don't think we should go to the moon. I think maybe we should send some politicians up there sometimes," Paul said, eliciting applause from the audience.
Paul said some serious things too, but most reporters were too busy watching to see if Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney would destroy each other to really notice.


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Dossier - The Assassin part 5
Walkthrough - Dossier - The Assassin part 5
You've heard a great deal about a bridge while you worked your way through this building (especially if you spoke to the two crews of Salarian workers you encountered on previous levels), and now, it's time to cross it. The bridge is apparently unfinished, and the wind at this high altitude is supposed to be extremely hazardous, but don't concern yourself with that stuff. Instead, worry only about working your way across the thin bridge in one piece, which will be, unfortunately, no easy feat. You won't have a lot of room to work with, and the enemy numbers here are thick. The general idea here is to stay as far from the enemies as you can, using whatever weaponry you have in your arsenal to its greatest effect. Sniper rifles are, once again, especially useful here, since you can eliminate threats from far away, while they aren't able to do much damage to you in return.
As you get closer and closer to the far end of the bridge, new obstacles show up. There are two automated gun turrets atop the bridge, and when you get to the halfway point of the bridge, they will begin to fire rockets at you repeatedly, one every few seconds. Believe it or not, these gun turrets can be destroyed, though you'll need to use precise weaponry or heavy ammunition (like a grenade launcher) to do them in. This will make dealing with the final wave of enemies that show up on the far side of the bridge that much easier. The last vestiges of an enemy presence will hole up on the far side of the bridge, shooting at you from above. You can either deal with them while you're still on the bridge, or you can use the staircase to flank their positions and deal with them up-close-and-personal. As you approach the door where Nassana, the mercenary leader, is stationed, you'll have to deal with one more Eclipse Commando. If you dealt with all of the other enemies here leading up to the commando, however, you can gang up on him and eliminate him fairly easily.
From here, everything else plays out in the form of a cutscene. As you walk into the room with Nassana and her personal bodyguards, she will ask you who sent you. However, when you begin to respond to her, the assassin that's been trailing her (and that you're interested in recruiting) falls from a hole in the ceiling, kills all of Nassana's guards in mere seconds, and then puts a pistol to her stomach, shooting her point-blank, and resting her dead body on a computer console. This is Thane, the assassin you've been looking for. After praying over Nassana's dead body, Thane will talk to you at length about what he's doing here. It appears that this was supposed to be his last job. He has a life-threatening illness, and is dying. Because Shepard gave him a great diversion to get his job done, he wants to return the favor by joining the party... for free. And just like that, you'll be transported off of Illium and back to the Normandy, with your new crew member in tow.
Once back on the Normandy, Thane will be greeted by EDI and Jacob. However, Jacob won't be too kind or trusting towards Thane, which is strange, considering he's been nice to just about everyone else who has showed up. Jacob expresses his displeasure at working alongside an assassin, though Thane has his own take on just what an assassin is. Either way, once Thane is given a place to stay on the ship, this brief cutscene will end. You're now able to go about your business from here. If you've been following this walkthrough up to this point, then you should have all of the base characters in your party now, from both waves of recruitment.
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LeTourneau University offices will be closed Monday, Dec, 23 through Wednesday, Jan. 1, for the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The university's offices will reopen at 8 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2. The university police department will continue patrols throughout the holiday at the Longview campus.
The Margaret Estes library will close to the public Friday, Dec. 20, at 10:30 a.m. and will reopen at regular time at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Feb. 23, 2009) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a $500,000 settlement with Sun West Video, Inc., doing business as Great Expectations for Singles (Great Expectations), a dating service located in Scottsdale.
According to the settlement, Great Expectations must pay $250,000 in restitution to eligible consumers who were victimized by the company's deceptive practices. The remaining $250,000 will be paid to the state for consumer fraud prevention.
The settlement also requires the company to correct its alleged deceptive business practices, including misrepresenting the makeup of its member database and the status of its members, illegally obtaining consumers' protected credit information and extending the term of its membership agreements beyond that allowed by law.
In June 2008, Goddard filed a lawsuit alleging that Great Expectations violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and the Arizona Dating Referral Services Act. Also named in the lawsuit were Sun West Video's President John R. Meriggi, Great Expectations' Director Michael Buhler and Sales Representative Geri Schencker.
The lawsuit alleges that Great Expectations used coercive sales tactics, misrepresentations and other deceptive practices to sell expensive dating service memberships to Arizona consumers, typically costing thousands of dollars. The alleged illegal practices include:
- Misrepresenting to consumers the overall number of Great Expectations' participating members, the number of participating members in certain age groups and the number of new members joining the service each month. Great Expectations also told consumers that two to three marriages occurred between members every month when it had no credible basis for such statements.
- Misrepresenting to consumers that it had conducted a criminal background check on all of its members.
- Using membership agreements that illegally extended initial memberships beyond one year and were designed to mislead consumers to believe they had no right to cancel or rescind the agreements.
- Unlawfully obtaining consumers' credit information as soon as they arrived at the Great Expectations office to meet with a representative, before they received a sales presentation or agreed to purchase a membership.
- Using high-pressure sales tactics during one-on-one, hours-long presentations to consumers, during which sales representatives urged consumers to contact their credit card companies to get an increased credit limit sufficient to pay for a membership.
Assistant Attorney General Cherie Howe handled this case.
If you believe you have been a victim of fraud by Great Expectations or others, please contact the Attorney General's Office in Phoenix at 602.542.5763, in Tucson at 520.628.6504 or outside the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas at 1.800.352.8431. To file a complaint in person, the Attorney General's Office has satellite offices throughout the state with volunteers available to help. Locations and hours of operation are posted on the Attorney General's Web site, www.azag.gov. Consumers can also file complaints on the Attorney General's Web site.


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Least Surprising Thing Ever: Manhattan Speedster Afroduck Arrested
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Well, that didn't take long. Remember that jackwagon that sped around Manhattan in a mega-illegal time-window of just over twenty-four minutes? Remember how he was all: pssh, you can't identify me! Remember how Ray Kelly decided to declare his own personal war on a man named Afroduck, proving that reality is way more insane than anything you can think of from Adult Swim?
Yeah, he got busted, and it only took a day or so.
ABC 7 News was on hand to see Afroduck get taken into custody early this morning at the 25th Precinct in East Harlem. They report that [Christopher Adam] Tang is 30 years old. He gives no comment to the reporters, and he smiles.The report goes on to say that no details were given on how they found Tang or tied him to the dash cam video he uploaded, but when Ray Kelly boasted that they have license plate cameras for that kind of thing, he wasn't lying. Commenters in the original piece noted that the fact Tang wasn't pulled over as he went about his speed run seemed like a complete lack of police presence, but there's no shortage of license plate and traffic cams.
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Hello. I already asked the question here. The main point is that I tried to prove in Primitive recursive arithmetic (PRA) the totality of the Ackerman function, and I found, that the single thing which can prevent it - nonapplicability of the Deduction theorem to PRA. But I know, that totality of the Ackerman function is unprovable in PRA. Does it mean, that the Deduction theorem is non-applicable to PRA?
People commented, that: "the main reason that PRA does not prove the Ackerman function is total is that PRA does not include enough induction axiom". That's obviously right! I know, that PRA contains only rule of inference for the mathematical induction. And I also know, that transfinite induction up to the ordinal number $\omega^2$, by which we can prove totality of the Ackerman function, in first-order logic is equivalent to double mathematical induction. But the language of PRA is not first-order language of full value. And I tried to use double mathematical induction directly and to find out problems.
Please look to my proof and say where it can be wrong. Now I see the only problem: I used Deduction meta-theorem in the form: $(PRA \wedge a \vdash b) \to (PRA \vdash a \to b)$. As far as I know, this meta-theorem for infinitely many axioms can be proven only if we use mathematical induction (in meta-theory) and thus - it is unobvious.
Emil Jeřábek, you are right: Outer induction is on a $\Pi_2^0$ formula when expressed in the language of Peano arithmetic. We can see it from this post. Induction axiom, used at the last (7) step, is a $\Pi_2^0$ formula.
But the proof in PRA - without quantifiers - instead of this axiom uses inference rule: $[PRA \vdash \psi(0)] \wedge [PRA \vdash \psi(m) \to \psi(m+1)] \to [PRA \vdash \psi(m)]$, where $\psi(m) \equiv \varphi_A(m,1) \wedge \varphi_A(m,K(m))$.
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Yes, it is wrong. I don't know how exactly you intended to use the T-predicate, but basically: the T-predicate itself (and the U-function) is primitive recursive, hence equivalent to an open formula of PRA. Then $n=f(m)$ can be expressed by the existential formula $\exists w\,(T(e,m,w)\land U(w)=n), and \exists n\,n=f(m)$ is equivalent to the existential formula $\exists w\,T(e,m,w)$, but there is no way to eliminate these existential quantifiers in PRA (this would imply that f is primitive recursive).
Thank you, it resolves the largest part of the problem! But one else thing remains, that I cannot understand:
Supposing, we consider $\varphi_A$ just as the new predicate symbol, and axioms (1), (2), (3) - as the definition of the predicate. Can't we treat it namely as the predicate of existence for Ackerman function value? And if it's so, why cannot we consider the foregoing proof as the proof of totality of the Ackerman function?
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There are two ways of handling PRA in the literature. The first is to use no quantifiers at all; the second is to use quantifiers, just like Peano arithmetic. In the latter sense, totality can be expressed in the language of PRA, of course.
PRA with quantifiers sounds very strange. As far as I know, every unbounded quantifier changes a theory in essence.
Emil Jeřábek:
The language of PRA consists of a handful of initial functions, and it allows defining new functions by composition and primitive recursion. It does not allow adding new functions by Skolemization
It sounds absurdly: How can a language restrict this? If syntax allows infinitely many functional and infinitely many predicate symbols, how can grammar analyzer verify, that they are primitive recursive?
As far as I know, an axioms set (not language!) of PRA is limited by only axioms for primitive recursive functions. OK, we won't treat the definition of Ackerman function as a part of the "PRA's set of axioms".
P.S. Sorry, I again cannot add comment to the thread.
I want to illustrate by an example my last assertion that the verification whether an object is primitive recursive or not is out of the scope of syntax.
How can we prove in PRA associativity of addition: $x+(y+z)=(x+y)+z$?
From the axiom $x+0=x$ we have:
1) $x+(y+0)=(x+y)+0$
By substitution $z$ for $S(z)$ we have:
2) $x+(y+z)=(x+y)+z \to x+(y+S(z))=(x+y)+S(z)$
And (attention!) by the rule of induction from (1) and (2) we have:
3) $x+(y+z)=(x+y)+z$
Is there any kind of verification that $+$ is primitive recursive function before we can apply the rule of induction? NO.
Now let us add to the theory the binary functional symbol $\circ$. We didn't add axioms, defining it. Did we change the theory? I think - no. It's called "conservative extension". Can we prove some new statements about the function $\circ$? Yes. One of statements which we can prove is:
$n \circ 0= n \to x \circ (y \circ z)=(x \circ y) \circ z$
The scheme of the proof is exactly the same as for addition. Please pay attention: Actually I know nothing about operation $\circ$. Maybe $x \circ y = x + y$ or maybe $x \circ y = max(x,y)$. I even don't know, whether it is primitive recursive or not. But the foregoing statement is true in any interpretation, because nothing can prevent us to use the rule of induction for proving it.


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ScandinavianBook is a book production company owned by LaserTryk.dk.
ScandinavianBook is the only company in the nordic contries, that uses a new print-technology so that books can be produced a lot cheaper (without loss of quality).
To promote the company, we want to make a direct-mail-campaign, where we send a sample book to all publishers in Denmark.
Since we cannot fill a book with text about ourselves, we have designed a "flip-book". If you turn the book one way you see the cover for the section about us (eg 20 pages). We call this part of the book "Digitalprinting - A Wold Of Opportunities".
If you turn the book, we have a section called "ScandinavianBook presents 777 quotes". This part of the book is just "fill". The most importent section of the book is the section were we tell about ourselves.
The quote section of the book is 777 different quotes from a lot of famous people.
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This is the less serious part of the book, and can be made funny, maybe something that illustrates qoutes or being wise. The dog we have used is because there is a funny (Danish)qoute about a dog on the cover.
But the picture do not need to have anything to do with the quote we put on the front. It you have a good quote that fits perfect with a picture, feel free to use it.
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The blame game surrounding the limited availability of the Nexus 4 has reached ridiculous levels. Google originally blamed LG for component shortages, then LG fired back that production was continuing on as planned. They also debunked rumors that a new Nexus was in the works, or that production had been slowed to focus on future products. So what exactly is going on? LG Mobile France director Cathy Robin sat down with Challenges.fr to discuss the Nexus 4 among other products.
While Robin was quick to point out that Nexus 4 âsupply problems are not solely related to LG,â she offered up a very reasonable explanation on why shortages have occurred. According to Robin, Google simply didnât order nearly enough handsets, and itâs taking a while for LG to catch up. Google placed orders based on previous Nexus sales, but demand for the Nexus 4 has so far exceeded previous numbers.
For those of you still waiting to get your hands on a Nexus 4, hope is right around the corner. By mid-February, under a month from now, LG expects there to be âno more pressureâ on the market. In other words, there will be ample stock available.
Other information shared on the Nexus 4 included a brief mention of sales numbers, profitability and Googleâs relationship with LG. No specific sales numbers were brought up, but it was said that the estimated number of 375,000 units sold is âmuch lowerâ than actual sales. It was also said that Nexus 4s are not being sold at a loss. Google and LG have an agreement to sell the device at âvery attractive price.â And as for Googleâs relationship with LG, itâs still great.
Hopefully, this clears up a bit of the confusion surrounding the Nexus 4. Next time we talk about Nexus 4 availability, letâs hope itâs to let you know you can head to the Google Play store to buy one now.


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'Top Chef: Texas' gives nation a taste of S.A. tonight
When the ninth season of "Top Chef" airs at 9 tonight, viewers across the country will see the heart of downtown as the contestants report to the Alamo to compete for a chance to win $125,000.
"Top Chef: Texas" is bigger than previous seasons, beginning with a record 29 chefs vying for 16 chef'testant spots in the first two episodes. The contestants will travel to San Antonio, Austin and Dallas throughout the season to execute challenges at restaurants and other locations, paring down week by week.
There are two Texas chefs, both from Austin: Andrew Curren, 32, of 24 Diner, and Paul Qui, 30, from Uchiko Restaurant.
Eight of the 14 episodes were filmed in San Antonio, partly because of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau pitching in $200,000 from hotel occupancy tax money. In addition, the state paid $400,000 to lure the reality TV show to Texas. "Top Chef" is the No. 1 food show on cable among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
"They're investing big dollars that will pay dividends over the course of many years because of people that watch the show, that will remember the show and see reruns of the show," chef and restaurateur Johnny Hernandez said, adding that it is cheaper than paying for national advertisements that can cost millions of dollars. "It was money well spent and speaks to what we're trying to accomplish here with our food scene, our chefs, our restaurants."
His company, True Flavors, catered food to the staff and crews on set, and he is a guest judge on the show. He says the creators and producers enjoyed developing challenges around the ethnicity of Texas.
"We stood out to them because (the ethnicity) was such a strong influence on the food," he said.
Casandra Matej, executive director of the Convention & Visitors Bureau, is excited that San Antonio will be prominent in this season's episodes.
"This is a unique marketing opportunity that will reach millions of potential visitors. More importantly, what we're trying to enhance is our national and international exposure," she said. "A lot of people do not know what a culinary destination we are. It's a great story to be told. This is really going to put San Antonio on the map in the culinary arts."
San Antonio will be the only Texas city to offer a sweepstakes for participants to win one of three premiere packages, including trips during Culinaria or Fiesta and one that features "Top Chef: Texas" destinations. The contest is open to the public and runs through Feb. 29, 2012; winners will be selected the week of March 3. Contestants can register at www.sanantoniosweeps.com, which will launch Thursday.
Other judges and guests this season include Gail Simmons, Emeril Lagasse, Hugh Acheson, Charlize Theron, Pee-wee Herman, Cat Cora, John Besh, Tim Love and Patti LaBelle, as well as local challenges at La Villita, Southtown and Tejas Steakhouse, among others.
Lagasse was impressed with this season's talent, especially considering the time constraints within their challenges.
"I think that people are going to be very, very surprised to see the amount of creativity that these contestants had utilizing (ingredients) your great state is known for," he said.
Host Padma Lakshmi and the head judge, chef Tom Colicchio, said in a conference call that although the show will play up some Texas stereotypes, such as a ribs competition, meals they had at the Monterey here and Barley Swine in Austin show that Texas is keeping pace with the food revolution throughout the country with chefs using fresh, inventive ingredients.
"You go to Barley Swine or Monterey, it's just good food that is kind of global food that you can find in large cities and in small cities," Colicchio said. "I think those chefs are doing more to dispel that notion of ribs and meat than anything that we can do on our show."
He said Texas chefs Dean Fearing, Robert Del Grande and Stephan Pyles refined Tex-Mex in the 1980s and that now there's a generation of chefs coming up behind them who will take some of those ideas in a different direction.
"I think that hopefully after seeing the show, people will go to Texas and find these other restaurants that are doing things outside of what they'd expect," Colicchio said.


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text: NEWS Denver Urges Colorado Symphony To Blow 'Classically Cannabis' Concerts 5/9/2014 by Associated Press FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME The city of Denver wants the Colorado Symphony to nix its planned series of pot-themed fundraisers. The city of Denver is urging the Colorado Symphony to call off a series of pot-themed fundraising concerts, saying that even though marijuana is now legal in the state, the drug cannot be smoked at events.The newly announced series is strictly BYOC, or "bring your own cannabis," and is being sponsored by some of the state's burgeoning marijuana businesses.It's set to begin May 23, with the first of three small fundraising performances at a Denver art gallery, which will feature a separate smoking area for attendees. It culminates with a fourth concert at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater, where marijuana consumption is technically illegal, though often indulged in. Attendance is limited to ages 21 and over.Colorado Symphony To Play 'Classically Cannabis' ConcertsBut the Denver city attorney's office issued letters Thursday warning the orchestra that the series could violate state laws against public consumption of marijuana. The city says the private art gallery may be considered a public space under state law.The city warned that it may not be able to issue event permits that would allow the concerts to occur, The Denver Post reported.The series is part of efforts by Colorado's lone professional orchestra to reach out to a younger, more diverse audience. It also allows the state's new cannabis industry to gain high-culture cred. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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If tomorrow never comes, will she show how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That's she's my only one
And If my time on earth were through
And she must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes
This morning as I opened the door to leave for work the doorbell rang. My neighbor Gary stood their looking lost and gray and the words he spoke didn't make any sense to me.
"Hey, Calista I hate to do this, but I didn't want you to find out somewhere else, I, Renee's gone."
I was fairly confused, certain I wasn't making sense of the words he spoke. So I so eloquently said,
"What, no way, Oh mi God. What happened?" At this point I'm certain I didn't hear the name right, but this was Gary and he suddenly was not okay, was not holding it together and could make less sense of life that this moment than I.
Yesterday morning Gary had gotten up before 6 and Renee usually followed not long after. When she didn't come out of the bedroom, Gary told the dogs, "Let's go wake up, Mom."
But, mom never woke up.
My dear Renee, you will be so missed, the lives you have touched with your laughter and friendship will feel forever the hole of your loss. My tears fall in sorrow and loss - my prayers and thoughts fly with your soul. Thank you for having touched mine, Roger's, and Ben's lives. Be Peace my dear friend, be peace.
I am bereft, she was a lovely person who I never knew well enough, who a always enjoyed, who always was laughing, joyous, and giving. She was a great neighbor, she was a lovely friend.
Cause I've lost loved ones in my lifeWho never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them were never revealed
I never what that regret to be mine, and yet, Renee is gone and I didn't take the opportunities that life allotted me with this person who offered so much of herself. Renee's is only the most recent passing in this summer of loss. In August my Aunt Mabel died of a multitude of illnesses that include – renal failure, kidney disease, and dementia. Her passing was expected, a blessing, and I had long ago let her know what she meant to me and my life and how she had touched me and made me a better person.
A week to the day my Aunt Freda passed. She was almost 90 and until a year ago a very active woman. She led a very active life, survived the loss of her husband, a daughter and her son – and still lived a life of joy. Then she broke her hip… and suffered a heart attack. She was an inspiration.
Doubt that? Natalie's mother died the same day. Then I'm driving to work and I see on the local Napa Store that Ernie Land's memorial will be held at the Abby's Pizza Parlour on September 15th. I'd not seen Ernie in several months, despite working on the same street – isn't that a sad comment? Ernie had passed back in JUNE – where the hell have I been?
Then Ginger Taylor passed. This is a woman I knew through out my childhood, she and her kids Valerie (whom I still play words with friend with) and Michael (my childhood husband) threw me a sixteenth birthday party. Ginger was the neighbor who was beautiful, talented artist, a fabulous green thumb and hid her secrets in a closet. I wanted to grow up to be just like Ginger Taylor. She died two weeks ago.
I have lived my adult life knowing that tomorrow is not a given. I have lived my adult life preaching to everyone to not let a moment go by when you can let someone know what they have meant to them, to their life, that they have had a hand in helping them become the person they are today.
So I made a promise to myselfTo say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstand
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel. Garth Brooks / Kent Blazy
In the words of John Edward – take the time to communicate – appreciate – and validate the people you love in your life. And please don't wait – because tomorrow isn't a given.


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African elephants really get the point -- the finger point that is.
At least that's the conclusion of a study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology that examined the behavior of 11 pachyderms who were pointed in the direction of hidden snacks.
According to study author Richard Byrne, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, African elephants will investigate the contents of a container 68% of the time if a human points to it.
By comparison, a 12-month-old human will check out the indicated container 73% of the time.
Study authors experimented with a group of African elephants at a wildlife research and rehabilitation center in Zimbabwe. The test subjects, who had names like Coco, Jake and Malasha, were placed in front of two buckets, one of which contained a snack.
A human experimenter would stand between the buckets and point to the one that had the treat. (The elephants could not see into the buckets, and controls were conducted to ensure that the animals weren't simply sniffing out the treats.)
"Our results show that elephants spontaneously attend to and correctly interpret human ... gestures without extensive prior learning opportunities -- the only nonhuman species so far to show this ability," wrote Byrne and his graduate student coauthor, Anna Smet.
Though domesticated cats, goats, horses and dogs especially can pick up on human cues such as pointing, it remains a topic of great debate on just why this happens.
While some argue that these traits evolved because of close interaction with humans over the centuries, others suggest it may be an innate ability of group-living animals.
Those who support the latter case argue that the ability to pick up on the directions or cues of others would be helpful to animals who either hunt or try to avoid predators as a pack or herd.
The Current Biology study appears to support that view.
"We suggest that the most plausible account of our elephant's ability to interpret even subtle human pointing gestures as communicative is that human pointing ... taps into elephants' natural communication system," the authors wrote.
"If so, then interpreting movements of other elephants as ... communication must be a natural part of social interaction in wild herds; specifically, we suggest that the functional equivalent of pointing might take the form of referential indication with the trunk."
However, there are other social animals that appear not to get the point.
"Surprisingly, Asian elephants have been found not to respond to human-given gestural cues," authors wrote.
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Frank Sinatra sings the songs that defined him. Narrated by his daughter, Tina Sinatra, this program captures Sinatra at his irresistible best with unforgettable performances of Come Fly With Me, Strangers in the Night, My Way, the theme from New York, New York and many more. It features clips compiled from his award-winning television specials and landmark concerts, and presents an extraordinary collection of iconic moments from his unparalleled career.
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We (a consulting firm in the oil and gas industry) require a design for a presentation folder incorporationg our logo and a redesign of our company profile document cover page, which will sit inside the presentation folder.
IPS Australasia - http://www.ipsaa.com
We are a group of engineers providing drilling related consultancy services to oil and gas companies. We believe we are quite good at this but also recognize that we are quite bad at graphic design. Time to get some professional help in this area....
We require a design for a presentation folder and also a new front page for our company profile. This profile is a printed document that will be delivered within the presentation folder and as such we believe it makes sense for it to share some design themes with the presentation folder.
We are looking for a clean design with the following guidelines for the presentation folder:
- Front to include our logo only and maybe some stylized imagery
- back to include our web address only
- inside flaps to include some bullet points on our services, see our home page for ideas (http://www.ipsaa.com)
Download templates, existing logo and some other relevant information here:
- Clean, uncluttered design
- Include key phrases Well Engineering, Project Management, Drilling Operations on the flaps
- Consider including tagline "Drill ahead with the professionals" somewhere
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Stroke of Light™ Under Eye Concealer
Liquid Concealer
$18.00 $23.00
An illuminating tinted mineral concealer that instantly brightens the eye area while diffusing dark shadows and the appearance of fine lines. Read more
Size: 5.5 mL / 0.18 Fl. Oz.
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What it is:
UNDER EYE BRIGHTENER & LIQUID CONCEALER Add a little illumination to your complexion with Stroke of Light Under Eye Brightener. The travel-ready mineral concealer blends seamlessly to disguise imperfections with sheer to medium coverage. Available in 4 luminous shades, this eye brightening liquid concealer visibly reduces fine lines and dark circles while giving you a refreshed, radiant and even-toned look.
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*Immediately illuminates and brightens the under-eye area and diffuses dark shadows *Visibly reduces the appearance of fine lines and dark circles over time *The mineral concealer formula blends smoothly and seamlessly *Available in four versatile shades that provide sheer-to-medium coverage *Dermatologist tested *None of our products are tested on animals
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APPLYING LIQUID CONCEALER Stroke of Light can be used as an illuminating concealer on bare skin or over makeup as desired. Dab a small amount at the corner of each eye and along the under-eye area with the soft-tip paddle. Gently blend with your finger using a press and roll motion for smooth, even application.
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Water (Aqua/Eau), Hydrogenated Polydecene, Butylene Glycol, Isododecane, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Glycerin, Silica, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Dimethicone, Propanediol, Disteardimonium Hectorite, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Sodium Chloride, Isostearic Acid, Tribehenin, Amethyst Powder, Tourmaline, Nephrite Powder, Pearl Powder, Sapphire Powder, Ethylhexylglycerin, Alumina, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extract, Ceramide 2, Peg-10 Rapeseed Sterol, Trisodium Edta, Polysilicone-2, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Tin Oxide, Phenoxyethanol, Mica. May Contain (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499).


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Hospital volunteers meet
The Lenoir Memorial Hospital Volunteers held their fall membership meeting and breakfast Sept. 26.
After program updates were shared, executive officers were installed by Jim Dobbins.
The 2012-2013 volunteer executive officers are Joe Plasky, president; Pat Bizzell, president-elect; Marie Heath, treasurer; Carolyn Anderson, recording secretary; Sandra Brown, corresponding secretary, and Barb Paderick, past president.
Ministry aims at helping youth
An organization whose goal is to help troubled youth is planning a fundraiser to assist with the adolescent programs planned to begin in 2013.
CHARITY Inc. � Churches Here Aimed to Rehabilitate, Innovate and Treat Youth Inc. � is a wayward and displaced youth ministry. The organization is having a drawing Oct. 21, with winners announced publicly and contacted by phone. Donations are $1 per ticket, and winnings are: $200, first place; $100, second; $75, third; and $50, fourth.
Tickets are available in Kinston through Elton John Harper, 252-268-1464; in New Bern through Patricia Richardson at 252-617-2738, Regina Richardson at 443-835-8423, Josephine Slade at 252-814-9452 or St. Mark Church of Christ; Greenville, Elder Aida Taylor at Philippi Church of Christ, 252-367-6314; or Raleigh, Kimberly Cooper at 919-758-1648, Dalton King at 919-369-1897 or CHARITY at 919-434-0051.
Grant to help unemployed get work
Lenoir Community College received a grant of more than $264,000 from the North Carolina Department of Commerce in support of the state�s back-to-work initiative. The funds will go towards tuition and supplies to help provide job training for the long-term unemployed.
LCC Director of Special Programs Susan Gale said about 1,600 people in Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties have been unemployed for more than 26 months or have exhausted their unemployment benefits. The funds target training in programs leading to third party, industry-recognized credentials valued in the local economy and will assist individuals in being more marketable in the workforce.
For students who enroll, the back-to-work process will include assessment, Human Resources Development employability skills, Career Readiness Certificate, career coaching with career exploration, skills gap training and job referral services. Students who successfully complete the program will receive certificates, the Career Readiness Certificate and their program specific stackable credentials.
LCC and 15 other community colleges around the state received grants and are taking enrollment inquiries. Interested students should call 252-233-6851 or 252-527-6223, ext. 706.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Create a Handbook
In this ongoing project, you will collect literacy resources in a Handbook for Effective Literacy Practices to use in your classroom.
Today, you will create a section focused on comprehension strategies and instruction. Include resources you already use, and plan to use in the future. Place these resources in the section for Comprehension and Response. You may want to include:
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redrawwin, wredrawln - redraw screen or portion of screen
cc [ flag... ] file... –I /usr/xpg4/include –L /usr/xpg4/lib \ –R /usr/xpg4/lib –lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... –lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> int redrawwin(WINDOW *win);
int wredrawln(WINDOW *win, int beg_line, int num_lines);
Is a pointer to the window in which to redraw.
Is the first line to redraw.
Is the number of lines to redraw.
The redrawwin() and wredrawln() functions force portions of a window to be redrawn to the terminal when the next refresh operation is performed.
The redrawwin() function forces the entire window win to be redrawn, while the wredrawln() function forces only num_lines lines starting with beg_line to be redrawn. Normally, refresh operations use optimization methods to reduce the actual amount of the screen to redraw based on the current screen contents. These functions tell the refresh operations not to attempt any optimization when redrawing the indicated areas.
These functions are useful when the data that exists on the screen is believed to be corrupt and for applications such as screen editors that redraw portions of the screen.
On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
doupdate(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(7), standards(7)


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I never expected my posts "15 Reasons I Left Church" and "15 Reasons I Returned to The Church" to make such waves, but I'm still hearing from people who loved them, people who hated them, people who resonated with them, and people incredibly frustrated by them.
One of the most common responses I've received has come from members of "mainline" Protestant churches. (Progressive Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Disciples of Christ, etc.) "Oh you just need to find yourself a good mainline church," they say. "Your problems are with evangelical Christianity. We've been politically diverse, accepting of science, and supportive of women in leadership for years now."
Indeed many disenfranchised evangelicals have found happy homes in mainline churches.
Over at iMonk last week, Chaplain Mike wrote a lovely post about how, after a period of wandering through the denominational wilderness, he found a home in an ELCA Lutheran church "with a simple liturgy, wonderful music, a healthy and grounded pastor, a hospitable congregation, and an emphasis on Christ, grace, vocation, and other Lutheran essentials that answered questions I had been turning over in my mind for years in my evangelical settings."
"Though I recognize my debt to evangelicalism and am grateful for what God has taught me on the journey," writes Mike, "coming back to a mainline church for me means coming home. I've found my oasis. I don't hesitate to call myself a mainline Christian."
Mike points to several of his friends who experienced a similar transition—including Robert Webber(author of Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to the Liturgical Church),Diana Butler Bass (author of Christianity For the Rest of Us: How The Neighborhood Church is Transforming Faith), and Tod Bolsinger, (who wrote an open letter explaining why he plans to stay in the PCUSA church).
He also points to Frank Schaeffer, who wrote this in an article for the Huffington Post:
I've been speaking at many small colleges that have historical ties to the oldest mainline denominations in the U.S. I have been noticing something interesting: a terrific hunger for a deeper spirituality on the part of many young people who come from evangelical backgrounds like mine and also like me are looking for something outside of the right wing conservatism they come from.
I've also noticed that while some people in the so-called emergent evangelical movement are reaching out to these young people the leaders of the mainline denominations both locally and nationally often seem blind to a huge new opportunity for growth and renewal staring them in the face. That new opportunity is the scores of younger former evangelicals diving headlong out of the right wing evangelical churches.
…I don't get it. Where is everyone? Why is the "emergent" evangelical church reinventing a wheel that's been around for centuries? And why aren't the mainline churches letting us know they are there?
…If the mainline churches would work for the next few years in a concerted effort to gather in the spiritual refugees wandering our country they'd be bursting at the seams."
I think both Mike and Frank are on to something.
I've often been asked to speak to leaders of mainline churches on the topic of young people leaving the church. When I go through David Kinnaman's research, which reflects just about every concern I express in my "15 Reasons" posts—(young people are leaving the church because they believe it is too exclusive, too combative with science, hyper-political, out-of-touch when it comes to sexuality, and an unsafe place in which to wrestle with doubt)—I am often met with blank stares.
"But we're avoiding all of those pitfalls," these leaders finally say. "We're inclusive. We avoid talking politics. We're not judgmental. We care for the community. Why aren't all these disenfranchised evangelicals flocking to us?"
"Well when was the last time you talked about why you are inclusive, why you embrace science, why you care for the poor, and why you avoid aligning yourself with one political party?" I ask. "When was the last time you engaged in a serious, church-wide Bible study or launched a series on the spiritual disciplines? Evangelicals are used to being intensely engaged in their faith. If they don't sense that your church offers them a safe place to wrestle and grow, they won't come at all. "
I speak from my own experience, because, while there is much I love and appreciate about mainline denominations, when I visit, I always leave feeling like something's missing.
I miss that evangelical fire-in-the-belly that makes people talk about their faith with passion and conviction.
I miss the familiarity with scripture and the intensive Bible studies.
I miss the emphasis on cultivating a personal spirituality.
I miss sermons that step on a few toes.
I am speaking in gross generalizations here, but in my experience, going from evangelicalism to the mainline can feel a bit like jumping from one extreme to the other:
While evangelicals often adopt a narrow, literalist view of Scripture that borders on bibliolatry, I've spoken with mainliners who admit that they are embarrassingly illiterate when it comes to the Bible. (One woman told me that the only parts of Scripture she recognizes are those found in her hymnal, that she didn't know the difference between Psalms and Proverbs, and that she was shocked to learn that some of her favorite liturgy was taken directly from the Bible.)
While evangelicals carry the unfortunate reputation of being married to the Republican party, mainliners are missing a great opportunity to talk about what it means to pledge one's allegiance first and foremost to the Kingdom of God.
While some evangelicals avoid making justice a centerpiece of their mission for fear of looking too "liberal" (though I think this is improving), many mainliners fail to explain the religious motivation behind their acts of mercy. (One young woman from a mainline church put it this way: "I wasn't learning anything about justice or creation care in church that I wasn't learning in school. In fact, when talking about justice, my pastor was more likely to quote Gandhi than Jesus. So why would I bother going to church?")
While evangelical pastors may care too little about who they offend, mainline pastors may care too much, to the point that they are afraid to say anything of substance.
While young people may be afraid to share their doubts and questions in evangelical churches for fear of judgment and condemnation, they may be just as afraid to share their doubts and questions in mainline churches because no one seems to be talking about those issues!
Again, my apologies for speaking in such general terms.
The mainline church family is obviously incredibly diverse, and there are many mainline churches doing an excellent job of reaching out to evangelicals, so we have to find a balance between observing trends and painting with a broad brush.
One of my favorite churches in the country—Missiongathering in San Diego—is a Disciples of Christ church that has managed to attract throngs of young people by fostering a community that is diverse, inclusive, biblically literate, spiritually connected, appreciative of both liturgy and contemporary worship, and absolutely bursting at the seams with grace. Mainline churches looking to retain and attract young people, particularly "homeless" evangelicals like myself, would do well to look to Missiongathering as a model, for, at least from my perspective, they have managed to combine all that is great about the mainline with all that is great about evangelicalism into one faith community. They aren't perfect, of course. But when I'm in San Diego, that church feels a lot like home.
So, what has your experience with mainline churches been like? Am I being unfair? This post is simply meant to start a conversation....so now it's your turn!
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Student Organizations
Participation in student organizations offers you opportunities for fellowship, leadership, recreation, and meaningful interaction with faculty, staff, and students. The good friends and times encountered through being actively involved on campus can help make TU home.
There are a variety of organizations to choose from. In addition, you can start your own organization.
Students are encouraged to form clubs and organizations that assist in creating networks of individuals with similar interests and psycho-social needs. Already have a great idea for a student club or organization? Click here to apply. To help you get started, please refer to the Thomas University's Student Policy 5.6.4 to read about the procedures you take to establish a club or organization. If you have further questions, email the Office of Student Life at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Thomas University Association of Social Workers promotes the field of social work both on-campus and through the community activities.
The Delta Club is an outdoor organization whose purpose is to explore the area within the upper portions of the Ochlocknee and Aucilla river basins, which form a triangular area of land with the bottom portion lying in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the aim of the club to educate its members in all aspects of this region, wildlife, geological features, sociological and historical aspects, all within an outdoor pursuits context. Membership is open to students, faculty, staff, and community members.
The objectives of Professional Management Association include uniting those interested, or engaged in the discipline of management, and promoting the understanding of social, psychological, and economic implications of scientific principles of modern management. Our goal is to accomplish this through the use of speakers, faculty as well as community business professionals, discussions, and publications. Our mission is to help provide Thomas University Students some of the resources needed to network in the business community, as well as management skills to help them develop as business professionals.
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The Psychology Club is an organization open to psychology majors and those with a special interest in psychology.
The TU Student Counseling Association is a group of graduate counseling students who participate in community service projects and bring guest speakers to campus. TUSCA is a student affiliate organization of the Licensed Professional Counseling Association of Georgia. Our online students may participate through technology that brings guest speakers to your computer and community service projects may be done in your area, representing TUSCA. (For counseling and rehabilitation counseling students.)
The Business Association (TUBA) is an organization open to all business students. TUBA provides a means for professional and academic growth in the discipline of business. The purpose of TUBA is to promote student development in the area of business; to promote continuing development and education for currently enrolled business students and alumni; to promote ethical business practices; to foster involvement of community business professions with Thomas University and its business students.