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NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes it's better to leave your first childhood crush in the past, or you may spoil lovely memories.
Craig Lucas' gentle new comedy, "The Lying Lesson," opened Wednesday night in an intriguing world premiere, presented off-Broadway by the Atlantic Theater Company.
Director Pam MacKinnon (who most recently helmed "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Clybourne Park" on Broadway) creates a suspenseful air of cat-and-mouse intrigue, although who's the cat is never really an issue. Set in a fictional coastal Maine town in the summer of 1981, an out-of-town woman calling herself Ruth Elizabeth is visiting a house that she's considering purchasing.
Carol Kane is an absolute delight as Ruth, who is soon revealed to be famous movie star Bette Davis. Davis is no longer young, yet still feisty and imperious, and Kane is commanding in her mature, sparkling impersonation. She masterfully enacts the measured, gliding walk, haughty stares and precise speaking cadence we recognize from Davis' many films.
MacKinnon creates increasing tension in the opening scene, during an electrical blackout in a thunderstorm. It culminates in Ruth, alone in a strange house, gamely wielding a kitchen knife like a gladiator as an intruder slips in through a window.
Mickey Sumner makes an effective off-Broadway debut in her deft portrayal of Minnie Bodine, the local Jill-of-all-trades who seems eagerly interested in helping Ruth get settled in. Initially dismissive of her gawky neighbor, Ruth warms to Minnie and sees potential for her as they begin to form a friendship. Kane grandly sashays around the living room, as Ruth tries to get in touch with her first love, a local boy she adored many decades earlier.
Minnie is unfazed by Ruth's bristly sense of humor, and the pair share confidences while Ruth reminisces about a childhood stay in town with her family. They discover many details of their lives are similar, except where, as Ruth wryly intones at a horrifying revelation by Minnie, "Here our stories diverge."
With a credible Maine accent, Sumner gives a coltish energy and appeal to Minnie, who appears to be a pleasant, unpolished young woman stuck in a bad marriage. However, Ruth discovers that her sometimes evasive new acquaintance is hiding some secrets, and she plans to turn the tables on her erstwhile helper.
Lucas surely had fun incorporating details of real-life stories and famous comments made by Davis, as well as lines from some of her films. He even has Ruth say jokingly, "I have Bette Davis eyes." For those who missed the 1980s, that's a comical reference to a Grammy-winning song called, "She's Got Bette Davis Eyes."
As for who is actually lying, let Ruth have the definitive answer: "An artist must keep some secrets to herself."


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The Demuth Museum was established in 1981 to preserve and promote the art of Charles Demuth (1883-1935). As a leader of the American Modernist movement, Demuth is best known as a pioneer of the Precisionist style and a master watercolorist. Demuth's Lancaster, Pennsylvania home, now the museum, provided both inspiration and sustenance, and functioned as Demuth's permanent studio location throughout his lifetime. Heralded as a leading light among early American modernist painters, Demuth distinguished himself from his contemporaries in his profoundly-felt renderings of his native Lancaster's factories, grain elevators and churches.
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Demuth's evolving style and pioneering artistic achievements, celebrated in his famous architectural works, are inseparable from his lifelong exploration and contributions in watercolor. Demuth suffered from diabetes, a debilitating disease that rendered him incapable of anything other than bed rest for periods of his life, and assisted his developments in watercolor, which was more suited to his lifestyle and was currying favor with the early modernists of the time. During the years 1914-1919, which are considered to be Demuth's most prolific, he utilized the free-flowing effects of the watercolor medium to capture his travels to New York and Provincetown. During these frequent excursions, he spent time with a group of companions, many of whom formed the cultural elite, and was exposed to the work of expatriate artists, often via exhibitions of European and American modern art in the galleries of Alfred Stieglitz. Despite his attachment to New York, Demuth consistently returned to Lancaster and painted most in his home studio. He preferred to interpret what he saw literally in his own backyard, including the vegetables and flowers that were so important in his agricultural city.
The Demuth Museum offers a wholly unique experience of Demuth's artistic life and groundbreaking works through its collections, exhibitions and educational programs. The museum's permanent collection contains forty Demuth works from throughout the artist's career, along with an extensive archive and library. Visitors to the museum can also enjoy the Demuth gardens, planted with many of the same flowers cultivated by the artist's mother and featured in the artist's renowned floral works. Historic buildings depicted in Demuth's architectural works can be seen just outside the artist's studio window and in the city beyond. The Demuth Tobacco Shop, the oldest operating shop of its kind in America, and other historic buildings of the Demuth Complex are all open to the public.
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I'm new to this so please bear with me if this post becomes too long. I had my second child 6 1/2 weeks ago (via c-section at 39 weeks) and decided to breastfeed. For the first few weeks it seems like everything went great with breastfeed then out of nowhere we hit a major snag. My daughter started feeding anywhere between an hour to two hours on my breasts only to be hungry again about 20 minutes later and we would start the whole process over again and would continue in a cycle. In between her feedings I would also pump so when my husband came home from working nights, he could feed her while I took either a nap, shower, laundry, etc. And she never seemed satisfied with the bottle which is 2oz so I would put her on my breast to "top her off". As this kept up, I started getting very exhausted at night and not handling it very well, such as crying excessively and just being too tired to breastfeed so I started supplementing with formula at night just to get some rest.
Ok so fast forward to my question. I want to continue to breastfeed. And lately it's been very hard since my daughter is starting to refuse the breast sometimes so I try to pump since she's more used to a bottle. However when I pump (I pump manually and electric) after about 15 minutes on each breast I don't get anything out, so I squeeze my breasts just to make sure there isn't milk getting left behind, and I store it in the fridge. When I look back at it about an hour or so later, I notice all the pumping I've done (between 2-4 ounces) is very watery with about an 1/8 of an ounce of thick white on top. If I feed that to my daughter (after properly warming and swirling) she screams and cries to eat again about 45 minutes to an hour later. Am I not getting enough hindmilk? And if not, how do pump the hind milk out?
I also wanted to add right now she's on formula because while I gave her the pumped breast milk and my breast, she was extremely gassy and cried constantly from being in pain. And when I did breast feed, I fed until she popped off of me. I feel so discouraged and ready to give up, but I'm trying so hard to keep at it especially with these obstacles. Also, when she was born, she was 7lbs 6ounces, left the hospital 3 days later and she was 6lbs, 12 ounces. Now at 6 1/2 weeks she's 9lbs 10 ounces, but we're doing both breast and bottle. Sorry this is so long and if you're still reading this and giving advice, thank you so much in advance.


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Several events in town this weekend will kick off the holiday season.
The Animate Objects Circus Cabaret comes to town Friday night.
The cabaret will start at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, 14 S. Cedar St.
Animate Objects Physical Theater, based in Seattle and Miami, will perform. In addition to stilt-walkers, aerial artists and dancers, the group will bring mimes, unicyclists, Jack Frost the juggler and more.
The group will also perform Saturday in Winthrop, where the town's holiday festivities will continue with the Winter Wonder Circus Gala.
Hosted by the Methow Arts Alliance, the event will be at 7 p.m. at the Winthrop Barn, 51 state Highway 20. The gala is also celebrating 30 years of art.
While the Omak performance will be on stage, the gala in Winthrop "takes place all around you," Methow Arts said. Tickets for both events are on sale online and at some local businesses.
• An ugly Christmas sweater contest is planned for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday by the Downtown Omak Merchants.
"Dig out your holiday sweaters or, better yet, make your own," organizer Shana Hammett said.
A dozen downtown businesses will participate, with in-store specials, door prizes and refreshments planned. Two grand prizes will be awarded, one for best overall and one for best family.
Judging will be from noon to 3 p.m. in the former Ulrich Drug building, 27 N. Main St.
Grand prize winners will be in the Twilight Christmas Parade on Dec. 14.
• The fifth annual Festival of Trees will be from 7-9 p.m. Saturday at RockWall Cellars, 110 Nichols Road.
• A "Christmas in the Country" event is planned from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Jackass Butte Trading Co., 25 Haussler Road.
Photographs, a bake sale and other items will be offered.
Hot cocoa, coffee and a fire will be offered to help people warm up.
• Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus will offer its Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Omak Performing Arts Center, 14 S. Cedar St.
The groups will perform "Nutcracker Jingles" (the Nutcracker Suite intermixed with "Jingle Bells"), "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," concert suite from "The Polar Express," "A Christmas Festival," and more.
Admission will be charged.
Don Pearce will conduct the orchestra. The chorus director is Jonathan McBride.
• "The Nutcracker" will be staged Dec. 13-15 in the Omak Performing Arts Center, 14 S. Cedar St.
The Children's Dance Theater production carries a Western theme.
The cast of 80-plus students will perform in the ballet. They include some Omak Middle School football players who will wage a fun battle against the Punk Rats and Rat King, director Lorrie Fraley-Wilson said.
Curtain times are 7 p.m. Dec. 13, 1 and 7 p.m. Dec. 14, and 3 p.m. Dec. 15. Admission will be charged.
• Children can meet Santa and Mrs. Claus at Santa's House at the former Ulrich Pharmacy building, 27 N. Main St., Omak. Santa will be there from 2-4 p.m. and again from 5:30-7 p.m. The Omak Twilight Christmas Parade will be at 4:30 p.m.
Events planned in other communities include:
The inaugural Winter Sky Lantern Festival is set for Dec. 20 at the city's soccer field behind Brewster Elementary School, 503 S. Seventh St.
Tickets are on sale at participating businesses, Chamber of Commerce President Sabrina O'Connell said. People will present their tickets at the festival in exchange for a sky lantern.
The lanterns will be released to bid farewell to 2013 and herald the new year, O'Connell said.
Santa Claus will make his way down Main Avenue in a fire truck just before the event starts. He'll arrive at the soccer field around 6:30 p.m. The festival will run until 8 p.m.
Other plans include a bonfire, live music and refreshments provided by local vendors.
The Quad City Eagles will host its annual free Christmas dinner for the community at 1 p.m. at the hall, 1030 Columbia Ave.
Conconully will host its annual Santa Snowmobile Parade starting at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 14.
Chamber of Commerce volunteer Lavina Nickells said the parade will start on Mineral Hill before heading into the center of town on Main Street.
There will also be craft activities in the Community Hall, 219 Main St., earlier in the day, from 1 to 6 p.m.
A holiday celebration potluck is planned for 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Malo Grange, 17548 state Highway 21 N.
Those attending are asked to bring family, a dessert to share and white elephant gifts for the gift table. The event includes drawings for gifts and Christmas carol singing.
• Santa will arrive in town at 3 p.m. Saturday aboard a fire truck.
A celebration is planned at Serles Corner, at the intersection of B&O Road and Old Highway 97. Folks are invited to bundle up and join the fun for the outdoor event, organizer Georgene Fitzgerald said. Warming fires will be available.
Stockings will be available for children, and hot cocoa and cookies will be offered to everyone. Santa will be available for photos.
A Christmas potluck and sing-along is planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Grange Hall, 54 B&O Road.
The Grange will provide ham, potatoes and rolls. Guests are asked to bring a side dish or a dessert. The group invites anyone interested.
Non-perishable food items will be collected for the Grange food drive.
The United Protestant Church will host a Christmas tea and cookie exchange at 6 p.m. tomorrow. The church is located at the corner of Third Avenue and Morrow Street.
• The Chamber of Commerce will decorate the community Christmas tree at about noon Sunday, President Lisa Hull said.
• Residents can help make
sure children have Christmas presents by selecting a tag off the giving tree, located at the Town Bar and Grill, 34 Main St.
Gifts can be returned to the bar; they'll be given to community children in kindergarten through fifth-grade, Hull said.
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In his book, Joe Torre took a jab at Carlos Beltran, calling him soft mentally and questioned his leadership capabilities. It's a rap that resurfaced during the Mets' pennant race fades the past two years.
Torre said Beltran wanted to come to the Yankees for a discount, but was talked out of it by his agent, Scott Boras, who got him an extra year and $19 million more with the Mets (seven at $119 million).
Said Torre: "Beltran wanted to come to us, so he could hide among the trees. Nobody wants to be that guy to lead."
Not surprisingly, Beltran refuted Torre at last night's Thurman Munson Dinner.
"First of all, I don't know Joe Torre personally, so I don't know what kind of person he is," Beltran said. "The second thing I have to say is that when I met with the Yankees when I was a free agent, he wasn't there, so you know, he didn't know that we talked, so I didn't meet him. So if he did say what he said, then that's his opinion. I don't have to comment on that. I feel very happy where I am."
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — To Mexicans, it's just unthinkable: Their soccer-crazed country stands a chance of not qualifying for the World Cup.
Worse yet, it was a 2-0 loss Tuesday night to their bitter northern rival — the U.S. — that has left Mexico out of position for a spot in next year's 32-nation tournament. The team known as the Tri has only two games left to make up ground.
It's a front-page disaster. One newspaper calls it the "Tritanic." A sample of other headlines: "Fiasco," ''Crisis," ''Dreadful."
"People see this as the country failing them, especially when it means it may not qualify for the World Cup," said Miguel Angel Lara, an academic who studies sports and society at the Ibero-American University. "Seeing the national team losing like that, two times in a row, really generates hopelessness and disappointment."
Lara says it hurts Mexicans even more because the losing streak comes only a year after Mexico won the gold medal after beating Brazil 2-1 in the London Olympics, an under-23 tournament. They lost their grip with one disappointing draw after the next at the supposedly imposing Azteca Stadium, without scoring goals.
"Our frustration is worse. Take away food from a poor man who you've been feeding for eight days. Just see what happens," he said.
Mexico has not missed a World Cup since 1990. But even then it wasn't because the team lost in their qualifying group, but because FIFA punished it for lying about players' ages.
Altogether, Mexico has scored only four goals in the North and Central American and Caribbean finals this year, dropping into fifth place in the group of six countries. The most likely, and even upbeat, scenario is that the team heads to a playoff against New Zealand to qualify for the world tournament.
Fears are also escalating that if Mexico doesn't go to Brazil for the World Cup, companies that have invested tens of millions for marketing and broadcast rights won't reap the expected revenue.
Rogelio Roa, commercial director of the sports marketing firm DreaMatch Solutions, says his company estimates that consumer brands and TV stations won't make about $600 million in selling products and services if Mexico stays home.
"It is worrying all of us involved in the industry," he said. "I am confident that Mexico can overcome this."
The rivalry between Mexico and the United States dates back decades, but arguably the most heartbreaking loss to the U.S. came in 2002 when the American team beat Mexico 2-0, throwing it out of World Cup in South Korea and Japan. Then, last year, the U.S. team made history at Azteca with a 1-0 victory for the first time in 75 years at that stadium.
"It hurts not to go to the World Cup, but also losing to the U.S. I don't know if it's because it's our neighbor or because now we know we are the worst ones," said Ruben Galindo, a 40-year-old employee at Mexico City's motor vehicles department.
Even before the loss to the U.S., Jose Manuel "Chepo" De la Torre had been fired as coach in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, right after Mexico's hair-pulling home loss to Honduras, in which the Tri fell 2-1 after holding a one-goal lead.
The woes of the national team, venerated almost as much as Mexico's patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, are adding to the anxiety sparked by teacher protests that have blocked major roads and created more traffic in the nation's capital.
Soccer is such a big deal that teachers protesting against a newly adopted education reform complain that Mexicans demand more from the national team's soccer coach than of their president.
"I say: 'We have to be optimistic. It can win,'" said Mariana Villalobos, a 28-year-old who sells used clothing on the street. "But then you see how the other team scores once, then twice, and we lose our spirit."
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Patti Volpert retired from the Lincolnshire Police Department after 30 years Thursday (her birthday), so shes familiar with theft.
That was the best steal of the night! Volpert, the Warren girls basketball teams longtime team mom, said with a laugh after watching senior/prankster Alyssa Phillips swipe and then speed off with a chocolate-chip cake while the Blue Devils sang happy birthday to Volpert.
I was hungry, Phillips said with a sheepish smile.
Warren had more to celebrate than Volperts birthday and retirement from the police department. Freshman Kylie Nedelka came off the bench to score 9 points, and Phillips added 8 points and 8 rebounds, as Warren defeated host Lake Zurich 50-33 in North Suburban Lake Division action Thursday night.
Warren (14-11, 7-4) won for the seventh time in its last 11 games.
Im real happy with the way were playing, Blue Devils coach John Stanczykiewicz said. I think weve improved quite a bit since the beginning of the year.
Lake Zurich, too.
The Bears (5-22, 1-10) started a pair of sophomores and freshman guard Abby Pirron against Warren. Senior Sarah Stefaniu led Lake Zurich with 13 points, 4 assists and 3 steals. Sophomore Eleanor Daleske had 6 points and 2 steals, and took a charge.
Were not young anymore. Its been three months, coach Chris Bennett said. We had a bad week two weeks ago, had a little soul-searching meeting about a week and a half ago, and then we had a great week. ... We played our best ballgame of the year Tuesday night against Stevenson (34-28 loss). We had a really good 10 days. We grew up and looked like a really solid basketball team. Today, we just didnt have the effort.
Actually, Bennett has liked the effort hes received all season from seniors Stefaniu, Sara Gazdacka and Kayla Stavnes. Stavnes came off the bench against Warren and drained a pair of midrange jumpers. Gazdacka was held to 2 points but grabbed 7 rebounds.
All three seniors play their hearts out every single day, Bennett said. There could not be any better role models for our younger kids diving for loose balls and trying to make hustle plays than those three.
Even Phillips noticed the Bears ferocity.
Its really hard guarding their little back cuts, Phillips said. Theyd come up and then scoot back.
Nedelkas long jumper just before the opening-quarter buzzer had Warren up 10-4, and the visitors kept building on the lead. Rachel Brown and Sammie Jo Nixon knocked down 3-pointers in the second quarter for Warren, which went into halftime up 24-15. By the fourth, Stanczykiewicz had emptied his bench. Ten Blue Devils scored.
Brown, Cassie Christie and Kristin Jacobs chipped in 6 points apiece.
The team win was a perfect gift for Volpert, whos also been the Blue Devils statistician for years. Is it any wonder she worked in the records department all those years for the police department?
Patti just loves the kids to death, Stanczykiewicz said. Shes Mother Confessor and a shoulder to cry on.
Shes just so loving and caring, Phillips said. Shes always watching out for us, making sure everybody is there, bringing us stuff.
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Agile development requires rapid, collaborative development.
We've found that one of the most effective mediums of communication for collaborative designs is the wiki.
A history of the wiki can be found at Ward Cunningham's site.
The most powerful example of the wiki's potential is Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia in the world.
A wiki allows users to rapidly create web pages using a simple editing notation, which is far easier to use than native HTML. The web pages may be hyperlinked and images may be embedded in pages. The wiki pages are stored in a database such as MySQL, allowing easy backup and maintenance.
We collect requirements, analyze data flows, make lists of refactorings, create database modeling designs, and analyze performance problems all using a wiki. In fact a wiki page is the first artifact created for any new development.
When combined with NetMeetings , wikis become even more powerful, allowing a group of people to jointly edit any of the above artifacts. Business owners love this combination because it allows them participate in the development process at a level in which they can contribute.
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At my department (telco management software systems development) we started using an internal wiki some months ago, after a trial in one big project during one year. I've seen it being very productive in some projects (like in the original trial project) while in others it isn't, due to lack of participation of developers.
The main problem is that some sub-cultures consider anything other than code and human driven testing being wasted time and sign of under allocation of human resources... You also must have hard-writing sharing spirit. So, if a developer doesn't write commit (or check in) comments he probably won't contribute to the wiki.
As with many other things, a wiki is a tool, but, you must address first - or in parallel - the "being agile" and human training / convincing part of the equation first...
That said, in all the projects I'm involved since we setup a wiki infrastructure (based on tikiwiki), none lacks a wiki page! I work it out and cross my fingers waiting for others to find it useful and start contributing.
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Wanda Koop has been reinventing and redefining landscape painting for more than 40 years. Featured in over 50 solo exhibitions, she is a preeminent figure in contemporary Canadian art. Her monumentally scaled work focuses on the intersection of urbanization, contemporary media, and the natural world, and she is additionally renowned for her performance and video art. Koop was most recently awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, 2016.
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On the banks of Lake Maggiore, at the foot of the Alps, bouncing off the walls of a medieval town. We're back in Locarno for the 66th Festival del film. As for the last few years, Moleskine Passions Film Journals and pocket notebooks have been customized specially for the festival, turning them into repositories of notes, impressions and encounters.
The film festival's iconic leopard bounds across the paper band towards the elastic closure. In another version artwork by Jannuzzi Smith plays with the theme "Beauty and the Beast". As the studio explains, it brings together the leopard and the classic tale's protagonists to explore the relationship of film and film-goer: a merging of object and subject; reflection and absorption; a meeting of minds.
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We asked moms to tell us which foods they just had to get their hands on during pregnancy and here is what they said (yep, definitely pickles!)
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"I had a lot of cravings for honey mustard." —c_helwig89
"Once the first trimester was over, I thrived on noodles with alfredo/white cheddar sauce and broccoli." —kaiya23
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"I pretty much ate every form of cake within arm's reach. Donuts, pastries, muffins, danishes, cookies, cupcakes..." —Jessica
"I craved AWFUL foods—Twix, and pretzels stuffed with cheese." —WWmama
"I have cravings for apple juice and fried chicken wings with ranch, but thankfully not together." —lena241
"One week I ate ONLY chicken quesadillas—Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner." —HarperKsMommy
"My one and only really weird craving was pickle juice. I would drink it right out of the jar. Gross right? My husband always laughed when he saw a full jar of pickles with no juice." —ra11en
"Ketchup on everything. I don't normally like ketchup." —Mommy2Beans
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"I craved deep fried cheese (mozzarella sticks/cheese nuggets) with milk throughout the entire pregnancy with my first." —clgleason08
"I ate one pineapple a week while I was pregnant!" —Reagansmom
"One I had early (when I had morning sickness) was hot dogs with sauerkraut!" —gostomskiart
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A Manchester man who was wanted on charges he fired a gun at a Manchester home last month was caught Friday night in New York State, according to a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force release.
Dominick Stanin, 45, is accused of firing several shots at the home in the early morning of Feb. 26. Nobody was injured in the shooting.
He then allegedly fled New Hampshire for Rochester, N.Y., where he grew up and where friends and family still lived. He was caught at a hotel in nearby Henrietta, N.Y., the release said.
Stanin will be charged with reckless conduct, being a felon in possession of a weapon, violating his probation and being a fugitive from justice, the release said.


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When revenge is sweet, it can really be funny
Not long ago we talked about how our parents put the old, "I hope your children are just like you," curse on us, and it sure enough happened. Then we put it on our children, and they will put it on theirs, and so on and so forth, and the old chestnut will be passed on through the ages.
However, thanks to modern technology, we can be assured of getting revenge on our offspring and other people who deserve to be punished for making our lives miserable at one time or another.
My son, Roman, has a beautiful 2 year-old daughter who loves to give kisses to those she loves. She is just precious—the light of my life. He is a computer geek. He owns the most tricked out room of high-tech computer gear I have ever seen. Believe me, NASA has nothing compared to him.
Since he lives some distance away, his latest and greatest computer magic allows me to visit my grandkids via a computer cam. He has a huge display (that's geek talk for computer screen) as well as surround sound on his home computer lab/entertainment center.
Every day or so, I sit in front of my computer, computer cam at the ready, and I call him on his computer. It rings just like a telephone and a dialogue box on the screen prompts him to click on "answer." It is totally idiot proof. Anyway, when he answers, my image comes on his massive 36-inch display and I am at least as big as life. With the surround sound, you would think I was in the room. This just delights Kiana, my granddaughter.
As soon as Kiana sees her granddad on the screen, like all affectionate toddlers, she wants to give him a kiss. Sounds pretty standard, don't you think? Now let's not forget the most fundamental rule in the "Baby Rules Handbook." Never kiss an adult unless you have jam or something really gooey on your face. Children inherently know this rule.
How many times has that happened to you with your own children or someone else's gooey child? It's disgusting. However, it is not disgusting when they kiss you via a computer cam. At least it's not disgusting for the person receiving the kiss.
Whenever I call Roman, and Kiana is in the vicinity, which is all the time, the first thing I do is put my big mug up close to the camera so my face fills the screen, and I say, "Hi, sweetheart. Do you have a kiss for your granddad?" And every time, little Kiana immediately puts her jam-covered lips right on his $3,000 computer screen as she gives me a big, gooey, wet smackeroo right on the lips.
While she's telling me how much she loves her granddad, Roman can be heard in the background: "No! Dad! No! Please! Not on my screen! AAARRRGGGHHH!" Ooops! Too late.
Darn . . . we did it again. I don't know why he always forgets. Hehheh. I remember my dear son when he was two. I don't think I ever touched that kid when he wasn't gooey, slimy, or sticky.
"Oh, I'm sorry, son. I forgot," I say innocently. Then I give him my most devious smile. He knows, and he knows I know he knows. Granddad is not senile yet. Revenge is sweet, oh so very sweet. Don'tcha just love the double entendre?
This wonderful vengeful technique works in a variety of scenarios. Many people have computer cams. It is a cheap and entertaining way to visit your friends and relatives, especially if they live far away. If you know someone with a computer cam who owns a dog, that can be fun, too.
You know the person who owns the dog of which I speak. We all know at least one. The dog that either shows his affection by jumping on your leg, putting a muddy paw on your freshly cleaned suit, or slobbering all over your shiny shoes. Or worse, your bare feet.
If you know one of these people and they happen to own a computer cam, just remember this: Dog owners love to show off their pets. So, when you call this insensitive mutt owner, make sure to have a dog biscuit or a treat of some kind handy.
Just say, "How's your dog?" when he answers, and I assure you, that proud pooch parent will call the mutt over to the screen so he can show him off.
You, of course, will be prepared, and you will say, "Want a biscuit?" and hold it right up close to the camera. The dog treat will be gigantic on his screen. And because dogs are generally ultra stupid, it will jump up and try to grab said biscuit with his giant-sized, slobbery, wet tongue—all over the computer screen.
Heh-heh. And who ever said revenge isn't sweet? Now use your imagination. This technique is too good to pass up.
Ya gotta have a little fun once in awhile when you live in a system you can't understand.


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Since FO-29 is now (BACK) in digitalker mode, I am distributing this FAQ to the space groups. Since the previous posts on working the FO29 digitalker, I have been asked several questions on how to hear the FO-29 digitalker. What follows is sort of an evolving FAQ. Feel free to distribute this document. KF4FDJ - September 22, 1999 The Japanese satellite, Fuji Oscar 29 (JAS-2), was launched on August 17, 1996, by H-II rocket No.4, along with the earth observation platform satellite ADEOS, from Tanegashima Space Center of NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). FO-29 is a small LEO (Low Earth Orbit), Japanese owned satellite containing a digitalker, mode JA transponder, and 1200/9600 baud packet capabilities. The mode JA transponder requires a SSB, or CW uplink signal on 2 meters, and transmits a downlink SSB/CW signal on 70 centimeters. Mode JA is a full duplex mode. You WILL hear your own downlink, which is crucial, in order to compensate for doppler. The satellite is also capable of mode JD, (digital) at 1200/9600 baud. Q Is Fuji Oscar 29 always in digitalker mode, and what is it? A The digitalker on FO-29 is a digital loop announcement, which makes the same announcement over and over. You will hear, "Ho- ho'kke'kyo, this is JAS two." The first part is the song of a bush warbler. JARL (Japanese Amateur Radio League), plans to cycle digitalker, mode JA, and mode JD. The digitalker message is subject to change. Check announcements on the BB for a mode schedule and other details. Q Do I need a multimode rig to hear the digitalker? A Since FO-29 transmits in FM mode while in digitalker, any FM or multimode receiver capable of tuning the 70 cm ham band should be able to detect the signal. Q Do I have to use a high gain antenna to hear the signal? A Digitalker operation dedicates most of the power budget of the satellite to the FM transmitter, instead of spreading it across a mode JA transponder. It is a very strong signal! It is possible to hear the satellite with a handheld scanner or transceiver, and a stock "rubber ducky" antenna. Most 70 cm base stations, or scanner listening posts, with fixed antennas, should also be able to tune the signal. Q I've heard that a circularly polarized antenna is necessary to hear FO-29. Is this true? A While a circularly polarized antenna will help on mode JA, it is not necessary with the digitalker. It REALLY is possible to copy the signal with a handheld device and a "rubber duck" antenna. We have been successful with a Yaesu FT-50R and a stock antenna. You will need to rotate the rig (and antenna) for the best orientation. Experience shows that horizontal polarization, with the axis of the antenna perpendicular to the satellite gives the best reception. Experiment! Q Where do I tune to hear the signal? A The transmit frequency is 435.910. Of course, you will have to compensate for doppler shift. Just remember you will tune a little higher in frequency as the satellite approaches your position, and a little lower in frequency as it recedes. You will always be tuning higher in frequency when the satellite comes over the horizon. Make sure you have your radio set to tune small increments, as increases and decreases in doppler are gradual. Q How long will I be able to hear the satellite during each pass? A Since FO-29 is a low earth orbit satellite, most passes will be between 6 and 18 minutes in duration. Timing is critical in working any amateur satellite. Q What is the purpose of the digitalker? A The digitalker presents an easy opportunity for hams and non hams to have their first taste of real time reception of signals from space. Use this opportunity to show a kid, or a terrestrial ham how easy it can be to tune a satellite. This opportunity is excellent for scout meetings, monthly ham meetings, schools, or any place where inquisitive persons congregate. 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When Our Sunday Visitor Editor Gretchen Crowe offered me the opportunity to blog for OSV during my trip to the Holy Land, I jumped at the chance. Why? Because I knew that the best way for me to convey what's going on right now in the Holy Land is through personal account, not straight news reporting.
I've been here in Israel since the evening of Tuesday, May 20, with members of the Catholic Press Association. We're guests of the Israel Ministry of Tourism in order to tour the Holy Land and cover the meeting between Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I on May 25. The pope will be in the Holy Land May 24-26, and we have a couple of events in common that I hope to tell you about in coming blogs.
For now Israel waits.
During the waiting, my colleagues and I have been visiting the holy places of Israel. In just these few days, we've already experienced Nazareth, Cana, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee and Mount of Beatitudes, among others. We've tried a number of Israeli foods and gotten to know a bit about Israeli culture. And it has all been wonderful.
But, as I follow our tour guide, I'm not really here. As I take in all the fantastic information and education he shares with us, I'm back in Jesus' time, seeing in my mind's eye what he would have seen as he lived, loved, worked, taught and healed in this region. I try as best I can to piece together how this land would have looked, felt and sounded in Jesus' time. With a combination of grace and imagination, I manage to do a pretty good job.
One of the things that most impressed me is the difficulty of the terrain. When we read the stories in the Bible, it makes it sound as though everything is just a hop, skip and a jump away. It's not. Many of the places Jesus visited required days of walking and steep climbs to get to. For example, the incline on the Mount of the Beatitudes took some serious effort to ascend. That gave me a deeper appreciation of the strength and stamina Jesus needed for his ministry.
Peering into the Grotto of the Annunciation was profound. A church — the Church of the Annunciation — has been built over and around the grotto, but the grotto itself is small and plain. When I stood before this little stone structure, I could imagine Mary kneeling there in prayer, her astonishment at Gabriel's appearance, and her humble response to his greeting and request.
As I knelt and prayed in the Church of Cana, I could picture Mary, Jesus and the disciples among the guests at the wedding banquet. I could hear the chatter and laughter and "see" Mary asking Jesus to help the wedding couple and instructing the servants to do whatever Jesus tells them. There are six stone jars adorning the back of the church's altar, and in my imagination, I lined them up and placed them before our Lord, who with his gentle touch changed the water inside them into wine.
With our hectic schedule that keeps us moving from early morning to late at night, there isn't as much time as I'd like to meditate, pray and imagine at each of the sites. So, my prayer, that prayer I've been repeating like a mantra, is, "Jesus, show me." In the brief moments I have in the important places of Jesus' life, and want him to make every second as fruitful as possible. And he has, bit by bit.
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Three Grant County teens were chosen for the Governor's Scholars Program. Gail Kollhoff of Corinth, Lori Brown and Tracy Wright, both of Williamstown, will take part in the five week program that joins 700 high school juniors from 116 of Kentucky's 120 counties.
No, you're not seeing things. You really did see a Big Banana Car in downtown Dry Ridge this week.
Steve Braithwaite, of Coopersville, Pa., pealed into town in a four-passenger banana shaped car and ended up at Dry Ridge Auto Parts to get directions to the I-75 Camper Village where they planned to spend the night.
A seed of an idea has grown into a community garden that will help feed those in need in Grant County.
The Grant County Fiscal Court, Grant County Extension Service, along with the Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission and the Vineyard Church of Grant County, have joined to plant a more than 1-acre community garden on the grounds of the county maintenance facility on Hopperton Lane in Dry Ridge.
Juvenile delinquents housed in a Crittenden facility are getting an education while trying to give back to the community.
The Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center, 675 Eads Road, is now selling plants, flowers and masonry items grown and created by juvenile residents.
It's not just farmers, who've been forced to deal with heavy spring rains.
Homeowners have lost trees when the heavy winds snapped them from their roots and from trees toppling over in the rain-sodden soil.
Gilbert Mursinna's home on Stewartsville Road in Williamstown narrowly missed being squashed by a large oak tree.
The tree, approximately 55 to 60 feet tall, missed the 200-year-old home when heavy winds ripped through the area a couple of weeks ago.
A Dry Ridge man looking to make some money to move back to his hometown died June 4 in Afghanistan.
Brett Benton, 37, had recently resigned as a sergeant with the Kenton County Police Department to go to work for a private defense contractor in Afghanistan.
He was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in the Alingar District, Laghman Province.
Benton, originally from Richmond, Ky. and his wife, Bethany moved to Dry Ridge to be between her family in Ohio and his in Madison County nine years ago.
This Another Place In Time photo features the Simpson kids at Mason School in the late 1940s or early 1950s. From left is Virgil Simpson, Paul Simpson Jr., Rose Simpson and Billy Simpson.
Thanks to Penny Simpson Balush of Dry Ridge for providing the photo and Bobby Roland of Ninevah, Ind., Sue Livingood of Crittenden, Janet Howe of Dry Ridge and Ray Spillman of Williamstown for calling in correct guesses.
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Dave D'Onofrio's Patriots Notebook: Waiting for Gronkowski isn't easyBY DAVE D'ONOFRIO
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September 29. 2013 10:50PM
DEPENDING on what one read or watched leading up to Sunday night's game, Rob Gronkowski sat out of the Patriots' prime time tilt against the Falcons because of his back injury. Or because of his forearm injury. Or because he doesn't personally think he's ready to return. Or because his father doesn't think he's ready. Or because the Pats doctors and coaches haven't deemed him ready.
Depending on the source — and depending on their sources — the story changes quite a bit. So does the level of salaciousness, and the degree to which the date of Gronkowski's eventual return will ultimately be thought more than merely a football story.
But the reality is that there's probably some truth to every explanation as to every report on why Gronkowski missed his fourth straight contest. Indeed, there are probably lingering concerns about the forearm that he's broken twice in the past calendar year, and that has required several surgeries to heal completely.
There's probably some hesitation about his surgically repaired back, considering a back injury cost him a full season of college, and he's just 14 weeks removed from a procedure that was expected to be followed by at least 12 weeks of rehabilitation.
He probably has those concerns himself. If he does, of course his dad would, too. And the Patriots' doctors and coaches have to be mindful not only of his arm and his back, but his general well-being and usefulness as his health relates to strength and football conditioning.
So, with his contract committing him to the Patriots long term, and with his return to full health an important priority for both sides of this supposed dispute both this season and beyond, don't make too much of all this. Sure, it's juicy. And it's got the dramatic elements of a football soap opera.
But unless this really makes you (and, for that matter, the Patriots) question Gronkowski's toughness, his own commitment to New England, or his desire to help the Pats win, it shouldn't be an issue that remains beyond his first big catch or crushing block. Especially if that's followed by healthy, productive, uninterrupted football the rest of the way.
Remember, the tight end is the same guy who hobbled his way through Super Bowl XLVI with a foot injury that was still showing affects at the start of the next training camp, then who hurried back last season in hopes of contributing in the playoffs.
And Gordy Gronkowski Sr. is also the same dad who urged his son to consider exercising a sizable insurance policy instead of having back surgery while at the University of Arizona, according to the "Growing up Gronkowski" book the family co-authored, and who been critical of the rehab care Rob and his other sons have received while rehabbing injuries.
If he's interfering here on behalf of what he thinks are his son's best interests, it's hard to fault him. And though it might annoy Bill Belichick, or perhaps even some other Patriots players, in the end they all want the same outcome. They all want Gronkowski to be healthy enough to help put up numbers and win games.
And as long as that comes, this story will go away.
GRONKOWSKI was officially questionable for the game, as was receiver Danny Amendola, but neither made the trip to Atlanta, and thus they led New England's list of inactives.
Special teams captain Matthew Slater was the rare inactive player to travel, missing his second straight game with a wrist injury, but supporting the team from the sidelines. Running back Leon Washington was also there, as a game time decision, but he also missed the contest. Steve Beauharnais, Jake Bequette and Chris Barker were also inactive.
The biggest name to sit out for Atlanta was former Pats cornerback Asante Samuel, whose ailing thigh landed him on the injury report for the first time Friday, and subsequently cost him his second game of the season. Running back Steven Jackson was also out for the Falcons, though that was announced earlier in the week.
WHEN Tom Brady took to the Georgia Dome turf on Sunday night, the Patriots' quarterback had a record of 3-0 this season. And so did his former backups.
Earlier Sunday, Brian Hoyer won his second straight start since assuming the helm of the Browns' offense, with Cleveland upsetting the Cincinnati squad that New England encounters next week, 17-6. Hoyer threw for 269 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions, an efficient performance that put the Brows into an early tie atop the AFC North, knotted with the Bengals and Ravens, all at 2-2.
The Steelers, on the contrary, occupy the division's basement at 0-4 after former Patriot Matt Cassel steered the Vikings to a 34-27 triumph in London. Adrian Peterson led the way for the purple, per usual, but Cassel was quality in place of Christian Ponder, completing 64 percent of his passes, totaling 248 yards and connecting for two scores to Greg Jennings.
WELL, the AFC North looks mediocre thus far, might the AFC East be emerging as a better division than many expected? A quarter of the way through the campaign, there are indications that it could be.
Miami is 3-0 entering a Monday Night Football tilt, while Sunday afternoon Buffalo improved to 2-2 by beating Baltimore, 23-20, in a game where the Bills controlled the clock and opened up a 16-point second-half lead on the reigning champions. Later in the day the Jets lost to the Titans, though that signified the first time this season that an AFC East team had lost a game outside the division.
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34 Colleges Underpaid Federal Taxes by $90-Million, IRS Says
Thirty-four colleges audited recently by the Internal Revenue Service underpaid their taxes on unrelated business income by nearly $90-million, and nearly 20 percent of the private colleges in the group violated rules for nonprofit organizations in determining the compensation of their chief executives, according to a final report issued on Thursday by the federal agency.
The audits followed up on a 42-page tax questionnaire that the IRS sent nearly five years ago to some 400 public and private colleges. The questionnaire required them to report a wide variety of financial data, including what they spent on perks like housekeeping services for executives, and their income and losses on business activities, like catering services and travel tours, that are not directly related to their higher-education mission.
The goal of the questionnaire was to examine potential discrepancies between colleges' financial activities and what they reported to the government.
The agency has now issued a final analysis of that questionnaire, focusing largely on unrelated-business income and executive compensation at the 34 colleges that were audited after submitting their questionnaires.
Among the colleges selected for audits, which were not named in the report, the IRS found more than 180 errors in reporting revenue or losses on business income from activities not related to the institution's academic mission, such as recreation or fitness centers, sports camps, facility rentals, and golf courses.
The reporting errors resulted in a total of nearly $90-million in additional taxes for the colleges that were audited, the report says, because they had counted losses from activities that did not qualify as a business or trade, or because they had counted expenses not connected to the unrelated business.
Among the private colleges that were audited, nearly 20 percent failed to follow tax rules requiring them to compare the compensation of their top employees to that of similar officials at appropriate peer institutions. Most colleges attempted to conduct such comparisons, the report says, but they relied on figures from the wrong kind of institution or didn't consider whether the salary comparison included other kinds of compensation.
The perception that college presidents are overpaid, particularly at a time of rising tuition and economic distress, has made higher-education institutions a potent political target.
The audits, the report says, "identified some significant issues ... that may well be present elsewhere across the tax-exempt sector."
The report warns that the agency will look more broadly at unrelated-business ventures and "ensure, through education and examinations, that tax-exempt organizations are aware of the importance of using appropriate comparability data when setting compensation."
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"Suicide is a serious problem on college campuses. Suicides attempted with a gun are far more likely to succeed and studies show access to guns significantly increases chances of suicide fatality."
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This quote is how Rep. Mitsch Bush explains her votes to restrict access to firearms. Am I not the only one who finds it troubling that our elected representative argues against rights granted in the Constitution by stating firearms should be restricted to protect us from ourselves? As an elected representative Mitsch Bush is showing her governing philosophy when she states that a freedom Americans have long embraced can and should be restricted because we may use that freedom to harm ourselves. This is the same argument that brought New York's ban on sodas over 16 ounces. Yet it is even worse, because while consuming large amounts of sugar is shown in study after study to increase the risk of diabetes, is there even a single study that ownership of a "large" capacity magazine increases suicidal thoughts? Is there a study showing concealed carry weapons holders are a danger to themselves or the people around them, especially while intoxicated, as Mitsch Bush suggests? I know the law already bars possession of a firearm while intoxicated.
Can you have a free society when laws are passed to protect the average person from themselves? Colorado's new laws do not state the mentally ill should not be granted firearms. They state that the average Coloradan should not be entrusted with large-capacity magazines or to exchange a firearm, and they must now pay for the background check. I am sure paying for a background check will encourage more Americans to get a background check when they sell or gift a rifle.
Mitsch Bush also voted for the very controversial ban of concealed carry weapons from college campuses. In this argument, Mitsch Bush is stating that even those who are college educated cannot be trusted with a firearm because they may intentionally take their own life. She states "suicide is a key issue in our district." This is how she justifies voting for these laws. However, it only takes one bullet to take your own life, so without banning guns entirely there will be no impact on suicide with firearms. Is there even a shred of evidence that any of these laws would keep guns out of the hands of those who would harm themselves or others? Where does Mitsch Bush draw the line on the Second Amendment, or is the ultimate goal to ban firearms in their entirety? I find it odd that Mitsch Bush and the Colorado Legislature want to restrict my ability to protect myself so that they can protect me from, well, me.
Are we really willing to give up freedom so the government will be able to protect us from harming ourselves? The New York district court recently shot down the 16-ounce soda ban, and there is no right to bear soda in the Constitution. It is not about safety, it is about control.
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I like the DD challenge: find atheists who regret coming out. It's kind of like finding god. Maybe we can look and look and never find them, but always there will be people who claim they exist. I'd be very interested to hear any such accounts.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
Seppuki, that's not a situation of an atheist who came out. Goodkat's is a situation of an atheist who was found out.His is one situation where it was prudent for him to be an 'outward theist'. It's really too bad that there was no out-of-the-closet atheist community in his area to help him. Oh well, I guess everyone has to look out for themselves...
And Seppu I think there are few here who feel differently. What atheist wouldn't want a world in which all atheists were able to be loud and proud? But to condemn and push for the exile of those who, for whatever reason, are not in such a position as to be able to do so? .....I don't think so.
Either way he was out, so my general points still stand. I suspect he wishes his family didn't find out, but obviously I can't speak on his behalf.
I think this forum was probably one of the only places he could turn to for support, but thanks to his family, he hasn't even got that. I still don't see reason why people who find themselves in a dilemma choosing to not come out fully are cowards, I can see why a portion of them may be cowards, but not all of them.
Some choose not to out of respect, as you can find in examples in this thread (like respect for an ill parent in her late years), and in other cases it can be about well-being, whether that's a person incapable of supporting themselves or somebody who's likely to face abuse. I'd much prefer it if people felt more inclined to help or advise people out of those situations rather than judge them as poor atheists who are too cowardly to come forth and defend their disbelief. Those who don't come out fully because of respect, well, ignorant folk are capable of earning a person's respect even if they're ignorant of what makes you different, you can't say they're not members of atheist community if there's a select few who they refuse to tell they're atheist. So I object to any generalisations on the subject.
If you want to keep your frail, elderly grandmother in the dark re: your atheism because it's just not worth it, then that makes sense - on its own. But who else do you have to keep it from, then?
We on the other hand are completely free to pick and choose with whom we share personal aspects of our lives. We are under no obligation to proselytize, and if we're cornered (in a situation where our life would be adversely effected by admitting to our atheism) we are free to lie. Why? Because it's nobody's damned business unless we make it their business. If I tell Joe, and he tells Bob, and Bob (a rabid xian who happens to be my boss) cross-examines me on the issue, I'll say "No, I'm not really an atheist' In short, fuck Bob. What makes him think he deserves to know something non-business related, I have elected not to share with him?
There was an issue in another thread regarding holding atheists to a strict standard of profession. What a colossally bad idea. OneTrueAtheist? If one feels one has to be loud and proud, fine, do so. There are a lot of aspects of my life I have no intention of sharing with anyone, and my views on religion and politics are often among them.
Yeah, he deserves to keep his bigotry perfectly intact, without it being challenged by reality at all. Just like Goodkat deserved not to have outed atheist friends to help him out when his dad went psycho on him. But hey, like you say, it's not like we have any moral obligations...we're just atheists, right!
That is your right. Just don't pretend to care.
We do not have any moral obligations because we're atheists. You and I may feel we have ethical or moral obligations for other reasons, but me not believing in biblegod does not obligate me in any way to do anything.
But it has to be black or white, doesn't it? I find it disgusting that I am forced to defend my own personal actions to you, by saying that I DO engage theists in real life. I sometimes do it with no good thought as to the outcome. When I do that, I think I've acted rashly. I'm not defending the weak or helpless, I'm defending not believing in god. What an empty act that is. Bottom line, I'll do what's best for me when no one else's welfare is clearly at stake, and the atheist gestapo can kiss my ass if they don't like it. I got out of religion, in part, because I don't like people who are as flawed as I am, telling me how to behave.
QuoteThat is your right. Just don't pretend to care.And it's your right to say that, just don't pretend you have any insight about what I do and don't care about, nor any authority to dictate what I will and won't say.
@AzdgariOK. Let's stop this here before it gets any further.I took your reply to my post as holding the position that if I didn't challenge theists around me, I would be effectively banned from the atheist community. I see that's not what you were trying to say. 'Support network for atheists?' Count me in. Sounds like a fine idea. I always thought this forum qualified. Respectfully, how does it not?
As for the question you posed: 'do I care about it'. I believe I do. I will probably exempt myself from putting my human face on anything, because I really believe that I do whatever that thing is, a grave injustice by linking me to it. I am, for a variety of reasons, unfit to represent any point of view I value.
In your original reply to my post, and to DaveDave's contribution in the other thread, all I heard was 'One has to act a prescribed way in order to be an atheist, otherwise one is a coward', and hearing that just sets me the F off.
We have our own moral imperatives, and one should be true to them, but I reject that atheism carries moral imperatives.
So do I. Atheism is a true/false position, as it does not contain a value-component; therefore it carries no moral imperatives. Goals contain value-components, though, and the goal of atheist acceptance in society is something that does carry moral imperatives for the one holding it. Agreed?
I've given the "closeted from a select few" thing some thought, and I am inclined to agree with you that there are some cases where it's justified. But what makes it dicey is if those select few have contact with others to whom you might want to come out. If you want to keep your frail, elderly grandmother in the dark re: your atheism because it's just not worth it, then that makes sense - on its own. But who else do you have to keep it from, then? Siblings? Probably. Parents? Probably. What about people who know your siblings and/or parents? It doesn't take much for this "closeted from a select few" policy to turn into full secrecy, if you're really serious about preserving poor old grandma's feelings. And then it becomes a situation where your atheism is kept entirely secret from the world, for the sake of grandma's feelings.
On the one hand you have family like mine, who are more apt to try ignoring and suppressing the fact that there is an atheist in the family, and on the other hand you have spiteful families who will vocally demonize the perceived devil in their midst to everyone. Anyone who cares what their family thinks probably knows what kind of family they have, and who to tell and not tell, if such matters.
I'm not so sure it does, Seppuku. What personal decision of his does he regret? It stands to reason that he regrets being found out, but that was:1. Not something that was his decision.2. Not better than coming out deliberately.
Seppuku, Goodkat is the reason why more people need to come out! He was alone. Now, why was he alone? If he'd been in trouble because he was a Muslim, then there'd likely have been some mosque in the region that he could have gone to for help, and they'd have no doubt been sympathetic to the situation of being persecuted by a Christian. But no. He's an atheist, and as I said in my last post, we atheists 'gotta look out for ourselves...sad, that.The forum was a source of moral support, certainly, but what else could it do? Ultimately it was his presence on this forum that got him found out - a high price for what little we had to offer. He came here because he was alone and needed help. Well, we could give him conversation. But wouldn't it have been a whole lot better if we'd been able to refer him to a local secular-support organization? If one had even existed there that we knew about? Maybe then we'd still be able to talk to him now. Maybe, if the other local atheists in his area who weren't in as oppressive situations as his was, had come out - maybe then they'd have been able to form a community of some sort. Maybe they would have been able to help him. That's how it works for other groups. Why, apart from prevalent[1] cowardice, can't it work for us?
Yeah, Davedave's not much of a diplomat, nor does he do a good job of getting his point across in a way that'll help it be received. His point, as I understand it, is 'One has to act in a certain way in order to contribute toward atheist acceptance; if one pays lip-service to atheist acceptance but doesn't act in that way, then one is a coward'.
Take Goodkat's situation, since it's been brought up.[1] He had this forum as a support network. But, in the end, nothing we could say to him, nothing he could confide in us, would have done anything toward helping him in the way he needed. He needed a real-life support network to be available. He needed a community outside his dad's house that would accept him, that was sensitive to his specific sort of situation. This forum had all the right sentiments, but had no power to help in any real way. That's still true today. 1. Or former situation, rather - I have no idea where he's at now.
However, the question here isn't about how to come out. It's about how our community deals with those who have not yet.
Atheists are spectators in a grand battle of stupid ideas. Sadly, these ideas get people killed in the name of a loving god on both sides of the delusion.
I think it can be a mix, I mean the internet definitely offers support for those who need it, but it doesn't necessarily need to end there.
Quote from: Anfauglir on January 21, 2011, 02:25:14 AMThat statement cuts the membership of this forum down to (I'd say) about 10-20% of what it currently is. You cut adrift and chase away the vast bulk of people here - cast them adrift without, in some cases, the ONE safe haven they have to talk about who they are and what they believe.The more we let in people who choose to be victims, the less we will be able to help them. We have limited resources and our current tack makes zero progress against the headwinds we face. I'm saying we should acknowledge that atheists who remain closeted are making their own beds, focus our attention on those who have come out and are also suffering. Those people are ones who, when we help them, can be depended upon to jump in and start helping us help others more. Can you dispute the case here, Anfauglir? Or will you continue to argue from consequences?
That statement cuts the membership of this forum down to (I'd say) about 10-20% of what it currently is. You cut adrift and chase away the vast bulk of people here - cast them adrift without, in some cases, the ONE safe haven they have to talk about who they are and what they believe.
Trouble is, the ones that you "can tell" might end up telling ones that you didn't trust so much with the knowledge.
They made, and continue to make, a great effort to get all homosexuals to come out to their families because this would help people's view of the entire gay community. From a certain perspective, it is their moral obligation to each other to do this. If some people do it, and others do not, some people are paying the price, while others are living off their payment. That is immoral and parasitic. In general society when people break their moral obligations, society punishes cheaters. This is how morals work.
They made, and continue to make, a great effort to get all homosexuals to come out to their families because this would help people's view of the entire gay community.


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