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I have watched Oprah for many years – some shows I agreed with, others I did not finish watching and still some gave me my own "ah ha" moment. After 25 years I wanted to say to Oprah – "Thank you for making me a better woman & mom."
The top 4 things I remember about all those shows as told in my own words – meaning what I took away from the show:
1) Don't hold a grudge – Oprah told a story about how she had a disagreement with a friend and Oprah was holding a grudge. She talked about all the energy and time she spent thinking about the disagreement and this person until one day she saw that person "skipdeedee doing" down the street. Oprah realized at that moment that her friend was not wasting time thinking of Oprah but had moved on. It was only Oprah who had given that friend all the power by letting the disagreement take up her thoughts and brain power that could have been used for something more useful.
2) Oprah always quotes Glinda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz – "You have always had the power" with the actual quote being from Answers.com –'You've always had the power to go back to Kansas' is the quote from Glinda the Good Witch about Dorothy Gale knowing all along what to do.
I think of this quote often as a mom, wife, daughter, friend & co-worker – when I get "stuck" in life – whether I am trying to make a decision, get through a bad day or challenge myself with something new. I realize the "power" is always inside of me -I just have to have the courage to grab it and go.
3) Mom stories – Oprah in her 25 years has had a lot of moms on the show – moms who inspired me, moms who went public with their embarrassing moments as a mom or moms who made me cry (tears of joy or sadness). I thank Oprah and all those moms who made my life a little sweeter and sometimes easier because of the stories they told – but mostly thanks for letting me feel not alone in my quest to be the best mom (& woman) I can be.
4) "Take your pain and turn it into power" an Oprah quote- one of the reasons that Our Hope Place (www.OurHopePlace.com) exists. I believe that when something devastating happens to you (like a miscarriage) it helps to take that pain and channel it into something that will help others. Once you see how you can help others, your pain lessens a little at a time and you feel empowered.
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Have you ever had an experience that you look back on and say -- without even a pause -- that was life-changing?
Have you ever had an interaction where you walk away and think -- without a doubt -- that has transformed me?
Have you ever jumped on an opportunity -- perhaps with some hesitation -- then thought, I can't believe that happened, but I'm so glad it did?
Pardon my vague introduction and the somewhat intense questioning -- but I truly believe we've all had all of the above -- the experiences, the conversations, and the opportunities. Fortunately, I was blessed to have them all at once, on a two-week trip to Southern France this fall.
Realizing a lifelong dream
Let's rewind: At the beginning of 2016, an opportunity presented itself to me. It was a 10-day workshop with Lori Putnam, taking place in Limoux, France -- and it was the last one she'd be running in France in the foreseeable future.
Two weeks away from work, focused entirely on painting? This was an idea that I'd only truly allowed in my innermost dreams. I couldn't really drop my design work for two weeks. I couldn't really leave the iPad at home. I couldn't really spend that much money on painting.
You know where this is going: Of course I could. I quieted that inner naysayer real quick (not without a fight, of course) -- and booked the trip.
Becoming a magician
This trip was an experience, an interaction, and an opportunity that was life-changing, transformative, and incredibly gratifying in so, so many ways. I'll be writing about the grace of letting go next month, but the first thing I have to talk about is the absolute transformation I've seen in my painting.
Naturally, being in one of the most beautiful places in the world for an extended period of time focused on finding niches and nooks to paint is going to be somewhat transformative when it comes to technique and skill. But doing it under the leadership of a seasoned plein air painter, Lori Putnam, and amongst a group of passionate collaborators made it even more so.
Here's how I was able to learn and grow in my painting at a deeper level than ever before:
Accepting + capturing the light: I grew a much deeper understanding of light and value -- and how to incorporate it into my work. I've never felt so able to take the light in, and to reflect it back. The difference is noticeable in my paintings from day 1 to day 10.
Appreciating fresh eyes + unfamiliar territory: Instead of being overwhelmed by the newness of each place we were in, I learned to practice gratitude for the fresh perspectives and lack of familiarity of a space. It led me to be more in tune with its unique characteristics, from the sights to the smells to the sounds -- but most importantly, to the colors and the depths and the light.
Eliminating all distractions: For this trip, I stepped entirely away from design -- I didn't travel with my laptop or my iPad. Never before have I turned off work so entirely, but doing so allowed me to make the absolute most of every minute.
Capitalizing on community. A solo painting trip would be enlightening, no doubt -- but being surrounded by 10 women who were not only there to grow as painters, but as people, was beyond inspiring. In our short time together, we formed unbreakable bonds that will have us growing together for eternity.
During one of our sessions, Lori declared us all to be magicians. The way we capture light; the way we embody a scene; the way we mix until the color is just right.
Never before have a I felt like such a sacred power -- and never before have I appreciated the magnitude of this magic we create.
Breakthroughs + gratitude
In the weeks since I've been back, I've wondered,
"What if I hadn't said 'yes' to this trip?"
"What if I hadn't given myself the gift of getting away from it all?"
"What if I hadn't shown up -- really, truly shown up -- as myself?"
The me of 10 years ago wouldn't have been able to ask myself these questions -- because I wouldn't have said 'yes.' I wouldn't have given myself this gift. I wouldn't have shown up as my truest self.
Which is to say this: Slow down. You are worth the time away. You have so much to learn; to see; to do. Your art will be better for it. Your relationships will be better for it. You will be better for it.


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Rajasthan is the biggest state in India with rich culture. Amazing forts, glamorous lakes, beautiful wildlife and splendid mansions encourage tourism in Rajasthan. This state has great geographical features suitable for amazing wildlife. It is known for desert in most territories, but it also has green forests in others. These topographical conditions are ideal for wildlife. Desert is an ideal place for reptile species while Rocky Mountains and wetlands are ideal for various species of birds and animals. Wildlife sanctuaries of Rajasthan are the most popular amongst others. Many tourists come to India for exploring these wildlife parks of Rajasthan. Here are some famous sanctuaries of Rajasthan.
Ranthambore National Park:
This sanctuary is situated at the junction of Aravali and Vindhya hills in Sawai Madhopur District. It is spread over 400 square km area. There are many water resources in this park those give huge relief in hot summer days. Animals are used to people around them and you can watch these animals in their natural habitat here. Tigers can be seen hunting even when tourists are watching. It is a dream park for photographer and wildlife enthusiast. This park is available with car rental service for jungle safari. It remains opened from October to May.
Sariska Tiger Reserve:
It is most visited reserve park in India. It is situated in Alwar district of Rajasthan. It covers about an area of 800 square km. There are medieval buildings in this reserve which are also one of the main attractions of it. It was declared tiger reserve park in 1978 as a part of India's project tiger scheme. There are various carnivores such as leopard, jungle cat, Jackal and hyena in this park. It also hosts amazing bird-life. Peafowl, Bush Quail, Sand Grouse, Golden backed Wood Pecker, Crested Serpent Eagle, Grey Partridge and the Great Indian Horned Owl are the most popular bird species in this park.
Desert National Park:
This Park is situated in Thar Desert of Jaisalmer. It is one of the largest parks of India, covering 3100 square km area. Bird-life of this park is vivid and spectacular. Ardeotis nigriceps (Indian Bustard), an endangered bird species, is the main attraction here. You can see many eagles, buzzards, kestrel, harriers, falcons and vultures in this park. Jeep safari is available here to travel this park in a short duration. Best visiting time for this park is November to March.
Keoladeo Ghana National Park :
This is, formerly known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, one of the finest bird's parks of India. It has both native and migratory birds. Besides birds, this park is also inhabited by Sambhar, boar, Chittal and Nilgai. There is a system of small water dames to control water level in different sections. There is a temple of Keoladeo within its boundaries.
Well, above-mentioned parks are such famous that nature's documentary films are made in these parks. You can see nature at its best here and you can catch glimpse of amazing wildlife.


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Under the current rules, as long as your income (property, savings) and capital (i.e. pensions, investments) totals over £23,250, you will be expected to cover the full of your care. As such, the vast majority of people must cover the entire costs of any care provided by the Council.
Last year, the government published the Dilnot Commission, which took steps to increase the threshold from £23,250 to £123,000. This will not, however, come into effect until April 2017 and if you own a property, it is likely that you would still fall within the threshold.
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Month: September 2015
What Salaried Really Means
I was talking to a person who did graphic design for an architecture firm. She often has to produce work on short deadlines, often working late hours and coming in early.
I wish I was salaried, she told me.
I assumed, like most people, when she said salaried, she meant exempt.
Why? I asked, you'd lose your overtime. You wouldn't get paid for all those extra hours you work.
Yes, but I'd be salaried.
Like most people, she equated exempt with being a professional. Getting paid for the work performed, rather than the hours worked. To her, it's a sign of status, like a corner office or a vice president title. And like those things, she was willing to sacrifice pay to get it.
Now the Department of Labor is proposing changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which will make it harder for you to be classified as exempt. Basically, one of the requirements is that you earn a salary of$23,660 annually. They proposing to at least double this (IT positions, for all you techies out there, follow a different set of rules).
This rule change means a lot of people who are currently exempt will either have to receive pay raises or be reclassified and get overtime. NPR featured just such a person. A bank branch manager getting paid $30,000 a year was told when he was hired that his was not a 9 to 5 job. He would always be on call. As a result, he often works 60 hours per week. Because he's exempt, he doesn't make a dime more for it.
I worked this out. At 60 hours per week, he earns the equivalent of just over $9.50 per hour. Some bank tellers earn more than this, and don't have near the responsibility. For all practical purposes, he is probably earning less than many of the loan officers and personal bankers he supervises.
Low paying industries have been doing this for years. They give someone the title of manager, work the hell out of them, and get to keep all the additional results of that labor as profit. In addition, many of these people aren't even true managers. Due to their companies' constant budget cuts, they are short-staffed, so they make up the difference. Most of their time isn't spent hiring or developing staff. It's spent working behind the coffee counter or stocking shelves, with less than half of it
Of course, some of these employers complain that if the law changes, they won't be able to make money, forcing them to cut jobs. They may even have to shut their doors. Good. As I've said before, if your business model depends on taking advantage of your workers, you have a poor business model and deserve to go out of business.
Other employers are naturally looking for ways around the law before it even goes into effect. Most will merely move the employees at issue to hourly, but pay them less so that they'll have to work overtime to maintain their current rate of pay. Then they'll turn around and say it's not their greed, but big bad government's fault.
Nice, huh?
It's too bad that any of these rules are even necessary. The workplace would be so much better if employers didn't see employees as a resource, like computers or shelf space, but rather as a stake holder, just like their customers and shareholders, people invested in the success of the organization who employers need to invest in for their success.
Until that time comes, the Department of Labor will continue to enforce the FLSA, and employers will continue to find ways to work around it, or flaunt it all together.
And as long as she's salaried, that graphic designer and millions like her will be thankful for the privilege of being considered a "professional".
Work-Life Balance: The Broken See-Saw
Work-life balance is like pornography. It's highly popular, but everyone has a different definition of what it is, and it does not exist in the real world.
businessdictionary.com defines work-life balance as, "A comfortable state of equilibrium achieved between an employee's primary priorities of their employment position and their private lifestyle." So if work-life balance were a see-saw, it would look like this:
Sounds great, but if you try it, you'll quickly learn how difficult it is. Oh, sure, you can stay this way for a few minutes, but eventually, one side begins to go down while the other goes up, simply because no-two people are the exact same weight or always exerting the same pressure. It's unsustainable and unrealistic, and you'll just frustrate yourself if you try to maintain it. Ask any child who's played with one of these:
Workers have a different definition of work-life balance. Whenever someone explains to me why they need better work-life balance, they never say they are not working enough. Instead, they want more time and flexibility to pursue interests outside of work such as family and friends, hobbies and interests. They aren't looking for balance. For them, the see-saw should be weighted towards life.
An employer sees work-life balance as the ability to work whenever and wherever the work needs to be done, whether you are in the office, mountain biking or watching your daughter's dance recital. As one manager told me, it's not work-life balance, it's work-life integration. Their see-saw is also out of balance, weighted towards work.
All these definitions are wrong. The trick to being happy and fulfilled in both work and life is to realize that the see-saw is broken and to never get on it at all. It's not about work-life balance or work-life integration. It's all about work-life separation.
People have often asked me how I can do my job all day without suffering a nervous breakdown. Dealing with people's problems, issues and concerns, not to mention having to fire people, can take its toll. Simple, I tell them, I compartmentalize. Sure, I may discuss work with my wife sometimes. She's a good listener, and can provide me with a different perspective. But when I am with my children, reading to them, making dinner, coaching their soccer team, work is left behind. And if I'm out with my friends, having a couple of beers, work is almost never mentioned. Sure, there is the occasional email or phone call or text that I have to deal with while I'm not physically working, but these are few and far between.
Work-life separation.
"You're lucky," I had one manager tell me when I explained this to him. "My job is 24-7. I can't divide the two so easily." I had to agree that his job demanded more of his off-hours time than mine. He oversees safety and security, which in his role, is a round-the-clock responsibility. But actual situations in which he received middle of the night calls are rare. Besides, I see it as his choice. He has a team of people he could count on to help him, but he chooses to be the first line of defense all the time. He could just as easily delegate some of his off-hours responsibilities, freeing himself up except in the most dire situations.
Some will say that work-life separation will make you worse at your job. After all, if work isn't your number one priority all the time, how can you be any good at it? I look at myself as an example. I used to stay up nights worrying about the next workday. Friends complained that all I talked about was work. Sometimes, I'd even become physically ill thinking about it. Was I great at my job? I was good, but I could have been better. I was constantly stressed about it, getting worked up over the tiniest of issues. It stressed out my coworkers, hurt the work environment. Over time, I learned let go, and as my personal life improved, I found that I became more efficient, more relaxed, better to be around when I was at work.
So how do you put work-life separation into practice? Here are some tips:
Don't let work define you: Thomas Jefferson's tombstone lists what he thought of as his major accomplishments. President of the United States was not one of them. It wasn't who he was, it was something he did. If you wrap your identity up in your work, you won't be able to break from it when the workday is done.
Have transition time: I know a man who works long hours. When he gets home, the first thing he does is go out and putter in his garden. It gives him time to unwind and let the workday go. My Dad used to relax with the afternoon newspaper. Do something that helps you make the transition easier, whether it's listening to music on your commute home, sitting down with a good book, or just sitting quietly.
Turn off your phone (or tablet, or whatever): When you aren't working, don't check emails or texts from colleagues. Unless you are the head of a nuclear power plant or a brain surgeon, there's nothing that can't wait until you get back into the office. Likewise, if you are at work, don't waste time shopping for a Halloween Costumes for your pet cat or updating your Facebook status. Spend it getting your job done. Your employer will appreciate it.
Develop outside interests: I had a project manager tell me that she was one-hundred percent about work. She was proud of the fact, but her desk was a mess, she was always in meetings and whenever I saw her, all she could talk about was how stressed she was. How sad, I thought. What will happen to her if she gets laid off, or when she eventually retires? She'll be lost. We all need to have more to life than work.
Most of us drag ourselves into work every morning, not because a deep yearning to do what we do, but to keep a roof over our heads and our bellies full. There are those lucky few, however, whose jobs are also their avocations. They are making a living doing what they always dreamed of doing, and cannot see a life without it. For them, work-life separation makes no sense. Then again, they don't have work-life balance, or work-life integration, either. They just have life.


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Clayton & Crume
Ben Ashby
How was Clayton & Crume created?
Clayton & Crume was created over a few beers at 3AM in a Gatlinburg hot
tub. We had been sewing and creating for the better part of a year, and
decided to make it our livelihood. Three years later and we're growing
faster than ever.
What was the first product you made and/or sold?
As young men on a college budget, we wanted a belt that wasn't on the
market--so we made it. We started with custom-designed canvas belts for the
collegiate lifestyle, constructed entirely in our dorm room workshop. As we
began to focus on developing solid leather goods, we fell in love with the
challenge of offering beautiful, durable goods at an honest price.
How do you decide on products?
Each product has been created to fulfill needs that have arisen in our own
lives. The plan for the future, after overwhelming request, is to add more
lifestyle goods-- particularly for women. Leather clutches, totes and
duffels are on the immediate horizon. Last week we took a 10-day trip and
made ourselves prototype leather dopp kits. Those will be up on the site
within a week, and they're killer.
How do you find new ideas for products?
Our mission is to create possessions we can use for the rest of our lives,
and in that endeavor, the ideas are never ending. Every worn-out item in
our lives is an opportunity to reinvent and create anew, C&C style.
Do you create collaborative products with brands you work with?
Our dream is to collaborate with an iconic, time-tested brand. Custom belts
with Pendleton Wool or Harris Tweed would be insane. Maybe one day.
What inspires Clayton & Crume?
Good products tell stories, and we're inspired by the stories our products
will tell after decades of use by those we've created them for.
What's your favorite thing about supporting American makers?
Makers don't work for a paycheck, rather, their work is the expression
of a lifelong passion to create. We'll always support a maker, American or
otherwise, who puts his/her name on the product as a testament of passion
and quality.
What's been your biggest challenge?
Our biggest challenge is probably the same as any other maker-- scaling
our operation. Every item is made by hand in our 300sf workshop, and there
are only so many hours in a day to create. We'll likely never be the brand
with 100 retail shops and global distribution, but that's the way we like
it. We know who we are and plan to stay that way-- small and dedicated to
our craft.
Clayton & Crume


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Long Live The King
Congratulations, Cleveland. After 52 years, a championship has finally come home.
The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals, defeating the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in Sunday's deciding Game 7. In the biggest game, on the biggest stage of his career, LeBron James had a game for the ages, scoring 27 points, 11 rebounds and dishing out 11 assists. James was named Finals MVP.
"This is what I came back for," James said. "It doesn't feel real."


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The following is a personal essay by Jill Geer, USATF chief marketing officer. She is in Boston for the 2017 Boston Marathon.
On Saturday afternoon, I walked around Boston's Back Bay neighborhood on a beautiful, sunny day. I picked up my credentials, went to the expo, and ducked into the Nike Store on Newberry Street to check out the swag. I walked down to the Charles River, then toddled back to Boylston Street. As I waited to cross Boylston to return to my hotel on Huntington Avenue, I looked down and saw a few flowers and notes placed on the ground, in front of what is now a Starbucks.
It was the spot where the second bomb had gone off at the 2013 Boston Marathon; the one that killed 8-year-old Martin Richard.
Then I realized that it was April 15, the fourth anniversary of the bombing.
Every person who has a connection to the Boston Marathon has a Boston Marathon story. I lived in Greater Boston for 10 years, and my job being what it is, nearly every person I work with was either there or somehow affected by the events at the 2013 Boston Marathon. I had been at the marathon for work, accompanied by my family, but was beginning my trip back to Indianapolis when my phone started going haywire with people asking if I was OK.
The days that followed will, I hope, never be repeated in Boston: lockdowns, shoot-outs, shelter-in-place orders. As bizarre and intense as it was, in the scope of global terror attacks, it was actually a "small" event.
But the thing is, as more time goes by, it seems to affect people more and more deeply and intensely, myself included. And for a person whose job it is to find the right words, it is very difficult to use words to explain how and why that is.
I couldn't really put this all together until I was watching "Boston: The Documentary" at the Wang Theater Saturday night. The film made its world premiere less than a mile from where the bombs went off.
The film describes itself as providing a history of the Boston Marathon, which it does. It says it celebrates the world's oldest marathon, which it does.
Make no mistake: 2013 is the absolute center of this film; its emotional core and its defining quality.
The documentary provides footage I have never seen: Kathrine Switzer's 235-pound boyfriend taking out Jock Semple, behind-the-scenes shots of what it takes for the city and the BAA to put on the marathon, historical footage from the early 20th century, and more.
It explains the difference between the old and young Johnny Kelleys – two different guys, not related. Clarence, Amby, Greg, Joanie, Catherine, Billy, Juma, Deek … they are all in there. Race Director Dave McGillivray provides the consistent, all-Boston, all-the-time voice, literally and figuratively. Dave himself is a man worthy of a documentary, and I loved every minute he was on screen. When Dave speaks, the essence of the marathon speaks.
But director John Dunham takes that history and that local flavor and uses it all as a precursor to 2013, with the 2014 marathon providing the climax and resolution.
The film is full of light-hearted moments and funny quips. When Toshihiko Seiko describes Bill Rodgers as "like a rabbit. He was cute, with lively eyes," he rivals Confucius for speaking the truth clearly, with few words. Anytime Bill Rodgers is speaking, your heart lifts; when he and Frank Shorter are interviewed together, you almost feel as though you are watching a skit. The audience that filled the Wang Theater broke into applause countless times during the film, in recognition of beloved BAA staff members or in salutation of memorable moments.
But when the film got to 2013, the theater turned silent. The air was filled with a mix of so many emotions that every person in those seats could undoubtedly feel in the middle of their chests. What I felt – in the air, projected from others, as well as from my own soul – was grief. And unity.
I wasn't at the finish line when the bombs went off. No one I knew was seriously hurt. My life wasn't impacted in a functional way.
And yet, and yet, and yet.
That bombing, this film. It evokes all those amorphous, tangible, powerful things that I still can't adequately put on paper. Even as I type right now, looking out my hotel room window at Boston, tears roll down my face.
A film that moves you is a film you should see.
To be sure, the reaction of everyone in that theater was and is deeply rooted in a personal connection to the race, the city, the sport, or the people involved. There are millions of Americans who don't have any of those things, and those millions may not "get" the film, if they see it.
Almost any runner has some kind of connection to or appreciation of Boston, even if they never have or never will run it. Almost everyone with any kind of connection to Boston or New England will be moved.
As highly educated as Boston is as a city, and as much as it has become an international business hub, it remains wholly and proudly provincial. The city is THEIRS. This race is THEIRS. The identity is THEIRS. And with that powerful sense of self and place comes a powerful reaction when that self, that place, is attacked or when it is united.
"Boston: The Documentary" shows how the city and the global running community united.
Of course, there are things in the film I might have done differently. I wish Meb Keflezighi, the man who defied everyone's expectations by winning the 2014 Boston Marathon – holding off a late-race charge as his legs were starting to fail him – could have been more celebrated and central to the story. I had to force myself to stop applauding when the film showed him crossing the finish line, just as I had to force myself to stop crying when I watched him win, back in 2014, as I watched the race from USATF's conference room.
Then again, the underselling of Meb's moment makes a powerful point: the race and the city is bigger than the man, bigger than everyone's story. And it perfectly jibes with Meb himself, a man who is strong and powerful but humble and focused on things much larger than himself.
In the end, it is the message of a sign Martin Richard had made that is a centerpiece of the story.
"No more hurting people – Peace."
Boston isn't just about a city. It's about "a people." Those people – they will love the film. Please go see it on April 19.


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"The presupposition that academics no longer function as critical public intellectuals willing to connect their knowledge and expertise to larger public issues is now pervasive. Many factors have contributed to this alleged withdrawal from speaking to public issues, ranging from the demands of academic professionalism and the suppression of dissent to a simple lack of time to address such work."A breakdown of his argument:
"First, I argue that academics should assume the role of critical public intellectuals. Second, we must repudiate the popular assumption that clarity is the ultimate litmus test to gauge whether a writer has successfully engaged a general educated audience. In this regard, I insist that the appeal to clarity has become an ideological smokescreen for a notion of common sense and 'simplicity' that have become excuses for abusing language as a marker of the educated mind. Third, I argue that public intellectuals need to take matters of accessibility seriously in order to combine theoretical rigor with their efforts to communicate forcefully and intelligibly to a larger public about the most pressing matters of the day. In short, I want to scramble the opposition between the work of public intellectuals and the alleged simplicity of clarity."Lastly, a very interesting take on the work language does:
"One of the things that I therefore see as an extraordinarily useful job is to make people sensitive to the uses of language, not as a kind of arcane classification of languages in let's say the jargon of mechanical engineering versus the jargon of political science, but rather the way in which language carries forward values, does work. It does actually work, it performs services of one sort or another and above all, how language can change perceptions and indeed in the end change the world in which we live. And unless we have a sense of the way in which language can in fact change reality, instead of the other way around, which we always assume, then I think we're committed to a use of language that is dead and passive."
Slave Codes became Black Codes and criminalized a range of activities if the perpetrator was black. The newly acquired 15th Amendment right to vote was curtailed by tailoring of felony disenfranchisement laws to include crimes that were supposedly more frequently committed by blacks. And, the liberatory promise of the 13th Amendment – "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in theAnd from the second interview, which broadens the scope of Heitzeg's (and others') analysis of the prison system:
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Prison has become a source of profit. The prison industrial complex is a self-perpetuating machine where the vast profits (e.g. cheap labor, construction contracts, job creation, and continued media profits from exaggerated crime reporting and crime/punishment as entertainment) and perceived political benefits (e.g. reduced unemployment rates, "get tough on crime" and public safety rhetoric, and funding increases for police and criminal justice system agencies and professionals) lead to policies that are additionally designed to insure an endless supply of "clients" for the criminal justice system. These self-serving policies include enhanced police presence in poor neighborhoods and communities of color; racial profiling; decreased funding for public education combined with zero-tolerance policies and increased rates of expulsion for students of color; increased rates of adult certification for juvenile offenders; mandatory minimum and "three-strikes" sentencing; draconian conditions of incarceration and a reduction of prison services that contribute to the likelihood of "recidivism."Read the entire interviews and more at www.angola3news.blogspot.com.
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Bento, discontinued
August 28, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, FileMaker announced that they are discontinuing Bento, but we were not surprised at all. The last Bento update available on the Mac App Store goes even back to October 2012, and it was obvious that the app was going to disappear, sooner or later.
Even if Bento is the closest competitor of Records, we are not here for self-celebration. What Bento leaves behind are 20 employees and thousands of users, and this is more important than the "space left" in the market for Records and other similar apps.
More than ever, we now feel that it's extremely important to provide a new experience in terms of "personal databases" on the Mac, even for those coming from Bento and searching for alternatives.
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Heads up: it's been a crazy week for U.S. Treasuries - the bonds have sold off substantially since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Wednesday press conference - and yields are rising again today.
Right now, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note is 2.53%, 11 basis points higher from yesterday's close.
Before Bernanke, it was at 2.21%.
The bonds are making new lows in the final minutes of trading this week. The chart below shows 10-year Treasury futures today.


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Mystery of Christ in Colossians: Knowing the Will of God/
When I was a young child, my mom would sit me next to her on our couch and "read" to me from our family Bible. You know the one: leather, thick, heavy with gold-gilded edges and red and black print. I knew this was an important book, because it had pages that recorded births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths of family members. But more than that, I knew it was important because of the full-page, glossy, color "holy pictures." I remember how Mommy would tell me "God's stories" from God's book using those beautiful pictures.
It was during those times, that I fell in love with God and Jesus and heaven and spiritual things...and something else...the Will of God! My mom would constantly say that the most important thing in life was to do the Will of God. So this became my my goal...my paradigm...my mantra, at a very early age -- to do the Will of God!
What a mysterious thing, the Will of God! MY journey (and at times, search) took me through obeying the rules of my church (as God's will), to several years in a convent (believing it was the best thing to do for love of God), to searching the Scriptures to see what GOD (not man) said, to exchanging one to do list for another until finally the burden was so hard and heavy, I gave up! Really!
And you know what? That's when I discovered the True Will of God...Christ Jesus my Lord -- WHO He is and WHAT He has done! Oh, I already knew Him...but I needed to KNOW Him truly! And in knowing HIM truly, I came to realize that HE is the Will of God!
If you've been following along with us in the letter to the Colossians, you've discovered the heart of Paul's prayer in the first chapter. His main request is that the believers would be filled with (be controlled by and absorbed with) a true, deep, accurate knowledge of God's Will:
We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives... Col 1:9 NIV
This Will of God is a much bigger thing than what we think. We usually assume it refers to what we do today or tomorrow, who we marry, where we go on vacation, what car we should buy, etc. Now these all may be affected by our knowing the Will of God.
But primarily the Will of God has to do with His good pleasure in His Son Jesus Christ and the Father's Plan carried out in and through HIM! That's good news, because it's all about HIM! I reap the benefits, but I'm I also empowered (through His indwelling) to make my choices according to this HUGE, AWESOME WILL of GOD! What a privilege to be part of something bigger than myself!
OK, you say...chapter and verse, please! The cool thing is that Paul wrote another letter to a church not far from Colossae. In fact, he wrote it at the same time and sent it by the same messenger. So we would naturally assume Paul would have the same thing in mind when he wrote to the church in Ephesus,
With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment —to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. Ephesians 1:8-10 NIV
That's it! His pleasure and purpose in Christ! Did you notice as you read and looked for the references to prayer in Colossians, that Paul wasn't the only one who prayed this way. Paul says of Epaphras, the young pastor of the Colossian church,
He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. Col 4:12 NIV
Why did Paul and Epaphras pray for the believers to really "get it" about God's Will in Christ? Paul prays on...
...so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. Col 1:10-12 NIV
Paul knew that getting it about Christ is the only paradigm that can produce a God-pleasing, fruitful Christian walk. No Christian "to do list" can produce this! It's a work of illumination/revelation by the Spirit of God. Thus Paul's prayer!
And so, dear friends, when we pray for ourselves or for someone we love, why not start out with the heart of all prayer? Our deepest need is to be filled with (and so controlled by) a true, heart knowledge of God's Will in the Person and Work of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This absorption, this getting it about Christ will then have an explosive and expulsive effect*-- changing our thinking, our attitudes, our affections, our choices, and thus our behavior. And it will result in a life worthy of and pleasing to the Lord!
A challenge for those who want to go deeper:
Read this sermon by Thomas Chalmers (19th century): The Expulsive Power of a New Affection This is really long, and it's not for the faint of heart. But it's right on target!
Here's a short synopsis:
The best way of casting out an impure affection is to admit a pure one; and by the love of what is good, to expel the love of what is evil. We know of no other way by which to keep the love of the world out of our heart, than to keep in our hearts the love of God - and no other way by which to keep our hearts in the love of God, than building ourselves up on our most holy faith. Dr Ray Pritchard


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As difficult as it sometimes can be, I really do believe in letting go of things. When something really hurtful happens to us, it can take a very long time to let it go, but eventually, when we do let whatever thoughts, actions or situations go, there is a profound sense of freedom and relief in our hearts. After all, what exactly are we keeping such memories stored in our minds for? What exactly can they do for us in the present day? Absolutely nothing.
It took me a while to let things of the past go, but when I did I truly felt that I could be myself and focus all my energy on the positive people and situations around me. It may take some time, but it will eventually happen. This isn't a post telling you that it's easy, but it's a post encouraging you to try your best to let things go. It only gets better once you do! 🙂


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Poka, 16 October 2017. From birds and turtles with stomachs full of plastic to beaches littered with drink containers: the problem of plastic marine waste is not only an eyesore, it's lethal. Right on our doorstep is Indonesia, the world's second largest contributor to marine debris. The signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) … Read More
Month: October 2017
1453 Students Follow KKN Training
Poka, 9 October 2017. A total of 1,453 Pattimura University students attended the Real Work Experience (KKN) Training at the Unpatti Auditorium on Monday (9/10). The debriefing conducted from October 9-10, 2017 is mandatory for the students of Pattimura University. In the speech of Chairman of KKN Committee, D. Tahya, S.Pd., M.Pd, said that the … Read More
Explore Partnership Indonesian Consul in Darwin Visited UNPATTI
Poka, 7 October 217. UNPATTI. Indonesian Consul in Darwin, Andre Siregar accompanied by Dr. (HC). Peter Styles, a consultant for Economics, Business and Trade and Deputy Chief Minister of Northern Territory – Australia, visited Ambon in order to improve partnership with Local Government, City / District Government and UNPATTI Campus. It is the fact that … Read More
Visit of Director of CCR-ARI
Poka, 3 October 2017. UNPATTI, – Located in the working room of Vice Rector I of Academic Affairs UNPATTI, Prof.Dr. Ir. F. Rieuwpassa, MS received a official visit of Director of CCR – ARI (Center for Collaborative Research on Acute Respiratory Infection), Prof. Cissy B. Kartasasmita, dr., M.Sc. Sp (A), PhD, and dr. Nur Atik, … Read More
UNPATTI – USC Explores Cooperation
Poka, 3 October 2017. UNPATTI – received in the working room of Vice Rector I for Academic Affairs of UNPATTI Prof. Dr. Ir. F. Rieuwpassa, MS welcomed a visit from USC Senior Advisor and Indonesian Representative David Shirley from the University of Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia, in the context for cooperation with the two universities. … Read More
Last Preparation of "Pattimura Muda" in Training Ahead of POMNAS
Poka, 3 October 2017. UNPATTI. Just in counting the days to the National Student Sports Week (POMNas) which would be open on 14 October, however, the preliminary round match of futsal competition started earlier on October 10, in Makassar. POMNas is an annual program organized by the Directorate of Learning and Student Affairs, Directorate of … Read More


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For a large business or a small business it is all about the signs and today, we tell you why. Did you know that the most traditional yet most effective way for marketing a business is through signs? Signs although in one place can be seen by thousands of people and if you have moving signs, then they can be seen by millions. Make your company well-known and the talk of the season with an illuminated sign.
The Great Things About Illuminated Signs
If you want your company to be noticed even more then get noticed by using illuminated signs. Stand out with something different and try marketing by using signs which light up in the dark and can also be seen better during the day.
There are different types available and some of these include letters which light up, a dim glow behind the sign itself and you can get these in Neon lighting, LED lighting and fluorescent lighting. Either way all these are top ways to get noticed.
People today are going for an illuminated sign because they are eye catching and will grab people's attention. They are long lasting and if you use LED lighting then you can be assured you will get up to 100,000 hours of brightness out of them.
Signs which are lit up are easier to read and for people with vision difficulties will be able to see it better when it is lit up than when it is not – meaning you as a company are reaching out to more people than usual.
Let's be honest lit up signs also look professional and will emit an impressive look to customers. You don't want to look as if your business hasn't got the funds to advertise and by choosing this flashy option you are sending a professional image about you company to your customers.
By using lights on your signs for your business you can create different effects, whether it is flashing, romantic lighting, bright lighting, multi coloured lighting or just a simple glow in the dark effect. The options today are so great and will have an even greater effect on your company.


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Looking to add to your Water Music NY itinerary? What about a place to eat in Schenectady or a kid-friendly hangout in Amsterdam? The Capital Region boasts many exciting opportunities to spice up your summer— and your dinner.
The Albany Symphony will be kicking off the Erie Canal bicentennial celebration on July 2 in Albany at Jennings Landing/Corning Preserve followed by Schenectady and Amsterdam performances. Each will be followed by a fireworks show the whole family is sure to enjoy!
These canal side performances include world premieres by award-winning composers and selections from Handel's Water Music as well as American favorites.
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Mondo Cozmo: 2017
Mondo Cozmo at WFUV (photo by Brian Gallagher)
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The Los Angeles band Mondo Cozmo is the creative outlet of Joshua Ostrander. You're likely familiar with "Shine," a song which we've been playing a lot here on WFUV, because it is great!
Mondo Cozmo has some more gems for you. During this episode of FUV Live, we'll hear some of the new material and talk with Ostrander about his music.
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Cycling's elite heading to Derbyshire for Tour of Britain
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The Tour of Britain is wheeling into the county this summer and Derbyshire County Council has welcomed the boost it will give to the local economy.
Some of the world's top cyclists will be heading to Derbyshire for stage six of Britain's premier road cycling event on Friday September 11.
Starting in Stoke-on-Trent and finishing in Nottingham the toughest stage of the entire tour will pass through Buxton, Whaley Bridge, Chatsworth, Matlock, Carsington, Belper and parts of Erewash. The exact route of the 117m leg is subject to final confirmation from the county council.
"We're really pleased to welcome the Tour of Britain to Derbyshire with the route showing off our scenic countryside," said Derbyshire County Council Deputy Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure Councillor John Owen.
"The tour will bring a boost to local businesses with visitors staying over in the county to make the most of our food and drink and tourist attractions.
"We recently hosted the Tour de France and are hosting L'EROICA for the second time this year and we are keen to not waste this opportunity to build on the county's rich cycling heritage.
"Events like this really showcase what a great county Derbyshire is and we're working hard behind the scenes to make sure we host other premium cycling events.
"The Tour will encourage more people to get out cycling into Derbyshire and maybe the next generation's Sir Bradley Wiggins could be a local."
The Tour of Britain passed through Derbyshire in 2012 but this will be first time the county has featured heavily in what could be a key leg in shaping the overall race.
County Sports Partnership Derbyshire Sport is looking forward to welcoming the Tour and Director Hayley Lever said: "This is fantastic news for Derbyshire! We should all celebrate the Tour of Britain coming through our county.
"It's the perfect opportunity for schools and clubs to hold cycling events. We'd also encourage people to watch the race go through as it's on the doorstep for so many people.
"We hope it will motivate people to get out on their bikes and enjoy some -or all - of the route this summer. Why not sign up to a 'Breeze' women-only ride, the 'Grindleford Goat', John 'Tommo' Thomson Memorial Ride or the Cycle Derby Sportive?"
Last year the race was won by Dutchman Dylan van Baarle, finishing ahead of Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski and Britain's defending champion Wiggins.
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'Jason Bourne' lives and dies by the Bourne Blueprint/
The f̶i̶f̶t̶h̶ fourth "Jason Bourne" lives and dies by the very blueprint that made it both a cult and mainstream favorite.
Matt Damon is back as the mysterious and totally kickass title character, Jason Bourne. While "Jason Bourne" is a fun enough thriller, there was something missing from the end result. While, no, it has nothing to do with Damon's some 25 lines in the movie, but in some of the plot choices.
As for the positives, this movie almost feels like a dedication to itself.
The movie starts with Bourne living underground off the grid, bare-knuckle fighting for money. One of the scenes that stuck with me is one where we see Bourne take his shirt off showing the scars of his past before knocking out his more scary looking opponent with one swift hook.
It's a quick way of saying "Hey, remember this guy. He's off the grid and he's a human weapon."
There aren't many who do action, political-driven thrillers that can hold a candle to Damon's run on the Bourne series. The camera work, editing and subtitles are all done in classic Bourne fashion, which has created a blueprint for political thrillers, are all back like it's 2002.
The feelings of patriotic paranoia, suspense and, frankly, the Bourne-esque visualization are all there but I can't help but feel somewhat empty handed.
Obligatory spoiler warning
I felt like filmmakers passed up on its true payoff scene by spending about three-minutes on the Tommy Lee Jones vs. Jason Bourne showdown for the all-action-no-substance final showdown with "The Asset."
Jones, complete with patriotic exhausted saggy eyes, did a fine job as the manipulative, Spawn of Satan CIA director Robert Dewey. He felt like the true antagonist, the real enemy and Bourne's biggest challenge.
Instead, he was killed from behind in a very (VERY) predictable manner. Then we go into a fun, albeit ridiculous, chase through Las Vegas. Seriously, a hijacked SWAT truck through Las Vegas through casinos and the strip with no regard for human life.
What is this, Con Air?
I was impressed with the work of Alicia Vikander's Heather Lee, an upstart CIA cyber security official. She played the -- very Bourne blueprint -- on the inside/feels sorry for Bourne so they risk everything to help him character.
Vikander made the most of her role as I felt like she did a fantastic role playing the suppressed, emotional character. She was most impressive while on stage with Aaron Kalloor (Riz Ahmed), the CEO and founder of Deep Dream (Facebook), and she realizes the CIA double-cross is on.
She and Damon made a strong duo at the forefront of the film, as Damon absolutely has this role down. I have nothing bad to say about the cast, which leaves me to wonder, how bad were the previous Bourne scripts that Damon wouldn't sign up for?
In conclusion, I would recommend checking this one out while it's still in theaters for fans of the franchise. For those new here, watch the original trilogy and then pick this one up in a month or two.


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We've talked about this before on our show. A lot of couples are choosing to sleep in separate bedroom because they say they get a better night's rest that way. They claim it also improves their looks, mood and even career. But, is it a good idea for your relationship? Our sex and marriage therapist Leslie Gustafson is here with her take on it. http://authenticandtrue.com/
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These days writing comes with hours of "business" related nonsense. I'm watching one of my Critique Group working on her book release, and I am exhausted. Social Media, Blog Tours, Facebook Parties, etc. Not only do you have to do these activities and to get your book seen, but you need to figure out when you will get the most bang for your buck.Read More


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In Yangshi village in the south central Chinese province of Hunan, villagers debate the fate of their fallen hometown hero Zeng Chengjie. Zeng has been likened by the media to Bernie Madoff. The farmer's-son-turned-entrepreneur was found guilty this summer of defrauding investors in a massive Ponzi scheme similar to the now-disgraced American businessman. However, Zeng's real estate scheme cost him his life.
"He's not the only one who raised money this way," one villager laments around the card table. "Why did he have to be executed?"
It's a question many have been asking across the country: Was Zeng a perpetrator or a pawn of a flawed money system that has become a threat to China and the world?
(Read more: China has much at risk but no reach in Middle East)
China's financial sector has long been controlled by the government. State-owned companies get cash whenever they want, while private companies are largely starved of capital. "[Private companies] don't get access to bank loans," said Fraser Howie, co-author of "Red Capitalism". "As small companies need financing, you have shadow banking developing. It's as simple as that."
In Zeng's case, he moved from his farming village to the city of Jishou, taking advantage of the construction craze there. He built 57 developments using money borrowed from the community—a common practice in China.


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David Bowie Will Be Honored By Lady Gaga At The GRAMMYs
David Bowie Will Be Honored By Lady Gaga At The GRAMMYs
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- Date : Tue, 02 Feb 2016
At the 58th GRAMMY Awards, GRAMMY Award winner and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, the late David Bowie will be honored by six-time GRAMMY Award winner Lady Gaga. The music director for Gaga's tribute will be Nile Rodgers. Rodgers produced two albums with David Bowie, 1983's Let's Dance (EMI) and 1993's Black Tie White Noise (Savage). The GRAMMYs will air February 15th on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
In a statement, the Recording Academy said, "Affording audiences a chance to experience Bowie's music once again, the tribute will be a multisensory testament to the icon's incredible artistry and a reflection of his limitless creativity." This will be the fourth time Lady Gaga has performed at the ceremony. She is also nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Til It Happens To You" with Diane Warren from the 2015 documentary The Hunting Ground.
Also slated to perform at this year's GRAMMY Awards are Adele, James Bay, Andra Day, Ellie Goulding, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Little Big Town, Carrie Underwood, and The Weeknd. Two-time winner LL Cool J will be hosting for the fifth consecutive year. This will certainly be a special ceremony, and promises to be a real tear jerker.
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For more on David Bowie and Lady Gaga, check out:
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Pauline Rowson explains why our libraries are so important to our communities
I owe a great deal to libraries and particularly the libraries of Portsmouth. Without them I might never have discovered the sheer joy of reading and ultimately have become a crime writer.
Coming from a household where money was tight I was fortunate enough to be introduced by a friend's mother to a small local library in Portsmouth, the Alderman Lacey Library in Tangiers Road. There I discovered a treasure trove of books, the sheer volume and variety of which would have been impossible for my parents to buy, let alone store. I devoured everything from adventure to classics and many in between.
Books opened up a whole new world for me as a child, providing me with endless hours of pleasure, an escape into another world so very different from my own and the library inspired in me a life long passion for reading, and for writing.
Books enrich our lives in so many ways, not only are they good for our health because reading increases confidence and can help to alleviate depression, but books also enlighten, educate, entertain and inform. And what's more libraries provide them free of charge, to one and all, there is no discrimination.
There are many who cannot afford to buy books and who certainly don't have access to the wide range of books that the libraries provide. Trained librarians are also essential. They are able to advise and assist individuals, they have the experience and expertise to select a wide range of stock, they catalogue and curate vital local and national collections and they also play a major part in helping to bring the community together.
I have had the honour of giving many talks to readers in libraries across the UK and have met interesting people of all ages and from all walks of life who greatly value this community service. We need public libraries and we need librarians. And we need a commitment by local and national government to support them. Without the library service it would be a very barren landscape indeed.
This article was originally published in The News (Portsmouth).
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i am trying to contact you about your talks,i belong to a group call the oddfellows if you do not know about us we have been going for 200 years wnd we are something like the masons i first heard of you from a friend in a u3a group where you gave a talk..peter
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An article in the Stanford Daily today caught my attention: Jesus Never Lived, Speaker Says.
My first thought was a bit carnal — how come our events don't get the same coverage in the Daily? We almost certainly draw more people (as when Dr. Bill Craig lectured on the existence of God to a crowd of hundreds) and our views are certainly controversial (God exists, Jesus is God, sin is real, salvation is possible, etc).
My second thought was more focused: I should respond to this. I hear more and more students talking about the existence of Jesus as though there is some real controversy, so I shouldn't let this pass without comment.
Now I wasn't at the talk, so I don't know exactly what the speaker said. All I know is what the article claims the speaker said. He could have been considerably more effective at making his point than the article seems to indicate. This isn't, strictly speaking, a critique of the speaker so much as a reflection on the whole notion of Jesus being a make‐believe person.
According to the article, there are two clues that Jesus never existed:
1) Paul didn't talk about the details of Jesus' life
2) The stories about Jesus sound pretty amazing.
So Paul didn't talk about the details of Jesus' life in his letters. I find this unsurprising given that I, an ordained Pentecostal missionary, rarely do so in my own letters. Even when writing letters devoted to theology I rarely talk about Jesus' life the way that the speaker seemed to assume that Paul should have:
"Paul never discusses Jesus' family, his deeds, where he went or where he came from," Carrier said. "He never discusses any of his confrontations with the authorities, nor any disputes about what he taught. He says Jesus became flesh, was crucified and buried, but he never says when or where or positions these events in any historical context."
I rarely bring up these details because they are assumed to be the background for the conversation, in much the same way that I rarely mention the details of George Bush's life when discussing his politics. That doesn't mean I don't believe in or am unaware of the fact that he has daughters — it just means that I don't always consider them germane.
To insist that Paul should have mentioned such details as evidence that he believed Jesus was a real person seems quite arbitrary to me, especially given that he mentions Jesus by name 198 times with absolutely no indication that he's referring to a made‐up individual. No one would argue that I don't believe in George Bush on such grounds, and so I don't see why we should think that this is evidence that Paul didn't believe in Jesus.
As to Jesus' life sounding pretty amazing — ya think? That sort of seems to be the point. The claim that Jesus was God in human form almost requires that certain amazing events occur throughout his life. So I sort of scratch my head when the guest lecturer says:
"Jesus conforms so closely to the criterion of a mythic hero the probability that he was a mythic hero increases substantially," he said. "There are 22 features that have been identified by scholars that are commonly shared by many mythic heroes. They can be ranked with a score according to how many features they have. Jesus clearly scores at least 19 out of 22."
Jesus scores higher on this scale than almost all other heroes, including Hercules and Romulus, Carrier said. Only Oedipus scores higher.
"Jesus competes for second place only with Theseus and Moses," he said. "Everyone who scores more than 11 on this scale is most likely mythical. No historical figures who accumulated some of these features by chance or legend, such as Alexander the Great or Augustus Caesar, scores even as high as 11."
Well of course he scores quite high. That's like pointing out that NBA players are tall and athletic. How do you think they score all those points? Jesus being extraordinary is simply evidence that he was extraordinary. Whether he was extraordinary by not existing or extraordinary by being God is the question the guest speaker wished to address — but his argument does nothing to tip the balance.
Against these feeble arguments stands the scholarly consensus that there was actually a man named Jesus. Why is there such a consensus? Because in addition to the Bible, there is plenty of external evidence that Jesus lived. For example:
- Tacitus (55–117 A.D.): Annals 15.44 (search for Christians on the page)
- Suetonius (70–160 A.D.): Life of Claudius 25.4 (search for Chrestus)
- Josephus (37–100ish A.D.): Antiquities 18.3.3 (see also a critical version of the text) and Antiquities 20.9.1
There's a very helpful (although incomplete) article summarizing these and other extrabiblical sources about Jesus which includes a discussion of the reliability of the Josephus text.
I think the reporter was wise to include this disclaimer the guest speaker offered:
Despite this evidence, Carrier was quick to point out that this is just a theory.
"We need to go out and interact with the community and see if it stands up to the evidence," he said. "I'm not here declaring that this is absolutely true and it would be foolish to deny it. We're not at that stage yet.
"The normal procedure is to assume that a person who is claimed to be historical is historical," he continued, "unless there is a reason to doubt it. I believe this is an appropriate principle. For example, merely lacking evidence is not enough of an argument for someone not existing historically. You need actual evidence for them being mythified."
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Today's miles: 2
Total miles: 654
Our little group of six was now down to three. Papa Bear was still behind us, taking some shorter mileage in order to hike with his son. Rotisserie was spending time with her family this week, and Focus's hiking pace was faster than ours, so he took off early this morning to continue his journey to Kennedy Meadows.
Katie, Sansei and I were the only ones left, and we had plans in Walker Pass, too. My good friend Ross from college was coming to pick us up and take us to his house for the day. He and his husband Eric arrived at the campsite around 8:00 and drove us twenty minutes to their hometown in Ridgecrest. It had been so long since we had been in a car that the experience was euphoric. We rolled down the windows, blasted the music, and realized that the desert mountains surrounding us looked almost beautiful when we didn't have to walk through them.
When we got to the house, Ross asked if we needed anything, but the greatest thing we could think to ask for was this: "ice water?" We marveled at air conditioning, and outlets to charge our phones, and a little floor fan that blew cold air in our faces. We were told to sit on the couches, but we knew how dirty we were and opted to sit on the floor. Ross brought us spare sets of clothes to wear while we did laundry and gave us towels for showers. It was a marvelous thing. Ross and Eric both found it amusing that we were so easily delighted by such small conveniences.
We were told that Eric's colleagues were having a pool party this afternoon, and did we want to attend? We did, of course. It didn't start until 2:00, and though it was only 10:00 in the morning at the time, we were already starving for lunch. We ordered Thai food, Ross made us some delicious mixed drinks, and we put in the movie Galaxy Quest, which had us all cracking up for a few hours. Sansei and I love quoting movies on trail, and since we both knew this one by heart, we were spouting off our favorite lines all afternoon.
After we had showered, done laundry, and finished the movie, Eric drove Sansei, Katie and I to the grocery store to do our resupply. Then we went to the pool party, where we joined his friends splashing in warm water that was somehow still delightfully refreshing. We chatted with his friends as they asked us about the PCT, feeling very proud to say, "we've walked 650 miles to be here."
We swam until 5:00 and then Ross had to be at work, so we went back to their house to take naps and watch movies while Ross was gone. He returned at 10:00 and we decided that we should try to get some more miles in today, so we packed up and Ross brought us back to the trailhead closer to midnight. It was the latest we had stayed awake in a long time and sleep was slowly dragging at our eyelids. We gave Ross hugs and said thank you and goodbye, and then began hiking north.
The trail was uphill, of course. And even though it was pitch dark outside, the heat had not abated. It had been 110 degrees in Ridgecrest today, and it must have still been in the 90s on the trail, even at this hour. We dragged ourselves up the hill, avoiding scorpions and wiping sweat from our faces. We only made it two miles before it was 1:00 am and we were exhausted. We found the nearest flat spot to the trail and cowboy camped there for the night. I barely remember changing into my sleep clothes before I passed out.


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Roche Bobois Paris & Houston Magazine celebrate the release of The Arts Issue and the gathering of five International artists From Laura Rathe Fine Art to reimagine and design custom versions of the iconic Mah Jong sofa.
Jewelry designer Ryan Murphy of Silver Luthier designed custom gothic buttons specially for the sofa.
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With both love and pain in our hearts, we invite you to Guy's service and celebration of life next Saturday, January 13th in Eugene. We have planned a day full of activities we thought were fitting for a man who lived life so fully (although he would have preferred some nap/tv time in between). Below is a description of everything we have planned as well as information that will help you to plan your stay if you are visiting from out of town. Please join us for as much of this day as you are able.
Saturday, January 13th
Loop Run
We will start the day the way he always did. At 8:00am, we invite everyone to meet at Beppe and Giani's restaurant, 1646 East 19th Avenue, where we will meet to run "the loop", rain or shine (just like Arbo). This was the run he organized and ran for nearly every day for 30 years with many of his closest friends. Some of us will run, some of us will walk, and some of us will cut it short but the important thing is we will all start in the same place. Wear your favorite jersey or singlet if you have one!
Hayward Field
From 10:30 am to 11:00am, we will have Hayward field opened for us. We invite you to walk a tribute lap or two around Hayward in Honor of Arbo before the service.
At 11:00, we will hold a memorial Service for Guy at the Newman Center, 1850 Emerald St. The Newman Center is essentially across the street from Hayward field, so you should only have to park once. We will be running/walking around Hayward and then walking to the service. If you have not been to the Newman Center, you should be able to easily follow someone over there after you walk.
Celebration of Life
We will head over to Oakshire Public House, 207 Madison St. We all know he would want us to be drinking beer in his honor, so that's what we will be doing. They are not able to close the place to the public but have reserved half the tables for us and knowing us we will probably take it over. Those tables will be reserved from 12:30pm-4:00pm. There will be a great food truck, Buk Buk, outside and we will also be having a potluck. Please bring a dish to share. Myrna is coordinating the potluck through http://my.lotsahelpinghands.com/community/search (type in Arbogast). We will provide plates and silverware.
We have been calling around to hotels and have had trouble finding availability for the weekend. We have lots of friends who have kindly offered a room or two in their house for people coming from out of town. Please email email@example.com if you either have a room to offer or are looking for a place to stay. I will coordinate that and put you in touch with each other.
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I've come across some websites and articles that have great content for independent artists looking to properly market their music. If you know of any others that should be included, please feel free to share as I intend to update with more links as often as I come across new relevant information.
Exposure to potential fans is critical for increasing your reach & fan base. Praverb (emcee & blogger) has taken the time to compile some comprehensive lists and tips to help artists do exactly that. His blog is dedicated to assisting independent artists advance their careers and I'd advise anyone who is serious about doing so follow him on Twitter, like him on Facebook and/or subscribe to his blog.
The Ultimate Hip-Hop Blog Directory via Praverb.net
The Ultimate R&B Music Blog Directory via Praverb.net
65 Online Radio Stations/Podcasts That Are Guaranteed to Play Your Music via Praverb.net
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