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Sorry Francis, moral goodness reflects and glorifies God more than any achievement whatsoever...
Religion News Service reports:
"Pope Francis is calling for ordinary Catholics to live holy lives in whatever they do, stressing that the 'saints next door' are more pleasing to God than religious elites who insist on perfect adherence to rules and doctrine."
As Dr. Dietrich von Hildebrand has reminded us:
"The attempt to make man the absolute center of the universe has in reality led to a progressive blindness toward the true nature of his dignity. The attempt to make a god out of man ended in making of him a more highly developed ape. The idolatry of great achievements shares the same fate...
When confronting the worship of great achievements, it is imperative to recall man's primary vocation. Great as is the range of values which man is capable of realizing, moral values hold a unique position in man's life. They alone are indispensable for every human being, whatever his special gifts and talents may be. They alone belong to the unum necessarium. Man is called above all to glorify God by his justice, his purity, his veracity, his goodness. 'Be you perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.' (Mt. 5:48). Moral disvalues are an incomparable evil; they alone offend God; moral goodness reflects and glorifies God more than any achievement whatsoever....Compared with this vocation, the noblest talents and the creation of the greatest impersonal goods are secondary. Progress in the domination of nature, inventions, great achievements in science, cultural activities, and even the creation of masterpieces in art - great as they are in themselves, much as they manifest man's greatness - do not constitute man's primary vocation. No excellence in these fields can be compared at all with the value embodied in a saint." (Dr. Dietrich von Hildebrand, The New Tower of Babel, pp. 181-182, Sophia Institute Press).
Archbishop Sheen once noted that, "Christian love bears evil, but it does not tolerate it. It is not broad-minded about sin."
The great Archbishop also made an important distinction: "Tolerance applies to the erring, intolerance to the error." And again: "Tolerance does not apply to truth or principles. About these things we must be intolerant."
What Francis rails against, referring to as "rigidity" as "sickness," is authentic Christian love, as defined by 1822 of the Catechism.
Before labeling others as sick, Francis should reflect prayerfully on the fact that his one-time Superior General in the Jesuits referred to him as a "sociopath." See here.
3 comments:
- Paul Anthony Melanson said...
We can better understand why Francis does not appreciate Contemplatives. He is more concerned with this world than the next.
But Our Lord said it best:
"Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, 'Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.' The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her." Like 10: 40-42.
- Stephen Lowe said...
Lord knows how the contemplatives continue to pray for the Popes intentions. I have kinda given up that and pray for his conversion. Even that is difficult these days.
- Catechist Kev said...
You know what's funny about all of this along these lines, Paul?
The late, *great*, Fr. John Hardon, S.J., once received a phone call from an irate bishop who was castigating him about some recent conferences Fr. Hardon had given in the bishop's diocese.
The bishop was lighting into Fr. Hardon saying, "All you care about, Fr. Hardon, is following rules and regulations!"
To which Fr. Hardon replied, "Bishop, I do not know what you think you just said to me, but that is the greatest compliment anyone has ever given me."
The bishop hung up on Fr. Hardon! LOL (Could we imagine Fr. Hardon would say the same to PF in a given situation? hmmmm.....)


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X-tree is an innovative multi-functional product from the London based design studio Baker Street Boys.
The product was developed as a limited edition and displayed at The Design Museum Christmas Market, London. The Design Museum is one of the world's leading museums devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics, and architecture to industrial design. The museum showcases creative design via exhibitions, events and publishing. This year the exhibition opened for visitors between 1st December–3rd December.
Nothing's better than a multi use product designed to make life easier. Such product design is thought provoking and also serves different day to day functions.
About the product –
Baker Street Boys is a London based design studio that creates statement furniture and homeware decor products to maximise living space. The X-tree product created on the lines of a conical tree is a piece of magnet paired with a wooden base. The wooden base acts as a stand upon which the conical X- tree can be placed upon. One can decorate it using colorful magnets which can resemble a Christmas tree! When inverted the cone, fits in the central void created in the wooden base to act as a tiny side table.
Multi functional X-tree
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X-TREE is a Christmas tree you can use all year, use magnets to attach decoration or use it as a jewelry stand all year long. Turn it upside down and use as a side table. It is a multi-functional statement design to show re-usability of the item as one piece of the furniture can be used in 3 different configuration. The piece main part is made from raw industrial steel and solid oak.
X-TREE is Baker Street Boys Creative Director Tomasz first statement design launching his research: "design and architectural solutions to global warming"
Product details :-
Product name – X-TREE Project
Designer Studio – Baker Street Boys
Lead Designer – Tomasz Danielec
Location – The Design Museum, London
Project type – Product design, Furniture design, Home ware, Decor
Completion year – 2017
Photography Credit – ©Piotr Gregorczyk
Materials – Raw steel, Solid oak

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24 May 2012
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Each day I eat 4 to 6 appels. I started with that, because over winter my belly became more round, not as my cats with fur, but with a padding. I also had noticed that my jeans had shrinked, it was a little difficult to close the button. As I love appels I thought I would replace everything I nibble when I watch my murders on the TV screen with appels. I peel them cut them in handy little cubes and put piece after piece with relish into my mouth, while Inspector Barnaby or Lewis, find new corpses. I avoid the CSI series, because I don't like to see dead people's stomac content even if it contains an eaten apple, while I nibble my little pieces.
I wanted to know a little more about this fruit and looked up in Wikipedia. The information was very useful, because I learned that an apple comes from an apple tree. "The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree". I also learned that the appels from an apple tree (not from a pear tree ) have their origin in Turkey where Alexander the Great is credited with finding dwarfed apples in Kazakhstan in Asia in 328 BCE and apparently let them grow in his country. From there the appel reached the whole world and was brought to North America with colonists in the 17th century.
In Christian tradition it was an apple that Eve coaxed Adam to share with her. Lucky man. As a result, in the story of Adam and Eve, the apple became a symbol of the fall of man into sin, and sin itself, probably because in Latin, the words for "apple" and for "evil" are similar : mālum "an apple", mălum "an evil". This may also have influenced the apple becoming interpreted as the biblical "forbidden fruit". The apple as symbol of sexual seduction has been used to imply sexuality between humans, possibly in an ironic sense. I swear this is not the reason why I love appels.
Somebody has told me that you can eat as many appels as you wish they don't have any calories which would encourage your belly to expand, and there is also the proverb "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" !
16 comments:
- Jen said...
Cute post. I love apples too. Gala are my favorite! Happy Thursday!
- 24 May 2012, 15:37:00
- Splendid Little Stars said...
This is a fun apple post! I can picture you sitting there eating away on apples! I bet all that cutting uses up calorie, too! The "guaranteed delicious" apple cartoon made me laugh.
I like honey crisp.
- 24 May 2012, 16:04:00
My dog would love visiting you. I only let him have one apple a day. He swears they keep the vet away! :-)
- 24 May 2012, 17:45:00
- Cathy said...
Very interesting facts about apples. :) Indeed they are much better than any diet shakes.
- 24 May 2012, 18:28:00
- Susan Anderson said...
I'm an apple lover, too. Especially the Jazz and Fuji varieties.
- 24 May 2012, 21:20:00
- Loree said...
I don't care for all types of apples - I like the sweeter ones but i always like to nibble cheese with them; so that puts an end to healthy eating.
- 24 May 2012, 21:56:00
- Judie said...
Gattina, did you know that apples and roses are in the same family?? This is the perfect "A" post! A is for Apple!!
- 24 May 2012, 22:42:00
- A Lady's Life said...
I love apples I used to have a bushel on my porch where I would lie and read a book and eat them
They were just for me. Those were the good ol days :)
- 25 May 2012, 00:43:00
- Unknown said...
I like inspector Lewis too! But my newest addiction is Doctor Martin (also an English series) Can you view it in Belgium? Wish I was more disciplined than you to eat apples!
- 25 May 2012, 00:48:00
- peppylady (Dora) said...
I can see why anyone wouldn't want to eat during the csi....a lease they don't have smell factor...talking about apple I just googled in "apple salsa" does sound good and I want to give one recipe I found a try. I won't say any more it might be part of the photo hunt this weekend...I was having issues with my computer so I couldn't be part of the hunt...coffee is on.
- 25 May 2012, 00:50:00
- Ames said...
A very informative post Gattina!~Ames
- 26 May 2012, 05:45:00
- anitamombanita said...
that was really interesting. I didn't know about the similarity of the latin words. Cool. Thanks for sharing that.
- 27 May 2012, 02:11:00
- Lmkazmierczak said...
Interesting info. Recently had apple slices dipped in peanut butter and now I'm a fan. Loved the Adam/Eve/I-Pad♫♪
- 27 May 2012, 04:46:00
- H said...
I like apples too. I always take a couple to work to eat in my break time. They keep me going through the day :)
- 27 May 2012, 12:56:00
- VBR said...
Apples! Yum. There are so many varieties to try. It is fun to learn what different ones are used for. Some are great for pie filling, some are perfect au naturel! I love to bake golden delicious apples, they really are delicious!
- 28 May 2012, 06:02:00
- Jenny said...
What a perfect, healthy way to eat!
Fiber, vitamins and yummy to boot!
One of my favorite times of year when I lived in Ohio was the autumn...we would pick bushel after bushel of apples...oh, the house smelled heavenly and there is nothing as amazing as eating a just-picked crisp apple chilled by the autumn air!
This was such a cute start to Alphabe-Thursday!
Smiles and A+
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On August 16, Doug Farah, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, published Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism, and Criminalized States in Latin America: An Emerging Tier-One National Security Priority. The monograph contributes in a major way to our understanding of the increasingly complex relationships that exist among criminal networks, terrorists, and sovereign states.
One of its most original contributions is to get away from the tired conventional wisdom about "failed states"—which suggests that it is the world's basket cases that present the greatest opportunities for exploitation by illicit actors. In Weak Links , I've also suggested that the most dysfunctional, chaotic, or even collapsed states, do not provide conducive environments for most forms of crime (or for transnational terrorists, for that matter), since they provide little operational security from interdiction and are often too far removed from the sinews of global commerce.
Farah's monograph takes that critique to another level, showing how variable the relationship between transnational criminals and states can be. He usefully distinguishes among three "ideal types" of states that facilitate TOC:
- Shell states: This category encompasses weak and failing states that are legally sovereign but possess anemic institutions and unprotected borders, and alternatively governed regions in which illicit actors can operate with impunity. Such weak states—Farah calls them "shell states"—are easily captured or taken hostage. For example, tiny Guinea-Bissau, a country with miles of unpoliced coastline and dozens of clandestine airstrips, has become a major throughfare for Andean cocaine headed to Europe. Another sub-category here might be the breakaway republics or statelets like Transnistria, which some have called the "Walmart" of illicit activity.
- Fragile states: This intermediate category includes fragile states that are slightly stronger but still have intense levels of corruption that transnational criminals can exploit. They also tend to have geographic areas that are essentially outside the control of the national government and national law enforcement where illicit nonstate actors can substitute their own form of governance, and even provide social services in some cases. Many of these take the form of "Swiss Cheese" states; there are pockets of functionality alongside institutions that have been subverted for criminal purposes. In the Central American states of Honduras and Guatemala, for example, nonstate groups effectively control swaths of land and portions of cities—and law enforcement has little ability (and sometimes little inclination) to disrupt pipelines of illicit goods, people, and money.
- Functional criminalized states: Then there are the states that Farah considers truly dangerous—and which have gotten rather little attention. These are "stronger" functional states, but criminalized ones in which the institutions of sovereignty have been suborned—where the government participates directly, indeed sponsors, criminal activity as an element of statecraft, diverting and deploying the very emblems and accoutrements of state sovereignty—shipping registries, civil aviation, passports, diplomatic immunity, etc.—to facilitate and (not least) protect criminal activity. The state, in this scenario, becomes a fully-functioning criminal enterprise, like Charles Taylor's Liberia in the past (which was only "failed" in aspects that Taylor did not care about) or like today's North Korea, the classic "Soprano State." An argument could be made that Hun Sen's Cambodia (where the ruling family has exploited illegal logging) or the military regime in Burma (involved in numerous criminal activities) also fit. Within the Western Hemisphere, Farah places in this category Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and the rest of the Bolivarian alliance. A fundamental point that Farah's analysis underlines is that we often pay too much attention to the baseline capacity of a state to combat transnational crime, without focusing on the more basic question of its commitment. That is, does the state have any intention to suppress crime? If we accept the logic of Farah's argument, it becomes clear that the wave of transnational organized crime that the world—and particularly the Western Hemisphere—has been experiencing, and which has led the Obama administration last year to issue its Transnational Organized Crime Strategy, is not simply a function of globalization and reduction of barriers. It is a function of conscious decisions by sovereign governments.
To be sure, this typology (and I tried to create one in Weak Links), is artificial, inasmuch as the categories bleed into one another and real-life cases may straddle the boundaries. But in the same way that criminologists distinguish among source, transit, and destination countries for illicit commodities, it might be illuminating to create a global map that apportions countries of the world into these three categories. This method could then capture the distinctive "functions" or "services" performed by each class of state within the global criminal economy—as well as ask whether certain types of states are more or less associated with particular sectors of transnational crime (e.g. narcotics, money laundering, intellectual property theft).
The paper's second major contention—and this is one that has been controversial over the past decade—is that the connections between transnational criminals and transnational terrorists are growing. In the past, it has been commonplace to describe these relationships as at best episodic and tactical. In Phil Williams' words, the two groups might appropriate each other's methodologies—so that criminals engage in terror to intimidate citizens, authorities, or rivals, while terrorists sometimes turn to traffic in drugs and other illicit goods to raise funds, as in Afghanistan or the Sahel. But ultimately, the argument held, these groups had different objectives—financial, in the case of criminals, political or religious, in the case of terrorists.
Farah seeks to explode that argument, pointing to the growing presence of Hezbollah in the Hemisphere and documenting its links to major criminal organizations, to insurgent groups, and indeed to governments. Some of this is persuasive, such as his description of fluid alliances, and "recombinant networks" that could exploit existing criminal pipelines to traffic in various kinds of commodities and channel illicit profits. But I was not always persuaded these were more than alliances of convenience, at least when it came to the relationship between Latin American transnational organized crime groups and terrorists from outside the region.
Nor do I think that the threat of WMD trafficking through such networks was as acute as he seems to suggest. To begin with—involvement in WMD trafficking—at least when it comes to nuclear trafficking—would presumably need to occur with the connivance of state authorities in possession of fissile material or weapons themselves. And it is hard to believe, particularly given WMD forensics, that a government—say Iran—would transfer those weapons or WMD materials to a nonstate actor whose behavior it, in the final analysis, cannot control. That would be a tremendous existential risk to assume.
Farah's third major argument is that we must take the ideological, political and security challenge posed by the Bolivarian states seriously. Although it is tempting to dismiss Chavez as a buffoon, Venezuela under his leadership has formed what he considers an alliance of criminalized states with Correa's Ecuador, Morales' Bolivia, and Ortega's Nicaragua. As is well known, all four countries share an anti-American agenda, seeking to reduce the dominance of the United States in hemispheric affairs, while advancing their own populist goals.
The real significance of the Bolivarian bloc, Farah suggests, is in the mutual diplomatic support it offers its members in their parallel criminal activities, their support for the FARC and other leftist insurgencies, their growing alignment with Hezbollah and other transnational terrorists, and their increasingly deep enmeshment with extra-hemispheric powers unfriendly to the United States—most notably Iran, which has been quietly expanding its political, military, intelligence and economic presence and ties in the region.
In the end, I wasn't entirely convinced that the Iran-Bolivarian alliance represents a true Tier One security threat to the United States, as opposed to (in the title of a recent book) an "Axis of Annoyance". To be sure, both sides share a mutual antipathy toward the United States. But the manuscript may overestimate the depth of Iranian-Bolivarian solidarity, as well as the staying power of the Bolivarian regimes themselves. Whether these populist regimes continue to wield influence or prove to be a sideshow would seem to be hugely dependent on the continued presence of Hugo Chavez and the high price Venezuela can command for its oil. Furthermore, the growing presence of China and Russian in the Bolivarian countries—about which Farah frets—could very well be just another result of globalization, and hold benign implications for U.S. national security.
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So I still have yet to pull down the tub of fall decor, but every year I try to do something new to add to my ever slightly growing pile. I saw this photo on Pinterest, and had to copy it. But, you know me, as cheap as I could. So Dollar Store here I come. I found the standard plastic pumpkins. $1 a piece. Yay! They were a little more at the craft stores. Steal! Here are the pics of how to create a cute center piece like this one for Fall for less than $12.
|Remove the stems (they pop right off)
|Trusty and favorite color white (Rustoleum in Satin Heirloom White)
|Spray the top first and allow to dry completely, turn over and spray again. Light sprays will do it!
|Put the stems back on
|I used a produce tier, but I may change to cake stand tiers. Display the "grass" (HL $1.67 with coupon) Pretty positive I saw this at the Dollar Tree also in the craft isle.
|Display your pumpkins. I also found some small pumpkins to add some color. $1 for the package of 4-5 I think.
|There you go!
Hope you like it.. SUPER simple.
I have a few more crafts I'm working on now, so get ready.. I got to spiff up this table piece (which will be getting a new look also) with some more fun decor. See you soon.
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37 Then the legal expert said, "The one who demonstrated mercy toward him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
I doubt that anybody claims that there really was an incident where a man is beaten and left to die by the side of the road, then a priest passes him by followed by a Levite who avoids the man before finally a Samaritan stops to help the man. Yet, we see this as the truth. Not fact, but truth. Truth in the story. The story is not composed of facts, but it holds great truth for us.
More about the Jewish heritage of the followers of Jesus in the next post. How did the writers of the Bible use metaphors? I will include more about using Old Testament stories to explain Jesus. I am returning to the fork in the road.


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Rosacea Flushing, Blushing & Redness – 2
The parasympathetic system has the opposite function of calming our brain and body when we can relax more and while we sleep. Also our parasympathetic nervous system can calm us and prevent much stress by consuming more alkaline foods and drinks such as water, vegetable, fruits, etc. while reducing the acids foods that we know cause the reaction of beer, pizza, sweets, etc. The parasympathetic nervous system can very quickly take control of the body and brain stress as you will learn more about on this page and our 'Cause and Cure' page.
Ocular Redness
Many rosacea patients have ocular rosacea with symptoms of redness or flushing of the eyes. Usually the person is very stressed resulting from many causes of exercise, wind, cold temperatures or dry humidity that wicks the moisture out of the eyes, or beverages such as coffee, alcohol, tea and the many soft drinks or colas. The ocular rosacea flushing symptoms can be soothed and the beauty of the eye improved noticeably with the use of Rosacea-Ltd IV and the ocular rosacea information found on our ocular rosacea page. The ocular rosacea symptoms usually persist for years without proper help. Various rosacea treatments usually that consist of a combination of 2/3rds antibiotics and 1/3rd of steroids is the past ocular rosacea treatment for the inflammatory 'red eye' symptoms.
Hot Shower Flushing & Redness
The skin becomes more red by the stimulation of hot showers/baths, which is vascular dilation. Overall, it is better to shower in warm water in the range of 85 to 95 degrees to cool the body and prevent vascular dilation. You may choose to shower with warmer water to open the pores up to clear them or for relaxing; however, remember to begin to lower the temperature to a much lower degree for cooling off to prevent the skin from turning red or to reduce the redness from the prior higher temperature. The cooler water temperature produces vascular constriction.
Alcohol Blushing & Redness
Alcoholic beverages cause facial redness in a number of ways:
It is a diuretic which causes dehydration, skin dryness and skin redness
It is high in sugar content, metabolizes quickly to produce a high energy burn, causing vascular dilation and resulting skin flushing and redness
Beers, ales and wine may cause an allergy induced facial redness because alcohol is processed through fermentation and these beverages are not distilled as other types of alcohol are
To reduce or minimize the effects of alcohol flushing, drink domestic beers rather than foreign beers. Foreign beers are packaged with more preservatives and cause more redness. Light beers contain fewer carbs and a reduced alcohol content making it less likely to result in skin redness. When drinking wine, white wine causes less flushing then red wine. Wines have a high sugar content and are processed with sulfides/preservatives. Gin, whiskey or vodka diluted with ice or water are the least likely to cause facial redness and flushing.
Chilly or Cold Weather Blushing & Redness
This type of facial flushing is the result of sudden temperature changes from the cold winter air outside to a heated room or in the summer months the sudden change from the warm air outside to the climate control air conditioning inside. In situation where the air or temperature is colder, the blood vessels constrict to hold in body heat as it regulates our core body temperature. In the warmer air situations, the opposite effect occurs, the blood vessels dilate to cool the body as it release heat to maintain your core body temperature. To minimize the effect of this type of flushing, it can help to slowly transition whenever possible from the heated to cooled temperature extremes.
Food Allergy Blushing & Redness
The flushing and skin redness that results from the effects of a food allergy while not an actual rosacea induced flush is a common flushing event among many rosacea patients as many also experience food allergies. The symptoms of a food allergy can include congestion, itching, skin redness, hives, facial flushing, and possibly fluid-filled pustules on the skin. There may be eye involvement, in which the eyes become red, inflamed, itchy, irritated and watery. Identifying your food allergy can be done through monitoring and recording those foods you consumed prior to the allergic reaction and verified through allergy testing. Some of the foods most prone to cause an allergic reaction include nuts and especially peanuts, melons and dairy. To learn more about food allergy flushing see our Food Allergy Rosacea Alkaline Foods page.
Pollen and Contact Blushing & Redness
Pollen and mold spores from flowering plants, trees, grasses and weeds are also an allergy-related form of skin redness and flushing. Rosacea partially results from an immune system malfunction and allergies occur as a result of a compromised immune system, so it is common for rosacea sufferers to also experience pollen and mold related allergy flushing. The symptoms of a mold/pollen flush include skin redness, inflammation, itchy red watery eyes, hives or blistering of the skin, facial redness and congestion.
Mold spores occur in damp environments and therefore may be found not only outside but also in the moisture rich environment of the bathroom. To control indoor mold sanitize the areas a diluted Clorox mixture or a sanitizing cleanser.
Avoid or limit outdoor time during the peak pollen times in your area. If needed where a surgical mask to reduce inhaled pollens. Change the air filters in your home often and try to avoid tracking pollen into the home from your shoes. Vacuum the carpets often.
Asthma Blushing & Redness
During an asthma attack, one cannot expel carbon dioxide due constriction of the breathing pathways. In order to inhale oxygen, you must first expel carbon dioxide, the lack of oxygen results in a red, flushed facial appearance. Asthma partially results from an immune system malfunction often allergy, pollen or stress related. While not a true rosacea facial flush, it is common for people with rosacea to also suffer from asthma.
Warm Spring Blushing & Redness
With the warmer weather comes a desire to spend more time outdoors enjoying the sun, relaxing on the beach or on the porch can be a wonderful way to relieve stress. Reducing stress is an important factor in controlling rosacea. The outdoors can be a wonderful way to achieve stress reduction as long as we take care not to create a situation that worsens our rosacea. When out in the sun, always use a sunscreen if you are out longer than 30 minutes.
Sunshine and rosacea are not always compatible. And yet with all the negatives of over exposure to sunlight, there are is some value to sunlight; sunlight is a valuable source of vitamin D. Vitamin D is more readily absorbed topically through the skin than orally with a pill. Vitamin D is synthesized by the body as a direct result of sun exposure. Ten to fifteen minutes of sunshine every other day is all that is needed to maintain healthy levels of vitamin D. While this sounds easy enough, for some it can be a challenge to achieve. Many sunscreens block the absorption of vitamin D, overcast skies can also inhibit adequate absorption of sunlight, even seasonal changes in sunlight intensity and the angle of the sun can affect the absorption of sunlight. The effects of pollution and haze also have an impact on the body's absorption of vitamin D.
A Vitamin D deficiency causes one to be more prone to bone weakness, chronic pain, fatigue and inhibits the body's absorption of calcium and phosphorous. Our mood and emotions may also be affected by too little sunlight – the 'winter blues' or seasonal depression is often attributed to a lack of adequate sunlight absorption.
For the rosacea sufferer, sunshine can mean increased facial redness, burning and irritation. Why the rosacea skin is more prone to a negative response to sunlight is debatable. It could be the result of medications prescribed to address the symptoms of rosacea, many medications list as a side effect the increased possibility of skin rashes, skin redness and sun sensitivity. Why then would you prescribe something to treat rosacea that can have the negative impact of increasing the symptoms? The thought process here – right or wrong – is that the possible benefits outweigh the possible negative consequences.
Is there a better alternative, a way to treat and address the symptoms of rosacea without the negative side effects produced by the treatment itself? The answer is, yes today that technology exists. The solution is quite simple – a balanced diet is a balanced body. A balanced body results in a strong immune system that allows the body to address the issues of rosacea symptoms. This is not always as easy as it sounds, sometimes the body needs help. If the skin is too dry or irritated, it may need a more immediate solution, when this is the case a few drops of healing oils such as jojoba or chamomile applied to the clean, damp skin can aid in the healing process. Rosacea-Ltd has a long-standing history of treating and addressing the needs of rosacea sufferers throughout the world and has been the go-to solution for effective rosacea treatment for thousands of rosacea sufferers since 1997.
Proper rosacea skin care involves an understanding of the factors that affect rosacea. The sun and ultraviolet radiation are among those factors. Many prescription and over the counter medications make the skin more sensitive to the effects of the UVA and UVB rays. In spite of taking precautions, what should you do if your skin does react to your sunscreen or if your face gets too much sun? Gently wash the sunscreen off with one of the soaps recommended on the lifestyles page, and apply one to two drops of Jojoba Oil as recommended on the Lifestyles page.
However, it does not have to be as you hopefully learned on this page of minimizing the risk or exposure and also with the information on our Cause and Cure page which leads you directly into our Natural Rosacea Treatments by Lifestyles and Rosacea Diet page with some common sense information that your Dermatologist never told you.


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Hello every one my name is elizabeth me and my fiance want to have another baby my first son was born 5 14 05 when he was born he was the perfect little baby u could have ever seen i decided that i was going to have my tubes tied because i had my son and that was all i ever wanted so i had my tubes tied. 14 months after my son was born i found out he had a rare nurological brain disorder called lissencephaly i was devistated but the news and the worst thing that a parent could hear is " you will be lucky if your don lives to see two years old" i was crushed at that point i started to regret my desison to get my tubes tied well it is now 5 years later and my son is doing well growing and developing he still has some problems but he has beat the odds. So now this is where i stand now me and my fiance want another baby but we just can have one it is sooo costly to go thru surgery to have my tubes reconnected and we cannot afford ivi or any of the other treatments we do not want to concider adoption or surragursy! is there any one out there that can point us in the right direction?
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Illini's Brown withdraws from NBA Draft
Champaign, IL (Sports Network) – University of Illinois guard Dee Brown
will return to the school for his senior season. Brown announced on Monday
that he will not forego his final season, as originally announced, and will
play for the Illini.
The decision was made a little easier after Brown, who did not sign with an
agent, suffered a broken fifth metatarsal in his right foot on June 8 during
the NBA pre-draft camp in Chicago. He had surgery on June 10, is in a cast and
will be sidelined for six to eight weeks this summer.
Last season for Illinois, Brown ranked second in scoring with 13.3 points-per-
contest, and reached double figures in 29 games.
Brown finished second in the Big Ten with 99 three-pointers, which is the
second highest single-season total in school history. He was also second on
the Illini and third in the Big Ten in assists, averaging 4.5 assists-per-
game, while leading the team and ranking third in the Big Ten in steals,
averaging 1.8 steals-per-game. He also led the team and ranked third in the
Big Ten in assist/turnover ratio (2.42).
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Q.The person is saying: I used to perform many actions of shirk, but Allaah has guided me. Should I ask Allaah to forgive me for those actions which I previously performed?
A.The shaykh (haafidhahullaah) said, you should ask Allaah, you should be diligent in asking Allaah to forgive you for those actions. But you should know that if a person makes sincere, genuine repentance then this would wipe away the actions of shirk. If a person repents from shirk with a sincere, genuine repentance this would wipe away the actions of shirk. But if you combine between asking Allaah to forgive you and making the sincere tawbah, this is better and more preferred.
Shaykh Saalih Muhammad al-Luhaydaan (May Allaah preserve him) (Kitaab-ut-Tawheed Class, Q&A Session 06-10-2012, Riyadh)


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Sun Tunnels (1973-76), Great Basin Desert, Utah
"Three years after graduating, she married fellow environmental artist Robert Smithson in 1963. Holt began her artistic career as a photographer and as a video artist. This involvement with photography and camera optics are thought to have influenced her later earthworks, which are "literally seeing devices, fixed points for tracking the positions of the sun, earth and stars." Today Holt is most widely known for her large-scale environmental works, Sun Tunnels and Dark Star Park. However, she has created site-specific environmental works in public places all over the world. Holt has contributed to various publications, which have featured both her written articles and photographs."


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Others "do" lessons, we TEACH swimming!™
Nitro was formed in August of 2006 by Mike and Tracy Koleber. The Nitro program moved into their new 30,000 sq ft indoor swimming home in Cedar Park in June of 2007. Four years later, in May of 2011, they opened a second location, Nitro Swimming, Bee Cave.
To this day, Tracy continues in her ownership role handling any and all of the "dry side" of Nitro, while Mike oversees the wet side of the operation.
Over the last several years, Nitro Swimming has become the leading competitive swim team and swim lessons provider in the Austin, TX area. Head Coach and owner of Nitro, Mike Koleber, has come a long way from his days as an age group swimmer in Michigan. As a 13 year old, he began teaching swimming lessons on Saturdays to help out his father, who was a head coach in the area. After graduating high school, Coach Mike attended and graduated from Oakland University in Michigan where he was an 11-time NCAA All-American as well as team captain and Senior National Qualifier.
Nitro Swimming currently has two locations in the Austin, TX area. Both locations have Olympic sized pools which can be easily converted from short course 25 yard lanes to long course 50 meter lanes. These swim centers, in the Cedar Park and Bee Cave areas are both indoor swim centers where conditions can be controlled year round. The swimming pools have state-of-the-art water quality systems, making them optimum for safety and performance. Each swim center also has a swim lessons only pool where temperatures and water quality are perfect for beginning and advanced swimmers.
The Nitro coaches and swim lessons instructors are the best anywhere. Mike has handpicked his coaching and swimming lessons staff that includes a handful of former Olympians. Common traits among all of the Nitro staff is their love for children, the sport of swimming and true dedication to teaching and inspiring kids to be the best they can be.
Looking back, Mike credits his dad, Don Koleber, for the opportunity to learn from the best and ultimately igniting his dream to developing the leading competitive swim team and swim lesson program in the country. Nitro's meteoric rise has been nothing short of phenomenal. In 2007, Nitro Swimming was 33rd at the Texas Age Group Swimming Championships.
In 2008, they were 11th.
2009: 6th.
2010: 2nd.
2010 (Long Course – July): 1st!
2011 (Short Course – March): 1st!
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Mike invites anyone out at anytime and they are happy to show you around Nitro. They know you will LOVE it! "Others "do" lessons, We TEACH Swimming!"
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Halo: The Flood – Gaming's Place in Literature
Gaming's Place in Literature seeks to examine game-related fiction through different lenses of literary analysis. The Flood is a Halo book that's known to get some flak from the fanbase, and I can understand why. Coming off of Nylund's close … Continue reading
Sympathetic Villains – Maul, Fisk, and Jul 'Mdama
Tumblr user scribbleymark wrote a brief analysis on ("formerly Darth, now just") Maul and how he is somehow able to be a sympathetic character despite doing incredibly horrible deeds. The key to making Vader and Kylo Ren redeemable is that … Continue reading
Bagheera's Expanded Role – The Jungle Book (2016)
The thing that I recall most fondly about the 1967 Disney animated movie is Bagheera the panther. Maybe it was because of the character's sleek design (I've always liked that aesthetic), or maybe it was because of his sense of … Continue reading
Halo: The Fall of Reach – Gaming's Place in Literature
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"Smart" Science Fiction
The Museum of Science Fiction recently tweeted out an essay with a question attached: What do you think: is "smart" #SciFi a separate subgenre? https://t.co/IhFneYN5jK pic.twitter.com/l6xvYa1cMd — Museum of Sci-Fi (@Museum_SciFi) April 4, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js I at first assumed that … Continue reading


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Interestingly, my first thought about a textbook was the popular George R. R. Martin fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones" (now in its second season on HBO). Simply put, "A Game of Thrones" is all about power, status, and influence.
What are some of the lessons about social power that we can learn from the series? There are several, but I think the first lesson we learn in the series is that honesty and truth are not necessarily paths to high status.
[Spoiler Alert: For Those Who Haven't Seen Season 1 of "Game of Thrones," please avert your eyes!]
Now let me summarize what happened to Ned Stark, Lord of Winterfell, Warden of the North, and Hand of the King in Season 1 of "A Game of Thrones". In a nutshell, Ned comes down from his home in the North at the request of King Robert, who is a trusted friend, to help run the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. What Ned doesn't realize is that the king is surrounded by scores of assassins, turncoats, and sellswords who are all out for their own personal gain. When Ned arrives, he quickly realizes that the King and the Kingdom are in danger, so he tries to right the ship: Ned calls everyone out on their lies and trusts that courage and honor will save the kingdom. Unfortunately, that doesn't work out for Ned, who is betrayed, ambushed, imprisoned, branded a traitor, and separated from his head in about two hours worth of riveting television.
Why did Ned Stark reach such a bitter end? And what can psychological research tell us about where Ned went wrong?
Ned was honest and true to a fault in his brief time as Hand of the King, and he ended up paying for this honesty. While Ned was being noble, the more cunning members of the King's counsel--who were better aware of how a person claims power and authority--were able to effectively turn Ned into the perceived enemy of the Kingdom. Research suggests that modern status hierarchies work in a similar way.
We might believe that it pays to be nice at work. That is, if I do other people favors at work, I'm likely to be perceived to be a good worker who will help others when they need it. This could even be a way for me to earn respect from my co-workers, and a promotion from my boss! Unfortunately, this isn't what happens for people who blindly help others at work. It turns out that helping everyone without keeping track of those favors is the right way to be taken advantage of at work, and actually can lead you to have no more respect than people who don't help other employees. How then, do you navigate status hierarchies at work?
The answer, research suggests, is by closely monitoring exchange relationships at work (e.g., who owes whom a favor). By being someone who is more aware of these exchange relationships, you can ascend the status hierarchy by offering help when it is needed, and refusing it when it is not in your best interests. Thus, a person who monitors exchange relationships at work can be seen as helpful and useful, without also seeming like a pushover.
In terms of the specific study that found this, Flynn and colleagues (2006) had MBA students gather data about their work habits from former co-workers. These participants then filled out their own self-monitoring abilities for understanding exchanges at work. As expected, the MBA students who were high in self-monitoring--that is, they were the kind of people who keep track of exchange relationships at work--tended to be seen as the most generous by their former co-workers, and as a result, tended to be rated higher in status than people who did not monitor exchange relationships at work.
|2012 has been good to the Lannister family (source)
Have you learned any lessons about status from A Game of Thrones? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!
The article:
Flynn FJ, Reagans RE, Amanatullah ET, & Ames DR (2006). Helping one's way to the top: self-monitors achieve status by helping others and knowing who helps whom. Journal of personality and social psychology, 91 (6), 1123-37 PMID: 17144769


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I am very excited to present my newest regular feature: Friday's Featured Language! Every Friday I will be featuring an audio clip and text translation from a real native speaker of a language. This will give speakers an opportunity to share a little bit about their language with us, and will give us an opportunity to hear what the language really sounds like! Did I mention I'm really excited about this project? (Sorry for the excessive use of exclamation points in this post!)
My very first featured speaker is Thiyani, a native speaker of Indonesian (or bahasa Indonesia). Thiyani grew up monolingual in Indonesia and now lives in the USA. She speaks English in her day-to-day life, but in her home she speaks English, Indonesian, and Javanese. She says what she likes about language in general is "its connection to culture."
Indonesian is the national language of Indonesia, where it is spoken by over 238 million inhabitants, and is over 80% cognate with Malay, spoken by 22 million Malaysians and southern Thais. Through its relationship with Malay, Indonesian has incorporated many words from other languages, including Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, and English, and it is spoken by substantial populations in Netherlands, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the U.S.
Bahasa Indonesia generally uses the Roman alphabet, but since Indonesia is also home to the largest Muslim population in the world, some religious texts can be found written in Arabic.
Even though it is the sixth most widely-spoken language in the world, I knew very little about it and had never gotten to hear it spoken, so I was very happy to have Thiyani share! She says we might be surprised to hear that Indonesian does not have any tenses and gender difference, but it has a lot of affixes.
The clip featured here is her favorite poem; "it is short, but beautiful," she says.
'Aku Ingin' by Sapardi Djoko Damono
Aku ingin mencintaimu dengan sederhana
dengan kata yang tak sempat diucapkan
kayu kepada api yang menjadikannya abu
Aku ingin mencintaimu dengan sederhana
dengan isyarat yang tak sempat disampaikan
awan kepada hujan yang menjadikannya tiada
English translation:
I want to love you in a simple way
With the words that cannot be said
By woods to flame that makes them ashes
I want to love you in a simple way
With the signs that cannot be delivered
By the clouds to rain that makes them disappear
Thank you Thiyani for sharing this lovely poem, and for sharing the Indonesian language with us!


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Herbert Roland Severson Jr – U.S. Army Ranger, Airborne, SOG Rapid Response Force, 75th Ranger Regiment, Grenada, Two Purple Hearts, Blog of Shame10
09/02/2018 by militaryphonies
Herbert Roland Severson Jr comes to us from Winsted Connecticut. He is 56 years old as of August 2018. He owns a gaming company called RPG Table Top Game Systems, LLC.
A closer look (below) at the uniform he is wearing in the above photo shows a Combat Infantryman Badge, Master Parachute wings, Airborne tab, Ranger Bn, and Air Assualt emblem.
In addition, Serverson makes the claim on his Facebook profile that he retired from the Army after 22 years, was an Army Ranger and Combat Engineer, and was senior speaker at the Ranger School Graduation in 1981…
In this photo, Severson wears some kind of emblem on his cap, but it does not appear to be the standard U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) badge which designates a profession made popular by the movie "The Hurt Locker"…
In the following Facebook post, he claims he was with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st SOG (Studies and Observations Group)…
Back in March 2018, Severson had the 75th Regiment as his Facebook profile…
In the following Facebook post, he has a photo with 'RANGER' on his ball cap and talks about a posting at the SOG Rapid Response Force…
We mentioned above that Severson owns a gaming company called RPG. This is significant because at one time he used the company logo as his profile picture when he posted.
Severson posts that he went to Airborne after serving in a Heavy Engineer unit…
In this post, Severson reinforces his claim of Special Forces, Ranger, and Airborne…
In this post, Severson talks about being in Grenada and using the M67 fragmentation grenade…
Here, he talks about being bothered still by grenade shrapnel…
In this post, Severson claims that he has two Purple Hearts and TBI…
And he talks about being treated for PTSD…
Several of these claims were reinforced in the following discussion thread…
There are more claims on his Facebook timeline, we only grabbed a select few.
Then, in a bit of comical irony, Severson posts this on Facebook…
Several different people brought Severson to the attention of Military Phony.
Severson's military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Personnel Records Center.
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Newspaper articles and criminal records show that Herbert R. Severson was arrested for embezzlement of an American Legion Post, eventually plead guilty, and was convicted and sentenced for larceny.
But, it didn't end there and it looks like he was not able to put this incident behind him when he fell short of his responsibilities for court appearances and probation…
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Herbert R. Severson spent six (6) years in the U.S. Army and got out as an E-1. This is in direct contradiction to his claim of 22 years. An E-1 is the lowest enlisted rank one could have. After six years he should have advanced, so there is some suggestion of an issue that would have precluded him from normal advancement. The MOS numbers suggest that he did advance but was busted down and had rank taken away from him.
Army Badges (BAD) are known as Marksmanship Qualification Badges. Soldiers get them initially when they go thru Basic Training as Enlisted. During Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Severson qualified as an EXPERT on the Hand Grenade and received the Grenade Expert Badge. 'BAD' means 'Badge.'
Same with the M16 during Basic Training. He qualified as an EXPERT and received the Expert M16 Badge (BAD).
He served time in the Army as a 12F10 and a 12F20, which was a Combat Engineer Vehicle Crewman at Skill Level 10 and 20.
Severson's time in Germany was short. His time in Colorado was also short. He was possibly at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, then returned to his time back in Germany.
There is nothing in his military records — training or assignments — that support his claim of service in Special Forces, Airborne or being qualified as a Ranger. There is no assignment with the 75th Regiment.
There is nothing to indicate that he earned the Master Parachute wings or CIB.
There is no Purple Heart award listed in his records, let alone two as he claimed.
Perhaps the largest issue here is that there are no Purple Heart medals listed in his records. The two military conflicts happening during the time that he served in the Army were Grenada and Beirut. There is nothing in his records to suggest he served in Grenada.
The Purple Heart claims put Severson in direct conflict with Stolen Valor laws, especially if there were financial gains that he received from his claims.
Herbert R. Severson's military records do not support his claims.
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What a complete shit show. On his FB page he posted a picture of that abortion of a BDU set up and said he attended a veteran's funeral in it. Embezzled funds from a VSO about 20 years ago. Now hes trying to get on the glory gravy train by attaching himself to wounded Vets.
[…] folks at militaryphony.com send us their work on Herbert Roland Severson Jr, who claims he served in the Army for 22 years, […]
6 years active duty and EASd as an E-1 ?
Yeah, right.
I won't even bother with the rest of his claims that are obviously the rantings of shitbird.
A shitbitd that uses someone else's experiences as his own.
Wow! I don't even care about these guys anymore. I did little time in the infantry before I developed diabetes. Wanted to go Ranger but no dice. If I catch one of these clowns in a lie I'll check em. But for the most part it's just a presentation of a sad person. I actually feel a little sorry for the guy. He's putting up this big front to impress people. It's pathetic!
I was just a peacetime paratrooper but almost 60% of vets my age (60) claim SF, Seal, Airborne status. They're rarely able to discuss DZs, Bragg, Robin Sage and Uwharrie. But this guy is a first class ass and deserves legal measures and public shaming. Loser!
It wasn't in his record because it was super white Yankee top secret.
That's what the guy at work tells me…..
Very shameful and unfair to those who actually did their time and completed Ranger School at Ft.Benning Ga. Whats a freaking "Legs" Lead the Way!
We see it here time and time again, but it still amazes me that people with criminal records, many far worse than Herb's, go out of their way to draw attention to themselves on Social Media sites.
Looks like the cockroach took his FB down.


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Vicki - I am almost to the end of "In a Dark Season" (I was going to put it down and start on your fist book - but got sucked in and had to know what happened to Nola). I am really enjoying it - not just because of the familiar locales - but because of all the rich characters and the detail. Can't wait for the next one. -Liz
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"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." – Henry David Thoreau.
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"Nothing is worth more than this day." – Goethe.
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"With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the f…irst purge and execution, we have lost the revolution." – Kate Millett.
"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself." – Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment.
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." – Albert Einstein.
"I never was aware of any other option but to question everything." – Noam Chomsky.
"When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you." – Friedrich Nietzsche.
"You can't operate a capitalistic system unless you are vulturistic; you have to have someone else's …blood to suck to be a capitalist. You show me a capitalist, I'll show you a bloodsucker. He cannot be anything but a bloodsucker if he's going to be a capitalist. He's got to get it from somewhere other than himself, and that's where he gets it- from somewhere or someone other than himself." – Malcolm X.
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man… has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern." – Aldous Huxley.
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There is this book called "The Four Agreements". I read it years ago and whenever I kind of lose my center I always re-visit these guidelines.
I have been thinking a lot about one of the Agreements, which is, "Always Do Your Best"…. I suck at this. I don't suck when my best is my best… I suck when I feel like my best isn't good enough. To be frank, I still grapple with the idea that I can't be the best version of myself until I think my body is "doing it's best" and by "doing it's best", I mean looking the way I think it needs to look.
When it came to 2014 I struggled to do my best in every arena of my life. And, by my standards, constantly came up short. It was, to say the least, a year of tests… hard ones. As far as body image goes I feel like I literally spent 365 days worried about my weight, my appearance, my body and if I wasn't worried about it I was worried about not worrying about it! There were days when I was literally consumed by food/exercise and how it all affected my body.
July brought me to me knees – I felt out of control so I went back to the safety of protocol. Just a little FYI – our protocol doesn't work when it's about CONTROL and RESULTS and thus is was a half-hearted attempt. But it wasn't a waste. Finally in a strangely exquisite way.
I came into August with a level of Apathy that actually left me concerned. I have suffered situational depression in my life.. .but this was different… this was not sadness – I just didn't care. About anything. Everyday was a struggle to muster up the energy to do anything. It was the strangest feeling – this not caring.
I see now that I needed to get there to learn that not caring anymore was not going to kill me. That spending precious energy on making my body perfect was not going to absolve me from feeling imperfect.
I'm learning to love all of the lessons that 30 years of dieting has taught me…. in my heart it feels so liberating! However, my brain is taking awhile to catch up… all this hard wiring of immersing myself in that culture is difficult to un-do. Every day it's gets a little closer to my heart and my soul. And my heart and my soul is where the real work needs to be done.
I am currently doing our Protocol. Along with several of our clients. I feel very zen about it and whenever I am having a rough day I am finding ways to PERMANENTLY overcome all of these issues.
2014 was not the best example of myself and who I want to be and who I am capable of being… but I was "doing my best". And that is enough. ❤


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Fine, let's actually math this out. I'm going to take Niven's word for it that the required strength is on the order of the strong force, because that conveniently means the required density is that of nuclear matter, which is 4e+11 kilograms per cubic centimeter. Multiply that by the surface area of a sphere with radius 1AU and you get 1e+41 kilograms of material per meter of solid thickness. Or, in more useful units, 6e+10 solar masses per meter.
That's on the order of one-eighth of the entire galaxy's mass for a 1m-thick shell, which is basically what you were saying, but which should also raise a gigantic red flag, because the Schwarzchild radius of that much mass is on the order of 1100 AU—in other words, if you attempt to build it that heavy it will immediately collapse into a black hole.
(Flipping that around, to avoid building a black hole by mistake, the mass of the sphere plus everything within it needs to be less than about 50 million solar masses, and if we use all of that for the shell of nuclear matter we get ... 0.8 mm.)
I don't see that it makes sense to build the entire Dyson shell out of solid nuclear matter, though. If the goal is meteor shielding, why not have an outer layer of ordinary steel, or ice, or anything else that can absorb orbital-velocity impacts and is cheap to replace? The impossibly strong part just needs to be the structural skeleton, thick enough to support itself plus everything you hang off of it, and I'm prepared to handwave that this is thin enough that you only need one or two solar masses' worth.
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