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The Oral Contraception Pill
normally is prescribed by your doctor to reduce the heavy period blood
for woman as well as in treating of period pain, or for contraceptive
purpose ( 21 days on and 7 days off). Oral contraception is the dominant
method of contraception for women in the world wide, in Canada there is
more than 43% of sexually active women use it. It is defined as medications taken by mouth to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
Type of Contraception
1. The combined oral contraceptive pill contains estrogen and a progestogen
2. The progestogen-only pill contains only progestogen.
The progestogen-only pill
progestogen-only pill contains only synthesis progestogen, and is also
taken once per day. This type of pill contains no estrogen also known as
the progesterone-like pill or progestins, it helps to maintain milk
production for breastfeeding mother and to thicken the cervical mucus,
thereby preventing sperm from entering the uterus. It must be taken at a
certain time every 24 hours for effectively. The progestogen-only pill
can be affected by any episodes of diarrhea or vomiting.
1. Types of Progesterone medicines
a) Injecting medicine
of progesterone medication injected in the women body every three
months, such as Depo Provera. It is good for women who want to have long
term contraception, it may work well for some women but study shows
that it causes bone loss and sometimes osteoporosis.
b) Implant medicine
other type of progesterone like medicine such as Implanon is implanted
into the fat of a non dominant arm and last about 3 years. It may not
cause bone loss as Depo Provera, but it causes male like pattern such as
excessive hair growth and deepening the voice.
c) Progesterone-like pills
i) Progesterone like pill in treating excessive menstruation
a woman does not have progesterone irregularity, her doctor may
prescribe this type of medicine for her. It helps to complete shredding
of the endometrium and stops the abnormal bleeding. Besides all the good
thing of this type of progesterone like pill, it also has it side
effects, such as elevating level of cholesterol.
ii) Other types
types of progesterone like medicines, such as Provera, Duphaston, they
helps to relieve of menstrual cramp with no long term serious side
effects by creating the pregnancy-like state but their short term side
effects including spotting and bleeding.
Symptoms and risks
1. Breast tenderness
Due to the absence of estrogen and high amount of progesterone hormone in the body, that can cause breast tenderness.
2. Weight gain
Since the pill creates a pregnancy state, it can cause weight gain such as you are pregnant.
3. Psychaitric Disorders
are reported that women who have taken the progesterone only pill can
increased the risk of developing of depression, anxiety, personality
disorders, irritability , etc.
4. Menstrual Changes
progesterone only pill can change your period. You may experience
irregular bleeding, period with shorter and lighter bleeding, etc.
5. Digestive Problems
progesterone pill can also cause heartburn, diarrhea or vomiting due to
persistent amount of synthesis progesterone in the body.
6. Etc.
The Good, Bad and Ugly of The progestogen Only Pill
1. The good
a. It doesn't interrupt sex.
we mentioned in the last article - women who take the contraceptive
pill are in danger of permanently lost their interest in sex because the
oral contraceptive pill inhibits testosterone, the hormone that drives
sexual desire even after if they stop the pill.
b. It is an ideal contraceptive pill for breast feeding women
to the Pills containing estrogen,, it can cross into breast milk,
causing harmful to the health of baby, while crossing over of
progesterone does not affect the baby health.
c. It is ideal for
women who can not take oral contraceptive pill due to breastfeeding,
diabetic or have a history of high blood pressure, cardiovascular
disorders, etc.
d. You can use it if you smoke and are 35 and over.
who is taking the pill and smoking,may be in danger in developing of
blood clots, heart attack, and stroke, etc. while progesterone does not.
Women who are over 35 of age may be at risk of blood clot, if taken the
the pill, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
e. It may helps to release premenstrual symptoms and painful period
the progesterone only pill decrease the levels of FSH that prevents the
increase in estradiol levels, leading to inhibition of follicular
development and the absence of a LH surge, thus preventing ovulation.
f. You are protected against infectious reproductive diseases
it affects the mucus around the cervix, making it harder for sperm to
enter the uterus, it also reduces the risk of sexual transmitting
disease such as HPV.
g. Etc.
2. The bad
a. Ovarian cyst
risk of functional ovarian cyst due to suppress of ovulation as a
result of inhibition of follicular development and the absence of a LH
b. Etopic pregancy
An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a
fertilized egg implanted somewhere else other than inside the uterus.
The low levels of estrogen increase the risk of its function in
transporting the fertilized egg from the Fallopain tuble to the uterus.
c. Pregnancy
The risk of pregnancy for women taking the progesterone is 2-3%.
d. Increased risk of breast
2 studies of use of estrogen, progestins, and progesterone from France,
researchers found that sharp contrast between natural progesterone and
the use of progestins. In conjunction with a transdermal estradiol gel,
there was no increase in rates of breast cancer in the women using
natural progesterone. Additionally, a recent review of progestins,
progesterone, and breast cancer risk looked at over 100 references and
found that only the synthetic progestins, particularly when given
continuously, increased breast cancer risk.
e. Etc.
3. The ugly
a. Feeling hungry
That is why the reason the progesterone only pill makes gaining weight.
b. Irregular periods or they may stop
You lost the projection of when the period will arrive.
c. heartburn, diarrhea or vomiting
d. Nervous disorder, such as depression, anxiety, personality disorders,
e. Weight gain
f. Etc.
d. Etc.
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To love another person means to trust them with all you have. It means to put aside selfish desires in order to do what is best for them. It means to look beyond their faults, flaws, and failures to see how truly beautiful they are. It means to serve them, be loyal to them, and forgive whatever wrongdoings that they commit against you.
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While during Christmas and New Years you would think that most wouldn't travel to a Caribbean island, and that the resorts would have great prices, well you are wrong! It is one of the busiest travel times of the year for travel out of the country. So you are wondering when is the best time to book your holiday travel.
Well the time is now (spring and summer months) Your are not going to get many good deals on resorts booking now, because they really don't offer hardly any discounts over the holidays. And the resorts that are offering the discounts are either very low end or very high end properties, and more than likely it's not going to be a discount on your stay, but in the form of a coupon book or resort credit for spa treatments or other on site activities, this in it's self can be very nice, but won't keep money in your pocket. I had a thought while I was writing this post (April 21st 2012), I would just take a quick look at the resorts available in Cancun Mexico, from December 23rd to December 30th, I found 7 of them that are already sold out for those dates.
What I have seen over the years is that the best deals are all gone by August, The mid priced resorts sell out first, (3 and 4 star) Than the low end properties ( 1 to 2 ½ star) Leaving the high end 5 star resorts for those that didn't think to book early. Not that staying at a 5 star resort is a bad thing, if you can afford it, the jump from a 4 star to a five star during the holidays can be anywhere from $2000.00 $5000.00 or more.
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Book your holiday vacation package early, start pricing in April and book by the end of May, before the best deals are gone. Look for charter flights, who wants to spend hours in an airport with thousands of other travelers on layover flights. Be open on your travel dates this can save you even more on airfare. It maybe a lot cheaper to leave on a Friday than on a Monday, sometimes the cost difference could be an extra day at the resort!
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After returning home from their four day weekend away the newly engaged couple settled into a comfortable routine.
Every day they would have their morning coffee together, then leave for work. Together.
They had become a good team, like clockwork.
Once done at the law firm they would often go out to eat or cook together at home.
After dinner, they'd have an evening coffee with TV, curled up on the couch, before turning in together. All alcohol had been removed as a precaution.
They rarely ever deviated from their cherished routine, usually only if one or both of them visited with family or friends, or if Nick had some late night client meeting with the two name partners, his bosses.
On the weekends they would often meet up with Ethan and Amy and/or Cole and Ava, to hang out, go out to eat, catch a movie or go dancing.
Then came the weddings. Preparations and the events itself turned everybody's life upside down for a while.
Cole and Ava tied the knot first, just weeks later Ethan and Amy.
Nick and Esmée were part of the bridal party for Ethan and Amy.
Nick and Ezzy still had not even thought about a wedding date yet. Ezzy was in no rush and Nick didn't feel like pressing the issue. Yet.
One Friday night, Nick was in the kitchen, preparing the coffee for the young couple's evening routine after dinner, while Ezzy took a shower and changed into her sleepwear in the bathroom.
He was about to fill both cups and walk them over to the living room when he heard a muffled panicked scream from the bathroom.
He dropped everything and in seconds was knocking on the door.
"Ezzy, you okay!?"
All he heard was muffled sounds.
"Are you hurt?! Fuck it, I am coming in!"
He burst into the room and found his fiancée by the sink, visibly fine and unharmed, but visibly distraught.
"Ez, what's wrong? What hurts?! Do I need to take you to a hospital?"
This was when he noticed the item in her hand, looked at it as she was staring at it again and again.
It took him a minute to register, then he smiled, unable to feel a great sense of relief and excitement.
"Ez .. oh baby, shhhh .. we got this…. shhhhh. This is good news! Great even. Relax!"
He pulled her into an embrace and held her kissing her until she calmed down.
An hour or so later, sitting on the couch with a new round of fresh coffee, she had finally stopped crying.
"I cannot believe this."
"Not now. I am not ready. We are not ready. How? We did everything to prevent this! How?! I don't get it!"
"EZZY! Chill, baby!"
"We are NOT ready!"
"Sure we are. Relax! Shit like this happens. We totally got this."
"We do?"
"No doubt."
"How? There is not even room here… and work … how is that supposed to work out?"
"Well, my best friend and my lovely fiancée's family happen to be architects. I am sure we can either fix this place up as needed or move."
"You'd move out of this awesome penthouse for … that?"
"That? Yeah I would move to the moon for that, if by that you mean a baby with the love of my life!"
"OMG – don't say it like that. Makes it too real. I need to go lay down. Will you hold me?"
"You betcha!"
They went to the bedroom, but Nick knew her too well to know sleep was still not in their immediate future.
"Nick? You won't leave me, will you?!"
"What an idiotic question! Come on, girl, you know me better than that! Of course not, baby! I'll be there every step of the way, as much as you'll let me."
"Well, studies show that within the first trimester ….hmph."
"NONE of that. We are a young couple expecting their first child. And that is all we are going to think about. Happy thoughts. None of that worry shit. No scary statistics."
"We are not even married."
"That can be easily fixed. Either before or after the birth. I mean, I don't know how far along we are but since you are still not showing, I assume we have at least 7 months or more to plan."
"Can we keep this to ourselves for a while, please? At least until we are 100% sure this is happening and so I can fully wrap my head around it?"
"You got it, momma!"
Nick kept his word, told no one, even though it was obvious it was always on his mind. One night at work during a celebration he just took Ezzy's glass of champagne from her.
"You're not supposed to drink!" she whispered worried.
"Neither are you!" he whispered back as he carelessly placed her glass on some table.
One evening, by now already worried sick, Esmée hung up the phone.
This time she did not leave a voicemail on Nicholas' phone.
She had already left three already.
Trying hard not to panic, but there was a distinct bad aftertaste in her mouth. Something wasn't right. It was way too late, if Nick would have decided to stay somewhere else overnight, he would have called or texted.
She knew it would be later than normal for him today, as he had to join his two bosses for a guys' night out with clients. Esmée had been home for hours now and still not a peep from him.
Looking at her phone, wondering what to do, she started dialing.
It was no surprise that none of their friends had heard from him, including Ethan.
The law firm was closed and no lights on anymore.
She had gone there looking for him wondering if the partners had stuck him with some last minute urgent project and maybe he didn't hear the phone or the battery had died.
But even his office was unoccupied and her footsteps echoed eerily through the emptiness.
Now she was back home in his penthouse, staring at her phone for a while, then sighed
"Oh what the hell…"
Nobody picked up, so she left a voicemail for Mrs. Gray.
When even an hour later no call was returned she tried again and again, only stopping to redial.
Finally an answer.
"Mrs. Gray?!"
"No, this is Mr. Gray, Esmée. Forrest has been in a terrible accident we are in the ICU at …"
Ezzy heard a struggle and a female voice that had obviously been crying a lot bark at the man
"Why are you telling her that?!"
The call was disconnected.
Ezzy was already out the door and on her way. Accident?! Hospital?! That possibility had crossed her mind but she had pushed it far away. Couldn't be. Mustn't be.
Not half an hour later she arrived at the large hospital complex, and was running down a sterile hallway until she saw the familiar couple outside one of the many doors.
"What are YOU doing here?" Mrs. Gray snapped at her right away, her face stained with tears.
"I need to see him!"
"NO! Go away!" she hissed at Ezzy.
"I have to! What is with him?"
"Go away!"
"Is there a problem?"a nurse inquired, her attention piqued by the two women arguing.
"She is not supposed to be here!"
"I am his fiancée!"
"So YOU claim!"
Ezzy struggled away and ran into the room before anyone could stop her, straight to his bedside.
"Nick! Baby! Oh no!" Esmée felt as if she were to have a heart attack.
He looked more dead than alive, and felt strange to the touch as she gentle stroked his cheek.
His eyes fluttered open, while she heard his mother argue quietly in the background with some staff and her husband.
"Hey baby …" Ezzy said gently and quietly, as his eyes tried to focus on her, his gaze not reflecting the usual loving recognition but filled with unfamiliarity, the way you stare at a stranger.
"Who … are you?" he labored out.
"Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies."
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When a baby becomes available for adoption the birthparents specifies their preferences for the forever family that they wishes the baby to go to. Profiles that match these specifications are then presented to the birthparents and they then choose the one that they like most. It is therefor extreamly important and much sweat, tears and effort goes into these profiles as it should be a heartfelt, photo filled, eye catching and creative document.
There are several ways how you can create your profile, the most popular would be creating either a scrapbook or a photobook. I've never scapbooked before so thought that it would be a great challenge and a chance to learn something new. I got a beautiful white leather scrapbook from my SIL, bought some extra pages and accessories and rose to the challenge!
We got the following guidelines from "The Agency" on how to create the profile:
- Obtain a fine looking photo-album, scrapbook or something similar that fits your personality.
- Plan your profile thoroughly before you start writing, pasting and decorating.
- Must have a minimum of 10 pages.
- You can use names, but no surnames, addresses or contact numbers.
- Use as many photos as possible to tell the story of your life. Use descriptive text next to the photos. Keep in mind however to maintain a balance between the photos and writing within your profile.
- Elaborate about your hobbies, talents, work, religion and reason for adoption.
When planning our profile I decided to divide it into the following categories and work accordingly:
- Cover page - This included a nice photograph of ourselves and a relevant quote (I will reveal the secret of our cover photo to you a bit later in the post)
- A letter to our birthmother
- About us - Our story
- Meet Riaan
- Meet Juanita
- Our lifestyle and occupations
- Our house and surrounds
- Our family and friends
- Our pets
- Our views on parenting
- Conclusion - Our promise
The most time consuming part was deciding which photographs to use. Having spent almost 10 years of our lives together we captured a lot of memories and it was really hard to choose only a couple. For our cover photo I had a few of the nicest ones set aside and eventually chose a photo that was taken at a friend's wedding. Me and Riaan both had nice new clothes, looked happy - all bushy tailed and bright eyed! However, as I inspected the photo a thunderbolt of realisation hit me right between the eyes. I had my top on the wrong way round!!!!! My cheeks caught fire and I was soooo embarrassed. I spend half an afternoon and a whole evening prancing around in my brand new clothes between a hundred other guests, feeling oh so smug with myself - all of this while wearing my top "agterstevoor om"! How many of the guests actually noticed it, I do not know, but not a sole took a minute to shove me into the ladies room and helped me into my top the right way round. Why I did not realise all by myself that the front is actually the back until a couple of months later I can also not explain. I really really believed at the time that I had it on right and Riaan even assured me that I do look rather lovely...
So after picking my shameful self up off the floor I turned to photo editor and helped myself into my top the right way round. And I got to use the cover photo that I chose without the worry that the birthparents would laugh themselves to tatters on my behalf.
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And at the end of it all I created a beautiful profile of our lives. Me and Riaan got to revisit some great memories and we got to take stock of our lives. My wish is that our profile will end up in the right hands on the right time and that it will make our dream of becoming a family of 3 come true.


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A companion book is available for purchase on the Candlewick Press website here.
For more resources like this, see the collection Promoting Understanding: Islam.
Learn about the vocabulary words hour, minute, year, inflate, and launch with The Electric Company in a holiday adventure. Other than Marcus, The Electric Company has left town for the 4th of July. Manny and Danny could not be happier - with everyone gone, they can pull the ultimate prank. They plan to launch a giant wordball balloon that reads, "The Electric Company doesn't like you." Marcus enlists his friend Emily and Paul the Gorilla to help him stop the pranksters and save The Electric Company's reputation.


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"Nick" wrote:Pretty much any Theme Park has plans for the future. They would all dig themselves into the ground if they didn't have anything planned
"geraintl" wrote:does anyone know if you get an discount at all with your annual pass or any bonuses as i remember seeing somewhere when it first opened you got a free bottle of wine and a fruit basket with annual pass?
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• Subject to availability of Executive room
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• Subject to availability – quote offer when booking
• Offer expires 31st December 07
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Hallows' eve is quickly approaching! Its only two days away! It's an exciting night for most, but even more exciting for the little ones. They can't wait to get into the awesome costumes and hit the streets to collect as many candy pieces as possible! Halloween night is filled with mischievous fun, so keep an eye on the road and drive safely around the neighborhood. Our Toyota dealership near Orlando wants to ensure you know some safe driving techniques before heading out in your new Toyota.
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Web GL Demo: http://clonefactor.com/20161211_FingerTest/
and here is the android demo : 20161212PanelTest.apk.zip
Try to implement the finger gesture script into my library, anyway I still hate math.
Look at that… look closer…. that physical….
you can Tap, Drag (hold longer to trigger), swipe the object in the scene.
PS: apply mask and allow to define the Clickable/ClickBlock layer for ignore player's input.
mainly for game tutorial.


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Opera Mobile 9.7 Details Emerge
The first details on the upcoming Opera Mobile 9.7 release have been revealed. One of the key features in the following version will be Opera Turbo support. In the demo video a complex page with Opera Turbo enabled managed to load site 3x times faster than the one without it.
Opera Mobile 9.7 will also speed up browsing experience due to rendering engine improvements. Actually, it will use Presto 2.2 engine (same as in Opera 10).
For more information (and improvements), please visit the following post.
Demo Video:
Thanks to Daniel H. for sharing this!
About (Author Profile)
Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.


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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Reflections on The 5 Solas: Sola Fide
So this week I'm tackling my thoughts on the Protestant understanding of Salvation by Faith Alone.
This is quite a big one for me since taking a stand against this doctrine is in essence claiming back for humanity what the Reformers said belonged to God alone. Should I be wrong here I'm trying to wrestle God out of something He's not willing to give me – and I would hate to be doing that.
But again my struggle with this doctrine stretches back a number of years now and started with my reading of scripture. Again and again I would read things in the scriptures that indicated a responsibility on humanity that stretched further than simply having faith (e.g. Matthew 6:14-15 "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins").
Now let me be clear that I am not denying that we are saved by having Faith in Christ, nor am I saying that I can be saved apart from the work of God in my life…but I am asking whether Salvation by Faith Alone is a historically valid position to take. Is it what Jesus taught His Apostles and is it what the early church taught?
Now even though Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism started emphasizing some different things (even when they were united as one church), they both understood and taught that what you do matters, that works are an important dimension of the spiritual life and of our salvation. It seems to me that they got this from the Bible and from church tradition i.e. the oral teaching of the church passed down by its' leadership.
I also think it is important to note that Martin Luther protested a development in Catholicism that taught that merit could be stored up in a spiritual "bank account" and then sold to believers for a price (Merit and Indulgences). It was tied to a juridical (legal) view of atonement that understood Christ's sacrifice on the cross as primarily a legal issue between human beings and God that needed to be settled in the "heavenly courtroom". Now this idea of stored merit, sale of indulgences and a juridical atonement appears to be a Roman Catholic deviation from the teachings of the early church. Hence the Orthodox have no such teachings. And while the reformers rejected the teachings on works, merit and indulgences they maintained the juridical understanding of the atonement.
Martin Luther was so determined to distance himself from the teachings on works, merit and indulgences that he wanted to get rid of the book of James because it clearly taught that works are an important part of our salvation and that Faith Without Works is Dead – James 2:24: You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. This passage in James is the only place in the Bible that links the words Faith and Alone, making a negative affirmation. But Martin Luther was not satisfied to leave it there – he actually went so far as to add the word "alone" after "faith" in Romans 3:28 – For we maintain that a man is justified by faith alone apart from works of the Law (i.e. the works of the Jewish Law). When questioned by other scholars about this addition he remarked that "It is my Testament and my translation, and it shall continue to be mine". I'm really not trying to imply that Martin Luther was all bad and that he had no reason to distance himself from teachings that he felt were being abused and corrupted, but it seems to me that once he had resisted what was wrong in the teachings he was unable to reconcile his new understanding with the scriptures or get passed the juridical view of atonement that was adding to the problem.
I have been blessed recently through my exploration of Orthodoxy to discover some new ways of understanding things in relation to this doctrine of Faith Alone. First of all it seems (and I'm still learning and exploring) clear to me that the doctrine cannot be reconciled with scripture or the history of the early church. I've also enjoyed learning about how Orthodoxy reconciles works and faith in their teachings on synergism (a relational and covenantal understanding of our salvation): "In the NT synergism is the idea of being "workers together with" God (2 Corin. 6:1), or of working "out your own salvation . . . for it is God who works in you" (Phil. 2:12, 13). This is not a cooperation between equals, but finite man working together with Almighty God. Man responds to Christ's salvation through cooperation with God's grace in living by faith, righteous works and rejection of evil." (The Orthodox Study Bible). This seems true to me.
The Orthodox also acknowledge the legal metaphor used for salvation but they employ all the other Biblical metaphors as well without over emphasizing the legal one. They have come to see salvation as a process by which God is healing a broken humanity, more than anything else – I like this understanding, I definitely relate to the need for healing.
Coming to the end of today's post I feel more strongly than ever that things may have been different had Orthodoxy been able to shed light on the struggles of the Reformation. It certainly increases my desire to further explore the history and theology of a Church that has remained more or less obscure in light of the magnitude of the Catholic-Protestant Clash that is still rippling through the church today.
Reflections on The 5 Solas: Sola Scriptura
The 5 Solas are the basic tenets held by Protestants over against the theology and practice of the Roman Catholic Church. They are as follows:
- Sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone")
- Sola fide ("by faith alone")
- Sola gratia ("by grace alone")
- Solus Christus or Solo Christo ("Christ alone" or "through Christ alone")
- Soli Deo gloria ("glory to God alone")
Since I'm spending a fair amount of time these days questioning the historical validity of my Protestant roots I thought I should reflect on the 5 Solas and consider my own attitude to each. I've been a little busy recently and so my reflections are admittedly only a first attempt at discovering my thoughts on the subject. I'll start with Sola scriptura and work my way down over the next few weeks.
Sola scriptura
I've had a long-standing relationship with reading the Bible. Even during my teenage years in which I rebelled against mainline Christianity I continued to read the Bible. I interpreted it first through Rastafarian eyes, then through Hindu eyes and eventually it become some kind of New Age oracle.
When I eventually accepted the truth of Christianity and felt Jesus draw me back to Himself I simply assumed that all would be well and I would understand the Bible and Christianity without issue. Nothing could be further from the truth.
From the very outset of my walk with Christ I was tormented by different interpretations of the Bible and what those interpretations meant in practical terms for my faith and practice. Did the Bible allow or condemn the modern outpouring of spiritual gifts? Were all interpretations of the Bible valid or was the King James the only Authorized Version? Did the Bible teach the doctrine of the Trinity or was Christ somehow less than God the Father? Did the Bible indicate a suspension of Jewish Law or should the keeping of the law continue under Grace. Does the Bible teach a symbolic understanding of communion or a sacramental understanding? Does the Bible indicate that the church should be hierarchical or de-centralized? Is salvation by grace alone or do works influence the outcome?
The list could go on and on so I'll end it with just one more…
…Does the Bible even consider itself Authoritative?
I remember during college a number of students became disillusioned with the teaching that the Bible considers itself authoritative since the New Testament did not even exist when the texts of the New Testament were written. Therefore passages like 2 Timothy 3:16 (All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness) should not be used to uphold the teachings of the New Testament since it was not speaking of the New Testament when it was written.
With all this confusion over interpretation and claims of authority it has become ever clearer to me that the Bible is not as easily understandable and self-interpreting as the Reformers taught it to be. The history of the church post-Reformation is the clearest example of this fact…while there had been schisms and breaks with the official teaching of the church before, at no time did it fracture into the thousands of interpretations we have today.
This fact nearly caused me to disregard the bible completely. I went through a phase in which I considered my own experience and sense of right and wrong to be the sole guide in my walk with God. But through this phase I felt God leading me back to the bible and emphasizing the importance of scripture. But coming back to the bible still left me with the problem of interpretation.
Historically the church taught that the Bible can only be interpreted by Apostolic Tradition. In other words the early church was responsible for recording and passing down the teachings of the Apostles. As a community the church was responsible for safe-guarding the faith and guiding its' beliefs and practices. As its' leaders the clergy were the one's given the ministerial duty of carrying out this mission for the one body of Christ. When the Catholic and Orthodox talk about Apostolic Tradition it is this historical ministry to which they refer.
Whether one accepts this or not it is true that tradition played an important role in the churches formation and growth for 1500 years. Since that time it has become acceptable or unavoidable that each person follows his own interpretation resulting in disunity and a plethora of views.
When I was first confronted with the disunity of Protestant Christianity one of my first reactions was to consider what the Church Fathers taught and practiced. Only after this assumed solution to the problem was I taught that Protestants don't do that because we don't believe that the Early Church Fathers can be trusted. Currently I've decided to take up that initial investigation and I'm reading Clement, Ignatius and Eusebius and will continue to read other church Fathers as well. My initial thoughts on what I've read so far is that Catholic and Orthodox understandings of theology and practice can already be seen in the generation following after the Apostles.
Did the church really take such a radical departure from the teachings of the 12? Or might it be that the church in following the teachings of the 12 continued to grow and develop in exactly the way Jesus intended it too?
Martin Luther and the Reformation
During my college days I wrote a research paper on the ecumenical movement. I've always been interested in the interface of different beliefs and practices. Before coming to Christ as a young adult, this interest led me to explore Hinduism, Buddhism, New Age Magic and Rastafarianism. During my time at Theological college this interest was channeled into the interface of different Christian bodies – How they understand themselves and each other – How willing they are to openly discuss their past and present understandings about God, the Christian Faith and Spiritual Practice – What their Main Differences are, but also what makes them All Christian.
My interest in Catholicism was sparked a few years before writing the paper on ecumenism by my introduction into Christian mysticism. At the time this led me to explore both Western (Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) expressions. I remember always feeling a little worried that I was diving into the life-blood of a people most evangelicals considered un-saved and in need of the True Gospel. Why was my soul being nourished and my spirit being lifted to unbelievable heights by something unheard of and unpracticed in the majority of Protestant churches?
I finished that assignment on Christian ecumenism with one nagging question that I didn't know the answer too. Or perhaps I should say I sensed the answer but didn't know whether I should trust what I felt. The question is a simple one – "Do I believe that what Martin Luther started was a good thing?" If yes, no problem! But I was leaning towards the negative! It's not that I didn't think he had some valid objections, but his actions led to the splintering of Christianity in a far more destructive way than any split before him. As I've wrestled with this over the years I keep coming back to the fact that Protestant Christianity, while often talking about modeling the early church, departs from the history of Christianity in an unprecedented way.
Another question I'm asking these days that relates directly to the previous one is, "Would Martin Luther have Protested against Orthodoxy in the same way he Protested against Roman Catholicism?" While the two churches are similar there are important differences and while it is impossible to answer I do think it is a valid question. The history of Catholicism and Orthodoxy is very different and the churches emphasise different things, perhaps, had Luther been Orthodox rather than Catholic he may have had less to Protest about…but this is only speculation and serves more as an indication of my own preference at this time for Orthodoxy over Catholicism than anything else.
In my next post I'm going to be looking at the 5 Solas of the Reformation and reflecting on my current understanding in relation to each of them.
How Does History Matter?
I thought about calling this post "Does History Matter?" but immediately realized that the question is ridiculously rhetorical. I think it is reasonable to contend that the largest majority of thinking people would agree that history matters. How it matters is a completely different issue all together.
I'm specifically interested in how we approach the importance of history in relation to our religious beliefs and practices. As noted on my friend Sean's blog I'm caught in a difficult pull between the church of the past and the church of the future. I see the problem as a choice between two ways of looking at church history. I'll describe them as Perfect start-Fixed model vs. Good start-Improving model.
I think most people would agree that Jesus knew what he was doing when he called the 12 apostles and gave them the authority and direction to spread the gospel and build community amongst those who received the message. The New Testament is the testimony of that early mission and its' outcomes in various places around the Mediterranean.
Perfect start-Fixed model
The first option, as I see it, is that what Jesus communicated to his Apostles and to the early church through prophetic and historical witness was the perfect start to the church. It described a fixed model through which God would continue to carry out His mission in the world. The perfect start included what can be found in the New Testament, but also includes the oral and written teachings of the Apostolic Fathers and Early Church Fathers (Tradition) as they continued to uphold the truth passed down to them through the church. The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches uphold this understanding and believe that they have been given the mission of safe-guarding the truth handed down from generation to generation starting with Jesus and the Apostles.
Good start-Improving model
Another way of looking at it is that the church started off well, even Perfect. The New Testament records describe everything that is necessary for us to understand and practice Christian community. But that very early on, probably by the close of the apostolic age, the church moved steadily away from the truth revealed in and through Jesus and the Apostles. The Apostolic and Early Church Fathers are not reliable accounts of the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles and the manifestation of the church in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th century is an ever darkening image of the teachings of the New Testament church. It is only at the birth of the Protestant reformation that the church begins to return to her New Testament roots and through an ever improving understanding of Jesus and the Gospel the church will either return to a fully Biblical model (Protestant ideal) or even improve on the Good foundation of the Early Church (Emergent ideal).
Getting Back to History
So what is your take on the history of the church?
Taking a closer look at the history of the church has caused me to seriously question my Protestant assumptions about returning to a Biblical and Early Church model. I don't think Protestants really take church history seriously enough. In fact one of my regrets from my college days is that they forced a year-long church history course into a two-week church history seminar. Clearly they were not concerned that their future ministers would be handicapped by a scant understanding of church history. Is it realistic to try to hurdle over 1500 years of history in order to get back to some kind of perfect ideal that could not even be preserved in communities connected directly to the Apostles. Or perhaps the perfect ideal was preserved but was sometimes expressed imperfectly through individual Christians. And perhaps it was this imperfect expression that caused Martin Luther and others to Protest. I just wonder whether the protest brought us closer to the truth or took us even further away! One of the many things that do concern me about that act of protest is the image it evokes in me of the aftermath – the church like a cracked glass bowl shatters into ever increasing shards – each trying to lay claim to their historical and biblical validity.


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I got a book of dollar bill origami by Won Park. It includes some sea life models. This shark is the first design I have tackled from the book.
The shark tank was one of my favorite parts of Seaworld, where I visited about ten days ago, but I'd rather hold a paper shark than get too close to a live one without lots of glass between us.
I hope to share more "fishy" money origami in the next few days.


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Fast-A-Thon and Ramadan Banquet on Thursday
Sep. 23, 2008 by dphillips
You are invited to join Middletown community members and Wesleyan students of various faith backgrounds in fasting for the day. You are encouraged to donate the money you would have spent on food to Amazing Grace Food Pantry. In the evening, participants will gather for a Banquet with guest speakers to break their fasts together. Help end local hunger, and further interfaith collaboration and pluralism in Middletown!
- Who: Anyone! Students, faculty, staff, Middletown residents of any/all/no religious affiliation
- When: Thursday, September 25, from 5:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
- Where: All across campus and Middletown
- Why: Because many people in Middletown go hungry every night, and because none of us, regardless of background, think that its okay. Donate the money you would have spent on food to Amazing Grace (donation details below).
- RSVP: firstname.lastname@example.com
Ramadan Banquet
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- When: Thursday, September 25, 5:45 p.m.
- Where: Beckham Hall
- Why: To eat delicious free Indian food from Haveli, meet new people, hear Michael Roth speak, learn about fasting across cultures, learn about Ramadan, and demonstrate solidarity in the face of local poverty. We expect that this event will be very full, so please RSVP and come early!
- Checks should be made out to "Wesleyan University" with "Fast-a-Thon" in the subject line, and mailed to "Wesleyan Interfaith Justice League, c/o Center for Community Partnerships, 167 High St, First Floor, Middletown, CT 06459-0033." Checks or cash can also be brought to the Banquet. 100% of donations go to Amazing Grace Food Pantry.


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Malachi 3:10 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].
Is this a spiritual blessing or more "natural"
If you give the tithes of what you make at work,then HaShem will bless your economy? (give it to the house of israel,synagogue and so on)


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Since January is done, I thought that I better give a quick recap of my running and racing for the month with the highlight of this post being the Beresford Frostbite 4. I ended the month with 431 miles! I think this is my biggest month ever, I need to look at some old logs from the fall of 2011 to make sure.
I raced 3 times this month, pretty good for January. My first race was a free 10k put on by the City of Sioux Falls. It was 0 degrees at the start so the turnout wasn't huge or too fast. I ran down to the park and then waited around too long before the race got started. I was off by myself immediately and ran a comfortable 38" 10k. Two big weeks of training later, I found myself on the starting line of the SDSU Alumni Mile. I was feeling over confident in my abilities and that showed in my first lap time. I went through 409 meters in 64 seconds! I was passed by Chris and Benny around the 1000 meter mark and gave up on the race. I should have held on better and ran a faster time but I just preserved my third place. I will be back on the track sometime soon to make up for my poor tactics.
My final race of the month came on the last day of the month. It was a fairly nice day for January in the mid-20s for a temperature. It was pretty windy out but due to the nature of the race, it was just a crosswind during the race. The race started out with 4 of us who knew each other. We all were somewhat healthy but all had a little injury or illness baggage as well. This resulted in a very slow early pace. We ran the first mile in nearly 5:35. Soon after, Jeremy VanVeen decided that he was to be the "sacrificial lamb" and up the pace. I ran about 5:10 for my second mile and he probably ran about 5:00. Alex and Michael were behind me by a few seconds. The gaps between us would grow as I maintained the same pace for the 3rd mile. That one seemed like it took forever and included a few small inclines. Overall the course was very flat and fast but the third mile was probably the slowest. I was still feeling ok at 3 so I decided to push it to at least maintain my 2nd place. I didn't think that I would catch Jeremy but you never know. I ran 4:56 for my last mile.
The overall feel of this race was more of a cutdown tempo than of a race itself. There were no big moves or sprint finishes. I ran a long warm up and cool down and logged 30 miles in the 2 days before the race. I don't remember there being much pain except a few of my fingers were numb in the early parts of the race. I think I'll only race once during February. It will be a indoor track 5k on the 13th at SDSU. I'm trying to not be too optimistic but I think I can run near my collegiate times. I'm going to run a conservative race so we will see how it goes.


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Teaching English in Thailand
Due to the big tourism industry and students going to study abroad, English teachers are in great demand in Thailand. Teaching English is one of the few jobs Westerners living in the country can do in a legal way. As formerly teachers only had to be a native speakers, now a bachelor degree is required to teach.
There are openings in regular schools, elementary as well as high schools, language institutes, universities and Thai companies who look for teachers to teach English to their employees. To find out all that is available you only have to check all the different websites and decide what works best for you.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Jasmine modern slide from OkaB
If you mixed a pair of Crocs and a pair of Jellies, what would you get? Give up? The answer lies right here, in this cute slide sandal by OkaB! They've got the comfort of Crocs (without the foaminess), thanks to little reflexology beads that massage your feet as you walk! There are not many shoes that can boast of being dishwasher-safe (though I wouldn't do it!) and anti-microbial, so they're perfect for poolside lounging -- or BBQing in the back yard. I love the criss-cross, slip-on style, and who can resist the chic colors? From left, Dirty Martini, Nude and Licorice, all $25.00 per pair, from OkaB.


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Thursday, November 2, 2017
Davao Aguilas FC to Face Off with Ceree Negros FC in Bacolod City
Photo Caption: (L-R) Ceres Negros FC Head Coach Risto Vidakovic, Martin Steuble, Davao Aguilas FC player Jason Cordova and Coach Melchor Anzures, face the local media here in Bacolod City at the pre-match press conference held at L'Fisher Hotel.
Davao Aguilas FC's Coach Mel Anzures and Jason Cordova, along with Ceres Negros' Head Coach Risto Vidakovic and player Martin Steuble, faced the local media today at the L' Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City.
They are set to face-off at Panaad Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. for the 4th and last time for the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League (PFL). Their last encounter in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, in front of 4,000 Davao supporters, ended in a draw, with a score of 1-1.
After this match, Davao Aguilas FC will fly back to their home pitch, for this Sunday's match at the Davao del Norte Sports Complex, as they face Stallion Laguna FC on November 5, at 4 p.m.
Head Coach Marlon Maro says, "Davao Aguilas FC is already gaining altitude and the support from the home fans has been tremendous. We will come out strong and defend our "nest" for our next home matches.
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Primers — What You Need to Know
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1000-yard Benchrest competitor James O'Hara set four (4) new IBS Records in 2013. These multi-match Light Gun Agg records were...
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Digital Scales: GemPro 500, AY123, Sartorius GD503
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Whidden Gunworks Sizing & Seating Dies
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Lee Classic Cast Iron Breech-Lock Press
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Visit to Birdog's 'Dasher Dome' Range
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New Wheel-Drive Concentricity Gauge
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Dual-Speed Omega Powder Trickler
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Complete Precision Case Prep
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"I have a unique background in music: ever since I was a young girl I have been surrounded by a family who lives and breathes music. Everyone in my family received various professional degrees in music; hence, music had a strong presence in my upbringing. I learned how to play piano from my grandmother, and later how to play guitar from my mother and father. Music education was made possible for me through my family's commitment to passing knowledge through generations. This sense of sharing music within a community is what makes me a passionate musician."
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By A. O. Scott, published on April 11, 2008
If you are in the mood for a movie about the rejuvenation of an aging, widowed college professor and dont pretend you arent then this is a weekend of rare and unexpected abundance. By some miracle of film industry serendipity, two such movies are opening today in limited release. Even more bizarre: each is pretty good.
In The Visitor, Richard Jenkins plays an economist whose flagging joie de vivre is restored when he takes up drumming. Smart People is more or less the same deal, except that its protagonist, played by Dennis Quaid, is a specialist in Victorian literature, and his flagging joie de vivre is restored when he goes to bed with Sarah Jessica Parker. Whatever gets you through the semester, I guess.
Seriously, though, what these two films one a restrained drama, the other a frisky comedy share is less the situation of their main characters than the superior work of the men who portray them. There is something about impersonating thwarted intellectuals, their early promise and ambition fading into vanity and irrelevance, that inspires a certain kind of actor to tap into deep veins of pathos and wit. Jeff Daniels struck the modern template for this kind of performance in The Squid and the Whale, and in their different ways Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Quaid live up to his high standard.
Mr. Quaid, his handsomeness distorted and obscured by stooped shoulders, a sagging belly and wayward facial hair, plays Lawrence Wetherhold, an English professor at Carnegie Mellon whose general unpleasantness seems less like a personality trait than like a belief system. His narcissism is a seamless coat of many colors, a weave of grief for his dead wife, resentment at how much the world demands of him and the conviction that he is smarter than everybody else.
His son, James (Ashton Holmes), an aspiring poet and a student at the college, finds Lawrences imperiousness nearly intolerable, while his daughter, Vanessa (Ellen Page), carefully tends the flame of her fathers ego and takes him as a role model in contrarianism. Secure in the sense of her own superiority and proud of her political conservatism, Vanessa is Diablo Codys Juno rewritten by Ayn Rand.
Actually, the excellent script for Smart People is the work of Mark Jude Poirier, a fiction writer who has clearly spent enough time around English departments to have studied the tribal ways of the literary professoriate with ethnographic rigor. The scenes of Lawrence in the classroom or in department meetings are among the most frighteningly, comically accurate such moments I have ever seen on film.
That may sound like a minor accomplishment, but the great virtue of Smart People, attributable to Noam Murros easygoing direction as well as to Mr. Poiriers wandering screenplay, lies in its general preference for small insights over grand revelations. There is a fairly busy plot, and some of its developments an unplanned pregnancy, a flicker of quasi-incestuous sexual interest, the acceptance of a poem by The New Yorker clatter onto the screen like carelessly flung darts. But to a greater extent than in most comedies, the narrative seems more like background or scaffolding than like the engine that drives the characters, who are propelled instead by their own colliding, confusing, idiosyncratic energies.
Lawrence, sour patriarch and weary pedagogue, may dominate the landscape, but the people surrounding him are much more than mere foils or supporting players. Ms. Page is both sharp and brittle, but as she did with Juno, she allows Vanessas callowness and uncertainty to show through her veneer of sarcastic poise. Ms. Parker, as Janet Hartigan, a former student of Lawrences whose undergraduate crush on him is revived when they meet in a hospital emergency room (she as doctor, he as patient), cuts her natural charm with a very real sense of anxiety and disappointment. And above all there is Thomas Haden Church, suavely stealing scenes from Mr. Quaid in the slightly implausible but nonetheless charming role of Lawrences neer-do-well adoptive brother, Chuck.
Chuck, whose refusal to act his age seems as defiant and deliberate as his brothers decision to act much older than his, crashes in Lawrences guest room and strikes up an occasionally awkward friendship with Vanessa. Lawrence, meanwhile, pursues an equally awkward affair with Janet, whose consequent rivalry with Vanessa is both unstated and unmistakable.
Over the course of the movie everyone changes, but the filmmakers dont force them into preordained postures of redemption. They are defiantly fixed in their personalities even as they show and eventually acknowledge some room for improvement. But none undergo the kind of hokey, wholesale transformations that too often turn brisk comedies into damp melodramas. They, and the filmmakers, are too proud and too smart for that kind of nonsense. The ordinary nonsense of human imperfection will do just fine.
Smart People is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It has swearing, drug use and two lingering glances at Mr. Churchs naked buttocks.


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Columbia roadwork expected to cause delays
COLUMBIA -The Columbia Public Works Street Division will begin a couple of roadwork projects along Nifong Boulevard that may affect your commute for the week of July 6.
Road crews will begin repairing a section of Buttonwood Drive between Nifong Boulevard and Grey Oak Drive at 7:30 A.M. on Monday, July 6.
The work will cause temporary lane closures and restrictions and is expected to last until 3:30 P.M. on Friday, July 10.
A section of Nifong Boulevard between Forum Boulevard and Willowcreek Lane will also undergo repairs starting Monday.
The city will be repairing concrete along the road and the work is expected to last until Friday at 5:00 P.M.
Columbia Public Works said motorists should expect some delays and is asking motorists to use an alternative route if possible.
You can find more information on current and upcoming road work in Columbia by visiting the Columbia Public Works Facebook page.


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Posts Tagged 'student loan reform'
A Few More Friday Links
* We shouldn't be assessing the health of the humanities by market-share metrics that are far more about demographics and the changing face of higher ed than they are about the intellectual shifts at the heart of actual humanities practice. Besides, the actual numbers show long-term stability post 1980:
The interpretation: The chart never quite reinforces the point that something terrible is going on in the humanities right now. Anyone looking at it closely will notice, as Michael Bérubé has, that the real collapse of humanities enrollments happened in the 1970s. The Great Recession has been less ruinous to enrollments than were the mid-1990s. Sure, a few Harvard majors have switched from history to government in the last decade: is that really a story?
But it does succeed in making the humanities appear massively out of date. And that's a compelling story for all sorts of people. It makes humanists feel as though they deserve a larger share of the university, and that their sense of being under seige is due to the some pathology in the culture at large; it makes traditionalist critics of the humanities feel secure in pointing out that something has gone very wrong in the field.
* Malcolm Harris has a followup on his previous excellent student loan piece from Boston Review.
* Obama: PRISM Doesn't Apply To U.S. Citizens. I don't see how this could mean why Obama seems to be implying. Surely he's saying that they're collecting all data but only using data from noncitizens? How could they discriminate between citizen bandwidth and noncitizen bandwidth at the point of recording?
* But the real question: is Glenn Greenwald working for the ChiComs?
* Obama says go ahead kill all the wolves.
* And still another outrage of the day, as if your docket weren't full: Hacker Who Exposed Steubenville Rape Case Could Spend More Time Behind Bars Than The Rapists.
Thursday Links
* New dystopian novella from Margaret Atwood. It's a $2.99 Kindle single.
* A spring heat wave like no other in U.S. and Canadian history peaked in intensity yesterday, during its tenth day. Since record keeping began in the late 1800s, there have never been so many temperature records broken for spring warmth in a one-week period–and the margins by which some of the records were broken yesterday were truly astonishing. Wunderground's weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, commented to me yesterday, "it's almost like science fiction at this point."
* Some student loan borrowers with the biggest debt loads didn't fully understand what they were getting into when they borrowed the money, a survey of those borrowers has found. I'm shocked, shocked!
* Disney taking a bath on John Carter.
* …let's start by setting forth two uncontroversial propositions. The first proposition is that the health care law is constitutional. The second is that the court could strike it down anyway.
* George Orwell reviews Mein Kampf.
Nearly all western thought since the last war, certainly all "progressive" thought, has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain. In such a view of life there is no room, for instance, for patriotism and the military virtues. The Socialist who finds his children playing with soldiers is usually upset, but he is never able to think of a substitute for the tin soldiers; tin pacifists somehow won't do. Hitler, because in his own joyless mind he feels it with exceptional strength, knows that human beings don't only want comfort, safety, short working-hours, hygiene, birth-control and, in general, common sense; they also, at least intermittently, want struggle and self-sacrifice, not to mention drums, flags and loyalty-parades. However they may be as economic theories, Fascism and Nazism are psychologically far sounder than any hedonistic conception of life. The same is probably true of Stalin's militarized version of Socialism. All three of the great dictators have enhanced their power by imposing intolerable burdens on their peoples. Whereas Socialism, and even capitalism in a more grudging way, have said to people "I offer you a good time," Hitler has said to them "I offer you struggle, danger and death," and as a result a whole nation flings itself at his feet. Perhaps later on they will get sick of it and change their minds, as at the end of the last war. After a few years of slaughter and starvation "Greatest happiness of the greatest number" is a good slogan, but at this moment "Better an end with horror than a horror without end" is a winner. Now that we are fighting against the man who coined it, we ought not to underrate its emotional appeal.
* Stand Your Ground and Vigilante Justice.
* Vernor Vinge Is Optimistic About the Collapse of Civilization. At least that's one of us!
The $ in Univer$ities
The For-Profit College Rip-Off: Predatory Schools Take 90 Percent Of Revenue From Govt, Leave Students Bankrupt.
The Education Department today released new data on the rate at which higher education students default on their student loans, which showed that students at for-profit colleges — schools like the University of Phoenix or Strayer University — are defaulting at rates far above those at other institutions. In fact, 25 percent of students who attend for profit colleges default within three years. Here's a chart comparing default rates at different types of schools (the green bar represents defaults at private, for-profit schools).
Here are some more key facts about for-profit colleges:
– Just 11 percent of higher education students in the country attend for-profit schools, yet they account for 26 percent of federal student loans and 44 percent of student loan defaults.
– Many of the schools make up to ninety percent of their revenue from U.S. taxpayers, through the Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and other federal assistance used by their students. 91.5 percent of Kaplan's revenue comes from the government, along with 88 percent revenue at the University of Phoenix.
– CEO's of for-profit colleges receive up to 26 times the amount of pay that the heads of traditional universities do.
Strayer CEO Robert Silberman was paid $41.9 million in 2009. As Bloomberg News noted, "Silberman's annual compensation would have ranked him eighth on Equilar's list of the highest-paid executives at the largest 1,000 companies."
The schools also engage in aggressive recruiting and marketing tactics, promising students quick degrees and good jobs, when the result is more often a rip-off, resulting in "crushing debt and bleak job prospects." A new report from the National Consumer Law Center said that the for-profits' in-house loan programs are, for all intents and purposes, predatory.
There's still more at the link.
But Probably Not
"Not being able to attend your first choice college … [is] not the end of the world," he says. "You can still have a productive life and career."
The New York Times discovers that my generation has been saddled with crushing, unsustainable education debt. More here. Via MeFi.
Friday Friday
* Orrin Hatch is today's douchebag of liberty, with hypocrisy so brazen it offends even Mark Halprin.
* An interesting paper flagged at The Sexist reveals that young men hold shocking double standards in the way they imagine themselves rejecting sex and the way they imagine women must. There's an almost total lack of self-reflexivity here, as characterized by one of the authors of the study:
"The gist of it is that these young men evidenced an understanding of and even a preference for nuances and diplomatic communication to refuse sex, but then when discussing rape, reversed course and began to argue that anything the least bit ambiguous was unintelligible," Millar writes.
* Steve Benen and Kevin Drum spare a moment for student loan reform, the other Big Fucking Deal legislation passed this week. Ezra Klein, too, notes that behind the large-scale reform of health care includes a lot of medium-scale reforms that might have been big fights on their own, but which slipped by without comment—suggesting that perhaps Obama really has been playing 11-dimensional chess all this time.
* The New England Journal of Medicine warns that the war over health care has only just begun. While repeal does not seem to me to be an especially important concern—among other things I don't think Republicans can win the presidency in 2012 or get 67 votes in the Senate when they don't—the authors raise important points about some difficult areas of implementation that need to be handled carefully by the Administration.
* Nate Silver has your health-care post-mortem.
On balance, I think if you polled Republican strategists right now and they were being honest, they'd probably concede that Democrats are better off for having brought health care to completion after having invested so much energy in it before. The Democrats have a case they can make now — we're making the tough decisions and getting things done — which may not be horribly persuasive to much of the electorate but is at least marginally better than the complete directionlessness they seemed to be exhibiting a few weeks ago.
On the other hand, I think if you polled Democratic strategists and they were being honest, they'd probably concede that — electorally-speaking — Democrats would have been better off if they'd found a different direction last year, focusing perhaps on financial reform and then only turning to health care if their numbers warranted it. One of the risks in undertaking health care in the first place, indeed, is that there was essentially no exit strategy: no matter how badly the electorate reacted to the policy — and they reacted quite badly — Democrats would probably have been even worse off if they'd abandoned it somewhere along the way.
* And prodigy, 13, claims age discrimination by UConn. I for one welcome our new adolescent overlords…


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about sprites
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if you use 32x8 sprites, its enough to just fill the entire 320px. I tried to do a fancy sprite scroller, and it would need exactly 1 more sprite being displayed (so you can't see the edges), but VDP could not handle it, so I instead had to do hacks with planew+planea to display both FG and the scroller.
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Why in version 1.21 sprite erased when it is outside of the screen?
In the version 1.12 sprite was not erased.
In the version 1.12 sprite was not erased.
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Jacob Birdsall was married to Mary Washburn. Both were born in New York. Their daughter, Amy Jane Birdsall was born on June 25, 1827 in New York. She married Isaac Delamater Reynolds. I am seeking more information on Jacob. Who were his parents? Did he have siblings? Was he a Quaker? When was he born? When did he die? When did he get married? Anyone who has more information, please contact me at email@example.com. Thank you.
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