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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
On that note...
1) I was corrected by a friend - I should have said "God did not COMMAND rape..." as opposed to "ordain" in that last post. Sloppy terminology from me.
2) JeffP has over and over again shown his inability to even discuss WHY sthg is wrong or right, fundamentally.
3) To Phinehas' link (arigatou) I'd add the following:
Link 1
Link 2
4) A woman who is raped but her cries are not heard is to be stoned to death - Deut 22:23-24
Um, no. You've completely confused two different sets of verses. If this is the best you've got...
If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor, because he met her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.
5) Jacob's daughter Dinah is raped. God forgives the rape if circumcision is performed
Show me in the passage where God says anything about it or recommends circumcision. No, He doesn't say anythg. This is history - the author is recording what happened and adds no commentary on its rightness or wrongness.
Did you even read the passage or just strip all this out of the Skeptic's Annotated Baybuhl or something?
Might I add that Levi and Simeon are God-chosen.
Ah, which means that they're sinless! In JeffPerado's world, that's apparently the deal.
6) Judges 21 tells of the sexual needs and advances of the Benjaminites. Killing the men and taking the women to be thier wives despite their resistence.
Where do the women resist? That's not in the text; JeffPerado just assumes it.
These women needed protection; were they to remain single their whole lives? Not at that time, in that place, in that culture.
These were for MARRIAGE, not rape. The Mosaic Law specifically explains how marriage and betrothal are to take place, to protect both the man and the woman.
God condones forced marriage
That's just anachronistic. Not only can JeffPerado not explain why any act is wrong or right, he is guilty of imposing his moral timeframe on other cultures. Everyone can play that game.
37 comments:
- John Morales said...
Rhology, you're welcome to your hermeneutics but as always I'll point to the schismatic history of Christendom as evidence that the Bible is and has been interpreted in a multitude of ways.
Besides, you've covered this already here, and I stand by what I wrote in the comments.
- Tue Apr 15, 05:39:00 PM CDT
- jeffperado said...
Can I start calling you Rhology, super-genius from now own? For you truly are a super genius if you can read a clear passage in the bible and interpret for all of us rubes what God really meant.
But I have to wonder one thing. If God says rape is ok in certain circumstances (that being God's special people) but is wrong for all the rest, and if standards of rape and marriage can change but still be the same; my question to you is how do you (and I mean you as a mere human) ascertain when something is right (moral) in the bible, but wrong (immoral) in real life? You've admitted to acceptable cases of rape as written in the bible, and you called them moral. And you have stated that rape is immoral. How do you, as a mere human, know this?
I would dare say you know it exactly in the same way as I know it. Because it causes harm.
You claim I dodge all questions on morality, but I have laid my entire stance out for you. What causes harm is immoral.
But you, on the other hand, have only some book from which to guide your morality, and that very same book says some things are moral in certain cases, whereas you say they are always immoral. And in other cases that book says some things are always immoral when even you admit they are moral under certain circumstances.
That brings me back to my point: You must be a super-genius if you can ascertain just where the bible was being absolute and it really meant relative, and where it was being relative but it actually meant absolute.
With your super-genius ability to determine these things you are now on par with even the most average atheist when it comes to morality.
And that must make you ever so proud. Because you ignore my answers and call them dodges does not make your super-genius Christianity any better than mere average atheistic morality. I answered every single one of your questions fully and with documentation. That you do not accept that means merely that your super-genius has come up against the roadrunner.
Look, it is very simple: Different people have different ways at arriving at morality. People with flawed morals wind up dying out and those with useful morals flourish.
Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?
- Fri Apr 25, 06:18:00 PM CDT
- Rhology said...
Nope, never admitted that there is divinely-commanded rape in the BIble. Since this whole post was written against that very statement, I don't know how one could come to that conclusion.
If you don't know how to interpret a statement - any statement - then why are you even here?
Tell you what, I'll just interpret your statement to mean that you've repented before Christ and have become His follower. And that you ate candy and scrambled eggs for lunch. Welcome to the fold of God, brother!
All ridiculousness aside, read this for help with this.
I know rape is immoral b/c God has said it is. If there were no God, there would be no objective basis for morality, so rape can be moral to you and immoral to me, and there's no adjudication between us save sheer force or chance agreement.
What causes harm is immoral.
"Harm" is defined by different people different ways.
Not everyone accepts your definition.
You apparently don't have any way to tell me how you know that what causes harm is immoral. You just made it up. Well, what's to stop someone else from making up their own rule that rape IS moral?
Most of your post is predicated on the false statement that God in the Bible commands rape.
The rest of it is just question-begging statements about how you are apparently the Pope of Morality. I must've missed the mitre in that picture on your blog profile, but let me take a few days' thought before I kiss your ring.
- Sat Apr 26, 10:14:00 PM CDT
- jeffperado said...
I want to thank you. No, really I do. You have personally wiped away any last lingering doubt that I have when it comes to Christian apologetics. I argue facts and concrete biblical passages, and you wave them away with your magical feelings and faith-based wand of god.
But I envy you. Yes I do. I really really do eny you, to take a clear and simple passage of the bible and turn it into whatever you want it to be is an amazing and uplifting ability. I mean I cite specifics, I cite clear passages and you just simply ignore that and replace it withy your own mythical "God is love", no matter what the situation; that is pure beauty.
I just wish I had your powers of re-interpretation. Then I could take a passage where God commands the Hebrews to kill everything (including livestock) except for the young virgin girls, with which the Hebrews are free to do with whatever they please, and turn that that into a beautiful moralistic story.
But I still think, and I am still an atheist, mind you, that raping virgin girls is wrong. And I say that in spite of the fact that the bible condoned this very thing! (Numbers 31:18) I mean, seriously, what value does a virgin girl have that a virgin boy does not have, if it is not sex? Yet the virgin boys were killed.
I have explained my position thoroughly. I have explained how morality can exist in a world without a magical sky-daddy. I have laid all this out in clear and easy to explain language.
Yet you persist in your vain attempt to ignore all this, and even go so far as to defend the inane "moral" dictates you can easily and simply find in your very own bible.
I have pointed out a few simple problems in your prime Ten Commandments, yet you completely ignore answering that. You demore on what the definition of "neighbor" is. Are you actually Bill Clinton? You ignore the question of children honoring their incestual and sexually abusing parents. Are you blind?
I answer every single question to the fullest, and just because you don't like the fact that I am able to do so, you ignore the facts? You blind yourself to the truth that I have given full and factual answers to every single possible mutation of every question you ask, but ignore all the answers because they are uncomfortable to you.
Do you hate the truth? Is that what I am supposed to gather from you?
I love the truth. That is why I continue to engage you. I have provided the truth. I have provided it down to the last fact. I use your bible, your dogma, your doctrine. Your very own words. Yet you deny all that to score cheap points by calling me a denialist?
I acknowledge the bible, I write about the bible. But really all I see in your responses are your personal feelings, your personal beliefs, your own "sense" of what "God" really means when he wrote what he wrote.
Maybe I should have you debate the pope instead of me.
Yes, that's it. From now on, I will forward your inquieries to the poep, and let him respond to you. Then you can argue and deny aother man of God...
I can see that you an I have little more to debate. I quote the bible, I quote actual christian thinking, I quote actual Christian morality, and compare it to atheistic morality in detail, and all I get from you is faith and feeling. The facts of the bible trump your faith and feeling every time. I have proven that time and again. These rape quote I confounded you with are only the tip of the iceberg. You denied the words of God to me, and to all your readers. Let your god and more importantly, your readers, judge you.
For I am through. I can only argue fact for so long.
- Mon Apr 28, 01:36:00 AM CDT
- Rhology said...
You crack me up, man. I'm more than happy that your comment be the last word.
- Mon Apr 28, 02:22:00 PM CDT
It doesn't say "virgin boys", it says "kill all the males among the little ones" (now, You do understand that warfare was, -back then, in the good ol' days, a "man-thing", right? ... unless, of course, You believe in the existence of the legendary Amazons-) ... and the *ONE* thing that boys (unlike their girly counter-parts) have is not merely their dicks (You pervert little American, You!), but their God-given manhood, which in this particular case would've concretely materialized itself eventually in an acute sense of righteous revenge; -- i.e., they would've ploted to avenge their fathers' extermination in the war.
Girls, on the other hand, don't have this sense, so it would've been rather pointless, to say the least. --> there are always exception to every rule, such as it was the case with Attila's wife ... but there's a *reason* WHY *that* made history ...
"Keep them for yourselves" --> does the word "handmaiden" mean anything to You? (Yes, many would've more than probably been married to them ... that again, many wouldn't have been). --> Are You pervert little Americans always so sex-focused!? :-\
As for the OTHER examples, I understood them when I read them the first time, being merely 4-5 yrs of age, and my understanding as an Orth. is the same as Rhologys', who's a Calvinist. (Honestly, now, there're many points of divergence between us Orth., Cath., and Prot. ... but the very clear meaning of these verses were never among them:
-- the example from Deuteronomy is about women which are [I don't know how to put it mildly] ... say we just say "suspiciously silent" while being "raped" ... which, -unless they're by nature mute-, doesn't happen ... which obviously meant that they weren't "raped" in the first place ...
-- as to the other one, the one about the righteous revenge of Dinah's brothers for the desecration of their sister's virginal purity, I don't understand Your objection to it in the first place :-\ Care to enlighten me a bit on that one? :-|
And how on God's green Earth do You manage to link the 5th Commandment to child-abuse!?? :-0
- Mon Apr 28, 04:46:00 PM CDT
I'm also unable to follow Your judgement on Judges 21. (I mean, why do You think the girls were there in the first place? A Biblical-times "all-night girls' hang-out" !? :-/ ). The sole and whole purpose for them being assembled there in the first place was to find good spouses for themselves... But since Benjamin's generation didn't have such a good reputation anymore [due to certain recent events that have happened and which the Biblical narrator narrates to us in great detail in the Book's last chapters] a little short-cutting, or bending, of the rules was necessary, and certain protocolary corners had to be cut, ... otherwise the entire Benjaminic dynasty would've perished from the face of the earth, which thing, needless to say, is less than desirable, unless one's switched into >national suicide mode<. :-(
- Mon Apr 28, 05:17:00 PM CDT
- jeffperado said...
Rhology wrote:
"You crack me up, man. I'm more than happy that your comment be the last word."
Hey you cannot steal my words. How many times have I already said that to you. Come up with some original material at least.
- Wed Apr 30, 12:47:00 AM CDT
- jeffperado said...
Thanks Lucian. I could not have come with a better anti-Christian statement myself.
Handmaiden indeed.
I say, exactly. But I am amused at your chacterization of American "sex-crazed". Only in america are people so crazed about sex that they refuse to admit that it exists. In virtually every other country around the world (China is an oddball -- but that is because of their population problem) sex is not an issue. Naked women, expressions of sex and all that like, are wildly accepted. Only in America is the "obsession" with sex in the negative.
So I really do not know what your point is.
- Wed Apr 30, 12:55:00 AM CDT
- jeffperado said...
Oh and Lician,
All that [expletive eleted and replaced with...] nonsense about rape not being rape because the helpless girl said nothing is vile. Rape is rape. If a man forces himself on a girl and that girl is too frightened to say anything is not rape, but the same man who forces himself on the same girl who subsequently screams bloody murder is rape is beyond absurd.
Rape is rape.
And more importantly, rape is rape especially when recorded after-the-fact, by a group of mysogenist men who claim it isn't because of a lack of bravery by the young girl. That is disgusting. Only child pornogrophers would make that sort of claim that you make and that is made in the bible.
- Wed Apr 30, 01:08:00 AM CDT
- jeffperado said...
Oh, and rhology, I am Jeffperado, not JeffPerado. How difficult is that to get right? "Jeffperado" comes from an old joke. It has to deal with the Eagles song, "Desperado" Now would you, rhology, call that song "DesPerado"?
I didn't think so.
Oh, and can I add a big "heh" to this?
- Wed Apr 30, 01:16:00 AM CDT
- Rhology said...
Oh, thanks for the clarification. I was taking "Perado" for your last name. jeffperado it is, thanks again. I know it is a little irritating when people mess up your handle (people call me "rhoblogy" all the time).
- Wed Apr 30, 07:24:00 AM CDT
nonsense about rape not being rape because the helpless girl said nothing
Faith is not the same thing as credulity: such helpless girls or women are the first to cry or shout out for help. And in this case it's obviously not rape, but adultery, both people involved in it being responsible, and not just one of them.
That's why the two situations are mentioned: one in the wilderness, where even were one to shout or cry out for help chances are unlikely that anyone's going to hear him any way; and the other one in a dwelled place.
I'm also left without an answer as to how exactly this "commands rape", as You concluded. Care to enlighten me, Mr. Perado?
- Wed Apr 30, 07:12:00 PM CDT
- John Morales said...
Lucian: Care to enlighten me, Mr. Perado?
Look at the comment preceding yours; I cannot determine if you're trying to be playful, insulting or are just slow.
But it sure doesn't make you sound genuine.
- Wed Apr 30, 07:27:00 PM CDT
The fact that rapists were in the Old Covenent stoned to death commands rape? How?
The Bible is also available in plain English and the passages that You make mention of are in no way un-understandable (I mean, it's not like it's the Book of Daniel, or the Book of Revelation, that we're discussing here :-| ). I myself understood these passages as a child, and I was only four or five yrs old... and You're tellin' me that You, -of all people!-, at fourty years of age, do not understand them!? :-\ Please! If You're looking for someone to 'sucker', I'm not available; as I said, I'm a man of faith, not a man of credulity ... and I only see in You a man that either does not understand his own mother-tongue, ... or is just raging without reason against something which he just simply loves to hate (I bet on #2). Let me illustrate this by way of a clear example from one of Your own comments:
a group of mysogenist men, etc
So, ... let me see if I get this straight: the Bible is misoginistic because it commands rape, which is doesn't, but it does (or it has to), because it's misoginistic. (What kind of circular, convoluted logic is this?). :-\
(And You still haven't answered my ONE question, ... although I gave an answer to about all of Yours).
- Wed Apr 30, 07:45:00 PM CDT
But I am amused at your chacterization of American "sex-crazed".
Glad You are! (I'm not). That again, ... maybe that's just the way God made you ... :>
- Wed Apr 30, 07:50:00 PM CDT
Naked women, expressions of sex and all that like, are wildly accepted.
Yeah, right ... where? (In China, India, and Subsaharian Africa?) :-/
(Again, ... ONLY an American would make such a stupid statement).
- Thu May 01, 11:29:00 AM CDT
- Rhology said...
See more comments on this from Mariano of Answering Atheism.
- Fri Dec 26, 06:03:00 PM CST
- magx01 said...
"If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife."
Quick, easy question: Do you think this is, or ever was, morally acceptable? Do you think "god's" justifcation for them (last sentence in the quote) is/are/were right/fair/the best and or/only consideration that warranted mention?
"So you shall purge the evil from your midst."
A woman who does not cry out during a rape is evil? Agree or disagree.
Please don't dodge these questions. If you have any integrity, please give me a straight response.
- Mon Aug 30, 06:20:00 PM CDT
- magx01 said...
"I know rape is immoral b/c God has said it is. If there were no God, there would be no objective basis for morality...."
What renders "god"'s dictates objective?
- Mon Aug 30, 06:32:00 PM CDT
- Rhology said...
Hi magx01,
Was what morally acceptable? The death penalty for fornication? Yes, it was morally acceptable and remains morally acceptable, but most countries do not practice that penalty today. Which is OK too.
Was fornication morally acceptable? No, never.
And yes, God's ideas are the only ones worth considering. All others are sub-ideal, and depending on what they are, can be mentioned as less-bad than others. But why be less bad? Why not go for the best? This is one reason why God's patience with sinful man is amazing.
A woman who does not cry out during a rape is evil? Agree or disagree.
You phrased your question badly. All women are evil. So are all men.
But I think you probably meant the ACTION, so... The point (given the context) is that she consented to the sex act vs she did not consent to the sex act. Consenting to any sex act outside of marriage is evil, yes.
What renders "god"'s dictates objective?
Please see here.
Please don't dodge these questions. If you have any integrity, please give me a straight response.
Fair enough, as long as you agree to give ME straight answers when I ask you questions.
- Tue Aug 31, 08:00:00 AM CDT
- magx01 said...
Well, we obviously disagree. However, there isn't much for me to say, as, while I disagree and hate the content of your answers, your responses were consistent, and not contradictory or hypocritical in any way. Your resposnes follow from your beliefs.
Your response and that of others I have encountered in the past in simliar discussions really make it clear that if one does accept this god, and this god as the arbiter of morality, we will always come to a presuppositional impasse, and questions such as these will prove frutiless time and again.
You believe in this god and you believe him to be the author of morality. I believe his 'morlas' to be disgustingly primitive (not that I believe he exists).
Neither one of us will budge unless we have a change in fundamental presuppositions (god is not real vs god is real, god is immoral vs god is moral, etc).
Argh, it's so frustrating!
The fact that you actually think those actions are not onlay justified, but the moral thing to do......ugh. But pointing this out has no effect, since you truly believe in your theology.
Total impasse.
But hey, I like that you were honest, and didn't try to get out of it, as many do, when they recognize that they are being viewed ina negative light for actually defending killing a woman who was raped and too frightened to cry out. Or killing a woman who was raped and ended up liking it. Whatever. Killing the woman, period. And the man (woman more egregious though).
My brain screams for me to scream REALLY???? KILLING THE WOMAN WHO WAS RAPED IS MORAL?
It's just so hard for me to think that people really believe that.
I dunno.
- Thu Sep 02, 07:17:00 AM CDT
- Rhology said...
I thank you for your honest response.
My principal thought is that you claim to be an atheist and yet you don't live like it. You can't. Your conscience is screaming at you that true injustice and evil exist in the world. But if atheism is true, there's no such thing as Overriding Cosmic Objective Justice or Good. There's just what you think, what I think, and what happens. If I think vanilla ice cream is tasty and you think it's disgusting, and you decide to kill me over that quarrel, so what? You just shortened my existence by ~50 years. In the course of eternal heat death, which is where the universe is heading if atheism is true, that means nothing. You changed the configuration of my molecules, reduced the gene pool by one more weak set of genes who couldn't defend itself, rid the world of my mouth to feed, my thirst to satisfy, my carbon footprint. You probably toughened up my children by making them adapt to their environment more rudely and quickly than otherwise; they now have to defend themselves at a younger age. And that makes the race last longer.
So what, so what, so what?
All men are simply bags of protoplasm trying to pass on our genes to the next generation, if atheism is true. And in fact, all high-sounding but empty platitudes of "we can rise above our genes" (as expressed by Dick Dawk in the last chapter or two of The Selfish Gene and echoed ad infinitum by many others) aside, given that "rising" and "above" are moral statements and atheism offers no foundation by which we can know objectively good morality from objectively bad morality nor a telos or purpose toward which we should aspire, I don't see why rape (as long as you're strong and clever enough not to get caught) wouldn't in fact confer an evolutionary advantage on the rapist. Each agent in an evolutionary scheme is motivated to pass his genes on to the next generation, and in this competition, agents vying against each other, the stronger tend to emerge and tend to pass on their genes more successfully. "Advancing" and "evolving" is the closest an evolutionary atheist will get to a telos, and impregnating dozens of females (as opposed to, say, one) is probably a successful strategy. Do you criticise dogs in heat for their willingness to jump on anything that moves that is approximately dog-sized?
But deep down you know that's not true, and that's why you express outrage over evil. Now, take the next logical step. Admit that atheism has nothing to offer, that you cannot be consistent if atheism is true, and that you have committed wrong things. Then ask yourself why you think you've done wrong, why you think you feel guilt. It's not b/c guilt is an evolved mechanism - for what purpose? Please! Rather, it was put there by God Himself to turn you to Him to ask Him for forgiveness and mercy! You can't be the ultimate foundation for morality, and you can't show me one unless it be God Himself. He commands you to repent, or you will be judged for your wrongdoing. But if you repent, He will forgive and give you eternal life, for free, b/c He has already paid the judgment that you so richly deserve. I pray you will do so.
- Thu Sep 02, 12:17:00 PM CDT
- magx01 said...
I am assuming that this is not your first, or even 5th, time posting that, and you most likely have had the flaws in it pointed out to you.
Am I incorrect in my presumption?
If you can honestly answer in the affirmative (that I am indeed incorrect), then I will post back with a point by point response, and I will point out the errors in that strawman filled and presumptuous attempt at proselytization.
- Mon Sep 06, 03:05:00 PM CDT
- magx01 said...
- Fri Sep 10, 03:37:00 AM CDT
- Rhology said...
Take it as a compliment, I urge you, that the state of your eternal soul is of great importance to me.
I've posted things like that numerous times, but never found a good refutation. If you think you can do better than simply beg the question in favor of naturalism, go for it.
- Fri Sep 10, 07:39:00 AM CDT
- magx01 said...
I have typed up a reply to you, but it is 10 times th echaracter limit. Would you prefer me to post it in 10 comments, or just post it on my blog and link you to it?
I spent over an hour on it, so I would appreciate it if you read it, and took the time to respond in kind. How it is posted will be left up to you.
One cohesice blog entry, or 10 or so consecutive comments here? Up to you.
- Fri Sep 10, 06:59:00 PM CDT
- Rhology said...
Much better to make it a blogpost and link to it, I think. Thanks!
- Fri Sep 10, 07:35:00 PM CDT
- magx01 said...
Alright, I am in the process of doing so. You will see a link here in the next 3-4 mins.
Assuming there is one, your response can be posted in my comment section, of course, but if you do it here, please link me in my comment section.
I'll be back ina couple of minutes.
- Fri Sep 10, 07:50:00 PM CDT
- Rhology said...
Oh, just occurred to me - if you want to email it to me, I'll post it on this blog unedited and then respond to it later.
Would you prefer it that way?
- Fri Sep 10, 07:57:00 PM CDT
- Rhology said...
Oh, never mind - that'll work fine.
Please do allow some time to respond to it. I'll let you know when I do.
- Fri Sep 10, 07:58:00 PM CDT
- magx01 said...
^Sorry, did not catch your above comments.
- Fri Sep 10, 08:23:00 PM CDT
- magx01 said...
There seems to be some sort of posting error happening here. Let me try this again. I
apologize in advance if you get a bunch of duplicates.
Here's the link:
I apologize for the length.....I just sort of got caught up in it, as I encounter these
sorts of sentiments quite often and I get a bit worked up....
Also, and this is not me blowing smoke up your butt, I think you're worth the effort.
What I mean by that is many times, people in your position drive me to just exit the
conversation, sometimes while hurling insults their way, because they are so dishonest
and it drives me nuts.
That OT issue is usually not tackled as directly and as honestly as you answered it. I
might dislike your response, but I respect it. You had the courage of your convictions
and responded with how you felt/thought, as opposed to trying to be cute/dodge it, etc.
I respect that.
So, even though we disagree on basic principles, we can still have productive
conversation(s) as long as both parties remain open and honest (such as you did, and
such as I did as you will see where I admit to not being too certain on an
....See? I'm long winded at times. Depends on who I am dealing with, too, of course. If
you want to get rid of me, just starting lying or dodging things lol.
I don't expect a response right away of course, and of course you're not obligated to
respond at all, but I really hope you do, whether it's to disagree or tell me you've
deconverted ;) So far you have shown yourself to be better than many of the others with
whom I have dealings online, and so I allowed myself to let the post sweep me away,
because I don't have you pegged for the type who will disrespect my efforts by dodging,
ignoring, lying, etc.
P.S. I don't know what your experiences are with atheists in general, but don't let the
vitriol, rage, immaturity, often rudeness, etc often seen online paint us all with the
same brush in yuor eyes.
There are a lot of good people on our "side." I consider myself one (although if you
happen to see some certain blog entries of mine you may think otherwise....sometimes I
rant and my rants can be quite crass when I am worked up). I'm just saying this so you
don't think that because my response was forceful, I have a default dislike of you due
to your religious affiliation.
That's simply not true, despite what some people gather from discussions they have with
me and/or the content of my blogs/videos/forum posts etc.
I'm just honest with my feelings, and I don't hold back on my thoughts. I was also a bit
insulted by a few of your insinuations regarding my morality. I hear those sorts of
sentiments a lot and I wonder how, and even if, you guys really, truly believe what you
Reagrdless, there seems to be this idea out there that atheists hate theists, and I want
to say that I do not hate all theists. That's absurd. I might be a strong atheist with
antitheistic views as well, but I hate the religion, NOT the religious (hate the sin not
the sinner....LOL). I married a Catholic woman (she's no longer a believer (not my
doing!) but she was for the first 8-9 years I was with her) and I have religious
Wow, more rambling.....Sorry. I took some of my prescribed pain medication due to, well,
pain (!) which is a result of my 2 diseases (well, 3 if you count my atheism! ba dum
tish!) and I tend to get even more talkative/long winded when I take them.
Okay, I'm done rambling.
- Fri Sep 10, 09:24:00 PM CDT
- Rhology said...
Sorry about all the Blogger goofs. It does it to me too.
I've noticed that even if it gives an error msg after I Publish my comments, the comments still appear usually. The key is to Publish the comment and then go check on the actual blogpost in the comment section to see whether it posted.
Thanks again, I'll get back to you soon.
- Mon Sep 13, 08:18:00 AM CDT
- magx01 said...
HAve you ever received the one where it asks you whether or not you would like to continue to move away from the page or stay on it? The disappearing glitch was happening to me after receiving that particular annoying popup.
And no problem man.
- Tue Sep 14, 02:37:00 AM CDT
- The Thinker said...
"Not only can JeffPerado not explain why any act is wrong or right, he is guilty of imposing his moral timeframe on other cultures. Everyone can play that game."
So are you saying that morality is relative to people, places and time? Because if not you must agree that everything that was normative in the biblical days, should also be normative now.
- Sat Nov 09, 07:30:00 PM CST
- Rhology said...
So are you saying that morality is relative to people, places and time?
If atheism is true, yes, and that's not all.
But not if Christianity is true, thankfully (and it is, thankfully).
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For extreme scrap quilters. See Etsy.com/Shop/KarenGriskaQuilts for fun quilt patterns.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Zigzag Selvage Quilt on Etsy
8 comments:
- Abby and Stephanie said...
That is a very eye catching selvedge quilt!
- March 25, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- Dawn S. said...
So vibrant and beautiful!!
- March 25, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- Kim said...
Beautiful, I thought it was stitching too until you pointed out the fabric. So talented!
Happy Sewing
- March 25, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- Molly said...
Eek! I love this--so much movement in this quilt. Love the pink and the black and white binding!
- March 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Pat from Florida said...
Wow! How cute is this??? I did think it was bold stitching at first.
- March 25, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- Em said...
So alive and I love the border especially! I hope u realize what an inspiration u r to us in quilt-land. I play with selvages as an embellishment or as the title for a quilt now and makes it so fun! Would have never thought of them as such a gem without you and your blog. Thnx! Em at http://mcelebrates.blogspot.com
- March 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- Bonnie said...
What an amazing quilt. Makes me want to use more when I make fabric. Bonnie
- March 25, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- WoolenSails said...
Beautiful use of selvedges, quilted into a piece of art.
- March 25, 2011 at 10:21 PM


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Engaging the C-Suite: 2017 Sales and Executive Engagement Survey Report
- Author(s) Rob Leavitt, Donna Thach
- Published April 19, 2017
- Category Content & Communications, Engagement & Advocacy, Sales & Field Enablement
- Type Member Research, Benchmarking
- Engaging the C-Suite: 2017 Sales and Executive Engagement Survey Abbreviated Summary ITSMA_EngagingtheCSuite_AbbSummary_SV4601A.pdf
The rise of the connected economy has made executive engagement and executive-level selling more important than ever.
As technology, business services, and other B2B firms rush to capitalize on new market opportunities, they're increasing investment in a wide range of initiatives designed specifically to broaden and deepen relationships in the C-suite. Indeed, 92% of marketing leaders say that selling at the executive level is more important to their sales strategy than it was two years ago.
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- 50 marketers at B2B technology and business services companies completed a web-based survey during February and March 2017
- 54% represent companies with $5 billion or more annual revenue
- 84% represent companies that are completely B2B; 16% are both B2B and B2C
- 60% represent companies that sell both products and services; 40% primarily services (10% or less revenue from products)
- 76% are based in North America, 12% Europe, 10% Asia, and 2% Africa
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The MLB offseason has yet to kick into full gear, but you wouldn't know it from the way rumors are swirling around the New York Yankees.
Most recently the Bronx Bombers have been linked to Starlin Castro in a trade that could involve Brett Gardner according to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News. While it's hard to know how much fire is burning beneath this smoke, it's the sort of framework that makes some sense with two well-compensated potentially-redundant veterans switching teams.
There would have to be other players involved to make it work, but if you squint you can see it. However, one aspect of the story is both obvious and illogical, the idea of Castro as a second baseman.
As Feinsand explains, "[Starlin] Castro would fill a need for the Yankees at second base, where they currently have a platoon of Dustin Ackley and Rob Refsnyder."
It is true that the Yankees have an uncertain situation at second base and a shortstop in Didi Gregorius who led the team in WAR in 2015. So it's clear where the hole is. That doesn't mean shoving Castro into it is justified.
Over the course of his career Castro has accumulated 106.6 Runs Above Replacement. For a 25-year-old it's hard to complain about a number like that. However, 38.6 of those runs have been a function of his positional adjustment for being a shortstop. He has racked up 36.2 percent of his value just for standing between third base and second base a bunch of times.
That characterization undoubtedly undersells the difficulty of being a major league shortstop, but if the Yankees pick him up and play him at second they are cutting into his value significantly. For a frame of reference, Robinson Cano has put up only 20.1 runs of positional value in his career, and a durable second baseman is worth only 1.5-2.5 extra runs a year compared to 5.5-7.5 for a shortstop.
A move to second doesn't change Castro as a ballplayer in a meaningful way, but it would change the lens through which we have to evaluate his value. He has been useful to the Cubs by being approximately a league-average hitter and a competent shortstop. That combination makes you an asset. Being a league-average hitter and a competent second baseman isn't nearly as impressive.
In theory, the transition to the keystone could improve his ability to make a defensive impact. Converted shortstops like Ryan Goins have become defensive aces at second in the past. That being said, historically Castro's biggest problem has been sloppiness and lapses in judgement which seem unlikely to change just from lining up at a different spot.
It's possible to consider Castro something of an upside play offensively, especially considering his age and how strong he was in 2014, but unless he develops significantly more power, he's going to be fairly BABIP reliant year-to-year. His talent has often been considered to surpass his production, but it's naive to assume he'd break from his well-established patterns at the plate simply by donning the pinstripes.
In fact, he projects to be a worse hitter than both Refsnyder and Ackley in 2016 according to Steamer.
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Castro has tantalizing gifts and a not-unreasonable contract so it's easy to see why his name is going to be mentioned a great deal this off-season. He's likely to have a new home soon, but it's shouldn't be with the Yankees and it definitely shouldn't be at second base.
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Total time: 20 min Serves: about 5 slices of toast Suitable for: an exciting study snack
1 cup butternut squash, peeled and cubed
1/2 cup honey
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Steam the butternut squash until tender, takes only about 15 minutes. No steamer? Not to worry. I learned this from Nigel Slater. Simply fill a deep pot with a bit of water, put a large colander on it, make sure it's not touching the water, so not much water in the pot at all. Put your squash in there and cover with a lid. Genius, no? <3 Nigel.
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On a sunlit Saturday afternoon in May, when the ethereal Krystal Chong walked down the aisle towards her husband-to-be Lasse Hamre, at the majestic Trident Castle in Portland, it was the culmination of an improbable love story that the couple describe as their perfectly imperfect fairy tale.
Hamre and Chong actually met online, just weeks after she moved to New York from her home in Jamaica. "I had just moved to New York. I had been there for only two weeks, when my girlfriend, whom I was staying with - Danhee - suggested I join match.com. She said to me, 'You're not going to meet anyone to date seriously, but you'll make friends and that will help you find your circle in the city,'" Chong recalled. "I dismissed the idea, thinking online dating was for losers (or serial killers!) But, that night, after she had gone to bed (as a new mother she goes to bed about 7 p.m.), bored out of my mind, I thought, 'what do I have to lose?' At the very least, it would make for fun stories to tell. So I signed up."
Two days later, she received a message from Lasse and they started texting back and forth. This went on for hours. A few days later they went on their first date. "It's crazy! He was my first online date ever whom I met four days after I signed up, two weeks after I moved to New York! I used to hate this story, but now I love it because it reminds me that if you trust the universe, listen to your intuition and put yourself out there, magic can happen!"
There was a mutual connection from the first date. "I knew something was special about our connection from our first date. His energy was very calming and he was so intelligent and real and kind. Even though he was a stranger, I felt like I had always known him. That night, we closed the restaurant and then we closed the nearest bar on our 12-hour long first date," said Chong.
"I had an inkling then (that this could be true love) but it was solidified through various points in our relationship. For instance, every time we had a challenge in our relationship and we overcame it, it made us closer and more connected and that made me know more and more that I wanted to face life challenges with him."
According to Hamre: "Subconsciously, (I knew we had a connection that could last a lifetime) after our first couple of dates and after our first weekend in Jamaica. But the exact moment, when I knew this was the woman I wanted to marry, was when she went on a trip for a few weeks and I realised I could not imagine my life without her in it."
"This is a funny story!" said Chong. "We had been talking about getting married, so it wasn't a total surprise. He had booked a horse-drawn sleigh in Norway over Christmas, and I was thinking, 'this is the moment it will happen!' Then, the night before, we had dinner and out of the blue, while waiting for the table, he made some awkward joke and pulled out the ring. And I was like, 'What the hell just happened?!' We both died laughing! And he said, 'Sorry! I was so nervous, can I get a do-over?' And he took the ring back."
The do-over would come only hours later.
"The next day, we got on the sleigh, and I thought it might happen, but somehow the entire time I managed to unintentionally distract myself to the point that when it did happen I totally wasn't thinking about it and it still managed to surprise me! I remember sitting there, he was all quiet and nervous, but my mind was somewhere else. Then, in the middle of the forest, covered in the most beautiful white snow, the sleigh driver stopped and spoke to Lasse in Norwegian. Lasse got up and took my hand to lead me out of the sleigh. I thought this was just a part of the ride, then as soon as I stepped out, he got down on one knee in the snow- covered forest and said, 'Krystal, I love you and I can't imagine my life without you. Will you marry me?' It was a perfectly imperfect fairy tale!"
Asked what she loves most about her new husband, Chong was pressed to narrow it down. "It is so hard to choose one thing! There are so many things to love about Lasse. He has the kindest heart of any man I have ever known. I'm more myself when I'm with him, than I am with anyone else - even just by myself. I respect and trust and love him and know he would be an exceptional father and husband."
Hamre is clearly just as head-over-heels in love with the lady in his life. "Her laughter, her energy, and how much fun she is to be around. I love her heart and her drive and her mind. The fact that she's so beautiful is a nice bonus!"


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Meet the Team
Of Doctors & Clinicians
At the International Health & Wellness Center at Garden of the Gods Collection, we have assembled experts in medicine, exercise physiology, nutrition, leadership skills, spirituality and other wellness specialties – all in one magical, stress-free environment. Our specialists represent the best in Eastern and Western disciplines, and they all work together with an integrated approach to support you and your goals.
Our teams of physicians, nurses and clinicians have unrivaled expertise in preventive medicine, integrative medicine and healthy lifestyle change. Their use of advanced diagnostics and exhaustive patient assessment is leading-edge, and they are uniquely experienced in working with experts in other healing disciplines to design personalized healthy living plans. Our physicians have the time to get to know clients' health histories and concerns in detail and to work with them collaboratively, as active participants in their own healthcare.
Michael Barber MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, FAHA
Dr. Michael Barber
Medical Director of the IHWC
Dr. Michael J. Barber is a board certified Internist, Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, former managing partner of Colorado Springs Cardiologists and a founding member of the Vascular Center of Colorado (VCC) – a joint venture heart center in Colorado Springs. He was a member of the Board of Managers of the VCC since its founding and the Medical Director of this entity until his retirement in 2014.
Dr. Barber received his A.B. in Biology and Chemistry from Wabash College where he was graduated cum laude. He went on to Loyola University of Chicago where he completed his PhD with distinction in Physiology. After graduate school, he attended the Indiana University School of Medicine where he received his M.D. Dr. Barber performed his internship and residency at the University of Virginia before completing fellowships in Cardiology and Electrophysiology at Duke University. He returned as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia prior to moving to Colorado Springs in 1993 to join Colorado Springs Cardiologists.
After joining Colorado Springs Cardiologists, Dr. Barber, helped develop one of the largest and most successful electrophysiology practices in Colorado. He has been listed consecutively in America's "Top Doctors" and "Best Doctors" since 2003 as well as in multiple editions of Marquis "Who's Who" for over a decade and a half. He is a HealthGrades recommended/preferred physician and has been awarded "Top Doctor in Cardiology" for Colorado Springs as well as a "Best Doctor for Executives" by Colorado Business Magazine.
Dr. Barber is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC), the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS) and the American Heart Association (FAHA). He also has served on multiple advisory boards and committees within these professional organizations. He is a frequent invited speaker at national and international meetings and has performed basic and clinical scientific research for numerous Fortune 100/500 medical and pharmaceutical companies. He is the founding member of the Colorado Springs Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and has a passion for finding a cure for type I diabetes.
Robert Blaich DC, DIBAK, DAAPM, DAAIM, DCBCN
Dr. Robert Blaich
Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine
Dr. Robert Blaich is widely regarded as one of the foremost holistic health care experts in the world. His wide range of skills, extensive credentials and numerous awards, have earned him the respect of both traditional physicians and alternative practitioners.
As the author of the popular 'Your Inner Pharmacy', Dr. Blaich has been a Health and Human Performance Consultant to world-class, Olympic and professional athletes, CEOs, and health care practitioners. Dr. Blaich has worked with people who went on to win Olympic gold medals, the Tour de France, the Ironman, the Indianapolis 500, the Sebring 12-Hour Race, and the Superbowl. He has also worked with many notable authors, musicians and performers to help them function at their highest levels. He is not anti-drug; he is pro-health.
Dr. Blaich has trained over 5,000 doctors in unique state-of-the-art methods for identifying stress, imbalance, and dysfunction in the body that bridge the traditional and alternative medical arenas. He is the founder of Start2Health, a systematic approach to creating and sustaining health.
In addition to his BA, BS, and DC (Doctor of Chiropractic) degrees, Dr. Blaich has earned four distinguished post-graduate Diplomate titles: Diplomate of the International College of Applied Kinesiology (DIBAK), Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management (DAAPM), Diplomate of the College of Clinical Nutrition of the American Association of Integrative Medicine (DAAIM), Diplomate of the Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition of the American Chiropractic Association (DCBCN).
Your Inner Pharmacy deconstructs the assumption that health and well-being are the responsibility of the government, the medical system, or an insurance company. Teaching facets of health and health care that most people never learned in school or from their primary physicians, Dr. Blaich shows readers how to create an awareness of their own bodily needs, a task too often abdicated to pharmaceutical companies. Bridging the divide between traditional and alternative medicine, Your Inner Pharmacy shows how each fits into the current healthcare system. Far more than just another "how to" book, it shifts paradigms about healthcare and motivates readers to engage in healthy living. Readers learn how to create their own commonsense health plan, an organized program of weekly health-promoting activities, stress reduction, diet, exercise, and routine maintenance. By investing just 10% of their leisure time into these activities, readers experience a dramatically improved quality of life.
Shane Wells DC
Dr. Shane Wells
Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine
Dr. Shane Wells, D.C is an American Doctor of Chiropractic, a 1998 graduate of the National University of Health Sciences in Chicago. He has over 16 years of experience in private practice on three different continents and is a specialist in Applied Kinesiology and Functional Neurology. His practice of Applied Kinesiology started in 2003; attaining the highest level of certification in the Quintessential Application (QA) protocol. He currently practice P-DTR, the advanced functional neurology techniques developed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jose Palomar. Dr. Wells practiced for eleven years in Milan, Italy, where he was a founding member of the International College of Applied Kinesiology- Italy (ICAK-Italia). Dr. Wells has recently returned to the United States from his practice in Singapore, and currently practices in the Denver area of Cherry Creek and in Colorado Springs at the Garden of the Gods Club and Space, in their new wellness center.
As a leader in physical medicine, Dr. Wells utilizes state-of-the-art testing and treatments from the fields of functional neurology, applied kinesiology, and chiropractic to focus on restoring and maintaining the normal functions of the body. One of his specialties is helping the body to reset and heal itself from old injuries that commonly create other problems in the body as it ages. This approach has been shown to be extremely effective in correcting and managing problems with the low and mid-back, neck, ankles, knees, shoulders, headaches and digestive disorders.
Dr. Wells is an expert in treating patients with difficult conditions, who have suffered past physical trauma, or had not seen results through other forms of therapy. Known for having treated both professional and amateur athletes, Dr. Wells is passionate in treating patients who are serious about increasing and maintaining their level of health and vitality, who want to get rid of nagging aches and pains, and who aspire to perform and live life at an optimal level.
Karly Powell ND
Dr. Powell is a registered Naturopathic Doctor (ND) specializing in functional medicine, therapeutic nutrition, and herbal medicine. Her expertise includes treatment of autoimmune conditions (including thyroid disease), digestive disease and dysfunction, weight loss, and women's health (including gynecological health, hormone balancing, and fertility issues). She also offers care specific to the needs of men, including hormone balancing and cardiovascular diseases. As a marathon swimmer, triathlete, and outdoor enthusiast, Dr. Powell has a special interest in working with athletes to enhance performance and prevent and treat injuries.
Dr. Powell works in partnership with each patient, utilizing laboratory and physical exam screenings (including pap smears, genetic testing, and functional lab analysis) to prevent disease and maximize patients' enjoyment and quality of life. Her goal with each patient is to ensure that they understand how they have arrived at their present state of health as well as the available conventional and alternative treatment options to address disease. With individualized, creative problem solving, she empowers patients to take control of their own health by understanding how altering daily habits can create significant improvements in physical and emotional health.
Dr. Karly Powell's path to a career in wellness in her own words:
I was enthralled with medicine and the amazing capacity of the human body from a young age, so a career in medicine always felt like a natural fit. But, while I was fascinated by advancements in medical care and modern diagnostics, I felt that nutrition and traditional natural remedies still had an important role to play in medical care. I didn't know at the time what a significant role these therapies would play in my personal life as well.
At age 19, I began experiencing repeated episodes of unexplained kidney failure. Over time, this progressed to severe chronic pain and I was forced to give up many of the daily activities I enjoyed. Seven years and countless specialists later, I was nowhere closer to an answer. I eventually found my way to a naturopathic doctor, who diagnosed my condition and got me on a path toward healing. Today I have two healthy kidneys, am pain-free, and am able to do the activities I was told were no longer possible for me. Like so many of my patients, I have experienced the sense of hopelessness and abandonment that too often comes with disease. As a naturopathic doctor, I get to help my patients take advantage of both modern diagnostics and traditional healing modalities to find solutions to those seemingly unsolvable problems.
At the International Health & Wellness Center, I am part of a team offering a unique model of integrative medicine rarely found elsewhere in the US – one where practitioners of diverse backgrounds and training come together to not just work in proximity but truly collaborate on the care of each patient. This model of integrative care blends perfectly with that of naturopathic medicine, where the gentlest healing therapy is used first, and higher level intervention is reserved until truly necessary. The clinical team at the IHWC strive to identify and correct the root cause of illness and use all modalities available to restore balance to the body, mind, and spirit.
Dr. Powell's Education:
Dr. Powell earned her medical degree from the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, OR. She completed NCNM's competitive teaching residency in naturopathic primary care, where she integrated pharmaceutical and surgical treatments with naturopathic medicine to provide the most advanced care modern medicine has to offer. She has advanced training in herbal medicine, integrative cardiovascular therapies, and intravenous (IV) micronutrient therapy.
Charlene Wang, MS, RD
Charlene Wang, MS, RD, CHC, is a holistic registered dietitian and professor of nutrition, health and wellness. She earned her Master's Degree from the California State University of Los Angeles and completed her dietetic residency at Penrose-St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs. Charlene has achieved certifications in Holistic Health Coaching, Alternative Nutrition, Applied Kinesiology, and BioEnergetic Healing.
Charlene Wang's path to a career in wellness in her own words:
My path to become a dietitian was a humbling journey. I experienced through my own body what a difference lifestyle and nutrition can make. I previously wore many hats for a start-up tech company doing marketing, human resources, accounting and business development, working long hours for years. As a result of being overworked and stressed out, I was consistently getting sick, felt no spiritual meaning and altogether in poor health. It was at the age of 27 when I came to a turning point in my life. That year, I was misdiagnosed with cancer after I underwent surgery to remove a tumor. The entire process had me questioning everything I was doing wrong. To find an answer to my troubles, I immersed myself into studying holistic nutrition, Chinese herbalism, meditation and spirituality. Today, I am healthy and feeling great! I decided to shift from my personal treatment towards the health of people focusing on optimal nutrition for wellness and prevention of disease.
I was thoroughly fascinated with nutrition and its incredible impact on the human body. I enrolled in a nutrition class at a local community college and found a part-time job in a local hospital's clinical nutrition department shadowing Registered Dietitians (RD). I knew instantly that this was my calling and enrolled in graduate school. After working several years in a clinical setting, I decided to work in preventative settings where people could embrace nutrition in a healing and learning environment. I knew I would have a higher impact working one-on-one with clients or as a teacher. I pursued nutrition education as a professor of nutrition and joined the International Health & Wellness Center. It has been so spiritually rewarding to be able to help people transition towards a healthier diet and lifestyle while pursuing a passionate and personal mission. My personal mission is to help people feel empowered, experience optimal wellness and prioritize self-care as a daily practice.
Personal Mission Statement
"My personal mission is to help people feel empowered, experience optimal wellness and prioritize self-care as a daily practice. I hope to constantly evolve and heal through my work with people in nutrition. I feel blessed to have contributed to the powerful regenerations of the human body through natural remedies and strong influences of engaging counseling. I vow to lead my life and practice my art with integrity and honor. I serve the highest interests of my patients through my honest and useful practice of science and art." – Char
Certifications held by Charlene Wang:
Alternative Nutrition – California State University, Los Angeles
Holistic Nutrition and Health Coaching – Institute of Integrative Nutrition
Business Administration – University of California, San Diego
Healing Touch / Qi Therapy Level IV – Healing Touch International
Quantum Reflex Analysis – Premier Research Labs
Angie Barber, BSN, RN
Angie Barber
Registered Nurse
Angie Barber has over 30 years' clinical experience in direct patient care in the areas of critical care medicine, cardiovascular medicine, cardiac implantable devices and general nursing. She has expertise in cardiac testing, general internal medicine and administering intravenous fluids and medications. She is the IHWC Clinical Liaison and Nursing Coordinator for the Intravenous (IV) Nutritional Therapy Program.
Kimberly Klein
Kimberly Klein
Massage Therapist
For over 26 years, Kimberly Klein has been practicing Structural Physiology Movement integration (SPMI); a Chinese healing modality that repairs the body from the inside out. She is a licensed massage and bodyworker, a licensed National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) Continuing Educational Instructor and a Colorado Brain Injury Representative with extensive training in Qi Gong, Allopathic Integrative Healing Arts, Rapid Release and Scalarwave technology. Kimberly's clientele includes celebrities, corporate executives and professional athletes.
Sheila Seppi
Sheila Seppi
Reiki Master
Sheila Seppi has over 12 years' experience as a Reiki Master/Teacher and Karuna Master/Teacher, Certified Total Body Modification Practitioner, Certified Natural Healing and Emotional Release Practitioner, Life Care Vial Provider, Certified Matrix Energetics Practitioner, Sadhana (SPMI) Practitioner, and Registered Natural Healer. She studied with a Hopi Elder and is a graduate of the PowerPath Shamanic Program as well as an ordained Interfaith Minister.
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I heard about a new kind of yoga at work. Two different people told me about it on two consecutive days. They both said it was like no yoga class they had ever experienced. Naturally, my curiosity was peaked.
They told me that it used gravity to access joints and create greater mobility. From the brief descriptions they gave me, I got the impression that it was a 'less it more' philosophy of movement. It sounded like something that might be good for my chronically tight husband whose hands, shoulders, and even feet have restricted range of motion. He also gravitates to slow, purposeful living, simplicity, and minimalism. So I mentioned it to him one evening. As I suspected, he was immediately onboard with the concept and signed up for his first class.
Personally, I was skeptical. My background with a masters degree in kinesiology and 20 years of working in an industry that preaches 'no pain no gain' caused me to doubt the effectiveness of this program. Admittedly, I had already begun to reject the 'punishment' philosophy of fitness that requires you to push your body beyond your limits, but this new (mostly passive) yoga was a bit too far outside of my comfort zone.
To gain a better understanding, I read, talked to participants, and even took a class myself. The yoga is called Avita Yoga and is different than any yoga class I had ever taken.
The Kaiut International website, stated, "It has been designed to work through chronic pain & injuries, general aches & stiffness, and work for the inflexible, hyper flexible and the aging body." As an educator about the negative impact our sedentary lives have on our bodies, this was a philosophy I could get behind.
My husband became a member of a local yoga studio called Yoga Loft here in Boulder where he began attending classes 3 times a week. After every class he came home and told me about the positions they did, and I would scratch my head and wonder how a few positions held for a long time were beneficial. But then I started to see a transition in my husband.
This 47 year old man who had always had a forward head position began standing taller. He had greater range of motion in his shoulders. His middle back pain that he complained of daily became a non-issue. In the past when he would lay flat on the ground, he couldn't stay there long without a pillow under his head. It always looked so uncomfortable for him, almost like his head was in a hole. After a few months of Avita Yoga, he could lay on the ground comfortably without a pillow.
One day my husband said, "Watch this." Then he proceeded to stand without shoes on and lift his toes several inches off the floor. At first I didn't understand the significance of this milestone. This was something I've always been able to do (as a hyper-flexible person), but it was something that Troy had never been able to do as long as he could remember. To me, it was proof that Avita Yoga was impacting the ligaments, fascia, and neuromuscular pathways between the brain and the joints. It was a breakthrough moment for me concerning the value of this yoga practice. Avita Yoga was halting the rigidity that comes with aging, and it was making my husband's body more supple and functional.
Now my husband is enrolled in teacher training. It's a year-long program taught by Francisco Kaiut himself. He still goes to class 3 days a week and practices at home. He continues to make improvements and hopes to teach his own students someday soon. This is the first Kaiut Yoga teacher training in Boulder which makes me extremely thankful to live here. New programs and products related to wellness tend to launch in Boulder because it is known as "ground zero" for wellness.
After every training event, I learn more about Kaiut Yoga from my husband. He reminds me often that Kaiut Yoga is about FEELING the sensations coming from the joints in the different positions. It's a mindful connection between the brain and the joint so that the natural intelligence of the human body can address any dysfunction. Participants who are both young and old can do this kind of yoga. It doesn't matter if they are overly tight or overly loose (like me). All body types and ages are finding new levels of body awareness and trusting gravity and the brain to correct joint imbalances.
The results speak for themselves with testimonials from long time yoga teachers finding rest and healing for their joints. Francisco's clients that have been with him for year regain and maintain movement in spite of aging.
Together, my husband and I hope to help spread the word about the benefits of Kaiut Yoga. I encourage you to find a class, open your mind, and give it a try. #
Denise Farmer
3/4/2019 08:32:16 pm
How do I find the cost of teacher training for kaiut yoga? I'm pretty sure I couldn't afford it but would love to know. I'm not finding much on the cost online. And it seems teacher training is only in Colorado.
3/4/2019 09:53:13 pm
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Born just over a year apart, the modern states of the People's Republic of China and Israel both started as poor desert nations. Partly because both lacked water resources, they began as agrarian societies. However, over the years they developed to become among the world's leading industrial-technological societies. Both came into being in a hostile environment and had to fight to protect their newly won independence.
Although formal relations were established in 1992, interactions remained relatively limited until recent years. The sharp growth occurred when both Israel and China reached a certain level of economic success – China through manufacturing and Israel through innovation. In 2010, China's leadership officially announced its intention to transform the Middle Kingdom from a manufacturing driven economy to one led by high tech and innovation. Meanwhile, Israel noted that the fallout of the 2008 world economic meltdown did not impact China any more than it affected Israel; both remained strong growing economies. Israel began to eye China's market potential while China began to covet Israel's innovation expertise. Since 2010 when China became the world's second largest economy by certain measures, relations between it and Israel have grown significantly.
As in each of the past few years, the fruits of consistently growing relations were reaped in 2015 when cooperation deepened in all areas including trade, political ties, intelligence sharing, technological exchanges, academic ties, cultural relations, expanding tourism, and joint science projects, health care etc. Both countries, situated on opposite ends of the Asian continent, have put the lions' share of resources and effort in advancing relations into mutual economic gain. While Israel seeks to expand exports to China, Chinese leaders and businesspeople aim to acquire from Israel the technology and innovative ideas they need in such fields as agriculture, irrigation, regional planning, desertification, counter terror and education etc.
Expansion of ties with China is a central part of Israel's policy of pivoting to Asia. So too, this pivot extends to developing economic relations with Vietnam, South Korea, the Philippines and intensifying these ties with India, Indonesia, Singapore, China and recently to a growing degree with Japan. Israel sees the political consequences of strengthening economic ties to lead to increasing sales to China by approx.17% of Israel's overall trade. This would minimize the political impact of Europe's policy of interference in Israel's domestic policy. While for China, with innovation serving a significant role in the new engine of its economy, ramping up its access to technology and innovation from Israel can strengthen China's economic stability. In both cases, the symbiotic relationship between the Jewish State and the world's most populated nation supports mutual stability.
During 2015, Israel closely followed the signs that China intends to be more assertive in its Middle East policy and understood this is partly because it interprets the United States' policy of withdrawal from the Middle East as one that could open new doors for China while perhaps bringing new responsibilities as well. The following survey will focus on some key issues in Sino-Israel relations during 2015.
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Since today you can download our new release, "Diferentes Al Resto" by Rudos Wild.
This album was release in 2010, but our version has a bonus track, "Y Fue Mi Error", a song that is part of new material that the band is working on.
Since today you can download our new release, "Diferentes Al Resto" by Rudos Wild.
This album was release in 2010, but our version has a bonus track, "Y Fue Mi Error", a song that is part of new material that the band is working on.
Rudos Wild is a Uruguayan band that join us since today.
Rudos Wild is a raucous, in your face punk and punkabilly band from Montevideo.
They play straight up classic punk rock that is heavily influenced by rockabilly, psychobilly and artists such as Social Distortion, The Misfits, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Stray Cats, The Clash, Tiger Army, The Living End and Reverend Horton Heat to name a few.
In 2007 they release their first album "Psychos with Wax" via Punk Outlaw Records.
Next Tuesday, April 24, we'll release their last album "Diferentes al Resto".
The girls has been working on new songs and entered to the studio to mixed them and finished them. They think the new album will be release in late April.
But today they send us one of those songs and they gave us their approval to make it available for download
"Marky Ramones' Cookies Song" by Las Vin Up
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Punk rock, pure and simple. That is the best way to describe our new release "Capitulo #1" by Malones. Since today, you can download the first release of this great band from Rosario, Argentina.
Enjoy it!!!
Last week, "Last One Standing" by The Leftouts, reached 20,000 downloads. We are very proud of the band and their album and we are happy to help them to spread their music not only in his native country but also around the world.
We hope that people continue to download it and if you have not downloaded it yet, you can do it now by clicking here.
From Rosario, Argentina, Malones is the new band in our roster. Their sound is a great mix between punk and hard rock, with strong influence from bands like Social Distortion and Street Dogs.
Next Tuesday, October 11th, we'll release their first EP "Capitulo #1"
We wanna welcome TimTom Guerilla to "LEPORK RECORDS". Timtom Guerilla is a German band formed in 2007 with a sound that blends reggae, punk and rock, singing all their songs in German.
On Tuesday August 23rd will release their first EP of seven songs which is entitled "TimTom Guerilla"


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Occupying Cleveland and Rome, but Not 'Wall Street North'
The North American headquarters of two of the world's biggest banks are on proud display here. So why isn't anyone occupying Stamford?
This Connecticut city, a quick, 50-minute train ride from midtown Manhattan, was once replete with the sprawling, manicured campuses of corporate America. Today, in a transformation echoing that of the country's at large, it has earned the nickname "Wall Street North." The hulking, opposing homes of Swiss bank UBS and Britain's RBS Group now stand like the Pillars of Hercules as both a gateway to the city and a symbol of it.
These two financial institutions are also symbolic of the misbehavior that has spurred the ire of both left and right worldwide. RBS posted one of the biggest annual losses in U.K. history — if not the biggest — after its real-estate bets and other trades went bad amid the global financial crisis in 2008, spurring a massive bailout by the British government that has left taxpayers today still owning roughly three-quarters of the firm. UBS, which was also supported after huge losses during the crisis, has meanwhile been targeted by the U.S. government for helping wealthy Americans evade taxes.
Given all this, you might expect these firms to be at the center of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. And yet on a weekend when thousands took to the streets worldwide — from London to Rome to New York's Times Square – these two buildings in Stamford sat quiet.
–By Kelly Evans
For more go to our fellow blog Real Time Economics.
For more WSJ Blogs coverage of Occupy Wall Street go here.


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Online Buzz: What's Going On Outside this Box
I've just downloaded Snap Links for Firefox and that whole history about the $ 55 million dollars is registered in the interview of Mitchell Baker, CEO of the Mozilla Foundation.
This is big. MySpace has bought Photobucket (and some are saying Microsoft is doing the same with Yahoo!). I know many of you still love MySpace but even when they became stronger buying Photobucket I still love Facebook.
If you're still struggling with your posts you better head up to Lorelle VanFossen' blog. She had written 101 ways to create original blog posts content! This is a way to know where can you get your readers.
Finally, AOL goes mobile (I am still waiting for YouTube to go also mobile) and another way to make money with your blog, selling text links.


text: Joseph D. Maschak, 87, Lodi: Funeral Mass will be this morning, July 19, at 10 a.m. at St. Stephen's Catholic Church in West Salem. Burial will be Friday at noon at St. Francis Cemetery in Johnstown, Pa. Matteson Funeral Home in West Salem, is handling arrangements. (Obituary ran 7/17/07)Sally Ann Plybon, 69, Orrville: Services will be this morning, July 19, at 10 a.m. Auble Funeral Home in Orrville. Burial will take place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Orrville. (Obituary ran 7/17/07)John E. "Jack" Blum, 70, Columbus: A service will be this morning, July 19, at 11:30 a.m., at Schoedinger North Chapel, 5554 Karl Road, Columbus, followed by interment at Kingwood Memorial Park, 8230 Columbus Pike (U.S. Route 23), Lewis Center. (Obituary ran 7/17/07)Ruth Elizabeth Snyder Barnett, 57, Shreve: Friends will be received at the McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster, tonight, July 19 from 7-9. Services will be held Friday, July 20, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. (Obituary ran 7/18/07)Elizabeth Bliss "Betty" Collister, 92, Wooster: A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, July 22, at 3 p.m. at the Wooster United Methodist Church. Burial was in the Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. (Obituary ran 7/17/07)


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'It seems that despite his youth and vitality, the new president is sticking to a very old line when it comes to France's position on Africa,' writes Eliza Anyangwe in The Guardian.
Emmanuel Macron, France's newly elected president, explained at a press conference at the G20 summit in Hamburg this week that the reason there was no Marshall plan for Africa was because the continent had "civilizational" problems.
One part of the problem, he added, was the countries that "still have seven to eight children per woman."
Well, writes Anyangwe 'the condemnation online was swift and relentless.'
"It is RICH for a French president to criticise Africa this way," US political scientist Laura Seay tweeted. Part of France's colonial "'mission' was the institutionalisation of Catholicism as the official religion of French colonial territories in Africa."
"We see all kinds of effects of the 'mission civilatrice' in Francophone Africa today, like the church's teaching against contraceptive use, which most African adherents take very seriously," she added.
"Do women in Francophone Africa want to give birth to far more children than they can reasonably feed, clothe, and educate? I doubt most do."
Are these the first signs of a 'chink in the Golden Boy's armour?' asks Anyangwe, or were the 'signs there all along?'
During his presidential campaign, Macron described France's colonial period in Algeria as "a crime against humanity." But when confronted about it back at home, 'Macron apologised for having hurt voters' feelings.'
'What about the feelings of the millions of Africans you casually slur, Monsieur Macron?'
The president's comments 'make the blood boil,' but not because they are anything new; in 2007 in Nicolas Sarkozy said "the Africans" had "never really launched themselves into the future. The African peasant only knew the eternal renewal of time, marked by the endless repetition of the same gestures and the same words."
No, the problem is that Macron 'makes no mention of the root causes' of the challenges facing Africa.
'Gone is the lucid, welcome admission that France's role in its former colonial was anything but laudable.'
He suddenly has nothing to say about the fact that the relationship between France and its former colonies 'remains largely neo-colonial: Francophone Africa still trades heavily with France, and French companies – particularly in the extractive industries – have a strong presence on the continent.'
This relationship is 'perhaps best captured' by the CFA [francophone Africa] franc currency, 'which offers little benefit to the Francophone nations.'
"CFA zone countries have to deposit 50% of their currency reserves into a so-called operations account managed by the French treasury" says Cameroonian journalist Julie Owono.
And France repeatedly gets involved in military conflicts in its former colonies, but 'is often silent on human and civil rights abuses.' Cameroonian 'strongman' Paul Biya brutally represses opponents, 'and turns off the internet in order to silence his people,' but the French government has looked the other way.
The real test of Macron's presidency is Africa, writes Anyangwe. 'At the moment he's doing a fine job of proving he is cut from the same cloth as every leader who has come before him: adopting a paternalistic tone and happy to moralise, while profiting from the carnage France helped create – to which, at best, he turns a blind eye.'


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"Ready. Forward March!"
Life, whether military or civilian, is about constant motion
"Drive On," "Accelerate Your Life," "Aim High" and "First to Fight" — every branch of the military has a motto about moving forward. There's even a colorful little fish that tells us to "just keep swimming, just keep swimming.""
What separates Service members moving forward versus their civilian counterparts is they tend to move a bit more often thanks to their permanent change of station (PCS) schedule. These chaotic times are often filled with check lists and packing boxes. The funny thing is there is nothing "permanent" about a station change. But it is the best time to make sure your Joint Services Transcript (JST) is current.
What's your JST?
The JST takes all your military training, professional military schooling and your occupational work history and puts it in a language civilians can understand. It's a way to earn academic credit by evaluating the occupational skills you possess and putting them toward college courses, which can save you money and keep you moving forward. It also serves as a tool for preparing resumes and comparing military work experience to civilian work tasks for employers to better understand.
Who is eligible?
The JST Operations Center, the American Council on Education and the military services work together to provide Service members with their JST account. One they can view and print unofficial transcripts from, as well as order official transcripts for their selected schools or employers. By scrubbing your JST annually or during each PCS, Service members can determine if they are missing any critical training or pertinent course work and get the information updated and fixed for future reference. Another benefit of the JST is that it's not limited to just active duty personnel. Veterans, Reserve, and National Guard personnel can access the JST website too as long as they have registered for an account.
Register for your JST
So, when your next PCS comes around, feel confident about moving forward in life and with your military career. Know that every step of your journey, your JST will be moving forward with you to ensure a successful future – no matter the path you choose.
Click here to see if your JST is up to date or to sign up to receive your JST.


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Using ThinkCERCA's Differentiated Lessons and Instructional Activities with HMH Collections
ThinkCERCA provides a thematic alignment to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections for English Language Arts, one of the most commonly used ELA curricula in the United States. The ThinkCERCA-aligned differentiated lesson sets (including Direct Instruction, Skills Lessons, Writing Lessons, and Reading Practice) support the content that students will be focusing on in the HMH Collections anchor texts, standards, and performance tasks. Additional Direct Instruction resources are provided as an extra support for skills critical for success with the Collection topics and themes.
- Collection 1: Culture and Belongings
- Collection 2: The Thrill of Horror
- Collection 3: The Move Toward Freedom
- Collection 4: Approaching Adulthood
- Collection 5: Anne Frank's Legacy
- Collection 6: The Value of Work
Collection 1: Culture and Belonging
Writing Modules
- Cultural Memoirs - How does culture help shape the people we become?
- Cultural Perception - How is our identity defined by how others perceive us?
- Family History - How do family history and traditions contribute to your identity?
Direct Instruction
- Story Structure
- Plot
- Characters
- Explicit vs. Inferred Information
- Informational and Explanatory Writing
- Central Ideas
- Writing Personal Narratives
Collection 2: The Thrill of Horror
Writing Modules
- Conflict and Dominance - How do conflict and the struggle for dominance affect the human spirit?
Direct Instruction
Collection 3: The Move Toward Freedom
Writing Modules
- Civil War Poetry - How does poetry help explore various aspects of war?
Direct Instruction
Collection 4: Approaching Adulthood
Writing Modules
- Growing Up - How do authors convey themes about important moments of change in their lives to their readers?
- Distracted Driving - How can engineers and lawmakers improve driver safety and minimize driver distraction?
Direct Instruction
Collection 5: Anne Frank's Legacy
Writing Modules
- World War II - How prepared with the United States to fight World War II on two fronts?
Direct Instruction
Collection 6: The Value of Work
Writing Modules
- Entrepreneurship - How can entrepreneurs change the world?
Direct Instruction


text: You are cordially invited to a tailgate party with Atlanta's Dance Truck. Southern hospitality meets Northwest spontaneity when trucks converge at THE WORKS for an outdoor dance party. Revelers will be treated to intermittent dance performances by local and visiting artists, empty truck beds for makeshift dance floors, and specials on Southern treats like mint juleps and boiled peanuts.


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Imitation Girl is the story of a young woman and her alien doppelganger. It screened as part of the narrative competition at Dances With Films and we spoke with its writer/director Natasha Kermani.
A mysterious young woman materializes in the middle of the Southwestern desert, where each step teaches her about her new world and her new body. As she assumes her new life, she discovers she has a twin with whom she shares more than just an outward appearance.
Alan Ng spoke with Natasha about her film and the filmmaking process at Dances with Film 2017.


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Some parts of Illinois' housing market seem to be on a somewhat steady recovery. But communities such as Englewood on Chicago's South Side struggle to even stabilize.
Illinois was awarded $445 million in federal foreclosure prevention resources under the U.S. Treasury Department's Hardest Hit Fund. Today, the Treasury announced it will allow $30 million from that fund to help demolish vacant properties in blighted areas around the state.
Mark McArdle is the chief homeowner preservation officer of the Treasury Department. He says blighted properties not only bring down property values in a neighborhood, but can attract crime.
"You have homeowners that are trying everything they can to stay in their house, but when they have two or three vacant houses on their block at some point they say, 'Why am I fighting so hard to stay in this home?' So this [puts them] in a more sustainable position," he said.
McArdle said only a few other states have used the funds for demolition. Michigan was the first. He said it is too early to quantify direct results, but said research shows blighted homes are a destabilizing force.
"You want to keep the person not only in their home but make sure the neighborhood where that home is located is stable as well," he said.
Not everyone in the neighborhood will agree with demolition as a solution to stabilize. Mary Kenney, executive director for Illinois Housing Development Authority said the state has helped to keep people in their homes and helped rehab troubled properties, but not every house can be saved. Kenney said demolition is the next step in neighborhood stabilization.
"Aside from the fact that they're eyesores, they're often dangerous. We see a lot of mischief around these properties. I think our first goal is to really make sure we're eliminating that from these communities," Kenney said.
Eligible communities can apply for demolition assistance starting this summer and will also be responsible for upkeep of the resulting vacant lot.
The first demolitions with federal funding could happen as soon as this fall.
Susie An is WBEZ's business reporter. Follow her @soosieon.


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Liidhaga Government
Liidhaga is ruled by a collection of merchant princes known as the Plenary. Each member of the Plenary represents a particular merchant house; most are dhajas, though there is a noticable presence by a primarily goblin faction, as well as a house founded by an expatriate human thegn from Ydra.
Members of the Plenary and other well-heeled merchants tend to give their patronage to businesses throughout the city, as well as smaller merchant factions. As a result, a quiet, somewhat civilized trade war is extant at times. While outright violence on the street is unheard of, kidnappings, quiet poisonings, and the occasional vanished individual are not unheard of.
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text: Lazy is a good thing. So is apple pie. I felt amused looking at this design I did a couple of years ago for an online course. Also, it felt good to look at it, remember it and realize that I was doing way more things than I now remember. Productive, yes. I was. Even though most of the time I think I should be doing more.


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Broncos hope to break Super Bowl losing trend for NFL's highest-scoring teams
The Denver Broncos set an NFL record for points in a season with 606. The AFC champions hope to go one step further than the team whose record they broke, the 2007 Patriots, who lost Super Bowl XLII to the Giants. In fact, of the next nine highest-scoring teams in history, only one, the 1999 St. Louis Rams, took home the Lombardi Trophy.
STEELE: Peyton's record-breaking season | Must-see images | Super Bowl info
2013 Denver Broncos
Points: 606
How they did it: Peyton Manning threw for 5,477 yards and 55 touchdowns, both NFL records.
How they finished: To be determined: they will play in Super Bowl XLVIII.
2007 New England Patriots
Points: 589
How they did it: Tom Brady's 50 touchdown passes and Randy Moss's 23 touchdown catches were both new records as the team went 16-0 in the regular season.
How they finished: lost Super Bowl XLII to Giants, 17-14, as Eli Manning outdueled Brady at the end.
2011 Green Bay Packers
Points: 560
How they did it: Aaron Rodgers threw 45 touchdown passes, then Matt Flynn chucked six more (and became set for life) in the finale.
How they finished: lost NFC divisional playoffs to Giants, 37-20, ending the defending champions' 15-1 season.
2012 New England Patriots
Points: 557
How they did it: They had all the weapons they were missing in 2013: Wes Welker, Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez, Danny Woodhead and Brandon Lloyd.
How they finished: lost AFC championship game to Ravens, 28-13, and were shut out in the second half.
1998 Minnesota Vikings
Points: 556
How they did it: With two future Hall of Famers (Cris Carter and rookie Randy Moss) for Randall Cunningham to throw to.
How they finished: lost NFC championship game to Falcons, 30-27 in OT, when Gary Anderson missed his vital kick and Morten Andersen did not.
2011 New Orleans Saints
Points: 547
How they did it: Drew Brees collected two records—most yards in a season and most consecutive games with a touchdown pass.
How they finished: lost NFC divisional playoffs to 49ers, 36-32, giving up the game-winning score with 14 seconds left.
1983 Washington Redskins
Points: 541
How they did it: Lots of Smurfs (receivers), lots of Hogs (linemen) and John Riggins' 24 rushing touchdowns in a run-first era.
How they finished: lost Super Bowl to L.A. Raiders, 38-9, thanks to a Jack Squirek pick-six and a legendary Marcus Allen touchdown run.
2000 St. Louis Rams
Points: 540
How they did it: Marshall Faulk was named Most Valuable Player after setting a new single-season touchdown record with 26.
How they finished: lost NFC wild-card game to Saints, 31-28; they dug out of a 31-7 hole before muffing a punt in the final minutes.
1999 St. Louis Rams
Points: 526
How they did it: The Greatest Show on Turf was born, run by injury fill-in, ex-grocery bagger and eventual MVP Kurt Warner.
How they finished: won Super Bowl XXXIV over Titans, 23-16—on a game-saving defensive stop.
2004 Indianapolis Colts
Points: 522
How they did it: Peyton Manning's 49 touchdowns broke the record Dan Marino had held for 20 years.
How they fared: Lost AFC divisional playoffs to Patriots 20-3 in Foxboro, their second straight postseason elimination by Brady and New England.


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We're going outside the box because I overheard this question from a hipster at the table next to us at lunch last Friday and I had such a gloriously terrible answer that I had to see what all of you would come up with.
What is your metaphor for life?
Life is a carousel. You go around and around in circles and never really get anywhere despite all the ups and downs. And most of the music sucks.