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VII. The Origin of Evil
"Man himself is the origin of evil: not that that origin was put into man from creation, but that he himself, by turning from God to himself, put it into himself."—C.L. 444.
INQUIRER.—My knowledge of the New Church doctrines is limited; but I understand that your views on religious subjects are essentially different from those generally taught.
MISSIONARY.—The idea may be new to you, as it is to many, but the fact is that we have a system of doctrine which has been Divinely revealed for the spiritual enlightenment of the world, and thus for the salvation of the human race. That is, the genuine truths of the Divine Word are now made known by the revelation of its internal sense. And this we have in the Writings of the New Church.
I.—What do you mean by the genuine truths of the Word? The expression is new to me.
M.—We employ new terms to express distinctively new truths, and to convey definitely spiritual ideas, respecting religious subjects. By genuine truths we mean the spirit, or real import, of the Word, which is within the mere letter, as the soul is within the body. For the mere letter is no more the essential Word than the merely physical body is the actual man. Both of these, indeed, are only the outward form.
I.—There is a passage where the Lord Jesus Christ says: "The words that I speak unto you are spirit, and they are life" (John vi. 63). I suppose the terms spirit and life have reference to the spiritual sense?
M.—Yes; the Apostle Paul also emphatically declares that "the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life" (2 Cor. iii. 6). It is by virtue of the spiritual sense of the Word that we obtain a knowledge of its genuine truths, and from these are derived the living, rational, definite ideas, which alone can make us really intelligent. The literal sense in itself, though also Divine, is full of contradictions, because these are mere appearances of truth.
I.—The Scriptures say that God is love, also that He is angry with the wicked every day. This is surely a contradiction, and it looks as if this must be an apparent truth; for God certainly cannot be infinite love and infinite wrath at the same time. The idea does not agree with the revealed truth of His immutability. Since God is love, and is also unchangeable— the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever,—it seems to me that He must be love only, and that He cannot be angry with any one.
M.—Your remarks are in accordance with sound logic, and your conclusion is quite correct. That God is angry, that He manifests feelings of wrath or revenge, that He caused evil and created a hell, that He is arbitrary and cruel in the treatment of some of His creatures, that He casts the wicked into hell, and consigns His enemies to eternal torment in unquenchable fire, and a thousand other things, are all mere appearances of truth in the literal sense of the Scriptures.
I.—How, then, did evil originate? If God did not create hell, who did? And in what manner are the wicked punished, if God does not punish them?
M.—Ah! there you propound questions that require a great deal of time and consideration to answer properly. I fear it may not be possible for me to reply to them as fully as the importance of the subject demands. But we shall make as good use of the time at our disposal as we can.
I.—It is frequently much easier to ask questions than to answer them. But I want light on these dark problems; for it seems to me there is in the old systems of belief a fearful confusion of ideas concerning the points I have indicated.
M.—There is no doubt but that many of the theologians of the day are without any rational doctrine, to enable them satisfactorily to explain matters of this nature. There is great need for light. And He who is Himself the Light of the World desires that all His children should be brought from the darkness of ignorance to the light of intelligence and wisdom.
I.—That surely must be so.
M.—Let us now consider your questions, in the order in which you have put them. As to the first, respecting the. origin of evil, allow me to premise that God, our Creator, gives to man, His creature, the prerogative of thinking, of willing, and of acting in freedom. In the exercise of the faculties with which he is endowed, man has the ability to receive truth into his understanding, and at the same time good into his will, and thus to live according to Divine order. Or, he can do the reverse of this—think what is false, will what is evil, and also live contrary to Divine order. And to come into a life contrary to Divine order is to confirm the false and the evil, and thus wilfully to transgress the laws of God, and so to become wicked and perverse.
I.—Why did God not create man so that it was impossible for him to sin?
M.—Because He could not do so.
I.—Is that not, an unwarrantable assertion? Do you mean to say that anything is impossible with God? Surely there is no limit to His power.
M.—In the true sense of the word, there is no limit to the power of the Almighty. But it is impossible for the Lord to do anything that is contrary to His Divine order. The Lord is the God of heaven; and "order is heaven's first law." It is an absolute law of the Divine order that man should be a free agent. As a matter of fact, God could not create man, to be man in the true sense of the word, without endowing him with distinctively human faculties, and giving him the ability to exercise these faculties in freedom. Without free agency, man would be a sort of mechanical creature, and not really a human being.
I.—Very true; but how is man's free agency related to the origin of evil?
M.—We shall see presently. And here let me assure you that our doctrine, fully considered, satisfactorily explains (to any one that can understand rational truth) the difficult problem as to the origin of evil.
I.—I am greatly pleased to learn that there is such a doctrine.
M.—In most ancient times, men, from the purely natural state to which they were created, passed by stages of development into the spiritual state; and thereafter by orderly progression they at length reached the celestial state. These things are described in the sublime symbolism of the first chapter of Genesis. Then, in times immemorial, the fall of man took place. The fall of man was a gradual degeneracy, continuing through many ages, and not a sudden transition from a good and holy to an evil and wicked state. The beginning of the fall originated in the desire, in the minds of the ancients, to understand things heavenly and Divine by means of the senses, that is, to prefer the evidence of the senses to revealed truth; or, as it may also be expressed, to believe the apparent truth from without rather than the real truth from within.
I.—What about the forbidden fruit? It has always seemed to me a queer thing that sin and death, disease, and all but universal misery, should be introduced into our world by the simple act of a person eating an apple.
M.—The account in Genesis is not to be taken literally, of course. It is purely symbolic language; and it is nonsense to imagine that physical, spiritual, and eternal death could come in consequence of eating any natural fruit. In fact, the literal interpretation of the Scripture in question quite defeats itself. We read: "Of every tree in the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die" (Gen. ii. 16, 17). But he did not literally die in that day. For again we read: "And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died" (Gen. v. 5). The Scripture, therefore, has no reference to physical death, as the literalists suppose. It is exclusively spiritual death, the death of the soul, that is treated of.
I.—How do you define the term "spiritual death"?
M.—When man ceases to receive life from the Lord, who is the infinite Fountain of life, he is spiritually dead. A man may be alive as to his body, but nevertheless be dead as to his soul. Of himself, man is spiritually dead, because of the perversion of his life, which is, by inheritance, his natural state. For this reason man requires to be regenerated, or born anew. But to those who confirm themselves in evil, and will not permit themselves to be brought into a state of good, the Lord says: "Ye will not come unto me, that ye might have life" (John v. 40).
I.—Now I should like you to explain something of the spirit of the passages you have quoted from Genesis.
M.—We will try. In the first place, then, let us consider that we do not understand the words of our Lord in their literal sense, when, for example, He says: "Except ye eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, ye have no life in you" (John vi. 53). Nor does a consistent method of interpretation require us to take the Scripture literally, when we read in Genesis about eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. For this, in like manner as the Lord's words in John, has a spiritual sense. Eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of Man, means to receive and to appropriate the Divine good and the Divine truth from the Lord, in order that we may have spiritual and eternal life.
I.—Quite different from the notion of transubstantiation, to which millions in the Christian world still adhere.
M.—Eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, in the symbolic style of expressing ideas, signifies man's ascribing life and all things of his being, to himself, instead of to the Lord. But from what is revealed to us in the Word and the Writings, we learn that for man to be truly human, he must freely acknowledge that he receives life and all things good and true,—all pure motives, heavenly aspirations, ennobling thoughts and affections,—only from the Divine. Of himself, man is nothing but evil, and prone to confirm himself in false notions of every kind. Whatever is of the genuine human character in him, is from above. It is written: "A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven" (John iii. 27).
I.—All very true! And the ancient philosophers were therefore quite right when they said, that "in God we live, and move, and have our being." It appears that in this respect they were really wiser than many of the learned of modern times, because these do not acknowledge this grand truth.
M.—It is the fundamental truth of the philosophy of human existence. God the Lord alone is self-existent, essential Life, Infinite, Divine, All-Good, All-Wise, Omnipotent, and Omniscient. Man, on the other hand, is a recipient of life, and of all human qualities, by influx from the Lord. The flowers and trees, the things of universal nature,—the countless forms of use and beauty, which adorn the bosom of the earth,—would immediately be dissipated, if the inflowing of the heat and light of the sun were to be withdrawn. The Lord is to the human soul, and to the forms in man recipient of life, what the sun is to the forms and substances of nature.
I.—Your comparisons seem to me quite legitimate, and they help to make the subject intelligible. But I must not interrupt you.
M.—We shall be able to understand this matter of the origin of evil more clearly, when we consider that both evil and falsity are the perversion of good and truth. That is to say, when men come into a state in which they were inclined to abuse their freedom, by thinking and willing, and hence acting, contrary to Divine order, then good and truth from the Lord (the essential principles which form the interiors of the human mind) were turned .into the opposite. Thus evil and falsity had their beginning in man.
I.—But how did men come into a state such as you describe?
M.—Because they permitted themselves to be deceived by the serpent. That is, they were not content to allow themselves to be led by the Lord; but came into a state in which they desired to be led by their own intelligence. They gave way to an inclination to love self and to depend upon their own prudence, instead of continuing to love the Lord supremely, and to trust implicitly in His Divine Providence. Their self-love then induced them to begin to believe nothing but what they could comprehend by means of the senses. This was the very origin of the degeneracy of the human race. And it continued to operate, until, in the fullness of time, the Lord Jesus Christ—who was "God manifest in the flesh"—said to the sensuous-minded Jews: "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the condemnation of hell?" (Matt. xxiii. 33).
I.—You said the language about those things in Genesis is symbolic. I suppose, then, we are not to understand that a serpent ever actually talked with a woman, and persuaded her to eat fruit?
M.—It is certain that no serpent ever literally talked. Nor did the knowledge of good and evil ever literally grow on a tree. The serpent is mentioned in the Word to represent the sensual principle in man, that is, all things which belong to his senses. To be a full and perfect man, one requires the sensual principle also. But this must be made subordinate. The higher principles of human nature should rule in man, and not those of his lower nature. To allow the sensuous propensities to become predominant, is the beguilement of the serpent.
I.—I now begin to get some light upon the subject. And it is gratifying, for I have been in the dark quite long enough.
M.—Let me endeavour to make it still more plain. When men, in most ancient times, began to feel inclined to think that they were wise and good from themselves, and so gradually ceased to be willing to acknowledge that they could only be really wise and good from the Lord, then they did that which is meant by eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The celestial man—the man of the celestial Church—so long as he remained in a state of integrity, delighted to acknowledge that the Lord is All in all; that He every instant imparts life and the power to think and act; and that in His infinite mercy He will confer upon His children the joys of angelic life to all eternity. But it is evident that man fell from a state of innocence and purity; that a gradual degeneracy ensued; that men in the process of the ages became wicked, hard-hearted, and cruel; "earthly, sensual, and devilish."
I.—No one can deny that such has been the outcome. And it is lamentable to think of the state of the Christian world to-day. The effects of the degeneration of the race are, in one form or another, constantly brought under our notice. There are shams, frauds, and deceptions of all sorts. There is a vast deal of disregard for the rights of one's fellow-man. The Golden Rule is at this day at a fearful discount, although it is the only rule of life and conduct by which we can practise the principles of true religion. Men are careless as to what they believe, and equally so as to how they live. Large numbers in Christendom have become, or are becoming, sceptics, scoffers, rationalists, and atheists. In fact, when one reads so much about the evil doings of people as we read nowadays, it sometimes actually makes one feel ashamed of human nature. But I do not wish to change the subject. Please go on with your explanations.
M.—I was about to say something in reply to your question as to who created hell. Evil and false principles, in the aggregate, constitute hell. The angels receive the Divine good and the Divine truth from the lord, and of these the heavens are formed. But evil spirits, who are devils and satans, in the very act of reception, turn good and truth into the opposite, and of these the hells are composed. We know that reception is according to the character or quality of the recipient.
I.—It evidently could not be otherwise.
M.—We have illustrations of this in nature. Look at the difference existing in the forms of the vegetable and animal kingdoms. The wheat and the tares come up together. The rose and the thorn may grow side by side. The fruit-tree and the poison-producing plant flourish in the same soil. The same physical conditions surround the wolf and the lamb. The owl and the dove breathe the same atmosphere. All these things are developed, and live by virtue of the influences of the heat and light of the sun. But the forms, receiving these influences, being essentially different, the effects produced are various accordingly. The wheat gives us bread for our nourishment; the tares are useless weeds. The bloom and fragrance of the rose delight our senses of sight and smell; but there is nothing very attractive about the thorn. The luscious fruit gratifies our taste, and promotes good health; but the poisonous will destroy the body altogether. The wolf and the lamb are as opposite in their dispositions as they can be; and so are the owl and the dove.
I.—The Lord says: "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves" (Matt. x. 16). By the sheep are evidently meant the good, and by wolves the evil.
M.—I have not quite finished the point of my illustration. I was about to add, that the Divine love and the Divine wisdom proceed from the Lord as the sun of heaven, for the benefit of all, irrespective of state. That He is no respecter of persons is plainly stated in the Scriptures; and is also meant when it is declared that "He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matt. v. 45). Love and wisdom, received by an angel, make him a form of heaven; but the same influences are with a devil turned into the opposite, and he becomes a form of hell. The angel is in pure, genuine, heavenly delight; and the evil spirit is in his own impure, sensual, infernal delight, agreeable to his state.
I.—I should like to hear an explanation of the difference between devils and satans.
M.—The devils are those in whom evil predominates, and who from evils are in falsities. The satans are those in whom falsity predominates, and who from falsities are in evils. The Lord said: "One of you is a devil," because the one referred to, namely, Judas Iscariot, was under the influences of evil to such a degree that he finally betrayed the Lord (John vi. 70). And the Lord on one occasion called Peter, Satan, because that disciple objected to the Lord's passing through those things which were necessary for Him to fully glorify His human, and to finish the work of redemption (Matt. xvi. 23).
I.—Your view seems to militate against the idea of a personal devil. How about His Satanic Majesty?
M.—There is no personal devil, in the sense of one big devil, or evil deity, who has supreme power in the internal regions, and rules there, as many have imagined. It is written: "I am the First, and I am the Last, and beside me there is no God" (Isa. xliv. 6). By devil and satan are respectively meant all evil and falsity in the aggregate. In the Apocalypse, for example, we read of "the dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world" (xii. 9).
I.—I must now remind you of the question concerning the punishment of the wicked.
M.—The Lord says of those who confirm themselves in evil and in falsity, and make infernal loves the chief delight of their lives: "These shall go away into everlasting punishment" (Matt. xxv. 46). This expresses the truth of the matter. The wicked go away from the Lord. They turn their back upon heaven, with all its shining splendours, its glories, and its unspeakable felicities, and of their own free choice go down into the regions of eternal darkness and spiritual death. They have perverted the order of their life, have become forms of evil, and hence are like owls that cannot endure the light of the sun. They cannot abide in the presence of the beneficent Lord of heaven. And thus we read in the Apocalypse, that they hide themselves in dens, and say to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb" (Matt. vi. 15, 16).
I.—The Lord, then, is not responsible for the sufferings of the wicked?
M.—Certainly not. The Lord desires all to be happy, in time and throughout eternity. And all who come unto Him that they may have life truly human, shall be blessed for evermore. But the Lord cannot compel any one to do right, to live a good life, and go to heaven; because this would be contrary to the Divine law of human free agency. It is sad to think that it should be so; but it is the insane delight of the wicked to violate the laws of Divine order, which have been ordained of God for the direction and guidance, the well-being and spiritual prosperity, of His children. And by the wilful violation of these beneficent laws, without which the universe could not exist for a moment, the evil bring punishment upon themselves; and this as inevitably as effects succeed causes. Let us remember that there is absolutely nothing arbitrary about the Lord's dealings with His creatures. He is just in all His ways. He doeth all things well. He is, most truly, our Father in the heavens. We, His children, may confidently trust in Him, and in all circumstances of life look up to Him; for His Divine hand will lead us, and His Divine Providence will protect us, that no evil may do us harm. The Lord, whom alone we ought to acknowledge and worship, is pure Love Itself, infinite and unchanging. And it is a genuine truth, expressed in the letter of the Divine Word, where we read: "The Lord is good unto all, and His tender mercies are over all His works" (Ps. cxlv. 9).
The Lord Jesus Christ and The Divine Trinity
The Lord Jesus Christ and The Divine Trinity
by Philip N. Odhner
The One Infinite God.
Swedenborg teaches that there is one Infinite Supreme Being who created the universe and all things in it out of His Divine Love and Wisdom.
The human mind can see that God is infinite. For if God were finite, or limited, there would have to be something that made Him finite and limited. And in that case that thing which made Him finite and limited would be the real source and origin of all things, and thus would be the real God. So also the human mind can see that God is eternal. For if God were not eternal, then He had a beginning in time. And if He had a beginning in time, then there was something previous to Him from which He had origin, and that previously existing thing would be God.
Because God is infinite and eternal He is one. There cannot be two infinite Beings. If there were two or more supposedly infinite Beings, one would limit and finite the other, and thus neither would be infinite. To think or speak of two or more infinite Beings is a contradiction in itself. Such an idea cannot enter the understanding of man.
That the one infinite God is Wisdom can be seen by man from a view of the starry heavens, in which the suns and planets can be seen held in a wonderful order. It can be seen also from a view of anything in nature in its smallest parts. For the microscope reveals the most wonderful order in the least things of creation, even as the telescope reveals such an order in the greatest things.
God is Love. This can be acknowledged by man from the fact that the order existing in the created universe bespeaks a Divine Purpose therein. And especially can it be seen that God is Love in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who showed forth the most perfect love for the eternal salvation of the whole human race.
The Divine Purpose in Creation.
God is Love and Wisdom. In all that He does His Love and His Wisdom are present. Everything that exists is therefore part of His Purpose in creation. But what is the Divine Purpose in creation? Can this be expressed in a way that the human mind can grasp? Swedenborg teaches as follows: "There are two things that make the Essence of God. Love and Wisdom; but there are three things that make the essence of His Love: to others outside of Himself, to will to be one with them, and to bless them from Himself. . . . These things of the Divine Love were the cause of the creation of the universe, and are the cause of its conservation." (The True Christian Religion, 43, 46.)
It is the nature of love to love others outside of self, to will to be conjoined with them in love, and to make them happy. This is evident in all true human relationships. It is preeminently true of God. In Him is all life, all love and all wisdom. His will therefore is to create others outside of Himself whom He can bless with the gift of His Life, His Love, His Wisdom. His will is to give to others that which is in Him. This is the cause of all creation.
But God, being infinite, cannot create another infinite Being, or another God or gods, to receive His Love and Wisdom. It is impossible for there to be two or more infinite Beings. If there were a God from God, that God from God would either have to be not infinite and not eternal, and thus not a real God, or He would have to be infinite and eternal and thus absolutely one with the first God. For God to create and love another God would thus be God loving Himself in Himself. And this is contrary to the essence of God, which is to love others outside Himself.
God could not create others who have life and love and wisdom in themselves, but He could create finite beings who could be formed into vessels of His Life and Love and Wisdom. For this reason God first created the physical universe. Out of His own Love and Wisdom, which are the origins of all life and motion, He made the physical universe and the dead and inert matters therein. Some idea of how God so created the physical universe out of His Love and Wisdom can be gathered from the discoveries of modern science, in which it is seen that the dead and inert matters of the earth are in fact composed of things in the highest motion.
Out of the dead and fixed things of nature God formed vessels which can receive His Life. These vessels are men, the human race. These vessels God gifts with liberty and rationality, so that they can if they will receive understanding from God in ever increasing measure, and by the perfection of their lives receive the Love of God in ever increasing measure. These vessels can become images and likenesses of God. In such images and likenesses of God the Divine Purpose of creation can find its fulfillment, for such beings can receive God's love and wisdom freely, can feel them to be their own, and can freely return the love of God. Between the infinite God and such beings there can be eternal conjunction. In this way a true and everlasting relationship can be established between God and those created by Him outside of Himself. But because God's Love is infinite therefore He looks to an eternal increase of those who can receive His life, and out of them He forms for Himself an eternal Heaven in an eternal world, which is the Spiritual World. In this Heaven those who have become images and likenesses of God advance forever in the understanding and love of God and their neighbours.
Consider carefully the Divine Purpose of creation here set forth. It means that God's Purpose in creating you is to make you an image and likeness of Himself, to make you an angel of heaven, to give you into eternity an increasing understanding of Him and an increasing love of what is good and true from Him. That is His interest and concern with you and with everyone in the human race.
Consider whether there can be any other cause of creation, or any other reason for your existence? Have you heard of any other explanation that is in agreement with the Scriptures and with the dictates of your own reason concerning God?
The Advent of the Lord into the World.
Swedenborg teaches that mankind in their first state of creation were as children, innocent and obedient. From the influx of the Love of God into their minds they were able to perceive the truths concerning God in all things of creation. They loved God and they loved their neighbour. This is the state of mankind that is described in the Bible as the Paradise of Eden.
But as the knowledge and the natural understanding of mankind increased they began to feel and believe that they could lead themselves in all matters of faith and wisdom. They began to believe that they were good and wise, and denied the truth that they were only vessels of good and of wisdom from God. This is represented in the Scriptures by the eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Because of this disorder men fell from their state of love and wisdom. More and more they removed themselves from the influx of God into their souls and minds. Finally the human race came into a state in which the Divine Purpose of creation was threatened and the human race itself was threatened with spiritual destruction.
Because of the removal of man from his first state of reception of the Love of God, it was necessary that a new kind of conjunction between God and man should be established. This was accomplished by the coming of God the Creator into the world.
In the Scriptures of the Old Testament, which were Divinely inspired and given to men by God during man's gradual decline from his first state, it is foretold and promised many times that He who created the world would come into the world to redeem and save mankind.
We here quote a few such places from the Old Testament:
"For thus saith the Lord (Jehovah) that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain. . . . He formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord (Jehovah) and there is none else." (Isaiah 45:18.)
"Behold the Lord God (Lord Jehovih) will come with a strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him." (Isaiah 40:10.)
"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord (Jehovah). (Zechar. 2:10.)
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord (Jehovah), that I will raise up unto David a just Branch . . . and this is His Name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD (Jehovah) OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." (Jeremiah 23:5,6.)
"And all flesh shall know that I Jehovah am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." (Isaiah 49:26.)
"For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand in the latter day upon the earth." (Job 19:25.)
"Let Israel hope in Jehovah … He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities." (Ps. 130:7,8.)
"Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt . . . and thou shalt know no other God but me; for there is no Saviour beside me." (Hosea 13:4.)
From these passages it is clear that the Old Testament teaches that there is one God, who is called Jehovah God, and that this God calls Himself the Saviour and the Redeemer, as well as the Creator. But now consider the following passages from the Old Testament, which foretell the Coming of the Creator into the world, and which clearly refer to the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ:
"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord (the way of Jehovah), make straight in the desert a highway for our God." (Isaiah 40:3.) It is said in the New Testament that this is a prophecy of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the Lord Jesus Christ. Here, in the Old Testament, the one for whom John prepared the way is called Jehovah and "our God."
"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel." (Isaiah 7:14.) This prophecy is quoted in Matthew with reference to the birth of the Lord, and it is there added about the name Immanuel, "which being interpreted is, God with us." (Matt. 1:23.) Here therefore the Lord is called God with us, in both the Old and the New Testaments.
"Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord (this is Jehovah) ; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." (Isaiah 25:9.)
"Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6.)
From the above passages from the Old Testament it is clear that the one infinite and eternal God, Jehovah God, the Creator of the universe, promised that He would come into the world, and that this promise refers to the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Swedenborg in his works shows not only that the Old Testament prophesies the coming of the Creator into the world, but also that the New Testament teaches that the Lord Jesus Christ is that Creator come into the world. This is taught in John, as follows:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (or, God was the Word.) The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made . . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." (John 1:1-3, 14.)
How the Incarnation of God Took Place.
But how did God come into the world, and what did He do here that brings about the Redemption and salvation of the human race and makes possible again the conjunction of mankind with Him in the reception of His Love and Wisdom?
Swedenborg teaches that God came into the world by taking on a human body by means of birth from the virgin Mary. Consider what is said in the New Testament concerning the conception of the Lord Jesus Christ:
"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the Power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35.)
This teaching can mean nothing else than that the one Infinite God was Himself the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord had no human father, as do all other human beings, but the infinite and eternal God was His Father. This means that the Lord had that in Him which was infinite and eternal, that which was life in itself. But because the Infinite cannot be divided as can the finite, this also means that God Himself was in Jesus Christ.
In the Lord Jesus Christ when He was first born into the world there were two distinct natures: that which He derived from Ilis Father, which was infinite and Divine, and that which He derived from Mary, which was merely human and which had within it the heredity of the human race.
Because the Lord had with Him that heredity from Mary He had with Him that which was mortal and vulnerable. In the heredity from Mary was the heriditary evil of the human race. He thus took on Himself the sins and iniquities of us all, and in His life in the world He overcame those evils in Himself. In that maternal heredity, which Swedenborg calls the maternal human of the Lord, the Lord met and conquered the evils which had taken possession of human minds and bodies. Through that maternal human the hells could attack His Divine Love for the salvation of the human race, and in it the Lord from His Divine soul met and conquered that attack.
Swedenborg teaches that two things took place by the incarnation of the Divine in the Lord Jesus Christ. First, the evil of the human race, hell itself, was subjugated by the Lord. The second thing was that the Lord during His life in the world reordered that human mind and body which He assumed through Mary, and conjoined and at length united it to His own Divine soul which He had from conception. This is what is called the Lord's glorification. Through His glorification the Lord put off what He had derived from Mary and put on a new Human, the Divine Human, from His own Divine soul. Thus He made His Human Divine, and the Divine Human in Himself. Even as to the Human He became Life itself, Love itself and Wisdom itself.
As to His very soul, and also as to those things of His mind and body which the Lord had made one with the Divine, Jesus Christ was altogether one with the Father. As to those things of His human which had not yet been made Divine, He was as another person. This is why the Lord sometimes spoke of Himself as one with His Father, and at other times spoke as if the Father were another than Himself. But at His Resurrection the process of the glorification of His Human was complete, and then He was altogether one with the Father as to person and essence.
This may be illustrated in the following diagrams:
The Lord in His Human made Divine (D) is not another person than the Father, or another infinite and eternal God, but is the Father Himself clothed with the Human made Divine.
The Lord's soul was Divine from conception. It was the Father in Him. And this is why the Lord taught that the Father was in Him. As the Lord glorified His Human, so that Human also was made Divine, and this is why the Lord says that He is one with the Father.
The one infinite and eternal God, now clothed in His Divine Human, is the Lord Jesus Christ glorified. He is God made Man, and Man made God. And in His Divine Human He has power over all things in heaven and on earth, as the Lord Himself says in Matthew:
"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." (Matt. 28:18.)
In the Divine Human the one infinite and eternal God has so embodied and accommodated His Divine Love and Wisdom that He may be seen and approached by man in man's fallen state. In His Divine Human He can inflow into our minds and influence us in the love of what is good and true in spite of the heriditary corruption of our nature. And in the Divine Human we can if we are willing come to the idea of God in a truly rational human form. Thus through His incarnation we can see Him and understand Him and love Him in a way that is far superior to anything that ever existed previous to His Advent into the world. For in His Divine Human the Lord is seeable, approachable, able to be understood and loved.
These things God has done out of His infinite Mercy and Love for the human race, to make possible again His Divine Purpose with men, that He might bless them with eternal life and be conjoined with them in Love.
These things are meant by this in John:
"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him." (John 1:18.)
The Fruit or result of the Advent and Glorification of the Lord may be illustrated in the following diagrams:
1. A represents the Love and Wisdom of the one Infinite God flowing into men.
B is the interior mind of man, into which the Lord could inflow before the fall.
C. is the conscious or external mind of man into which the Lord also inflowed through the interior mind with those before the fall.
2. After the fall of man the interior mind was blocked up with evils, and the influx of God into man was obstructed.
3. A here represents the infinite Love and Wisdom clothed in the Divine Human. By means of this accommodation God can inflow directly into the conscious mind of man and enlighten it with truth and affect it with good. Through this man receives from the Lord the ability to fight against and remove the evils obstructing the interiors of his mind.
The Divine Trinity.
The New Testament speaks of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Many have understood this to mean that God is in three Divine Persons, each of whom is infinite and eternal, and each of whom is God and Lord. But the New Testament does not speak of Persons in God at all, much less of three Divine Persons existing from eternity.
It is admitted by many that the question of how three persons make one God is past all human understanding. And because of this mystery many people do not think deeply about God, believing that their minds are not capable of entering into such thought.
What does Swedenborg teach concerning the Divine Trinity?
From what has gone before in this lecture it can be seen that the Father, the one infinite and eternal God, is not one Divine Person and the Son another Divine Person. but that they are one. as soul and body are one. The Son. the Divine Human, is the Divine Body, and the Father is the Divine Soul in that Divine Bodv. Even as the soul and body of a man are not two people, but one person, so the Father and the Son, the Divine and the Divine Human of the Lord are one Divine Person.
But what then of the Holy Spirit?
Swedenborg teaches that the Holy Spirit is the Lord's own Divine Spirit going forth from Him to men and angels. It is the Divine Love and Wisdom proceeding out of the Divine Human of the Lord to work the regeneration and salvation of mankind. This can be seen perfectly represented in the Gospel of .John:
"And when He had said this. He breathed on them and said. Receive ye the Holy Spirit." (John 20:22)
This was said after the Lord's Resurrection. The Holy Spirit is there represented as the Breath of the Lord. His Breath is His Divine Truth going forth from Himself to men. Swedenborg calls this the Divine Proceeding, or, the Divine Operation.
That the Holy Spirit is the Divine proceeding from the glorified Human of the Lord is also taught in these passages from the New Testament: "But this He spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified." (John 7:39.) The original Greek reads "The Holy Spirit was not yet, because that Jesus was not yet glorified."
"It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you." (John 16:7.)
After the Lord was glorified, that is, after His Human was made Divine, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which leads men into all truth, could come to men, because through the Divine Human the Divine Good and Truth can inflow into our minds.
The conclusion therefore is that the Divine Trinity is not a Trinity of Persons, but that it is a Trinity of essentials in the one Divine Person, our Lord Jesus Christ. The Father is the Divine itself, present in Him as the Soul. The Son is the Divine Human, which is the Body of that Divine Soul, and the Holy Spirit is the Divine Operation, the Divine Good and Truth proceeding from God to men.
This is taught also by Paul, in these words concerning the Lord:
"For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." (Col. 2:9.)
If you see God as one Divine Person, one Divine Man, and the Trinity in Him as Soul, Body and Proceeding, you will have an understandable idea of God and of the Divine Trinity in Him. This teaching is that which is given in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. It is the Supreme Truth concerning the Lord.
This truth may be summarized thus: That the Lord Jesus Christ is the one God of heaven and earth, that He is Jehovah, the Lord from eternity, that He is the Creator from eternity, that He is the Redeemer in time, that He is the regenerator into eternity, and thus that He is at the same time the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
The Lord Jesus Christ is our God. There is no other. To Him we owe all that is good and all that is true. All power in heaven and on earth is His. To Him alone should we pray. To Him alone should be our worship, our love, and the service of our lives.


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It's been a hectic, festive last few days! Our kitties are well cared for in NYC, and I've seen the relatives again for another year. I got some very lovely gifts, and gave some too, if I do say so myself! Here are some pictures of our last day in NYC, and post-Christmas holiday cheer in Ohio.
Mmmm, home-made tomato soup and grilled cheese to keep me warm and cozy while we go enjoy the Christmas windows.
The Rockefeller tree was more beautiful than ever this year! I'll never go see it on the Saturday night before Christmas again, though!
Love this big, glowing jewelry snake!
Kitty wanted to come with us to Ohio!
We got snowed in the day after Christmas, and decided to hold off on sledding until the blizzard ended, so we made cookies!
These are lime shortbreads.
These citrus crackle cookies are so yummy!! I made them for my Dad's Christmas party on the 30th!
I'll be back tomorrow to get caught up!
Live Omily,

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Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens delivers the 2016 state-of-the-county speech to the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham — The Wynfrey Hotel on Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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Leonette Slay of the League of Women Voters and Maureen O'Donnell of Helping Hand Services were among attendees at the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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Greg Hardy of Agility Technology Group, at left, and Dave Davis of Legacy Community Federal Credit Union were among attendees at the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham — The Wynfrey Hotel on Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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Henry Hagood of Morgan Stanley, at left, and Jay Clyce of BancorpSouth were among attendees at the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham — The Wynfrey Hotel on Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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Beau Strong of the Southern Development Council, at left, and Jeff Green, pastor at Riverchase Baptist Church were among attendees at the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham — The Wynfrey Hotel on Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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Mark Josey of Headway Promotional Marketing, at left, and Jerome Morgan Jr. of Oncort Professional Services were among attendees at the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham — The Wynfrey Hotel on Thursday, April 21, 2016.
Jefferson County officials have gladly traded the trials and tribulations of past years for basic county functions such as weed cutting and road paving, County Commission President Jimmie Stephens told the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce today.
Gone are the greed, corruption, sewer crisis, bankruptcy, long car tag renewal lines and controversy surrounding Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, Stephens told the roughly 175 luncheon attendees at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham — The Wynfrey Hotel.
Now, county officials can focus more energy and effort in delivering basic services and doing so in a more efficient manner, he said.
The current County Commission has been able to set aside their differences and work together for the good of the people, Stephens said. And they have re-established trust with state legislators and area mayors and restored honesty and integrity to county government, he said.
"You don't see us being indicted. You don't see us talking about going to jail," Stephens said.
Where do your tax dollars go?
The commission president spent a good deal of his speech giving a rundown of what types of services the county offers.
"Everybody has limited dollars, and they worry about where their tax dollars go," Stephens said.
Jefferson County takes in a lot of tax money, but the vast majority of it is funneled back out to other entities, including $230 million to municipalities, $213 million to boards of education and $27 million to the Jefferson County Department of Health, Stephens said.
The county's general fund is about $141 million.
Most county governments in Alabama rely primarily on sales taxes and some property taxes for general operations, but only 19 percent of Jefferson County's sales tax revenues go to the county's general fund, he said.
Forty-eight percent of county sales tax revenues go to education agencies, 22 percent goes to indigent care and 10 percent goes to the health department, Stephens said.
Jefferson County formerly had an occupational tax that brought in $77 million a year for county operations, but it's gone now, he said.
The largest expenditure for Jefferson County is public safety, and rightfully so, Stephens said. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has a $58 million budget, he said.
"When you talk about quality of life and what's important with your county government, public safety has to be paramount," he said.
The sheriff's office has 464 sworn law enforcement officers, including a tactical team, bomb squad and dive team, Stephens said. They handled nearly 70,000 calls in 2015, he said.
The sheriff's office runs two county jails and booked almost 11,000 inmates into those jails last year, Stephens said. The jails can accommodate 1,500 people, but averaged between 1,000 and 1,100 inmates a day, he said.
There are six sheriff's office substations, including a new one that recently opened in the McCalla/McAdory area, Stephens said. Others are in Cahaba Heights, Center Point, Forestdale, Mt. Olive and Oak Grove.
The county's indigent care fund is almost $51 million, Stephens said. The County Commission took a lot of heat for closing the inpatient part of Cooper Green Mercy Hospital but was able to redistribute that money to the UAB Health System, St. Vincent's Health System and Baptist Health System and meet the needs of indigent patients at those facilities, Stephens said.
"That allows you to go to the hospital in your neighborhood and receive the same care as anyone else," he said.
Revenue Department improvements
The county's Revenue Department handles about 1.2 million transactions a year and collects $375 million a year, Stephens said. The county issued 60,000 driver's licenses and almost 58,000 business licenses this past year, he said.
In October, the county started allowing businesses to file sales and use taxes online and implemented a new telephone system to better handle complaints, Stephens said.
A system for online filing for business licenses is on the way, and county officials are looking into ways people could renew tags at kiosks or on their phones, Stephens said.
"If you can bank on your phone, you know that we should be able to do that with your tag renewals, and we're working on that," he said.
The county is transitioning from a labor-intensive, low-technology government of the 19th century and trying to skip the 20th century and bring the county into the 21st century where it belongs, Stephens said.
The county opened a satellite revenue office at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in August 2014 and this past November moved that office and expanded services to a new location in the Hoover Court shopping center. The county also is looking for a location for a similar office in north Jefferson County, Stephens said.
More services are on the way to the satellite offices. The county already has allocated money to start renewing and replacing driver's licenses in the Hoover and Center Point satellite offices and is waiting on the state to get that accomplished, Stephens said.
Later this month, people should be able to get pistol permits at the Hoover satellite office, he said.
Jefferson County also has to maintain 1,950 miles of roads, 310 bridges, 11,500 drainage culverts, 41,500 traffic signs 434 traffic signals and 5,100 acres of roadways, Stephens said. The county plans to repave 63 miles of roads and replace 22 culverts in 2016, he said.
The sewer department has to maintain 3,151 miles of sewer lines, 187 pump stations and 81,000 manholes, and the county has to manage 3.5 million square feet of buildings, for which upkeep costs $11 million a year, Stephens said.


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Richard Haass CFR President- direct quotes below and you can listen to them for yourself
This man is stating openly Turkey does not toe the "allies" line aka NATO
"the illiberal trend"
"Increasingly Turkey is gathering behind the Assad Government"
"Is far more concerned about Kurds then getting rid of Assad Government"
Ankara More Interested in Counterterrorism Then Assad Departing
Turkey Faces Economic Sabotage. Turkey Paid IMF Debt in 2013
Anyone recall me having the ubercreepy CFR video here?
Richard Haass was in that too
About the Council on Foreign Relations: Members including Fareed Zakaria, Angelina Jolie, and Robert Rubin along with CFR president Richard Haass explains CFR's critical role in understanding today's world.


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Statement on the "Collins Amendment"
Today, the Citizens Budget Commission issued this statement on the "Collins Amendment:"
The recent addition of the "Collins Amendment" to the House of Representatives' American Health Care Act provides a strong incentive for New York's Governor and Legislature to eliminate the mandated local share of Medicaid costs, a policy change long advocated by the Citizens Budget Commission. More than 20 years ago the Commission called for a realignment of responsibilities for Medicaid in a comprehensive report on the State and City budgets, and in 2011 our report A Poor Way to Pay for Medicaid documented the two basic reasons for the funding shift: (1) financing burdens should be aligned with administrative control over the program to encourage cost containment, and (2) current arrangements place a disproportionately large and inequitable burden on taxpayers in localities with more poor residents and greater social welfare costs.
The State's leaders should take preemptive action to obviate the relevance of the Collins Amendment. This legislative session should see the design and enactment of a multiyear program to shift the full cost of Medicaid to the state thereby eliminating the unfair burden imposed on taxpayers in New York City and many counties.
For more information, visit http://bit.ly/CBConMedicaid or see:
Citizens Budget Commission, "Local Medicaid Spending Map" (May 26, 2016), https://cbcny.org/research/local-medicaid-spending.
Citizens Budget Commission, "A Step Backward on Medicaid Funding" (March 24, 2016), https://cbcny.org/research/step-backward-medicaid-funding.
Citizens Budget Commission, "A Poor Way to Pay for Medicaid" (December 11, 2011), https://cbcny.org/research/poor-way-pay-medicaid.


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Dirty Little Secrets of Application Dependency Mapping
Michael LaChance
Application Boundaries
Defining the boundaries of applications are often gray areas that need to be hammered out with application owners and architects. One particular troubling aspect of discovered topologies is that they represent the configuration at a particular point in time. Discovery schedules need to be carefully thought out because if a TCP port isnt open at time of discovery then the map wont depict the partnering CI.
Class Model
Application dependency mapping tools interrogate the infrastructure and these results are stored in a database whose object-oriented class structure is loosely based on an emerging industry models, such as DMTF, CIM and others. Because there isnt an industry standard, federating CIs, attributes and relationships across multi-vendor environments is exceedingly difficult especially as vendors are apt to interpret these emerging standards differently while applying their own extensions.
Carefully investigate the integration requirement if your application mapping tool is from vendor X but your ITSM automation solution uses CMDB technology from vendor Y. Otherwise, you may be looking at a rather large professional service integration effort.
Because application mapping tools need to first learn about the infrastructure, they must be taught some basics about the environment like IP address ranges, subnets and SNMP communities before they can start trolling for CI, attributes and relationships. These tools are efficient so network bandwidth consumption is rarely an issue, however intrusion detection systems need to be forewarned about this activity. And firewalls ports may need to be opened.
Discovery technologies leverage IP protocols such as ICMP, SSH, JDBC, and others to probe the network. Operating systems credentials across the server population are needed to probe further. Once that level of security is in place, youll then need to provide even deeper access for all your Oracle and SQL databases, Websphere and BEA environments, etc. so discovery tools can interrogate the real details of your applications configuration. Simply providing authentication and access rights across the infrastructure for the discovery tool can take months in a large organization with thousands of servers.
Start Small
So, should these and other implementation challenges put you off investigating application dependency mapping tools? Absolutely not. The accuracy provided by these discovery tools is incredible and beyond the reach of manual methods but should only be acquired by organization with a fairly high level of maturity with change and configuration management.
Look for a sweet spot for application dependency mapping and BSM technologies. Start small and focus on a limited set of key application and business process. Engage your customers early as theyre best placed to tell you what those key applications are or perhaps check with your organization business resiliency office (if one exists) as theyre typically pretty good at assessing and assigning risk.
These tools are not inexpensive so prospective buyers should examine these offerings very carefully in light of their own maturity and scrutinize the cost benefits of such technology in the context of their own infrastructure and application environments. Above all, develop a solid business case and prove its value before attempting an enterprise deployment.
Michael LaChance is VP of IT Production Services for The Travelers Companies in Hartford, CT. Michael can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Here's the English translation of a conversation between Naoko Takeuchi and Kazuko Tadano, originally published in a German magazine. See below for source. No clue when the interview was conducted but it was before the words "anime" and "manga" were common in the German language so I decided to stick to "comic" and "cartoon" which are used throughout the interview unless anime or manga are explicitly used.
Though I have native speaker level in English and German, neither is my mother tongue, so I apologise for potential mistakes and typos. Enjoy!
Anime-Artist Tadano works on the television series "Sailor Moon."
Author Takeuchi works on the comic series "Sailor Moon."
As a comic, as well as as a television series, "Sailor Moon" is popular. Author Naoko Takeuchi draws the comic. Kazuko Tadano adapts Sailor Moon for television. A conversation between the two is definitely interesting...
Please tell us how you got to design the characters for "Sailor Moon."
Tadano: After we - the team at Toei - finished work on "Goldfish Warning!", we started looking for a new project. For a long time we couldn't decide on what to do next. We even discussed remaking an old cartoon series which was what I thought we'd do but then I was suddenly told that we were going to do "Sailor Moon."
Takeuchi: It was really sudden. I was surprised, too.
Tadano: Yes. There was a call for a job as a character designer which I applied for and then I was hired.
How did you tackle the task? What was your first impression?
Tadano: Bunny's [Translator's note: Usagi's German name. She's the only one whose name is changed in the German version] hair reminded me of a character that I used to draw so I took care to not make them look similar. The other character didn't have buns in her hair though.
Takeuchi: Bunny's hair is meant to call to mind bunny ears.
Tadano: Apart from that, I didn't really have any problems. I just followed the character designs of Miss Takeuchi. To me, the hardest part was that the physique of Sailor Moon was very different to the physique of the character in my previous series. Sailor Moon has really long legs.
Designing the demonesses [youma] is a lot of fun. My colleagues at the animation studio all have different preferences. There was some discussion on the length of the Sailor Guardians' skirts. Some people at the studio found them too short, too revealing. Yet you never see any underwear! But I think even that wouldn't have been a problem. Most sports clothing is more revealing today after all. There were some scenes here and there in which you can catch a glimpse of underwear. This really depends on the director.
The manga and the television series differ from another.
Takeuchi: I have a story to tell about that. When my next door neighbour asked me to draw him a picture of Sailor Moon, he complained that it didn't look like the television series at all. It really startled me.
Tadano: This tends to happen with cartoons that are based on manga.
Takeuchi: Some of my fans think, that I draw the "Sailor Moon" comic, as well as the television series. They tell me I must have lots of work to do.
Tadano: I keep hearing that it's the television series that differs from the original.
Takeuchi: I'm really glad that you're doing the character designs for the television series. I keep hearing about manga-artists being disappointed with how their works are adapted and how the adaptation turns out to be completely different form how they imagined it. That's why some authors stoically say that comics and television series are just different. But I think "Sailor Moon" is alright. It's how I imagined it.
Tadano: I'm happy you feel that way.
It was your [Takeuchi's] editor's idea to put the girls into sailor uniforms?
Takeuchi: Yes, he wanted it badly. He was convinced that heroes wearing sailor suits [sailor fuku], which are based on commonly used Japanese school uniforms, would be cool!
Did you two wear sailor suits at school?
Tadano: Yes, at Junior High.
Takeuchi: Me too. Our uniform was the most beautiful around.
Tadano: Ours wasn't special. I remember they made the uniforms for girls at Junior High School bigger because they expected us to grow during our school years.
Takeuchi: Yes, that's why the uniforms looked weird at first.
Tadano: I didn't get any taller. In third year (the last year of Junior High), when I was 16, I still looked like a 14-year old first grader.
Takeuchi: The sailor suits are made out of a specific material.
Tadano: Yes, it's hard to draw.
Takeuchi: I suffer from that, too.
Tadano: Men can draw that material better.
Takeuchi: I think so, too. When I draw it, it looks to light. The fabric seems too thin.
Tadano: Your drawings looking light is exactly what makes them look nice. I like it.
Many men love such sailor suits. A fellow artist asked an acquaintance for her old school uniform and she gave it to him.
Takeuchi: Oh, what's he doing with it?
Tadano: No idea.
Takeuchi: Maybe he wears it himself?
Tadano: It would never fit him.
Please choose your favourite character expect for Bunny.
Takeuchi: I like Sailor V because I created her first, before the other five Sailor Guardian. I also like Tuxedo Mask.
Tadano: I like Rei. I like her type. On the other hand, I don't like Ami because her hair is hard to draw but she's popular with the fans.
Takeuchi: I'm having troubles drawing her hair as well. It hard to draw it evenly.
Tadano: Tuxedo Mask's top hat is also hard to draw . Sometimes it's too long, other times too short.
Takeuchi: Yes, I have the same problem.
What's your favourite episode?
Tadano: I like episode 24 of the first season, the end of Neflite [translator's note: Nephrite].
Takeuchi: Me too. I also like episode 9 because of the pacing. In that episode you see the younger as well as the older Bunny. I really like that. I think it's cute.
Tadano: And I also like the first episode because I drew a lot for it.
Takeuchi: I like the first episode as well. It's just like my comic which was exciting to see.
By the way, how do you decide on who's key animator?
Tadano: It was decided from the get go who would be key animator for episode 21 because it was the episode about our animation studio. But usually it just depends on shifts. You can't just pick an episode.
Takeuchi: The art style differs depending on the key animator. That's why my assistants all have their personal favourites. Of course they like you, Miss Tadano, the most.
Tadano: Who else do they like?
Takeuchi: Miss [Ikuno] Ito. The artist who drew the doll episode (episode 18). Her drawings are very popular.
Tadano: Oh, Ikuno Ito. She also drew Neflite's end. I like episodes like that. I wanted to draw that, too. I also like funny episode, like the one with Rhett Butler the cat (episode 31). However, emotional episodes are my favourite.
Takeuchi: I prefer emotional ones as well. But the cat episode was really funny. Sometimes you need that.
Tadano: That's true. Humour is important.
Takeuchi: I think the dialogues are funny.
Tadano: The voice actors add many ad libs which aren't in the screenplay. In episode 10, Tuxedo Masks says "I'm the bus driver" which was ad libbed by his voice actor.
Takeuchi: I have a lot of work to do so I can visit the studio only occasionally but one time, I was able to hear the voice actors improvise during rehearsal...
Tadano: Unfortunately, we can't record those improvisations most of the time.
Takeuchi: If I had more time, I would visit the studio much more often.
A question from our readers: How can I improve my drawing skills?
Takeuchi: Oh, that's hard.
Tadano: Eyes are important. If you can draw eyes beautifully, you can draw beautifully in general.
Takeuchi: Try drawing in a cute way.
Miss Tadano, do you read fan mail?
Tadano: Yes, the studio sends them to me. Miss Takeuchi, do you also get a lot of fan mail?
Takeuchi: Yes, ever since the start of the series, I get a box full everyday. Thank you all very much.
A closing comment, please!
Tadano: I hope everyone keeps enjoying "Sailor Moon."
Takeuchi: I wish you lots of fun as well. I will work hard to make "Sailor Moon" even more interesting.
Naoko Takeuchi's Profile:
Birthday: March 15
1986 - Nakayoshi New Mangaka Award
Debut: "Love Call" (1986)
Most Important Works: "Maria", "The Cherry Project", "Code Name Sailor V", "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon"
Kazuko Tadano's Profile:
Birthday: March 14
Working at Studio Live since 1980
First characters designs for "Dougram"
Most Important Works: "Dancougar", "Crystal Triangle", "Memole mit dem spitzen Hut" ["Tongari Bōshi no Memoru"], "Goldfish Warning", etc.


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It was August 2011 when German television Channel Rtl2 came to Minsk to shoot one of the episodes of the docusoap "Traumfrau gesucht" (could be translated from German as: "Dream woman wanted") . The proposal was unexpected, but the process brought us a lot of amusing moments.
I haven't seen the result yet, but frankly speaking, I doubt that the film will reflect meetings in a way they really are. Most likely it will be a parody to marriage-minded western men as well as a parody to the introduction process. But still, you'll see our marriage agency in Minsk, our amazing ladies,how we meet our guests at the airport, how our office looks like and for sure, you'll have fun.
Our reality show will be broadcasted at around 21:15 on February 13, 2012 and 01:10 on February 14, 2012 on RTL2


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Blog: Start something really big in 2013
January 12, 2013
"Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah … " —Rumi
Start something really big in 2013 and go for it 100%.
When there are no new beginnings in our lives, we tend to keep our eyes glued to the tiny details that surround us and easily forget the bigger intentions. I have never been a fan of New Year's resolutions. In a sense, they are too limiting right out of the gate heading into a new year. They can be too simple, or nebulous and easily forgotten or discarded, because they were perhaps unfulfilling, uncertain, or impossible to maintain.
I've been "rumi – nating" about intention as we embrace a new year. It's not uncommon to think about what we intend to do with the rest of the year as it yawns open before us. And intention feels different than a resolution. I was wondering how to incorporate intention into my daily harp and mat practice. I wanted new intentions to really sync-up to the intentions already planted in my practices so that real change could happen.
Intention or resolution is sankalpa in Sanskrit. Sankalpa also can be, will or a goal. I always like to check out these meanings in relation to yoga. There is always a greater meaning in this ancient language. Anyway, as I was thinking, studying, discussing, it became clearer that sankalpa could be "intention," but that in itself was a limited understanding of the experience of sankalpa. As I first understood it, sankalpa, as an intention on the mat might be; staying mindful of your breath, but it also is, staying mindful of the breath and the breath in body alignment. But not limited to that, so it's also, breath, alignment, energy flow, and back to the breath. Then it might expand to breath, alignment, energy, and effortlessness and then comes back to breath again. You see, it means one thing and all things. It's the energy of intention and/or resolution. It's the meaning behind the intention. Not just the "doing" of the intention. It is the energy of all small intentions morphing into a big universal intention. If we take it as resolution, then it's many ideas resolving into one big idea. (In a piece of music, it's the resolution of all notes to the final tonic).
Let's look at this again. When an intention is made, there is energy created to sustain that intention daily, a transformation begins as the intentional energy is manifested again and again. Deeper consciousness can grow and we open to our energy of change with this daily experience.
I have a habit of doing big projects.
I imagine big outcomes and dream big dreams, working very hard and concentrating diligently. Often it is to the point of foolishness. But over time, they blossom, not necessarily the way I had imagined or wanted them to though, and I am always a little surprised when my big project happens, but always, I have grown immeasurably in the entire process.
I think intention is this. It's not limited to just a small detail of practice (although that's a start) but maybe having your eye always on the donut and not too much the hole. We need small goals to help ourselves along the way, but remembering that the experience is energy and energy that we create with our resolutions again and again. The mind/body stuff begins to respond in ways we don't even know or understand to this intention. To get to a point where we can actually speak through our instruments with freedom and clarity, and to move through our experience of life with grace and compassion is to stand in a higher sankalpa, the daily intention of opening to that intention. To really make change in our lives, our communities and our world, is to have a big project in mind, and go with it … like Noah.


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From Ben Smith at Politico:
Rudy: 'Shut Up'
Rudy Giuliani, who has returned as a leading Republican spokesman, condemned Obama's health care plan in an interview with Sean Hannity.
He also offered, in response to the president's hope that the Gates arrest would be a "teachable moment," this:
"He's actually right. It is teachable. Here's the lesson: Shut up."
Here is the video link:


text: Impact Newsletter Impact Newsletter Impact is for and about the people who fulfill UTMB's mission to improve health in Texas and around the world. We hope you enjoy reading this issue. Let us know what you think! Solving an age-old issue: Keeping seniors healthy for longer Feb 18, 2016, 10:19 AM by KirstiAnn Clifford ACE Unit nursing staff from left: Sandra Fontenette, Virginia Brown, Rebecca Travis, Cleo Douglas, Tammie Michael, Colleen James and Jomar Patawaran. Ten thousand baby boomers will turn 65 every day through 2030, according to the Pew Research Center. It's a sobering statistic that shows older adults are becoming the core consumers of health care. Improving geriatric nursing competence is more critical than ever before—and UTMB is committed to doing just that. UTMB recently achieved "Senior Friendly" status by the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders program, the only national designation indicating a commitment to elder care excellence. NICHE, based at New York University College of Nursing, is a network of more than 660 health care facilities in the U.S., Canada, Bermuda and Singapore. "The designation signals our dedication to providing patient-centered care for older adult patients," said Colleen James, UTMB's NICHE coordinator. "As the only NICHE hospital in the Texas Medical Center, we are able to offer evidence-based, interdisciplinary approaches that promote better outcomes, positive experiences and improved care for older adults. And in collaboration with the Sealy Center on Aging and the Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit, UTMB is able to provide exemplary care to the older adult population." UTMB's ACE Unit originally opened in 2000 and is designed specifically with the elderly in mind. The unit is staffed with an interdisciplinary team of geriatric nursing staff, physicians, case managers, physical and occupational therapists, dieticians and a pastor, all of whom are trained in the special needs of the elderly. As part of its continued efforts to improve quality and care for patients 65 and older, the ACE Unit has implemented interdisciplinary team rounds each day at 2 p.m. to discuss each patient and to plan safe patient discharge. "For each patient, we identify geriatric syndromes such as delirium, dementia, pain management, mobility and incontinence," said James. "Functional status is one of the big focuses right now. We want to prevent older adults from having a decline once they are discharged, so we want to make sure we put them in the best position to do well once they leave here. Having all members of the team fully aware of what is going on with patients and identifying or preventing geriatric syndromes from occurring in the first place is making a big difference." Cleo Douglas has been a registered geriatric nurse at UTMB for the past 15 years and recently underwent training through NICHE to become a geriatric resource nurse. She helps educate other nurses and doctors throughout the hospital regarding geriatric protocols. "I want to make sure all geriatric patients at UTMB are provided the care that I would want my parent or grandparent to receive," said Douglas. "If our older adult patients are able to go back home even for one more month instead of being discharged to a facility, that means the world to them. They want to be independent and do as much for themselves as they possibly can. Our job is to get them back to the best possible health and keep them there so they can be independent." Other initiatives UTMB has put into place include adding a week of geriatric specific training to UTMB's nurse internship program and implementing a transitional care nurse practitioner who follows all older adult hospital patients who are at a high risk of readmission. A new volunteer program called Support for and Promotion of Optimal Nutritional Status, or SPOONS, recently launched,as well. Volunteers help patients at mealtimes by assisting them as needed or sitting by as a dining companion. To become a volunteer with the SPOONS program, email Colleen James at email@example.com. For more information on NICHE, visit nicheprogram.org. Right Side Bar Day in the Life Leader Spotlight Working Wonders Categories A Day in the Life (58) Best Care (32) By the numbers (1) CMC (16) Construction (9) Day in the Life (2) DSRIP (1) Education (53) Employee Service Day (1) Five Qs (1) From the President (41) Health Tips (42) Hidden Talents (15) IMPACT (528) Information Services (2) Leader Spotlight (39) Leadership (1) Parting Shot (22) Parting Shot (2) Patient Care (63) People (19) People of UTMB (1) Professionalism (2) Pulse video (5) Research (60) School of Health Professions (3) Town Hall (1) UTMB Hidden Talents (1) UTMB News (24) UTMB trivia (18) Values (7) Way to Go Award (11) Working Wonders (44) Continue Reading Impact Articles


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[Toolbox series] My favorite toolbox - Memory PoolPosted by andy.song Jan 6, 2011
In most distributed computing architecture, we can not avoid programming directly with byte information. Like Serialization/DeSerialization, File reading/changing, etc. So all of us need some solution resolve the memory allocation/deallocation effiently with good performance numbers and acceptable overhead.
So here I introduce the memory pool design. It's underlying depends on the ByteBuff of java nio.
1. Provide the estimated memory block consumptions.
We assumed all of the request for memory requirement can be categorized by many blocks[segment]. The segment could like 64 bytes, 128 bytes, 256 bytes, 512 bytes, etc. And then we could define the pool initial size and final size, like init=2 * 1024 bytes and end= 16 * 1024 bytes. And pool will dispatch the request of memory allocation to the segment that can fullfil the request.
For examples:
The segment will be 2*1024, 4*1024, 8*1024, 16*1024
The request need allocate 3456 bytes, so the segment contain 4*1024 can fullfil the request.
2. Direct ByteBuffer or Heap ByteBuffer
I decided support both of them, as I thought the decision by the application designer. Due to the direct bytebuffer allocation slow than heap bytebuffer, but read/write against direct bytebuffer better than read/write against heap bytebuffer - Of course, all of those comments means generally in average situations.
Btw, if you decide using the direct bytebuffer. Please remember set pool initialization as earlier as possbile than your application codes.
We already created one open source project: TinyBang - http://code.google.com/p/tinybang/
You can find the memory pool implementation from there.
svn path: https://tinybang.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/main/java/memorypool
Configuration items:
1. memory.pool.segment.min.size - the minimum segement size with default value is 2
2. memory.pool.segment.max.size - the maximum segment size with default value is 16
3. memory.pool.segment.size.scale - the scale for size of memory with default value is 1024
(Note: so the pool default start from 2 * 1024 to 16 * 1024)
4. memory.pool.segment.size.inc.pace - the pace for size increasing with default value is 2
(Note: so the pool default range is 2, 4, 6, 8, 16)
5. memory.pool.each.segment.counts - the number of entry was contained within each segment with default value is 50
6. memory.pool.allocate.offjvmheap - Direct bytebuffer with true flag and heap bytebuffer with false flag.


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hello from the other side
Well, there I go again not blogging for 6 or 7 months. Should I be surprised? I guess it's my style. I'll go with that. It also directly relates to when we gave up screens. Coincidence? We'll never know.
And speaking of that, I will be writing a little post on that to fill you in on how it went. I meant to keep going strong with the updates, but again, when was I supposed to blog if my kids don't watch tv? Joking, sort of. And to kill the suspense we lasted about 5 months...I still count it as a success and contemplated changing the title of that post to "Why We Decided to Give Up Screens for 5 Months"...but I'm committed to being real over here I guess, and a little dose of humility can be good for a gal. But I have many thoughts on it all and will get that post going soon.
I think one reason why I haven't blogged since that post was because I put a lot of pressure on myself, and I felt like I needed to only write about how that was going. So then the pendulum swung the opposite direction and I didn't write at all. That and I accidentally left my laptop out on the deck in the driest summer in the collective memory and it...rained. I think we had one, maybe two rains the entire summer! It was ruined, but we were able to save the pictures and I learned my lesson. I mean, who does that? Am I five? Where are the real adults?
I was chatting with some friends last night and I can't remember why, but I brought up my blog and also that it has been forever since I posted. So I decided to break the silence and just get something up...so here I am!
I would like to still do my yearly New Years thoughts, is that so lame to do in March? I guess I can do whatever I want..haha. SO I might do that for my own personal records. And then I have some other news, like a new job for Matt, some new health things that have been on my mind and house projects. My 3 readers will be happy to know I am back, I'm sure. Haha. (Hi Mom!)
(Wow, since my last post I have noticed that for some reason I rely heavily on emojis to get my tone across..hopefully I can nip that in the bud! Blogging also challenges my spelling...I believe this will be a good for my lazy brain!!)
Here's my summer babes!
|Emilia picking strawberries
|Anna at the corn maze


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With the advent of integration platform as a service offerings (PaaS) it may be possible to move our existing integration service to cloud deployment and focus more on administering integrations rather than the middleware that runs these integrations. The limiting factor to date has been security and performance concerns. However, top-tier research and health science center UC San Francisco has recently used MuleSoft CloudHub to build HIPAA complaint integration services. We know it is possible to run our existing OpenEAI integration services within this type of infrastructure, so a feasibility and cost assessment of migration to this platform is desired.
Complete a preliminary security review, HIPAA business associate agreement, and initiate a limited trial service. Document a pattern for running Emory's existing service in CloudHub. Execute a representative migration of sufficient size to estimate the cost and effort to migrate and operate on this platform. Prepare a summary report.
Project Phases
- Preliminary security review (April, May)
- BAA and service agreement (June-September)
- Document migration patterns (October, November)
- Evaluate migration strategies (November, December)
- Implement representative migration (Jauary, February)
- Testing and benchmarking (February, March)
- Final estimation and summary report (April, May)
- Present results (June)
- Follow-up tests, assessment, report updates (July)
This project is presently pending initiation anticipated to complete in August 2015.
Presently progress is pending the execution of a business associate agreement (BAA) and a service agreement. Our most recent communication with the vendor outlined the following:
Business issues that need to be resolved before POC:
- Mulesoft must sign Emory's BAA
- Mulesoft must have appropriate BAAs with any downstream service providers as required by HIPAA (including HITECH and the omnibus final rule)
Security issues that need to be resolved as part of a POC:
- Validate Mulesoft's compliance status with PCI, HIPAA and HiTrust (completion target was 3rd Quarter)
- Complete Emory's HIPAA risk assessment process
- Determine how to mitigate identified risks
- Reevaluate status of Mulesoft monitoring and response capabilities (per Mulesoft this is a work in progress)
- Determine how to monitor Emory developed Apps within Mulesoft environment (which Mulesoft does not monitor at all)
- Specifically determine how we can get access to Mule application logs, preferably streamed in realtime.
- Determine if the logs can be fed into SIEM (and if they have any value)
- Determine if the logs are sufficient for our development and security needs
- Limit VPC to only Emory IP address ranges
- Document network controls that are unavailable in AWS environment
- Identify any compensating controls to minimize this risk / manage the risk to an acceptable level
- Determine how to implement requirements in section 5 of ASP requirements document in the Mule workers we control
- CloudHub Feasibility Assessment wiki page (forthcoming)
- UCSF CareWeb case study


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Greetings Dear Readers.
Now there is something to think about right?
Well what are they? Are you looking for world domination? Are you looking for a new career path?
Looking to hit 10 000 views on your blog?
You do have goals right?
Well here are 5 Tips to get you on that path:
Sit down with a good cup of coffee and work out your year ahead. What do you want to achieve on social media? Are you even on social media? Look at the most popular networks out there. Which one is suitable for your brand.
Select a network
Once you have decided on a network open an account and get started.
Here are some that might interest you:
How often are you going to be there?
Work out how often you want to be on the network. Everyone knows that social media can be a huge time waste so choose your time wisely. How often are you going to post? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? You get what you put in, remember that.
What are you there for?
Decide what your purpose is on that network. Is it to make friends, to get business, to build a following, to postion yourself as a thought leader? These are the things that you must decide about.
Stick to your plan
Once you have chosen your plan, follow it with a passion. If you find you are going nowhere with your plan change it and use another plan until you find a plan that works for you. Remember to join a network that you feel comfortable with.
Wish you all the best for 2014 on Social Media
Fred Felton
Creative Director & Keynote Speaker
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Trivie® Helps Top-Tier Entertainment Properties Connect With Fans Through Branded Trivia Apps
Trivie Spotlight Debuts with Influential Media Partnerships - Fox, Snoop Dogg, Sugar Ray Leonard, Billboard Magazine, Sara Evans and More
Jun 14, 2013, 08:00 ET
DALLAS, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trivie, Inc., the makers of "Battle of Wits," one of the most highly rated trivia games in the App Store, today announced its mobile publishing platform called "Trivie Spotlight" along with several new partnerships including TV shows from FOX, entertainers such as Snoop Dogg, Sara Evans, sports' legends like Sugar Ray Leonard, print media and online publications such as Billboard Magazine, Little Brown & Co. Bartlett's Quotes. Trivie's patent-pending platform enables brands to quickly and easily create officially licensed trivia apps to connect with their fans directly through exciting knowledge-filled game play. Trivie worked closely with each brand to develop thousands of customized trivia questions and re-skinned the app's look and feel in alignment with their brands' IP – while delivering these games through Trivie's storefront. Essentially, Trivie has created the app store for trivia. Most of these apps are available for free downloadable today in the App Store here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trivie-battle-of-wits!/id510337121?mt=8
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"Trivie gives our fans a new way to connect with one another and show off their know-how of their favorite FOX TV shows," said Jeff Schwartz, associate director, mobile at Fox Digital.
A top influencer with over 40 million fans across his social platforms, Snoop Dogg said, "You can now play a game about everything there is to know about me, and my music. I bet you'll be surprised by how much you may already know."
New Trivie Apps Available
The following officially licensed and branded Trivie Spotlight apps for iOS are available and downloadable today. Here's a sneak peek on what fans will encounter while playing them.
- Fox's "Bones" – Trivia questions vary from show insider information, "When they need to chew over a case, what is the name of the diner where you can find Booth and Brennan?" to complex terms such as "Perhaps it's in his genetic make-up. Booth suffers from coulrophobia, which is a fear of what?"
- Snoop Dogg – By answering Snoop's questions, fans can discover little-known facts about one of the world's most famous rappers, ranging from "Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and R&B charts, what is the name of Snoop Dogg's first album?" to "After experiencing a spiritual awakening in Jamaica, Snoop announced he was what music legend reincarnated?"
- Sara Evans – Sara's game features exclusive trivia and little-known facts about her journey from Midwestern farm girl to multi-platinum recording artist. Her questions include "Sara Evans competed for the mirror ball trophy on what ABC reality show?" "Sara Evans burst onto the country scene in 1997 with what debut album?" and "Sara Evans' hit single "Suds in the Bucket" was released in what year?"
- Sugar Ray Leonard – Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the legendary sports icons of the 20th Century whose very name epitomizes boxing and conjures the image of a champion. His "Knock Out Trivia" game focuses on historical milestones such as "Who was Sugar Ray Leonard's opponent in the famous No Más Fight of 1980?" and "In 1973's "The Sundown Showdown," or boxing factoids like, "who defeated Joe Frazier in a two minute and 35 second boxing match?"
- Billboard Magazine Hot 100 – Billboard's Hot 100 app tests your music genius from the British Invasion to the Harlem Shake. Fans can show off their knowledge and discover fun facts from decades of Hot 100 hits with questions such as "What indie act had its first No. 1 song on the Hot 100 with "Thrift Shop" in 2013?" and "Maroon 5's 2012 hit song shared its name with what obsolete communication device?"
- Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop – With this game, fans can show off their love and knowledge of R&B and Hip-Hop while challenging their friends to prove mastery of music trivia from old school classics to today's chart-toppers. Questions vary from "Whose debut studio album, 'Channel Orange,' hit No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2012?" to "What rapper was once part of the group Soul Intent in the mid-'90s?"
- Billboard Country – Country music fans can show off their smarts by answering questions based on fun facts from country legends and today's superstars. Questions encompass industry awards, "In 2013, what band collected its third No. 1 on Billboard's Country Songs chart with "Better Dig Two"? to artist-specific, "Who is the only artist to have a No. 1 song with two different recorded versions of the same song?"
- Little Brown & Co. Bartlett's Quotes – The official Bartlett's game features familiar quotations, classic quotes and modern favorites, ranging from William Shakespeare to Steve Jobs. These quotations span 5,000 years of art, science and politics with who-said-this type of questions offering quotes such as "The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead" and "Well-behaved women seldom make history."
- Earth Day – Trivie's Earth Day game celebrates our amazing planet Earth and includes questions about protecting our planet's natural resources and inspiring awareness. Sample questions include "Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for how long?" and "Per the phrase coined by environmentalist René Dubos, you should "think globally" and do what?"
In addition to these new apps, Trivie has partnered with many other TV networks, major celebrities, recording artists, Hollywood studios, athletes, and media publications to launch new games every month.
"Trivia contests are a fun way to interact with family, friends, and co-workers of similar interests. With our first-of-its kind gaming platform, people can create and compete in custom-themed trivia contests on their favorite celebrities, teams, bands and brands," said Lawrence Schwartz, chief executive officer of Trivie. "Trivie is all things trivia, and we see this as just the beginning of our 'show what you know' strategy."
About Trivie
Trivie is the maker of the mobile industry's foremost trivia game, "Battle of Wits" that matches people with similar interests to compete against one another in trivia contests based on the fun of showing off their smarts. With over 300 categories, and featuring over 80,000 questions, Trivie combines slot machine mechanics and virtual wagering in a lively social format with the look and feel of a game show. Fun and fast-paced, Trivie is filled with interesting facts about sports, TV, movies, history, pop culture, and more. With Trivie, you can have a battle of wits with anyone, anytime.
Trivie Specs: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5 or later.
Trivie on the web: www.trivie.com
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Trivie on YouTube: http://youtu.be/ahX9_6cs2o4?hd=1
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