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In a movie studio, the actors are getting made up and the crew is waiting to begin shooting the film. Grande Otelo, the bungling "king of the deck", and Marta Anderson, the blond and provocative star of the show, recite in the historical scenario of the chanchadas, the abandoned studios of Cinédia. "The photography is splendid, it is a sort of parallel song, of critique, of parody, of understanding of a certain light typical of Brazilian cinema of the times, already re-created, already stylized. And with the older actors, Otelo, Lewgoy and the others, something very important happened in the artistic perception, seeing again, doing again, it was already a concrete metalanguage" (J. Bressane).
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Former Ottawa Senators star Alexei Yashin is back in Canada's capital city, this time as a hockey executive with Russia's women's hockey team.
Yashin was recently named general manager of the club in an attempt to help his home country's chances of earning a medal at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
He is now overseeing the team at the women's world championships in Ottawa. Yashin doesn't sit in the stands and watch practice, he instead is out on the ice participating in drills and giving the women tips.
''I saw the biggest opportunity where I can really help,'' Yashin said. ''I saw a lot of things I could bring to the table.
''These girls, they needed some spark and some attention toward them. I was hoping I could bring certain things that other people can't with some of my experience and connections.''
Russia didn't win a game in last year's world championship in Burlington, Vt., but could finish no worse than sixth because they were seeded in the top group.
The Russians were seeded in the second group in Ottawa and are 4-0 heading into Monday's semifinal against Canada. The stated goal is to win bronze in women's hockey in Sochi.
''When a proven NHL pro steps on the ice, just even watching him and his body language and how he moves can even help the players improve and also gives them confidence,'' Canadian captain Hayley Wickenheiser said.
''I know that in Russia, in a lot of cases, they think women should not be playing hockey, so for a player like that to step up and say, `Hey, I believe in this team and this program' that says a lot for those women and gives them a lot to go on.''
The Russian Ice Hockey Federation named Mikhail Chekanov as the women's new coach for this year. But Yashin's appointment is groundbreaking for women's hockey in a country that ignored it until Sochi won the bid to host the Olympics.
''His name brings a lot of attention to our team, especially in Russia,'' forward Iya Gavrilova says. ''We've got more sponsorship coming to the team, we get more attention from the media. People now recognize that they have a women's team in Russia.''
''He goes on the ice and he practices with us. He shows his skills and shares a lot of experience. He sees a lot of little things and suggests a lot of things like how to make little plays on the power play and how to play in front of the net.''
Yashin, 39, played a dozen seasons in the NHL for the Senators and the New York Islanders. He also represented Russia at three Olympics.
Chosen No. 2 overall in the 1992 NHL draft by Ottawa, Yashin helped the Senators win their first playoff series in 1998. He scored 94 points for Ottawa in the 1998-99 season and was an MVP finalist that year, but sat out the following season in a contract dispute.
''A lot of people remember me from when I was playing here, so it's very good,'' Yashin says. ''They're very receptive.''
''It's part of my life. I was here for eight years. It's been a great experience.''
The Senators dealt him in 2001 to the Islanders, who signed him to what was then an astounding 10-year, $87.5 million contract. The Islanders never made it out of the first round during his five seasons there.
After a knee injury abbreviated his 2006-07 season, the Islanders bought out his contract even though there were several years remaining on it.
Yashin played five seasons in Russia and his last with CKSA Moscow in 2011-12.
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Mariners Win (Sort Of) Home Opener 2-0
Tonight I joined 15,367 other Mariners fans down at Safeco Field for an open house sponsored by the Seattle Mariners organization to show off their new giant big-screen, the new fences, and more importantly the all new 2013 Seattle Mariners. It was a surreal environment at the Safe tonight with all the fans milling around and looking up at the giant big-screen of the opening game in Oakland as Felix Hernandez led his club to a 2-0 victory going 7 2/3 innings giving up only three hits, one walk, zero runs and striking out eight hapless Athletics.
I'm not sure what to say about the new giant big-screen except that it's indeed huge and hopefully it will not provide too much of a distraction for so many of the fans who only seem to go to games for the Hydro races and other little gimmicks that the Mariners ownership has relied on for the past 10 years since they haven't put a real team on the field. But for tonight the Seattle Mariners did put a real team on the field down in Oakland against their division rival Athletics featuring the King himself who was up to the task of providing his usual opening day leadership with this gutsy performance. The Mariners offense only managed a couple runs when Franklin Gutierrez drove in Dustin Ackley and Brendan Ryan with a single up the middle in the top of the fifth inning. But thankfully Felix was on his game and though the relievers looked a bit shaky we managed to pull off a victory in what was sort of a home opener.
It felt really good to be down at the Safe again wandering around, eating hot dogs and watching baseball. It only cost me 10 bucks tonight for my parking so that was a steal, and considering the way the Mariners have played the past 10 years the ownership group might want to consider having a free night every now and then to draw some of us shell-shocked fans back into the house that Griffey built. It was nice to see Michael Morse and Kendrys Morales in the middle of the lineup tonight though they didn't do much tonight you could just tell that the dynamics have changed with these two sluggers hitting in the middle of the pack. It's hard to hate the Oakland Athletics, though they probably are our only real rival so to speak, it seems like I've watched them play 1000 times and no matter who they have on their team they always seem to look the same with those goofy green uniforms. You gotta love the Oakland fans, as they were definitely loud and boisterous tonight coming off their AL West championship last season. So off we go to the races now folks with another year of my Mariners fan blog and an improved club that is now 1-0 with only 161 games to play! Go Mariners!http://jeffsmariners.com
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Time Traveling with the Mariners: A Chance At Do-Overs
People need to understand that there is not now, nor will there ever be, the existence of time travel. Think about it. If time travel existed, we'd already know. Someone from the future would have come to inform us. I'm sure of it.
Now I know we all cite Back to the Future as a guide of sorts for navigating the space-time continuum, but that's a movie. It's fiction. Sure, Doc Brown says you don't go back in time and screw everything up by talking to your past self or blowing the secrets of time travel, but come on. Look at Marty McFly. The dude nearly had an aneurysm trying to play by the rules in 1955. And I consider him a unique human being. You really think your average time traveler would be able to go back and forth without effing everything up? No. No freakin' way.
Personally, I've already made a pact with myself that if time travel does exist at any point in my lifetime, I'll come back from the future at precisely fifteen seconds from now and let myself know. You're probably wondering if I'm kidding. I am not. And guess what, I didn't show up. So time travel doesn't exist. At least not in my lifetime. Because if it did, I'd be talking to Future Me right now. Unless I die young. Like Tupac. In which case, I better start writing future-dated articles to be released posthumously. I want that weird, cryptic, he's-still-alive-somewhere-I-just-know-it legacy. We should all want that. It freaks people out. And what better feeling is there than the one you get punking people from heaven? I imagine there's nothing greater.
What does all this have to do with anything, you ask? Good question. I don't really know. I'm still trying to tie that run-on intro into a piece about the Mariners. I really just wanted to talk about time travel for a minute, because I think we don't talk about it enough. I feel like entire sitcoms could be based around the premise of time travel, instead of just one or two episodes (they always have one or two time-travel episodes) in the series. And don't tell me Quantum Leap was really about time travel. The premise of Quantum Leap involved time travel, yes, but really it just served as a vehicle for Scott Bakula's shitty acting career, which arguably peaked when he landed the role of Gus Cantrell in Major League: Back to the Minors, aka the Major League that no one watched. I suppose if the producers could go back and do it again, they might not have cast Cantrell in that role after all. Given the fragile state of Charlie Sheen's psyche circa 1998 (I'm assuming it was fragile, since we're dealing with Charlie Sheen, after all), when Back to the Minors was unleashed upon the world, they probably could have netted themselves Rick Vaughn if they had the wherewithal to press a little harder. Then again, they half-assed the entire production of the third Major League. For Christ's sake, Taka Tanaka had his Metrodome scenes green-screened. How do you green-screen someone into a movie and think no one watching will notice? That takes moxie. Stupid, stupid moxie.
Wait, I've got it. If the Mariners could go back in time, I bet they'd change quite a bit with their current roster. You think they'd still offer Chone Figgins a four-year, $36 million deal in the 2009-2010 offseason? Not when they could have re-signed Adrian Beltre for one year at $9 million. And what about the Cliff Lee deal? You figure they still pawn him off on the Rangers for Justin Smoak, Blake Beavan, and Josh Lueke? Smoak has struggled since arriving and Lueke is already out of town, having been dealt to the Rays for the rainbow-colored unicorn that is John Jaso this past offseason. Beavan is quickly becoming a reliable starter, but Lee is still in the upper echelon of pitchers in Major League Baseball. Not as promising a deal as was once imagined.
I'm not gonna say hindsight is 20/20. I think that phrase is ridiculously cliche. Of course hindsight is 20/20. No one from the future came and gave us 20/20 foresight, those dicks, so yeah, we can certainly see clearly looking back at the past. Stupid. Anyway, here's a look at three more less-heralded recent do-overs the Mariners might want to consider. If they were able to piece together their flux capacitor, that is:
1. The drafting of Josh Fields
Blame the Bill Bavasi regime for this one. That dumbass Vincent Price look-alike was crazy enough to choose a closer with his 2008 first-round selection. Who the hell does that? There have been picks we've all questioned after some time has passed — the No. 3 overall selection of Jeff Clement in '05, for instance — but never has one pick been so openly scrutinized right from the get-go as the Fields pick was four years ago. Consider that players taken with the next 20 picks after Fields include the likes of Cleveland Indians third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall, Kansas City Royals pitching prospect Mike Montgomery, and Houston Astros starting pitcher Jordan Lyles, among others.
Whatever happened to Fields, anyway? Great question.
Now 26 years of age, the right-handed reliever is currently pitching for Boston's Double-A affiliate in Portland, Maine. As part of the trade that sent Erik Bedard to the Red Sox a season ago, Fields helped land the M's current minor league outfielders Trayvon Robinson and Chih-Hsien Chiang, a transaction the team may very well not regret going forward.
For now, though, the one truth we hold to be self-evident is this: the drafting of Josh Fields was an epic, epic failure. Into our DeLorean and onto the next…
2. The trade of Brandon Morrow
Okay, I'll admit, this one's a little tougher to justify. In exchange for Morrow, who was seemingly stuck in mediocrity here in Seattle, the Mariners netted closer Brandon League and minor league outfielder Johermyn Chavez. It's too early to tell what may become of Chavez, but obviously we know all about League. The hard-throwing righty has become the anchor in the team's bullpen. Whether as a setup man his first year, or a closer last season, League has been fairly reliable for an otherwise underwhelming ballclub.
But here's the thing. A closer on a losing squad is like a bow on a second-hand gift. What good is it, anyway?
League might be an All-Star, but it matters little for how seldom he's called upon to slam the door on opposing lineups. So my question to you is this: Would you rather have a solid closer who will likely be dealt at some point in the future, or a hard-throwing starting pitcher who could be considered a part of your future? On a potential cellar dweller like the Mariners, the answer should be the latter. Which is why dealing Morrow would have to at least be reconsidered if we were to do it all over again.
The problems Morrow had with the Mariners can be blamed, once again, on the Bavasi regime. The organization mishandled their 2006 first-round pick, grooming him as a starter, fast-tracking him to the big leagues as a reliever, then juggling him between 'pen, rotation, and farm system for the ensuing three seasons. Was it worth it? Hell no it wasn't. Had the team allowed the now-27-year-old to mature in the minors over time, he could be among the game's elite right this very minute. Instead? Well, now he's a middle-of-the-rotation guy for the Toronto Blue Jays. Which, many would contest, is still more desirable than either of the goods the M's received in exchange for their former prized possession.
3. The non-trade of Franklin Gutierrez
In 2009, Franklin Gutierrez's first season with the Mariners, the center fielder batted .283/.339/.764, with 18 home runs and 70 RBI. Just one season later, in 2010, Gutierrez's averaged dipped nearly 40 points, to a much-less-impressive .245, while his OPS plummeted nearly a Benjamin, down to .666 (foreboding, I know).
Guti's 2011 campaign was injury-riddled and much, much worse than anyone could have expected. A .224/.261/.534 line, with a lone dinger and just 19 RBI, barely made the 29-year-old worthy of a job. Only a few months removed from that disaster, the man once dubbed Death To Flying Things sits idly on the Disabled List as he works his way back from the latest in his string of physical maladies.
While Gutierrez was obtained for pennies on the dollar in what shall forever be known as "the J.J. Putz deal," his value, like that of a once-proud stock, has been severely mitigated over time. In the fall of 2009, the Mariners' could have received a kings' ransom for the then-26-year-old. Instead, they opted to dedicate the future to their investment. Rather than reward them for their faith, Guti failed to validate the team's trust in him, as his offensive statistics have slid remarkably ever since.
Yes, he's a popular, marketable figure for the organization. But that alone shouldn't cloud anyone's vision of what Gutierrez has become. With a litany of talented young outfielders fermenting in the minor leagues, the time has come to bid adieu to the defensive stalwart that Franklin Gutierrez truly is. Unfortunately, Guti's seemingly-imminent departure will come just a few seasons too late to be anything but negative.
The Venezuela native is signed through next season, and barring a resurgence of remarkable proportions, 2013 will mark Gutierrez's last stand in a Mariners uniform. He will likely hit the free agent market after that and become some other team's fourth outfielder for the remainder of his career. It sounds bleak, yes, but fair or unfair, it's the reality of the current situation.
Face it, the team should have flipped their center fielder some time ago. They didn't, and now they're paying the price.
As for me, what would I do if given the luxury of a time machine and the chance at a do-over? Easy. I'd enact vengeance upon those who had wronged me over the years. Not anything real bad. Just little spiteful paybacks. Like the kid who bullied me in preschool. Would an adult from the future hesitate to push a four-year-old off the big toy? Not for one single second.
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MARINERS: Franklin Gutierrez still ailing
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Luke French pitches gem as Mariners win 2-1
Luke French pitched a great game today for the Mariners, holding the visiting Minnesota Twins to one run on three hits as he picked-up his third win on the season in the 2-1 affair. French, who came over last year from Detroit in the Jarrod Washburn deal, is making a case to be included in the 2011 rotation and today's performance by the young southpaw helped make his case a little stronger.
French was matched up against veteran Carl Pavano who also went seven innings today but like French could not keep putting up goose-eggs on the scoreboard all day and eventually surrendered a pair of runs in the 7th inning.
The Twins only run came on a mammoth home run by Michael Cuddyer in the top of the 7th. Cuddyer is filling in at first for the injured Twins star Justin Morneau, and his blast initially looked like it would be all the first place Twins would need in this one.
Fortunately for the hometown boys they managed to respond immediately in the bottom of the 7th with a 2-run rally of their own. Jose Lopez got on base with a 1-out single followed by another base hit by Casey Kotchman. The Mariners runners were able to move-up 90 feet on a wild-pitch by Pavano setting the stage for Franklin Gutierrez to line a shot to left that scored Lopez to tie the game. Adam Moore then tapped a weak grounder to short which would have turned into an inning ending double-play were it not for the great slide at second by Gutierrez to keep the inning alive and allow Kotchman to score the go-ahead run.
The Mariners suddenly reliable bullpen combo of Brandon League and David Aardsma came on to pitch the final two frames without relinquishing a run to the first-place Twins and thus helped the Mariners avoid the sweep.
I was amazed to hear that even this late in the season 28,923 fans paid to see this game. This franchise has been kept afloat by the polite, family friendly sort of fans who were at the park today. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but just have to wonder how many of those fans besides the Twins faithful really cared about the outcome. Oh well perhaps our absentee-owner will be willing to spend another 10-15 million next year to bolster our worst in the AL offense so that the rest of us grumpy hardcore fans will buy the extra 20,000 seats in order to fill the stadium on a day like today.
August is shaping up as a decent month for our club as we hover around .500 with the Angels coming to town to finish out August, followed by a 4-game series with the Indians.
Interesting to note that Michael Pineda will not pitch any more this year as the Mariners are doing the right thing by saving the young flame-thrower's arm for next year. Still hoping to see Dustin Ackley up with the big club perhaps against the Indians over the weekend. Feels good to be back reporting on our sailors as we head to the final leg of the 2010 voyage! http://jeffsmariners.com
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Yes, I Found The Video To Guti's At-Bat Intro Music
The song is entitled Verano Azul. The artist is a man by the name of Juan Magan.
I've been wondering about this tune for a while now. Every time I hear it played at Safeco Field, I get a little excited inside. Like hearing the ice cream man come rolling down your street or something.
So I asked the M's themselves about the song (via Twitter, @TheRealMariners) and they gave me the answer I was looking for. Check it out…
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Mariners finally get a clutch-hit to win 2-1 in 11!
The Mariners avoided a sweep by the visiting Chicago White Sox winning this one 2-1 thanks to a clutch two-run single in the bottom of the 11th by Franklin Gutierrez. Felix Hernandez pitched 8 strong innings of 2-hit shutout ball before reluctantly handing the ball off to David Aardsma in the 9th. The Mariners needed this one bad and it was nice to see the smiles on the faces of the hometown boys as they celebrated their third victory in extra-inning affairs in this dreary campaign.
The Mariners who had not scored a single run since the first inning of the Monday opener executed brilliantly in the 11th inning rally. Of course keeping with their running theme of making dumb base running mistakes, Jose Lopez got doubled-up off first in the bottom of the 9th in a play that looked like Little League. In this case Milton Bradley in to pinch-hit for Kotchman dropped a little liner into right that Andruw Jones made a diving play on. The winning run was on second and instead of going halfway with his eye on the ball, Lopez turned his back on the ball and ran to second only to allow Jones to lob the ball after he caught it to get the absent-minded Lopez. Dave Niehaus went ballistic on the radio over this one, as once again this was clearly a mental error attributed to a lack of focus.
It looked like this game was over in the top half of the 11th when 43 year-old Omar Vizquel lined a single to right off Brandon League scoring the go-ahead run from third. But alas after going 27 innings without scoring, the Mariners pulled-off a sweet victory in the bottom of the frame. The inning started-off with Jack Wilson beating out a perfect bunt down the line and moved to second on another bunt by Ichiro. Figgins moved Wilson to third with a sharply hit single to center which Wilson watched closely before advancing to third when the ball landed. Figgins then stole second and showed us a flash of the Chone Figgins we have been waiting for all season long. With two strikes on him Franklin Gutierrez then delivered in the clutch hitting a laser shot into the gap in left center scoring the speedy Figgins to end the game and the scoring famine.
This was a fun and interesting game outside of the Lopez goof and the 21,529 fans that were at the game celebrated along with the players as if we had just won the pennant! Now the Red Sox come in for a four-game series. The Red Sox suddenly find themselves in a bit of a jam as they are 7 games back in the AL East due to injuries and some tough losses like today's against the A's. The good news is the Mariners have a chance to play spoiler with clubs like the Red Sox, and the bad news is there will be 10,000 rabid Red Sox fans attempting to drown out the mellow Seattle fans for the next four games. East Coast transplants complain all the time about our weather, passive-aggressive behavior and lack of culture here in Seattle. Of course when I hear one complain I usually offer to buy them a one-way ticket home on the spot and that usually shuts them up. If the Mariners could come-away with a split of this series I would be elated, so how about joining me down at the Safe this weekend as we show some pride in our city and club. http://jeffsmariners.com
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Mariners give Chicago the blues 2-0
The Seattle Mariners won the first game of a three game series at home against the visiting Chicago Cubs 2-0.The Mariners won for their fifth win in a row against former Mariners manager Lou Piniella and the crew from the windy city. Jason Vargas improved his record to 6-2 with his third consecutive win using his change-up to keep the Cubs off-balance in their first trip to Safeco in eight years. As usual the Cubs had a sizeable group of fans at the game tonight and they lived-up to their reputation with cat-calls and boos for Milton Bradley who was a bust with the Cubs. Unfortunately Carlos Silva will not be pitching Thursday as planned so the Mariners fans won't be able to give him a little welcome back reception of his own. It always amazes how tolerant Seattle fans are when the transplants come out in force for the big East Coast Teams visits to Seattle. As you can see by the picture above I made a trip to Wrigley field three years ago, where I was treated rather poorly by the grumpy Cubs fans. Of course it has been 102 years since the Cubs have won a World Series so I guess they have a right to be a little edgy.
Tonight the Mariners were able to sneak by the Cubs with great starting pitching by Vargas, good support from the pen, and a 2-run homer off the bat of Franklin Gutierrez in the bottom of the second for the games only runs. It appears that the Mariners would fit right into the National League with their strong starting pitching and good defense. Of course at some point the offense will need to produce more than they have in this 5-game streak, but for now it is just nice to watch our starters baffle the hitters on these NL Clubs. Unfortunately the Texas Rangers won again tonight behind the bat of red-hot Josh Hamilton and so the Mariners remain 13 games back in the AL West. We are closing in on the Oakland A's however who are 9 games out of first. The way we are playing now it is possible that the M's could overtake the A's before the All-Star break which would be a huge moral victory for this club and its loyal fans.
I heard Jack Zduriencik on the radio before the game and he sounded a lot less evasive and was actually quite honest about the fact that things have not gone as expected this year. I think Jack Z. like a lot of us, sort of hit an emotional bottom a few weeks ago and is now just taking it day by day. Cliff Lee is pitching tomorrow and as we all know Jack Z. is the man who will ultimately be responsible for the decision on whether to trade him or let him go. I have made my opinions known how I feel on this situation and after hearing our GM's calm and frank demeanor today I am feeling much better on how the situation will be handled.
If the Cubs felt bad about losing tonight to Jason Vargas, wait till they try to score some runs off our back to back Aces coming their way. Yes indeed tomorrow its Cliff Lee, followed by Felix on Thursday for a day game. Summer comes late in Seattle but when it gets here there is no place in the world this old sailor would rather be, especially with two Aces up your sleeve….http://jeffsmariners.com
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=Operation: Evacuation= (1) Penguins gathered far and near, all having fun laughing and eating and joining in the festivities as they partake in the tenth anniversary of their beloved home. The Coffee Shoppe was bustling with party guests as well as the Pizza Parlor with it's usual lunchtime rush. Music was playing and friends were being made as the time for celebration was afoot! The EPF agents were hard at work, alert and ready and waiting, if it just so happens that their enemy Number One had the gall to make a surprise appearance at their most celebratory time of year... "Man, I wish the Director would give us a break..." Rookie groaned. "I could really go for some of that anniversary cake down at the Coffee Shoppe." "Rookie, you know we have to remain diligent at all times!!! We have to make sure Herbert doesn't ruin the festivities..." Gary fled from monitor to monitor, taking notes as he studied the activity that took place at every corner of the isla
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Alden Stephens, Pastor of Administration & Missions
Alden is the only member of the church's pastoral staff who grew up in the church and has been involved at Riverbend practically all his life. He is a native of the Daytona Beach area, having been born here in 1956.
After attending and graduating from Seabreeze High School in Daytona, Alden received an associate's degree from Daytona Beach Community College and then went on to Florida State University, where he earned a bachelors of music education degree. That led him to accept a position as a music/drama teacher at Seabreeze High School, a position he held for five years. Then he went into the business field, serving for 11 years as a sales representative with Unisource, a paper company.
He was summoned by Senior Pastor Roy Hargrave to join the Riverbend staff as church administrator in 1993. A couple years after that, when the church voted to relocate from downtown to its current location, Alden was responsible for overseeing the purchase of the property, the development of that land and eventually the construction of the facility on a 46-acre site. That construction was completed in February 1997. Then Alden led in the logistics involved in the church's purchasing an additional 15-acre tract in 1999 and another 50 acres in 2001, giving Riverbend a congruent site of some 112 acres.
Alden, who in the past has also worked in his dad's printing business, was ordained into the ministry in May 1998. He coordinates the activities of the church staff, manages the church budget and oversees the physical facilities of the church campus. He also assists on the music staff and has made three missions trips to South Africa and three to Honduras.
Alden and wife Nancy have three children: Lauren (married to Pastor Jeff Eckert), Cliff and Luke. They have one grandchild.


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Mozart in the Madeleine
When he died in December 1791 at age 35, the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was still working on his last composition, his Requiem Mass in D Minor (K. 626).
The Requiem had been commissioned by a mysterious messenger with wads of money who wouldn't say who he was working for. This has led to countless speculative stories over the years, including highly fictionalized accounts in Milos Forman's 1982 film Amadeus and in the opera Mozart and Salieri by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), which was staged at the Frankfurt Opera in 2007.
Because of all the mystery surrounding Mozart's Requiem, I took the opportunity to hear it performed in a mysterious venue, La Madeleine, which is a large Catholic church disguised as a Greek temple.
Second photo: Waiting for the concert. As the white house lights are dimmed, the place starts to look more and more mysterious. It's easy to imagine a black-cloaked messenger lurking in the shadows somewhere.
Third photo: The Amadeus Choir and the Jean-Louis Petit Orchestra performing Mozart's Requiem under the direction of Luc Baghdassarian, who has won first prizes in several "Young Conductors" and "International Conductors" competitions in Switzerland, Rumania and Austria.
Fourth photo: Looking up at the artwork on the domes during the concert.
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La Madeleine Church – The Church to visit
This is a very famous Church in Paris, ideally located in Place de la Madeleine. This church lies at the very beginning of the Rue Royale and looks like a Greek Temple: to access the Church, you will have to climb the stairs which give a magnificent aspect to this monument.
When you arrive at the top, do not hesitate to admire the door, where a lot of sculptures can be seen, like in the picture above.
During a certain period of the year, like in summertime, you will be able to assist in a concert of classical music, performed by professional musicians.
After visiting the church, you can always walk down the Rue du Faubourg St-Honoré, where the headquarters of Hermès is located or down the Rue Royale: this place is really enjoyable if you want to go shopping, as there are plenty of shops around, from the cheapest to the most expensive, or lots of theater if you prefer art.- Historical Travel
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Neo-Classical Exterior.
Since several years when visiting Paris for work or tourism I stay in the area of the Madeleine church. I like this area; there are a lot of shops, small or large (like Le Printemps at the nearby Bvd. Haussmann), restaurants, brasseries, several metro stations, some monuments (Opéra Garnier) and at night the place is rather quiet and safe. It is not a cheap area but it is certainly less expensive than the nearby Place Vendôme. In a side street I found a hotel which is much less chick than the Ritz but also much, much less expensive.
This being said, each time I see La Madeleine I think this is the most unusual church I know in France, a pastiche of antiquity.
Under the "Ancien Régime" a project of a church existed based on the usual Latin cross plan. This was halted at the Revolution and modified by Napoleon into a Greek temple to the glory of his victorious army. The architect was Pierre-Alexandre Vignon. After the disastrous campaign of Russia the Emperor changed mind and came back to a church.
Then came king Louis XVIII but it was only after a number of twist and turns that the present church was ended by King Louis Philippe in 1842.
The church of La Madeleine is a perfect illustration of neo-classical architecture. On a monumental base with 28 stairs there are 52 columns, of 20 m height, in Corinthian style. In the wall between the columns are 52 statues of saints by various sculptors.
The carved pediment of Henri Lemaire shows the Last Judgment, Christ appears surrounded by two angels. Marie-Madeleine is on the right kneeling to intercede for the damned, she thus expresses the repentance.
The bronze doors made by Triqueti are exceptional by their dimensions which make them larger than the bronze door of St. Peters in Rome.
The church is especially nice to look at when the stairs of the southern entrance at rue Royale are decorated with flowers. From the stairs there is a nice view on the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde only 500 m distant with in the back another Neo-Classical façade of the Assemblée Nationale -Palais Bourbon.
Open: each day 9.30 - 19.00 h
A much visited church of Paris with 600.000 visitors/year.
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High Altar of La Madeleine.
Beauty and originality were combined by Charles Marochetti who carved in white marble over a period of twelve years the altar piece called "Ravissement de Sainte Marie-Madeleine" (the ecstasy of holy Marie-Madeleine). According to tradition angels were supporting her body when she would leave the ground in ecstasy. According to the same tradition she ended her life in the Provence.
In the choir are also the reliquaries of Marie-Madeleine and Saint Vincent de Paul due to famous goldsmith Froment-Meurice.
Although this church is located in a commercial area, worship for Marie-Madeleine seems to be vivid from the number of lit candles to be seen left of the nave near the entrance.- Arts and Culture
Interior Decoration.
The interior of the church is supposed to show an interesting neo-classical décor but the church is so dark inside that apart from the high altar with some lights and a statue on the left side with a hundred lit candles most details are lost for the visitor.
The interior design of the Madeleine is of a remarkable homogeneity. This rare aesthetic unit for a church is due to the fact that the interior achievement was done in a short time. With its single nave the church has similarities with ancient basilicas. The cupolas with the weak lighting remember the Pantheon in Rome.
The columns of the nave are in Corinthian style like those outside.
Marble from various origins is the essential material for the decoration. The white marble from Carrare contrasts with the red marbles from Belgium. Gildings underline the ornaments.
The sculptures are due to famous artists of the first half of the 19th c.
They were directly carved in white stone or Carrara marble. No stuccos here.
If your nocturnal vision is superior to normal you will certainly appreciate the most remarkable decoration of this church.
Open (2013): each day 9.30 - 19.00 h. Free entry.
A much visited church with 600.000 visitors/year.
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A celebrated organ at La Madeleine.
The pipe organ of La Madeleine is famous. Built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1846 she is considered as one of the best in Paris. Cavaillé-Coll with his father had just finished the organ of the Basilica Saint-Denis when they made this one which an esthetical splendour and a great musicality. It is said that organists feel like concert virtuoso (the console is turned towards the altar) on this organ.
It is not surprising that French composers Lefébure-Wély, Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré were organists at the Madeleine. The funerals of Frédéric Chopin, Saint-Saëns, and Fauré were held there.
In the seventies both the key and stop action of the organ has been electrified and the number of stops extended from the initial 46 to 58.
This organ was used for several recordings mainly by the present organist François-Henri Houbart with works of Vierne, Franck and Poulenc.
Interesting are the: "Les Dimanches Musicaux de La Madeleine" on Sundays at 16 h. See programme on http://www.concerts-lamadeleine.com/- Arts and Culture
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La Madeleine
La Madeleine is a Catholic church dedicated to Mary Magdalene and can be found right near the Place de la Concorde on the Rue Royale. It has a long history dating back well over two hundred years and after many a change to the original plans, it was commissioned by Napoleon to be built in a style reminiscent of the Maison Carree in Nimes. It is easily recognized by its dozens of stone pillars which surround its perimeters both inside and out.
I believe that Frederic Chopin's funeral service was held here. He was later interred in Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Chopin holds a very dear place in my heart and since I did in fact visit his grave the day before my visit to La Madeleine, it was lovely to have the chance to also be in the place of his funeral service.
At the time of my visit (October 2013) La Madeleine was undergoing refurbishment and seemed to me to be in a sad and sorry state. Hopefully when the work is done it will be back to its former glory. To me the most outstanding feature of the church is the High Altar which is crowned by a wonderful sculpture of the Angels escorting Mary Magdalene to Heaven.
When I first arrived at the church, I thought I would not be able to go in as there were many stairs to climb and no sign of a bannister which is very necessary for me with my wonky knees. However, not to worry, I saw a little sign pointing to a disabled entry which I followed and lo and behold there was a lift.- Architecture
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Art Deco loos sadly indisposed at time of writing
Being part a family that are very in touch with their digestive tracts (was there ever a nation more fixated on their bowel functions than the Germans?), I would argue that I have a greater than average appreciation for an out-of-the-ordinary loo.
So when I happened to be in Paris on business and read about the Art Deco toilets adjacent to La Madeleine in VT's list of Top Ten Toilets, I rushed out to investigate with all the joyful élan of a ferret dashing down a drainpipe.
Mais hélas! The Art Deco toilets (down steps close to the corner with Boulevard de la Madeleine) were locked, and by the look of the accumulated rubbish in the stairwell, had been closed for some time. "Tant pis", as they say in those parts - or were purported to do so when I was learning my schoolgirl French - which adds a delicious lavatorial pun to the equation! However, the lovely mosaics on the walls gave a hint of the grandeur hidden within, and I can only hope that their closure is a temporary aberation ... if so, drop me a line so that I can be sure to make my pilgrimage - and spend my penny - on a future visit! -
Napoleon's Temple
It's no accident that it looks like a transport from ancient Greece or Rome. The Madeleine was constructed as less of a church than a monument to Napoleon's army, and the design was lifted from a classic Roman temple in southern France. It almost attained ecclesiastical status under Louis XVIII but was christened a monument to national, post-Revolution reconciliation before the work was finished. Finally, after narrowly escaping fate as a train station, it was consecrated to St. Mary Magdalene in 1842 and continues to serve as a parish church.
My favorite part of this one is the lovely and unusual altar figure of the Magdalene ascending into heaven with the help of several angels, and the half dome above it with an oculus illuminating a painted fresco and ring of saints. Amusingly the fresco, depicting the history of Christianity, illustrates the Emperor himself being adored by a cluster of clergy - who are oblivious to the biblical principles floating just above their heads!
Here's a nice panorama of the interior:
Entrance is free; see the website for hours and other information- Budget Travel
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La Madeleine
my favorite area inside Paris, used to work nearby,and visit every often; the shops are great, the fashion tobuy are my favorites, and the restos sublime, not to mention this church of Madeleine
a dandy a must to see, plenty on it here just see it, and see my other tip on it here,photos- Historical Travel
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EGLISE de ST. MARIE - MADELEINE
After viewing Assemblees Nationale, we are still on the Bus and crossing the River Seine. Be ready for a photo, as there is a good view of the Eiffel Tower and bridges along the River Seine.
The Bus takes us around Place De La Concorde where the Obelisk is. It is here, where we see the Greek temple just north of the Place the Concorde, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, French is Madeleine, hence the name of the building.
This is the one Napoleon wanted to copy. [previous tip]
Some history
In 1764, construction began on building a Church similar to the Invalides Church. The Architect died, and the new Architect, instead of carrying on with the same design, razed the building to the ground, and started building one like the Pantheon.
You wouldn't believe what happened in 1806! Napoleon decided he wanted a Temple in honor of his army, so the building was razed to the ground yet again! When the Arc de Triomphe was built, this Temple was no longer needed. Eventually, it was decided to use the building as a Church, which it still is to this day.
Impressive? Yes! ............52 Corinthian columns surround the Temple, all are 20 metres high. Each column is topped with a sculpted frieze, and on the bronze doors is a frieze representing the Ten Commandments.
This Catholic Church can be visited from 9am to 7pm every day of the week.
HOP ON/OFF BUSES....The L'Open Tour Bus stops here
LesCarsRouge... doesn't.- Architecture
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La Madeleine
As churches go, La Madeleine is totally different from most of what you will see in Paris, both inside and out. The exterior is totally neo-Classical, designed to honor Napoleon's Army. After a lot of delays and indecision and change of functions, the Church was dedicated to Mary Magdalene in 1849.
The interior seems rather simple really, until you look at the alter. The Last Judgement there is gorgeous. It's a fairly small church with none of the grand spires or tinted glass that you will see elsewhere.
One of the neat things about this church is outside, check out the line of sight. (second picture).
Like so many Paris monuments, you can see other famous attractions in the direct line of sight. What a job of site selection!- Historical Travel
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La Madeleine
One of the most familiar landmarks in all of Paris, La Madeleine has had a stormy history. Started in 1764 and later razed for the first time to begin a building modelled after the Pantheon. Razed a second time when Napolean announced that on this spot should be erected a temple to the glory of the Great Army and gave commission to Vignon, which started work on the Greek building. In 1814 Louis XVIII confirmed that the Madeleine should be a church. In 1837 the building was nearly selected for use as Paris' first railway terminal. The church's vicissitudes finally ended with its consecreation in 1842.
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L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
From far away I though this building some kind like a Greek Temple, But when I walk more closer and go inside, it's a church! The building have a different style inside and outside, the outside look more like a Greek Temple with latin cross, and inside like a roman temple. Quiet strange but it's a big church. This church is a church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene in Paris. It was designed as a classical temple to the glory of Napoleon's army.
Two false starts were made on building a church on this site. The first design, commissioned in 1757 with construction begun in 1764, was by Pierre Contant d'Ivry, and was based on Mansart's Late Baroque church of Les Invalides, with a dome surmounting a Latin cross.
In 1777 d'Ivry died and he was replaced by Guillaume-Martin Couture, who decided to start anew. He razed the incomplete construction and based his new design on the Roman Pantheon.
At the start of the Revolution, however, only the foundations had been finished and work was discontinued, while debate simmered as to what purpose the building might serve in Revolutionary France: a library, a ballroom, and a marketplace were all suggested.
In 1806 Napoleon made his decision, commissioning Pierre-Alexandre Barthélémy Vignon to build a Temple de la Gloire de la Grande Armée (Temple to the Glory of the Great Army) based on the design of an antique temple. The existing foundations were again razed and work began anew.
With completion of the Arc de Triomphe in 1808, the original commemorative role for the temple was blunted. After the fall of Napoleon, with the Catholic reaction during the Restoration, King Louis XVIII determined that the structure would be used as a church. -
L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
This is without any doubt a TEMPLE and it is situated exactly in the position a temple should be positioned, in the middle of the city.
Everybody is arguing that the construction is a copy of a roman temple but, without being an expert, I'm wondering why Roman temple and not Greek?
For a Roman Temple is specific to have only a porch and not to be surrounded by the columns.
From outside it is Greek Temple.
Inside, everything is changing of course as the round arches are clearly Roman.
But again, for the roman temples they use to have some openings/windows and this is not the case for Madeleine…so-it is a Greek Temple with Roman arches?! :)
Too much about architecture but I would probably have to say that every time I see that Temple/Church, I feel that I have to take a tour around it and admire it.
It is a Neo-classic building and after all the Baroque and Rococo churches I've seen I know why they've decided to go back to the Classic(s).
It is beautiful, it is simple, it is well-balanced, it is huge, it is miraculous. This is how a church should be, isn't it?
PS.Sorry for repeating some of my tips after my last trips in Paris, but I want to keep un-changed the initial ones as this is a measure of my/our progress.
It is giving me a feeling that I have learned a lot in the last years...and I'll never give up.
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1. ScienceDaily: "In Birds' Development, Researchers Find Diversity by the Peck"
There's more than one way to build a beak.
This week:
Darwin's Galapagos finch beaks are commonly thought of as a prime proof of Darwinian evolution, although in reality they only demonstrate variety among finches. Proving that no new genetic information was required to achieve such diverse dietary adaptability, a 2010 study confirmed that Darwin's finches developed 14 different sorts of beaks using the same developmental pathways and genetic products. Control of size and curvature during development produces the variations. Now a study of three species of Caribbean bullfinches has uncovered surprising diversity even in the ways beak diversity is achieved.
This female is a Greater Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla violacea). L. violacea, the Puerto Rican bullfinch (Loxigilla portoricensis), and the smaller Lesser Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis) all have deep wide beaks able to crush very hard seeds. Their beaks are the same shape with slightly different sizes. However, the [two] larger species "use a novel combination of two signaling molecules to build a beak identical in shape to the [beak of the] smaller bullfinch"1 without producing a cartilage template. Thus, genetically and developmentally different processes produce the same beak shape in different Loxigilla species (photo by José M. Pantaleón at www.seas.harvard.edu).
This male is a Puerto Rican bullfinch (Loxigilla portoricensis). The same developmental process builds its beak and that of the Greater Antillean bullfinch (L. violacea) directly from bone. Yet Loxigilla noctis builds a beak of identical shape using a different sequence of regulatory genes and a cartilage template. Image from Carlos David Hernández through en.wikipedia.org.
Caribbean bullfinches crush incredibly hard seeds "that no one else can touch," says principal investigator Arhat Abzhanov. "You'd actually need a pair of pliers to crack these seeds yourself; it takes 300 to 400 Newtons [67 to 90 pounds] of force, so that's a really nice niche if you can do that. But the question is, what developmental changes must have occurred to produce a specialized beak like that?" While "all modern birds share the same overall beak skeletal structure,"2 the three-dimensional structure of bird beaks varies greatly. Beaks suited to a wide range of dietary options appear in nature, equipping birds to fill many ecological niches.
"Variation in beak shape has profound impacts on the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in the wild," Abzhanov and colleagues write. "Therefore, its adaptive significance coupled to the extreme levels of diversity observed in nature make this trait ideal for tackling developmental and evolutionary questions about morphological diversification in general."2
"Most people assume that there's this flow of information from genes for development to an inevitable morphology," Abzhanov says. "Those beaks are very highly adaptive in their shapes and sizes, and extremely important for these birds. In Darwin's finches, even one millimeter of difference in proportion or size can mean life or death during difficult times. But can we look at it from a bioengineering perspective and say that in order to generate the exact same morphological shape, you actually require the same developmental process to build it? Our latest research suggests not."
Abzhanov found that the same developmental path applying the same genetic information can produce different sorts of beaks. But he also found that the same beak shape can be achieved using different developmental pathways and different genetic instructions. Thus, the researchers report, "Different developmental programs can generate identical shapes, and similar developmental programs can pattern different shapes."3
By geometrically analyzing the beaks of the three living Loxigilla bullfinch species, the researchers were able to confirm their beaks of varying size were identical in shape. To study beak embryology, they went to the Dominican Republic, Barbados, and Puerto Rico to collect tiny, fragile, freshly laid eggs from dome-shaped nests often found atop tall cacti. Beaks begin to develop around day 6 or 7.
The small bullfinch's (Loxigilla noctis) embryo starts with a cartilage template and, under the influence of the same sequence of control genes seen in Darwin's finches, builds a bony beak. Its beak does not resemble any of the 14 Darwinian finch beaks. But the two larger Loxigilla species form bony beaks without a cartilage template under the direction of a different combination of genes.
"Despite the fact that these birds are using different systems, they end up with the same shape beak, and a different shape beak from Darwin's finches," Abzhanov emphasizes, even though the system operating in L. noctis is the same system as that in Darwin's finches. "So that reveals a surprising amount of flexibility in both the shapes and the molecular interactions that support them. . . . For evolution, the main thing that matters for selection is what the beak actually looks like at the end, or specifically what it can do. The multiple ways to build that beak can be continually changing, provided they deliver the same results."
This study has not provided an example of Darwinian evolution. It has not revealed acquisition of a blueprint for evolutionary progress toward a non-bird. On the contrary, it hints at the multiplicity of ways that existing genetic information can be used to achieve diverse results. God created "every winged bird according to its kind" in order to "let birds multiply on the earth" (Genesis 1:21–22). This study suggests one of the ways God equipped them to vary within their kinds in order to adapt to changing variable ecological conditions in the world.
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2. BBC: "Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine" and Bangor University (UK): "Insight into snake venom evolution could aid drug recovery"
Venomous variations of nontoxic proteins and a potent painkiller in mamba venom point to variability available within created kinds.
The deadly black mamba may have in its venom the secret to a new generation of potent painkillers. French pharmacologist Dr. Eric Lingueglia and colleagues report in Nature4 that they have isolated chemicals they call mambalgins from mamba venom. Tested in mice, which possess pain physiology similar to humans, mambalgins are as powerful as morphine. Unlike morphine, mambalgins don't act through the usual narcotic pathways, do not suppress respiration, do not induce tolerance, and probably lack narcotic side effects and addictive potential. And unlike other components of mamba venom, mambalgins aren't deadly.
"When it was tested in mice, the analgesia was as strong as morphine, but you don't have most of the side-effects," Dr. Lingueglia explains. "It is the very first stage, of course, and it is difficult to tell if it will be a painkiller in humans or not. A lot more work still needs to be done in animals." Encouraging, though, is the fact that tests on human cells suggest that they will respond as those in mice.
Snake venom has long been a valuable research tool. Toxins attack nerve function in different ways, so venom analysis has helped unravel the way nerve cell ion channels function. The discovery of mambalgins should add to our knowledge of how pain works, providing better understanding of the cellular targets for new pharmaceuticals. In addition, the mambalgins themselves may morph into new wonder drugs for pain control.
Dr. Nicholas Casewell, an expert in snake venom at Liverpool's School of Tropical Medicine, recently published a study5 pointing to the potential of venom as a drug source. Previous genomic analysis of snake venom has demonstrated that components are produced by small variations and duplications of the genes for physiologically useful nontoxic snake proteins.6 Building on that research, Casewell and colleagues suspect a dynamic process in which variations in existing genomic material can lead to toxic products as well as the reverse, making physiologically useful nontoxic molecules.
Casewell says, "Our results demonstrate that the evolution of venoms is a really complex process. The venom gland of snakes appears to be a melting pot for evolving new functions for molecules, some of which are retained in venom for killing prey, while others go on to serve new functions in other tissues in the body." Because of this, he suggests pharmacologists may find a wellspring of potent but harmless versions of toxic molecules elsewhere in snakes' bodies.
"Many snake venom toxins target the same physiological pathways that doctors would like to target to treat a variety of medical conditions," explains coauthor Dr. Wolfgang Wüster of Bangor University. "Understanding how toxins can be tamed into harmless physiological proteins may aid development of cures from venom." This French discovery appearing on the heels of these prophetic pronouncements may prove to be a case in point. Casewell says of the mambalgin discovery, "It's very exciting, it's a really great example of drugs from venom, we're talking about an entirely new class of analgesics."
From an evolutionary point of view, the inclusion of a painkiller in deadly, fast-acting venom does not make a lot of sense. Indeed, having found no such substance in 50 other snake venoms, Dr. Lingueglia said the discovery was "really surprising." From a biblical perspective these discoveries make sense.
When God created all kinds of animals and plants about 6,000 years ago, He created them to reproduce after their kinds and provided them with the genetic potential to vary. Yet He also created them in a perfect and nonviolent uncursed world devoid of animal (and human) death.7 After Adam's sin brought a divine curse upon all of creation, many "defense and attack structures" developed.8 In the case of venom, discoveries such as these demonstrate that new genetic information was not needed in order to develop venom.
Evolutionists compare this scenario to Lenski's claims concerning the evolution of citrate utilization in E. coli, saying, "It's common for genes to get duplicated, and for the new copy to be rewired for a new job. Snake venom, to pick one example, also evolved when genes were accidentally copied and then rewired."9 As in the case of Lenski's discovery,10 however, none of these discoveries demonstrate acquisition of new genetic information or evolution of more complex kinds of organisms. Rather, they highlight the variability that can be achieved within created kinds of organisms. About 6,000 years ago God cursed a serpent above all other creatures (Genesis 3:14–15) for the role11 it played in the Fall of man. How ironic it would be if the deadly mamba today contains the key to easing the curse of pain for many.
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3. MSNBC: "Giant crocodile was 22 feet long — and ripped its prey to death: Another species alive 150 million years ago was a giant that sucked down its victims"
Extinct marine crocodiles resemble killer whales
Jurassic crocodile fossils have generated a confusing array of classification schemes among paleontologists. Researchers comparing the jaws of two of these fearsome creatures—Dakosaurus maximus and Dakosaurus manselii—have discovered differences prompting them to "unbundle" the beasts, each into its own distinctive genus. They also discovered surprising similarities between the crocodiles and marine mammals.
The extinct crocodiles, now renamed Dakosaurus maximus and Plesiosuchus manselii, had large bodies and large mouths. By analyzing the shape and size of their mouths as well as the shape, arrangement, and wear patterns on their teeth, the researchers suggest what feeding options would have been available to these animals. Each had notable similarities to certain types of modern killer whales.
Plesiosuchus manselii takes the prize for size. "The largest known skull of Plesiosuchus manselii was approximately four feet, three inches long, putting it in the size range of adult T. rex skulls," according to lead author Mark Young. The largest known sea crocodile, "It was bigger than living salt water crocodiles and great white sharks." This animal's jaw was able to achieve "a very large optimum gape (gape at which multiple teeth come into contact with a prey-item)."12 The tooth placement and the snout shape, however, suggest this huge animal's teeth couldn't withstand a fight with a struggling reluctant victim. But like "type 1" North Atlantic killer whales, it was well-equipped to open wide and gulp down whole fish.
Dakosaurus maximus, though possibly smaller than Plesiosuchus by over six feet based on the size of known fossils, was equipped for more adventuresome eating. Biomechanical analysis of its snout and teeth suggest it could withstand forceful torsion. It also appears to have been able to generate a good deal of suction, something juvenile killer whales also do. Furthermore, the extreme enamel fragmentation and patterns of crown breakage on this animal's teeth are reminiscent of that seen in another modern killer whale, Orcinus orca. This particular species of killer whale preys on sharks, presenting its teeth with frequent abrasive challenges. The researchers therefore suspect Plesiosuchus preferred the same sort of prey. It could handle food of its own size mechanically and may have been able to suck in its victims. Its teeth suggest it was not averse to a raspy, abrasive meal.
The evolutionary explanation for the remarkable similarity of feeding equipment between these extinct reptiles and modern marine mammals is convergent evolution. "Convergence is the evolution of a similar body plan, feeding mechanism (or other characteristic or behavior) in two different and not closely related groups, in this case crocodiles and mammals," Young says. "The continual evolution of these morphologies in distantly related groups could be telling us something about the limits and optimal method of underwater feeding in vertebrates."
Paleontologists draw conclusions about extinct animal diets primarily from analyzing their teeth. This approach clearly has limits, as we have often noted in discussions of the pre-Fall vegetarian design of all animals. The Bible indicates the original animals were not carnivorous.13 Nothing about strong sharp teeth and big gaping jaws proves they evolved in order to eat big prey. In this case, of course, the fossils being examined belonged to animals alive at the time of Noah's Flood, almost 1,700 years after God created the animals. Therefore, the similarity of the tooth wear patterns to modern killer whales and the variety of feeding design capabilities present in these animals may well reveal not only what they were capable of eating but also what they had been eating.
Common designs in reptiles and mammals are no surprise, for a wise common Designer—our Creator God—would use useful designs in a variety of contexts. Nothing in this research demonstrates evolutionary relationships or proves convergent evolution occurred but rather shows the variety that can exist within a particular kind of animal, equipping it to care for itself in many habitats.
While sharp teeth and gaping jaws could be used for non-carnivorous purposes, we do not know what the teeth and jaws of the originally created ancestor of these animals looked like. Today's discussion of the way the same genetic information can be applied to produce a wide variety of finch beaks calls attention to the sort of variation possible within a created kind of animal. After man's sin brought the curse of death into the world, many animals developed the variations needed for both defense and attack.14
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4. Baptist Press: "2 Baptist universities join legal fight against abortion mandate"
First amendment hangs in the balance.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Those are first words of the first amendment to the United States Constitution. They provide protection for the first right to receive a special guarantee under the Constitution. At least they are supposed to.
The new health care law, dubbed Obamacare, opened the way for the Department of Health and Human Services to require businesses to provide medical coverage for drugs that cause early pregnancy loss as a "contraceptive" benefit. But the "morning-after pill" and "week-after pill" destroy the lives of unborn human beings. They can prevent the implantation of an embryo or destroy an embryo soon after implantation. Being required to provide this "service" to their employees violates the Christian principles of many American business owners, hospitals, educational institutions, and religious organizations.
While churches are exempt from the "Mandate," these other institutions are not. And a growing number are opting to fight against this intrusion on their religious freedom. As we reported last week, for instance, the Green family that owns the art and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby says, "We can't in good conscience pay for those things because they could cause an abortion at the very early stages of a pregnancy."15
Houston Baptist University and East Texas Baptist University have added their voices to other Baptist and Catholic colleges and universities as well as businesses such as the Eternal Word Television Network, Tyndale house publishers, and Hobby Lobby to petition the courts for constitutional protection.16 This brings the rising total to 33 lawsuits, variously represented by the Becket Fund, the American Center for Law and Justice, and the Alliance Defense Fund.17
The lawsuit filed on behalf of these two Baptist universities states,
The Universities' religious beliefs forbid them from participating in, providing access to, paying for, training others to engage in, or otherwise supporting abortion. . . . The government's Mandate unconstitutionally coerces the Universities to violate their deeply-held religious beliefs under threat of heavy fines and penalties.
Having to pay a fine to the taxing authorities for the privilege of practicing one's religion or controlling one's own speech is un-American, unprecedented and flagrantly unconstitutional.18
What sort of fine? Any amount is too much, but $10 million per year per institution is the actual figure.17 The suit goes on to say,
The Mandate can be interpreted as nothing other than a deliberate attack by the government on the religious beliefs of the Universities and millions of other Americans.
The first amendment guarantee of religious freedom was added to the United States Constitution for a very good reason. While the reprehensible death penalties imposed under both Catholic and Protestant regimes in Europe and elsewhere were not common here, early America was the scene of much religious persecution in the forms of imprisonments and fines. "America's first Baptist leader, Roger Williams, had to flee Massachusetts and found a colony in Providence, Rhode Island, because his religious beliefs were not tolerated by the laws of Massachusetts," recalls Becket Fund counsel Eric Rassbach. "Baptists in America, by virtue of their history, are particularly sensitive to coercive government actions that infringe on religious liberty."17
The ongoing plight of Baptists persecuted in Anglican Virginia ultimately pushed James Madison (an Anglican and author of the Bill of Rights) to pursue guarantees of religious freedom in Virginia and eventually for the new nation.19 Samuel Oliver, president of East Texas Baptist University, recalls, "Baptists have always advocated religious liberty, and religious liberty is what is at stake in this situation. As the famous Baptist preacher George W. Truett once remarked, 'A Baptist would rise at midnight to plead for absolute religious liberty for his Catholic neighbor, and for his Jewish neighbor, and for everybody else.' We are rising today to ensure that religious liberty, the first freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, is protected and preserved."
These institutions, by opposing violation of religious freedom by mandates and fines, are following in the footsteps of the Virginia Association of Baptists. On December 25, 1776, they drafted a resolution protesting the government's assessment of a religious tax. They declared such practices to be "pregnant with various Evils destructive to the Rights and Privileges of religious society."20 Demanding the rights of all to "free exercise of religion," they wrote,
Sorry should we be to see the Seeds of oppression sown by the Hand of Power among us, and as we think it our Duty, to our utmost in a legal Way, to retard, or if possible prevent the luxuriant growth of a Plant that has always brought forth the most bitter and baneful Fruit.20
Indeed, the thought of paying a fine to practice your religion should chill every American, even those who don't oppose the use of abortifacients. Religious freedom for all is just too precious and too hard-won to surrender.
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5. NBC: "Video shows 'scientist' in Congress saying evolution is from 'pit of hell'"
Congressman shares belief that evolutionary teaching creates a stumbling block to understanding our need for our Savior.
Georgia Congressman Paul Broun is being mocked by many in the media for his public stand on the truth of God's Word. Speaking September 27 at the 2012 Sportsman's Banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell, Georgia, the Congressman declared, "God's Word is true." In contrast to the truth of God's Word, he said the things he was taught about evolution, embryology (no doubt referring to its use to support evolution through the theory of embryonic recapitulation),21 and the big bang were lies. And those lies, he says, are "from the pit of hell" because they create a stumbling block to keep people from understanding their need for a Savior.
Dr. Broun's assessment of the terrible impact of the popularization of evolutionary dogma should remind us of the words of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings [which include Genesis], how will you believe My words?" (John 5:46–47) Understanding the origin of sin, guilt, and death provides a firm foundation for seeing the need to depend on God's grace through Christ's shed blood for salvation. Furthermore, trust in the Bible from its beginning provides the foundation to faithfully trust all of God's Word, which has many teachings relevant to the governing of a just and righteous society (which as Proverbs 14:34 says, exalts a nation).
Some of the jibes directed at Congressman Broun have been based on his identification of himself "as a scientist." Dr. Paul Broun is a medical doctor, a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He completed his residency at the prestigious University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. He currently chairs a subcommittee of the House Committee on Science and Technology. Many remarks in the media have been quite nasty, and many headlines declare him to be "anti-science."
This sort of name-calling is absurd, as a physician is as much a scientist as an astronomer or a geologist or a biologist. Each has an area of specialty. Medical doctors spend a great deal of time learning advanced levels of basic science as a foundation for even more advanced levels of medical science. They apply scientific principles as they make observations, perform tests, evaluate controlled scientific tests of treatment options, and make informed decisions about the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of their patients. And as last spring's furor over the eminent physician Dr. Benjamin Carson's understanding of science illustrates,22 acquiring a belief in Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and young earth creation does not strip a scientist of his or her credentials or the ability to understand and apply sound scientific principles.
Congressman Broun declared his belief in a young earth with creation in six literal days. He mentioned that scientific data back up his beliefs. As we often point out, it is only by making worldview-based interpretations of data rooted in unverifiable ideas of uniformitarian naturalism that scientists can claim the earth is over four billion years old. (See Philosophical Naturalism and the Age of the Earth: Are They Related? to learn more.) On the other hand, interpretations of the scientific data based on the authoritative historical account provided by God in the Bible support a young-earth view. As to how young, although the congressmen mentioned 9,000 years, we would put the age at around 6,000 years based on our assessment of biblical chronology. And of course, these numbers are a far cry from the vast ages claimed by evolutionists.
The Devil's lies have been fooling people ever since Eve heard the serpent question God's truthfulness and character.11 Dr. Broun fingered the real liar—the Devil—when he said the lies of evolution are from hell. Jesus said to those Pharisees who perverted God's Word, "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it" (John 8:44). Many of those Pharisees doubtless thought they were right. The same can be said of many evolutionists who sincerely believe what they teach, but the source of evolution's lie is the Devil, who is using the evolutionists to deceive the whole world (cf Revelation 12:9).
For more information:
- Blogs of Ken Ham: Bigger and Better Than Ever
- Jesus, evangelical scholars, and the age of the earth
- Something fishy about gill slits!
- Chapter 14: Can Creationists Be "Real" Scientists?
- Philosophical Naturalism and the Age of the Earth: Are They Related?
- Feedback: Evolutionary Call to Arms
- DVD "Millions of Years: where did the idea come from?"
- The Great Turning Point
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- Serial ultrasounds of a pregnant chimpanzee reveal that chimpanzee brains, like those of humans, grow rapidly until 22 weeks gestation. Human brain size continues to increase rapidly, but a chimp's does not. New Scientist reports, "This suggests that as the brain of modern humans rapidly evolved, differences between the two species emerged before birth as well as afterwards." Of course, the comparative ultrasounds only "suggest" that if you already believe humans evolved from ape-like ancestors. Comparing humans and apes cannot demonstrate common ancestry. The fossil record, genomic analyses, intellectual comparisons, cute monkey movies, and comparative ultrasounds can only reveal similarities and differences, not origins. Origins are past and cannot be tested or observed scientifically. Differences do not demonstrate evolutionary divergence; they're just differences in design. God did not create humans from animal raw material but as fully mature and perfect beings, made in His image. God created Adam and Eve about 6,000 years ago on the same day as apes, but not from them—we have the Creator's Word on it.
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- www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/finch-beak-developmental-flexibility Back (1) Back (2)
- www.pnas.org/content/108/10/4057.full Back (1) Back (2)
- www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/12/1206205109.full.pdf+html Back
- S. Diochot et al., "Black mamba venom peptides target acid-sensing ion channels to abolish pain," Nature (published online October 3, 2012) doi:10.1038/nature11494 Back
- N. Casewell et al. "Dynamic evolution of venom proteins in squamate reptiles," Nature Communications 3:1066 (September 18, 2012) doi:10.1038/ncomms 2065 Back
- This discovery of venomous versions of physiologically active molecules and their genetic basis is not confined to snakes but is also found in lizards, even those not commonly thought of as venomous. Furthermore, non-venomous snakes possess nontoxic versions of these toxic molecules. See www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/science/22venom.html and genome.cshlp.org/content/15/3/403. Back
- Read Dr. Terry Mortenson's thorough discussion of this important topic in "The Fall and the Problem of Millions of Years of Natural Evil" to understand the biblical basis for our contention that animal death was not part of God's original design. Back
- How Did Defense/Attack Structures Come About? Back
- mblogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/09/19/the-birth-of-the-new-the-rewiring-of-the-old as discussed last week in News to Note, October 6, 2012 Back
- News to Note, October 6, 2012 Back
- News to Note, October 6, 2012 Back (1) Back (2)
- www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0044985 Back
- Read Dr. Terry Mortenson's thorough discussion of this important topic in "The Fall and the Problem of Millions of Years of Natural Evil" at The Fall and the Problem of Millions of Years of Natural Evil to understand the biblical basis for our contention that animal death was not part of God's original design. Dr. Mortenson specifically addresses what the Bible says about sea creatures. Back
- Dr. Terry Mortenson's article explains the rationale for our contention that even sea creatures were not originally carnivorous, though they became so after man sinned. Addressing the question of sharp teeth, he writes, "But since sharks, lions, and many other creatures have sharp teeth, strong jaws, and other features that were well designed for capturing and killing other creatures and other creatures have amazing defense structures and behaviors, doesn't this prove that many creatures were carnivores right from the beginning? No, it is a demonstrable fact that creatures that are normally carnivores can survive on a vegetarian diet. Also, to change herbivores into carnivores God would not have needed to make changes to body parts. We know now that much of the genetic code that used to be called 'junk DNA' has a regulatory role controlling the function of other genes. By His Curse in Genesis 3, God could have simply "turned on some genetic switches" so that creatures' behavior was changed. Using a computer metaphor, God didn't have to change the hardware of creatures, but only turn on some of the software that He had built into the creatures at the beginning (but left in the "off" position) with the foreknowledge that man would sin and God would curse the creation. This is not a wild idea for it is implied by God's judgment of Adam and Eve. Eve had increased pain in childbirth and the bodies of Adam and Eve began to suffer from processes that would eventually lead to death. Yet there is no reason to think that their body structures were significantly modified (or new body parts added) when God judged them." Back
- News to Note, October 6, 2012 Back
- www.becketfund.org/hhsinformationcentral and www.lifenews.com/2012/10/09/baptist-colleges-sue-obama-admin-over-hhs-abortion-mandate Back
- www.lifenews.com/2012/10/09/baptist-colleges-sue-obama-admin-over-hhs-abortion-mandate Back (1) Back (2) Back (3)
- www.abpnews.com/culture/politics/item/7875-texas-baptists-schools-challenge-obamacare Back
- For the complete history of the Christian roots and biblical basis of our Bill of Rights, see Michael Farris, From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights (Nashville: B & H Publishing, 2007). Back
- Michael Farris, From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights (Nashville: B & H Publishing, 2007) page 337. Incidentally, 18th century Virginia Baptists were also ahead of their time in calling for an end to slavery in our young nation, but as we know they were unheeded (pages 389–390). Back (1) Back (2)
- The congressman's reference to embryology was, based on the context of his remarks, evidently a reference to the theory of embryonic recapitulation. Popularized by Ernst Haeckel's fraudulent diagrams, the theory is the notion that embryos relive their evolutionary past as they develop. This popular idea made it into textbooks for all ages and persisted in many throughout the 20th century. Though Haeckel's drawings were a fraud, the visual impact of his so-called evidence has long outlived him and resurfaces frequently as an assumed "fact" of evolution. See Something fishy about gill slits! and Get Answers: Embryonic Recapitulation for more.) Back
- News to Note, May 26, 2012 Back


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