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Little Ozzy is Fire! littleozzyrocks.com
Sending the truth into your hearts and minds my hope is to refresh your thinking and show you to the true life, forever giving life.
You don't feel different, there was no lighting or any other mystic happening, but everyone who reads through any of my messages has a new veiw of mankinds creaton in your hearts.
I have held the truth in me not with disbelief but with fear. Giving it to those that I felt might see the truth in the life. Now I believe that all mankind has the right to be shown everything.
Mankind suffers from a deficiency of wisdom by fault of the pleasures of mankinds creation, built in an attempt to fill the deficiency that is within mankind.
My message title is writen in the style of Moses simply so that it might be more easily understood. In my own words I might say that FIRE IS THE SOURCE OF THE CORUPTION IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS!
Even with a seemingly weak means of sending the truth that I see, I have still shown thousands to the true life from the gathering places of the praise of my old friends. I made a promise to protect my friends from destruction, I'm hear to keep that promise.
Always keep in mind the true evil that I believe blindly guides mankind toward certain destruction.
Fire in the lives, minds and hearts of mankind is the devil you seek. All of our minds united to destroy all life.
Fire in the lives, minds and hearts of mankind created electricity (power).
Electricity in the lives of mankind created media, showing and telling us lies every day.
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Cars > AZChevelles's Garage
About AZChevelles's Garage
About me and my passion for cars
Born with it. No one in my family had it but me growing up. Now that I can afford what I want when I want, that is a good feeling. Luckily all three of my sons have the same trait. Between the three of them - 2 more Camaros and 1 Corvette. I am a proud father.
My first car
1970 Buick Estate Wagon (455) - Bought it for $700 and blew out the radiator 4 times in the first year. Got to where I could swap it in 30 minutes or less.
Car I wish I still had
Wish I still had that Buick now. Been looking, but cannot find one. Probably all wrecked at the derbys.
My dream car
None - Just to collect as much muscle as I can and that my wife will allow. A Camaro fan and have plenty of them.
Car clubs I'm in
Various Camaro and Chevelle clubs
- Type of racing: Drag
- Driver: Bruce Litton
- Driving song: Steve McQueen
- Car movie: Gone in 60 Seconds - Nick Cage
- Car book: Restoration Books
- Car magazine: Hot Rod
- Car game: Anything with 4 wheels
— Profile last updated: Apr 11, 2014
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- Great cars, great garage.....
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- You got some sweet rides, man! Check out my car. I'm going to post some pictures once it's done at the body shop. BTW, wish I could get Playmates to have photoshoots with my car.
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Check out this website we are creating - a great tie in to this site. We are building a site with a database of car info. We are starting with Chevy and hope to expand from there. A Free non-commercial database.
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I have been asked before about my car names. These are actually the License Plates on all the vehicles - all personalized.
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Downsizing Blog
TSA Wastes $1 Billion on SPOT
A new GAO report recommends that Congress end the SPOT program, which attempts to catch terrorists by suspicious behaviors they may exhibit at airport checkpoints. The Transportation Security Administration currently spends more than $200 million a year on the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques program, even though there has been criticism from the start that there is no solid science behind it.
Congress Promotes Abuse and Corruption
One story after another emerges about dysfunctional federal programs plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse. The core problem is that the government has grown so large that trying to make it function with efficiency and soundness has become impossible.
Ten Budget-Cutting Suggestions for Paul Ryan and Patty Murray
House and Senate budget negotiators, led by Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray, have been meeting to find ways to trim spending and solve the federal budget mess. Many pundits are giving them low odds at agreeing to major reforms.
Energy Subsidies vs. Energy Progress
If we did a poll of free market economists about federal programs that are the most wasteful and ridiculous, energy subsidies would be near the top of the list. It's not just that energy subsidies make no sense in economic theory, but also that there are so many news stories highlighting the folly that it's hard to see why policymakers persist in wasting our money.
Government: The Bigger, the Leakier
One of the many problems with Big Government is that it abuses our privacy. The potential for abuse has been greatly heightened in the information age. The problem is not just that government officials themselves can abuse the vast troves of data that they collect, but that thieves, hackers, organized crime, and other private actors can gain access as well.
The Sugar Program is Central Planning
House and Senate negotiators are working out details of a big farm bill that may pass this year. No industry in America is as coddled as farming, and no industry is as centrally planned from Washington. The federal sugar program is perhaps the most Soviet of all. Here's a sketch of the sugar program, which the supposedly conservative, tea party-dominated lower chamber may soon ratify:
The Sickness of Government
People shouldn't be surprised about the botched roll-out of Obamacare and all the damaging effects of the law that are now generating headlines. Over the decades, federal efforts to subsidize and manipulate the economy have failed over and over again.
Lindbeck's Law: The Self-Destructive Nature of Expanding Government Benefits
"The basic dilemma of the welfare state … is that the more generous the benefits, the greater will be not only the tax distortions but also, because of moral hazard and benefit cheating, the number of beneficiaries. This is a field where Say's Law certainly holds in the long run: the supply of benefits creates its own demand…"
Federal Overtime Pay Abuses
Thank goodness for whistleblowers in the government, whether regarding intelligence activities or the mundane bureaucratic waste that occurs in every department. Congress does a generally pathetic job of oversight and presidential administrations are rarely transparent—despite their promises. So the citizens who pay for our $3.6-trillion government rely on federal workers who witness illegal and unethical activities to come forward and inform the press.
Keynesian Economics, Government Shutdowns, and Economic Growth
Keynesian economics is the perpetual motion machine of the left. You build a model that assumes government spending is good for the economy and you assume that there are zero costs when the government diverts money from the private sector.


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The Jewish converts cautioned against judging, and Gentile believers against despising one the other. (1-13) And the Gentiles exhorted to take heed of giving offence in their use of indifferent things. (14-23)
Verses 1-6 Differences of opinion prevailed even among the immediate followers of Christ and their disciples. Nor did St. Paul attempt to end them. Compelled assent to any doctrine, or conformity to outward observances without being convinced, would be hypocritical and of no avail. Attempts for producing absolute oneness of mind among Christians would be useless. Let not Christian fellowship be disturbed with strifes of words. It will be good for us to ask ourselves, when tempted to disdain and blame our brethren; Has not God owned them? and if he has, dare I disown them? Let not the Christian who uses his liberty, despise his weak brother as ignorant and superstitious. Let not the scrupulous believer find fault with his brother, for God accepted him, without regarding the distinctions of meats. We usurp the place of God, when we take upon us thus to judge the thoughts and intentions of others, which are out of our view. The case as to the observance of days was much the same. Those who knew that all these things were done away by Christ's coming, took no notice of the festivals of the Jews. But it is not enough that our consciences consent to what we do; it is necessary that it be certified from the word of God. Take heed of acting against a doubting conscience. We are all apt to make our own views the standard of truth, to deem things certain which to others appear doubtful. Thus Christians often despise or condemn each other, about doubtful matters of no moment. A thankful regard to God, the Author and Giver of all our mercies, sanctifies and sweetens them.
Verses 7-13 Though some are weak, and others are strong, yet all must agree not to live to themselves. No one who has given up his name to Christ, is allowedly a self-seeker; that is against true Christianity. The business of our lives is not to please ourselves, but to please God. That is true Christianity, which makes Christ all in all. Though Christians are of different strength, capacities, and practices in lesser things, yet they are all the Lord's; all are looking and serving, and approving themselves to Christ. He is Lord of those that are living, to rule them; of those that are dead, to revive them, and raise them up. Christians should not judge or despise one another, because both the one and the other must shortly give an account. A believing regard to the judgment of the great day, would silence rash judgings. Let every man search his own heart and life; he that is strict in judging and humbling himself, will not be apt to judge and despise his brother. We must take heed of saying or doing things which may cause others to stumble or to fall. The one signifies a lesser, the other a greater degree of offence; that which may be an occasion of grief or of guilt to our brother.
Verses 14-18 Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, though they are weak in it. Consider the design of Christ's death: also that drawing a soul to sin, threatens the destruction of that soul. Did Christ deny himself for our brethren, so as to die for them, and shall not we deny ourselves for them, so as to keep from any indulgence? We cannot hinder ungoverned tongues from speaking evil; but we must not give them any occasion. We must deny ourselves in many cases what we may lawfully do, when our doing it may hurt our good name. Our good often comes to be evil spoken of, because we use lawful things in an uncharitable and selfish manner. As we value the reputation of the good we profess and practise, let us seek that it may not be evil-spoken of. Righteousness, peace, and joy, are words that mean a great deal. As to God, our great concern is to appear before him justified by Christ's death, sanctified by the Spirit of his grace; for the righteous Lord loveth righteousness. As to our brethren, it is to live in peace, and love, and charity with them; following peace with all men. As to ourselves, it is joy in the Holy Ghost; that spiritual joy wrought by the blessed Spirit in the hearts of believers, which respects God as their reconciled Father, and heaven as their expected home. Regard to Christ in doing our duties, alone can make them acceptable. Those are most pleasing to God that are best pleased with him; and they abound most in peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. They are approved by wise and good men; and the opinion of others is not to be regarded.
Verses 19-23 Many wish for peace, and talk loudly for it, who do not follow the things that make for peace. Meekness, humility, self-denial, and love, make for peace. We cannot edify one another, while quarrelling and contending. Many, for meat and drink, destroy the work of God in themselves; nothing more destroys the soul than pampering and pleasing the flesh, and fulfilling the lusts of it; so others are hurt, by wilful offence given. Lawful things may be done unlawfully, by giving offence to brethren. This takes in all indifferent things, whereby a brother is drawn into sin or trouble; or has his graces, his comforts, or his resolutions weakened. Hast thou faith? It is meant of knowledge and clearness as to our Christian liberty. Enjoy the comfort of it, but do not trouble others by a wrong use of it. Nor may we act against a doubting conscience. How excellent are the blessings of Christ's kingdom, which consists not in outward rites and ceremonies, but in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost! How preferable is the service of God to all other services! and in serving him we are not called to live and die to ourselves, but unto Christ, whose we are, and whom we ought to serve.
Romans 14:1-23 . SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED--CHRISTIAN FORBEARANCE.
The subject here, and on to Romans 15:13 , is the consideration due from stronger Christians to their weaker brethren; which is but the great law of love (treated of in the thirteenth chapter) in one particular form.
1. Him that is weak in the faith--rather, "in faith"; that is, not "him that is weak in the truth believed" [CALVIN, BEZA, ALFORD, &c.], but (as most interpreters agree), "him whose faith wants that firmness and breadth which would raise him above small scruples."
receive ye--to cordial Christian fellowship.
but not to doubtful disputations--rather, perhaps, "not to the deciding of doubts," or "scruples;" that is, not for the purpose of arguing him out of them: which indeed usually does the reverse; whereas to receive him to full brotherly confidence and cordial interchange of Christian affection is the most effectual way of drawing them off. Two examples of such scruples are here specified, touching Jewish meats and days. "The strong," it will be observed, are those who knew these to be abolished under the Gospel; "the weak" are those who had scruples on this point.
2. one believeth that he may eat all things--See Acts 10:16 .
another, who is weak, eateth herbs--restricting himself probably to a vegetable diet, for fear of eating what might have been offered to idols, and so would be unclean. (See 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 ).
3. Let not him that eateth despise--look down superciliously upon "him that eateth not."
and let not him that eateth not judge--sit in judgment censoriously upon "him that eateth."
for God hath received him--as one of His dear children, who in this matter acts not from laxity, but religious principle.
4. Who art thou that judges another man's--rather, "another's"
servant?--that is, CHRIST'S, as the whole context shows, especially Romans 14:8 Romans 14:9 .
Yea, &c.--"But he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand"; that is, to make good his standing, not at the day of judgment, of which the apostle treats in Romans 14:10 , but in the true fellowship of the Church here, in spite of thy censures.
5. One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day--The supplement "alike" should be omitted, as injuring the sense.
Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind--be guided in such matters by conscientious conviction.
6. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it to the Lord--the Lord CHRIST, as before.
and he . . . not, to the Lord he doth not--each doing what he believes to be the Lord's will.
He that earth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks--The one gave thanks to God for the flesh which the other scrupled to use; the other did the same for the herbs to which, for conscience' sake, he restricted himself. From this passage about the observance of days, ALFORD unhappily infers that such language could not have been used if the sabbath law had been in force under the Gospel in any form. Certainly it could not, if the sabbath were merely one of the Jewish festival days; but it will not do to take this for granted merely because it was observed under the Mosaic economy. And certainly, if the sabbath was more ancient than Judaism; if, even under Judaism, it was enshrined among the eternal sanctities of the Decalogue, uttered, as no other parts of Judaism were, amidst the terrors of Sinai; and if the Lawgiver Himself said of it when on earth, "The Son of man is LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY" (see Mark 2:28 )--it will be hard to show that the apostle must have meant it to be ranked by his readers among those vanished Jewish festival days, which only "weakness" could imagine to be still in force--a weakness which those who had more light ought, out of love, merely to bear with.
7, 8. For none of us--Christians
liveth to himself--(See 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 5:15 ), to dispose of himself or shape his conduct after his own ideas and inclinations.
and no man--"and none" of us Christians "dieth to himself."
8. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord--the Lord CHRIST; see Romans 14:9 .
and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's--Nothing but the most vivid explanation of these remarkable words could make them endurable to any Christian ear, if Christ were a mere creature. For Christ is here--in the most emphatic terms, and yet in the most unimpassioned tone--held up as the supreme Object of the Christian's life, and of his death too;. and that by the man whose horror of creature worship was such, that when the poor Lycaonians would have worshipped him, he rushed forth to arrest the deed, directing them to "the living God," as the only legitimate Object of worship ( Acts 14:15 ). Nor does Paul teach this here, but rather appeals to it as a known and recognized fact, of which he had only to remind his readers. And since the apostle, when he wrote these words, had never been at Rome, he could only know that the Roman Christians would assent to this view of Christ, because it was the common teaching of all the accredited preachers of Christianity, and the common faith of all Christians.
9. For to this end Christ both, &c.--The true reading here is, To this end Christ died and lived ("again").
that he might be Lord both of the dead and--"and of the"
living--The grand object of His death was to acquire this absolute Lordship over His redeemed, both in their living and in their dying, as His of right.
10. But why, &c.--The original is more lively:--"But thou (the weaker believer), why judgest thou thy brother? And thou again (the stronger), why despisest thou thy brother?"
for we shall all--the strong and the weak together.
stand before the judgment-seat of Christ--All the most ancient and best manuscripts read here, "the judgment-seat of God." The present reading doubtless crept in from 2 Corinthians 5:10 , where "the judgment-seat of Christ" occurs. But here "the judgment-seat of God" seems to have been used, with reference to the quotation and the inference in Romans 14:11 Romans 14:12 .
11, 12. For it is written--( Isaiah 45:23 ).
As I live, saith the Lord--Hebrew, JEHOVAH.
every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God--consequently, shall bow to the award of God upon their character and actions.
12. So then--infers the apostle.
every one of us shall give account of himself to God--Now, if it be remembered that all this is adduced quite incidentally, to show that CHRIST is the absolute Master of all Christians, to rule their judgments and feelings towards each other while "living," and to dispose of them "dying," the testimony which it bears to the absolute Divinity of Christ will appear remarkable. On any other view, the quotation to show that we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God would be a strange proof that Christians are all amenable to Christ.
13. Let us not therefore judge--"assume the office of judge over"
one another; but judge this rather, &c.--a beautiful sort of play upon the word "judge," meaning, "But let this be your judgment, not to put a stumbling-block," &c.
14, 15. I know, and am persuaded by--or rather, "in"
the Lord Jesus--as "having the mind of Christ" ( 1 Corinthians 2:16 ).
that there is nothing unclean of itself--Hence it is that he calls those "the strong" who believed in the abolition of all ritual distinctions under the Gospel. (See Acts 10:15 ).
but--"save that"
to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean--"and therefore, though you can eat of it with out sin, he cannot."
15. But if thy brother be grieved--has his weak conscience hurt
with thy meat--rather, "because of meat." The word "meat" is purposely selected as something contemptible in contrast with the tremendous risk run for its sake. Accordingly, in the next clause, that idea is brought out with great strength.
Destroy not him with--"by"
thy meat for whom Christ died--"The worth of even the poorest and weakest brother cannot be more emphatically expressed than by the words, 'for whom Christ died'" [OLSHAUSEN]. The same sentiment is expressed with equal sharpness in 1 Corinthians 8:11 . Whatever tends to make anyone violate his conscience tends to the destruction of his soul; and he who helps, whether wittingly or no, to bring about the one is guilty of aiding to accomplish the other.
16, 17. Let not then your good--that is, this liberty of yours as to Jewish meats and days, well founded though it be.
be evil spoken of--for the evil it does to others.
17. For the kingdom of God--or, as we should say, Religion; that is, the proper business and blessedness for which Christians are formed into a community of renewed men in thorough subjection to God (compare 1 Corinthians 4:20 ).
is not meat and drink--"eating and drinking"
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost--a beautiful and comprehensive division of living Christianity. The first--"righteousness"--has respect to God, denoting here "rectitude," in its widest sense (as in Matthew 6:33 ); the second--"peace"--has respect to our neighbors, denoting "concord" among brethren (as is plain from Romans 14:19 ; compare Ephesians 4:3 , Colossians 3:14 Colossians 3:15 ); the third--"joy in the Holy Ghost"--has respect to ourselves. This phrase, "joy in the Holy Ghost," represents Christians as so thinking and feeling under the workings of the Holy Ghost, that their joy may be viewed rather as that of the blessed Agent who inspires it than their own (compare 1 Thessalonians 1:6 ).
18. For he that in these things--"in this," meaning this threefold life.
serveth Christ--Here again observe how, though we do these three things as a "kingdom of God," yet it is "Christ" that we serve in so doing; the apostle passing here from God to Christ as naturally as before from Christ to God--in a way to us inconceivable, if Christ had been viewed as a mere creature (compare 2 Corinthians 8:21 ).
is acceptable to God, and approved of men--these being the things which God delights in, and men are constrained to approve. (Compare Proverbs 3:4 , Luke 2:52 , Acts 2:47 , 19:20 ).
19. the things, &c.--more simply, "the things of peace, and the things of mutual edification."
20. For--"For the sake of"
meat destroy not the work of apostle sees in whatever tends to violate a brother's conscience the incipient destruction of God's work (for every converted man is such)--on the same principle as "he that hateth his brother is a murderer" ( 1 John 3:15 ).
All things indeed are pure--"clean"; the ritual distinctions being at an end.
but it is evil to that man--there is criminality in the man
who eateth with offence--that is, so as to stumble a weak brother.
21. It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing--"nor to do any thing"
thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak--rather, "is weak." These three words, it has been remarked, are each intentionally weaker than the other:--"Which may cause a brother to stumble, or even be obstructed in his Christian course, nay--though neither of these may follow--wherein he continues weak; unable wholly to disregard the example, and yet unprepared to follow it." But this injunction to abstain from flesh, from wine, and from whatsoever may hurt the conscience of a brother, must be properly understood. Manifestly, the apostle is treating of the regulation of the Christian's conduct with reference simply to the prejudices of the weak in faith; and his directions are to be considered not as prescriptions for one's entire lifetime, even to promote the good of men on a large scale, but simply as cautions against the too free use of Christian liberty in matters where other Christians, through weakness, are not persuaded that such liberty is divinely allowed. How far the principle involved in this may be legitimately extended, we do not inquire here; but ere we consider that question, it is of great importance to fix how far it is here actually expressed, and what is the precise nature of the illustrations given of it.
22. Hast thou faith--on such matters?
have it to thyself--within thine own breast
before God--a most important clause. It is not mere sincerity, or a private opinion, of which the apostle speaks; it is conviction as to what is the truth and will of God. If thou hast formed this conviction in the sight of God, keep thyself in this frame before Him. Of course, this is not to be over-pressed, as if it were wrong to discuss such points at all with our weaker brethren. All that is here condemned is such a zeal for small points as endangers Christian love.
Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth--allows himself to do nothing, about the lawfulness of which he has scruples; does only what he neither knows nor fears to be sinful.
23. And--rather, "But"
he that doubteth is damned--On the word "damnation,"
if he eat, because he eateth not of faith--On the meaning of "faith"
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin--a maxim of unspeakable importance in the Christian life.
Note, (1) Some points in Christianity are unessential to Christian fellowship; so that though one may be in error upon them, he is not on that account to be excluded either from the communion of the Church or from the full confidence of those who have more light. This distinction between essential and non-essential truths is denied by some who affect more than ordinary zeal for the honor and truth of God. But they must settle the question with our apostle. (2) Acceptance with God is the only proper criterion of right to Christian fellowship. Whom God receives, men cannot lawfully reject ( Romans 14:3 Romans 14:4 ). (3) As there is much self-pleasing in setting up narrow standards of Christian fellowship, so one of the best preservatives against the temptation to do this will be found in the continual remembrance that CHRIST is the one Object for whom all Christians live, and to whom all Christians die; this will be such a living and exalted bond of union between the strong and the weak as will overshadow all their lesser differences and gradually absorb them ( Romans 14:7-9 ). (4) The consideration of the common judgment-seat at which the strong and the weak shall stand together will be found another preservative against the unlovely disposition to sit in judgment one on another ( Romans 14:10-12 ). (5) How brightly does the supreme Divinity of Christ shine out in this chapter! The exposition itself supersedes further illustration here. (6) Though forbearance be a great Christian duty, indifference to the distinction between truth and error is not thereby encouraged. The former is, by the tax, made an excuse for the latter. But our apostle, while teaching "the strong" to bear with "the weak," repeatedly intimates in this chapter where the truth really lay on the points in question, and takes care to call those who took the wrong side "the weak" ( Romans 14:1 Romans 14:2 Romans 14:14 ). (7) With what holy jealousy ought the purity of the conscience to be guarded, since every deliberate violation of it is incipient perdition ( Romans 14:15 Romans 14:20 )! Some, who seem to be more jealous for the honor of certain doctrines than for the souls of men, enervate this terrific truth by asking how it bears upon the "perseverance of the saints"; the advocates of that doctrine thinking it necessary to explain away what is meant by "destroying the work of God" ( Romans 14:20 ), and "destroying him for whom Christ died" ( Romans 14:15 ), for fear of the doctrinal consequences of taking it nakedly; while the opponents of that doctrine are ready to ask, How could the apostle have used such language if he had believed that such a catastrophe was impossible? The true answer to both lies in dismissing the question as impertinent. The apostle is enunciating a great and eternal principle in Christian Ethics--that the wilful violation of conscience contains within itself a seed of destruction; or, to express it otherwise, that the total destruction of the work of God in the renewed soul, and, consequently, the loss of that soul for eternity, needs only the carrying out to its full effect of such violation of the conscience. Whether such effects do take place, in point of fact, the apostle gives not the most distant hint here; and therefore that point must be settled elsewhere. But, beyond all doubt, as the position we have laid down is emphatically expressed by the apostle, so the interests of all who call themselves Christians require to be proclaimed and pressed on every suitable occasion. (8) Zeal for comparatively small points of truth is a poor substitute for the substantial and catholic and abiding realities of the Christian life ( Romans 14:17 Romans 14:18 ). (9) "Peace" among the followers of Christ is a blessing too precious to themselves, and, as a testimony to them that are without, too important, to be ruptured for trifles, even though some lesser truths be involved in these ( Romans 14:19 Romans 14:20 ). Nor are those truths themselves disparaged or endangered thereby, but the reverse. (10) Many things which are lawful are not expedient. In the use of any liberty, therefore, our question should be, not simply, Is this lawful? but even if so, Can it be used with safety to a brother's conscience?--How will it affect my brother's soul ( Romans 14:21 )? It is permitted to no Christian to say with Cain, "Am I my brother's keeper?" ( Genesis 4:9 ). (11) Whenever we are in doubt as to a point of duty--where abstinence is manifestly sinless, but compliance not clearly lawful--the safe course is ever to be preferred, for to do otherwise is itself sinful. (12) How exalted and beautiful is the Ethics of Christianity--by a few great principles teaching us how to steer our course amidst practical difficulties, with equal regard to Christian liberty, love, and confidence!


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This week I finally got arround to giving a new, fresh structure to the mod_parrot module code. I have complained, perhaps not loudly enough, about the various inadequacies of the old codebase, mostly with regards to extensibility. A cleanup was needed. As such, here is a walkthrough of the new structure, also serving as documentation.
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The fans of Attica Raceway Park have spoken and voted Caleb Griffith's checkers and wreckers feature win on August 5th as their favorite 305 Sprint Car moment of the 2011 race season with nearly 70% of the votes collected.When Paige Polyak and Caleb Griffith hit turn three for the final time, Griffith blasted to the inside and slid up beside Polyak, who drifted down. The pair banged wheels as they exited turn four and both tried to hold on and race to the checkers. Both went spinning across the start-finish line with Griffith winning by a nose. The exciting finish brought the fans at Attica Racewya Park to their feet that night and made for a rememberable first-career feature win for Griffith at "Ohio's Finest Racing" speed plant. Over the off-season atticaracewaypark.com will be conducting several polls to help determine what was the greatest moment of the 2011 season at Attica Raceway Park. Each poll will feature five events that stuck out in the minds of the Attica Raceway Park staff from the past season for one particular division. The fine fans of "Ohio's Finest Racing" speed plant will then have a month to vote (you can only vote once per day) and help determine what was the most exciting event for that division.Once each division has a winner we will post them all together and let the fans ultimately decide what was the greatest moment of 2011 at Attica Raceway Park.
OCTOBER: O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprint Cars Winner: After 11 long years of trying Attica, Ohio's Brandon Martin visits Engine Pro Victory Lane for the first time at his hometown track on July 1st NOVEMBER: Fultz Fabrications & Speed Shop DIRTcar Late Models Winner: Justin Chance gets redemption and picks up his first career feature win by passing Rick DeLong with just two laps to go on July 8th DECEMBER: Fremont Fence Company 305 Sprint CarsWinner: Checkers & wreckers - Caleb Griffith gets towed to Engine Pro Victory Lane after banging wheels with Paige Polyak and spinning across the finish line on August 5th JANUARY: Computer Man Inc. Dirt TrucksFEBRUARY: Final poll with all 4 divisional winners going head-to-head


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As a woman, you don't need much in your life- just the one and everyday companion, your MCM bag! Sounds pretty easy, hmm? Of course, it's not. So we are more than happy to announce that we found our lovely model for our upcoming Spring/Summer campaign 2013, the perfect character for MCM's "Very MCM in Monaco" aesthetic.
Mister Robertus Aukstuolis has been a model for more than 9 years and has that special certain something: surfer's attitude and a modern meets classic twist - just perfect for the light colours in our scenery and the most beautiful guy next to our beautiful Ambassadress, Hana Jirickova
The strong personality behind our gorgeous Ambassadress, We thought, it might be interesting for you to ask Robertus some questions about his favourite spots in the world, some things he enjoys more than everything and, of course, what he thinks about our luxury brand MCM!
MCM: Let's start with a little introduction for our MCM lovers! Who are you?
Robertus Aukstuolis: Hi, my name
is Robertus and I live in London at the moment, but actually I am from
Lithuania. It is really nice to be here and I'm loving the sun, because in
London we don't get that. It's really amazing.
MCM: Our upcoming campaign is all about the topic "sails the sea". Where would you love to sail to? And what makes you feel comfortable?
Robertus Aukstuolis: Probably it
would be something like Bali. I like sitting on the beach, just relaxing,
surfing and just having a bit of a chilled time. Also maybe a little bit of
yoga and meditation. But then, once you do that you just want to be back in the
city. Like now, sitting on a boat for a while. I really like the extreme and
luxury, but also the hippie time.
MCM: You need to take some breaks sometimes?
Robertus Aukstuolis: Yes, I
think you have to. You see, I live in London, a very big city. There are a lot
of people and everyone is rushing all the time, so it is good to be on a beach
with no people. And then, once you are there you are ready to get back in a
city and be busy again.
MCM: We are here in Monaco for MCM's Spring/Summer campaign. Do you like this place?
Robertus Aukstuolis: Yes, I
think it is really cool and it's a good vibe here. I like the surroundings like
the mountains and the sea. The only thing I would probably miss is the beach.
But I guess it would take only seven minutes in a helicopter so it's not too
far (laughs). Everything is possible
MCM: MCM are a German brand with strong roots and an obsession for heritage. What do you think is the secret of MCM?
Robertus Aukstuolis: Yes, I
think it is like quality. For example, when you see a German everyone thinks of
the quality. It looks really good. Like I said, my mum has a little wallet
since 1987 and it still looks good, so it says a lot about the quality. I also
think that everything comes back. Like for example the retro thing; lots of
brands just come and go. Some other things just stay forever and get cooler and
MCM: Which might be the perfect place for you and your MCM companion?
Robertus Aukstuolis: I think you
have to go to the places like Monaco with a lot of luxury. Then you feel right.
MCM: Are there any parallels between our brand and your person?
Robertus Aukstuolis: That's the amazing thing - once you put on a nice suit or jacket
it makes you feel another person. You start walking differently and sitting
differently and you stand straighter. It is nice and that is why I like it. You
could say it is a bit like acting. I really love it. Otherwise, being the same
person during your whole life is a bit boring I think.
MCM: You've been working as a model for a pretty long time, right?
Robertus Aukstuolis: About nine
MCM: Is it still your passion?
Robertus Aukstuolis:Yes, of course. It's amazing. You know, sometimes models complain. For example in the early mornings or late at night. I can sleep when I am 85, but now I wake up at 6 in the morning and I see this amazing sunrise. The feeling is just amazing. Even this morning it was quite early, but then you hear the sea, you feel the atmosphere and see people waking up in their boats and having breakfast. I love it. Those are great memories.
MCM: Are there any recommendations you like to give our readers?
Robertus Aukstuolis: So, if you want to be cool just buy MCM.
Thank you so much, Robertus Aukstuolis!


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I see little point in having western feeds in HD until everything is in HD at least once. You can always record the eastern feed and watch it at a time that is convenient for you. If there is a choice between adding something in HD that is currently only in SD versus adding a time-shifted version of something that is already available in HD, I will always be in favor of adding the new content.


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David Stern Admits His Comments About Jim Rome's Wife Were Wrong
David Stern finally admits his comments about Jim Rome's wife were wrong.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Stern should still be fined for being an ass.
David Stern isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. It took in a couple weeks to finally realize what the rest of the planet figured in in about 2 secons, that his comments about Jim Rome beating his wife (in jest) were grossly innapropriate. The reality is a player in the NBA had committed this type of foot-in-mouth mistake they'd be fined from the league. Unfortunately, Stern is just enough of a dumbass to think this will go away with an unofficial non-apology the sounds something like, "You know, I would do it again differently."
Gee, ya think. When did this avalanche of knowledge come crashing down on ya David. Was it right before you discovered putting your hand in a fire hurts, or right after you figured out drinking out of the toilet is a bad idea.
Some see this as a rare slip for a commissioner that has helped build the NBA into the world-wide presence that it now commands. Others see this as an example hubris that believes it is above the law and a sign that a replacement is overdue.
Stern's unofficial apology came on the radio Monday in Washington, D.C. He played it off by saying, "What can I tell you? I'm like LeBron. You get a day older, and you hope you get wiser rather than just older."
Stern being frustrated with Rome's line of questioning in understandable, but is response is still offensive and requires contrition. His refusal to admit his mistakes is exactly the type of shortsighted ego tripping we'd expect of a Ron Artest not the commissioner. Grow up David and simply apologize for real.
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GM Takes Tax Credits To Stay In Detroit
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The Bering RP is a unique Steampunk/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Hybrid RP that touches on a multitude of genres and ideas. The premise is that in an alternate past, an alien race called the Contractors came to Earth in the late 1800's and taught humanity a great deal. Essentially, they laid the groundwork for human technology to jump forward by teaching humans new branches of science and thought that had yet to be explored by mankind. In exchange for this technology, the Contractors simply asked that they might employ humans, to help in the construction of colonies, the population of factory-planets, and the execution of interstellar trade and exploration. The world's governments could simply not say yes fast enough. The human population gladly took to the stars joined and with a myriad of other contracted alien species to further their individual societies. With their new sciences, humans have developed vast new arrays of fields of study, promoting sciences in a manner unprecedented. Specifically, experimental anatomical studies have revealed the process by which man can implant augmentations into his brain, making him capable of generating various energetic fields that were previously impossible. Other studies have revealed much about physics, astrogation, genetics, and even horticulture. In every sense, mankind is blossoming.
The Earth year is now 1923, and Humanity has left the cradle of Earth and found it's place in the stars, but things are not simple. Human minds and human technology have still not quite caught up to the hyper-advanced races that brought them into space. Human spaceships (called Steamships) take flight with a baffling combination of steam power, electrical current, and Calabi-Yao Manifold based fusion engine cores. Most space-faring humans are simply unable to fathom the technology that sends them aloft, and as such are found frequently in the company of various alien species that populate other portions of the Galaxy.
The focus of the story is to revolve around Steamships. Specifically, a small trade ship named the Bering. The Bering is a first generation Type-A Columbus class freighter/frigate of no particular reputation that is designed to ferry goods and people across the vastness of space. Like all modern space vessels, the Bering is incapable of independent faster-than-light travel: They rely on a series of dimensional gateways that ferry them between the incalculable distances between stars. The smaller distances between planets and gates are covered by the Steamships engines. She is outfitted with weaponry, though of Human design (Contractors simply do not arm their employee species in any sense) for defense. She is as of yet unmanned and un-crewed, as the Contractor company that owns her has not yet acquired the employees for manning her.
The employees themselves are to be hired from a group of colony-born humans and non-humans who have been raised into human society. The reason for this is to keep the ship-board culture relatively stable. Alien societies by and large are unknown to the young human culture, and so must be folded in over time. Because of the nature of such culture immersion, only three alien species have opted to join in Steamship operation. These three species are the
and the
By human standards, the Contractors are a tall, lithe, and humble-looking species prone to long lives and slow reproduction rates. It is theorized that this combination has not only made them adept at scientific studies but also inspired them to hire in alien species as a part of their various corporate empires. They share a very human temper; though can sometimes be seen as bureaucratic or officious. Their societal structure is obviously focused around corporations. The buying, selling, and trading of various goods and services and expanding to new unexplored parts of the universe are what drives them. Their facial features exhibit wide-set warm eyes, no visible nose, gray or mottled-gray skin, and horse-like hoofed legs. Along with this, the Contractors reproduce in a similar manner to humanity, as a response to physical unions between males and females. Males are typically adventurous and irresponsible, while females tend to be matronly and autocratic. Males and females, however, are so emotionally distinct however and such unions so psychologically unrewarding, that childbirth is relatively rare for their species. Contractor language is unnecessarily complex and verbose. This has lead Contractors to typically learn an odd number of languages and dialects and be masters of the spoken and written word. Poetry is considered the highest art in Contractor society, though to humanity it typically resembles legal documentation or scripting.
The Linaut are a rare and intellectual species that bears an impossible resemblance to humanity. Also descended from primates, they have long, pointed ears, striking multicolored eyes, and generally slim features. It is generally accepted that evolutionarily, they are approximately 50,000 years older than humans. As a result their society and technology are much more advanced and complex than anything humanity has constructed. They have something of a nostalgic view of humans and consider humanity to be something a sister race to the Linaut. The Linaut are typically slightly taller than your average human, and somewhat less hairy. One point of note is that evolution has forced the Linaut into a peculiar mating cycle in which each parental union conceives twins. The twin pairs grow up closely, spending their youths bonding emotionally and psychologically, eventually mating between themselves. Genetic diversity is actually introduced through the mothers diet. The Linaut female digestive system breaks down some food into its essential DNA and will introduce portions of this DNA to the embryonic children. This DNA will affect everything from hair and eye color to relative muscle mass and other such attributes. These attributes are randomly distributed between the twins, typically causing distinct physical differences between the twins. Because of their odd mating cycle, early linaut learned quickly the science of genetics and the importance that it plays. To this day, Linaut geneticists are the most respected and prolific in the known galaxy. Their understanding of genetics rapidly lead way to other scientific advancements, and on the whole, the race has benefitted from consistantly being on the cutting edge of modern technology. In modern days, Linaut are rarely seen outside their laboratories and universities: they leave the traveling of the stars typically to the other species. Linaut are not commonly seen among humans, and those that are are commonly mistaken for humans, or vice versa. Sreekaanse in particular have a difficult time discerning between the two races.
The Sreekaanse are a small, cold-blooded, anthropomorphic species descended from upright-walking, lizard-like creatures. Short-lived, short-statured, but incredible muscular, they are incredibly intelligent and agile. Despite their intelligence, theyre also widely viewed as completely insane. They throw themselves physically and emotionally at whatever problem or situation they encounter, devoting themselves utterly in situations of dire need. The mortality (and birth) rate of Sreekaanse is far and away the highest of any sapient species yet recorded. Their sense of honor and self-sacrifice are inflated enormously as a result, with their society focusing on respect towards heroically departed ancestors and the matrons currently bearing the next generation. Females and males appear to be physically identical, and also seem emotionally identical as well.
Unlike humans, however, these three species are incapable of using the new human implants that allow access to the energetic field generation. These energetic fields can perform a variety of functions. Humans are capable of generating fields that can alter gravity, magnetism, electricity, and non-relativistic energy. While Gravity, Electricity, and Magnetism alter obvious properties in nature, non-relativistic energy (called NRE) alters the membranes between dimensions. The most common way of use of NRE fields is a form of telepathy, which channels excess electrical fields that human brains generate into a readable form by the user, allowing for reading of basic thought and emotions. More complex or nuanced thoughts cannot be transmitted, and distances have to be close nearly point blank for success. Despite the potential power of NRE fields, experimentation into them is rare as so few people are capable of even generating them let alone sustaining them well enough to perform a given task. This is limited primarily by the lack of human ability, but also by the complexity of the implants that they require. The implants themselves can only affect the brain in any one given way; a gravity implant can only affect gravitational fields, an electrical implant can only affect electrical fields, and so on.
With all the changes, the human world at large has been effectively been turned upside down and shaken. The governments that thought they might be empowered by the human migration to the stars have all but dissolved without the populations or regulations to support them. Alien migrants (who are accepted) are common on Earth, and indeed operate many Steamship production facilities. Essentially, the world is finding itself becoming folded into the corporately structured bureaucracy of the Contractors as more and more people migrate to the colonies, factories, and trade-businesses that gladly employ them.
Employment is a mutually beneficial arrangement. Humans by and large live fulfilling and often adventurous lives if not always comfortably. They are paid in a silver bullion currency in a few forms of coins and bars. The mass of the coin/bar denoting its value, one standard unit of currency is called a Credit. Because of the beauty, malleability, regular availability, and utility of silver it is a universally accepted form of currency. It is used in silverware just as commonly as it is used in electronics and machinery.
The Contractor hiring firm called Dytari CSS, ints. that is searching for the human and alien applicants will be putting up available positions on the Bering shortly. A strong and competitive trainee pool is expected, and the future of The DSS Bering is bright.
If any applicants have questions or issues they wish to bring up, please contact our resident agent Tomato as soon as possible, or post them here.
Thank you.
Ship Weaponry:
Though the DSS Bering is classified as a freighter/frigate intended for transportation of goods and people, it is armed for defense. As such, it is equipped standard with two primary weapons and two secondary weapons. The primary weapons consist of two steam-powered 172mm cannons directed towards the bow of the ship. They work by shunting energy from the fusion drive core and into the steam capacitors. The heat and pressure takes moments to build until they reach a specified pressure threshold. Once that threshold is reached, the weapons may be discharged. The cannons have an effective operational limit of 27,200 meters, and an ideal operational distance of 10500 meters, and are capable of putting their non-volitile 172mm rounds onto the target with a force of 89kN. Because of the massive energy requirement as well as the necessity to build up heat and pressure before discharge, these weapons have a long load and recycle time, limiting their use to once every few minutes - at peak capacity, they can be expected to be operable every 61 seconds. The secondary weapons are a pair of internally powered, chain driven, single-barrel weapons which may be fired in semi-automatic or automatic modes. They are limited, however, to a 7000m maximum range with an ideal range of 2000m. Operation of these weapons consists of loading, target acquisition and training, and discharging. Maintenance includes regular cleaning and casing disposal.
Ship Operations:
It is not uncommon for modern shipping companies to combine multiple unfilled job postings into fewer roles. This allows crosstraining, limiting overhead required for food and training of a new employee, and also gives that employee critical skills for continuing forward. A common example might be a cook/medic, or a first mate/gunnary sergeant, or a pilot/communications officer.
All ship-to-ship or ship-to-ground communications are completed through a Linaut or Contractor communications package that operates on a sub-stellar frequency. Working on the principal that there is an alternate dimension "below space" called sub-stellar, in which energy travels nearly instantaneously. However, into this sub-stellar dimension, only energy can be efficiently transmitted or recieved. As a result, this allows for easy communications between two otherwise distant points. Many shipping companies are networked in manners that would otherwise be impossible if not for the sub-stellar connection. Dytari CSS ints. requires that all of it's correspondents maintain substellar communications, regularly checking and staying on their inter-corporate network.
Space Travel:
Space travel is actually a relatively simple thing. There are engines, and there are gates. The engines - fueled by fusion drives, get the ships from surface to air, and then into space. Travel between star systems is allowed through the use of devices called "Jump Gates". Essentially miniature space stations, they remain in asynchronous orbit around whatever planet or moon they are on and act as relay points for incoming and outgoing space traffic. The general operation of one of these gates could be described as a series of events: First, the approaching ship signals the gate as the captain, pilot, and navigator each imput their ID signatures as approval and state their intended destination. This signal then causes the nearest gate to begin it's operational cycle, powering up it's reactor and beginning to build it's charge to create a singularity. Simultaneously, the gate at which the signalling ship wish to arrive is signaled and also begins power-up proceedures. Once both gates reach an appreciable critical mass, they both begin generating quantum singularities at a focal point within the Jump gate. Then, using the sub-stellar link that both gates are networked through, they each draw portion of the singularities' energy into the link. The sub-stellar link responds by creating a stronger energetic response, basically 'pulling' more and more power into the link between the two singularies. Finally, at a final critical point, the two singularities merge over the sub-stellar link and essentially "fold" the two points of space into one. This fold spreads out as nearby space within the gate is effected, and so the traveling ship can enter the fold created and exit at the targeted point.
Only in recent history - the last few years or so - have neurological implants been widely used. Linaut geneticists working for Thulos Genomics (a subsidiary of Dytari CSS ints.), when mapping the human genome originally discovered a wide realm of possibilities when noted an odd mutational habit in human cerebellum cells when exposed to certain chemical and electrical combinations. These mutations are temporary at best - they are typically immediately corrected by the cell's DNA, however in this temporarily mutated form they can exhibit a variety of interesting properties. The ability to generate tiny electromagnetic fields was the first discovered, with electric and gravitational fields soon following. As more and more experiments were performed and more learned about the incredible genetic flexibility of human neurology, they unlocked more and more of these cellular capabilities. Most of these fall in the experimental catagory. As a result they tend to be heavy regulated by what various governments rule in a given situation. Typically, they are most heavily regulated locally. Many regional governments and companies simply ban their use altogether while some permit their extremely limited use in certain situations. There have been moral complications as well: Many religious groups have seen accepting implants as form of self-condemnation: The perfect design of the human body being warped by technology. Even still, many humans are lining up for the inexpensive simple outpatient operations required for implant technology.
The combination of laws based on an as of yet unknown factor, people signing up for powerful bodily enhancements, and an overzealous scientific community eager to experiement with this technology has produced an interesting implant based subculture. Implant junkies beg, borrow, and steal any power enhancing piece of experimental technology they can find - some for the power to control, some for the inate sheik interest that it provides, and some simply for the adrenaline of having your neurology temporarily shifted as they lift objects with their minds. This isn't the case with everyone however - but the impression of an army of out of control abusers is rapidly surfacing.
The subculture that seems to permeate the implant users isn't the only factor of consideration, however. Because of the wide scientific community that is experimenting with implants, there is an equally wide variety of implants and effects. Electromagnetic fields are the most commonly used - and also are the least corporately and federately regulated. Their utility is relatively limited: random electromagnetic fields have ways of frying sensor and communication pods. However, wider fields they can also be used to mask objects from any common magnet-based sensor. Along with this, some gifted users have even learned to be able to generate localized magnetic fields powerful enough to move metallic objects. While complex tasks like ship-building and stopping bullets mid-flight are essentially impossible, there have been reports of people shutting doors, lifting large metal objects, and weapons firing on their own. The few users capable of this level of complexity typically have devoted themselves to their particular implant of choice. No one user has, or can mastered more than even one implant, let alone the several available to them. As a result, the most common type of user is someone who switches between implants regularly, using the minimal abilities that each type affords.
The four type of implants are Electromagnetic, Gravitational, Electrical, and Non-Relativistic Energy (NRE) implants. Of these four, NRE Implants are widely illegal and penalized heavily for their use. Even experimentation in NRE implants is considered a felony, with the user being subject to punishment not only from corporate, but interstellar laws. The reason for this is the extremely unpredictable nature of NRE Implants; each implant can affect a person differently, even harmfully. One particular NRE experiment ended with the user claiming to have "gone back" in time. Three days later, however, the remains of his corpse had been found in his apartment. Diagnoses revealed that the brain cells that were affected by the NRE implant had in fact changed completely and permanently, and as a result, his body began rejecting them. Though the alarm this caused stemmed a bit of the interest into this line of research, many a rogue scientist view this as "humanity's gift" and explore their research into NRE illegally.
Electromagnetic Implants: Allows for the manipulation of conductive metallic objects and generation of magnetic "cloaking" fields to hide from magnetic sensors. Experienced users can manipulate fields around heavier or larger objects and maintain them for longer periods.
Gravitational Implants: Allows for the manipulation of gravitational fields, allowing for the compression or relaxation of gravity in localized areas: In essence, allowing for the levitation or distortion of objects. The more powerful the user, the more drastic the potential gravity change.
Electrical Implants: Allows for the manipulation of electrical fields and currents: Can temporarily electrify objects, as well as sense and manipulate the electrical currents of a given object. Users with greater experience with these can even 'mentally' operate local electronic equipment.
Non-Relativistic Energy (NRE) Implants: Allows for a peculiar and generally unexplored variety of abilities, ranging from basic forms of telepathy to short interval time travel. These implants are extremely regulated, and indeed illegal in civilized space.
Many of Earths former governments have not simply rolled over and died. While the vast majority simply cannot compete with the costs required to build and maintain a space armada, some have quite successfully invested and grown their own space programs in the archetexture provided by the Contractors. A prime example of this is Great Britain. Though a smaller nation, the wealth of Great Britain all but ensured that they would be able to complete their first Steamship and send it into space. A grant total of 15 Steamships were constructed and operated by Great Britain. However, due to the lack of vested governmental interest in a particular return and the emmense cost along with unstable technology of running such an experimental navy, many of the ships have been decommissioned, the Theseus being the most recent. Along with Great Britain; China, Japan, Germany, and the United States all have their various stages of space-faring Steamships in the stars. These primarily exist as little more than symbols, however. Each nation is utterly unable to compete with the Contractor corporations that have had millenia to streamline their corporate processes to deliver goods and services to the stars. This is just as well, Earth still needs to keep it's own home for humanity.
Alien Races:
There are hundreds of registered sapient races among the stars in the milky way galaxy. While the vast majority are physiologically unsuitable for space travel, a good portion still explore the stars. Even then, there seems to be an "inner circle" of allied alien races that operate under similar social and economic standards that promote interstellar growth and prosperity. These races are the Linaut, Contractors, Sreekaanse, and Humans. As explained earlier, each species has their own particular identity, and even roll among their collective: Sreekaanse tend to be the small but powerful muscle, with an indomitable determination and a healthy population to back their advances. Contractors have an innate ability for diplomacy and an emmense corporate infrastructure to continue their efforts forward, and act to be the 'managers' of interstellar activities. Linaut are an advanced civilization supplying the galaxies technological needs and act as the cutting edge of science and development. Humans are the newcomers, but rapidly they are becoming the beating heart of the effort to extend the sapient reach into the stars, with an undaunted spirit and drive to succeed and desire to learn.
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I can't send in a bio at the moment(I can only steal my friends' computers for so long), but I'm definitely psyched about this!
Count me in.
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:04 am
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One question: are humans all the same basic shape still, or are there any ho've adapted/been adapted to new worlds/environments (mainly because I was wondering about bringing back my Welsh heavyworld character, Taf, in some form or another).
Other than that, do we know where the ship is going, and are there going to be player character passengers, NPC passengers, or just crew and cargo?
And finally, are the number of places limited?
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:56 pm
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To answer Maeniels non-question... Wait until I get a bio-thread going before sending anything. Expect it soon, as in - today.
To answer Space's question... Yes, and no.
Humans have been involved with aliens for a little under 30 years now, and have been taking flight of their only only in the last 5. I'm going to be adding this new info, as well as some other things into the post. I suggest reading the update I'm gonna be adding soon.
I plan on adding some additional information about each species of alien, as well as some other factors.
Along with that, I'll be posting the job information that will let characters apply for various positions.
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:02 pm
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Ok, this RP is definitely looking good. It's gonna be interesting choosing between races, as well as between manipulation abilities if I choose a human. I take it that human characters with NRE implants will be strictly limited?
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:16 am
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I dig it. Sample bio with the bio thread, please...
The Keeper of Gwen's temper/K'thonya's tastes,
He has been dubbed one "Alt" by AsA great.
Trickier though it is, dactylic hex of the epic-ish style:
"Alt" he is called and his reign is the fierce and the making of pretties.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:05 am
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Sounds spiffy!
What capabilities do the implants afford? Example, would a human with the gravity implant be able to change where gravity is acting from and thus have telekenesis-style abilities?
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:13 pm
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will it be possible to join later on? i'm not sure i have time for 2 rpg's at the moment but am still interested.
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Apparently I missed finding the new keepership thread and thus missed out on what i was origionaly keeper of [Willow's Journal and K'Thonya's new made sword [old itteration of Earthsong's archive]]
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This RPG sounds pretty awesome, but I've never been a part of RPGs here on the Earthsong forums. Is anyone allowed to participate? Also, will I need to do anything to participate? Thank you in advance.
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Just a quick explanation on the RPGs: Since we're currently re-starting or starting up new RPGs here, it's fine to throw in your interest in these start-up/OOC threads, or PMing the GM concerned. Anyone is allowed to apply, but sometimes the GMs will have number restrictions and will only take on so many players at a time.
As for what you need to participate, it's best to have a look through the GM's outlying plan and letting them know you're interested in joining in. Providing there's enough room for a new player (there should be at the moment, since no RPs are currently in progress), have a look at the bio template the GM has provided, create yourself a character from that, and then PM it to them for approval. That should be you in business!
If you have any more questions about the section in general, feel free to ask either myself or Space via PM. If you have a question about a particular RPG, then you can always contact the GM of that RP by PM.
And now I shall disappear and let you resume Bering talk.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:55 am
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I'd like to apologize to the folks who've been interested in getting this RP started, I've been a little lazy lately in working this all up.
Well, actually, lazy isn't really the word for it.
Moving, I think is the word.
Just moved to my new apartment this weekend. Awful timing, I suppose.
I'm going to work on getting that bio thread up today. Should be fairly soon.
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Question; if I'm really bad with machinery-talk and pretending to be all knowledgeable about space and science, would this be a bad RPG to join? I don't know how convincing I can be.
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BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
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No. In fact, if so desiring, you can indeed make that a function of your character - not great with machines and machine talk.
Honestly, I mostly just fluff it up with descriptions and such because *I* enjoy writing that. It's not true of everyone though, and I wouldn't expect it to be.
If you're not so keen on it - don't play it to that. But please, don't let something like a lack of understanding of my ridiculous BS be a reason for not joining.
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Hmm. In my pseudo-bio, I wrote that she had previous experience on ships. How inexperienced can I be? Can I have zero ship-board experience? Then I can legitimately not know what I'm doing...
Also, can I put 'Species: Human Female', or would the Contractors not be amused?
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, because I hand out nicknames and hugs whether you want them or not. ^_^
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Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended...
Give me your hands if we be friends,
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would be most amused. Honestly, think of it this way: You're applying for a job. What would your character put on her application?
Also: Whatever backstory and relevant understanding you want your character to have, she's free to have. She doesn't *need* to have any shipboard experience, just a willingness to gain some going forward.
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The words on the note brought disbelief, confusion, and a flood of tears. "I've taken all I can. I'm leaving."
"Did you have a clue?" I gently asked.
"No. Not a clue. He never complained about anything."
It took three weeks, but I finally managed to get the estranged husband in my office. When his wife challenged him as to why he had never complained in their 13 years of marriage, why he had never even hinted that he was dissatisfied, he simply shrugged his shoulders. I challenged her question to him, "You have never complained about anything in your 13 years of marriage?"
"That's not fair," his wife cried. He said nothing, rose from his chair, and walked out of her life for good.
She was right. He wasn't fair. Whatever his motivation for keeping silent might have been, only he will ever know. That's not fair. Relationships are based on trust — trust that your partner will be open and honest with you concerning what he might be feeling, good or bad. Without honest communication genuine intimacy isn't possible.
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