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As much as I love Jurassic Park, and as much as I have to suspend my disbelief watching a movie with DINOSAURS WALKING AROUND, I have one big problem with a particular scene, and its lapse in logic is so bad that it takes me right out of the movie, so here goes:
In the scene where the characters are in the ride contraption learning about DINO DNA (please read with a ridiculous accent), they swing over to where the eggs are hatching, and everyone wants to go down and look. Hammond says they can't get out until the ride thing is over, but they do so anyways and go down to where the Velociraptors are hatching. THIS IS THE PART THAT KILLS ME: Hammond says that the dinosaur bonds with the first person they see, and that he has been there FOR EVERY FUCKING HATCHING. There are literally dozens of eggs in the area, clearly hatching all the time. If they had stayed in the ride, Hammond would have missed it. They try to cover it up with the line aimed at the technician ("Why didn't you tell me they were about to hatch?"), but that still doesn't solve the problem that this is a 70 YEAR OLD MAN WHO WALKS WITH A CANE. There is no way in hell he would be there for every hatching, even if he slept in the room. They could have easily left that line out, but their insistence on keeping an impossible line in ruined the entire experience for me.
Rant over. Carry on.
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You can actually claim the murdered people as "retroactively deceased", clearing you of any legal ramifications.
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When Don and Roger leave through the front door of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce to go meet with Dupont, Sterling Cooper is on one of the doors with Draper Pryce on the other. When Don leaves, he goes through the Draper Pryce side, opening the door by pushing right in between where it says Draper and Pryce. That would be the last time Don leaves the office with Lane alive. Matthew Weiner enjoys small details.
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I think it's because Megan is being utilized differently than the other characters in the show that may cause a negative reaction. Megan isn't there to be a character that we are going to feel such a strong connection with; it's more how the characters that we already care about react to her decisions. Megan is a sign of the times; it's doubtful that she would have gotten much respect even two seasons ago. Mad Men is still driven by Don and Peggy; it's Don's mixture of confusion and yearning to adapt and Peggy's feelings about how people should react to advertising that is driving the story along, not if Megan is going to get a bit part in a commercial.
I'm not sure if he should feel relieved that the bear didn't chase him or insulted that the bear thought a stationary garbage can was more interesting than him.
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Julian Baggini reviews Alvin Plantinga's "Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion and Naturalism". This article appears in Issue 60 of The Philosophers' Magazine. Please support TPM by subscribing.
It's hard to resist the pull of military metaphors when talking about the recent battles between religion and the so called new-atheists: Richard Dawkins, the late Christopher Hitchins, Sam Harris et al. Fighting talk is only natural when combatants on both sides have often been vicious in their attacks. And like the western front in World War I, for all the blasts and flashes, neither side ever manages to advance its trenches. Yet in the very definition of madness, both forces persist in trying the same tactics that have never worked before as though they might suddenly prove efficacious.
So it is with some anticipation that God's army has finally moved one of its heavier pieces of artillery to the front line. Alvin Plantinga is no household name, but in philosophy and theology he is widely recognised as one of the world's smartest Christian thinkers. His new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies, is not just a robust defence of religion against the claim that it is defeated by science, but also a bold counter-attack.
If you want to make sense of this quagmire, where do you begin? With the question of where we all begin, because that is the key issue that Plantinga's book illuminates. Those on the naturalist side of the debate – people who believe that the natural world is all there is – start with evidence, the hard, objective kind that anyone can examine and assess for themselves. For the religious, however, it's quite different. "Maybe a few people accept religious beliefs strictly on the basis of what they take the evidence to be," writes Plantinga. "But for most of us, our religious beliefs are not like scientific hypotheses" and "we are none the worse [for that]."
Plantinga is here referring to his enduring contribution to the theory of knowledge, his idea that some beliefs we have are "properly basic". The belief that other people have minds and are not just zombies or automata, for example, is not one we can ultimately justify. Nonetheless, not only is holding such a belief justified, I'd be considered psychotic if I didn't hold it. Belief in God, argues Plantinga, stands alongside other beliefs we can be "fully and entirely rational" in holding, even if we have no evidence or argument at all.
To his opponents, there is a clear difference between the basic beliefs that fit together and that everyone does and must share, and the enormous variety of religious beliefs that are clearly optional and which contradict each other. However, if you do grant that religious beliefs are properly basic, you effectively provide a Get out of Jail Free Card for almost (but not all) apparent cases of conflict between science and religion. The argument here is simple. For the naturalist, certain religious claims become untenable on the scientific evidence base. Perhaps surprisingly, the religious would agree. But, they would add, their evidence base includes facts other than scientific ones, such as the existence of a loving creator. If you add that to the scientific evidence for evolution, you will think that the most likely explanation for the emergence of life is that God works through random mutation to ensure creatures like us have evolved. And, he claims, nothing in evolutionary theory denies that possibility. The idea that the process is entirely unguided is a "metaphysical or theological add-on". For all the theory says, "God could have achieved the results he wanted by causing the right mutations to arise at the right times, letting natural selection do the rest."
There is much more in this book, including the latest iteration of Plantinga's argument that naturalism undermines itself. Briefly, if you are a naturalist and so believe that human minds are simply the product of unguided evolution, you have a reason to think minds will enhance our survival prospects, but no reason to think they will generate true beliefs. So you no longer have any good reason to trust that your belief in naturalism is true. Hence the title of Plantinga's book: the real conflict in which science is embroiled is with naturalism, not religion.
As usual, this is clever, but there are plenty of replies. And counter-replies. And counter-counter-replies. What Plantinga really shows in this mainly readable but often academically opaque book is why the war will end only in exhaustion. Where the conflict really lies is right down at the very basis of why people believe what they do, yet the war is fought over the beliefs themselves. It's like trying to get rid of Japanese knot weed by hacking at the stems when the root system is too deep, too capable of regenerating itself even when viciously cut. Plantinga has a pretty sharp scythe and generally speaking he wields it well, despite some viciously personal attacks on the new atheists. But all he's done is provide space for his own weeds to thrive for a while before they too are cut down to size and the whole cycle starts again.
Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion and Naturalism by Alvin Plantinga (Oxford University Press), £17.99/$27.95.
Julian Baggini) is co-founder of TPM and the author of The Ego Trick (Granta).


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Escaping Captivity dream interpretations
The Ewe
Dream Explanation
— If he sees the ewe
from his house or dying or being stolen it means some unpleasant incident will be witnessed in his wife.
Imprisonment Dream Explanation
— Imprisonment symbolizes humiliation and deep worries.
• A well-known ruler or governor ordering that the dreamer be sequestered, remanded in custody, or thrown in jail: Deep worries or
• Being put in jail: Will go to a great king and become more pious (as was the case with the Prophet Yusuf [Joseph]).
• Being confined to house arrest in an isolated place, an unknown house: Will die, that place being a tomb.
• Being held in a house amid other houses and known to the dreamer, with the doors locked, but without its being defined as a jail: Welfare. If he is tortured in that house, that means more welfare and greener pastures.
• A woman dreaming of being imprisoned by a powerful person, like a sultan: Will marry a great man.
Escape from danger Dream Explanation
from danger or surviving a would be fatal accident in a dream denotes one's devotion, religious awareness, fasting, charities and good deeds. (Also see Escape; Running away; Take a flight; Turning)
Return Dream Explanation
— (Return from a journey) When one returns from a trip in a dream, it means paying one's dues, dispelling sorrow and sadness,
from ill consequences, receiving a reward, or repenting from sin. (Also see Debt)
Despair Dream Explanation
— (Despondency; Disheartened; Discouraged; Resign) To experience desperation or to loose hope in Allah Almighty in a dream signifies polytheism or attempting to commit suicide or committing a sin, though the consequence of such state in a dream may eventually turn positive in wakefulness. Despair in a dream also means
from a great danger, or engaging in the activities of the dwellers of hell-fire. (Also see Uptight)
Doughnut Dream Explanation
— (Sweets) Eating doughnut in a dream means money earned from fun or music and it could represent an escape from a dangerous accident, or a would be fatal accident. Doughnut in a dream also could denote either sorrow and regret, or joy and happiness. Seeing a doughnut baker in a dream is a sign of
from danger or it could be a sign of an approaching danger.
Flattery Dream Explanation
— (Excessive admiration or adulation of someone in a dream.) Ingratiating oneself to someone for worldly profits, or to gain access to knowledge, or to find a job to help him better apply his religious obligations in a dream means honor, correcting one's religious practices or attaining one's spiritual goals. It also means evil consequences if one does not usually strive after such needs, or if he presents his needs too favorably, or if he does so in a dream soliciting favors from a woman he knows. It also means
from the dangers of his enemy. However, flattery and ingratiating oneself to others in a dream also could mean giving preference to others needs over one's own, trueness and being charitable. (Also see Adulation)
Manna Dream Explanation
— (Food; Valuable gift; Unexpected favor) A gummy saccharine secretion found on a species of a Tamarisk tree. A manna tree is also found in the Egyptian Sinai. Eating manna in a dream means receiving lawful money without any labor or hardships, or it could mean a favor and a bestowal by the grace of Allah Almighty. Seeing manna in a dream also means spending money on Allah's path, or
from a fatal accident or danger. Exchanging manna for green sprouts and garlic in a dream means humiliation and poverty. Eating manna in a dream means earnings lawful money.
Desert Dream Explanation
— (Waterless plain) Seeing a desert in a dream means
from difficulty to ease, or bidding farewell to adversities to meet with opportunities, or it could mean repenting from sin, reversing the course of one's business from loss to profits, or it could mean recovering from an illness. If one sees himself poor and walking into a desert land or a ruin in a dream, it means his death. Walking through a barren land in a dream means engaging in a futile business or a benign affair. Walking in a plain in a dream means reaching ease in one's life, receiving honor or engaging in good deeds depending on how far one walks in that plain during his dream. A desert in a dream represents joy and happiness, depending on how vast it seems and how green are its plants in one's dream.
River Dream Explanation
— In a dream, a river represents a noble and a great person. Walking into a river in a dream means befriending or encountering such a person. Drinking from a river in a dream means trials, but if the water is clear, it means enjoying prosperity and a happy life. Jumping from one bank of a river to the other in a dream means
from adversities, dispelling distress or anguish, and it means winning victory over one's enemy. In a dream, a river also denotes travels. Swimming in a river in a dream means working in the government. If the river runs through the streets and markets, and if one sees people bathing in it or taking their ritual ablution in it in one way or another it in a dream, such a river then represents the justice of a ruler. If the river floods the streets, or runs through people's homes and damages their properties and personal belongings in the dream, then the river represents an unjust ruler, or it could represent an invading army. If a river flows from one's house and causes no harm to anyone in a dream, it represents one's good intentions or deeds. If one becomes a river in a dream, it means his death. Murky waters in a dream signify worries and fearing a great man. Crossing from one side of a river into another in a dream means dispelling one's fears or worries. It also could mean severing one's association with such a man only to meet with another one. Jumping from the middle of a river to the riverbank in a dream means
from the wrath of a ruler. Losing something in a river means suffering harm and damages from a ruler. A river flowing inside one's house in a dream means prosperity. If one sees people drinking from it in the dream, it denotes his generosity and sharing of his wealth with needy people, or it could mean imparting knowledge to others. If a poor person sees a river flowing inside his house in a dream, it means that he will drive a member of his household out of his house because of an abominable and a sinful act, or adultery. A river in a dream also means a good deed or a regular income. A river with murky and putrid waters in a dream represents hell-fire. Seeing one of the heavenly rivers of paradise in a dream means prosperity. The heavenly river of milk in a dream represents Allah's gift of the innate knowledge and criterion which is given to His creation, and it represents submission to His sovereignty and obedience to His commands. Seeing the heavenly river of non-intoxicating wine in a dream mean s elation and intoxication from one's love for Allah Almighty. Seeing the heavenly river of honey in a dream means knowledge or the Holy Quran. Drinking from Egypt's Nile in a dream means receiving a great wealth, gold and power. (Also see Euphrates; Kawthar; Walking on water; Water)
Ant Dream Explanation
— Many ants symbolize soldiers, progeny, money, or long life. Conversely, they also allude to a weak and careful person. Seen on a bed, they represent children.
• Seeing an ant or ants is a reference to: (1) The dreamer himself. (2) Relatives. (3) Death of a patient.
• Ants coming out of their hole: Trouble and worries.
• Understanding the language of the ants: Domination or a high post, in view of the story of the prophet and king Solomon (Peace be upon him).
• Seeing ants carrying food and entering the dreamer's house: Welfare will increase. The reverse is also true.
• Ants coming out of the dreamer's nose, ear, or other holes: (1) If the dreamer is happy to see them getting out, he will die as a martyr. (2) If he resents the feat, dangers are lying ahead.
• Ants entering a country or a village: Soldiers will intrude. The reverse is also true.
• Ants
from a town or a house: Thieves will make it with their booty.
• A multitude of ants in a city or village: The population is large.
Shade Dream Explanation
— (Changes; Cover; Shelter) Witnessing a shade in the summertime in a dream means comfort, profits, honor, or becoming the protege of a great person. If one sees a shade in the winter in a dream then it means trouble, distress, adversities, or soliciting the company of people who foster innovation. Shade in a dream also represents the governor of one's town, a man of knowledge, a pious person, an ascetic, or a religious student on the path. Seeking refuge in the shade away from the heat of the sun in a dream means comfort, profits, or
from harm. As for a woman, shade in her dream represents her husband. If an unmarried woman sees herself seeking the shade in a dream, it means her marriage and that she will marry a rich and a powerful person. If one finds it cold to sit in the shade in his dream, then if he seeks to sit under the sun to worm himself up, it means that his poverty will be dispelled, for cold in a dream also means poverty. (Also see Shadow)
Hill Dream Explanation
— (Elevation) In a dream, a hill represents a powerful and a dangerous person. Any construction surrounding such a hill represents one's wealth. If one sees a flat land adjacent to a discarded high ground or a hill in a dream, such a hill represents a rich man whose wealth compares to the size of the surrounding property. A valley of green pasture surrounding a hill in the dream represents his strength, justice in method of dealing with others, or it could mean religious devotion. Following that line of thoughts, it also means rising in rank at the hand of a powerful person. Crossing hills in a dream means
from danger. Standing on top of a hill in a dream means presiding over a religious person. Descending a hill or an elevation in a dream represents losses, migraine headache, or humiliation. Imprisonment on the top of a hill in a dream means a high ranking job. If the elevation is made of trash in a dream, it means worldly and material status. An elevation in a dream also represents one's wife.
Sweets Dream Explanation
— Seeing or eating sweets in a dream indicates one's sincerity in his religious attendance, release of a prisoner, arrival of a traveller, recovery of a sick person, marriage of an unwed person, guidance, repentance, learning the Quran, buying new clothing for one's children, having a loyal servant, or earning blessed monies. Seasonal sweets in a dream represent witnessing an annual festival, or the reinstatement of a just ruler. To feel saturated with sweets in a dream means self-conceit, lies, or it could mean extolment, or speaking nice words. Eating sweets in a dream also means suffering from cold symptoms. Though, eating fermented sweets or preserves in a dream may represent a cure. If a sweet is made from the basic four ingredients (i.e., honey, sugar, flour and manna or dates, or other fillings) in a dream, it means happiness, longevity, or
from the consequences of a dangerous business one ventures in with greed. As for a believer, eating sweets in a dream means tasting the blessings of one's faith, though for a disbeliever, it means indulging in the pleasures of this world. (Also see Pastry; Seasonal sweets; Sweets maker)
Lock Dream Explanation
— (Padlock) In a dream, a lock represents a trustworthy person or a virgin girl. Opening a padlock in a dream means
from jail, or release from prison. If one who is suffering from depression sees himself unlocking a padlock in a dream, it means that his sorrows or sadness will be dispelled. A lock in a dream also represents a proof, a strong point or a tool. Unlocking a padlock in a dream also means divorce. Locking a door in a dream means seeking a cosigner for a loan or a guarantor. If one who is seeking to get married sees a lock in his dream, it means that he will meet with a trustworthy and a caring woman. A padlock for a traveller in a dream means safety. A metal lock in a dream means dignity, safety, piety, deciphering a language, symbols, or acquiring knowledge. Wooden locks in a dream represent a husband, children, knowledge, wisdom, ease in one's life, or guarding one's promise. Locks in a dream also mean heedlessness. A wooden lock means hypocrisy, or hesitation in one's words and actions, or it could mean accepting a bribe. (Also see Close; Padlock)
Prostration Dream Explanation
— (Faith; Prayers; Gratitude; Piety; Fear of wrongdoing; Repentance; Reward; Strength; Truthfulness) If one sees himself prostrating in submission to Allah Almighty in a dream, it means that he will be cured of arrogance, and he will establish the correct spiritual and religious life, quickly achieve what his heart desires in both spiritual and material gains, and he will triumph over his enemy. Prostrating oneself in a dream also means repenting from sin, feeling regret, salvation,
from danger, or receiving pardon. Prostrating during a war in a dream means humiliation before one's enemy, a fight, business losses, or it could mean standing helpless before closed doors. Prostrating oneself before Allah Almighty on top of a mountain in a dream means vanquishing a strong enemy, while prostrating on top of a hill means submission to a strong man. Prostration in a dream also means faith in Allah Almighty, joining the company of Allah's messenger upon whom be peace, in paradise, longevity and improving one's spiritual life. If one sees a piece of gold prostrating to a piece of silver in a dream, it means that a nobler person will submit to a lowly one. (Also see Prayers)
Glass bottle Dream Explanation
— A glass bottle in a dream represents a servant, a housekeeper, a son or a woman. A glass bottle in a dream also represents a woman who does not keep a secret, a slanderous companion, sickness, an adulteress or a prostitute. A glass bottle filled with oil in a dream represents a woman and her makeup. If one grooms his hair with oil from such a bottle in a dream, it means adorning himself or being proud about his love for such a woman. If the oil spills over one's face during the process of applying it in the dream, it means that he will suffer from distress. The broken chips of a glass bottle in a dream represent money. A urine testing tube in a dream represents a prostitute. Thus, if one sees himself urinating inside such a tube in his dream, he should beware not to commit adultery. A bottle of wine in a dream represents a housekeeper who is hesitant about carrying money on her. A bottle of wine in a dream represents a pregnant woman who could suffer from hemorrhaging though she will deliver her child safely. Glass bottles of different colors and sizes in a dream represent people of different nationalities. A glass bottle in a dream also could mean exposing people's secret life or slandering disloyal people. If a glass bottle falls and breaks inside one's house in a dream, it means avoiding corruption or
from temptation that could take place inside such a house. (Also see Bottle)
Village Dream Explanation
— (City; Suburban area; Town) A village in a dream represents injustice that will be followed by destruction as a consequence of people's sins. Entering a well fortified village in a dream means fighting with someone. Crossing a village into a city in a dream means changing a menial job into a more respectable one, or perhaps it could mean downgrading a good deed one has performed, thinking of it as unimportant, or regretting it, or it could mean doing something good and thinking of it as evil, or perhaps it could mean showing indecisiveness and doubt. Entering a village in a dream also means governing it, or presiding over its people, or it could mean commencing a new job. Walking out of a village in a dream means
from evil. Seeing a destroyed village in a dream means heedlessness or a calamity caused by the sins of its dwellers. Seeing a well-built village in a dream shows the piety and righteousness of its people. Seeing ancient edifices or ruins inhabited again in a dream represents people's repentance from sin. A village in a dream also could signify injustice, innovations, corruption, disregarding the divine laws, or discarding the moral standards set by the community. A village in a dream also could represent ants underground nest or colony, while an anthill in a dream represents a village. If a village is completely destroyed by fire, or floods, or freezing temperature, or by locusts, or plagues in one's dream, it means suffering under the oppression of an unjust ruler or a tyrant, or it could mean destroying an anthill. Moving from a village into a city in a dream means leaving one's toiling and hardships behind him. Moving from a city into a village means the opposite, and signifies leaving comfort and safety to meet with discomfort and fear. (Also see City)
Wadi Dream Explanation
— (Valley) Seeing a ravine or a valley with a dry watercourse in a dream means going on a tiring trip, taking a long journey, or it could represent an intractable person. Seeing a wadi in a dream denotes good deeds, or making offerings to please Allah Almighty. A wadi in a dream also represents its dwellers, a tribe from that region, or its plantations. If one sees the wadi blossoming with fruit trees, fragrant flowers, a running water course, or if one hears nice words during such a dream, it means that he will rise in station, or mingle with people in power, or receive an appointment in the government, and for a righteous person, it means that miraculous events and blessings will be shown at his hands by Allah's leave. Seeing a wadi in a dream also means rain, and that the ravine will be filled with rainwater. A wadi in a dream also could represent a prison because of the steep mountains surrounding it and the difficulty in crossing it. Seeing oneself in a wadi floating in the air until one reaches a desired altitude in a dream means working for a powerful person. A wadi in a dream also represents a warrior, a bandit, a highway robber or a lion. If a wadi obstructs one's journey in a dream, it may represent a robbery, heavy rain, or having to face a dangerous person. If one is not travelling, then it means distress, adversity, harm, imprisonment, fear, or illness. Crossing a wadi in the wintertime in a dream means
from danger. Digging a wadi in a dream means the death of a family member. Falling into a steep wadi in a dream and feeling no pain or incurring no harm from it in a dream means that one will receive a gift from someone in authority or from his superior. Inhabiting a valley with no vegetation in a dream means performing one's pilgrimage to Mecca. To wander aimlessly in a wadi in a dream means writing a poem. (Also see Flying)
Lion Dream Explanation
— The lion is a ruler, a tyrant, or a powerful and very dangerous person, in view of the ferocity and devastating anger of that animal. It also symbolizes the warrior, the swindler, the thief, the treacherous worker, the policeman, the insatiable enemy, and perhaps hardships and death, because he who stares at it turns pale, loses his self-control, and is as good as dead, says Ibn Siren. Furthermore, it represents the ruler who embezzles public funds and commits injustice and the lurking enemy. The lioness symbolizes the daughter of a king. The baby lion (lion's whelp or cub) is a boy. A man told Ibn Siren, "I dreamed that I was embracing and nursing a baby lion." When the great seer looked at him, saw his humble appearance and miserable garments, and understood that he could not be eligible for any honour, he said, "What could you possibly have to do with the children of princes?!" and he added, "Is your wife, by chance, breast-feeding the son of a prince?" "Yes," was the reply.
• Seeing a lion entering a house where a person is ill: The patient will die.
• A lion intruding in one's house: Hardship on the part of the chief. If the beast suddenly devours the dreamer, he will be the victim of an injustice, his money will be stolen, or he will be beaten or killed at the hands of the ruler, especially if he dreamed that his soul had left his body or that his head had been cut off.
• Receiving a lion and seeing it in one's place without bothering with it: Will be scared to death by the sultan, but no real harm will occur.
• A lion entering the city: A plague, hardships, a tyrant, or an enemy.
• A lion entering the mosque and standing at the minbar or podium: A tyrant will emerge and will terrorize and harm people.
• Riding on a lion's back: Will ride on a high tide, either by travelling by sea in the inappropriate season when the sea is in fury or by succeeding or outsmarting the ruler. The dreamer might also be facing a situation wherein he stands helpless, hence the wishful dream.
• Riding on a subdued or perfectly obedient lion: Will have the upper hand in a feud with a tyrant.
• Riding on a lion but being afraid of it: Harm will befall the dreamer, or he will face some hard test.
• Fighting a lion: Will fight an enemy, a ruler, the authority, or whatever the lion stands for.
• Killing a lion: The end of all sorrows.
• Being overpowered by a lion: Will have a fever because, says Ibn Siren, the lion is known to be feverish.
from a lion without the latter running after the dreamer to catch him: Will evade an imminent danger.
• Eating lion meat or drinking lioness milk: Will get money from a ruler and triumph over one's enemy.
• Eating lioness meat: Will wield tremendous power or become a great king.
• Cutting off a lion's head: Will become a king or have a fantastic influence.
• Lion skin: The enemy's money.
• Herding lions: Will befriend kings and terrible personalities.
• Mixing or having intercourse with a lion: Will be secure from the enemy's evil and hostility will cease, to be replaced by a lasting friendship.
• Turning into a lion: Will become unjust inasmuch as the lion appeared ferocious.


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These shoes are wide on my average width feet and they look dull. Not too comfortable either. I ordered sequoia shade and got these laurel instead, which is simply dull orange or coral. Very disappointed. They are gong back ASAP!
June 20, 2014
I really wanted to love it...
I really wanted to love it, but I only like them. They are fine for short-term wearing, but after several hours, it starts to rub on the bottoms of my feet around the edges. Maybe where the sides are stitched to the bottoms. They are cushy, and run true to size, although it wouldn't have hurt to gone up 1/2 size. They will probably stretch with more wear.
I'm glad I got these on sale.
June 18, 2014
Love this shoe, but too wide for my foot.
I love the extra heel on these shoes. But I could not wear the shoe and had to return it because the shoe was too wide.
May 31, 2014
Cute and comfortable shoe
I bought one just like this from a local store and I liked it so well that I ordered a different color in the same style. I like this one too.
April 15, 2014
Not a fan!
This shoe is too tight and is not medium width. The bands that go across the shoe are plastic and some of the stitching digs into your skin. The appearance is cute, but the quality is cheap. Very disappointed and can't even wear them. A waste of money!
April 3, 2014
Tight in the bend of the foot
The shoes did not fit right. They hit too close to the top of the foot where it bends. Had to send them back.
February 13, 2014
Wonderful summer shoe
Love this shoe! It's great to wear with a casual skirt or dressier pants and yet its super comfortable. Thank you Clarks!
August 21, 2013
Comfortable great arch support
I brought one pair in natural color than brought another pair in white they didn't have the other colors available but I'm keeping watch to see when their available in other colors so comfortable
October 3, 2013
Most comfortable
Second pair I have purchased. Love how comfortable and received many compliments on style.
September 13, 2013
This shoe is very comfortable
I am very pleased with my Clark's Lexi Laurels. They are super comfortable and I get many favorable compliments when I wear them. This was my choice of shoe to wear for my birthday today!!!
July 23, 2013
I love these shoes
These shoes fit great and I normally order a wide but they did not come in wide and I liked them so much I decided to order them and see how the fit was. I am nuts about most of the bendable shoes, I just tried my first pair from QVC last year and I now have about 10 different pairs, so as you can see I am hooked on them. Bendables are the most comfortable shoes I ever owned and I own many many shoes.
August 20, 2013
A good warm weather shoe for all dress styles.
Great fit and comfort, excellent shoe all around for casual or more dressier.
August 10, 2013
Very Comfortable
Shoes are cute and extremely comfortable. I can wear them all day, great support.
August 5, 2013
Very comfortable shoe!
Very comfortable shoe! I recommend it. It didn't need to be broken in before wearing. They fit perfect!
July 30, 2013
LOVE this shoe!
I have this shoe in three colors! I have a bad knee and have had to be really careful about what shoes I can wear. After a couple of years of tennis shoes and 'granny' shoes, I found these and I am thrilled at how comfortable -- as well as stylish -- they are!! Very well made and they don't 'flop' when you walk.
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We, the members of the National Association for Multicultural Education, are committed to improving educational equity and social justice for all people. As we prepare to gather in New Orleans for our 18th annual conference, this resolution declares our recognition of the direct linkage between our goals for social justice with those specifically addressing environmental justice.
We recognizing the direct link of social and environmental justice, both founded on principles of equality, fair treatment, democracy and the fundamental right to a safe environment. They share a fundamental belief in our interdependence and the sacredness of Mother Earth as a common foundation to diverse spiritual and cultural belief systems. Both social and environmental justice affirm human rights guaranteeing political, economic, cultural and environmental self determination to all peoples, and mandate that public policy and resource distribution be based upon mutual respect for the rights of all peoples to live free of bias and discrimination. Including government actions that cause increased isolation or segregation through the forced movement or removal of people
The social dynamics underlying the barriers to educational equality are the same disparities of wealth, power and race in our society that create the disproportionate environmental hazards faced by low income and communities of color.
Both social justice and environmental justice acknowledge the seamless connection between natural/environmental and social/racial conditions and decisions. Both social and environmental justice reject the concept of race/class "neutrality", and insist on examination of who benefits and who bears the burdens of policies and procedures. Research in both social and environmental justice reveals the disproportionately high degree to which communities of color are exposed to pollution (and the corresponding low level of environmental benefits they enjoy) result from of deep societal racism and classism.
Environmental injustice creates primary barriers to effective learning. Living conditions, land use decisions, and environmental conditions directly impact citizen's quality of life, readiness for learning, productivity, and overall health.
THEREFORE, advocates and activists in social and environmental justice demand priority efforts to reverse centuries of inequities and oppression, including the disproportionate exposure to high levels of pollution and hazardous living conditions existing in communities of color.
The members of NAME declare our RESOLVE to work to correct inequities related to environmental racism and classism.
We resolve to work for focused, determined actions by government and officials to remove the mechanisms keeping generations of under-served communities of color at extreme risk. Primary to these efforts are vigorous and consistent enforcement of environmental regulations (i.e. reinstating policies that monitoring agencies collect data and generate strategies to address the disproportionate pollution and land use policies experienced by minority communities, and identification of sources of local environmental risks within communities).
We are further resolved that people from all sectors of the affected under-served communities of color participate as equal partners in the decision-making, planning, and implementation of corrective steps.
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A friend has offered me a huge bed of small rocks of different pretty colors. I have been reading all about everyones rock gardens but it seems most are much larger rocks. Does anyone have some good ideas on what I could do with this rock? I have 5 acres and just starting gardening and landscaping last year. |
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Gravel mulch! I utilize large rocks in my garden, of course, but the smaller stones are just as valuable, in my thinking. I wished I had a good close-up image of my latest rock garden to show you, although some of the xeric garden images in my Webshots garden album shows a whole range of rock sizes. The gravel mulch lessens the need for watering, keeps the plants that need sharp drainage dry around the base, and adds texture to the bare winter ground. It also gives me a showcase to show off some of the prettier small stones I've collected over the years. |
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Your place in incredible. You must spend many, many hours in your gardens. Thanks for sharing. If you do use gravel for mulch what do you do when you want to add to the bed? Just move them out of the way, plant, they move back? |
Maeflower, Yes, one downfall to gravel mulch is that it is easy to mess up. I periodically remove leaves and stuff that blow in and collect around larger rocks and underneath plants to keep it from making new 'soil'. When you want to plant, scoop back your rocks and set to one side, and use a pot or something like a tarp to collect the 'diggings' and keep the area clean. When you've planted, watered and settled your new plant, remove the leftover soil, then replace the rocks/gravel. And, yes, I do spend lots of time on my gardens! ;-) I would rather pull weeds and mix compost than to do just about anything else--except to play with my fish!! I have been trying to make it easier and less time consuming overall by making the broad gravel walkways and using bark mulch and installing drip/micro sprinkler systems, since our summers are so darned hot and dry. Now if the @#$% chickens would just quit digging everything up!!! |
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"If triangles had a god, he would have three sides" - Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
The quote is something I've known for years but never knew who to attribute it to. I had to look it up, really. But something about it says a lot about who we are as a people. If you think about it, people throughout time have been worshiping entities which, generally, look like us. Even in the cases where there were animal spirits we somehow managed to anthropomorphize them in ways that make little sense. In fact, in some form or another, we've always believed ourselves to somehow be the center of the universe, even now. Sure, we don't believe in a geocentric universe anymore (most of us), but we still have little quirks about us that we (at least, the majority of us) haven't really considered in the same light. To each of us, we are the center of our own universe and everyone else is, if not completely, mostly wrong in their own views. Example: perspective.
When I started to write this post I was fueled to do so by a number of motivations. One being that I was looking to use some of these thoughts as the basis of a story. Another being an uncomfortable and unhappy conversation I had on my birthday a few days ago. But in the course of starting this post I looked at the date and realized something important, today was an anniversary that was worth mentioning.
For as long as I've been alive I've been given a good grasp of what exactly defines "moral" and "right" behavior. Thanks in part to the fact that I've been raised mostly without organized religion I have a set of morals and ethics that are pretty lacking in judgment and centered more around a measured understanding of other people. But did I really have an understanding of other people or was I just assuming I did? It's a question that's bothered me for the better part of a year.
You see, one year ago today, a friend of my family died of cancer. Two days later, my grandmother died of the same form of cancer, an event that left me in a bit of a tizzy for a few months. And, as earth-shattering as that might have been to have two close deaths in a single week, the thing that truly left me traumatized was the forced interaction with people who possessed a different sense of morality than myself. The deaths were bad enough, but what those people said and did left me so confused and so angry that I had a hard time coping with the most important factor: my grief.
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After some poking, prodding and a little helpful advice from someone identified to me as a "published author" I have come to start a blog. Something about the idea of doing one of these has always chafed me slightly. Maybe it's because in this day and age it seems that everyone has one of these in some form or another. Though if I try to be a non-conformist and buck the trend it would mean I'm trying to be an individual... just like everyone else. We're all precious and unique snowflakes until we get added to the pile, after all. Still, it can't hurt much to have a space to air my observations, display some of my work and share the curiosities I've seen around me.
So I broke down, signed up for an account and got to work on setting up a blog for myself. Most of it was an easy enough endeavor: sign up an account with an e-mail, put in your personal information, choose a template. But there was one detail that escaped me for some time and required a small focus group to try to tackle: the title.
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The Noon Lions Club, as well as Exchange Club of Cleveland, combined their meetings last week at the Cleveland Country Club to hear Walker describe his journey through the Air Force and his many experiences flying overseas.
Walker has flown an F-16 in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan and has flown in about 160 combat missions.
"The support that we get from everyone down here is unbelievable. It really warms your heart," said Walker.
He recently received the Robbie Risner Award and is now the number 1 fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.
Walker spoke about his time overseas as well as how he was able to reach his current status in the Air Force.
He said he became interested in flying from seeing pictures of his grandfather Hugh Ellis Walker in uniform as well as attending flight shows, during such events as Memphis In May.
Walker went to the Air Force Academy as a soccer player and after graduation trained in San Antonio, Texas, with the National Guard before going through the Air Force Weapons School.
After going through the rigorous procedures necessary to fly in combat and to become an instructor, Walker said it is rewarding to pass on his knowledge.
"It's a very rewarding experience to have my young guys get to that level of experience," said Walker.
Walker spent time in Germany, which he refers to as his "favorite tour," working in an operation called Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses or SEAD.
The goal of which was to entice enemy fire in order to better understand their weapons.
After his time in Germany, Walker spent five and a half months in Iraq and said he was glad, "we ended up not having to drop a single bomb the entire time we were there."
A short time later, Walker was selected to attend the Air Force Weapons School, where he learned the highest level of training in the country.
Walker then spent three months in Libya, seven months in Afghanistan and was able to return home around two months ago.
After delivering his speech, Walker answered questions from the audience of almost a hundred, including his thoughts about drones.
Walker explained that "drones can stay airborne longer" and "be up for days when we need sleep as pilots," however there are specific things pilots are able to do that drones can't such as "have wider scope to see" the area they are fighting against.
Walker also said the U.S. "owns the night" in regards to flying.
Walker, who said he shares his love of southern cuisine, including sweet tea, with those he meets, is moving to Las Vegas with his family, where he will serve as an instructor at the Air Force Weapons School teaching other fighter pilots.


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RealATC Concept for Flight Simulator About Includes 5 real flights recorded in the cockpit: 1. " 20 Heavy" Flight from Munich Germany to Miami Florida. (EDDM to KMIA) 2. Flight 106 From London's Gatwick to Vienna, Austria (EGKK to LOWW) 3. Flight 425 from Vienna, Austria to Nice, France (LOWW to LFMN) 4. Flight 9973 from London's Stanstead to Malaga, Spain (EGSS to LEMG) 5. Cherokee 6 N54429 IFR from Houston's Hobby Airport to San Antonio, Texas (KHOU to KSAT) and much much more It is delivered only by DIRECT DOWNLOAD for the quickest delivery possible. No more waiting for the post office!! 848 MB IN THE BIG COMPRESSED ZIP FILE Just use Windows Explorer to drag and drop what you want and where you want it! No Changes to your registry nor any difficult uninstall routines! For Radar Contact, the RealATC in the US is ready to go with alternating Centers. Once center will play the default files and when flying into another center, the new file set will play. The European flights are all set to the appropriate FIR's and landing and departure airports. And by following the Radar Contact Documentation, you can move the files to anywhere you like very easily. For Enviro3.2! the Files are grouped into 12 Banks: 1. Clearance, 2. Ground, 3. Tower, 4. Departure, 5. Enroute, 6. Approach7. ATIS, 8. HF including Oceanic Clearances, 9. Flight 106, 10. Flight 9973 11.Cherokee 6 IFR, 12. Flight 425 (includes all cockpit chatter also) For the Flights, the files are sequential in each bank. The 20 Heavy Flight is embedded within the first six groups. Default installation of these files in Radar Contact will result in the RealATC files being played when in the following FAA Centers: ZSE, ZLA, ZDV, ZHU, ZAU, ZME, ZNY and ZJK. Look at the ARTCC MAP Click HERE The collection is so large and varied that you will literally never hear them all while flying using random selection as Radar Contact or Enviro32! reads the files! I f you enjoy Radar Contact with FS2000, FS2002 or FS2004, this collection is guaranteed to double your enjoyment!If you use Enviro32! with any of your favorite flight simulator experiences you're going love what this adds to your experience. In addition as an added bonus , you'll get 3 of the flights in Microsoft Adventure Format for users of FS2000 and FS2002 together with the flight plans, charts and background of each flight, available as a separate FREE download. FS2004 and FSX users can Fly the real flights by using Enviro32!'s sequential file playing from within the appropriate bank. This is the Ultimate RealATC Collection with the special edit that truly recreates the Real Air Traffic Control Experience on your PC with your favorite Flight Simulator like no other.
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available as a FREE Utility included with the RealATC file set. Radar Contact is (c) JDT LLC X-Plane is (c) Laminar Research The Ultimate RealATC Collection for Radar
Great " ALL NEW pre-recorded chatter" for Radar Contact version 4 and 3. If you're tired of the same old chatter- here's a low cost alternative A VERY long time beta tester of Radar Contact, and a close friend of both John Dekker and Doug Thompson had this to say in a December 05 email: "What I think you would appreciate is the new V4 of RC, coupled with your wav's, that is what I am testing right this moment and very pleased with. A big user problem has surfaced with V4 about the quality of the AI chatter that RC now produces. We are working on an entire new sound system for the AI chatter right now. However coupled with your canned chatter it is such an improvement. I don't think at present most Radar Contact users are aware of your program. They have complained so much about the same old wav's that were in RCv3....I have 3 notes from them today asking how my install and impressions were of Real ATC. " And in late February after the release of 4.01, this same tester had this to say: "The initial comments that a very few Radar Contact V4 users had about voice quality has been resolved with the release of v4.01. I think it would be very helpful to make that note on your web site. I would really make a point on your web site about the great immersion quality of your wav's." Requirements A DVD Drive to read the media and the ability to use Windows Explorer to copy the files For Enviro!32 :
For Radar Contact If you have Radar Contact purchased and Installed then only an additional 600 mb of HD space is required. For Radar Contact If you have Radar Contact purchased and Installed then only an additional 600+ mb of HD space is required. Update Nov 13, 2005 - The manual for Radar Contact Version 4 has been released and there has been no change in the way additional chatter is added from Version 3 so these files will most definitely add to the Version 4 experience also! Testers report perfect compatibility with Radar Contact Version 4.3 Read a review of the original RealATC product here on flightsim.com - since the programming language changed, all I have left to offer at the 4400+ awesome sound bytes accumulated over various phases and products. This is the Ultimate RealATC Collection with the special edit that truly recreates the Real Air Traffic Control Experience on your PC with your favorite Flight Simulator like no other. You'll even hear a great exchange with a reference to former president Bill Clinton, Bud One, a NASA flight . An instruction by a tower controller to do a 360 and so much more cool stuff including a genuine emergency or 2!! The collection is so large and varied that you will literally never hear them all while flying using random selection as Radar Contact or Enviro!32 reads the files! A very short review of the REALATC 2 which I authored can be found here at amazon.com You can read a good discussion of RealATC and why it stopped with FS2004 here at flightsim.com FILE LINEUP AS INSTALLED FOR ENVIRO!32 Clearance 105 Files Ground 329 Files Tower 776 Files Departure 323 Files Enroute 784 Files Approach 990 Files ATIS 27 Files High Frequency 38 Files Flight 106 270 Files Flight 9973 375 Files Cherokee 6 IFR 268 Files Flight 425 176 Files Approximate Total = 4461 Click the banner below for a trip back in time! |