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The kissing balloons technique. Simultaneous dilatation of stenoses of branch arteries at the bifurcation of the renal artery. | |
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Whereas dilatation of a single stenosis of the main renal artery is a routine intervention, a narrowing of the renal artery at its bifurcation extending into the branch arteries poses a more complex problem. The procedural risks of renal artery dilatation are compounded by the danger of occlusion of one of the branch arteries during maneuvers to dilate the other. Long-term results of surgical vascular reconstruction at a renal artery bifurcation are not satisfactory. Untreated, these stenoses lead to intractable hypertension and impairment or loss of renal function. We present a patient with hypertension and impaired function of the right kidney on account of a renal arterial bifurcation stenosis. Using a bilateral transfemoral arterial approach 2 balloon catheters were simultaneously placed into the origins of the renal artery branches and both arteries were successfully dilated by the kissing balloons technique. This method provides an elegant alternative to difficult surgery to save an endangered kidney. |
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Basically the displayport can't be synchronised with the DVI port and this causes the horizontal refresh tear.
The solution: run all displayport. If you use DVI you have to put up with it.
This is why I will buy Nvidia unless there is a Radeon 8X video card with 3 or more displayports other wise you are doomed to suffer the tear.
This is Eyefinitys great secret shame. It seriously mars an otherwise awesome feature but there is hardly anything about it on the web.
The reason why it is secret is because if people who bought AMD for Eyefinity found out you need a rare Eyefinity edition or 4 display port video card and all display port monitors (very much in the minority). They would just take the easy solution and buy Nvidia.
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't AMD's fault but why on earth would they have people sell video cards with only 2 displayports. It means they are just ignoring the design fault and have no respect for people who wish to use the Eyefinity feature.
Cards with less than 3 displayports should not be labeled as Eyefinity.
Yep, I knew this was a design fault. What a waste of our time. AMD needs to correct this.
As an interesting side note, I ended up buying a GeForce GTX 660, and it actually kind of also has tearing issues, but it is possible to temporarily fix them at least. If your computer goes to sleep or the display sleeps, when it comes back on, one of the two displays shows tearing (pretty much exactly like the Radeon does). However, if you then go into the display settings and change the type of scaling (from any type to any type) on either of the two displays, the tearing goes away.
Of course, it's annoying to still have a tearing problem, but the fact that it is at least temporarily fixable means that it is not an insurmountable issue, at least in the case of the GTX 660.
I'm going to submit this as a support ticket to them and hopefully they will look into it and bake an automated refresh synchronization step right in the driver.
@astarothcy interesting, I did not know that about the Nvidias. Is tearing as prevalent as the AMDs? Does it look the same?
Maybe there could be a cheap fix with scaling? I wonder what the technical reason for this would be.
The tearing looks somewhat similar in that it is a single tear line, but it is not quite as extreme of a tear, and it doesn't move smoothly up the screen like it did on the Radeon.
However! NVidia just released a driver update last night, and this is only after one reboot, but I don't see the tearing anymore!
EDIT: Nevermind, the tearing still comes back after the computer sleeps. I'll try to boot into a different OS (Ubuntu Live USB) and see if it does the same thing.
Weird, I originaly posted this in two places figuring I had put it in the wrong place.
Now someone has moved them to same base.. great more confusion or more coverage.
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The displayport CAN be synchronized with the DVI port. I recently upgraded from a 5870 with no tearing to a 7970 with tearing.
Windows 7 Pro 64: (DVI)(DVI)(DP->DVI) Currently on CCC 13.9 with 3 identical ASUS monitors.
This issue is widespread and not well known until you own the card. I checked reviews before this purchase from many sites and I did not see this issue anywhere. I chose the 7970 because I had no problems with the 5870 and I wouldn't require any new connections.
I have tried disabling the HDMI audio, but that didn't work. I have tried the use centered timings with no luck. I can choose a basic theme under personalization and that will stop the tearing, but movements become very rough (jagged window borders when dragging). Some people claim it goes away and comes back but I think for some of them, they just don't realize that the tear is slowly moving down the screen and when at the extreme top or bottom, it is harder to see. If DP is set as preferred display, then the 2 DVI screens have the tear. If DVI is set as preferred, the DP has the tear.
1) Because the tear will vanish with a different profile (basic) and 2) the tear did not exist with my 5870 with the same cable connection, this leads me to believe it can be fixed.
Is there any new information on a fix for this?
Just tested my old card again with the same drivers. I had been using 13.9 with the 7970 and 13.4 with the 5870. I pulled out the 7970, put in one 5870 (not crossfire) with the exact same outputs, drivers and monitors. No tearing.
The 7970 is going back. I am going to try the 7990 with more than 3 mini dp outputs... Hopefully it's not a waste of money.
*I went for the EVGA GTX 780 SC instead... I haven't been with nVidia for 10 years but with a tearing issue like this and no support for the issue, I find that unacceptable.
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Album: Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
I sense someones tapping into my phones why do
I got this feeling in my bones I might die soon
The F.B.I might be tryin to pull my file soon
I might be walking blind fold into a typhoon
I might be seeing rockets light up the night sky
Right outside of the window of my living room
And if they do you can say goodnight and bye bye to them itunes
If I don't try to record as much before I do
The plan is to have as many in the can as I can
As I stand before you in this booth a walking deadman
Blank stare dead pan look as my face as I gaze into space
As I wait to be scooped up in that van
Mysteriously disappear into thin air
And they gon' say a sniper just appeared out of no where
And I'll go down in the history as the blood sucking leech
Who hid behind the freedom of speech
Tryed to take the fifth amendment use it, twist it and bend it
And ended up dying the villain not the hero, splendid
The business way to end this I can feel the tremors tremendous
In remembrance of september 11
Flash back to september 7th
When Tupac was murdered in Vegas
He said that he predicted his own death
Let us never forget it or should we ever live to regret it
Like the day John F Kennedy was assasinated in broad day light
By a craze lunatic with a gun
Who just happened to work on the same block in a library book depository
Where the President would go for a little friday stroll
Shots fired from the grassy knoll
But they don't know or do they?
Whos they for them to say Touch©
Where all vunerable and it's spooky
This is about as cookey as I've ever felt now
Count down to Nuclear Meltdown
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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When its time its your time
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Sometimes it is the whole plant that can be poisonous, where as with others it is just one part (such as the bark, leaves, pollen, stem or the plant's roots). Here is a list of the top ten houseplants which can be extremely harmful to our moggies and should be avoided.
Tiger Lillies are thought to be the most poisonous plants for cats, with the whole plant being toxic and causing vomiting, lethargy and loss of appetite if ingested. If left untreated, the poisoning can cause fatal kidney failure within 24 to 72 hours.
The Potato Family includes plants such as potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and chillies all of which contain a toxic substance called Glycoalkanoid Solamine which can be poisonous to cats. The raw leaves and stems of these plants can cause aggressive lower gastrointestinal pain if eaten by your cat.
Poison Ivy and other species of Ivy, can be highly toxic to your household pet (as the name suggests). If your cat comes into contact with poison ivy, severe rashes can appear which can become really nasty if left untreated.
Mistletoe is one of the most deadly plants for cats, but it is the berries in particular that you should keep the kitty away from. Ingesting these festive white berries can cause vomiting and diarrhoea, along with blisters in the mouth and breathing problems.
Weeping Fig trees are quite tempting for cats to sleep underneath but it is the leaves that are the most toxic part. If eaten in large quantities, the weeping fig can be highly poisonous to cats often causing stomach problems.
Azalea is a common landscape plant but both the leaves and the flowers can be poisonous to cats. If ingested, this plant can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pains, breathing and kidney problems for your moggie.
Juniper Shrubs are one of the most well known berry plants in the country, but it is the ingestion of too many of the leaves from these plants that can lead to severe abdominal pain and upset for your cat.
Bulb Plants such as daffodils and tulips are poisonous for cats, particularly the bulbs. If ingested, bulb plants will cause vomiting and diarrhoea and have been known to have fatal consequences, and should be avoided in your back garden.
If you would like to know what other plants may be toxic to your cat, please see the full list below:
B Baby's Breath Baneberry Bayonet Beargrass Beech Belladonna Bird of Paradise Bittersweet Black-eyed Susan Black Locust Bleeding Heart Bloodroot Bluebonnet Box Boxwood Branching Ivy Buckeyes Buddist Pine Burning Bush Buttercup
E Easter Lily Eggplant Elaine Elderberry Elephant Ear Emerald Feather English Ivy Eucalyptus Euonymus Evergreen
F Ferns Fiddle-leaf fig Florida Beauty Flax Four O'Clock Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant
G Geranium German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane Glacier IvyGolden Chain Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Glow Golden Pothos Gopher Purge
I Indian Rubber Plant Indian Tobacco Iris Iris Ivy
J Jack in the Pulpit Janet Craig Dracaena Japanese Show Lily Java Beans Jessamine Jerusalem Cherry Jimson Weed Jonquil Jungle Trumpets
K Kalanchoe
L Lacy Tree Philodendron Lantana Larkspur Laurel Lily Spider Lily of the Valley Locoweed Lupine
N Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade
O Oleander Onion Oriental Lily
P Peace Lily Peach (pits and wilting leaves) Pencil Cactus Peony Periwinkle Philodendron Pimpernel Plumosa Fern Poinciana Poinsettia (low toxicity) Poison Hemlock Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pokeweed Poppy Potato Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Privet, Common
S Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Scotch Broom Silver Pothos Skunk Cabbage Snowdrops Snow on the Mountain Spotted Dumb Cane Staggerweed Star of Bethlehem String of Pearls Striped Dracaena Sweetheart Ivy Sweetpea Swiss Cheese plant
V Virginia Creeper
W Water Hemlock Weeping Fig Wild Call Wisteria
Y Japanese Yew English Yew Western Yew American Yew
Even though there are a number of plants on this list that are found in nearly every household, don't panic. If you can't remove them just make sure that they are out of reach and cannot be nibbled on by your curious kitty as there is no antidote for many of them.


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by Bill Pearis
Fucked Up at House of Vans in July (more by Chris La Putt)
BrooklynVegan is really in the holiday spirit this year. In addition to the BV holiday party with Anna Calvi and Eleanor Friedberger at Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 13 and the Twin Sister/Widowspeak/Ava Luna show at Bowery Ballroom on December 17, we've added a third BV Presents show to the holiday themed mix.
We're psyched to be presenting a full evening of bands at Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Friday, December 16, headlined by Toronto's amazing Fucked Up. Making things more festive will be Big Troubles, Caged Animals, Radical Dads and one more we'll be announcing shortly. DJing in between bands will be Frankie Rose and myself. Tickets are a Bob Crachett-friendly $10 and on sale now.
If you don't know, Brooklyn Night Bazaar is a holiday shopping, eating, drinking and music extravaganza happening Dec. 15 - 17 at a giant warehouse in Williamsburg (149 Kent at N.5th). Shopping and food vendors is free, you gotta pay to see the bands. Thursday 12/15 is James Murphy DJ set with Poolside, Crystal Ark and Midnight Magic, and Saturday 12/17 is The Hold Steady with Titus Andronicus and Wakey Wakey. Full list of vendors is here.
Do come out it should be fun. (Did I mention it's only ten bucks for our night?) Flyer for the Brooklyn Night Bazaar is below.
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I'd like to go to this, but I'm reluctant to because of the trendy hipster saturation that will most likely be at these events. Decisions...
Posted by Anonymous | December 2, 2011 12:18 PM
After seeing this band once, what's the draw? Stupid mindless metal heads will be into it, but they're really not that special live. At all...
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Hotel Kia Ora Sauvage
- Guests can swim or canoe to the adjacent islands to do some exploring or feed the black tipped sharks in the lagoon.
- Kia Ora Sauvage offers a Robinson Caruso experience, the resort has no electricity and provides each of the five bungalows with two gas lanterns each evening.
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Accommodations feature traditional furnishings in bamboo, ironwood, and woven palm fronds. The bathroom itself is a pure marvel - shell curtains, coral flooring, stone basin and its vanilla vines - an extension of the surrounding nature. These beachfront retreats offer guests 301 sq ft of space to relax and unwind.
** Please note that Kia Ora Sauvage does not have electricity, there is an electric group to supply hot water for shower only, but there is no light inside the bungalow. Before night, the host will bring a gas lantern to every bungalow. **
- Access via exterior corridors
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Meal plan
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Kia Ora Sauvage is a miniature version of paradise. As soon as clients land, the legend of Robinson Crusoe becomes true in a setting of 5 traditional bungalows nestled amid the coconut and palm trees. These bungalows have been built in the purest Polynesian tradition while offering high standard amenities. Precious local materials such as ironwood, woven palms, bamboo, coconut, and local handicraft objects have been tastefully integrated in the design of these bungalows. Clients will be marveled at the sight of the bathroom with its shellfish curtain, coral tiles, stone washbasin all surrounded by live tropical plants. Indeed, an atmosphere of luxury combined with authenticity awaits at the Kia Ora Sauvage.
Kia Ora Sauvage is one hour by boat from Hotel Kia Ora located on the south coast side of Rangiroa on a small islet "motu" between the ocean and lagoon.
** Please note that Kia Ora Sauvage does not have electricity, there is an electric group to supply hot water for shower only, but there is no light inside the bungalow. Before night, the host will bring a gas lantern to every bungalow. **
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Rate Inclusions: city tax per person per day, roundtrip boat transfer and Fullboard Meal Plan (American Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).
Meals are prepared by the hotel's hosts and served on the beach or at a communal table in the main building.
A canoe, fishing gear, and snorkeling equipment are available for guest use. Other popular activities include swimming and exploring the surrounding reef and nearby islands.
Hotel Kia Ora Sauvage offers a private beach. PROTECTION OF THE LAGOON: For obvious reasons, fishing and sea shell collecting are not authorized in front of the hotel.
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A listing of Lego's numerous rivals, along with reviews of recent products from these companies, [[http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/miscellaneous/clonebrands_v1.3.pdf may be found here]]. (Incidentally, the only genre Lego has not delved into, which rival manufacturers have, is military/warfare-type sets; this was a conscious decision by Lego, although some consumers have created their own after-market sets using Lego products.) || Lego has become an iconic brand worldwide, far outselling its rivals. Lego sets, although more expensive than their rivals, are typically critical successes on the marketplace and are regarded as well made. Rival companies have ranged in quality from somewhat well-made to rubbish; sales of the rival brands typically are far behind Lego. || || ''Lego'' || Entex's ''Loc Blocs" || Construction building toys using interlocking blocks || One exception to Lego's presence at major stores was at Sears, which sold Entex's Loc Blocs under the house name "Brix Blox" in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The brand itself claimed to have more bricks available at the same cost as Lego. Like Lego at the time, Entex sold a power control unit for motorizing or controlling vehicle creations and so forth. While similar in concept, the major difference was that Loc Blocs used a tall stud and short channels on the bottom of bricks, as opposed to Lego's "studs and tubes" – meaning they were incompatible. || Lego. Loc Blocs/Brix Blox were incompatible with Legos and Lego's chief rivals such as Mega Bloks, and even in the 1970s and 1980s had fewer specialty pieces and a smaller color palate, and with those minuses Loc Blocs soon faded into history. By the mid-1980s, Sears was selling Legos. || || ''{{LEGO}}'' || ''Kre-O'' || [[RuleOfThree Construction building toys using interlocking "studs and tubes" blocks]] || What makes this bout stand out is the Kre-O is owned by Creator/{{Hasbro}}, most likely to satisfy the demand for BuiltWithLego toys of their IPs, such as Franchise/{{Transformers}} and Franchise/GIJoe. {{Transformers}} seems to be the star player for Kre-O, thanks to [[WebAnimation/TransformersKreO a series of humorous animated shorts]] and [[Webcomic/TransformersKreO a series of humorous Manga pages]] [[ReferenceOverdosed loaded with]] {{Mythology Gag}}s. || Lego still maintains is foothold, but at least Kre-O has its place among {{Transformers}} fans, especially thanks to the [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micro-Changer Micro-Changers]] [[note]] Blind-packed Kreons (Minifigures) with extra pieces allowing them to transform.[[/note]] |||| ''LegoFriends'' || ''Mega Bloks'' Barbie || The interlocking brick toys develop specialized lines for girls || Lego Friends – not the first female-oriented line from the iconic toymaker, as lines for girls were introduced as far back as the early 1970s – was introduced in an effort to draw more girls to the toy. A new line of characters – in fact, new mini figure styles, called "Mini-Dolls" – was introduced to go with the set. When the Friends shook off early controversy to become a huge success, Mega Bloks collaborated with Mattel to introduce a lower-cost "construction set for girls" line using the iconic doll line as its basis, hoping to draw customers who wanted a more familiar doll line to play with – girls who've been around for years instead of unfamiliar characters. Like regular Mega Bloks and other Lego rivals, they're often seen in discount and non-superstore stores. || Lego Friends became a huge success and – as is the case with its other products vs. competing brands – sell far better than Mega Bloks' rival line, although the Barbie sets are frequently seen on toy store shelves … near the Friends sets, ironically enough. The success of Friends even inspired Lego to collaborate with Disney to introduce a second line of girl-oriented sets, based on Franchise/DisneyPrincess movies such as ''{{Disney/Cinderella}}'' and ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. || || ''Coca-Cola'' || ''Pepsi'' || Cola-flavored, carbonated soft drinks created around the same time. || Coca-Cola has typically had more success with a "traditional" audience and with restaurant contracts and other exclusive-pouring-rights deals. Pepsi usually is more successful with younger audiences and outsells Coke at retail points-of-sale where both are available. || From TheOtherWiki... According to Beverage Digest's 2008 report on carbonated soft drinks, [=PepsiCo=]'s U.S. market share is 30.8 percent, while The Coca-Cola Company's is 42.7 percent. Coke lost ground to Pepsi in the late 1960s, but the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks New Coke fiasco]] of 1985 and subsequent reintroduction of the original formula catapulted Coke back to the #1 spot, which it holds to this day. Internationally, Coke has more than double the market share of Pepsi, with just over 1/4 of the ''world'' market, and as of early 2013 continues restructuring and investing to grow non-US markets even further.|| || ''I'm A'' Mac || ''And I'm A'' Windows PC. Also, GNU/Linux || Personal computers designed, developed, and marketed to users. Apple was the solution for the novice computer hobbyist that became Mac; IBM wanted a more business-friendly version whose OS became Windows. || Apple has traditionally been the home of designers; when Apple bought [=NeXT=], it amalgamated a UNIX core. Microsoft's MS-DOS and Windows were designed for use in businesses, and later, in homes. GNU/Linux (originally just [=GNU=]) was developed as a free (as in freedom, not necessarily as in price) replacement for the most widely used (at the time) OS in academia and businesses--UNIX. It later developed as the free OS par excellence with POSIX compatibility a major design feature. || Technically ongoing, but Windows still has upwards to 90% market share between all versions, while the Mac usually hovers around the 7% mark. GNU/Linux accounts for 1-2% of the desktops, but most of the servers and supercomputers|| || Axe/Lynx || Tag || Body sprays that have had a lot of success marketing to young men and teenagers. || [[SexForProduct "You'll get laid]] [[BlatantLies if you spray this on".]] || Axe/Lynx is the most successful deodorant brand in the world, while Tag was discontinued in late 2010.|| LaserDisc || Video {{CD}}; UsefulNotes/{{CED}} || Early disc-based video systems. || [=LaserDisc=] hit the market first, and used humongous discs with an analogue data format. CED arrived a few years later (despite having been in development for longer than [=LaserDisc=]) and was basically a phonographic disc with video and a protective plastic cover. Video CD was the last to hit, boasting the smallest discs and digital technology, but also had the lowest picture quality (worse than VHS, in fact). || None of the formats ever became particularly popular outside of the A/V enthusiast market, though [=LaserDisc=] was the most successful overall ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff especially in Japan]]). CED crashed and burned pretty hard, losing developers RCA nearly a '''billion''' dollars and contributing to the demise of the company in 1986. Video CD never became especially successful outside of a few niche applications (and in Asian countries other than Japan), but its SpiritualSuccessor, UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}, would finally achieve mass-market popularity.|| DVD-R(W) || DVD+R(W); DVD-RAM || Recordable and rewritable DVD formats. || DVD-RAM was the first to the market, and had an entirely different design to the other two. DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) were very similar formats, but the latter had some subtle differences that supposedly gave it better back-compatibility with older DVD hardware. || A draw between DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) -- most manufacturers quickly started producing dual-mode DVD±RW drives, which nullified the differences between the two formats. Most users are still unsure as to why this format war ever started in the first place. DVD-RAM was definitely the least successful of the three; despite being the most technically advanced of the formats, it also suffered much more from compatibility problems than the other two formats.|| HD UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} || UsefulNotes/BluRay || A high definition optical disc format. || Toshiba led the design of HD DVD and Sony launched Blu-ray, after the two companies had failed to agree on a common standard. Both formats debuted in 2006, with the first HD DVD discs and players appearing in April and beating Blu-ray rivals by two months. HD DVD equipment and movies initially were cheaper to produce and sell, but Blu-ray discs had more capacity (up to 50 gigabytes versus a 30GB maximum for HD DVD) for video, hi-fi soundtracks and special features. || Toshiba discontinued its format on Feb 19, 2008. Three key factors in HD DVD's defeat: Sony securing retailer support over time, Creator/WarnerBros announcing that it would cease HD DVD support on Jan. 4, 2008 (after having been the only movie studio to issue discs in both formats), and finally Wal-Mart announcing exclusive support. The {{PS3}} is assumed to be a factor, although the two other decisions were based on player sales ''other'' than the [=PS3=].[[note]]This might have been a PyrrhicVictory, as Wal-Mart has recently announced DVD and Blu-ray movies will not be displayed on aisle caps due to slowing sales.[[/note]] Conventional wisdom is that in 2006 the public wasn't ready for another new format so soon after DVD, and that Blu-ray will probably never replace DVD in any significant manner, with streaming video a much more likely successor.[[note]](though Blu-ray may get a stay of execution thanks to countries outside North America generally having much lower internet connection speeds, together with the fact that it can theoretically support the 4K resolution with only minor modifications)[[/note]]|| Columbia 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record || RCA 45 rpm single record || Vinyl microgroove discs with better, quieter sound and more durability than shellac-based 78 rpm records. || Creator/ColumbiaRecords introduced the 12-inch LP in 1948, but RCA was unwilling to license a competitor's technology and responded with the 7-inch 45 a year later. || This battle became a draw, with both formats flourishing for nearly four decades, until compact discs overtook the former and cassettes the latter. |||| {{Betamax}} || Video Home System ({{VHS}}) || Devices to watch movies at home. || ''Marketing books have been written on the subject''. || Betamax is now synonymous with technological failure in the market, despite having better video/audio quality and durability. See also TheRuleOfFirstAdopters. |||| XM Radio || Sirius Radio || Revolutionary satellite radio providers. || Very similar marketing strategies. So much so that at the launch of this trope there's no a agreed discernible difference yet. || [[NetworkDecay Sadly, only losers]]. Neither company could survive on its own and have now merged (Sirius bought XM if you want to get technical). The future is still murky. |||| Slanket || Snuggie || Sweater blankets for those [[TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket too incompetent to operate one]]. || (Wiki magic?) || The Snuggie seems to have more exposure.|| Ford || Chevrolet || Mass-produced cars for regular people. || Chevy brought color and variety and forced Ford away from an "as long as it's black" policy toward the frequent model changes that defined the golden age of American cars. || Chevy took the sales lead from Ford in the late '20s and held it for most of the rest of the 20th century; fast-forwarding a bit, GM has needed bailout money (now largely paid back) and Ford just barely held on without it. Ford expanded in the '20s by opening branch factories and has long been a worldwide brand, while GM expanded by buying up existing companies (Opel, Holden, etc.) thus only before UsefulNotes/WW2 and in the past decade has Chevrolet had much presence outside North America. || British Satellite Broadcasting || Sky Television || Britain's official satellite TV contractor vs RupertMurdoch's more downmarket upstart. || BSB hoped its superior technology and programming would win viewers, while Sky relied on cheaper equipment and aggressive marketing. || In the autumn of 1990, after six months going head-to-head, BSB conceded defeat, its CEO resigned, and it was taken over by Sky. Some of BSB's original investors remained with the new company, now called British Sky Broadcasting.|| Sky Digital || [=ONDigital=] (later ITV Digital), NTL & Blueyonder Digital (later Virgin Media) || Subscription-based digital TV delivery systems in the UK, all launching in around 1998. || Sky Digital and NTL/Blueyonder were new versions of their existing analogue products, with all previous customers being upgraded to the digital versions by late 2001. [=ONDigital=] was an entirely new service based on digital terrestrial technology, and in mid-2001 was rebranded as ITV Digital in a marketing move (ITV already partly owned [=ONDigital=]). || Sky Digital was virtually guaranteed to win this war from Day 1, due to its existing subscriber base and the KillerApp of live [[EnglishPremierLeague Premier League]] football. NTL/Blueyonder did quite well, though the UK's rather limited cable network correspondingly limited their success. [=ONDigital=] barely kept their heads above water from 1998 to 2001, and ITV Digital later became arguably the most notorious corporate failure in UK history, as plummeting subscriber numbers and a vastly overpriced Football League[[note]]The divisions below the Premier League, which absolutely no-one was interested in because the supporters of those teams generally tend to ''go to the matches themselves''[[/note]] contract saw the company disintegrate spectacularly in early 2002.|| Fender Musical Instruments Corporation || Gibson Guitar Corporation || Manufacturers of solid-body electric guitars. || In the 1950s, the Gibson Les Paul, The Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster were the three primary solidbody electric guitars on the market. Since then, both companies have expanded their product lineup and landed nearly every big-name guitarist since the 1960s as endorsers. || Always going to be a matter of opinion as far as who makes the better product overall, but guitarists in general come out as winners. The difference in their products are significant enough that there's a market for the "Gibson sound" and the "Fender sound", and it's not uncommon to see players who have one of each, and the overwhelming majority of other guitar manufacturers are expanding (or improving) upon Fender or Gibson designs to some degree. |||| Recipe Secrets || America's Most Wanted Recipes || Books about cloning brand name foods. || Recipe cloning of brand name foods by taking portions home, guessing how much ingredients are needed to make a single serving and the methods required to make it almost like the original. ''Almost'', partly [[YouWannaGetSued for legal reasons]] and partly becasue you can't get things like pure commercial-grade HFCS or preservatives in home-use quantities. || While Todd Wilbur has a great deal of popularity as early as the '90s as a recipe cloner, Ron Douglas managed to apparently "clone" the 11 herbs and spices in the Original Recipe Chicken, a closely guarded recipe. Wilbur also cloned snack foods which puts him at a higher advantage.|| Zorbeez || Sham Wow! || Super-absorbent towels. || While VinceOffer pitched Sham Wow!, Creator/BillyMays took on Zorbeez two years prior. || Sham Wow! is more well-known, despite coming out later. According to Popular Mechanics, it is the more effective of the two.|| Quick Chop || Slap Chop || Food choppers. || Vince pitched the latter once again, while Billy pitched the former before that. || Quick Chop came out first, though the Slap Chop is more well-known.|| Smarties || Advertising/MAndMs || Bite-sized candy-coated chocolate. || The latter is made by Mars, while the former is made by Nestlé. Smarties (not to be confused with the fruit-flavored American tablet candy marketed as Rockets elsewhere) are [[NoExportForYou not available in the U.S.]] except in special import stores. || M&M's has more exposure, but Smarties came out first, in 1882 (M&M's in the 1930s).|| Zip Drive || LS-120 Superdrive; Sony [=HiFD=] || Floppy drive replacements, with similar-sized disks, but vastly greater capacity. || The LS-120 and [=HiFD=] were compatible with 3.5" floppies, but the Zip Drive wasn't. Initially the Zip Drive had 100MB of storage, the LS-120 had (surprise) 120MB, and the [=HiFD=] had 150MB. Greater-sized versions of all of these would subsequently be released. || In truth, none of them; the CD-RW (and, subsequently, USB sticks) took over the market for these drives. Out of the three however, Zip Drive was the only one that could truly claim to be a success. LS-120 never really caught on, and [=HiFD=] was an embarrassing failure, after it turned out to have an irreparably flawed design.|| UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} || [=Direct2Drive=], Impulse, Origin (formerly EA Store), Games for Windows Live marketplace, Gog.com, many others. || Internet-based game delivery and content management systems. || Steam was the brainchild of Valve, [=Direct2Drive=] was created by IGN[[note]]and later bought out by [=GameFly=][[/note]], Impulse was founded by Stardock[[note]]but is now owned by [=GameStop=][[/note]], Origin is run by ElectronicArts, and Games for Windows Live marketplace, unsurprisingly, is run by Microsoft. || Steam benefited from having a series of [[KillerApp Killer Apps]] (first ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', then ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Source'', and most recently ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''), and currently holds a commanding lead. Origin has quickly taken over the second place spot thanks to EA making nearly all their new PC releases exclusive to the service, while third place is held by Gog.com, thanks to its large, DRM-free catalogue of indie and classic games. The other services scrap over a fairly minimal remaining marketshare. The Games for Windows Live marketplace crashed and burned pretty badly (eventually being discontinued in August 2013), and so was replaced by an integrated app store with more of a focus on indie and casual titles in Windows 8.|| UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade || Playstation Store, UsefulNotes/WiiWare Marketplace || "Casual gaming" marketplaces for home gaming consoles. || Xbox Live Arcade debuted on the original Xbox, but really took off with the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}. The other two debuted on the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 3}} and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} respectively, and later expanded their range to include the UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DSi]]. || Xbox Live Arcade is currently the most successful and has the best overall reputation, likely due to the fact that it was the first out and the Xbox 360 is currently selling better than the Playstation 3. The Playstation Store is also quite successful, albeit not to the same extent. On its own terms the [=WiiWare=] Marketplace would be in last place by an embarrassingly huge margin, but as an offshoot to Nintendo's already-successful Virtual Console service, they can probably live with that. That being said, all three services are rapidly losing support from indie developers due to much more open digital distribution services such as the iPhone app store, UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, {{Desura}}, and so on - XBLA has been under fire by developers for years as being much less indie-friendly than it should be - such as ludicrous fees (in the tens of thousands) for ''patches'' of all things.|| Kindle || Nook || E-book readers, which are tablet-like devices that display digital versions of books in a smaller, water-resistant form. || Amazon came out with their Kindle back in 2007, while Barnes & Noble's Nook came out two years later. || Hard to tell at this point, but the Kindle seems to have more exposure.|| Oreo || Hydrox || Chocolate sandwich cookies with cream filling. || Sunshine Biscuits rolled out Hydrox back in 1908, while Nabisco produced Oreo four years later. || Oreo still thrives today. Hydrox was reformulated as Droxies in 1996, and then discontinued in 2001. Hydrox was briefly revived by Kellogg's in 2008 to celebrate the cookie's 100th anniversary, and is set to make a full-on return in autumn 2014, courtesy of Leaf Brands (who now owns the trademark). It still has a strong cult following, and is said to be far superior to Oreo. |||| B. Dalton || Waldenbooks || National bookstore chain typically found in shopping malls. || B. Dalton was started in 1966 by Minneapolis-based department store chain Dayton's. Waldenbooks started in 1933 as a book rental center which operated in various department stores, and opened its first actual bookstore in Pennsylvania in 1962. || At their peaks in the 80s and 90s, Waldenbooks had B. Dalton beat in number of stores, but B. Dalton was more profitable. Both chains fell hard in the 1990s due to various factors, with Barnes & Noble acquiring B. Dalton; Kmart briefly owned both Borders and Waldenbooks, but both spun off into their own company. Barnes & Noble closed all but two B. Dalton stores in 2010, while the closure of Borders in 2011 took the last few Waldenbooks (many of which had been rebranded "Borders Express") with it.|| Barnes & Noble || Borders, Books-A-Million || National bookstore chain with coffee bar. Sometimes, but not often, found in shopping malls. || Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million were founded in 1917, Borders in 1971. || Barnes & Noble is still hanging in there, both with its online branch and its stores. As mentioned above, Borders closed in 2011. Many Borders and Waldenbooks locations were sold to Books-A-Million, whose base was largely in the less Borders-heavy South. |||| S.S. Kresge || F.W. Woolworth || National dime store chain. || Founded in 1899 and 1879, respectively. Woolworth is the more iconic of the two. || Kresge died off in 1987 as the parent company chose to focus more on UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}} (see below), with some stores defecting to the smaller [=McCrory=] chain. Woolworth itself hung on until 1997, with its own discount division (Woolco) having only lasted from 1962 to 1983 (except in Canada, where it survived until a 1997 buyout by UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}). Former Woolworth divisions Foot Locker and Claire's remain in business to this day.|||| Stompeez || Silly Slippeez || Cute slippers made mostly for children. || Stompeez came first. || Stompeez wins due to the fact that commercials for them still air all over various networks. There's even a variant called Flipeez, which are caps that have movable parts. |||| UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}} || UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}, {{Target}} || National-to-international discount retail chain. || All three founded in 1962, a year that brought literally dozens of competitors. Kmart was founded as a division of S. S. Kresge dime stores (see above), Target as a division of Minnesota-based Dayton's department store, and Walmart mostly by itself. || Walmart is an international monster and shows no signs of stopping, especially after kicking off the supercenter trend in the 1990s. Kmart tried the supercenter format halfheartedly, failed, and has been constantly shedding stores since the 1990s (including complete withdrawal from some markets such as Canada, Mexico, and Alaska — they also had an Australian division which still operates independently of the American one). Meanwhile, Target's attempts at going Supercenter have mostly failed, but the chain compensated by going slightly more upscale. It has stores in every state except Vermont, and acquired Zellers in 2013 to enter Canada for the first time. |||| Costco || Sam's Club || Warehouse club store; buying a membership allows deep-discount purchasing at your will. || Both founded in 1983. || A draw. Costco's ahead in revenue, but Walmart-owned Sam's Club beats it in number of locations. (However, BJ's Wholesale club seems to be fending off both pretty well in the Northeast.) |||| Pampers || Huggies || Disposable diaper brands || Pampers, owned by international consumer goods company Procter & Gamble, is the brand that perfected and codified the disposable diaper. Huggies, owned by American personal care corporation Kimberly-Clark, is the strongest competitor, having perfected and codified other sub-products, such as training pants (Pull-Ups), swim diapers (Little Swimmers), and absorbent underpants for bed-wetting ([=GoodNites=], which broke off into its own brand). Pampers fought back with Easy-Ups, Splashers, and [=UnderJams=], respectively. || [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal The duel of the diapers is a draw.]] The debate as to which brand's base product is more absorbent and form-fitting rages on. As far as sub-products go, Huggies has more success. |||| Depend || TENA || Adult diaper brands. Both offer more discreet and underwear-like products. || Depend, by Huggies manufacturer Kimberly-Clark, is the first major adult incontinence brand, with TENA, owned by Swedish consumer goods company SCA, is the most prominent competitor, also offering panty-liners/pads. || Depend wins out with the biggest share of the market and more overall recognition. |||| [=GameStop=] || EB Games || International video game chain. || EB Games was founded in 1971 as an electronics store; [=GameStop=] began in 1984 as Babbage's. || [=GameStop=] by acquiring several competitors: Software Etc. (owned by B. Dalton), Walden Software (owned by Waldenbooks), and Funco Land, then finally took EB Games to become the front runner. |||| Linens 'n Things || Bed Bath & Beyond || National housewares chain. || Linens 'n Things was founed in 1975, Bed Bath & Beyond in 1971. || Linens 'n Things closed all of its stores in 2008, but remains as an online retailer. Bed Bath & Beyond still operates over 900 stores. |||| Circuit City || Best Buy || National electronics chain. || Circuit City began in 1949 as a television store called Wards (no relation to Montgomery Ward) and opened its first electronics store in 1984. The first Best Buy opened in 1983, coming from the ashes of a defunct music store called Sound of Music. || Circuit City closed all of its stores in 2009 but continues to sell products online. While Best Buy is still hanging in there, there have been sporadic closures while other stores have been reduced in size. |||| The Home Depot || Lowe's || Home improvement superstore chains. || Home Depot began in Marietta, Georgia in 1978; Lowe's began in North Carolina in 1946 as a traditional hardware format, but [[FollowTheLeader adopted the superstore format in the 1980s]] to compete better against Home Depot. || Both in the U.S. and globally, Lowe's ranks second to only Home Depot in number of stores and overall revenue.|| Ace Hardware || True Value, Do It Best || Hardware co-operatives usually found in smaller towns. || Ace was founded in 1924, True Value in 1948 (both in Chicago), while Do It Best was founded as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. (HWI) in 1945 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. || True Value has more locations (5,000 to the approximately 4,000 each for Do It Best and Ace), but Do It Best and Ace have higher revenue (approximately $3 million each).|| HMV || Virgin Megastores (later Zavvi), Our Price || UK-based record (and later video, DVD and game) retailers. || HMV was the first to be formed, springing up in the 1930s, while the other two were founded in the 1960s. || HMV by virtue of the "last man standing" rule -- Our Price collapsed in the late 1990s after a decade of mismanagement, while Zavvi were taken down by the 2008 collapse of Woolworths, who they used as their exclusive supplier. HMV themselves almost went out of business in 2013, but fortunately were in somewhat better shape than Zavvi and so were saved with just a few store closures, though their future remains uncertain at best.|| Kinder Surprise || Toto || Hollow chocolate eggs with collectible toys inside. || Ferrero (makers of Nutella and Rocher) makes the former, while Nestlé (makers of Butterfinger, Kit Kat, Crunch, etc.) makes the latter. Both are very similar, except the Kinder eggs' shells contain both milk and white chocolate as opposed to Toto's sole milk chocolate. Kinder eggs, at least, are [[BannedInChina Banned in America]] due to being "choking hazards" for children. || Kinder Surprise due to its widespread exposure. |||| ''Oxo'' || ''Bovril'' || Highly concentrated meat stock that could be made into soup. || Oxo was created by German chemist Baron Justus von Liebig, who created the Meat extract method in 1840 and began production in 1866. Bovril was made by Scotsman John Lawson Johnston as resqusted by the French to feed their people during their war with Prussia in 1870. || Oxo is still available in Britain and South Africa which the former is where the company that owns the brand in located. Bovril is more popular and recognizable around the world.|||| ''UsefulNotes/BurgerKing'' || ''UsefulNotes/McDonalds'' || Multinational fast-food chain specializing in hamburgers. || UsefulNotes/McDonalds was founded in California in 1940; UsefulNotes/BurgerKing began in Jacksonville, Florida in 1953. || UsefulNotes/McDonalds is generally the first chain most people the world over think of when they think of fast food; it also has a long history of starting or popularizing many fast food trends that are followed by its competitors (e.g., fish sandwiches, kids' meals, play-places). That said, Burger King has long been a steady second-place, particularly after the demise of former runner-up Burger Chef in the 1980s. |||| Gatorade || Powerade || Sports drinks. || Gatorade was originally created in 1965 as an experiment for athletes to use when they sweat a lot between games, which made it into a success. Meanwhile, Powerade was specifically created for the 1988 Olympics. || Gatorade wins due to a variety of products, which is what Powerade lacked. |||| ''Electro-Motive Division (EMD) E and F series'' || ''Alco P and F series, Fairbanks-Morse Consolidated series, and Baldwin Babyface/Sharknose series'' || Streamlined diesel-electric locomotives of the 1940s and 1950s. || EMD designed the E-series passenger diesels and F-series freight diesels to replace steam engines on main-line trains. It introduced the F-series prototype, the FT, in 1939. Alco introduced the P and F series diesels in 1946 to compete with EMD. Fairbanks-Morse was an engine supplier that wanted to become a major locomotive builder and created the Consolidated series to fill the "streamlined main-line engine" market sector. || EMD and its E and F series won for several reasons. The first is that EMD took the initiative and opened the diesel market in the United States. The second is that EMD had more reliable technology that benefited from regular testing and follow-ups in the field. The third is that Alco and Baldwin were encumbered by their continued faith in steam locomotives, while Fairbanks-Morse lacked the production capacity, so EMD was more willing and able to mass-produce diesel locomotives. By 1960, when the steam locomotives had been retired from American railroads, approximately 70 percent of diesels were EMD products. |||| ''[=iOS=]'' || ''Android'', Windows Phone, Windows 8 & RT || Smartphone and tablet operating systems || Apple follows its usual business model of offering an integrated product with a walled garden of approved apps while Android combines the PC and open-source business models. Windows Phone is based off the long-running Windows CE line from the 90s and 00s, and many of its features were incorporated into Windows 8 and its ARM version, Windows RT. || Though the [=iPhone=] and [=iPad=] are the biggest-selling ''individual'' smartphones and tablets respectively, Android holds an overwhelming overall marketshare advantage, accounting for around 65% of the combined market. The various Windows products occupy a distant third place, with Windows 8 and RT having made little impact. |||| ''For Dummies'' || ''The Complete Idiot's Guide'' || How-to books intended for absolute beginners. || Both became popular with books about DOS, published about 3 years apart (''Dummies'' in 1991, ''Idiot's'' in 1994). || The ''Dummies'' books are far more well-known ([[TropesForDummies and parodied]]) with their yellow covers and mascot, although both lines continue to publish new titles to this day. |||| {{VideoGame/Tamagotchi}} || GigaPets || Battery-operated virtual pet toy. || Tamagotchi was introduced in 1996, Giga Pets in 1997. Many [[FollowTheLeader other brands]] soon followed, such as Nano Pets. || Tamagotchi are still made to this day, although their popularity is mostly limited to Japan. Giga Pets barely made it into the 21st century, despite at least one relaunch. |||| Ride/DisneyThemeParks || Ride/UniversalStudios || Very elaborate and high-tech theme parks, owned by a major entertainment company. || Disney is widely associated with a family audience, while Universal skews slightly older (and has the added appeal of real movie sets and props on display). Universal Studios technically came first, since the studio tour began in 1915, but it didn't make the transfer to a theme park until 1964- nine years after the opening of Disneyland. || Disney has more parks worldwide (currently 11, with a new one opening in 2015; compare to Universal's 5, with 2 more planned), and is currently the most-visited amusement park operator in the world, with about 119 million annual visitors. Universal is ''third'', with about 30 million annual visitors, behind Merlin Entertainments, with 41 million.|| Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} || Creator/CartoonNetwork || Television networks with a primary focus on children's animation. Both networks are among the primary sources of {{UsefulNotes/Television}} animation, having been so for the last 20 years. They're also two of the major forces against the AnimationAgeGhetto. || {{Nickelodeon}} began in TheEighties as {{Pinwheel}}, with intent as the first kids' network. In 1990, it debuted its [[WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} first]] [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow original]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} programs]]. Overall, Nick focuses more on general kids' entertainment, with the Creator/NickJr and Creator/TeenNick sub-networks focusing on preschoolers and teenagers, respectively. CartoonNetwork began on 1992, with Ted Turner's acquirement of the Creator/HannaBarbera, Creator/{{MGM}}, and Creator/WarnerBros animation libraries, eventually shifting focus to original content as well. Overall, CN focuses more on general animation, with the Creator/AdultSwim block cornering the market on adult animation, and the Creator/{{Toonami}} block introducing American audiences to {{Anime}}. || It's a draw. Both networks had their ups and downs (though CN's tangle with NetworkDecay was more infamous. 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'In the part of the world we are dealing with everybody wants to own everything. Existence feels so uncertain and so fragile that people fight fiercely and with great passion to hold on to things: land, culture, religious symbols, food - everything is in danger of being snatched away or of disappearing. The result is fiery arguments about provenance, about who and what came first.
As we have seen through our investigations, and will become blatantly apparent to anyone reading and cooking from this book, these arguments are futile.
... they are futile because it doesn't matter. Looking back in time or far afield into distant lands is simply distracting. The beauty of food and of eating is that they are rooted in the now. Food is a basic, hedonistic pleasure, a sensual instinct we all share and revel in. It is a shame to spoil it.'
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India is a country blessed with great mathematicians and scientists. In the rich heritage that India has, one such great mathematician is Srinivasa Ramanujan. He was born on December 22, 1887 at Kumbakonam in the city of Chennai, erstwhile Madras. He came from a very poor family.
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He showed extraordinary liking for mathematics. When he was yet in school, he mathematically calculated the approximate length of earth's equator. He very clearly knew the values of the square root of two and the pie value. At the age of 16, Srinivasa Ramanujan got scholarship. But his love only for mathematics cost him the scholarship as he neglected and failed in other subjects.
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A source close to the 26-year-old troubled starlet, who wore a Chanel dress and Christian Louboutin shoes to court, told gossip website RadarOnline.com that Lindsay is struggling to cope living in such close quarters with her mother again, saying "Dina seriously cramps Lindsay's style because she always wants to go out partying with her. It's embarrassing for Lindsay and she often dodges her mom's calls when she's out. Lindsay is constantly on the prowl these days to snag a new wealthy pal who has an apartment or vacation home she can move into…. rent free of course!"
Number one, why is Lindsay partying at all? Number two, someone needs to give her a hug and a game plan, because what she's been lately isn't working. Have you seen Mean Girls lately? So good. Soooo good. Get back there, Lindsay.
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Gwyneth Paltrow Gives Her Take on 'Homosexuality in the Bible'
In the post Paltrow says, "A few months ago, in the heat of the tragic teen suicides that came about from intolerance of homosexuality, I saw a man on television who was apologizing for wishing death on gays from his facebook page. This member of an Arkansas school board was contrite for the violence in his words, but maintained that his values pertaining to homosexuality would remain, as he felt homosexuality was condemned in the bible."
She continues, "This concept, while foreign to me, is interesting, as it used to justify so much judgement and separation in our society. When my daughter came home from school one day saying that a classmate had two mommies, my response was, "Two mommies? How lucky is she?!"
The 38-year-old actress and singer then asks, "What does it actually say in the bible that will cause some people to be upset by my line of thinking?"
Paltrow concludes by saying, "Happy pride. Love, gp"
E! Online is also reporting that the Oscar-winning actress also includes a couple of pro-gay writings from Episcopal priests as well as one from Kabbalah guru Michael Berg.
Paltrow also posted an argumentative piece against homosexuality from Dr. John Stott of All Souls Church in London. She also added a note before the piece which said, "We wanted as many perspectives as possible on this issue and so we are also including a more conservative voice here below."
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- Friday 10 JuneBy AllenLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Maybe you should read the book of Leviticus Gwenny
- Friday 10 JuneBy Javadude54Highest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Is that where the bible says that children who talk back to their parents should be killed?
- Friday 10 JuneBy trent
yes Allen, and this is the same book that says you can sell your daughter into slavery....hmmmm. I wonder how much a good christian daughter would bring these days.
- Friday 10 JuneBy Tom KingHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Google "Why can't I own a Canadian" you'll find a slew of goodies from your friend Leviticus. Even the rest of the bible says you can own slaves and sell your daughters. Lovely handbook.
- Friday 10 JuneBy SkyeLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Don't care what anyone thinks. The bible is the largest selling book of folklore. Maybe personal accounts of history. Nothing more, nothing less. Just as many exaggerations as any celeb bio on the market now. The response that "it's god's plan" is used when there is no logical answer. You here it a lot less these days with modern medicine and science.
- Friday 10 JuneBy themeekerHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Anyone who lives according to a literal interpretation of the bible is a damn fool. Shove it.
- Friday 10 JuneBy rker321Highest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I really don't know what Leviticus stated? please advise.
- Friday 10 JuneBy larryHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
People who have flat noses, or is blind or lame, cannot go to an altar of God (Leviticus 21:17-18)
stop cherrypicking theses laws are stupid! - Friday 10 JuneBy spookyHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
The Often Overlooked Rules in Deuteronomy
The book Deuteronomy also lays some laws down, but nobody ever mentions them, but why not take a look at those laws also?
Anyone who dreams or prophesizes anything that is against God, or anyone who tries to turn you from God, is to be put to death. (Deuteronomy 13:5)
If anyone, even your own family suggests worshipping another God, kill them. (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)
If you find out a city worships a different god, destroy the city and kill all of it's inhabitants... even the animals. (Deuteronomy 13:12-15)
Kill anyone with a different religion. (Deuteronomy 17:2-7)
This shows you that it really is scary that people want to make the Bible part of the law. Not to mention it sheds light on why Christians are so overly oppressive to those who don't share their belief. Sick, sick, sick. It can also be said that any person who uses the Bible to justify beating a homosexual, is a hypocrite if he doesn't adhere to all of these laws.
these laws just as laughable as men lying together get a life - Friday 10 JuneBy themeeker
If you take a literal interpretation of the bible, you're an idiot.
- Friday 10 JuneBy linda
Or Gwen you could look in Matthew 11:20-24
- Friday 10 JuneBy robertHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
maybe you should read up on how the Bible came to be. It wasn't just dropped from the sky. It was written by people for people. You can choose to be a hater or you can learn to live togeath in this world that God gave us
- Friday 10 JuneBy philHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Caring about Gwens view on the meaning of scripture, is about the same as gaining your political insight from watching "The View." It's a joke folks. Since when do celebrities have a thought that matters. AS was once told to The "Dixie Chicks:" "Shut Up and Sing."
- Friday 10 JuneBy GunsmokeLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
...And her response to her daughter was, "Two mommies? How lucky is she" /// Tell that To Elton John's Adopted Son when he'd begin asking questions Like : Where's My Mommy ???
- Friday 10 JuneBy janileeHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I don't think that Elton's child will ever want for anything, as he has two warm, wonderful dads who love him very much, one who can sing to him in that rich velvet voice, and he can have any matierial thing that he will ever want and will be able to travel anywhere that he wants to go. Hopefully he inherited his dad Elton's voice and talent. How lucky is he?
- Friday 10 JuneBy cathyLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
The children of gay couples have a hard time with their friends and in life in general. I know some of these kids and their parents have made life more chalenging than necessary.
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Good one :)
- Friday 10 JuneBy cvrbearHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I suppose that being gay is a choice... much in the same way that the slaves were given a "choice". Tracy Morgan is a moron. Humans do not deliberatly choose a difficult path for themselves.
I grew up in a house with two dads, long before it was "cool". My brother an I are both very happy adults and both are quite successful. My brother has 3 kids and I have one on the way. I wouldn't change one second of my upbringing... My life was no more difficult than any other kid's, in fact, we had it really good. We were cared for and loved and encouraged... and I never once asked "where's my mommy?" BTW: as for my "straight" mother and father... the state found it necessary to remove me and my brother from them... drinking, drugs, neglect and abuse. THANK GOD FOR MY GAY DADS! - Friday 10 JuneBy HELEN HUGHES
- Friday 10 JuneBy ceswoverlandHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
How liberating. Those of us who have been burdened by believing the Bible to be the Word of God who created the world, can now toss it all, because Ms. Paltrow says so. While I detest the idea that people choose to use God's hatred for homosexuality for violence and hatred toward people, I will continue to stand by the belief that it is a sin. We choose to sin in whatever way it might be, and while we are to hate the sin, we are to love the sinner. If one cannot convince a homosexual that he/she is sinning, by lovingly sharing what Scripture has to say about the practice, then one should be praying for that person, not physically attacking him/her. Ms. Paltrow would be well advised to do a bit more study and look beyond her own understanding of what it means to be a believer.
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