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Kant's Three Fundamental Questions
A sermon delivered by Ronald Knapp, Minister Emeritus, on July 17, 2011
KANT'S THREE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS Some Personal Perspectives What Can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope? A Sermon By Ronald Knapp, Minister Emeritus FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF OMAHA July 17, 2011 A Return with me now to those days of yesteryear. Some of you who have been around this place fifteen or more years may remember my September Sermon Series. Every September, while I was the settled minister here, I would begin each new church year, beginning with the first Sunday after Labor Day, with a series of three sermons on some interrelated theme. And then, on the fourth Sunday, we would have what I called "The deacon's bench." The deacon's bench was composed of three lay people from the congregation who would have the charge of listening to my three sermons and then reacting to them on the fourth Sunday, when I would be charged with listening to what they had to say. The idea of the deacon's bench comes from an old Calvinist custom whereby the deacons would literally sit on what was called the deacon's bench and were charged with making sure that the minister did not stray from pure Calvinist orthodoxy. Now, since there is no pure Unitarian Universalist orthodoxy that I would have to uphold, they would be free to express their own opinions, feel free to argue with me, feel free to take exceptions to what I had to say. And since I could say what I wanted to say because of our idea of "freedom of the pulpit," they too would have freedom of the pulpit on their Sunday. I'll bet there are at least a few of you here who remember those days. Twenty eight years ago, in September of 1983, My September Sermon Series was titled "Kant's Three Fundamental Questions." The deacon's bench was composed of Nancy Easley Uhl, Jim Van Arsdall, and Rachel Jones. The series was based on a single sentence from Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason although I did not get it from that source. I found it on the frontispiece of Walter Kaufman's book, The Faith of Heretic, a book I would suggest every Unitarian Universalist should read. Kant's sentence is this: All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the following three questions: What can Can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope? In that series I dealt in order with those three questions. In preparation for this sermon, I read my three sermons from the series, along with the reactions from the Deacon's Bench. And I decided that I would return to that theme and see how I would respond to those questions today. Of course my remarks on each question will be brief. After all, twenty eight years ago I had three Sundays to cover the waterfront! In a sense, Kant's fundamental questions are the questions I have tried to answer in my sermons over the years. And they are, perhaps, the fundamental questions which Unitarian Universalism needs to confront. As I deal with Kant's fundamental questions, I am trying to deal with them from a personal perspective, but I expect that I will readily move from the "I" to the "We." B WHAT CAN I KNOW? Kant's first question, "What can I know?" is especially important to me. A lot of my religious thought has centered on this question over the years. And it is this question that led me out of Methodism and into Unitarian universalism. Many of you will know this story from past sermons, and more recently from my address, a few weeks ago, to the "Tolerant Atheists." But perhaps it is worth repeating. Many or most of you will know that I began my ministerial career as a Methodist minister, When I was in my late twentys I had a funeral for a young man, about my age, who had died of cancer. It took a couple of years to bring about his death and in those years I got to know him quite well. This young man had a younger brother, his only sibling, who had shot off half of his face in a gun accident when he was a boy and had become a drunk. And he was drunk at his brother's funeral. As I was going through the ritual-In my fathers house are many mansions. If it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you that where I am there ye may be also. --the drunken brother jumped up, shouted at me, "how in the hell do you know," and stormed out of the room, slamming the door. As for me, I took a deep breath, hitched up my pants, as is my wont, and went on with the ritual. But more and more, as time went on, the question haunted me. And more and more, I came to understand that I did not know and wanted to know a whole lot more than I wanted to believe. In a letter to his mother, seeking to explain why he had renounced Christianity, Frederick Nietzsche wrote: Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. That's me. What can I know? The answer begins with inquiry. Inquiry leads to knowledge. And for me, from my perspective as a religious humanist, a perspective I believe ought to be central to Unitarian Universalism, knowledge always stumps belief just as reason trumps faith! Our beliefs ought to expand as knowledge increases. Our faith ought to expand as reason opens up a wider universe. In our day and age a great deal of what we know about the universe comes from the world of science. A religion adequate for the twenty first century has to pay close attention to new knowledge as it emerges from science. My favorite literary reflection on this thought comes from my poetic muse, Walt Whitman. There is a passage in "Song of Myself" where Whitman is talking to the scientists. "Your house is not my house," he wrote. That is, the house of science is not the house of poetry or the house of religion. But, he concludes "I must go through your house to get to my house." That is, I must go through the house of science to get to the house of religion. I must go through the house of emerging knowledge to get to an adequate religion for the modern world. So thought Whitman and so say I. What can I know? As I dwell on this question there is something that seems almost trite to say and yet seems of the utmost importance. And that is that I can know only that which I can know. Human beings can know only that which human beings can know, with human brains, with human central nervous systems, with all of that which makes up the human perceptual apparatus. We know the world, we know the universe, only as human beings are biologically equipped to know it. As William James noted in his Principles of Psychology, "how different must be the world in the consciousness of ants, cuddle fish, or crab!" When one considers the universe on these terms, how arrogant it becomes to think that human beings can know the mind of God. How preposterous to imagine that adherents to the myriad forms of religion found throughout the world,and throughout human history, can know the ultimate truth which so many do, such as "Christ died for our sins," or "There is only one God, Allah, and Mohamed is his prophet." One more thought about the question "What can I know?" � a thought that has to do with humility. The more we know, the more we need to understand that there is even more that we do not know. It behooves all of us, as we think about what we know, to emulate one of the greatest thinkers of all time, one of the greatest scientists, Sir Issac Newton, who did know a lot, but who also said, I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy laying on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. C What Ought I To Do? Immanuel Kant's second fundamental question is "What ought I to do?" Kant himself answered his question with what he called ""The categorical Imperative." Act according to the maxim that you would wish all other rational people to follow, as if it were a universal law. That seems to be a philosophical variation of something found in most of the religions of the world, commonly referred to as "the golden rule." Do unto others as you would have others do into you. Or as it is sometimes expressed negatively, and perhaps more meaningfully, Do not do unto others as you would have others not do unto you. In my sermon twenty eight years ago, I tried to expand on this a bit, including what I see as the more intimate aspects of the golden rule, that is acting in immediate circumstances, actual human experience, to something more broadly defined. I said, in that sermon, All human interactions have results that affect not only those immediately involved, but like ripples caused by the rock thrown in the water, have affects which we cannot foresee. And any system of moral understanding, especially in the modern world, has to make room for those unforeseen affects. I am trying to suggest that morality involves not only ourselves and our connections to things, in our immediate relationships, but in the connections of things to other connections of things, connections that travel all the way around the world, connections that transcend time. And then I came up with my own attempt at articulating a categorical imperative. For what its worth, here it is. To act ethically and to act morally, always act in such a way as to demonstrate an honest and proper regard for yourself, for your own being in the world. And always act in such a way as to show an honest and proper regard for the immediate context in which you live, for the people and things that make up your world. And always act in such a way as to show an honest and proper regard for those people and contexts which are distant from you, both in terms of space and of time. Thirty five years ago, 1976, when I was installed as the settled minister of this church, my fiend, Don Johnson, gave the installation address. In his address Don said that the world was getting "shouldier and shouldier." I kind of gasped and held my breath for a moment. It sounded to me like he said some variation of a common four letter word. But, no, he was talking about something that was characteristic of the time, especially so among Unitarian Universalists. The popular liberal religious spirit of the time was a spirit that disdained rules of behavior, that rejected any socially constructed morality, that made '"feeling guilty" almost the worst possible sin. At the time we tended to tell each other that we did not come into the world to live up to their expectations. "Do your own thing," we said, "If it feels good do it." We were in rebellion against the "shoulds" and the "oughts." But as we moved out of the twentieth century and into the twenty first, it became clearer and clearer that there are a lot of "oughts" that we "ought" to pay attention to. Those "oughts" range from the more mundane -- we ought to be using reusable grocery bags rather than plastic ones or we ought to walk more and drive less or we ought to eat less meat and more vegetables or we ought to live more simply and waste less. And move on to the more profound. In a world where populations are growing and available food supplies are not keeping pace with that expanding population, in a world where more and more children are going to bed hungry each year, and dying, we ought to be involved in creating a world that provides more equitably for the whole human race. In a world of climate change and global warming, where low lying areas of the world may be inundated by deeper oceans � like Bangladesh, for example � we ought to be concerned about how we prevent such disasters. In a world where this country utilizes far more than its fair share of the earth's abundance we ought to seek ways to share. It looks to me that the world is getting "shouldier and shouldier," that there are a lot more "oughts" that we ought to pay attention to. One could go on with an extended litany, but this will have to do for now. I readily admit that I don't know what I ought to do about all of them, what we ought to do � or even how willing I am, or we are, to do it � but the ought remains! We ought to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. When I think of Kant's question, "What ought I to do?"and see the problems confronting the world, there is a wonderful little poem that comes readily to mind. It is from Bonaro Overstsreet. You say that the little efforts that I make will do no good, They never will prevail to tip the hovering scale Where Justice hangs in balance. I don't believe I ever thought They would. But I am prejudiced beyond debate In favor of my right to choose which side Shall feel the stubborn ounces Of my weight. D WHAT MAY I HOPE Kant's third fundamental question is "What may I hope." I think I shall begin a brief discussion of this question with a negative, "What may I not hope?" In a book that has long been important to me, "Chance And Necessity," Jacques Monod wrote that "All religions and even a great part of science" Testify to the unwavering effort of humanity to "deny its own contingency." We are contingent upon the unfolding of the universe, We are no less and no more than the products of an evolving life process and the evolution of the physical cosmos. I believe that. I come out of this unfolding universe, live my life, and return to the universe from whence I came. And I cannot hope any differently. Every body seems to like to sing "Amazing Grace,' even Unitarian Universalists for reasons I cannot comprehend. It begins with a "wretch like me" and concludes with these words: When we've been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we first begun. Now, I suppose those words are meant to be a description of heaven. But to me they seem like the best description of hell I can think of. Singing God's praises for an hour or two might be fun. But ten thousand years and on on and on. No thank you. I would like to see my life, from birth to death and beyond, as simply a part of nature. Both Anne and I, in our wills, have instructed our children, after the university gets through with our bodies, and they are cremated, that the ashes be spread around the flower garden of this church so that the elements that made up our bodies become the elements that nourish new life. What may I hope? Well on an intimate personal level, I may hope that I will have a few more years to enjoy life. And I hope that I will have at least a few more opportunities to preach the word, since I do so love doing it. On a broader level, I may hope that, in my lifetime, I have done more good than I have done harm, I may hope that the world is a better place because I lived. But more important than my or our personal legacies, I may hope that we. As a nation, and the international community, can really begin to take the problems of the earth � the only home we have � seriously. With the terrible effectiveness of modern weaponry, I may home that we can find a way to end the scourge of war. I may hope that we will cease killing ourselves and others in the name of God. I may hope that we will so appreciate Mother Earth that the whales and the polar bears, The redwoods and the saguaros , will all be saved to be enjoyed by our great grand children. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in his "Psalm of Life," wrote: Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints in the sands of time. We all leave footprints in "the sands of time." And we may hope that the footprints we do leave do not diminish the human and the natural landscape. Viktor Frankl uses a different imagery, but he means the same thing, when he suggests that every day and in everything we do, we are building "a monument to our existence." I may hope that my monument will be a good one. And yours too. E CONCLUSION What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope? One could write many sermons, even many books, on each of those questions. But what I have just said is the best I can do for now. I have tried to come up with a reading that might encompass, as a conclusion, at least much of what I have been trying to say. And I came up with this passage from "The New Spirit" by Havelock Ellis: The present is in every age merely the shifting point at which past and future meet, and we can have no quarrel with either. There can be no world without traditions; neither can there be any life without movement. There is never a moment when the new dawn is not breaking over the earth, and never a moment when the sunset ceases to die. It is well to greet serenely even the first glimmer of the dawn when we see it, not hastening towards it with undue speed, nor leaving the sunset without gratitude for the dying light that was once dawn. In the moral world we are ourselves the light-bearers, and the cosmic process is in us made flesh. For a brief space it is granted to us, if we will, to enlighten the darkness that surrounds our path. As in the ancient torch-races, which seemed to Lucretius to be the symbol of all life, we press forward torch in hand along the course. Soon from behind comes the runner who will out-pace us. All our skill lies in giving into his hand the living torch, bright and unflickering, as we ourselves disappear in the darkness.


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CORPUS CHRISTI - In the eight days since the IceRays last played a game, not much has changed regarding their position in the playoff chase.
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The IceRays host the Wichita Falls Wildcats for a two-game set at the American Bank Center beginning tonight after a week filled with change.
Gone is defenseman Justin Lutsch, who was one of only three holdovers from last year's team. In are defenseman Connor Kingsbury, who was acquired from New Mexico for Lutsch, and forwards Zach Tatrn and Jonathan Grebosky, who were picked up from Youngstown and Lincoln, respectively, of the higher-level United States Hockey League.
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The 33-year-old reality TV personality told Jimmy Kimmel that Khloe wasn't trying to get pregnant, though the family's reality show had focused on her visits to fertility clinics, ABC News reported.
She insisted that the Kardashian family was feeling really sad for Khloe thinking that she wasn't getting pregnant, but she wasn't turning up on her doctor's appointments on purpose.
Kardashian said that Khloe knew that starting a family wouldbn't be right and she wasn't ready for it, and the family now understands her decision to not have a child.
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Standard Room, 2 Queen BedsMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children, 4 infants)
Deluxe Room, 2 Queen BedsMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children, 4 infants)
Standard Room, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)
3-star hotel near Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Situated near the airport, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Freedom Hall and Kentucky Exposition Center. Churchill Downs and Papa John's Cardinal Stadium are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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A restaurant, an indoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas is provided, as well as free self parking, a free airport shuttle, and a free theme park shuttle. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Courtyard by Marriott Louisville Airport provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 1350 square feet (125 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a theme park shuttle are complimentary for guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Courtyard by Marriott Louisville Airport is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 6
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free airport transportation
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- Gift shops or newsstand
- Airport transportation
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- Total number of rooms - 150
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 125
- Bar/lounge
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- Free theme park shuttle
- Free WiFi
- Restaurant
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Year Built 2002
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 1350
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
- Television in lobby
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Theme park shuttle (complimentary)
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
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- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Video-game console
- Coffee/tea maker
- Premium bedding
- Hair dryer
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Desk
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- Sofa bed
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- Private bathroom
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- Sofa bed size
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Free WiFi
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- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Down comforter
Where to Eat
The Bistro - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
Children under 14 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, fitness facility, or spa tub without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
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Minimum check-in age is 21
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Check-out time is noon
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iPhone 5: Verizon vs. AT&T
I currently own an iPhone 3GS. It's three generations old, and I've been thinking of getting the 5.
Currently an AT&T customer, and have been for the past six or seven years. No complaints about anything, really. I don't recall the last time I had to deal with customer service, if ever.
Previously I was uninterested in using Verizon because they are not on GSM, and I've done a lot of international travel. Now, however, the Verizon iPhone 5 is GSM compatible, and further, it's unlocked.
So... I've given thought to moving from AT&T to Verizon. Plan prices are within a few dollars of each other.
I'm drawn to the reported larger coverage area of Verizon. I do a lot of US travel, and frequently in moderately remote places. That said, a couple years ago I traveled with a Verizon customer for a couple of weeks and my overall impression was that we each had coverage about the same amount of time. Sometimes he'd have coverage where I didn't, and about as often, I seemed to have coverage where he didn't. Is Verizon's "biggest network" just a marketing ploy?
Is there anything I'm missing?
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comparing the verizon network to AT&T's has always been a total joke. verizon really does have service pretty much anywhere where AT&T... doesn't come close.
Verizon's 4G LTE WILL NOT be the fastest 4g network 10 years from now, but it will ALWAYS be the most stable. why is this? That's because Vz-4g runs on the 700mhz frequency they bought. When talking radio propagation, the lower the frequency:
the higher the penetration
the higher the refraction behind objects
twice the frequency takes twice the power to cover the same distance
for example, most 1/2/2.5G phone output is in the 800-900mhz range. most 3G is at 1700-1900mhz. ever notice 3G coverage is worse? that's why! 4G coverage is very, very good. even on fringe areas the bandwidth is really good, it simply goes out intermittently.
the iPhone5 has without a shadow of a doubt, the worst 3G reception of any phone made, ever. period. the iphone 4 (gsm and then cdma) has the second worse 3G service ever.
I'm not kidding. the 4's are bad and blow the 5's out of the water on 3G. there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to buy an iphone 5 and not have it on verizon's 4g network. because anytime you're NOT on that great covered network, you've got the worst 3G phone ever developed.
(why you say? that's because apple has a single integrated chip in the iphone 5 to handle 4g 3g and 2/2.5g to save battery & space. most previous phones must have two chips to run them. the issue is that the iphone 5 is cramped for space & has lost 3g antenna space inside the phone in favor of 4g)
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I've been an AT&T customer forever, and spent 10 years building the AT&T mobility network here.
It's confusing as hell. Verizon says they have the largest 4G network (I see their commercials all the time). AT&T says they have the largest 4G network (says so right on their website). There's a lot of lying going on.
I just got a 5, and I'm happy on AT&T here in the Dallas area. On the LTE network here, it is blazing fast. I have a Blackberry on VZ (company requirement), and I have no complaints about service with that, either.
I just finished a week-long tour of the middle Rockies with a buddy of mine (TX, NM, CO, WY, UT, and a little piece of ID). His Droid is on VZ, and my (at that time) iPhone4 (3G only) was on AT&T. Every time I turned around, I was stuck on the Edge network, slow as hell, or with no service. He seemed to have 3G and 4G mostly everywhere. Only in a handful of spots was my service better than his, and his was better everywhere else.
3GS to a 5? You're going to LOVE it! Good luck with your choice!
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also if push comes to shove you can buy a "world mode" phone. like above where i pointed out apple waited for a single chip that could run multiple networks, world mode phones have two, sometimes three chips to run a huge amount of basebands!
i had one several years ago (HTC Imagio) it would run about every cellphone network on earth. at a hospital built into a mountain (very iron ore laden) no one ever had service, i always had it. including the concrete reinforced parking deck, in the elevator, three stories under ground and twenty feet out the door...
the price for that is battery life. their transmitter outputs run at the limit of what is FCC acceptable. if a world mode phone is running multiple networks and struggling you can run one flat in no time. thirty minutes and hour, 90 at most.
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I run my GPS surveying equipment telemetry on Verizon for a reason. They are expensive (for pure data plans) and feature the worst customer service in the known universe. But their coverage is without equal. I have yet to find a place in DC, Maryland or Viriginia where our modems don't link up to their network. In five years of running four modems all over hell and creation we have never lost any time due to not having network coverage.
That said, I have found a few Verizon dead spots in the mountains while riding. In fact, I just found a couple while riding through BFE somewhere in the mountains of NC last weekend. But there aren't many. I hate dealing with Verizon customer service. But I love their network and how well their OTA programming works when my field crews smash a modem that has to be replaced and setup on the fly.
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AT&T will never have as good of coverage. verizon bought a massive block of frequency from the FCC. AT&T bought a large amount of very little frequency. Verizon went in and gobbled up huge amounts of frequency. AT&T later found out (and is finding out) that a good portion of what they bought in unusable due to radio frequency interference. (which, btw takes FOREVER for the FCC to track down, give notices for fixing, threaten fines, etc) so there are quite a few areas AT&T went to the trouble of putting up 4G towers and a portion of the tower capacity is useless.
Sprint 4G will never compete with verizon on 4G, they mostly run it on 1600mhz. meaning on level ground a single verizon tower will have over twice the range before factoring in anything environmental (where that will increase). it's simply too costly to try to provide coverage.
basically... as long as a 4G LTE tower is cut on, it's got about 90% of the range a 1x tower does. if you can call someone and talk to them via voice, you're pretty much in range for 4G LTE.
even in backwoods alabama, as of last week verizon cut on 4G in gadsden alabama. this means you can start at weiss lake and drive past tuscaloosa with 4G coverage. on i-65 you have 4G coverage from montgomery northwards, it goes out for 20-30 miles, then from 20 miles south of birmingham all the way past huntsville with a dropout between cullman and huntsville.
Verizon data isn't expensive if you have the unlimited plan. by default they DO NOT grandfather in, but you can buy a phone for a different line & upgrade it on your line to keep the unlimited data. i did. i burn through 20gb/month on 3g. i'm over 6gb of data in the last few days. LoL! (12 hour shifts at work and we stream cable TV from the house)
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Thanks for all the real-world advice. My one big hangup about Verizon (at least for the iPhone) is the lack of simultaneous data and voice. I don't use that feature very often, but I do use it. I understand iMessage is also a victim of this and won't come through if you're using the phone. Not a deal breaker, but something I considered.
What I do like, and I'm not sure I understand correctly, is that it seems that Verizon offers free Wifi hotspot. On AT&T, I have to pay $25 or $50 per month to turn my phone into a hotspot (or I could Jailbreak), but that's an included feature on Verizon. Is that correct? Of course, you can't use it while also using the phone.
I figure it'll be a month or so before I decide to get one. I'd like to get a Lifeproof case first, and it's not yet available for the 5. In addition, the Verizon store I visited to check out their service said that it'll be at least a couple weeks before they get more 5s in stock.
JD Power ranks Verizon #1: http://www.jdpower.com/content/press...ance-study.htm
Consumer Reports survey ranks Verizon #1: http://news.consumerreports.org/elec...on-survey.html
In any case, I don't ever recall ever having to deal with AT&T customer service and I don't anticipate having to talk to Verizon, either. I know the woman who helped me at the Verizon store was friendly and helpful, if that means anything.
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It's a phone company. They are both going to suck. Hard. Get whichever one has the better coverage for wherever you are.
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it's not likely to surface for years on verizon. not until verizon eventually supports VoLTE (Voice over LTE).
that being said. the reason it's never really been an issue to push is wifi. smartphone/tablets/mobile devices didn't have lots of wifi until 2008. it was a big issue! once most devices came with wifi, you don't tend to notice it. i started smartphones on verizon with the LG Dare, summer 2008. like the first iphones it had no wifi and it was an issue! it's rarely an issue in my case since i replaced that with a phone with wifi. go home, wifi, go to work, wifi. most anywhere else, probably have 4g (which is faster anyway!)
If it's a deal breaker issue you can skirt it by using data. Skype for voice and as of the ios6/ip5 launch Verizon quit charging data for Facetime calls. Oh how my family blew that up!
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The "Coverage" thing is B.S. some remote places AT&T works and VZ does not and vice versa. The trick is to be on the carrier that has the better coverage in the remote places you frequently visit. I used to carry a Sprint phone (same network as VZ) for personal use an AT&T phone for work, that was the only type of redundancy that would give me coverage in 90% of the places I went. FWIW I'm basing that off of phone coverage NOT data. I've never had good data reception in any truly rural area. In the Northeast in rural places I've always had good luck getting an AT&T signal same thing in FLA, while VZ and Sprint didn't work. Here in places like Summit and Grand Counties VZ works and AT&T doesn't.
For me I'm stuck with AT&T because I get a 20% discount on plans and 50% on all non-Apple brand hardware.
I was pretty excited for the 5 due to the big screen, better camera etc. But I'm pretty pissed off that charger interface has changed. WTF Apple? Now I need a new car charger, can't dock it, or share house charges/patch cables with my iPad.
After watching the drop test of the Galaxy S3 there's now way I can swap over to that flimsy piece of trash.
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the connector has changed but dont worry. it's the same shit chinese connector that will pull out & strip just like all the previous ones
mine's already pulling... sigh
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are you slow or have you not picked up that it's an APPLE cord. AT&T doesn't make cords....
the iphone 5 has the some cord problem every other iphone, ipod & ipad has... expensive device, laughably crappy power/data cord.
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Age 3 weeks. Apple, not a knockoff. My ip5 cord is showing the beginnings of the sane issue after 1 week...
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Our spacious house, 'Bella Bleu', located in beautiful Cassine Village, will be the perfect location for your relaxing beach vacation. Built in 2005, the house has 3 bedrooms and sleeps 6-8. King bed in master, queen bed in 2nd bedroom, and twin beds in 3rd bedroom. Pools, tennis courts, a basketball hoop, and miles of pristine beaches are only steps away.
Beach chairs and umbrellas are furnished for your convenience in enjoying our beautiful beaches nearby--a short 5-minute walk.
Complimentary adult-sized beach bikes are available for your use in exploring the many bike paths in the area.
The master suite features a full bath with walk-in shower, large closet and French doors opening onto a private balcony, the perfect place to relax.
The 2nd bedroom has a queen bed and private access to the shared bathroom with tub and shower. The king bedroom has a 37' flatscreen TV and the queen and twin bedrooms have 26' flatscreen HDTVs. The 3rd bedroom has twin beds with access to the shared bathroom. The living area features a queen sleeper sofa and 42' flatscreen HDTV. WiFi, DVDs, games and books are available.
The dining room table accommodates 8 and the breakfast bar seats 4. There is a fully equipped kitchen and laundry for your convenience.
Enjoy viewing the cypress forest and natural area from the screened back porch or relax on one of two spacious open porches. Just steps from the screened porch, a large outdoor patio with gas grill overlooking the cypress forest is the perfect setting for your evening cookout. Along the nature trail which can be accessed from our back yard are ponds, lakes and lovely picnicking areas.
Keywords: House, 30A, family friendly, beach, Seaside, Seagrove, nature trail, cypress,
We are Alabama natives who love the beach, especially the Seagrove Beach area! Having a beach home is a dream come true!
The Owner purchased this house in 2009
We chose this location because we love the natural area adjoining our property and the friendliness of the neighborhood. We are not only close to the beach, we are only a mile from the quaint villages of Seaside to the West and Rosemary Beach and Alys Beach to the East.
The beach is a short 5 minute walk and the 2 pools and tennis courts are minutes away. Shopping, fabulous restaurants and golf are nearby. The natural area adjoining our property leads to miles of nature trails with beautiful ponds and picturesque picnic areas.
We are winding down our last two vacation days in wonderful Seagrove. A light rainy day, but no worries. Today we drove 30A to Rosemary Beach area and had lunch at the Bistro Cafe. The taco bar Friday for dinner and an art festival in Watercolor will complete Friday. Saturday we will hit the market again which was fantastic on the first Saturday we were here. Earlier this week we experienced Destin with Jet Skis and a Pontoon boat rental in the inlet. Harry T's was a favorite dinner experience on two occasions enjoying too many HOOCHY COOCH Rum Drinks. ?. The Baytown Wharf was another evening of great fun at the Rum Runners Restaurant with awesome dueling pianos. Truly, a memorable family vacation with our sons and grandson. Your beach house was lovely and comfortable! A home away from home experience……….. We used the bikes on several occasions and managed to run a few days. The beaches were beautiful and so close to your "shore house" which was Kameron's name for Bella Bleu. FUN!
My family stayed in Bella Blue during the first week of April, and had a wonderful time. Our kids, ages 12 and 14, each brought a friend, so there were 6 of us. The house was spacious and comfortable, and also beautifully decorated. The walk to the beach was easy, and the kids enjoyed using the bikes that were provided. We've stayed in 3 other places on 30-A, and this was, by far, everyone's favorite. Dot was wonderful to work with, too. I would definitely stay here again!
Bella Blue was wonderful. Great location. Many restaurants in walking distance. Beach close by.No negatives.
Owner was a gem!!! So easy to work with.
House was gorgeous. Beautiful decorating. Would love to own this place!!!
Thanks for everything!!
This was by far the best place we've stayed at in Seaside. The house was beautiful. More beautiful than the pictures. The open floor plan made the house seem huge and made it great for cooking and spending family time. It was a short 5 minute walk to the beach or we used the bikes and rode there in 2 minutes. The kitchen had everything we needed to cook family meals. Restaurants in the area are quite expensive so I recommend taking advantage of the home and eating in. Dot was great to work with and her home is beautiful and quite peaceful. We have decided to make this our family tradition for fall break. You defiantly can't go wrong with this home.
My family and I had such a wonderful week in your home. We hope to visit again next year. Thank you for opening your home to us.
My group of girlfriends from college wanted a girls-only getaway. We searched and searched on VRBO until finally we found Bella Bleu...a house that fit all our specifications, and we had a lot of them! Upon arrival the house was spotless and beautiful. We quickly learned that the home was equiped with all the basics you will need to enjoy your stay, right down to coffee filters! The location is awesome, and we enjoyed a short stroll to the beach every day, and walking to pick up freshly steamed shrimp a couple nights for dinner at Goatfeathers. The garage is loaded with bikes, beach toys, chairs, umbrellas, and even a little wagon to get it all down to the beach! This would be great if you are traveling with children!! One of our favorite things about the home was the extremely comfortable beds and bed linens! We all agreed that we are picky about our beds, and these were PERFECT and cozy in every way. The open floor plan of the home made it easy for us to hang out together and catch up on each other's lives over wine and appetizers each night! Honestly I was shocked when I walked in because the VRBO pictures do not do this house justice. I really just do not have enough good things to say about this house, I hope we can return for many years to come.
Also...the area is great...easy to get to grocery store, Panama City Airport (only about 35 minute drive), Rosemary and Alyce Beaches. We ate at Bud N Alleys one night then enjoyed the outdoor concert in Seaside (free...every Wednesday at 7pm in the summers!). Our favorite meal was at Whiskey Bravo, just about 5 minutes down the road. And we also liked the Old Florida Fish House for dinner one night.
We had a great time in Seagrove staying at Bella Bleu...even though we were happy to get home to kids and husbands, we cried a little when it came time to leave our little piece of paradise!!! Thank you for trusting us with your home.
We had a wonderful weekend getaway with girlfriends. The house was beautifully decorated and perfectly clean. We were able to bike anywhere we wanted to go. Would stay here again in a heartbeat. The owner was incredibly easy to work with. Thank you for making our vacation so fun!
Sidewalks and bike paths, short bike ride to Seaside and Grayton Beach. First-class restaurants, shopping and cultural events are nearby.
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Kelly Osbourne displayed a towering top knot at New York Fashion week.
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OUAGADOUGO, Burkina Faso (AP) — An Air Algerie jetliner carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, the third major international aviation disaster in a week.
The plane, owned by Spanish company Swiftair and leased by Algeria's flagship carrier, disappeared from radar less than an hour after it took off from Burkina Faso's capital of Ouagadougou for Algiers.
French fighter jets, U.N. peacekeepers and others hunted for the wreckage of the MD-83 in the remote region, where scattered separatist violence may hamper an eventual investigation into what happened.
It was found about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the border of Burkina Faso near the village of Boulikessi in Mali, a Burkina Faso presidential aide said.
"We sent men, with the agreement of the Mali government, to the site, and they found the wreckage of the plane with the help of the inhabitants of the area," said Gen. Gilbert Diendere, a close aide to Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore and head of the crisis committee set up to investigate the flight.
"They found human remains and the wreckage of the plane totally burnt and scattered," he said.
He told The Associated Press that rescuers went to the area after they had heard from a resident that he saw the plane go down 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Malian town of Gossi. Burkina Faso's government spokesman said the country will observe 48 hours of mourning.
Malian state television also said the debris of Flight 5017 was found in the village of Boulikessi and was found by a helicopter from Burkina Faso. Algeria's transport minister also said the wreckage had apparently been found. French officials could not confirm the discovery late Thursday.
"We found the plane by accident" near Boulikessi, said Sidi Ould Brahim, a Tuareg separatist who travelled from Mali to a refugee camp for Malians in Burkina Faso.
"The plane was burned, there were traces of rain on the plane, and bodies were torn apart," he told AP.
Families from France to Canada and beyond had been waiting anxiously for word about the jetliner and the fate of their loved ones aboard. Nearly half of the passengers were French, many en route home from Africa.
French President Francois Hollande said after an emergency meeting in Paris that the crew changed its flight path because of "particularly difficult weather conditions."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, his face drawn and voice somber, told reporters earlier that "If this catastrophe is confirmed, it would be a major tragedy that hits our entire nation, and many others."
The pilots had sent a final message to ask Niger air control to change its route because of heavy rain, said Burkina Faso Transport Minister Jean Bertin Ouedraogo.
French forces, who have been in Mali since January 2013 to rout al-Qaida-linked extremists who had controlled the north, searched for the plane, alongside the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA.
Algerian Transport Minister Omar Ghoul, whose country's planes were also searching for wreckage, described it as a "serious and delicate affair."


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NEW DELHI (AFP) - Leaders of India's Hindu nationalist opposition huddled in meetings Wednesday to discuss strategy after exit polls forecast a sweeping victory for the party when results of the marathon election are announced in two days.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi, who campaigned on a pledge of development, investment and jobs, is expected to become India's 14th prime minister at the head of a BJP-led coalition after the official results Friday.
Senior party figures Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Sushma Swaraj, who are all expected to hold major cabinet positions, met in New Delhi. "We've got lots to discuss," said Mr Singh, referring to post-poll scenarios and strategies.
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During the Titanic commemorations, television presenter Fred Dinenage - who had a relative on board Titanic - read a number of short pieces out outlining the impact the Titanic disaster had on Southampton, as well as painting a vivid picture of the world inhabited by the passengers and crew of the vessel.
The speeches reflected the moods and emotions felt by many in 1912, from the elation and excitment of seeing the world's grandest vessel to the heartbreak and despair of the sinking.
These scripts were written by David Meikle, from Twyford. David is a freelance script writer for ITV and a lifelong Titanic enthusiast.
You can find out more information about David at his website - cleverwriting.co.uk.
1. The Voyage Begins
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4. The Final Dinner
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The next Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) takes place May 10-14 in Brussels, according to Jono Bacon, Ubuntu community manager.
The next Ubuntu Developer Summit should give developers the schedule for the next release, which is version 10.10. The exact venue, as Jono Bacon announced, is at the Dolce La Hulpe Hotel and Resort in Brussels, May 10-14. In addition to developers sponsored by Canonical, numerous Ubuntu supporters who work on the free platform in their free time will attend.
Canonical's sponsorship provisions cover costs for flights and accommodations, although only in limited number. Applications are open until March 26 and allow the chance to present your own contributions to Ubuntu development.
Bacon says that it is important to note that UDS is not a conference. Bacon says the event is a participatory discussion-based summit with a goal of determining the aspects of the next Ubuntu release. He says attendees should be prepared to participate in the sessions actively.
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MOST movies shot and shown these days are numbingly predictable—only 20 minutes into them, you can more or less anticipate how they'll develop and end, as filmmakers hew to safe and trite formulas to keep viewers momentarily sated.
Once in a rare while, however, we are surprised and amazed by movies that unexpectedly take us into new directions and heretofore unmined motherlodes of the cinematic imagination.
Late last month, for instance, we were bowled over by Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous," an out-from-left-field period conceit that determinedly strove to convince us that William Shakespeare was in fact—the Earl of Oxford. —Huh?
The movie is accused of "rearranging" some historical events to suit its stunning proposition, but its makers gloss over the "adjustments," stoutly stating that what's really important is the hard "fact" of its claim, as bolstered by some recent "discoveries."
After viewing the film, however, we still can't vouch for the veracity of its Oxfordian premise—but, it makes a heck of a literary cliffhanger, and its period images alone are worth the price of admission.
What's truly impressive about "Anonymous" is its ability to bolster its tale of "who really dunnit" with a number of its own literary-cinematic flourishes, taking its cue from some Shakespearean plays as it depicts the shifts in style of its unfolding story.
'Cabin in the Woods'
More recently, another unexpectedly different kind of movie has been regaling local viewers—"Cabin in the Woods" sounds like yet another regulation "slasher" flick, but happily turns out to be a wildly imaginative and really tall tale about a state-of-the-art facility that is, in fact, in the "ritual sacrifice" business. —Again, Huh?!
It appears that the ancient tradition of appeasing the vengeful gods by throwing a hapless virgin into an active volcano's seething mouth has been scientifically regulated into an annual ritual of selecting five young people to be similarly sacrificed to the gods, by having them hounded to death by a veritable anthology of ghoulish creatures, zombies and other nightmarish icons of the underworld.
It takes a while before viewers wrap their minds around this loopy premise, but it's a fantasticating fun trip all the way after that—that's "fun" in the freaky and freak-out sense, given the bloody, bone-crunching developments that ensue, but it's still weirdly, wackily "enjoyable."
—Even if, at the film's conclusion, the director of the entire ritual, played by Sigourney Weaver, announces the impending end of the world, when the sacrifice isn't completely concluded to the moody gods' satisfaction. —Well, the theater lights come up right after and we're still alive, so it really was just a movie, right? —What a relief!
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Movements of people changing their profile photos on social networks do definitely achieve one thing: they draw out the slacktivist critics.
During the 2009 Iranian election protests, hundreds of thousands of Twitter users turned their profile pictures green in solidarity with the protesters. This became the slacktivist strawman everyone had been praying for: naive American Twitter users taking the laziest possible action to support a foreign conflict because it was the cool thing to do. Or, if you were on the other side of the fence, it was the strongest show of solidarity between Americans and Iranians in...ever?
At the Center for Civic Media, we do a lot of quantitative media analysis, trying to answer questions of public value by finding patterns across millions of articles, tweets, and TV captions. As a former student of poetry, I'm often aware of how much we miss.
Today, a dear friend sent me a link to the gorgeous poem Peace by the 19th century Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. As I read this poem today for the first time, I was deeply moved by the word "brood," a word which is also prominent in Hopkins' more famous poem, God's Grandeur. Here's Peace:
Last November, I proposed that we redesign acknowledgment on the web to be more like a party and less like a duty. Promising to redesign my personal portfolio, I also promised to define an architecture that enables us to thank anyone anywhere, even in parts of the web which make acknowledgment difficult. Supervised by Mitch Resnick, and with helpful advice from many others, I have finished the alpha version of my portfolio. Here's what I learned.
This is the third session in the conference on Social Media and Behavioral Economics at Harvard.
This is the second session on Social Media and Behavioral Economics. Our moderator is David Laibson, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
I'm here at the Harvard Law School to blog their conference on "Social Media and Behavioral Economics." This is the opening session, which sets the stage for the rest of the day's conversation.
In my upcoming master's thesis, I'm making large-scale, automated technologies to measure and change the representation of women in news online. Judith Donath, one of my thesis readers, has strongly challenged the assumptions of this project. Can I actually make a good argument that women should have a fair and equal voice in society? Can I create a reasonable definition of equality, one that's good enough to include in computer software?
A positive vision of the role of women in the news needs to start with an understanding of the role they currently play: what are women watching, how are they using their voices, are those voices being heard, how are they presented in the news, and how does that influence what happens in society?
This is the first part of my answer to Judith, a review of what we know about women, news, and the Internet. Have I missed anything? Add it in the comments.
Learning always requires us to expand the boundaries of our imagination, for individuals and organisations alike. Although innovators often reach for creative disruption, we can also expand our capability to learn through the positive power of inspiration and cooperation.
My own capacity for inspiration was reset this week at the Festival of Learning, a creative gathering for everyone in the MIT Media Lab, Comparative Media Studies, and Arts, Culture, and Technology. (I'm on the organising team)
This weekend, I'm at Urbana, a gathering of Christian students interested in the work of the church worldwide. Over the next few days, I will be blogging two kinds of sessions. Sessions like this morning's gathering are intended to inspire and challenge Christian students to consider international service. This afternoon, I blogged a fascinating talk on the theological underpinnings of evangelical action on immigration.
In this parallel post alongside one by Denise Cheng, I review the media-making practices of 350.org, who coordinate thousands of events into global days of climate action. I also propose two technology designs for collaboratively tagging and remixing media from an event.Read Denise's post on the story and mission of 350.org, annotate this post using ReadrBoard, or suggest your own ideas
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The Oxford Moms and Tots group gathered for a Halloween play date on Wednesday at The Orchard church. The groups children were dressed in their best Halloween costumes for play time and some yummy treats. (October 20, 2014, Page 1)
Oxford Park Commission offers free activity day
The OPC is now offering a free activity day for children 1 to 5 on Friday's from 10 a.m. to noon in the beginner level gymnastics room. Parents must have a photo ID from the Oxford Activity Center. (January 24, 2014, Page 1A)