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DONALD RENNEWANZ JR. Donald William "Bill" Rennewanz Jr., 69, of Las Vegas, passed away Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. He was born Sept. 3, 1943, in Seattle. He was raised in Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles before moving to Dayton, Wash. He graduated from Dayton High School in 1961 and Eastern Washington University in 1970. He participated in numerous activities including FFA, Thespians, Key Club, Student Council and played football for four years. He met his wife, Sandy Beckwith, at Priest Lake, Idaho and they were married June 19, 1971 in Pomeroy, Wash. They recently celebrated their 41st anniversary. They resided in the California Bay Area for 16 years before moving to Vancouver, WA where they lived for 13 years, selling real estate for Windermere. They have lived in Las Vegas since 1999, where Bill had been semi-retired and working for Real Estate Temps. Previously, Bill worked in Industrial Sales and managed the family farm in Dayton. This past summer, they took a dream trip to Europe visiting London and Paris, and many ports on a Mediterranean cruise. Traveling was a favorite past time. He and Sandy were faithful WSU Cougar fans, attending many football games and other activities including Platinum Life Alumni members. He will be remembered by so many for his sense of humor, hearty laughs, kindness, and big hugs. His outgoing personality won him many friends wherever they happened to be. He was preceded in death by his parents, Donald Sr. and Muriel Rennewanz. He is survived by his wife, Sandy; sister, Betsy Buerk of Vancouver, Wash.; mother-in-law, Virginia Beckwith of King City, Ore.; sister-in-law, Bev (Ralph) Funk of Vancouver; brother-in-law, John Blattner of San Luis Obispo, Calif.; six nieces; one nephew; and six grand- nephews and nieces. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
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I am not sure what else to say. Discuss!
DOMA struck down!
So I wish people would stuck to legality and separating religion from law instead of trying to make sense of it in the Christian faith.
Does anyone have any verse
To support gay marriage??
Well, I was looking up how many times Jesus talked about this supposed sin of homosexuality ... and ... that would be ZERO. If Jesus didn't talk about it, my UCC minister tells me, it's not that important . He did tell us about 100 times to take care of the poor and to seek justice, so that's what our church spends most of its energy on.
Romans 13:8-10 could be used to support same-sex marriage
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not murder,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not covet,' and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
That says it all right there. Love is the only thing that matters and what we should all support
"To raise nice kids, you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property." -- Frank Zappa
Good grief, the Bible is historical document, NOT historical fact. Want to be annoyed with people mocking marriage, then start with people who get married to only be divorced a few days or hours later, be annoyed with people who treat marriage as so disposable that they get drunk, get married, and then divorce. Upset about gay marriage? GTFOH, until the double standard is gone, and those people who purport to know God's will (THAT is arrogant, btw, to just assume YOU know what God really wants) condemn the mockery that straight people make when they marry and behave like idiots, people will look and call you (general) your very well earned name: hypocrite.
I'm baffled that there are people who really do think that being gay is a choice. Even though there has been some headway with ssm and the striking down of DOMA, the homophobes and hypocrites will still continue to attempt to make it harder for two loving same sex people from partaking of the benefits of marriage because it suits them to be assholes who think that everyone should be just. like. them. The world is changing, and finally there is some sensibility in striking down archaic and outdated legislation; it's a shame that the homophobes, bigots, and hypocrites can't see past their own selfish agenda to see that they are, in fact, intolerant and narrow minded scaredy cats who can't accept that there's equal treatment for people whose lives should have NEVER been legislated to begin with.
It takes a lot of moxy to be both vocal and stupid - mommy4ever2b
I wonder, how many people who uses the Bible as the reason why they are against sex marriage eat pork?
It is serious question.
Facts are stubborn things...
John Adams
Yes, I agree especially since most lay ppl don't actually study the bible in a complete contextual sense.
Here's a really good one. I love this column written by a gay Christian and he makes an execellent point here.
One interesting passage is 1 Timothy 4:1-6:
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
Again, I'm not suggesting that Paul had same-sex marriage in mind when he wrote this passage. But I do think it's interesting that he says he has received specific instruction from the Holy Spirit that in later times, Christians will be forbidding people to marry and will need to have their errors pointed out to them.
"To raise nice kids, you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property." -- Frank Zappa
...just wait, Odie's, someone will chime in that the NT made it so that the OT (and the 613 laws) is no longer necessary. It's a convienient scapegoat. Which is interesting, because, IME, those same people who claim the irrelevancy of the OT laws because of the New Testament use Leviticus as their 'source' for being against ssm.
The circular logic is astounding.
It takes a lot of moxy to be both vocal and stupid - mommy4ever2b
...just wait, Odie's, someone will chime in that the NT made it so that the OT (and the 613 laws) is no longer necessary.
That's actually a point in favor of same-sex mariage. If you look at the OT and NT God seems to change his mind sometimes. There were laws in place in the OT that served a particular purpose. Once a command is no longer necesssary it becomes obsolete (like when Jesus healed on the Sabbath) Other considerations such as compassion take over pretty often in the Bible.
"To raise nice kids, you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property." -- Frank Zappa
Dug back through some old files (because suddenly - and sadly - they're relevant again). Found this from a 2010 post I made:
Strictly speaking, the New Testament says nothing at all about homosexuality.
There is not a single Greek word or phrase in the entire New Testament that should be translated into English as homosexual or homosexuality. In fact, the very notion of homosexuality like that of heterosexuality, bisexuality, and even sexual orientation is essentially a modern concept that would simply have been unintelligible to the New Testament writers.
At most, there are only three passages in the entire New Testament that refer to what we today would call homosexual activity.
None of the four gospels mentions the subject. This means that, so far as we know, Jesus never spoke about homosexuality, and we simply have no way of determining what his attitude toward it might have been. Moreover, there is nothing about homosexuality in the Book of Acts, in Hebrews, in Revelation, or in the letters attributed to James, Peter, John, and Jude. Further, homosexuality is not mentioned in ten of the thirteen letters attributed to Paul.
The ONLY places it is mentioned is Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, and 1 Timothy 1:8-11: passages that may be references to homosexuality. The dearth of references to homosexuality in the New Testament suggests that it simply was not a matter of major concern either for Jesus or for the early Christian movement.
Two of the three passages that possibly refer to homosexuality are simply more-or-less miscellaneous catalogues of behaviors that are regarded as unacceptable, with no particular emphasis placed on any individual item in the list.
Such miscellaneous lists of vices are fairly common not only in the New Testament and other early Christian literature but also in Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, and Jewish writings. They are somewhat stereotypical in nature, kind of in the way we say "liberals are X" or "conservatives are really Y."
These may simply be conventional lists, taken and adapted from earlier documents and used here for rhetorical purposes. If so, then inclusion of the words translated as male prostitutes and sodomites may be little more than coincidental.
In any case, neither of the catalogues -1 Corinthians 6:9-10 or 1 Timothy 1:8-11-singles out homosexual activity for any special attention. They just list, in miscellaneous fashion, various types of behaviors that are regarded as unacceptable.
It may well be that the two lists of unacceptable behaviors 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and 1 Timothy 1:8-11 do not refer to homosexuality at all.
The New Revised Standard Version translates 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 as follows:
Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbersâ€â€none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.
The Greek word translated as male prostitutes is the adjective malakoi (plural of malakos). This adjective means soft, as in a soft bed or a soft pillow. When applied to people, it can mean lazy, self-indulgent, cowardly, lacking in self-control, and the like. When applied to males, it generally refers to what are commonly regarded as feminine-like weaknesses: such men might be regarded as soft, flabby, weak, cowardly, unmanly, or effeminate. But to call a male effeminate might or might not carry implications of homosexuality.
But even if malakoi and arsenokoitai ("sodomites") are somehow linked in meaning, it is not at all clear just how arsenokoitai should be translated. It comes from two Greek words: arsen, which means male, and koite which literally means bed but by extension can be a euphemism for sexual intercourse (like going to bed with someone). This would appear to suggest that arsenokoitai refers to males who go to bed with other males. But Dale B. Martin has pointed out that the meaning of a compound word cannot necessarily be determined by breaking it apart, looking at the meaning of each of its parts, and then simply combining these meanings to determine the meaning of the compound word.
An example is the term mother-fucker. We know what this word means literally. But when people use it, they are usually not referring to someone who has sex with his mother. In fact, the word it doesn't refer to sexual activity at all. The point is, however, that its original sexual meaning is often not apparent in its actual usage.
And the same thing may very well be true of the Greek word arsenokoitai. Martin has made a study of how the word is actually used in ancient Greek literature. It is a rare word. According to Martin, though, when the word does appear independently, it is typically found in conjunction not with sins of sexual immorality but rather with sins related to economic injustice or exploitation. Martin concludes that arsenokoitai most likely refers not to homosexuality, but rather to the exploiting of others by means of sex, perhaps but not necessarily by homosexual sex. It might even refer to exploitation that has nothing at all to do with sex.
Even if 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and 1 Timothy 1:8-11 do refer to homosexuality, what they likely have in mind is not homosexuality per se but rather one particular form of homosexuality that was regarded as especially exploitive and degrading.
Some scholars have suggested that malakoi designates attractive young men, or boys, whose sexual services were either purchased or coerced by older men, and that arsenokoitai designates these older men who thus used or exploited the younger men. According to this interpretation, malakoi and arsenokoitai do refer to male homosexuality, but the objection is not necessarily to male homosexual activity per se, but rather to the prostitution, coercion, and/or exploitation that typically accompanied one particular type of male homosexuality. And this, too, is consistent with Martin's conclusion that arsenokoitai refers more specifically to exploitation than it does to sex. Furthermore, if this is the case, then we simply have no way of knowing what the New Testament writers might have said about a non-exploitive, non-coercive, loving, committed, monogamous homosexual relationship. We cannot know because New Testament writers are not talking about that kind of homosexual relationship.
The one passage in the New Testament that almost certainly does refer to homosexuality is based on some highly debatable presuppositions about its nature and causes.
The passage in question is Romans 1:26-27. Earlier in this chapter, the author is talking about idolatry, the worship of false gods. Then, beginning in verse 24, he talks about the results of idolatry. Verses 24 and 25 identify the results of idolatry as lust, impurity, and the degrading of one's body. Then, verses 26 and 27 spell out in more detail the nature of this lust, impurity, and bodily degradation.
What must be emphasized, then, is that the passage, taken as a whole, is not about homosexuality. It is about idolatry. The only reason it mentions homosexuality at all is because the author assumes that it is a result of willful idolatry. Knowing full well that there is one true God, people nevertheless freely choose to worship false gods. As punishment for this idolatry, God gives them up to homosexual activity. Thus, in a sense, homosexuality is not so much a sin as it is a punishment for sin. This should mean, however, that no monotheist would ever take part in homosexual activity - no practicing Jew or Christian or Muslim. Only worshippers of false gods would engage in such activity. This was a fairly common assumption within first-century Judaism, and it is one of the dubious presuppositions that underlie Romans 1:26-27. Clearly, however, it is not consistent with what we can observe in the world around us.
The passage also makes at least two other assumptions that point to its essential irrelevance so far as modern discussions of homosexuality are concerned.
First, it assumes that homosexuality is somehow unnatural -contrary to nature-or a better translation would be beyond what is natural. In other words, it isn't just unusual for people to engage in homosexual activity. It is abnormal. However, most scientists today agree that sexual orientation is most likely the result of a complex interaction of environmental, cognitive, and biological factors.
Second, the passage assumes that homosexuality is an expression of insatiable lust. People turn to homosexual activity because heterosexual activity simply fails to satisfy them. They want more! As Dale B. Martin points out, it is somewhat like gluttony: gluttony is too much eating, and homosexuality is too much sex. People engage in homosexual activity because they can't get enough of sex otherwise. And this, of course, is related to the notion that homosexuality goes beyond that which is natural. Homosexuality is essentially excessive sexuality. Together with the author's emphasis on the verb exchange, this suggests that, in modern terms, the reference in the passage may be more to bisexuality than to homosexuality. If such is the case, then the passage would appear to have little relevance for people whose sole orientation is homosexual.
In light of the assumptions that underlie Romans 1:26-27, perhaps the question to be raised when reading these verses is the following: Exactly what is it that is being opposed here, and why is it being opposed? Is it simply homosexuality per se, or is it the idolatry, the abnormality, and the insatiable lust that, in the first-century Jewish mind, were associated with homosexual activity? And a second question is this: What would the author of Romans 1:26-27 say about a loving, committed, monogamous homosexual relationship-one that was not rooted in idolatry, one that did not represent a rejection of one's own true nature, and one that was not characterized by excessive lust? I think the answer has to be that we simply do not know, because, once again, the author is talking about something quite different.
The New Testament really does not provide any direct guidance for understanding and making judgments about homosexuality in the modern world.
Perhaps, then, we could paraphrase what the New Testament says about homosexuality as follows: If homosexuality is exploitive, then it is wrong; if homosexuality is rooted in idolatry, then it is wrong; if homosexuality represents a denial of one's own true nature, then it is wrong; if homosexuality is an expression of insatiable lust, then it is wrong. But we could say exactly the same thing about heterosexuality, couldn't we?
It may well be the case that a twenty-first century Paul would revise Galatians 3:27-28 to read as follows:
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female, there is neither homosexual nor heterosexual; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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Fed on schedule for another Nadal drubbing....
and Im saying this as a Fed fan....but its starting to look inevitable.
In the past even when has he looked in sublime form he was easily dismantled by Rafa and now he doesn't look so good. Got through some tough matches against Raonic and Belluci and then you throw in the slow court, illness (maybe) and a well rested and in-form Nadal, its going to be 2 quick sets like Miami last year.
well this is is all pointless if Delpo beats Fed tomorrow
But look at how many players Federer has slaughtered. Look at Roddick. Why is it unfair for Nadal to merely lead 18-9 over Federer? That is nothing compared to the damage Federer has inflicted on others. People are supposed to suffer a lot in life. Positive and negative energy is supposed to be balanced throughout the universe. That includes Federer. And Federer's 'suffering' is only in tennis matches (and only vs ONE player!). That is a crazy easy life.
I don't really expect a close match if they both make it (and that's a big if, since they face del Potro and Nalbandian, respectively). I'll always have hope that Federer might win, but he's really struggling and it's very apparent that he's willing himself out of these matches.
Anyone hoping Delpo will take out Fed?
Fed is done tbh. Nadal has the easy draw here.
Now we just need to see what the counterbalance for Novak will be.
I don't see the point of this thread? If it's such a given why make this thread at all? I mean do we create threads like "Ferrer/Roddick/Davydenko is on schedule for another Federer drubbing" ?
Anyway, Federer's never played Nadal in Indian wells and it's a best of 3. Anything can happen if Fed wins the first set. He doesn't have to win 2 more, just one more, have you considered that?
Since I can't watch it (thankfully) I couldn't care less although of course, I'd rather he lost to DP, a player I like.
Actually his illness works both ways. On the other hand, I think Federer may play Nadal (if he wins dP) with a mindset that he's not at 100% anyway, so he might as well give whatever he's got and try. Often when put in that position, he comes through.
Dude, can you just like.. go somewhere else and stop being so annoying? Thanks.
Nadal has to get to him first,and even then it is far from guaranteed he will win. Nadal hasn't been playing that great,anyway.
He completely dismantled Granolla and Dolgo and not lost a set.
What more do you want????
That said, with fed being sick and all, Im more worried about him getting thru Delpo.
Hopefully he doesnt regress in his condition in the day off.
That said, if he makes the semi and loses to rafa, im cool with it because he wont lose pts and I dont expect him to beat rafa on this court at this stage of his career anyway. nevermind being ill to boot.
Thanks. :lol:
Maybe the fact that nobody will expect Fed to win (probably not even himself, even if he'd never admit it) will make him swing freely in this encounter, who knows. He definitely won't feel as much pressure considering he's not 100% and IW is basically solid clay.
How about a better second seve that's not spun in at 70-80mph,or an actual bh that is not just a moonball. Oh,and how about some mental fortitude when serving for sets/matches instead of the choke jobs he's been doing out there,and a ros would be nice. Besides,Dolgo was an ue machine so Nadal really didn't have to do much with only 12 winners and 7 ue. He will not get away with that kind of junk against Nalby in the next round,or any of the top players for that matter.
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Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey or Fontevrault Abbey (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) is a religious building hosting a cultural centre since 1975, the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest, in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in Anjou, France. It was founded by the itinerant reforming preacher Robert of Arbrissel, who had just created a new order, the Order of Fontevrault. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119.[1] Then located within what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire, the King of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and son, King Richard the Lionheart were buried here at the end of the 12th century. Disestablished as a monastery during the French Revolution, it served as a prison from 1804 to 1963.
It is situated in the Loire Valley, an UNESCO World Heritage Site between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and is within the Loire-Anjou-Touraine French regional natural park (Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine).
In the early years the Plantagenets were great benefactors of the abbey and while Isabella d'Anjou was abbess, Henry II's widow Eleanor of Aquitaine became a nun there.[2] Louise de Bourbon left her crest on many of the alterations she made during her term of office.
During the French Revolution, the order was dissolved. The last abbess, Madame d'Antin, died in poverty in Paris. On 17 August 1792, a Revolutionary decree ordered evacuation of all monasteries, to be completed by 1 October 1792. The abbey later became a prison from 1804 to 1963, in which year it was given to the French Ministry of Culture.[3] This city prison in Fontevraud, planned to hold 1,000 prisoners, required major changes, including new barracks in addition to the transformation of monastic buildings into dormitories, workshops, and common areas. Prisoners–men, women and children–began arriving in 1814. Eventually, it held some 2,000 prisoners, earning the prison the "toughest in France after Clairvaux." Political prisoners experienced the harshest conditions: some French Resistance prisoners were shot there under the Vichy Government. Following closure of the prison came major restoration, an opening to the public in 1985, and completion of the abbey church's restoration in 2006 under architect Lucien Magne.[4]
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The abbey was originally the site of the graves of King Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their son King Richard I of England, their daughter Joan, their grandson Raymond VII of Toulouse, and Isabella of Angoulême, wife of Henry and Eleanor's son King John. However, there is no remaining corporal presence of Henry, Eleanor, Richard, or the others on the site. Their remains were possibly destroyed during the French Revolution.
Henriette Louise de Bourbon, granddaughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, grew up here. Princess Thérèse of France, daughter of Louis XV, is also buried there.
Jean Genet described the experiences of a thirty-year-old prisoner at Fontevrault in his semi-autobiographical novel, Miracle de la rose, although there is no evidence that Genet was ever imprisoned there himself.
Notes and bibliography[edit]
- ^ Melot (1971)
- ^ Melot (1971)
- ^ Melot (1971)
- ^ "Transformation de l'Abbaye en Prison". l'Abbaye de Fontevraud. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- Melot, Michel (1971) L'abbaye de Fontevrault. Paris: Jacques Lanore
- Pohu, J. (1961) L'abbaye royale de Fontevrault. Fontevraud: l'abbé Pohu
- Pohu, J. (197-?) The royal abbey of Fontevraud. Fontevraud: l'abbé Pohu
External links[edit]
- Official site in French
- Official site in English
- Map of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Val de Loire
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
- Royal Abbey of Fontevraud and the famous Gisants (painted tomb effigies) of Eleanor of Aquitaine, King Henry II and King Richard I
- Hotel Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud
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- Defunct prisons in France
- 1110s establishments in France
- Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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By Bryan Davis
Sports Editor
Oak Hill Academy head football coach Leroy Gregg said on Tuesday that the temperature was just a number.
It was a mighty high number by the time Gregg and his team walked out on to the practice field in the mid-afternoon heat.
Temperatures reached as high as 104 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, but it was business as usual for the Raiders, who are getting ready for their season opener against Heritage on August 20.
The team took the field at about 3:15, and the sun was relentless.
By Bryan Davis
Sports Editor
The Oak Hill Lady Raider softball team was coming off of a big weekend after winning the Heritage Tournament.
However, the offense was a little sluggish on Monday evening, which led to a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Starkville Academy.
The Lady Volunteers jumped out to an early 4-0 lead over the Oak Hill squad, and they never looked back.
Eventually, the would add an insurance run, but it was not necessary, as the bats for Oak Hill stayed cold through seven innings.


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Issues and grievances
I do get why
Marvel Comics does what it does. They
make every characters life as hard as possible, give them a little hope,
something to hold on to before snatching it away and giving them a death, or a
defeat or something along those lines. I
get it, I really do. But what really
annoys me is the direction Marvel has taken the relationship with Cyclops and
Emma Frost.
When Emma first came onto the scene,
she was portrayed as an evil woman, working for the villainous Hellfire Club. As the years went on, she has evolved into
one of, in my opinion, the central X men, maybe even into one of the Top 5 (the
others being Cyclops himself, Professor Xavier, Wolverine and Jean Grey, with
Beast, Storm and possibly Iceman just missing out). Currently she is the second-in-command to the
X men who stayed on Utopia with Cyclops in the frankly awful Schism event. After many hurdles, not least being the Dark
X men saga, Emma and Cyclops have turned into one of the Marvel Universes top
couples. And now Marvel does the obvious
and throws a problem into the mix. Albeit, a rather large, very powerful, very arrogant problem. Namor.
Now the signs have been there for a
while and I know I'm a little late to the scene but I've got to ask why? There is always going to be the Cyclops-Jean
fans and the Cyclops-Emma fans. You
might have guessed but I'm on the latter. And I think all those on the Cyclops-Jean side should grow up and
realise times change. She's dead. Yes, she's coming and most certainly always
will come back, but she and Cyclops are gone. There's always going to be 'something' there but don't forget it was her
who pushed Cyclops into entering a relationship with Emma. And now they're both happy. But then Mr "I'm king of Atlantis and because
I've decided I like you, 'one-eye' here should get out of the way" comes into
the mix. Sorry mate, jog on. I do like Namor, I think he's a great
character with lot of potential but all this going after other bloke's girls is
getting old. First Sue Storm and now
Emma. When is it going to end?
Now the kiss that happened in Fear
Itself after Namor stopped Emma from suffocating Hope was just ridiculous. The whole thing of her 'thinking he was
Cyclops' was pure and utter rubbish. Cyclops has got red eyes hat amazingly glow in the dark and are pretty
hard to miss considering he wears a giant visor on the front of his head! All I ask is why Marvel? Just to keep sales up? Really? I've got to say that there are many people who read comics because we
love them, not because we want to know if Emma NS Cyclops stay together.
In my opinion Cyclops has become a
great character as his relationship with Emma has progressed. He's not just the two-dimensional guy who
always fell for the red headed telepaths and blindly followed every order
Charles Xavier gave him. With Emma he
has become the second greatest leader in the whole of the Marvel Universe
(Steve Rogers being the other) and has been shown to have to deal with some extremely
difficult situations, not least being the Mutant Messiah, Hope Summers and
being the representative of every Mutant on the planet. His team has been torn apart by Wolverine,
someone he thought he could trust. Many say
Wolverine was right in Schism. I don't think
he was. Look back through history. Wolverine has put many children in danger,
Kitty Pryde, Jubilee and many more. To throw
a hissy-fit and say Cyclops is using them as soldiers is him being the biggest
So I ask Marvel now to leave Cyclops
and Emma alone. Maybe give them the wedding
and the 'happy ever after' they deserve? By all means, throw in a couple of fights, betrayals, team ups and
deaths for the X men but leave them be. It
might turn out better that you think. Maybe
a story involving Cyclops having to choose between the X men and Emma and their possible children……


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Democrat's victory sent out a ringing message
When Ciro Rodriguez ousted Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla, he dealt a blow to Tom DeLay's gerrymandering scheme.
Tom DeLay, the former Republican House Majority Leader who muscled the redrawing of Texas congressional districts through the Texas Legislature in 2003, was nowhere around when Ciro Rodriguez celebrated his victory last week. But Rodriguez's victory over seven-term Republican Henry Bonilla rectified some of the mischief perpetrated by the former GOP leader.
Rodriguez was elected to represent the 23rd Congressional District, a district redrawn by the U.S. Supreme Court after it found that its old configuration denied Hispanic voters their constitutional say in who represents them. Instead of including Hill Country counties that are heavily Anglo and Republican, voters the court found heavily diluted the Hispanic vote, the new 23rd District included the heavily Hispanic south side of San Antonio.
The previous 23rd District was drawn under the guidance of DeLay as a way of boosting GOP congressional strength under DeLay's command. The court found that denied a community of voters their ability to choose their own representative to Congress. Soblatant was the denial of constitutional rights that DeLay's district line drawers cut right through Laredo, splitting the heavily Hispanic city to achieve political ends.
Bonilla was the only Hispanic Republican congressman, but his declining strength in past elections among the Hispanic voters in his district indicated he was losing their support. His vote for construction of a 700-mile-long fence along the Mexican border came back to haunt him, especially in Maverick County where Del Rio leaders have organized against the fence. The race became a top priority for the national Democratic Party. But the redrawn district likely would have been in Democratic hands in coming elections regardless of the outcome of the race last week.
DeLay's power play in the Texas Legislature in 2003 ultimately led to his downfall. He was slapped with ethics violations, indicted in Travis County and ultimately had to resign his seat in Congress.
But the deepest indignity inflicted by DeLay's single-minded power grab was depriving the emerging Hispanic majority in that South Texas area its voice to choose who they wanted in Congress. Last Tuesday that voice was finally heard.
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Random guy grabbed my ass at the grocery market.
My friends and I had just spent the whole day at music festival and were waiting for my dad to come pick us up. We were standing by a street sign so my dad could easily find us. A man in his thirties walked past us with a young woman and said, "You girls are looking good." My sister politely said, "Thank you," and we turned around to avoid any further contact. As he was crossing the street he shouted, "I mean, you guys are working that corner," and we all turned around shocked by what he said but we did not respond. He then said "I mean, can I pick which one I want?"
After that I decided that I should say something to him so I responded, "No, you man not pick one, please keep walking and leave us alone." He then responded, "Oh I can't pick one?" And angrily I said, "No we aren't objects, keep walking and stop talking to us." He then shouted terms at us and then he said, "Oh you aren't objects?! Then what are you?" And again I said, "Keep walking." After he crossed the street he decided to turn around and take a picture of us and then he caught up with the younger woman he was with and laughed hysterically. By no means should anyone ever have to experience something like that. My friends felt uncomfortable and violated. Although I do not feel that I handled the situation in the best manner, he should not have implied that we were prostitutes, and he should not have taken that picture.
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One time I was walking to my car and some guy starts calling out, "Hey babygirl, what's up my babygirl," etc. etc. I looked back at him and said, "Don't call me babygirl. I am not your fucking babygirl!" He put his head down and said, "You're right ma'am, I'm sorry." I was like, "Hell yeaaaaaaa!!!! FTW."
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Sooo… Sexual harassment was something I experienced since I was 13 years old. Leering, stupid comments, guys trying to hit on me ("Where do you live?"..wtf dude?), public masturbation, men who rub against me in the bus, licking their lips and making kissy noises at me, staring at my body…
Anyways, I was once in Paris visiting my father. We went to a big furniture store where you could have lunch. I got a salad and the salad sauce tube didn't work, so I asked an employee for help. He took another employee with him to get a new one and they came over and helped me to push the sauce out…well, the sauce was white and of course, one of them turned to me and said, "Well you have to squeeze with passion to make the sauce come out!" And they started laughing in a dirty way. Maybe it wasn't a big deal, but I felt embarrassed. I don't think it's okay to make sexist jokes to a seventeen year old girl.
Was harassed by a man on a bus who drunkenly yelled "you've got a nice pair of tits, love!"
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I'm in my early 20s and a student at a community college. It was late in the evening a month or so ago, and I was on campus walking to class and passed by a group of young men who were talking and joking around with each other. As I proceeded to walk one of them started to loudly make comments like "Hey, you. Can I get your number?" I knew he was talking to me, but I ignored him hoping that wasn't the case.
I realized that the group was now walking behind me, and I didn't know what to do. I had never been harassed in public before. I ignored them and kept walking, not indicating that I had heard them at all, but they continued to follow me saying, "Hey, I like girls with square backpacks." That one almost made me laugh at how ridiculous it was before he said, "Hey, you in the green shirt, I'm talking to you." I started to get really afraid that they'd try to follow me into the parking structure that I usually cut through and began to walk faster, taking an alternate route where there were more people. Eventually I stopped hearing them behind me. The whole time I could hear the guy laughing with his friends.
A couple of weeks afterwards I was waiting for the city bus and a guy looking to be in his fifties came up to me to ask me what time the bus usually came. I answered him and he walked away. He ended up getting on my bus, and sat a few seats away. As we got closer to campus, he switched seats to sit closer to me, and after asking if I was on my way to school, to which I replied yes, he out of nowhere turned and asked me, "Hey, do you want to go out with me?" I was startled, but I calmly and clearly replied, "No." He then asked if I was over eighteen to which I replied, without thinking, yes. He continued to try to convince me, asking if I was sure because he had "a Starbucks gift card." I again replied no. I didn't feel threatened at the time, just because it seemed so random and he didn't act upset or threatening; I just thought he was weird/creepy.
However, the next week as I was boarding the bus to go home, I heard someone say hi to me. I began to say hello before I realized it was the same guy. I immediately went to a seat far away from him, but as soon as I sat down he got up and took the seat behind me. It scared me that I couldn't see him. I immediately took out my phone and dialed the first person I thought would answer. I was really freaked out and didn't want him to try and talk to me. I talked on the phone about anything I could think of for the entire trip. After I got off, I kept looking behind me, afraid he'd follow me. When I told my sister she told me I should just take one of the metro buses instead, but I was reluctant because the city bus drops me off much closer to home, and I thought that surely he couldn't be on the bus at all times of the day, as I had never seen him prior to this and I had been taking that bus for years.
Even so, I took the metro bus for a few days, before the weather turned especially warm and I decided to try the city bus one more time. The bus was unusually full, and I took a seat in the front where there were no available seats around me, I thought I was in the clear before the same creep came up beside me in the aisle and presented me with a flower asking me if I wanted it. I said no, and he asked again, I again said no. He left, and I got off early at one of the busier bus stops afraid he'd try to bother me off the bus. That was over a month ago and I haven't taken that bus since.
Before these incidents I had heard about street harassment and recognized it as an issue, but I had never experienced it myself. I wasn't prepared for how afraid and insecure it made me feel, I wish I would have said something at the time, but I don't know if it would have mattered. I feel like it was so obvious both guys were bothering me, and in the second case it freaked me out even more that he didn't seem to take my answer at face value. It made me afraid that he didn't seem to have a clear sense of what the word "no" meant. I mean I repeatedly rejected him with my words and body language. Why should I have to bluntly and loudly confront him? Ugh, it happened weeks ago and I'm still thinking I should have told him off.
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It was a balmy summer evening, and I was walking home from the subway along Flatbush Avenue. Just ahead of me was a girl in her early twenties in a pair of shorts. Men started hooting, and one of them began following her down the street and aggressively asking for her number, her name, and a date. She kept walking, and he kept following. I came up next to her and asked if she'd like a walk home. She quickly said yes, and I slid my arm into her's and we walked together. The hooting kept up, but the stalking stopped. After a block I asked if she was ok, and she smiled and said yes.
As upset as I was (and still am), it feels good to be able to do something.
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15 years ago, when I was 15 years old, I got off my school bus and was walking home with my saxophone case in one hand. A young adult man came up from behind me and lifted my school uniform skirt. He looked me in the eyes to see my reaction, and when I started to chase him he started running. I had no chance to catch up to him, but I still ran for blocks. It was humiliating. People around me stared.
Later that year I was walking home from school. An older gardener man came up from behind me in his bike and grabbed my butt and sped off. I had no chance to even react. I felt muted.
A couple of months ago, I posted a success story on here regarding harassment near my workplace. I've been reading everyone's stories since, and sadly there are so few where the victims are able to feel powerful after an incident.
I've decided to make it a point to share any successful experiences that I have, to hopefully inspire others to keep going, speak up, and take action. I believe that we can make a world of difference together. We really can.
The most recent experience occurred yesterday. This one was pretty hilarious. I was jogging down a main street in Hayward, California. At one point, I was running on a slight incline, enjoying the focus and pace. I heard a bicycle approaching in the street, alongside the sidewalk where I was. I always look when I hear a bike, to make sure the person is paying attention, not attempting to assault me, etc.
When I looked at the rider, he looked back at me in acknowledgement. Then he looked back again. And again. At that point, I asked, "What?" Not in a confrontational way, but as if you had spinach in your teeth and someone continued to stare. The dialogue was as follows:
Me: "What?"
Him: "What?"
Me: "I don't know, man. You're making me uncomfortable right now."
Him: *laughs* "What?"
Me: "Wow, this is really awkward, the way you're looking at me."
Him: "I'm just looking at you, looking to see who you are. This is how I look at all the girls!"
Me: "You know I'm only 16, right?"
Him: *pauses and looks back in a double-take* "…Woooow. Woo, oh boy! Oh…" *throws both hands up and starts riding away with increasing speed*
Me: *laughing* "Yeah that's right, buddy, you just keep on riding!"
He hauled ass out of there like you wouldn't believe. I wish I had recorded his reaction, or even taken a picture. One of the best ones I've seen. I could still hear him in the distance as he was riding away, shaking his head and "woo!"-ing in fear of being caught for his predatory actions. He didn't look back at me once after that!
I had so much positive energy after the incident, that I was able to jog home in half the time it would normally take me. I went home smiling, laughing, in good spirits. Because I took the power back in the situation.
The funny thing is, I'm actually 25. I mean, I'll take the compliment, but when a grown man refers to all human females as "girls" regardless of age, I automatically get the vibe that they're a predator. It's offensive and insulting to women, but in this instance, I used it to my advantage. I dared to be a woman who stepped outside of her house without a man next to her, and I walked away with the power.
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Here's what HOLLAs around the world have been up to:
Hollaback! Baltimore signed on Ladyfest to their Safer Spaces Campaign – a female- and LGBTQ-focused music festival happening this weekend! Awesome!
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Hollaback! Des Moines presented at Central Iowa Friends of Planned Parenthood's monthly Choice on Tap Happy Hour!
Hollaback! Italia hosted a workshop on changing people's perceptions and showing them how they can respond to street harassment.
Hollaback! Korea is hosting a discussion tomorrow about street harassment at the Gwangju GIC Talk.
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Hollaback! Philly's petition to San Diego Comic Con was dismissed by the company thus silencing over 2,000 people who said they don't feel safe or protected with their vague, unenforced anti-harassment policy. They're hosting three events between now and the convention where they will continue to push the petition and the effort. You can join the conversation on various social media platforms using #SDCCFAIL and #SDCCHARASSMENT. Last but not least, they will be delivering the petition in person to San Diego Comic Con to demand they hear the voices of the people telling the con they don't feel safe or protected. You go, HB! Philly!
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Consolidation, net neutrality, special access and rights-of-way dominated the headlines at Comptel Spring 2015
This year's spring Comptel trade show in Orlando, Fla., once again reflected a competitive industry that's in transition. The show featured three keynote speeches from members of the service-provider industry and even a lawmaker: Representatives from Google Fiber and Sprint were keynote speakers, as was Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla).
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- Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011.
- Year Published: 2011
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever. Includes a historical note by the author.
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Im Weißen Rössl am Wolfgangsee
Im Weißen Rössl am Wolfgangsee.
We had a coffeestop overhere, when I was a kid . Ofcourse Im Weißen Rössl.
Maybe you remember the famous song about it. 25 years later I came by on the boat on my way to St. Gilgen.
St. Wolfgang is very touristic mainly because of the song.
History of St Wolfgang
St Wolfgang is named after the bishop who founded the Pilgrimage Church in this town by throwing his axe from the Falkenstein hill into the valley below and building on the spot where the axe landed. Today, there is a colourful plague next to the Pilgrimage Church depicting the history of the town (see photo).
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When you are going to St Wolfgang from nearby Strobl town by road, you will pass by some beautiful scenery of forest and houses. Before reaching St Wolfgang, the road will go into a tunnel and just like some magic, when the road opens up, the beautiful town of St Wolfgang and the Wolfgangsee lake appears before your eyes. I find this very interesting and refreshing :)
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There are several good viewpoints of the Wolfgangsee lake and surrounding mountains while at St Wolfgang. They are as follows:
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- Waterfront area next to the White Horse Inn.
- Lakeside park just across the road to the Schafberg train station.
- Small park on the eastern fringe of the town, where the ship station is located.
- Top of Schafberg mountain and along the way up the mountain (see mt VT Schafberg page).
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Pilgrimage Church
The Pilgrimage Church at St Wolfgang is one of the landmark of the town. It was built in the 14th century, and apparently there is a historical path for pilgrims from the nearby town of St Gilgen to St Wolfgang via the western shore of Wolfgangsee lake. This path is in honour of St Wolfgang, the bishop who was said to have founded this church.
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Going up to Schafberg mountain
Schafberg is a mountain located next to St Gilgen, and one of the must-do activity is to take the famous Cog-railway train up the mountain and have beautiful views of the surroundings on a clear day. The train station is about 10 minutes walk from St Wolfgang along the main road.
For more information and photos, please see my transportation tip section of this VT page as well as my VT Schafberg page. Personally, I think this trip is worth the money though it does not come cheap (24 euros return per person if you want to take the train to the top).
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Im Weissen Rossl (White Horse Inn)
The Im Weissen Rossl (White Horse Inn) is one of the most famous landmark in St Wolfgang. This hotel is located at the waterfront area of Wolfgangsee lake, right in the centre of the town. The fame comes because this is the setting for Ralph Benatzky's operetta "The White Horse". Originally I wanted to stay here for 1-2 days but the hotel room facing the lake was beyond my budget, and furthermore I will be staying at Zell Am See (see my VT Zell Am See page) which offers about the same scenery so I do not want a repeat.
As for the hotel itself, I have looked through the internet while planning for my Austria trip and it is really good (5 star standard) especially if you can get a room facing the lake. Also, the swimming pool at this hotel is on the lake itself (see photo) and offers fantastic views while you are enjoying your swim. More photos are at the travelogue section of this VT page, and the hotel website is below.
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Town of St Wolfgang
St Wolfgang is a very charming and relaxing town surrounded by the Wolfgangsee lake and mountains, with the Schafberg mountain just next to the town (see my VT Schafberg page). This town is one of the most visited places in the Salzkammergut region, and can be easily reached by taking the comfortable Postbus (see transportation trip) from Salzburg (about 2 hours ride one way). It is also possible to reach from Vienna via trains to either Salzburg or Bad Ischl town, followed by transfer to Postbus buses.
Besides being a beautiful town, St Wolfgang is famous for its White Horse Inn, pilgrimage church as well as the Wallfahrtskirche (a gallery of religious art with several altars from Gothic to Baroque, opens daily from 9am to 6pm). More information about the various sights of St Wolfgang are at my other tips of this page.
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Wolfgangsee and other lakes at Salzkammergut
Wolfgangsee is one of the several beautiful lakes which make up the Salzkammergut region east of Salzburg. The towns along the Wolfgangsee include St Wolfgang, St Gilgen and Strobl. Other major lakes in this region are:
Attersee (major town: Attersee)
Mondsee (major town: Mondsee)
Hallstatter See (major town: Hallstat)
Altausseer See
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The Salzkammergut Region of Austria
The Salzkammergut is a very beautiful region east of Salzburg made up of majestic mountains, several beautiful lakes dotted with classical Austrian towns. The name Salzkammergut is related to the mining of salts because this region rose to fame and fortune because of the salt which is available here. Another reason why the Salzkammergut is famous is because some parts of the classical movie "The Sound of Music" was filmed here, including the start of the movie where it shows beautiful mountain area before zooming in to Maria who then sings "The hills are alive with the sound of music .....".
The various places in Salzkammergut can be easily reached from Salzburg by buses or packaged tours. Personally, I prefer taking the buses and exploring this place on my own and perhaps stay 1-2 days at the towns here.
Although there are many towns in Salzkammergut, the most famous and often visited ones are St Wolfgang, St Gilgen, Hallstatt and Mondsee. These towns are next to the lakes, with beautiful mountain scenery.
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Wood carvings
You will find this carved tree trunk and vis a vis a collection of smaller carvings (unfortunately I don't have a picture of that), telling you that at 3 kilometers from St. Wolfgang you will find the workshop of this artist making this silly looking carvings. I suppose it's great to pay a visit and maybe buy one for your home. Faces are really silly and nice looking :)
On the western side of town on the way toward the small train station that has departures exclusively to the top of Schafberg, the mountain that presides above the town, you'll find a small waterfront promenade. This is a great spot to take pictures of the Pilgrimmage church and the town itself or just to come and relax on one of the many wooden benches. Boats also dock here and there is even a stage where performances of Ralph Benatsky's famous comic opera, The White Horse Inn, occasionally entertain the crowds.
Pfarrkirche St. Wolfgang
The Pilgrimmage Church of St. Wolfgang (built in the 14th and 15th centuries) is the architectural centerpiece of the town. It's located in the main square and is definitely worth a visit for its richly decorated interior, highlighted by the winged altar by Michael Pacher, which stands an impressive 12 meters high.
Even if you've visited a number of Europe's finest religious sanctuaries, you are sure to be impressed with the ornate display of this relatively small church. Oh, and it was the church used in the wedding in a little movie called "The Sound of Music".
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