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January 15th, 2007 #1
Chow #55 - VOTING - God Of Art!
Now... concept!
(for the new people)
(the selection is based on technical quality criteria)
(i really try to do this every time)
I am trying to set this as a professional demand. I act as the client...
Oblio is always looking for feedback - If Oblio is wrong - tell him so.
So... seems like Phuzion is keen to get up in the CHOWSCARS
I am in a serious crunchtime.. so.. i have skipped all the critics and .. rejoyce.. i have included all the finals in the poll.
The ones i should NOT put there... are numerous and i count on the old Chow dwellers to help them out and to explain how things are here.
IF YOUR PIC IS NOT GOOD... it doesnt go up.
But i can't refuse an offering to the God of Art... so there you go.. THIS TIME... everyone is up there.
Thx for enduring my crysis here... i will post some art soon too.. hope you'll be good to crit my ass.
Also... i have another movie from the workshop to finish.. aaaaannnd a lot of other stuff.. move to another country, sell a car.. etc..
Life... is beeping... keep on drawing
And will assist me in selecting the entries for the poll. In one week we'll have a new client.Vote him now
I am glad to anounce - that despite the fact that he didn't wanted to enter the poll... Phuzion won his own round again.
He is free to accept it
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I'd say it's a safe bet that goddesses are okay, judging from the lack of description, it's probably pretty open.
Okay, for the sake of keeping this post a little smaller, I'll hold off on the process shots until the end, but the ones I'd posted already will be in the Members Exclusive section, in my sketchbook (linked in my signature), and there are even more process shots at The D/L Blog (which is also linked in my signature).
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G'night!! Enjoy the CHOWder!
Well, I'm going to have to call it quits on this one... there some things I would've liked to work out further, but I'm still happy with it. So this is the final! I saved a toooon of iterations, so I'll post a step-by-step deal either tomorrow or next week, depending on what my time looks like.
It's been a while since I painted like this digitally, so the rendering and whatnot was a blast. It was also an excersize in how much I could do without reference... the silouhettes of the birds were referenced, and her solar-plexus area was reffed as well:
The Goddess of Art:
Maya (means Illusion), the Goddess of illusion and desire. She is reborn with every inspiration, living entire lives in the moment it takes us to have an epiphany. Her jewels are the symbols and essence of thought and wisdom, illusion and desire, action and execution; they hold the power of the muse. Her birds are that of passion and hope, pain and torment. Born of inspiration, she has many faces and many forms, she is the artist's hope, and the artist's anguish; she is the reason we can't not draw, paint or sculpt. She is the reason the inspiration flows in, and the inspiration must flow out...
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January 16th, 2007 #3
Oh my god, Phuzion, she's gorgeous...
Although now victory becomes an afterthought...
Nonetheless, I'm gonna treat this as practice, here's my WIP, hopefully something different. I have no idea how to finish this painting, how do u guys decide what's finished and what's not? some advice if possible please?
Note: I'm asking silly questions because I've only started painting 2 weeks ago, but everyone says my work seems unfinished, and I dun understand how to 'finish' them...
I'm a game designer by day, and a hobbyist artist by night.
January 16th, 2007 #4
bit similar to phuzion's maybe.
maybe i'll be able to finish it this time round.
edit: update
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January 16th, 2007 #5
Lovely start Phuzion
Here's my wip so far:
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How do i Submit the Character, I can only submit ONE?
Alright, I guess i can only submit this via the
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Vision & Muse
The twin deities of Vision and Muse work together as the light and dark sides of inspiration. When artists take joy and create easily, Muse is in control. However, when an artist is tormented by their creative drive, painting all night instead of much needed sleep, Vision is at fault.
ok, here's the final
I would appreciate any critique to help me improve.
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Phew just made it in at 23:37! lol
heres my entry:
God of Art "The Cockerpainter"
January 17th, 2007 #10
Here's my finished version, looking forward to seeing lots of participation on this topic.
January 17th, 2007 #11
Okay, This is what I've come up with, I swear...around all of you I feel like a child. Nevertheless it just wouldn't be proper form to throw in the towel, so here goes...
This is the godess of art, summoning her muses to assist her in inspiring artists of all ages ( Including the five year old who drew the background ^.~) .
I guess my thinking on this was to go for something fresh and stylistically sketchy ( not an actual sketch as I spent a bit more time on this...) Like something that you'd draw if you just got a fresh pack of colored pencils. I tried and I know it may not be on par with the rest of your entries but I'm still happy with it.
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Ok... thought I'd finally jump in... Long time watcher (read: chicken) first time entering any of the OW activities. WIP below... Still a lot of bugs to be worked out but hopefully I can get it wrapped up by Sunday.
Here's the most final he's gonna get. Fun activity... I'll definitely give it a shot again. Oh, and a quickie brief:
One of the few old gods to survive the global cultrual purges of the 24th century, Q'tzal returned to favor after the world economy crashed. Their oppressors powerless, the new Pantheon returned to the minds of men. Q'tzal is stripped of all but the memory of the fantastical feathered dragon he once was. Fitful and shiftless, he wanders the realms of the subconscious and inspiration ebs and flows at his passing. He carries with him one of the four dying embers of the Universal Truth (the others rest in the hands of Ishtar (Love), Apolyon (Knowledge) and Charon (Death)). Of the four, Q'tzal's shard is the greatest, for the God of Art unwittingly carries with him the secrets of immortality.
January 18th, 2007 #13
Art is very subjective, sometimes for a piece work of art, people can respond totally different, for example abstract painting, one can highly praise it and considered it's beautiful, and other people can just simply said the painting is ugly.
art is evolving, with the digital technology artists discovering a new medium, and thus come an are where work of art divided into a 'traditional' works and 'digital' works, by the method of producing it
based on above reasoning i created my god of art concept.....
God Of Art WIP
January 18th, 2007 #14
My 2 cents...k fin.
January 18th, 2007 #15
It ain`t no Phuzion masterpiece (and your entry, dude, IS a master piece, it sure is, you magnificent SOB you........ ) but here is my humble contribution:
Chow #55 - God Of Art.
We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.
-Bill Hicks
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January 19th, 2007 #16
I think this is what I'm going to run with:
Lots of great entries guys, Phuzion, Cognition.sb, ChuckMate and Mrgrumble you guys' are awesome. Some really good ideas and nice execution.
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Mr Biscuit, god of art
Since before the Dawn of Time there has been Mr. Biscuit. The embodiment of everything art, Mr. Biscuit has stood vigil for millions of years with nary a shower or a good nights sleep. A blank stare confronts you when you look at his pale and sunshrouded skin, a look of belittling contemplation...but he's really just thinking about whether he mixed his whites in with the right laundry load.
His hands are comprised of a thousand fingers, one for every color imaginable, bruised and bulbous after years of abuse. Long since retired from his main duties, given up to Thomas Kinkade several years ago, he resides in Muttonhog Pastures writing bitter tales of pissy schoolmarms and butterflies, and takes tea and crumpets around half past four every other tuesday.
So this is the 'final'...lot i wanna touch up but probably wont be able to ho hum!
Everyones got some great entries this week! Can't wait to see em all tomorrow!
Pip pop,
January 20th, 2007 #18
Here's where mine stands right now, might not have time to come back and tweak some of the things I'd like to.
I'm noticing a very primary pattern here... hrmmm... what could it be....
January 20th, 2007 #19
mine is goddess of illustration
rather than art
and finished
To see the world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.
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January 20th, 2007 #20
Initial sketch.
Seems other people had the same kind of idea : [
And I have tomorrow to paint it all. Oh well.
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(First rule of Pocket Club...)
January 21st, 2007 #21
Great work so far.
Goddess of Dark Art
As a demi-God of aesthetics, Tamaki was an artistic spirit. She created flourishing worlds at whimsy, but her peers grew jealous of her talent. One evening while she lay dormant they dropped the essence of fear onto her tongue. This infiltrated her dreams and she encountered a beast so terrifying she gouged out her own eyes.
Tamaki awoke the Goddess of Dark Art. Detached from the world she endeavours to recreate her dream, but without sight the content changes upon every depiction. Now she spawns all things horrific. Things which cannot even be looked upon without being paralysed by fear.
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January 21st, 2007 #23
God of Art
I've first thought about a baby (young) which has no influences of the world at all, but a god should be someone a little older I think. Someone who can control it's power. So I chosed for a youngster image.
As for the gender I picked a boy which looks a little girly. That's because I think the "God of art" shouldn't be atlethic at all.
The drawing equipment of the artist are important. That's why I gave them a golden shine. Furthermore some weird things what makes people think "wtf?"
Yes, it's art...
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First Time Out...be gentle...
Although the colour scheme isn't quite what I was shooting for, I am pleased with the overall design. Something god-like, but with flair. Let me know what you guys think. Critique is encouraged and welcomed.
January 22nd, 2007 #25
God of Art! Final. PS: this is supposed to be sketchy in style.
January 22nd, 2007 #26
The new topic will be up tomorrow - it's a new surprise
Hopefully... my connection will provide
Now.. VOTE!
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January 22nd, 2007 #27
voted nutter for general awesomeness!
January 22nd, 2007 #28
There are some real nice entries here, but also quite a few unfinished ones, which is a real shame.
I like b-nine, cognition, mrgrumble, troy and phuzion, also some nice comic relief from Thst, although it took me a while to figure out what was going on. Chuck, nice rendering but I've seen a lot better from you.
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I'm surprised people actually voted for me
Ditto with Nutter though, some of this stuff coulda used more TLC.
Think I rushed a bit nearing the final two hours,
coulda made it a bit better if i started earlier, w/e.
Either way, good round.
My vote was intended for Phuzion
but i voted for myself by accident lol.
(Ob, is it possible to switch that?)
January 22nd, 2007 #30
I voted for Mr Grumble. I am inspired to do a complete C&C on these but not just now. I would have voted for DanRamey but he never fixed the anatomy.
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Ziya Us SalamMUMBAI MERI JAAN
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Mumbai may not need any brownie points from chroniclers or posterity but that does not dissuade our film-makers from dishing out a few anyway. Right from the time S.H. Bihari penned "Ae dil hai mushkil jeena yahan… ," filmmakers have been mesmerised by 'Bambai nagariya,' talking of 'sone chandi ki nagariya.' Director Nishikant Kamat here now comes up with a more topical essay on the City that has been at the receiving end of many terrorist acts in recent times. He too sings about the undying spirit of Mumbaikars at the end. But it is in the journey that he scores almost all the points.
At one point, he takes the lid off the charge of terrorism with which all Muslims are often sullied for the acts of a handful. In a sad irony, the religion of peace – Islam – is wrongly equated with deeds of violence.
Kamat does not launch into a sermon. Rather, through little pot-shots taken by Kay Kay Menon's character, he exposes the persecution, the ignominy many Muslims have to face in everyday life. Quietly, he also exposes the fallacy of a sweeping generalisation.
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The film has no dearth of good frames, nice ideas. Individually, almost every story has a feel. Together they lack soul, the 'sutradhar' is not quite strong enough; more like a five-part TV serial than a feature film.
Set against the backdrop of the devastating train blasts of 7/11, the film talks of five principal characters affected by the explosions that claimed more than 200 lives. It is a non-linear approach our film-makers have taken to ever since Alejandro Gonzalez so beautifully proved its merit in "Babel." For a while it works as the characters come to grips with the blasts that took away one common element in their lives: happiness. But after a while, the juxtaposition of varied stories begins to have a sameness that induces ennui. Gonzalez could pull it off because the story traverses across continents; the viewer gets breathing space, the film goes outdoors. Here the story stays in one city, in similar environs. The lingo remains the same for a major part. The challenges are similar too.
Watch Kamat's "Mumbai…." only to see another step in the growth of multiplex cinema. Looking for a poignant story or a film that is consistently gripping? Try elsewhere. This film only offers crumbs, the cake has to wait.PHOONK
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Ram Gopal Varma these days resembles an emperor without clothes. Gone is the halo of "Satya", "Company", "Bhoot" and "Sarkar." Now he is making films from memory, dishing out predictable stuff. The style remains the same; the same low angle, titled camera shots, similar background music, minimal dialogue. We have seen it all. Here Varma beseeches us to see it all again.
This time, it is called "Phoonk." It could as well have been a B-grade "Bhoot." Peddling in superstition, evoking the irrational, Varma's "Phoonk" is all about the U-turn of a rational man – Kannada actor Sudeep in his first foray in Hindi cinema – when his daughter is visited by elements beyond the comprehension of science or medicine. Lots of stuff that evokes revulsion in any sane being, the film suffers on more than one count.
Even if you ignore the generous plugging of superstition, the film fails to arouse any feeling of fear. The dark shots, the sounds, everything, is predictable. And some of the performances clearly over the top.
In short, "Phoonk" is a film that is likely to live up to its name. It has come uninvited, it shall go away with a phoonk too. As for Varma, well, there is always nostalgia. No "Sholay", "Contract" or "Phoonk" can blow that away.MAAN GAYE MUGHAL-E-AZAM
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In an industry that revels in its sheep flock mentality, K. Asif's timeless classic had avoided the ignominy of unworthy sequels or remixes. Finally, luck runs out and Sanjay Chhel rushes in where others had feared to tread! "Maay Gaye…" is a sad parody of a film that deserves a sacrosanct status in the annals of Indian cinema. Despites its share of some clean laughs, the film is close to a farce.
Chhel's is also a film that brings the technique of stage to the silver screen. There are times we laugh aloud as the new age kaneez – played by the greatest paradox called Mallika Sherawat – is sought by more than her Salim! There are times when Akbar's foibles evoke smiles too.
Unfortunately, they don't last. And don't add up. Once the novelty of a fumbling, bumbling Akbar wears off, once the joy of Anarkali two, no, three, no four-timing her majuns fades, the film has nothing to offer.
Then we come to realise the film for what it is: a take on a small town drama company that is staging Mughal-e-Azam and finds itself embroiled in the goings-on of terrorists, RAW, CBI and the like. A bit too far-fetched, a bit too implausible even given we are watching a drama within a film.
Mallika, almost always covered, gets to breathe only in dream sequences in her mini-skirts and little tops. Rahul Bose as her suitor is usual: likeable. Paresh Rawal? Eminently forgettable. Kay Kay Menon? A pleasant surprise as a singer who has another side to his personality. Again, a little take on Naseeruddin Shah's well etched out character in "Sarfarosh."
Watch "Maan Gaye…." for its little moments of delight. Want a film for the memory trove, a film that evokes feelings of profound love and longing? Go back to the Asif classic.


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LAWRENCEVILLE — More than 9,000 students began the 2013-14 academic year Monday during the first day of classes at Georgia Gwinnett College.
The school, which is Georgia's newest four-year university, saw an influx of traffic and activity as students (new and returning) were buzzing about the first day.
"It's exciting," said junior business major Greg Antoine. "It's a little wet outside, but the first day of classes are always exciting."
For second-semester freshman business major Alex Whitledge, who attended high school at Mill Creek, getting back into the swing of things is a major adjustment.
"I took off spring semester of last year because I had to work," she said. "Coming back to school means I have to get back used to studying, going to bed early and just preparing myself for classes."
Parking is an issue both Antoine and Whitledge discussed.
"It is what it is," Antoine, a Dacula High graduate, said. "After a while you get used to it. The new students will learn that over the first few weeks and learn how to deal with it."
Whitledge added that having early classes is a big advantage when it comes to parking.
"When you're here early, you don't have to fight the traffic and don't have to search around for a good parking place," she said. "I don't know what I would do if I didn't have early classes."
For faculty member Mark Iken, who is the vice president of educational technology, the first week is also exciting for he and the rest of the school's staff.
"It's the most exciting day of the year for us," he said. "We're excited to bring all of the students in and help them work towards their goals."
With a huge influx in students on campus, Iken said he and his team worked throughout the summer to get ready for the school year.
"We worked hard to make sure everything was in working order," Iken said. "As far as I know, we haven't had any glitches."
Antoine said he's seen the work that has gone into the campus, recalling back to when there were less than 1,000 students on campus.
"This school has done a lot of things and it's only going to serve us better in the future," he said. "I see GGC being on par with schools like Georgia and Georgia Tech one day. There's a lot going for them, including sports, activities, class schedules, majors and more.
"This is a great place to get an education. There are so many resources available."
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KUALA LUMPUR: Seven men were arrested for unruly behaviour in an illegal gathering in front of the United States embassy here Friday urging the US against interference in the ongoing anti-government protests in Egypt.
The illegal gathering which began at 2.30pm was, however, dispersed by police about 20 minutes later.
Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman said the seven arrested were brought to the district police headquarters.
"They were arrested when they become aggressive by throwing bottles and other hard objects and for refusing to disperse after being told to do so," he said at the scene of the incident, according to Bernama.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the US Embassy in support of Egyptians demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Led by Pakatan Rakyat leaders, the group, made up of a number of non-governmental organisations, marched from the KLCC mosque after Friday prayers to the embassy to hand over a memorandum urging the US government to refrain from interfering in protests in Cairo.
Watched by police, the group carried placards expressing their solidarity with the Egyptians.
In Cairo's Tahrir Square -- the hub of protests now into their 11th day -- thousands who had defied a curfew and attacks on Wednesday by pro-Mubarak supporters -- were preparing for a rally they had dubbed the "Friday of Departure."
In the face of the unprecedented challenge to Mubarak's 30-year-rule, the embattled president said he was fed up and wants to go but fears the nation would sink into chaos.
He had earlier said he would leave in September when the nation goes to the polls. In response, US President Barack Obama had said that 'transition must begin now'.
In the most dramatic spike in violence, pro-Mubarak supporters attacked protesters in Tahrir Square on Wednesday and pitched battles broke out between the two sides that left at least 10 dead and more than 800 wounded.
The government has denied accusations by the protesters and international activists that they had instigated the attack.
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Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Russia's domestic wheat price rose at a slower rate in the past week after traders eased purchases of the grain for export, SovEcon said.
Some international traders suspended purchases, SovEcon said on its website yesterday. Russia did not offer wheat in Egypt's latest tender on Oct. 3, the Moscow-based researcher said.
Russian milling wheat prices, which include the cost of freight to Novorossiysk port, dropped to a range of 11,000 rubles ($353) to 11,200 rubles a ton last week from a range of 11,200 rubles to 11,400 rubles in the previous week, SovEcon said.
Domestic prices for the exportable variety of milling wheat rose by 125 rubles a ton to 9,750 rubles a ton last week, SovEcon said. They advanced as much as 900 rubles a ton in the week earlier.
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Citizens Union Bank, along with the Oldham County High School Football Program is happy to announce their sponsorship of the "Player of the Week" program. The week following each home football game, a presentation of a specially printed football with the school's logo, the name of the team played, and the date of the game will be made to the Player of the Week, who has been chosen by the OCHS Head Football Coach Matt Brown.
South Oldham's Christian Dehart wins the ball from an Oldham County opponent during the Dragons' 4-1 win over Oldham County last Thursday in Buckner. Alex Benson, Christopher Martin, Daniel Weller and Christian Lister scored goals for South.
The CUB Bank Player of the Week is kicker Sean Nuernberger, who has been recruited by Ohio State. He kicks 60 yard field goals in practice. He is pictured here with Chuck Harper of CUB Bank.
North Oldham came within one point of repeating as county champs last season.
The Mustangs had already beat Oldham County 16-10 and needed a win over South Oldham, a team it had beat four out of the five previous years, to win the unofficial county title.
But South pulled off a dramatic 43-42 double overtime win over the Mustangs, taking the Oldham County crown for itself.
BUCKNER -- Tournament time is still more than a month away, but Oldham County has already punched its ticket to the Region 8 Tournament.
The Lady Colonels won Monday for their eighth time in eight matches this season, beating North Oldham 5-2 in Buckner.
PROSPECT – You couldn't ask for a better setting than the one found last Thursday afternoon at Nevel Meade Golf Course.
The temperature was around 70 degrees, with a light breeze blowing throughout. The course was well manicured, from the smooth fairways to the rock waterfall guarding the sixth green.
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Players from North Oldham, Oldham County and South Oldham High Schools were playing in the Oldham Cup, an annual event pitting the county's three schools against each other.
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Study: Innovative resource tool effectively engages out-of-school-time program staff and youth in physical activity
A study by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at Wellesley Centers for Women has found an innovative physical activity training toolkit to be a comprehensive, low-cost, and easily accessible resource for urban afterschool program professionals to promote physical activity among children ages 6-10.
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"After School Gets Moving" (ASGM), a physical activity training toolkit designed to be a comprehensive, low-cost, and easily accessible resource for urban afterschool program professionals to promote physical activity among children ages 6-10, was recently evaluated and determined to be a compelling professional development resource that promotes safer and healthier physical activity in out-of-school time programs.
Designed and developed by Vida Health Communications, Inc. of Cambridge with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), ASGM includes a DVD and printed corresponding exercises for out-of-school-time (OST) program staff. The program evaluation showed that the intervention had a significant and positive effect on staff members´ skills in delivering the physical activity programming with youth.
The National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College conducted the comprehensive outcomes evaluation of the media-based training resource, also with funding from the CDCP. Georgia Hall, Ph.D., senior research scientist at NIOST, the principal investigator for the study, used a rigorous experimental design to assess the effectiveness of ASGM on: relevant staff knowledge and skill, the individual sites´ level of physical activity programming, and the amount of physical activity children experience during the afterschool program hours.
Hall and her colleagues identified programs in four cities across the country to participate in ASGM. A total of 308 children–an average of eight children per site–and 126 after school program activity staff members–an average of three per site–participated in the study. Researchers observed the programs at two time points, interviewed program directors, engaged activity staff in a survey, and monitored youth activity using pedometers.
"Program directors working in test sites were re-surveyed ten weeks after our baseline data collection and they were significantly more likely than control site directors to report that their program staff was more excited, active, and encouraging when they delivered physical activities," reports Hall. "Further, the staff in test sites overwhelmingly reported that the intervention was not just a valuable professional development tool but that it helped them overcome space and scheduling limitations with creative solutions. ℠After School Gets Moving' is clearly a compelling professional development resource for out-of-school-time programs."
The study documents the association of specific professional development/training with the volume of physical activity youth experience in afterschool programs while assessing the value added of media-based professional development and document effective training implementation strategies. Highlights from the evaluation can be found online.
For more than 30 years, the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College has advanced the afterschool field through its research, education and training, consultation, and field-building. Much of NIOST´s work has encompassed projects of national scope and influence focusing on building out-of-school time systems and high quality experiences for children and youth. Georgia Hall, Ph.D. specializes in research and evaluation on youth development programs, settings, and learning experiences. Learn more about NIOST online.
Vida Health Communications, Inc. drives better health outcomes through innovative learning designs for clinical, patient and lay audiences. The "After School Gets Moving" toolkit includes a staff development DVD, a video game demonstration guide, and a 37-page Leader´s Guide, for after school program directors to train after school program staff, paraprofessionals, and volunteers who work in after school programs serving children in grades K-5. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has listed the ASGM toolkit in the Healthy Schools Program (HSP) Resource Database. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is making free copies of the ASGM toolkit available to Healthy Schools Program members.
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Concealed carry in Boro's schools - not a matter of IF but WHEN
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#1 Jul 24, 2013
Monday July 22, 2013
Edgewood City Schools has become the first Southwest Ohio school district, and at least the second in the state, to pass a concealed carry law, allowing administrators to carry firearms in school buildings and on school grounds.
School board members voted, 4-0, Monday to approve the policy that will allow on a voluntary basis principals, assistant principals, deans of students and certain central office personnel to carry loaded firearms in the districts five school buildings. Teachers are not eligible under the new policy because that would require negotiation with the union on a separate contract, Superintendent Doug Lantz said.
And while armed principals could soon be walking Edgewoods hallways, Lantz said that likely wont be the case when classes start this fall. To be eligible to carry a handgun, district administrators must first pass a specific set of training classes, even if he or she already has a concealed carry license.
No current administrators in the district would be eligible yet under those terms, Lantz said.
As far as the coming school year, nobodys in any type of training program and no one is deputized, so quite frankly its kind of a moot point, as far as concealed carry, he said.
Arming teachers as a way to improve student safety became a topic of debate in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootings in December in Newtown, Conn. Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones made headlines when he pushed for armed personnel in schools, and threatened to pull his support from local school levy campaigns if no districts put that proposal in action.
Jones applauded Edgewoods new policy and said he expects more districts to follow suit.
I support it 100 percent. They should have done it a long time ago. I wonder what took them so long, said Jones, who increased sheriff deputy patrols around county schools last year.Theyre the first one in this region to do it. But what Im hearing is theres more coming.
Board member Jim Miller said that numerous school shooting incidents, including the one at Sandy Hook tragedy, prompted the board to take action.After a number of incidents with schools and kids being the target of violence, we thought an extra precaution should be taken to protect our kids, Miller said.
Miller, who is also the boards liaison to Butler Tech, said other districts took interest in Edgewoods policy, particularly Lakota Local Schools.
Miller would not say which school employees might be taking the training because one of the benefits to having (the policy) is for people to not know who has had it. I think that, in itself, is a deterrent. But I will tell you that we have had interest from a number of administrators.
#2 Jul 24, 2013
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Officials across Ohios 614 school districts have been focused on boosting school security over the past six months. But not until earlier this month, when Newcomerstown Schools in Tuscarawas County approved a similar policy, had a school district gone so far as to adopt a concealed carry policy.
According to Edgewoods policy, the administrator who wants the training must first be authorized by the school board. They then must obtain a concealed carry license from the state. If they already have that license, they must also have basic peace officer certification from the Ohio Officer Training Academy, or 20 years of experience as a law enforcement officer.
The cost for the training must be paid for by the administrator with his or her own funds, Lantz said.
Those administrators approved to carry a firearm must notify the board immediately if their concealed carry license is suspended, revoked or surrendered. Proof of renewal must be submitted to the board, according to the policy.
If an administrator is approved to carry a firearm, they are not allowed to have said firearm at school events hosted by other districts unless the other districts board grants written permission. Administrators possessing a valid concealed carry license are permitted to maintain a firearm within their vehicle on school premises.
#3 Jul 24, 2013
Sorry to break this news to you Mrs. Curry, but the children of the 21st century aren't going to school with Ricky Nelson and "Beaver" Cleaver.
#4 Jul 24, 2013
We can just ship them Kohls and Rigano in November, those gun slingers won't be needed here anymore!
#5 Jul 25, 2013
Our childrens safety is as stake and you immediately bastardize the debate toward your political hard-on? Are you one of "those" who lacks the foresight to seriously address preventive safety measures to pro-actively protect kids in our schools? I suppose it's your "hope" that a Columbine or a Sandyhook would never occurs here. No! Of course something as terrible as that could NEVER happen here in Springboro. You can bet the ranch the fine folks of Newtown CT felt much this same way before Adam Lanzo blasted his way through Sandyhook's front window glass. Oh yeah, that's right, Lanzo didn't bother utilizing Sandyhook's front door security buzzer system.
Make no mistake about it - the most effective way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
Springboro school district has six (6) instructional facilities. Springboro school district has one (1) resource officer.
If a Klebold or a Lanzo situation were ever to occur here, what is the chance of 1 resource officer being lucky enough to be in the right school at the right time to hopefully thwart or disarm an attack?
Rounded up to the next digit the answer is 17%
I know I don't like that number very much.
No school district can be made to be 100% secure, but Springboro's 17% factor can be made to be a lot better. Concealed carry for select administrators and staff makes sense as a first line of defense against attackers as well as a very logical supplement to existing first responder procedures already set into place by law enforcement and EMS.
#6 Jul 25, 2013
The real solution is to have a police officer in each school building. It only makes sense to have someone who has the training and experience to properly handle a weapon AND deter, detect, and detain a would be assailant. Haphazardly giving 25 year old elementary school teachers a firearm is going to do nothing to curb the problem, it will only introduce a new hazard that didn't previously exist in the school. It's not just having firearms in school, it's having the right people with firearms in school if you want to make a true difference in this type of attack.
#7 Jul 25, 2013
Wait!! Did I miss something?!? What school district's board has voted to "haphazardly give 25 old elementary teachers a firearm"?
Before you jump to such rash conclusions please check with the boards of education at Edgewood schools in Butler county or Montpelier schools in Williams County. Obviously you're about illustrating false pictures of reality.
Something you fail to take into consideration is that theres a significant portion of the civilian population thats highly adept, highly confident, and very responsible with the use of their personal firearms. Add to that equation rigorous state-certified concealed carry courses and what do you get? You get VOLUNTEER school administrators, janitors, counselors (etc) who can serve as the children's and staff's defenders DURING THE PAINFULLY LONG FIRST SECONDS of a school intruder gun attack.
Have a police officer staged in each school building of each district? Great! Tremendous idea! Lots of luck with securing the necessary capital! Taxpayers in general aren't going to go for that tab. And no, before you respond, neither the state of Ohio nor Vice Pres "anti-gun" Biden are going to fork out the grants for 1 resource officer per each school building for every district in the nation. Obviously this Fed administration is all about taking guns away from people which of course would make us and our schoolchildren even more susceptible to potential suicidal school gun attacks. Certainly I'm for funding more and better mental health support and at earlier ages, but even after a period of time such programs are successful, there's still the unknown factor of how many truly disturbed individuals exist in any given community at any time and how they move from area to area.
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#8 Jul 26, 2013
What's this 'haphazardly' nonsense? No one suggested just giving a gun to a teacher and saying 'have at it.' Any reasonable solutions that I have seen have all require making sure teachers are properly trained. Comments like yours do nothing but stir up unnecessary fear.
By the way, Columbine had two armed guards with the training and experience to properly handle a weapon AND deter, detect, and detain. In spite of all that training how did that one turn out? Maybe an armed teacher could have helped. We'll never know.
#9 Jul 26, 2013
So we can't afford what we really need, which is a uniformed police presence in each school, but we can afford so many other non-instructional positions such as athletics, administration, support, curriculum, etc??
I'm not sure giving a gun to the janitor seems like a bright idea...keep in mind the best he was able to do for himself in life is a job scrubbing urinals for minimum wage. And we want him to be our children's line of defense??
#10 Jul 26, 2013
If Webster's had a definition for "elitist heartless bastard", a picture of you would be directly beside it.
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#11 Jul 26, 2013
If the janitor that can do no better in life than janitorial work is not qualified then he/she won't be given the right nor responsibility to carry in a school. It's not like a school would just throw a gun at someone and let them carry. And it's not like they aren't required to take classes and pass a competency test. My guess is there are some janitors out there that are really really good shots. And if they are competent and all that stands between me and the bullet from some bad dude I could care less if they are a janitor, a pilot, a congressman or a professional sniper.
#13 Jul 27, 2013
Of course each school district has distinctly different personnel. We all know school districts vary greatly in number of students. One district may have a half dozen administrators who possess strong gun skills. In another district the skilled gun handlers may be determined to be a select small group of teachers, a janitor, a coach, and a counselor. Because of this inherent difference in personel, boards of education must customize their defensive concealed carry policies.
Getting back to janitors. The school board of Montpelier Exempted Villige Schools apparently has full trust in their district's janitors.
MONTPELIER, Ohio - The Montpelier Exempted Village Schools Board of Education has approved the carrying of handguns by its custodial staff.
The 5-0 vote of the board Wednesday night to allow handgun training for four custodians to be able to tote weapons at the K-12 campus at the Williams County school came after last month's deadly shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
School officials say that having armed personnel - believed to be the first for any school system in Ohio - is designed to thwart incidents of violence and prevent what happened in Newtown, Conn., from occurring here.
"Sitting back and doing nothing and hoping it doesn't happen to you is just not good policy anymore. There is a need for schools to beef up their security measures," Supertendent Jamie Grime told The Blade today. "Having guns in the hands of the right people are not a hindrance. They are a means to protect."
School board President Larry Martin said that while the school distict began looking into arming employees about six months ago, the board didn't announce the concept publicly until Wednesday's monthly meeting.
He said the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook heightened the decision to put the resolution on the board agenda.
"Our main goal is to offer safety for our students while they are in the classrooms and in the buiding," Mr. Martin said. "We have to do something and this seems like the most logical, reasonable course to go with."
Before voting on the resolution, which was approved 5-0, village Police Chief Jeffrey Lehman met with the board and superintendent in executive session to provide advice, suggestions, and his professional opinion, said Mr. Martin, a school board member for 20 years.
School officials also reviewed the resolution with the district's Cincinnati-based law firm, Ennis, Roberts, and Fischer, LPA, to determine whether gun possession by janitors in the classroom is legal under the state's concealed-carry license law.
Mr. Grime said their legal counsel advised that Ohio's gun law allows for school boards to authorize employees to possess weapons on school grounds if they pass the requirements of the concealed-carry law.
The school district will pay for the employees to undergo a two-day training class in mid March, when instructors with the Tactical Defense Institute of West Union, Ohio, will give them a defense class on handgun use in Montpelier.
#14 Jul 28, 2013
you bring up sandy hook....were these union teachers? I thought you deplore anyone indoctrinated by union greed. aren't union employees full of selfishness? don't teachers refuse to put children first and instead only look out for themselves? shame on you...I would trust a union teacher to protect the life of my child over the school board who appear to care more about promoting themselves. would petroni, kohls or rigano step between a shooter and your child or would they demand the school staff get right on that - after all they are in charge and no one is supposed to challenge them, right? the sandy hook staff was selfless....take a look around. does this board resemble selfless a all????
#15 Jul 29, 2013
Great point. Most people on here think that teachers cannot even teach (which is what they are trained and educated to do), but have no problem whatsoever putting a gun in their hands. Totally crazy and backwards.
And I would wonder what the school's insurance company would think about adopting a policy whereby teachers can carry?
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#16 Jul 29, 2013
I wasn't aware that the sandy hook board of education was there defending the children as the bullets were flying.
A completely baseless assumption and comparison.
Ask them. Shouldn't be too hard to find out.
#17 Jul 30, 2013
Lerxst's reply is spot on.
The insurance carrier for Edgewood schools in nearby Butler county certainly must be on board with Edgewood's custom concealed carry policy. The insurance carrier for Montpelier schools in Williams county must be on board with Montpelier's custom concealed carry policy for select janitors in their district. Call them.
#18 Jul 31, 2013
fyi, rigano's board seat isnt up for election until 2015
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#19 Jul 31, 2013
This it's a ridiculous conversation to be having in the context of our public schools. While it's true that there are responsible gun carrying members of the community, as wise educator once said, it's not your job to prepare children for the harshness of reality but to teach them a better way.
The strategic plan I proposed for Springboro to build a 21st century school system focus on safety as a key tenet in educating the whole child. You can read more about here in the vision statement:
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#20 Aug 1, 2013
I appreciate and respect your comments on this , but with all due respect why is this a ridiculous conversation to be having? The reality of today is that there are shooters entering schools. Blinding kids to that reality borders on teacher/school system malpractice. Sure, teach a better way (whatever that is), but I wonder if Plato ever has someone come in to his classroom intent on killing every last person in that room.
The concept of your plan is reasonable. Everyone wants a safe environment for their child. What I did not see on your site (maybe I missed it) was HOW they are to be kept safe. Note that many school shootings, knifings, etc. that we are witness to these days are happening in schools where there were multiple guards on duty, metal detectors, locked doors, etc. Safety is a nice concept, but what is the last line of defense when all else fails? And it has failed.
#21 Aug 1, 2013
The "wise educator" from the past you make reference to obviously had zero grasp of Columbine, Va Tech or Sandy Hook.
Open Springboro, how exactly do you define "better way"?
hmm, let me guess...ah!...gun control!
I'd be 100% for gun control if taking guns away meant criminals couldn't have access to them either. However, this is impossible. If law abiding people turned in their guns, the only people left with guns in this nation would be criminals, terrorists, law enforcement and the military. Forcing arms out of the hands of civilians is a recipe for disaster. Just like today's illegal drugs and prohibition era alcohol, if someone wanted an illegal gun they wouldn't have to look too hard nor spend too much to find one. The law of supply and demand rules supreme in this land, whether the economic activity is legitimate or underground.
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Could we finally be nearing a conclusion to the Justin Upton saga in Arizona?
According to ESPN MLB insider Buster Olney the team would like to move either Upton or Jason Kubel by Friday.
And it appears a frontrunner may have emerged for the right fielder's services.
D-Backs talks with the Braves about JUpton have resumed; ATL said to be in hard on this. They're likely the frontrunner, if JUpton is dealt.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) January 23, 2013
The Diamondbacks have been reviewing the Braves' offer for Upton; some folks involved feel like it's a strong offer.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) January 23, 2013
It's unclear what a "strong offer" would entail, though Fox Sports MLB insider has some ideas.
#Braves deep in young arms that could form basis of potential Upton trade. #Diamondbacks also like Gattis' power. SS Ahmed another option.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 23, 2013
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No matter what, though, it appears something may be done in the next couple of days. And while there may be some upset folks over what the deal might be, at least the drama may finally come to an end.
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found the AE catch. it is incredible.
Start at 1:15
Very nice
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Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:02 AM
found the AE catch. it is incredible.
Start at 1:15
Very nice
Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:03 AM
Wife was watching the nighty local news and the sports segment came on and the reporter said AE earned a roster spot for the 2013 season.
A local sports reporter should know better than to make such a claim before a preseason snap is taken.
Ginn, AE, Adams, Pilares, Hixon are all still trying out for the team. How they do in preseason will decide who stays and who goes.
Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:06 AM
Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:08 AM
The coaches have always seen something in him obviously. Even back to the jon bon foxi years. But greg hardy is a great example of how bad young talent was misused under hurneys mngmt. Barnridge is another. I'm not 100% on the ae bandwagon, but I'm not gonna say that he doesn't have what it takes to compete for a wr spot. Ecspecially in an actual competitive camp.
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Agreed. The Panthers have "moved on" on from many players drafted with and after Armanti. I somehow don't get the idea they were just being nice since he was changing positions.
Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:12 AM
I think I would still rather see Ginn as the 3rd receiver, and probably Hixon the 4th. With that being said, Hixon is constantly hurt. It's either a muscle pull, a cramp, or some over injury that just always seems to hold him back. AE could slide into that position and fill in nicely.
But, with what I've seen/read from camp, Joe Adams is also a prime contender to make the team. That guy has had his stock soaring the past couple of weeks.
Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:17 AM
I hope he turns into a legit Wideout but EVERY single offseason he's been hyped up during camp but then disappears. Remember that big preseason game he had and everyone was convinced he had finally turned the corner? Until he does it in the regular season I'm not going to get excited.
This was my concern too, but....You have be aware of where the hype is coming from. ASU alumni for the most part have been pushing the Armanti agenda. Now coaches and players are mentioning him. Reporters too, but he is no longer a human-interest, Davidish, local boy rises story.
Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:22 AM
it is interesting how the competition has everyone playing better---even Gettis in the past 2 days or so.
IF all things are considered equal, it may not be the first five or six WRs in terms of talent, but it could be that body type, style, etc. play into it.
For example, with Smitty playing a lot of slot this year, how many slot WRs do we need? Adams, Armanti, and Pilares all are known slot WRs. Prohel may decide that they really need deep speed to stretch the field . Gettis and Ginn start looking better. Heck, Bersin even has a set of skills that are unique. Maybe he goes PS and then finds a spot.
Posted 04 August 2013 - 10:38 AM
Posted 04 August 2013 - 11:06 AM
Nah some people are just naturally whiny bitches. Having a crappy, hard, or disappointing life doesn't make you a pessimist. For some people they use such life experience to become eternal optimists, because, well everything else sucks so might as well hope for the best.
There's no accounting for some people being crotchety asshats.
Posted 04 August 2013 - 11:10 AM
There's a difference between being a pessimist, being a cynic and being a skeptic:
A cynic questions people's integrity and motives, believing that everyone is driven by selfishness.
A pessimist has a negative outlook not just toward people, but to life in general, and expects or emphasizes the worst in any situation. The opposite of pessimism is optimism.
A skeptic habitually doubts or questions assertions that most people take for granted. Skeptics require evidence before they can accept a claim as true.
Posted 04 August 2013 - 11:16 AM
Call me a cautious optimist then when it comes to AE
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Detroit Tigers (31-21) at Seattle Mariners (27-28), 4:10 p.m.
Probable Starting Pitchers: Detroit - Max Scherzer (6-1, 3.00)
Seattle - Roenis Elias (3-4, 4.02)
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners will play the
rubber match of this weekend's three-game series on Sunday.
Seattle responded to a 6-3 loss to Detroit on Friday with a 3-2 triumph on
Saturday. The win did not come easily though, as the Tigers' first two runners
got on base in the ninth inning before Fernando Rodney got three straight
outs, the final of which was a ground out to shortstop from Ian Kinsler.
Rodney's relief effort earned him is 14th save of the season and secured the
win for starter Chris Young, who limited the Tigers to two runs on three hits
over six innings.
"You know the guy is phenomenal," Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said of
Young. "He knows his game plan, he knows what to do and he follows it pretty
Willie Bloomquist had two RBI singles and Cole Gillespie also knocked in a run
to account for the offensive output for Seattle, which had lost five of its
previous seven.
Drew Smyly really struggled as the starter for Detroit on Sunday. He allowed
three runs on seven hits and was pulled after needing 105 pitches to get
through four innings.
Miguel Cabrera did his best to keep the Tigers in the game, going 2-for-4 with
a home run, his 10th of the season.
Max Scherzer will go for a team-leading seventh win on Sunday when he makes
his 12th start of the season for the Tigers.
Coming off his Cy Young 2013 season, Scherzer has been effective yet again
this year as he is out to a 6-1 record to go along with a 3.00 ERA. He has
also struck out 82 batters in 72 innings pitched.
However, his last two starts have gone poorly, as he gave up a combined 12
runs on 20 hits in appearances against Cleveland and Oakland. He did not
factor in either decision, but clearly that type of production is not what the
Tigers need from him going forward.
This will be the right-hander's seventh career start against Seattle, a team
he has had great success against, posting a 4-1 record and a 2.70 ERA in those
Rookie Roenis Elias has the unenviable task of opposing Scherzer in this game.
Elias has certainly had some growing pains in his first season in the big
leagues. That was evident in his last start when he allowed five runs on eight
hits over 6 1/3 innings of work in a 6-4 loss to the Angels. The five runs
allowed were the most Elias has given up in his 11 starts this year.
During those 11 starts Elias has produced a 3-4 record and an ERA of 4.02
while pitching in a total of 65 innings. This will be his first career start
against the Tigers.
This is the first series between these teams this season. Detroit won five of
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|By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2004
|What is the cultic view of death? We use the term "cultic" descriptively rather than pejoratively here to refer to those groups that claim a large degree of allegiance to the Bible and yet simultaneously deny its basic teachings. Is there considerable overlap between the cults' teachings on death and the occult philosophy of death? Is the Christian Church increasingly abandoning the teaching of Jesus and adopting a cultic view of death?
We use the term "cultic" descriptively, rather than pejoratively, to refer to those groups that claim a large degree of allegiance to the Bible and yet simultaneously deny its basic teachings. Also, there may be considerable overlap between the cults' teachings on death and the occult philosophy of death.
In general, when we describe the cultic view of death, we are referring specifically to three unbiblical but often related teachings concerning death and the afterlife: (1) Universalism assumes that all men have immortal souls and all will be saved. (2) Annihilationism assumes the immortality of the soul, but teaches that God will forever annihilate all who are not saved—their immortality will be taken from them at judgment. (3) Conditional immortality assumes the soul of man is not immortal, and therefore those not saved are simply never resurrected to eternal life. Nothing is taken from them or added to them; they merely cease to exist.[1]
None of these views are biblical, and yet they are not only characteristic teachings in the world of the cults and to some degree the occult, but they are also increasingly found in the Church as well. What these views have in common is their denial of the biblical teaching on an eternal hell. Like those who have had near-death experiences, people who accept these doctrines have no fear of eternal punishment after death.
The citations below come from both cultic and occult literature. At least half originate directly in revelations from the spirit world.
Christian Science, founded by spiritist Mary Baker Eddy,[2] teaches that "there is no death"[3] because after death we "awake only to another sphere of experience, and must pass through another probationary state...."[4] Thus, to Christian Scientists "heaven and hell are states of thought, not places. People experience their own heaven or hell right here...."[5]
Edgar Cayce, a spiritist and New Age prophet, says that "the destiny of the soul, as of all creation, is to become One with the Creator" and that no soul is ever lost.[6]
New Age cult leader and spiritist Sun Myung Moon, of The Unification Church, believes that "God will not desert any person eternally. By some means... they will be restored."[7]
Mormonism, founded by occultist Joseph Smith, argues, "The false doctrine that the punishment to be visited upon erring souls is endless... is but a dogma of unauthorized and erring sectaries, at once unscriptural, unreasonable, and revolting...."[8]
The Worldwide Church of God (Armstrongism), founded by Herbert W. and Garner Ted Armstrong, also asserts that hell is a false belief: "This final punishment which sinners suffer is eternal DEATH by fire.... Once they are burned up and now dead they are going to stay dead forever.... Those who teach the pagan doctrine of the immortality of the soul... teach contrary to what Jesus said!"[9]
Jehovah's Witnesses, founded by Charles Taze Russell, maintains that the wicked are forever annihilated because "The teaching about a fiery hell... can rightly be designated as a 'teaching of demons.'"[10]
The Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgianism), founded by the spiritist Emanuel Swedenborg, emphasizes that God "does not condemn anyone to hell...."[11]
Eckankar, a New Age religion founded by Paul Twitchell and Darwin Gross, insists that "there is no death... "[12] and that there is no eternal hell.[13]
Unity School of Christianity, founded by occult dabblers Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, maintains: "There is no warrant for the belief that God sends man to everlasting punishment."[14]
The Church Universal and Triumphant, founded by New Age occultists Mark and Elizabeth Prophet, declares that Christian ministers are all false prophets and "wolves in sheep's clothing [who] preach from the pulpits of the world. They have... spawned a luciferian theology and through their sorcery have exercised a hypnotic control over the people,... through their satanic lies of hellfire and damnation."[15]
Christadelphianism, founded by Dr. John Thomas, contends: "Those not worthy of resurrection to eternal life will find their destiny in the eternal oblivion of the grave."[16] And, "It follows also, of necessity, that the popular theory of hell and 'eternal torments' is a fiction."[17]
Lucis Trust and The Arcane School/Full Moon Meditation Groups, begun by New Age spiritist Alice Bailey, argue that "the fear of death is based upon... old erroneous teaching as to heaven and hell...."[18]
The Love Family (The Children of God), founded by spiritist David Berg, views hell as a temporal purgatory: "the lake of fire is where the wicked go to get purged from their sins.... to let them eventually come... out."[19]
Divine Science, founded by the Brooks Sisters, maintains that "the 'lake of fire' is not hell as a place, but is God's consuming love in which our false beliefs about devil, death and hell are utterly destroyed." And thus, "Even death is a form of healing."[20]
Rosicrucianism, an occult philosophy, declares that "the 'eternal damnation' of those who are not 'saved' does not mean destruction nor endless torture,..."[21] and that "the Christian religion did not originally contain any dogmas about Hell...."[22]
Unitarian Universalism confesses the following: "It seems safe to say that no Unitarian Universalist believes in a resurrection of the body, a literal heaven or hell, or any kind of eternal punishment...."[23]
The Mighty I Am, founded by occultist Guy Ballard (Godfre Ray King), claims that "there is no death."[24] Rather, "Human beings are the only creators of 'hell.'... Each individual carries his own heaven or hell with him... for these are but the results of mental and emotional states."[25]
The Theosophical Society, founded by medium Helena P. Blavatsky, declares: "we positively refuse to accept the... belief in eternal reward or eternal punishment...."[26] Hence, "Death... is not... a cause for fear."[27]
The spirits everywhere proclaim their allegiance to this cultic teaching. "Ramtha," the spirit speaking through medium J.Z. Knight, claims: "God has never judged you or anyone" and, "No, there is no Hell and there is no devil."[28]
"Lilly" and other spirits channeled through medium Ruth Montgomery argue that "there is no such thing as death" and that "God punishes no man."[29]
In conclusion, the cultic view of death has much in common with the Near-Death Experience, including (1) occult origins, (2) its emphasis that hell is a false teaching, and (3) that death, far from something to be feared, merely opens the door to other levels of spiritual progression.
Today, what was once relegated to cultic belief is now openly taught as part of "Christian" teaching.[30] Despite the Bible's mentioning hell some 50 times, opinion polls reveal that 70% of all clergy deny the doctrine of hell.[31] Some highly respected evangelical scholars and educated laymen have also rejected the doctrine of hell. They teach that conditional immortality, annihilationism or universalism are legitimate options for Christian belief. Unfortunately, they are influencing others to conclude that life is far safer than what Jesus and the Church have traditionally taught.
When a conditionalist text such as The Fire That Consumes is chosen as an alternate selection by the Evangelical Book Club and when, as some have claimed, "Over 50 percent of young evangelicals believe" in universalism and reject the doctrine of hell, we have to wonder.[32]
Dr. J.I. Packer has noted that universalism "has in this century quietly become part of the orthodoxy of many Christian thinkers and groups."[33] Likewise, D.B. Eller asserts in the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology that it is clear that "Universalism, in a variety of forms, continues to have appeal for contemporary faith, in both liberal and conservative circles."[34] Theologian Steven Travis observes, "In recent years very few theologians have expounded and defended [the] traditional approach" of eternal hell.[35]
As Dr. Vernon Grounds once commented, "Seldom, I suppose, do we find ourselves brooding over the awesome doctrine of eternal punishment. Only on rarest occasions and then fleetingly is our mood that of Rodin's famous statue, "The Thinker,' who sits in mute amazement watching lost souls enter hell. What William Gladstone wrote about eternal punishment in the late 19th century is equally true today: it 'seems to be relegated at present to the far off corners of the Christian mind, and there to sleep in deep shadow.'"[36]
Richard J. Bauckham, lecturer in the history of Christian thought at the University of Manchester, also points out the neglect of this doctrine when he writes,
In some ways this abandonment of traditional doctrine is not unexpected. In the following sobering words, the Holy Spirit explicitly warns, "The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons" (1 Tim. 4:1). When Christians reject the doctrine of hell, perhaps they have forgotten with whom they are siding.
We have proven that the rejection of eternal punishment is the common teaching of not just the cults, the occult and the New Age Movement but specifically of the spirit world as well. For example, the famous Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series, became converted to mediumism and spiritism. In his book The New Revelation he observes, "All spirit people (spirits) of wisdom know that there is no burning hell, no fearful devil."[38] So, the conclusion would seem unavoidable. When Christians adopt the same teaching on hell as given by demons through their human hosts—as in channeling and other forms of mediumism—they are, in effect, "paying attention to the doctrines of demons."
Is the Church willing to accept such a deplorable state of affairs—when it offers to its own people the teachings of the cults and demons? In rejecting hell, is the Church listening more to the devil than to its own Lord?
The truth is that hell is a vital Christian doctrine. As Vernon Grounds observes, "It is impossible to exaggerate the seriousness and urgency that the doctrine of hell imparts to life here and now."[39] It should not be abandoned. It should be preached from the pulpits, in Bible schools and seminaries, within and without the Church.


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Madison - Democratic legislators were stunned Friday at the choices they face to rebalance a budget with a deficit now as high as $6.5 billion: agree with Gov. Jim Doyle's plan for service cuts and layoffs, furloughs and pay reductions for state workers; or propose their own tax increases.
"We are in the midst of budgetary quicksand right now, and we're not sure when we're going to have sure footing again, and how far we're going to have to fall," said Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse), whose party controls both houses of the Legislature.
"Certainly, the private sector is very familiar with the layoffs and the furloughs, and now we're talking about it at the state level," said Shilling, a member of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee. "We're in unprecedented times."
It's too early to talk about proposing any new taxes to solve the problem, Shilling said. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau won't give an official estimate of the size of the deficit gap until next week, she said.
Two Democratic senators who represent thousands of state workers - Sen. Jon Erpenbach of Waunakee and Senate President Fred Risser of Madison - disagreed Friday over how to respond to Doyle's plan for 16-day furloughs over two years, layoffs, pay cuts and reductions in programs.
Erpenbach backed the governor's cuts.
"It's a pretty harsh climate right now," Erpenbach said. "I've been a big defender of state employees, but we all have to do what we have to do - make choices like this."
Legislators can't be furloughed, but Erpenbach said he will return 16 days of his pay - or more than $1,500 a year - over the next two years. And, Erpenbach said, his staff will take 16 unpaid days off over that period.
Risser said it's unfair to require "dedicated and loyal" state workers to take unpaid furloughs.
He said he wants to consider other options, even tax increases, saying state workers aren't responsible for the recession that caused tax collections to fall by 7.3% over the past 10 months. That drop meant state government collected about $790 million less in general-fund taxes over that period this year than in the previous year.
Tough choices
Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor, said the soaring deficit has put Doyle and Democratic legislative leaders in a political box.
If Democratic legislators are willing to come up with new taxes to fix the deficit, Franklin said, "this works for the governor. If not, (Doyle) is going to have to find more cuts, rather than new revenue."
"I don't know that the Legislature is ready" to develop and propose its own tax increases, if the governor has sent a public signal he doesn't think they are necessary, Franklin said.
Doyle proposed or signed into law $2.9 billion in tax and fee increases in February.
On Thursday, he made it clear he wants to fix the potential $6.5 billion deficit - $1.5 billion higher than previous estimates - without tax increases beyond those he has already recommended. Those included tax increases on couples with taxable incomes of $300,000 or more, on capital-gains investments, on smokers and on oil companies.
The Democratic governor is expected to seek a third term next year.
Republican Sen. Ted Kanavas of Brookfield said Doyle and Democratic legislators can't take the political risks involved with offering any new taxes to fix the higher deficit.
"The political reality is, they have majorities they are concerned about," Kanavas added.
Democrats control the Senate, 18-15, but have three first-term senators up for re-election next year. Democrats control the Assembly, 52-46, with one independent, and 10 first-term Democrats will face voters next year.
Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said tax increases Doyle proposed or signed into law help explain why his popularity is at record lows.
"Under no circumstances was it responsible for Doyle to go on a government spending spree with the current state of our finances and with taxpayers struggling to make ends meet," Jefferson said in a statement.
After a Friday Assembly committee hearing, Shilling was frustrated at the ever-worsening budget picture. The cuts Doyle recommended on Thursday were his third attempt since February to rebalance spending and tax collections.
Shilling said she spent her first eight years in the Assembly coveting a seat on the 16-member Joint Finance Committee, which in recent weeks has made tentative decisions on 2009-'11 spending. Her wish came true this year.
But being forced to make unpopular choices to help fix the worst deficit in state history is "not the kind of environment" she looked forward to, she said.


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