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Megan Elizabeth Phillips and Gregory Adam Wegmann both of Summerville, South Carolina were married on June 8, 2013 at Bethany United Methodist Church in Summerville. The ceremony was officiated by Reverend Dr. Robert J. Howell, Jr. A reception followed at St. Paul's Episcopal Church's Doar Hall.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Spivey Phillips of Summerville. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert McCoy Shaw of Augusta, Georgia and the late Mrs. Martha Robertson Cherry Shaw; and Mrs. Dora Spivey Phillips of Evans, Georgia and the late Mr. Gus Rembert Phillips. Megan is a 2003 graduate of Summerville High School and a 2007 graduate of Clemson University. She is employed with Dorchester School District Two in Summerville.
The bride wore an ivory strapless gown with a ruched bodice and a café colored satin sash embellished with Swarovski crystals and pearls. An A-line skirt with a Venetian lace overlay and button detail down the back completed the bride's look. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Mr. William Spivey Phillips.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Craig D'Amico of Summerville and Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Edward Wegmann of Beaufort, SC. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wayne Atkinson of Parkersburg, West Virginia; and Mrs. Rita Lucille Wegmann of Bluffton, South Carolina and the late Mr. James Albert Wegmann. Gregory is a 2002 graduate of Beaufort High School. He is employed with Scout Boats in Summerville.
Miss Dianne Michelle Crump served as the maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Miss Leah Marie Cochran, Miss Jessica Leigh Morris, Mrs. Kristin Zarandi Revell, and Mrs. Jessica Tomlinson Wegmann. Junior bridesmaids were Miss Emily Robertson Collier and Miss Dorothy Martha Shaw. Flower girls were Miss McCoy Henderson Collier, Miss Martha Louise Crosby, and Miss Madison Jade Lynch.
Best man was Mr. Christopher Edward Wegmann. Groomsmen were Mr. William Augustus Phillips, Mr. Arthur Jan Craig Wegmann, Mr. Christopher Matthew Wegmann, Mr. Jared Patrick Wegmann, and Mr. Tyler Keith Wegmann. Ushers were Mr. Richard Aubyn Farthing III and Mr. David Michael Sewell. Ring bearer was Mr. Edward Ivy Crosby III.
The couple will honeymoon in the Caribbean and reside in Summerville.
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The lies, battles, and boobs are back! Game of Thrones Season 3 finally premieres tonight, Sunday, March 31, but Wetpaint Entertainment has already seen the episode — which was excellent, if a tiny bit slow.
While we won't spoil anything about the episode, we do want to whet your appetite with a few hints, memorable quotes, and first impressions about what you're in for when Sunday rolls around. So if you want to know absolutely nothing about what to expect, now's the time to click away.
For the rest of you: Here are 10 hints about the Game of Thrones Season 3 premiere ("Valar Dohaeris").
1. Faint of heart, beware: The season starts off with a gruesome bang.
2. "If I'm a traitor, then you are too."
3. Daddy issues get multiplied tenfold when the man's actually around.
4. Emilia Clarke recently told us, "the dragons are bigger, and therefore so is Dany's role." That's already obvious.
5. "It's not slander if it's true."
6. Who says a simple dinner can't make for a laugh-out-loud hilarious scene?
7. We aren't always Ros fans, but she has an excellent moment this week.
8. Yes, there's a bit of gratuitous nudity. It wouldn't feel like a proper Game of Thrones premiere without a few boobs.
9. It's official: If we were in Westeros, we'd want to be House Tyrell.
10. A couple of fan favorites are missing — but don't worry, they show up in Episode 2.
Remember: Game of Thrones premieres tonight, Sunday, March 31 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO. Don't miss it!
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ProMedica unveils new respite center in DefianceWritten by Caitlin McGlade | | email@example.com
ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital campus will open a short-term and overnight respite center June 26.
Overnight respite care will start a couple of days later, on June 29.
Kaitlyn's Cottage will serve 16- to 40-year-old guests with intellectual and physical disabilities, as well as offer educational and support programs for parents and caregivers, according to the news release.
The 4,500-square-foot building has four private bedrooms and activity and dining areas. The specially trained staff will host programming tailored toward each patient's needs and abilities, according to the release.
The cottage is named after a Defiance couple's granddaughter, Kaitlyn, who has a neurodevelopmental disorder called Rett syndrome. Dan and Sharon Farrell matched the first $1 million raised in the $2.8 million campaign to construct the respite house. They also implemented an endowment fund for scholarships.
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CONCORD, N.C. – WKA is mourning the loss of Mary Kugler, who passed away Monday after a brief illness. Mary was the widow of former WKA President and Founder George Kugler and stepmother of former WKA President Randy Kugler. Mary and George spent 11 years together before George's untimely passing in 1994.
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Mary Maxine Kugler, 92, of Dover, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2013 at Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia after a brief illness. Born October 6, 1920 in Dennison, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Daniel and Lila (McFeaters) West.
Mary was a longtime resident of Dennison until she moved to Gnadenhutten in 1983 and later to Dover in 1999. In 1954, Mary wed Robert "Red" Young and enjoyed twenty-eight years of marriage with him until his passing in 1982. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George W. Kugler in 1994, after spending eleven years of marriage with him. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker who had also worked at the Scio Pottery for many years. She was a former member of the Uhrichsville Lady Elks, the Twin City Business and Professional Women,The Twin City Senior Citizens and A.A.R.P.'s Twin City Chapter. Her greatest joy came from the time that she spent with her family, and she truly delighted in her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mary will be deeply missed by her surviving family which includes a daughter, Rita (Jim) Dougan of New Philadelphia; a son, Ralph "Gary" Thompson of Uhrichsville; grandchildren, Melissa (companion, Kenny Shuman) Cox, Mary Ann (Aaron) Hall, Gary R. Thompson and Tanya Thompson; great-grandchildren, Christopher and Joshua Cox, Raegan and Xavier Hall, Brooklyen and Dakodah Thompson, and Breana Tompulis; stepchildren, Randy (Lisa) Kugler, Ed (Gloria) Kugler and Pat (Lee) Sherer; stepgrandchildren; Jason (Alisha), Geoffrey and Trevor Kugler, Cortney (Carlos) Vance, Whitney (David) Eliason, Keith Sherer and Kimberly George; a special friend, Pat Wiegand; and numerous nieces and nephews. The last of her family's generation, Mary was preceded in death by five siblings, Wilma J. Shaw, Neva Moore, and George, Kenneth and Willard Rex West, in addition to her parents and husbands.
Her son-in-law, Pastor Jim Dougan, will officiate her funeral service on Wednesday, March 27, at noon in the R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home in Dennison. Interment will follow in Uhrichsville's Union Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday and from 11:00 a.m. to noon on Wednesday. Those wishing to honor Mary's memory are encouraged to do so to Community Hospice, 716 Commercial Ave. S.W., New Philadelphia, OH 44662.


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MTV's decision to cancel its hit reality series Buckwild after Shain Gandee's tragic death is being met with some harsh criticism — from Shain's friends and Buckwild co-stars. According to them, MTV should honor Shain's memory by airing Season 2.
"The show has been cancelled and my heart is in a million pieces. Shain would want us to carry on. His parents want this. So do we all." Shain's Buckwild co-star Shae Bradley tweeted Tuesday morning.
Her co-star Anna Davis added, "We just got the news: show is cancelled. Cannot f—ing believe this. We still have people fighting for us...."
Since finding out about its cancellation, the tight-knit group of West Virginians has launched a viral campaign to help save the show, using the Twitter hashtag #KeepBuckwildForShain. The show's producers are also fighting to save the show. J.P. Williams, who manages most of the cast members and produces Buckwild, told The Hollywood Reporter that after halting production on Season 2, MTV made the decision to cancel the reality series with "no explanation."
"My job is to protect these kids," he said, suggesting that he'll continue shooting and even self-finance a film. "This will get ugly."
For now, the cast will keep campaigning to save the series because they say it's what Shain would have wanted.
"We want #Buckwild to go on as much as you do. Shain would be so pissed about this," tweeted Buckwild star Katie Saria.
Shae added, "And to all of you who say we're doing this for the money, you're ignorant. It's about a group of best friends that just lost one. We want to keep our friend's memory alive and live like Gandee."
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Sarah Marie Layton of Naples, Fla., and Jeffrey Tyler Hawes of Naples, Fla., are engaged to be married on May 17, 2014 at the Naples Yacht Club in Naples, Fla.
The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Layton of Vero Beach, Fla. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Munn of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Joyce Layton of Vero Beach, Fla., and the late Dr. Benjamin Layton.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hawes of Summerville. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Liverett of Asheville, N.C., Mrs. Dot Hawes of Walterboro, S.C., and the late Mr. Raymond Hawes.
The bride is a 2006 graduate of St. Edwards School, 2010 graduate of Clemson University and 2011 of Florida State University. She is employed as the development director for Susan G. Komen Southwest Florida.
The bridegroom is a 2004 graduate of Pinewood Preparatory School and a 2010 graduate of Clemson. He is the owner and operator of Fine Lines Fishing Charters in Naples, Fla.
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Broadway shows will be performed at 'Just Desserts'Written by Matt Liasse | | email@example.com
For the second year, music from Broadway shows like "WICKED The Musical," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Rent" will be performed at "Just Desserts."
The Lourdes University Drama Society will present the musical showcase in the Ebeid Student Center on the Lourdes University campus. All proceeds will benefit the drama society.
The show was created by Kelly Welever, a Lourdes alumna, who is also directing the show with another alumna, Megan Carter. The show will have a theme of love, which coincides with Valentine's Day.
"The show is just a collection of music and short scenes from the greatest of Broadway," Welever said.
The show is a new arrangement from last year, which was a success and prompted the return. Welever said a lot of time went into planning the show and she came up with ideas while directing last year's show.
There are ten cast members, both university students and community members. Welever said the set will be minimal, but the vocals and costumes will shine.
"This production was completely Kelly's idea," Advisor of the Lourdes University Drama Society Keith Ramsdell said in a news release. "She came to me last year wanting to direct a production that would benefit the group, and this is the result. The combination of great music and desserts around a Valentine's Day theme is brilliant. I'm extremely proud of her."
Welever is currently working for a degree in theatre from Siena Heights University.
The event will include desserts and beverages served in addition to the performance. Food will be provided by area businesses like Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, Michael's Café and Bakery and Panera Bread. Other sponsors include Budget Blinds and Great Lakes Sound and Lighting.
Lourdes University "offers baccalaureate degrees in more than 30 academic majors and graduate degrees in business, education, liberal arts, nursing, organizational leadership and theology," according to a news release. The university was named "Best in the Midwest" college by Princeton review. For more information, visit www.lourdes.edu or call 419-885-3211.
Tickets for "Just Desserts" are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets can be reserved by calling 419-824-3999 or purchased at the door prior to each performance. Shows are at 8 p.m. on Feb. 13, 14 and 15. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.
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Painting contractors are found everywhere. Every area has painting companies working for residential and commercial buildings. Whether it's for a new construction or repaint initiatives, commercial painters Calgary can cater to your needs. That's why if you've decided to transfer in Calgary, choosing a painting company won't be problem. But before hiring a contractor, you should consider few tips to avoid mistakes.
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The men who are looking to deploy are: SPC Lucas Robbins from Antlers who has two years of service under his belt and works as a 91B mechanic, this will be his first deployment; SPC Stacey Harvey from Antlers who has 16 years of service in and his job is a 88M heavy transport, this is his second deployment; SFC Andy Jones from Rattan who has given 30 years of service and his jobs are a 91B motor SGT and a platoon SGT, this is his fourth deployment; PFC Ethan Calder from Antlers who has 1 1/2 years of service in and his job is a 92F fueler, this is his first deployment; and SPC Beau Bevington from Rattan how has put in 3 years of service and his job is a mechanic, this is also his first deployment.
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I recently posted a quote to Facebook about the "New Age Bible" known as A Course in Miracles, which is constantly quoted by such masters of New Age hype as Marianne Williamson, as being part of a CIA Psy-Op.
Dr. William Thetford "scribed" the book by means of a process coming from a divine source through a form of channeling which Schucman referred to as "inner dictation". Schucman described the divine source of her channeling as none other than the person of Jesus Christ.
Well…. Dr. William Thetford, headed the CIA's "Mind Control" MK-ULTRA SubProject 130: Personality Theory, while at Columbia University between 1971-1978.
The agenda, according to those interested in this sphere of investigation, is to inflitrate and dilute the American left with New Age ideas and inward-focussed, anti-rational religious movements.
I've gotten accustomed to the onslaught of criticism, skepticism, ignorance, denial and total bias of replies to such postings that contain any hint of "conspiracy" by those still heavily brainwashed. "That's a lie!" one will remark, though the source is attached and easily referenced with a click of a button. "What's a Psy-op?" will come the more well-meaning of the comments. "Not everything's a conspiracy!" is a typical emotionally-charged comment, completely ignoring the data I've posted. "You're crazy!" is most often the underlying tone of the lot of them.
But this last one, well, this one threw me for a loop and rendered me totally speechless, incredulous and mouth hanging agape. "So what?!"
So what if our society is being secretly manipulated by a handful of people with a hidden agenda–so what? Another commenter actually chimed in to support this reply by saying: "It's what's in your heart that counts, not what's in your limited reality."
So what if our President is a puppet, our Congress folds to the highest bidder and the CIA, IRS, Police, Media and other agencies are used to intimidate, direct, control and even create movements made to look "grassroots."
Who cares if Deadheads, Shamanism, magic mushrooms, LSD and the entire educational system were all designed and distributed precisely to dumb Americans down ?
Who bloody cares? So what?
And that's how well their plans have worked. Research all you want. Compile all the data you want. Scream it from the rooftops topless with your hair on fire, because all that matters is what's in your heart. And what's in your heart is: We don't care!
Reality doesn't matter, only possibility matters, according to these Marianne Williamson fans. If it upsets you so much, clearly you aren't meditating right. Have you read The Course in Miracles? Clearly not, if there's still an ounce of reason left in your brain.
Change your methods and your mantras, because we the happy people don't care. It's all good, there's no war anywhere, there's no national debt, the police state is for our safety from scary brown turbaned people: Don't worry, be happy now!
All is fine and dandy! The elites in charge care about us, they won't lead us astray. We know this because they say sentimental things like:
"Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." Henry Kissinger
They are kind, fair and generous men and oh so very modern:
"The New World Order will be built . . . and end run on national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece will accomplish much more than the old fashioned frontal assault." Council on Foreign Relations Journal 1974
They never use Propaganda against us, come on now:
"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years."
He went on to explain:
"It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries."
– David Rockefeller, Speaking at the June, 1991 Bilderberger meeting in Baden, Germany (a meeting also attended by then-Governor Bill Clinton and by Dan Quayle)
They have such an inspiring vision for the globe:
". . .nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole." Bill Clinton's mentor, Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope.
They call the rest of us loony conspiracy nuts and if they bother to watch a single documentary on the topic, say like, Aaron Russo's America: Freedom to Facism, they call it "bad."
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Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
- He who wishes to learn must believe.
- Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations, ch. 2.2: 165b.
- Translation from Josef Pieper, Faith, Hope, Love (1986). San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997, p. 13.
- There are three kinds of objects of belief. Some are always believed and never understood, such as all history, which runs through temporal and human acts. Others must be understood to be believed, such as all human reasonings. Thirdly, there are those which must be believed first and understood later, like divine matters.
- Augustine of Hippo, Eighty-Three Different Questions (388–395/7), 48.
- And what is meant by believing in Christ but just going with trusting and loving hearts, and committing to His love and power ourselves, our souls, and all that concerns us for time and eternity!
- Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd, Counsel and Comfort Spoken from a City Pulpit (1864) ch. 17, p. 297.
- Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it … or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings—that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
- Attributed to Buddha in Life (March 7, 1955), p. 102. Reported in unverified in his writings in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989). (This is a summary of the Kalama Sutta attributed to Buddha.)
- Ideo credendum quod incredibile.
- It is believable because unbelievable.
- Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Quoting Tertullian.
- For fools are stubborn in their way,
As coins are harden'd by th' allay;
And obstinacy's ne'er so stiff
As when 'tis in a wrong belief.
- Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part III (1678), Canto II, line 481.
- No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
- Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship (1840), Lecture IV.
- Believe, and if thy belief be right, that insight which gradually transmutes faith into knowledge will be the reward of that belief.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Omniana.
- He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend, must have a very long head, or a very short creed.
- Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, vol. I (1820), # 470.
- I would rather work with five people who really believe in what they are doing rather than five hundred who can't see the point.
- Patrick Dixon in Building a Better Business (2005), p. 14.
- People want to believe in something-even if they know it is false.
- Dragonlance, "Tanis Half-Elven".
- He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.
- Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732).
- What is true is already so. Owning up to it doesn't make it worse. Not being open about it doesn't make it go away. And because it's true, it is what is there to be interacted with. Anything untrue isn't there to be lived. People can stand what is true, for they are already enduring it.
- Eugene Gendlin, "The Listening Manual" in Focusing (1978), p. 138.
- Where knowledge suffices, we have no need of belief; but where knowledge does not prove its virtue or appears insufficient, we should not dispute the rights of belief.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, letter to J. D. Falk (January 25, 1813), in Werke, Briefe und Gespräche (Zurich: Artemis-Ausgabe, 1949), Vol. 22, p. 680.
- Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
- William James, in "Is Life Worth Living?" The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897).
- Believing something to be true is a complicated affair. It may consist in taking something to be true, pure and simple; or it may consist in believing, but not knowing, something to be true—that is, entertaining doubts about its truth. In the former case the difference between belief and knowledge may not arise. It does in the latter.
- Herbert Kohl, The Age of Complexity (1965), p. 33.
- To succeed, we must first believe that we can.
- Michael Korda, as quoted in Marketing Construction Services (2000) by Paul Pryor, p. 14.
- What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they'd never believe you?
- Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for—because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
- Peter Marshall, Senate chaplain, prayer offered at the opening of the session (April 18, 1947); reported in Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, 1947–1948 (1949), p. 20, Senate Doc. 80–170.
- Belief is a beautiful armor, but makes for the heaviest sword; like punching underwater, you never can hit who you're trying for.
- John Mayer, "Belief".
- Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
- Michel de Montaigne, Essays (1580-88).
- We believe, because we love.
- John Henry Newman, "Love the Safeguard of Faith against Superstition" (preached on 21 May 1839), in Oxford University Sermons (London, 1880), p. 236.
- Incrédules les plus crédules. Ils croient les miracles de Vespasien, pour ne pas croire ceux de Mose.
- The incredulous are the most credulous. They believe the miracles of Vespasian that they may not believe those of Moses.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensèes (1669), II, XVII. 120.
- If there is anything I have learned in my travels across the Planes, it is that many things may change the nature of a man. Whether regret, or love, or revenge or fear - whatever you believe can change the nature of a man, can. I've seen belief move cities, make men stave off death, and turn an evil hag's heart half-circle. This entire Fortress has been constructed from belief. Belief damned a woman, whose heart clung to the hope that another loved her when he did not. Once, it made a man seek immortality and achieve it. And it has made a posturing spirit think it is something more than a part of me.
- Planescape: Torment, "The Nameless One".
- If you believe in the sinfulness of the world, for instance, then you will search out from normal sense data those facts that confirm your belief. But beyond that, at other levels you also organize your mental world in such a way that attracts to yourself events that - again - will confirm your beliefs.
- Jane Roberts, The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events, Session 833, Page 163.
- To believe is to be happy; to doubt is to be wretched. To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do any thing that is worth the doing.
- Frederick William Robertson, Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel (1869) p. 347.
- Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good ground for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
- Bertrand Russell, in "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish" in Unpopular Essays (1950).
- Now God be praised, that to believing souls,
Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair!
- William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act II, Scene 1.
- Stands not within the prospect of belief.
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act I, scene 3, line 74.
- A thing that nobody believes cannot be proved too often.
- Bernard Shaw, The Devil's Disciple (1901), Act III.
- Rufus: His only real beef with mankind is the shit that gets carried out in His name. Wars, bigotry, televangelism. The big one, though, is the fractioning of all of the religions. He said mankind got it all wrong by taking a good idea and building a belief structure on it.
- Bethany: You're saying having beliefs is a bad thing?
- Rufus: I just think it's better to have ideas. I mean, you can change an idea, changing a belief is trickier. People die for it, people kill for it. The whole of existence is in jeopardy right now, because of the Catholic belief structure regarding this plenary indulgence bullshit. Bartleby and Loki, whether they know it or not, are exploiting that belief. And if they're successful, you, me… ALL of this ends in a heartbeat, all over a belief.
- Dogma (film) written by Kevin Smith
- For the heart, it needs to believe.
- Simon Soloveychik, Parenting for Everyone (1989).
- One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.
- Hannah Szenes, Hannah Senesh: Her Life and Diary (1938).
- For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.
- Franz Werfel, as quoted in Philippine Studies (1953) by Ateneo de Manila, p. 269; also in Everest: The Mountaineering History (2000) by Walt Unsworth, p. 100
- I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.
- Colin Wilson in Postscript to the Outsider , p. 3 (1967)
- Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.
- Robert Anton Wilson, in Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati (1977).
- There littleness was not; the least of things
Seemed infinite; and there his spirit shaped
Her prospects, nor did he believe,—He saw.
- William Wordsworth, The Excursion (1814), Book I, Stanza 12.
- One solace yet remains for us who came
Into this world in days when story lacked
Severe research, that in our hearts we know
How, for exciting youth's heroic flame,
Assent is power, belief the soul of fact.
- William Wordsworth, Memorials of a Tour in Italy (1837), IV ("story" refers to History).
- I am not going to question your opinions. I am not going to meddle with your belief. I am not going to dictate to you mine. All that I say is, examine; enquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the ground of your opinions, the for and the against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you…
But your spiritual teachers caution you against enquiry — tell you not to read certain books; not to listen to certain people; to beware of profane learning; to submit your reason, and to receive their doctrines for truths. Such advice renders them suspicious counsellors. By their own creed you hold your reason from their God. Go! ask them why he gave it.
- Frances Wright, A Course of Popular Lectures (1829), Lecture III : Of the more Important Divisions and Essential Parts of Knowledge.
- The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright, as quoted in My Favorite Quotations (1990) by Norman Vincent Peale.
- What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
- Edward Young, Night Thoughts (1742-1745), Night VII, Part II, line 1311.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 66-67.
- Fere libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt.
- Men willingly believe what they wish.
- Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum, III, 18.
- There is no unbelief;
Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod
And waits to see it push away the clod,
He trusts in God.
- Elizabeth York Case, Unbelief.
- Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Montaigne.
- Credat Judæus Apella non ego.
- The Jew Apella may believe this, not I.
- Horace, Satires, I. 5. 100.
- Better trust all and be deceived,
And weep that trust, and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart that, if believed,
Had blessed one's life with true believing.
- O thou, whose days are yet all spring,
Faith, blighted once, is past retrieving;
Experience is a dumb, dead thing;
The victory's in believing.
- James Russell Lowell, Winter Meditations, p. 113.
- They believed—faith, I'm puzzled—I think I may call
Their belief a believing in nothing at all,
Or something of that sort; I know they all went
For a general union of total dissent.
- James Russell Lowell, Fable for Critics (1848), line 851.
- A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.
- John Milton, Areopagitica (1644).
- Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
- Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Of Divine Ordinances, Book I, Chapter XXXI.
- Tarde quæ credita lædunt credimus.
- We are slow to believe what if believed would hurt our feelings.
- Ovid, Heroides, II. 9.
- And when religious sects ran mad,
He held, in spite of all his learning,
That if a man's belief is bad,
It will not be improved by burning.
- Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Poems of Life and Manners, Part II. The Vicar, Stanza 9.
- Do not believe what I tell you here any more than if it were some tale of a tub.
- François Rabelais, Works, Book IV, Chapter XXXVIII. ("Tale of a Tub," title of a work of Swift's).
- I have believed the best of every man,
And find that to believe it is enough
To make a bad man show him at his best,
Or even a good man swing his lantern higher.
- William Butler Yeats, Deirdre.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers[edit]
Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).
- Begin by regarding every thing from a moral point of view, and you will end by believing in God.
- Dr. Thomas Arnold, p. 22.
- The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people he meets on the street for fear they may touch him.
- Phillips Brooks, p. 23.
- If that impression does not remain on this intrepid and powerful people, into whose veins all nations pour their mingling blood, it will be our immense calamity. Public action, without it, will lose the dignity of consecration. Eloquence, without it, will miss what is loftiest, will give place to a careless and pulseless disquisition, or fall to the flatness of political slang. Life, without it, will lose its sacred and mystic charm. Society, without it, will fail of inspirations, and be drowned in an animalism whose rising tides will keep pace with its wealth.
- Richard Salter Storrs, p. 23.
External links[edit]
- Belief-o-matic at Beliefnet
- "Ethics of Belief" by W. K. Clifford with counterpoint by William James
- "The problems with beliefs" by Jim Walker


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Central Ohio bands invade Toledo when five Columbus bands take the stage at Ottawa Tavern on Feb. 24 and 25.
INVASION is the brainchild of Adam Sattler of Ottawa Tavern and Stephen Pence of Kobo, a Columbus venue. Last weekend, Toledo groups The Forest, The Miracle Vitamins, GOLD and Thirty Three & 1/3 played in Ohio's capital city in support of the Columbus Music Co-op. This weekend, Alert New London, Dirty Girls, This Is My Suitcase, She Bears and Old Hundred will play at the Ottawa Tavern. Netherfriends, a Chicago-based artist, and The Dub Starlings of Toledo will join them.
"We were all becoming friends but everybody was coming through at different times and we decided [INVASION] would just be a good time for all of us," Sattler said of the groups' decisions to form a collaboration. Other cities have approached Sattler about doing similar swaps, building what Sattler hopes will become a "more connected Midwest music scene."
There is no cover, but a $5 donation to the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo is suggested. Shows begin at 10 p.m. Feb. 24-25 at Ottawa Tavern, 1817 Adams St., Toledo. Visit otavern.com to learn more.
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I do not know if you put my name down either but I need two barrels too and would like to be put on your list.
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There is still a chance the Northwest Trading Post, a staple of the Blue Ridge Mountains for 54 years, will remain open.
Phil Francis, the superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, attended the West Jefferson Community Partnership Meeting on Friday Oct. 26 to give some good news to all of those concerned about the Trading Post's future.
"The Northwest Trading Post might not shut down after all," said Francis.
The Northwest Trading Post's current contract ends in December, and according to Mark Morgan of the National Parks Service, the current concessioner decided not to bid on the upcoming contract for the 2013 season. So far, the non-profit board that operates the facility had not received any bids to keep it open.
As a non-profit concession for the National Parks Service, the Northwest Trading Post had slowly accumulated a large amount of interest from a loan used to finance an addition made to the property, making the Trading Post unattractive to bidders.
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State seeks to keep post-Irene AOT hiresBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | December 07,2013MONTPELIER With recovery from Tropical Storm Irene still underway in parts of the state, the Shumlin administration is asking lawmakers to extend the terms of 38 temporary transportation workers brought on in the wake of the 2011 floods.
Secretary of Transportation Brian Searles this week told the House Appropriations Committee that district garages across the state still have their hands full with more than 200 Irene-related infrastructure projects that have yet to be closed out.
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One of the things we learned during Irene is that the towns in general are not staffed up well to handle such a disaster, or to work with FEMA in particular, Rogers said. Some have robust staffs, some dont. And they need us to really help shepherd them through the project.
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"Always borrow money from a pessimist. They won't expect it back."
GW2 is a very pretty game, but I found after a month playing I was completely bored with it too. I wouldn't call it a fail for me. It was like buying a PS3 game and playing it til I beat it. Worth my $60, but probably won't ever play it again. I haven't had any luck with any free to play or buy to play game. Still waiting for a good sandbox mmo.
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Originally posted by Tayah
I think this is probably the best way to explain it for me as well. Except, that one day you can hop into again and there will be more content that you may enjoy (player/guild housing, guild warfare, etc).
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Originally posted by DMKano
You ALMOST made me want to try Rift again... the sentiment lasted like 10 seconds or so. Then I remembered the poorly responsive combat and sub par animations. The very linear gameplay with only one starter area and the same zones you have to go through until you finally get access to the new "storm legion" content. All this reminded me why (for me) GW2 is a superior game and why I won't waste one more cent in Trion's borefest of a MMORPG.
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Joined: 9/11/05
Thanks, Elikal. Nice write up.
I agree with many of the points you made.
For me, Guild Wars 2 represents the arcadification (yes I just invented that word) of the MMO. Explanation: by tossing out depth and time commitment of traditional MMOs, ANET has created an MMO that would actually fit well into an Arcade. I could see people tossing quarter after quarter into this game because it's gratification is instant......instant, yet short lived. It is a game enjoyed to its fullest when played at its most casual....like a trip the the local mall.
Like any arcade title, once the initial spectactle loses its awe, the foundation begins to show. And it's not a very sturdy one. It reminds me of "Dragon's Lair" in a way. A game that made more of an impact at its time because of its technical prowess than actual design. Once you got past the fact that it was a laser-disc cartoon, the game ceased to really marvel.
Guild Wars 2 is the Pu Pu platter of MMOs. It has a little of this, a little of that, but really not much of anything in particular. The dish has great presentation, but it's not really a fullfilling meal.
This is the perfect game for someone entirely new to the genre. But for vets? Unless you are burnt out or want something entirely different, not so much.
There is very little character progression. The combat is extremely limited as you are given only a handful of useful skills and attacks and those become boring rather quickly. The dungeons (for me, at least) feel thrown together and extremely chaotic.
Everyone can perform any role because the game is designed for a quick in n out with little or no preparation/strategy.
As another user put it, it's a very "run n gun" MMO.
Scenery, locations, and world design are top notch...second to none. The story? Simple enough for the average eight year old to understand but shallow for those looking for something deeper.
People hyped this game to no end as the "saviour" to MMOs. But instead, all it offered was a drive through in a restaurant crowded atmosphere.
But we should not blame ourselves for not liking it. It is a different kind of game. As different as Call of Duty is to the more strategic online shooters (such as Joint Operations).
Some like, some don't.
If you want that quick MMO experience in 60 minutes or less, this is the game for you.
If you are looking for something a bit more involved, a bit more traditional, look elsewhere.
Originally posted by grimal
The game does has depth, but not what you like, that is all. It is there for all to see. The reason for the amount of skills is you need to pick and choose wisely. In rift, with 4 bars of skills, it was ridiculous since you also could macro skills (so many were very conditional as to be useless). I have tried many other games and found them lacking, games which people on this site have on a pedestal.
You shouldn't bame yourself for not liking it but neither should you blame A.Net or the people who actually like the game. It was a design choice on A.Net's part, much like what happens in every other MMO out there. No game is for everyone. But, do we need more than one thread on either side? I think not. it is just redundancy at it's finest.
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Joined: 9/11/05
Originally posted by botrytis
That was the point I was trying to drive home. It's a very fun game for what it is. I just think a lot of people went in expecting something quite different. As a result, some liked and some didn't. If you are one of the latter....don't beat yourself up. It's just a different type of game.
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Joined: 6/17/11
Originally posted by The_Korrigan
I leveled a harbinger (new soul, melee mage, its the most fun class i ever played in the last 13 years of gaming) character from 1-48 in 4 days of instant adventures, crazy fast Xp and also epic planar items rewards scaled to your level so you get awesome free gear as well as xp. Also winning a single match in battlegrounds gives you half a level of xp prior to level 50.
They obviously want players to be able to experience new content ASAP, it's worth noting that the 4 new souls are available at level 1 - so you get to experience the awesomeness immediately (yes the new souls are amazing).
They are a lot of GW2 like features, like quests that you get automatically as you travel and kill mobs, getting full Xp for low level content when you scale your character level down ( you could level to 50 in a level 14 area), you can experience raid dungeons solo or in a team of 2 players (called chronicles)..... It is a different game from what you remember.
The combat and animations feel awesome and responsive to me, maybe it's that new souls are just a lot more polished, but there have been a ton of patches and fixes since feb 2011.
either way, enjoy gw2, but thinking that storm legion is anything close to what the original game of Rift was when it released - is just blasphemous in my opinion. For the record I hated Rift at launch, I thought it was a crappy wow clone, but over time it kept getting better, and finally with storm legion launch I can safely say that this is most likely the greatest expansion for a MMORPG game ever.
Again it's just one persons opinion, so take everything I say as that, and don't forget to always look on the bright side of life!
I would be bored too if Warrior and "VANGAURD" classes played the same.
Originally posted by DMKano
Pretty much why I added "(for me)" in my post :)
I'm pretty sure we can enjoy our games without "peeing into the other person's cheerios" - that's why I don't post on the Rift forums either, because I don't see the point of annoying people of a game I don't play and have no interest in playing by advertising a game I play there.
Have fun in Rift - I know I will in GW2 :)
Originally posted by The_Korrigan
Oh but good sir you forget we are on the interwebz, how will they get their point across if they do not piss in someone else's cheerios.
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Joined: 1/06/07
Hype (noun)
This is good news, I like to see more and more people tire of themeparks. That's how change happens.
"Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever." - Noam Chomsky
Originally posted by elitero
It makes all the Cheerios taste awlful. You piss in mine, I piss in yours - NAH, let's not go there.
Originally posted by botrytis
But thats how it is, I know that I do not go onto other game forums to post why I moved on or why I hate the game or why it failed *FOR ME* but I guess DMKano has not yet gotten his point across and is not done telling people how shitty the game is *Shrug*
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Joined: 9/24/12
agree with OP.
*for me* too
Elite Member
Joined: 4/29/10
I agree with a lot of what you said. But I wouldn't call it a big "fail". I enjoyed leveling my first character at least.
I think the combat is REALLY boring. Spamming the same few weapon locked skills over and over again really isn't a strong design. I guess they chose that route to make balancing PVP easier? I don't mind being limited in skills in a game like D3, but then again they let you choose the skills you use, regardless of weapon type.
It's a nice world, but I also prefer the trinity.
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Joined: 4/22/06
Originally posted by Eluldor
Getting a a giant whale into space by yourself would be easier than trying to form a team in this game. People are not social in this game at all. Those of us who were silly enough to think "well this is an mmo, maybe i'll try teamiung up with people and maybe make a friend or two" have tried hundreds of times to simply team up with people, but failed to. the only thing worse than this game is its community. You can even see it in the forums how nasty GW2 fans can be, blindly defending this game's flaws. You shouldn't have to bend over backwards to be social in an MMO
Originally posted by jinxxed0
I have had no issues getting a team. Maybe it is just you or just me, it is not that hard - /map 'LFG to do.......' it works everytime.
I find people very social - I have been bouncing servers, helping friends who just started in the game. People are very friendly and helpful. Not sure what you are doing wrong.....
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Joined: 2/09/06
"No path is darker then when your eyes are shut." -Flemeth
Originally posted by Thillian
Tbh., I give MMOs a chance much longer. I played Vanguard for almost a year, always on and off in the last half year. I played WAR 5 months and SWTOR 4 months before I stopped, and heck even went back for a bit now. I tend to give MMOs a long chance to grow on me or change via patches and updates. Same with GW2. In all these MMOs I DO have fun a while, otherwise I would not stay. All of these have/had good qualities. It's always a mixed bag. Hardly any MMO is entirely trash or bad. GW2 like other AAA MMOs surely has a lot of good qualities, but with some things I just feel unwell with them over time. Like the grindy nature of the "events" or the combat system. I felt well at first, but after a time I began to feel how simplistic and boring it is.
As I said, just from my perspective. But I tend to give MMOs chances. So I return after a break and updates, giving it new chances again and again. I always have hope the devs get things better, so I try it out again. Hence my kinda repetitive posts. I see things more sharp and clear and feel I want to write about my insights anew, when I think I can say it more clearly than before.
As to the same-ish feel of classes: *shrug* it felt to me like that. If I take classes from WOW or EQ2 or even LOTRO, I felt the classes played more distinct. Especially the WOW classes. Each of them plays REALLY different, and compared to that I didn't feel the classes in GW2 felt distinct enough. Or interesting enough in the long run, partially, because with level 10 you have almost all skills you EVER get. There is no evolution anymore, no cool new attacks or skills to look forward to which make a gamechanging experience. When I learned to transform into a Seal as Druid with level whatever, it was a whole new experience because I could not safely travel rivers, passing by mobs. Just as a tiny sniplet. That is what I expect in class/level advance: real changing skills. Here I miss that. My level 20 Ranger knows the same than any level 70 Ranger, maybe he gets another trap, which really is just a miniature addition. You simply learn nothing really new anymore. And as I said, nothing distincts the combat enough for my taste. The enemy is always toe to toe with you in no time, you always circle, evade and run around the enemy and there is no really different way. As I said, compare it to how vastly individual each class fights in WOW. Sorry if that WOW comparision pisses some people off.
I simply want many abilites. It's what bored me quick of DCUO as well, having those 5-6 abilities only, and it's what I am very weary about hearing from Elder Scrolls Online. I simply love to have many abilities at hand, because I think it makes a more interesting combat than being narrowed down to a few.
Hey, if GW2 is a roaring financial success for Anet, that's good for them. They are passionate good people. Nice for them. And if you have a blast, that's fine. I am not passionate about GW2 as I was with other games. It's objective fail or success bother me not at all.
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Joined: 8/12/11
We all breathe and we all die.
What is up with reviews and impressions being in General Discussion as of late? Though to be fair it happens with every MMO on their forums.
By the way Elikal, it's cool that it failedfor [you] and a few others.
Sorry for late edit.
Peace out.
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Joined: 11/02/12
you not the only one OP. Though this site is GW2 pro. Ppl are blind and they think the fact that its a free of sub based mmo (if you can even call it a mmo) it makes up for all the black bagging of accts and poor lack of support this game has. I for one pray every night b 4 i go to bed that this company hits a hardship soon and goes under...
My old guild from DayZ (consist of 24 ppl) were all pumped up and hyped for GW2 saying its the best game ever created since running water! Now only 2-3 of them play it, the rest say its boring. DURRRR Glad i didnt spend my hard earnd cash on this joke...rather spend it on the new Family Guy game


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This ambulance ramp is a 45 inch long, 29 inch wide, strong, and lightweight ramp that is constructed from the highest quality material — aircraft aluminum. The ramp is made to be moved out of the way safely and easily due to the state of the art hinges and the ability to tilt upwards at 90 degrees so it can stay out of a stretchers way. Quick release pins let the ramp be totally removed in seconds when it has to be. This ramp can be tilted in the downward position.
Versa Ambulance ramp was developed to help out the caregivers, as well. Being lightweight and having a steel frame that goes into the floor of your vehicle, as well as having a unique accordion design, it is super easy to use. This gives the caregiver a cost effective alternative to heavy portable ramps, power lifts, and costly van conversions. All you need to do is fold it down and pull it out, once it's installed, to be able to have safe and easy access for not only the patients, but the caregivers as well. If you're in need of a ramp that's longer than 49 inches, extension sections can be added with the simple tighten and loosening of a few bolts. Extra capacity models are available.
The Discount Ramps model number for the Versa ambulance ramp is VR-29, which is the folding the expandable ambulance ramp. This ramp measures 45 inches in overall length, is 26.5 inches wide on the inside, and 29 inches in overall width. This ramp is lightweight at a mere 19 pounds, but can hold over 20 times its weight. The ambulance ramp has a operational lift weight of 19 pounds. Not only does it help reduce EMT injuries when lifting, it is also helps caregivers make their patients mobile. The two folding support legs, as well as the lightweight aluminum used to produce this Versa ramp, help this ramp support up to 900 pounds. An optional hinge plate, that allows it to rotate 90 degrees for unobstructed access, is model number VR-29-HP. This ramp hinge plate mounting system rotates the VR-29 to a vertical position.
If you are interested in acquiring the Versa Ambulance ramp and/or the VR-29-HP hinge plate please visit our portable wheelchair website at Discount Ramps!
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