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Current Positions Available
Thank you for your interest in ACMI. All positions are currently filled. Please visit our site again for future job postings that may relate to your experience and talents.
Make your mark at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, a globally unique cultural institution located at the heart of Melbourne's iconic Federation Square.
Operating as an innovative, dynamic, performance-orientated cultural business, ACMI is self-directed, though within the Victorian public sector.
ACMI delivers its programs through three organisational groups: Content and Projects, Marketing and Development, and Commercial and Operations.
ACMI seeks to nurture an entrepreneurial team spirit delivering varied cultural, creative and performance aims. In an environment of hard working but passionate enthusiasm for our subject matter and audiences, ACMI aims to provide rich opportunities for staff and organisational interests to thrive.
Why Choose ACMI?
Our Vision and Values
We aim to expand our world-class position and unique voice in the arts through an agenda of cultural leadership, innovation, partnerships and audience reach and accessibility.
As a world-leading cultural centre, we provide audiences with diverse experiences that explore and shape the moving image in all its forms.
Our vision enables us to head in a clear direction and our values help us express our personality and define who we are and what we stand for.
Find out more about our Vision and Values [PDF 18KB]
Employee Benefits
If you work for us, you'll be part of a talented team that is passionate about the moving image and is proud of ACMI's values (plus you'll get to do some pretty amazing and cool stuff).
As an ACMI employee you'll be entitled to some great benefits including:
- Annual leave loading 17.5%
- Salary packaging
- Flexible working hours / working arrangements
- Gym membership discounts at the Grand Hyatt
- Discounts at the ACMI Store and Optic Kitchen + Bar
- Recognition of any prior government service
- 14 weeks paid maternity leave (conditions apply)
- Annual travel ticket at discounted rates
- Complimentary entry (subject to availability) or concession rates to ACMI programs
- Membership of Federation Square's 'Club Fed' program
View more details of What's on Offer [PDF 20KB]
Green Initiatives
ACMI takes responsibility for its environmental footprint, promoting sustainable practices in all its activities.
Our commitment to minimise our environmental impact underpins our programming and business planning. We actively promote responsible environmental management with our staff, volunteers, stakeholders, partners, clients and suppliers. Our environmental commitment includes:
- Making efficient use of resources and reducing emissions and waste
- Promoting environmentally responsible purchasing
- Setting key performance indicators to clearly monitor our performance on greenhouse gas emissions, energy usage, waste output and paper consumption
- Contributing to the development of best practice principles for the Australian arts sector
Application Process
How to apply
To apply for jobs at ACMI you must submit an online application by the advertised closing date.
You complete your application you'll be required to create an account using a valid email address. Please check this email account on a regular basis as we'll be sending you communication regarding to your application.
You don't need to create a new account each time you apply for a job - one account allows you to submit multiple applications.
Application form
Many of the questions in the application form are mandatory. These fields are marked with an asterisk (*) and you won't be able to submit an application until all of these fields are completed.
Your application can be updated at any time via the 'My Applications' page once you have logged into your account.
Resume and Key Selection Criteria response
Please ensure that your resume is up to date and that you submit a response to the Key Selection Criteria (listed in the job description) as part of your application. If you don't do this, your application may not be considered.
You may also be required to submit supplementary material such as a portfolio. Our HR team will let you know during the selection process or prior to an interview.
Once your application is submitted
Upon receipt of your application, you'll receive an email notification. If you don't receive this within two business days, please check that you've provided the correct email address and that your mail program has not blocked ACMI emails as spam.
You can check the status of your application at any time by logging into the Jobs at ACMI page. Simply log in using the email account and password you created when setting up your account.
Frequently Asked Questions
We've provided answers to some commonly asked questions to assist you in your application and the selection process.
Where are jobs advertised?
Our job opportunities are advertised on the ACMI website and may also appear on ArtsHub, ScreenHub, My Career, The Loop and the Victorian Government careers website.
A position I want to apply for isn't appearing on the search page. How do I find it?
Conduct an open search on the What's Advertised? page (don't enter any search criteria) and locate your job from the list. Please note that the job may have expired and applications are no longer being accepted.
Why am I asked for a username and password when I try to apply for a job?
All candidates need to be registered to apply for a job, although you can search for jobs without being logged in. Please refer to the Application Process page for further assistance.
How do I retrieve a forgotten password?
If you have already created an online account and have forgotten your password, please visit the login page for assistance.
How long should my application be?
Your cover letter should be no longer than one page, your response to the Key Selection Criteria should be no longer than two pages and your resume should be no longer than three pages. We request that applications are a maximum of six pages in total. Please do not send any supplementary material with your application unless requested.
Do you accept hardcopy applications?
We encourage all applicants to apply online. If you are unable to submit an online application, please contact us for assistance.
How can I check if I have attached my resume?
Login to your account and click on the 'My Applications' link on the left. Your applications will be shown in this section. Click on the application and scroll down to the 'View Attachments' button to check if your resume is attached.
Can I apply for more than one position at ACMI?
Yes, you can apply for more than one position using your online account once it has been created (see Application Process), however please ensure you complete a separate application for each position.
Will my application be acknowledged?
All applications submitted online are acknowledged via email upon receipt. Login to your account and click on the 'My Applications' link on the left. Your applications will be shown in this section. If the application is successfully submitted, the status will show as 'In Progress'.
What time do I need to submit my job application by?
You have until midnight on the close date to submit your application.
Do you accept late applications?
In exceptional circumstances late applications may be accepted, however this will be on a discretionary basis and you should not rely on it when planning your job application process.
How long will the shortlisting process take?
The length of the time taken to shortlist applications can vary depending on the volume of applications.
Do you hold interviews?
After the shortlisting process is complete, shortlisted applicants will be invited for interview.
Will you notify me if I have been unsuccessful?
Yes, we contact all applicants either via phone or email to inform them of the outcome of their application.
Do you provide feedback on unsuccessful applications?
Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications received, we are unable to provide specific feedback to each candidate on their application.
Can I submit a speculative resume to be held on file for future opportunities?
Yes, if you would like us to keep you details on file please create a profile via your online account and you will be considered for suitable future opportunities that arise.
How do I register to receive email alerts when new jobs are advertised?
You can set email alerts up via your online account. Simply click on 'Job Emails' and select the criteria that applies to you.
Where will the position be based?
We have two locations: Federation Square and Oliver Lane, both in Melbourne. While you will be based at one of these locations, you may be required to work at either.
Can I still apply if I have accepted a Voluntary Departure Package from Government?
ACMI is unable to accept applications from any ex-Victorian public servant who accepted a Voluntary Departure Package from the Victorian Government within three calendar years from their resignation or retirement date.
Is there any other important information I should be aware of?
Yes. Employment with ACMI is subject to both evidence of the right to work in Australia (e.g. birth certificate, passport or visa) and a satisfactory National Police Records Check. Please note identified positions are also subject to a Working with Children Check.
Who can I contact if I need further assistance with my application?
For further assistance please email ACMI's Human Resources Team via email@example.com
Work Experience
Work Experience at ACMI provides students with the opportunity to assist with school programs in our state-of-the-art studios and cinemas; and to undertake curriculum-based research and administration activities with our ACMI Education team.
ACMI offers a limited number of one-week work experience placements for secondary school students each year. Placements at ACMI are very popular and highly sought after. Interested students are required to submit an application within the period stated below.
Applications for 2016 Term 2, 3 and 4 will open Friday 6th November 2015 and close Friday 18th March 2016. Successful applicants will be notified in April 2016.
Work experience applications are submitted through the Jobs at ACMI page.
Please note that we are unable to accept applications before the opening date or after the closing date. Due to the volume of applications we receive we will only contact those who have been successful. Thank you for your interest in working with us.


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|Positive effect of silymarin on cell growth and differentiation in bovine and murine mammary cells.
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|PMID: 19207679 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|Silymarin, a naturally acknowledged hepatoprotector used in humans to treat liver diseases has been tested in murine (HC11) and bovine (BME-UV) mammary epithelial cell lines to evaluate a possible direct effect on cell growth and differentiation in mammary gland. Silymarin enhanced cell proliferation (p < 0.05) from 10 to 1000 ng/ml in association with growth factors, (up to 20%) or alone (up to 15%) versus controls. Furthermore, silymarin (100 ng/ml) was able to increase (p < 0.05) beta-casein gene expression alone or in association with prolactin (5 microg/ml). These effects may be related with protein kinase B (AKT) activation induced by silymarin treatment (p < 0.05) and/or by a dose-related inhibitory effect (p < 0.05) on caspase-3 activity related to a protective role in cell apoptosis. These data suggest that silymarin should be considered a candidate to support mammary gland activity during a lactogenetic state.
|L Starvaggi Cucuzza; M Motta; S Miretti; E Macchi; E Martignani; P Accornero; M Baratta
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Dorothy "Jane" Chaffee, age 88, formerly of Milledgeville, Illinois, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at The Good Samaritan Society in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 at the Dutchtown Church of the Brethren in Milledgeville. A memorial gathering will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 prior to the service at the church. A memorial fund has been established in Jane's memory. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com
Jane was born on March 20, 1924, in Dekalb, Illinois, the daughter of Lloyd and Margerie (McDole) Shaffer. Jane attended Milledgeville High School and graduated with the Class of 1942. She married Max Chaffee on Feb. 24, 1946. Max died on June 26, 2002.
Jane and Max owned Chaffee's Café in Milledgeville for many years. Jane also worked as a CNA at numerous nursing homes and the Morrison Hospital. She was a member of the Dutchtown Church of the Brethren in Milledgeville. Most of all, Jane loved spending time with her family and friends.
Jane is survived by one daughter, Peggy Kolb of Mount Carroll, Illinois; one son, Kevin Chaffee of Oakwood Hills, Illinois; one grandson, Jake Chaffee; one granddaughter, Emily Chaffee; two sisters-in law, Kathy Siperly and Lola Chaffee; and one brother-in-law, Elwin Duhm.
Jane was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Sally Siperly and Betty Duhm; one brother, Robert Shaffer and one grandson, J.R. Strehlow.
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Now that all the systems that run through the walls, ceilings, and floors are complete, the next phase is dominated by getting the sheetrock and exterior siding installed. We are very happy with the warm rich look of the tongue-and-groove cedar siding. It is just what we were hoping for!
The cedar siding will be applied to all the surfaces you see above covered in the Tyvek wrap. The lower garage and utility areas will have an exterior of painted cement panels mounted as a rainscreen. With a rainscreen system, the panels are attached to runners that create a space behind the panels that allows water to run behind them instead of just over them. This reduces maintenance because the panels will last longer and they will require less repainting.
Most of the sheetrock has been installed and the next steps will include finishing work to create nice corners, edges, and transitions. Above you see the prep work that has been done for the red walls that frame the stairwell.
Looking down the upper hallway.
Looking from the laundry room towards the dining room.
A random walk through our meager efforts
to build a custom modern home in the Pacific Northwest.
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Hi. You're home is absolutely lovely. My husband and I are installing Cedar Siding to our own project shortly and we really like the clean lines you obtained. Do you know what was used to cap the corners on your home? It looks like a corner strip of some sort but it's hard to tell from the photo. Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Poll workers will ask voters who turn out for the Nov. 6 general election for photo identification, the director of the York County Department of Elections and Voter Registration told the county commissioners Wednesday.
Nikki Suchanic said voters who do not have acceptable ID still will be allowed to vote. They will be provided information "that sometime in the future they may need to have" a photo ID to vote, she said.
Suchanic also informed the commissioners that due to space constraints, the city's 12th ward, fourth precinct polling place is being moved to the Kinsley Education Center at 350 Hill St. The poll had been at the Rotary Kranich Hall on South Lehman Street.
City vacancy: York City Council President Carol Hill-Evans made an appearance at the meeting to inform commissioners that the city is accepting resumes from candidates to fill the seat of the late-Councilwoman Joanne Borders.
She told President Commissioner Steve Chronister that, by law, the city has 30 days to fill the vacancy. That deadline is Oct. 25.
Hill-Evans said resumes must be received by noon Oct. 5.
Candidates must be city residents and at least 21 years old. More information is available on the city's website at yorkcity.org.
System upgrade: The commissioners ratified a contract between the county, on behalf of York County Control, and a Michigan company for the purchase and installation of software to upgrade the computer-aided dispatch system at a cost of $333,500.
Holiday closing: All county row offices, departments, bureaus and courts will be closed Oct. 8 in observance of Columbus Day.


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In this classroom activity, students will analyze political cartoons and letters to the editor in order to identify and analyze the range of reactions to the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision, and the ways in which the Court's mandates were enacted or blocked. Students will also be able to connect a more recent civil rights or education issue to the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education. This lesson is part of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.
Cooperative learning, Museum education
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Reader Recommendation Request for a CPADecember 1, 2007 at 7:32 pm | In Reader recommendations | 6 Comments
While we work on that tree-lighting video, we wanted to send out another Reader Recommendation Request that's been in queue a while: This one is simple — a reader's looking for a "good CPA, can be in West Seattle or downtown." (All RRRs are archived here.)
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Scott Hunt is excellent and he's right near the Junction at 4409 California. The firm is Jackson, Morgan & Hunt, PLLC. 206.932.1314
Comment by Christopher Boffoli — 7:51 pm December 1, 2007 #
Jason Durante of DURANTE & ASSOCIATES, LLC. is great. Phone number is 206-933-7839 and his office
is located right behind Husky Deli in the SeaWest Building suite 206.
Comment by Bonnie — 9:10 pm December 1, 2007 #
Do you specifically need a CPA? Depending on the job, there are other types of accountants who may be less expensive and just as helpful. For example, for small business accounting, someone with an APS certification would be just as useful. If it's complicated tax-related issues, then yes a CPA is best.
The only reason I point this out is that CPAs can be quite expensive, and if it's something like a bookkeeping snafu to be sorted out, you may prefer to look for an APS or other certified accounting professional.
Comment by A.A. — 11:07 pm December 1, 2007 #
We're looking for a new accountant (doesn't have to be a CPA) to do our taxes this year. We were increasingly annoyed at our old one (we were shipping our stuff back to NY for him to do) and finally fired him. So if anyone has any accountant, CPA or not, to do taxes, I'd love to hear those recommendations too.
Comment by Sue — 9:16 am December 2, 2007 #
I'd love to hear other's recommendations as well. I need an accountant to help me with my 1040. Now that I am both teaching and working as a freelance film-producer, my tax deductions have become a bit complicated.
I second the Jason Durante recommendation! He has been our accountant for 5 years both for our personal and business taxes. He is the very BEST in his field. I could not run my business without him.
Jason knows accounting, it's that simple. You can stop by the coffee shop anytime for a personal recommendation!
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Miami Township Police Department officials want to buy a Ford Escape sport-utility vehicle, similar to this one, to replace a 2009 Ford Crown Victoria, which was in an April accident. Trustees, however, want to see a cost analysis before approving the purchase.
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Trustees recently allowed police department officials to spend $31,887 of taxpayers' money to buy a police vehicle - but not without giving them a tongue-lashing first.
"I will not get in the habit of being forced into making decisions because we are under the gun," said Trustee Mary Makley Wolff.
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The Anaheim Ducks have taken a 3-2 series lead over the Detroit Red Wings after winning Game 5 Wednesday night in overtime, 3-2.
Nick Bonino was the hero just 1:54 into the overtime period. The teams return to Detroit Friday night for Game 6.
Detroit's Johan Franzen opened the scoring on the power play as he snuck one past Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller.
Anaheim tied it up at 1-1 in the 1st period thanks to a blast from Kyle Palmieri that beat goalie Jimmy Howard. The Ducks were outshooting the Red Wings 18-9 after 20 minutes.
View: Game 5 boxscore
Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg sent a quick shot in on Hiller midway through the 2nd period and Mikael Samuelsson hammered home the rebound to give his team a 2-1 lead. It was nearly 3-1 Red Wings moments later when Damien Brunner was denied by Hiller on a breakaway. Defenseman Brendan Smith then rang one off the post.
Anaheim's Daniel Winnik got a 5-minute major penalty for boarding Daniel Cleary, who briefly left the game injured. Cleary returned for the Red Wings in the 3rd period. Wings rookie Gustav Nyquist hit the post during the ensuing power play.
Detroit could not capitalize on the 5-minute man advantage. It ended when Smith went to the box for interference. Ryan Getzlaf made it 2-2 with a power play goal.
The teams finished the 2nd period tied at 2-2. The Red Wings put 15 shots on Hiller in the 2nd period but the Ducks still led the shots statistic 27-24 after 40 minutes.
Palmieri crashed into Howard in the 3rd period and the puck crossed the goal line. However, the officials waved it off because of the contact with the goaltender.
The teams remained locked in a 2-2 tie as time ran out in regulation.
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Social Services Advisory Board Fact Sheet
Title: Social Services Advisory Board
Type of Board/Commission/Committee: Advisory
Affiliated Department: Finance
Status: Active
Governing Legislation:
To reference the general rules of procedure and informational booklet for all boards, please see the documents available on the General Board Information page.
Description: Section 3. Purposes. (a) Social Services Block Grants. The Board shall oversee the process for recommending to the Assembly that CBJ funds be awarded to community health and social services organizations. Such oversight shall include: (1) Establishing criteria for allocation of available funding among applicants based on an assessment of need in the community, (2) Advising the Manager on the content of the "Request for Applications for Block Grants", (3) Reviewing and evaluating grant applications, (4) Recommending approval of applications and awarding of funds to the Assembly Finance Committee annually during consideration of the CBJ budget, (5) Reviewing grantees' quarterly narratives and financial reports, and monitoring progress toward goals and objectives stated in grantee's applications for funds, and (6) Advising the Assembly as needed on the level of block grant funding necessary to meet the need for supplemental local government support to nonprofit social services providers. (b) Social Services Advocacy. The Board shall serve as a forum for social services issues in the community, shall advise the Assembly on any course of action that would help to resolve the issue, and shall advocate to the Assembly on behalf of Juneau social service nonprofit agencies.
Membership: Section 2. Membership. The Board shall consist of seven members who shall serve without compensation. Nominations for appointment shall be made by the Assembly Human Resources Committee, and shall be subject to ratification by the Assembly. Appointments shall to the extent practicable include or represent social service consumers. Board members may not at the time of appointment be employees or directors of any agency applying for or receiving a CBJ social services block grant, and upon becoming so thereafter shall resign from the Board.
Officers: Chairperson
Quorum: 4
Term Limits: None
Annual Appointment Period (Annual Reports Due): September
Meetings: 5:30p.m. on the Third Tuesday of each month in the Downtown Library Large Conference Room. Check the online CBJ Meeting Calendar for specific month's to see if the meeting date has changed for any reason. Additional meetings may also get scheduled during the Grant Review/Scoring process.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada lawmakers in both houses have overwhelmingly said it's time for the federal government to ensure current and future immigrants have the same opportunities afforded to America's founders.
The Assembly on Tuesday voted 37-3 to pass SJR15. The Senate approved the same measure earlier.
With their votes of approval, legislators are stressing the importance of immigration as an integral component of the United States and urging Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
The resolution says the reform must include a path to citizenship for current and future immigrants, appropriate border security and a funding plan.
Democratic Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick of North Las Vegas says the resolution is part of a coordinated national effort by state governments to enact federal action.
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A man who was found dead in Cottage Grove died from a combination of accidental injuries and hypothermia, according to autopsy results.
Dallas Gilbert Jensen, 66, was found in a parked car in his driveway in the 8800 block of Hamlet Avenue just before 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, police reported.
"The preliminary investigation indicates that the cause of death was from an accidental fall," a statement from Cottage Grove police said Tuesday. "The victim was able to make it into his vehicle where he was later found by family members."
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner determined Jensen died from trauma caused by falling and hypothermia. His death was ruled an accident, police said.
Temperatures on Monday dipped to 20 degrees and never topped freezing, according to the National Weather Service.
The person who called police to report finding Jensen said he was "obviously dead," the police statement said.
Paramedics arrived and confirmed it.
Police believe Jensen may have fallen more than once but said they aren't sure yet where he fell and don't have any witnesses.
"It looks like he was ready for work and he usually goes to work in the morning," police spokeswoman Gail Griffith wrote in an email. "He was found around 4:30 p.m. His car was in the driveway with him in it. Keys were not in the ignition."
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It was mid-May, always a busy time at USD. We were closing out the academic year, wrapping up final exams and orchestrating the Herculean task of preparing more than 400 students to study abroad during the summer. We were also welcoming several new international students to campus.
And still, a sense of work left undone nagged at me.
I remembered the words of Provost Julie Sullivan earlier that fall when she inaugurated our International Center. She laid out our mission with clarity: "To develop international programs that would meet the diverse curricular and professional needs of each and every faculty and student on campus." We'd certainly been working on it. Much of the year had been spent fine-tuning existing programs and developing new affiliations in underrepresented areas of the world.
Earlier in the spring, I'd received an invitation from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland to discuss possible collaborative efforts. The timing was excellent, as Dean William Headley was exploring various new options for both graduate and undergraduate students to participate in Peace Studies programs in "cooled-off places of the world." Northern Ireland might be the perfect place for our students to get first-hand experience of conflict resolution and mediation.
Arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland reminded me of previous visits to Israel and the Palestinian territories. While the region is much calmer, the residue of previous clashes remains. The charged and complicated history between Catholics and Protestants was immediately present in the discourse of the local people.
As a linguist, I always pay particular attention to accents, intonation and speech patterns, and the driver assigned to take us from Belfast to Port Rush had one of the most charming — yet difficult — Irish accents I had ever heard. As we discussed the itinerary for the campus visits in the coming days, the driver was quick to correct me when I told him I was going to Londonderry to visit the Magee campus. He explained that only the Brits called it Londonderry. No God-fearing Catholic would ever refer to the town as anything but Derry.
While at Derry's Magee campus, we were greeted by Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume (who currently holds the Tip O'Neill Chair of Peace Studies) and Professor Paul Arthur, as well as many others interested in helping to develop one of the most unique programs in the world. Driving around, the vestiges of the conflict between Catholics and Protestants were still visible in the many murals around the inner city and the different colored roadside curbs that indicated territoriality and demarcation of one side or the other. Depictions of the "Bloody Sunday Massacre of 1972" were juxtaposed by peace marches as we entered the most conflicted part of the city.
Most of our visit was spent talking with colleagues and local students as well as citizens in the streets of Derry. There was a consensus that although the Peace treaty had been signed, in Derry — as in much of Northern Ireland — everyone had to work very hard to maintain a sustainable peace. Most said that "tolerance" was the primary goal; clearly it was going to take more time to transition from tolerating one another to respecting one another.
Still, in many ways, the conflict that's plagued Catholics and Protestants for the past 35 years was over. Political struggles are almost always ethnically or religiously motivated, and Northern Ireland is no exception. But disentangling the political from the personal is how sustainable peace is accomplished. Their experiences now lead them to other parts of the world to serve as models for sustainable peace in the Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, parts of Latin America and Israel and Palestine.
And we'll be helping them build this model for peace. Soon USD will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Ulster. We'll be developing undergraduate programs in Peace Studies and International Relations, as well as internships for graduate students studying mediation and conflict resolution. A small cohort of Irish exchange students will come to USD, and we'll be looking at developing programs for faculty research grants and exchanges.
Of course there are many challenges ahead of us, but this trip has left me even more confident that we will continue to expand our international offerings at a rapid pace. And as we do so, USD will become a recognized world leader in international education.
Looking ahead, I still feel a nagging sense of work left undone. But that's OK. Nobody said it would be easy.
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Although Stonehenge here is over 5,000 years old, scientists and archeologists are still discovering new information.
Just this week, studies were released from unearthed bone fragments pushing the date back about 500 years to 3,000 BC when the world's most famous prehistoric site was built.
Although the date is known when this ancient stone structure was constructed, the debate still rages on why. Some theories believe the rock monoliths were the site of a burial ground for leaders of the time, while others argue it is a celestial calendar and still others believe it was used for sacred ceremonies.
Since here in England, I will weigh in on this weighty subject with my belief Stonehenge was used for all three – a burial, celestial and ceremonial site – just like Yankee Stadium was used for athletic, music and religious events.
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I think this is a bad analogy. A CD is not trying to synthesis sound from scratch that sounds like real sound. A model has weight. The light hits it just right. Its a real object. A CG model is and it render engine is trying to simulate that real thing. Yes, the CG is more flexible, but it is also a less than accurate representation of the model.
EDIT ADDON: just saw the pics above. I'd say 5 & 10 are photos of the model, and 8 probably. The blurry ones I won't guess at, though, just
they're blurry, which hides a multitude of sins (and artifacts.)
But the whole point of CG is being able to do things which are impossible with a model, or would take so much time and money with one that they are unpractical.
If that really was the whole point, then we'd still be doing all the other things with miniatures, because you'd be choosing the proper solution for a given shot, rather than just sweeping the whole list into the CG bag.
By doing beauty shots in CG, you're competing with physicality, reality, plus all the happenstance stuff you can't program for. Distant shots, fleet shots, ... sure, use CG, just like in pre-digital days you could use photo cutouts and animated them in views that don't involve perspective change. But close in stuff, or pyro stuff ... usually doesn't work as well, unless you are using huge files, 8k or more, and finishing at 4K, not 2K. And even then the artists have a lot of variance.
Except that pyro stuff and explosions are perfect for CGI. You can't blow up a physical model unless you have a MASSIVE, MASSIVE budget that allows you to continue building new models and blowing them up again and again. Result being; the only thing you see is an explosion and nothing else - as they remove the model so it doesn't get destroyed - only the orange ball of fire you'll see. CGI allows you to blow up ships, and send pieces of them flying away and such.
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BENGHAZI, Libya — Upheaval in Libya's second largest city raises a collision between Libyans' aspirations for change and the capability of the country's fragile, post-Gadhafi leadership to bring it. After protests against militias rocked Benghazi, leaving at least four dead, residents on Saturday vowed a new "revolution" to rid themselves of armed factions and Islamic extremists.
But authorities tried to stem the popular anger, pleading that with the police and army weak, they need some of those militias to keep security.
Furious assaults by protesters against the compounds of several armed groups in Benghazi in the early hours Saturday were an unprecedented eruption of public frustration. Thousands stormed the headquarters of Ansar al-Shariah, an Islamic extremist group suspected in the recent attack on the U.S. Consulate here. They drove out the Ansar gunmen and set fire to cars in the compound, once a major base for Moammar Gadhafi's feared security forces.
The protesters then moved onto the base of a second Islamist militia, the Rafallah Shahati Brigade. Brigade fighters opened fire in rioting with the protesters. The state news agency Saturday said four protesters were killed and 70 injured.
On Saturday, the city of 1 million in eastern Libya was brimming with anger, rumors and conspiracy theories. Some militiamen bitterly accused Gadhafi loyalists of fueling the protests. Further adding to the tensions, the bodies of six soldiers were found in the morning dumped on the outskirts of the city, shot through the forehead and their hands cuffed.
Since Gadhafi's ouster and death around a year ago, a series of interim leaders have struggled to bring order to a country that was eviscerated under his 42-year regime, with security forces and the military intentionally kept weak and government institutions hollowed of authority.
The militias, which arose as people took up arms to fight Gadhafi during last year's eight-month civil war, have typified the problem. They bristle with heavy weapons, pay little attention to national authorities and are accused by some of acting like gangs, carrying out killings. Islamist militias often push their demands for enforcement of strict Shariah law.
Yet, authorities need them. The Rafallah Shahati Brigade kept security in Benghazi during national elections this year and guards a large collection of seized weapons at its compound, which was once a Gadhafi residence. Ansar al-Shariah protects Benghazi's main Jalaa Hospital, putting a stop to frequent attacks against it by gunmen.
On Saturday, armed Rafallah Shahati militiamen — weary from the clashes the night before — guarded the entrance to their compound. The fighters, some in military uniforms, others dressed in Afghan Mujahedeen-style outfits, were indignant.
"Those you call protesters are looters and thieves," said Nour Eddin al-Haddad, a young man with an automatic rifle slung on his back. "We fought for the revolution. We are the real revolutionaries."
Activists and protesters, however, say it is time the militias disband and the army and security forces take control. Two militias in the eastern city of Darnah announced late Saturday they were indeed disbanding.
Benghazi lawyer Ibrahim al-Aribi said that if the government doesn't act, "there will be a second revolution and the spark will be Benghazi."
Farag Akwash, a 22-year-old protester wounded in the arm during the night's clashes, insisted, "We don't want to see militias in the city anymore. We only want to see army and police."
The attack against the U.S. Consulate on Sept. 11, which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, galvanized public anger against the militias. Some 30,000 people marched through Benghazi on Friday.
The unrest comes at a time when the power vacuum in Libya continues; authorities were left trying to keep protesters away from what they called "legitimate" militias — ones that they rely on for security like Rafallah Shahati.
It also comes amid tensions across the Muslim world. In Pakistan, a cabinet official, Railways Minister Ahmed Ghulam Bilour, on Saturday offered a $100,000 reward for the death of the person behind the anti-Islam video made in the United States, drawing fresh criticism of the Pakistan government's handling of the crisis, a day after violent protests paralyzed Pakistan's largest cities and left 23 dead.


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Is The Way to Eden *really* that bad?
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yes it is. One of the worst episodes of TOS and in all of Trek, and a surprisingly conservative a commentary coming from the show at the time.
Its reputation notwithstanding,
was not nearly as liberal at times as people make it out to be.
It could have been worse. Yes, the message is kinda, "See? We warned you. Time to grow up now." And frankly that's realistic. You can't dance in torn sheets in the rain forever. Growing up doesn't mean selling out.
But at the same time, Kirk remains remarkably restrained...Spock is sympathetic and gives that bit at the end about finding Eden.
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DENVER (AP) — Tim Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an electrifying 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime and the Denver Broncos defeated Pittsburgh 29-23 in the AFC wild-card game Sunday.
Thomas hauled in a high play-action pass at the Denver 38, stiff-armed Ike Taylor and then outraced Ryan Mundy to the end zone. Tebow knelt in his own end zone, pounding a fist in triumph before taking a victory lap in jubilation.
Behind Tebow's 316 yards passing, the Broncos (9-8) are heading to New England for a second-round game against the top-seeded Patriots on Saturday night.
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Manning, having his best pro season, connected with Hakeem Nicks for a 72-yard score and Mario Manningham on a 27-yarder as the Giants (10-7) pulled away from the inept Falcons (10-7) in the second half.
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Idaho Appeals Court convicts man of obstruction for sleeping under the influence and refusing to take field sobriety tests.
States around the nation are sending the message that it is better to attempt to drive home drunk than to sleep it off in a parking lot. The Idaho Court of Appeals on Monday added the state to the list with a ruling condemning Arlyn V. Orr for refusing to say the alphabet backwards and stand on one leg after Madison County Sheriff's Deputy Shawn Scott roused him from a deep sleep in a public parking lot at 12:20am on March 11, 2011.
Deputy Scott banged on the car window several times before opening the car door to shake Orr and make him wake up. Orr smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and "exhibited poor judgment," but he would not get out of the car on the chilly 33 degree night to perform field sobriety tests. So a second officer arrived and blasted Orr with pepper spray so he could be placed under arrest.
Orr was found guilty of obstructing the officers and driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). Orr appealed, arguing that he had a constitutional right to refuse to perform the field sobriety tests. The three-judge appellate panel disagreed, setting a high bar for Orr of having to prove that the deputy's warrantless search of his car was illegal.
"Because an unlawful act is not considered a 'duty' under the statute, an individual may peacefully obstruct or refuse to obey an officer's unlawful act without violating the statute," Chief Judge Sergio A. Gutierrez wrote for the court. "An individual may not, however, use force or violence to resist."
The court cited the 2008 Appeals Court decision Idaho v. Buell which held that an individual accused of driving drunk has no right to refuse to perform field sobriety tests.
"Deputy Scott possessed the requisite reasonable suspicion to investigate Orr for driving under the influence," Judge Gutierrez wrote. "It therefore follows that the officer's attempt to administer field sobriety tests (and order Orr out of the vehicle to do so) was a permissible component of his investigation -- and thus was a lawful act that may comprise the basis of a resisting and obstructing charge."
Orr had argued that the legislature gives a non-criminal penalty for refusing to take a breathalyzer test, so it would make no sense to turn refusal to take a field sobriety test into a more severe criminal offense. The three-judge panel concluded there was no case law supporting this position and upheld Orr's conviction.
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Gone are the days of Carrie Bradshaw, $17 dollar martinis, and affordable pre-war Manhattan apartments – at least on HBO that is. In the upcoming series Girls (premiering on April 15 at 10:30 PM on HBO), writer/director/actress/comedian Lena Dunham paints twentysomething city-life a bit more realistically: dead-end jobs, cheap booze, depressing hook-ups and cramped sublets. After her indie hit Tiny Furniture, Dunham created the show (which she also stars in) to reflect a new generation of New York women.
Dunham plays Hannah, a recent college grad financially cut off by her parents after two years of waiting for an internship to turn into a job offer. Crushed, she relies on her friends Marnie (Allison Williams), Jessa (Jemima Kirke) and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) to pick up the pieces. Thanks to excellent casting and pitch-perfect writing, Dunham makes her characters feel real—often hilariously and uncomfortably real—while they navigate the usual pratfalls of twentysomething life.
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Take a look at the java API, and you'll see many classes and interfaces with the same name in different packages.
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USCIS announced interim relief for F-1 students affected by Hurricane
Katrina. For students located in the Hurricane Disaster Area, USCIS is
temporarily suspending certain requirements related to on-campus and
off-campus employment. The relief only applies to students who: (1) on
August 29, 2005, were lawfully present in the US in F-1 status and enrolled
in an institution, which is approved by DHS for enrollment of F-1 students
and located in an area adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina; (2) are
currently maintaining valid F-1 status; and (3) are experiencing severe
economic hardship as a direct result of Hurricane Katrina. F-1 students
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remain eligible for the same relief. F-2 dependents will not be eligible to
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suspended. The rule that limits an F-1 student to no more than 20 hours per
week of off-campus employment when school is in session; the rule that
requires a student to be in F-1 status for one full academic year in order
to be eligible for off-campus employment; and the rule that requires an F-1
student to demonstrate that acceptance of employment will not interfere with
the student's carrying a full course of study are also temporarily
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provided such students satisfy the minimum course load requirement set forth
in the announcement. For undergraduate F-1 students who are granted
employment authorization, they must remain registered for a minimum of 6
semester/quarter hours of instruction per academic term, and graduate level
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reasons why the student is unable to pay the fee, and (2) Form I-20 with a
recommendation fro off-campus employment from the DSO at the academic
institution where the F-1 student is currently enrolled. The DSO should
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on page 3 of Form I-20. "Approved for more than 20 hours per week of
off-campus employment until February 1, 2006, pursuant to Hurricane Katrina
Special Student Relief." By making this notation, the DSO certifies that the
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If USCIS approves the
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authorization document to evidence his or her employment. The employment
authorization document will contain an expiration date that will not extend
beyond February 1, 2006. If USCIS denies the F-1 student's Form I-765, USCIS
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It should be noted that
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February 1, 2006. For other immigration related Hurricane Katrina relief
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Despite the House of
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similar legislation. The House bill provides relief for nonimmigrants who
were victims of Hurricane Katrina. The House bill would allow international
students and exchange visitors (F, M, & J nonimmigrants) who fell out of
status due to Hurricane Katrina to be considered to have maintained status
until February 1, 200 so long as they were in status on August 29, 2005. A
member of the Senate Judiciary Committee must introduce the bill. Therefore
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Citing interference, the lead investigator of the events that led to an attack on a Virginia state senator by his son has resigned.
The resignation involves G. Douglas Bevelacqua, the director of the inspector general program for behavioral health in Virginia. In a letter to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, he writes that revisions by his boss would "diminish the report's" value as the state reviews the Nov. 19 attack on Sen. Creigh Deeds.
Austin "Gus" Deeds attacked his father with a knife at their remote Bath County homestead, leaving the elder Deeds with deep slashes on his face. His 24-year-old son then committed suicide.
Gus Deeds had been released from an expired emergency custody order 13 hours before the attack.
Inspector General Michael Morehart did not immediately respond Tuesday.
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Circumcision Should be Stopped
July 2, 2012
Circumcision is a needless operation
that maims and traumatizes male babies.
(Editor's Note: I do not endorse the information or conclusions presented here, but post for discussion purposes. I think anything that decreases male sex drive is a positive.)
by David Richards
(David Richards is a 24-yr-old Brit who teaches English in Mongolia.)
The World Health
Organization estimates that 30% of men across the world have been
snipped. Circumcision is part of the religious tradition of Muslims and
In the West, most commonly in America, many Christians and secularists circumcise for health reasons. However, the American Association of Pediatrics says there is no evidence that circumcision improves penile hygiene. (Urine is sterile and the foreskin can be easily retracted and cleaned.)
Cir Traumatizes Baby Boys
A University of Michigan Study found that circumcision causes excruciating pain that lasts days (the operation is performed without anesthetic!). Some boys cry so much that they cannot breathe and turn blue due to lack of oxygen. One baby cried so much he ruptured his stomach.
After the operation, the boys nurse poorly and do not bond normally with their mothers. Some psychologists speculate that the trauma of circumcision may stay with a man into adulthood, existing as 'a feeling of anger he cannot place.'
Sexual Problems
Circumcision causes a true loss of sensation. Canadian pathologist Dr John Taylor and his team found that the foreskin contains specialized nerve endings comparable to those in fingertips and lips.
'Whereas the foreskin is loaded with nerves, the head of the denuded penis is a blunt instrument, insensitive to light, touch, heat, cold, and, as far as the authors are aware, to pinprick"
Medical researcher Tina Kimmel found that the penile sensitivity of intact males is 25 percent to 30 percent greater than that of circumcised males.
The foreskin also acts as a mechanical lubricant during sex. The penis is not designed to slide in and out of a woman, but in and out of its own skin during sex. Without a foreskin, a man has to build friction to feel pleasure.
Many circumcised men have voiced their struggle to achieve sexual satisfaction.
Here are some comments I found online. A man who got circumcised 'out of curiosity':
"Getting circumcised was the most foolish thing I've done in my life... I was quite sexually active before marriage, and had a pretty normal sex life after marriage for two years before my reduction. Now I am essentially only interested in oral sex, as vaginal sex does not provide the detailed sensations that it did when I had a foreskin. The analogy of "seeing without color" is perfectly apt to describe sex without a foreskin. Rather than being a touch-sensitive organ, it becomes merely a pressure-sensitive tool. Big difference!"
A promiscuous gay man:
"I have a lot of insight about this subject... Over the years I have noticed that uncircumcised men plainly have more intense pleasure (I see it as uncontrollable and very intense), erections and last much longer and with much less stimulation. Circumcised men always need to be stimulated or they lose the feeling of pleasure."
I have often wondered why all male porn stars are circumcised. Are they snipped purposely to reduce sensitivity? Does it help them have sex for hours without ejaculating?
The Effect on Women
Circumcision can also hinder a woman's sex life. Firstly, the friction a circumcised man needs to build can cause her pain.
Secondly, circumcised men get less satisfaction form typical sex and require 'compensatory sex', such as oral sex and the use of lotions. Many women may resent giving these services and feel demoralized that their partner cannot reach satisfaction through normal sex. As the saying goes 'sex is between the ears'; if a woman feels the man isn't enjoying it, neither will she.
Here are some comments I found online by women. A 44-year-old woman who experienced her first uncircumcised penis later in life:
"I discovered that since the penis goes in and out of its own skin, the vagina does not get sore from frequent sex. It is a much smoother process. I have had times when I was having frequent sex and got so sore and raw from the common circumcised penis I had to sit in a hot bathtub, and then smear cortisone cream on my vulva. With a 'ragtop' that does not happen.
I never performed oral sex on an uncut guy and they never seemed to want it. I assume they were getting enough stimulation from regular vaginal sex."
Another 'experienced' woman:
"Circumcision can harm sexual relations. If you've ever had sex with both a circed and an uncirced man, you'd know. Some women say that it doesn't make a difference, but I know that it definitely did for me. (Think "ribbed for her pleasure".)
When you rub the (uncircumcised) penis with your hand, the foreskin makes it "glide" up and down easier. Sex is better, too, for the same reason - the foreskin helps it slide in and out better."
Historical Background
It has been known for centuries that circumcision damages healthy sexual behavior.
Circumcision was introduced into Western culture by puritanical Victorian elites hell-bent on reducing sexual activity.
In her 1978 paper The Ritual of Circumcision Karen Paige wrote:
"The original reason for the surgical removal of the foreskin was to control 'masturbatory insanity' - the range of mental disorders that people believed were caused by the 'polluting' practice of 'self-abuse.'"
Writing in the Australian medical Journal, Robert Darby provides some background:
"In the 19th century the role of the foreskin in erotic sensation was well understood by physicians who wanted to cut it off precisely because they considered it the major factor leading boys to masturbation.
The Victorian physician and venereologist William Acton (1814-1875) damned it as "a source of serious mischief", and most of his contemporaries concurred.
William Hammond, a Professor of Mind in New York in the late 19th century, commented that "circumcision, when performed in early life, generally lessens the voluptuous sensations of sexual intercourse", and both he and Acton considered the foreskin necessary for optimal sexual function, especially in old age.
Jonathan Hutchinson, English surgeon and pathologist (1828-1913), and many others, thought this was the main reason why it should be excised."
At the same time, female circumcision (removal of the clitoris) was also practiced on women to 'treat' female masturbators.
Can the foreskin be replaced?
It is possible to restore the foreskin. This involves steady extension of the shaft skin, allowing the man to recover some of the functions of the foreskin.
Restoration involves tugging or stretching the skin using elastics or weights.
One man who is 2 years into an on-off restoration attempt reports:
"I can definitely report differences! During sex, the dominant sensation is no longer friction, but the tension of the skin being pulled in and out... an additional pleasurable and very different sensation entirely absent before restoration. It's hard to describe, but I must say it was well worth the time and effort put into restoration!"
The foreskin is an essential part of a functioning penis.
The removal of the foreskin causes great trauma to a newborn baby and may cause him serious sexual problems in the future.
Given the negative effects of circumcision, what justification is there to continue the practice?
Cir trauma babies - http://www.circumcision.org/
Info on the loss of sensation - http://www.babyhealth.co.za/
The personal accounts http://www.mothersagainstcirc.
Karen Paige 'The Ritual of Circumcision' http://www.noharmm.org/paige.
Historical background on 'circumcision as a
way to stop masturbation' -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
First Comment from Lulu
As followers of Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), we
emulate the actions of our prophets, since they are the ones who have
set the examples for the rest of us to follow when it came to worshiping
God and following His commands. To speculate otherwise will lead us
away from the true way we are meant to live and thrive as God's
Aside from being practiced by God's true believers, circumcision is a tradition that has been passed down by our forefathers and that has many benefits that continue to reinforce its validity, most notably where health and hygiene is concerned.
The foreskin is a warm and moist incubator under which infections can easily develop, and removing it not minimizes the accumulation of smegma, which is a trap for bacterium buildup, but circumcised penises are known to help prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, and significantly reduces the risk of acquiring and transmitting the HIV virus.
Cancer of the cervix in women is due to the Human Papilloma Virus. It thrives under and on the foreskin from where it can be transmitted during intercourse. An article in the British Medical Journal in April 2002 suggested that at least 20% of cancer of the cervix would be avoided if all men were circumcised. Surely that alone makes it worth doing!
There is some evidence that circumcision has health benefits, including:
- A decreased risk of urinary tract infections.
- A reduced risk of sexually transmitted diseases in men (and women).
- Protection against penile cancer and a reduced risk of cervical cancer in female sex partners.
- Prevention of balanitis (inflammation of the glans) and balanoposthitis (inflammation of the glans and foreskin).
- Prevention of phimosis (the inability to retract the foreskin) and paraphimosis (the inability to return the foreskin to its original location).
As for sexual pleasure, my husband, who is circumcised, has had no problems in that area and is definitely NOT "maimed". Also, let me tell you men a little secret: most of us women prefer the way a circumcised penis looks.
Some communist-minded residents of San Francisco tried to ban circumcision last year, claiming it is traumatic for the baby and an infringement on its rights (same arguments the Germans are making now, with their recent circumcision ban). This is merely yet another attempt to pry a wedge between parents and their children. NO ONE will love and care for a child more than its own parents, and parents have the responsibility to make decisions on behalf of their child - like the big decisions about vaccinations, knowing that for long term benefit to the child and others, the pain of the injection and often the fever which follows are worthwhile.
As one who follows the traditions all our prophets have left for us, I plan on having my husband arrange the circumcision of our sons. I will not let atheistic humans try to convince me that their ways are better than what God and His prophets have laid out for us. Humans have been circumcising and procreating and enjoying sex for millennia with no issue at all... why is it just a problem now?!! Something to think about!
John Replies to Lulu:
As to the idea the BMJ suggests circumscision to prevent HPV
transmission, where do I start? The BMJ has a long history of producing
and promoting fraudulent research in abundance like all organs of
Allopathy Inc. just the tip of the iceberg regarding that Pharma
peddler of junk http://whale.to/a/british_medi
The HPV vaccine is a classic in this regard http://whale.to/vaccines/garda
To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah http://www.cirp.org/library/cu
Doesn't it strike you as illogical that Creator would create a body that needs surgery to make it perfect? Absurd at best, and also destroys all credibility Jehovah ever had/has even assuming you can extract any biblical text that promotes circumscision.
It just highlights the way religion was designed to get in the way of direct contact with god, to destroy spirituality, and it does this mostly by suppressing sexuality, circumcision being a major tool in that regard http://whale.to/b/suppressing_
Is it just a coincidence the most violent and misogynist races on the planet use circumscision the most?
As to the idea man's sexuality need suppressing in any way, that is a symptom of not dealing with the root cause of excess badly directed sex drive which all comes down to religion and the sex industry, such as porn, along with great support from Allopathy Inc. Not forgetting their attacks on mother child bonding http://whale.to/a/bonding_h.ht
A typical western medical circumcision results in the loss of ....between 50 and 80% or more of its erogenous sexual nerves.'--- Rich Winkel
Comments for "Circumcision Should be Stopped"
S said (July 10, 2012):
I was circumcised as a baby, although not for religious reasons, and I have had my sons circumcised also in their turn. Those who deny there is a hygienic advantage to the process are ignorant and the suggestion that the foreskin can be cleaned (with adequate water supplies) is beside the point. Without the foreskin it is not a problem anyway. There is also plenty of evidence that uncircumcised penises more easily contract and spread certain diseases and I can say that whilst I was never refused sex with a woman because of my circumcises penis, I was only permitted it in some cases because of it.
The argument made by the author about the foreskin enhancing male pleasure in the sex act, is astonishing and I find it to be highly suspect. It is possible that the enhanced friction from clothing may reduce the sensitivity somewhat over time, which results in a man's ability to last longer in the sex act, something my wives and girlfriends over time have surely benefited from. I am accustomed to giving satisfaction in this respect anyway and can control my orgasm by a considerable degree and maybe this is harder for an uncircumcised man, yet another advantage of the practise if giving your lady pleasure is a priority, which it should be. The author being circumcised really doesn't know the difference, obviously and is only imagining it I guess. The fact is that if it was possible to enjoy sex more than I do, then I frankly don't need it. I have enjoyed orgasms of such intensity that I have blacked out on occasion, and an orgasm is a terminal pleasure experience, a sensory overload so any suggestion it can be enhanced is pure nonsense.
If you achieve orgasm, you have reached the peak, and the only things in my experience which can make a difference are the degree of arousal and time taken to reach there, both enhancing the experience in intensity and duration. I realize the uncircumcised do have a problem worrying about we who are, but I think they should spend more time concerning themselves with their business and worry less about how much we who are enjoy ours.
Having converted to Islam recently, I am very glad I had this done as a child I can say. Those who practice it for religious reasons are NEVER going to respect those who do not and their views on this disgust and offend us.
To the uncircumcised, I admonish you to mind your own business, you protest too much I think and only make me wonder more seriously about the conventional aspects of the practice. You seem to be shilling for the devil I think, and if you don't want some uncomfortable truths about yourselves being explored by the keepers of the covenant, they get your filthy hands out of my underpants you sick freaks.
Anthony said (July 7, 2012):
The more I come to think of it, the more I'm starting to believe that circumcision is in fact a satanic attack. It paves the way for the agenda in a number of profound and subtle ways, as described above.
Combined with the fact that YHVH is NOT the Father that Jesus worshiped, this is far from a little nuisance: it's goes directly at the heart of the whole thing we are facing.
These are just thoughts, but they preoccupy me enough to share them with you.
Here's a touching story about a man from a female perspective: it also links to more good information:
James said (July 4, 2012):
Circumcision was a huge issue with the early church. Several entire chapters of the New testament are devoted to it (Acts 15,
Romans 4, Galatians 2). After much disputation, the matter was settled by the apostles and Paul. For any fellow Christians who may
still be wondering about circumcision, I suggest you examine these verses (all from King James Bible):
Galatians 5
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offense of the cross ceased.
(more citations to the effect that circumcision is irrelevant to Christianity)
Chris said (July 4, 2012):
Circumcision WAS for the Israelites only. Israel was intended by God as a nation set apart. Circumcision was meant as a reflection of that covenant, much like a permanent signature on a contract.
When the new covenant arrived through Jesus, the new signature was written in Jesus' blood, rather than by any sacrifice that we make, God makes that sacrifice for us. Rather than a superficial change to us, i.e. removal of the foreskin- we are now changed inside out by the Holy Spirit.
Inevitably this is why Paul said that the uncircumcised should not be circumcised- its like signing an out of date contract, taking along with it all the debts.
For circumcision to be practiced by anyone today is not only futile - it is barbaric. It was only ever intended for Israel and never for gentiles. The Jews today should not be practicing it, it only leads to death, you cannot be saved by it. That's why Paul warns against it!
G said (July 4, 2012):
The article certainly got me thinking.If one of the aims of circumcision was depopulation through desensitization, it certainly has had some effects.I got circumcised at eleven years.Now at 32, i literally have to push myself either to have sex or to masturbate.I have generally lost feeling at the tip of my penis and certainly have no prospects of regaining it.The loss cannot be attributed to ailment or any other abnormal condition, but rather to the daily contact with various surfaces and material such as clothing and underwear.I know everyone who's been circumcised remembers the extreme sensitivity at the tip of the penis immediately following circumcision.That's all gone.
Gwen said (July 3, 2012):
After giving birth to two boys who are now gorgeously gifted young men, I was given the option of circumcision for them. I decided not to, based on two things:
1. The nurse told me it wouldn't matter if they were circumcised or not ! (which turned out to be quite helpful in making my decision)
2. I didn't want them to go through any pain, period.
3. I knew what the scripture said about circumcision, that it didn't matter anymore.
Mike said (July 3, 2012):
The mis-information in the comments on this subject prompted me to write. At least the title of the article is correct. Circumcision should be stopped, but not for the reasons cited.
First, let's put circumcision in perspective. For the first two thousand years or so after Adam, God commanded no one to be circumcised. Then, he selected a very tiny portion of mankind, the descendants of Abraham only, and for them commanded circumcision, but only until the time of Christ. This was symbolic and not done for health or other reasons.
One of its purposes was as a small sacrifice to make a difference between them and other people. Let's get real, here. Circumcision is not some huge sacrifice. Over the centuries billions of circumcised men have been having sexual relations, enjoying them and producing children. I can vouch for this personally.
I suppose it is theoretically possible that I might have obtained a little more pleasure had I not been circumcised as a child, but it was awfully good the way it was and I'm not complaining and neither did the women with whom I had sex. Anyway, I can offer at least one testimony that thoroughly pleasurable sex is possible for circumcised men and their partners. This is not a big issue.
Houman said (July 3, 2012):
Here is a comment on the latest article posted on your website ("Circumcision Should be Stopped ").
From http://www.drmomma.org/2009/10/mri-studies-brain-permanently-altered.html
MRI Studies: The Brain Permanently Altered From Infant Circumcision
Hans F said (July 3, 2012):
I also suspect that the circumcision, as practiced in religious Judaism, is done in a way to ensure the maximum trauma for the little child, which opens deeper layers of consciousness for further programming - in such it lays the foundation for a controlled mind. This could be an explanation for the obsessive behavior, which is typical for many aspects of Talmudic Judaism.
Even if Jews do think circumcision would be part of their religion, and based on the Old Testament, (which is wrong, as the Old Covenant has been replaced by the New and perfect One), they would still be required to fulfill old Testament law, which they are both unable to do, and also unwilling to do, as they follow the Talmud, which is of course in direct opposition to the Old and the New Testament.
Further, if circumcision is meant to express affiliation to a certain religion, then it should always be a result of a decision based on the free will of the one circumcised, but how could anyone at the age of eight days make such a fundamental decision of what religion to belong to?
As a side note, a court in Germany, where i live, has just ruled that religious circumcision is illegal. The ruling was, however, "not binding". Jewish, Muslim and evangelical Leaders, (the so called evangelical - meaning protestant - church in Germany gets huge government funding, is politically correct, is basically "judaized", and employs same-sex-"married" homosexual priests!), all protested against that court ruling.
Even the German Foreign Secretary, Guido Westerwelle, (a homosexual himself, who is married with his male partner), was quick to demonstrate obedience to the worldly powers that be, and said: ""The free exercise of religion is protected in Germany. That includes religious traditions." He said the ruling had caused "international irritation".
Back to the Bible: the question, whether circumcision and Christianity can be combined, was already an issue some 2000 years ago. People, who wanted to go back to old tradition, are compared to dogs who return to their vomit and eat it.
Finally: ~Phil. 3:2 "Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilation! For WE are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put NO confidence in the flesh!"
Andy said (July 3, 2012):
Daniel's comment has it right. The modern day snake oil salesman is the MD, don a white lab coat and you could get a mother to feed her kids motor oil for breakfast. Circumcision is genital mutilation regardless of whether it is preformed on a female or a male.
As for Lulu's parroting of the medical establishment, an intact male organ is no more likely to produce smegma that an intact female organ. Personal hygiene? The rest of Lulu's "evidence" is simply not backed by legitimate science. So Lulu, if the foreskin is a "warm, moist incubator under which...", exactly how do describe the labia/vulva???
Now here's what really got me Henry, you say "I think anything that decreases male sex drive is a positive". Normal, whole, god given, and yes monogamous sexuality includes intact genitalia. Any sexual dysfunction, including the compulsion to inflict genital mutilation on our selves/ children, homo/pan sexual behavior is an aberration.
Do you really believe that there is something wrong with a normal (whole) man's sex drive? A healthy and whole man should have no problem controlling his innate drives. I think you have it backwards, it is far less likely that the individual mutilated at birth would experience healthy and normal sexuality.
Hans said (July 3, 2012):
Men without foreskin tend to be more aggressive than men who can enjoy sex.
Masturbation is one and having sex with a woman is two. The poor men without foreskin don't know the real sex - feeling. That's why circumcised peoples are more aggressive than the in-circumcised ones. look at Israel, and the circumcised (Jewish)
part of the USA: permanent war.
Clifford Shack said (July 3, 2012):
There is a reason why circumcision has been maintained as an involuntary process on infants. No mature man would consider the process after weighing the available information on the subject. Circumcision should be put in the same category as piercings and tattoos. It is an ancient barbaric form of tribal control that doesn't belong in the modern world. Certainly not as a procedure foisted upon an infant. It should be another form of available self-mutilation.
David said (July 3, 2012):
n Genesis 17:12, God, in a token of a covenant with Abraham, directed him to circumcise newborn males on the eighth day. Why the eighth day? On the eighth day vitamin K peaks in the newborn. Vitamin K is a group of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamins that are needed for the posttranslational modification of certain proteins required for blood coagulation. Vitamin K was only identified in 1929 by Danish scientist Henrik Dam. Today infants are given Vitamin K because doctors don't wait till the eighth day. So isn't it interesting that a patriarch thousands of years ago got the timing right; preventing bleeding.
Website with more info:
Edin said (July 2, 2012):
Like Al Thompson I'm having second thoughts about this.
After the 'fear of God' thing started my crisis of faith not long after passing my 30th year, I started questioning many things including God Himself.
To cut a very long story short, circumcision is one of the things I questioned. If God made our bodies perfect, then why circumcision at all? In that regard I could argue that cos I'm circumcised I could just as well get some beautiful tattoos on my arms. To push it even further: you don't even have to lose pieces of your skin to get a tattoo, but you do when getting circumcised just as you do when you get yourself pierced. On the other hand: if there's a good reason for circumcision, why did God create us with that particular piece of skin in the first place?
Daniel said (July 2, 2012):
I just read David Richard's "Circumcision Should be Stopped" and laughed at your editorial comment. Circumcision is one of the twelve reasons why our species is too stupid to survive (I'm still working on the other eleven). Think about it folks, God's handiwork isn't good enough for you so you're going to cut the skin off your new-born baby's dick!
Leave me alone with these words .. "circumcision". If I asked any random parent if they would let me to cut off a chunk of their baby's dick I'd be thrown in jail. Put on a white lab coat and call it "circumcision" and now I have a career.
Vaccination is another reason why we are too stupid to survive. If I asked any parent if I could pump some experimental, toxic chemical compound directly into the veins of their new-born baby I'd be ignored.
Put on a white lab coat and call it "vaccination" and I become a
billionaire. We use a thousand buzz-words every day to make ourselves feel better about things we're too lazy to think about.
Howard Stern is quotable here: "We laugh at primitive cultures that worship rocks without realizing that we do the same thing - we just dress up the rock better." Amen Howard.
Anthony Migchels said (July 2, 2012):
Thanks for posting on circumcision.
I'm quite positive circumcision is basically mutilation. It damages not just sex drive,but also pleasure. It seems men compensate for diminished pleasure by 'banging' the woman harder, to the detriment, in turn, of HER pleasure.
See this groundbreaking book: www.sexasnatureintendedit.com/
whale.to's compilation on circumcision (Scudamore calls it male genital mutilation) is also quite persuasive: http://www.whale.to/a/male_circumcision_h.html
Having undergone the procedure myself as a young child I hadn't anything to say in the matter and I believe there are even bigger problems in the world.
But I'd advise anybody against it. Nature is the norm. Human intervention normally wrong.
John said (July 2, 2012):
Circumcision was the old covenant. Christ Jesus fulfilled the old covenant, God's laws, prophesies, etc. and, by doing so, Christ Jesus ushered in the new covenant, which is baptism. Baptism is exclusive neither to men nor to Jew, as the old covenant, because God desires salvation for all people of all nations.
Parenthetically, I think that is why the Jews loathe God, especially Christ Jesus, so much because He brought in a new covenant for all people of all nations, thus the Jews can no longer boast for being "chosen people." Circumcision was the old covenant (restricted to men and to Jew) whereas baptism is the new covenant (men, women, Jew, Gentile--basically all people of all nations). Therefore, circumcision is no longer necessary and thus ought to be stopped.
Al Thompson said (July 2, 2012):
This procedure is something that I always believed in but now I'm having second thoughts over it; especially after knowing more about the Talmudic Jews and Zionism. I have no problem with believing that God may not have given this commandment. Just like any writing, one must try to discern the truth. Would God really make a foreskin only to be cut off after 8 days? To me, this commandment doesn't make any sense. Now, if God really said it, then I would have no problem with the procedure, but I suspect this may be some nonsense from Talmudic Jews or Pharisees. There's no way I can prove it but I wouldn't be surprised.
In my view, a commandment has to make common sense: "Thou shalt not kill..." This is easily understood. Cutting off the foreskin of a baby who has no say in the matter; well, that has the footprint of a real psycho. If it is true that the Talmudic Jews engage in child abuse, then circumcision seems to be a part of that. Given the fact that the Bible has been tampered with for centuries, it wouldn't surprise me that it was added in for whatever perverted reason. I personally have a hard time believing that God requires something like this.
So, I'm thinking that this was something that came somewhere other than God. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't circumcise my sons.
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