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Oil-Free Acne Wash purports to be the #1 cleanser recommended by dermatologists for their patients with acne. If that's true, then lots of dermatologists are swayed by advertising and not up to speed on skin-care formulas. A dermatologist should know better than to endorse a cleanser that contains the drying, irritating detergent cleansing agent sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate as a major ingredient, not to mention the fact that salicylic acid is wasted in a cleanser because it is just rinsed down the drain before it can be effective.
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I recently read that salicylic acid is in fact effective in cleansers because this ingredient only needs to be on the skin briefly in order to be effective. Paula should research this ingredient and...Read complete review
I recently read that salicylic acid is in fact effective in cleansers because this ingredient only needs to be on the skin briefly in order to be effective. Paula should research this ingredient and rewrite her review.I use this cleanser in conjunction with Tazorac. The two together keep my skin acne and blackhead free. Add to that the fact that the cleanser is very inexpensive, and that salicylic acid is also an anti-inflammatory agent, and you have a stellar product.
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I agree with the other reviewers who state this product is drying. My skin is prone to dryness as it is, and this cleanser only worsens the dryness. I absolutely must use a...Read complete review
I agree with the other reviewers who state this product is drying. My skin is prone to dryness as it is, and this cleanser only worsens the dryness. I absolutely must use a moisturizer immediately after rinsing. I bought this cleanser to help control acne but have noticed no difference there, so I don't recommend it for that. The only thing this is good for is getting squeaky clean. It most definitely removes all makeup.
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I used this cleanser hoping my acne would go away but it barely did anything. My acne may have been a little better because of this product at times, but it made my nose and forehead more dry. I don't recommend this cleanser.
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AMAZING at getting off makeup
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This product is the BEST to clean makeup brushes and sponges with. You HAVE to see for yourself. Especially those round compact sponges. Think of those as the surface of your face, after you use it a few times the makeup starts to cake on the sponge and it gets darker and darker until you clean it off. If you wear makeup everyday, sometimes even just tinted moisturizers, you want to rinse every last bit of it off at night so it doesn't clog your pores. This will deep clean out of your makeup sponges. Honestly, it''s worth buying JUST for that fact alone because I can't tell you enough, THIS will deep clean your makeup brushes. Which also means it will deep clean your face. However for some people it cleans a little TOO much. It definitely cleans off all the makeup,dirt and oil on your face but it also strips too much oil off of people with dry skins face. Maybe using it once or twice a week would benefit because it really does deep DEEP clean your face!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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This is meant for Oily skin
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I recommend this product for OILY SKIN. I have very oily/acne prone skin and this product made my a little dry. That's the only problem I have with it. If you see bad reviews about over drying it's because the people reviewing probably have dry skin and that's not what this product was meant for.
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so far so good
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Just got this cleanser. Noticeable difference after just one use. Even being quickly rinsed off, It really worked in smoothing out my skin. A bit drying but I can always cut back on the frequency of use per week.
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Dry, flaky mess
After using this product for about a week, my skin became red and irritated, and began to sting and flake off. I have oily/blemish-prone skin, but this treatment was far too abrasive. That this product includes a 'detergent' cleansing agent explains a lot.
I have used Neutrogena products in the past and have been pleased but not this time. Something in this product did not agree with my skin. I tried it for about a month thinking maybe I would break out first while it cleaned deep but no. My skin was a mess. It was bumpy and red and eventually started to puss and ITCHY!! I've stopped using for about 2 weeks now and my skin has been getting better but it's not anywhere near we it was before the acne wash.
Paula is wrong.
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I've been using this for 15 years. This really keep my skin clear. It unclogs pores & keeps blackheads/acne at bay. I realize that you rinse this off, but the sal acid is effective enough to penetrate the pores slightly. This is a cheap alternative to other sal acid washes. It is drying, but this is meant for oily, acne prone skin!
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By DONNA M.
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I swear by this cleanser. I have oily skin that is at times sensitive, and this cleanser does not irritate it, washes off cleanly, and helps to keep my pores clear. Leslie Baumann recommends it too.
The #1 dermatologist recommended acne-fighting cleanser. This oil-free formula gently cleanses deep down into pores for clear skin. Unlike ordinary cleansers, it contains Salicylic Acid to get rid of acne you have now and help prevent future breakouts. Special skin soothers help prevent irritation and over-drying.
Active: Salicylic Acid (2%), Other: Water, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Cocamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Propylene Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, C12-15 Alkyl Lactate, PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Disodium EDTA, Benzalkonium Chloride , Yellow 5, Red 40, Fragrance
Neutrogena At-A-Glance
Strengths: Inexpensive; several recommended cleansers; retinol options, in stable packaging; vast selection of sunscreens, most of which offer excellent UVA protection; several fragrance-free options; many of the Healthy Skin products are state-of-the-art; the foundations with sunscreen provide sufficient UVA protection; some praiseworthy makeup items.
Weaknesses: An overabundance of overlapping anti-aging products that is perennially confusing for consumers; irritating bar soaps; lackluster to downright bad toners; a handful of bland moisturizers and eye creams; some sunscreens too much alcohol or problematic preservatives; most of the Deep Clean products are terrible; mostly disappointing concealers; the lip balms with sunscreen provide inadequate UVA protection.
Johnson & Johnson–owned Neutrogena has been around for over 50 years, and they've come a long way since they launched their first transparent, bronze, detergent-based bar soap (it also contains tallow). The bars are still sold, and while we still don't recommend them (they are too drying for all skin types), the good news is that Neutrogena has come a very long way from where they started. In fact, several of their products represent truly state-of-the-art options.
Strolling the skin-care aisles of any drugstore or mass-market store reveals that Neutrogena vies for shelf space and prominence with only one other brand, Procter & Gamble's Olay. For the most part, both companies offer a similar assortment of products, with Olay being slightly more focused on anti-aging products and Neutrogena going for broader appeal, offering a nearly equal amount of antiwrinkle and anti-acne products. Regrettably the latter category presents few viable options.
Where Neutrogena really excels (and has for years) is with water-soluble cleansers, AHAs, retinol, and sunscreen products. Their Healthy Skin lineup offers some beautifully formulated moisturizers with glycolic acid, and the sunscreens offer something for everyone, including some ingenious options for those with oily skin (or anyone who finds the texture of high-SPF products as unappealing as slathering your skin with Crisco).
A recent self-proclaimed advance in sun protection came with Neutrogena's Helioplex complex. It is not the superior breakthrough Neutrogena makes it out to be. It's a good system to keep avobenzone stable for longer, but Helioplex isn't the only way to get the most out of this important UVA sunscreen. If it were, why didn't Neutrogena scrap all of their other sunscreens that don't use Helioplex technology? And why do they still offer a handful of SPF-rated products that leave skin vulnerable to UVA damage? Although they offer a proportionately greater number of sunscreens that provide excellent UVA protection, it's hard to unequivocally deem them a sun-care leader when they still sell inadequate sunscreens.
It's common to see commercials and magazine ads for Neutrogena's plethora of products designed to combat breakouts and blackheads. It's nothing short of amazing that, after all these years, the majority of these products, while well intentioned, still don't get it right. Far too many of them contain irritating ingredients such as alcohol, witch hazel, and menthol, none of which are the least bit helpful for someone struggling with breakouts. If your dermatologist recommends these products for acne without reservation, definitely consider a second opinion! Even Neutrogena's on-the-spot benzoyl peroxide product contains some potentially problematic thickening agents. Despite this, if you choose carefully, there are some great products (including a BHA lotion) that can make a positive difference.
What's most frustrating and, frankly, surprising, is that Neutrogena's enormous assortment of products represents both the best and the worst the cosmetics industry has to offer. Given their worldwide distribution and research capabilities, they really should be offering a consistent range of effective, irritant-free products to address a variety of skin types and conditions. As things stand now, healthy, protected skin is only assured if you know which Neutrogena products to look for and which ones to never put in your shopping cart.
For more information about Neutrogena, owned by Johnson & Johnson, call (800) 582-4048 or visit www.neutrogena.com.
Neutrogena Makeup
Neutrogena's "beautiful and beneficial" pronouncement is a great tag line, but most of their makeup doesn't live up to that assertion. This line was lacking in several key areas when it first hit store shelves in 1999, and although some things have improved, the number of problematic products is a bit startling. (We are not aware of any cosmetic line that uses menthol or its derivatives as often as Neutrogena.) Each product carries on about the vitamins it contains, yet compared to the leading roles played by cosmetic staples like silicones and thickening agents, the vitamins have mere cameo roles, and as such have little to no impact.
There are a few key items to seek out, especially if you're looking for makeup with excellent sun protection. We also found their lip gloss to be one of the best at any price, and a few of their foundations successfully bridge the gap between skin care and makeup.
The most frustrating aspect of this line is that almost all of it is packaged so you cannot see the color. Even worse, the color swatch on the box is a poor representation, not only of how the color looks in the compact, but also how it looks on your skin. What would truly be beneficial is for Neutrogena to offer more revealing packaging or provide testers or offer trial sizes. Their overall collection and in-store displays aren't nearly as tempting as most other drugstore makeup lines, so in most cases they're relying on their constant magazine and television ads to drive shoppers to explore the world of Neutrogena makeup, or they're relying solely on those who don't mind guessing what color they are really buying. It's obviously working, because despite the problematic elements, this is a line that has survived and is very well distributed.
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"Lead the race with the 6th best car making the Mclaren car punch above its weight, what a driver."Are you kidding? Being in first position because you haven't pitted when others have isn't "leading the race". Effectively the lead drivers were still always Alonso and Webber.
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American actress Susan Sarandon is all set to turn her passion for table tennis into a TV show.
The 63-year-old is making an episodic documentary about table tennis professionals that includes young players with dreams of making it to the Olympics, reports hollywood.com.
"We re just in the early filming stages now. I m not sure where we re going to land in terms of our home because we want the tone of it (show) to be funny and quite different than anything else that anybody s seen before," said Sarandon.
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text: Sir Tim Berners-Lee: 'No, the Web isn't dead' Culture 12 October 10 by Rupert Turnbull Nick Hand Wired magazine's publisher Rupert Turnbull visits 'The Do Lectures', and finds out what the creator of the Web thinks to Wired's Chris Anderson saying it's dead.Holed up in yurts in a field in Cardigan Bay, Wales a couple of weeks ago was an impressive collection of some of the most intensely motivated, high-achieving individuals ever assembled -- oh, and me!I was attending The Do Lectures -- a series of talks, by turns inspiring, funny, jaw-dropping, but mostly humbling. The speakers come from diverse walks of life brought together by a common thread -- a great story. There is a very special atmosphere in this field -- a suspension of cynicism helps and any negativity is drowned out by the spirit of can-do that hums throughout. And I got to find out what Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web and, I was delighted to discover, a Wired reader, thought of Wired's "The Web is Dead" article: "Not so," he told me, "rumours of the demise of the Web are very much exaggerated" (or words to that effect).A fascinating encounter. And his talk the following morning was equally fascinating. Beyond the insights you perhaps expect from him -- "Stop thinking of the internet as another place; it is just part of the Information Society" -- emerged a man who is a bewildering mix of humility, staggering intellect and unfettered ambition. Most of us mortals would be satisfied to have achieved what he has in 10 lifetimes and yet he feels that the job has only just begun because 80 percent of the world are still not connected and he will not be satisfied until they are.So it struck me on my drive home as I listened to coverage of the Pope beatifying a Cardinal that he should have made a detour down the M4 -- because we had some prospective saints of our own. Take Maggie Doyne -- 23 years old and running an orphanage and school in the Nepalese Himalayas -- both of which she built from scratch. And this was not a story about daddy's money paying for her to be altruistic -- this was a heartfelt story about courage, resilience and youthful belligerence. Maggie, wide-eyed, diminutive with a Joan-of-Arc zeal, had us transfixed. Stifled sobbing all around. And when she announced that her ambition was to feed, house and clothe all the other 80 million orphans worldwide -- nobody blinked. Having said that, she could do with a hand so check out blinknow.org.The one thing Maggie does not need is a lecture in improving your motivational mindset -- she got one anyway! Preceding her was Phil Parker, an osteopath, NLP master and hypnotherapist, who argued convincingly that a simple change in the language we use can resolve inertia and unlock ambition. He encouraged us to switch from negative or "passive" language to active language to gain control of a situation. Looks like our parents were on to something with their incessant cry of "there's no such thing as can't".Another practical life lesson was provided by David Allen. He quite literally wrote the book on "Getting Things Done" and he shared with us his tips, after a lifetime of study, on how to download the unnecessary information clogging up our minds to free up what he calls "psychic space". David seems to be one of the happiest and laid-back of men -- clearly practising his preaching. He also provided my favourite insight of the weekend on the subject of procrastination: "There is no reason to have a thought more than once -- unless you like the thought".Other speakers of note include Jay Rogers, who has set out to change the way cars are made and disposed of; Paula Le Dieu, who is determined to recover our lost cultural heritage hidden beneath an ocean of copyright; Alasdair Harris, who will not rest until fish stocks get back to sustainable levels and Ed Stafford, who walked the length of the Amazon for two-and-a-half years to highlight the plight of the rainforest. Yes, I know it sounds worthy -- but I cannot help but be in awe of this brilliant group of people -- their enthusiasm is infectious. Having said that, it is hard to keep up this heady level of world-changing ambition, so a change of pace and some balance was needed. Thankfully this was provided by Steve Edge who galloped through his life story. Severe dyslexia, home education, living with a chimpanzee, commuting to work on horseback down the Old Kent Rd at the age of 15, working with Jim Henson on The Muppets and George Lucas on Star Wars and Indiana Jones shortly after. Steve Edge is a great showman -- if you do nothing else today watch his video. In this extraordinary circus in a field in Wales, Steve Edge was the ringmaster. Edited by Nate Lanxon Latest on wired.co.uk


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A ruined mansion in the English countryside, secret illegitimate children, a madwoman hidden in the attic, ghostly twin sisters yep, it's a gothic novel, and it doesn't pretend to be anything fancier. But this one grabs the reader with its damp, icy fingers and doesn't let go until the last shocking secret has been revealed. Margaret Lea, an antiquarian bookseller and sometime biographer of obscure writers, receives a letter from Vida Winter, "the world's most famous living author. Vida has always invented pasts for herself in interviews, but now, on her deathbed, she at last has decided to tell the truth and has chosen Margaret to write her story. Now living at Vida's (spooky) country estate, Margaret finds herself spellbound by the tale of Vida's childhood some 70 years earlier...but is it really the truth? And will Vida live to finish the story? Setterfield's first novel is equally suited to a rainy afternoon on the couch or a summer day on the beach. For all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/06.] Jenne Bergstrom, San Diego Cty. Lib.[Page 73]. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Former academic Setterfield pays tribute in her debut to Brontë and du Maurier heroines: a plain girl gets wrapped up in a dark, haunted ruin of a house, which guards family secrets that are not hers and that she must discover at her peril. Margaret Lea, a London bookseller's daughter, has written an obscure biography that suggests deep understanding of siblings. She is contacted by renowned aging author Vida Winter, who finally wishes to tell her own, long-hidden, life story. Margaret travels to Yorkshire, where she interviews the dying writer, walks the remains of her estate at Angelfield and tries to verify the old woman's tale of a governess, a ghost and more than one abandoned baby. With the aid of colorful Aurelius Love, Margaret puzzles out generations of Angelfield: destructive Uncle Charlie; his elusive sister, Isabelle; their unhappy parents; Isabelle's twin daughters, Adeline and Emmeline; and the children's caretakers. Contending with ghosts and with a (mostly) scary bunch of living people, Setterfield's sensible heroine is, like Jane Eyre, full of repressed feeling--and is unprepared for both heartache and romance. And like Jane, she's a real reader and makes a terrific narrator. That's where the comparisons end, but Setterfield, who lives in Yorkshire, offers graceful storytelling that has its own pleasures. (Sept.)[Page 27]. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.


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The Success of Patrick Desmond
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In the little town of Redwood, in a state which is almost happy enough to have its boundary line touch the sacred soil of New York, there were two very unhappy people. One was a man of twenty-three; the other was a young gentlewoman of the same age.
For fear of disappointment, it is as well to say that there was no cause like that which made all the woes of Romeo and Juliet to make them suffer. Patrick Desmond was neither a Capulet nor a Montague, and the only person he really loved in the world was his mother. As to Eleanor Redwood, she was of a ruling family of the town - it having been named after her father, the Judge, - but as yet this had nothing to do with any affair of the heart. She was in that happy and healthy period of life when she was unconscious of possessing a heart.
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Chan Lowe: The slick giveth
In a mega-disaster, where some see the ruination of their homeland, livelihood and culture, others see opportunity, particularly those who are perpetually on the alert for such things.
If you're a tort lawyer, for example, a class action suit is the holy grail of your profession. Once you have aggregated your client base⎯a "dividend-multiplier" if you will⎯then for the same amount of legal work as you would perform in a single case, you are entitled to a wedge of thousands of little pies.
The goal is to be the first on the scene with the most aggressive team, so you can get your finger in as many of those pies as possible before somebody else tries to muscle his way in.
This case is literally oozing with potential: "BP" might as well stand for "Bulging Pockets." As the oil seeps around the Florida peninsula and on up to the Tidal Basin in Washington, it could be the gift that keeps on giving long after the gusher has finally been capped.
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What is Casting Couch? It's the roundup of casting news that knows what Gillian Jacobs is going to be doing with her upcoming break from Community. All that time in the bushes finally paid off. Most people probably thought Wild Things director John McNaughton's career hit its zenith when he...
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This was a major holiday week in America, so FSR content was a bit lighter than usual. And yet you may have been too busy traveling to follow the site over the past few days anyway. If so, the most important thing you missed is our post highlighting all the...
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The larger Baby Surprise Jacket (BSJ) for BS is done except for the hood (You will have to scroll down if you use the link).
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Progress on the Fiji sock!
I just returned from a weekend trip to Grand Junction, Colorado, to help register voters. It was about five hours each way, so there was lots of knitting time in the car. (It's amazing how much you can get done cooped up in the car.) The yarn is Knit Picks Glimmer in Fiji. The…
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Well, spring has finally arrived at my house. I should have tulip photos next week. In the meantime, I'm making progress on the dragon appliqué.
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Samsung has rolled out an Olympics Facebook app to allow users to get closer to the Olympics, by serving them personalised content, based on their profile interests.
The Everyone's Olympic Games app, created by Jam, works as a social media hub for Samsung's Olympics content, and includes information on Samsung-sponsored athletes, the Olympic Torch Relay and the Samsung Hope Relay.
It also enables users to apply to be a Samsung Global Blogger for the Olympic Games and allows visitors to enter a competition to win tickets.
The app serves users bespoke information based on their Facebook profiles, such as their location and what their friends are sharing. It also pulls in content from Twitter relating to Samsung activity and sponsored athletes.
On Monday (16 May), Samsung launched its Hope Relay and announced it will donate £1 for every mile covered by members of the public participating in the relay in the run-up to the Olympics, to charities which help underprivileged children, such as Kids Company and International Inspiration.
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Great Lawns/Great Lakes: Providing Integrated Pest Management Education, specific to Lawncare, to Municipalities in the Genesee River/Lake Ontario Watershed 2001
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Project Leader(s): Brian Eshenaur, Consumer Horticulture Team Leader, CCE - Monroe County
Sharon Rosenblum, Consumer Horticulture Educator, CCE - Monroe County
Cooperator(s): Monroe County Health Department; Bureau of Water Quality Planning Water Education Collaborative Monroe County; Master Gardener Program of CCE - Monroe County
Type of grant: Public Education
Project location(s): Monroe County
Abstract: The goal of the Great Lawns/Great Lakes program is to improve water quality by educating and encouraging homeowners to use IPM lawn care practices that would reduce pesticides and nutrient usage. Funding this project allowed us to offer our current Great Lawns/Great Lakes program, previously in only 3 neighborhoods, to all municipal properties in Monroe County.
Background and justification: A large-scale watershed plan for Lake Ontario and the Genesee River Watershed was completed in 1997 and recommended several actions to remediate water quality problems. Public meetings were held to determine which actions were of highest priority to the community; lawn care education ranked highest. In addition, the Monroe County Health Department conducted a telephone survey in the year 2000 of 516 randomly selected county residents to gauge water quality opinions and knowledge. To the question, "Would you be willing to reduce applications of fertilizer and pesticides to your lawn, if it would improve water quality?" 81% of respondents who currently use pesticides and/or fertilizers answered "yes". This supports our premise that people will be responsive to changes in lawn care practices if they are provided education.
The Great Lawns/Great Lakes pilot project began in June 2000 currently has 20 Master Gardener volunteers working with 100 homeowners in three different community neighborhoods. Municipal officials in the towns where the three pilot program neighborhoods are located have all been interested and receptive to participating in the demonstration project. Persons living in these three neighborhoods have identified stream, pond, wetland, river, and lake pollution as serious concerns that need to be addressed. Through a survey of these homeowners in the summer of the year 2000, we have come to understand that the vast majority of local homeowners are unaware of how their current lawn care practices may negatively impact local water quality, and how this relates to our failure to meet Great Lakes water quality goals.
- Provide in-depth educational programs and materials to municipal employees representing a minimum of ten municipalities.
- Institute IPM lawn care practices on an estimated 1,000 acres of municipal lawns.
- Project Evaluation.
Objective #1.
- Municipalities were asked to participate in the Great Lawns/Great Lakes project.
- Personal invitations and program announcements encouraged municipalities to set up free lawn care seminar(s) for employees and residents.
- CCE staff and volunteers are available to provide additional assistance as requested by municipal workers.
- Program overviews at meetings, educational articles, program announcements, individualized invitations, and personal telephone calls encouraged municipalities to schedule lawn care training programs and to institute IPM based lawn care practices.
Objective #2:
- Built on the positive relationships initiated at other Cornell Cooperative Extension Monroe County IPM programs and training opportunities.
- Discussions of lawn care and IPM practices were conducted with representatives from each municipality. They were asked to provide us with information about their current lawn care practices, and what IPM based lawn care practices they had recently implemented.
- Each municipality was encouraged to take a soil sample and fertilize accordingly.
- IPM/Lawn care training for employees was scheduled.
- Individualized assistance is available, on request, to Municipalities that maintain lawns and sports fields.
Objective #3:
- Attendance counts are taken at the various presentations.
- Participating municipal representatives are being provided with environmentally friendly lawn care educational materials and asked to return a post card survey.
- Municipalities and their Conservation Boards will be encouraged to participate in this project. Information from surveys will be tabulated to provide an estimate on the number of acres being impacted.
- Participants will be asked to evaluate the training program and materials, and the assistance given by staff and volunteers.
Results and discussion: Personal letters, telephone calls, presentations at municipal water quality committee meetings and on-site visits were made to interest municipalities in participating in this program.
Initial response to the program was lower than expected. We felt it was important to listen to their issues and consider ways of addressing them as our efforts continue. Their responses/reasons were quite varied:
- They do not use any fertilizers or pesticides and, thus, are practicing environmentally friendly lawn care;
- If they raise their mowing height, their residents will complain that the lawns look shaggy;
- They are already mowing their lawns at a height of three inches (even if the lawns do not appear that way);
- Only a few properties adjoin a water body so most do not effect our water;
- During the summer months lawn and athletic field managers were not readily available since they are out maintaining their turf throughout the majority of the growing season;
- They want to see what lead the County takes in implementing a Public Water Education Program and they will then consider their course of action.
We are aware of the above attitutes as we move forward bringing this program to local muncipalities. At this point work planned with and interested municipalities includes:
- Scheduling classes to be implemented during the 2002 winter months
- Printing a series of lawncare articles (to be provided by CCE-MC staff) in their newsletters and community newspapers; it is their belief that their residents need to be educated and to understand why municipal lawns, fields, etc. will look different than they have in the past (i.e. mowed higher)
- Brochures and print materials will be made available to employees and municipal residents
- They will trial mowing fields, lawns, etc. at a higher height and see what community response they receive
- Employee and resident lawn care seminars are scheduled for January, February and March of 2002.
Through these outreach activities we expect a greater adoption of proper turf management practices, along with a more integrated approach to conrol weed, disease and insect problems to occur within Monroe County Muncipalities.


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Posted By Brit Liggett On August 18, 2010 @ 9:30 am In automotive,Green Transportation,Innovation | 2 Comments
Don't drink and drive, but feel free to let your car [2] party all it wants! After two years and $400,000, researchers at Edinburgh Napier University [3] in Scotland have successfully turned whiskey into fuel. The researchers were provided with the general products needed to make whiskey as well as the byproducts that typically result from production of the alcohol. They found they were able to make a form of biobutanol — which is 30% more efficient than ethanol — with two whiskey byproducts – pot ale and draff. Finally, a discovery worthy of a toast!
"The EU has declared that biofuels should account for 10% of total fuel sales by 2020. We're committed to finding new, innovative renewable energy sources [5]," noted Professor Martin Tangney, Director of the biofuel research centre at Edinburgh Napier University. "While some energy companies are growing crops specifically to generate biofuel, we are investigating excess materials such as whisky by-products to develop them."
Pot ale is a liquid created from copper stills, and draff comes from the spent grains used to create whiskey. Each year the whiskey industry throws away 420 million gallons of pot ale and 410 million pounds of draff, and the researchers proved that this "trash" could be used to power vehicles [6] successfully. Talk about an innovative way to save and create a cleaner fuel.
Via The BBC [7]
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In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African-Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Simon and Schuster
In 1968 Chicago, it's not easy for thirteen-year-old Sam to be the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older brother, Stick, starts keeping to himself. Then, one day, Sam finds something under Stick's bed that changes everything: literature about the Black Panthers. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore. And when Dr. King is shot and killed, Sam's father's words are no longer enough to make him believe in change….This moving, coming-of-age story gracefully encompasses the scope of the struggle between the civil rights and black power movements through an intimate and relatable lens.


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Cuba, with its mix of Spanish and African roots is the largest and most exciting island in the Caribbean. its rythms have influenced musicians the world over, its cigars are the best anywhere and its is, well - you'll keep coming back for more. This guide is essential for any adventurous traveller who wants to discover what makes Cuba tick. Includes comprhensive details on staying with Cuban families, cycling tips, revolutionary sights- catch them while you can-carnival dates and the best Casa de la Trava to pickup the latest sounds.
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Ulysses unbound
James Joyce
Edited by Sam Slote
880pp. Alma Classics. £14.99
978 1 84749 217 3
W ith the European copyright in James Joyce's works now expired, the Joyce world is looking more and more like the Wild West. New editions are coming out every few months, and some scholars have even gone rogue, selling transcriptions from previously unpublished manuscripts and notebooks whose copyright status still remains unclear. This vast sea of Joyceana, though liberating for an industry so long under the thumb of Joyce's grandson, will also have the effect of flooding the market, making it even more difficult for readers to decide which edition to buy. Some may still rely on the look of the dust jacket, the size of the type, or the promise of an easygoing readerly experience, but what is really at stake now and in the future is the need for authoritative, error-free editions.
Joyce has kept the professors busy for a century all right, but not always for the reasons he hoped. Ulysses, in particular, continues to tempt indefatigable editors because it was famously riddled with mistakes after being set by a French printer in Dijon who did not know English. Readers who pick up Ulysses today are entering a still sharply contested arena. Some prefer the corrected version produced by Hans Walter Gabler and his team in the mid-1980s, while others opt for the "corrupted" texts printed before the novel was ever fed into a computer program specially designed to compare textual variants and sniff out mistakes. The rearrival of the Odyssey Press Ulysses from 1939 is a welcome addition. The first impression, made in 1932, was intended for readers living outside the United States and especially in countries across the British Empire, where the novel was still banned. Its editor, Joyce's great explicator, Stuart Gilbert, used the third impression of the second Shakespeare and Company edition as his ur-text, and his was hailed at the time as "one of the most accurate" versions available. Some mistakes crept in, of course, but they were minor compared with the original ones that a much-dismayed and near-blind Joyce had detected (and also missed) with his magnifying glass. But what sets this new, Odyssey Press/Alma Classics Ulysses apart from all the others is the wealth of annotations provided by Sam Slote, 9,000 of them in 300 pages tacked on to a 552-page novel. Though annotations are usually kept in separate volumes or discreetly tucked away in footnotes, this one conveniently puts them together, making the quick gloss possible without too much fussing about. To make all this feasible, Slote has had to consult dozens of glossaries, compendia and directories published over the years, sifting through masses of topographical, biblical, literary, political, architectural and biographical references and allusions. The annotations have been formatted in two-row columns with numbers in bold making it easy to find them.
What's tricky about this edition, though, is the system of numbers in the margins of the novel itself to which they correspond. At one moment in "Circe", for instance, the number 5 hovers next to the line "Stephen's mother, emaciated, rises stark through the floor in leper gray with a". None of the words has been printed in bold or in a different colour, so it's difficult to know why one is being summoned to the back. Is it the etymology of leper or a biographical note about Stephen's (or Joyce's) mother or the exact location of the floor? None of the above. Instead, it identifies an allusion to the moment when Hamlet first catches a glimpse of his dead father.
Is the exact minute of the sunset on June 16, 1904 going to help readers understand anything about this long Dublin day? There are many cases when it's obvious why an annotation has been included, and they usually involve translations of foreign words, phrases, and bits of slang or obscure biographical and historical facts. "Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare" is one of these, a coinage that appears in the "Scylla and Charybdis" episode and identifies the authors, other than the bard himself, who were suspected of composing his plays. Other annotations, however, are debatable. When we come across "seawrack", for example, is it necessary to have an abbreviated OED definition of "wrack" (same for "crazy")? Likewise, do the white arms of Gerty MacDowell necessarily lead us back to Homer's Nausikaa (Dublin, after all, isn't the sunniest of cities)? Is the exact minute of the sunset on June 16, 1904 going to help readers understand anything about this long Dublin day? And if you want to gloss "winedark" (as in Homer's sea), "incog" (as in the abbreviation for incognito), and "spucks" (as in the Anglicized version of the German verb spucken, to spit), then why leave out "shithouse rat"? It is a strange word after all, and I'm sure that there's a story here worth telling.
The first line of "Cyclops", which refers to the near-blinding of the unnamed narrator by a chimney sweep, might suggest "Odysseus blinding the Cyclops with a burning log"; but then again, and as this note seems to imply, it might not. After all, no one was blinded by the "bloody sweep", it was a near miss, which makes you wonder what's to be gained by the suggestion in the first place.
Anyone looking for an accurate, annotated Ulysses will find one here and be grateful to Sam Slote for condensing so much information. But his edition should also give us pause as the great deluge continues, letting us think about what we are doing when we read this novel a century after it appeared. In 1939, reading Ulysses was still a largely unmediated experience: an encounter between the reader and the book; that's all. Nowadays, there is so much commentary that it can be difficult, if not impossible, to have this experience. Those in search of it, though, should not despair: copies of the Odyssey Press Ulysses printed between 1932 and 1939 can be still be found on eBay, unannotated, uncut and unread.
Eric Bulson is the author of The Cambridge Introduction to James Joyce, 2006, and Novels, Maps, and the Spatial Imagination, 1850–2000, 2007.
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Loungechair Getama GE375, Hans J. Wegner by Hans J. Wegner for sale
Item ID: 337524
Item DescriptionA 1960s rarity: Loungechair GE375 by Hans J. Wegner for Getama Denmark, with original manufacturer embossing.
Base with low backrest, solid oakwood. Loose cushions on woven elastic bands make for a soft seating comfort. The original wool covers in beige and brown are in excellent condition.
Very good general condition with small traces of usage.
Item Details
Eras: 1900s / 20th century
Styles: Mid-Century, Scandinavian Style
Materials: Wood, Cover, Oak, Wool
Measurements: 71.0 x 67.0 x 84.0 CM (H x W x D) Change Unit
Quantity: 3
Condition: Fair Condition / Some Wear
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Designer: Hans J. Wegner (Denmark , 1914 - 2007 )
Maker: Getama (Denmark)
Address: Seubertstrasse 8 , 76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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Hans J. Wegner Hans J. Wegner must be considered as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Wegner has become a worldwide icon, particularly famous for his influence on Danish furniture design. Son of a shoe-maker in southern Jutland, Wegner began his long career at the age of 14. Over the years, he designed over 500 chairs with many different wood types and styles. His style is based on clean, simple lines and to Wegner a chair was an artwork as much as a functional object. One of his well-known philosophies was that a chair should be beautiful from every angle and that it should not have a backside. Though Wegner designed for series production, all of his work bears the stamp of the traditionally trained craftsman. Wegner's most famous chairs are the "Peacock", the "Y-chair", and "The Chair" which was used by Kennedy and Nixon in their famous CBS TV debate of 1960. Most of his designs were produced by Johannes Hansen, Fritz Hansen or PP Möbler, some of which are still in production today.
Getama For almost 60 years, Getama has manufactured furniture designed by the internationally awarded Danish designer Hans J. Wegner. This line of furniture is highly appreciated for its design, quality and durability and has become collector's items to many people. The company was founded in 1899 and initially specialized in seaweed mattresses. Today, besides spring mattresses and boxsprings, Getama produce a large range of high quality furniture in contemporary design. In the 1990s Getama launched new products by the internationally renowned architect Nanna Ditzel. The Danish architect Niels Jørgen Haugesen also counts to the group of designers who cooperate with Getama. In 2006 Getama presented a new series of furniture in steel and wood, designed by 2R Rasmussen & Rolff. The series consists of dining tables and chairs in several versions, benches etc.


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Paying for the home with cash
People paying entirely in cash accounted for 25 percent of U.S. home sales in May, as the National Association of Realtors noted this week. That's more than the Baltimore region, as it happens -- but less than Baltimore alone, where investors congregate.
Investors aren't the only ones paying in cash, of course, nor are they always cash buyers. But local agents say cash deals are often struck by people who don't intend to live in the homes they're acquiring.
Thirty percent of the sales in the city were all-cash in May, according to Metropolitan Regional Information Systems. That's actually down considerably from the dead of winter, when most folks aren't spending time at the settlement table: In January, 42 percent of sales were all-cash.
I've got to figure that buyers rushing to beat the June 30 closing deadline for the home buyer tax credit -- which can't be used for investment purchases -- helped push up the number of mortgaged purchases in May.
For curiosity's sake, I checked out the city's stats in January 2000, before all the boom-and-bust craziness set in. Twenty percent of deals were all-cash that month. In May 2000, it was 23 percent.
So: Just how much cash are we talking about? I can't say, since the stats don't offer average prices by financing type, but I'm sure it ranges quite a bit. Fun fact: 55 city homes sold for less than $30,000 last month. (By contrast, 12 sold for more than $500,000.)
Most of the "good time to buy or not" debate has focused on purchases for primary residences. Do you see this as a good time to buy a home -- or homes -- for an investment? Or do you think any time is good, depending on the individual deal?
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October 20, 2010 at 6:29 pm #17894
LOL @ the yankees
YANKEES 2010 TEAM PAYROLL = $206 MILLION (highest in MLB)
RANGERS 2010 TEAM PAYROLL = $55 MILLION (27th highest in MLB, or 4th to last)
AROD AND JETER COMBINED 2010 SALARIES = $55,600,000 (more than the ENTIRE TEXAS RANGERS ROSTER)
texas rangers up 3 – 1 in the ALCS
the rangers have outscored the yankees 30 to 11 in this series
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!11October 20, 2010 at 7:17 pm #192665
I appreciate that data.
People that live & breath for pro sports teams are fucking lame.October 20, 2010 at 8:11 pm #192667
Fuck the Yankees. I'd root for Satan's Army against the New York Yankees.
That said, The Claw is fucking stupid.October 23, 2010 at 7:53 am #192845
what the fuck are you talking about bear claws are hilariously awesome and delicious.October 23, 2010 at 9:24 am #192853
Next time you're hungover: Bear Claws and gravy. Yeah, I said it.October 23, 2010 at 9:52 am #192861
It appears that the real winners are ARod and Jeter. Who gives a fuck about baseball anyways.October 23, 2010 at 9:53 am #192863
"Next time you're hungover: Bear Claws and gravy. Yeah, I said it."
I know you said it. No further clarification needed.October 23, 2010 at 9:47 pm #192888
It's always good to see the Yankees lose. Even when I have to root for Boston – another team with an unfairly astronomical payroll – it's good to see them lose.October 23, 2010 at 11:22 pm #192891
is MMA a professional sport?October 24, 2010 at 1:52 am #192897
It's great to see the Yankees lose. It always makes my day. =)
I'd love to see Texas vs. SF, two teams with 0 world series rings. I'm sure MLB would rather see the Phillies for the TV ratings though. Yankees probably would have helped their revenue too.
But yeah, as a Red Sox fan, it's fantastic to see them all watching the games at home.October 24, 2010 at 2:36 am #192902
im looking forward to an SF v TX world series. bud selig and the rest of MLB brass, however, are certainly not. im sure they were hoping for and probably expecting yanks v phils.
it was satisfying to see arod get caught looking for the final out of the ALCS. poetic justice.October 24, 2010 at 5:49 pm #192919
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Go GiantsOctober 25, 2010 at 4:33 pm #224181
Letiblew–>are you referring to me? I said pro sport "TEAMS". Meaning, people that align themselves w/a team b/c of geography or their daddy…..ARE FUCKING FAGGOTS. Go ahead & put your favorite team jersey on now.October 25, 2010 at 9:47 pm #224251
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Ironic that a speedo wearing, pinga colada drinking, designer clothes fashionista Joysee douche is calling others FUCKING FAGGOTS. haha, lol, lmfao,October 25, 2010 at 11:40 pm #224300
Haha. You're too scared to ask G Funk, but I'm always willing to give you a makeover (no matter how mean or spanish you are).
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• A residential burglary was reported Wednesday, Jan. 1, in the 34W500 block of Roosevelt Avenue, St. Charles Township. About $3,000 in property was reported stolen. Bedroom furniture – including a dresser, nightstands and a cabinet – were reportedly opened, and their contents were moved and scattered.


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Exodus' dissenters latch onto Gagnon's sad theology
A Commentary
Timothy Kincaid
August 2nd, 2012
The Restored Hope Network is a collection of ex-gay ministries that broke from Exodus International over it's less strident, more truthful new approach. The new theology at Exodus is not only contrary to their past path, it's unacceptable to some of the largest and oldest member ministries.
The Problem
The primary points of contention that the defectors have are:
- it is inconceivable that a person can simultaneously acknowledge that one is gay and also be a follower of Christ; and
- same-sex attracted people can be healed of their same-sex attraction and become opposite-sex attracted in precisely the same way that heterosexuals are.
I phrase these differently than they might because I want to illustrate their distinction from Exodus.
For example, a member of New Hope Network would likely say that God can work miracles; Exodus would agree. RHN might claim that immediate overnight change was never the goal; Exodus would agree. RHN might say that small changes are evident and that temptation can reduce over time; Exodus would agree. RHN could insist that a change in attitude can impact a person's life and that an identity which is focused on Christ rather than on sexual attraction makes one a new creature and old things are passed away; Exodus would shout hallelujah and not detract from a single word.
But the real distinction is in what RHN will not put in words. Behind discussions of "hope" and "restoration" and "holiness" is one difference: Exodus no longer holds to any expectation that it's members will become straight. And New Hope Network refuses to give up what they call the "hope" that they will.
And, to be very blunt, RHN knows full well that they aren't becoming straight. That doesn't take a seven year study by evangelical university professors; just a mirror. But that's beside the point.
What RHN refuses to give up is the theological assumption that they must. In other words, while reality illustrates that no RHN members are now heterosexual, they believe that Scripture requires that they be so. And while failure to live up to Scripture is a given in Christian circles (and is, indeed, the notion behind "Grace"), failure to try is sinful.
But Exodus has not only given up trying to be straight, they have stated that there is no Biblical demand that they do so. They no longer see the mere act of existing as a same-sex attracted person to be contrary to God's Will – provided that one live according to Scriptural demands about sexual expression. To RHN, that is heresy.
The Defectors and their Hero
Interestingly, the break is not necessarily along factional lines or even degree of animosity towards "the homosexual agenda". These are not necessarily the ministries that have been the most hostile to gay people in the past.
For example, at the beginnings of the Uganda situation, I corresponded with Jason Thompson and he was willing (briefly and in a limited way) to try and intervene. He also clearly expressed that he had no interest in any anti-gay political efforts and seemed (at the time) to be supportive of change in Exodus. But, as he is the latest to leave Exodus, it's clear that the change he sought was not in theology.
But, for me, the post perplexing of this shift is whom the defectors have latched onto as their voice on matters of faith: Robert Gagnon.
Those who read here regularly know that Gagnon is a man with an inflated ego (perhaps the single most arrogant person I've ever encountered), a fiery temper, a unquenchable thirst for demeaning others, and some beliefs that cause a sane person to scratch their head. He is so convinced of his conclusions that he is sloppy, inconsistent, and downright comical about getting there. He is the sort of Christian who finds Christ inconvenient and would prefer that it be Paul's message that is paramount (except when Paul gets too soft on sinners at which point he simply creates a new meaning for the texts).
But despite his history of temper tantrums, name calling, and behavior that is anything but Christlike, it is to Rob Gagnon to whom the Restored Hope Network has turned. Actually, it is to Gagnon that they have given control.
The Board of Directors of this group consists of Stephen Black, Andrew and Annette Comiskey, Joe Dallas, David Kyle Foster, Michael Newman, Anne Paulk, Frank Worthen, and Dr. Robert Gagnon. The Board, in the future, will be elected by the members. Aaaaannnd, to be a member you must be unanimously voted in by the Board. Every year. That's after you turn in a comprehensive application proving that you support the teachings of
Gagnon, um, er, the Network.
Rather an exclusive group. Just like their theology.
A Sad Theology
I don't pretend to be a theologian. I neither speak nor read Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, or any of the early languages in which doctrine was debated.
But I'm not absolutely devoid of any basic understanding of Christian teaching and I am capable of reading comparative translations enough to know when a claim is diametrically opposed to both the language and the spirit of Scripture. And, frankly, with Gagnon it really isn't all that difficult. The absurdity of his positions never occur to him, and the Restored Hope theology is no exception.
Take for example, this opening declaration in the organization's Statement of Basic Beliefs:
Salvation is a gift that cannot be merited by human deeds (Gal 2:21; Rom 3:24-25; 5:15-16; 6:23; Eph 2:8-9) but naturally and progressively produces obedience as a fruit of the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit (Matt 7:16-27; John 15:1-8; Gal 5:22-23). When believers succumb to sin, the kindness of God calls them to confession of sin and repentance (Luke 15:20; 17:3-4; Rom 2:4; 2 Cor 12:21; 1 John 1:8-10; Rev 2:5, 16).
The bracketing statements, while clearly representing the "God's Gunna Get Ya" approach to the faith, are fairly standard positions of Christianity. But it's that middle part that is something which is foreign to me. And I was raised with a whole heap of "God's Gunna Get Ya".
Taken as a whole, this reads like, "yeah, yeah, I know the Scripture says you can't work your way to heaven, but if you are actually on your way to heaven then it will be evident in your strict obedience to the Law." That's not the new part. Where Gagnon leaps is in assigning to "obedience [to the Law]" the role of being a fruit of the Spirit.
But the "fruits of the Spirit" – the physical attributes that can be seen in the life of a person who is living in harmony with the Spirit of God – are already listed. And the list doesn't include "obedience". In fact, they are pretty much the opposite of "obeying a list of rules". Galations 5 says:
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
What the author of this section is saying – and saying without ambiguity – is that obeying the Law is not the point. You are free from the Law if you follow one commandment: love your neighbor as yourself. Not free to abuse each other, but free from a set of rules and laws because "love each other" handles every situation, even the ones not in the rulebook.
If you live according to your own selfishness (the flesh), you will exhibit hatred, manipulation ("witchcraft"), jealousy, rage, excesses, and an out of control life. But if you are living by the Spirit and loving your neighbor you will exhibit these fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (I dare say that if Christianity exhibited those seven attributes with regularity, few would have anything bad to say about the faith).
If you read that list again, you'll notice that "obedience" isn't there. One doesn't live decently towards each other because the Law said to. Rather one lives decently towards each other because if you love then you don't need the Law. It's completed, it's fulfilled, it's superseded by love.
This is a beautiful passage for those who believe in love as the sole commandment. But anti-gays who ignore themes and leap at words are also fond of Galations. Lookie, it says that those who exhibit "sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery" will not inherit the kingdom of God. And since they know (cuz they know, ya know?) that this means Teh HomoSEXshulls (see, it has the word "sex", see? see?), they dance with glee that you, you degenerate, are gunna burn! And they can't wait!
But if we approach the Scripture to see how it applies in our own life – not in how to use it as a tool against others – and we recognize that this phrase is presented as counter to "loving your neighbor", then it ceases to be controversial or a weapon. We can all agree that sexuality that is abusive and manipulative and debauches ourselves and others is inappropriate and wrong. Whether using Christian morality or an atheist's ethical code to "do no harm", that's not in debate. If we see the theme (love) and don't focus on a few select words, it's impossible to see this passage as a call to obey Levitical codes of social conduct.
There's more – much more. His reference to John 15 is an example of exactly the same thing: if you follow Christ, others will know it because of your love, all distorted by Gagnon to mean "obey the rules in Leviticus". But I don't really need to take it on.
What Gagnon Contributes
This is enough to give a flavor of what Gagnon contributes to the organization: a basic underlying belief that actions and behaviors matter more than attitudes or how we treat each other. And nothing could be clearer than a deliberate misunderstanding of one of the strongest endorsements for a faith that rejects the codebook and the rigidity of Leviticus for a life of love and compassion for others. Gagnon erases the freedom found in the fulfillment of the Law into one law: "love each other", and sees in its place a call to obedience to the minutia and dictates of a rulebook.
Perhaps, after all, it's not that surprising that this is the theology that the ex-Exodans have adopted. If we all are free to seek morality and holiness in our lives in accordance with something so vague as "loving others", that's frightening. If, like Exodus, you find a sexual ethic that disallows same-sex behavior in your own life but you ever allow that others may find a different call, then how do you know you're right?
And what if you're wrong? What if you let someone believe that they can marry someone of the same sex and you don't tell them that Gods Gunna Get Them? It's not love to let them go to hell, you know. Love means convicting them of their sin and denouncing their heresy and condemning them of perversion and refusing to appease their desires to be treated like everyone else. (Ooop, scratch that last part, it's too close to "love your neighbor as yourself" so I'm not going to think about this now. La la la la la, I have my fingers in my ears. And besides, IF I was an evil vile homosexual like you – which I'm not because I'm a struggler not a sinner – I'd WANT someone to take away my children and fire me from my job and throw me in jail and disrespect my marriage. And I'll just keep telling myself that over and over, even though it is absurdly and obviously false.)
And what, even worse, if you begin to question just how loving your own faith is? OH NO!!! You might be so tempted to put love as more important than the details of Leviticus that YOU sin! And don't know it! And then YOU burn forever because you loved too much!!
What a sad burdened theology. The freedom that the author of the letter to Galatians spoke about is the furthest from their faith. Freedom has too much responsibility: don't tell me to love people, tell me what to do. In detail.
It's a sad, bound up, restricted theology that treats its adherents as children, too immature to know how to behave in love so you have to give them rules.
It's a religion for bureaucrats. Give me a rulebook. That way I don't have to think, I don't have to adapt, I don't have to respond to circumstances but can just hide behind a rule.
And most of all, I don't have to care.


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Did you try this thread?
It has all kinds of links to symbols and symbol sets. I would suggest you check that out.
I am working on a more fleshed out regional map for a growing campaign and want to pose to you a few very newbie questions. I have searched these forums but am a little overwhelmed by the range of experience and work that I see here.
At this page you can find a very small snippet of a larger map that I have been developing. As you will note, it is quite crude, but the point was to have something, not a work of art (that comes later).
I am working in Macromedia Fireworks (it's a few revs old, which is why it's not Adobe Fireworks) which is an environment that I'm very comfortable with due to using it in my job. I have created a roughly legal-sized map (at 300dpi). I created a number of assets that I have plopped down on the map in order to create markers for hills, forests, etc. These are basically placeholders until I can pretty it up.
Which is why I'm here. A few questions:
- Do any of you know of a collection of assets (in any useful format) that I can use to plop down better versions of those notations?
- Is there a simple way to create basic, believable textures for ocean & land backdrops (which the assets are plopped onto)?
- How about a few color pallets?
What I want to avoid is a 19-page tutorial that takes me hours to go through. I'm trying to produce something of a 'middle' quality, not pass the thing off as a Google map.
Years ago, I bought Campaign Cartographer, found it unbelievably hard to use, then pitched it in favor of normal image editors. Now I am hitting a wall.
Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
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Did you try this thread?
It has all kinds of links to symbols and symbol sets. I would suggest you check that out.
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Sadly, it looks like all those are Campaign Cartographer symbols... I only have CC2 (and lost the damned CD to boot). But I don't want to revisit that if I can still get away with using Fireworks.
Are there any symbol files that are in normal image formats?
I am hoping to give AutoREALM a spin this week. I hadn't visited that in a long time. Over my lunch break I found it to be better than I remembered, so I'm hoping to get some use out of that. Fractal line-making alone is something I can get excited about.
Check out the Dunjinni forums you should be able to find something there.
I've found oodles of stuff, that i have used (or plan to) in my maps.
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The textures available there are not seamless tiles, but you can use the Seamless Textures out of Anything tutorial available on this forum (I haven't the time to hunt it up myself at the moment) to make them tileable.
Fireworks' native format is PNG, so it will handle CC3 symbols quite well so long as they're not still packaged in a CC3 catalog. Still, the Dundjinni forums are very accessible and generally the best place to start looking for particular symbols and objects.
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Laura Dunn's film about the dangers of overdevelopment, and the effects it can have on the environment, is the type of documentary that manages to knock the wind out of you as you watch it. This is because she manages to hit the nail on the head of the "how can you not see this?" correlation between cause and effect. Dunn interviews key people involved in the political overdevelopment in Austin, Texas that was bitterly fought between developers like Gary Bradley and environmentalists in the Save our Springs alliance. While people talking about the dangers of overdevelopment are not new, Austin serves as a perfect window into the debate, because of Barton Springs, a natural spring-fed pool near downtown Austin that has served as a public swimming hole and park since the early 1900s. The springs are practically a beaker full of evidence that you can point to and say, "Look, this is what is happening as a result of what's going on." Underwater footage shot in 1996 shows how crystal clear the water once was, before development started. Footage shot today shows how milky-white the water is now, and how the visibility has shrunk to only a few feet. The springs also held an abundance of fish, which are now almost gone entirely. It's a tragic image that hammers home Dunn's point.
Dunn's interviews with Bradley are especially insightful. He's a sort of tragic figure that you develop an odd sympathy for, and he sheds the only tears in the film -- although that's more because of his fall from grace and subsequent financial problems. Dunn also interviews the man behind House Bill 1704, which was the bill that would allow this over-development to take place along the Barton Springs watershed, despite it's being voted down on an Austin city ballot. One of the film's more powerful and understated scenes involve him being interviewed while literally assembling bombs for a model airplane that he is building.
Ann Richards, the late Democratic governor of Texas who vetoed 1704 in a different form (as House Bill 1029) in 1993, is also interviewed, and she provides a poignant insight into the problem, crystallizing how it became a partisan issue. After she was defeated by George W. Bush, he promptly signed the bill into law, which kick-started the development into high speed, and has left Austin with a growing problem with both the springs, and the Edwards Aquifer, the underground water table that feeds the Austin area.
This film was especially powerful for me, since I went to college in Austin and travel back to see friends and family there every year. I remember how charged the Save Our Springs organization was during my time there, and how they had achieved such a victory in voting down the development when it seemed imminent. The fact that all of this effort and hard work was overturned by a bill that in effect "grandfathers" existing development in, regardless of new laws and regulations, was a blow not only to them, but to the city as well.
Robert Redford, who spent time growing up in Austin and swimming at Barton Springs, has become an opponent in the fight against the over-development of precious areas like Barton Springs. Both the message and the struggle are applicable all over the world, and as the population continues to grow, and we start to develop every square inch on the planet, it is an issue that will only get more attention in the coming years.
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