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Entitled Christian Syndrome
By Kurt Willems
June 26, 2012
Kurt Willems (M.Div., Fresno Pacific) is an Anabaptist writer preparing for a church-planting project with Urban Expression and the Bre... Read More
I'm honored to begin a new column here at RELEVANTmagazine.com. Every other Monday, I will write from an anabaptist perspective on issues surrounding church, faith, and theology in post-Christian culture. We live in a day when many people are asking questions about the nature of following Jesus. My hope is to illuminate these questions and provoke hospitable conversation. I am committed to the way of Jesus, to a Spirit-empowered Church, and the mission our heavenly Father. My hope is to invite readers into a journey with this God as we discover what it means to be a missional and Kingdom-shaped people in the 21st-century.
There's a song that has made its rounds in the evangelical church circuit called "Our God Is Greater." This song is commendable on many levels. First, the melody is catchy. If you haven't listened to or sung this worship tune, you can check it out here.
Second, it's a song with lyrics that are all quite true. Here's the chorus:
Our God is greater.
Our God is stronger.
God, you are higher than any other.*
Our God is a healer,
awesome in power.
Our God! Our God!
I agree with every line of this song. Nothing about it is theologically untrue in any way. But I think singing "Our God Is Greater" might make God seem less great.
Culture is evolving. Christianity no longer occupies the center of public discourse. The civil religion of the American empire used to be "Christian," but the truth of the matter is that our society (like the rest of the West) is in the transition toward post-Christendom. Stuart Murray, Juliet Kilpin, and others at Urban Expression (a church-planting initiative that I'm connected to) say the following about post-Christendom:
"Post-Christendom is the culture that emerges as the Christian faith loses coherence within a society that has been definitively shaped by the Christian story and as the institutions that have been developed to express Christian convictions decline in influence."
With that basic definition, here are some of the major transitions that take place culturally as post-Christendom takes root:
Our words, even when they are true, can damage our witness.
From the center to the margins: In Christendom, the Christian story and the churches were central, but in post-Christendom these are marginal.
From the majority to the minority: In Christendom, Christians comprised the (often overwhelming) majority, but in post-Christendom we are a minority.
From settlers to sojourners: In Christendom, Christians felt at home in a culture shaped by their story, but in post-Christendom we are aliens, exiles and pilgrims in a culture where we no longer feel at home.
From privilege to plurality: In Christendom, Christians enjoyed many privileges, but in post-Christendom we are one community among many in a plural society.
From control to witness: In Christendom, churches could exert control over society, but in post-Christendom we exercise influence only through witnessing to our story and its implications.
From maintenance to mission: In Christendom, the emphasis was on maintaining a supposedly Christian status quo, but in post-Christendom it is on mission within a contested environment.
From institution to movement: In Christendom, churches operated mainly in institutional mode, but in post-Christendom it must become again a Christian movement.
Among American evangelical leaders, push-back is common when confronted with a list like this. One need only to recognize that these things are beginning to happen in our context as they did in places like England to realize we are headed in a post-Christendom direction. Although we never had an "official" state church, we have had a cultural civil religion that uses Christian language to support imperialistic aims. This too fades, as America no longer is comprised of only Christian religions. Our country is pluralistic.
I personally welcome the transition that is happening. Christendom (as described above) resulted from the marriage of empire to faith in the fourth century. In a world where Christians are placed back into the margins, it will force us to move into a more authentically Christ-centered mode of humility, enemy-love and justice.
We can make power-claims of our God or we can demonstrate the power of God's Spirit from the margins.
To call God "great" is more than appropriate, but calling God "greater" invites a competitive and confrontational tone. So, in this sort of cultural climate, I make the claim that singing songs about how "our God is greater" actually makes God less great.
Two reasons come to mind as to why this might be so.
First, for followers of Jesus who feel the real-world results of this shift from the "center to the margins," singing about how our "cosmic dad" can beat up everyone else's ideological parent reinforces the belief that the Christian story should be central in society. We must avoid any such perspective and find our voice from the margins, just as the earliest Christians did when they refused to bow down to the emperor or to carry the sword of nationalism.
A key difference here is that prior to Constantine, the Church didn't have a violent past. Confrontation toward other faiths, especially oppressive ones, makes sense when your faith hasn't abused power for generations. The situation of post-Christendom is slightly nuanced, then, because the Church's place in the margins is a result of bullying society into our image.
If we look to history, any time a society attempted to place Christ in the center, they subtly turned the idea of Christ into an idol. Think of the "holy Roman Empire" and all of the resulting nations. A Christ who favors any nation besides the distinct Kingdom of God is not the Jesus of the New Testament. Christ forsook this temptation in the desert when Satan offered him all of the earthly kingdoms of the earth.
Uniting Christ and an earthly nation (besides the one that emerges after the resurrection/renewal of the cosmos) gives into the very temptation Jesus Himself resisted. When we sing "Our God Is Greater," we might actually be trying to live out of a Christendom-shaped dream of yesteryear.
Second, for outsiders peering into our churches, whether as curious visitors or as skeptics believing we are a cancer to society, for us to sing "our God is greater" sounds coercive and arrogant. I'm not trying to say we shouldn't believe our God is the greatest of all gods/ideologies. But I wonder if, in a pluralistic society, the path of loving humility might win others over more effectively.
For centuries, the Church used violence, power and a sense of entitlement to "get their way" in public discourse. What if we flipped the script, forsaking these power-clenching perceptions for washing people's feet—especially feet that walk a differing religious or ideological path? Perhaps this would create space for skeptical folks (rightfully so) to reconsider a non-coercive Christ and the "new humanity" He came to establish.
Our words, even when they are true, can damage our witness. We can make power-claims of our God or we can demonstrate the power of God's Spirit from the margins. One path attempts to place Christ where He Himself refused to go: at the center of earthly cultures/nations.
There are times when confrontational language is appropriate, of course. When a religious system brings harm to others, we should not be silent about "our God." However, in our current situation, this is mostly true of issues of empire and not pluralism. Perhaps in post-post-Christendom, we will need to proclaim "our God is greater," but in this transition, such an approach only reminds people of our entitled and coercive past.
Another route invites the people of God to embrace their place on the sidelines of society, not as separatists but as Jesus-followers creating a beautiful alternative culture for the sake of a post-Christendom world. This unconventional way forward embraces our alien status as sojourners, making the name of God great (not just greater, but the greatest) through living in our corners of the empire as a minority people, daily embodying the values of faith, hope and love.
When this happens, we won't have to sing our God is greater because our Jesus-shaped, Spirit-empowered communities will give witness to the greatness of our heavenly Father without relying upon verbally combative claims.
*Although folks may have in mind that "Our God Is Greater" refers to Him being greater than our problems, trials, etc., the song clearly says that "Our God is higher than any other _____ (god)."
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Glad that Relevant is bringing in an Anabaptist voice, one of my favorite books of all time is Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder. The anabaptist voice has been an important voice in church discussions for a long time. Good article Kurt.
People make money an idol, therefore creating a pluralistic society. Greed can certainly bring about injustices against humanity can it not?
Enjoyed your article. Thought provoking and on target in so many ways. However, I thought you were headed in a totally different direction with the "Entitled Christian" idea. Specifically, the attitude that so many Christians who walk into church these days expect a "full menu" and a sales pitch of "what can this church do for me?" They expect so much as consumers. They want the touchscreen experience that allows them to google their way into the best deals of churches available. In fact they think of the "program offerings" of local churches from an outlet mall experience. We'll go here for the kids, there for the music and way over there for the preaching. "We can hardly make up our minds." "Can't get everything I want in one place." "And I want the best deal for the lowest cost."
However, I don't think our problem really has to do with the lyrics of our music such as you pointed out: "How Great Is Our God"; nor the myriad of songs of so many different genres and time periods that express a similar greatness of our God such as: "The Hallelujah Chorus", "Shout to the Lord", "Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise", or "I Am Holding On To You". I think good hymnody and song writing focuses on the powerful teachings of Scripture which obviously proclaim a transcendent, almighty, all powerful, worthy-of-our-worship Creator of all things.
But, there is a huge intersection with what I was thinking and the salient thoughts you expressed. When our primary focus of participating in the Body of Christ, primarily revolves around the "offerings" that an individual church has for it's members and prospective guests, and not on the "offerings" that individuals going to church bring to "Our Great God", we have lost the ability to turn out disciples ready to go into the world with servant hearts and sacrificial acts that incarnate the awe inspiring love that we see in the Cross. Additionally, I believe that without us embracing the "power claims of God", we have no real foundation for a demonstration of the "power of the Spirit" in what we do.
I do believe that what you are saying (or what I think you are saying) is that without a believable witness, ready to serve, with "boots on the ground for Jesus", that all our claims about Him, such as having a "name above all names" rings very hollow with a kind of fading echo and emptiness that leaves the world silent until we crank up the band and praise team, next Sunday.
Blessings to you on your Journey and your work with Planting Churches. If you or anyone else wants a place to go, I can show you a community in Utah with no church. No church. No church. Only LDS Wards. They certainly need a witness of "How Great Our God" really is. And God is still asking us all, "Who will go for us?" Isaiah 6 -- Robert Douglas, New Churches New Places, 307-677-1381, email@example.com
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I studied theology at Oxford, was ordained and worked in a church in London, and from 1970 taught Old Testament at John's Theological College, a seminary in Nottingham, England. I was principal of there for nearly ten years before coming to Fuller in 1997. For me, being a professor is a subset of being a pastor, and I am also priest-in-charge of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Pasadena. I was married to Ann for 43 years until she died in 2009; I have two married sons. I am now married to Kathleen Scott.
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Buy low, sell high. Picard's value increases with every good game. He created some great chances tonight.

I don't get the Panthers' unis. They look fine, but it's a total break from their colour scheme.

They're in such rough financial shape that it wouldn't be surprising if they just borrowed the St. Mike's jerseys and sewed their logo on firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-47070438499170581722009-11-23T23:19:16.863-05:002009-11-23T23:19:16.863-05:00Hi Jeremy, Love the recap. Missed the game but m...Hi Jeremy,

Love the recap. Missed the game but man, what a run the boys are on. Long may it continue.

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MILTON — On Monday, March 17 UNH Cooperative Extension will hold a pruning demonstration at the McKenzie's Farm from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Extension Fruit Specialist Emeritus, Bill Lord will demonstrate pruning techniques for apple trees and blueberries, and discuss how to care for peaches and raspberries. Topics including fertilizing your fruit trees and managing pests in the orchard will also be covered. Strafford County Food & Agriculture Field Specialist Kelly McAdam will also be on hand to provide resources for the upcoming growing season.
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Researchers with the University of Michigan have discovered that a woman who struggles with depression while pregnant my give birth to a child with elevated stress hormone levels.
The UM research team indicates that one result of pregnancy during depression could be that the children will have a more difficult time dealing with stressful situations as they grow up.
The study focused on levels of the hormone cortisol, which is produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress.
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dominance hierarchies and crossing the line
I have never experienced behavior from a coach or sensei that approaches the level of abusiveness described in this article, but I have tolerated (or even been amused by) behavior by both that I would not tolerate in any other context. I don't feel bad about doing so, and I don't think that the coaches/senseis in question were in the wrong; I also got right up in the face of a PE teacher in high school once when I thought that he was being abusive towards other students, so I don't think that I've just been a pushover.
I've also been offended by behavior in both coaches and senseis that no one would say even strays from workplace behavior norms, based on the underlying attitude that I felt was displayed.
Another area where coaches are, shall we say, 'less than respectful' is in physical therapy. PTs can cross the line of outright cruelty at times, pushing patients until they're crying or screaming at them... and be thanked by the latter for it later.
For me, I think that the answer to the 'why' of the the article's title revolves around trust: even with behavior that is superficially outside of social norms, I have never tolerated anything that I did not feel, based on a long-standing relationship, was ultimately in my best interests. Honestly, I wouldn't want to train in a context where a coach or sensei felt like they couldn't occasionally break social boundaries in order to make important points.
Re: dominance hierarchies and crossing the line
I have been a drill instructor for the military for Officer Candidate School as well as other type of military type training. I was charged at OCS to revamp the program, to keep it hard, but eliminate the hazing and abuse that was part of the program. I can tell you that some get it and some don't. There is a difference between pushing people, having high standards, not lowering them, and simple downright abuse and hazing.
You can maintain standards and push people to do things they did not know they can. There will be failures, disappointments, and tears from time to time, but it does not have to involve name calling, doing dumb stuff that has no purpose other than abusing someone.
People come to coaches and instructors etc for leadership and to be challenged. They expect to be pushed. However, the don't need to be abused. I am sick and tired of the unhealthy co-dependent relationships that seem to develop in sports and dojos that alot of folks accept as acceptable adult behavior, but in other areas of their lives would be seen as a perversion and unhealthy.
Re: dominance hierarchies and crossing the line
The situation of abuse in a dojo is a bit different. I've personally never experienced it, as any dojo I have visited that made me uncomfortable, I have immediately left. From what I have read and heard though, it seems to be based on the idea that the dojocho has some sort of mystical knowledge, and every student should suffer abuse in order to gain his ability. I would actually equate abuse in the dojo to that of a cult, and abuse in college sports due to an obsession with winning and the fact that the players are not, in the strictest sense, free to leave.
Re: dominance hierarchies and crossing the line
You make a good point, Ashley; I was involved in a sport (crew) for which no scholarships were awarded, so I was free to leave at any time if I didn't ultimately enjoy the practice.
I think the 'cult' aspect is important too, but I think that it actually applies to some college sports as well as to some dojos; football at Penn State, for example. Any time the authority figure is seen as somehow more-than-human, there's a possibility for serious abuse by that figure.
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Re: dominance hierarchies and crossing the line
Some people do leave after shodan level. It seems to be a big exit point in not only aikido, but other martial arts as well. And perhaps those are people who really did want to go after the achievement - the metal - the trophy.
But there are other people who are overall more passionate about the discovery and enjoyment of it all. Where shodan is just the beginning, not the end. And it's in those people that you'll find a number of ways that they find - or discover - to continue. Some are in schools and organizations, and it works fine for all involved. Others may find that stepping out of the hierarchy and discovering the resulting freedom is their path. And often that kind of decision does not come quickly or easily, and often comes only after the cognitive dissonance - created within the student by the hierarchical organization - is resolved.
Ultimately, any study and endeavor is the sole responsibility, not of any school, but of the student themselves. And the interesting stage is when the student discovers the "center" that harmoniously exists between them and the school - regardless of where the artificial lines in the sand of the perceived, current hierarchy appear to be.
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I will agree that both dojo environments and college sports can be fertile grounds for abuse, I think it is due to different reasons.
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Ashley, more people like you is exactly what aikido needs. You're passionate, enthusiastic, outspoken, etc.. You express yourself well. Stand up for yourself. You understand that your training and progress is ultimately up to you.
The kicker is, in many cases, that the very hierarchical structure of aikido will tend to attract and retain - and reinforce - more of a conformist mindset, rather than creative freethinkers, explorers, and innovators.
I count you among the latter, and wish you well on your journey.
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TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed defenseman Luke Richardson to a one-year, $500,000 contract today, Executive Vice President and General Manager Jay Feaster announced.
Richardson, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound, 19-year NHL veteran, has accumulated 1,312 games in his career with Toronto, Edmonton, Philadelphia and Columbus. He has netted 33 goals and handed out 156 assists in his career which began in 1987 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He has also played in 69 career Stanley Cup Playoff games and recorded eight assists. He split the 2005-06 season between Columbus and Toronto.
"Prior to trading Darryl Sydor to Dallas we had identified Luke as the player we wanted to bring into our organization to effectively take over Syd's role," Feaster said. "We made our contract offer to Luke and had to wait because we weren't the only team in the mix for his services. The ideal situation would have been to have Luke signed before we executed the trade. However, the trade would not wait. We made our deal and then did everything we could to convince Luke to choose Tampa as his destination.
"Not only did Claude Loiselle work hard with Luke's agents, but Director of Player Personnel, Bill Barber, had numerous conversations with Luke about the merits of playing in Tampa. In the end, Luke's relationship with Billy and also with Craig Ramsay went a long way in terms of influencing his decision. We view Luke as a very dependable, hard-nosed, honest, hard-working defenseman who brings a veteran presence to our blue line and our room. He is a rugged, gritty d-man who brings a physical presence and will be able to settle things down on the ice when necessary. We are thrilled to add him to the Lightning organization."
Richardson, 37, played under Ramsay during the 1999-00 season when the Flyers went to the Eastern Conference Finals. He played in 18 games that postseason and recorded one assist. It was the second time in his career he reached the Conference Finals after playing 16 playoff games with Edmonton in 1992.
The Ottawa, Ontario native began the 2005-06 season serving as the Blue Jackets' captain for the second consecutive season. He played in 44 games with Columbus, scoring one goal and adding six assists. He was traded to Toronto on March 8 and played in 21 games with the Maple Leafs. He recorded three assists with 41 penalty minutes.
Richardson's last international performance came with Team Canada at the 1996 World Championships in Vienna, Austria. He also won the Gold Medal at the 1994 World Championships in Milan, Italy. It was Canada's first Gold Medal since 1961. Richardson also won a silver medal at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Hamilton, Ontario.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Theme of Violence
We've got a very violent novel on our hands here. Much of the violence in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is sexual, but other forms of physical violence plus verbal and psychological violence are explored too. This is tricky because Lisbeth Salander, the novel's star, is pretty violent herself. She has violent thoughts even toward good guys, like Blomkvist. She uses violence to get revenge, and to exact what she sees as justice on her enemies and other predators. And she has no qualms about her aggressive methods. By contrast, Blomkvist is never physically violent that we've seen. But he uses his pen like Salander uses her taser, to get revenge and to fight for causes he thinks are just.
Questions About Violence
- Could Salander have saved Blomkvist from Martin without using violence?
- How do you feel about the violence Salander doles out to Bjurman? Did he get what deserved, or should she have reported him to the police instead?
- Does verbal violence usually lead to physical or sexual violence too, as we see in Bjurman's treatment of Salander?
- Does Isabella's failure to take action when Gottfried rapes her children, and when Martin rapes Harriet, constitute violence?
- How does Harriet's act of violence against her father impact her life? Do you think she feels guilty about it, or just afraid that she'll be found out and punished?
- Does Gottfried's violence against Martin explain why Martin turns out the way he does? What makes Martin choose the same path?
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I am NOT gay!
Bloody Martlets and Bert, they are always hitting on me, we can't even go out for a beer without one of them trying to pull me, and when they're drunk I just have to leave, it's so embarrassing watching them tongue each other in a crowded pub!
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Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Demetrius Young (Sacramento, Calif.) appeared on ESPN SportsCenter's `Top 10 plays' on Thursday night after completing a spectacular alley-oop dunk off a feed from junior Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) in the first half of the Stony Brook men's basketball team's 58-47 victory over the Albany Great Danes at Pritchard Gymnasium. The play was ranked eighth out of the ten plays on the countdown.
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Molecules 2010, 15(4), 2825-2844; doi:10.3390/molecules15042825
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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AbstractVoltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) contain a specific binding site for a family of cone shell toxins known as µ-conotoxins. As some VGSCs are involved in pain perception and µ-conotoxins are able to block these channels, µ-conotoxins show considerable potential as analgesics. Recent studies have advanced our understanding of the three-dimensional structures and structure-function relationships of the µ-conotoxins, including their interaction with VGSCs. Truncated peptide analogues of the native toxins have been created in which secondary structure elements are stabilized by non-native linkers such as lactam bridges. Ultimately, it would be desirable to capture the favourable analgesic properties of the native toxins, in particular their potency and channel sub-type selectivity, in non-peptide mimetics. Such mimetics would constitute lead compounds in the development of new therapeutics for the treatment of pain.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), an automatic identification technology, has come a long way from the World War II days when it was used by the Allied forces to detect aircraft as friends or foes. Today, it is used in sectors as diverse as retail, consumer electronics, transport and healthcare. Ian Robertson, Global Industry Development Director, EPC Global Inc — the organisation developing Electronic Product Code (EPC)-related RFID standards — says the technology is more prevalent than people often realise. Excerpts from an interview with ET:
How is the demand for RFID evolving? Is it still considered an expensive technology?
I think RFID is much more prevalent than people realise. It is present everywhere — in security systems, toll systems, car keys and immigration counters in many countries. Developed during World War II to stop the British from shooting down their own planes originally — what is known in civil aviation as Identification Friend or Foe —, it is today being applied to more and more commercial processes. What is new is that it is not very expensive; RFID tags are smaller and cheaper today. A generic tag today costs between fifteen to twenty cents, as against a few dollars five years ago.


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Ralph Hall's Downhill Slide to Defeat
The first congressional casualty of the 2014 primary season was Rep. Ralph Hall of Texas. It was not an unexpected defeat.
Mr. Hall, 91, is the oldest member of Congress as well as one of its longest-serving: He has spent more than one-third of his life in the House of Representatives. But besides being vulnerable because of his age and legislative longevity, he was in steady electoral decline in recent years that made him ever more ripe for defeat.
Mr. Hall had nothing to fear from Democrats in his safely Republican district in northeast Texas. But GOP primaries were another matter as he steadily lost ground: from nearly 75% of the Republican primary vote in 2008, to less than 60% in both 2010 and 2012, to less than 50% in March. It was that low showing this spring that forced him into Tuesday's runoff, which he lost to a candidate barely half his age.
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Mr. Hall has said that it was not his age that cost him the election, and some political observers agree. But certainly he was on a road to involuntary retirement that many members of Congress, regardless of age, have traveled. They are not blindsided by a stiff primary challenge that materializes out of the blue. Rather, they are finally beaten after a series of closer and closer primary contests leave them, like Mr. Hall, vulnerable.
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The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot Power Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
General Epanchin lived in his own house near the Litaynaya. Besides this large residence—five-sixths of which was let in flats and lodgings—the general was owner of another enormous house in the Sadovaya bringing in even more rent than the first. Besides these houses he had a delightful little estate just out of town, and some sort of factory in another part of the city. In the old days, General Epanchin, as everyone knew, had participated in tax farming. Now he participated and had quite a considerable voice in several important joint-stock companies. He had the reputation of a man with big money, big doings, and big connections. He had made himself indispensable in several quarters, his own department of the government among others; and yet it was a known fact that Fedor Ivanovitch Epanchin was a man of no education whatever, and had absolutely risen from the ranks. (1.2.1)
We kind of forget this when we really get into the plot of the book, but this dude is rolling in it! And think about the influence and connections he must have! Well done, sir.
Quote #2
Ganya used to grind his teeth with rage over the state of affairs; though he was anxious to be dutiful and polite to his mother. However, it was very soon apparent to anyone coming into the house, that Ganya was the tyrant of the family. (1.8.2)
Ganya is totally one of those guys who immediately abuses any sliver of power he gets over anyone else. Seriously, just how lame of a person do you have to be to lord it over your own mom in a house you're not even paying for? Ugh.
Quote #3
"If I am admitted and tolerated here," he had said one day, "it is simply because I talk in this way. How can anyone possibly receive such a man as I am? I quite understand. Now, could I, a Ferdishenko, be allowed to sit shoulder to shoulder with a clever man like Afanasy Ivanovitch? There is one explanation, only one. I am given the position because it is so entirely inconceivable!"
But these vulgarities seemed to please Nastasya Philipovna, although too often they were both rude and offensive. Those who wished to go to her house were forced to put up with Ferdishenko. Possibly the latter was not mistaken in imagining that he was received simply in order to annoy Totsky, who disliked him extremely. Ganya also was often made the butt of the jester's sarcasms, who used this method of keeping in Nastasya Philipovna's good graces. (1.13.31-32)
Check out the layer upon layer of power plays here. Ferdishenko gets his power from being amusing to Nastasya, in whose presence lots of people want to be and therefore put up with the odious Ferdishenko. Nastasya also gets off on Ferdishenko annoying Totsky (and pretty much everyone else). And Ganya leverages the fact that he's willing to sit there and be the target of Ferdishenko's insults as a way of getting closer to Nastasya. That is one heck of a power onion!


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Take a sneak peek at the new NIST.gov and let us know what you think!
(Please note: some content may not be complete on the beta site.).
Previous efforts to produce a comprehensive tabulation of atomic x-ray transition energies have been hampered by the fact that a) detectors having a broad spectral range of x-ray energies have had poor resolution, and b) detectors capable of high energy resolution could not cover a broad spectral range. Previous compilations of x-ray transition energies have been the result of many measurements using different instruments and procedures. No single scheme has existed to tie these measurements together. The NIST microcalorimeter x-ray detector using a transition-edge sensor (TES) is capable of high resolution measurements of x-ray transition energies over a broad spectral range. It is now possible to measure in a single spectrum a large number of x-ray lines, either from multiple elements or from different series in the same element. We have demonstrated both of these capabilities.
Intended impact: The most up-to-date tabulation of x-ray transition energies (used for x-ray work world-wide) is the result of a long-term NIST program directed by Richard Deslattes whose most recent results were published in 2003. Despite the fact that the values were upgraded from previous tables by 35 years of additional results, a large number of x-ray transition lines are based on either extrapolations of a relatively small number of actual line measurements or on theoretical calculations. X-ray transition energies given in certain regions of the periodic table are known to be inconsistent. There is an opportunity here to make actual measurements which are experimentally self-consistent.
Objective: We chose to measure x-ray transition energies from NIST standard reference glasses that contained several elements at the same time. Various atomic transitions of each of the elements could be excited using the energetic beam of an electron microscope. This resulted in the production of x-ray emission from a number of atomic transitions that could be observed in a single spectrum of the microcalorimeter. A calibration of the microcalorimeter using the previously published values of the x-ray transitions would yield not only an energy scale for the spectrum, but would test the accuracy of the published values as well.
Goals: To test the consistency of the universal energy scale of previously published atomic x-ray transitions, looking at both different transition series (differing widely in energy) from the same elements, and energies from the same atomic transition series of different elements. These previous values are mostly the result of x-ray diffraction measurements so that a comparison of x-ray lines of widely different transition energies could not be validated.
Technical approach: The thermal response of the microcalorimeter detector is ideally suited to creating a highly linear response to the energy of absorbed individual x-ray photons. Using a few highly-measured x-ray transition lines, it is possible to calibrate the energies of all the other measured transitions to within the spectral range of a given microcalorimeter head. We found that it was necessary to add only a small nonlinear correction to the energy scale from 400 eV to 8000 eV. All lines are therefore referenced to an energy scale determined by a few "standard" lines.
Major Accomplishments:
Start Date:January 3, 2005
End Date:ongoing
Lead Organizational Unit:mml
Facilities/Tools Used:
NIST TES microcalorimeter, electron beam probe, NIST microcircuit fabrication facilities (Boulder)
Terrence Jach (CSTL, Gaithersburg)
Joel Ullom (EEEL, Boulder)
Related Programs and Projects:
Quantitative analysis of elemental concentrations using the microcalorimeter and electron probe, microcalorimeter programs for other purposes developed at NIST Boulder, electron beam ion trap atomic emission spectroscopy of highly-ionized elements using a semiconductor microcalorimeter ( Div. 842, John Gillaspy)
Associated Products:
"The Microcalorimeter X-ray Detector: A True Paradigm Shift in X-ray Spectroscopy," Terrence Jach, Joel Ullom, and Tim Elam, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on X-ray and Inner-shell Processes, The European Physics Journal—Special Topics, accepted for publication.
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on the way, and quite probably revisit the lows. Longs truly don't understand the problem with this company and thier reliance a single drug (FIDO). Not to mention, ownership is Taiwanese and money is getting shuffled to an unknown or presumed biotech entity called "OBI" in Taiwan (check their SEC filings!)....this is how retail money gets milked! And then they will continue to issue more shares to support this sketchy endeavor and also the multiple leases, ~10 VPs, and their extremely inflated salaries....I guess they think they are big Pharma and can hide all these expenses in the G&A, LOL!
You ended up being right!!!!!!! single digits....9 dgrs. in Denver this a.m.!!!! Oh,not to change the subject,but, OPTR steady climb back to $12!!!!!!!!!!!
if we test single digits anytime soon, I'll buy you coffee at your favorite corner shop...lol
Trust we will revisit shortly as any reputable biotech investor can clearly see the issues, especially given a small Pharma trying to act like big Pharma with uncontrolled expenses without having the cash flow to back up...these guys are spending and sending money over seas like there's no tomorrow. Measly revenues for the foreseeable future and at best peak sales not exceeding $200m/Yr, and having zero pipeline valuation will be long retail investors downfall and shorts will prosper. Short interest keeps going up, trust that we arent dummies and will continue to make a living off naive investors including naive funds....
Oh, and do any Longs have any inkling as to why big Pharma has been unwilling to buy OPTR for such a "lucrative" drug, as most on this board seem to think it's a blockbuster (which I have argued it is not based on VPHM historical market experience)....can you say poor IP protection! Sorry folks FIDO is not new (at least composition of matter wise), been around a long, long time. All OPTR gets is 5 years exclusivity from the FDA and then generics will rape the market! Thus the nPV for FIDO makes OPTR an untouchable from a buyout perspective.....and retail Longs will be the bagholders, LOL!
It's Spooky the way you step in and call for price action in one direction and the stock immediately heads the other way---stay bearish ok?
my advice: stay on the sidelines...with the "doc"
If there's no ultimate market collapse the stock will be traded at 100 bucks within 2 years. And something's telling me you know this.Good luck with your holding!


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New Head of Business Roundtable Outlines 2014 Agenda
U.S. business leaders are redoubling their efforts to push a reluctant Congress to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and grant the president authority to negotiate international trade deals, diving into battles already raging between the business and tea party wings of the Republican Party.
Randall Stephenson, chief executive of AT&T Inc. and the new head of the Business Roundtable, met this week with members of Congress to press them to take action on both fronts. To boost economic growth, the group is also calling for a lower corporate tax rate in exchange for closing loopholes. And it wants Congress to avoid any repeat of the budget brinksmanship of recent years, which they say has discouraged business investment and hiring.
Arguably the hardest part of its four-point agenda for 2014 will be getting Republicans in Congress to sign on to an immigration overhaul that would legalize an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. But Mr. Stephenson said it was reasonable for the president to demand that it be part of any deal.
"I've not heard of anyone in Congress suggesting that we ought to send 11 million undocumented workers home," Mr. Stephenson told reporters at a breakfast on Wednesday. "And so to me, for the President to articulate that we have to establish a process that we have to deal with these 11 million undocumented workers is just logical."
Mr. Stephenson made similar points in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece today, emphasizing the need for fiscal stability, a tax overhaul, expanding trade and revamping immigration laws as a foundation for economic growth.
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) is planning to unveil a set of Republican "principles" on immigration ahead of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Jan. 28. Little is known about the Republican plan and critics say it will be too nebulous to advance the issue.
But Mr. Stephenson said he was "very hopeful" about what Mr. Boehner would deliver. "I'm anxious to see what he puts out," he said.
Asked whether he was cheered by Mr. Boehner's recent attack on the outside conservative groups that pushed his members to close down the government last year, Mr. Stephenson demurred. But he praised as a positive sign for business the recent bipartisan budget deal that prevented a new bout of budget brinksmanship.
"It's an indication that Congress is beginning to work, it's beginning to function," he said. "We're passing budgets, we're actually running the government. So, from our standpoint, if Speaker Boehner's comments are conducive to helping preserve that, extend that, perpetuate that into the future, terrific."
The Business Roundtable doesn't directly spend money trying to influence elections in the same way as, say, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But Mr. Stephenson said they encouraged the millions of employees and suppliers working for their member companies to contact members of Congress and impress upon them the importance of immigration reform and free trade. Members of the group generate annual revenues of more than $7 trillion and employ 16 million workers, according to the Business Roundtable.


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Alanis Morissette - 'Havoc And Bright Lights'
- Guardian
- Woman Down
- 'Til You
- Celebrity
- Empathy
- Lens
- Spiral
- Numb
- Havoc
- Win and Win
- Receive
- Edge of Evolution
When all those angry teens were blu-tacking Alanis next to their Leo poster, did they have any idea what they were getting themselves in for? Like all those 1930s woolly thinkers who said Hitler "at least makes the buses run on time," they could barely have predicted the hippie prig she would bloom into.
Here's Alanis on fame, in 2012: "I think fame became exciting for me in the late 90s because I could actually have it help me serve my vocationfulness."
Here's her on "now:" "I think people wanted a break from the inward-looking, quandary-esque approach and then now, not a moment too soon, I see us segueing back into a more psychological, emotional, spiritual commentary movement in music."
That's right. Alanis Morissette is much worse than even her detractors imagined. There's a song on here called "Celebrity" that, for raw insight, makes Nickelback's "Rockstars" look like "Reel Around The Fountain." Be very afraid.
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EU Seeks Stricter Offshore Oil Rules, Extends Zone, After Spill
European Union regulators proposed stricter safety standards for offshore oil and natural-gas exploration to curb the risk of a major accident after BP Plc's spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest in U.S. history.
Draft regulation presented today by the European Commission, the EU's regulatory arm in Brussels, sets risk-assessment rules for offshore platforms and gives national regulators more powers to inspect their operations. It also extends 16-fold the zone in which companies will be held liable for environmental damage.
"Securing best industry practices in all our offshore operations is an indisputable must," EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said in a statement.
Europe is considering ways to improve safety and bolster the "polluter pays" principle in the energy industry following the Gulf of Mexico spill last year. There are almost 1,000 offshore oil installations in the EU, including 486 in the U.K., 181 in the Netherlands and 61 in Denmark, according to the commission.
The draft regulation fixes rules for the entire life cycle of all exploration and production activities, requiring the offshore oil and gas industry to improve safety standards on a regular basis. Technical solutions that are critical to safety will be subject to verification by an independent third party.
'Financial Capacities'
The proposed measure also obliges national licensing authorities to ensure that operators have "sufficient technical and financial capacities necessary to control the safety of offshore activities and environmental protection." Member states will have to put in place an enforcement and penalty system for failure to comply with the safety rules and in case of serious breach of standards an operator may be ordered to stop drilling or production.
To better protect marine species and natural habitat, the draft regulation extends the zone in which companies will be fully liable for damages to waters to about 370 kilometers (230 miles) from the coast from the current 22 kilometers. The cost of a major accident in EU waters is about 205 million euros to 915 million euros ($1.3 billion) a year, based on data regarding wells and blow-outs and expenses related to property damage and clean-up of oil spills, according to the commission.
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The proposal by the commission needs the support of EU national governments and the European Parliament to become binding, a process that can take a year or more.
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Does Social Media Help Sell Books?
As an indie author, and a first-time one to boot, I've found that the hardest part of publishing is the promotion. Even though I studied marketing in college (heck, it was one of my minors!), marketing and promoting a novel is very different than anything I learned in school. It can't help that I graduated 14 years ago, when the Internet was still somewhat new and Internet marketing hadn't developed yet. Blogging, Facebook, Twitter… all those things came later, and without them, I don't see how self-publishing would be possible.
I believe social media is one of the best ways for a self-published author to get their book out there. If used right, it can be a very successful sales tool. I read about 100 books a year, and while I do the majority of my book-searching on GoodReads, I also find quite a lot through book blogs and social media. I see someone tweet about a book they loved and most of the time I'll follow the link to check it out myself. If it looks interesting, I add it to my to-read shelf over at GoodReads. Twitter is also fantastic at finding ebook specials, sales and freebies. I've loaded up my Kindle on special deals many times thanks to Twitter, and found some pretty great books I might not have otherwise checked out. The downside of that, however, is that most of the books I've downloaded because they were on sale or free are still sitting on my Kindle, unread. I may get to them one day, but with a few exceptions, I'm in no hurry to check them out because they didn't cost me very much (if anything). Still, it's good to know they're there, if I ever find myself out of library books.
One case that comes to mind of social media working on me is Unearthly by Cynthia Hand. It was on my to-read list for a while, but my library didn't have it and I was hesitant to spend $8 on an unfamiliar author. A few months ago, the publisher put it on sale for $0.99, probably as a promotion to prepare for the release of Hallowed, the second book in the series. I saw the deal tweeted by a book blogger and wasted no time grabbing it. I started it as soon as I finished whatever I was reading at the time, and read the entire thing in pretty much one sitting. I then immediately pre-ordered Hallowed, despite it costing $9.99, the maximum I'm willing to spend on an ebook. At that point I was hooked, and had to see what happened next. Which is exactly what the publisher was hoping would happen, so I would call that a successful promotion. It's one that I plan to try myself once I release more books.
For now, I only have one novel out (I'm aiming to release my second later this year), and I'll be the first to admit that I haven't yet used social media to its fullest advantage. A lifelong introvert, I have never felt comfortable promoting myself. While the anonymity of the Internet helps, I'm not the most outspoken of authors. I post occasionally on message boards and GoodReads groups, and I try to blog a few times a month. I tweet more frequently, but I don't like to push my book too often there. As a reader, authors who post promotional tweets every hour or so is a pet peeve of mine. So with that always in the corner of my mind, I'm careful to only tweet about my writing when I have something new to say: a new review I want to point out, a new blog post, an interesting mention I came across. I want to get my name out there and sell books, but I don't want to be a nuisance about it.
With the Titanic centenary happening this week, I'm hoping to use social media as much as I can to get the word out about Destined. I was worried initially that it would seem morbid to use the anniversary to sell more books, but with so much interest being renewed around the ship right now, how could I not? I wrote Destined because I have always been fascinated by the story of the disaster, and touched by the lives that were affected by it. It's my version of a love letter to the ship and the people who sailed on her, and I believe that love and respect comes through in the novel. So as the world remembers Titanic this week, I will be doing my best via this blog tour and social media to direct some of that attention to Destined. It's my own way of celebrating those 2200 souls who were on board the "Ship of Dreams" 100 years ago.
While flying across the Atlantic on the centennial anniversary of the Titanic's tragic maiden voyage, Apolline Greer, last in a long line of vampire hunters, finds herself suddenly transported from her airliner cabin to an eerily familiar ocean liner cabin—as well as the entirely unfamiliar body of her ancestor, Noelle Greer. Upon learning that she is, in fact, on board the very ship she's been fascinated with all her life, she knows there's only one thing to do: get off as soon as possible.
But whether by destiny, freak coincidence or a really vivid dream, Apolline finds that her trip back in time comes with three very good reasons to stay on board: Alexander Walker, a handsome and charming fellow vampire hunter; Cristof, the vampire that has tormented her family for generations and very likely killed her own mother; and Sasha, the vampire Noelle was sent to kill.
Time, however, is not on Apolline's side. The Titanic is on a collision course with destiny, and she only has four days to complete her quest. What seemed like more than enough time at the start quickly becomes too short as she finds that hunting vampires on a luxury ocean liner is much more difficult than she expected. Sasha and Cristof become more elusive as each day passes, while her feelings for Alexander become increasingly complicated. As that fateful night approaches, will she regret her decision to stay and witness history first-hand?
Destined got me right at the first chapter. The premise of Destined is very intriguing. You will find yourself engorge with every chapter. I found myself reading seamlessly in every page. Destined is a story of true love, true love which I think rarely happens nowadays or maybe that's just my opinion. It centered on the journey of Apolline Greer who traveled back in the past to meet another Vampire Hunter, her Destiny.
The setting of this book is the Titanic; I commend the author for the amount of research that she has given this novel. It was well researched and well written as well. You know about historical novel it requires a lot of research and I believe the author's research about the Titanic did justice to this novel.
The characters are easy to get along with. It seems that I connected well with the characters. Apolline is a Vampire Hunter who got mysteriously traveled back in time aboard the Titanic. She knew what will happen to the Titanic, but then she met Alexander, another Vampire Hunter. She got attached to him and decided to carry of the mission instead and be with Alexander. I find it noble but at the same time pathetic. But I think people will do anything for love. I believe Apolline did the right choose knowing what will happen to the ship.
My reading pleasure has been cut short with the following things. As much as I can say that I love this book there are certain things that I find quite off. First would be the delaying of story. There could have been a thousand times that the Vampire Hunters could accomplish their mission but I believe that it was being postponed, I hope not to lengthen the book tho. I believe it was not explained what's the reason Apolline was back in the past. Maybe it was mentioned but I guess I passed by it.
I believe Destined is a love story that you don't want to miss. The ending got me holding my breath and made me happy on how the novel turned out. If you love Titanic I believe you'll be reliving it along while reading this book. Check it out and you won't regret it!


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How much vallum would it take for a drunk 185 pound man to overdose?would the alcohol be a tremendes factor?Would it just cause a coma?Would it be fatal?READ MORE
how much valium would it take for a 185 pound man to overdose while drinking?
I have to ask...are you sure you are not asking for yourself? Can you describe the situation you are worried about. If it is a friend you are talking about...does he have acess to valium? Has he made any suicidal threats?
The New York Times has a good reference about Valium Overdose symptoms.
If this were to happen you would want to take him to the nearest emergency room. As Eileen has mentioned...valium and alcohol can be a deadly mixture.
Let us know more details and we can try to help you more. Thank you for your question.
Thank you for your question and welcome to AnxietyConnection.com.
I am not a medical professional and would not be able to give you medical advice. If you are concerned for your friend's well-being, you should seek the advice of a doctor or, in an emergency, call 9-1-1.
It would be impossible to say how much would cause an overdose. It is not recommended that Valium and alcohol be mixed at all.


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Definition of mephitic in English:
(Especially of a gas or vapour) foul-smelling; noxious: the cloud of mephitic vapours lingered above our heads
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- The revelation gave a new frisson to such descriptions as that of Silas Wegg, stumping triumphantly over the mounds, his wooden leg puncturing the surface crust, leaving a trail of mephitic vapours behind him.
- Black's student Daniel Rutherford called this gas mephitic air instead: mephitis is a noxious emission in legend, thought to emanate from the earth and cause pestilence.
- But why did all become so nasty in the last few years, so raucous, so mephitic?
Early 17th century: from late Latin mephiticus, from mephitis 'noxious exhalation'.
Words that rhyme with mephiticanalytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, arthritic, bauxitic, calcitic, catalytic, critic, cryptanalytic, Cushitic, dendritic, diacritic, dioritic, dolomitic, enclitic, eremitic, hermitic, lignitic, paralytic, parasitic, psychoanalytic, pyritic, Sanskritic, saprophytic, Semitic, sybaritic, syenitic, syphilitic, troglodytic
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While in São Paulo working on Estilo Hip Hop back in 2005, I came across a style of graffiti I had never seen before. And man that shit was EVERYWHERE! Up and down the sides of buildings, ledges and roofs- It was as if the whole city had been infected by this style of art, I later came to know as PIXAÇÃO. During my stay in São Paulo we met tons of artists who had a different takes on how and why it started, as well as how and why it continues to spread like wildfire. This video is a great exploration into one train of thought.
The glorious menace of PIXAÇÃO has been disseminating through the streets of São Paolo for decades, leaving the whole population to feel as if they are living in Suicidal Tendencies' band room. These videos capture the primitive form of graffiti as it lives now while giving a little back story of how it derived over the years from heavy metal imagery, barbarian alphabets, and pissed off favelans wanting to ram a paint can into the faces of the upper class. Thanks to Cool Hunting for putting this together.
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