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Victor Ortiz: I'm Taking The War To Mayweather's Ass!
By Chris Robinson
Victor Ortiz's life has changed dramatically since his April upset over then-WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto and his name is being thrust into the spotlight even more so with an upcoming showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ortiz defends his crown against the brazen and brash Mayweather on September 17th in a fight that looks more and more likely to be heading to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mayweather announced the Ortiz bout to his million-plus Twitter followers on June 7th but since we have heard nary a word from the Oxnard-based fighter on what the fight means to his career. I had been curious as to what had been on Ortiz's mind as was happy to see an in-depth interview on the 24-year old conducted by RingTV's Joseph Santoliquito.
In his own words, here are a few highlights from Ortiz's interview...
Ready for anything with Floyd Mayweather Jr...
"The contracts have been signed. Everything is set to go. We're looking for a venue, and it's going to be on pay-per-view HBO. I don't know what Floyd's issues are outside of the ring, all I know is that we're fighting. But it hit me a long time ago that my life has changed. Bucky Avila and Ron Lyle, those two were there since way back, and they always told me that I would be in the lights one day. In doing so, I should always keep my feet on the ground. I always listen to what they have to say. I wake up each morning and work hard. Coach wants me at four in the morning and I'm there at 3:30. If Mayweather is running two miles, I'm running three miles. I've been through so many ups and downs these last three years, I'm ready for anything."
Getting ready for Mayweather's antics...
"What's funny is that I don't scare easily and I don't let stuff like that bother me. I know what Floyd is up to and I know he's there to sell tickets. I'm there to take him off the throne. He can call me anything in the book, I'm ready for it. I'll pretty much laugh it off; I know it's coming. Floyd will drum up something to say and I'll laugh at him. I don't anger easily, either. I've been called every name in the book. I'm this, I'm that, I have no balls. Floyd can't bother me."
How to defeat Floyd Mayweather...
"I'll take him the same way I thought Oscar De La Hoya beat him, the way Jose Luis Castillo beat him, that's take the war to his ass. Every fighter I've faced is different. I'm not sure what Mayweather has planned for me, or what I have planned for Mayweather. Berto was one fight, we had a plan for him. Peterson was another fight, a different plan for him. I know how Floyd fights. We'll come with some game plan and go from there. I'll start training soon, maybe mid-June. I'm fat right now for welterweight, walking around at 156 pounds. I know I'll get down. I won't have problems making the weight."
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He needs to swarm Floyd from the opening bell,if Floyd gets into any sort of rythem he will dictate the pace of the fight.Comment by jknightx on 06-18-2011
[QUOTE=BIGPOPPAPUMP;10707687]Victor Ortiz's life has changed dramatically since his April upset over then-WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto and his name is being thrust into the spotlight even more so with an upcoming showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ortiz defends his crown…Comment by LeadUppercut on 06-18-2011
[QUOTE=Vegan101;10712186]LOL at the thread title. :lol1: I bet Gayweather will approve of this thread title (I'm Taking The War To Mayweather's Ass!) and have a boner at the same time. :lol1:[/QUOTE] I have noticed how you get excited at little…Comment by Vegan101 on 06-18-2011
LOL at the thread title. :lol1: I bet Gayweather will approve of this thread title (I'm Taking The War To Mayweather's Ass!) and have a boner at the same time. :lol1:Comment by tlarry on 06-18-2011
Victor will get there before Manny does, and beat the living hell out of Floyd on Mexican Independence Day! 8-1 odds favoring Mayweather.... Put $500 on Ortiz and go collect $4,000 then celebrate!Post a Comment - View More User Comments (117)


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Andrew Fitzmaurice reveals that English expansion was profoundly neo-classical in its inspiration, and that humanist traditions were extremely influential in the early development of the American colonies. Until now, accounts of early American colonization, and of European colonization in general, have placed great emphasis upon the links between colonization and the aggressive agendas of modern times claimed by historians and literary scholars.
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Team Francisco Claim Rigondeaux Refused The Fight
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Elmer Anuran, manager of world-ranked Filipino super bantamweight Drian Francisco claims that WBA champion Guillermo Rigondeaux "refused to fight Drian after a thorough review."
Anuran, quoting a supposed statement from Zanfer Promotions headed by Fernando Beltran, said Rigondeaux "opted to reconsider the Thai (Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym) who was his original foe."
Francisco's manager said, "They (Rigondeaux's camp) believe there's a higher risk fighting Drian."
Anuran earlier informed BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard that his fighter and his trainer Justin Fortune had accepted an offer to fight the WBA champion and thought there was a chance for the Filipino to score an upset over the two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist.
However, Rigondeaux' manager, Gary Hyde, told BoxingScene.com that they had decided to defend the WBA title against Poonsawat (48-2, 33KO), a former two-time title challenger.
Hyde said there was some discussion about a fight with Filipino contender Drian Francisco (23-1-1, 18KOs), but that the unbeaten champ has already signed a contract for Poonsawat.
Good news, that fight was a joke. [QUOTE=sinontec;12674143]Canelo would ko these bums any day!!![/QUOTE] Either you're joking about Canelo fighting smaller guys or you don't know they're in different weightclasses which means ydsab. [QUOTE=devildg;12674256]yea some clips of the kid looks…Comment by Bermuda on 11-07-2012
it's good that rigo's team turned down francisco...francisco vs rigo is a bs fight.Comment by CubanGuyNYC on 11-07-2012
Lol That's right, kid. Rigo is avoiding you to fight "Ring" magazine's number "2".Comment by komandante on 11-07-2012
Rigondeaux a so called elite fighter refused to fight the more dangerous Filipino. The same with another Cuban Gamboa doesn't want to take risk on fighting Rios. Poonsawat has credentials but less competitive than Drian Francisco. Donaire is right, Rigo…Comment by .:: JSFD26 ::. on 11-07-2012
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This study investigates roving, the practice of circulating library spaces and offering assistance, at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). It sets out to establish how this frontline service is currently practised and how staff feel about it. There is a specific focus on staff perspectives through a mixed methods approach to research in a workplace setting. This includes a survey of 23 Library Support Advisers (LSA) and two unstructured interviews with staff who contribute towards the operational management and strategic direction of roving at the university. A review of internal documentation pertaining to roving at ARU and a critical analysis of literature feed into research design and provide a basis for this inductive case study. Aspects of the service evident in the results include visibility and uniform, approachability and comfort zones, technology, behaviour management and stress. Results imply that LSAs understand the purpose of roving but there are divergent opinions as to how it should be practised as well as evidence of staff discomfort when it comes to undertaking practical elements of the current service. A Senior Management perspective brings the notion of library spaces to the fore, and points to further research in order to manage transitional change. 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The objectives are: to engage stakeholders of the library in implementing an acceptable learning space; discover the uses of space by library patrons; and to find out the best strategy of introducing change in the provision of library services. The methodology adopted after a review of the literature was social survey. It was a qualitative study that employed triangulation as a data-gathering technique. This involved focus group meetings, unstructured interview, formal observation, usage statistics, and photo interview. The method of analysis was also qualitative: critical narration with supportive quotes, tables and figures where necessary. Results of the research show that the learning space is used for a variety of purposes including access to electronic resources, serious reading, relaxation, group study and discussion, charging of mobile devices, which all contribute to learning. Social interaction was a major need that was met; and areas of improvements in the space were identified. This research achieved its objectives because stakeholders were engaged as participants in the study and they expressed themselves freely; uses of the learning space were also observed and documented and the met and unmet need of patrons in the space identified. Necessary improvements are suggested. A key recommendation of the study is that stakeholders should be involved in the design and implementation of learning spaces. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z A New Heart: Investigating stakeholder perceptions of the role and impact of Canada Water Library in community regeneration McLaren, Nuala http://hdl.handle.net/2160/42844 2016-05-09T13:27:06Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z A New Heart: Investigating stakeholder perceptions of the role and impact of Canada Water Library in community regeneration McLaren, Nuala The purpose of this research is to ask questions about the intentions of stakeholders in putting Canada Water Library (CWL) at the heart of a large regeneration scheme. It asks to what extent the library has achieved placemaking and community revitalization aims for stakeholders including local government budget holders and decision makers, library users and key opinion makers in the community through both the capital project and subsequent programming of events and library use. A case study was conducted which involved gathering qualitative data from a series of eight interviews with key stakeholders identified and examining quantitative and qualitative data from secondary data about CWL and the regeneration project. The findings from the data analysis show that CWL has overwhelmingly met stakeholder aims. All stakeholders expressed positive views about the contribution CWL had made to placemaking and community building over a variety of themes that emerged. This has been evidenced from secondary data. Some key areas that were examined include iconic architecture, library programming, user participation, social capital, libraries as low-intensive meeting places, partnerships and libraries as identity creators. Overall the evidence suggests that in CWL stakeholders were satisfied with CWL's contribution to placemaking and community building. It also suggests that the relationship between libraries in culture-led regeneration and community-making is a compelling one. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Matching Expectations: Use of an academic library by international nursing students alongside faculty expectations of their library use Murray, Aoife http://hdl.handle.net/2160/42812 2016-05-04T14:15:39Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Matching Expectations: Use of an academic library by international nursing students alongside faculty expectations of their library use Murray, Aoife The purpose of this research was to explore the academic library needs of international nursing students and the expectations of their faculty about their library use with the aim of developing recommendations for how the library can develop services to bridge gaps identified. A case study approach was adopted focussing on the students and academic staff of the Bachelor of Nursing (International) programme at St. Angela's College, Ireland. A literature review established the study within the context of relevant research. A mixed methods approach to data collection was adopted. Quantitative data to establish students' previous library experience and current library use was collected using a questionnaire. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with samples of students and faculty to establish their expectations, experiences and assumptions about students' library use. A thematic approach to data analysis was used to compare findings. The research showed that both faculty and students believed students to be unprepared to meet faculty expectations for utilising library services, particularly for research purposes upon commencement of their studies. Students identified a lack of online research and academic library experience as the main barriers. Faculty, while acknowledging these factors, believed the reasons to be more complex citing language, professional and social culture and differing expectations of the teaching and learning relationship. Recommendations for library services to bridge these gaps centre on the development of specialised library user education services and the incorporation of strategies to overcome cultural and language barriers to student participation. Faculty were supportive of working collaboratively with the library to improve student outcomes by overcoming identified barriers to library use. Potential areas for further research include the development of an information literacy programme for international nursing students; the impact of specialised user education on international student outcomes and the role of smartphone technology in developing library services for international students from developing countries. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z


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Published: June 15, 2000
SEOUL, South Korea, Thursday, June 15— With surprising speed and warmth, the presidents of North and South Korea reached a broad agreement on Wednesday to work for peace and unity on their bitterly divided peninsula, the biggest step by either side to ease tensions in 50 years.
The agreement, which came after more than three hours of talks in the North Korea capital, Pyongyang, on the second day of their first summit meeting, was signed and toasted by President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea and President Kim Jong Il of the North, who were shown on South Korean television clinking champagne glasses, shaking hands vigorously and smiling broadly.
The agreement, while deliberately vague, had clearly left both men buoyant. If carried through, the accord would reduce the precarious isolation of the North and address many basic points that have long been seen as keys to ending the cold war on the heavily fortified peninsula, where the United States still maintains 37,000 troops.
The general points agreed on included the need for reconciliation and unification; the establishment of peace; the commencement in August of exchange visits by members of divided families; and more cultural exchanges. [Text, Page A14.]
In addition, it was agreed that Kim Jong Il would visit Seoul ''at the earliest appropriate moment.'' The two sides also discussed the creation of offices in each other's capitals, and establishing a hot line between their leaders.
''At this very hour, the attention of the 70 million Korean people is drawn to Pyongyang, and the eyes of the entire world are riveted to this place,'' the South Korean president said in a banquet prior to the signing. ''For the first time, the Korean people can see a bright future as a dawn of hope for reconciliation, cooperation and unification is breaking.''
While the agreement provides no road map for the future and did not address pressing security issues, it left many people here hopeful that a decisive turn was shaping up in relations between two governments that have vilified each other for decades.
In addition, the emergence of the reclusive North Korean leader in the role of a jovial statesman was certain to challenge the image of North Korea as a ''rogue state'' so dangerous that Washington is proposing to spend billions of dollars on an antimissile system to defend against it.
''It is important to remember the symbolic importance of this meeting,'' said a diplomat. ''Hopefully, things will continue to proceed from here, but this has already been an unexpected success.''
If the agreements lacked the kind of fine detail that is often carefully worked out in important negotiations like these, they may have more than compensated for that by the strongly personal imprimatur placed on them by leaders whose repeated performances before the cameras left no doubts about their enthusiasm.
''In societies as hierarchical as Korea, that counts for a lot,'' said Leon V. Sigal, a North Korea expert at Columbia University. ''In the North, having Kim Jong Il sign his name to a communique like this makes it the equivalent of dogma.''
Perhaps the brightest moment of the day came at the toast shared by the two leaders at the signing ceremony, which took place at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday and was broadcast in South Korea an hour later.
While the 75-year-old South Korean president paused between draughts as he tried to empty his glass, the younger Kim Jong Il, who has been characterized in the South as a heavy drinker, tilted his head back and finished his champagne in one go.
One of the meeting's most significant achievements was to help fill in a sketchy portrait of the 58-year-old Kim Jong Il, who has been caricatured outside his country as a crackpot and a playboy.
He was frequently on view again on Wednesday, for the second consecutive day, as he was shown talking with his southern counterpart in a relaxed and self-confident manner. He himself joked about his reputation as a recluse.
''Westerners seem to have been very anxious about why I live like a hermit,'' he said in an informal chat with Kim Dae Jung, moments before the two leaders went into a two-hour and 20-minute meeting. ''And now, with your visit, they've got the answer.''
Seeking to dispel this image, the North Korean leader said he had traveled overseas many times, naming two countries he had visited, China and Indonesia, but said that he had done so secretly.
Kim Dae Jung, who had smiled politely throughout this impromptu banter, set off laughter among the aides in the room from both sides when, referring to the reports about the North Korean leader, he replied, ''You seem to know everything.''
South Koreans, who paused from work throughout the day to watch the events on television, and were riveted to the their screens for the dramatic late night conclusion, expressed surprise about the warm and apparently relaxed atmosphere surrounding the talks, which began with the unexpected greeting of Kim Dae Jung by the northern president upon his arrival at the airport.
Many people said they were impressed by how normal and personable the mysterious northern leader was, after years of denigrating propaganda in the south.
''This will change the relationship between the two countries,'' said Park Han Sung, a clerk at an eyeglass shop in downtown Seoul.
''Maybe nothing dramatic will happen right away,'' he added, ''but most people would agree that a surprising amount of progress and understanding has been achieved already.''


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Updated: 01/20/2016 - The Bath Tub Dogs and Boots and Cats are two of UNL's biggest A Cappela groups.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - Escape Rooms are the latest trend making waves across the United States.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - OMAHA -- The Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority has voted to approve a full, face-value refund for all victims of the Taylor Swift ticket scam.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - Sapahn Designs is bridging the gap between Thai artisans and American consumers.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - Licorice International has been a staple in Lincoln's Haymarket for more than 10 years now, the local store is being recognized for their unique candy.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - Feld Motor Sports® announced today that Monster Jam®, the world's premier Monster Jam truck series, will return to Lincoln's Pinnacle Bank Arena April 15 and 16, 2016.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - Local business, Italian Fusion is known for it's delicious and versatile seasonings. The chef behind it wanted to make delicious food quick and easy.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - A local rapper promotes positivity through his raps.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - Due to the success of the concert series throughout the month of June, organizers decided to surprise the Lincoln community with 4 more weeks of jazz music.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - The Lincoln Fencing Club is making sure that all members of the community have the opportunity to join in on the fun.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - Uncork your creativity at the Corky Canvas located in South Lincoln for an art class with a grown up twist. Painters are able to enjoy a night with friends and adult beverages while creating their own unique masterpieces.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - The Drowsy Chaperone is coming to the Stage Theater in Hickman. The director says the musical comedy has a little something for the entire family.
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Updated: 01/20/2016 - Maggie's Vegetarian Cafe has been a staple in Lincoln for more than a decade now.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - The UNL DJ Club had very few members and was on the verge of falling apart. However, now everything has changed and the DJ Club is a go to for having a good time.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - An Afternoon of Choirs, featuring three choirs from the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will take center stage on Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - "The Wildwoods" band writes their own music that is blended with many different instruments and genres.
Updated: 01/20/2016 - The 2015 State Games of America (SGA) will begin with high-flying theatrics and patriotic flair at the Opening Ceremonies, July 31, at Memorial Stadium on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.
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Some may forget that "Gay Days" is not just for gay men. The annual gathering at Disney World will be accompanied by a four-day weekend full of lesbian-centered events called "Girls in Wonderland."
The Orlando celebration will include pool parties, live shows with artists including "The Voice" season one finalist Beverly McCLellan, and late-night events such as "Climax," which features DJs and go-go dancers.
Lesbian celebrity guests making appearances this weekend also include actress Jessica Clarke from the show "True Blood," and The L Word rock band Hunter Valentine.
Part of the proceeds will go to the National Center for Lesbian Rights and another portion toward the Zebra Coalition, an Orlando-based organization for LGBT youth.
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Trailing by 14 points just before halftime, Darrel Goulding, Michael McLllorum, Josh Charnley, Blake Green and Pat Richards crossed as the Warriors became the first team since St Helens in 2006 to complete a memorable double following their Challenge Cup triumph at Wembley in August.
Warrington had opened up a commanding lead thanks to a three-try blitz midway through the first-half.
Wigan stirred into life just before the break and proved unstoppable in the second 40 minutes as they claimed the title and extended Warrington's long wait for another league crown into a 59th year.
"It's an absolute fairytale," winger Richards, who was playing his final game for Wigan before returning to Australia, told Sky Sports.
"It wasn't the best of starts but credit to our boys, we stuck in there."
Warrington had looked on course to end their title drought when Joel Monaghan, Simon Grix and Ben Westwood stunned Wigan in the first half.
But Goulding's try, two minutes before the break, cut the deficit to 10 and gave Wigan, seeking a second Super League title in four years, some much needed belief.
When McLllorum burrowed over next to the posts from dummy half the gap was down to just four points and Wigan's stirring comeback reached fever pitch when Super League's top try scorer Charnley gathered a clever chip through from Goulding to record his 43rd try of the season.
Charnley could have inflicted further misery on Warrington moments later but he failed to collect a Tomkins pass with the try line at his mercy.
It mattered little however as Blake Green stretched the lead to eight and Richards completed the comeback by converting his own try with the clock ticking down.
Warrington were willing to the end but Wigan's class came through as they sent Richards and the New Zealand Warriors-bound Sam Tomkins to Australia's NRL competition as winners
"It's unbelievable. Greatest game of my life," Tomkins said.
"Desire and belief was the key. We're a really tight group, we knew if we stuck to our game plan, we could do it."
For Warrington, the defeat was their second successive in the Super League grand final after last year's loss to Leeds.
"Pretty devastating," Warrington captain Adrian Morley said told Sky Sports. "I thought we were outstanding in the first half but that try just before halftime probably gave them something. Credit to them."
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Model Bianca Balta won applause of approval as she walked down the Dolce&Gabbana runway in an advanced stage of pregnancy. It was part of the designing duo's early Mother's Day present to women, a collection dedicated to moms.
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One military planner compared the area of combat to a pepperoni pizza in a box: the pepperonis were groups of enemy fighters. The box was the American-led coalition blocking force. The American plan was to move allied and American fighters by land and by air toward the enemy clusters for direct engagement and to drive them outward toward the blocking force.
''We are fighting them in bits and pieces,'' a senior officer said.
Special Operations troops and soldiers of the 10th Mountain and the 101st Airborne Divisions have scrambled from Chinook helicopters to engage pockets of heavily armed Qaeda fighters or force them to flee outward toward waiting coalition forces. ''We're pushing together and tightening the circle as we take chunks out,'' a senior American officer said.
To the east and southeast of the combat area, two Afghan generals, Kamal Khan Zadran and Zakim Khan, are responsible for blocking the fleeing foe. Army Special Forces soldiers -- the Green Berets -- are with each of the Afghan generals to coordinate operations.
About 200 Special Operations troops from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Norway and one other unidentified country have blocked known routes of escape from the south and southwest, conducted reconnaissance and called in airstrikes, senior military officials said. Due north is sealed by nature, a high mountain ridge that American military officials say defies ascent.
Operation Anaconda opened under the cover of darkness early last Saturday in Afghanistan with an attack from the northwest led by Gen. Zia Lodin, with as many as 450 Afghan fighters and a small number of American Special Forces. The target was the village of Sirkankel, about 25 miles south of Gardez.
''This mission involves Afghan and coalition service members, but the main effort is the Afghan forces,'' the military's Central Command said in a statement issued hours after the battle started.
That quickly changed when Qaeda and non-Afghan Taliban fighters surprised the allied force with a fierce defense, killing one American and two Afghans and wounding 24 coalition troops. Most of General Zia's trucks were destroyed and his troops retreated to Gardez.
The hole left by General Zia's retreat had to be plugged, and American troops who had intended to block fleeing adversaries or hopscotch around the battle zone were immediately dropped into the gap awaiting General Zia's return.
General Zia's forces, however, did not resume their advance until Wednesday, four days later, well after American-led forces had taken control over the battlefield.
One American officer familiar with General Zia's combat history said that after his men took heavy fire, he probably held them out of the fight, knowing that Americans would have to take up battle for him.
''This is the way everybody fights over there,'' this officer said. ''Fight and fall back. You don't want to take too many combat losses yourself. You save your resources from attrition, to make sure you stay in power when it's all over.''
American troops on the ground have complained in interviews that their intelligence officers underestimated both the numbers of the enemy and their combat skills. Pentagon officials deny this, saying it was impossible to gauge accurately the size of opposition forces that had been gathering in caves.
The original plan, drawn up by Maj. Gen. Franklin L. Hagenbeck, commander of the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, N.Y., was drafted four to six weeks ago when American intelligence began observing Al Qaeda fighters coalescing into the Shah-i-Kot Valley.
American troops conducted dry runs and rehearsed the operation with Afghan allies for about two weeks before the assault. Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reviewed the battle plan in a visit to Afghanistan on Feb. 20, 10 days before it began. President Bush received a specific briefing.
Reconnaissance forces slipped into the mountains a few days before the main attack was scheduled, but the operation was delayed a couple of days by bad weather. By Friday, March 1, the weather had cleared and at about 9 p.m Eastern time -- dawn in Afghanistan on Saturday -- the offensive began.
''Early on, the situation changed pretty quickly,'' one senior officer said, referring to the Afghan retreat. ''But in the main, the bad guys have gotten whipped badly.''
Photo: Afghan government troops headed for Gardez yesterday to support the coalition against Al Qaeda forces in Shah-i-Kot. Officials said Arab, Uzbek and possibly Chechen fighters were being driven out of fortified, well-stocked caves and trenches. (Piers Benatar/Panos, for The New York Times)(pg. 26) Chart/Map: ''Coalition Forces Say They Have Taliban Surrounded '' THE COALITION FORCES AFGHAN FORCES Forces under Gen. Zia Lodin repelled by Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters days before, resumed their offensive on Wednesday from the northwest. Gen. Kamal Khan Zadran and Gen. Zakim Khan are in position to the east and southeast. All Afghan forces contain small numbers of U.S. Special Forces. UNITED STATES FORCES Army air assault troops from the 10th Mountain Division and the 101st Airborne Division, along with Special Operations forces, are taken into the Shah-i-Kot valley by Chinook helicopters for direct attacks on the pockets of Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters. COALITION SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES Approximately 200 coalition special operations forces from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Norway and a seventh unidentified country occupy positions in the south and southwest. Their role is to provide some blocking, as well as reconnaissance and some direct action. (Sources: United States Department of Defense; East View Cartographic [elevation data])(pg. 26) Map of Afghanistan highlighting the area of fighting near the town of Gardez. (pg. 26)


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India's thin are our fat
Andrew Bolt
–, Monday, December, 10, 2012, (7:22am)
The physique of poverty in India:
Take Nagpur, where 36% of the population lives in slums. According to NFHS-3, both children and adults living in slums in the city were worse off in terms of their nutritional status than the non-slum population. "Among children age 0-5 years, the prevalence of stunting is 79% higher and of underweight is 47% higher in slum areas than in non-slums areas (48% vs 27% children stunted and 42% vs 28% children underweight)," states the report.
The physique of poverty in Australia:
An Australian study has found that children are more likely to be obese if they are from low-income families…
Associate Professor Dr Jenny O'Dea says her study of 8,500 children ... shows about 9 per cent of children from low-income families were obese, compared to about 4 per cent of children from high-income families.
An Australian study has found that children are more likely to be obese if they are from low-income families…
Associate Professor Dr Jenny O'Dea says her study of 8,500 children ... shows about 9 per cent of children from low-income families were obese, compared to about 4 per cent of children from high-income families.
A first world cure is proposed for the dietary problems of the poor:
OBESE people on low incomes are getting far less access to weight-loss surgery than people on high incomes with private health insurance, new research shows.
OBESE people on low incomes are getting far less access to weight-loss surgery than people on high incomes with private health insurance, new research shows.
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Assuming your heart, back, etc can stand it, try working in a tyre warehouse if you want to lose weight.
A few hours a day bowling car tyres out of shipping containers, mixed with the occasional one full of truck or tractor tyres, and the weight will melt off you. I lost about 10kg withot even trying, while still eating large steak dinners. Don't know if it's scientific, but the food seems to go to muscle rather than fat.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (07:43am)
The statistics highlighting obesity rates among kids should be a wake up call to the government and to the education system. Schools should encourage kids to play sports more, either during classes or during breaks in between. There seems to be more of an effort put into restricting kids access to sporting equipment at school, in an attempt to stop them hurting themselves. Outside of school, the financial cost for kids to participate in sporting clubs is very high. As an example, it costs my son over $200 to play AFL footy in his under 14 team, and roughly 3/4's of the cost relates to insurance and affiliation fees. The little athletics club advertises enrolment days, where families are asked to pay $160 or more per child. Netball also costs a small fortune. With four children, it is very hard to afford these things.
Rather than bringing in a fully funded maternity leave scheme, both political parties would be better off spending billions on funding junior sport so that the cost no longer deters parents from enrolling their kids.. Just think of the financial relief it would offer parents, and the opportunities it would open for kids.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (07:45am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:59am)
Just a minute, Roman . . . Sports at school is all very well, but the overall responsibility for the obesity of the children lies with their parents, not the schools.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:19pm)
It all comes down to the cost of healthy, nutritious food.
It is far more expensive thank junk food.
End of story.
Making junk food more expensive is not the answer either.
Subsidising our farmers would be a good start.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:21pm)
Sport,sport,sport! It seems to be the answer to everything. Overweight? Go and play sport. Brawling race-based gangs at the beach? Make them play sport. Under achieving at school? More sport is needed to give self esteem. ?...No matter what the problem Australians answer is...SPORT.well,get this. There are a lot of us out here who can't stand sport. We came from other countries,maybe where we didn't absorb the brainwashing, or maybe we were not good at anything and therefore didn't get to play it or even learn the rules in the first place. Usually we keep quiet, but there are times when the braying and baloney just goes over the top! It has been known for ages that in Wesrern countries obesity is a poor person's disease. Diets packed with refined carbohydrates,little quality protein,deficient in fruit, all leads to the vicious circle of inactivity and obesity. All those fitness-promoting things like gyms,camping,wilderness trecking...all cost lots of money. Far be it from me to start begging for government assistance for these things. People have to sort it themselves........but please, give us a break from the great god sport who will never answer all our prayers!.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:32pm)
Gogs is right. Parents are the key.
Schools sport teachers are inundated with parent notes stating that little Johnny or Mary cannot participate in sport due to _______ (fill in the blank) are all too common.
Sport teachers are then legally obliged to have that child not participate (or be sued!)
Usually the note-bearers are the children for whom exercise would be the most beneficial.
Schools cannot be blamed for lack of parental responsibility. Most schools have adequate sports programmes. Parents should ensure their own children are actively engaged in at least one sport outside of school hours, even if it is just riding a bike, scooter, etc around the block a few times. That doesn't cost much, does it?
How did the poor kids do it in generations past?
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:34pm)
Agreed, Gogs, but our schools are teaching children that playing sport and schoolyard games are dangerous. They take this thinking home with them. Society is quick to blame fast food consumption for higher obesity rates among kids, but surely there is a connection with schools restricting physical activity and the increasing cost of structured sport due to over-regulation and a fear of litigation. My son and his mates regularly get detention for tackling each other while playing footy on the school oval, so they'll sit for a week at a time in a classroom during lunch break. That never happened when I went to school. If we expect our schools to influence the way kids think with regards learning in class and and having a social conscience, why don't we expect that the schools attitude to sport will influence the way kids think about playing it and the risks attached? If the schools say it is too dangerous, the kids think that it is.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:56pm)
WA's Barnett government offers subsidies for children ( of low income earners ) to assist in sport participation . However, 14,000 are homeless , each night in this state
Labor will not committ to continuing sports involment or reducing homeless .. both are vital for a kids future
Did you all realise that 69.045% of all statistics are made up on the spot? Especially those dealing with obesity, where the per centage is 71.369.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (07:49am)
Exactly!! This story is nothing more than gross stupidity.If poor people, and I would like to know the statistics for welfare dependant as opposed to having a job and not making ends meet, didnt have the money for the food that they overeat than they wouldn't be fat, obese even. Fat people rich and poor are fat because they eat way too much and sit on their bum even more
No by the way I do not want to pay for fatties to have their stomach stapled let them pay with the money they save from not overeating
Mon 10 Dec 12 (07:55am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:00am)
Bit rough to blame the kids, Park.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (11:20am)
No, poor people are fat because its cheaper to eat junk and processed food rather than fresh fruit and veggies.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:19pm)
Mr jordon you obviously don't shop very often and assume that we all fall in the same category. Wrong
Poor people rich or poor eat too much and move too little that's the reason why they are fat.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:21pm)
To Mr Jordon: poor people are fat because they are lazy. Poverty is the result of being lazy. It is simple.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:24pm)
I don't often agree with you, Jordan, but on cost of food you have a point… to a point. The cheapest calories are carbohydrates. In very poor countries even these consume a large proportion of income. In industrialised countries it takes a smaller proportion of income to satisfy hunger.
The "obesity epidemic" of the wealthier societies is either a blessing or a curse, depending on how you see the glass.
I was in a country supermarket last week and I heard an aboriginal woman, shopping for a family, lament to herself while in the vege section "It's so expensive to shop healthy". She had bellies to fill and choices to make - healthy or hungry.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:53pm)
Please explain what role cortisol has in metabolism
Mon 10 Dec 12 (01:27pm)
Jordon, when the ALP gives you your lunch break, go spend $10 at the fruit and veg shop, the go spend another $10 at a fast food joint.
Junk food is not cheap as you might know if you had to pay for your own meals. The difference is that fast food is easy.
People don't eat junk to save money, they do it because they are lazy.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (02:37pm)
Again the contrarian Jordon. And wrong again.
I'm five foot ten and weigh 70 kg. I'm 65 years old. I don't eat junk and my food bill is insignificant. I suppose your solution to the poor/fat problem would be more welfare so such people can buy filet steak, fresh prawns, blueberries, avocados and mangos.
Simple send our lower socio economic fast food hoovers to live in an Indian slum and bring an Indian slum dweller back as an exchange i reckon 99% of the slum dwellers would grab every oppurtunity and would be the countries high achievers within a generation unlike some of our migrants
Mon 10 Dec 12 (07:59am)
Or we could ban dangerous sugar, fat and salt levels in processed foods. That or pay for poor, fat peoples weight loss surgery, to Leven their later straining the Health system. I vote for banning.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (08:20am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (08:58am)
Or we could just blame the lazy parents who find it easier to shove a cheese burger in their kids mouth than actually prepare a meal which is nutritional.
Oh that's right , in BT's world everyone else is responsable for a persons actions!
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:02am)
Or we could just ban the guns that people are holding to the heads of fat people, forcing them to eat the foods high in sugar, fat and salt. The good old lefty loves to ban stuff, doesn't he?
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:02am)
People like you Ted will always vote for banning. It is ingrained in your nature. That is becasue you have no sense of, nor do your value the concept of, individual responsibility and choice.
Even you second choice, get well off people to pay for poor peoples bad choices, seems like a good idea to you.
God help us if people like you and you mery band of greens, ever rise to a position of real influence.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:08am)
Or we could just hold people accountable for their own choices.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:11am)
And whilst the "poor fat people" are in having gastric band we might as well sterilise them that would save us a fortune down the track.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:12am)
Big Ted I don't think banning would work because the fast food industry is such a large employer of young people. This gives them an incredible amount of pull when it comes to legislation to ban anything.
Instead of banning there should be restrictions placed on the amount of those substances in any food.
That and remove the restrictions on kids playing at school. Exercise is the best way for children to loose weight. Maybe we could ban X-Boxes and stuff like that. That way kids will have to do what kids have done for centuries, play. Maybe the government could have a buy back scheme like they did for guns. Oh and while we're banning things lets ban afternoon television for children. Put nothing else on but documentaries so if they sit infront of the TV they will actually learn something.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:14am)
I vote for banning.
Now there's a shock.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:16am)
What is it with the caricature left and fascistic control?
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:07am)
I'm totally against banning fatty foods, but I do think it might be worth having a look at the way maccas and co target kids in their advertising. Are they still allowed to advertise fast food during cartoons?
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:36am)
Seriously, people. Banning wasn't even mentioned in this post until now.
Little Teddy is just being his usual wanktastic self. Don't bite.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (11:10am)
Paying for their surgery is one thing if they seriously believe it will change their lives. Paying for the repeat surgery to repair the failure of the first surgery because the underlying problem (over-eating) hasn't been touched on is where I draw the line.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (11:14am)
Or we could let people eat what they want free from the invasive left wing elite?
Leftism is saying that we should bad sugar on one hand, on the other saying we should legalise marijuana. Hyporcites.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (11:45am)
No doubt it is Australia's fault that Indians are thin so we should pay them compensation. Additionally, before Australia became a welfare state the lower socio-economic stratas got off their bums and worked. They may have struggled but they were healthier. Taking your looney logic further we should pay them more, raise them up to a higher income and they will become thinner.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:25pm)
I have posted this before but given the obvious from BT it is worth repeating.
If a Conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a Green is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a Conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a Green is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a Conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A Green wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a Conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Greens demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a Conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A Green non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
If a Conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A Green demands that the rest of us pay for his.
It is time that we as reasonably intelligent Conservatives wake up to the fact that under the present Government we are heading for disaster in more ways than one, time for us to stop supporting this ideological claptrap and kick the bastards out
Mon 10 Dec 12 (01:27pm)
Just like drugs...Oops, did I just catch you out being a hypocrite?
Obesity is a national security issue. A nation of fatties can not defend itself.
Fat food is cheap here, think Maccas, Hungry Jacks, Pizzas. They are much cheaper than fresh, healthy foods.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (08:35am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:03am)
Particularly when you factor in the now expensive cost of (utilities) for cooking and cleaning.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:03am)
No their not andrew, you can feed a family of Four easily and with variety on $15 per day if you actually shop for fresh food and prepare it.
But yes if you buy a loaf of bread for ONE meal and a whole lettuce for one meal etc you can make a $25 fast food night out look cheap.
I dont have an issue with people eating anything they like, if they are fat, then they are "fat". Dont like? Put less in than you put out and you will be fine, fast food or not.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:14am)
Andrew s time for me and you to go shopping.
Lets buy one kilo of heartsmart mince, bag of 4 kilo potatoes, kilo tomatoes, cheese, cucumbers. Just to start
Kilo of mince will give you about 10 patties and cost about $12
Bag of potatoes will cost about $6
tomatoes will set you back around $4 or less when in season
cucumbers will be about $2 a kilo.
Cheese about $5.
Loaf of bread around $2
All this will cost you about $31
Now lets consider Maccas, family of four buys 4 meals cost around $40.
Still thinking poor people are fat because they eat junk because it's cheap?
Plus with my shopping list you'll have food left over for the next day.
Now for fruit
Bag of chips $2
Kilo of Bananas $2
about 5 bananas in one kilo.
Time for a new theory and excuses for those fatties who want the Australian taxpayer to pick up the bill AGAIN!!!
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:38am)
I beg to differ. I guarantee I could make a large pot of filling healthy soup, such as beef, vegetable and barley, for less than it costs to feed a family at Maccas. Ditto other types of nutritious cheap meals. Many people living in poverty here are money poor, but not time poor.If you are unemployed or a single stay at home mother you have time to cook these cheap but healthy meals. I do not understand how anyone can claim to be poor if they have enough money to overeat.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:29am)
Sorry AndrewS, home cooked food is much cheaper than takeaway. If you are unemployed and don't have much money but plenty of time, there is no excuse for takeaway food. You just need to plan your menu around seasonal food and shop accordingly. If kids like takeaway, cook similar at home once a week. Fish and chips, pizza and bbq burgers are easy and cheap to make at home.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:45am)
That is PURE BS.
Most of them are BLOODY EXPENSIVE when it comes to feeding a family.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (11:35am)
Park, You're comparing two different things. Yes, it's cheaper to buy healthy food at the supermarket than it is to buy unhealthy fast food. However, this isn't a correct comparison. It is even cheaper still for a family to buy unhealthy food from the supermarket.
Compare, white bread vs brown bread, fresh produce vs frozen chips, etc…
Healthy fast food is always more expensive than unhealthy fast food. A lot more expensive too.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:16pm)
MattR, completely disagree, fresh food is always cheaper than junk even when you buy junk food from the supermarket, compare fresh fruit to processed fruit for example. Even buying pies and dim sims is not cheaper than fresh food. Per kilo.
I used the mince meat comparison by the way seeing that take away shops sells hamburger and chips and Maccas sells the same.
The obesity epidemic is contagious. You can catch it in cake shops, fast food outlet or the diet coke aisle at the supermarket. You rarely catch it at the fruit and vegetable outlet or the gym. Harder working productive, richer people tend to look after their bodies and are often found at the gym. In Labors thinking they would give the fat and poor gym memberships to make them hard working. That how dumb Labor are.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (08:41am)
Not having access to fat removal surgery? The poor dears. Then again you wouldn't want to consider just eating and drinking less and exercising. No why do all that hard work and impose self-discipline when the tax payer can pay to have it removed the easy way? How socially aware of the medical profession to call for more taxpayer money so the poor people don't suffer.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (08:52am)
Junk food is cheap. Try and buy a salad sandwich with an orange juice or similar for under $10. You can get a burger, chips and a large sugar hit for about $6
Family of 4 saves $16 by eating crap.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:03am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:49am)
Yeah, and if they got of their lazy fat arses and went to the supermarket, a Family of 4 could save about $30 on a salad sandwhich and juice for each of them.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:17pm)
How very true! Too bloody lazy to make their own.
I thought if you were poor you couldn't afford to buy food. So how come our little treasures are FAT! Sorry, go to jail, OBESE. They could save a lot of money by eating bananas and bread instead of big macs and fries.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:06am)
In the Western world obestity is common in the poor. This is due to access to cheap convenience food, and poor access to fresh foods. I can remember a study (sorry no link, so no proof) where a study was done and it was found poorer areas had less access to supermarkets than more affulent areas. There were fewer supermarkets and they were further apart. This made it more difficult to get to a supermarket and buy healthy foods. If it takes you twenty minutes each way to get to Coles or 5 to get to maccas you will go to maccas more often.
Diabetes, and asthma are the diseases of poverty in the US, due to poor diet and poor building materials in housing provided for the poor.
Education is part of the solution, but there are some infrastructure needs as well. I once sold a gas fridge to a welfare group for a family who had no access to electricity and were spending all their money trying to pay for petrol to shop every day as they had no refrigeration. That anecdote was from 5 years ago.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:21am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:57pm)
spending all their money trying to pay for petrol ...........
No pushbikes, ice and eskies available?
Mon 10 Dec 12 (02:41pm)
"poor access to fresh foods."
In Australia if you have access to fast foods you certainly have access to supermarkets. There are things called buses, trains and cars that will help you.
If you have your health, a roof over your head, a hot meal in your stomach and your liberty you've got all you need and much more than millions living today. Our poor aren't poor at all. They're just feckless, or uneducated, or the worst of a good bunch. Call it what you will, just don't call it poverty.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:33am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:41am)
Awesomely stated.
The governments 'low fat food' push has been a disaster.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (09:34am)
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:52am)
Not exactly a surprise that it was a disaster !!
What hasn't been !!
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:42pm)
Especially when all they did was replace the 8 grams of fat per serve with 25 grams of sugar....what is worse really?
The marketing people have won, eliminate the fat...97% fat free etc, more sugar than a can of coke and thats in those stupid mccain dinners!
I've just finished reading a book called "Why we get fat, and what to do about it" by Gary Taubes, and this article makes a lot more sense with the understanding that came from that book. Taubes also wrote a book called "Good Calories, Bad Calories" which covers the same subject, but in deeper scientific detail – my understanding is that Good Calories, Bad Calories is aimed at the medical profession and nutritional scientists (for that reason, most people would find "Why we get fat" the better book to read).
I've been following his guidelines for only a few weeks, and already I've dropped a few kilos and feel more energetic than I have in years – by simply increasing my fat intake, and all but eliminating carbohydrates. What is shocking is that this is almost the exact opposite to what our health authorities tell us to do. Yet Taubes lays it all out in detail, along with numerous scientific studies, and a very clear explanation of how our basic physiology works.
One thing that is a very good rule for losing weight: avoid all the "low fat" products, because wherever you see "low fat", you'll usually find high sugar. Fat alone cannot make you fat, as it does not trigger insulin levels. Sugar does.
His point is very simple – the only way you can acquire body fat is by eating carbohydrates (especially sugars) as this triggers insulin to be released which makes our fat cells retain fat (for later release). This is a now archaic survival mechanism (we will burn carbohydrates before fat) based on a low carbohydrate diet. The problem is, we keep on eating carbs, and of course some people (the obese) are more sensitive than others. Taubes explains very clearly why poorer people are disproportionately affected (much higher carbohydrate diet).
One of his startling, but quite obvious (once Taube4s explains it) conclusions is that overweight people don't get fat because they over-eat, but rather they over-eat because they are getting fat. Raised insulin levels literally causes fat cells to act as parasites, drawing fatty acids (our best source of energy) from our systems. Affected people who don't eat more simply become lethargic.
What I liked about Taubes is he goes into details on all angles, especially, since he advocates eating more fat, the effect of cholesterol, which is extremely interesting.
If you have a weight problem, or like me have found your waist etc growing as you get older, you will find this book fascinating. He doesn't actually advocate a particular diet, but what he is talking about explains why diets like the Atkins and the Palaeolithic diet work and are good for you. I found that getting an understanding of how our diet physiology and metabolism works really makes it easy to avoid foods that aren't good for me.
Another benefit was finding out just how many "Western" style diseases – heart disease, asthma, obesity, Alzheimers etc can be linked to a high carbohydrate diet. The separation between the "science" on the subject and the view pushed by our health authorities is astounding – it actually reminded me a lot of climate "science", where there is very little science, and a lot of activist viewpoints. The official positions on diet are remarkably similar.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (10:44am)
People on low incomes are getting far less access to money than people on high incomes, new research shows.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (12:02pm)
Why is it that everyone prefers to take the easy way out?
It seems it's easier to blame the fast food outlets, the government, the media, the fashion magazines, rather than each and every individual taking responsibility for their own health and well being.......
If you'd prefer to stuff your face full of high calorie foods, then feel free. But don't complain that the fast food industry or the government owes you anything after you develop heart disease or high blood pressure or a range of other ailments.
Everyone single person is responsible for what goes in "their" mouths, and onto their waistline.
Every parent is responsible for what goes in their childs mouths, and onto their wasteline.
It's about time "personal responsibility" becomes the number 1 mantra of everyone in Australia.
No one made you eat 10,000 to 20,000 calories per day for years........but yourself.
Mon 10 Dec 12 (02:44pm)
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Being and Becoming
Begun in an instant, the normal Christian life is a journey of sanctification in which God's grace conforms us more and more to the image of His beloved Son. Making sense of this voyage and our sanctification in it, however, …Read More
No Ordinary Mercy
India's caste system is huge and complicated. It has many divisions and subdivisions. The caste system divides the people into unbreakable groups divided by occupation, money, and position. In the 1930s, the British discovered a previously unknown caste. This new …Read More
Simul Iustus et Peccator
Why do we do the things we do? Scholars struggle to understand human nature and, in particular, what theologians call sin. Where does it come from and why do we do it? In 2002, James Waller produced a careful work …Read More
Christ & Sexual Sin
Homosexuality has embraced our culture and our culture has embraced homosexuality. It's part of the fallen nature of things, and fallen man has always been an expert at creating ingenuous ways to celebrate his brokenness. Homosexuality is one of those …Read More
It Can't Get No Worse?
In 1967, the Beatles released their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. One of the classic songs on that album is titled "Getting Better." Many people are familiar with the catchy, upbeat chorus: "I've got to admit it's getting …Read More