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Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb
Columbia University Press
Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb
Columbia University Press
"Do not let the peasant know how good cheese is with pears" goes the old saying. Intrigued by these words and their portent, Massimo Montanari unravels their origin and utility. Perusing archival cookbooks, agricultural and dietary treatises, literary works, and anthologies of beloved sayings, he finds in the nobility's demanding palates and delicate stomachs a compelling recipe for social conduct.
At first, cheese and its visceral, earthy pleasures were treated as the food of Polyphemus, the uncivilized man-beast. The pear, on the other hand, became the symbol of ephemeral, luxuriant pleasure-an indulgence of the social elite. Joined together, cheese and pears adopted an exclusive savoir faire, especially as the "natural phenomenon" of taste evolved into a cultural attitude. Montanari's delectable history straddles written and oral traditions, economic and social relations, and thrills in the power of mental representation. His ultimate discovery shows that the enduring proverb, so wrapped up in history, operates not only as a repository of shared wisdom but also as a rich locus of social conflict.
Massimo Montanari is an incredibly elegant writer, capable of handling the most laboriously researched topics with disquieting stylistic grace. He is the perfect embodiment of both unsurpassable competence and rhetorical virtuosity.Luigi Ballerini, University of California, Los Angeles
A remarkable essay in gastrohermeneutics. Massimo Montanari succinctly unravels a puzzle of a proverb, utilizing a stunning array of primary sources, from medical theory and cookbooks to agronomic and literary texts. Surprising and fascinating discoveries on the social meaning of food are revealed. While reading, a wedge of cheese and sliced pears are highly recommended.Ken Albala, University of the Pacific, author of The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe
An eloquent and thoroughly researched account of that famous proverb 'do not let the peasant know how good cheese is with pears,' wherein the history and pleasure of the table unite. More than a tribute to this delightful combination, this book is a cultural history that explores social and economic relations fashioned from a seemingly innocent alliance, providing a lens through which to view social conflict.Pietro Frassica, Princeton University
Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb is a fine example of the historian Massimo Montanari's studies of what food means and what purposes it can serve.Thea Lenarduzzi, Times Literary Supplement
a tour de force...Meryl S. Rosofsky, Gastronomica
...succinct and informative...Nicholas Terpstra, Sixteenth Century Journal
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We report on Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations of the LMXB 4U 1820-30 which reveal the longest X-ray burst ever observed from this source. On September 9th, 1999 UT a powerful, long duration X-ray flare was observed during RXTE pointed observations of 4U 1820-30. This object is a known LMXB burster with the shortest known orbital period (\approx 11 min.), but prior to these observations only a single type I X-ray burst from it had been observed with RXTE. The flare begins in the decaying tail of a more typical (\approx 20 s duration) type I X-ray burst which may have triggered the larger event. The event starts with an initial rise but after a few seconds the flux drops sharply down to background level for a few seconds before increasing again. This behavior, reminiscent of so called 'fast transient with a precursor' events, is consistent with a powerful episode of photospheric radius expansion, and strongly suggests the event is thermonuclear in origin. The flux is still decaying 10,000 seconds after the initial rise when our observations ended. The long duration of the flare suggests a source of thermonuclear energy released at significantly greater column depth than the more common type I bursts from this source and could be caused by ignition of the 'ashes' left behind by the more frequent helium flashes. We will present detailed spectral and timing measurements during the flare.

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MYTH: Disaster-hit people are too dazed and shocked to take responsibility for helping themselves and others.
Reporters and photographers often portray survivors of a sudden disaster as helpless victims, unable to save themselves or each other.
But according to the 2004 World Disasters Report, published by the International Federation of Red cross and Red Crescent Societies, in-depth reports from sudden disasters ranging from earthquakes to the collapse of New York's twin towers show survivors rushing to save people from under the rubble – with their bare hands if necessary.
Adeel Jafferi, media officer for Islamic Relief, described such pro-activity in the immediate aftermath of Pakistan's earthquake in October 2005. "Pakistan has never suffered an earthquake of this magnitude," he told AlertNet in a telephone interview.
"On the day it happened, ordinary people were rushing to aid victims, despite the shock they felt themselves. I saw people on the street who were completely out of their minds with fear, and yet when they saw the need to help people and heard the screams from under buildings, they ran immediately and started helping.''
MYTH: The best international response is to send in rescue teams immediately.
Not necessarily. Some experts say local teams are better placed to perform emergency relief operations in the first few hours after a disaster.
Ibrahim Oxman, the director of the policy and relations division at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, says: "The knowledge and resilience of people at risk contributes far more to reducing the toll of disasters than many of us in the developed world may expect."
During Iran's 2003 Bam earthquake, which destroyed 85 per cent of the city, local Iranian Red Crescent rescue teams were deployed within minutes, despite losing four team members and their headquarters in the earthquake. They saved 157 lives with just 10 dogs.
In contrast, international search and rescue teams from 27 countries took up to two days to arrive. Although they were armed with sniffer dogs and remote sensing equipment, they saved just 22 lives.
Aid agencies are usually under huge pressure to be seen to respond quickly. But there can be serious pitfalls associated with rushing in too fast.
Donna Eberwine, the editor of Perspectives in Health, says: "A hasty response that is not based on a needs evaluation can contribute to the chaos. It is better to wait until genuine needs have been assessed. The local population almost always covers immediate life-saving needs."
According to the World Disasters Report 2004, it is essential for agencies to carry out in-depth interviews with affected people to find out their needs, even in situations where time is of the essence. If they don't, they run the risk of sending the wrong type of help.
Immediately after the Asian tsunami, for example, surgeons from all over the world poured into Banda Aceh in Indonesia. But they found that few survivors had been injured, and there was little for them to do.
In contrast many aid agencies overlooked women's needs. There was a severe shortage of midwives and basics including sanitary protection, the contraceptive pill and headscarves for Muslim women were not provided.
MYTH: Dead bodies should be buried quickly to avoid disease
The World Health Organisation is one of several agencies trying to end confusion over this particular myth.
Immediately after a disaster local authorities and aid workers sometimes panic and bury people before they have been identified, fearing the decomposing bodies will spread disease.
Arturo Pesigan, head of WHO's Emergency and Humanitarian Action in the Western Pacific, says dead bodies actually pose little risk.
"Survivors, not the dead, are more likely to be the source of disease outbreaks," he says, adding that "identification of the body and the normal process of grieving are essential" to help survivors recover from their personal losses.
John Tulloch, a coordinator in New Delhi with the South Asia regional delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said immediately after the Pakistan earthquake:
"It's a disaster myth that dead bodies spread disease. Most bugs die within hours of the host, and it was one of the big tsunami myths. We saw especially in Aceh (in Indonesia) mass burials which caused enormous problems. It's dreadfully traumatic for relatives because their bodies end up being dug up again."
The Pan American Health Organization also says mass burials should be avoided at all costs. It calls them "a violation of the human rights of the surviving family members".
MYTH: Survivors have lost everything except the clothes they stand up in. The best response is to give them second-hand clothes.
After the Asian tsunami, Indians sent a mountain of clothing to survivors in southern India. But the fisher families, for whom the clothes were intended, refused to accept them. Although they are usually depicted as the poorest of the poor, the 2005 World Disasters Report says they are a relatively prosperous and proud community. Even in such dire circumstances, they would not accept second-hand clothes.
The unwanted clothes were dumped on roadsides, and municipal workers had to be diverted from the relief effort to gather them up. They also proved a hazard to local livestock, which tried to eat them.
And food was sent from overseas. But the shipments included wheat and cooked foods from outside the region, neither of which were suitable to local tastes and which became a health hazard when they were dumped.
Ebrahim Mohamed, head of British relief agency Muslim Aid, said after the Pakistan earthquake in October 2005: "We've been getting all sorts of offers of used clothing, and food. We tell people very nicely that getting this there is very costly. Money is the best way of getting this across. And it helps local economies.''
MYTH: The best way Westerners can help children who have been orphaned in a disaster is to adopt them.
In most cases, children's extended families, friends and neighbours will take them in. Unicef reported that almost all the 10,000 children orphaned in the Asian tsunami had been adopted locally within two months. By late February only 60 children were left without foster parents.
MYTH: The best way to help survivors is to put them in temporary settlements.
Aid professionals say this should be avoided as much as possible. Donna Eberwine, the editor of Perspectives in Health, says: "It should be the last alternative. Funds may be better spent on building materials, tools and other construction-related support in the affected country."
The Asian tsunami showed how most survivors found shelter with host families, rather than being dependent on aid camps.


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Dwight Howard Doesn't Like To Talk About His Missed Free Throws
Source: Dan Favale, CNN Bleacher Report
Two of Howard's greatest flaws were on full display during and after the Houston Rockets' overtime victory against the Toronto Raptors. Asked about his free-throw struggles, Howard, who went 4-of-12 from the foul line, declined to address the issue.
"I don?t want to talk about it," Howard said, per the Houston Chronicle's Jenny Dial Creech. ?So much has been talked about free throws, just let it go. We talk about it so much, I think about it at the line. I don?t want to think about it. I want to shoot."
On the season, Howard is converting only 47.1 percent of his free-throw attempts. If his current mark stands, it will be a new career low for the big man, who hasn't hit more than 50 percent of his freebies since 2010-11.


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4 Things Both Atheists and Believers Need to Stop Saying
#2. Devout: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
Although probably not as immediately infuriating as "God Hates X," I really don't need to hear about who the devout think God helps. While God's existence might be an open question, there is no shortage of people doing every damn thing they can to help themselves and still failing. If there is a God, we don't know who gets helped and why. At the moment, you'd get more traction saying, "God helps those who are repulsive enough to have a reality show."
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Indeed, even the omnipresent and useless "God works in mysterious ways" is preferable. Although I'm a firm believer in not spewing religious cliches at those in pain, at least that phrase has a trace of humility. Even if you believe in God, you should be able to admit you don't know what could possibly be the point of AIDS babies or genocide. If the existence of those things don't shake your faith, that's fair enough. That is a wholly different thing, however, than looking at those in pain and believing there is an omnipotent power watching and refusing to help certain people because they haven't jumped hoops sufficiently to win prizes in the form of divine intervention.
#1. Atheist: God Is a Fairy Tale For Morons
There have been atheists of significant intellect: Bertrand Russell, Richard Dawkins, and the aforementioned Christopher Hitchens. But in what may come as a surprise to the Internet, not believing in God will not, in itself, make you smart. Reading the God Delusion is as likely to transform you into a genius as reading the Holy Bible will make you a saint. And by the same token, faith need not be a sign of a feeble mind. But just mention God online and you'll be mocked as a mental deficient awaiting the second coming of the "flying spaghetti monster."
In support of this intellectual elitism, some atheists will say that skepticism is the sign of an active and curious mind -- traits consistent with learning. Fair point. They will point to creationists and stem cell research protestors as people placing obstacles in the path of progress, and I'll agree with that too. But there is a difference between questioning the stupidity of dogmatic, close-minded zealots perpetrating institutional abuses and simply mocking sincerely held religious beliefs by equating faith with stupidity. It's sort of the difference between giving a formal presentation about the inherent flaws of your company's policies and procedures, and just farting in your boss's office.
"Who did this to me?"
The perversion of the Spaghetti Monster meme is a good example of how some, particularly on the Internet, have destroyed the distinction between thoughtful protest and mere mockery. In 2005, in reaction to the decision of the Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of creationism as an alternative to evolution in public schools, Bobby Henderson wrote an open letter espousing his religious belief in a divinity known as the flying spaghetti monster. He demanded belief also be afforded equal time in the school system. The letter went viral and spawned a faux religion called Pastafarianism. An effective protest pointing out the ridiculousness of people's subjective religious beliefs as a basis for scientific education. But now, for many, citing the spaghetti monster means only that religious people who are stupid enough to believe in God may as well believe in spaghetti monsters or leprechauns.
If you want to convince yourself that ignorance loves atheists as much as the devout just spend some time watching the flame wars between these factions online. Usually not a trace of intelligence. Just the worst aspects of blind faith from believers and atheists alike: some with unquestioning beliefs in a God just like the one in that Book, and others holding onto an undying conviction that nothing could be more divine than a mind with the ability to deny the existence of anything more divine.
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i dont know if you watch wrestling at all or not. but thats seriously the best wrestler in wwe today. Dolph Ziggler.
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Yes but Ryback needs technical improvement ie. (his botch on Tensai) Ziggs is a sound wrestler with great and natural mic skills. I just don't enjoy his paring with Vickie. She's a great heel but she shouldn't have a place in the WWE.
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agreed. but i believe the only thing getting him heat as a heel right now is Vickie. if he didnt have vickie he would be a huge face. everyone loves him. and that botch wasnt Ryback's fault. Tensai "sandbagged', which means he didnt jump/assist Ryback enough. im training right now to be a pro wrestler right now. so you grow a liking to people who have like natural skill and psychology like Ziggler, and people with the ability to work the crowd so well like Ryback. Ryback has had a HUGE reaction from the fans. hes the next big thing in WWE.


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Industry vet worked on 'Moonlighting,' 'Gambler'
Production coordinator Myrna Kay Huffman died Feb. 7 in Bullhead City, Nev. after a brief illness. She was 64.
Huffman served as production coordinator of the TV series "Moonlighting" for two years. Among her other credits are "The Gambler," "Doc Hollywood" and "Luckytown."
She is survived by a daughter; a brother; a sister; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Commercial squid fishery closes, limit reached
Fishery to close officially at noon Wednesday
California's commercial squid fishery has reached its 118,000 short ton limit and is closing until March.
The state Department of Fish and Game (DFG) says the squid fishery shuts down at noon Wednesday.
The department tracks catches daily to ensure squid are not overharvested.
The commercial squid fishing season began in April and was scheduled to run to March 31, 2013.
But landings information and projections show the 118,000 short ton landing limit has been reached.
Market squid remains California's largest and most lucrative commercial fishery. It was valued at $69 million last season.
Domestically, market squid is sold as calamari and as bait in the recreational fishery. But most of the market squid catch is frozen and exported overseas.
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Molten Drum Machine Returns!
Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 7:57AM by Tim Webb
One Red Dog announced last month, that it would be discontinuing development of Molten Drum Machine.
The community, myself included, begged One Red Dog to reconsider. No other drum machine app offers the same level of functionality; with Audio Paste for sample importing and full Virtual MIDI. It would have been sorely missed if it permanently removed from iTunes.
Developer Peter Johnson listened! Molten it back on iTunes today, with a new update for improving compatibility with other apps in the background.
Buy Molten on iTunes: $4.99
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IN 1980, facing widespread calls to abandon her deeply unpopular liberalisation of the UK's economy, Margaret Thatcher famously answered her critics in a speech at the Conservative Party conference. "To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the 'U-turn', I have only one thing to say: 'You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning'."
Thatcher was certain in her conviction that, although her reforms were causing acute pain to the country's economy, they were necessary for the UK to regain its long-term competitiveness.
Fast-forward 32 years and another powerful woman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is in the same spot. She has proven equally resolute in her methodical, sequential approach to Europe's crisis. This lady is not for turning either.
From the beginning, Merkel has consistently stressed fiscal discipline and structural reform of restrictive regulations and overly-generous benefits systems as a condition of aid, believing both to be prerequisites for growth and competitiveness. To avoid a repeat of the current debt crisis, she has called for greater political integration for the continent.
These are politically, economically and socially wrenching reforms. They will yield rewards in years, not weeks. Like Thatcher, she finds herself trying to convince the world that the pain will pass. She believes this firmly.
But the market has not been patient. The situation has deteriorated since the beginning of the year. Greece required a second bail-out, writing off huge portions of its private debt in the process. Spain requested emergency funding for its troubled banks. And Cyprus called for help. Unemployment levels have climbed, manufacturing has slumped and large portions of the region have fallen back into recession. Banks are foundering. Students are voting for socialists and pensioners are picketing. And the debt situation has not improved.
A growing chorus of commentators, politicians and economists has coalesced around the idea that Germany must temper its calls for fiscal austerity and disruptive reforms with measures that will boost growth, other measures that will restore faith in the continent's banks, and still more to lower borrowing costs for those countries under pressure from bond markets. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said last Friday that unless leaders act at their summit this week to reassure investors, there will be "progressively greater speculative attacks on individual countries, with harassment of the weaker countries", including Italy and Spain, the euro zone's third-and fourth-largest economies, respectively. The cost of bailing out these countries is estimated at more than ?1-trillion, an amount that would easily swamp Europe's rescue funds. One, or both, could be forced out of the euro zone. In response to Monti's lamentations, markets plunged and commentators bemoaned Merkel's stubbornness. But the lady did not turn.
"I say it quite frankly: when I think of the summit on Thursday, I'm concerned that once again the discussion will be far too much about all kinds of ideas for joint liability and far too little about improved oversight and structural measures," she said in Berlin on Monday. Merkel believes that political reforms, including centrally enforced fiscal discipline, must come before risk-sharing.
Without it, there is no incentive for profligate spenders to amend their ways.
Billionaire investor George Soros took to the opinion pages of the Financial Times on Tuesday to tell Merkel she is wrong. "Merkel insists that a political union should precede a fully fledged fiscal and banking union," he wrote. "That is both unrealistic and unreasonable. The three have to be developed together, step by step." The New York Times's Paul Krugman and the editors of the Economist, among many others, agree.
Merkel's goal is to deal with the root causes of Europe's troubles, not the symptoms. She believes Europe's common currency was flawed from the start, a monetary but not fiscal union doomed to failure without reform. Her vision is clear. Her pursuit of this vision has been unwavering. She will not turn. Position yourselves accordingly.
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Again as in chapter 17 of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden tries to convince Sally to run away with him.
- "Look, Sally. How would you like to just beat it? Here's my idea. I'll borrow Fred Halsey's car and tomorrow morning we'll drive up to Massachusetts and Vermont and around there, see? It's beautiful. I mean it's wonderful up there, honest to God. We'll stay in these cabin camps and stuff like that till my money runs out."
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Just because Apple leads doesn't mean everyone is following
0. phoneArena 23 Apr 2012, 17:33 posted on
We are very big proponents of giving credit where it is due, but that also means that we like to set the record straight when a company gets credit for more than it deserves. It's a very tricky line to walk, but one that we find most can't walk properly with Apple more often than any other company...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
2. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
great read!
13. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
28. Mandroid (Posts: 209; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
Crap article was crap.
36. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Does that mean you actually bothered to read it?
76. the_s2 (Posts: 239; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Michael, this reminds me of the trolling that was(maybe still) going on in gsmarena.com on a writer named Prasad. Initially, a few of his apple biased articles caught the attention of droid fanboys, which they exaggerated and they started bashing all the articles written by him altogether, even the articles that were non biased, and in some cases, android sided. Going through your comments, I understand your feelings. And compliments from me, this is the most neutral article I have ever read. Why dont you chill, and just ignore these haters? You are a great writer, and you shouldnt be let down by negative comments. All due respect, I am a droid fanboy, and I am against the ethics and unfair pricing of apple products. Technology is meant to be appreciated , and not bashed out, be it apple or samsung or whoever.
103. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
As long as it isn't Ray S writing the article im fine. Now he is biased
110. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
People can call me biased all they want as long as they're willing to discuss the points. Mandroid's actions here annoyed me far more than any troll because he came in and attacked my content while flat out saying that he didn't even bother to read the article. That is beyond unacceptable to me.
132. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
I agree. Very nice article. The last line in the article says it all:
"That's just the beautiful circle of innovation."
3. joseg81 (Posts: 194; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
do u mean Apple in the title?
12. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
sure did. fixed that. sorry.
26. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
I keep laughing at UR avatar.... U and
Naithan the sad panda makes me laugh....
59. joseg81 (Posts: 194; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
it's the cookie monster zombie :)
4. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
who is Apply?
Apply apply with the colorful eye. spell check musta been drinking whiskey and rye.. singing this will be the day that I die.. this will be the day that i dye.
lol, sorry just read the singing quit notice thread. :)
8. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
if its apply its a very very rotten apply .-.
57. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
so i guess thats not 2-ply then. :)
72. corporateJP (Posts: 2431; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
The Microsoft Excel chick is a good singer, plus she could catch it.
Just sayin'...
5. ivanko34 (Posts: 617; Member since: 04 Sep 2011)
must be apple not apply
6. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Good concise article, michael. Still trying to squash the fanboy riots, eh? Lets hope it opens some actual discussion up before the usual mudslinging starts.
was that electric car stat real? Does that count the old "wind up" cars they had going for a hot minute? interesting.
9. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
as far as PBS told me, that electric car stat was real:
58. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
neat timeline. They didnt mention wind up cars, so i guess thats part of the car movement. I almost forgot about gasoline crank starters though. lol.
Funny how they credit the invention of the electric starter as a main cause of the death of the electric car. the irony..:)
7. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Apple doesn't innovate,it merely pays Samsung
,sharp of LG etc for to use their new technology
10. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
So, why doesn't Samsung or LG ever put these components into their own devices before Apple does?
15. BattleBrat (Posts: 1457; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Apple might pay them not to, or contractually obligate them not to.
16. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Very logical question!
19. GENARAL.LEVY (banned) (Posts: 93; Member since: 17 Apr 2012)
Cause not everyone thinks like Mercedes or BMW.....
20. GENARAL.LEVY (banned) (Posts: 93; Member since: 17 Apr 2012)
Only the finest will do... Marque of distinction. Prestige.
22. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
my guess would be that samsung lg etc would make more money selling the retina display for example to apple rather than put it in there own product....what i hate is when some articles title is like apple invent retina for ipad when its not true and give no credit to the companies that actually make it.
23. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
exactly… apple designs them, but they are far from owning the means of production.. its cheaper and less messy to have sharp, samsung, lg implement it
46. jjjsong (Posts: 74; Member since: 27 Dec 2011)
It should be pretty obvious and logical that Apple requested screens of such spec and would like manufacturers such as Samsung, Sharp to make them.
In terms of how it can be achieved, it only makes sense that it's really up to Samsung's or Sharp's technology. I don't think Apple invented anything there.
And it should be obvious that since Apple requested this screen and it is most likely there are contractual terms to make this "technology" exclusive to Apple for a certain amount of time.
This has been my thought since the very beginning. Albeit I don't have any facts to back any of my thoughts up, it seems pretty logical to me.
47. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
my guess is that LG got a fat payday to let Apple introduce retina. As far as Samsung, the same probably happened with the hummingbird, though samsung did keep the better GPU version to themselves.
130. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
So Mali better than powervr ? Damm i9100g sucks
139. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
huh? no
on the iphone4, it shares the exact same CPU, the Humminbird, as the SGS1. They BOTH use PowerVR GPU's, but The one samsung gave to apple is a bit older than the one it put in the SGS1, resulting in the SGS1 having the GPU advantage.
142. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Oh . Sad that s1 won't get ics while the ip4 runs so nicely in ios5 although they are launched at the same time and like you say the iPhone has worse GPU than the iPhone4 . I forgotten to ask Samsung when is the ics update for i9100g that samsung states coming soon while my classmates i9100 is running on ics already
65. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
actually Apple designs their own chips at least and Samsung is just used for their factories. The innovation is from Apple.
99. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
apple doesnt design chips. they got their chips from the same place samsung did. they just happened to buy the company that made the designs. why do you think the hummingbird and A4 are the same and the exynos and A5 are the same (except the GPU switch). There wont be any meaningful differences between their chips until the A6 which is probably a little while off.
131. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
The gs1 feels less snappy than my iPod touch 4g , is there a possibility that android slow it down ?
140. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
thats the differences in the OS. Apple designed iOS to put all movements as priority in processing. Android does multiple things at the same time and doesnt give priority to movement.. resulting in it looking not quite as smooth. The trade off is eye candy vs functionality.
143. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Small fix to the problem , settings animation none .
Although windows phone is better cause more snappy than android . You have a hd7 right ? Compared with the desire hd the hd7 feels so smoother
14. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
I personally and few of the, or more of the people allways wanted the best ov the best
.we the customers allways demanded, but manufactures never or hardly ever listen....
Just few example= the best CPU the best gpu
The music chip the best screen the best software the best materials the best the finest
Available was put onto q device, the asking price would eg been near nough 700£
Was that to much to ask..... Anythings possible....
17. denney (Posts: 98; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
I believe you excluded a rather important factor Michael, remember that crazy iPad 3 Concept with the projectors and edge to edge screen? That could be done, probably pretty easily, but that wouldn't be the market savvy thing to do. Apple (and pretty much any other tech manufacturer) funnels innovation. They hold off one the good stuff and update features incrementally so we can't have it all at once, so when next years iPad comes out and only includes 1 of 10 new features we would want it to have, we settle to purchase because of our initial want, and then we are required to purchase the next years, when its just better enough to make us want it more. This process keeps the market from a plateau.
18. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
great read Micheal. but i personally think apple doesn`t innovate like samsung or google does. I dont have a problem with apple products but i hate the culture of the company. credit should be given where its due but i guess apple always gets more credit and hype than it deserves. its an evil company for which higher profit margins comes first. they dont give a damn to ethical values or being fair.
21. GENARAL.LEVY (banned) (Posts: 93; Member since: 17 Apr 2012)
29. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
My definition of innovation is much different then most people's here. I think for innovation to occur the entire landscape must be changed of an industry. This happens seldomy most recent example the og iphone. That device changed the form factor/design/interface/and really the concept of a phone. Otherwise a screen with high ppi or a better procesor is just the natural evolution of a product. Things always will get faster and better but not game changing. So if you want to talk about innovation in my mind you need to talk about a cosmic shift in the industry not who makes what part of which phone. If you wan't to say whose in the lead in the evolutionary battle say that but this isn't innovation not by a long shot.
33. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I think what you consider innovation is what post people call revolution.
40. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Well my idea of revolution would be the creation of the phone/computer/automobile something that changes your life. Innovation as defined by webster is the creation of something new. This means too me something different the industry hasn't seen before. All phones have a screen so how is a higher ppi screen new. Its just a better verision of a prexisting entity. However something like the iphone gave a new outlook on what we view a phone as.
92. mrochester (unregistered)
There are definitely different levels of innovation. Products like the iPhone and iPad have had a very profound effect on the market as it shifted everyone in a different direction. But then there are smaller innovations such as Android's notification bar which has, over time, become the accepted means of dealing with notifications. There is no one company who is the source of all ideas or innovations, but there are definitely some companies who have more of an effect on the market than others.
42. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Innovation versus evolution aside I agree with the premise of a great article being that each manufacter has a different goal in mind and that each phone will have different aspects emphasized based on the goals giving phone stengths and weaknesses givin us the ability to decide which mold fts us best.
133. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
The only issue I have with this is....sometimes innovative ideas, innovation either never see the light of day or are imnplemented better by other ppl.
Hindsight being what it is....lets say Apple never did the iPhone...and LG's Prada woulda been pushed out to the masses.
We could replace og iphone with og prada in your post.
Since they both were out at the same time....and technically the Prada was created before the iPhone.....one could say the Prada started the cosmic shift. It just didnt sell well. Or Apple did it better with the iPhone.
32. captainqtp (Posts: 16; Member since: 25 Jun 2010)
The thing is Apple wasn't even first in pushing high PPI displays. Remember when the 3G/3GS were out with 480x320 screens, phones like the Nokia N900 and the Motorola Droid were putting out 800x480. Until the arrival of the Iphone 4, 3GS screens were just plain bad to look at. Sure apple won one increment to the retina display, but now phones with 720p have incremented again. There are rumors of the next Windows Phone to even beat the 720p displays. Apple does lead in some ways, like the author said, their designs are top notch, but in terms of display, they merely won one resolution increment - easy to do when you control the OS and the hardware.
39. Johnny_Mnemonic (Posts: 240; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
IPhone don't have a Good design period
43. Mandroid (Posts: 209; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
SHHHH, don't let the fine "journalists" here hear you say that!
84. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Dude, just give it up! You're fighting a loosing battle here and it's just making you look really bad. Ive read some rediculous articles here, but I don't think attacking the writers do any good.
Michael is a good writer, much better than most I've seen and very objective, but even he can't please everyone. Just read the article, agree or disagree with the content. But he's right, leaving "tl dr" is a bit disrespectful and for you to leave a negative comment about something you haven't read is even worse.
134. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Exactly!! At one point some folks said the higher screen res didnt matter....until it has on the iPhone 4. All of a sudden it mattered...lol.
45. CannedKarma (Posts: 19; Member since: 22 Oct 2011)
Michael, your articles are the among the most well thought out and objective of any in the cell phone blogosphere, and you're certainly the most articulate of any journalist on this website.
There's just one thing you need to learn when reading Internet comments: Don't Feed The Trolls. Nothing gives them more pleasure than to see you elicit the exact reaction they're trying for.
Keep writing great articles.
49. Fluxman (Posts: 51; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
In my opinion, I think the necessity of a super HD tablet is a bit of a bad move on Apple's part. Sure you have an amazing display, but the costs are atrocious. ipad 2 (1024x768 = 786,432 pixels) to new ipad (2048x1536 = 3,145,728) ups the pixels by 4.
From this point of view, the battery consumption will be 4 times higher, and the data usage will be 4 times higher. The advantage of the LTE is made moot bc that extra speed will just be used to keep up with the speed relative to the ipad2. Battery usage will drain 4 times faster, so the tablet would need a larger battery to account for it (which it does, giving it the same life as the ipad2). to watch HD movies stored, a 1 hour show in 1080p is near 5 gb while a 720p is near 1.5 gb. The ipad will need more storage space. All this to get a higher resolution, which is very difficult to tell unless you are watching on a 50" screen. (i watch 720p on my 46" TV and they still look great).
I honestly think apple could have done way better by only upping the resolution slightly and putting in the new battery (who wouldn't want a 16-20 hour in use tablet battery life) and LTE to really boost the speed.
Anyways, that's just my two cents. I am by no means an expert...
54. E34V8 (Posts: 84; Member since: 16 Dec 2011)
I think the author should learn more about displays and their characteristics, before writing such article. The pixel density is just one property of a display. There other more important ones. Further more the LCD technology (and all its variants) is pretty much reached a stage where it is at the top of development. It is a 40 year old technology and it is cheap. Rising the ppi is the only real improvement that can be done, other than that every thing else is just marketing tricks saying how accurate the new display is (but it really isn't, because it dosen't even have the colour black).
OLED technology is the way to go but it is still pretty expensive. One by one the companies are moving to it. Samsung is the true leader in display technology and development, and that is no secret for everyone who is interested in displays (not the people who like to compare displays on videos or magnified pictures, but the people who read, learn and test themselves). If they produce (as we all expect) their new phone with HD rgb OLED, than - game over for every one else, if they do not want or have the ability to follow. Yes, there are pretty good LCD display, but the technology has some limits that can not be surpassed.
56. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Ignore the haters, Michael. It's clear they didn't even read the article.
Overall, it was excellent, well written as always. One thing I would have liked more was more detail on some of the BS claims about Android following Apple made by iFanboys, the biggest lie being that without the iPhone Android wouldn't exist period, or would have merely been a Blackberry copy.
78. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
That's true actually. Android developers were busy copying blackberry until iPhone came out.
79. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
You still haven't named Anything specific that was changed about Android prior to release in response to the iPhone other than changing the main interface to a touchscreen.
I love how you insist on failing so hard.
80. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
One of androids developers did an interview and admitted they changed everything up to be like the iPhone.
You just refuse to admit it to yourself. I've given you lots of examples.


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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the official list of medical suspensions stemming from this past weekend's UFC 79: Nemesis, which took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The notable potential injury not mentioned on the list involved Nate Mohr, who had to be helped out of the cage after being submitted with an ankle lock by Manny Gamburyan. Various reports have made statements ranging from Mohr's trainers hearing "a pop" to Mohr having a broken leg. Mohr has been medically suspended anyway until January 20th with no contact allowed until January 13th for precautionary reasons.
Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes and Tony DeSouza have all been medically suspended until January 29th with no contact permitted until January 20th. Both Hughes and DeSouza have been suspended for precautionary reasons while Liddell has a laceration above his left eye.
James Irvin, who was knocked out by an illegal knee from Luis Cane, has been shelved until February 28th with no contact until January 13th because of precautionary reasons.
Both Wanderlei Silva and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou have been medically suspended until February 13th with no contact permitted until January 29th because of laceration around their right eyes.
Soa Palelei and Doug Evans received the worst medical suspensions. Palelei has been suspended until June 27th unless a broken nose and broken left orbital bone suffered in his fight with Eddie Sanchez are cleared by an ophthalmologist. Evans has been suspended for the same length of time unless a broken left thumb is cleared by a doctor. If it is, he will still be suspended until February 13th with no contact until January 29th because of an additional cut above his left eye.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell discusses his recent win over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79, his future in the UFC, and the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter with RawVegas.
Photo by Ed Pollard.
Georges St. Pierre came closer to cementing his status as the top welterweight in the world when he gave future UFC hall-of-famer Matt Hughes a drubbing over the course of two rounds before submitting his idol with an armbar during the main event of last night's UFC 79: Nemesis.
Hughes was originally slated to face fellow Ultimate Fighter 6 coach and current welterweight champ Matt Serra but Serra was forced to pull out of the bout after suffering herniated discs in his lower back during training. Hughes was then given a selective list of opponents that agreed to step in and the former nine-time champion picked St. Pierre in an attempt to try and avenge a prior loss to "Rush" at UFC 65 last year.
However it was obvious from the start of the fight that it was only a matter of time before St. Pierre was going to come away with a win. The Canadian took Hughes down at will throughout the first round, mounting his opponent and connecting with a number of unanswered punches while his opponent held on for dear life.
Hughes found his way back to his feet a couple of times but St. Pierre quickly put an end to that with wrestling skills that have made him consider possibly trying out for the Canadian Olympic wrestling squad next year.
The second round started off much like the first and after mounting and taking his opponent's back, St. Pierre locked in an armbar that caused Hughes' face to grimace in pain. The Hillsboro, Illinois native then verbally submitted to referee Steve Mazzagatti, ending the fight.
Many fans showed concern when St. Pierre took the fight on short notice as he would only have a little over a month to prepare for the bout. Training wasn't an excuse for Hughes during a post-fight interview with UFC color commentator Joe Rogan.
"I came in 120 percent," Hughes said. "I really trained hard for this fight. I brought in some of the best people and we really had a good game plan. Georges is just a better fighter."
Hughes also acknowledged that he "had some thinking to do" in terms of continuing his career.
With the win, St. Pierre becomes the interim UFC welterweight champion. He will now wait for Serra to fully recover from his injury and the two will unify the belts at some point next year.
Even though he deserved the win with a show of complete domination, St. Pierre refused to consider himself the welterweight champion, as that distinction is held by the last man to defeat St. Pierre inside the Octagon.
"That's why I'm going to take off this belt," St. Pierre said after the fight. "Thanks to the UFC for giving me that; it's a good honor, but the real champion is Matt Serra. Until I get my belt back, I'm not going to consider myself champion. Matt Serra that night beat me fair and square. He was the better man and I made many mistakes and had a lot of issues that night. Next time when I fight him, it might be a different story and people will understand what I'm talking about."
Continue reading "St. Pierre, Liddell Dominate at "Nemesis""
We will be going live at 8:00 PM EST with live results of UFC 79: Nemesis, which is taking place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The event is highlighted by Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre battling for the third time in their careers for the interim UFC Welterweight Title and the long-awaited matchup between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva.
Be sure to leave comments throughout the night.
Live results are shown after the jump.
Continue reading "UFC 79: Nemesis Live Results"
Chuck Liddell discusses his upcoming fight against Wanderlei Silva later tonight at UFC 79: Nemesis including why he needs to prove a point in this fight by knocking his opponent out.
The official weigh-in results for tomorrow night's UFC 79: Nemesis are below. All fighters successfully made weight.
Things heated up really fast during the stare-down between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. Silva empathically ripped off his shirt before approaching Liddell. After an intense stare-down between the two, Silva faked a move towards Liddell and Liddell responded by flipping his opponent the bird. Silva started to walk towards Liddell and officials and trainers all jumped in but order was quickly restored.
Main Card:
Matt Hughes (170 lbs) vs. Georges St. Pierre (170 lbs)
Chuck Liddell (204 lbs) vs. Wanderlei Silva (205 lbs)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (205 lbs) vs. Ryoto Machida (204 lbs)
Rich Clementi (155 lbs) vs. Melvin Guillard (156 lbs)
Eddie Sanchez (239 lbs) vs. Soa Palalei (262 lbs)
Preliminary Fights:
Dean Lister (186 lbs) vs. Jordan Radev (185 lbs)
James Irvin (205 lbs) vs. Luis Cane (205 lbs)
Roan Carneiro (170 lbs) vs. Tony DeSouza (170 lbs)
Manny Gamburyan (155 lbs) vs. Nate Mohr (155 lbs)
Doug Evans (155 lbs) vs. Mark Bocek (155 lbs)
Wanderlei Silva discusses his return to the UFC for the first time since 2000, his long-awaited fight against Chuck Liddell tomorrow night, and how that fight has become a must-win situation for him.
Whether you want to admit it or not, tomorrow night's fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva is the biggest in the history of mixed martial arts.
It's going to stay that way until and or if Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko even meet in the future.
The hype for this fight couldn't be any greater. Not a day has gone by that I can remember for the past couple of weeks where I haven't seen a commercial for UFC 79 somewhere. I've seen posters in stores, billboards in the city. Tonight's UFC All-Access and Countdown to UFC 79 is only going to create more excitement.
It's a matchup years in the making. Originally planned to happen in 2003 during PRIDE's Middleweight Grand Prix, the UFC lent Liddell to the Japanese only to have him upset for the first of two times by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. UFC President Dana White hoped to make the dream match come to fruition last November but talks with PRIDE officials fell apart. So Dana and company went ahead and bought PRIDE which in turn ended up securing Wanderlei for them as well.
For years, a potential fight between these two has been debated back and forth between fans and MMA experts alike. If you're a "nuthugger" of the UFC or PRIDE, you are salivating over this fight as it presents the ultimate UFC vs PRIDE situation.
As if all of that wasn't already enough, one only has to look towards the styles of each fighter to know that this fight has the makings of an absolute war on the feet. It's a fantastic bout pitting the aggressive striker against the counter-puncher. Doesn't get any better than that.
All I know is that I'm getting more and more excited for tomorrow night with every passing minute and I'm sure that many others are sharing similar feelings. For those that still don't realize or can't comprehend what's going down tomorrow night, those feelings will change as we count down the hours until Liddell and Silva finally clash.
It's the biggest fight in mixed martial arts history. Can't tell me different.
John Chandler here, breaking down UFC 79: Nemesis fight-by-fight, including detailed predictions along the way.
UFC 79: Nemesis features ten fights including the third fight between Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Title and the most anticipated fight in mixed martial arts history when Chuck Liddell takes on arch-rival Wanderlei Silva in a fight years in the making.
Continue reading "Break It Down: UFC 79"
Here's the third episode of Raw Vegas' Road to UFC 79 series with Wanderlei Silva as he prepares to fight Chuck Liddell in one of the biggest fights in MMA history at UFC 79 on December 29th. Wanderlei discusses how he got into MMA, what he was doing before the sport, and how he plans to go to college after his career is over.
Silva has also requested that fans send him suggestions for his entrance music at UFC 79. You can leave suggestions at his official website.


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EVILUTIONPosted Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 11:46 AM
I just reviewed the trailer of the new Ben Stein movie "Expelled" and I can't wait to see it. Unfortunately its not yet showing here, but you can catch it in Union City. From all the commotion it's causing on the media talk shows it must be a hoot. From the reviews it appears the movie is a documentary on Intelligent Design vs. Darwinian Evolution and the political incorrectness of discussing God in the college classroom. What a crock! Not the movie, but the notion that evolution and religion are somehow incompatible. This popular misconception is championed by both sides of the argument, the religious right and the atheistic scientists. And both sides have got it WRONG!
First, science can neither prove or disprove the existence of God. He (She) is supernatural. That means "above the laws of nature."
Second, religions (at least the majority of them) are "faith based." And as such cannot be used to dispute the laws of nature.
The idea that the two disciplines cannot coexist is absurd, counterfeit logic. The fact that "intelligent life" ever evolved on our planet is miraculous, but then again, after listening to the arguments from both sides on this issue, maybe the miracle is yet to happen.
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timay76, in retropectice............ a year later after reading all the posts,,,,,,,,, I like your post......................
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Mon, Aug 3, 2009, at 12:43 AM
timay76, in retropectice............ a year later after reading all the posts,,,,,,,,, I like your post......................
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Mon, Aug 3, 2009, at 12:38 AM
Enjoy it while it lasts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Fri, Aug 22, 2008, at 11:57 PM
Kinda does don't it! Say your prayers, eat your vitamins, and have just 1/2 a cc of winstrol every day! Look at where that's got him! Maybe I'll just go to church and sing from the hymnal!
-- Posted by timay76 on Fri, Aug 22, 2008, at 9:41 AM
"pray 3 times a day, wear spandex and eat 17 Ritz crackers before bedtime"
wait... that sounds like hulk hogan's 'demandments' from back in the 80s
-- Posted by jeramy on Thu, Aug 21, 2008, at 10:22 AM
All I'm saying is.."What if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us, Just a stranger on a bus...trying to make his way home?" Also, Mark Twain rules... Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were great characters!
Also, what if you do believe in God but don't think that the bible is necessarily accurate and truthful due to known text being left out and ancient writings (existing before the bible) contain stories that are direct images of stories spoken of in the bible? Read ancient Roman and Greek text...they speak of the tree of life in a garden and I believe "Homer" ate of the fruit and was scorned by the Gods.
Did everyone also know that Christianity was spawned from Pagonism! I believe that no matter what you believe, you should research and learn of your religion and not just follow blindly into the room that your pastor has painted for you. If you attend a church where your pastor is a complete dictator, how do you know what he preaches is the truth? Take for instance the CJC for short! You can't wear pants or cut your hair. They base this on the bible stating that women should not appear as men. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't everyone in bliblical times wear robes and have long hair? You make of things what you will!
The world is looking for the feeling of belonging so bad that people start their own religions daily. I'm convinced that I could start that Carb religion and tell everyone that the only way to get to heaven is pray 3 times a day, wear spandex and eat 17 Ritz crackers before bedtime and there would be idiots that would believe it! Go figure!
-- Posted by timay76 on Wed, Aug 20, 2008, at 2:20 PM
It has been tested and proven that magnets themselves have no effect on a person or their ailments. While it's true that our body contains electricity it is such a small amount I think it would take an awful lot of energy to affect it. See sticking a fork in a light socket.
-- Posted by jonboon on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, at 5:08 PM
One of the most fascinating facets of human existence is the existence of a magnetic field which is emitted from the brain and nervous systems of individual human beings. Japanese scientists are making extensive studies of these magnetic fields. From extensive personal observation and study, I believe that the magnetic field surrounding one individual nervous system can have an effect on the nervous system of another individual in close proximity. I would be interested in anyone else's thoughts on this particular phenomena.
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, at 1:41 PM
I was so glad to read the comments of jonboon and The Thinker on this topic. In this area it is difficult to be open about who you truly are when you don't follow the status quo. To know that there are other intelligent, thinking people in my community gives me hope that one day the oppression of religion can be overcome.
Thank you, jonboon and The Thinker. It is nice to know I am not alone.
-- Posted by AnotherThinker on Thu, Aug 14, 2008, at 12:12 PM
By accepting the story of christ as true and following the rules of the religion you are losing your freedom of speech, free will and ability to think for yourself.
-- Posted by jonboon on Thu, Jul 31, 2008, at 10:18 PM
One has lost nothing by acknowleding the existance of God, yet how much is at stake if God, as revealed in the Bible is indeed the true and living God, and folks reject His claims?
-- Posted by windjammer1 on Thu, Jul 31, 2008, at 7:26 PM
Nobody knows whether there is or is not a god or gods or a creator. Some people like to believe there is; others think there is not. But no one really knows. We may or may not find out the answer to that nagging question someday. While science has enabled us to understand many of the processes on-going in the physical world, we are left with the inigma of how it all began and from what. Depending upon where you stand on the issue, you have two choices: Either live like there's no tomorrow or like there is and you are accountable for your actions. Seems as though I see more people living it up than otherwise these days.
-- Posted by A Citizen on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, at 1:59 PM
Is it true that about nine months after several sheep abductions and the Roswell NM UFO crash that Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and several other prominent democratic party elitists were born?
-- Posted by A Citizen on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, at 1:47 PM
Is it true that about nine months after a number of sheep abductions and the Roswell UFO crash Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and several other prominent democratic party members were born?
-- Posted by A Citizen on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, at 1:45 PM
If all you guys can do is quote Albert Einstein, John Donne, Mark Twain, Ayn Rand,and on and on, then you have missed the only fact that makes sense of our existence, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." I choose to believe Jesus Christ was who he claimed to be.
-- Posted by interestedparty on Tue, Jul 22, 2008, at 6:16 PM
You are right, majority of religions believe in a god. in fact, that is an underlying principal in a religion, without it, it isnt a religion at all.
And I'd say most people in the world believe in a god or gods. As anecdotal evidence for my argument see Britney Spears. Popular rarely equals good.
-- Posted by jonboon on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 5:31 PM
I apologize for preaching without a license in a public forum. This posting will be my last sermon on this particular subject.
#1, I am a Christian..... I believe that Christianity can be summed up into three short sentences:
God is Love.
Love thy neighbor as thyself.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
If all Christians would focus their energies on these three sentences instead of debating denominational doctrine, they would have a much better chance of achieving their goal of saving the world.
Scientists have given mankind the ability to destroy every living creature on this planet in an allout nuclear war. I sincerely believe that the only hope to avoid eventual all out nuclear war, given the nature of human beings, is to adhere to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 3:08 PM
The greatest freedom in the world is the freedom of thought.......... we don't need either "social scientists" or "preachers" telling us how and what to think........ but I'm more afraid of the "social scientists" because many of them are lacking in ethics and have no moral compass to guide them....... the ability to manipulate genes, when it is done by someone who thinks he's God is scary........ I have more faith in the average preacher to do what is right, than I do the average genome manipulator or the average psychologist, Companies are being allowed to patent human genes.......... and psychologists sold out to Madison Avenue shortly after the birth of their profession.................
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 1:08 PM
The thinker,,,,,,, what makes you think that you are the only independent thinker in the universe.......... You have no monopoly on logic............. No matter how a child is raised,,,,,,,,, many become independent thinkers, and many do not........ we are not all the same......................
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 12:49 PM
Opinionated........ your opinion is worth considerably more than two cents..............
Scientists can't prove what put every electron in motion orbiting every nucleus in every atom of every molecule of all matter in the universe,,,,,,, tis the height of arrogance to believe that you can "prove" any and everything.......... the greatest mind of the twentieth century, Einstein, was intelligent enough and humble enough to realize that...........................
Many scientists see man as a heroic being, and many theologians see man as a tragic being...... Personally, I see man as a combination of both.............
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 12:36 PM
How can humans be as intelligent as they are and be in existence and have no purpose at all for being? If there were no God then a humans life would be nothing more than an attempt to survive until their death. The good will, and the achievements that humans have made would in the end be all for nothing. If there is no God there is absolutely no chance of immortality. If you take away the chance of immortality what would be the purpose of having good morals?
What is the difference between Adolph Hitler and Mother Teresa? They were both humans, both had the same intricacies of the human body. Both were a part of the mysterious thing we call life, and both were a part of making changes to the history of humanity as we know it, but were very much opposed. Each individual has their own inherent ability to decide their own purpose in life. Obviously, both of these individuals motivations were diametrically opposed ;however each individual felt they were doing the right thing.
While not all religions believe in the Christian God, most religions believe in a God or Gods. Most religions believe the way to fulfillment is through good deeds, and the guidance of a higher power and the promise of reaching a better place in the afterlife. If there were no God, why do so many people universally believe in some form or other of God? Can that many people be wrong in believing in a Creator ?
Is it so hard to believe that the universe was made by someone that we can not see, hear or feel ? Many do have trouble standing on faith alone. However, evolutionists are standing on faith alone when they believe that the universe was created from something they can not prove. They are assuming that our universe was created from nothing without any real proof. Human reasoning has concluded that the universe came from nothing and that life came from motionless matter. When you think about everything in the world from the smallest insect to the largest mammal being "accidentally" made, then there were a lot of "lucky accidents" made from nothing.
Just my philosophical two cents worth!
-- Posted by opinionated on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 11:31 AM
All im saying there is no need for religion. There is no purpose for it. All those Jewish people that prayed for their lives and their childrens lives had been murdered. What was it about 60,000 a week. And today millions of people are being killed in a genocide in Africa and that's not counting the aids that is going around. There are some priest that believe if you have aids you can have sex with a virgin and it will cure it. Religion is a powerful tool that can abuse and even kill people. And I think a person with a gun fighting a war that has nothing to do with religion but still insist to involve his faith into it to justify his way of killing needs some physiological help. Society pushes faith in peoples faces and when a person grows up in a religious environment he is mind blown when he meets someone with a different faith or without. Our children are programed to believe in mythical charters without a choice of their own to pick and chose what to believe. I hate to change the subject but if it wasn't for parents pushing faith into young children minds I think children growing up would be more independent and know that its all up to them and not a guy in the sky to direct them. If there was a society without god people would have real reasons to live and that's for themselves and their family, and to fight as well. Religion has confused us all so much that we blow each other up for it and there is no excuse for it. Everyone should have a choice what to believe but there needs to be more people to point their finger when it gets out of hand.
-- Posted by The thinker on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, at 1:57 AM
The Jewish people were persecuted by the Nazis because of their economic influence and their ethnic solidarity, not their religion..............
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Thu, Jul 17, 2008, at 11:14 PM
Jonboon, WWII caused 50 million deaths..... what did WWII have to do with religion???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 11:10 PM
Being alone and isolated is the worst condition that human beings can be in........ We had to read Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked alone on a desert island when I was in the sixth grade............................. we are social animals............... we need the approval, the fellowship, the good will, and the appreciation of our peers. .. John Donne wrote; "No man is an island, entire of itself: every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main......................."
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 11:00 PM
More wars and death have been caused by religion than any other driving purpose. Not, territory, as you put it.
Why should it change my interpertation of what einstein said? I can say it makes me mad when people quote me to further their own cause but it doesnt change what I said and the fact that I am correct. By pasting the quotes i was pointing out how incorrect muscadine was when he said samuel clemens and einstein were not atheists.
some people need religion in their life because being alone in the universe is a scary thought. And those are the people that need the support of an imaginary overseer to answer questions that science simply havent answered yet.
By the way, jeramy, i never said i was open minded :D
-- Posted by jonboon on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 9:14 PM
It's all I can do to keep my head on straight, also.........Walking with what the atheists call a crutch is a helluva lot better than not walking at all............ I agree with Einstein,,,,,, there is a natural harmony in the universe.............
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 4:31 PM
i don't care to discuss this any further... i honestly could care less what everyone else claims to believe in, its all i can do to keep my own head on straight.
"Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."
-- Posted by jeramy on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 3:12 PM
Human beings as territorial animals are constantly in competition...... we compete for food, we as males compete with other males for the right to mate with females, we compete for jobs,,, we compete for social status, we compete in normal conversation to see who has the last word, it is natural to try to dominate another human being.... whether it be your wife, your sibling, or your subordinates at work.......... there is usually a defined pecking order in all socially harmonious groups.......... Groups with a purpose can not achieve their goals if they are constantly infighting for dominance...... That's what's wrong with Congress.......... This natural quest for dominance, if left unchecked and uncontrolled by civilizing moral principles can lead to the Hitler's and Stalin's, and Idi Amin's of this world....... Darfur is a modern day example..............
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 2:27 PM
surely two open minded, freethinking atheists can offer us more than other people's word for word quotes from the exact same website
-- Posted by jeramy on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 2:12 PM
To The Thinker,,,,,,,,,,, Most human beings do not have the luxury or the wherewithall to sit back and pontificate like us rich, spoiled Americans...... They're too busy fighting for their own survival,,,, putting food on the table and taking care of their families..... Back in my college days in the sixties when I was brainwashed by Ayn Rand and arguing religion with my Dad, he a combat veteran of WWII, said "Believe me son, there are no atheists in foxholes." As I got older and occupied my own figurative foxholes, I realized what he meant.................... Most wars are fought for economic reasons, and territorial reasons, not religious reasons....... sometimes the religion gives them the cohones to fight...............
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 2:00 PM
no, but it should change your interpretation of it.
-- Posted by jeramy on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 11:51 AM
It can make einstein angry, but it does not change what he said.
-- Posted by jonboon on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 11:04 AM
einstein also said...
"In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognise, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views."
-- Posted by jeramy on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 2:14 AM
Here is an happy atheist besides myself and that MARK TWAIN and here is a quote and plenty more if you search in Google.
"There is no other life; life itself is only a vision and a dream for nothing exists but space and you. If there was an all-powerful God, he would have made all good, and no bad." Mark Twain in Eruption
Its easy to believe in a god and ignore his perversion when were under our air-conditioned homes watching the war on the tube. Our brains are very complex but it's a fact that our mind is capable of creating fantasy. That imagination helps us in the boring, happy, and the worst of times, and when the worst times are here that creation sets in to create something to stop depression and that's the make-believe god. We make these silly things up to make us feel good and through time it has caused hate between each other because of our differences of beliefs in imagination. There is nothing wrong or depressing about not believing in a god, and my opinion is that it's very relieving to know that life is just what it is. We live to do the best we can and that's good enough for me, but the rest of the world still leans on a higher power to control and make sense of things when the concept of god cant be proved by science. The same science that puts safe food in our belly's and medicine to heal the sick. I think a human is beyond god when he accepts that death is just something natural and it happens to everyone. I don't fear death because I know its coming, I do fear the pain the could come with it because pain just freaking hurts. God is just made up to keep us from committing suicide. At sometime in human evolution of the brain this thought of a creator was created to keep the population from killing our own selves, to have a reason to live and reproduce. The creation got out of hand and look at us now blowing ourselves up because of a belief. Why do some believe in something that we think is all mighty and powerful when the world around us is dying in a bloody massacre? There is no reason anymore to believe in a higher power when we all know that atheist can live a happy life with out it.
-- Posted by The thinker on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 1:49 AM
"I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religion than it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism."
"I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it."
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for a reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
-Albert Einstein, German-born American physicist
-- Posted by jonboon on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 1:06 AM
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true."
"If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be -- a Christian."
"It (the Bible) is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies."
"A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows."
"Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in print anywhere. It makes Nero an angel of light � by contrast."
"I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind & keep them shut by force."
"If there is a God, he is a malign thug."
"'In God We Trust.' I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true."
"It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand."
"Man is a marvelous curiosity . . . he thinks he is the Creator's pet . . . he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." [Letters from the Earth]
Mr. Clemens was once asked whether he feared death. He said that he did not, in view of the fact that he had been dead for billions and billions of years before he was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
- Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist (1835-1910).
-- Posted by jonboon on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 1:05 AM
I'm atheist and I'm perfectly happy. So you've at least heard of one.
-- Posted by jonboon on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, at 12:58 AM
i think you really have to open your mind and figure it out for yourself... forget everything you think you know about religion and think for yourself. you don't want to be an atheist blinded by science, but at the same time you shouldn't become a christian, muslim, or jew if you don't agree with their beliefs. if you force yourself to believe in something that you truly don't agree with you're more likely to find insanity than enlightenment
-- Posted by jeramy on Tue, Jul 15, 2008, at 10:38 PM
Thinker,,,,,,,,, you're talking about the Christian "God"............. to me "God" is the life force present in all living things from the simplest amoeba and paramecium to the most complex creation of "God": the human brain........ Human consciousness and the characterisics of all life,,,,,,, whose sole reason for being is to "live" can not be explained simply by synapses firing in nerve cells and mapping dna............. the force behind all this complex life I choose to call "God"..... All human cultures and civilizations have been either monotheistic or polytheistic....... but they have all been in awe of that strong will to live and reproduce which they did not understand and called "God"............. The calming aspects of spirituality are a positive aspect in my life........ I am what Mark Twain called a Free Thinker and I have made peace with my "God"........... Psychologists say that our concepts of God are based on authority figures which we encounter in our immediate post-infancy years........... My concept of God is based on my biological father........ He wasn't perfect,, but he was a very good man, who worked hard to raise his five children........ and he must have done something right because his five children now ranging in age from 52 to 67 revere his memory............ The greatest thinker of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein, was not an atheist..... he believed that there was harmony in the universe,,,,,,,,,,,,, I have never met or heard of a happy atheist......... Most are miserable because they are unable to cope with the thought that they are not the center of the universe................. Maybe someone will read my ramblin' thoughts...... thinker, say something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Tue, Jul 15, 2008, at 8:48 PM
This so called God is sickly perverted. It supposedly lives high in the clouds or another world watching every move we make, and when I mean every move I mean from murder to child molesting, and to top it all off it has us all believe that we are sinners even the ones born without sight, hearing, and limbs. And if you really want to get deep lets talk about burning his CHILDREN in a fiery hell for eternity and then saying it loves us. A person can be the most, loving, honest, and giving person in the world but if he doesn't aspect the lord in his heart he's hell bound. If I had a pet in a box I would do everything in my power to care for it, so if you think about the earth being a box and God is us then someone needs to call animal precinct.
-- Posted by The thinker on Mon, Jul 14, 2008, at 10:48 PM
Actually muscadine, i have never read rands work, but i know of it. my attitude comes from merely existing :)
-- Posted by jonboon on Sun, Jul 13, 2008, at 11:55 PM
jonboon,,,,,, you sound like you have read a lot of Ayn Rand.............. I read all of her novels and many of her essays........... her arrogance and disdain for "inferior" beings was dispicable......... Her dismissal of the transcendental in human existence was a major flaw in Objectivist philosophy..... She died a lonely miserable, cynical death......... after causing much pain to her personal family and friends because of her self-centered selfishness which she glorified....... She left Eddie Willers out in the desert......................
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Sat, Jul 12, 2008, at 12:47 AM
The reason some scientists do not believe the existence of a god is because their life is dedicated to proving things to be true, not disproving things. To some people, the burden of proof lies with the believer. Many people believe in a number of supernatural beings and can not under any circumstances prove they exist.
Personally I like to deal with the things that can be proven and do not like to waste the limited amount of living time I have on things that have no scientific foundation. Arguing with nutjobs about god, ghosts, and bigfoot included. Some people need that crutch in their life and if that's the case, I'm not going to be the one to kick it out from under them.
-- Posted by jonboon on Fri, Jul 11, 2008, at 12:12 PM
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The elder Hoffa may have been an emotional powerhouse, but he was not, says his son, the angry bear portrayed by Jack Nicholson. "My dad was a very upbeat and happy person," he says. "He was a great kidder. Jim still smiles at his father's response after he was acquitted of bribery charges leveled against him in 1962, when Robert Kennedy was Attorney General. "Kennedy made the comment, 'If Hoffa is acquitted, I'll jump off the top of the Capitol dome,' " Jim says. "So when my father was cleared, he sent Kennedy a parachute." Kennedy had the last laugh, however, when Hoffa was subsequently convicted of jury tampering, fraud and misuse of Teamster pension funds.
Jimmy Hoffa was also a devoted family man, his son says. "He was an old-fashioned father, who didn't show affection very much." Jim says. "But he had a ready smile." The elder Hoffa never spanked his son, leaving that to his wife, Josephine, a former laundry worker who died in 1980, five years after Jimmy's disappearance. Growing up in Detroit, Jim enjoyed going on occasional vacation outings with his father. "He had me out bird hunting with a shotgun when I was 9," Jim says. "And every summer we'd have a bet on who got the biggest fish." But Hoffa was often away on union business, and Jim—who was an all-slate lineman for Detroit's Cooley Cardinals in high school—still regrets that his father never attended one of his games. "I wish he could have found time," Jim says. "For him, football wasn't important."
Work was. "He was Type A all the way," Jim says. "He was always the guy who said, 'Let's do this, do that.' We'd go for Sunday drives, and more often than not we'd end up where there was a strike going on." After his fraud and jury-tampering convictions landed him in federal prison in Lewisburg, Pa., in 1967, Hoffa continued to work—with his son, by then a lawyer, acting as his go-between. "He was like a caged lion in prison," Jim says. "All he talked about was his union."
Hoffa's 13-year sentence was commuted in 1971 by President Richard Nixon on the condition that he not reclaim his job as union president. Hoffa was still fighting to get that restriction overturned when he disappeared in 1975. Federal officials believe Hoffa was assassinated because he refused to kowtow to Genovese crime-family leader Anthony Provenzano, but no one has ever been charged with the murder, and Hoffa's body has never been found. Jim was at a vacation cottage in Northern Michigan with his wife, Ginger, and their two sons—David, now 22, and Geoffrey, 20—when the elder Hoffa vanished. "My mother called about 6:30 a.m. and told me that he hadn't come home," he says. "Right away I expected the worst. He never stayed out without letting us know."
In recent years Jim and his sister, Barbara Crancer, 54, a St. Louis administrative-law judge, have tried to get access to government files on their father's disappearance through the Freedom of Information Act. But the FBI has blocked their request, claiming the case is still pending. "We hope this film will put pressure on the government to open the files," says Jim.
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