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The sixth annual Aware Connemara Cycle took place on Saturday, April 20th.
This event has cumulatively raised over €85,000 so far for Aware. A wonderful group of cyclists completed one of the two routes 125km or 62km both of which started and finished in Leenane, Co. Galway
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Thank you to West Ireland Cycling for providing a back-up service during the cycle to help fix any small punctures or repairs and to Leenane Hotel for providing discount rates for participants and spot prizes. Also many thanks to Galway Bay Hotel and The Royal Marine Hotel for providing spot prizes and to Tesco Oranmore for providing refreshments enroute.
The event would not be possible without the huge effort of the race committe: Breda Golden,Caroline Moran, Aoife Lyons, Michael Byrne and Christine Enright and of course all the participants who cycled the distance to support Aware.


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If you spend a lot of time on the New York City subway system – these apps can help.
NYC Bus & Subway Maps
This free app is essential because when you are down in the subway you will not get reception so having a subway map downloaded to your phone makes sense!
NYCMate (NYC Bus & Subway)
Everything you need to master the NYC bus and subway – for free! It works offline, and has info for all routes… except that some of them (late night schedules, for instance) are wrong. Use with care – but still the most comprehensive app for NYC transit info.
New York Subway & Bus maps
A nice subway map of NYC with bus, railroad, and ferry connections. Pinch to zoom.
NYC Subway Status
Follow specific subway lines with this app and get updates about whether they are open or closed. Great app because this info is often not built into other subway maps and route lists.
New York Subway by Zuti
This is a GPS enabled subway map (but also works offline). Great multi-featured map with route info, save favorites, etc. Recommend.

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Drew charging Puerto Escondido. Video shot by Mike Levy
Drew charging Puerto Escondido. Video shot by Mike Levy
During the last decade, acting as agent and brand manager, Maria has successfully built Drew Brophy's lifestyle artist brand through licensing and special projects.
Maria writes a blog that helps other creative people to design the life of their dreams, too. Hop on over to Maria's blog at MariaBrophy.com
Didn't realize that was you Drew. I do a playlist of youtube standup vids on kenalu. That vid is the 1st one I picked for the group that has been up for the last couple of months. Chargin hard man!
Merry Christmas Drew Boy!
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Howdy Drew, Glad to see your getting lots of tasty waves. Thanks for teaching me how to paddleboard in Costa Rica. Rock on!
Aloha Drew,
Nice waves! Watch out for those lips!!
Heck, I can't even get a decent barrel on a normal board!
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Where my parents grew up, there are few families which were not the recipients, willing or unwilling, of the genes of the Scotsmen and Welshmen who ran the Empire. My great-great-grandmother, born a slave, probably had never heard of Scotland when she met the sea-captain who fathered her umpteenth child. It is no accident that the men in my family carry names like Ivor, Angus and Mac, and so many black people have names like MacDonald, Phillips and Stewart. I am, by genetic inheritance and by culture, a romantic nationalist. And the abuse of that precious inheritance by mere politicians makes my blood boil.
The Old Nat politicians - and they are to be found in all parties other than the Tories - are muddled and outdated. They are no longer sure whether it is history, geography or ethnicity that drives their claim for self- government. As a result, they still cannot answer the so-called "West Lothian Question" - why should Scottish and Welsh MPs at Westminster have the right to vote on English matters once they have their own parliaments?
Nor have they explained why devolution would leave their people better off. Professor Douglas McWilliams, in his research for the City of London Corporation, reckons the flow of money out of London to be about pounds 6bn each year. Scotland and Wales are major beneficiaries. Government sources say that both countries take more from the Exchequer than they give back. Does anyone imagine that the London government promised by both Labour and the Lib Dems would simply keep writing the cheques with a cheery flourish? Not on your nelly. And if they don't, will the right to levy 3p in the pound make up the resulting deficit? No way, Jose.
There is a simple and compelling argument for administrative devolution. It is that government closer to the people is better, more effective government. But, the problem for the Old Nats is that the same set of arguments applies to virtually every other part of the UK. Physically, you can draw a line around the Black Country or Cumbria just as convincingly as around Wales or Scotland. Cardiff, as a centre of population, is nearer to London than Newcastle. Within Europe, Scotland looks much the same as the North-West of England, seen from Brussels.
But the Old Nats want to go to international conferences and pose as statesmen. So they fall back on the historic tradition. One wing of that tradition is institutional - the law and education particularly. We know that Scottish law is different. But that difference has been eroded over time, and the encroachment of EU competence will erode it faster. Eventually, the unique legal framework of Scotland will principally be a matter of archaic legal jargon. As far as education is concerned, it may only be a matter of time before England and Wales grasp that the Scots system is so superior that it is adopted wholesale across the UK.
The other wing of the historic tradition is what people now call "national identity". This constitutes the melange of cultural inheritance, speech, religion and just sheer tribalism, all traceable to an historic piece of land and water. The trouble for the Old Nats is that this justification for their ambitions is also on its way out.
To start with, Scotland and Wales are just as susceptible to globalisation as anywhere else. They have abandoned the kilt for Levis and their children turn up their noses at haggis when presented with a McDonald's. Second, they are divided: too many people in the northern half of Scotland dislike Edinburgh as heartily as they do London, and distrust it more. The same is true of north Wales and Cardiff. Third, Scottishness and Welshness are increasingly spread outside the traditional borders; if Labour wins, its three most dominant figures - Blair, Brown, Cook - will all be Scots. And, fourth, the Old Nats' conception of devolution offers no promise to those outside the borders of Scotland and Wales who feel themselves to be part of those nations. Do we get postal votes in the elections, or is this a property-based franchise, in which second-home owners have rights not available to people who can trace their ancestry back two centuries?
To make matters worse for Old Nats caught up in the romantic tradition, there are stronger claimants to an undiluted historic tradition in modern Britain. Two million dedicated British Muslims are entitled to ask why it is that they can expect, at best, one Muslim in the new Parliament, while a similar number of people who happen to live in Wales - but many of whom can't claim a Welsh heritage - can demand 30 members of Parliament, a government of their own and a pounds 3bn subsidy.
If the response is that the coincidence of population and geography is the key, the Old Nats are missing what is going on in the world. I know from my own experience that nationhood transcends geography - a lesson that Irish and Jewish nationalists have exploited brilliantly for most of this century; arguably, their greatest achievements have not been the establishment of Jewish or Irish states, but the creation of rich, vibrant and modern global tribes. Take also, for example, the success of East African Asians - built on the existence of a 150 million-strong diaspora that stretches across three continents, sharing common tastes, buying the same goods, watching the same films. In my own global tribe, it is no surprise to me that the top TV show among black South Africans (New York Undercover) is the same as that among African-Americans and probably among black Britons who can see it on satellite, yet the show is unknown to white audiences.
If the Tories lose, there will be devolution. But after the first flourish of ceremony, the real symbols of Scottishness and Welshness are as likely to be found on cable or satellite TV as they are in the talk shops of Cardiff or Edinburgh, doomed to be starved of cash by Whitehall, and destined to be overruled by Westminster and Brussels. The truth is that the modern nationalist doesn't need another stuffy debating chamber. A modem, a PC and a satellite dish will do nicely, thank you.Reuse content


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Problem solving is at the heart of the NRICH site. All the problems
give learners opportunities to learn, develop or use mathematical
concepts and skills. Read here for more information.
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the
site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to
develop the skills of strategic planning.
Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?
The NRICH team are always looking for new ways to engage teachers
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A Sudoku with a twist.
Imagine a stack of numbered cards with one on top. Discard the top,
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Advent Calendar 2011 - a mathematical activity for each day during the run-up to Christmas.
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This is a variation of sudoku which contains a set of special clue-numbers. Each set of 4 small digits stands for the numbers in the four cells of the grid adjacent to this set.
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You need to find the values of the stars before you can apply normal Sudoku rules.
You have been given nine weights, one of which is slightly heavier
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Using just 3 weighings, can you identify which weight is the odd
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Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?
Label the joints and legs of these graph theory caterpillars so that the vertex sums are all equal.
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Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
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Can you use your powers of logic and deduction to work out the missing information in these sporty situations?
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This Sudoku combines all four arithmetic operations.
A Sudoku that uses transformations as supporting clues.
This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.
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There is a long tradition of creating mazes throughout history and across the world. This article gives details of mazes you can visit and those that you can tackle on paper.
Ben passed a third of his counters to Jack, Jack passed a quarter
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Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary
The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which
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60 pieces and a challenge. What can you make and how many of the
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This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?
A pair of Sudoku puzzles that together lead to a complete solution.
First Connect Three game for an adult and child. Use the dice numbers and either addition or subtraction to get three numbers in a straight line.
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Realizing Remote Video's Revenue Possibilities
Remote services such as video guard tours and verification appeal to end users, and have the potential to be very lucrative for integrators. Find out what's involved to succeed in this growing marketplace from technology, sales and marketing, and operational standpoints.
Sharon Shaw June 14, 2011
Remote video services consist of anything from offsite, remotely hosted video surveillance storage, to remote video monitoring and remote guarding. In general, these services are designed to save the end user money on their capital investment for a security surveillance system, offer valuable features that are unavailable to them with localized video solutions and leverage additional features to provide them with outsourced managed services.
Systems integrators are in a prime position to benefit from this lucrative new business opportunity. These services provide upsell opportunities for their customers and can generate the recurring monthly revenue (RMR) they need to: vastly increase their company valuation, have a predictable cash flow, level out the peaks and valleys, and improve their creditworthiness.
Integrators should dedicate a resource to implementing their managed services business. This is highly recommended because the sales process for these services is different from the traditional contractor sales model. The person who is in charge of selling the services should always sell the services as a solution — making the hardware, software and engineering involved merely the means to support the solution. Otherwise, the services appear to be optional, and thus become harder to sell.
Integrators should start with their existing customer base as those clients have already entrusted their integrator with their security management. Thus there is a relationship in place with which to work. The margins for these services are typically from 30 percent to 40 percent — lower than traditional intrusion alarm monitoring. However, the financial impact of the RMR remains lucrative because the dollar amounts per account are so much higher.
So let's take a closer look at the specific types of remote video services — hosted video, video verification and remote video guarding — and the opportunities, operational considerations and costs associated with each one.
Keys to Hosted Video
Hosted video, a.k.a. offsite video storage, or remote video management, offers end users the following opportunities:
- Replacement of the DVR — reducing the upfront investment required to obtain a working video system
- Plug-and-play installation - reducing the installation time and labor costs
- Hosted software — reducing the upfront investment as no server is required, and no software or licensing costs are incurred
- Mobility — allowing end users to utilize mobile devices and any Web-enabled computer to access recorded and live video
Key system operational considerations for hosted video applications:
- Bandwidth consumption — pushing video through the "cloud" requires a significant amount of bandwidth onsite. Generally, 0.5MB upload speed per camera is recommended.
- Video quality — end users can choose from 1 frame per second (320 X 240 TV lines resolution) up to 10fps (640 X 480) or combinations in between. It's important to make sure that the resolution and frame rate is adequate to meet the end user's needs for the video.
- Network connectivity — because Internet is necessary to push the video offsite, some end users will have a network-attached storage (NAS) device onsite and then use the hosted video as a redundant backup and for quick viewing.
Key cost considerations for hosted video applications:
- Upfront — the upfront costs to the end user include acquiring the cameras, cabling, switch, network architecture and installation.
- Recurring — the recurring monthly costs to the end user can range from $10/month per camera for live viewing only, to $25-$30/month per camera for the hosted service.
Keys to Video Verification
Video verification offers end users the following opportunities:
- Alarm verification prior to dispatch — reducing the number of false alarms sent to authorities and end users
- Quicker response from local authorities - increasing chances for apprehending suspects and minimizing losses and damage
Key system operational considerations for video verification applications:
- Central station responsibilities — video verification is a service where central station operators act as human filters for alarms sent to the central station. The operators may receive a dozen alarms in one night from one site but until they witness a person trespassing or some other unwanted or illegal activity, the central station does not alert authorities.
- Video quality — the video used to deliver video verification is usually low resolution, and not live. Meaning operators receive a pre- and post-alarm video clip (generally about 60 seconds in length) and make their decisions based on what they see in the clip. Video verification is somewhat limited due to the technology used at the monitored site and at the central station.
- False alarms — although the central station is responsible for filtering out false alarms, they do still get transmitted to the monitoring center at a high rate. This can be costly to the central station, which will generally have a limit or an overage fee should false alarms get out of hand.
- Threat detection — generally the devices used to trigger events for video verification applications are traditional intrusion panel-type events. This includes anything like video motion detection, door contacts, PIRs, etc. This service is not ideal for outdoor applications unless the area is somehow protected from environmental factors like snow, lighting and animals, as well as frequent human activity that may not be considered threatening.
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For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all.—1 Tim. ii. 5, 6.
IN the two former discourses upon this text, I have treated on the second proposition 1 laid down from these words: viz. that there is but "one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." In treating of this proposition, I shewed,
First, That it is agreeable to Scripture.
Secondly, That it is agreeable to one great end and design of the Christian religion, and of our Saviour's coming into the world, which was, to destroy idolatry out of it.
Thirdly, That, from the nature and reason of the thing, there can be but one mediator or intercessor in heaven with God for sinners; and that he can be no other than Jesus Christ.
Fourthly, I shewed how contrary to this doctrine the doctrine and practice of the church of Rome is, in their invocation of angels and the blessed Virgin, and the saints, and making use of their mediation and intercession with God for sinners.
This I endeavoured to do, by shewing first, How contrary this is to the doctrine of the Scriptures. Secondly, How contrary to the doctrine and practice of the church, for several of the first ages of it. And thus far I have gone.340
I proceed now, in the third place, to answer the chief pretences and excuses which are made by those of the church of Rome for this doctrine and practice.
As, 1. That they only say, that it is lawful to pray to angels and saints; but do not enjoin and require it. To this I answer two things:
(1.) In saying that it is lawful to pray to saints and angels (if they went no farther) they say that which they can never make good; because prayer is an act of religious worship, and peculiar and proper to God only, and therefore cannot be given to any creature, angel or saint. This I have proved from Scripture, where our Saviour commands us, when we pray, to say, "Our Father, which art in heaven;" that is, to direct and address our prayers to God only. And St. Paul likewise forbids the worshipping angels, by invocating of them, and making use of them as mediators between God and us, in his Epistle to the Colossians; which Theodoret expressly interprets concerning the invocation of angels, and applying ourselves to them, as mediators and intercessors with God in heaven for us. And the council of Laodicea declares this practice to be idolatry. Besides that, the ancient fathers of the Christian church, for above three hundred years, never spake of praying to any but God only; and do expressly condemn the invocation of angels, much more of the saints, who are inferior to them; and therefore, they always define prayer to be an address to God, a conversing and discoursing with God; which would be a false definition of prayer, if it were lawful to pray to any but to God only. All which considered, one may justly wonder at 341the confidence of some men, who would have it taken for granted, without any proof that the invocation of saints and angels is lawful.
(2.) If it were true, that it is lawful to pray to angels and saints; it is not true, that the church of Rome does only declare it to be lawful, but does not require and enjoin it, as some of their late writers pretend.
With what face can this be said, when there are so many prayers to angels and saints, and especially to the blessed Virgin, in the public offices of their church, in which all are supposed to join, as much as in the prayers which are put up to God by the priest? It is true, indeed, the people understand neither; but they are present at both, and join in both alike; that is, as much as men can be said to join in that which they do not understand; as that church supposeth people may do, and receive great edification also, by joining with the priest in a service which they do not understand. But how they can be edified by what they do not understand, I must confess myself as little able to understand as they do their prayers. But whether they understand them or not, it is certain that if the people have any part in the public prayers of the church, they are bound to pray to angels and saints.
And if the Creed of Pope Pius IV. framed by virtue of an order of the council of Trent, be of any authority with them, one of the articles of it is, that "I do firmly hold, that the saints, which reign together with Christ, are to be worshipped and invocated, and that they do offer up prayers to God for us." And this Creed all the governors of cathedrals and superior churches, and all who hold any dignity, 342or benefice, with cure of souls from them, are bound solemnly to make profession of, and swear to, and carefully to cause it to be held, and taught, and preached by all that are under their charge: so that they are to teach the people, that the saints, which reign together with Christ, are to be worshipped and prayed to. And, therefore, unless people are not bound to do that which they are to be taught it is their duty to do, they are, by virtue of this article, required to worship and pray to saints. And if the public office of their church be the public worship, and Pope Pius's Creed the public faith of the Romish church, no man can be either of the faith or in the communion of that church, who does not only hold it lawful, but his duty, to worship the saints in heaven, and to pray to them, and accordingly does join in the worship of them and prayers to them, as much as in any other part of Divine service.
2. Another pretence for this doctrine and practice is, that the saints in heaven do pray for us, and what is this but to be mediators and intercessors with God for us? And, if so, why may we not pray to them, to intercede with God for us? To this I answer four things:—
(1.) We do not deny that the saints in heaven pray for us that are here upon earth, because they may do so, for any thing we know; but that they do so, is more than can be proved, either by clear testimony of Scripture, or by any convincing argument from reason, and therefore no doctrine or practice can be safely grounded upon it.
(2.) Though it were certain, that the saints in heaven do pray for us; yet they are not mediators and intercessors, properly so called: for all intercession, 343strictly and properly so called, is in virtue of a sacrifice offered by him that intercedes; and therefore he only, by whom expiation of sin is made upon earth, can be properly an intercessor with God in heaven; but this, no angel or saint hath done, nor can do.
And (as I have shewed in some of the former discourses) it is the plain scope of a great part of the Epistle to the Hebrews to prove this very thing, that under the gospel we have an High Priest that lives for ever, "and appears in the presence of God for us," in the virtue of that blood which he shed, and that sacrifice which he offered upon the cross for the expiation of sin:" and that by this High Priest only we have access, with freedom and confidence to the "throne of grace," and by him do offer up all our prayers and thanksgivings, and all other acts of religious worship, to God: and this the apostle shews was typified, in an imperfect manner, by the Jewish high priest under the law, who was but one, and none but he only could enter into the holy of holies, with the blood of the sacrifices that were slain and burnt without, by which blood he made an atonement and interceded for the people;" and, though every priest might pray for the people, and the people for one another, which is a kind of intercession; yet that peculiar kind of intercession, which was performed by the high priest in the holy of holies, in virtue of the sacrifice that was slain without, could not be made, but by the high priest only. By all which was typified our High Priest under the gospel, who only hath made expiation of sin, by the sacrifice of himself, and is entered into heaven, to "appear in the presence of God for us," where he lives for ever to make intercession 344for us, in virtue of that blood, which was shed for the expiation of sin, and which can only be presented to God by him that shed it. And this is properly intercession, like that of the high priest under the law for the people of Israel; and this kind of intercession can be made by none in heaven for us, but only by "the High Priest of our profession, Jesus the Son of God," and by none else can we offer up our prayers and services to God; and, consequently, we cannot address ourselves to any other, angels or saints, as mediators with God for us.
(3.) Supposing it certain, that the saints do pray for us; yet we may not address solemn prayer to them to pray for us, because prayer and solemn in vocation is a part of that religious worship which is peculiar to God.
(4.) Supposing it not only certain, that the saints in heaven do pray for us, but likewise that they might be proper mediators and intercessors with God, for us; yet we ought not to pray to them, because they cannot hear us, as I shall have occasion to shew fully by and by.
Another of their pretences or excuses for this practice is, that praying to saints to pray for us, is no more than what we do to good men upon earth, when we desire them to pray for us. So the late expounder of the catholic faith, namely, the Bishop of Meaux, tells us, that "they pray to the saints in heaven, in the same order of brotherly society with which we intreat our brethren upon earth to pray for us."
But that this is not a true representation, either of their doctrine or practice in this matter, will appear by these following considerations:345
(1.) That they pray to the angels and saints in heaven with the same solemn circumstances of religious worship that they pray to God himself, in the same place, and in the same humble posture, and in the same religious offices and services, in which they pray to God; which surely is never done by any to their "brethren upon earth."
(2.) That in their prayers and thanksgivings, they join the angels and the blessed Virgin and the saints together with God and Christ, as if (to use their own phrase) it were "in the same order of brotherly society," and as if they were all equally the objects of our invocation and praise; of which, in my last discourse, 1 gave several plain instances; but this also is never done to "our brethren upon earth."
(3.) That in the Creed of Pope Pius IV. it is expressly said, that "the saints, which reign together with Christ, are to be worshipped and invocated:" but this surely they will not allow to be done to "our brethren upon earth." And the council of Trent does expressly ground the worship and invocation of saints, upon their reigning with Christ in heaven; and therefore, this worship and invocation of saints must necessarily be something more than "according to the same order of brotherly society, with which we intreat our brethren upon earth to pray for us:" otherwise the reason given by the council of their reigning with Christ in heaven, would be frivolous, if the same thing may be done to "our brethren upon earth."
(4.) In the public offices of their church, they do not only pray to the saints to pray for them, but they direct their prayers and thanksgivings immediately to them, for all those blessings and benefits which they ask of God, and thank him for. Of 346which innumerable examples might be given out of their public offices; particularly in the "Office of the blessed Virgin," they pray to the angels thus: "Deliver us, we beseech you, by your command, from all our sins."
And the words of the Decree of the council of Trent, [ad eorum orationes, opem, auxiliumque confugere, "to flee to their prayers, aid, and help,"] unless we will make them a mere tautology, must of necessity signify something more than begging of them to pray for us. And, indeed, those words of their aid and help, seem to be added on purpose to give countenance to those direct prayers which are made to the saints, for all spiritual and temporal blessings, and which still remain without any change in their public offices; and unless we will understand them contrary to the plain and obvious sense of those prayers, they must signify something more than praying to the saints to pray for us.
'Tis true, indeed, that the Catechism, which was framed by order of the council of Trent, for the explaining of their doctrines, makes the difference between their prayers to God, and to the saints, to lie in this, that "we say to God, Have mercy on us, or hear our prayers; but to the saints, Pray for us." But I have shewn before, that this is not the constant form of praying to saints, but that frequently they make direct addresses to them for their help and aid. And this the compilers of the Catechism were sensible of, and therefore they add: "although it be lawful in another manner to ask of the saints themselves, that they would have mercy on us; because they are very merciful." And is not God so too? And then where is the difference between their prayers to God, and to the saints? If it neither lie 347in the matter of them, nor in the form, nor in the reason of them; if we pray to them for the same thing, and in the same form, "Have mercy on us," and our prayers to them be grounded upon the same reason that our prayers to God are, namely, "because they are merciful;" where then is the difference between them?
3. I will mention but one pretence more, which is that, by praying to the saints in heaven, they do not make them gods; and therefore there can be no suspicion or danger of idolatry in the case.
To this I shall answer two things:
(1.) That praying to them in all places, and at all times, and for all sorts of blessings, does suppose them to have the incommunicable perfections of the Divine nature imparted to them, or inherent in them; namely, his omnipotence, and omniscience, and immense presence; and, to whatever being we ascribe these perfections, in so doing we make it God; for prayer to God is no otherwise an acknowledgment of his omnipotence, omniscience, and immense presence, than as we do in all places, and at all times, pray to him for all things; and so they do to the saints, and that not only with vocal but with mental prayer, which the council of Trent allows, and in so doing, necessarily supposeth them to know our hearts, directly contrary to the reason which Solomon gives, why we should put up all our prayers and supplications to God: (1 Kings viii. 39.) "for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men."
(2.) Bellarmine is so sensible of the dint of this argument, that he is forced to acknowledge the saints which reign with Christ in heaven to be gods by participation (that is, a sort of inferior gods, as 348the heathen supposed their mediators to be) and that therefore we may fly to their aid and help, as well as to their intercession and prayers. And is this also to pray to the saints in heaven, "in the same order of brotherly society, with which we intreat our brethren upon earth to pray for us?" This methinks is great familiarity, to treat gods by participation, just in the same manner as we do "our brethren upon earth." Certainly, either Bellarmine hath raised the saints in heaven too high, when he makes them gods by participation; or the Bishop of Meaux hath sunk them too low, when he thinks they are to be treated and addressed to, in the same rank of brotherly society with mortal men here upon earth.
One cannot but think the Decree of the council of Trent to be very obscure and ambiguous, when it can admit of two so very different explications. If the infallible judge of controversies can speak no plainer, I think we had even best stick to the Bible, and hear what God says in his word, and endeavour to understand it as well as we can.
I proceed now to the fourth thing which I proposed, namely, To shew that this practice of their's, of addressing ourselves to angels and saints, and making use of their mediation, to offer up our prayers and thanksgivings to God, is not only needless, being no where commanded by God; but use less also, and unprofitable.
They are so far from pretending, that it is commanded by God, that several of their later writers would fain make us believe, that it is not enjoined by their councils; but only declared to be lawful, or at most but recommended as profitable. Nor is there any example of praying to saints, either in 349the Old or New Testament: not in the Old (as they of the church of Rome confess) "because the saints were not then admitted into heaven:" nor in the New, for fear of scandalizing the Jews, and of making the gentiles think they proposed new gods, and new mediators to them, instead of the old; which are the reasons given by their own writers.
And it is needless likewise; because the mediation of Jesus Christ alone is sufficient for us, and more than the intercession of millions of saints and angels. He alone "is able to save to the uttermost all those that come to God by him," as the apostle to the Hebrews speaks. Hath not he made a clear and full promise to us, that whatever we ask in his name shall be granted us? And have we any reason to doubt, either of his inclination and good will, or of his power and interest to do us good? What need then is there to sue for the favour, or to take in the assistance of any other, even of those who are thought to be most powerful, and the chief ministers and favourites in that heavenly court? After such an assurance that my business will be effectually done there, by that great "advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;" why should I apply myself to St. Peter, though he be said to keep the keys of heaven; or to Michael, the archangel, though he be the chief of the ministering spirits; or to the blessed Virgin herself, notwithstanding those glorious titles of the Queen of Heaven, and the Mother of Mercy; which they of the church of Rome are pleased to bestow upon her, without her consent, and as may reasonably be presumed, against her will.
I will put a case, which may help to render this matter a little more plain and sensible to us, so as 350every man may be able to judge of it. Suppose a king should constitute his son the great master of requests; with this express declaration and assurance, that all petitions, that were addressed to him by his son, should be graciously received and answered: in this case, though every man might use his own discretion, at his own peril, and take what course he pleased, yet I should most certainly prefer all my petitions to the king, in the way which he had so plainly directed, and should trouble never a courtier of them all with my business; for fear the king should think, that I did either distrust his royal word, or despise his son, by my soliciting the aid and help of every little courtier, after I had put my petition into the hands of this great master of requests.
And now I will not distrust any of your understandings so far as to make the application. I will only add, that it is an eternal rule of truth, and which never fails in any case, fristra fit per plura quod fieri potest per pauciora, "it is in vain to at tempt that by more ways and means which may as well and as effectually be done by one;" because this would be perfect loss of time and pains: and therefore they who would send us so far about, as to trouble all the saints and angels in heaven with our petitions, when they cannot deny but that our great Mediator is alone sufficient, do seem to me to send us upon a very sleeveless errand: so that if, with all their skill in fencing, they could defend this practice from being unlawful, yet this one thing is a sufficient objection in reason against it, that it is perfectly needless.
Or if we could imagine any need of this, all addresses to them must be vain and unprofitable, if 351they do not know our wants, and hear our prayers that are put up to them; which St. Augustine thought they do not know and hear, fatendum est (saith he Lib. de Cura pro mortuis) ne scire quidem mortuos, quid hic agatur; "it must be acknowledged that the dead are ignorant of what is done here." This was his opinion; but we are certain that they cannot know our wants, nor hear our prayers, at all times and in all places; unless they can either be present every where, which no finite being can be; or else God be pleased in some supernatural way to communicate to them the knowledge of our wants, and of the prayers which we put up to them; which we can never know that he does, unless he hath communicated to us, that he is pleased to do so, of which the Scripture no where gives us the least intimation.
But because they pretend, that the Scripture gives us some hints of this, I shall briefly examine what they say about this matter.
I. That the angels know our condition here below, because they are said to "rejoice at the conversion of a sinner;" and therefore the saints do likewise know our condition, because they shall be like the angels. But this is not said of them till after the resurrection, when we shall have no occasion to pray to them. Besides that, it may well enough be supposed, that God may reveal both to the angels and saints in heaven, the conversion of a sinner, because it may contribute to the increase of their joy and happiness: but will it hence follow, that God reveals to them all other circumstances of our condition, our dangers and temptations and troubles, our sins and our sufferings, the knowledge whereof would no ways contribute to the increase of their 352happiness? And yet, in order to their intercession with God for us, their knowledge of these things would be most beneficial to us.
II. Because the rich man was concerned in hell for the salvation of his relations on earth, they argue that it is much more probable, that the saints in heaven are concerned for us, and are ready to pray for us; and therefore it is very credible, that some way or other they have the knowledge of our condition and wants, though we cannot certainly tell what that particular way is.
To which I answer,
(1.) That it is a known rule among all divines, that no certain argument can be drawn from the circumstances of a parable, but only from the main scope and intention of it; nor is it so likely that the wicked in hell should have any share in that, which St. Paul tells us is the great virtue of the saints in heaven—I mean charity; and if they have it not, then no argument can be drawn from it. Some of their commentators think, that this motion of the rich man to Abraham concerning his brethren, did not proceed from charity to them, but to himself; lest his torment and punishment should be increased by their coming to hell, by the means of the ill example which he had given them when he was upon earth; and Cardinal Cajetan thinks, that he was concerned for his brethren out of pride and ambition, and because it would be for the honour of his family, to have some of them in that glory (so far above any thing in this world) which he saw Abraham and Lazarus possessed of. This is a reason, which I confess I should not have thought on; and yet perhaps it might be likely enough to enter into the mind of a Cardinal. And I cannot but observe, by the way, 353that this petition or request, which the rich man in hell made to Abraham, is the only instance we meet with in Scripture, of any thing like a prayer that was put up to any of the saints in heaven.
Well! but suppose that the rich man in hell had this charity for his brethren, and we will easily agree, that the saints in heaven have much more charity, not only for their kindred, but for all men here upon earth; let us now consider the particular way and manner which the great divines of the church of Rome (I mean the schoolmen, who cannot be content to be ignorant of any thing) do assign of the knowledge which the saints in heaven have of the condition and wants of men here below.
They tell us that they know all our prayers and wants in the glass of the Deity, or trinity; which metaphor, of the glass of the Deity, or trinity, if it have any meaning, it must be this, that the saints in heaven beholding the face of God, or the Divine essence, in which the knowledge of all things is contained, they may in that glass see all things that God knows: but then they spoil all this fine speculation again, by telling us, that this glass does not necessarily represent to them all that knowledge which is in the Divine mind; but that it is a kind of voluntary glass, in which the saints are only permitted to see so much as God pleaseth; but how much that is, they cannot tell us. Which amounts to no more than this, that the saints in heaven know as much of our condition here upon earth, as God is pleased to reveal to them: and if this be all, it is as good a reason why we should pray to good men in the East or West Indies, to pray for us and help us, because they also know as much of our necessities, and prayers, as God thinks fit to reveal to them.354
But if the saints must have a revelation from God of our prayers, before that they know that we pray to them: then the shortest and surest way both, is to pray to God and not to them; or however (as Bellarmine confesseth) it were very fit to pray to God, before every prayer we make to the saints, that he would be pleased to reveal that prayer to them, that, upon this signal and notice given them by God, they may betake themselves to pray to God for us. But unless it were very clear from Scripture, that God had appointed this method, it is in reason such a way about, as no man would take that could help it: and it seems to me to as little purpose; for why should not a man think God as ready to grant him all his other requests, without the mediation and intercession of saints, as this one request of revealing our prayers and wants to them? And if this way be not thought so convenient, I know but one more, and that is, to pray to the saints to go to God, and beg of him, that he would be pleased to reveal to them our supplications and wants, that they may know what to pray to him for in our behalf; which is just such a wise course, as if a man should write a letter to his friend that cannot read, and in a postscript desire him, that as soon as he hath received it, he would carry it to one that can read, and entreat him to read it to him. So that which way soever we put the case, what course soever we take in this matter, it will be so far from seeming reasonable, that we shall have much ado, and must handle the business very tenderly to hinder it from appearing very ridiculous.
Thus I have examined their chief pretences from Scripture, for the countenancing this doctrine and practice, and have shewn how little, or rather nothing 355at all, is there to be found for it; and that alone is reason enough against it, though there were nothing in Scripture against it, that there is nothing in Scripture for it: but I have already produced clear proof out of the New Testament, against it. And because they think the least show and probability from Scripture a good argument on their side, I will offer them a probable argument out of the Old Testament, upon which, though I will lay no absolute stress, yet I believe it would puzzle them, upon their principles, to give a clear answer to it; and it is from 2 Kings ii. 9. where Elijah just before he was taken up into heaven, says to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee;" thereby intimating (as one would think) that then was the last opportunity of asking any thing of him: but if Elijah had understood the matter right (as the church of Rome does now) he should rather have directed him to have prayed to him when he was in heaven, where he would have a more powerful interest, and be in a better capacity to do him a kindness. For the reason the church of Rome gives, why they did not pray to the saints under the Old Testament (namely, because they were not then admitted into heaven), will not hold in the case of Elijah, who was taken up into heaven body and soul; and consequently, in as good circumstances to be prayed to as any of the saints and martyrs that have gone to heaven since.
I should now have proceeded in the fifth and last place, to have shewn, that this practice is not only needless and useless, but very dangerous and impious, because contrary to the Christian religion, and greatly derogating from the merit and virtue of Christ's sacrifice, and from the honour of the only 356 "mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus." And indeed how can we apply ourselves to any other mediators and intercessors with God in heaven for us, without a gross and apparent contempt of the "high priest of our profession, Jesus the Son of God?" As if we either distrusted his kindness and affection, or his power and interest in heaven, to obtain at God's hand all those blessings which we stand in need of. The apostle to the Hebrews tells us expressly, that "he is able to save to the utmost all those that come to God by him;" that is, who address their prayers and supplications to God in his name and mediation. But if we will choose other mediators for ourselves, of whom we are not sure that they can either hear or help us, we may fall short of that salvation, which the apostle tells us we are secure of by the mediation of Jesus Christ; "for he is able," &c.
But this hath been shewn so abundantly in the former part of this discourse, and is so clearly consequent from the whole, that I shall here close my discourse upon the second proposition I laid down from the words of my text, viz. that "there is but one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
As to the third proposition contained in the text, viz. That this "one mediator Jesus Christ, gave himself a ransom for all," I have treated on that subject particularly on another occasion.22See Sermon XLVII. concerning the Sacrifice and Satisfaction of Christ, Vol. iii. p, 382.
And as to the fourth and last proposition, viz. That the mediation or intercession of Jesus Christ is founded in his redemption of mankind; and because 357he gave himself a ransom for all, therefore he and he only is qualified to intercede for all men, in virtue of that sacrifice which he offered for the salvation of mankind; I judge nothing more needful to be added to what has fallen in concerning that subject, in my handling the second proposition, in this and the two former sermons.358
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well, Lucy starts a new life in anew country, meeting several challenges, but little does she know excactly70 years ago Mary is going through the same thing, in a boarding school during WW2
i stepped out of the white mini van, and stared at froggy. mum came out the other side f the van, and gave froggy a big movie-star kiss.. he isn't even that fit when youthink about it, he's a weed with big glasses that make him look like a frog. mum could do so much better, she looks like a supermodel, she used to be a model too, i have know idea why she went for froggy, oh yeah i forgot. "He treats me right!" whenever she talks about froggy, she stares into space and acts all gushy. it make s me never want to be in -gagging at the word-love. When they finally seperate, mum turns to me.
"say thanks to freddie for driving us Luce" and starts looking into his eyes.Blurgh. "Thanks for driving us to scotland for your job and making me leave everything i love behind."i said it matter of factly, just to see if mum would realise. She did, and then began the rant. You know, the one were she tells me that this is a new begiining, we can start our lives over and that i should be happy hat i could leavsa the old bags (my grandparents, who rule by the way) behind, and how i never liked walking sinner (the beseechingly loyal dog) anyways. During the wave of words, i turned my brain off., and let the familiar pattern of words overtake my thought processor...
Why did we have to come anyway? froggie could have just come and visited, or ended it with mum. Why did we have to leave our beautiful big house in york for a dingy council flat in some place called stirling? why did i have to leave all my freionds, my school, my asc, and my boyfreind? i've read about this on the internet uprouting kids from their roots at a key stage in their life can cause physcological develoment blah blah blah. even though i'm 13, not a kid, the same principal remains. meanwhile...
"do you understand? said mum, doing her "mother "pose, one hand on her hip and pouinting her finger at me."Sure mum" i said, and i tried to ignore her again."Darling ,what do youmean eveyone you love, what about me?" I looked at her, and sighed. i could see why people used to call us sisters, mum had me young, so i gave in to her puppy eyes she had used on grandad 13 years ago. I always gave into mum, probably because I looked after her, and not the other way round. "Yeah i love you mum."i said and looked away, blushing.
i should probably give you a little background check,so here we go: Mum got knocked up with me when she was 16, so grandad chucked her out the house. She shacked up with dad, until i was born, thenrealised her mistake, because dad got violent. i was taken into care, and mum left dad, but instead of trying to get me back, when some stranger was trying to adopt me, she had her life. She signed up to a modeling agency, and became a star overniight. 2 years later, when she had some money, she bought a nice house, and got me back too. i was about 2 and a half, so i don't even remember my foster parents, even though they try to keepin touch. Anyway, i lived in the nice house in york and evryting was dandy. i grew up happily, with my grandparents around the corner, until a year ago. Mum had always been single after dad, then she met froggie. Apparently he was her knight in shining armour, which i always thought quite comical. Anyway, mum bumped into dad at a pub,and he got aggresive again, and froggie stopped anything happening. After that one night, 2 things changed. 1, mum had a boyfeind.And 2, dad wanted to see me. whenever he turned up i went to gran and grandads, or mum took me out, but pretty soon he started stalking me. once i saw him outside of school, but my friends smuggled me out through the broken fence in ther playground. another time he took mum to court, but the judge took her side. we got a restraining warrant too. Then things got musshier between mum and froggie, and froggie got that job up here.And i think more than anything mum wanted protection, thats why we came. she only told people yesterday, she didn,t tell dad. or my foster parents. it's definetly n knew start as far as she's concerned.
Froggie, by this point, had started unpacking the white minivan, and taking the contents through a dingy looking front door. i looked with distast, and followed him gingerly. he looked around, and said; "well, a lick of paint and she'll be has good as new!' to no-one in particular, and then turned to me. "Thats your room through there luce."gesturing to the room on his left.
"Lucy." I said, and looked in the door of my new room. It was about the size of the study back home, and it was just as dingey as i thought it would be. i suppose it was quite good that mum said that i should only pack about half my stuff. Which froggie was now sliding intomy room. "That allrigh', Lucy?" he said emphazizing my name. i just stared. He walked out, and shut the dorr behind hi. i looked around, and noticed that this dump was furnished. I collapsed on the bed, and shot straight back up. It was like lying on rocks. i stomped over o the filthy window. only one thought was in my head now. Why? i looked around again. and kicke the wall across from me. IRight were i had kicked, the was a wide crack "crap!"i murmered, and watched it get bigger, and creak, untill a large section of wall broke off. i knealt don on my knees, and realised that what i had kicked was just a dorr, which had been wallpapered over, not a chunk of wall. i looked into the cupboard, but only saw a thick, old leatherbound book. i picked it up and flipped it around in my hands. aafter deciding it wasn't a threat, i opened the withered cover. as soon as i had done that, i realized i was reading a diary, a diary that was 70 years old.


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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The future looked anything but bright for Brazilian sisters Lohaynny, 4, and Luana Vicente, 6, when their father, a drug dealer, was killed in a shootout with police.
But sixteen years later, the two sisters are elite athletes and rising stars in badminton, a sport little played in a country better known for soccer and surfing.
They have come so far that Lohaynny, now 20, qualified to compete in the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a city that is not just their hometown, but the host of the first Olympics in South America.
"It's the first time Brazil will compete in Olympic badminton and I am the first woman chosen to compete," says Lohaynny, eagerly awaiting the games, which start Aug. 5.
While Luana did not make the cutoff in global rankings, she is proud of having introduced Lohaynny to the sport and playing beside her in doubles, winning a silver medal together at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
"Everyone can go as far as they want," says Luana, dismissing their early hardships. "You have to want it. I wanted this and worked very hard for it."
As toddlers, the girls moved around frequently with their father as he hid from police and rival drug gangs in Rio's notorious favelas, slums that often lack basic services, including police.
After their father died in the western part of the city, the girls' mother moved them to Chacrinha, a favela in northern Rio. Though badminton rackets and shuttlecocks are as rare as police in some favelas, a coach had set up a program to teach the sport to kids in the community. Continued...


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Asus CEO Jonney Shih spent considerable time during the ZenBook 3 announcement highlighting how it outshines the latest MacBook. But we reckon it could also take the fight to another portable powerhouse - the Surface Pro 4.
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ZenBook 3 display is bigger but less sharp
The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 has a phenomenal 12.3-inch touchscreen display with a super-sharp 2736 x 1824 pixel resolution.
The Asus ZenBook 3's screen is bigger (12.5-inches), but not quite as pixel-packed. It 'only' has a Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel) resolution, so the picture will appear less sharp.
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Surface Pro 4 is both smaller and bulkier
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While the Asus ZenBook 3 appears to be the heavier of the two at first glance - it weighs 910g versus 786g - the latter figure doesn't take into account the Surface Pro 4's optional Type Cover. Which, let's face it, really isn't optional at all.
Add Microsoft's keyboard-case peripheral, and you're looking at a combined weight of well over 1kg.
It's a similar story when it comes to thickness. Taken on its own, the 8.4mm-thick Surface Pro 4 is a fair bit thinner than the 11.9mm Asus machine. But add the 4.65mm-thick Type Cover to the Microsoft hybrid and it's a different story.
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Talking of that Type Cover, its unorthodox presence (or not, as the case may be) means the Asus laptop wins as a pure typing machine.
The ZenBook 3 come with a fixed keyboard that can be used comfortably on your lap (the Surface is more for tables), yet it also manages to achieve a (relatively) generous 0.8mm of travel for each key.
The latest Type Cover, meanwhile, manages to offer 1.3mm of travel, which should theoretically make for a more natural typing experience. But again, there's the fact that it's not a traditional, fixed platform from which to type. We'll have to spend a bit more time with the Asus machine to be sure it's superior in this respect, but it's looking good.
Of course, Surface owners have the Surface Pen. Microsoft's stylus ships with every device, and adds a whole new level of note-taking/scribbling interactivity that the ZenBook 3 lacks.
Microsoft's machine is better connected
It's a topsy-turvy world we're living in, one in which a hybrid like the Surface Pro has better connectivity options than a full-fledged laptop.
The Surface Pro 4 is a very well connected device, with a USB 3.0 port, a microSD card reader, and a MiniDisplay port. All the ZenBook 3 has, by contrast, is a solitary USB Type-C port.
Yes, it's flexible and multi-functional, but you'll need a bunch of adapters to mimic the Surface Pro's functionality.
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While the two devices take very different approaches in most respects, they're fundamentally similar on the performance front.
Both offer the latest Intel Core i5 and i7 CPUs, though the Surface Pro 4 also gives the option of a low-end Intel m3 processor.
In addition, both devices pair these processors with up to 16GB of RAM, and both can be kitted out with a 1TB SSD.
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With similar internal components and not much to separate the two devices on the size front, we're not entirely surprised to learn that Asus is quoting nine hours of battery life - just like the Surface Pro 4.
We're not sure exactly how big that ZenBook 3 battery is, but we're guessing it's smaller than the Surface Pro 4's 5,087 mAh unit. That might explain why it shares the same stamina level despite having a less demanding display.
Similarly priced
While we're looking at two very takes on ultra-portable computing here, the end results are similarly priced.
The Surface Pro 4 ranges from £750 to £1,799 depending on the spec, while the Asus ZenBook 3 will start at £799 and likely run up to a similar top-end price for the very best model.
It could be a straight shoot-out for your money, then.
It's very early days, but the Asus ZenBook 3 looks like it could be a new contender for the premium lightweight laptop crown. We know it's going to give the MacBook a bloody nose, at least on paper, but it could give Microsoft's Windows 10 flagship something to think about too.
Which you prefer could well come down to the type of work (or play) you want to do. As a traditional work machine that's focused on accurate typing, the ZenBook 3 could well prove to be preferable.
Meanwhile the Surface Pro 4's greater flexibility could make it a better bet for casual or creative usage.
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Interesting monologue by Maher. I generally find him really hard to watch, not because he's liberal, but because he's almost always really liberal, like stupid liberal. Like, he'll bend realty to match his really stupid liberal view of the world.
He lays out what he thinks he constitutes some core liberal principles:
1. Free speech
2. Separation of church and state
3. Freedom to practice any religion or no religion without the threat of violence
4. Respect for minorities, including homosexuals
5. Equality for women
I generally support all of these principles when practically applied, yet I don't consider myself a liberal (generally because I hate such labels). I understand that "practically applied" can be the hole to drive the truck through, but that's why we all need to argue and discuss and honestly debate around the edges of practicality. The core principles hold over time, but its appropriate that we somewhat evolve their practical application time. Sending a kid to jail for 2 years because he poses obscenely with a statue of Jesus is not practical and getting really upset about it in the public square is is likely counterproductive. Speech is a hard thing to limit a little.
Its interesting he compares problems we face when when applying these liberal principles in the United States to issues faced elsewhere. Its kind of funny but very pointed (especially for a really stupid liberal) to compare the over-hyped outage of Jonah Hill yelling "faggot" when he's pissed off at someone to forced sexual mutilation in Arica or the almost complete subjugation of women by one of oldest and most important allies of ours in the Middle East, the House of Saud. There are, of course, politically conservative analogs to this, including the DA trying to put a kid in jail for posing with a statue of Jesus. In this case, I was surprised Maher was making this point. He seems more like the dude that would trash Jonah Hill.
Unfortunately, "anti-science idiot" is a label that can be attached to many of those on the far left and far right. Evolution. Vaccinations. Plate tectonics. Ghosts. Eugenics. Its really a never-ending list of ideas and facts that are rejected because they conflict with a world view based on a very limited view of the world.
I dislike Bill Maher. I kinda liked this particular "schtick."
- Peter Bradley said...
Everyone who adheres to a set of principles and a party at some point has to decide which has priority. If Maher keeps this up he's going to make me think that he actually has principles, rather than merely being someone who plays to his audience.
I might demur a bit to his monologue. I don't think that this country is great because it celebrates or permits the idiot kid's behavior. The idiot kid is an idiot and idiocy shouldn't be celebrated.
On the other hand, it is also true that a society where hurt feelings can merit legal sanctions is a repressive society. The kid's behavior is not illegal and it would be unconstitutional to make that behavior illegal. If people have hurt feelings they should learn to live with their hurt feelings. If the kid is an idiot, then we should be able to say he's an idiot.
Freedom for all.
The "speech" I assume this kid is partaking of is an unfortunate byproduct of a free society. There is nothing (or should be nothing) keeping idiots out of the public square. Unfortunately, I think a lot of what passes for political discourse in our country lately is intended to incite and enrage as opposed to freely exchange ideas and opinions. I must admit I am sometimes amused by such speech, but I prefer such types of speech to be the exception, not the norm.
This kids stunt is just stupid.


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"She had a surgery on Saturday morning and the baby didn't make it. It's
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Ashley and boyfriend Jamison Toews had taken Veronica to the midnight
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Though its secretly streamlined frame isn't immediately evident from its plump, tufted outer shell, inside Liam is muscle-builder level strength and durability. Before it leaves our workshop, it's triple secured to ensure it lasts a long, long time - and its quality upholstery means it stays new longer.Create Yours
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Designed in the spirit of the timeless Chesterfield sofa, this style embraces both traditional and modern sides with an old-school flair.The romantic diamond tufting is a fitting match for any interior in need of a classic conversation piece.Create Yours
Liam Collection Features
Sit upright and comfortable with Liam's extra-high back and arms.
Where Liam's back and sides are firmly tufted, its trillium-filled cushion is plush and comfy.
A few extra inches above average, Liam sits tall and proud, accommodating sitters of every height.
The Ultimate Showpiece
For that perfect pop of everlasting pizzazz and style, Liam integrates glamour into rooms of any design. Truly make it your own with a custom fabric and wood stain to match your existing decor and delight in the way it instantly brightens up every space.View Photo Gallery Create Yours
Handcrafted Just for You
We'll keep making furniture the old-fashioned way. Each piece is designed, cut, glued, screwed, upholstered, and finished by our skilled craftsmen and women at our workshop.
Shop by Color
With over 100 colors of fabric and leather to choose from, go ahead and brag to your friends that you're the designer. We won't stop you.See It In Every ColorCreate Yours
Free Swatches
Request one of our free swatch kits and bring the showroom to you. See, touch and experience them for yourself.SEND A SWATCH KIT
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