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Millers House Mintaro
Cottage, Mintaro
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Millers House is a comfortable and spacious heritage listed,circa 1859, 3 bedroom stone cottage of great character quietly located in the historic township of Mintaro in the Clare Valley wine region a pleasant 90 minute drive north of Adelaide. The house has a cosy sitting room, large separate dining room and well equipped country kitchen.
Breakfast provisions for the first morning including eggs and bacon will be in the pantry for you.
The house has 3 bedrooms. Bedroom 1 has a double bed, bedroom 2 has 2 single beds and bedroom 3 has a double bed and 2 single beds. All linen is provided. The house has 1 bathroom.
There are open wood fires in the 3 living rooms. In the cooler months the fires will be set ready to light and firewood provided and stacked on the back verandah for you.
In the warmer months you can dine on the verandah or in the garden. There are beautiful views of the countryside from the wide shady slate verandahs around the house.
Children are welcome. Flexible arrival and departure times are offered subject to availability. You have the exclusive use of the house during your stay.
The cost is based on the number of guests and the cost for 2 people is $200.00 per night plus $45.00 per person per night for each additional adult. The cost for children is $35.00 per night per child.
A 2 night booking is requested and 3 nights on SA long weekends and 4 nights for Easter.A surcharge of $50.00 applies to a 1 night booking if available. Please ask for the cost for special event weekends and weekly rates.
The cottage is located in the heart of historic Mintaro and the premium Clare Valley wine region, a pleasant 90 minute drive north of Adelaide. Mintaro is a State classified heritage area.
The house is quietly located in the township of Mintaro and you can walk to restaurants and wineries in the town.
Local Attractions
Walk around historic Mintaro, the home of the Mintaro slate quarry and see how slate is used throughout the town.
Visit the wineries of the Clare Valley and Polish Hill Valley,meet the winemakers, taste and purchase the fine wines
Visit \"Martindale Hall\" featured in the film \"Picnic at Hanging Rock\"
Visit Mintaro Maze, a living maze
Walk or cycle the 26km Riesling Trail
Enjoy quality food in the towns restaurants and casual winery lunches
Visit art galleries and antique shops
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A man died from injuries sustained in a tractor-trailer crash in Gwinnett County on Thursday.
Westbound lanes of Ga. 316 were shut down for hours following the crash, which happened around 7 a.m.
A black Nissan Maxima slammed into the rear of the tractor-trailer at the intersection of Ga. 316 and Hurricane Trail.
The fire department was called to the scene of the crash to use air bags to lift the 18-wheeler off the car.
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This Is My Nightmare
It's called the Narcisse Snake Dens and you can find them in Manitoba, Canada. Which is way too close for my comfort to Michigan.
Every year about 70,000 garter snakes get together to get it on. In case you don't know my biggest fear in the world, I'm talking more than burning alive, drowning, falling out of a plane etc. IT'S SNAKES.
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Location This stunning hotel sits next to the Garden Ring and the iconic Red Square. Only a short walk from the city's main train station, the hotel is located 25 km from Sheremetyevo International Airport. Facilities The hotel offers guests a total of 273 rooms. A lobby and a reception are available to travellers. The upper floors of the accommodation can be accessed by lift. Amenities include a safe, a currency exchange service and a cash machine. Internet access (for a fee) is available to guests in the public areas. The establishment offers a number of facilities for guests with disabilities. Various gastronomic options are available, including a restaurant and a bar. Travellers can buy souvenirs at the gift shop. Those arriving in their own vehicles can leave them in the car park of the hotel. Additional services include a laundry service and a hairdresser. Rooms Each of the rooms is appointed with air conditioning and a bathroom. A safe and a minibar are also available. Additional features include a fridge, a mini fridge and a tea/coffee station. Little extras, including internet access, a telephone, a TV, a radio and WiFi, contribute to a great stay. Some of the rooms are adapted for wheelchair users. The bathrooms are fitted with a shower and a bathtub. A hairdryer and bathrobes are available for everyday use. The accommodation offers non-smoking rooms. Sports/Entertainment The establishment features a pool and an indoor pool. The hot tub is the perfect place to relax. A range of options are available, including a gym, a spa, a sauna, a beauty salon and a solarium. Additional services include an entertainment programme for children, offering numerous activities. Meals Bed and breakfast is bookable. Options include breakfast.


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The latest market analysis from ESPC shows that 4.1% more homes were sold between May and July 2015 compared with the same period last year. The number of new homes being brought to market decreased by 8.8% year-on-year.
For the first time the ESPC house price report is providing more depth in its analysis of fluctuations across the region. Maria Botha-Lopez, ESPC's business analyst, says: "While some parts of Edinburgh are showing increases in average selling prices, other areas are showing decreases, making these areas more affordable for first-time buyers or home-movers.
"It highlights the impact that new builds and the Help to Buy scheme has had on the existing property market – when existing properties are competing with new builds, aided by government incentives like the Help to Buy scheme.
In Edinburgh, one-bedroom flats in the Dalry and Gorgie areas have shown very strong growth, rising 14.6% since a year ago. Other areas in the capital which showing strong growth are Morningside and Merchiston, where the average price of a two-bedroom flat has risen 18.3% over 12 months.
Separately, data from Your Move has shown house prices in Scotland increasing by 2.6% in June, taking the average price to £169,227, and transactions up 25%.
"The calm annual house price change of 1.2% recorded in June 2015 belies tumultuous currents of activity beneath the surface. The Scottish housing market has been buffeted around by taxation," remarks Christine Campbell, Your Move managing director in Scotland. "Glasgow has experienced the strongest jump in house purchases overall, with sales up 18% in the second quarter compared with the same period in 2014, while Edinburgh sales have seen just a 2% upswing over the same period."
The housebuilder has released its three-bedroom 'Blair II' show home at The Willows in South Nitshill, in the southwest of Glasgow, close to the edge of Dams to Darnley Country Park. With full interior design and landscaped garden, this home costs £160,000. The Former view home, the 'Glen II' is also available for £138,000, including carpets throughout.
The development is within just a few minutes' drive from the M77, which leads into the city centre and connects with the M8. Nitshill station, a short walk from these homes, provides a speedy direct service into Glasgow Central.
The marketing suite at The Willows is open Thursday to Monday, from 11.00am to 5.30pm.
Price: From £135,000
Find out more at merchanthomes.co.uk ; 0141 881 0906
The latest show home at this development on the edge of town is now open. When completed, the scheme will provide 117 homes in a mix of styles, from two-bedroom terraces to five-bedroom detached properties. Persimmon offers Homechange, Part Exchange and Helping Hand Shared Equity to make purchasing more affordable.
Carluke is the Clyde Valley's largest town and overlooks the River Clyde, right in the heart of Lanarkshire's fruit growing area. Situated in the former Mayfield Brickworks, this development is positioned in a sought-after area of the town, which has seen a recent boom in housebuilding thanks to its direct train link with Glasgow.
The Mayfield Manor site has been developed specifically to provide homes for a broad range of households and provides a generous amount of open and children's play space located centrally within the well-designed development.
You can visit the marketing suite and show home from 11.00am to 6.00pm, Thursday to Monday.
Price: £104,995
Find out more at www.persimmonhomes.com ; 01555 700 010
Just three properties remain for sale at this luxurious development of new two- and three-bedroom apartments in an enviable location overlooking the Deer Park Golf and Country Club, with views of the 17th and 18th fairways. Among these last properties is a two-bedroom penthouse for that extra touch of luxury.
The grand and scenic surroundings belie the development's proximity to the M8, making it ideal for anyone looking to lead a quiet life with easy connections to Glasgow and/or Edinburgh. Livingston has its own great amenities much closer at hand, including Scotland's largest designer outlet, McArthur Glen, and the town is not far away from the glorious scenery of the Pentland Hills Regional Park.
Price: £161,950
Find out more at www.muirhomes.co.uk ; 01506 432600
For a getaway from urban bustle, what about one of 48 spacious three-,four- and five-bedroom family homes in rural Ayrshire? Despite the tranquillity of the countryside surroundings, Perceton is well connected, so that work and leisure destinations are easily accessed.
The town of Irvine is just minutes away and the Silverburn Shopping Centre can be reached in 30 minutes or less. Recreationally, this area has much to offer, with the Ayrshire coast on the doorstep and golf, fishing, cycling, walking, tennis or sailing all within easy reach.
There are plenty of home types to choose from in the current and future releases, with a high-quality specification within each of them.
Price: From £163,000
Find out more at www.dawn-homes.co.uk ; 01294 214362
The housebuilder has just opened the doors to its new show home at this site, the 'Thornewood', a two-storey, five-bedroom home which has been professionally decorated to inspire house-hunters in the area.
There's also a special offer open to any buyer who reserves by 30 September. They will automatically be entered into a draw to win a luxurious dinner party, hosted and catered by private chef Campbell Mickel in the privacy of their brand new home – which will be a unique experience for the homeowner and their guests.
Devon Lane is a collection of 35 detached homes, a mix of three-, four- and five- bedroom detached homes and three exclusive steading conversions, which will be the jewel in the crown of the new community.
The regeneration of the area also includes plans for a new railway station on the main Edinburgh to Glasgow line, though currently Linlithgow railway station is less than six miles away. These homes sit in the catchment area for Linlithgow Academy, one of the top-performing schools in Scotland.
Price: From £215,000
Find out more at www.stewartmilnehomes.com ; 0845 302 6396
The company is offering flooring packages on eight popular properties at its Pennywell Living development in Edinburgh, which includes vinyl flooring for bathrooms and kitchens, and carpets for all other rooms, and will save buyers £2,500. This deal is only available on a select range of houses and flats, which include 'The Taylor', a two-bedroom apartment for £131,500, and 'The Ross', a two-bedroom apartment for £128,500.
Graeme Nicol, managing director of Urban Union, says: "The Pennywell Living development has a wide range of properties available for young couples, families and downsizers alike – and now is a great time to take advantage of this incredible saving.
"Potential buyers can also take advantage of Help to Buy, which is still available at Pennywell Living. Buyers can save thousands on the price of a new home thanks to the Scottish Government backed initiative which is still available with small- to medium-sized developers."
Price: From £128,500
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The Curious LITTLE big Band Charity Cabaret & Dance
The Curious LITTLE big Band
Friday, 3 October 2014 from 19:30 to 23:59 (BST)
Who's Going
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Event Details
Party Frocks, Flowing Locks,
Waistcoats, Cravats and Hats.
The Curious LITTLE big Band are throwing a party and inviting family, friends and friends of friends. The evening will consist of caberet song and dance by Marie Louise Flexen and Steve Skinley; Ian Street, who is a parent at Acorns Nursery and also manager of Hamptons, Cirencester, has promised to visit his locally celebrated Elvis upon us; we will dance the evening out with The Curious LITTLE big Band's infectious classic covers.
We are raising funds for the Evelina Children's Hospital in memory of four year old Edward Wheatley who passed away last year. Edward was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a condition that leaves sufferers with only half a working heart and requires complex cardiac surgery over 3 stages.
Sadly and unexpectedly, Edward developed complications after his final surgery and, despite the greatest of efforts from the wonderful medical team at the Evelina, passed away in his parents arms on July 28, 2013. He was a wonderful and happy little boy, who radiated love and is greatly missed by all who knew him.
Cash bar.
When & Where
The Barn Theatre
5 Beeches Road
GL7 1BN Cirencester
United Kingdom
Friday, 3 October 2014 from 19:30 to 23:59 (BST)
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The Curious LITTLE big Band
Not just a band - a theatrical experience!
This explosive eight piece band are bound to make you dance and laugh. They don't just play music: they have created a show, a musical journey that demands participation and draws in even the hardest of hearts.
It's almost cabaret but the band is too accomplished to take a backseat to their unpredictable front man and knocks out track after track of dance floor filling classics (with a few moderns thrown in).
Miles Guerrini sang around the world and in West End musicals before moving to Cirencester and spares no opportunity to dress up and explore his theatrical roots. The band are all accomplished musicians in their own rights: Guy Guerrini (yes, brother of...) is Head of Music Arts at Kingshill and flexes his muscles on sax, keyboard, guitar and vocals.
Drummer Andy Hughes is well known about town as a local solo singer; generations of Cirencester youth know Russell Blackaller as Kingshill Head of Performance Arts and director of countless shows- but he's now turned professional director and lends CLBB his piano and accordion skills: and Nigel Baylis ties it all down with a thumping bass.
A horn section is such a rare treat these days and the recent addition of the 'Red Hat Horns' -Martin Milnes (trombone), Claire Mitchell (trumpet) and Howard Rigby (tenor sax)- has transformed the sound from action packed to sublime.
The Curious LITTLE big Band - Live music for weddings, parties, clubs, festivals and corporate events from the band in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Cotswolds.


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Ozurdex for Treatment of Recalcitrant Diabetic Macular Edema
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified January 2013 by Retina Macula Institute.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Retina Macula Institute
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ron P. Gallemore, Retina Macula Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 2, 2012
Last updated: January 13, 2013
Last verified: January 2013
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of an 0.7 mg intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) on macular leakage and visual acuity for patients with recalcitrant diabetic macular edema.
Diabetic Macular Edema.
Non-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Drug: dexamethasone intravitreal implant
Drug: intravitreal bevacizumab
Phase 2
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Ozurdex for Treatment of Recalcitrant Diabetic Macular Edema.
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MedlinePlus related topics: EdemaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Retina Macula Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The change in visual acuity (number of ETDRS letters). [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The measure the change in ETDRS letters for each treatment group from baseline to 6 months.
- The change in central foveal thickness (microns on high resolution OCT). [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The measure the change in central foveal thickness for each treatment group from baseline to 6 months.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- The change in macular leakage on fluorescein angiography from baseline [ Time Frame: 6 months ]To qualitatively assess the change in macular leakage on fluorescein angiography from baseline to 6 months for each treatment arm.
- The change in mean macular sensitivity on microperimetry from baseline [ Time Frame: 6 months ]To assess the change in macular sensitivity on microperimetry from baseline to 6 months for each treatment arm.
- The change in mean central amplitude on multi-focal ERG from baseline. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]To assess the change in mean central amplitude on multi-focal ERG from baseline to 6 months for each treatment arm.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Ozurdex
Patients in this group receive Ozurdex at initial visit and at month 4
Drug: dexamethasone intravitreal implant
Ozurdex, 0.7 mg intravitreal dexamethasone implant, given at initial visit and at month 4 (visit 5)
Other Name: Ozurdex
Active Comparator: Avastin
Patients in this group receive Avastin Q1 month for 5 months.
Drug: intravitreal bevacizumab
Avastin, 1.25 mg intravitreal bevacizumab, given at initial visit and Q1month for a total of 5 treatments.
Other Name: Avastin
Detailed Description:
This is an open-label, Phase II comparative study of an intravitreal dexamethasone implant versus intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in 20 patients with recalcitrant diabetic macular edema and prior treatment with ≥ 2 intravitreal anti-VEGF injections.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Presence of NPDR or PDR as confirmed by fluorescein angiography
- Prior treatment with >= 2 intravitreal anti-VEGF injections but no treatment in last 4 weeks
- < 0.1 LogOCT decrease in macular edema on high resolution OCT between initial visit and following treatment with >= 2 intravitreal anti-VEGF injections
- Age 18 years or older
- ETDRS Visual acuity between 3 and 78 letters (approximate Snellen equivalent of 20/25 to 20/800)
- Ability to provide written informed consent
- Capable of complying with study protocol.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Intraocular injection of steroid medication within prior 3 months
- Evidence of significant geographic atrophy on fluorescein angiography in the opinion of the treating physician
- Concurrent ocular disease (wet AMD, significant ERM, etc) that would limit visual acuity in the opinion of the treating physician
- Prior vitrectomy surgery
- Use of systemic steroids (eg, oral, intravenous, intramuscular, epidural, rectal, or extensive dermal) within 1 month prior to day 1.
- Known history of IOP elevation in response to steroid treatment in either eye that resulted in any of the following: a) = 10 mm Hg increase in IOP in response to steroid injection, or b) IOP = 25 mm Hg and required 2 or more anti-glaucoma medications to keep IOP below 21 mm Hg.
- Patients who are pregnant.
- Unwilling or unable to follow or comply with all study related procedures
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01571232
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01571232
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|Principal Investigator: Ron P Gallemore, M.D, Ph.D
|Sub-Investigator: Mehran Taban, M.D
|Sub-Investigator: Ray Oyakawa, M.D
|Sub-Investigator: Behnam Sharareh, B.S
Sponsors and Collaborators
Retina Macula Institute
|Principal Investigator:
|Ron P Gallemore, M.D, Ph.D
|Retina Macula Institute
|Study Director:
|Behnam Sharareh, B.S
|Retina Macula Institute
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Keywords provided by Retina Macula Institute:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Ron P. Gallemore, Physician and CEO of Retina Macula Institute, Retina Macula Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01571232 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 2, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 13, 2013
Keywords provided by Retina Macula Institute:
Macular Edema
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Macular Edema
Retinal Diseases
Diabetic Retinopathy
Signs and Symptoms
Macular Degeneration
Retinal Degeneration
Eye Diseases
Diabetic Angiopathies
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases
Dexamethasone acetate
Dexamethasone 21-phosphate
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents
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Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
- RATING: E - Everyone
- DEVELOPER(S): Rare Ltd.
- PUBLISHER: Microsoft Game Studios
- RELEASE DATE: Sep 2, 2008
Now with full cooperative and online gameplay modes, the Viva Pinata franchise opens its doors even wider with a new game that provides hours of fun for gamers of all ages, fans of the animated series and animal lovers alike. Family members and friend now can share in the joy of creating a garden by simply plugging in an extra controller. The second player has access to all tools, actions and activities, but he or she also can collect magic by helping. Player two can spend magic by tinkering items, healing a sick pinata or filling a pinata candiosity meter. It's a new way to play. Trouble in Paradise also offers a vast level of customization within your main garden. Now, along with planting grass, trees and flowers, and digging ponds and lakes, players can place sand and snow in their garden to make exotic species of piñata feel more at home. Players also can choose to enhance their garden with themed object packs – make your garden into a space center, a pirate cove or a haunted graveyard. Buy objects to change the weather, or new toys for your piñata to play with. You have total freedom to create any kind of paradise you want! Thirty-two new species of pinata can run, crawl, fly and swim into your garden. Large, small, fierce and cute, the new pinatas will join all your favorites for thriving activity throughout your garden. Among these new species are sour piñatas that will infiltrate and wreak havoc in the garden.


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The reported number of Social Security numbers stolen has been increased to 21.5 million, up from the estimate of 14 million. This number itself should point OPM director Katherine Archuleta to the door.
Another thing I find rather problematic are those who say the Chinese government is responsible for the hack. Until the information is fully reviewed by multiple security agencies, as well as the Obama administration and Congress, it does no good for people in government to call out China for the attack before an absolute consensus is reached on that point.
I have trouble believing it to be China, too. If such an attack was found to be orchestrated by them, it could be of great detriment to their economic success and foreign relations. So to push such an accusation could very well strain the relationship further, which would prove especially counter-intuitive if they were not behind the breach.
From my view, the government should stay quiet in investigations. When they come to a complete consensus on who did the attack was, that is the only time they should publicly accuse people and/or governments.
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Youngster Boyd Cordner is in line for a State of Origin baptism of fire after NSW's plans for the series decider were thrown into disarray by the loss of skipper Paul Gallen.
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Daley held a two-hour conference call meeting yesterday with chief selector Bob Fulton and the NSWRL board after Gallen was ruled out of Wednesday's deciding game 3 by his foot injury from Origin II.
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Canterbury five-eighth Josh Reynolds looks likely to drop off the bench in favour of another forward to cover for the loss of Gallen, whose starting front-row spot goes to Wests Tigers prop Aaron Woods.
Like Cordner, game two debutant Woods was initially included in the extended squad as a precautionary measure, but with Gallen capable of playing long minutes there is a strong case for disposing of the utility bench spot occupied by Reynolds, who got little playing time in the first two games.
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My little brother (Matthew) was born on the 30th March 1996, when I was 18 months old, I can't really remember anything about his birth, because I was so young, so I can never remember a time when I didn't have my little brother, and he would become one of my favourite people in the whole world.
I never really understood why my brother was different, he was just my brother. I never saw him as 'abnormal', the same way I didn't realise having a grandma who pole danced wasn't exactly the norm.
My parents constantly worried about my brother, he took a long time to learn to walk and talk, and he was nothing like I was at his age, or other children his age. When he was around 5 he was finally diagnosed as Autistic.
Autism is a social communication disorder, an Autistic person finds it hard to communicate with others, can often say things that are socially unacceptable and struggles to understand things such as sarcasm. They also tend to have very strict routines.
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[Note: the contents page for this series can be found here. The previous entry, Chapter 43, can be found here.]
[This entry begins Chapter 44, "The Fall".]
In my previous chapter, I probably sounded as if I was waxing rhapsodic about death, and how great it was, and how much I need it.
In a way, I was doing precisely that. But I agree it seems specious for me to sit here in my comfortable chair, sniffling over whatever puny sins I have committed in my life and trying to resolve myself to Face Death Like A Man; when all across our planet tonight vicious rapes and murders and grotesque physical and psychological violations are being performed by human fiends upon people whom I cannot possibly have definite grounds for saying 'the victims deserved that'.
No, I refuse to argue that each and every victim of atrocity is receiving the just deserts of their own sins. There is no way I can possibly know that, and I staunchly insist that it certainly doesn't look that way to me--as it doesn't to most sceptics (as well as to most believers).
Then again, agnosticism on a topic tends to cut both ways: if I cannot possibly know that every victim is (thereby) getting what he or she deserves, then I also cannot possibly know that they aren't (thereby) getting it, either. That may not be a very palatable thought, especially to a charitable heart (such as I presume honest and righteous sceptics have); but that is the way the logical math goes--at least, from this direction.
This is why I started with the one person I have any real chance of deriving the most accurate information about: me.
I know I do things I think are wrong. I know (especially after factoring in the arguments I have been developing throughout this book, concerning the existence of God and the properties of His relationship to me) that I deserve at least some of the sufferings which happen to me--not only as part of the self-consistent chain of cause and effect, but ethically speaking as well.
But: am I inflicted with sufferings I do not deserve?
It seems to me that this happens to me; and I think I can safely presume that you, my reader, also have had sufferings that you think you do not deserve. I don't mean sufferings for which you or I merely cannot happen to see why we would deserve them--within such a vacuum of understanding, such sufferings might (after all) also be something we deserved and perhaps even were sent to help us.
No, those inscrutable sufferings are not what I mean, although those are still important and worth considering in themselves.
I mean that I (and I expect you) have had sufferings happen which, as far as we can tell, we should not have had to suffer. We are not only doers of injustice, we are also victims of injustice. And not only are we victims of injustice, we are beset by intense sufferings driving us to react impersonally.
In my own case, the sufferings were not that great--not in retrospect, although emotionally they were intense at the time--but that does not change the fact that as far as I can tell I was truly a victim of the sufferings, and was not receiving them as part of a punitive and/or purgative process related to particular sins of my own. (I do think I have also received, and am still receiving, some intense sufferings that serve a purgative purpose. I expect to receive more, too.)
I am presuming that at least some of my sceptical readers shall have had experiences of the same sort, and have drawn the same inferences about them: you did not deserve what happened to you as part of some punishment or purgation related to a sin of your own. Beliefs such as this (which I remind you I share) can legitimately be severe emotional, and even logical, stumbling blocks toward accepting certain types of theism.
Nevertheless, another piece of information should also be accounted for, when discussing the problem.
I might think sufferings happen to me, which I did not particularly deserve in relation to some sin of mine.
But I know that I have inflicted troubles on people, which as far as I can tell they did not deserve!
They may or may not have 'deserved' the troubles after all--I don't know that; but I do know that I was inflicting those troubles either in total disregard for whether the people might deserve it, or after essentially deciding that I was going to do it even if they didn't deserve it--because I wanted to!
Once again: however terrible the problem of suffering (and evil) is, I find that when I take my own actions into account the problem becomes, not less terrible (I think it becomes even more terrible!), but far more coherent, explicable and understandable in principle.
The question "Why do people suffer things they apparently don't deserve?" is not only difficult to answer, but any attempt to answer it can look as though the scholar is some sort of monster who advocates needless suffering.
But when I ask the same question from the perspective of myself, matters begin to smooth out:
"Why am I allowed to be some sort of monster who on occasion can and does instigate suffering which as far as I know is undeserved?"
I think I can say that the sufferings I unjustly instigate are (and so far have been) relatively small: but the fact of the unjust suffering I instigate, is the important point in principle; just as the fact that my own (apparently) undeserved sufferings are really quite minor, makes no difference to the problem in principle.
I do not know what you, my reader, think of your own actions. Perhaps you think that every single action you have ever taken concerning other people, or even concerning yourself, has been completely justified--not merely by your own flat wish that they be justified, but justified objectively.
But if you can think of even one action you have taken, that you not only didn't know whether it was justified but you didn't care whether it was justified, and you also know that the receiver of the action suffered because of your action--then you are in the same boat with me.
I have a ground for thinking that virtually all humans are in the same boat with me here; but it is not a ground I have 'grounded' yet, so to speak, and I may never be able to ground it sufficiently for you, so I do not apply to it. If you recognize that you are in the same condition I am, then perhaps you can follow along more closely; but if you do not, then I think it is still technically possible for you to understand why I am drawing the conclusions I will draw.
I am not basing my conclusions primarily on whether you or some other person actually must be instigating undeserved suffering. I don't have to talk about the sins of other people, to make this point. I know suffering exists which is to some extent undeserved--and that is the only fact necessary in principle for my argument to continue--because I know that I contribute to it myself. I am guilty of not basing all my own actions upon the constant resolution that I will never induce undeserved suffering.
Notice, by the way, that it doesn't even matter whether you and I agree over definitions of what sorts of suffering are or are not 'undeserved'. I admit, as shameful as it is, that I am occasionally willing to induce suffering, even if only very minor suffering, that I think is undeserved. This sort of admission of intent establishes the principles adequately.
Also, I will point out that if I constantly resolved to treat all actions I take as automatically justified, that would most certainly not solve the problem. It would perhaps fit into a reality where the only 'ethics' are intentionally invented in an individually subjectivistic manner; but I have already deduced that objective ethics exist which are independent of derivative reality--and my own wishes would count at best as part of that derivative reality.
This being the case, even though I could resolve to insist that whatever I choose to do is automatically justified by my mere intention of doing it, such an intention on my part would eventually entail resolving to set myself over against the objective standard of final reality--an usurpation which is not only impossible to ultimately succeed at (I cannot ever be the final standard for what is ethically right and wrong) but which in and of itself is just the type of action on my part I have been calling 'sin'.
I have deduced in previous chapters that I can possibly be, and actually am, a person who sins. Even if I disregarded that I am a rationally active person, and that God is a rationally active Person, then I could still account for the severity of this breach by describing it as a fundamental inefficiency on my part in relation to basic reality.
If I partially factor back in my sentience, the situation becomes even worse: I am intentionally acting in such a way that I am inefficient in relation to basic reality.
If I factor God's own rational sentience back into the situation, then I am describing a treachery which, in its own minor(!) derivative fashion, mirrors the cataclysmic results that would follow from the breaking of the divine Unity.
Now--would it, in any cogent sense, be love or justice to me (much more for any other people who have to put up with me!) for God to have created me in this condition originally?
Well, what is my condition?
I can willfully choose to sin. It makes sense for this capability to exist in me originally (or at least originally in concurrence with the development of my cognitive faculties), because the risk is a necessary corollary of my free will. If God creates a derivatively active entity, such as myself, it always remains technically possible that I could choose to personally transgress against the personal standard of basic reality, thus bringing upon myself the consequences of my actions--consequences which would reach deep into my relationship with basic reality, including my person-to-Person relationship with God. And if my relationship with basic reality becomes dissonant (it cannot ever become separate, for there is nowhere 'outside God' for me to successfully reach), then I shall obviously suffer something sooner or later.
To put it bluntly (and mechanically, in a reductive metaphor), this was not how I was designed to most efficiently behave.
It is therefore justice to me, if negatively so--it is another way of saying that some types of consequences necessarily follow from some types of events--that I should suffer for my transgressions.
Would it be love to me for God to allow me to suffer for my willed faults?
I think it would be love to me.
If I did not suffer from my willed faults in some fashion--even if the fashion was merely an ache of emotional conscience--then how could I possibly know I was doing something wrong?
In the Sam Raimi movie Darkman, the hero has lost the ability to feel pain, and is struggling to retain as much as he can of his humanity. At the end of a montage of frantic months-long research, he is so weary that his attention wanders while warming a test-tube over a bunsen burner. Without realizing it, his hand drifts over the burner, and he bursts into flame. But he doesn't feel it; he only realizes later that his hand is burning from the sound, and perhaps from the increase of light from that direction.
The scene is pitiful: the man, as a man, deserves to know he is burning his hand--so that he can do something about it!
In much the same way, I deserve to know that I am doing something ethically wrong; because without having some way to know it, I can never be in a position to responsibly do something about it.
Perhaps a mere warning 'of the conscience' would be sufficient?
I do not know about you, my reader, but I can testify that it is entirely possible for me to feel such a warning in my conscience--and then choose to smother it so I can get on with doing what I want to do! That smothering actively cuts off my relationship with even what little personal relationship to God trickles through that channel.
What should happen to me then?
If you think I should be given more direct, and harder-to-ignore warnings, then I quite agree with you--but is it merely your uncharitable barbarity that prompts you to wish this for me!?
Or is it, in your own degree, a perception on your part of what it would take to fulfill love and justice in me?
I, at least, in my moments when I am simultaneously rational and willing to take responsibility for my actions, say: such a result to me, such an increase of intensity of warnings, fulfills the principles of both love and justice to me.
So provisions must be built-in to me, so that it is not only possible for me to suffer to greater and greater degrees, but so that the suffering follows necessarily upon certain cause/effect sequences (be they natural, or supernatural, or any combination of the two).
But these things could be true in potential even if I have never done anything to 'realize' that terrible possibility. Would God originally create me, so that I was already in the state I would otherwise willingly choose to reach by wishing (in essence) 'to hell with reality'?
No, I think this would be contradictory to His own standard of interPersonal willed intention.
Yet, here I am: in that condition of existence.
I conclude, therefore, that somehow, in some way, I have 'fallen'--fallen out of the ideal state God would have acted to create me to be in, and into the condition I find myself in.
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For what it is worth, the scriptures I consider to be authoritative affirm that sufferings do not always happen to people who specifically deserve those sufferings. The entire Book of Job in the Hebrew Scriptures stands as testimony to the real tragedy of undeserved suffering. Job is quite correct: the story verifies from the first that he is not being punished in any fashion through the terrible events happening to him; and his three main friends are wrong, for they keep insisting that he is lying and there must be some secret sin he has committed which would provide ground for his sufferings being divine justice. At the same time, Job through his perseverance does become (apparently) a better person--so some good ultimately comes to him from his suffering.
Meanwhile, in the Christian New Testament, Jesus affirms that some calamities, such as people crushed by a falling tower at Siloam and a man born blind, were not judgments against the sins of those people.
However, I understand that my reader may not accept those scriptures as authoritative; I have not been using them to justify positions earlier in this book, and I won't start now--even to justify a position that I think most sceptics agree with: sufferings occur which people do not particularly deserve (no matter what good may come to those people, or others, later through the sufferings).
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1. I got no sympathy for the record industry. All their bitching and moaning about how album sales are off. Who's to blame for that? They're to blame for that. Plain and simple. In making file-sharing the tried-in-absentia culprit, they've done nothing more than shoot off their face to spite their face. I know this full well. I was in Charlottesville in the years leading up to Remember Two Things. Labels were vainly courting Dave Matthews with low-ball offer after low-ball offer. They should have known they didn't have a chance when their A&R drones starting reporting back to the home office from points afield--the Southwest, the Rockies--with
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