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Who are the Two Witnesses?
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I decided to bring the question back with whom I believe and many others believe is meant by the two witnesses in Revelation. This link is one of the better written on the subject. The subject is controversial, as are many subjects in the bible. I only hope this will stimulate the minds of those who seek truth.
The two witnesses are The House of Judah and The House of Ephraim. Be blessed.
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My thoughts on the matter. But I could see it being people with the spirits of Elijah and Moses as well. But definitely both real people.
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The Two Olive TreesQuoting: Scott Hofstee
The Revelation of the Two Witnesses
The "two olive trees" is another name given for the "two witnesses" or the "two anointed ones" that stand before the Lord of the whole earth in Revelation 11 and Zechariah 4
Revelation 11:3-4
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Zechariah 4:11-14
11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
14 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.
There is great speculation and debate as to who the two witnesses are. The most popular theory is the theory that Moses and Elijah are the two witnesses because they were on the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus or Enoch and Elijah, based on the fact that they never died.
The truth is in the scriptures and the Lord laid out the answers in them and in the construction of the temple as He did with Jesus, the Lamb of God. Let's take a look.
I Kings 6:21-28
21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
Here is the first mention of the "two olive trees" as two cherubims. They were in the temple because of their place in the Kingdom of Heaven, which would at the end come to earth. First, Immanuel had to come, the first born of many brothers.
Romans 8:29-30
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Jesus was the firstborn of those here on earth who came from Heaven. The firstborn of those who were with the Father before the foundations of the earth. The word "foreknow" means to have intimate knowledge of beforehand. The Father had intimate knowledge because these brothers like the Lord Jesus were with the Father before their incarnation here on earth. Jesus was over all of Heaven and had to come to earth to suffer as a man in perfect obedience to the Father in order to be given the glory He had with the Father in Heaven here on earth. This is why He was given all authority in Heaven and Earth. He overcame every obstacle that men face and never once sinned. The scriptures clearly declare that the earth is waiting for and longing for the manifestation or revealing of these "sons of God" into the earth.
Romans 8:18-19
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
So the "two olive trees" will be the "two cherubim" incarnated into earthen vessels as Immanuel was for the 1260 days of His ministry. Their ministry will be 1260 days as well, completing the second half of Daniel's 70th week.
The scriptures give us further clues that the two olive trees are two cherubim and who they are.
Revelation 11:7-8
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascended out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
This scripture is important because it gives two clues by the "spiritual" cities it mentions. Sodom is the city where the Lord sent "two angels" to destroy the city with fire.
Genesis 19:1
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Egypt is the where the Lord sent two physical brothers, Moses and Aaron to set the children of Israel free and destroy Egypt.
Exodus 4:29-31
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
He also refers to it as the "great city". The great city is referred to later in Revelation as being Babylon, not Jerusalem. Babylon is a "type" of the world and its systems and governments.
Revelation 16:19
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
So the city they are slain in is never mentioned to be Jerusalem. That is because Jesus was never crucified in Jerusalem according to scripture but outside the city.
Hebrews 13:11-14
11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Outside the city was very significant in that it was a type of the entire world or the "great city" or Babylon not Jerusalem. This is why these cities are prefaced by the phrase, "which are spiritually called" Sodom and Egypt.
The two cherubim are included in the construction of the Ark of the Covenant as well, as mentioned in the following passage of scripture.
Hebrews 9:1-5
1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
Here is Strong's definition of the word cherubim:
5502 cheroubim
cherubim, two golden figures of living creatures with two wings; they were fastened to the lid of the ark of the covenant in the Holy of Holies (both at the sacred tabernacle and of Solomon's Temple) in such a manner that their faces were turned toward each other and down toward the lid, which they overshadowed with their expanded wings. Between these figures God was regarded as having fixed His dwelling place.
It was "two angels" announcing the resurrection of Jesus.
John 20:11-14
11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
In Solomon's temple, on the porch, he also had two pillars made named "Jachin" which means, "He will establish" on the right and "Boaz" which means, "fleetness" on the left. These two pillars are a type of the "two witnesses". Interesting as well are the promises made to the overcomers in the church of "Philadelphia" a Greek word that means. "brotherly love", that the Lord would make them to be" pillars in the temple of My God".
I Kings 7:21
21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
Revelation 3:7-12
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
So it is abundantly clear that the two olive trees are two cherubim that will be incarnated into earthen vessels as Jesus was. The scriptures bear this out in type and foreshadow by the mention of the city of Egypt spiritually being spoken of as the place where the "two witnesses" are slain. Egypt is where two physical brothers, Moses and Aaron, were sent as we mentioned before. There is also a type in the "sons of thunder", James and John who asked to be the two witnesses and who were present at the mount of the transfiguration of Jesus.
Matthew 20:21-23
21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
The Lord said that it shall be "given" to those whom it is prepared of my Father. He wasn't saying that it wasn't available to someone. Just not to them.
On the mount of transfiguration the Lord also took with him Peter, James and John (read Matthew 17:1-5). It was there that Jesus met with Moses and Elijah. We are given a prophetic picture of Jesus and the two witnesses when you have the "rock" in Peter and the "sons of thunder" in James and John. Peter is a type of Christ (read Matthew16:15-19) and James and John, two physical brothers, are a type of the "two witnesses" which were mirrored in the appearance of Moses and Elijah on the mount of Jesus' transfiguration.
The scriptures also point to the specific identity of the cherubim who will come as earthly, physical brothers. They are Michael and Gabriel, the two who were responsible for delivering the revelation of the end of days to the prophet Daniel. Daniel mentions that Michael will "stand up" and in the following verse says that "many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake". Michael and his army will be among those that will awaken. We also see Michael associated with Moses in the book of Jude's account of the dispute over the body of Moses. It is also Michael and his army of angels, which will have awakened in the dust of the earth, that face the dragon and his angels which are going to awaken in the dust of the earth as well. Notice the war is in the heavens, which is the mind or the "second heaven" and when that battle is done the dragon is cast "into the earth". He is no longer able to access the minds of God's "overcomers". The Kingdom of Heaven will have fully come into the minds of those who were foreknown by the Father and the Son. The dragon will be confined fully to an earthen vessel, no longer able to bring his accusation of the brethren to those who have made ready. But woe to those who dwell in the "earth" which means the carnality of this life, for the dragon will be given free rule over them for 42 months.
Daniel 12:1-2
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Jude 1:9
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Revelation 12:7-13
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman, which brought forth the man child.
We know that Gabriel was the angel that brought the revelation of the end of days to Daniel but He was also associated with the "spirit of Elijah". He was the angel that announced the birth of both John "the Baptist" who came in the "spirit and power of Elijah" and as John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus, so too was Gabriel the forerunner of Jesus' appearance into earth, announcing His birth to Mary and Joseph.
Luke 1:13-19
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings.
Luke 1:26-32
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Matthew 1:18-25
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
So from this we see Michael associated with the "spirit of Moses" and Gabriel associated with the "spirit of Elijah" in John the Baptist and his announcing the birth of Jesus. They are the two olive trees of Revelation 11 and Zechariah 4. They are the "two anointed ones", the "sons of thunder", the "two witnesses" that stand on the right and left of the Lord Jesus, Immanuel, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. They are here on this earth and will soon fully awaken to all that they were before the foundations of the earth, along with the rest of the Kingdom of God, each in his own order and time.
The kingdom of God has been put into this earth, deposited into those whom were with the Father before the foundations of the earth. Soon many will awaken to everlasting life or everlasting shame and contempt. We are the temple of God, we are the New Jerusalem. The Kingdom that has been in Heaven is about to fully come into the earth. If you do not see with the eyes of the Spirit you will not recognize the Kingdom, this is why the Lord said what He did to the church at Laodicea.
Revelation 3:18
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Daniel 12:2-3
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
1 Corinthians 15:22-25
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
Hebrews 12:22-23
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
I met a man in Israel in 1998 who was like no one I had met before. He told me how YESHUA told him HE was sending him to Israel. And by this sign he would know that it was God. His wife would conceive twins and one would die in the womb. The other would be born on the 1st day of Hanukah. A year and ½ later his wife conceived and had a miscarriage. When she when to the doctor she was told she was still pregnant. On the 1st night of Hanukah his son was born.
This man told me how God told him to call the priminister of Israel and tell him if he gave away anymore of his brothers land God was going to strike him down. Rabin signed the treaty and land was given to the PA. Within a month of the call Rabin was shot down by someone unknown to this man. God fulfilled the prophecy.
This man came to Israel and like I said there was something different about him. His eyes were full of light and love. I felt as if I knew him all my life.
I went to red sea with him and others in the car. It started to pour coming back the man prayed and the storm stopped. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. The muslim young man who was driving us was quiet the entire remaining 2 hours back to Jerusalem. The next morning the young man came to our hotel with his uncle and father asking that the man come to his grandfather. I went and then I watched a man with gangrene feet get healed by the words this man spoke. He told the man to stay off his feet for three days and God would heal it. We went to up north to and when we returned three days later the man and his family were at the hotel and his feet were completely healed.
After that day in the car when the rain stopped it was the longest draught Israel faced in a very long time. For three and a half years the rain didn't fall. The lake went down to dangerous levels. It was unsafe to swim in it. Wells were running dry thru out the area.
I asked this man who he was. Was he a prophet. He replied I am a servant of God. I asked him again are you Elijah. He replied I am a servant of God. Others asked are you one of the witnesses. He replied I am a servant of the most high God. Never did this man claim anything for himself.
I watched this man speak at the western wall. I heard it in English, others with us heard it in Arabic, a language spoken in a village in Kenya and in Hebrew. It was powerful the entire crowd turned and was silent they parted as he left. He told them that righteousness comes from God alone. That their begging for money was making this place of pray a house of prostitution.
I witnessed this man on many trips he took to Israel. Each time people were healed and came to faith.
He last trip he told us he wouldn't be back until after the fighting. We were all like what fighting what are you talking about. A few months later the infata started.
If anyone fulfills the description of one of the witnesses it is he.
I look forward to seeing him again and the other person that will return to the land with him.


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New Orleans Custom House is Testament to GSA's Preservation Pledge
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 – The conservancy of the historic U.S. Custom House in New Orleans illustrates the General Services Administration's commitment to the preservation of America's building and architecture heritage.
The New Orleans Custom House, a national historic landmark, is considered by many architects to be one of the principal works of architecture commissioned by the federal government during the 19th century.
"This building has a very simple style of architecture on the exterior. It has details of Greek Revival and Egyptian Revival architecture." said GSA Deputy Chief Architect Rolando Rivas-Camp. "Inside, however, the Marble Hall is one of the most important Greek Revival interiors in the country."
The custom house was built to accommodate the increasing trade through the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans during the 1840s. The cornerstone was laid in 1848, but the building was not completed until 1881. The U.S. Customs Service moved into the unfinished structure in 1856, and it served as the city's main post office through the second half of the 19th century.
Historical events were partly to blame for the building's construction delays, most notably, the American Civil War. During the war, the incomplete building was at various times occupied by both North and South. The Confederacy used the building to manufacture gun carriages, while the Union used it as a headquarters and a federal prison.
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Demi Lovato not a fan of the twerking craze
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(Yahoo!) - The word "twerking" may be so widely used that it's been added to Oxford Dictionaries Online, but there is one star who is over the craze.
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Can the world stop talking about twerking please?— demetria lovato (@ddlovato) September 3, 2013
But Lovato's dislike of twerking had nothing to do with Cyrus, she insists. The women are still friends – though the "X Factor" judge, who maintains a sober lifestyle, recently expressed worry over the "Hannah Montana" alum's partying.
Btw - no shade thrown.. Don't even try to start that crap. Haha... the term twerking just needs to disappear like the word swag does too..— demetria lovato (@ddlovato) September 3, 2013
She concluded with:
I just don't know what happened to the word "dancing".... Can I getta amen?!!— demetria lovato (@ddlovato) September 3, 2013
Lovato isn't alone in her anti-twerking views. The One Direction chaps recently discussed the topic.
"I think Miley's the best," Harry Styles told Moviefone when asked which 1Der was the best twerker. Niall Horan agreed, saying, "Yeah, Miley's the best. She's great."
But Styles seemed to get serious for a moment while talking about the dirty dance moves, which he doesn't think were right for all ages, including 1D's young fans.
"I think it's quite inappropriate, especially with the age groups that it's aimed at," he said. "I think, you know, it is promoting promiscuity."
Though keep in mind, Styles's twerking skills aren't exactly up to snuff. When he had a booty-shaking moment at the Teen Choice Awards in August, he was his own worst critic.
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October 23, 2007 at 08:07:44 Oct 23, 2007 @ 08:07
I revived this topic back lol =DDD haiiii wish i was in hong kong....i need some new clothes =P ....lucky you guys man in hong kong =P
I live in The Netherlands and I might go to HK next year...
I went to HK in 2006 summer without parents with 7 of my friends, and one of my friends had his own house there in sheung shui.
I usually stay with my aunt when I'm in HK, she lives one building where SARS started in kowloon
Originally posted by Inactive UserWell i can see why you would say its a bit of a culture shock since i have been to Canada before, but its all good, just be experimental with the foods you eat and you maybe pleasantly surprised... just rmb not to ask what type of meat it is...
Originally posted by Inactive Usergood stuff, but where you at now???
Originally posted by Inactive UserPracticing your Chinese for when you next hit up HK???
Ahhh... well in that case, i'm sure you don't need any advice from us, but more like time to get used to the culture + exotic foods again...
the land of the constantly wet, cold miserable weather... although as Ivan said, at least they have the What the Dunk...
Yeah i thought you may have been talking about fair wood... come to think about it, its been a while since i been there, might need to go there to grab a bite to eat later...
theres so many things in HK....not only food, i bet u miss a lot things
haha yah, 30+ degrees in 100% humidity = sweat after 5mins of running around.
saw many ppl got them...didnt u find them in HK?
lei ho ma
hoi mmm hoi i mai ngo yut gin BAPE HOODIE
hey eddyz what does that logo mean on ur avatar? ive seen it everywhere on cars from LA, korea, to tokyo.
Originally posted by Inactive User^ So get out there and do something... go get drunk and pull chicks or something... just make sure they ain't no "Ju Par"
it means "Beginner driver" in japan. It a JDM thing for Import car lovers.
Originally posted by Inactive UserI think he's looking for the fitted version not the mesh trucker style.
the fitted as available only in US while the trucker was only available in asia I think*
ahh ok thats wut my japanese friend told me but i thought he was just full of shit.
Originally posted by Inactive UserCanada ain't that bad is it??? but i guess over 3yrs away from home you do start to miss all the local shit, such as a good old dai pai dong iced milk tea
More to HK than just bape store dude, but hey next year is just around the corner...
Originally posted by Inactive UserCanada ain't that bad is it??? but i guess over 3yrs away from home you do start to miss all the local shit, such as a good old dai pai dong iced milk tea
More to HK than just bape store dude, but hey next year is just around the corner...
It would be weird meeting ppl on the net, but it would be cool to meet up HK hypebeast ppl and taking others to stores. Ppl could always look at a map but im just saying it would be kool. + i can only speak canto can't read >.<


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Using PAR or "Abusing Its Good Name"?: The Challenges and Surprises of Photovoice and Film in a Study of Chronic Illness
Without dispute, kidney dialysis treatment has been successful in saving lives. As a result of this intervention, increasing numbers of people are now facing the many physical, social, and emotional challenges of living with ESRD (end stage renal disease). Compromised vision, mobility, dexterity, and overall health have presented important methodological challenges to the authors' participatory action research (PAR) study of ESRD patients' quality of life. This article proceeds broadly in three steps: (a) an explanation of the authors' interest in PAR and the challenges that ESRD poses for PAR, (b) a description of how they adapted two visual techniques (photovoice and documentary film making) to address those challenges, and (c) a discussion of how they have and have not overcome the challenges of working with PAR.


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Farm and construction equipment manufacturer CNH Global NV ( CNH ) will debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Sep 30. The announcement was recently made by company's chairman Sergio Marchionne.
In Nov 2012, Fiat Industrial, the parent company of CNH Global, inked a definitive agreement to merge its businesses with the latter. The merged company will be registered under the laws of the Netherlands and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. However, for corporate tax purpose, it will be based in the U.K. as the region offers a lower corporate tax rate than Italy.
The strategic merger would enable Fiat Industrial to shift its base from Italy, which has been hit by four recessions since 2001. The successful integration of both the businesses would fortify the combined entity to compete at the highest level in the capital-goods sector with adequate flexibility to pursue inorganic growth at opportune times.
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Not long after being cut from the UFC, Che Mills landed on his feet by signing for Cage Warriors. Now it has been announced he will square off against Irishman Cathal Pendred for the welterweight strap at CW55. Here he talks about his new deal, his future and marijuana
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Thread: When did you go into labour?
29th December 2011 05:17 AM #1
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When did you go into labour?
I was just curious when other mums went into labour with their babies. Three of my children were born a few days prior to the due date, but one of mine was born almost three weeks early.
When did you go into labour? Did you have your baby on your due date?
30th December 2011 04:27 PM #2
Great questions Jessica. I will be interested to read everyone's responses. I went into labour with my first baby at 35 weeks after a third attempted and unsuccessful external cephalic version for my first baby (this is where the doctor attempted to turn my breech baby head down - he was born breech). I believe this labour occurred due to the intervention. With baby number two I went into labour at 39 weeks and with baby number three she was born on her due date.
As a midwife I've observed that women who give birth on or before their due date do not appear to set a particular pattern of when they go into labour with their next children. However women who go past their due date - appear to tend to do this with each pregnancy. Is this your experience?
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This is tricky for me because on two of my babies, the due date by my first ultrasound was different than my charting and subsequent ultrasounds indicated. So going by what I believe to be the better estimate, I went into labor at 39+4, 39, 40 (medically necessary induction), and 40+1.
It has also been my experience that women who go past their due date, particularly a week or two past it, seem to always do so.
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aussiemidwife- I have noticed that women who go in labour past their due date tend to do the same with future pregnancies. I have also noticed that women who go in labour before their due date do not seem to have a predictable pattern of when their next labour will start.
11th January 2012 06:12 PM #5
Thanks for posting this question - it's something I've been thinking about myself. I went into labour at 40+3 (my baby was eventually born in the early hours of 40+5).
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Well I was not exactly in labour, I had to get a cesarean and I was like a week over due when they decided to go ahead and do everything. This was with my first child and now with my second they scheduled me for a cesarean. i never really get to feel how all of this feels, but I did get some cramps and that is about it. Thank you for asking this question.


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County to hold three flu clinics in coming weeks
Published: Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 8:05 p.m.
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Three flu clinics will be conducted at the Alachua County Health Department, located at 224 SE 24th St., between now and mid-January.
The first clinic is set for Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. A second clinic is planned for Jan. 15 from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and the third is set for Jan. 16 during those same hours.
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Ive just checked my Tesco burgers in the freezer
Ive just checked my Tesco burgers in the freezer
Liverpool to sell Andy Carroll to Tesco...
Have they tested their veggie burgers for uniquorn yet?
I don't see the problem its all a good part of a stable diet.
3-2-0 Pro Fighter managed by TFL Sports Agency
87% of Tesco customer will not eat another beefburger from there stores.
This is based on a recent gallup poll.
Just re-read the story and it doesn't say there's horsemeat in burgers, just DNA. It could just be horse semen, so calm down, everyone.
I bet Tesco's have never been so pleased that a helicopter crashed today in London.
I think someone may be sending me death threats.
Woke up this morning with a Tesco burger on my pillow.
Tesco-Unexpected item in bagging area.
Yeah, a fucking horse.
If you think the Horse Burgers in Tesco are bad, wait until you see their Unicorn on the Cob.
I selected some burgers on the Tesco website...
I then clicked on "add to cart"
I had some burgers from tesco for my tea last night....
I still have a bit between my teeth.
New Tesco burgers: Low in fat, high in Shergar.
My daughter said she wanted a pony for her birthday.
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i'm trying to use the ptunnel like that:
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[inf]: Starting ptunnel v 0.60.
[inf]: (c) 2004-2005 Daniel Stoedle, firstname.lastname@example.com
[inf]: Relaying packets from incoming TCP streams.
(i use another ip-address instead of the 184.108.40.206)..
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Like most guys, I don't like asking for directions. But when it comes to my marriage, I don't mind getting pointers.If I'm going to invest the time and money in a marriage retreat, I want the relaxing and transforming weekend I posted about here.Photo via http://stjohns-savage.org/612841.ihtmlMany friends have asked about the details of the schedule. How exactly do you schedule your time on a weekend marriage retreat? I suppose there are a lot of ways you could do it, but, for what it's … [Read more...]
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Every year, NGC awards the top Competitive Sets and Custom Sets in the NGC Registry. To qualify, your sets must be registered by 5 p.m. ET on December 3, 2010.
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Inspired by the exotic leopard prints she's been spotting (no pun intended) in the fashion & design scene Emily of Penscola, FL decided to take the print from the great outdoors and bring it into her own home. The author of High on the Tide, a design and DIY blog, drew a black and white leopard print on five dining room chairs using a black Sharpie Permanent Marker.
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Once again, Monsanto and the biotech industry are working behind closed doors to undermine your basic rights. This time they've gone too far! As leaders in Washington DC discuss the "fiscal cliff", biotech lobbyists are desperate to slide provisions in any end of the year omnibus spending bill to make sure their new GMO crops can evade any serious scientific or regulatory review.
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The ERESI Reverse Engineering Software Interface is a multi-architecture binary analysis framework providing a domain-specific language for reverse engineering. ERESI features OS-wide support for analysis, instrumentation, and debugging of INTEL, SPARC, MIPS, ALPHA and ARM binary programs. ERESI is enhanced for operating systems based on the Executable & Linking Format (ELF) such as Linux, *BSD, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX and BeOS, but it can also debug any OS in a virtual machine or emulator via the GDB protocol.
We prone modularity and reuse of code : ERESI allows users to create their own project on top of our language interpreter in just a few lines of code. Among a lot of other features, the base code can display program graphs on demand using its automated flow analysis primitives. Our tools were primarily designed for working on hardened or raw systems without symbols, executable data segments or native debug API, but we are capable of using this information when it is available.
Our projects show how ERESI brings a common ground for different goals:
- elfsh : An interactive and scriptable static program instrumentation tool for ELF binary files.
- kernsh: An interactive and scriptable runtime kernel instrumentation tool for code injection, modification and redirection.
- e2dbg : An interactive and scriptable high-performance userland debugger that works without standard OS debug API (without ptrace).
- etrace : A scriptable userland tracer that works at full frequency of execution without generating traps.
- kedbg: A remote kernel debugger with ERESI scripting capabilities interfaced with the GDB server, VMware, Qemu, Boches and OpenOCD (JTAG) via the GDB serial protocol.
- Evarista?: A binary program transformer entirely implemented in the ERESI language.
Evarista is inspired from Chevarista, an aborted static analyzer project written in C++ as an IDA plugin.
. For more info on this research, consult our article: Automated vulnerability auditing in machine code.
Beside those top-level components, the ERESI framework contains various libraries that can be used from one of the previously mentioned tools, or in a standalone third-party program:
- libelfsh : the binary manipulation library on which ELFsh, Kernsh, E2dbg, and Etrace are based.
- libe2dbg : the embedded debugger library which operates from inside the debuggee program.
- libasm : the smart disassembling engine (x86, sparc, mips) that gives both syntactic and semantic attributes to instructions and their operands.
- libmjollnir : the control flow analysis and fingerprinting library.
- librevm : the Reverse Engineering Vector Machine, that contains the ERESI meta-language interpreter.
- libstderesi : the standard ERESI library containing more than 100 built-in analysis commands.
- libaspect : the aspect library brings its API to reflect code and data structures in the ERESI language.
- libedfmt : the ERESI debug format library which can convert dwarf and stabs debug formats to the ERESI debug format.
- libetrace : the ERESI tracer library, on which Etrace is based.
- libkernsh : the Kernel shell library is the kernel accessibility library on which Kernsh is based.
- libgdbwrap : The GDB serial protocol library, for compatibility between ERESI and GDB/VMware/Boches/QeMu/OpenOCD.


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I originally looked at the 3016 Gear, but after driving the MAX 28 Shuttle Shift, I decided that the Max could handle all the work I was going to do for a lot less. I purchased the unit with a front loader,60" mid mount mower, Tiller, and 4' Roatatr cutter. Wish I had gone with the 5' Rotary cutter, but the 4' is OK. Most of the 30 + hours I have put on the machine have been with the mid-mount mower, as suspected, but the ease of removal of the FEL, I can cut close around trees and the house and outbuildings.
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Then came Spring and I started using it to clear brush from our heavily forested ten acres. I fell in love with it and won't let him use it if I'm home. It is so much fun to drive and so very useful.
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I bought my Mahindra MaxXL 4WD Shuttle,after shopping around other dealers in the area.I checked the John Deere dealership,and they had a 27-28 hp tractor,but they wanted way too much$$$ for there tractors,and the same for for the Kobota tractors,and they didn't have the hp or all the implements I needed.I'm a DIYer,with only 3 acres,but my Mahindra Max-28 was the perfect fit to my needs and at the right price for my budget.
I went to the Dealership,told them my needs,and we walked out into the lot,picked out the right tractor for my needs.And the helped me pickout the right Implements and attachments to suit my needs.The staff at Mahindra of Clarksburg were very helpful and careing to me and all my needs,also the Financeing was perfect for my budget.Thank You Mahindra for building a strong,sturdy,and safe tractor.
Sincerly Dan S.,Lost Creek,West Virginia
Spent about 15 hours upon my new Max28XL 4x4 HST so far, and I love it!
I bought the MB63A hoe (with thumb) as well as the ML205 loader, and it is a very versatile package. Very powerfully little backhoe. I find that I dont need to rev the engine very hard at all to complete most tasks. The loader is even more impressive when it comes to lifting power.
If you are in the snowy states, take a look at the snow plow for the MAX series by Bercomac. All hydraulic, and runs off of the loader quick connects. There is a dealer video out on YouTube. I was able to pick it up for MUCH cheaper than adding a plow to my pickup.
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Ashley Judd (born 19 April 1968; age 49) is the actress who played Ensign Robin Lefler in the two Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episodes "Darmok" and "The Game". Judd was born in Granada Hills, California as Ashley Tyler Ciminella; she is the daughter of legendary country music singer Naomi Judd, and half-sister of Wynonna Judd.
Judd filmed her scenes for "Darmok" on Thursday 18 July 1991 on Paramount Stage 9. The call sheet for this day features a yet "uncast actress" in the role of Lieutenant Larson which later became Robin Lefler. For "The Game", she filmed her scenes between Wednesday 28 August 1991 and Tuesday 3 September 1991 and on Thursday 5 September 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. Star Trek provided the medium for her first on-screen kiss in "The Game" with Wil Wheaton.
Since her appearance on The Next Generation, Judd has become a major star in feature films. Her starring credits include the films Kuffs (with Christian Slater, George De La Peña and Leon Rippy), A Time To Kill (with Kurtwood Smith), Eye of the Beholder (with Genevieve Bujold), De-Lovely, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (with Fionnula Flanagan), High Crimes (with Bruce Davison, Jude Ciccolella and John Billingsley), Where the Heart Is, Double Jeopardy (with Bruce Greenwood), Kiss the Girls and Tooth Fairy (with Dwayne Johnson).
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The Splinter Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area, named after the major ridge and historic logging road, was purchased by the state from Charles Perin in 1997. The DNR began looking at the 2,607 contiguous acres of wooded hills and grassy pastures in the early 1980s. With direct contributions from the Indiana Bowhunter's Association, the Indiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Indiana Deer Hunter's Association and the Indiana Sportsmen's Round Table, the DNR started the process to purchase the land.
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It's a rainy Tuesday afternoon and English professor Robert Brinkmeyer isn't in his Gambrell Hall office. He isn't behind the lectern in the classroom, either, or in the stacks at Thomas Cooper Library, or anywhere else you might expect. Rather, the man who earlier this year replaced celebrated South Carolina historian Walter Edgar as director of the Institute for Southern Studies following Edgar's retirement is in the DJ booth at WUSC, kicking out the jams.
As the host of "The Source," South Carolina's only locally produced radio show devoted exclusively to African music, Brinkmeyer spends two hours a week turning Midlands listeners on to Congolese soukous, Nigerian jùjú and any other style of African music he feels like playing that day.
"I don't really plan my shows," says Brinkmeyer, now in his fourth year with the student-run college radio station. "I might decide, 'OK, I'm going to play a lot of Congolese music today' and grab a bunch of Congolese CDs, but I don't figure out which tracks I'm going play until I get here."
Not that Brinkmeyer has any trouble filling out a playlist. Prior to stepping behind the mic at WUSC, the station's only full-time professor hosted similar radio shows at the University of Mississippi and the University of Arkansas. Over that stretch, he has amassed an extensive personal collection of music from across the African continent.
Brinkmeyer's most recent playlist featured not only rhumba-infused Congolese beats but music from Ethiopia, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon — even a cover of the Clash's 1982 hit "Rock the Casbah" performed by the Algerian artist Rachid Taha, which represented a slight departure from what he normally selects.
"I mostly play sub-Saharan stuff, because I play my own music and that's what I have the most of," says Brinkmeyer. "But I'm committed to playing all kinds of African music."
Indeed, what began as a casual hobby almost 30 years ago, when a friend in the Peace Corps gave Brinkmeyer a stash of homemade mix tapes of African music, has gradually grown into something deeper.
"To understand African music is to understand the blues, is to understand jazz, is to understand rock 'n' roll," Brinkmeyer explains. "It plays into an understanding of the global world."
And while the professor of Southern literature sees his role as an African music DJ as something separate from his scholarly role, the vocation and the avocation both spring from the same place.
"As I've gotten older, I feel I've become much more of a public scholar, and this is part of that, of wanting to give back to or share with the community," says Brinkmeyer as he gets ready to kick of another block of music. "I like to think I'm bringing something to Columbia. It's just this marvelous music you won't hear on another station."
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This weekend was Miami Heat star Chris Bosh's 30th birthday, and the all-star celebrated big!
Taking over an entire baseball stadium, his wife Adrienne set up a circus-themed evening called "Cirque Du Noir" for her husband where guests were treated to acrobatic performances, over-the-top decor and even performances by rapper Ty Dolla Sign and…Bone Thugs n Harmony! That's right, they even performed their hit 'Crossroads.' In between cocktails and cuisine, guests like LeBron James and his wife Savannah played skee-ball and Dwyane Wade got in on the dunk tank action while fiance Gabrielle cheered him on.
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Jack White is getting a nod of respect from a group of "Rockin' Legends." A soon-to-be-released album dubbed Rockin' Legends Pay Tribute to Jack White features cover versions of White's songs from the likes of Wanda Jackson, who put her spin on the White Stripe's track "In the Cold, Cold Night."
The Queen of Rockabilly previously worked with White on her 2011 solo effort "The Party Ain't Over." According to "Rolling Stone," Jackson says she's wanted to cover "Cold, Cold Night" ever since she first heard it, and she hopes White approves of the version she recorded with Shooter Jennings.
Other contributors to the new homage record include Big Jay McNeely, Gary U.S. Bonds, Johnny Powers, Joe Clay, and Sonny Burgess.
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Just need a kick in the right direction here.
I'm quite new to making addons, but i've succesfully created 2 simple ones so far. Both do nothing more than generating lists of items and some functionality behind it (like generating a new list or play an audio stream).
What i'd like to do now is create an addon with a more complex layout then just a list. Something that look like this:
A frame on the right with a list; a visual/video in the top-left and information about the video in the bottom-left. When i try to find information how to do this i only find pages about skinning, but it is unclear to me how i create the skin/template/layout and then interact with it from my python script. Can someone give me a kick in the right direction?
how to generate custom layout and interact with it from python script
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Creating custom layouts in addons is kind of a pain. You have to either come up with a generic enough look that it doesn't look out of place, or create a version for every skin.
You're finding everything about skins because skins are essentially addons that display information from other addons. Here's the python information you're looking for: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs...tml#Window
You can create a window or dialog in python from scratch by creating a window/dialog object, then creating controls (such as buttons), then adding the control objects to the window object. Once it's assembled, call the window object's .show() method to display it on screen.
You can also create a base window in xml, then manipulate it in python by creating a WindowXML (or a WindowXMLDialog) object and passing in the name or your xml file. This way, if a skin author wants, they can override your xml with their own version that looks good with their skin. See the skinning manual: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBM..._are_found for how that works
The difference between a Window and a Dialog, is that Windows clear everything off screen before being shown, so if you didn't add it to your window, it's not there. A Dialog is drawn overtop of what's already onscreen.
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Management consulting firm FMI Corp. recently surveyed 230 U.S. construction industry executives to get a perspective on how the industry's leaders are reacting to the current economic climate. The result was "Strategy in the Eye of the Storm," a report published in May 2009. Following is the report's Executive Summary.
Stocks have fallen, banks have failed, and projects are being delayed and cancelled at an unprecedented rate. Bail-outs have come, but are they enough?
The headlines continue to report bad news, raising the alarm of declining confidence and reminding us of the need to think strategically. But once it sinks in that this global crisis is unavoidable, it is often a good idea to shut off the alarms, find a quiet corner, and contemplate how to adapt the business.
In crisis, there is opportunity. Now is not the time to panic. It is time to take advantage of a rare chance to refine your business model and develop a winning strategy for the future.
Much of the construction industry is facing the most severe downturn in more than 25 years. Having enjoyed an extended period of economic prosperity, many executives have been closely monitoring the bellweather indicators to better understand what a deep recession will mean to their companies.
FMI launched its 2009 Construction Industry Strategy Survey in February to gauge how executives of the industry's leading firms were preparing for today's rapidly changing landscape. Another critical objective of the survey was to provide insight into the depth of strategic thinking among industry participants and how they were positioning their businesses for both the short- and long-term. The feedback provided a comprehensive look at how construction firms are approaching strategy and preparing for a world that will look much different in the future than it did in 2007 and 2008.
The field of survey participants was comprised of some of the most influential executives in the U.S. construction industry. We benefited from great participation from firms with annual revenue of more than $250 million. General contractors, construction managers, large specialty trade, and heavy civil contractors are all represented.
What were some of our more interesting findings?
The world is changing, and participants in this year's survey were asked to rate how much the competitive environment had intensified over the last 12 months. The questions were structured using Michael Porter's seminal work on the competitive dynamics that shape an industry.1 The changing dynamic between contractors, competitors and customers is the most stark indicator, signaling the waning of the previous market expansion and suggesting that a new modus operandi will be required to remain viable going forward.
Drastic change in the competitive environment breeds uncertainty for every company. This year's survey attempted to determine the degree of uncertainty firms were anticipating and how deep were their levels of preparation.


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Due to my undying love of Gala Darling - since the LJ days! since the iCiNG email newsletters! - I ordered a used copy of Not In Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America by Christine Wicker immediately after she mentioned it back in April. It came in the mail a few weeks ago and today I had a day off with NOTHING planned, so it was time to crack it open. I poured myself a chai tea, curled up with Chester and opened to page one.
Christine Wicker is a journalist who wrote a book about exploring the history of magic and magic-believers in American history and in the American present. She touches on how we perceive magic as either commonplace (wearing lucky gym shorts, praying to St. Anthony) or completely alien (performing hoodoo rituals, practicing actual magical rituals with runes, oils, and crystals.) Wicker also makes it clear that she wants to find the completely alien facets of the way of thinking in the most commonplace locations. The first paragraph of the cover sleeve mentions soccer moms performing voodoo traditions in their backyard, and the first chapter title refers to a small town waitress wearing a pentacle necklace.
So far, I love it. I'm only maybe a fourth in, but that's after one lazy-afternoon sitting. Her narrative is a perfect mix between history lesson and investigative journalism, with notes of a handwritten diary entry thrown in. She talks about the background of magic in Puritan colonies, and she also talks about a live bloodletting at a goth vampire-party - all in the same chapter. Right now, she's visiting Cat Yronwode at her occult shop in California. Wicker has a great balance between being a reporter and being a human being who is curious as to why people would live their life so different than her. I can't wait to read more, which is exactly what I'll do after I hit publish on this entry.
To order the book, check Amazon. To read more of Gala's thoughts on the book, check her article on Magical Thinking. I'll be sure to post again once I've finished the novel.
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By Chris Mooney • Friday, January 6, 2012 - 11:58
Rick Santorum was asked about climate change recently, while campaigning in New Hampshire. The video of his response, as well as the transcript, can be found here.
Suffice it to say that while Santorum sounds thoughtful and rational in his response, in fact he gravely misrepresents scientific knowledge and understanding.
Let's turn to the tape.
Santorum starts off well enough:
The question is on how do I get my policies with climate change science.
I get asked this question a lot, and you look at the data and you can see some change in the climate.
But then again, pick a point in history where you haven't seen a change in the climate.
The climate does change.
The question is, what is causing the climate to change.
And I think most scientists, in fact, I assume all scientists would agree there are a variety of factors that cause the climate change.
I don't think any scientist in the world would suggest there isn't a variety of factors, and I think the vast majority of scientists would say there's probably a hundred factors that cause the climate to change.
A hundred factors? Well, there are a lot of factors that can influence the climate, that's for sure. So far, Santorum is pretty accurately representing climate science. But he continues:
And so why have we decided that this one particular factor, carbon dioxide, is in fact that tip of the tail that wags the entire dog.
Why from a scientific point of view do we make the assertion that this is in fact what is the case when there is a whole lot of other factors out there that could be affecting it?
So, that's the question.
Notice the trick here. Up until this point, Santorum is accurately reflecting what scientists think. But now he isn't any more. Now he's contradicting them.
It's true there are lots of factors that can influence climate. But the chief factor that, scientists agree, is currently driving global warming is human induced greenhouse gas emissions.
Why does Santorum trust scientists to determine which different factors influence the climate, but not to determine the relative importance of these factors? Why would scientists be more trustworthy on one score than the other?
In my view, you either trust scientists or you don't. You don't get to pick and choose which parts of the scientific consensus you accept, and which part you don't. The whole point of trusting scientists is that they're better than non-scientists at figuring out what findings can be reliably believed.
And the reality is that scientists both agree that many factors influence the global climate, and think global warming is mostly driven by human activities. There's no contradiction here—except perhaps in Santorum's willingness to head one scientific conclusion but not another.
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Haven't been following this
Haven't been following this too closely as I've been on holidays for a few weeks, but isn't Santorum out of the race now? From the bits I have followed, its all a bit confusing. Romney beats Santorum, but some sites say it was rigged & the GOP fudged the vote so that Romney would win.
Meanwhile Ron Paul seems to be getting more votes across the board than all of them combined, yet no one wants to talk about him. Strange days. Then Obama pulls out one of RP's biggest draw cards, cut the military by hundreds of billions. Which Obama was talking about in 2008 anyway.
The point is moot , as any GOP nominee is bad for the planet now that Hunstman is out.
Obama creating 200k jobs in December & dropping the unemployment rate to the lowest in 3 years will be a thorn in the side of the GOP. Nearly all of that , the private sector: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-gains-200000-jobs-in-december-2012-01-06?link=MW_pulse
Meanwhile, the biggest conversation killer around the evidence immune denier table could be the fact that China, the worlds largest emitter of CO2 is going to implement a carbon tax.
It might be small, but it's happening within a couple of years. Contrasted with Australia's recent effort of taking 5 years just to get it legislated & another year to put it in place. This now puts considerable pressure on the USA & Canada to act, while the rest of the world is acting & accepting the science. Deniers are increasingly being backed into a corner, with tin foil hats, fossil fuel science & conspiracies that involve nearly all the worlds governments & 100% of the worlds scientific institutions. Ahh, yeah right.
Phil... Romney and Santorum
Romney and Santorum were virtually tied in Iowa (with Romney winning by a hanful of votes) both had about 25% of the votes. Which is why, imo, Desmog is attacking Santorum recently, because he has risen in the polls.
Ron Paul finished a respectable 3rd place with 21% of the vote.
None of these 3 candidates have the kind of enviromental record that the greens are seeking with Santorum, perhaps, being the least 'green'. Hense the attacks here.
Not sure if you're aware of the system of deciding a candidate for the presidency or not. But it's way early in the proces. These early state caucuses are just to thin out the crowd, so to speak.
Ok, maybe I'm not up to speed
Ok, maybe I'm not up to speed as much with American politics, but wasn't Hunstman the only one who believed in AGW science? With him gone, it doesn't really matter who wins the GOP nomination, as they are all opposed to AGW science.
"Ron Paul finished a respectable 3rd place with 21% of the vote."
On many websites I have come across over the past 6 months or so, it has him leading in many polls. Not that this is any good for the environment, but I find him more intelligent & likable than the other muppets.
"Not sure if you're aware of the system of deciding a candidate for the presidency or not."
It appears not.
Rick Santorum isn't
Rick Santorum isn't misrepresenting climate science – he's merely questioning the IPCC's political advocates, who have long ago abandoned science in any meaningful sense, yet continue to masquerade as "scientists", and who's unproven and unprovable AGW hypothesis you continually present as though it were inerrant religious doctrine.
It's quite clear the "consensus" you claim exists, yet doesn't, is completely manufactured. Never mind the fact that science has nothing to do with "consensus", even if such "consensus" actually existed.
No wonder political ideologues like Mooney are down to mewling about whether Ronald Reagan spent Christmas at the White House. (For the record, the Reagans spent 7 of 8 Christmases at the White House, and only the last one at their private home in L.A. Compare that to the endless multi-million dollar vacations of Michele Antoinette and King Putt.)
Like I say, as Marko so
Like I say, as Marko so effectively demonstrates……tin foil hats.
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Santorum upset the gay community to the extent you can see from the first hit when you google his name. (Not for the squeamish!) I don't know how they did it, but I wonder how effective it would be to do something similar with all these Republican candidates, except this time linking them to this site, or the IPCC?