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BALI UPDATE #597 - 18 February 2008
The Trunk's in the Front
Elephant Safari Park Lodge Opens in Taro, near Ubud, Bali.
Opened on March 10, 2008 the purpose-built 25 room
Elephant Safari Park Lodge
, set within a 3.5 hectare enclave of the award-winning
Elephant Safari Park
, opened its doors at the village of Taro, outside Bali's culture heartland of Ubud.
Home to 27 magnificent Sumatran Elephants, the
Elephant Safari Park
and its new Lodge are the inspiration of Nigel and Yanie Mason, the husband and wife team recognized as adventure tourism pioneers in Bali.
Guests at the Lodge are "shuttled" around the complex on the backs of
elephants, boarding via special
landing ramps that form a part of each room.
Conceived and operated to serve high-end clients with sophisticated tastes, the Lodge offer four levels of accommodation including the luxuriantly lavish 104 square meter
Taro Suite
served by its own butler and equipped with a 20 meter wrap-around terrace for outdoor dining and elephant watching.
All rooms are appointed with elephant-inspired details, in keeping with the neighbors and natural surroundings. Spacious rooms provide a resort-style haven among the peace and tranquillity of watching elephants enjoy their tropical parkland surroundings. The Lodge is also designed to cater for special events, weddings, honeymoons, meetings and incentives groups or sunset cocktails and private dinners. Supporting facilities include swimming pool, bar, lounge, terrace, gym and spa.
"We built the Lodge for the type of guest, whether a family, couple or sole adventurer, looking for a one-of-a-kind experience. Our facilities, services and design reflect our natural forest location, botanical gardens, beautiful mountain environs and, of course, our 27 rescued and rehabilitated Sumatran elephants. Although we provide all the modern day luxury comforts, a stay at the Elephant Safari Park Lodge is more about the interactive elephant experience," says Park owner and Lodge creator Nigel Mason. "I guess I would say a stay at the Lodge is like a five-star luxury camping experience."
"Everything in our Lodge rooms from interior finishes; to the Lodges artworks and soft furnishings are custom made and elephant inspired. Hand-dyed regal blue and gold bed runners embroidered with elephant insignia, bedside lamps with elephant motifs, artworks created by the Parks own elephant artisans, even the legs of the beds are carved to resemble elephant feet." adds Nigel.
The Lodge's outdoor areas are also elephant-inspired touches, featuring stunning stone Ganesha statues and carvings. Master craftsman and stonemason Richard North Lewis was commissioned to design stone carving wall reliefs depicting elephant stories from Cambodia, Borobudur, Thailand and India to create an incredible open-air art gallery for guests strolling through the gardens and relaxation areas.
The Lodge's
Mammoths Head Bar & Lounge,
seating 50 guests, features an impressive 20,000 year old original Siberian Mammoth head that keeps a watchful eye over the well-stocked bar and wine cellar. Inside a rare collection of 40 hand-painted etchings form a permanent exhibition telling the story of 200 years of elephant history.
The Lodge also offers a
Safari Wellness Spa
accessed through an all glass atrium reception. The elegantly appointed separate male and female treatment rooms use cleverly-designed one-way glass windows to afford incredible views of the elephants while being pampered. A range of signature treatments using Wild Yam scented products reflecting the village name of Taro where the Park is located, offer an extensive selection of body treatments - waxing, facials and hand, foot and hair treatments.
An air-conditioned Fitness and Weights Room features state-of-the-art
Matrix Equipment.
Another new addition to the Park is a resplendent granite and stone purpose-built
Wedding Pavilion.
The wedding pavilion features a white stone elephant altar and traditional antique four-post decorative Javanese ceremonial
decorated with frangipani pillars, candles and a rose petal flower-laden aisle. Seating for up to 40 guests is available against the dramatic backdrop of the elephant park; a spectacular venue for a romantic commitment ceremony.
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Elephant Safari Park
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Elephant Safari Park Lodge.
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Australian Sail Armada Expected in Lovina and Serangan.
'Sail Indonesia' Grows with 200 Vessels Expected in Bali in September 2008.
200 sailing yachts from around the world are expected to pay brief port calls at Lovina in North Bali and Serangan Island in Bali's south during
Sail Indonesia
in September 2008.
The projection of sailing visitors was given to the press by Drs. I Putu Budiasa, the Chief of Tourism for the City of Denpasar.
The ships will begin their journey from Australia to Bali with stops along the way in East and West Nusa Tenggara.
The 200 yachts expected to visit Bali in September 2008 for
Sail Indonesia
is an increase from the 125 vessels who participated in 2006 and the 130 vessels who came to the Island in 2007. Tourism officials expect each vessel will carry 7-8 crew and spend between 5-14 days in Bali.
The primary destination for the ships in Bali is Lovina, on the north coast of the Island. Many vessels, however, are expected to pay a call at the yacht basin at Serangan Island in the south.
The majority of the Australian yacht armada visitng Bali are expected to continue their Indonesian odyssey with additional stops in Java and Sumatra.
Bali Tourism Investments Dominated by Hotels and Resorts
Provincial Investment Board Gives Green Light to New Hotels Despite Objections by Tourism Board and Governor.
Bisnis Bali
estimates that the value of new investments in hotels and recreational facilities in Bali for the period January - November 2007 reached Rp. 1.4 trillion (US$152.2 million) comprised of 38 projects.
70% of the new investment in Bali is centered on the hotel and resort sector.
According to research conducted by the Surabaya branch of
Bank Central Asia (BCI)
, most new hotel investments in Bali are located on elevated or beachside areas in Jimbaran, Pecatu, Ungasan, Payangan, Sanur, Legian and Kuta.
According to Aslakhul Umam, Research Coordinator at
in Surabaya, following the second Bali bombing in October 2005 the Island has undergone a significant increase in new resort and hotel investments, with most investors coming from areas outside of Bali, such as Jakarta and Surabaya. "In any case, the nature and views of Bali remain interesting for those seeking investments in the tourism sector," explained Umam.
Shown on
are some of the new hotel and tourism investments slated to open in 2008 in Bali.
Bisnis Bali
reports that officials in the Badung and Denpasar regions of Bali remain receptive to new investment applications in the hotel sector, denying earlier reports that new hotels would be banned from commencing new projects.
The Chairman of the
Coordinating Investment Board for Bali (BKPMD-Bali)
, Drs. Made Kandiyuana, stated: "The Provincial government of Bali has never said that Badung and Denpasar are closed to new hotel investments. What is correct is that we have been asked to be more selective. But, as long as new projects do not violate zoning rules and pass a review by our study team, they will approved."
Chief's green light for new investments is at seeming odds with an earlier pronouncements by Bali's Governor who once issued a memorandum freezing new hotel investments.
Kandiyuana also told the press that his office was moving towards the goal of providing a
service for the approval of new investment projects and improve their service to the public.
A Call for Greater Openness
In a related article in
, the
Bali Tourism Board (BTB)
has called on the government to adopts a more open approach to the issuance of investment licenses and permits.
The Chairman of the
Ngurah Wijaya, complained that his organization has never received data on the number of hotel permits issued in Bali. This lack of openness, unfortunately, lends itself to suspicions of corruption and collusion in the license process.
Wijaya said that with more than 350,000 hotels rooms in Bali and the recent rapid increase in commercial villas suggest that new permits should be frozen for the time being.
Wijaya said that instead of new hotels the government should turn its attention to the management of tourism objects.
Bali's Rental Car Rates to Increase?
Customer Demand and Higher Car Prices Driving Increased Rates from Rental Operators.
Bali Post
states that the Island's car rental operators are likely to increase their tariffs by approximately 10% for vehicles produced after 2007.
Quoting a Sanur-based car rental agency, the increase in price is a function of the higher prices paid for new cars and the growing demand for late models by customers visiting Bali. Car rentals involving vehicles built prior to 2007 are expected to undergo more modest price increases.
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Small Explosive Device Detonated in Denpasar
Second 'Home-Made Bomb' in 10 Days Exploded in Gatot Subroto Area of North Denpasar.
A low-explosive device exploded in north Denpasar shortly after 11:00 p.m. on Friday night, February 15, 2008, injuring two men.
Initially reported by some Bali media as a gunshot attack because of the many holes inflicted on the victims' vehicle, police have now linked the incident to the explosion of a crude bomb, similiar to device that exploded at the parking lot of a Bali travel agency in Denpasar on February 5, 2008. No injuries resulted from the first bombing.
In the latest attack and suffering hand and thigh injuries were the occupants of a
Taft SUV
; the manager of a local Karaoke Bar, Dewa Made Segining (39), and a driver-security guard from the bar, Komang Suparmadi (39).
According to
Tempo Interaktif
, Suparmadi has been treated and allowed to return home while Segining remains hospitalized at Bali's Sanglah Hospital, protected by an armed police guard.
Forensic officers inspecting the scene of the bombing have found a number of holes including a 9 centimeter deep and 24 centimeter wide hole in the rolling door entrance of shop near the scene of the crime. Police are still trying to determine the motive for the attack, with press speculation that the crime may be tied to revenge or a the work of a local extortion ring.
Press reports say that the attack occurred on Gang Duku, a side street off Jalan Kebo Iwa, not far from the major Denpasar thoroughfare of Jalan Gatot Subroto. When Suparmadi, who was driving the vehicle, became aware that they were being followed he diverted to quieter back streets. As the vehicle entered Gang Duku a motorcyclist threw an item at the vehicle that was followed by the explosion. The motorcyclist immediately fled the scene.
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Building the Bali Nusa Raya Highway
Ambitious Road Project Part of a Giant Aceh to Eastern Indonesia Trans National Highway Project.
The National Road Building Agency for Indonesia's 8th District
will soon begin realizing the construction and upgrading of 3,000 kilometers of majors road stretching from Bali's western port of Gilimanuk to Atambua in West Timor.
The entire road project, scheduled to get underway in March 2008, will cost Rp. 730 billion (US$79.34 million), allocated to be paid from the 2008 State Budget.
The project is broken into three phases: 500 kilometers of major roads in Bali; 500 kilometers of roads in West Nusa Tenggara and 2,000 kilometers of roads in East Nusa Tenggara.
The Bali segment of the project will consume Rp. 130 billion (US$12 million) with special emphasis promised on "blackspots" - areas near Tabanan with high levels of accidents - and the widening of roads across the Island.
Phase II of the project will improve roads throughout Lombok and Sumbawa, costing an estimated Rp. 200 billion (US$21.8 million).
The third and final phase of the road project will address 2,000 kilometers on Flores, Lembata and Alor and will cost Rp. 400 billion (US$43.5 million).
Chief Purwoko: Tourism Operators Must Raise Their Game
Bali Police Chief Wants More Security Cooperation Among Hotel and Villa Operators.
The brutal murder of an Australian woman and a series of other recent attacks on tourists have caused Bali's Chief of Police, General Paulus Purwoko, to shine an unwanted spotlight on Bali's tourism associations, operators and the provincial tourism office.
According to Purwoko, tourism operators are reluctant to part with their hard-earned capital when it comes to security improvements. The Chief complained, "if it comes to spending money to add room there's no problem, but try to suggest that anyone build a coordinated security post and everyone becomes reluctant."
Bali's top policeman is concerned that if there are no improvements made soon in villa or café security, criminality and related robberies will only increase. Bemoaning the lack of security professionalism on the Island, Purwoko said the current inability to confront and oppose armed robbers is encouraging thieves to become bolder in their criminal acts.
Quoted in
Bali Post,
Chief Purwoko said: "I have raised this issue several months ago before a gathering of tourism stakeholder in Ubud, but until now there has been no significant change in security at local hotels and villas. As a result, that which I feared has been visited upon Australian Heidi Murphy in Canggu. Earlier, a robbery also made victims of a South Korean couple in Ubud."
Purwoko called for the establishment of coordinated security posts in all tourism areas with each villa donating the services of one security guard for shared patrol duties. The Chief said that if security duties were shared the morale of watchmen and security guards would be improved, bolstering each communities readiness to go toe-to-toe with robbers and extortionists.
At the same time Purwoko called on the Provincial Tourism Office to levy security requirements on new villas before granting them operating licenses.
Commenting on the recent murder of a young Australian woman in Canggu, Purwoko said that his team is still busy gathering evidence in the case.
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Call for 50% Reduction in Hotel & Restaurant Tax.
Bagus Discovery Tour's Owner Says Lower Taxes Would Raise More Money for Island's Publc Coffers.
Commenting in a page-one article in
, the Secretary General of the
Bali Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI-Bali)
and owner of
Bagus Discovery Tours,
Bagus Sudibya, has thrown his support behind a proposal to lower the current tax charged on hotel and restaurant bills from 10% to 5%.
Guest dining at Bali restaurants and hotels presently pay a 21% tax and service surcharge on all their purchases. The amount over and above the 10% tax is typically a service charge for the employees of the hotel and restaurants.
"As a member of the tourism industry, I very much support the reduction of the hotel & restaurant tax to 5%," said Sudibya. He went on to explain that the current 10% tax level is too high and places a heavy burden on the Island's hotels and restaurants, affecting both their price competitiveness and product quality.
A Mistaken Assumption: It Doesn't Really Matter
"Don't always think that the tax is a burden only borne by the customer," warned the
official. He added that the high tax rate causes operators to trim their margins in order to remain competitive.
officials feels that combined tax and service surcharge of 21% is both high and especially burdensome. Sudibya said that in other competing destinations, such as Singapore, the highest tax charged is only 13%. He hopes that the government will lower the current tax level and help promote healthy growth in the tourism sector. Sudibya insisted that if the tax were reduced, the savings and growth in business would allow product enhancements, more training of staff and more promotional activities.
What Would the Government Lose?
In response to those who fear that a 50% reduction in the Hotel & Restaurant tax would represent an unacceptable loss in state revenues, Sudibya said he is confident that total tax revenues would actually increase as sales would increase and entrepreneurs would be more inclined to be more honest and transparent in declaring their tax liabilities.
Sudibya acknowledged that the proposal to lower the hotel and restaurant tax remains at the "idea stage" and that a detailed study of the impact of lowering the tax has yet to be undertaken. The final decision to lower these taxes remains the exclusive purview of the provincial government.
Government Responds
In the edition of
published the day following Sudibya's comments, both the Chief of Tourism for Badung and his counterpart for the Province of Bali dismissed Sudibya's suggestion, saying the current tax was set by the central government and was based on a thorough and careful formulation.
Go Figure: A Game of Political Ping Pong?
Protestations from Bali officials that the current tax rate of 10% is immutable and is, in any case, set by the Central Government in Jakarta mesh oddly with the fact that when former President Suharto tried to lower the Hotel and Restaurant tax charged in Bali in the late 1990s local officials on the Island stonewalled the President's decree, saying the decision lack an implementing regulation.
Bali Buffeted by High Winds
Bali's Shorelines Eroded and Kuta Beach Temporarily Closed by High Winds and Waves Expected to Continue through February 19th.
"Nicholas" - a tropical storm located south of the Nusa Tenggara islands and off the Western coast of Australia, produced strong winds, heavy rains and large waves for Bali and adjoining islands during the second week of February 2008.
On the neighboring island of Lombok, large trees in the capital of Mataram were uprooted while ferry services between the ports of Padang Bai (Bali) and Lembar (Lombok) were frequently suspended as waves of reached heights ranging from 3.5 to 6 meters and wind exceeded 35 kilometers per hour.
Although centered over Australia's coast, forecasters suggest that the Tropical Storm Nicholas will continue to affect Bali with strong winds and rains until approximately February 19th when the low pressure system is expected to dissipate.
On Thursday, February 14, 2008, large waves forced Bali's Beach Patrol to close the popular Kuta beach front while the same strong winds created sand dunes that stopped traffic along the Kuta beach front road that borders the public beach. Kuta's popular
Ma Jolly
restaurant suffered damage to their beach side dining pavilion when heavy waves eroded building foundations.
Erosive wave action also reported along Bali's eastern and western shorelines where coconut palms toppled and beachside dwellings were washed away.
Australian Woman Murdered in Canggu Villa
Police Set One Month Deadline to Solve the Murder of Expatriate Working in Bali's Garment Industry.
A 34 year-old Australian woman Heidi Murphy was found dead in a rented villa in the Tibubeneng area of Canggu on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Murphy, who worked in the Island's garment sector for the past three years, was found dead with 37 stab wounds by household laborers who told police they climbed the wall of the dwelling when Murphy did not respond to repeated calls from the dwelling's gate, despite the victims motorcycle being parked within the compound.
Murphy's body was discovered sprawled on the floor of the dwellings living room covered with a bedspread. Upon seeing the body, the workers, who had come to collect their wages, raised the alarm with neighbors and police.
The officer-in-charge at the crime scene told the
Bali Post
: "There were 11 (sic) knife wounds on the body of the victim. The motive is unclear and the case remains under investigation."
Neighbors who lived near Murphy's home told the
Bali Post
that the murder occurred several weeks after knife-wielding robbers reportedly tried to rob her on a road near the scene of the fatal attack. According to the neighbor, Murphy managed to successfully flee what appeared to be a road-side robbery attempt.
The neighbor also told the press that Murphy, who lived alone, would typically host gatherings for friends every Saturday night. It is not clear, however, if a party was held at the villa on the eve of Murphy's killing.
Bali police have interviewed friends and acquaintances of the dead Australian, including her estranged husband, Ben Sloane, an American national who also lives in Bali.
An investigative team comprised of police from North Kuta, Badung regency police and officers from Bali Police Headquarters have been joined by officers from the
Australian Federal Police (AFP)
An Assistant Chief of the Bali Police has given his officers a deadline of one month to solve the violent murder.
Early indications point towards a crime of passion, a suspicion strengthen by the fact that a number of items of value were not missing from the crime scene.
Sydney Morning Herald
reports that police are now trying to trace three phone calls made from Heidi Murphy's hand phone just hours before the presumed time of her death. Those calls, made to unregistered pre-paid phone card numebrs, are now being sourced by police to their vendors in an attempt to trace the people called on the victim's phone.
The Sydney press also reports that prior to her death Murphy was working under contract to
Paramount Pictures,
preparing 200 costumes for a
Star Trek
Police Help Line
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Pastika's Political Platform for Bali's Future
PDI-P Candidate for Bali's Governor General Made Pastika Outlines His Vision for Bali's Future.
As reported on
, former Bali police Chief, General Made Mangku Pastika is the
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)
candidate for governor of Bali. [
See: Made Pastika Named PDI-P's Man to Run for Bali Governor
A recent article in the
Bali Post
provides insights into the hopes and ambitions held by the man who may become Bali's next chief executive.
Bali - Progressive, Safe, Peaceful & Prosperous
Pastika told the
Bali Post
that his vision and mission for Bali is to lead an island that is "progressive, safe, peaceful and prosperous." To achieve this, said Pastika, his administration would concentrate on communication and networking.
Pastika expressed his concern for the current condition of the Island; citing the mushrooming of "Kafes" that now includes locations in local village settings. (Editor's note: "Kafes" in Bali are small bars and restaurants, often serving as fronts for prostitution.) Chief Pastika also said poverty and unemployment must be a main concern of Bali's next governor.
Using the self-created acronym of
"Mandara" = Maju, Aman, Damai & Sejahtera
- Pastika said he seeks to create an island that is "progressive, safe, peaceful and prosperous."
In detailing his vision in more detail, Pastika explained:
Bali must keep pace with the development without losing touch with the unique character of Balinese culture.
Bali must create a region imbued with safety, tranquility and security.
An Island in which conflicts - both on a vertical and horizontal level - are minimized.
Creating an island where the people's welfare is enhanced with adequate educational opportunities, public health, food sufficiency and housing opportunities.
Pastika also stressed that his plans call for reducing unemployment as a means to eliminate poverty in Bali's villages. He told the
Bali Post
that the Island possesses great potential, a precious asset to both Indonesia and the world.
To achieve the
envisioned by Pastika, he sees as a minimum requirement the improvement of communications and networking on all levels. To this end, Pastika plans to hold "open house" events if he is elected Governor. Such events will facilitate the people's aspirations through open and transparent communication with the government.
Most importantly, the interests of the people must be given priority. Said Pastika: "I think the government can no longer be bureaucracy-oriented but must become people-oriented. People must be put first."
Former Garuda CEO Convicted of Conspiracy to Murder
Indra Setiawan Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Role in Death of Indonesian Activist Munir. Police Promise More Arrests Before June.
Indra Setiawan, the former CEO of
Garuda Indonesia Airlines
, has been sentenced to one year in prison for his complicity in the murder of Indonesian activist Munir Said Thalib in September 2004 on board a flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam.
The sentence handed down in the Jakarta courts was 6 months less than the 1 year and 6 months requested by Indonesian prosecutors.
As reported in
See:Jail Time for Garuda Pilot. Airline's Former CEO to Follow?
], a former
Pilot, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday, January 25, 2008, with the Court finding him guilty of premeditated murder and the falsification of documents.
The courts found Setiawan guilty of taking a conspiratorial role in activist's murder through the issuance of letters needed to allow Pollycarpus to join the flight on which Munir died.
Setiawan's defense during the trial was that he had issued the subject letter at the urging of the State Intelligence Board (BIN).
Police in Jakarta have told the press that additional indictments involving State intelligence officials will be handed down before June.
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I wrote this for Max Jones' eleventh grade English class. We were doing our section on Latin American literature and had just finished Ficciones by Jorge Luís Borges. I had three options for the end-of-book project: (i) do an artistic rendering of one or more of the important concepts in the book, (ii) do an analytical paper on the stories, or (iii) write a "Borgesian" short story which would fit in well with the rest of anthology. Well, I can't draw worth jack and I wasn't in the mood for literary criticism, so I opted for the short story. Normally I can't stand doing creative writing as a response to literature, but in this case our teacher had the good sense to actually give us creative freedom about the subject of the work as long as it fit within certain stylistic boundaries.
I sat around for a long time and didn't do anything with it. Then, sometime around the weekend before it was due, I was inspired by a post to alt.atheism which mentioned how the moral code presented in the books of the Bible, and later the moral code that those books were interpreted as advocating, shifted over time to correspond with the ethics of society. From there I came to the idea of mankind acting as a mirror for God's behavior, and the rest is history. After a few false starts I finally completed the first draft, revised it once before presenting it to the class, and then turned it in. Max, a hardcore Borges nut, loved it. I've mostly moved away from fantastic concept pieces and moved on to more psychological, realistic stories, but I still don't think that this is half bad, and if nothing else I had a ball writing it.
- CWJ, 6 December 1998
I owe the discovery of Emmanuel Goldberg's 1534 The Mirror of the Sanhedrin to the search for a heresiarch and a binding error. When I borrowed the book from the Library of Theology in Brussels, it was incorrectly labelled Kristus och Judas, and I happened to be searching for that same tome. When I returned to my hotel--I had no time to examine the book while at the library--I found not Runeberg's thesis on the critical role of Judas, but Jan Eck's 1910 English translation of an obscure Jewish-Christian heresiarch. The edition--which I have before me--can be traced back to Oberdahl's 1873 Latin translation, which was published shortly after the translator accidentally discovered Goldberg's unpublished manuscript along with his journal, kept in a small shop of antique books under the title Text of Unknown Contents, Discovered 1534. The original manuscript was composed in Aramaic and written backwards--in order, I presume, to protect its heresy from discovery until the author was safely dead and beyond the reach of Inquisitors.
Goldberg seeks to answer, by way of a stunning heresy--to many, even a blasphemy--the manifold contradictions of Judaeo-Christian theology, which to Goldberg, a first generation Jewish convert to Christianity, were all too obvious. He begins by admitting two premises which his argument presupposes: (1) the revelation of Holy Scripture in the Bible, and (2) the primacy of human reason over any proposed doctrine.
His primary topic is the lack of continuity in God's interaction with mankind. He points to a series of different modes of interaction, from the original covenant with Adam in the Garden, through the Flood, Abraham, the Law, the Prophets, Jesus on Earth, and Jesus resurrected. Such fundamental changes, Goldberg declares, totally negate the orthodox doctrine of an eternal, ineffable God. Similarly, he refuses to accept the mystic's explicitly contradictory and unknowable God. Instead, he seeks "to find and illustrate the One God, revealed in Scripture, without extrabiblical interpolation, without contradiction, and in so doing demonstrate the Truth in those Scriptures using only their divine Revelation, and the rational Intellect which God Himself breathed into Adam at the birth of time."
Goldberg begins by blasphemously declaring such acts as the Flood and the bloody military campaigns conducted for Yahveh of the Hosts as "immoral, immature, ignorant; the acts of a simple-minded and bloodstained tyrant rather than a benevolent God." He refuses to accept that the sacrifice of so many for the sins of their forbearers and compatriots could ever be moral. His position is safe from the criticism that man is unfit to judge God's morality: he began by affirming the primacy of human reason. He does not concede the Gnostic heresy of Satanizing the God of the Hebrews, arguing that any perfect Absolute would never cause such a demiurge to be. Nor does he allow the dualistic God of the Kabbalists, arguing that such a notion--a God both perfectly Good and perfectly Evil--violates every law and instinct of human Intellect.
Left with no God of both Good and Evil, and denying the premise of a demiurge, Goldberg is left with a few truths: the God of the Scriptures changes its laws and covenants with man. It commits immoral acts, but the further into the Bible one goes, the more God becomes "less the Tyrant and more the Father." Here Goldberg points to two parallel events, which he considers consummate moments in Biblical history: the aborted sacrifice of Isaac and the completed sacrifice of Christ.
God's demand that Abraham sacrifice his firstborn is summed up by Goldberg as "a perversion of every moral we have, a needless test of blind devotion by way of child sacrifice, to be expected only of a Devil, of Molech, or of an insane tyrant." However, God Himself becomes at the last moment aware of His error, and replaces the child with a ram that Abraham can, in good conscience, sacrifice. God seems to sense that if His expectations can bring a man to kill his own son, then His law must be changed. Similarly, when God reveals Himself as Yahveh of the Hosts, fierce and defensive of His sons (the Israelites) in order to atone for so disregarding Abraham's progeny before, those sons willingly execute the barbarous "cleansing" of pagan tribes from Canaan. When He withdraws to rule only through His Law, the people drift toward pagan idols that seem more attentive to their needs.
The Prophets, to Goldberg, mark God's return to active interaction with the Earth. He sees them as precursors to God's final exertion of God's total power upon the Earth: Jesus Christ. But just as flaunting power was immoral with Abraham and with the Canaanites, so too was bringing to Earth a power so intense that it could destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. When He asserts His wisdom through Christ, but refuses to accept the wisdom of others or to make sacrifices when he expects other to sacrifice, God's hypocrisy naturally engenders hypocrisy and petty assertion of power in people. "After all," argues Oberdahl in his introduction, "should it not be that the tribe that God Himself has proclaimed His should emulate His behavior? And does not Jesus say, 'do to others what you would have them do to you?' (Matthew 7:12) Is his counsel not wise? Will not one's behavior toward others engender the same behavior in others toward him?"
Thus we come to what Goldberg considers the critical point of God's moral history: the Council of the Sanhedrin exerts the same petty power over the body of Christ that God has exerted over man, and reflects the same self-righteous indignation and hypocrisy that God has shown since Genesis. Realizing His error again, for the first time in history God has the humility and justice to allow man to judge God, and to allow the Sanhedrin to condemn His Son to death. He reverses the ancient crime against Abraham by sacrificing His own Son for the moral betterment of man.
Goldberg argues that God is imperfect, but that history can be seen as a great dialectic, as God betters Himself morally by observing man's reactions to His actions. At certain critical points in history, and to a lesser extent constantly, God realizes His moral errors, and adjusts His behavior, as a man adjusts his appearance in a mirror. Goldberg's argument would, of course, be incomplete if he simply assumed that God's moral journey ended at Golgotha. Instead, he argues that since every moral failing of man reflects one of god, God's failings will continue until man is perfect and the Kingdom of God that Christ fortold reigns on Earth.
After the main body of The Mirror of the Sanhedrin is an addendum which Goldberg titles "Corollaries." He introduces the second part by saying that he has reserved all extrabiblical interpolations for this addendum, so that they would not pollute (his own word) the primary thesis.
His first conjecture turns covenant theory on its head: he asserts that the many "covenants" that God has formed with man (the primary ones being the Old Covenant with Abraham, formalized with Moses on Sinai; and the New Covenant, embodied in the person and teachings of Jesus Christ) are not manifestations of an eternal God in the temporal sphere, but the provisional laws of an ever-changing God. There is no contradiction when Jesus replaces the six hundred and more mitzvot with only two laws (Matthew 22:36-40), nor when the mitzvot supplanted the Great Covenant with Abraham. As steps in the great dialectic of God's morality, any given Commandment can only be considered temporary.
His second concerns the Kingdom of God, which he denies can ever truely be. He states that the Kingdom can only be viewed as a state of moral perfection in both Heaven and Earth, and Goldberg denies God this final victory: "As moral perfection must be--by its very concept--infinite in goodness, and God is now finite in goodness, there is no increase that could ever make that finity infinite. This Kingdom, then, which Jesus Christ and John of Patmos fortold, is the limit which God's goodness approaches into eternity, but never reaches in actuality."
His final and most intriguing conjecture speculates on the causality and purpose of God. It would leave any conception of God "emasculated and incomplete, totally unworthy of rational Intellect," he argues, to attribute eternity and inscrutability to the existence of God, while leaving the mortal world and its moral dialectic contingent and dependent on His mere whim. He also proposes and then rejects the principle of an infinite series of Gods, each creating a God below Himself to improve morally, with the God of the Scripture creating humans. Goldberg argues that the Earth would be a great incongruity in this infinite chain of Gods; if any given God was created with the intent of creating another God to better Himself morally, then there should be no reason for the God of Scripture to create Adam instead of yet another God. To restore congruity, he postulates that the causality of God and man is wholly circular: God passes divine life into man, in order to better Himself morally, but at the same time, for the same reason, man's rational intellect brings the concept of God into actuality. As Goldberg says, "The single instant of Creation: God creates Adam, while Adam creates God."
The day he completed "Corollaries," Goldberg recorded in his journal that he feared for his very life, having revealed the true nature of God. Fearing that he had committed a blasphemy like those that spoke the ineffable Name of God, he was seen in the streets, trembling and loudly begging God for forgiveness. It seems, however, that a freak accident saved him from divine wrath: he was struck down by a thunderbolt at four o' clock in a sudden and unexpected storm.
The central idea of my story is laid out directly, because it details a book which argues the same idea. God is a reflection of his followers, and vice verse. I chose the approach of detailing an invented book for more than one reason: firstly, it is typically Borgesian (eg, "Tlön," "Al-Mutasim.") It is also the most direct way of presenting a thesis--to simply state it. Finally, the store is based especially on "Three Versions of Judas," so its apprach--the description of the invented arguments of a fictional heresiarch--is naturally similar.
As I mentioned, the archetype for this story is "Three Versions of Judas." Emmanuel Goldberg is based on Nils Runeberg, including his fear and death. However, the argument is inverted: Runeberg argues from God's perfection to deny Scripture; Goldberg argues for God's imperfection from the veracity of Scripture.
I believe I succeeded in attempting to imitate Borges. The story includes several Borgesian elements: mirrors (that much is even in the title), duplication, circles (see the creation instant), infinite vs. finite, incorporating elements from other stories (eg, Runeberg), etc. I did not overly imitate Borges' writing (although it probably resembles it in places). After all, I would like some part of this to be mine.

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We have been waiting for these Miller's to arrive for some time now and finally we have them on or shelves. Hard to believe we used to ride these things and even harder to believe what Miller could do with it! Pretty much flat, a single kick, heavy, short tail and basically void of any nose. But man, could Chris make his board fly back when this deck first came out. The Miller re-issue specs out like this: 30" x 10" with a 16.25" wheelbase, 5.5" tail and a 2.75" nose. That 10" x 30" size was the standard for that era. What set boards apart was their shape and this Miller was a popular one with its flowing fish like shape. I am sure G&S must have sold thousands of these decks when they first came out as Chris Miller was, and still is, one of the most talented and flowing skaters ever to set foot on a 7-ply. These won't last so don't sleep, get one today.
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Check It Out! G&S Billy Ruff Deck
We have been waiting for this one for some time and they have finally arrived. Hats off to David and Debs over at G&S for taking the time and putting forth the energy to re-produce these very accurate Billy Ruff re-issue decks. The Ruff measures up like this: 29" long x 10" wide with a snubbed nose(of course), a 6" tail and a wheelbase of 16.25". Concave is very very slight and it has a single kick. If you rode one of the originals you'll want one, and if you never did, now is your chance. These decks are drilled with the old school bolt pattern(thank you) and feature front and back wheel wells along with the classic G&S logo printed on the top side. With our unsigned Ruff's costing only $64.99, we hope these get used and enjoyed at the park and on the streets. For you collectors out there we do have a handful of signed decks available. Billy signed a total of 100.
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G&S Fibreflex Bowlrider
A timeless skateboard - it`s the FibreFlex Bowlrider!! It's a flexy 3 ply with old school bolt holes and is 29" long by 7.5" wide with zero concave and custom diecut griptape. These are beautifully crafted decks made in San Diego, California that feature Bow Tuff tops and bottoms - just like the 1970's originals. Don't miss out on these, grab one while you can!!
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Volume 1
Citizen Petition
Tab 1 - Press Release, Missouri State Board of Pharmacy, Missouri Board Takes Action Against Kansas City Company (Mar. 10, 2003) available at http://pr.mo.gov/boards/pharmacy/press/2003-10-03.pdf
Tab 2 - Letter from Peter Cooney, FDA, to David Watton, Vice President, Pascal Co. Inc. (June 21, 2000) available at http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning.htm
Tab 3 - Letter to Missouri State Board of Pharmacy from L.D. King, Executive Director, IACP (Jan. 31, 2003)
Tab 4 - Letter to Revisions Committee fitom L.D. King, Executive Director, IACP (Dec. 2, 2002)
Tab 5 - Letter to Arizona Board of Pharmacy from L.D. King, Executive Director, IACP (Nov. 26, 2002)
Tab 6 - New Requirements for Sterile Compounding; Request for Comments (IACP 2002) (Sterility testing proposed by the USP is currently not performed in pharmacy practice
Tab 7 - Int'l Acad. of Compounding Pharms., Draft Comments to USP Proposed Chapter 797: Pharmaceutical Compounding- Sterile Preparations (July 23, 2002)
Tab 8 - Greg Jones, State of Florida Department of Health, Testimony before FDA Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee Meeting 33-35 (Jul. 14, 2000) (Jones Testimony)
Tab 9 - Subramaniam V, Sokol G, and Zenger V et al. Survey of drug products compounded by a group of community pharmacies: Findings from an Food and Drug Administration Study
Tab 10
- FDA Recall Notice No. D-207-2: Med-Mart Pulmonary Services (Mar. 27, 2002)
available at http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2002/ENF00736.html; Kris
Hundley, Lincare Pharmacy Runs Afoul
of Missouri Regulators, St. Petersburg Times, Apr. 18, 2003, at 1E.
Tab 11 - S.A. Seifert, Pharmacy prescription errors reported to a regional poison control center, 40 J. of Toxicology 919, 922
Tab 12 - Eugene Sullivan, Ph.D., FDA, Testimony before FDA Drug safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee 20-21 (May 5, 2004) ("Chemical components in inhalation drug products may be associated with a variety of adverse effects, including irritant and immunologic effects, leading to acute bronchospasm and airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness, other toxicologic injury, or even potentially carcinogenicity")
Tab 13
- Abstracts: T. Kawajiri et al. Pathology and mechanism of lung toxicity following
inhalation of hair spray in rats, 16 Inhal. Toxicol. 147 (2004); Ronald D. Reynolds,
MD & Richard M. Smith, MD, Nebulized bacteriostatic saline as a cause of
bronchitis, 40 J. Fam. Pract. 35 (1995); J. Pauluhn, Comparative analysis of
pulmonaly irritation by measurements of Pehn and protein in bronchoaveolar lavage
fluid, in brown Norway rats and Wistar rats exposed to irritant aerosols, 16
Inhal. Toxicol. 159 (2004); Neil E. Alexis, PhD, et at, Effect of inhaled endotoxin
on airway and circulating inflammatory cell phagocitosis and CD11b expression
in atoptic
asthma subjects, 112 J. Allergy and Clin. Immunol. 353 (2003)
Tab 14 - The Letco Companies, Respiratory Pharmacy Products (2004) available at www.letcoinc.com (last visited Feb. 11, 2004). (listing USP grade chemicals as well as non-USP chemicals)
Tab 15 - Redbook Database Services, Redbook 243,357,400 (2004)
Tab 16 - Counterfeit Bulk Drugs: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Oversight and Investigations of the House Comm. on Energy and Commerce, 106th Cong. (Jun. 8, 2000)
Tab 17 - Letter to California
State Board of Pharmacy from L.D. King, Executive Director, International
Academy of Compounding Pharmacists 3 (Oct. 21, 2002)
Tab 18 - Vibhakar Shah PH.D., FDA, Presentation before the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, inhalation drug products in LPDE Containers: A Quality (CMC) Perspective, at slide no. 7, 8, 10-13, 19-23 (May 5, 2004)
Tab 19 - John H. Perrin, Comments on drugs difficult to compound and the quality of chemicals used in compounding., 25 Drug Dev. and Indus. Pharm. 553, (1999)
Tab 20 - Myrna A. Dolovich, P. Eng, et al., Consensus Statement: Aerosols and Delivery Devices, 45 Respir. Care 589, 589-90 (2000)
Tab 21 - R. Beasley, Adverse reactions to the non-drug constituents of nebulizer solutions, 25 Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 283 (1988)
Tab 22 - R.J. Kuhn, Formulation of Aerosolized Therapeutics, 120 Chest 97s (2001)
Tab 23 - Marcello Trevisani et al., Ethanol Causes Inflammation in the Airways by a Neurologenic and TRPVI-Dependent Mechanism, 309 J. of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 1167, 1169 (2004)
Tab 24 - Ronald D. Reynolds, MD & Richard M. Smith, MD, Nebulized Bacteriostatic Saline as a Cause of Bronchitis, 40 J. of Fam. Prac. 35, 38-9 (1995)
Tab 25 - Declaration of Robert J. Kuhn, Pharm. (Sept. 30, 2004)
Tab 26 - Abhishek Gupta, B.S. et al., Balancing Ethanol Cosolvent Concentration with Product Performance in 134a-Based Pressurized Metered Dose Inhalers, 16 J. of Aerosol Med. 167, 171-73 (2003)
Tab 27 - Declaration of Dr. Richard Moss, M.D., F.C.C.P. (Sept. 24, 2004)
Tab 28 - Dear Colleague Letter from Michael Schatz, MD, MS, FAAAAI, President, AAAA, and Michael Blaiss, MD, President, ACAAI, (Aug. 31, 2004)
Tab 29 - Patrick J. Coyne, APRN, BC et al, Compounded, 103 Am. J. Nurs. 76, 85 (2003)
Tab 30 - Lawrence Trissel, B.S., FASHP, Editorial: Compounding Our Problems - Again, 60 Am. J. Health-Syst. Pharm., 432 (2003) (emphasis added)
Tab 31 - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Helping Members Respond to Problems with the Supply of Quality Pharmaceuticals (2004)
Tab 32 - Compounding Sterile Preparations Raises Informed-Consent Issues AJHP News (Jun. 15, 2003) (statements of Robert E. Rapp, Chair of the University of Kentucky, Human Investigations Committee, Kevin Kinkade, Missouri Board of Pharmacy Executive Director, Jesse C. Vivian, Professor, Wayne State University College of Pharmacy, Jane J. McCaffrey, President, American Society of Healthcare Risk Assessment
Tab 33 - Thomas Kaye, R.Ph., MBA, The Quandary of Compounding for MCOs: Administrative Costs, Risks, and Waste, 2003 Managed Care 42, 46
Tab 34 - Testimony of Carlos Gomez, M.S., Ph.D., at 1017-1018, U.S. v. Arias., No. 00-683-CR-LENARD (S.D. Fla. 2002)
Tab 35 - E. Beaulieu, DuoNeb pricing spells trouble for HMEs, HME NEWS, Jul. 2001, available at http://www.hmenews.com/july2001/news/topstory4.htm
Tab 36 - Various prescription forms: Prescription Form from Concern Care Pharmacy (A); Prescription Form from NationsHealth (B); Order Form from Respiratory Services (C); Confldential Patient Information Form from Bright Medical Technologies [referring to professional sterile lab on premises] (D); Doctor Order Form Better Living Now, Inc. (E); Rx - Respiratory Medications and Supplies form from Jefferson Medical (F); Doctor order Form from Liberty Home Pharmacy Corporation (G); Handwritten Price List from Reliant Pharmacy (H); Prescription Fbrm from Zincare (I); Form from American Homepatient (J); Form from Home Medical Pharmacy (K).
Tab 37 - Letter to physician from Rotech ("Rotech is now able to offer Budesonide...Budesonide is the first FDA approved aerosolized steroid offered in a .4 mg dose...")
Tab 38 - Budesonide/Formoterol Nebulizer Medications from Rotech ("Several studies comparing the response of budesonide/formoterol with currently available steroid/long-acting beta agonist in asthma and COPD are very favorable")
Tab 39 - Fact Sheet from Med Link America, Inc. ("Budesonide...gives you a powerful, safe and effective tool")
Tab 40 - Order Form from Morgan Drugs ("Budesonide...Is a safe and effective steroid nasal spray")
Tab 41 - Promotional materials from Pulmodose including report of clinical study on Symbicort product approved in Europe
Tab 42 - Dear Doctor Letter from RRT Group, Inc.(Sept. 8, 2004)
Tab 43 - Product label from Gino's Pharmacy ("Equivalent to ATROVEN")
Tab 44 - Order Form from Morgan Drugs ("It is comparable to other prescription steroid Nasal sprays. Such as RhinoCort...Flonase...NasaCbrt AQ...")
Tab 45 - Prescription Form from Prescriptions Plus Pharmacy ("Budesonide (Generic for Pulmicort)")
Tab 46 - New Compounded Product Announcement from BMS Company, Inc.
Tab 47 - Ward Drug Company, Website, available at www.warddrug.com (last accessed Feb. 11, 2005)
Tab 48 - Broncho Dose, Website, available at http://broncho-dose.com/patients.htm (last accessed Mar. 22, 2005) ("Spend less time on your nebulizer. Avoid mis-dosing. No Risk!")
Tab 49 - Med-Equip, Website, available at http://www.med-equip.com/Resp%20Meds.htm (last accessed Mar. 22, 2005)
Tab 50 - Phil Johnson, M.S., R.Ph.& Gregg Jones, R.Ph., Editorial: Pharmacist Compounding of Analgesic Medication: The Risk of a Little-Known Practice, 84 J. FLA. M.A. 13 (1997)
Tab 51 - Carrie Teegardin, Druggists Disciplined for Mixing Overdoses, The Atlanta J. Const., Feb. 21, 2002, at 1A
Tab 52 - Paticia Simms & Deborah Rades, Debate Rages over Designer Hormones, Wisconsin State J., Jun. 22, 2002, available at http://www.madison.com/wsj/index.php
Tab 53 - Carrie Teegardin, Probe Questions Safety of Pharmacy-Made Drugs, The Atlanta J. - Const., Mar. 30, 2001, at 3C
Tab 54 - Declaration of Dr. Christopher Landon, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.C.C.P. Para 12 (Sept. 30, 2004)


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WANTED round chrome exhaust trims
Hi all
My (just purchased) 2007 3.0d has plain round exhaust tips and i wanted to smarten them up a bit with the round chrome tips.
Has anyone got any round ones spare, perhaps you've swapped yours for the sexy oval ones.
They don't have to be new, just in good shape. I'm in Aussie but will pay plus shipping from anywhere if the price is right.
Many thanks
Hi mate, have you tried eBay? I thought all 3.0l had the round chrome tips?? The larger oval ones were fitted to the 4.8l as standard but were an option on 3.0l I think. I know you can get these on eBay, but you have to make the plastic cutouts in the rear bumper larger to fit them......instructions are part of the kit.
Sorted now thanks, My tips were chromed, just dirty with road grime, so now wet and dried back and polished to original, :)
Amazing what a decent clean will do!! Hope you enjoy your new purchase.
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Contact Connery Scottish Walks - Hillwalking in Scotland
Walk The Walk - Scottish Walks.
As you know, Connery Scottish Walks has been online for a number of years, in fact, it was registered on the 23rd of October 2000 and throughout that time up to today we hope you have enjoyed the experience of Tony and his walks throughout Scotland. Tony has another 30 or so walks to add to this site which will be soon and there will be more details about each walk and a lot more pictures.
If you would like to make a comment on Connery Scottish Walks then please get in touch here
Contact us regarding comments about the site
Contact Tony if you have any questions
If you would like to know about advertising on Connery Scottish Walks then please contact us below.
| Contact us at Entire Scotland
01236 454225 or 07790 428825
E-Mail info @ entirescotland.com
Safety Walking Message
Never take Scottish Hillwalking lightly, always be prepared as the Scottish Climate can be very erratic to say the least!. I would always recommend that you purchase Ordinance Survey map of the area you find yourself in, they are invaluable and there are usually plenty of simpler local maps available from Scottish Tourist Offices etc. Remember to prepare yourself well and wear appropriate clothing and footwear for your Scotland walks. Always and I mean always let someone know where your walking and when you are expected back.
Keep walking in Scotland safe and enjoyable. We want you back.
Scottish Walks
This website is dedicated to my passion - Hill Walking in Scotland.
On this Scottish Walking website I have tried to share my Scottish Hillwalking experiences with you, in the hope that you will have some idea where to walk and what to look out for on your travels. Please do not treat this Scottish Walks website as an Official Guide but useful only as a helpful guide of hints & ideas to help you through the Scottish terrain from a true Scottish hillwalker. Always be respectful of the Scottish Countryside and say Hi if you see me or anyone on a on a walk, I know I will.
Connery Scottish Walks is now part of the Entire Scotland group. Their latest tourism website is their Scottish Borders Accommodation, www.bestoftheborders.co.uk guide.
I would like to thank www.pricequoter.co.uk - Double Glazing Window Quotes, who have sponsored this website, enabling me to pay the hosting of the site. Please say thanks to them for giving me the opportunity to keep this site going and expand with more walks for all of you to enjoy.
Tony used to work as a Glasgow Airport taxi Driver where you could find details of the company service at www.ga-taxis.co.uk. Tony has now retired from his job as a Glasgow Airport taxi driver. So we hope this will enable Tony the opportunity to go out on more fantastic walks and bring them back to you on this Scottish Walks sites.


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In the 1980's, I started basket weaving and found that I loved weaving baskets out of natural fibers. A friend of mine talked me into taking a loom weaving course at Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY. So I became a fabric weaver.
In the meantime, I joined a friend in her fiber business and was forced to learn to spin since we sold spinning wheels. Then I discovered the wonderful Angora Goat and it's lustrous fiber and sweet personalities. All this time I was living in Mt. Kisco, NY.
In the early 1990's , I moved to a hundred fifty acre farm in the Shenandoah Valley. I continued to work the fiber business by dying sheep, goat, and llama wool to sell at shows.
The animals increased. Lots of Angora Goats, sheep, and llamas, produced fiber for me to dye, weave and sell.
In 2005, I took a rug hooking course with Lucy Clark. I was "hooked".
hooking is painting with Wool. My pieces are intended to be wall
hangings. My inspiration comes from nature and pictures that strike my
fancy. I am also inspired by the book "Steal like an Artist" by
Austin Kleon.
Working with fiber has been a life long passion of mine.
have always wanted to be a painter and rug hooking has allowed me to
paint with fiber.
My current work has evolved from years of raising fiber animals-shearing,dying the fiber and selling it to other fiber artists. A class in rug hooking brought all these processes together for me.
though, I like interpreting other peoples rug patterns,especially folk
art, I also like creating my own patterns.


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Isis Shrine Center serves North Central and North West Kansas and is based in Salina, Kansas. It is an organization of Shrine Masons who believe in the Fatherhood of God, Brotherhood of Man, and Charity to those in need. The Center is affiliated with Shriners International and supports the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Petition for Initiation and Membership


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There are lots of definitions of hell. Most religions don't even think such a thing exists (in terms of eternal torment), and I certainly don't. But, many do, and those who do can't seem to agree on what exactly constitutes hell.
My mom thinks that hell is existing, but not being with her god, and knowing that you aren't with that god. No torment, just longing ... for what? Wishing I could spend eternity worshipping something so immoral? I can't get that. The last thing I'd want is to spend eternity with that, sucking up to its ego, thanking it for its atrocities.
We have people like PeaceBlessing, who (from what I can tell - please correct me if I'm wrong) think hell is non-existence. No torment, no nothing. We don't get eternal life; we're just gone. And I haven't seen any threats there. That idea of hell works for me. It's what happens to all of us anyway, and it's the same as heaven. We die, we cease to exist. Why is that a scary thought?
But, our merely ceasing to exist isn't enough for some. We have the fire and brimstone people. REPENT or DIE! There is a fiery lake and all of us non-Christians, who are 2/3 of the people in the entire world today (not to mention those who aren't "true" Christians according to the fanatics), will burn while the fanatics take great pleasure in our burning. You can actually see them drooling, when they can't convert everyone who isn't like them. We'll get ours, and that will show us!
Is the land Hades rules truly hell, or is it something else? There are lots of nuances there.
What about Valhalla? What happened to the non-warriors and the women? If the warriors fought all day and then drank and @!$%#ed all night, wasn't that hell for the women who had to spend eternity servicing them? What happened to the guys who helped feed the warriors and didn't fight?
What happens to the women in the Muslim heaven, not only the virgins who get raped each night, but the moral women who can only attain heaven through their husbands? I see nothing but human projection.
CoH, please.


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Over the weekend, someone on a large four-wheeler with a wide stance (50 inches) decided to trespass on my land off County Road 38 near 100th Street in Baldwin Township.
The individual drove around my gate and past the "No Trespassing" sign posted there to enter my property. While traveling across my field, the trespasser managed to run over three Norway pine trees that I planted this spring.
There are a lot of residents that enjoy leisure rides on their ATVs in the neighborhood. Actions like those of the individual who ran over my trees will lead to a crackdown on four-wheeling around in the neighborhood.
Please respect private property, no trespassing signs, gates, crops, wetlands and tree plantations.
Jeff Holm
Baldwin Township


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While many people adopt dogs to prevent their houses from getting robbed, many robbers are actually coming for the pups themselves. In fact, the American Kennel Club reports that the number of dogs stolen each year has been marching steadily upwards since 2008. Just over 70 thefts were reported that year, compared to nearly 450 last year.
Reports of increased theft have come in across the country — in Maryland, Georgia and even Hawaii. And many thieves are "flipping" the dogs — snatching them, then selling them on Craigslist or other outlets.
While some owners have found their missing dogs for sale on the Internet, others don't recover their dogs because they simply assume the pup is lost, and thus don't contact the police.
MSN Money's Jonathan Berr also noted that "thieves are especially interested in purebred and smaller dogs, which are easy to transport, that they can sell for quick cash."
The good news is that we have the technology to stop this. An easy way to prevent this from happening to you: Microchip your pet.


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Have you received a call from an "unknown number" with a pre-recorded message offering to reduce your credit card interest rates or to sell you an auto warranty? If so, you are not alone. Consumer organizations have received thousands of complaints about these "robo-calls" -- computer-dialed calls often using a fake or "spoofed" caller ID number. The calls involve a pre-recorded sales pitch with instructions to press a number to speak with a salesperson. Because the computer may be dialing from a sequential list of numbers, call recipients may not even own a car or have credit card debt.
Consumers report that when they try to speak to a "live" person to tell them they aren't interested, or to advise they are on the Do Not Call registry, they are hung up on, or worse, subjected to rude comments. And the calls keep coming! Some consumers report getting five or six calls each day.
The scope of the robo-call problem is illustrated by details from a recent lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC sued Transcontinental Warranty, a seller of auto warranties, and Voice Touch, a telemarketing company. The companies robo-called every phone number within a particular area code and prefix. One of the defendants claimed that he made 1.8 million dials per day and that he had done more than $40 million worth of dialing for extended warranty companies. He also bragged that he could operate outside the law without getting caught. According to the FTC, five telephone numbers associated with these companies generated 30,000 Do Not Call complaints. For more information about the FTC case, see FTC Files Suit to Stop Illegal Robocalls Pushing Vehicle "Warranty" Extensions
Another common robo-call involves a pitch for reducing credit card interest rates. The message might hook you with claims like, "There are problems with your account," or "It is urgent that you contact us concerning your eligibility for lowering your interest rates to as little as 6.9%." Only after the consumer reveals account information does the caller disclose the cost of the service and that the caller is not a credit card company, but a separate "card services" company. The "card services" pitch costs consumers money, wasted cell phone minutes, and lost time. Consumers end up spending hundreds of dollars for a service that they may well be able to accomplish themselves for free by calling their credit card companies and negotiating directly for an interest rate reduction.
So what can you do about these annoying calls? Here are some suggestions from the Consumer Protection Unit:
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Bravo Seeks Would-Be Celebrity Designers For New Reality Show
Bravo has upped its plan to retain its "Project Runway" audience now that the show is moving to Lifetime. It plans to completely replace "Runway" with "The Fashion Show." Now, Bravo has greenlighted "Launch My Line," a celebrity competition show modeled after "Runway." Each celebrity contestant will be paired with a fashion designer who will help bring their creative vision to fruition, as they vie for a chance to launch their own clothing line. After the jump, our dream cast for "Launch My Line." [The Hollywood Reporter]


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Company Profile
Sin Seng Huat is one of the pioneer crop production companies in Malaysia. Mr. Soh Boon Swang founded the company in 1936 in Kuala Lumpur, then Malaya. In 1993, the company was converted into a Private Limited Company, known as Sin Seng Huat Seeds Sdn Bhd in accordance to Company Act 1965.
Key Business Activities
Since the inception of Sin Seng Huat Seeds Sdn Bhd. We have been focusing in the manufacturing and distribution of vegetable seeds of high value crops, agrochemicals, organic fertilizers and agriculture implements to vegetable farms, fruit orchards, plantations, industrial uses and home gardening in Malaysia and regional clients. Sin Seng Huat is providing field advisory services to over 300 key growers of major economics crops and 150 resellers of various sizes in Malaysia.
Sales Performance
Sin Seng Huat Seeds Sdn Bhd has a wide range of products ranging from vegetable seeds, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides and organic fertilizers for agriculture uses. The agriculture business sector is expected to grow annually.
Sole Distributor and Distributorship
We are currently the major sole distributor of selected high purity and quality of Agrochemical to penetrate local and oversea market in this advance Agriculture world. We are also major distributor of multinationals companies to our extensive channel network. Our R & D established since 1995 which provide us new technology from sowing to harvest with collect agriculture practice.


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Antique brooches are first found in early Roman and Irish history. The brooch was predominantly worn by men and was used to fasten clothes together such cloaks and capes. Over time the brooch was also used to display family linage or cultural memberships. Most vintage brooches are made of metal, enamel, jewels and semi-precious stones. Victorian brooches will have painted portraits and intricate craftsmanship.
Antique brooches are intriguing and popular. They are symbolic of position and place. In the Victorian period, brooches were associated with mourning. Antique brooches and pins are widely available today. They are very collectable and make good gifts for special occasions.
Platinum Turquoise Brooch$1,750.00Platinum 12, 3.5MM Cultured Pearls .25 Carats Diamonds Learn More
Horseshoe Diamond and Pearl Brooch$699.00Horseshoe Brooch 11 Natural Pearls .18 Carats Diamonds Circa 1920's Learn More
Marcus & Co. Edwardian Pearl and Diamond Bar Pin$1,900.00Signed Marcus & Co. 7 Pearls 20 Old Mine Cut Diamonds Platinum Top 18K Yellow Gold Back Circa 1910 Learn More
14 Karat Rose Gold Cameo Brooch and Earring Set$1,750.00Cameo Brooch and Ear Set 14K Rose Gold Learn More
18 Karat Yellow Gold Lava Cameo$1,850.00Lava Cameo 2 1/4" Tall and 1 7/8" wide 18K Yellow Gold Circa 1880 Learn More
Scene Cameo Brooch$550.0014 Karat White Gold Scene Cameo Circa 1925 Learn More
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Enduring Love
Netflix this movie now! This is on my list of favorite movies of the past 5 years. Daniel Craig takes his girlfriend Samantha Morton to the countryside for a picnic. Something horrific happens that changes their lives forever. I don't want to tell you any more. Watch it. It's a thriller, its bit unsettling.


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Irven DeVore is an anthropologist and evolutionary biologist, and Curator of Primatology at Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. He also teaches at Harvard.
Professor DeVore was doing field research on the behavior and ecology of baboons in 1959, at the same time Jane Goodall was doing her research on chimpanzees, and has also studied the San of southern Africa. DeVore was also an early supporter of the field of sociobiology.
Professor DeVore has also appeared on many television programs as an expert or narrator.
Irven DeVore once said, "There is no excuse for boring students when you're talking about human nature. It's too interesting."
DEGREES: B.A. 1956, University of Texas, Philosophy and Anthropology, M.A. 1959, University of Chicago, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1962, University of Chicago, Anthropology, M.A. 1963, Harvard University, Honorary
AWARDS: President, Section H (Anthropology), American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1988-89 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1968 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 1967 Fellow, American Anthropological Association, elected 1962 The Walker Prize for Science, Museum of Science, Boston, 1970 Lifetime Achievement Award, Institute of Human Origins, New York, 1990
Teaching and Fellowships
* Chairman, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 1987-1992 * Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, since 1991 * Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1992 * Professor of Anthropology and Biology, Harvard University, since 1969 * Visiting Lecturer, Human Biology, Stanford University, 1964 and 1966 * Lecturer in Anthropology, Harvard University, 1963 * Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1962-63 * Fellow, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, Berkeley, 1961 * Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-61
Offices in Professional Organizations (selected):
* Director, 1996-97, and Acting Director, 1994, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University * Trustee, 1974-present, Co-Chair, Science & Grants Committee, 1980-present, L. S. B. Leakey Foundation, San Francisco, California * Board of Advisors, 1976-94, The Center for Field Research ("Earthwatch"), Belmont, Massachusetts * Co-Founder and President, 1986-present, Dolphins of Shark Bay Research Foundation, Western Australia * Board of Directors, 1973-94, Cultural Survival, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts * Advisory Council, Section H (Anthropology), 1987-90, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. * Advisory Council, 1979-83, Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York, New York * Co-Founder, Kalahari Peoples Fund, 1970 * Executive Board, 1970-73, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D. C. * Board of Directors, 1972-75, Foundations' Fund for Research in Psychiatry, New Haven * Advisory Committee on Primate Research Centers, 1964-67, National Institutes of Health * Board of Directors, 1968-72, Education Development Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts * Advisor, 1968-72, The Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri * Board of Directors, 1971-73, Ninth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethological Sciences, Inc., Chicago * Committee on Conservation of Nonhuman Primates, 1972-73, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
* Primate Behavior: Field Studies of Monkeys and Apes, ed., Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York. * 1965 The Primates, with S. Eimerl. Life Natural Library, Time, New York. * 1968 Man the Hunter, with Richard B. Lee, eds. Aldine Publ., Chicago. * 1976 Kalahari Hunter-Gatherers, with Richard B. Lee, eds., Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. * 1982 Field Guide for the Study of Adolescence, with Beatrice Whiting, John Whiting, et al. A 200-page field manual prepared by the staff and post-doctoral trainees for use at the field sites in our cross-cultural study of adolescence; revision for publication as a general field guide is under consideration.
External linksEdit
- Curriculum vitae - his professional résumé
- Interview transcript
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
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1. Re: Product activation in StarOffice?807578 Sep 8, 2009 12:56 PM (in response to 807578)Nobody who can answer this question?
2. Re: Product activation in StarOffice?793959 Sep 12, 2009 4:49 PM (in response to 807578)Saturday, September 12, 2009
Hopefully if my answer is incorrect then someone from Sun will jump in and correct me.
SO9x.x is support branding for OOo3.x.x. Unlike previous SO versions, no changes are made to the OOo code. Therefore registration information is attached to the installer. My registration permitted me to download the installer for SO9 windows. When I installed a file called version.ini contains the information about my registration. The useful difference, from my perspective, between SO9 and OO3 is that, baring a major code change such as the one which occurred between 3.0.1 and 3.1, SO9 offers incremental update. That is only the changed part of the code are updated rather than all the code which is what happens with OOo3. To run, the update checks the software on your system and looks for the original installation files to confirm one is a licensed user. Since I do not like keeping installation files on my system, they are stored on a USB portable drive. I simply point the installer to the portable drive so installation can take place.
3. Re: Product activation in StarOffice?807578 Oct 30, 2009 8:31 AM (in response to 807578)Well, there is only one way - assuming that every user is registering every copy installed, SUN will know how many times a copy has bee installed. If the installed copies will not be registered the user will not be entitled to download the latest updates...
4. Re: Product activation in StarOffice?807578 Mar 24, 2010 2:18 PM (in response to 807578)Star office 9 don't requires serial number during installation, neither activation after install (or other activation options phone, license file) ...
So it seems user can freely download it and install it more than on 5 machines ?
Though license (serial number provided after purchase) gives you right to install Star office 9 up to 5 computers :)
I bought this Star office, but i don't get what update i should download:
a) from HTTP link (packed *.exe file for installation) or
b) from HTTP link signed *.JAR file ?
It says both files are for StarOffice 9 (Windows, English only)
I fail to update by launching JAR file (i downloaded and install java 32bit and 64bit versions)
Patches site should have more info (or script) that may help users to download file(s) they need ... >.>
5. Re: Product activation in StarOffice?793959 Mar 27, 2010 3:25 AM (in response to 807578)Friday, March 26, 2010
Star office 9 don't requires serial number during installation, neither activation after install (or other activation options phone, license file) ...The license number is registered through the initial download process and is attached to your profile (the one with which you used to log in)
So it seems user can freely download it and install it more than on 5 machines ?If you have a license attached to your profile, you can download the updates. There is a time limit on the original download. There is also an option in the program to register each installed copy with your profile.
Since SO9 is a support version of OOo3, the issue of license and being registered would come when one seeks the support.
I bought this Star office, but i don't get what update i should download:I always download the ZIP, extract, and run the installed file. The update installer seeks verification of previous version by checking for previous installation files before installation. Search the forum for more details.
a) from HTTP link (packed .exe file for installation) or
b) from HTTP link signed .JAR file ?
Edited by: PGAGA on 27-Mar-2010 12:25 AM


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