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Conventional vs FHA Mortgage Loans
What is a conventional loan?
When a lender mentions a conventional loan, they are generally referring to a conforming mortgage that is eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae (FNMA) or Freddie Mac (FHLMC).
Who are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), which were originally introduced by the federal government and later privatized. These two agencies are now stockholder-owned, publicly-traded corporations. Their sole purpose is to provide liquidity to the mortgage market by purchasing closed mortgages, which frees up funds so lenders can make more home loans. Fannie and Freddie are the largest source of loan funds in the United States.
What type of mortgages do Fannie and Freddie purchase?
The GSEs only buy loans such as fixed-rate and ARM mortgages that "conform" to their established loan guidelines. In general, the credit, income, down payment and loan amounts of these conforming loans comply with certain pre-determined standards.
- Loans must meet current conforming loan limits
- Borrowers must meet minimum credit score requirements
- Borrowers must meet debt and income guidelines
- Mortgage Insurance (MI) is required on any loan that does not meet loan-to-equity requirements
Conventional loans are also classified as "conforming" or "non-conforming" loans
As you can see, "conventional" loan is a term most lenders use when referring to loan types eligible for purchase by Fannie or Freddie. Technically, however, a conventional loan is any mortgage that is not a government-guaranteed or insured FHA, VA or USDA loan. The examples below are convention, non-conforming loan types.
Conventional, non-conforming loans:
- Jumbo loans (loan amounts higher than the maximums set by Fannie and Freddie)
- Construction loans
- Sub-prime loans
- Portfolio loans (retained by the lender, not sold to Fannie or Freddie)
What is a government loan?
Government loans are loans that are guaranteed or insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), or the Veteran's Administration (VA). Each institution sets the loan terms and conditions for their respective mortgage program.
- FHA: standard, 203(k) renovation loans, Energy Efficient mortgages and Reverse mortgages
- VA: Veteran's Administration loans
- USDA: rural home loans
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What is the difference between FHA and conventional loans?
Technically, a conventional loan is any mortgage that is not a government-guaranteed or insured FHA, VA or USDA loan. However, when a lender mentions a conventional loan they are generally referring to a conforming mortgage that is eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Q: What is the difference between a conforming and non-conforming loan?
The terms and conditions of a conforming loan meet Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae standards and are eligible for purchase by the GSEs. Non-conforming loans are conventional (not government-insured) loans that do not meet GSE guidelines. Examples are Jumbo, sub-prime, construction and portfolio loans.
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Weekend moose festival in North Country begins Friday
Events scheduled through Sunday
If you love the state's largest roaming mammal, you moose come north.
Starting Friday, the Great North Woods will be hosting the 22nd Annual Moose Festival will be celebrated in Colebrook, Columbia, Errol, Pittsburg, Stewartstwown and Canaan, Vt.
Related: North Country Chamber of Commerce
Karen Ladd, who is heading up the publicity efforts, said things are looking good with perfect weather on tap for the three-day event which begins at 3 p.m.
The fun starts on Colebrook's Main Street, with a Street Fair and sidewalk sales, black powder shooting exhibit, boomerang demonstration, Bobo the Clown, a chicken barbecue, and music by the Carlton Hill Band and the Parker Hill Road Band.
The Moose Cruise Parade at 7 p.m. is always a favorite, and the day ends with a fabulous fireworks display at 9 p.m.
Saturday, the event goes to Canaan, Vt. with the Moose Watchers Breakfast (7-10 a.m.) to fuel you up for a full day of activities. Browse the Moose Country Fair, admire the classic cars on display at the Moose Festival Auto Show, and enter the Moose Festival Photography Contest.
Sample, judge and enjoy real moose stew during the Moose Festival Cook-off, enjoy moose burgers during the barbecue cookout, and sign up for the Moose Calling Contest at 1 p.m.
Other activities include horse and wagon historical tours, maple syrup tasting and competition, the 11th Annual Dog Show, and music from the Carlton Hill Band.
On Saturday, Moose Festival activities in Pittsburg include hayrides at Maple Ridge Farm, a traditional ham-and-bean supper at the Pittsburg Community Hall, and a Blue Grass Concert under the stars at the Amey Farm. Bring your blankets or chairs and relax under the stars to the music of the Parker Hill Road Band, Uncommon Folk, Back Shed String Band and Kerry Smith.
Dancing is encouraged.
On Sunday, West Stewartstown hosts a Festival Breakfast at St. Albert's Church from 7:30-11 a.m., and the Blessing of the Autos takes place at the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace in Colebrook at 10:30 a.m.
Families with children can spend some time in Errol, where there is a Fishing Derby and competitions for kids 10 and under, a flea market, Umbagog Wildlife presentation, and live chainsaw carving.
Return to Colebrook for a 7 p.m. concert at the Tillotson Center to the tunes of Canadian Blues, Charlie A'Court and His Band.
Before heading home, leave some time to cruise Moose Alley and other North Country moose hot spots. Get directions at the North Country Chamber of Commerce booth in Colebrook, or download the NH Grand Moose Map.
If you cannot make it this year, the North Country Moose Festival is held the fourth weekend of August every year and is coordinated by the North Country Chamber of Commerce.
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Analyze streaming data, and take appropriate action instantly.
Seize opportunities and spot red flags hidden in the massive torrent of fast-moving data that flows through your business. With SAS Event Stream Processing, you can analyze high-velocity big data while it's still in motion – before it is stored – so you can take immediate action on what's relevant, and ignore what isn't.
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Streaming data from operations, transactions, sensors and IoT devices is valuable – when it's well-understood. Regardless of data type or source, event stream processing from SAS includes streaming data quality and analytics – and a vast array of prebuilt mechanisms for connecting, deciphering, cleansing and understanding streaming data – in one solution.
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Privacy policy last updated August 7th, 2017
At Epocrates, we are committed to respecting your privacy. This privacy policy describes how Epocrates, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, including athenahealth ("Epocrates," "we" or "our") may collect, use and disclose information about customers who use our websites, including epocrates.com , and our mobile applications displaying this policy ("Services"). This policy does not cover websites, applications or services displaying different privacy statements. For instance, some of the services implement the Google Maps web mapping service. Your use of Google Maps is subject to Google's privacy policy, located at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ .
- What information does Epocrates collect?
- How does Epocrates use the information we collect?
- How does Epocrates protect your information?
- Will Epocrates share the information it collects with others?
- What access does Epocrates give you to your personal information?
- How are "tracking technologies" used on our Site?
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1. What information does Epocrates collect?
Information you provide us.
- When a medical professional sets up or edits their Provider Directory profile, we ask for his or her name, gender, office contact information, place of residency, year residency completed, practice specialty areas, practice type, place of employment, hospital affiliations, whether he or she is accepting new patients, insurance accepted, languages spoken and clinical interests.
- When you order, we ask you for your name, email address, postal addresses, telephone number, and credit card information so that we can complete the transaction.
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Information we may automatically collect.
When you visit our websites, some information is automatically collected and stored in log files. For example, when you visit our websites your computer's operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type and language, and the website you visited before our site are logged automatically. We also collect information about your usage and activity on our Sites. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, to improve marketing, analytics, or site functionality. For more information about this practice please refer to "How are 'cookies' and 'web beacons' used on our website?"
Additionally, when you use our mobile applications, we may automatically collect data about your device such as your device ID, type of device you use, operating system version and how you use our application including pages you view.
Information we receive from third parties.
We may also collect additional information about you from third parties, including the AMA to assist us in providing you with services. For example, if you are a physician, we compare the name, medical school and graduation information you provide with the AMA database to help verify the accuracy of our subscriber database.
2. How does Epocrates use the information we collect?
We use personal information collected through our Services for purposes described in this policy or disclosed to you in our Services. For example, we may use your information to:
- operate and improve our Services;
- respond to your comments and questions and provide customer service;
- provide and deliver products and services you request;
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- better understand you so that we may tailor messaging and services based on your interests, preferences, needs and specialties;
- communicate with you via email, mobile alerts and other messaging services about commercial, non-commercial, sponsored and non-sponsored clinical information, FDA and product safety alerts, new drugs and pharmaceutical studies; by accepting the terms of this policy, you are opting in to receiving these communications from Epocrates;
- send you information via email about products and services offered by Epocrates, affiliates, and our selected partners; by accepting the terms of this policy, you are opting in to receiving these emails from Epocrates (if you do not wish to receive these kinds of emails, you may choose to opt out by updating your profile. See " What access does Epocrates give you to your personal information? ");
- send you invitations, by email or other means, to market research survey opportunities through the Epocrates Honors program; by accepting the terms of this policy, you are opting in to receiving these invitations from Epocrates (if you do not wish to receive these invitations, you may choose to opt out by updating your profile. See " What access does Epocrates give you to your personal information? ");
- send you invitations, by email or other means, from other Epocrates members to connect and/or communicate through our Services; by accepting the terms of this policy, you are opting in to receiving these invitations (if you do not wish to receive these invitations, you may choose to opt out by updating your profile. See " What access does Epocrates give you to your personal information? ");
- link or combine your information with other personal information we collect through our Services, including the Epocrates Honors program, or get from third parties, to help understand your needs and provide you with better service; and
- for our own marketing, promotional, and informational purposes, including sharing with contracted third parties to assist with our own marketing efforts (all contracted third parties must agree not to use your personal information other than to fulfill their responsibilities to us).
Epocrates may store and process information in the United States and other countries. We will retain your information as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com . We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
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We take appropriate measures to protect the information that we receive about you from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. When we collect sensitive information (such as a credit card number or geolocation), we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure; as a result, we cannot guarantee absolute security. If you have any questions about security, you can contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Epocrates may share aggregated or deidentified information such as statistics about our customers, sales, product usage or traffic patterns, and related website information. This information will not include any information directly identifying you. We display profile information we collect about or from medical professionals to anyone who uses our Provider Directory. If are a medical professional and you wish to request removal of your information from our Provider Directory, you can contact us at email@example.com .
When you use our mobile application, we may share your approximate geo-location data with a third-party service provider for the purpose of enhancing your searching ability. If you do not wish to allow us to share your information in this manner please opt-out by editing the setting at the device level.
If you post a comment or message in our blog or other public forums, it will be shared publicly. You can request the removal of your personal information from our blog or public forums, by contacting us at email@example.com . In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why. When you communicate with other users through the athenaText application, your name and public profile will be shared with those users.
We display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on our site in addition to other endorsements. With your consent we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at email@example.com .
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share personal information as follows:
- with your consent, for example, when you agree to our sharing your information with other third parties for their own purposes subject to their separate privacy policies;
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Mico argentatus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Mico argentatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Name(s):
Callithrix argentata Hershkovitz (1977)
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Previously in the genus Callithrix (see Rylands et al. 1993, 2000, 2008). Groves (2001, 2005) lists this species as Callithrix (Mico) argentata.
Hershkovitz (1977) believed that Mico emiliae (Thomas, 1920) - type locality, Maloca, upper Rio Curuá, (illustrated by Cruz Lima, 1945) - was a dark form of M. argentatus. Rylands et al. (1993, 2000, 2008) listed M. emiliae as a distinct species.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Rylands, A.B. & Silva Jr., J.S.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Listed as Least Concern as this species is relatively wide ranging and adaptable, and although habitat loss is taking place within its range, there is no reason to believe that it is declining at a rate that would warrant listing in a threatened category.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Mico argentatus occurs south of the Rio Amazonas, in relatively flat, lowland forest, between the mouth of the Rio Tocantins in the east and the Rios Tapajós and Cuparí (an eastern tributary) in the west (Ferrari and Lopes Ferrari 1990; Ferrari and Lopes 1996; Vaz 2001; Pimenta and Silva Jr. 2005), extending south to the Rio Irirí as far as the lower Rio Curuá (Hershkovitz 1977). Ferrari and Lopes Ferrari (1990) (see also Ferrari 1993; Ferrari and Lopes 1996) argued that its restricted range (lowland floodplain) east of the Rio Tocantins is due to habitat differences and sympatry with the Black-handed Tamarin Saguinus niger (a wider ranging species extending between the Rio Xingu and east to the Rio Parnaíba).
Mico argentatus does not occur south of Belo Monte on the Rio Xingu (Transamazon highway) and is restricted to the north of the Tucuruí dam reservoir on the Rio Tocantins (Ferrari and Lopes Ferrari 1990; Ferrari and Lopes 1996). This restricts the range of M. argentatus well to the north of the mouth of the Rio Irirí on the eastern bank of the Xingú, with the southern limits being somewhere between the Rios Cuparí and Irirí to the west of the Rio Xingu as indicated by Hershkovitz (1977; see also Martins et al. 1988).
Ferrari (2008) pointed out that there is probably a zone of contact between M. argentatus and M. leucippe in the south-west of the formers range, but there is a gap in our knowledge of the occurrence of this genus between the Rios Teles Pires and Irirí.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brazil (Pará)
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|Can reach high densities in secondary forests and forest fragments (Ferrari 2008).
Gonçalves et al. (2003) recorded the following population densities at three sites in the west of the species' range, a short distance south of Santarém, along the Rio Tapajós:
Massafra: 9.3 individuals/km² or 1.9 groups/km²
São Benedito: 12.6 individuals/km² or 2.3 groups/km²
Tabocal: 101.1 individuals/km² or 13.3 groups/km²
These three sites were all forest fragments along the Santarém-Cuiabá highway. Gonçalves et al. (2003) also carried out a census in the Tapajós National Forest, but the densities there were too low to quantify.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|The species was found to be common near the mouth of the Rio Tapajós (Mittermeier and Coimbra-Filho 1977) in terra firma primary forests and in extensive areas of secondary growth forest (Belterra and Fordlândia, east bank of the Rio Tapajós). Between the rios Xingu and Tocantins, it is largely restricted to the dense lowland forests of the flat Tertiary/Quaternary floodplain of the Amazon, and is limited in the south by the montane and submontane forests of the Brazilian Shield (Ferrari and Lopes Ferrari 1990). Between the rios Xingu and Tapajós it ranges further south, entering mixed open forest. It has been observed in forest patches in Amazonian white-sand savanna at Alter do Chão, south of Santarém, Rio Tapajós (Albernaz and Magnusson 1999).
Sympatric in part of their range with Saguinus niger (see Veracini 1997). Ferrari (1993) indicated that S. niger has the competitive edge in forests on the relatively nutrient poor soils of the Brazilian Shield, and that M. argentatus was a "newcomer" resulting from a Holocene range expansion of the genus.
Marmosets and tamarins are distinguished from the other monkeys of the New World by their small size, modified claws rather than nails on all digits except the big toe, the presence of two as opposed to three molar teeth in either side of each jaw, and by the occurrence of twin births. They eat fruits, flowers, nectar, plant exudates (gums, saps, latex) and animal prey (including frogs, snails, lizards, spiders and insects). Marmosets have morphological and behavioural adaptations for gouging trees trunks, branches and vines of certain species to stimulate the flow of gum, which they eat, and in some species forms a notable component of the diet (Coimbra-Filho and Mittermeier 1976; Rylands 1984). They live in extended family groups of between four and 15 individuals. Mean group sizes recored by Gonçalves et al. (2003) in four localities in the west of its tnage were as follows: 1) 5.3 ±1.3; 2) 5.0 ± 0.9; 3) 5.6 ±2.1; and 3) 7.6 ±1.2. The group studied by Veracini (1997) and Tavares (Tavares and Ferrari 2002) on the Rio Curuá ranged from eight to 10 individuals. Generally, only one female per group breeds during a particular breeding season. The groups defend home ranges 10-40 ha, the size depending on availability and distribution of foods and second-growth patches. Tavares (1999) recorded a range size of 11.8 ha over 6 months.
Ecological and behavioural studies have been carried out by Veracini (1997), Tavares and Ferrari (2002) in dense lowand rain forest on the Rio Curuá at the Ferreira Pena Scientific Station at Caxiuanã, Pará., and by Albernaz and Magnusson (1999) and Corrêa (2006) in savanna forest patches at Alter do Chão, near Santarém.
Group sizes known to range from 4 to 11 individuals at Alter do Chão, near Santarém (Albernaz and Magnusson 1999; Corrêa et al. 2002; Corrêa 2006;).
Weight 273-435 g.
|Major Threat(s):
The main threat to this species is habitat loss. There has been much forest loss within its range along the Transamazon and Santarém-Cuiabá highways, and south of the lower Rio Amazonas due to roads, logging, agro-industry and cattle-ranching. The species is not hunted, although there may be some limited use as pets.
Although apparently able to thrive in disturbed forest and forest fragments, Gonçalves et al. (2003) found that isolated remnant populations are genetically quite distinct and appear to have suffered the effects of inbreeding or genetic drift, which may be prejudicial to the long-term survival of the small (50 or less) populations, even though this species occurs in naturally fragmented forests in savannas in some parts of its range (Albernaz and Magnusson 1999; Corrêa 2006).
|Conservation Actions:
This species is present in Tapajós National Forest (600,000 ha) and Caxiuanã National Forest (200,000 ha). It is listed on Appendix II of CITES (as Callithrix argentata).
Further research is needed on the limits of their geographical distribution, and the degree of forest loss within their known range. Soy bean cultivation, cattle ranching and logging have increased over the past decade and the impacts of these should be monitored.
|Rylands, A.B. & Silva Jr., J.S. 2008. Mico argentatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T41520A10487535. . Downloaded on 22 September 2018.
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Transcibing the Podcasts idea
Transcibing the Podcasts idea
So, several months ago I got a wild idea to try to transcribe the podcasts, to make them available as a resource for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, so that they could still enjoy the content.
I got a small chunk done of the very first episode, and then emailed Seth, to see what he thought, and if it was OK. While he appreciated the thought, he said that he thought it would be too much work for one person, and that he would probably eventually pay someone to do it. I said that I might just continue anyway, and post what I had on the forums. Well, I decided to float the idea past ya'll to see what you think.
Why couldn't we, as a community transcribe the episodes? We would have to come up with a standard format, and all of that, but it could be like, a donation to the community. It could save Seth some cash, and it would be a fun community building project I think.
So here is what I came up with, the formatting may seem off, cause I'm just copy and pasting it from the document I have it in (Not sure how to use Google Docs, or whatever, so if somebody can help me out, I would appreciate it. )
It looks more professional in the file I have on my computer, but copy and pasting it messed it up a bit.
Christians Don't Know About The Bible – Jul 31, 2010"
Some editing has been done for clarity. If you find any mistakes,
or if you have concerns that the intent of the statement has not been
faithfully transcribed, please contact me at
'OK here we go,
stand by! 3...2...1...Action!' Assume
1) 'In the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth!' Question
(Preacher 2) 'God
wouldn't steer you wrong' (Richard
Dawkins) "I find
it extremely hard to imagine." (Preacher{?}3)
'Brash, bald-faced blasphemy.' Open
your eyes.
(Richard Dawkins)
"What they do is stick their fingers in their ear and say 'la
la la'." (Muslim
Call to Prayer{?})(Religious
Woman) 'I put my
faith in, god above.'
(Hysterical Man)
'Thank you Jesus!' (Preacher
4) 'And the
truth...Shall set you free!' Engage
your senses.
(Christopher Hitchens) "The
fastest growing group of people in the country has been measured as
being those who have no belief, or, who are Atheists." Overcome
your fear.
({?}) "It is
quite all right, to be an Atheist." Challenge
the opposition.
({?}) "You
don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it." Embrace
the truth.
(Sam Harris {?}) "You
see religion, on a hundred fronts, losing the argument." And
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Andrews, host of The Thinking Atheist): If you are a believer in the
Bible...if you believe the Bible is true...if you believe the Bible
is the perfect, divinely inspired word of god. I want you to take
what you are about to hear, skeptically! I don't want you to believe
what you are hearing. Okay? I don't want you to take our word for
it! I want you to disbelieve. And then I want you to take an MP3 of
the audio. To write down, take note of the scripture references, and
I want you to do your own homework. To do your own thinking.
I was once a believer in the Bible. I believed that it was
absolutely the perfect, divinely inspired, inerrant word of god. I
thought 'Man, this is it. This is my blueprint for living.'. And
what happened was, that after while I began to realize that much of
my life, and much of what the Bible said about life and about god and
about everything didn't really make sense. It wasn't adding up. And
I dared to start to question for the first time, after reciting verse
after verse after verse when we were growing up. I mean, they were
all these little 'soundbyteable' happy verses you know? Scripture
was like Pez. They were like, little, sweet morsels that didn't fill
you up, but they sure did taste good. You know? We recited them, I
went to a Christian school, and we recited them as homework.
"For god did not send his son into the world to
condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him."
{John 3:17} "And in everything give thanks, for this is god's will
for you through Christ Jesus." {Thessalonians 5:18} "Yea though
I walk though the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no
evil...." {Psalm 23:4}
knew the Bible, or we thought we did, and all of the sudden when you
start to look deeper
in the scripture, and you stop excusing scripture,
you realized "Wait a
minute, wait a minute. Some of this stuff simply doesn't make
Well, if you've got a dog in this fight, and you want
to talk more about it, if you log in you will see our guest call in
number at the top of the screen I want your input.
going to start with special guest AronRa, who is a YouTube legend.
I'm going to start, since I'm waiting for Aron to call back in, with
Meg from Germany. Meg, can you hear the sound of my voice?
(Meg): Yes I can.
(SA): What part about the Bible started to ring your
bell? When you started to read this stuff, which part made you raise
the eyebrow?
Definitely Deuteronomy {laughs}
I mean, when you're reading though Genesis you can think 'It's
just a fairy tale, or a myth.' And
you can kind of push it away mentally, but then I got to Deuteronomy
and some of the things in Numbers, and I was just horrified. And I
thought, you know 'Somethings
not right here.'
And there were also bits like, Deuteronomy 25:11-12. In which two
men are fighting with each other, and it says that if one of the mens
wives gets involved, and grabs the opponents genitals and twists,
then she should be shown no mercy and have her hand cut off. And,
you know, that kind of thing.
{When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth
near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth
him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the
secrets:[12]Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye
shall not pity her." KJV}
(SA): So if, wait a minute,
if a couple of guys are out fighting..
(Meg): Uh huh.
(SA):...and one of the wives
comes out to intervene...
(Meg): Right.
(SA):...and she accidentally
touches his groin area, they have to take her out, and hack her hand
right off at the wrist. According to god's law right?
(Meg): Or if she does it
(SA): You don't hear that
stuff in Sunday School.
(Meg): No, you definitely
don't. So sitting down and reading the Bible, was definitely a very
eye opening experience, and that was primarily what pushed me on my
(SA): Meg, I've got AronRa
here on the line finally...
(Meg): Oh, great!
(SA):...so I'm going to go
ahead and move that direction. You take care of yourself in Germany,
and thanks for calling us, I appreciate it.
(Meg): Thank you.
(SA): You bet. Aron, are
you on the line with me?
(AronRa): I am, can you
hear me?
(SA): I sure can. I
appreciate your time so much. I know a lot of people know who you
are, and are huge fans, but I also know that some people within the
sound of my voice are still learning who you are and what you're
about. So, can you give me the quick nutshell biography? Who are
you, where you came from, what's your story?
(AronRa): Well, I...I don't
know how to summarize this. I was not a serious student in my youth,
I became one later on as I grew older. I'm a former tattooist, and I
went through a change in my life and I wanted to be doing something
in my life that was a bit more responsible. I got into an internet
related job, I found myself on an extreme learning curve and I found
myself on discussion boards like Talk.Origins. I found myself
investigating peoples arguments, for and against the religious
position. I then attached to that, I developed over the course of a
few years or many many hours on the internet as part of the job,
unrestricted browsing. I was able to learn a hell of a lot about
paleontology, archeology, and ancient mythology and such.
Eventually, I found myself on a college campus, signing up to go back
to school, to put some of this knowledge to use. I've been a student
most of the time since then. It's been years and years, I enjoy
being on a learning curve, and it got to the point where people
started citing my research
and some of my science research has been cited on at least one
Masters Thesis. I've gotten, as a result of the posts that I did on
Talk.Origins and the videos that I've been coming out with on
YouTube, I've gotten a good deal of supportive, I hesitate to call it
fan-mail, but I guess that's what it is, from professors, from
professional scientist, from administrators, and teachers and it has
all been very encouraging. The big thing that I learned about how
to put those together, is that when you're debating online, and with
the religious folk I often find that there's no real criticisms of
the substance of your subject, but any detail that you get wrong, the
scientist will chew apart. I've consequently had to become very
detail oriented, making sure that everything that I say is as
accurate as it can be, and that I have to be ready to defend whatever
it is that I am saying. I have to be very meticulous.
I don't know about your videos, but when I post something online,
usually a video, and the first day or so, it's going to be a comment
about the substance of the video itself. They'll say something about
the story, or 'You made a good point.'
or 'You missed this...'
or whatnot, but usually after the first day, all of the sudden, all
of the comments sections turn into sort of a tit-for-tat argument
that never gets resolution. Do you find that it's futile, arguing on
the internet? Or do you ever have someone who says 'Oh
man, you know, I never thought of it that way, before.'
And they actually start to open those doors in their mind. Does that
ever happen for you?
I will not say that it is futile to argue on the internet. No.
There's two contexts here. The woman that was just talking—described
a situation that i've seen myself. One of my best friends in High
School, ironically, is now the administrator of a fundamentalist
Christian school in Fort Worth, Texas. It's a mega-church, and he
teaches kids that the Earth is 6000 years old. He looks at Joe
Martin and Answers in Genesis, and people like this as authorities.
He gets teaching material from these people, and distributes it to
children in the name of truth. I had a several hours long interview
with him, (we haven't seen each other in about 20 years) and I'm in
his office, we're having this long discussion wherein I am talking
about how it can't be true...and if I can prove that things
that you are saying cannot be true, and then you should correct them.
And them I came to the realization that even if I can prove to this
man, that there are hundreds of transitional species, for
example, or any one of the other specific arguments—It's not
going to matter, because he is not going to change the argument. He
can't. He's forbidden to.
And he's not going to admit that he is forbidden to, but when you
start to make a point and he realizes that you are making a point—The
strangest thing happens when his face turns into that of a mannequin
and his eyes glaze over.
And he really does look like a smiling mannequin. And I realize
'I'm not getting through
to him.', he's chanting
mantras in the back of his mind. Behind his eyes there is a wall of
resistance, and he is not hearing anything that I say. He is
practicing whatever is the next rehearsed line to dismiss
whatever it is I'm putting forward. But—not
all of them are that way. You yourself are a good example of this.
The best advocates of
rational, free thinking, of secularism, of Atheism if you will...All
of the best advocates for this mode of thought are former believers.
And one of the things that I would like all of the Atheists to
realize, is that very fact. That if you attack everyone who believes
what they were conditioned
by their society to believe, then you are probably taking the wrong
course. Because Matt Dillahunty {Atheist
Community of Austin,
Atheist Experience}
and Michael Shermer {founder of The
Skeptic Society and
Skeptic magazine}
and virtually all of the leaders in secular thinking were once
believers themselves. It becomes like ex-smokers, who are the
staunchest advocates against tobacco use. The same thing happens
with religious belief.
We're speaking on here with AronRa, you have a huge subscriber base
and a tremendous following, and you're a voice of authority. I
appreciate the words about being a former {religious person}, I mean
for thirty years I
was raised, by wonderful well meaning parents, that the Bible was
simply fact—that it was true. I mean, we questioned everything
else in our lives, you know we would go out and test and retest and
we would evaluate, and seek
truth. But when it came to the Bible it was an automatic given: 'If
it's between those covers, from Genesis to Revelation it's true.'.
Boom, don;t even think about it. And if we began to question, we
felt guilty, we
felt wrong, we felt a little bit like we were betraying; our
foundational beliefs, our parents—we were betraying our god. And
for a lot of people, they feel that way. 'When
Jesus said it I believe it, I believe it 'cause he said it, it's in
the Bible it's going to be true.' and
they just repeat that mantra over and over again, because if they
start to look critically
at scripture...I mean the Old Testament alone,
if you read it out loud and you were to put anyone else's name in
there other than god you would think 'This
guy's atrocious, he's a monster!'.
Has that been the case for you? When you look critically at
scripture especially the
Old Testament, do you think anyone else would abide
any of the actions that
are portrayed by god, if it was a human being doing those things?
Well anybody that says they want to follow the teachings and the
morals in the Bible, I want to simply hand them a Bible and show
them, or rather, have them show me,
what morals they think
are worth following or what morals they think are legal to follow, in
any society on this
planet. Because, you and I both know, that the Bible is full of
endorsements of misogyny, of slavery, of spousal abuse, of child
abuse and in places child molestation, even abortion is supported in
the Bible. Not only with gods permission, but with his direct
involvement. We have genocide, we have all manner of racism and
sexism and the practices of hamstringing horses are just...All of the
horror that goes on in the Bible...What is the great thing that we
are all supposed to do? What is the thing that we are supposed to be
forgiven for? What is the degree of forgiveness...what is the way
that we get forgiveness? What we need to get forgiveness for, was
for not knowing the difference between right and wrong. OR what we
actually need forgiveness for is for find out the difference between
right and wrong. Because that's what we are being punished for. And
the way that we get forgiveness is through gullibility, because it
doesn't matter what else you do. You can be the greatest soul, the
most charitable person the most selfless individual in the world. If
you are not gullible enough to believe these stories, without
reason, and with complete conviction, then you are damned to eternal
torment. It doesn't matter what else you do—you can't be saved if
you don;t believe. And if you do
believe you can be
forgiven anything.
(SA): Talking on air here with special guest AronRa, if you have a
few minutes I would like to start rolling through some of the calls
we have, and allow our listeners to provide some questions that maybe
you can speak to. You game?
(AronRa): Yes.
(SA): Our first call is going to be from Logan in the States. Logan
you're on The Thinking Atheist, hi.
(Logan): Hi.
(SA): What have you got for us Logan?
Well I was just wondering where the evil in the New Testament is?
Because I've read Leviticus, and all of the bad stuff in the Old
Testament, however when I try to use that against Christians I get
'Well, that's the Old
Testament, {and with a loving god and the New Testament?}, that's all
out the window.'.
Well those same people would argue that homosexuality is forbidden
in the Bible, but they are quoting the same chapter that also
prohibits eating shellfish. So they pick and choose. It's the same
chapter, they can't say 'This
applies, and this doesn't.'
They just arbitrarily make that decision anyway. You're looking
for, where the evil is in the New Testament, you have to remember
that Jesus told his own followers that he was going to divide
families, that belief in him was going to require that parents be
separated from their children, and that husbands be separated from
their wives. That they were not worthy
of being in heaven with him if you were not not willing to forsake
your own family. It's a complete irony that everyone that promotes a
Biblical morality claims to be so family oriented. Especially when
you consider that Evangelicals have the highest divorce rate, they
have the highest rates of teen pregnancy, they have the highest rates
of child abuse and abortion even, statistically across the country.
And they are well
represented in our
prison populations, whereas Atheist have virtually no presence in
there at all.
{(49)I(50)But I have a baptism to be baptized
am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already
with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
(51)Suppose ye that I am come to give
peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
(52)For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided,
three against two, and two against three.
(5)The father shall be divided against the son, and the son
against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter
against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law,
and the daughter in law against her mother in law. KJV}
(SA): Logan I appreciate you calling in
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RE: Transcibing the Podcasts idea
Amazing of course. I'm probably biased however
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Near (01-02-2013)
RE: Transcibing the Podcasts idea
That's some good work thar.
I think the only flaw is a personal issue; the intro doesn't feel right without acknowledging the base line.
"Allow there to be a spectrum in all that you see" - Neil Degrasse Tyson
RE: Transcibing the Podcasts idea
I'm not sure what you mean sir. Could you elaborate?
RE: Transcibing the Podcasts idea
(02-02-2013 12:13 AM)Near Wrote: I'm not sure what you mean sir. Could you elaborate?Okay, as in my head I read it:
OK here we go,
stand by! 3...2...1...Action!' (bun dun dundundundundun bun dundundundundun)Assume
"Allow there to be a spectrum in all that you see" - Neil Degrasse Tyson
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RE: Transcibing the Podcasts idea
I'm just a newbie here, but doesn't someone out there have Speech-to-text software? By the time the podcast ends, you'll have at least a rough draft (proofreading required - computers DO make mistakes!).
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Saturday, March 3, 2007
Drink Tang, gang!
7 comments:
- Thad K said...
I LOL'ed at Daffy's gun being bigger than him.
- March 4, 2007 at 2:20 PM
- David Gerstein said...
Wow! And in the Elmer role... Daffy Duck! Fascinating look at exactly how far he'd devolved, isn't it? We need a hunter in a cabin whom an unprovoked Bugs heckles. We choose... Daffy Duck, who himself had been a prey animal just a few years before?
- March 4, 2007 at 5:57 PM
- Jon Cooke said...
It's hard to hate a commercial that has the line, "It's cold enough outside to solidify an orangutan."
- March 4, 2007 at 6:09 PM
It's also interesting to note that if you go through the Tang ads done for "The Bugs Bunny Show", Daffy actually fares a lot better here against Bugs than he ever did in the cartoons themselves. so maybe the ad agency folks approving the copy weren't all that happy with the Bugs-Daffy relationship as it had developed by 1960, either.
- March 4, 2007 at 7:32 PM
- Craig D said...
Is there a "filmography" for all these LT commercials? (e.g.Tang, Kool Aid, Post Cereals, etc.)
Seems like just when I think I've seen 'em all a "new" one pops up!
- March 5, 2007 at 10:50 AM
- PCUnfunny said...
Here's another one.
I guess the sponsors did want Daffy to win in these commericals.
- March 5, 2007 at 2:27 PM
Superb animation. Daffy looks like he was drawn the way he was in the late 1940s!
- December 1, 2007 at 6:27 PM


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Dominion Resources (D) is an electric and natural gas utility. Dominion Resources has approximately 26,500 megawatts (MW) of electrical generating capacity, enough to power around 20 million homes.[1] As the owner of the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system, Dominion also delivers natural gas to retail customers in eleven states.
Dominion Resources, with its easy access to cheap coal in Virginia, generates over 40%[2] of its energy from burning coal. Like other electric utilities Dominion is under increasing political pressure to adopt cleaner electricity generation methods while maintaining competitive prices. Dominion Resources is also investing in clean energy projects such as wind farms and the conversion of some of its coal plants to cleaner, gas powered plants. Nuclear power already constitutes over 21% of Dominion Resources' generation capacity.
In 2009, Dominion generated a net income of $1.29 billion on revenues of $15.13 billion. This represents a 29.8% decrease in net income and a 7.1% decrease in total revenues from 2008, when the company earned $1.83 billion on $16.29 billion in revenues.
Dominion Resources has three primary business segments:
Growing political awareness of the risks of global warming is resulting in increasing governmental pressure for utility companies to reduce emissions. In 2008, three major investment bank predicted that the U.S. government would cap CO2 emissions in the next three years. Dominion's reliance on coal for a major part of its electrical generation mix makes it vulnerable to "greener legislation." However, unlike peer Allegheny Energy (AYE), slightly under half of Dominion's electricity comes from nuclear and hydroelectric power better positioning the company to conform to new environmental standards. The company plans to spend $3.4 billion by 2015[5] on new clean air technologies to reduce particulate and toxic emissions. Dominion has filed for permits to expand one of its nuclear power plants and actively invests in new renewable energy projects to remain on-track for the renewable energy standards set forth by Virginia and North Carolina.
The key difference between nuclear and fossil plants is the cost structure. Nuclear plants require very large capital investments (to construct the plant) but little expenditure for fuel because it takes relatively little uranium to power a plant. On the other hand, fossil fuel plants require relatively little capital investment but have high fuel costs because they require large amounts of coal, oil or gas. In the past, low fossil fuel prices gave given fossil fuel plants a cost advantage over nuclear plants. The cost advantage, compounded by the stigmas of nuclear energy (the not in my backyard phenomenon) has prevented new nuclear construction for almost 30 years.[6] Record fossil fuel prices have begun to reverse this trend. Already, nuclear utilities such as Exelon, Entergy and Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) have begun filing for permits for construction of new nuclear plants. Dominion has filed for permits to expand one of its existing nuclear generation plants. Dominion operates four nuclear plants on the east cost of the United States.
Dominion's competitors include Allegheny Energy (AYE), Edison International (EIX), American Electric Power Company (AEP), Duke Energy Corporation (DUK), Entergy (ETR), Exelon Energy Corp (EXC), and Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG).


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For the best possible display, this portrait should be professionally framed.
A frame is not included with this artwork!
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 65cm x 65cm ≈ 25½" x 25½"
Silk/Brocade Border: 75cm x 75cm ≈ 29½" x 29½"Information about how this Asian painting is mounted
Discounted because of a minor silk flaw (minor wrinkle in silk). The painting itself is perfect. During framing, you can either ignore this issue, or you can just cover the silk border with typical western-style matting.
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Gary's random little things about China:
Parking your car on the sidewalk is legal in most places in China. I am talking fully on the sidewalk, and fully blocking the sidewalk, so that nobody can walk there at all. After all, there is a perfectly good roadway for pedestrians and cars to share just past the edge of the sidewalk - right?
In many urban areas, there is a sidewalk parking attendant who will ensure that you park in such a way that no one can use the sidewalk at all. They will also charge a fee of 2 Yuan (26 cents) for up to a full day of sidewalk parking privileges.
The green light means "go". The Yellow light means "20 more cars should enter the intersection". The red light means "5 more cars enter the intersection and become a nuisance to pedestrians trying to cross the street".
Actually, the green light means "Try to go, but you'll probably have to wait for the yellow or red light before you get your chance".
If you get in a car accident, it's best to argue briefly with the other driver, and then both drive away. When the police get involved, everyone gets fined, and someone might lose their license. The fines are generally higher than what it will cost to fix your car, so hanging around to exchange insurance information is rare in minor fender-benders.
If your car is too damaged to drive away, you are screwed. The police own and operate all of the tow trucks in most Chinese cities. You will be fined, charged for towing, charged an impound fee, and may lose your license.
On long stretches of highway, police checkpoints are occasionally set up. They may be stopping drivers and summarily fining them for wearing sunglasses or talking on a mobile phone while driving. However, in the next stretch of highway, another police checkpoint may be issuing fines for driving without sunglasses.
Under certain circumstances, and if you are really unlucky, drivers who get in injury accidents while drunk may be executed. If you are caught drinking and driving just once, you will be fined, and will probably lose your drivers license for the rest of your life.
Thus, drunk driving has become very rare in China.
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DLR front-end concept enables 32% weight saving
For four years, 37 leading partners in research and in the vehicle and component supply industries – from nine European countries – have been working on lightweight car frames for the clean cars of the future in the EU 'SuperLIGHT-CAR' (SLC) project. Recently, the participants presented their results at the concluding conference and, at the same time, unveiled a prototype of the new lightweight frame. With the front-end structure, which achieves a weight saving of more than 30%, the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) made a significant contribution to the overall concept.
Lower fuel consumption, reduced carbon dioxide emissions
In order to make a contribution to fuel consumption and carbon dioxide reductions in the future, the European project partners, led by Volkswagen AG, had set themselves the target in 2005 of achieving a weight saving of at least 30% in the body shell – related to the VW Golf V as the reference structure. This was to be done without any reduction in safety while maintaining the various vehicle-specific requirements, such as a high level of crash safety and stiffness, as well as keeping the additional costs for production volumes of 1000 vehicles per day to a reasonable level.
The focus was on what is referred to as multi-material design: the challenge was to use the correct lightweight building material – magnesium, aluminium, steel, fibre reinforced composites – in the right place. With a weight saving of 35%, – that is, 180 kilograms related to the reference structure – the SLC team has managed to surpass its ambitious target at the end of four years' work.
DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts develops front-end concept
The DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts (Institut für Fahrzeugkonzepte; FK) in Stuttgart developed the front-end structure from magnesium and aluminium as part of the EU SLC project, saving 32% (24 kilograms) of the original weight. This result was made possible by the intelligent use of different materials in a composite design.
Lightweight through magnesium
A key part in reducing the weight of the front-end was played by a highly-integrated magnesium cast component: more than 60% of the original weight was saved in the magnesium strut tower, while at the same time integrating about 12 steel components in a single cast component. Here, the great weight saving arose first from the 'conceptual lightweight construction', in which a highly-integrated cast component combines several functions and parts; second, from the 'lightweight material construction' through the use of magnesium; and, third, from the 'design for lightweight construction' and the resulting geometrical optimisation. This methodical procedure provided the basis for the great reduction in weight. Furthermore, the aluminium longitudinal rails in the front-end have been fabricated with what are known as 'tailored welded blanks' – sheet metal profiles in various wall thicknesses from 2.6 to 3.8 millimetres – giving the advantage of improved mechanical characteristics with a lower component weight.
The high demands with regard to the crash behaviour of the front-end required several rounds of optimisation in the design calculations. Despite the weight saving in the front-end, the DLR engineers were able to achieve excellent crash behaviour. The simulation results show that all the prescribed static and dynamic load conditions were met. Indeed, the crash behaviour improved in several respects. For example, the footwell intrusion in the DLR concept was 51 millimetres, in comparison to 100 millimetres in the reference design.
Potential for future electric vehicles
In line with the motto 'Let's get on the road', the SLC consortium did not present its forward-looking concept only on paper. The results are accessible to the public in a real prototype and provide authoritative inputs for future car body structures. Lightweight construction is a key technology for cars of the future, not just in regard to conventional means of propulsion but also for electric vehicles.


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Hippy Birthday Invite | Vw Bus Bug Invitation | Groovy Hippie 60s 70s | Digital Download | Party Invitation | Digital Birthday Invite
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Let your inner-hippie out with this awesome VW Bus (VW Bug) digital birthday invitation! A psychedelic invitation is sure to set the tone for a groovy, flower-power party. Great for men, women, teens - and would be super cute as a first birthday invite!
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