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Alfio's buon cibo
- Address:
2724 Erie Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45208Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $30 and under
Alfio's buon cibo
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.alfios-cincy.com/
- Phone: 5133210555
- Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 4:30pm - 9:00pm,
Friday & Saturday: 4:30pm - 10:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Argentinean, Italian
- Executive Chef: Alfio Gulisano
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour
- Entertainment: Entertainment on Monday Nights
A word from Alfio's buon cibo
Owners Scott Lambert, Alfio Gulisano, and Ken Arlinghaus welcome you to Alfio's buon cibo. Located in Hyde Park Square, Chef Alfio naturally joins his native flavors of Italy and Argentina for a taste of modern Italian cuisine with a little Argentine flair. Alfio's "buon cibo" (Italian for "good food"), features a broad selection of wines from North America, Italy and Argentina.Continued
Enjoy homemade pastas and desserts, fresh seafood, beef, lamb, seasonal menus, and unique daily specials in a casual, comfortable atmosphere. Sign up for Alfio's mailing list to find out about the next wine dinner. Sign Up Now!
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Enjoy homemade pastas and desserts, fresh seafood, beef, lamb, seasonal menus, and unique daily specials in a casual, comfortable atmosphere. Sign up for Alfio's mailing list to find out about the next wine dinner. Sign Up Now!
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Alfio's buon cibo reviews from OpenTable diners
200 reviews since June 3, 2014
- Food4.6Service4.4
- Ambiance4.1Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (145)neighborhood gem (135)special occasion (104)romantic (68)notable wine list (63)good for groups (54)hot spot (44)great for outdoor dining (20)vibrant bar scene (16)late-night find (15)kid-friendly (8)great for lunch (6)great for brunch (4)scenic view (1)Show More
- Superbly crafted dishes.OpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 9/26/2014Chef Alfio is a master. His dishes are amazing creations of rich flavor that leave lasting memory. Three of us ordered different dishes and shared. All three were unbelievable.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Everything done rightWerfoodiesDined on 9/26/2014This was not our first time to this establishment and it most certainly won't be our last. Outstanding service and food once again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Food PreparationCincyBestDined on 9/26/2014The menu items are well thought out and prepared and the service is personal in nature.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great EveningWGuyVIPDined on 9/26/2014The Food was great, Zucchini APP also very good, wine list has nice selection. A great evening in Hyde ParkSpecial Features:
- Great FoodMichaelHDined on 9/25/2014Very good atmosphere for a quiet evening. The butternut Squash soup and the Ravioli's are a must have, especially the Short Rib Ravioli won't disappoint. Service was friendly and quick. A definite destination spot.Special Features:
- Great neighborhood gemShelliDined on 9/20/2014I have celebrated my birthday here the last two years. Both times we have had amazing service and fantastic food and wine. I recommend the reisling and the short rib ravioli! We had the best time. Great place for special event or date night.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great EveningbuddyDined on 9/20/2014First time for dinner: Food was great, dessert was over the top. Service was well done. We were well taken care of by our waitress. She was there when needed, made sure we had everything and kept our evening on course with food and drink. Great evening for us and our friends.Special Features:
- marlaDined on 9/19/2014Love alfio so much! The food is so amaxing and alfio is an amazing chefSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FooooodLewisnlDined on 9/19/2014I absolutely love this place! my boyfriend & I always go here for a nice romantic night, it has definitely become one of our favorite date night spots!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food, a wonderful night out!markVIPDined on 9/19/2014Alfio provides a diverse, well presented array of specialties that will not disappoint. He comes out to personally talk to his customers, who he often remembers. Highly recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants a great night out in fun Hyde Park!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great ChangeOpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 9/17/2014Had heard many good things - and we were not let down - food was very good as was the service - will definitely put Alfio's on the FAV listSpecial Features:
- Enjoyed a great dinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/17/2014We had 8 for dinner and everyone enjoyed the meal. Good menu and delicious meals were served hot. We all decided that we would come back for another great meal.Special Features:
- UniqueGoodFoodDined on 9/13/2014Very good restaurant. Short rib ravioli is top notch. Good service. Nice break from chain restaurants.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/11/2014It was the first time at the restaurant for all three of us. The food was exceptional, we had great service and it was a nice setting.Special Features:
- Great food/good service, but noiseyTime2DineVIPDined on 9/6/2014Just very loud...noise bounces off walls, especially from larger groups. Not sure there is anything management can do, Food is great, especially raviolli.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- not happy poor serviceItaliangemDined on 9/6/2014my husband and i drove to this restaurant to try their food. The place was packed. Good Service at bar while waiting for table But once we got our waiter and our table, too noisy poor service. Overprice for the type of food. Will not return.Special Features:
- Good but not greatmarcDined on 9/6/2014We had high expectations due to a few awards this restaurant had won. The ambiance was okay but it was really loud. My wife and I (we are in our 30's) had issues hearing each other across a table. We were disappointed, too, that so many people wore tee-shirts and shorts in a "nicer" place. The empeñado appetizer was so-so but the scallops were very good. My wife had the short ribs ravioli, which were very creamy and distracted from the taste of the actual food. The lamb chops were excellent. The wine list was solid and the prices were affordable. However, we would recommend several other restaurants in the area (or in downtown Cincinnati) before returning here.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Unique fusion in flavorsartandfoodDined on 9/6/2014Unusual fusion of Italian and Argentinian cuisines creates taste surprises that please from start to finish. The empanadas appetizer is a must-try for a first and return visits. Whoever is in the kitchen making the pasta and pastry is a pro. The attention to details with unique flavor combinations in marinades, dressings and sauces is skillful. This is a wonderful, lively place to get an exceptionally good meal at a reasonable price for the high quality...no wonder it's been winning lots of awards.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delicious but...FSteinVIPDined on 9/5/2014The food was very good, beet goat cheese salad and short rib ravioli yummy, but the prices were way over priced for what it was. Just because it's Hyde Park doesn't mean you can over charge.Special Features:
- My FavoriteMrsBWDined on 9/5/2014The food is simply the best in Cincinnati! Everything from the bread to the appetizers to the entrees to desserts, the experience is exquisite.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great, again.KenwoodVIPDined on 9/3/2014Chef Alfio doesn't fail to deliver a perfectly-prepared meal. The melding of Italian and Argentinian cuisine is not to be missed.Special Features:
- First TimechocotomDined on 8/30/2014The food was exceptional. A unique blend of Italian and Argentine. Lots of pasta dishes and lots of hearty meats.Special Features:
- Great FindOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/30/2014The food was amazing. We started with bruschetta which might be the best I've ever had so far. It is a romantic dining experience for two or a great together with friends. It is pretty pricey but well worth spending for a special occasion.Special Features:
- Wow!KenwoodVIPDined on 8/30/2014There's good and then there's Alfio's buon cibo; it's exceptional. We all split an order of ravioli as one of our appetizers and agreed the al dente prep was perfect. While the ravioli was out of this world, everything was great. Cooked to perfection and presented beautifully. Even the coffee was exceptional.Special Features:
- Wow!blanchesarongVIPDined on 8/30/2014We were pleasantly surprised on our first visit to Alfios. The food was SO good! Everyone ordered a different dish, & we all tasted each others meals. Every meal was excellent. I had the pistachio encrusted salmon. The pistachios were whole, not crushed & the salmon was juicy & delicious. The two raviolis I tasted were also delicious. The butternut squash mashed potatos on the side were sweet & creamy, & the green beans were crisp. The only downside was it was a bit noisy in there (we were in the center of the restaurant). Other than that, it was great. We will definitely go there in the future.Special Features:
- Excellent choiceOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/29/2014Great experience!! I am so glad we took the chance to go to this restaurant we knew little about- It was an excellent choice. We will definitely go backSpecial Features:
- Excellent service and foodCdbankerDined on 8/29/2014Our server knew us from other restaurants and welcomed us warmly even though we came with a five year old. She knew the menu, made great recommendations and didn't hesitate to bring extra plates and spoons so we could sample from one another. The food was delicious. Our out of town guest was impressed.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Memorable First VisitConcordCookieDined on 8/28/2014This is the first time we dined at Alfio's and will definitely go back. Food was very good and service was perfect. We were not rushed and took our time enjoying our drink the various dishes.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Highly recommendDavidDined on 8/27/2014Food was great! Interesting menu! Loved the choice between Italian menu items and Argentinian menu items. Chef / owner personally walked around the restaurant periodically to insure customer satisfaction. He introduced himself to our table and thanked us for coming. We will go back for sure!Special Features:
- Great placeOpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 8/27/2014Great place. Food is excellent and service ioo. Highly recommend. Prices are good also.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SqueezeDined on 8/26/2014I ordered the scallops, a little heavy on the BBQ sauce-overpowers the delicate flavor of scallops. My daughter had the ribeye-fantastic. I'll definitely return and order my favorite dish, the salmon!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Poor birthday dining experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/23/2014Reservation made to celebrate birthday. Server took order correctly, but keyed info for one order incorrectly. Service delayed as both orders had to be re-prepared (really not sure if correct order was prepared again, server said that it would be). Ordered Sambuca and coffee for after dinner drink, server returned to let us know that they were out of Sambuca. A top rated Italian restaurant out of Sambuca, how, what, why. Overall, ambivalent about level of service. Not writing Alfio's off, but this was poorest experience of all the top Cincinnati restaurants at which I have dined.I would recommend this to a friend.
- First Time VisitSteveDined on 8/23/2014Have passed by this restaurant many times but have been in a habit of always going to regular places. Decided to try something new and this was the place we chose. We were not disappointed, good food reasonable prices, good wine list and some different dishes. After we finished dinner we both commented we were sorry not to have visited this restaurant earlier. Nice to have found an enjoyable and good restaurant right in our neighborhood, we will be going back soon.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Jack McCoyJackMcCoyVIPDined on 8/23/2014A good experience overall. The chef was spot ion with both sauce and preparation. Seating was a little odd when you are in a both, a little too close to the next party for my liking. Totally non pretentious though and a decent bourbon selection which is a plus. Service was OK as the crowd grew, the waitress was notably less attentive. Try the empanadas ! too die for.Special Features:
- Excellent place fit for FoodiesLmaxDined on 8/22/2014Their Empanada Trio is the bomb!!! The grilled romaine salad and scallops are to die for. Awesome service. Only complaint is no booths and it's a little loud during prime time hours. Overall, if you are foodie, it's a must go to place!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Cozy, great atmosphere, great food!lisleiDined on 8/22/2014I love Italian and Argentinian food, and I really loved this place! I can see it being a go-to favorite. Quiet, cozy atmosphere, reasonable prices, very competent, friendly and not overbearing staff. The scallops were perfectly seared, fresh and flavorful. The ribeye steaks are well caramelized and done as ordered. Only tiny complaint was the green veggies being a bit soggy and hidden under mashed pumpkin. Wonderful selection of Malbecs.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Awesome!OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/16/2014I had never heard of this awesome little place until the night we made our reservations. It was crowded, but not PACKED. WE saw an open table outside & asked if we could sit there instead of where they had planned, which they happily agreed to. Everything from our drink orders to the final check could not have been better. We will definitely be back!Special Features:
- Date NightmvpsapDined on 8/16/2014Alfio's is a perfect date night restaurant. Unique, yet extremely tasty food! We order the empanadas for an appetizer every time we go. I personally love their lamb, spinach, and mushroom risotto. My husband really liked the steak and the short rib ravioli. And for dessert: their award winning tiramisu and the quince crumble. We love this restaurant and recommend it to friends and family often!Special Features:
- SkipVIPDined on 8/15/2014Chef Alfio's personal touch and table visit was well received. We enjoyed the food and for sure would return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Still a good local spotccurranVIPDined on 8/14/2014The food is still the star here and it seems to be a favorite for locals during the week.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Week three of cyclocross in my inaugural season brought me to Delaware for an epic struggle on the lovely DuPont family estate of Granogue. In this pastoral setting a great convergence of the Mid Atlantic Cyclocross series (and UCI C1 race) provided another fun weekend in uncrossly sunny and dry weather. Live music, free beer and ample fall foliage further assured all in attendence that the best that this fringe subculture has to offer would be on display. The MAC paired the Granogue race with another great venue on Sunday in Wissahickon, outside of Philadelphia. Unfortunately for me, however, two of my school courses scheduled exams conflicting with this kind of time-devouring recreation. In fact, I am composing this report after having finished one of the exams not 25 minutes ago. One could compare the sensation to a cerebral equivalent of the euphoric relief and exhaustion one feels at the end of a 45 minute anaerobic bike race on mixed terrain. So, anyway, rather than having two races to report on, I limited my (on the bike) suffering to Saturday.
Jason Parkin and I loaded up our rental car at 6:45am on Saturday, assuming that we would have no problem making the drive with plenty of time to warm up for our 11:00 start time. Little did we know that the outbound helix of the Lincoln tunnel was underconstruction and a series of detours and bottlenecks left us idling in Manhattan traffic for much longer that expected. As a result, we didn't arrive to the venue until the C race was already underway. As we pulled in to the grassy parking area, I glanced up at the course which snaked down an impressively steep hillside in a series of off-camber switchbacks on damp grass. The first thing I saw, without exagerating, was CJ tumbling off of his dayglow bike into the side of the hill and scrabling back to his feet. Within 20 seconds of arriving, I was already presented with the intimidating realization that this course would be much different than the "Crit on grass" of Gloucester.
Where Gloucester had sizeable straight, flat, fast sections that favored my roadie skill set of putting the hammer down, Granogue favored twisty, technical sidehills and more elevation changes. We were funneled through a maze featuring grass, gravel, wooded single track as well as pavement. In fact, the course was technical enough that the promoter/course designer layed out a "prologue loop" to allow for some initial separation on the first lap before throwing a tangled mob into the convoluted barrier section and steep run-up. The rest of the route took a scenic tour in and around a small portion of the property, including rounding a stone tower up on the highest point around. This section had some of the trickiest technical turns and sidehills on the course. There also was a fun, fast, winding section that showed off the property's greenhouses.
What Granogue did have in common with Gloucester (in addition to the "G" in the name) was large numbers of racers and sizeable spectator crowds. Also, like Gloucester, the start was seeded based on series points and bib number. Once again, I was slotted into the seccond to last row along with all the other guys who haddn't raced in the MAC yet this season and were unaware that camping out on Bikereg.com would drastically improve starting position. Unfortunately for me, I heard rumors that they were not seeding the start order beyond the top 15 call ups. For that reason, I sacrificed a warmup in order to stake out my position on the starting grid 30 minutes before race time. How silly I felt when I had to take step after step backwards as I watch the 70 or so guys in front of me line up.
When the gun went off, I began the mad dash to move up before the holeshot. I got a pretty good start and was able to move up into the top 25 or 30 pretty quickly. The prologue loop really favored my intentions and offered a much longer opportunity to advance past slower guys in front of me. The fun began at the technical section up by the stone tower. some tight, off-camber turns with sizeable ruts provided a real obstacle for 50 guys on bikes trying to fit into a 3 meter-wide path. I actually dismounted and ran through these turns to get around the guys who fell while in a near trackstand. Due to the confusion and stress of this first lap, I noticed a lot more shoving and showting and use of elbows than last weekend. I decided to be patient and avoid getting wrapped up in a testosterone-off. By the time the field spread out, most of the hotheads were a long ways back.
All the switchbacks on the steep, rutted side-hill offered up some great crashes. One guy went down, only to roll head over heels down the hill out of the course and away from his bike. I saw more guys go through the tape in this race than any funny pun CJ could come up with in his blog.
By the end of the first lap I was in good position and settling in for the 40 minutes left in the race. On a fast downhill, it happened...the dreaded Mavic freehub death squeal. I had no pit-bike or wheels, so I simply gutted out the race with my rear wheel going off like a fire alarm every time I stopped pedalling. It really wasn't a huge problem, except for the chain backing up on the cassette. I guess it was just more motivation to keep pedaling.
After a couple time 'round the course I was able to take stock of the situation. I noted where all my friends were along the course cheering. This allowed me to break up the race into little tiny sections between encouragements and beverage tossings (thanks again, CJ). I also noticed that, due to the nature of the course, the field was much more spread out from front to back than Gloucester. At any given time, I could only see a few guys ahead or behind me. For this reason, I had very little idea of my position until, to my surprise, I heard "Keep going, Colin. Your in 13th!"
At this point, with 2 laps to go, fatigue became my friend. I was so delusionally tired that I could no longer tense up in technical sections. As a result, the riding actually became much more smooth. As any experienced cross rider will tell you, smoother=faster. Also, fatigue was not affecting only me, but guys in front of me as well, and I made it my mission to pull back the cracked riders in front of me before the race ran out. That proved a little more difficult than it should have been due to my freehub problems. I dropped my chain a couple of times on the last lap while trying to coast. The race was so strung out by this point, however, that there were very few riders to put in my cross hairs (and few close behind me) and I just tried to keep my rhythm going. Mechanicals and all, I came into the finishing stretch pretty much alone, save for a few lapped riders.
I got in line for the free beer as soon as my excersize cough subsided and settled into that post-race haze of endorphins mediated bliss. I had just enough time to relax and enjoy the live band, beautiful scenery and social scene that is cross before jumping back in the car for the island of Manhattan where my life as a student could be resumed.
All in all I was totally happy with how the race went. 11th place exceded my expectations for the race by a significant margin. While contemplating the race I couldn't help but be thankful for the points I scored. Its nice to improve with each race. Its also nice to have a result that leaves you so tantilizingly close to a top-ten finish. My goals for the next MAC race are ever more clear, and this time I'll have some series points that just might get me a better starting position.
the beer was free?
I have seen a few guys race on standard MT Bikes.
Go to Cyclocrossworld.com. They have 1.2/1.3' ritchey clinchers for mtn xc bikes. Good for cross.
A couple companies make narrow (less than 1.3") 26" tires that you can slap on a MTB. Remove your bottle cages and bar-ends and you're set.
Ha! I figured knowing you were close to the top 10 would get you moving up. Awesome job. Next week we'll need headlamps on Randal's.
its totally possible to ride on any bike that can fit knobby tires. mountain bikes are not uncommon, but forward-facing bar ends are illegal in sanctioned races. there was even a guy at gloucester who rode a system six with really narrow knobbies when it was very dry and hard conditions (there was probably about 5 mm of clearance--not good for mud). aside from mountain bikes, touring bikes with long-reach calipers are a possibility.
riding cross for Toga, but not road. Just like Matt Howard. Its the Toga "winter team."
Nice read Colin, good luck with cross. I'd like to check this out but don't have a cross bike. The course looks pretty dry. Could one ride a road bike with cross tires, or even a mountain bike if it's muddy?
11th place is for chumps! and, get a new wheel!
Ugh! The hate comes as soon as someone says something positive. Toga is a good team with good older guys who still race Cat2 and can help Colin win (assuming he is racing for them). Say a team is good does not mean that same person is saying all other teams suck.
This site is so negative...
Good job Colin and good luck racing with TOga
- not on Toga -
who their great core of cat 2s are?
So you on Toga for good come road season? They have a great core of Cat2s to help you. Good luck and nice BLOG.
CP is already killing it. Top 20 at Gloucester, in his second cross race ever, starting from the back? That's impressive. If the guy started on the front row no one would be able to catch him.
CP will be killing it on Cross too, soon enough.
nice blog dude! for the record- i wasn't tumbling, i was gracefully sliding...
I don't know if anyone else would agree but it's been a weird winter around these parts.
Whew! Its been a crazy couple of weeks. I've got a pretty substantial back log of race reports to write. I'm going to attempt to survey my final three weeks of Cyclocross racing, Season 1. If it is too long, I'm sorry. Maybe I'll just 'twitter' the next on.


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Distant cousins to the sand, chaos, and desert wurms, the great ice wurms are particularly unusual members of the species, making their home in the frigid marches of the Shiverpeaks rather than the warm territories their brethren favor. A thick layer of blubber beneath their tough skin helps insulate them from the cold. These wurms are significantly stronger and more deadly than their southern counterparts, able to burrow through upper layers of stone, as well as dirt or sand. Such abilities, of course, make them much more formidable opponents.
Wurms are giant worm-like creatures that burrow through the ground. Some wurms are able to use extended ranged "siege" attacks. They are generally larger, more aggressive versions of worms. The larvae state even resembles worms.
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|Guild Wars Prophecies
|Crystal Desert
| 22 (26) Sand Wurm
20 (26) Siege Wurm1
|Bleached Shell
|Southern Shiverpeaks
|24 (26) Frost Wurm
|Frozen Shell
|Ring of Fire Islands
|28 (30) Wurm
|Igneous Shell3
|The Mists
| 30 (?) Chaos Wurm1
30 (?) Chaos Wurm
|Guild Wars Factions
|The Deep (Elite Mission)
|28 (30) The Leviathan1, 2
|Urgoz's Warren (Elite Mission)
| 30 (32) Greater Serpent1
28 (30) Guardian Serpent1
|Guild Wars Nightfall
|The Desolation
| 28 (30) Desert Wurm
28 (30) Elder Siege Wurm4
|Guild Wars Eye of the North
|Depths of Tyria
| 18 (25) Frost Larvae
28 (30) Frost Siege Wurm1
24 (26) Frost Wurm
23 (26) Frost Wurm Young
24 (30) Infernal Wurm
24 (26) Infernal Siege Wurm
24 (26) Raging Infernal Wurm
23 (26) Young Frost Wurm
|Ashen Wurm Husk
Frozen Wurm Husk
|Far Shiverpeaks
|24 (26) Frost Wurm
|Frozen Wurm Husk
|The Fissure of Woe
|28 (30) Infernal Wurm1
|Umbral Shell3
- These Wurms are stationary.
- The Leviathan's species is unconfirmed.
- There are no collectors for Igneous Shells or Umbral Shells.
- Elder Siege Wurms only appear during the Horde of Darkness quest.
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- While they are burrowing, wurms leave trails of dust clouds above them.
- Junundu are also wurms.
- Wurms all have increased armor, immunity to knock down, and most have an equal amount of armor against all damage types, despite being Warriors or Rangers.
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I heard a word last week that I had not heard in awhile. In Thomasville, Georgia, where they're apparently about 10 years behind the times. We were in this rinky little movie theater to see The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. My sister got her ticket and snacks first. The guy, upon seeing her black nail polish, complimented it and told her, "I may not look like it, but I'm a little bit 'emo'." I could tell he wanted to do the bunny ear finger motion. He was wearing a hair net. I scoffed.
Later that week, as we were driving home, Camille and I got into a bit of a disagreement about which Copeland album is the best. For her it's Eat, Sleep, Repeat for me it's In Motion. It roots me so firmly in 2005, it's all about the time traveling for me.
A time of skin-tight jeans, black band t-shirts, shaggy bangs, and worn Chuck Taylor's; of going to shows in big fields and tiny, converted record/skate shops; my teenage years. I was always a sucker for an emo boy. But a particular brand: the emo band boy. I spent a lot of time at shows cleaning up the merch as a boyfriend flirted with the other girls at the show. I stayed later than everyone else, got the last hug goodnight, dropped off after the gear was taken home. It was a moment.
I've graduated a bit from boyfriends who ignore me at shows to a great boyfriend who holds my hand in public, tells me he loves me, and generally loves music with me, but he's not an emo band boy. He was a little behind on the trend, on just the other side of the music and the shows. But he still wears the tight jeans.
I was talking with my friend the other day about a recent Halloween costume her husband put together, himself about 10 years ago. It was a baggy football jersey, loose jeans, and backwards hat kind of look. And she said it still made her heart pound a little to see him like that. It made me smile; we're already nostalgic.
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I think it just showed that she wanted it too much. Her ability to rebound from that match and final losses in IW and Miami to tear up the clay season is a testament to her mental fortitude and her resilience. She won
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a typical politician.
All good comes from the governmnet and the most merciful and wonderful Messiah. Blessed be his name.
Recall that his personal contributions to charity over the years was non-existent because he was merely waiting to use your money as paramount dictator.
Obama made some good points about energy, specifically that we'll need all our energy sources, including clean coal. Affordable energy is vital to rebuilding our economy, and coal is a third the cost of other fuel sources. My other thoughts: http://sn.im/bplug
We must take responsibility for our future, rebuild and not govern out of anger.
We must understand that we need to invest in alternative energy, roadwork and broadband, healthcare and the eduction of the future.
Our congress needs to understand that Americans wants what our congress to take responsibility for moving forward, we cannot continue to stall the process.
Great speech. It will be interestin to see how far right it drives Limaugh and his dittoheads (including the right fringe of the Republican Party).
I sense new good times for American in Obama's first term.
Volunteer in your neighborhood and you can go to college.
My god (*IT's) shrinking… thank you lord… "Dave will I dream when I'm asleep, I'm not sure Hal, you have to wake up 1st!" Would some one please, please turn out the damn lights… I can't aford the milk and bread any more!
Ideas and innovative spirt are our strengths? What does that have to do with labor unions and big government? That's all we have to look to so far. The election's over. We're all in trouble.
Just another Marxist; he believes government solves all problems, in truth, government creates many problems. Is this the beginning of the end of the great American empire?
Guess which state has the highest per capita GDP in the nation? Delaware at $58k per person. The average of all states is $48k. Did you know that in DC the per capita GDP is $126k! That's right over twice any state in the country. Do you think that number is going up or down after what we heard tonight?
Who are these nut cases Hayak and Choate? It is obvious they need to get out more Most of these comments show reactionary fearful thinking It is time to help ourselves – obviously this is beyond some of our citizens
You think you're free? BS. You're all a bunch of slaves
I think it was very compassionate speech expect mimicking Powell on delivery. Education and energy are long term goals however health care and government spending should be immediate and dire requirement.
You are a Keynesian or supply side economist, if the history is the guide Spending should be massive and short time.
I also agree there is so much can be saved from old time cold war defense and unwanted Iraqi war and focus on Pakistan where terrorists and Jihadists are breeding every day.
Overall education benefits, tax changes and health care are major three issues going to change during next year.
Its interesting to see how much congress cooperate with Obama team. I thoroughly enjoyed the speech, sure it is lot more energetic compared to Mr. Bush's Speech.
Where's the BEEF?
come on, guys, he won the big game, and wall street let us down big time, so let's shut up and let him play a while and see what comes out.
americans you've got a damn good president! beautiful speech! i love it!
Well, this seems to be the end and all that… Great speech, but how is it going to fix any of the problems? It seems that Obama is surrounded by clowns and the circus has come to town… Enjoy the show whilst it lasts…
"chinese" You must be drinking good tea. Recomend decaf coffee and more sleep.
He lost me at:
"I'm proud that we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks…"
hope they will not cut medicare payments – they will hurt care for the elderly. As it is Medicare pays next to nothing
When are the folks going to wake up and stop cutting Mr President a break when it is ill deserved?
How come when Geithner (aka – "what me, pay tax?") gave a speech devoid of a plan, he was roundly rebuked but when the pres does the same thing he gets away with it?
Mr. Obama is a very intelligent and educational pres.Hell what do you people want a drunk or a pothead.
Is this a word-for-word translation of Obama's speech last night? I do not think so, but it looks as though it has been edited.
I heard Obama say, "Your check is in the mail" for those earning less than $250,000 and receiving a tax cut.
Here in this translation it says, "And these checks are on the way."
At any rate, this is not accurate.
Does not Obama know this is a paycheck-by-paycheck reduction of tax?
Get your check books out folks, because we are GONNA pay and pay dearly :(
his speech was mesmerising. i love his approach and his confidence, am sure he is an exceptional man. God bless him
"In other words, we have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity; where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election."
Aren't all of these bail-outs that Obama is pushing short-term gains? Last I checked, issuing several trillion dollars of debt to the nation is not a great long-term decision.
Funny how BO believes the richest 5% of the people in the country don't work. Tells you everything you need to know about Socialists
The president likely departed from the prepared text when he said "Your check is in the mail". It is the prepared text that is distributed to media. In any case, the meaning is the same.
Anyone who truly believes that this narcissist will save us from anything is a fool. Government has never spurned innovation. Beaurocrats are not innovators or saviors. The only thing Obama's administration is going to do is shread our freedoms and our ability to innovate and create. This Chicago polititian will continue to campaign and spin, and his followers will promote his lies because they're illiterate, power mad, irresponsible sheep.
He inhereited a trillion dollar debt – America now has a several trillion dollar debt and he has only been there 100 days – we are as American citizens in severe trouble. Plus he was one of the ones that voted to give the money to the banking industry so how does that equate to him inheriting this problem – he helped cause it. No pork – excuse me what else would you call 28 helicopters (NEW) for his use-huge expense (PORK). Look at the budget lots of PORK – not enough for the average worker. Don't see much for the average American worker – lots of promises though. Promises do not pay the bills.
75% of new jobs are created by small businesses. Tell me why only 1% of the stimulus package goes to helping small business.
How does subsidizing foreign abortions and all that pork stimulate anything other than the next run for office?
What a crock!
Since when is the First Lady of the United States introduced at a joint session of Congress?
dear americans,
i ran for president because i saw how much grease my predecessor was getting and i really admire his skimming skills.
i came from a neighborhood where everyone was poor. the ultimate dream of everyone living there is to get a government position so they can get rich.
the time where ceos can fly around in their jets is over. all the money will now come to me and i'm the only one flying jets around.
we are going to show the world america's leading rip-off model; how a supposedly democratically elected government can employ marxist policies to rip off all its citizens and enrich the super elite (myself included).
I'm a little concerned that while he plans to 'hold the banks accountable' there is no mention of holding the Americans themselves responsible. Banks provide a service which the ordinary American was abusing. Yes, it is important to restructure banks, but it's not their fault people were investing money they didn't have and couldn't pay back.
Wonderful speech, hopeful futures for families and the middle class. So "sorry" for the naysayers who want to believe that that tax cuts for the wealthy trickled down to the rest of us. Wake up, your era of deception and lawlessness is over. Give this president a chance to rebuild what you have destroyed.
PS*Watch the actual q & a of McCain to Obama about the Helicoptors that BUSH ordered and may be ready for Obama. He said he doesn't want them. Try to view CSPAN instead of Fox News for a change, you might learn something
I'm still looking in my copy of the Constitution where the authorization for things like, oh, say Medicare, Social(ist) Security, "Education," WIC, SCHIP, subsidies for ANY business (including "energy") exist, just to name a few things he touched on in the speech. Still have not found it… And for those who might think I just found my Constitution, not so – been looking for these authorizations for a long time now…
And to "irresponsible behavior" – what a laugh – this from the guy who flew him and his motorcade to Denver (and back) to sign the biggest increase in spending EVER. And, BTW, the payback on those lovely solar panels pictured in Denver is 110 years. No, that's not a typo. Yes, I'm looking forward to a carbon tax future indeed – you think things are bad now…
Him saying he doesn't want big government is like saying Bill Clinton doesn't want sex.
Hey, Pamela, I'm self-employed and employ two employees – I wanted to add two more this year but guess what, higher tax expenses mean I don't hire them! Seems everyone thinks I'm "rich" when in fact, I'm just trying to grow a business. As of last year my business' total tax bill was over 50% of my earnings for all levels of government. And yes, those were going to be nice "middle class" jobs (in the 60K/year range) but alas, the "tax collector" decided their use of my business' earnings would be more effective than my plans for those dollars. I think the two people I had in mind for the positions (who are still unemployed) might think, and feel, differently. Although they are assured of extended unemployment payments now, so that's gotta make them feel better.
Dear Elaine…
Shread s/b spelled Shred
Politititian s/b Politician
Beaurocrat s/b Bureaucrat
And spurned is, of course, incorrect (s/b 'spurred').
And you call Obamaa illiterate? Oh, the irony.
This is all fluff without details of how he plans to achieve any of this except that he plans a transfer of wealth from "the rich" (who produce the wealth) to those that aren't wealthy. Has we learned nothing from history, Comrade Obama?
I can't beleive we've turned over the car keys to Pelosi, Reed, Franks, Dodd, Whoopi Goldberg. I don't think either Pres or Mrs. Obama have the orientation necessary. Neither likely spent a dime on their own educations and both experienced a rapid ascent in their professions because of America's preoccupation with political correctness (which came to full bloom – Nov past). In the early 80s, I though that Milton Friedman, William Simon, RR, etc. got it right -but man are we doing an about face now. The US needs more producers and less dependents. There is also more to voting than "who's going to give more to me?" How about me providing for me! America can and will fail under the weight it's gaining.
Will someone tell Obama to just shut up so that the market can rebound. I truly believe that he is short the market, everything he has said and done so far supports that theory.
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From Wikipedia, "Although several other German engineers (including Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and Siegfried Marcus) were working on the problem at about the same time, Karl Benz generally is acknowledged as the inventor of the modern automobile.[8]"
Here's a head scratcher: The President refers to the deficit 'we inherited.' Last time I checked he was in the Congress when the current deficit was run up. He actually voted on much of the legislation as well as many of the Bush Administration policies that contributed to the situation in which we now find ourselves. It is disingenuous to imply that the Bush Administration was solely responsible for the current deficit. Our new president has much to learn about the American people's tolerance for finger-pointing. More important, he should recognize that efforts to appear as an outsider gallantly riding to the rescue are at best transparent. At worst, they expose a cynical and carefully calculated scheme intended to ensure a second term in office.
Dear Sarah,
Easy now. Elaine did get narcissist correct and you goofed on Obama(a). Or was that part of the irony?
Lip Service! That is all Obama is about, telling people what they want to hear and doing something completely different! There is the good ole education system that he was talking about, which ironically is ran by LEFTIES!!! Humm….but lets all say it together…. BLAME BUSH!
Antoher Tom,
I think she meant Obaama
But there again a liberal that isn't sticking to the point Elaine was making, which I completely agree with, they personally attack people so they don't have the ability to stand up for themselves. It's a silencing or facists quality.
All you insane conspiracy theorists, Ayn Rand fans and assorted reactionary nuts who wrote in should re-read what "Pamela" contributed, take a stiff drink of scotch, and step off the cliff with the rest of the Limbaugh Lemmings.
Great speech, lousy ideas.
What I heard:
bad economy, won't recover soon.
new carbon taxes coming, to let green compete (higher energy costs for us) WHere is the logic in raising energy prices and carbon cap fees during a recession?
more spending on (fill in the blank)
plus more spending on (another fill in the blank)
I know people want to go to college – but every time you give people more money to go to college, COLLEGES RAISE PRICES!
I did like that we will cut back on war expenditures – one good thing.
Oh, and by the way, I'll have to borrow all the money for this. Hope that's okay. We are the biggest debtor in the world, and our biggest lenders are conisdering cutting back on those loans, but hey, let's just keep borrowing.
It's time to cut back, not expand
Why is Limbaugh all of a sudden in the cross hairs? Where was this HATE when he didn't get his name mentioned by Obama?
I really think that everyone needs to take a look around the realize that we are ALL AMERICANS!!! We all have to same problems in life, big or small, rich or poor. Obama needs to stop seperating us…but he won't because by dividing us, we are easily conquered and the government will win.
Well presented speech. Good voice projection. Very visionary but no dates to target goals.
Um, re-reading what Pamela wrote – don't see anything in there that would translate to "hopeful futures" at all, for anyone, except those about to be employed, forever, by various new and/or enhanced layers of government with all of the attendant benefits bestowed that anyone with a bottom line can't afford.
If you're referring to me some kind of nut, I only know what I know. Government did nothing to underwrite the risk I took to start a business 9 years ago, but it sure likes to feed itself from my risk taking – still waiting for the ability to charge more because consumers are spending less…
BTW, while "Bush" may have ordered this, that, or the other thing, only Congress can actually appropriate and spend the funds to fulfill those desires.
I also note the markets are thrilled by what they heard in the speech. Like it or not, the simple fact of the matter is Government spending takes money out of your wallet and mine and leaves us less to invest in our own future. Frankly, the thought of a future where I look to your children and mine to provide for my medical care and pension leaves me feeling very concerned with how they are going to make a living. In case you didn't know, the current unfunded deficits for these "transfer payments" in addition to our national debt is now over 60 trillion dollars. That's about $200,000.00 for each man, woman, and child in this country, right now. For me and my family, that's about 1 MILLION dollars of debt we owe, right now. Brother, can you spare a million plus???
A thunderous silence on Nuclear energy.
Having had the pleasure of working for a CEO, who like Obama, does not mince words: you would be wise to read every word carefully and not dismiss this as "yet another politician" or "lacking detail." Change is coming fast.
We need to work together. It's easy to critize, it's hard to come up with a better alternative. As Einstein once said. "Life is like a bicycle, you need to keep riding to keep you balance". Accept the democratic process, Obama was elected democratically and now we need to work to make all of us Americans successful.
I completely agree with you, but trying to educate some of the people on this page, is like banging your head against a brick wall hoping everytime to break through.
I admire your desire to educate, but you can't educate the unwilling to listen! Just like the education system, if they spent more time of the kids that actually wanted to be there instead of wasting it on people who don't, we would be in a much better position.
Sara-Glad to see you know hwo to use Spell Checker. Too bad you know so little about the economy and politics.
Spin, spin, spin, honey. Still won't get you what you covet from others.
I looked to me like Nancy P definitely needs some Depends…..I thought she was about to pee her pants….
I am not from the US….maybe I should say I glad I am not from the US after reading the comments above!! With all the smart people you have commenting why do you need Government??
Signed UNBELIEVABLE….
Big hat, no cattle. This guy has never had profit and loss responsibility in his life and it clearly shows.
"Brother, can you spare a billion?"
I wish the President and most of the media would tell the truth about how we got into this mess in the first place. It was the Grrrrreat and Glllorrrrrious Goverrrrrnment inference – NOT deregulation – in the mortgage industry. On top of that, a liberal congress effectively raised taxes by allowing the tax cuts to expire.
Government worshippers and those who suffer from Bush derangement syndrome fail to understand that NO President has a magic wand that controls the economy. Not even the all glorious one, Barrack Obama. The congress is as influential on economic events. Is it any wonder that the stock market and economy as a whole, started having difficulty after the 2008 election when the Democrats took control of both houses?
i love Obama
If anyone can tell me where the change that Obama promised in the campaign is I would sure like to know. All I have seen so far is pork barrel spending as usual, bigger government as usual, no bi-partisan legislation as usual, and a government that wants more of my tax dollars as usual. This sucks folks! If anyone out there is excited by what we are seeing going on and what has happened so far I would strongly suggest a trip to see your local shrink! I will say it again this absolutely sucks!
I need some help here. How does a guy that just sent $787B in "Stimulus" talk about balanced budgets with a straight face, and how can a congress that's passed huge deficits for the two years they been in control sit there with a straight face? I believe America wants "Daddy Obama and not a president. What has happened to the American Dream?
He says he wants to create jobs and then proposes policy changes that will drive jobs away. He proposes taxing all foreign earned income earned by US corporations thinking this will incentivise them to move their foreign operations onshore. No other country on earth taxes a company's earnings made from business done in other countries. Instead this will drive every multinational company in the US to move their headquarters overseas and become a non-US company. The British tried this at one point a few years ago in certain segments and all the affected companies moved their headquarters (and a lot of jobs) to Ireland. How would everyone like to see businesses like McDonalds, Coca-Cola, GE, Caterpillar and others that make most their profits overseas become foreign companies?
Can someone please tell me why instead of trying to find alternatives, all you are trying to do is criticize? If you think you are so bright, literate, innovative, and creative why not run for presidents in the next elections? Focus on what can be done and not on what Obama can do wrong… Take a step back please and let the man do what we elected him to do, that's why he won the elections, or not??????
"And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." Huh???
Karl Benz and Gottleib Daimler each independently invented the automobile in _Germany_. [http://www.museum-mercedes-benz.com/]
What a gaff! Will this spark a new international incident??!!
The press, and the German government, have been surprising silent about this goof!
To "why the envy" – I'm pretty sure most Americans did not elect him to earn less over the next several years. But that is what is going to happen. I would rather he and congress did nothing rather than "we need this now." The stimulus bill was voted on before anyone could have read it. That, my friend, is not democracy, but idiocy. Not from his point of view, of course, but when the public (that's you and me) can't even read the bill and voice a concern here and there about what is in it before it goes to a vote; something is terribly broken. That is, I like to read the menu before I order so at least I know what the meal will cost before I get the bill. In this "stimulus" bill, the meal went to someone else and I and my family got the bill – to the tune of about $13,000.00.
Are all the readers of the WSJ as stupid and hate-filled as these commenters? Ha ha, Obama "divides" us? Looks like you're all doing just fine on that score without help from anyone else.
MJ you have to be kidding. According to the democrats they won, so everyone else in the country should just roll over and support anything the Obama and the congress wants to do. Sorry but the folks on this board are taking the time to look at what is going on and comment. Something "Mr. Transparency" did not allow the Republican members of congress to do. Obama passed the largest spending bill in the history of the country and did not allow anyone to read it. Come on….something's bad wrong with that. You can't believe that was the right thing for him to do!!!
WestyRabbit, my dear, I am a teacher, my husband a small business man sitting home without a current contract,in fact all of his 10 men are sitting home, our business tax bill, astronomical, the number of jobs lost in my district, 30, and if your business is actually paying out 50% of its' income to taxes…you need to give an accountant a job instead of cursing a package that may hopefully get both of our businesses profitable again.
Nothing is perfect, but, we know the past is behind us.
For me the future seems to hold the promise of someone trying to accomplish what everyone has been saying is needed. My husband's employees may have affordable healthcare, there will be new jobs in industries that shake of the dirty and dusty grime of 100+ year old fuel technology, more children will get a chance at a better education, more people in the country will have access to technology, our ignored infastructure will get some shoring up…ah the list goes on and on, and, you know, all of those people who now have jobs might just need to use your business' services and then, some businesses may invest in new industries, new automobiles…
And again, please watch CSPAN instead of wherever you get your facts from.
Pamela: Good copy/paste from the Obama website.
health care costs won't come down until the Doctors' guild lets go of its strangle-hold and starts educating more of them. right now, they're high salaries are what's stalling health care reform
Scottc: Why don't you show me where I copied and pasted? Like all the other naysayers, your spouting has nothing but bile.
Those are my own words. If you are going to accuse me of plaigarism, you might want to prove it.
I guess lies and deception became main stream.
Very sad.
I am a doctor. Most of us these days have somewhere around $250k in school debt when we graduate. We make $35-40k a year during 3-4 years of residency. Starting salaries for family practice are in the range of $120k in our area. I have 4 kids, I basically lost about 7 years of income while I completed my training. I pay an extra "mortgage" each month just paying back my student loans. I live next door to a GM assembly line worker, in the same size house. We live comfortably and my wife is able to stay home with the kids, but I am getting tired about being told how wealthy I am and that I am to blame for the cost of medicine, and that I need to take a pay cut. I guess working hard and 11 years of post high school education makes me a bad person who must be punished.
M_Kreutze, which lie did I tell?
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Like a lot of things about the New Year, new fuel, or renewable whatever is somewhat short of a sure thing. Much depends on what happens in Washington fairly quickly. Considering that not much has happened in Washington for - - Well, you fill in the time blank. As I sat down to develop this comment, the year 2012 was not quite gone. Legislators were back in Washington, striving mightily to keep us all safe from the ravaging financial effects of that tumble over the fiscal cliff. The legislators themselves collectively created that potential disaster so that they would, collectively, be forced into making some responsible fiscal decisions.
Of course, adopting a budget, thus building a diverter to steer us away from the cliff is just one major thing that was a skeleton with no flesh as the year-end fiscal chill sent shivers through retirement communities and individuals, as well as those striving to devise some way of staying in business, maintaining a payroll, and so on.
Oh, yeah - - that reminds me. Another one of those things that didn't get done - - didn't even get close, and is just waiting to shred the family kitchen budget, is the 2012 Farm Bill. Even the specter of a glass of milk costing more than any one of several other beverages, doesn't get more than an occasional mention in the national news. If there's no 2012 Farm Bill to start 2013, one of the things that happens is all those legislative certainties go back to the legislation adopted in, what? 1948!! Holy Mackerel. How can destruction of the Republican Party, or the deep-sixing of everything Obama, be that important?!!
The Advanced Biofuels USA organization says it supports the campaigns of 234 other organizations pressing for passage of a new farm bill. Some of the fuels business' interest in a farm bill is pretty obvious, but for the record, Joanne Ivancic makes the point that sections of the farm bill support research and development, crop testing and logistics trial crucial to the advancement of a transition to sustainable, renewable Bio-based energy. Earlier, the letter advising of this campaign, contends "failure to pass a new five-year farm bill . . . . . will create significant budget uncertainty for the entire agricultural sector, including the rural businesses and lenders whose livelihoods are dependent upon producers' economic viability."
What a way to start a New Year!! But, then - - there's always 2014, right?
Whatever else goes on, or doesn't - - the show will go on. In this case we speak of the Keystone Farm Show, January 8,9, & 10, in York, Pennsylvania. It's fairly new, having started in 1998, targeting agrimarketers in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Alternative View - November 29
A Picture of Brokenness
A picture of brokenness is that of a wild stallion wanting its independence but being ridden for the first time. It does not want to submit, and it does not want to do what it is told to do. It enjoys a cowboy feeding it, keeping its trough filled with fresh water, and allowing it to go out and nibble grass in the sunshine. The problem comes when the saddle is tossed on its back and the harness is placed over its head.
However, if you have watched a horse being broken, you know the cowboy has more sense than to take a new horse that has never been ridden and toss a saddle on its back. For days, the animal may be led around a pen as it adjusts to the pressure of wearing a harness and the conditions surrounding its changing lifestyle. Then the saddle coes out of the tack room and is placed on the horse's back - but without a rider. Finally, the cowboy puts a foot in one of the stirrups.
There are many steps in between these, but we can form a mental picture of the process used to break a horse and prepare it to be ridden. When the cowboy climbs into the saddle, the initial shock of having someone on its back is frightening and irritating. The animal begins to buck and rears its head before it begins to settle and trot around its pen. Some horses refuse to be broken and risk being sold. Others, in time and through proper care, are broken and begin the enjoyment of a lifetime of service to their owners.
When God begins to work in your life, He doesn't immediately toss a saddle on your back or seek to break you through the circumstances of life. Instead, He works with a plan and goal in mind. Bit-by-bit and inch-by-inch, He brings you to a place where He can train you to live a life that glorifies Him and is a blessing to others.
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Friday 11th June
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on? The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
When you make getting more money the central aim of your daily living, you're guaranteeing for yourself and your family a life of stress, anxiety and dissatisfaction with life—even if you're financially successful!
CS Lewis once said, "Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that he is 'finding his place in it', while really it is finding its place in him." How right that is! When the desire for prosperity gets into your heart, it replaces God in so many ways.
You'll find yourself putting your spiritual life on a lower and lower level of priority. You'll find that the things that stress you are no longer your struggles with sin; now your main stresses are your financial issues. You'll find that the things that thrill you are no longer a new understanding of spiritual truth, or spiritual breakthrough in someone's life; now your excitement comes from financial success.
Beware, not of wealth, but of money getting into your heart!
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The "UFO abduction" scenario changed significantly after the publication of Hopkin's book Missing Time in 1981. Prior to that time, UFO abductions were supposed to occur only when people ventured out to lonely, deserted places late at night, and encountered aliens (Betty and Barney Hill, Travis Walton). Hopkins' contribution was to entirely sever the connection between UFO sightings and UFO abductions.
To explain why nobody ever sees or photographs somebody else being abducted, Hopkins suggested that the aliens have the ability to make themselves, and their abductees, invisible during this process.
Alvin Lawson, an English professor at Cal State Long Beach who spent decades studying unidentified flying objects and questioning the beliefs of people who said they had been abducted, has died. He was 80. Lawson died Sept. 8 at Western Medical Center in Anaheim from complications of pneumonia, said his daughter, Leslie Dirgo.
Over the years, he developed "a personal kind of fascination" with UFOs, his daughter said. Lawson taught a class on the subject at Cal State Long Beach, started a telephone hotline about UFOs and became convinced that people who said they had been abducted actually were using memories of their birth to describe encounters with extraterrestrials.
"Do I think there are unidentified flying objects, things that people can't explain what they are or why they're there? Yes," he told the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1996. "Do I think little green men are inside abducting people? No."
With an Anaheim doctor, William C. McCall, Lawson used hypnosis on people who said they had been abducted. Lawson started becoming more skeptical of the accounts, and he and McCall decided to hypnotize people who made no claims about space aliens. They were asked to imagine being abducted so the accounts could be compared to reported abductions. Lawson was struck by the similarities.
"There is not a single shred of physical evidence that alien abductions areaking place other than the tainted testimony of the abductees. The physical evidence to support the claims is nonexistent. What has been offered as proof has been eliminated through testing by objective scientists or additional research by unbiased investigators. The scars, the missing fetus, or the implants do not carry the proper medical documentation to make a strong case, and in fact, suggest something else altogether."
The abductionologists had simply not proven their case. In my view, this has become an Alien Abduction Cult (of personality), aided and abetted by some in ufology who should know better.
The abductionologists themselves are beyond irresponsible - they are dangerous, causing real pain and suffering to people who in at least some cases no doubt need real help.
The ultimate irony for anomalists is that, should there really be a paranormal element to a few of these "abduction" cases, the Alien Abduction Cult has so muddied the waters with their bunk that it will be almost impossible to ever chart a different course.
UFOlogy Hits a New Low With The Fourth Kind: Analysis
The Fourth Kind's unconvincing, irreverent UFOlogy gives this reviewer chills. The movie stumbles directly into the biggest problems facing the discussion and investigation of UFOs and alien abductions: missing evidence, too many coincidences, cover-up conspiracies and aliens that, given their high-tech know-how, are just plain dumb. [SPOILER ALERT: This article is filled with them.]
It opens with actress Milla Jovovich explaining that the movie is about events that occurred between Oct. 1 through 9, 2000, that she's portraying Dr. Abigail Tyler, a "renowned psychologist," and that "every dramatized scene in this movie is supported by either archived audio, video," or is based on Dr. Tyler's "extensive interviews with the director." In the world of UFOlogy, aliens don't show up on camera. Witnesses, abductees and investigators all find threads of evidence, but there's nothing cohesively tying them together.
As the internet is flooded with snapshots and video clips of unexplained lights in the sky, none of them is ever conclusive. They always fall short. There's no UFO equivalent of the Rodney King beating.
Sometimes, the aliens physically walk into victims' bedrooms and manhandle them into spaceships. But later, as though to prove a point, they use a tractor beam to pull a victim right through the ceiling. This is done in full view of a police officer, even though the aliens have also gone to great pains to suppress their abductees' memories.
They're also a little stupid—at one point, they scoop up an entire room full of people, presumably to scare them into ending their investigation, but they don't bother to grab the audio evidence of their own threats.
Belief in UFOs and visitors from other worlds remains high today despite decades of sensational claims unaccompanied by proof.The face of UFOlogy has changed much in these past sixty-two years, but it has not faded away as some rationalists naively assumed it would. Indeed, its mutability is indicative of the strength of the myth, not of its weakness.
If the social phenomenon of UFOs tells us anything, it is that the future of the movement turned out differently than its proponents expected.
The idea of a major "disclosure" coming soon has long been a major hope and expectation in UFOlogy, paralleling the Christian fundamentalists' expectation of the Second Coming.
Article de fond très intéressant sur l'évolution de l'ufologie. L'auteur distingue deux types d'ufologies de nos jours :
- l'ufologie "New Age", débarrassée du discours de la preuve, et dans laquelle prime l'expérience personnelle, intime, avec des Extraterrestres essentiellement spirituels, entités non matérielles, fournisseurs de messages de sagesse ou d'avertissement ;
- l'ufologie "Science Fiction", qui accumule témoignages et prétendues preuves, en particulier de crashs de soucoupes et de secrets gouvernementaux, et qui alimente une certaine paranoïa à propos des gouvernements, de l'armée, de la NASA, etc., supposés détenir les preuves d'une horrible vérité dont le grand public ne pourrait pas se remettre si elle venait à être révélée.
Intéressant paragraphe aussi sur l'évolution des abductions : d'abord réservées à quelques malheureux protagonistes isolés sur des routes nocturnes ou dans des forêts (Betty et Barney Hill, Travis Walton…), elles se "démocratisent" ensuite, sous l'impulsion de l'auteur Budd Hopkins, qui permet à n'importe qui de se croire victime des visites nocturnes par les aliens.
Alien abduction flick The Fourth Kind bills itself as containing "actual footage" from case histories. But this footage is so poorly faked that it insults the audience's intelligence. So why are people still calling this movie scary? Spoilers ahead.
Having grown up utterly terrified by the alien abduction scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, I understand why The Fourth Kind sounds scary. Plus it promised to be a pseudo-documentary, showing us never-before-seen footage of people who have evidence that they've been stolen from their beds at night by hostile aliens. There is no "archival footage." There are no "actual case studies." Instead, we get badly-acted, blatantly fake documentary footage which fuzzes out whenever anything alien happens.
I'm not against fake documentaries. I loved Paranormal Activity, which was effective because the actors seemed so effortlessly real. Nothing felt stagey or artificial about that movie's "documentary" evidence.use the actors seemed so effortlessly real. Nothing felt stagey or artificial about that movie's "documentary" evidence.
What pushes Fourth Kind from the merely bad into the actually insulting was the filmmakers' insistence that the documentary evidence was real.There was even an ill-fated Web campaign to create false professional credentials and publications for Abigail Tyler, but after investigative reporter Kyle Hopkins revealed them as fakes they were taken down.