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Many members of Cottonwood Presbyterian Church would likely say sex ed should be taught in schools, said Pastor Jeff Silliman.
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"Theoretically, we should be able to get good sex education in our homes, but, practically, that happens in very few homes," Silliman said. He said even if churches provided sex education to kids, as an alternative, that still would reach only a fraction of the population as a whole.
Silliman believes it's appropriate for schools to cover topics such as contraception, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and homosexuality as part of sex ed.
"It's part of human sexuality," he said.
It can be tough, Silliman noted, for public schools to teach kids about sex because there's no universal agreement on the values that should accompany such instruction.
He said abstinence is one way of preventing teen pregnancy and STDs, but schools shouldn't be dismissive of other options, such as contraception, given people's differing values.
His church encourages abstinence before marriage, but also believes in forgiveness.
"We encourage chastity before marriage and fidelity in marriage," Silliman said, "but we don't take people out and shoot them if that's not what happens."
Utah's Catholic schools don't shy away from teaching about sex either, said Susan Cook Northway, director of religious education for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.
Cook Northway said she couldn't speak to whether public schools should teach the topic, but noted that Catholic schools teach kids about relationships, respect and morality from a young age. In the diocese's three Catholic high schools, juniors and seniors learn about sex in a way that's integrated throughout the curriculum.
They learn about STDs, dating, reproduction and abstinence, among other things.
"We don't believe in pretending those things don't exist," she said. "They do, and we're concerned about people respecting their bodies and keeping healthy."
Contraception is not part of the curriculum.
"That is a matter for families, for parents as the primary educators, to make decisions about what kind of education" their kids should receive. She said parents are considered partners with the classrooms when it comes to what the schools call "family life education."
But she said all the lessons are taught within a larger context.
"It's all based upon the idea that we're made in the image and likeness of God," Cook Northway said, "and, because of that, we each have innate dignity, and relationships flow from that idea, so they always involve respect, trust and love."
She said the schools also teach teens not to make decisions based on selfish motives and believe abstinence before marriage is the ideal, though "we also are very aware that not everybody is going to be able to have that ideal operate in their lives for various reasons."
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You mentioned Khadgar seeing Sargeras before killing Medivh. I believe my statement was that no one has seen him since Medivh's death. I am really just relaying something that was conveyed by a Blizzard employee with a huge DOT DOT DOT at the end of it. I apologize if that doesn't fit into your concept of how WoW lore works.
The corrupted champion/hero is a reoccuring theme of WoW. Chris Metzen stated as much at the first Blizzcon. The source of evil in the lore is corruption from without, not something internal. Is this a basic truth? Well, leave that to the philosophers but WoW lore doesn't necessarily need to follow basic truths, does it? Even most of the races on Azeroth are the result of corruptions of the plans of the Titan. Just listen to the speech in your faction's city when someone kills Algalon or heck, go back and redo Uldaman.

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Las Vegas, NV (SportsNetwork.com) - Caleb Herring threw for 270 yards and a career-high five touchdowns as the UNLV Runnin' Rebels dismissed the San Diego State Aztecs, 45-19, in Mountain West Conference action at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Herring completed 20-of-30 passes while also rushing for 60 yards and an additional score for UNLV (7-5, 5-3 MWC), which ended its regular season with back-to-back wins. Devante Davis caught eight passes for a season-high 171 yards and was on the receiving end of four of Herring's touchdowns.
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BOSTON – The shiny luster of a near flawless record is cleverly masking a few fault-lines for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Joffrey Lupul and Phil Kessel sparked a third period comeback on Wednesday night, scoring power-play goals 27 seconds apart as the Leafs erased a 3-1 deficit, defeating the Jets 4-3 in a shootout. The comeback gave the Leafs nine out of a possible ten points to open the season, a near perfect mark in a five-game homestand.
There are certainly a host of positives: Kessel and Lupul are flying out of the gate, Dion Phaneuf is re-emerging as an elite defenceman, James Reimer is providing stability in goal, and Matt Frattin is already showing that he belongs in the NHL.
But beyond the 4-0-1 mark are a few concerning signs, issues that will need to be addressed with the Bruins, Canadiens, Flyers, and Rangers up next on a four-game road trip.
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It was the Phil Kessel line and nothing else again on Wednesday night. Kessel and Lupul combined for all three Toronto goals, sparking the only offence of consequence against the Jets. The trio of Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur and Nikolai Kulemin struggled again, totaling a combined two shots in victory. MacArthur was replaced by Frattin in the third period before leaving the game with an injury.
"We've got to find a way to get the Grabovski line going a little bit more," said Ron Wilson, following the game.
Kessel's dominance continues to impress – he had a goal and two assists, giving him 7 goals and 12 points so far. The 28-year-old Lupul meanwhile, now has four goals and seven points, continuing an early emergence after joining the Leafs midway through last season. "Things are really going our way right now," said Lupul. "We're getting some bounces and we're playing well too, but some of the goals we're getting now I don't expect to be getting throughout the entire season."
"I think we're going pretty good right now," added Kessel. "We're clicking; we're finding each other out there. Right now, things are going in for us so hopefully it keeps going."
The Kessel line has had a hand in 12 of the Leafs' 16 goals this season, but beyond that there's not much going right offensively. Grabovski has just one goal, Kulemin a goal and an assist and MacArthur just a single assist. Frattin – who notched the shootout winner – has yet to score but has shown pop in every game and is going to move back alongside Grabovski and Kulemin in Boston on Thursday night.
"Bright player," said Grabovski of Frattin. "He's fast, he's good, but we need to work hard, don't think about [our] line, just keep going and do hard work on the ice."
Eventually, Kessel and Lupul will cool off and when that point arrives the Leafs will need another source of offence. With Matthew Lombardi still shaking off the rust and Colby Armstrong sidelined with a lower body injury, the time is now for the Grabovski line to find the right tune.
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Aside from the absence of secondary scoring, this is the most concerning trend for the Leafs to date as they've yet to put together a smooth sixty-minute effort.
In each of their first five games, they've suffered from either a first period malaise or one lasting slightly longer. In the season opener against Montreal they were outshot 14-4 in the opening period – held in the game by James Reimer – and charged back for a 2-0 victory. Two nights later against Ottawa, the Leafs came out flying, jumping ahead 5-1 before hanging on by the slimmest of margins in a 6-5 win. A week later versus Calgary, they overcame a 2-0 deficit, rallying behind Kessel and Lupul in a 3-2 triumph. This week, they suffered from a pair of forty minute slides, striking back to earn a point against the Avalanche and a full two against the Jets.
Moving pucks out of the defensive zone, and triggering a speedy offensive game has been an early challenge; Luke Schenn and Mike Komisarek both struggled in that respect on Wednesday night. Neither saw the ice in the waning minutes of the third period or overtime.
"Our strength is our speed and the skill we have up front," said Wilson. "It's got to be quick. If we're not head-manning pucks quickly and just chipping it and using our speed to get in on the forecheck we're not a very good team."
Jake Gardiner stepped up with Schenn and Komisarek fighting the puck, offering the Leafs a steady presence with the puck in 25 minutes of action. "I thought he played great tonight," said Wilson. "We gave him a lot more opportunities to show us what he can do and he didn't let us down."
Special Teams
While the power-play did manage two goals in victory on Wednesday, only one could be considered a real home run. After a slick faceoff win from David Steckel, Dion Phaneuf wisely lured in the Jets defence with a shot-fake before dishing it to Kessel for a laser past Ondrej Pavelec. Lupul's second of the game moments earlier was a "lucky" pass that deflected off the stick of Tobias Enstrom.
"I had to get Steckel out there if it was just to win a faceoff in the offensive zone," said Wilson. "That was the big difference. You get to set up in the zone and run your power-play instead of chasing it down the ice."
In the opening two periods, the man advantage struggled to even set-up in the offensive zone. After an OT loss to Colorado on Monday, John-Michael Liles dubbed the unit a "work in progress". The unit sits at 16 per cent (4-25), but has come up empty in three of the five games.
On the opposite end of the things, the penalty kill has certainly showed early improvement with a slew of new faces up front, including Steckel, Lombardi and Phillipe Dupuis. But on Wednesday night, the unit allowed a pair of goals – one an Enstrom point shot thru traffic, the second a rebound resulting from a Mike Brown broken stick. Steckel's made a big difference in the faceoff circle, winning 77 per cent of his draws shorthanded (26-34), but after five games, the penalty kill still sits at just 77 per cent (17-22), not exactly where Wilson would probably like it.
"As of now we've had the same pairings and I think we're getting used to playing with each other," said Brown before Wednesday's game. "We have guys that are willing to block shots – Steckel, Lombardi, Dupuis – they're all blocking shots and it's a battle to get in there and a will to block and battle for pucks to get it out.
"We've been doing that. We've been changing real quick and keeping fresh legs. No one's been really caught out too long so we just have to keep doing that."
The Leafs take on a frustrated Bruins squad at the TD Garden on Thursday night. The reigning Stanley Cup champions have lost three of their four games at home, including a 4-1 defeat by Carolina on Tuesday.
Jonas Gustavsson is set to make his first start of the season in Boston. Gustavsson last played on Sept. 30 in the Leafs' second-to-last pre-season game against Detroit. "I've been looking forward to it for a while now," said Gustavsson. "The team's been playing good, Reims has been playing good so it's hard to get a spot, but you just have to keep working and sooner or later you're going to get a chance. That's what I've been doing."
Gustavsson has thrived in his brief career against the Bruins, totaling a 2-1-1 record with 1.70 goals against average and a .940 save percentage.
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"After reading this we can see who the real knucklehead was."Featured comment
Recently, I had to hire a new receptionist.
I turned, of course, to my ever-trusty HR consultants, Rennie & Co.
We put together a brief of the skills, experience and other attributes required for the position.
A fortnight later, Rennie & Co's chief executive showed me a shortlist of four over a few beers at The Hamptons.
We carefully reviewed their academic transcripts, job histories, references and photos but we agreed that, alas, none was suitable.
To try to help, I called the younger sister of a mate of mine from school and suggested she apply for the job, first by contacting Rennie & Co. She seemed perfect for the role.
To make sure everything was fair and square, I also contacted Rennie & Co and told them I had done this, pointing out that we also knew one another.
Well, blow me down, it turned out that the young woman I called was the only one good enough to be interviewed and a little while later Rennie & Co sent me a shortlist of one.
It turned out to be an excellent appointment.
Within days, we found out that some of my over-eager staff were illegally hacking into the IT system at the IRD Policy Advice Division, to find out what crazy new taxes they might come up with next.
I didn't know anything about it, of course.
All I could remember was that on a PowerPoint slide my staff had shown me a few months earlier, headlined "Business Development: Hacking Strategy," the photo of the IRD policy boss was very small and on the bottom right-hand corner. Which was why I couldn't remember it.
When the cops showed up, the new receptionist was able to assure them that neither she nor I knew anything about it and no one had ever talked about it with me.
That satisfied everyone. So while it had all been a bit embarrassing and I had to apologise to the IRD, no harm was really done.
For a while, things went back to normal.
Then my wife visited the office.
Somewhat accusingly, and in front of the whole staff, she wanted to know how I had come to employ the new receptionist.
Easy, I said. She was recommended by Rennie & Co.
Then she said the name seemed familiar and she asked me whether I knew her before she was appointed.
Sure, I said. Our mothers were friends and I was at school with her older brother, who was very bright. I was even able to say I had disclosed all that to Rennie & Co, who are beyond reproach.
Unfortunately, though, my wife then went through my telephone records. It turned out I had called the new receptionist a few weeks before she was appointed.
Oh yeah, I said. I forgot about that.
Then she asked, if I hadn't seen the new receptionist since school days, how had I known her phone number. Well, I said, I've always had it in my iPhone contacts.
Then I remembered she and I had had breakfast together a couple of times.
None of this went down too well so the wife rang the previous receptionist. She said she knew one of the people on the original shortlist who was eminently suitable, with a degree in Receptionist Studies from Waikato University, and 25 years' experience in the meet-and-greet and phone-answering business.
I said I couldn't remember who was on the original shortlist and wasn't sure I had even seen it.
Things were getting a bit dicey at home until I was able to point out to the wife that people forget all sorts of things – like how she forgot her credit card bill after shopping in New York.
That shut her up, but there's no doubt the honeymoon's well and truly over.
Luckily, though, no one who matters in terms of keeping my job gives a stuff how I appointed my new receptionist.
And, unluckily for the Labour Party, no New Zealand voters outside Wellington's non-existent beltway give a stuff – rightly or wrongly – about how John Key appointed his new spy boss.
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Haha. Very good. Put it like a husband trying to dodge the angry wife makes the truthlessness very clear. I think kiwis don't like feeling they are being played though.
Poor comparison... employing a receptionist and a spy boss, hate to degrade the hard working receptionists around the world but one job is hardly as important as the other.... get real
Unfortunately, Anon's comment, like so many of the others below, show exactly where this country has descended to after nine years under a Clark labor government.......God help us all if any of those plonkers ever regain the reins.
I am not from "Wellington's non existent beltway" and I give a stuff.
Possibly because you don't have a life. See Audrey Young's item in today's NZ Herald on the IMF's view of the NZ economy (IMF praises direction of NZ economy. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde was full of praise last night for the direction in which the New Zealand economy was headed.), and tell me which matters more.
Thought Hooton was a bit more intelligent than the article.Must be terrible being so illiterate,or so naive,or all of them.
What does it matter anyway? Discrimination and selection are an important part of life. Having people in important positions in the workplace or wider workplace does involve an ongoing relationship and if there is conflict the productivity suffers. If we know someone is suited to a role and would be productive it should be our responsibility to ensure that they get to know about it, and possible recommend them for the role.
If you dismissed every politician or key government official who heard about a role from someone they knew, Wellington would become a ghost town. That may not be a bad thing, but the important thing is not how they found out about or who recommended them, but are they suitable.
There is nothing wrong with John Key suggesting Fletcher be suitable for the job, as long as Fletcher meets the criteria.
A GOOD manager WILL know who is best suited for the roll, as long as that manager can show the specifics of why the person meets the criteria.
A BAD manager may NOT know who is best for the role, but will want to hire someone they feel comfortable with, even if they are unsuitable of carrying out the role required.
And that is where having criteria and standards comes into play. And not criteria that are set by another person somewhere on the fly, but to a clearly defined standard.
How Fletcher found out about the role is completely irrelevant. What is important is that he meets the criteria.
Perhaps most NZ receptionists should be the wives of the bosses ... problem solved, eh?
The Prime Minister wants to have a spy boss that he can trust implicitly after getting stitched up by some dirty insider deals surrounding the toxic US-driven Dotcom fiasco.
What does this tell you about the level of integrity, honesty and standards inside the Wellington civil service community?
After reading this we can see who the real knucklehead was.
As far as I am concerned you appoint the person who is best suited to a particular job. Whether you know them or not should be irrelevant. Quite simply really.
The saying goes it is never what you know but who you know that will be the main key in getting the job. It is irrelevant - sorry if you see otherwise. People should be participating more. This is your country and whatever is happening affects us all as taxpayers, even the beneficiaries. They, too, are paying tax on their low incomes.
Theresa, beneficiaries are not nett taxpayers at all. Their benefit, regardless of what it is, comes from the taxation the productive sector produces and pays to the IRD. From there, and only after the productive sector has paid, can any government then forward a portion of this overall amount into things like benefits, super, nurses' wages, teachers' wages, politicians' wages, etc...
So saying beneficiaries are taxpayers is a big crock of excrement. The fact they have to give a portion of their free money back to the government in taxes does not mean they pay taxes - only that they receive chunks of free money and some of it goes back to the IRD to pay police, nurses, politicians, etc.
Business owners and private sector employees are nett tax contributors ... everyone else gives a little in "tax" back into the same pot their wages or benefit comes from, resulting in only ever "taking" from the pot and never increasing the overall amount in the "pot". Hence why NZ has somewhere near 50% of the workforce in the productive sector and the remainder rely on state-funded hand outs.
Beneficiaries=DOC workers, miners, Telecom workers, Mainzeal workers, etc, laid off by the economic mismanagement of this pathetic government. Of course, they are (or were) net taxpayers. Wipe your mouth, Solidarity - you been talking it again.
Love this article
Totally agree, who really cares...opposition are getting increasingly more and more shrill over nothing..
Be good to see a bit more teeth from mr Key
He may not be perfect but look at the alternative...
The people of NZ do care about these shenanIgans. This sort of behaviour cannot be tolerated and nor should we, the people be expected to swallow this rubbish.
But it's the perception that looks very, very dodgy.
Not o good look for our "leader"
Corruption is always "explained"away as a lapse of memory or an innocent mistake...
There is a pattern of deception being revealed and most are to stupid to care.
With a population of only 4.4 million, this situation is inevitable. Significantly, neither Labour or the Greens have come up with a credible option as to whom should have got the job. And if Russell Norman suggests one more government enquiry I'll throttle him!
and Helen never shoulder-tapped people?
I agree that Key should show more teeth; he should front-foot it and say "yes, I shoulder-tapped him, I knew him from way back, and have followed his carer; I trust him implicitly and want the best person for the job"
At least he got it right by telling the knucklehed reporters to STFU.
Duh...The issue here is not over Fletcher's suitability for the role or, even how Key went about it. Its about Key blatantly denying/lying to you and I, about how he went about it. He's the Prime Minister of NZ, not a used car salesman. He's arrogantly treating the people of NZ like mushrooms
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You and me please. Not you and I.
Quite right. Gutted.
'You and me', please; not, "you and I".
Beyond the obvious rejoinder that the best spy for the East was usually the personal secretary in every Cold War, West German leaders office or in the Admiralty- who the GCSB's head's primary loyalty lies with, the National-Act-Maori Party Govt, the USA, Queen or Shanghai is considered quite important in say-----Washington, LA, Canberra and interesting in Moscow and Shanghai.
We are after all the weakest link in the five fingers of the fist.
It seems the media focus in NZ is on "small stuff". Shame really. Your analogy is good - most organisations will head hunt, shoulder tap call it what you like. Very usual and not worth the fuss that is being made.
You're missing the point, as do most of the comments above and Hooton's article. In the private sector you can appoint by whatever method you want and it's no-one else's business. But when it's the chief spy it's imperative there's a complete separation between the head of state and the appointment - otherwise you're on the slippery slope that can lead to dictatorship, where the spy agency is there to spy for the head of state and keep him in power.
You have forgotten one thing!! The whole time "Bill" was the prez, he was only the spokesperson for "Hills".
To the writer, get the Mrs to appoint your next PA - it will save one hell of a lot of of grief, and it will also guarantee that she is no threat to the Mrs.
When are you going to realise that National runs the country like a business, but everyone else runs it like a charity financed by Robin Hood delusions? Any well-run business will shoulder tap, especially for directors, so what is the problem, apart from being desperate for media oxygen?
Grant Robertson's point is pretty simple.
There's a process. The PM deviated from the process. The PM has not explained why he deviated from it (other than to say the process is unimportant, which is not the same thing). His account deviates from the guy in charge of the process.
Grant Robertson's point is simple: WTF is going on?
To the writer complaining that the media is focused on the details at the cost of the big picture: if there's any truth in that folly, maybe it's because the PM is so chronically short on detail.
And, may we assume that same writer will be silent next time someone writes an op-ed against the "big picture" issue of asset sales?


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God and capitalism; why is there a love affair between christianity and greed?
Many people believe that the bible endorses free market capitalism. Ever since Marx considered that 'a spectre hung over Europe' the relationship between christianity and egalitarian politics has been rocky at best. I would like to discuss why the two ideas are so often mutually exclusive, expecially when the saying 'the meek shall inherit the earth' and "Blessed are you the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." are two quotes from the bible.
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Nov 11 2011: It is almost uncanny that a majority of christians are right-wing Rebublicans and have a median income well above average. Could be a coincidence, however, since the times of the Inquisitons, christian leaders felt it their godly duty to devy punishment for the sinners of the land and collect monies for the church.Lots of monies. I do believe the Vatican City is one of the single largest holders of wealth on the whole planet. Most is buried under the Vatican which makes it hard to dig up and share with the poor and suffering in the world. I summize, the addiction to acquiring wealth is found deep in the christians DNA.
Riley MurrayNov 12 2011: To understand this trend of addiction from a historical perspective, Google the following:
See: Andrew Carnegie's "The Gospel of Wealth"
See: "The Protestant Work Ethic"
In order to assess the accuracy of your statement on a philosophic level:
Define: What constitutes Christian canon given that the bible was written a couple hundred years after the fact, and that the oldest Christian church (Catholicism) has many of it's beliefs ground in tradition, not necessarily the bible.
Make a distinction between: Christians in name and Christians in doctrine, as per the elusive definition of Christian canon
Nov 13 2011: Hi Riley, thanks for your comment and your query. I am interested in what has been described as 'dominionism' and its relationship to large scale capitalist interests.
From Wiki; Dominionism is a term used to describe the tendency among some politically active conservative Christians to seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action, especially in the United States, with the goal of either a nation governed by Christians, or a nation governed by a conservative Christian understanding of biblical law
This highly politicized concept of dominionism is based on the Bible's text in Genesis 1:26: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." (King James Version). "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground.'" (New International Version).
"Born-again Christians should not be underestimated: they represent half of Republican voters, two-fifths of registered Democrats, and one-third of independent voters," David Kinnaman, director of the study, said in the report. " From a study done in 2008 by the Barna Group
What is your take on this?
Nov 16 2011: Christians who ignore the New Testament and the entire teaching of Jesus to focus on a few lines from Genesis can not be considered Christian. Genesis is mostly just Cliff Notes on Sumerian Creation Stories anyway. (Abraham was a Sumerian son of a High Priest/ Idol Maker)
Jesus is pretty clear about his love your neighbor even if they slap you or piss you off message.
Either Christ is your Lord... and you do what he says... or not.
If you prefer the wrathful and sometimes judgmental G*d of the Old Testament, perhaps you should consider becoming Jewish. However, even then you are still stuck with plenty of anti-Capitalist rhetoric and admonishments... the Mitzvah of Tzedakah (Charity) is central to Judaism.. www.jewfaq.org/tzedakah.htm
Nov 16 2011: While those books you mention are worthy reads, I must mention that the Catholic Church is nowhere close to the oldest Christian Church. Not by a long shot.
All of the Orthodox Churches are older... Syrian, Greek, Eastern, Coptic, Ethiopian etc. etc.
In fact, a huge number of Churches pre-dated Constantine's wife's overnight conversion. All of the so-called heretical sects as well. (Gnostics, Manicheans and so forth)
Most of their Bibles also contain books that were never put into the Vulgate as well.
The Ethiopian Bible, for instance, has all of the Apocrypha including books like the book of Jubilees and 2 books of Enoch. (fascinating reads). Thus, the Amharic & Geez Bibles have 81 books.
Of the books that made it into Catholicism by surviving the Council of Nicea, a number of them were tossed out in the Reformation. Therefore, the commonly known Protestant Bibles (like the KJV) have even fewer books in them. (I never understood why Protestants didn't go back to the roots and check out the earlier forms of Christianity, but rather made up their own Catholicism Lite.)
Anyone interested in Christianity, would be well advised to check out some of the truly early forms of it. Read the Gnostic Gospels (like the Gospel of Mary). All the Nag Hammadi books are interesting reads. Essene stuff from around the time of JC is also quite interesting. Check out the Dead Sea Scrolls... and really look into the older Orthodox churches.
This book from the Ethiopian Cannon, for example, http://reluctant-messenger.com/book_of_enoch.htm is a good taste.
Nov 16 2011: Jah Sun
The only problem I have with this contribution is the claim that the Gnostics strains of Christianity actually reflect any sort of orthodox position taken by the pre-Nicean church. They did not.
On this conversation however what is interesting is th elevel of social concern shown by early christians, even in the midst of persecution. The social context of these early churches was terribly important. They did, as is obvious from texts like the Didache (The Teaching of The Twelve Apostles, an early 2nd century document) have what we would term a "social consciousness."
Nov 17 2011: Greetings Michael,
I never said that the Gnostics had anything to do with the Orthodox churches.
I very clearly said that they and the Manicheans were considered heretics. However, it was not until Catholicism that the persecution and genocide of the Gnostics became a major thrust. The Orthodoxy mostly left the Gnostics alone.
A lot of people like to talk about the Gnostics and what they believed, but have never bothered to read the Gnostic Gospels. If you have not, you owe it to yourself to find a good translation of the Nag Hammadi scrolls, and avail yourself of these early Christian documents. The mix of Essene Judaism and Hellenism that is found in them is a good snapshot of what many of the earliest Christians believed and practiced.
The fact of the matter is that the Gnostics at Nag Hammadi lived in peace with the Coptic Orthodox there in Egypt.
Sure, many Christians find (and found) the concepts of the demiurge, archons, aeon, monad and whatnot to be well outside their beliefs, and the influence of greco-roman mystery schools, Zoroastrianism and the like are clear... but the Gnostics were Christian before most existing branches of the religion.
I am intrigued that they did not have priests, as per JC's teachings. Rather, they drew straws for the giving of sermons and leading in song... even letting children take up these positions if the straws deemed it so. Thus, they were probably the most egalitarian group of religious people we know of. It is no wonder the Catholics hated them so much.
Anyway, again.... I didn't say what you are claiming I said. And even still, I don't really see what the issue is. Unless the Gnostic teachings are offensive to you, and uttering their name in the same comment as the Orthodox Churches bothers you somehow... I'm not really sure what you are on about.
Peace & Blessings
Nov 17 2011: Jah Sun
Forgive me if I misunderstood you. It did seem to me upon reading your post that you were saying they reflected true early church theology, which I simply do not believe. I have studied the texts carefully that you mention. Frankly I believe most proto-gnostics were creating a synthesis of Christian, Judaism, Zoroastrian and some mystery religions thrown in. It is hard for me to discount the power of that synthesis and the resulting syncretistic religion.
But on the point of this conversation I think you would agree with me that the early church, pre-calcedonian, was very involved in the social issues of the moment. For example, we know of the "burial groups" Christians formed to provide burial for other Christians. It was a terribly important social act.
I believe that Christianity has had this deep social justice heart even in some of the worst moments.
Nov 17 2011: I do agree.
And in keeping with the focus of this talk, I do find that ALL branches of Christianity (including the most modern offshoots) are clearly and unequivocally lucid about their focus on charity, compassion, forgiveness, and anti-materialism.
Those that are able to use the message of such a teaching to justify greed and selfishness mystify me utterly.
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Shopping when you have a baby or toddler in tow is no easy task. Here are some tips to help make that once-loved activity more productive and less stressful when you are doing it with a baby.
The big day is almost here. And EEEK!! Suddenly, I find myself in that final, dreaded push of last-minute holiday shopping. Every year, my goal is to have that holiday gift list all checked off at least two weeks in advance, but somehow, every year, I still find myself shopping three days before Christmas. Ugh. And three days before Christmas means you can't online shop from the comfort of home anymore. That "comfort of home" part is super important when you are a parent to a baby or toddler because, as any parent to a baby or toddler knows, shopping, especially at the busy holiday-time, can be a nightmare. Here are some tips I find helpful when braving the shopping crowds during the holidays or ANY DAY with a baby.
- Grab the Snap-and-Go.
If you have a baby under 6 months or one who has not yet reached that wiggly, curious, has-got-to-move phase, then the Snap-and-Go is a must. Baby's sleeping? Great! Just move him and the car seat, snap it into the lightweight stroller and get your shopping on. Hopefully, he'll stay asleep for a while. And if not, the motion combined with the white noise of the mall made up of hyper shoppers and competing music blaring from the stores should lull him back to sleep. Also, the stroller can work as a two-in-one baby mover and shopping cart. Store your purchases in the bin underneath.
- Time it right.
When you have an older baby or toddler, shopping becomes tricky. They want to move and wiggle and be all up in the mix. They will no longer just stare at the toy dangling from their car seat handle for hours. Nope, they get bored, get riled up, get hyper, get impatient… So you have to time your shopping as best you can and go at a time when your baby or toddler will be best up for the challenge. So when is that? Well, I've found that for younger babies, it's best to shop during nap time because they'll likely stay asleep for the bulk of your time out. But with a toddler—go when she's rested. This cuts down on that tired, over-stimulated frustration that a high-strung holiday shopping atmosphere might bring and perhaps prevents a full-on tantrum.
- Go when they have a full belly.
A hungry baby or toddler is the worst shopping partner ever. Feed them right before you head into the shopping storm. This way, they will start off in a good mood and be able to tolerate being carted from store to store a little more easily. It will also prevent you from having to cut your shopping trip short or from the hassle of taking time to fight more busy crowds in search of a free table and chairs to feed your little one.
- Grab the big fitting room.
When trying on clothes, ask for the big fitting room. Or when you need a break from the shopping madness, pretend to try on clothes and ask for the big fitting room. This will give you a few moments of privacy where you can regroup and take a breather and even breastfeed baby. This also allows plenty of room for your toddler to run around while you try on those sparkly holiday outfits and curse the fluorescent lighting above you.
- Let your little one burn some energy at the play area in the mall.
If you are at a mall, break up the shopping and reset a grumpy toddler's mood by giving her some time in the play area. You can rest your barking dogs and ponder the sensibility of your recent purchases while you watch your little peanut burn some energy. And you'll smile and laugh at how much fun your baby is having, until you have to swoop in and save her from the flying much-too-old-to-be-there kid who just jumped off the elephant and is running around, creating havoc, pissing all the parents off.
- Be prepared!
Take plenty of snacks, a full bottle or sippy cup, toys, books, etc. You want your shopping trip to be productive and as smooth as possible. Sometimes just handing your little one a snack or sippy cup can make all the difference. And be sure to pack extra diapers and an extra outfit. You don't want to be stuck in a store or the mall with a Poop-1-1 emergency. Believe me, I've had that happen, and it wasn't pretty. Prepare for anything, but you're used to that. You're a parent.


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It's been quite a long time since I paid much homage to Strider Hiryu.
I first stumbled across Strider while taking a break from playing the arcade version of Ninja Gaiden in an arcade in Johnson City, Tennessee when I was about eight or nine years old. My aunt used to take me to the arcade and then to the movies sometimes on the weekends, so it was there that I got hooked on a whole lot of franchises I currently love now. Strider was no exception to the rule. Slashing, dashing, and jumping frantically, I remember Strider oozing with style but being one of the hardest arcade platformers I'd ever played as a kid. I remember getting the home version on NES and being extremely disappointed that it wasn't quite as flashy as the arcade, but I was like 10 and had no idea about cartridge memory or hardware limitations. Fast forward years later and I revisited Strider on a CPS emulator running on my custom firmware running PSP and I was just as hooked as I was when I first laid eyes on the flashy cyber ninja.
Now, for a lot of people, they've likely never played a game Strider Hiryu was in until he was included on the roster in the Marvel vs Capcom fighting games. Some remember the arcade, more remember the NES version, and some even remember Strider Returns on the Sega Genesis. He became extremely popular and gained a cult following as younger gamers went back to revisit long lost games to see where this cyborg animal accompanied badass came from. Strider is a member of an elite clan that's trying to essentially stop the "government" (read: Alien Overlord and his troops) from ruling the world, and it mostly takes place in the country of Kazakh. Strider has a fairly ridiculous history, and the story is extremely cheesy, but coming from the late 80's, it's pretty much expected. In this new incantation of Strider, Hiryu is the only surviving member of the Striders, and, as usual, it's up to you to save the world once again.
In typical Strider fashion, Hiryu comes flying in on his hang glider, and you're very quickly thrust right into the action. Double Helix's version of Strider plays as a nearly perfect melding of fast-paced side-scrolling arcade action with multiple area exploration. Basically, if you were to take the original arcade game, speed it up, and then combine it with the 2009 "Metroidvania" 2.5D side-scrolling action exploration game Shadow Complex, you'd get Double Helix's Strider. The result is an incredibly satisfying experience that's well worth its $15 asking price, and it could be the best Xbox One downloadable game right next to Double Helix's re-imagining of 1994's fighter Killer Instinct. Seriously, this game is awesome.
Strider is played out in what I like to call a "neo-industrial" setting. It's very cyberpunk, but less about computers and more about futuristic military bases and set pieces designed with lots of steel and machinery. As you'd expect with "Metroidvania" type games, Strider starts out armed with only his cypher and his climbing hook. As you progress, you'll unlock new abilities for Strider, allowing him to charge his blade for wider strikes, slide, and eventually even reflect bullets by swiping his cypher at them. This design leaves you apt to explore, as you'll undoubtedly ignore where you're supposed to go and explore every nook and cranny until you can't possible continue before moving on to the next intended checkpoint. While I wanted to complain about parts of the wall or ceiling that Strider can't hook to, after further evaluation, it's simply in place to keep you from getting to places you wouldn't be able to do anything in without the later upgrades, so it's actually not a bad design choice, since it prevents wasting time.
Strider is simply a pure joy to play. It's fast, edgy, beautiful, and sharp. The graphics shine, and there are noticeable "next gen" features, such as reflections in ice or the sheer amount of laser shots on the screen at once. Bullets that burst into flames look amazing, and there's enough color to keep your eyeballs dancing for the five to ten hours it'll take you to play through the game.
While I adore Strider, it's not without a few flaws that keep it from reaching its true potential. Boss characters are often reused, to the point of annoyance in some sections, and there are a few times where you'll meet a boss and stomp them, and then, on a later encounter, they seem to be nearly invincible. Another annoyance is the dialogue bar that pops up along the bottom of the screen when someone speaks. The voice acting is top notch, but nearly as absurd as the story itself, so it's clear that the voice actors were having a great time doing the lines. The ridiculous stereotypical Russian accent made me laugh out loud several times. However, as good as the voice acting is, that dialogue bar is a pain in the ass because it's almost a solid color. This meant the dialogue bar blocked enemies as it would be lit up with an orange, and I'd drop into a room full of soldiers wearing a yellow armor suit. A few times I had to just hop around and pray I didn't die to gunfire before they shut up.
Another slight bit of disappointment is the lack of scenery change. The original Strider arcade game had Kazakh, but it also had Siberia and the moon, so I was hoping for a little more level variation. The repeated scenery feels a bit copy and pasted in certain sections, but to be quite honest, Strider moves and controls so smoothly, any scenery or repeated enemy boredom is pretty much glazed over simply by just running around.
Double Helix had a bit of a bad rap, as they were constantly subjected to making awful movie tie-in games, but it's very clear to see why Amazon bought their studio. Killer Instinct was an incredible rebirth, and Strider continues their recent hot streak. Hopefully Capcom lets them make a sequel and they can improve the few flaws that keep Strider from being perfect.
Strider Review: Russian Attack
Jonathan White
Extremely smooth gameplay. Controls are extremely responsive and combat and movement feel incredibly good. Climbing and multi-directional attacks work well.
Dialogue bar blocks the action. Repeated scenery and enemies can get a little tedious.
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February 24, 2014 at 2:27 pm
Can't wait to try this out, great review Jonathan.
February 24, 2014 at 2:59 pm
Crap, am I gonna have to buy this now?
February 24, 2014 at 4:15 pm
I've had my eye on this game the past week and this review adds to my interest. This will most likely be the next game I play, after I finish Dark Souls. Gonna need a bit of a break before I jump into Dark Souls 2.
February 24, 2014 at 5:10 pm
Had heard next to nothing about this game until very recently. Glad I have now, looks like a heap of fun!
February 24, 2014 at 5:25 pm
I keep hearing good things about this game, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet because I wish there was a demo on Xbox One; however, there is one on Xbox 360, so I guess I can give that a go and, if I like it, I can buy it on Xbox One.
Downloading now.
February 24, 2014 at 6:48 pm
I can testify. Just bought it and it is pretty fun.


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