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(Paso Robles, CA) – Lots of interesting Firestone Walker Brewing stuff to report…
First things first, check out the New Brew Thursday video above with Brewmaster, Matt Brynildson.
In addition to focusing on the recently-released Firestone Walker XV, Brynildson also touched on a few upcoming releases.
The first is 100% Bourbon Barrel Aged Velvet Merlin which Brynildson said is, "coming very soon." The beer will be released only on draft.
Next, here is the Proprietors Reserve Series schedule for the first half of 2012 (descriptions courtesy of the brewery website):
Barleywine (formerly known as Abacus) – February 2012
Big boozy bourbon and American oak aromas combined with soft chocolate malty undertones. Complex malt flavors framed in oak, with hints of dark chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, coconut and just a touch of dark cherry. This is definitely a sipping beer, best served in a brandy snifter. This ale pairs well with dark chocolate and sturdy cheeses.
Wookey Jack – March 2012
No description yet but this will be an Unfiltered Black Rye IPA weighing in at 8.3% ABV. They may throw some of this beer into bourbon barrels as well.
Firestone Walker Parabola – April 2012
Parabola has been a major component of past anniversary blends and is one of our most aggressive offerings. This beer features bold bourbon and tobacco aromas and a rich dark chocolate, charred oak flavor. Parabola is best enjoyed in moderation and is a perfect beer to pair with those chocolate dessert favs.
Firestone Walker Double DBA – July 2012
DDBA is our flagship beer brewed at double strength. It is amazingly similar in many respects to our barrel fermented DBA and possesses everything we love about that beer times two. English caramel malts lend rich toffee character that pairs well with assertive medium toast American oak barrels.
Exact markets and packages are all listed up on the brewery website.
During the video, the guys are standing in a room containing 40-50 wine barrels for sour beer. You can see a bunch of barrels in the background from Firestone Walker's SLOambic Series. The name appears to be a riff off of the term that Sonoma County breweries, including Russian River, are using to describe their Lambic-like beers, "Sonambic." Firestone Walker previously released a bug-infested version of Big Opal and is giving Solace, a summer wheat beer, a similar treatment. The barrels all say "Solace and Brett," Solace being the brewery's summer wheat beer. At least one of the barrels also contains ollaliberries, native to Oregon.
Finally, Brynildson is planning to hold a brewery event in the next year that he's calling The Brewery Invitational. Nick Floyd of Three Floyds and Mikkel of Mikkeller are the first two breweries to accept Brynildson's invitation.
Pic below courtesy of Firestonebeer.com.


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Western Australia's peak environmental group is calling on the WA Government to respond to carbon-dated proof that 600-year-old karris are being logged for woodchips in the state's south west.
Samples were collected by the WA Forest Alliance from logs stored in a wood chipping plant and sent to a lab for carbon dating. The results showed that the sample, taken from a log close to the facility gate, was almost 600 years old.
Conservation Council of WA spokesperson John McCarten said, "The State Government needs to explain why it is happy to authorize trees older than Columbus, Joan of Arc or Shakespeare being turned into sawdust and junk mail.
"Over 90% of karris logged end up as waste or woodchips. Those woodchips are exported to Japan to be processed into paper, often the low-quality glossy stock used for junk mail. Very little goes to any of the higher-grade uses the industry touts, and almost all of that could be sourced sustainably without the need for clear felling.
"We stand by the WA Forest Alliance's figures 100%. If the government wants to conduct its own studies we encourage them, because we know that the results will come out the same."
The new information comes as the government continues to draft a new 10-year Forest Management Plan, which will govern logging in WA through to 2023.
In its current form, the draft Forest Management Plan proposes to increase karri clear felling and industrial logging of jarrah. It also proposes an increase in the destruction of marri trees, critical for the survival of endangered cockatoos, by 40%.
Mr McCarten said, "This is the first time scientific analysis has confirmed that karris this old are being sent to the wood chippers. The government needs to take a serious look at the scientific underpinnings of its new logging plan and find out what else the industry is trying to hide.
"For now, the good news is that the government agencies are required by law to consider all public comments received on their draft logging plans. This means West Australians have until 7th November to tell the government to reject the proposed Forest Management Plan and its huge increases to logging.
"This is an industry that only survives on taxpayer handouts. It's time to pull the plug and end native logging once and for all.
"People can visit ccwa.org.au/decadeofdestruction and send a message to the government – West Australians won't stand for 10 more years of destructive logging in our south-west forests."
For further comment:
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Thiis is a very interesting real world comparison....part 1 of a 3 part series...enjoy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omTo7UxbJX8"Technical aspects MUST be innate"Visit my website: phxsports.net
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Thanks,This video was shot outside with over 100,000 ISO? Using the D4, and he's complaining??? Also that the battery went dry, well, that's why they make backup batteries.Sorry, bias of a Canon fan on the end and portrait shooter, sticking with Nikon.No real side by side as yet for video which is what I thought this thread was about, but overall no contest, Nikon smokes the Canon for studio detail at 100% but, at 22mp's, normal viewers would never know between the two.Also at 12,800 the details on the wall behind the model were much more usable versus the Canon which goes to something Stan said a few months ago about specs in real time, Canon's sometimes are less than noted (paraphrased).Not sure about the complaint about AF on the Nikon taking too long, worth asking about from Perrone and others.Thanks for the link.Rob
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Almost quarter of a million retirees resort to cosmetic surgery to look young says AXA UK
AXA research has found that the stigma surrounding plastic surgery is vanishing with over 230,000 UK pensioners admitting to cosmetic enhancement by surgery.
Retired people are so keen to embrace plastic surgery that one in ten would go under the knife or have botox injections if it meant changing something they did not like about their appearance. A quarter of British pensioners feel that plastic surgery would make them look younger.
The older Britons get, the vainer the nation becomes with pensioners showing up younger generations by spending more time on traditional beauty methods too. Eight out of ten retirees state they always take care of how they dress, nine in ten say that everyone should care about the way they look and almost half say we should do all we can to look younger.
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Man hurt after being struck by patrol car in Point Loma Heights
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SAN DIEGO - A 20-year-old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries early Thursday after he stepped in front of a San Diego police car while intoxicated and was struck in the Point Loma Heights area, police said.
The man was struck in the 4500 block of Nimitz Boulevard about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to San Diego police Officer Dino Delimitros.
He was walking southbound in a bike lane when he stepped into the path of the patrol car and was struck, Delimitros said in a statement.
The officer driving the patrol car was not hurt, he said.
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Julie Gilmore, Director of the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary and Steve Boers, Facilities Director, joined us in the studio this morning just after the 8:30 news. The facility is located in southeast Des Moines...take the Highway 65 bypass to the Army Post exit...go north on SE 45th to Evergreen. The facility includes about 230 acres. The Bonobos actually communicate using computers. It is now open to the public on Sunday and Monday afternoons between 2 and 3:30PM...by reservation only. To reserve a tour, go to www.iowaprimatelearning.org.
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Just like any other Starbucks mostly. You can like or hate that?! It was a really hot day with no escape from the heat. This was like an Oasis. Full of cool students hanging out.
Just like any other Starbucks mostly. You can like or hate that?! It was a really hot day with no escape from the heat. This was like an Oasis. Full of cool students hanging out.
Less than a minute away from the Astronomical Clock and tower building in the Old Town Square, you can find a Starbucks that was always very busy when we passed by during a recent trip to Prague. However, in the late evening, it seemed to calm down so we were able to make a stop here for coffee / snacks... More
Received very good service. Almost the same Carmel machiatto I expected. There was no low fat;-(. Will-fi was intermittent Not many food choices
Its the same coffee all over the world, but it lacks some drinks that are otherwise available in Asia and America, like green tea (matcha) latte. But they do have nice salads and cakes, but much less choice.
very friendly staff, lots of delicious coffee nice location in the shopping mall with a nice terras to oversee everything
Generally when we travel overseas we prefer to avoid American spots. However, when it comes to Starbucks, we always break that rule! To find one near our hotel and across from the clock on Old Town Square was indeed a treat. We had our familiar coffee treat, free water, and nice WCs. As always, a comfortable respite for good coffee... More
it is the same all over the world and this place is no difference...staff smiling unlike in other places in czech
I come here quite often as I really like the coffee and cakes here and I also think the decoration in this Starbucks is nicer than usual. It's located in an old building and there are nice seating possibilites upstairs, a bit hidden. But unfortunately there are ALWAYS dirty dishes on the table, and no matter if the cafe is... More
I start all my Starbucks reviews like this – the food and drink is all the same - that's why I go there! As such, I will only mention the quality of the food and drink if it is unusually good or bad. Generally, my review will focus on the atmosphere, location, layout and staff quality. This small café is... More
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Working papers:
States, models and information: A reconsideration of Ellsberg's paradox
Massimiliano Amarante
- Title:
- States, models and information: A reconsideration of Ellsberg's paradox
- Author(s):
- Amarante, Massimiliano
- Date:
- 2006
- Type:
- Working papers
- Department:
- Economics
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:449
- Series:
- Department of Economics Discussion Papers
- Part Number:
- 0506-18
- Publisher:
- Department of Economics, Columbia University
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- We show that a general process of decision making involves uncertainty about two different sets: the domain of the acts and another set, which we call the set of models for the decision maker. We study the effect of different information structures on the set of models, and prove the existence of a dichotomy: either the decision maker's ranking of the acts obeys Subjective Expected Utility theory or there are many events to which probabilities cannot be assigned. We use this result to formalize the idea of Knightian Uncertainty. The relevance of information structures associated to Knightian Uncertainty is shown by means of examples, one of which is a version of Ellsberg's experiments. Our findings show that a decision maker faces, generally speaking, uncertainties of two different types - "uncertainty about which state obtains" and "uncertainty about how the world works" and that Savage's theory considers only uncertainty of the first type. Finally, in situations of Knightian Uncertainty, we identify the class of events to which probabilities can be assigned, and study the relation with the class of unambiguous events in the sense of [13] and [25].
- Subject(s):
- Economic theory
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Frisco's good bye to summer bike festival features a dual slalom race and the super happy fun day jam
Saturday September 15, 2012 @ 9 a.m.
On Saturday, September 15, 2012, the Frisco Bike Park will be hosting the "Goodbye to Summer Bike Festival". This exciting new festival will feature two events, a Dual Slalom Race and the Super Happy Fun Day Jam. Day of registration starts at 9 a.m. and all competitors must register to participate. There will also be food and drink specials at the available at the Day Lodge for participants and guests.
The Dual Slalom Race is a "Head to Head" competition format where every rider completes at least three runs. Riders of all ages and abilities are welcome. Qualification and seeding starts at 11:00 a.m. and each competitor will complete at least three runs. The divisions are: Elite Men and Women, Men and Women 19 and up, Boys and Girls 14-18, and Boys and Girls 13 and under. Twenty-five dollars will get you an entry and a free drink coupon. Dual Slalom t-shirts will be available for purchase.
Registration is available online at www.friscobikepark.com or in-person at the Frisco Visitor Information Center or at the Frisco Adventure Park. Day of registration will be available at the Frisco Adventure Park until 10:55 a.m. All participants must sign a waiver and back bike brakes and helmets are required.
The Super Happy Fun Day Jam is a fun filled family day in the Bike Park's Jump Park. Come and show off your best trick or learn a new move in the park. The Jam runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and prizes will be awarded throughout the day with a live MC announcing tricks. The jam is free to all participants with a complete waiver and registration form.
Parking is available at the Frisco Adventure Park, located at 621 Recreation Way.
Please contact the Frisco Adventure Park at (970) 668-2558 or Jon Zdechlik, [email protected] for more information.


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Story | Feb 6, 2013 | 3:44 PMMayor Antonio Villaraigosa may have taken his name out of the running for a post in the Obama administration, but on Wednesday, he promoted his cousin, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, for a federal appointment. During an online chat, the...... -
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Story | Mar 21, 2013 | 6:52 PMLongtime Los Angeles County Supervisor and pioneering Latina elected official Gloria Molina has endorsed City Atty. Carmen Trutanich for reelection, the Trutanich campaign announced Thursday. Molina cited Trutanich's "independence,"... -
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Way back in 'aught-two Fox had a science-fiction program called "Firefly." It was a "space western" that had the worst slot on the schedule, was interrupted for special programming, had constant problems with the Network Executives, and never was even able to air all the shows that were filmed before it got cancelled. The DVDs have been in the top 100 of Amazon for a year or more. At one point in the last couple of months it was the number 2 DVD on Amazon. There are podcasts, blogs, cafepress shops, and all nature of spin-off activity in the community of people who fell in love with the show and want it to continue. In a couple of weeks Universal will release a feature film entitled "Serenity" that is based on this cancelled show. The actors are all signed for a three picture deal and the Browncoats are already figuring out how to make sure Universal stays interested.
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There's a conversation happening on the SPTF mailing list about the final report and what kinds of recommendations we should make in it. David Wiley reminded us that in any congregation, the same 5% of the members can be found washing the dishes and cleaning up after the church supper. He suggests that it's a waste of time for the task force to find any kind of unifying Greater Good(tm) for the AECT to adopt because, no matter what we adopt, there'll be only a small faction who'll want to do it. The corollary is that a large faction will want to do nothing different.
That was a "Duh on me!" moment and several points all flashed into high relief for me.
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Will Richardson is another one of those places I can usually find something important. Read the full post and look over his blog if you're not familiar with his writings. As follow up to my Janitor Model, I submit for your edification:
Teaching Ourselves Right Out of a Job
[W]e're going to have to let go of the idea that we are the most knowledgable content experts available to our students. We used to be, when really all our students had access to was the textbook and the teacher's brain. But today, we're not. Not by a long stretch. And we don't need to be. What we need to be is connectors who can teach our kids how to connect to information and to sources, how to use that information effectively, and how to manage and build upon the learning that comes with it.
Keep in mind that Will Richardson is not a member of AECT and probably couldn't imagine why he should be, but he is doing our work …
What would Jim Finn say if a member of DAVI couldn't thread a 16mm projector? Or didn't know why they should?
Up until about last year, if you were going to teach online, you had to get the full class Analysed, Designed, and Developed BEFORE the Implementation could happen. The lead times for production of the online content required the collaboration of a team of individuals with instructional design, graphic production, and web implementation skills. It takes a lot of time to do this. Many teachers create the equivalent of complete text books online. This is a slow, labor intensive, and — for the student — absolutely boring in about 90% of the cases.
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I love these people:
Creating Passionate Users: You can out-spend or out-teach
Nobody becomes passionate until they've reached the stage where they want to grow in a way <>they deem meaningful. Whether it's getting better at a game or helping to save the world, there must be a goal (ideally, a continuously progressive goal) and a clear path to getting there. It's our job, if we're trying to encourage others to become passionate, to enable it. And the only way to do that is by teaching.
It occurred to me that one of the things I'm fighting in getting the AECT members engaged is that they're not passionate.
Do you supposed it's coincidence that the difference between "engaged" and "enraged" is one letter?
Don Little and I are struggling with what to put in the SPTF Report. We have some survey data from current members and some data from lapsed members. We have a list of "issues" that came from the Summer 2004 meeting and a whole bunch of data points – some of which go together.
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Yah this is seriously annoying. I liked playing this mission before. It took at least 20 mins to get the $20k. And sometimes much longer.
They just made it not fun and now I'm not sure how to make any cash
R* is systematically killing the shelf life of this game before releasing everything (ie: heists). I'm losing respect for this company, they should be focusing their efforts on real problems and not on quick cash grabs that make money. After all I didn't get to play "violent duct" a hundred times before it was patched and earn a ton of money so why take change this? It worked
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text: Three scale comparisons we made (use arrows if necessary). The items filling the Star Destroyer are: an ancient Chinese treasure ship (4.5x longer than any of Columbus's ships); USS Enterprise NCC-1701; the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower; the Burj Khalifa (tallest building in the world); the Space Shuttle; a Jaeger (specifically Gypsy Danger); the RMS Titanic; the Seawise Giant (longest ship in the world); the Hindenburg; and the Millennium Falcon. These comparisons are to say nothing of volume.


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Dietary Fiber 6g 24%
Sugars 5g
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Haftarah of Parshat
VaYikra - 5761 "I
believe with Perfect Faith that the Creator, The
Haftarah that is read for Parshat VaYikra, by both the Ashkenazic
and the Sephardic
Communities, is taken from the Book of Yeshayahu,
43:21-44:23. Parshat
VaYikra brings us to a mysterious set of ideas within Judaism.
These refer to the Temple worship and its heavy involvement with
animal sacrifices. These
sacrifices of animals have to be seen against the backdrop that one of the Seven
Noahide Laws, moral and legal "Commands" inscribed by the Creator
upon the conscience of all of humanity, is "Ever min HaChai," the
Prohibition against eating a limb torn from a live animal.
It is also directly connected with the central concept within Judaism
that one is prohibited to cause unnecessary pain or cruelty to animals.
This is known as the Prohibition of "Tzaar Baalei Chayim." "Adam
HaRishon," First Man, together with Chava, the first "First Lady,"
were placed into the Garden of Eden and obligated to live on a vegetarian
diet. After they violated the
"First (and Only) Commandment," not to eat from the "Tree of
Knowledge," they were summarily ejected from the Garden.
In an argument over sacrifices (the animal sacrifice was accepted;
the sacrifice of produce was not), the First Murder was committed, by Kayin,
the Older Brother, against Hevel, the Younger. Ten
generations after Adam and Eve (Pirkei
Avot 5:2), the un-civilized world is destroyed by the Great Flood, and
G-d permits Noach and his family, the family that survived on the Ark, to
eat meat (Bereshit 9:3). It is as if G-d has said to Man, "First let's take care
of your not killing each other; afterwards, you can return to worrying about
the killing of animals." In
the Book of Bereshit, there are occasional references to sacrifices, offered
by the Patriarchs and others with whom they came into contact.
But, in a defining moment, "Akeidat Yitzchak," the "Binding of
Yitzchak as a Sacrifice," and events in the immediate aftermath, the Torah
makes clear forever that human sacrifice is abhorrent to its values. The
second Book of the Five Books of Moses sees the construction of the "Mishkan,"
the Tabernacle, one of the main purposes of which was to serve as the site
of Divine Worship until the Holy Temple was built. And it is clear that that worship will entail sacrifices,
from the requirement for the Copper Altar and the Gold Altar. Now
we come to the Book of VaYikra, in which the Torah provides the details of
the many sacrifices. The RAMBAN
explains the Sin-Offering as a gesture of Mercy on the part of G-d.
For if a creature created by G-d, using his free-will, dares to sin
before Him, he should thereby forfeit his own life. But HaShem accepts in place of that, the life of an animal,
life for life, blood for blood. The
appears to suggest in "Moreh Nevuchim," the Guide for the Perplexed, an
aspect of sacrifices that make it seem that they are only for the
purpose of substituting, in the mind of the Jew of ancient times, for
the sacrificial forms of worship of surrounding religions.
But this is clearly not the dominant motif in the RAMBAM's
thinking, for in the Mishne Torah, he is quite clear that in the time of the
Mashiach, when
the Third Temple is built, at a time when "Knowledge of the L-d will cover
the earth as the waters cover the seabed," there will be a resumption of
the full sacrificial worship. In
the Book of Devarim, where Moshe reviews the events that occurred at Mt.
Sinai, where HaShem
"revealed Himself," in Clouds of Glory to the People, he explicitly says
that no visual image was seen by
the People. "Be
exceedingly careful and do not jeopardize your lives by a fatal error, for
you saw no visual representation when HaShem spoke to you out of the fire at
Horev." (Devarim 4:15) Here,
at the beginning of the Book of Vayikra, in the first Haftarah, the Prophet
Yeshayahu attempts to clarify the relationship between G-d and Man; in
particular, how G-d is to be worshipped, at
a time when the Jewish People seemingly were headed in the wrong
direction. The
Prophet points out the absurdity and "Chutzpah" of idol worship.
First of all, Man has gotten the relationship backwards.
He is the created being, not G-d. The
Talmud says that in general, mockery is forbidden. But one subject is subject to and well deserving of mockery.
That is idol-worship. And
here Yeshayahu indulges in that mockery.
How foolish it is for man to take a log, even of the best timber he
can find, saw it in half and throw that half into his fireplace or into his
oven to bake his bread. And
then to use all of his energy and creative skill to paint and decorate the
other half, set it up on a pedestal, and bow down before it! Once Man, and especially the Jewish People, stop worshipping the creations of their own hands - be they automobiles, computers or rocket ships, and return their prayerful gaze to where it belongs, the Creator of the Universe, that will set the stage for Redemption. And then will we find occurring the fulfillment of the "passuk," the verse "for HaShem has redeemed Yaakov, and Yisrael, in whom He takes pride" (Yeshayahu 44:23). Rabbi Pinchas Frankel Rabbi Frankel is an Educational Coordinator at the OU |


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Asking the Right Question
Many people have suffered spiritual abuse at the hands of what is sometimes called "worm theology." In this theology, God's holiness is set against our sinfulness to such a degree that the only appropriate response seems to be self-loathing. The name may come from a line in the Issac Watts hymn "Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed," which says "Would he devote that sacred head for such a worm as I?" The idea seems to be that only by abasing ourselves are we able to grasp and receive God's mercy. Churches taken with this view think it their job to induce guilt and shame, working people up into a state of such remorse and self-revulsion that they are compelled to repent and seek God's mercy.
This is a proven method for producing a powerful psychological experience, as the history of some types of revivalism shows. It also tends to produce a strange type of Christian, not one who is humble as much as one who is stuck in the mud of self-loathing. In case you hadn't heard, self-loathing is not a fruit of the Spirit.
Our instinct is to counter this approach with a theology of worth. This seems logical enough, but as I noted in my last column, it also leads to theological confusion of another sort. Then again, columns that question worth theology tend to produce their own confusion, as did mine. Some thought I might be advocating a type of worm theology. Well, such people should be deeply ashamed of themselves!
Just kidding! But it wouldn't hurt to look a little more deeply at these issues, since they are so confusing and so easily tend to misunderstanding.
For example, how is it that focusing on our worth, though it makes us feel good in the short run, is actually bad news in the long run?
First, we need to note that language of "worth" and "value" are economic words. It's no coincidence that those embedded in a culture of advanced capitalism tend to frame the world with economic metaphors. But economic words like value and worth primarily refer to things, like diamonds or real estate. When language most appropriate to describe things is applied to people, it isn't long before we begin to see people as things. We start talking about people as having qualities that make them valuable. Just as a house might have hardwood floors and a finished basement, people are said to have creativity or compassion or dignity that make them valuable. We end up appraising people as we appraise houses.
Second, the search for intrinsic value is a never-ending quest. For every quality that suggests we're valuable, we can think of ten others that suggest we're damaged goods—not as valuable as we might hope. This is one reason you can never talk a person of low self-worth into having an attitude of high self-esteem. They just counter every positive affirmation with an equally weighty self-criticism. If we ground our self-worth on our qualities, we'll never escape the deep fear that we really aren't valuable. There's just too much evidence that rattles us.
Third, an emphasis on human worth inevitably moves our focus away from God, which is always a disaster. Some balk at this, reminding us that our valuable qualities have been given to us by God, which should lead us to thank him. But in practice, we end up doing a lot of navel gazing when we start talking about our self-worth, looking within for those qualities that can help us feel good about ourselves. It isn't surprising that faith in God often becomes merely a means of feeling good about ourselves.
At this point, many will wonder, "So what's wrong with feeling good about ourselves?" and "But don't people have value?" These very questions, however, arise out of a worldview that is addicted to thinking about the self. It's like an alcoholic asking, "Isn't wine a gift of God to be enjoyed in gratefulness?" In one way, it's a legitimate question, but when asked by an addict, the right answer will only tempt the addict and make things worse! If we who are addicted to the self try to answer questions of human dignity and self-worth head on, we'll just fall into a drunken stupor of narcissism.
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D Mueller
"But I am a worm and not a man." Ps. 22. You can't get any more Christological than this. Galli, as he often does, has some excellent insight here. "Am I loved?" Notice the passive voice in this question. Wrt to our relationship to God, that is precisely right. And the answer is clear, especially on this Easter Monday. "That He might be the firstborn among many brethren." Absolutely, I am loved. I am declared righteous, declared a son, beloved, *in* the Beloved Son. Look at yourself and see if you are a son--the answer is no, I am a worm. Listen to the Father through the Son, and you know that the answer is yes, I am a son, forever. I don't need to loathe myself, I don't need to love myself and find out that I have "great worth," either. I can be honest about me--loathing and value both--when I know that regardless of what I find, I am justified by the Father for the sake of Christ.
Justin Berg
Argh, forgot what I wanted to say about the article in my first post. It's good to remember that the same God who judged David for his adulterous relationship with Bathsheba is the the one who called David a man after his own heart. Most of the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11, those "of whom the world was not worthy," are also well known for their mistakes. Thanks be to God who understands and judges all things rightly. I know that I frequently judge incorrectly, as I feel I may have in my earlier (hasty) analysis of another poster's comment.
M McCall
it is very important to value humility; and it is written that we must humble ourselves so that when the time is rightGod can raise us up (rather than raising ourselves up).
Howard Ahmanson
Great. Actually the best thing ever written on this whole subject in the last century was C S Lewis's essay "Two Ways with the Self" in God in the Dock. It saved my rear end when I read it in my first year as a Christian. For I had been guilty of self-hatred of the wrong kind, not the right kind. Again, the best thing written on this whole self esteem issue in the 20th century. Galli's article may be the best in the 21st - so far.
Trevor Michael
what would God have called Jonah when Jonah was disobedient? Perhaps a worm or an insect. Are we better than Jonah? Sure we have to pay attention to human teachers but what about preferrring sober teachers like Thomas a Kempis (Imitation of Christ). Why should we listen to modernist confused teachers who cannot tell the difference between godly chastisement, by God, for humility and human brutality for selfish showa of power or temper. Still we are told in the scriptures, correctly, to be be gentle and harmless. This means leaving the judgement to Jesus, which also means listening to God in fear, lest we like the chosen cherub come falling from heaven in a cloud of our own undoing.


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What can the Leveson Inquiry do about the paparazzi?
While the rest of the press practises its "contrite face", the paps are unabashed.
By Helen Lewis Published 24 November 2011 10:46How low can the paparazzi go? The lower the better, in the case of the "upskirt" shot beloved of the bottom reaches of the tabloid press. There's an incredible scene in a Channel 4 documentary about the Sunday Sport in which the paper hires a dwarf photographer for exactly this purpose, and he still had to lie on the floor to get the required amount of groin in the frame. (At his job interview, the tact and sensitivity you'd expect from a paper that ran the headline "Rose West ate my guinea pig" was on full display. "Can we call you Phil the Mighty Midget?" asked one of the journalists. "I'm not a midget," Phil replied, stonily. He was eventually named the "Dynamo Dwarf".)
On Fleet Street, the "paps" have long been regarded as the wildest tribe of all - hunting as a pack, spending weeks camped outside celebrities' houses, or employing ever more unwieldy lenses to capture the unwary in an unflattering bikini. A hand-held 300mm camera can provide decent pictures at more than 100 metres, but if you've got a bigger lens, a teleconverter, a tripod and a bit of patience, you can record the special moment an American reality TV star pulls her knickers out of her bum crack from more than a quarter of a kilometre away.
Back to pap
Even as the rest of Fleet Street has been sobering up and practising its "contrite face", the role of the paparazzi has been ignored. It's as if, having had our fit of guilt in the wake of Diana's death, we've used up our quota of outrage. But the paps are still using many of the tactics that troubled us then. There's a photo of the day of Amy Winehouse's funeral, with a knot of photographers wobbling on stepladders, the better to get a shot over the wall of Golders Green Crematorium.
In his evidence to the Leveson inquiry into press standards on 21 November, Hugh Grant has written of the experience of Tinglan Hong, the mother of his baby. He says that photographers "besieged" her house, "ringing repeatedly at her door". As he said: "I asked them if there was anything I could do or say to make them leave a new and frightened young mother in peace. They said: 'show us the baby'. I refused."
After trying the Press Complaints Commission - it circulated a warning to editors, which apparently deterred some, but not all, of the photographers - Grant successfully applied for an injunction against them.
The NS's legal correspondent, David Allen Green, speculated that while the PCC ruling might have made newspaper editors call off the hunt, it was unlikely to have the same effect on photo agencies and freelance paparazzi: "the intrusions - and risks - are effectively outsourced on a commercial basis by the tabloids".
It is worth noting that the impetus for the Leveson inquiry - phone-hacking at the News of the World - was also caused by a paper "outsourcing" legally and ethically dubious tactics, in this case to private investigators. Any press reform must tackle not just the sitting targets of Fleet Street, but the shifting, quicksilver world of those they pay to do their dirty work for them.
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"...moment an American reality TV star pulls her knickers out of her bum crack from more than a quarter of a kilometre away."
Money well spent eh! woof woof.
But on a serious note I don't think taking pictures is the problem; people will always want to see things like Amy Winehouse's funeral (above) and if they are take with permission then fine. It's the tapping of phones, the intrusion, and most disgustingly the willful disregard for how people are effected by actions like hacking that is the problem.
We, in America, appreciate the lead you all have taken on reining in the out-of-control paparazzi. We have gotten a couple of paparazzi-reform laws passed here in California, but it is tough going. We love all the testimony coming out of the Leveson case.
1) Adopt the French no pictures in the street.
2) breaches? a compulsory fine of twice any revenue received for the picture
3) Beef up sub judice rules
4) Retractions should have same space and location as original article. and same font....might change spurious front page headlines???
That will do for a start.
b****r all., is what Levinson will. do.
The Enquiry should have been extended to not just the Press but Visual media as well.
Nothing is more disgustng than the sight of 200 Media cameras parked outside a celebs home, or someone in the news. Leave them alone You don't need actual pictures to tell the story. And any Editor found in possession of a picture or information obtained illegally imprisonment for 6 months.
As DAG has pointed out, strenghten the Law on harassment; nail these stalkers, heavy fines confiscate equipment and imprisonment. You have to nail the Editors otherwise it won't stop. The stories about Mosley or Grant or Miller could have been told without those pctures.
I'd hate to see photography banned in public, without street photography, we'd be without some amazing visual histories of this world.
Paps are a disgrace to photographers, though.
People need to not buy the drivel they produce, that is the only way I fear we will stop these papers printing the images.
Dear Paparazzi Reform, not sure which of our nations infected the other with this vile condition....I blame the aussies, but it needs to be eradicated. Are your methods working?
People are queing up to see Leonardo at the National Gallery. And Leonardo never had a camera, apart from the camera obscura.
Gareth, street photography is not banned per se, but the publication of the material is.
swatantra, thats naughty..
"What can the Leveson Inquiry do about the paparazzi?"
Easy...introduce massively punitive privacy laws. Split the whole of humanity into two categories: "the human beings" and the "celebs". The massively punitive privacy laws will apply only to a breach of a human beings's privacy. It's open season on "celebs" 24/7/365/6.
Here's how the split works: "human beings" is basically everybody...it's a birthright. "Celeb" status is immediately and automatically acquired the second you endorse anything for payment...or make a statement concerning morality (in a pretty broad sense) and fall foul of your own standards...a reasonably public, frank and suitably abject apology and the transgressor's acceptance of his/her own hypocrisy will restore "human being" status...however, the press will retain the right to reveal all they can find about said transgressor for a further period of 31 days to stop the potential for abuse of the re-instatory stipulation by nipping 'stuff' in the bud.
"a human beings's..."
Now I'm sounding like fuckin Gollum...as sure a sign of obsessive derangement as is possible to be signposted.
and yet..
Nothing, as long as the public gobble up the dirt they dish up.


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It is said,"Everyman's life is a fairy tale - tale written by God's finger's.Children just think it over.
Some people live only to make a living while others try to live a fully productive life.The former go through life in a state of submission and surrender. they suffer, get angry,complain and finally ,leave it to God or their fate.The latter refuse to give up their keenness and struggle to find answers to their existential questions, anxieties and uncertainties. They do not give up their efforts to understand the meaning and purpose of life.
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It's not enough that Procter & Gamble is studying hotel chambermaids' work habits to learn how to sell more industrial-strength Spic 'n' Span--now, in order to market their heartburn medicine Prilosec OTC, they've cornered the game of Bunco.
A dice game played regularly by 21 million American women, according to the Wall Street Journal, bunco is an excuse to socialize, often a weekly affair complete with rich food, drinks... and heartburn.
The Journal, which broke the story (or was tipped off to it by P&G PR) credits an enterprising product manager, Clarissa Niese, with discovering the vital link between Prilosec and Bunco. She found a P&G employee whose wife played regularly, and got invited to a game. Said Ms. Niese: "I could immediately see the relevancy to heartburn."
Now Prilosec is the exclusive sponsor of the Bunco World Tour.
This is getting downright creepy. Is there no activity or pastime which cannot be tied to some consumer product? Not if P&G has anything to do with it. It's enough to give you a stomach ache.
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I am going to purchase these nice theme. But I am wondering if it is possible to embed videos in protfolio slider? For example from vimeo.
Thank You!
btw, is the any search options for comments? o_O
hi Kriesi
i dont get the dropdown menu to work, i add pages as ur guid shows but theres no submenu shwing up, what could possibly be wrong?
Hi Kriesi
I just can't get the portfolio page to work like it should. I can't get the pictures to show up. If you click you will see the pictures on a _blank page.
Hope you can help me. Thanks very much in advance for your reply Els.
Kriesi- Since purchasing this beautiful theme and playing around, I have a few questions to amend the first one I asked a page back.
1. How would I go about removing the 'Read More' and 'Next' buttons from the slider?
2. How do I change the rollover color for the menu bar? I want it to be red. (I looked but couldn't find where in the CSS )
3. How do I get the news ticker to display the date of the post as well as the title?
4. On the blog, is it possible to change the color of the category as it is displayed on the post? Right now it is highlighted in a block of dark grey and it is very distracting.
5. On the blog, is it possible to remove the 'Comments Off' and the 'comments are closed' from a post if I have disabled the comments?
Thank you so much! Love your work.
Hi Kriesi,
today I has seem that my web is crashing in internet explorer at the home page with the image show, I use normaly Safari but I'm worry that the people who use Explorer will see my web like that.
Please, have a look and let me know if it can be change.
thanks a lot.
Hi Kriesi!
Is it possible to replace the word "Sub-Navigation" on the sidebar with the heading of the current page (the parent of those sub-pages)?
Thank you very much!
hi great template—I was wondering how I can remove the sidebar or edit it? I tried going into widgets and then dragging them but they won't move-not quite a WP expert yet!
thanks for ur help!
I love this template and it was very easy to install..I recommend using name.com for host server! Thanks for the template-if anyone can give me any helpful tips with the pretty page, please email me email@example.com. Thanks!
Hi Kriesi,
Thank you for this wonderful theme. We have purchased the theme and are using it for our website (see www.exelanz.com). We plan to use a couple other themes from you for one of our client's website.
We have a quick question for you -
The template seems to be broken on IE 8 browser. It does not look right. Our website using your theme works fine on Firefox and chrome, but, not on IE 8 .
Could you please suggest if there is a way to fix this? Really appreciate any help.
Thanks, Anshuman
Hi Kriesi,
I emailed but didn't get a reply …
How do I make the blog the main page? I want to get rid of the slider page alltogether.
Many thanks,
What are my options for changing the size of the slider? Can I do this in CSS only or do I have to dig into the Javascript?
Hi Again, just as you thought you got rid of me (and I thought I had finally got shut of my client haha) there's one other little (hopefully) issue.
When we do a search on the site, the results show up but when you scroll down the page you can see a page of results selection. Click on page two of results and theres a couple there – click on page 3 and it says sorry no results. How can I get it to not show the option of say the 3rd page that has no results?
I love the homepage slider on this theme but was looking for a way to make it about half the height it is now. Is there a way to do that while still keeping the bottom rounded edges? I assume I'll also need to reduce the size of the slider image thumbnails.
Hi-can you please help? I need to replace the logo and for some reason the title of the post does not show on the home page on one of the four posts. The permalink is fine and shows the title but the title will show then it will disappear.
Thank you for your help.
HI can anyone help?? I had installed this theme just fine and went to try to fix my logo in header.php but did something wrong. I deleted the theme and reinstalled but now the theme is blank when I go to activate the theme.
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Hi Kreisi,
Please help me—none of your themes activate-it's all a blank screen.
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Hi Kriesi,
I wonder if it's possible to directly show the comment form and comments in the Blog page without having to click on the title of the post?
My idea is to have only 1 post with the comments and comment form right below for people.
Thanks a bunch and great theme!
Just installed the theme and love the options. I'm having a problem, the thumbnails on the slider are not working, just showing up as broken images, same experience in IE, Firefox and Chrome…
Any thoughts to what it might be?
Thanks, David
Actually, I've found the solution to my request 2 posts above.
Open the file "template_blog.php" and look for the line at the bottom where it says: <?php endwhile; ?>
Just add these 2 lines immediately above it: <?php $withcomments = 1; ?> <?php comments_template(); ?>
Then, the comment form should automatically appear on the Blog page.
Cheers, Bonurbe.
Still loving the theme!
I have a minislider plugin that I want to put in the sidebar, but I only want it to show up under one category and not accross the entire site.
To get the minislider to appear I only have to enter one line of code.
I put the code on the sidebar.php page, but it shows up on all pages except for the homepage.
But Where would I put that code if I only want it to show up in the pages of one particular category or just one particular page?
Do I have to create another sidebar page or something? (make a copy of existing?)
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Tom Byers, professor at Stanford University and founder and a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), stresses that "Entrepreneurs are not born, they are made". He discusses a framework that elaborates the difference between an idea and an opportunity.
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Byers strongly believes that entrepreneurs have to evolve with their organization. He uses a metaphor to compare entrepreneurs to three kinds of dogs: retriever, bloodhound, and husky, as they evole into the role of CEOs.
Byers believes there are various events that are not within the control of a management team. Good entrepreneurs are those who find a way to navigate and deal with this 'context,' he adds.
Byers believes that the impact of marketing is often underestimated by companies. He talks about how partnering is one of the keys to crossing the chasm between the early market and the mainstream market.
Byers talks about how a great business plan can be developed. He uses Sahlman's alignment model to explain that an opportunity has to be in alignment with resources, people and context for deals to get completed.
Byers explains that smaller companies need to pay extra attention on how they spend their cash because if they run out of cash, it is game over for them. Byers uses the example of Palm Inc. to show how well the company managed their cash flow.
Byers goes over the essentials of a venture finance process: angel investors, corporate venture capital, boot strapping and the public. He also discusses the pros and cons of each of these pieces in this process.
Along with being audacious, courageous, patient, and adaptive, Byers believes that entrepreneurs should be exceptionally good at sales.
Byers gives his perspective on how ethics played a role in high-tech entrepreneurship in the late 90's. He strongly believes that it is okay to fail but at the end of the day, it is character that matters.


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Report: Parks Shutdown Saps $750 Million In Visitor Spending
Originally published on Thu October 10, 2013 11:28 am
An estimated 7 million people have been shut out at 12 of the busiest and biggest U.S. national parks, costing parks and nearby communities about $76 million in lost visitor spending for each day the partial government shutdown drags on.
That's according to a report just out from the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, which derived its estimates from actual National Park Service visitation numbers from last October and an independent analysis of park economic impacts conducted by the nonpartisan group Headwaters Economics.
The report also concludes that more than 40,000 non-Park Service jobs are at risk in and outside these 12 national parks alone.
"These figures are mind-boggling, and they only begin to capture the full economic shock of locking up the crown jewels of America," says Maureen Finnerty, the Coalition's chair and a former superintendent at Everglades and Olympic National Parks.
Here are the calculations park-by-park for the first 10 days of the shutdown. (Figures apply to areas inside and outside the parks):
Acadia National Park, Maine
Lost visitors: 68,493
Lost visitor dollars: $5,263,013
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 3,147
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Lost visitors: 27,767
Lost visitor dollars: $656,986
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 375
Boston National Historic Park, Massachusetts
Lost visitors: 54,794
Lost visitor dollars: $2,032,876
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 904
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
Lost visitors: 68,219
Lost visitor dollars: $1,545,205
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 599
Everglades National Park, Florida
Lost visitors: 25,083
Lost visitor dollars: $3,857,534
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 1,951
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
Lost visitors: 27,397
Lost visitor dollars: $1,796,712
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 1,051
Glacier National Park, Montana
Lost visitors: 60,273
Lost visitor dollars: $3,076,712
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 1,632
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Lost visitors: 120,000
Lost visitor dollars: $11,750,684
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 6,167
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee
Lost visitors: 257,534
Lost visitor dollars: $23,123,387
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 11,367
Olympic National Park, Washington
Lost visitors: 77,808
Lost visitor dollars: $2,912,328
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 1,395
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Lost visitors: 80,821
Lost visitor dollars: $4,821,917
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 2,641
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana
Lost Visitors: 98,630
Lost visitor dollars: $9,452,054
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 4,481
Yosemite National Park, California
Lost visitors: 106,849
Lost visitor dollars: $10,021,917
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 4,602
Zion National Park, Utah
Lost visitors: 72,876
Lost visitor dollars: $3,495,890
Non-NPS jobs at risk: 2,136


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Recent deadly boating accidents are a tragic reminder of how dangerous cold water can be in the Pacific Northwest. The 13th Coast Guard District, the Washington State Parks Boating Program, and the Lake Stevens Police Department remind boaters to be careful on the water this spring.
In Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, there have been nine fatal boating accidents since mid-March, with five occurring in Washington State.
"There are three common factors in each one of these tragic accidents: cold water, no life jackets and small paddle crafts," said Dan Shipman, Recreational Boating Safety Specialist for the 13th Coast Guard District. "All accidents included water temperatures in the upper 30s, seven of the victims were not wearing lifejackets, and eight were operating small paddle crafts."
Sudden immersion and exposure to cold water can quickly incapacitate a person who has unexpectedly ended up in the water. The sudden immersion in cold water makes it difficult, if not impossible, for boaters to keep their heads above water and stay afloat. Wearing a lifejacket gives boaters the best chance to survive.
Snow melt and mountain runoff means spring waters in the Northwest will be cold and dangerous for the next several months. Boaters should make sure they have the required equipment—on board and in peak condition.
"If you must go out on the water this spring, make sure to check the weather, water conditions and never boat beyond your skill level and the capabilities of your vessel," said Shipman.
The Lake Stevens Police Department, along with the 13th Coast Guard District and the Washington State Parks Boating Program, offers these additional boating safety guidelines:
• Start enjoying boating the right way, with a course to develop skills and safe operation. Paddle sports instruction is offered by local clubs, outfitters and many park and recreation departments.
• Always wear a properly fitted, U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket. Washington state requires all children 12 years of age and younger to wear a personal flotation device when boating.
• Scout the condition of the lake, river or waters before getting underway.
• Be a competent swimmer.
• Be constantly alert for unexpected hazards.
• Never use alcohol or drugs when boating or floating in a river. They dull important survival reflexes and impair decision-making skills.
• Children should never boat or float a river without the close supervision of an adult.
• Know and practice river rescue and self-rescue techniques. Going in the water is always a possibility. Be prepared.
Boating fatality statistics have shown that wearing a life jacket gives boaters the best chance of survival in the event of an accident, especially in cold water. Make boating safe, enjoyable and fun.
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A few years ago, if you wanted to slalom ski, a direct-drive was the clear choice. This was no problem if you had a family of skiers. However, in many families, mom and dad ski and the kids want to wakeboard – and bring their friends. If you are one of these multisport families, try looking at a V-drive. With the technology and versatility of the new hulls, you can still get good slalom performance and a good wake for the board crew. The direct-drive has the advantage in the course, but the V-drive offers more versatility. If you know course skiing often takes a back seat to the kids' priorities, more space should be a prime boat-buying consideration. – Ted Bevalaqua
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A little adjustment to your ski can go a long way. I always do the easiest thing first, which is to adjust the bindings. Moving the binding forward will help you solve the common problem of riding too far back on the ski. If I'm in the boat and have already moved the binding as far forward as it will go, then I'll take a look at the wing. If I have 5 degrees on the wing and still need more tip in the water, I'll move it to 7 degrees. If I still need more, I will go to 9 or even 11 degrees. If that doesn't work, I'll go to the fin – but be careful. Once you start moving the fin, you get into infinite settings. Bottom line: Always do the easiest thing first, and adjust one thing at a time so you can easily move it back. – Steve Schnitzer
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With a recent influx of new members of all different ages, i really want to know the average age of avatar fans.
So in this thread post your age and gender and after a while i will work out the averages
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I'm male…and 24 years old….yea that's right lol.
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probably the oldest in age here…. 43! YES that's right…. lol…. too. Gotta love the wisdom from Uncle Iroh and the older characters too
Donna, right on …I always loved hearin what Iroh had to say…subtle wisdom with the occasional humorous remark lol.
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Interesting thread. Male and Age 17.
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I guess Avatar ain't just for the kiddies
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Im a girl and 15 and a half years old. I believe avatar is for any ages though.
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I'm Male, 23 years old Wow very interesting, wide range in ages. Was what I expected though.
Very interesting, Average age so far is*does some maths in head" approximately 19 and a half So Far.
Lol… I swear and have said it here a few times… It's an Adult Show made to look like a Kids show for sure! LOL I love it cause it is a show that I can watch with my younger neices and nephews, cause they all love the show, and I also get to watch it on my own when ever I like lol! There is always something there whether in subtle wisdom or fantastic comedy, whether it's the struggle between good or bad or love and hate… I've lost count how many times I've seen the show, yet when I see it again… I see something new – it could be a subtle body movement that I never saw in a character or something going on in the background that I never noticed before…. and it never gets old! phew! lol….. So though it looks like I'm the oldest in age, I still have soooo much to learn and love about the show and love learning from all you guys! yay!!!!
@donnagardner Well Said , It has something for everyone, whether that be Action, Romance, Comedy, just plain randomness, Compelling characters , Life Lessons and Wisdom and Amazing Animation.
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Releasing the photos would do far more harm to this country than good. I understand this can be an emotional issue but take a step back and look at this from a practical standpoint. I, for one, like to think that the US is above trophying around a gruesome photo saying "look what we did!" He's dead, he's buried, there's no need to plaster his dead picture everywhere. We should be praising the intelligence community and the people that made this happen rather than giving in to uneducated, backwoods, crackpot conspiracy theories.
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In their ongoing quest to develop the latest and most effective drugs for disease treatment, researchers in the University of Kentucky's Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation are looking deep — as in, deep underground.
Earth and Environmental Sciences alumni gather for a field camp reunion in the Rocky Mountains.
The National Conference on Undergraduate Research will bring nearly 4,000 additional students from across the country to the UK campus where they will present their research and creative endeavors while meeting other like-minded students.
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Friday 14 September 2012
Is al-Qaeda behind death of the US ambassador in Libya?
Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya, was killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi
Reuters/Esam Al-FetoriQuestions are being asked about whether al-Qaeda was behind the attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. Some regional analysts believe the assault was timed to avenge the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi, a Libyan and al-Qaeda's second in command who was killed in June by a US drone strike in Pakistan. Robin Simcox, a security analyst with the Henry Jackson Society in London and a co-author of the book Islamist Terrorism, told RFI the al-Qaeda connection is "increasingly clear."
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