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BLACKSBURG, Va. – For the fourth time this season, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's basketball team will be on the big screen of your living room, as the Hawks are set to play at Virginia Tech on New Years Eve on ESPN3 at 4 p.m. The game is the first of four consecutive contests on the road for UMES as the Hawks embark on an 11 day roadtrip across the Southeast.
The matchup marks the first time that Head Coach Frankie Allen returns to Cassell Coliseum as an opposing head coach. Allen had previously coached at Virginia Tech from 1987-91, where he led the Hokies to a 56-61 record in four seasons. It is the second time he has coached against the Hokies in his 24-year coaching career, as he was assistant coach at Radford when RU played Virginia Tech in 2005.
The Hawks are looking for big play from their backcourt in the game. Junior KyRee Jones (Indianapolis, Ind.) is averaging a team-high 16.4 points-per-game (91st in nation) and has scored double-digits in every game so far. He leads the Hawks with a 40% clip from long-range and stands second on the team in both assists (18) and steals (nine). Freshman Hakeem Baxter (Philadelphia, Pa.) is averaging just over 13 ppg and has already won a pair of MEAC Player of the Week distinctions this year.
Junior Isaac Smith (Chicago, Ill.) has spearheaded a Hawk charge that has stolen 72 balls this year with a +14 advantage. The men have put together a solid effort on the offensive glass (131) and have all three of their starting guards shooting atleast 75-percent from the free-throw line.
Virginia Tech is 24-0 all-time against opponents from the MEAC, including a 4-0 mark against UMES. The Hokies are 7-3 in games covered by ESPN this year. The team is led by Jarell Eddie, who is averaging team-highs in ppg (17.4) and rpg (6.1).
He was named ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 9. Joey van Zergeren has 35 blocks in 12 games and C.J. Barksdale is shooting nearly perfect (90%) from the free-throw line. The Hokies own nearly a 4-point scoring margin and are shooting 44% from the floor.
Let's check out a few game notes for the matchup:
• LAST TIME OUT: UMES dropped a 71-58 decision at home against American on Sunday, Dec. 29. Down by 15, UMES used an 8-1 run to cut the game to within seven, 59-52, with five minutes left. AU would control the tempo the rest of the way to secure the victory. Hakeem Baxter led UMES with 13 points in the game, while Shane Randall scored a career-high 10 points
• BACK TO THEIR ROOTS: Three of UMES' five coaches are native to the areas surrounding Blacksburg. Head Coach Frankie Allen served as a Head Coach at Va. Tech for four seasons and was an Virginia Sports Hall of Fame honoree at Roanoke College. Asst. coaches Curtis Peery and Charles Fasnacht each grew up in Salem, Va. Peery was a basketball star at Roanoke College and was named to the school's All-Century Team in 2012
• DON'T EXPECT THE TURNOVER: The Hawks have turned the ball over the least of any MEAC school this season as UMES is averaging just 13.0 turnovers-per-game. The men have turned the ball over less than 15 times in all but one game this season, including two games under 10
• FREE THROWS WIN BALLGAMES!: UMES has shot atleast 70% in 6-of-10 games this season and have been one of the MEAC's best free-throw shooting teams all year. The men have four players shooting atleast 75-percent from the line. The Hawks have gone to the free-throw line atleast 17 times in every game, including a season-high 37 chances against Salisbury
For complete recaps, results and news of Hawk athletics, please visit www.umeshawks.com


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no thanks. Not my type of fun flying.
I'll pass! My baron and I would get chewed up and spit out!
Reminds me of busting super bad wx between MEM and LIT on DAL one night. Definitely wouldn't want to do it again.LOL
where do i sign up
Actually, this is footage from Hurricate Emily in 2005. It's from the 2007 IMAX movie StormChasers. A great flick for an IMAX, lots of aerial footage. Don't know why it's resurfaced now, or labeled Irene?.
It still amazes me that the NOAA and the AF Reserve fly into hurricanes. Being from near Keesler AFB, I have heard stories of flights into storms, including one that ended with a C-130 limping back to Florida with multiple engine failures due to hail damage to the oil coolers.
I think that hurricanes are quite different from thunderstorms - I don't think that that the vertical development is the same. I am not saying that there is no hail in a hurricane, but I've never heard of it, and I think that the turbulence in a hurricane is more related to straight line winds, not updrafts and downdrafts (which would be my chief concern if I were flying through a thunderstorm). Nevertheless, I am not a meteorologist, so there is a decent chance that I am not giving an accurate representation. It would be good of a meteorologist could come along and clarify.
Actually a hurricane is a large formation of intense thunderstorms centered on an extreme low pressure system. Hurricanes spawn tornadoes, hail, and all the other goodies that thunderstorms have.
David is correct here below. As you watch the next one on radar, you will see that it is affecting and causing weather 3-500 miles out ahead of it.
Is it really worth risking lives and expensive aircraft to fly through the hurricane? Can't they monitor the hurricane from satellites or local weather stations? What data do they collect that is so crucial?
This is how they get the information on pressure readings in the eye, and wind speeds that are reported on the news. They are flying in these storms when they are well away from land, out of reach from local weather stations and weather radar. Without this data, it would be much harder to predict landfall and intensity.
As technology progresses in years to come, it may be possible for them to quit, but as you listen to the video you will hear them say this is the only way they can get the info they need. This is one of them better ideas from years ago that technology has not replaced so far.LOL
Makes ya wonder why Walmart needs all this info Wayne..dontchya think?
Wayne forgot to ask you..do you think chalet is an aviator lady?
I'll keep my dog out of that fight.LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Wayne you got 4 bars man..I only got 3.
Yeah, and they are hangin in the closet gathering dust right now. I did one fill in for my ex employer this past month, but with AMR in BR, DAL closing their MEM base( and that bunch took care of that over there last month anyway) and Pinnacle in BR, I'm doing some sales work over at the truckline and just trying to learn how to enjoy the creekbank and my back porch more. I have worked my whole life and never took up any real Hobbies so it is all catching up right now. To boot, the wife said she took me for better or worse, but not underfoot all day. My physical goes out the end of May. I am gonna take it next week and go for the waivers again but there is a new crowd in OKC so I don't know if they'll grant them or not.
Buy some head 'phones and relive your youth thru Glen Millar on youtube.
Ahh the stillness of the long empty days...watching discovery channel..Al Ja Zeehra and Russia Today..phantasising about Svetlana Kapanina and maybe buying a new Mustang...boring as hell...
Better still watch stuff like this on youtube: Top Gun Over Russia ( Full Documentary )
no idea.
you guys must be nuts
Sign me up. I'll go any time a seat is available. These people do a real service to the rest of us, in terms of understanding storms in general and predicting the strength and path of each individual storm.
Very exciting when watching on full screen!!
Sweet typewriters.
That's amazing. I must say I would love to experience it. I'd probably be scared sh**less but hey. Once in a life time thing for someone who doesn't work with them


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So who's next on the Bush team's hit parade? Besides Iraq, of course. It's abundantly clear that the Chickenhawk-in-Chief and his corporatic cronies will be slapping hot iron all over Saddam Hussein just as soon as the poll numbers are right. The whole saucy crew have been on a sustained propaganda offensive for weeks, methodically preparing the public to accept the wholly un-American notion of aggressive war. Those droopy invertebrates known as Congressional Democrats are already on board, so it's body bags for Baghdad any day now. Collateral damage, here we come!
But we all know that the Righteous Runner-Up has a broader vision for the world. A world in which no banker has to go to bed hungry–or even slightly peckish–in any of the homes he owns. A world in which no multimillionaire corporate trough-feeder–like, say, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Army, the National Security Advisor, the White House Chief of Staff, the President and Vice President of the United States, etc.–has to sacrifice even one single penny of unearned profit to clean up the land and air he has despoiled with his noxious evacuations. A world where bribery, tax evasion, capital flight, money laundering, false accounting and fraud are protected by law and rewarded by government. A world where the manufacture and use of even the deadliest weapons have been loosed from the profit-choking constraints of international treaties and sworn agreements. A world where even the poorest women–or rather, only the poorest women–are free to die in a pool of their own blood, liberated from an enervating dependence on basic health care in childbirth, all to serve the maniacal misogyny of religious extremists allied with unelected rulers. A world in which every government has the power and duty to strip away the outmoded and unproductive regulations that once protected its natural resources, its national economy, its working people, its poor and elderly, its schools and hospitals, its way of life, even the very air that it breathes and the water that it drinks from unfettered exploitation by small bands of predatory elites.
It's a bold and far-reaching agenda, this quest to remake the world in the image of a profoundly ignorant pipsqueak frat boy and his fellow barons in the New Feudalism that is engirdling the earth. But President Pip has publicly committed the full might of the United States to this cause; he certainly won't be content with just mopping up the Iraqi mess left behind by the feudal baron whose title he has inherited.
So who will next feel the glint of his–dare we say it?–global eye? Well, if you're the betting type, you might want to lay some good money on Brazil, the largest jewel in the Bush family's traditional fiefdom of Latin America. It seems those southern silly-billies have drawn the ire of the Great White Father in Washington–and his paymasters on Wall Street–by giving the presidential candidate of the (gasp!) Workers' Party a 20-point lead in the polls.
At the moment, Luis Ignacio da Silva–or "Lula," as he is universally called–is thrashing the candidate of the ruling right-wing coalition, which has been hobbled by a series of–what else?–corruption scandals. Lula is leery of Bush's proposed pan-American "free trade zone," which would subject the entire hemisphere to the "Washington Consensus" cult of Enron-style "deregulation," Chubias-style "privatization" and the NAFTA-style "liberation" of powerful business interests from national laws governing commerce, zoning, the environment, even the judiciary.
Instead, the Workers' Party wants to increase public investment in the national infrastructure–such trifles as sewers, roads, education, health and small-scale agriculture–while lowering interest rates to help the country's ailing industrial base, a move backed by many Brazilian business leaders and long-term foreign investors. The party's "moderate and efficient" administration of the local and state governments it already controls has been praised by that Bolshevik terrorist tract, The Financial Times.
But all this is so much tinkling brass to the Bush Regime and its cream-skimming cronies. Infrastructure? Sewers? Get real. All they want are high-interest yields on sweetheart deals pimped for them by government bagmen. (That is the textbook definition of "globalization," isn't it?) And oh yes–slavish devotion to the foreign policy dictates of His Pipness. It seems that here, too, Lula falls short: he favors "an independent foreign policy"–i.e., he might want to pay a visit to Cuba sometime, just like Jimmy Carter.
So when Lula began soaring in the polls, the White House went to work, through its proxy armies on Wall Street. Major firms (and Bush donors) like Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Merrill Lynch took time out from their various Enron entanglements and criminal investigations to sniffily downgrade Brazil's investment rating–citing Lula's potential victory as the reason. The move–derided as a mistake by the Financial Times and others–sent the Brazilian stock market tumbling, destroying millions of dollars in local investments.
This economic terrorism by the Bush Regime is just the opening salvo in a dirty war that will doubtless continue until the October election. The Regime may have fumbled its first attempt at a foreign coup–the ham-handed farce in Venezuela–but Brazilians should take little comfort in that. As we saw in November 2000, when these boys set their minds to it, they know how to gut a democracy.
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10:26 a.m. Welcome to the Power Lunch chat. Ryan Aber will be on at 11 a.m., answering your OU questions, as the Sooners are picking up steam in recruiting.
In case you missed it, OU football landed its third commitment in the last nine days in offensive guard Dominique Hearne: http://bit.ly/1pT2qN5
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11:03 a.m. do you think Haughton will end up at OU? Also, how does the upcoming facilities upgrade and it's scale compare to that of other schools in the Big 12 right now? Is it close to the scale of what osu had?
11:04 a.m. I think OU feels like they're in pretty good shape with Khalil Haughton, the three-star safety out of Waco (Texas) Midway. Haughton is likely to pick between OU and Baylor.
11:06 a.m. As for the stadium upgrades, I don't think it'll be to the same scale as OSU's, in part because they don't have that far to go. That said, these upgrades will be primarily for creating more suite space/improving the suite space on the press box side of the field and making the game experience better for fans.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The hits keep on coming for the Minnesota Twins.
After a 13-2 bludgeoning by the Toronto Blue Jays, manager Ron Gardenhire revealed that right-hander Jon Rauch had fluid drained from his left knee. Rauch also received a cortisone shot and will not pitch this weekend.
"We'll have to determine whether he's even going to be fit for the playoff roster," Gardenhire said. "We'll just have to see that on the days off.
"He's been getting treatment on it, but he's always been able to pitch. Today he was seeing the doctor this afternoon, and before the game he came in and told me they drained his knee and took a lot of fluid off of it."
Update: Rauch said Friday, "It's something I've been pitching with for a little over a month, and I think I got to a point where I wouldn't be able to go 100 percent, and it's not going to be a help to the ball club. We have the time to drain it, get a little bit of rest in and be ready to go. I don't think I'm going to have any issues being ready for the playoffs."
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A remarkable and diverse country back on the tourist map
Bienvenido a Colombia! This wonderful country has received far fewer visitors than its South American neighbours due to civil conflict, but that's about to change. Thankfully things are on the up and new government initiatives are turning the country around. Once word gets out that Colombia is safe to visit, there's no doubt that people will flock to this stunning landscape. Magnificent mountains, fabulous Caribbean beaches, colourful colonial houses, Amazon jungle, interesting archaeological ruins, divergent architecture – Colombia has it all. Just as the Colombian weather changes according to the altitude, so does the culture. In the alpine capital, Bogota, skyscrapers tower over restful plazas, nightlife buzzes and the pace of life is fast. Down on the coast, life is slower and more laid-back. Jewels in Colombia's magnificent crown include the beautiful colonial city of Cartagena, and popular Santa Maria, which is sandwiched between glorious beaches and the Andean foothills.
Why Go?
There is so much to see and do in Colombia that there is something for every taste and budget. Go for the Spanish colonial architecture, excellent trekking, lazy days on beautiful beaches, hospitable Colombian culture, people-watching in the plazas, and dreamlike vistas.
When to Go?
The weather in Colombia varies according to altitude. Places on the coast such as Cartagena and Santa Maria are hot and humid most of the year. In winter Bogota and other mountainous locations are cold, often dropping to single figures. Cities such as Medellin and Pereira, which are mid-altitude, are spring-like throughout the year. The busiest times to visit Columbia are around Christmas and New Year, and mid-June to mid-July.
How to get there?
There are no direct flights from the UK to Bogota's El Dorado International airport (BOG), but there are plenty of indirect flights. The airport is 13km from the city and there are regulated taxis at the airport. There are also regular indirect international flights into Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cartagena, Pereira and the San Andres Island, along with a few smaller airports. Domestic flights are the safest and easiest way to get around the country.
Must see
Spend time in the country's engaging capital, Bogota. Visit beautiful historic Cartagena - Colombia's most popular tourist city - and see the colonial architecture and skyscrapers. Go to Santa Maria to relax on the gorgeous beach one day and walk in the foothills of the country's highest mountain -- the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - the next. Go trekking in Los Nevados National Park, the country's highest volcanic peak. Dance the night away in one of Cali's salsotecas. Please note: some areas of Colombia are still unsafe - please check travel advice before travelling.


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A Hot "Blonde"
We're not talking about some actress or actor. This is about coffee. I spoke with David Caddock, Assistant Manager at my local Starbucks in Westfield. That store, by the way, is one of the five top grossing Starbucks in New Jersey. Here's the news. Starbucks has rolled out a new less intense coffee. Since 54 million Americans slurp java everyday, this may be a big deal.
I just want to set the record straight. I like my coffee bold. "Strong" in my coffee vocabulary is not an accurate description. "Strong" , in my opinion, means it's over cooked..burnt. Yeech. I'm sure lots of you like your "joe" on the mellow side. Since it's a law that a Starbucks must be open on every block, I think this piece of news may be relevant. If you don't pass by a McDonalds or Dunkin' Donuts on your way to work, Starbucks may now be an alternative for you guys who like their coffee a little less bold. By the way, I think McDonald's coffee is really good. Known only for their bold brews, Starbucks now offers "Blonde Roast." Plain and simple, it's a milder version of their traditional blends. Have I tried it? No. Will I try it? Probably not. I'm sticking with my bold blends. Anyway, in this economy it's more cost effective for me to brew my coffee at home. This is a heads up for you mellow caffeine addicts. What's your favorite cup of coffee? Feel free to chime in with your comments. http://www.thedailymeal.com/starbucks-sell-new-coffee-roast


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Cubs Draft Reliever Hector Rondon In Rule 5 Draft
December 6, 2012 12:03 PM
(CBS) The Cubs selected reliever Hector Rondon from the Cleveland Indians in the first round of Thursday's Rule 5 Draft.
Rondon, 24, is expected to be a part of the Cubs bullpen this season if he is healthy. The right-hander has had elbow surgery twice in the last two and a half years.
The Cubs also lost four players Thursday in the Rule 5 Draft. Pitcher Starling Peralta was selected by the Diamondbacks, outfielder Michael Burgess went to the Astros, infielder Matt Cerda went to the Cardinals and pitcher Alvido Jimenez was taken by the Blue Jays.


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The East Carbon Development Corporation (ECDC) submitted a request to
the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste to modify its existing solid
waste permit to build a new solid waste landfill cell for disposal of
wastes that contain PCBs in concentrations greater than 50 ppm. ECDC
operates a commercial solid waste landfill located two miles west of
the City of East Carbon, Utah.
PCB waste is regulated as a special category of nonhazardous waste.
Receipt and management of PCB waste requires both a modification of
ECDC's existing solid waste permit and approval from the US
Environmental Protection Agency. The Division of Solid and Hazardous
Waste reviewed ECDC's request and supporting documentation and
prepared a draft modification. A notice for public comment on the
draft permit modification was published in the Salt Lake Tribune,
Deseret News and The Sun Advocate on December 15, 2011. A public
hearing was held on December 21, 2011. Public comments were received
during the public hearing and by both mail and email. ECDC has
submitted additional documentation in response to comments received.
These documents have been incorporated into the final permit.
The modification to ECDC's permit was approved on June 13, 2013. A
description of the facility with links to the permit, permit
application, associated documents, public comments and the Division's
response to comments can be viewed at:
This modified permit is effective upon issuance. Anyone wishing to
challenge the modified permit must do so in the manner and within the
time period prescribed by Utah Administrative Code R305-7-203. Failure
to contest the modified permit within the period provided in
R305-7-203(5) constitutes a waiver of any right of administrative
contest, reconsideration, review, or judicial appeal in accordance
with Utah Administrative Code R3 05 -7-203(6).
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Daniella Zalcman is a New York based artist who currently works as a freelance photographer for The Wall Street Journal. Her latest series 'London + New York' is a collection of double exposures and at the same time a love letter to two beautiful cities.
She created this series to map the intersections between two sets of streets and skylines. It explores place, memory, and identity through architecture and nostalgia. Brooklyn Bridge Park meets Leicester Square. Whitehall meets the South Bronx. The High Line meets Knightsbridge. After a while, the cacophony of concrete and street life begins to blend into something more universal and collectively represent her vision of home. 'My hope is that in the noise and silence, everyone will find something that feels like home.' You can purchase prints of her project here and follow her work via Instagram.
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muwahahaha......i had better not catch any of you guys sleeping!!! > > 8) :
Hurm, just been in IRC with Babbing and he told me a nice little story
<Babbing> story time :P
<alastair> um, ok.....
<Babbing> so i am sitting here writing up my asignment for computer science
<alastair> yeah....
<Babbing> and my friend walks in, and says he is having a massivly hard time with it
<Babbing> my apt
<Babbing> sorry doing many things at once
<alastair> 's ok
<Babbing> so i help him for about 3 hrs debugging his program
<Babbing> until about 20 minutes ago
<alastair> oh fun!
<Babbing> and by this time, it is just past 3 am and he is toast
<alastair> lol
<alastair> well, his fault walking in at midnight....
<Oscar> LOL thats funny!
>Babbing< CTCP TIME
-Babbing- TIME Fri Jun 28 03:38:46
<Babbing> so as i am explaining something that is very important for him to know, because he kept screwing it up, he just dozes off
<Babbing> so i poke him and he comes back
<alastair> tehehehe
<Babbing> but then goes to sleep again
<alastair> LOL
<Babbing> i end up doing this three times
<alastair> and again.....
<alastair> :-P
<Babbing> after that i let him sleep for a little bit
<Babbing> and then i get the idea
<alastair> ohno.....
<Babbing> i have a marks a lot in my hand
<Babbing> ...............
<Babbing> so i started drawing on him
<alastair> as in a permant marker...
<Babbing> and he didn't wake up!
<alastair> LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<Babbing> yep!
<Babbing> so i finish what i was writing and he wakes up and tells me he has to go to bed
<Babbing> he is still here
<alastair> what you write?
<Babbing> just sat up
<Babbing> and he has NO idea
<Babbing> jsut scribbled
<Babbing> anyways, he gets up and i am just laughing my ass off, and he still has no idea
<alastair> ahwell, ya gonna tell him?
<Babbing> well, he left, and as he did, i got a drink and went downstairs to his apt
<Babbing> as he did
<Babbing> and apparently, he went straight to bed
<Babbing> so i didn't get to tell him
<alastair> ahwell, he'll be in for a suprise in a few hours
<Babbing> i jsut hope he showers and brushes his teeth in the morning :P
<alastair> no, it'll be even better if he doesn't :-P
<Babbing> that stuff is hard to get off :P
<Babbing> HAHAHAH
muwahahaha......i had better not catch any of you guys sleeping!!! > > 8) :
lol... When I catch someone asleep ,when they shouldn't be, I plug their nose
It's priceless when their eyes shoot open in panic after they unsuccesfully try to take in air for awhile. haha


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12 comments:
- Raiyden said...
But all that suffering is a result of sin, God intended for everything to be perfect :)
That doesn't mean I agree with God, it's kinda like being told Jesus loves you but if you don't love him back you will suffer forever!
- June 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Rob R said...
I'm a bit confused at the confidence here that these are REALITY checks and that they MUST be true when they are claims that not everyone including learned scholars would agree upon.
I find it dubious that everyone who has worked on the problem of evil would share your conclusion that there is no cogent theodicy.
But what if it is true. It might be in the strictest sense that no one has a COMPLETE answer to the problem of evil free of every problem, and certainly some aren't free from controversy, but that doesn't indicate that there aren't theodicies out there that aren't mostly successful with extremely reasonable room left over for mystery such as that that surrounds ALL human knowledge (including scientific knowledge). So what if in eliminating some and highly important question marks, there are still some left over. We will just continue to do what is reasonable to do, to continue to work on what remains.
This is the kind of criticism that I don't find very good at all in the slightest, that because we don't have complete and absolute answers to everything, that our picture should be abandoned on the whole. It's the kind of thought that is far too frequent in atheistic thought that when used against Christianity, would invalidate almost all other areas of human knowledge including the only knowledge they consider sacred, scientific knowledge.
- June 4, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- John W. Loftus said...
Rob, what you said is mostly correct if we were to take any one of these reality checks all by themselves. I cannot speak for all Christians and I don't claim to. But several Christian theists don't think there is any successful theodicy available at all.
See what Thom Stark said for instance.
But it not the case that you can offer even a glimmer of a response to the problem of suffering except by retreating to mystery, which is no answer at all.
When it comes to the usual things we know we can offer some acceptable reasons why we accept what we do.
But you cannot even get off the ground in offering a theodicy beyond mystery. I could press you an each one of your answers if we had the patience to do so until you would have to retreat to mystery so many times you would get my point.
- June 4, 2010 at 5:24 PM
- Breckmin said...
19)That there IS a cogent theodicy that explains why human suffering and animal suffering exists and that it can consistent with a Holy Creator who is all "logically" powerful...
but such Theodicy never seems to be addressed on websites that claim they have debunked Christianity.
Let's talk about it...starting with the necessity of learning contrasts and concepts such as good and evil in the first place.
There can be no legitimate theodicy without addressing the complexity of the dual reality of evil as well as how sin is a potential byproduct of choice.
1. God does not "create" sin.
2. God DOES allow evil to exist in the universe as part of His "Plan" for salvation and judgment.
3. We can even say in the English "God wills evil to exist" but this doesn't mean that He directly created it.
4. We need to go through at least a dozen of the reasons for "why" we suffer and navigate these with respect to each individual situation (whether natural dissaster or whether the result of choice of a cognitive being).
Even natural dissasters can be the result of ancestors who chose to migrate to those areas, etc.
5. We need to address why Love requires choice and how this creates a potential byproduct for an evil which will be judged by God's justice...and "how God is just in judging what He knew would take place, etc.
There are 20 more points I could list. Until we address the complexity of at least half of these points, we will be no where near connecting the dots on theodicy.
- June 4, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Hendy said...
Are you serious?
Your theodicies will amount to speculation with no known actual reasons just like a lot of the other ones. For example, the logical problem of evil is 'refuted' only by showing that it's 'possible' that god has a sufficient morally permissible reason for allowing evil and suffering.
But what is it?
What if I was on trial for murder (and I actually killed a man) and my lawyer kept pleading with the jury that I had a motive so pure and wholesome that they would be literally doing grave wrong to convict me of murder. Instead I should be completely let off.
What do you think the jury would want to know and would be the next question out of the prosecution's mouth?
What's this motive you're talking about? Tell us so we can judge for ourselves.
Not only would my lawyer not be able to tell anyone, but they couldn't even come up with a plausible one themselves that made any sense.
Anyway, cheesy analogy, but all it does is crack the shell of it being logically impossible. It doesn't give us any understandable ways to comprehend god's actual goodness as every possible suggestion has been challenged (soul building, free will, etc.).
Lastly, natural disasters the result of ancestral migration?
You've got to be kidding me.
You're like an incubating Pat Robertson or something.
I'd challenge you to put together a list of any natural disasters you please and present to DC a possible suggestion for what sin the inhabitants at some point committed as to warrant something like a tsunami or earthquake.
- June 5, 2010 at 1:07 AM
- Breckmin said...
"Even natural disasters can be the result of ancestors who chose to migrate to those areas, etc."
My bad.
What I am referring to is the experience of a local natural disaster. Clearly the disaster is the result of the movement of a plate, or a weather pattern, or climate conditions which are affected by other causes. These of course have nothing to do with current human choices (although Christians do point back to original sin - and to the flood specifically when it comes to earthquakes and other problems related to climate).
The choices of ancestors to migrate to an area which will someday possibly have an earthquake or a tsunami is the point I was making.
I was NOT saying that their choice to migrate somehow brought about a judgement from God. The point has to do with how choices are both causes and effects for other people (in this case descendents).
Judgement from God is individual, anyway. In a tsunami, for instance, some die and some do not die. Some are severally injured by the natural cause and some are less injured. Some are saved and taken to eternal glory and some are judged perfectly based on every choice they ever made (not a good thing for such individual).
It is important to understand how natural disasters apply to the individual rather than to everyone equally.
- June 6, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Breckmin said...
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- June 6, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Breckmin said...
"the logical problem of evil is 'refuted' only by showing that it's 'possible' that god has a sufficient morally permissible reason for allowing evil and suffering."
The greater good has always been the eternal glory of LOVE which requires choice.
You can't say yes if you can't say no. You can't agree with God if you can't disagree with Him. Disagreeing with the Owner and Creator of the universe, however, is cosmically a bad thing. An evil thing. This is a potential byproduct of "choice" (what is necessary for love/worship/genuine thanks/praise, etc.).
We are creatures created in God's Image with a self-impulse(d) volition (often referred to as free will). The complication is that God created little creators. We have the ability to create with our minds (yet we are accountable to the Creator as we do this because we should logically be His since He created us).
As little creators we have limited sovereignty based on our circumstances.
The potential for evil is the price for the glory of Love. God became a Man and paid the price for our evil for the eternal glory of love. If you miss this, then you will miss the eternal glory of Love.
- June 6, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Chuck O'Connor said...
Your ad hoc explanations are tedious and if you had a modicum of the humility you assert you'd be ashamed practicing them as explanation for tragedy.
- June 6, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Breckmin said...
calling "ad hoc" is general and doesn't address a specific point, premise or assumption.
You continue to attack me with generalization yet provide no point for point rebuttal. I would encourage you to examine critically the specific points with respect to cause and effects and how love can not exist without choice.
- June 6, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Hendy said...
'Ad hoc' would be the case if your theory has no real applicability anywhere else. It's my understanding of scripture (being of a Catholic tradition) that there is no direct connection between bad things and sin. Not in the tit-for-tat sense anyway.
- John 9:2: blindness is not the result of anyone's sin
- Luke 13-1-9: it was not due to sin that either Galileans were offered as blood sacrifices or that the tower or Siloam fell and killed people.
- Sodom and Gomorrah: god won't bring mass killing (like a natural disaster) on a city if there are good people there.
Do you really think that tsunamis and earthquakes are some form of spiritual payback?
The pinnacle of love excuse is preposterous. Everywhere we look, superior intelligence protects lesser intelligence only because of love. All we have to go by is parents/children examples which is exactly how god is supposed to be with us.
My daughter has free choice. She is almost two. Would it be unloving for me to stop her from wandering out into the street? She might be upset because I held her back, but it's my freaking duty to protect her from herself due to her ignorance. When she's older I'll tell her about cars. I'll educate her directly as it is my duty. Then I'll walk her for years while holding her hand. Then we'll walk side by side with no hand holding.
Then finally one day I'll let her go out by herself.
Am I casting the pinnacle values of love and free-will aside by doing this? What exactly is the difference between this analogy and god's relationship with us?
I find this a classic example of how every time one exercises his mind on things like this and comes up with blatant and utter failures in logic or explanations, the theologians come to the rescue and try to convince everyone that their reason is flawed, not the concept of god.
- June 7, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Shane said...
Christians have long argued that god had no other choice but to test man in the Garden of Eden in order to prove man's freewill choice to love god. This is a short-sighted argument. It shows a lack of critical thinking when examining the Biblical story. According to the New Testament, it becomes clear that god had intended all along to make a sinless man - a man who would not fail the temptations of Satan. God had the option to send Jesus as the first Adam, not the second, as he is called in the New Testament.
If god had caused his pre-existing son to be incarnate as the first man, then the fully obedient incarnate son would not have failed the test in the Garden of Eden. Therefore, there would have been no fall, and no need to send a redeemer. Most importantly, god could have avoided the untold misery and suffering he inflicted on mankind as a result of Adam's fall.
The only conclusion is that morally god is a monster who preferred to create thousands of years of human suffering, when he had the option not to do so. Obviously, god preferred to send billions to hell to be tortured for eternity, rather than simply making Jesus the first Adam. If any of the Biblical myth were true, then god would not be a god of love, but rather a capriciously evil, sadistic and abhorrent being.
- June 11, 2010 at 5:36 AM


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Devadoss, P (1988) Observations on the breeding and development of some sharks. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 30 (1&2). pp. 121-131.
Size at maturty, developmental stages and breeding seasons of five sharks from the Portonovo Coast are described. A maximum of twenty embryos with an average of twelve embryos of Sphyrna blochii have been collected. The relationship between the number of embryos and the total length of the mothers was also worked out. The other sharks studied for the breeding habits were S. lewini, Rhizoprionodon acutus, Carcharhinm Itmbatus and C. sorrah. All these have a developed placental system for nourishing their developing embryos in the uterus.
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BP is keeping a lid on its runaway Mancondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, despite four leaks that developed in and around the well since July 14, when BP installed new shut-off valves. BP and federal emergency response officials believe the well bore is sound; they will continue tests in 24-hour increments with the valves closed. BP and federal overseers agree the "seepage" is not enough to signal a failure of the well bore, although they are watching closely. Two leaks are in equipment at the wellhead, and two others are "a few thousand feet" and two miles away, respectively, on the seabed. Officials say it is not certain the remote leaks are related to the well. Further, on July 20, as a relief well came within feet of its target to intercept and choke off the damaged well for good at 18,000 ft down, BP was studying proposals for another "top kill" to force mud into the well to close it.
Well Cap Is Holding for Now As Final Kill Is Planned
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Tired of staring at the same old fake fire or plastic wood in your fireplace? Replace them with this 8-bit recreation of the torches from The Legend of Zelda.
An enterprising young artist named "JamesBit" on the homemade crafts sale site Etsy put this custom painting up for sale for $150 and the coolest part is that it easily fits into just about any standard fireplace.
The paintings are available in standard sizes including 24×24 inches or 20×20 inches and can also be made to custom specifications. Each painting is made on a wood canvas and painted on a cotton canvas, so if you're going to put it in a fireplace, it's probably not a good idea to start an actual fire behind for the full effect.
We're hoping that someone else is working on a painting of an 8-bit "Old Man" and a device that shoots fireballs at you if you try to stab him.
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Congrats again to Kathy over at Creative Home Expressions on winning the April Cornell at Home book! WhooHoo! I will be getting it out to you as soon as I can!:)I was so tempted to keep both copies I have but I knew that was just silly and also knew ya would want a copy for yourself!
Now onto my next fun lil' giveaway! From today thru midnight central standard time Sept 3....next Friday night...you have the opportunity to enter to win a copy of Annie Sloan's Creating The French Look hardback!! I am in LOVE with this book and I know you will be to.
How scrumptious!! I am telling ya drool worthy here ladies!
Annie even gives you step by step instructions on how to paint wonderful pieces of furniture! I am still trying to get my hands on some of her chalk paints and wax. If anybody else is able to get some of her paints we all can do a piece of furniture and have a linky party! I think that would be sooo much fun!
Again the giveaway will run from today 8/27 till midnight central standard time 9/03 which is next Friday! Leave me a comment telling me you are a follower to get one entry. Leave me a comment to let me know you blogged abt my giveaway on your blog for another entry. Last but not least post my give away on your sidebar and leave yet another comment. You must leave me individual comments please, otherwise they will just count as one! I will announce the winner next weekend. If you do not have a blog and still want to enter that is fine. Just leave me a comment and a way to contact you if you are the winner! Open to the US and Canada only. Sorry to my readers if there are any in other parts of the world. I think I am safe in saying I do not have many if any of those but I thought it needed to be stated.
Thanx again to all of my new bloggy pals! I love when ya stop by and visit! The rents will be in town for a week and I am hoping to get several projects completed and started while they are here!:)


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What Color Is Your Financial Underbelly? Red, Black or Yellow?
When your life turns upside down, you get a clear view of personal parts you would prefer to keep hidden. Week 10 of 13 Weeks to Family Financial Freedom.
August 31, 2013 - 1:23 pm
When you first get paid, or your bank account shows a comfortable sum, it "feels" good. Like a big pot of chicken soup, it gives you a warm feeling and a false sense of security. Only by pouring that money out, into all the outstretched hands with empty bowls, can you honestly gauge if there's enough in the pot to go around.
If it sits undivided, the temptation is to dip into the seemingly full pot, taking a little here and a little there… for things you've been hungry. The problem is, you are in danger of blindly robbing from someone else's bowl.
Out of fear there wouldn't be enough to go around, I wouldn't even look at the numbers until forced. That's when I discovered my true colors.
I've never looked good in yellow. So here is my prayer for this week found in Proverbs 30:8-9 NIV :
Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, 'Who is the Lord?'
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
In an earnest attempt to restore a healthy color to my financial underbelly and my bank account, this coming week there will be a few changes.
In order to mark off on my Seinfeld calendar these steps must be completed daily:
1) Pull up the bank statement and look at the bottom line. Because willful ignorance is not bliss– it's cowardice.
2) Review the budget.
3) Pray the above prayer and thank the Lord for all we have.
Dave Ramsey once said, that money is both emotional and spiritual. He's right. If we aren't careful, financial stress can get twisted up in our emotions. This week I've learned it takes a conscious decision for me to not to allow my emotions, such as fear, to creep in.
Emotions can affect, even warp, your spirit when allowed to rule.
How do you separate your emotions from your finances? Does it come natural? Or is it a spiritual discipline?
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Graduate certificate programs typically involve 12 to 18 hours of graduate course work in a focused area of study, providing specialized training to help expand students' areas of expertise, teach them about new developments in their fields, augment their professional skills and provide credentials that help advance their careers. The George Washington University's graduate-level certificate offerings have expanded significantly in recent years to almost 90 programs. For a full list, please use our Graduate Program Finder.
Students should be wary of the word "certificate," which can simply acknowledge participation in a workshop. Only a graduate or post-master's certificate signifies the successful completion of graduate-level courses.
Some of GW's graduate certificate programs are a subset of the courses in a master's degree program, enabling students to test the waters before deciding to pursue a master's degree. Students who are later accepted to the master's program may be allowed to count all of their completed certificate courses toward their degrees. Or a student may pursue the graduate certificate and master's degree concurrently.
Admission to most graduate-level certificate programs requires a bachelor's degree and an undergraduate record indicative of readiness for graduate work. Many programs do not require admissions tests such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) unless or until a student seeks admission to a related master's program. GW also offers a few post-master's certificate programs, which require a relevant master's degree for admission.


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Man's arm impaled possibly by garbage truck forklift
Published 11:00 AM HST Apr 17, 2013
Emergency Medical Service officials say a 50-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday after his right arm was apparently impaled by the forklift of a garbage truck in Salt Lake.
It happened at 3161 Ala Ilima Street. just after 7:30 a.m.
No word yet if the man was a sanitation worker.
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Roaming Far From the Ranch, Real Cowboys Arrive in the City
Douglas Duncan has been grabbing the bull by the horns for half his life. The 24-year-old from Alvin, Texas, faced a different sort of bull Thursday afternoon. He was standing outside the New York Stock Exchange, waiting for the end of trading so he could ring the closing bell.
Digging his hands in his pockets and stomping his feet to ward off the cold, he admired the outerwear on the denizens of Wall Street. "I feel out of place without a pea coat, I want to go buy me one," he said, pulling down on his wide, black felt hat and launching a mouthful of phlegm on the cobble stones.
Duncan is in town for the start of the bull riding season, which kicks off at Madison Square Garden this weekend. The sport is pretty straightforward. Riders have to stay on a bull for eight seconds, hope it bucks wildly and hold on tight. Riders are judged on how well they ride and how well the bull bucks — or kicks — its hind legs. Points are awarded and riders proceed to the next round. Money is also awarded on a point system, and the grand finale can net riders almost $2 million.
It's Duncan's second time in the Big Apple. He placed 5th in New York last year and walked away with about $16,000. Professional bull riders pay their own way, and swallow the cost of hotels and airfare during the 28-city season. He ended the 2011 season ranked number 16.
Despite concerns from family and teachers growing up, this third generation cowboy says bull riding is a childhood dream come true.
"It's everything I want to do. People think that I'm crazy, but it's like a kid growing up with a set of golf clubs, I knew what I was going to be from day one and there wasn't no ways around it," Duncan said.
He started riding the family dog when he was 2 or 3 years old, and graduated to sheep, then calves and finally big bulls when he was 12. His father, a former bull rider, broke his neck riding about six years before Duncan was born, but obliged his enthusiastic son by building a make-shift cardboard chute for him as a child to practice on.
Like his father, Duncan has had his share of injuries. He's had multiple concussions, little fractures, MCL, ACL, a sports hernia and a fractured pelvis, but "nothing that's required screws," he said, optimistically.
Duncan, who's longest recorded ride was 32 seconds, can tell by looking at a bull which one is a good bucker. "Bulls are just like people, some are real mean, some aren't mean at all, just big ol' pets." He has about 25 practice bulls at home on his 200-acre ranch that he rides.
Duncan's not into social media or digital technology, but he does have a smart phone. He knows he won't be riding bulls forever and laments the fact that the cowboy life is a fast setting sun.
"It's dang sure fading away, but I'm a cowboy, it's a way of life for me, it's not just a title. It's a way of living, it's pure and clean, and I think a lot of people give a lot of respect to a cowboy," he said.