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Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
by Simon Conway Morris
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Conway Morris' book, by his own description, is a sandwich. The meat of the book, which is very impressive, explores convergence in evolution. His conclusion is one that I admit that I was predisposed to favor, that the results of evolution are dependent on the requirements of the niche that the life form moves into, not random, unrepeatable contingencies. As I learned in my junior high school science class, and ever since, variations may be random, but natural selection isn't. "Evolution" is sometimes used a little too broadly in the sense of a history of life. A meteor strike may be a contingency that affects the situation that living beings have to deal with, but it is not, itself, a part of evolution in a strict sense. Rather, evolution is the process by which survivors will adapt to changed circumstances, or go extinct. Conway Morris makes an impressive argument that the results will be similar for similar needs and often, that there are no strikingly different alternatives. I predict that this will lead to a great deal of squabbling over how alike "alike" is. Conway Morris makes it clear that while he expects that our niche would be filled by another culture-bearing, language using, large-brained species with similar fine motor skills, he isn't necessarily requiring a primate. He also accepts that there may be bottlenecks, such as getting life started in the first place, but he is arguing that given the chance to proceed, evolution will always create similar results. I am convinced, and humbled by the breadth of his knowledge and research. Stephen J. Gould comes in for a lot of well-deserved criticism, and his fans will not be happy.
Alas, to continue the sandwich metaphor, one piece of the bread is a bit stale and the other downright moldy. The beginning chapters deal with the difficulties and probabilities of creating life in the first place. These chapters are mostly quite interesting - Conway Morris feels that the getting life to start developing may be extremely difficult under any circumstances and that present explanations are inadequate. My cavil with him in these chapters is that he goes on to declare that life is unlikely anywhere else. I have little patience with people who declare that almost certainly there is/is-not life elsewhere in the universe. Talk about hypothesizing in advance of your data! I am all for throwing around ideas, some of the most exhilarating books are those in which the author admits that it is impossible to reach firm conclusions, but still explores possibilities. Go ahead and guess: my guess is that somewhere else there is life, just because it's a big universe and it strikes me as unlikely that anything is truly unique. But that's just my guess, it doesn't make it to the dignity of scientific hypothesis. To reach a definite conclusion on the likelihood of a poorly understood process in scantily observed situations is nonsense.
The moldy slice is Conway Morris' "theology of evolution". I'm not actually sure what this is; in stark contrast to his review of convergence, he puts all of his energies into ill-supported attacks on his opponents, not developing his own ideas. Atheists (of which I am one) and agnostics can't win for losing - if they are cheerful, they are arrogant and amoral, if they are depressed, they "prove" the emptiness of their world view. Conway Morris' arguments seem to boil down to the assumptions that it is "obvious" that the world is going to hell in a handbasket, that atheists and agnostics are worse people than believers. Since the overwhelming majority of Americans believe in a god, it is a little hard to understand why we have such a high murder rate in that case, but Conway Morris isn't interested in examining facts. I would not think it would need repeating that people who are pious and behave irreproachably within their own society have a long track record of barbarism towards outsiders, often murdering and pillaging with the serene mind that comes from confidence that one is acting with the blessing of God. Being a believer in freedom of speech and religion, I don't fault Conway Morris or Richard Dawkins for being open about their views. I seriously doubt that science is capable of proving or disproving deity(s), but I am confident that it hasn't done either at this point; vicious personal attacks from either side under the guise of science are shameful. I don't think that Conway Morris does his notions any favor in this angry, poorly-argued section. If he really feels that they are important, then I think he should do them justice of developing them with the care that he developed his ideas on convergence.
Both of Morris's main themes -- that evolution of intelligent humanoids was always a likelihood on Earth and that conditions allowing the evolution of intelligence may well not exist anywhere else in the universe -- seem far-fetched to me. But the main reason I decided *not* to read the book is that I noticed he is well-disposed toward theology, knocks Richard Dawkins (and presumably kindred top thinkers like Daniel Dennett and Steven Pinker), and throws around antirationalist sneer words like ultra-darwinism, reductionism, and scientism. So nuts to Morris and his book.
Simon Conway Morris's book Life's Solution is fascinating. As an atheistic-leaning agnostic I'd gone along with Dawkins that religion was incompatible with evolution. Conway Morris (a British Cambridge Professor of Evolutionary Biology) gives a brilliant Darwinian account which is still compatible with "purpose". He demonstrates how certain phenomena (eg eyes) have evolved separately again and again; and that human-like intelligence was almost bound to evolve. He didn't entirely persuade me but I now recognise that a Darwinian/Christian position is intellectually credible.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0521603250, Paperback)In a crisp, passionate argument sure to draw the wrath of many biologists, Simon Conway Morris defends his belief that evolutionary science is misguided without a somewhat religious notion of the significance of human intelligence and existence. At the same time, he is careful to distance himself from creation "scientists" by reminding readers that:
Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case.
He uses convergence as his foundation, defining it as "the recurrent tendency of biological organization to arrive at the same 'solution' to a particular 'need'" and offering a multitude of examples, including eusociality, olfaction, and the generation of electrical fields. In outlining the direction and inevitability he believes is inherent in evolution, Conway Morris stacks up compelling evidence in the form of a revealed "protein hyperspace" that limits the possibilities of amino acid combination to a few, often repeated (pre-ordained?) forms. While he skirts a focus on the relentless environmental pressures that result in adaptation, Conway Morris also derides the notion that the gene rules evolution. He accuses his opponents (primarily Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins) "genetic fundamentalism" who use "sleights of hand, special pleading, and sanctimoniousness... trying to smuggle back the moral principle through the agency of the gene." Dense with examples and complex biological proofs, Life's Solution is not an easy explanation of convergence for general readers. Still, it is a clear and exciting elucidation of the theory that evolution might have predictable outcomes, even for those who find Conway Morris' metaphysical arguments unconvincing. --Therese Littleton
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"In this extraordinarily wide-ranging book Simon Conway Morris takes us on a tour of life that encompasses both classic examples of convergence, such as the camera-eyes of octopus and human, and remarkable new work that shows, for example, how ants have developed agriculture independently of us. Embedded in the evolutionary process are both latent inevitabilities and pathways that will be repeatedly explored. Underpinned by DNA, the weirdest molecule in the Universe, guided by a genetic code of staggering effectiveness, the tape of life will in time navigate to such biological properties as advanced sensory systems, intelligence, complex societies, tool-making and culture. So if these are all evolutionary inevitabilities, where are our counterparts across the Galaxy? The tape of life can run only on a suitable planet, and here it turns out that such Earth-like planets may be much rarer than is hoped. Inevitable humans, yes, but in a lonely Universe."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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Brazil's New Cinema; N.I.C.E. screens In S.F.
Compiled by Anthony Kaufman
>> Brazil's New Cinema, Now and Then, at NYC's MOMA
This Friday, New York's Museum of Modern Art will showcase the latest
and best of Brazilian cinema in a 59-feature and 16-short film festival
titled Cinema Novo and Beyond. With Walter Salles' festival crowd
pleaser "Central Station" about to open on U.S. screens later this
month, the festival is a timely nod to what came before and what is to
come. The program spans the past four decades of Brazilian filmmaking,
beginning with the Cinema Novo, a wave of social and political
breakthrough work from directors like Nelson Pereira dos Santos ("Barren
Lives", 1963) and Glauber Rocha ("Black God, White Devil", 1964) whose
dictum "An idea in your head and a camera in hand..." infused the spirit
of the movement. "Cinema Novo created a remarkable body of work --
visually stunning, emotionally exuberant, politically provocative, and
uniquely Brazilian -- that retains its vitality and power today," says
Jytte Jensen, Film and Video Associate Curator, who organized the
Also screening in the series are a number of more modern hits, carrying
on the legacy of important Brazilian filmmaking. "Four Days in
September" director Bruno Baretto's most popular Brazilian film of all
time, "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" (1976), Carlos Diegues' "Bye Bye
Brazil" (1980) and Hector Babenco's acclaimed "Pixote" (1981) will all
screen. While representatives of the 90's resurgence in Brazilian
cinema are reflected in Walter Salles' 1995 low budget thriller
"Foreign Land," Beto Brant's New Directors/New Films premiere "Belly Up"
(1997), Jose Araújo's "Landscapes of Memory" (1996), Sandra Werneck's
"Dictionary of Love" (1996) and Fabio Barretor's Academy Award nominated
"O Quatrilho" (1996). U.S. premieres include Carlos Reichenbach's
"Alma Corsaria", Julio Bressane's "Miramar" (1997), and Ugo Giorgetti's
"Soccer Players" (1997). Many of the directors will be on hand to
introduce and discuss their work.
After premiering at The Museum of Modern Art, the series will travel to
some twenty venues, both domestically and internationally. Distributed
by Cowboy Booking International, the tour will include UCLA's Film and
Television Archive, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; and
the Art Institute of Chicago, among many others.
>> Italy's Emerging 8 Showcased in San Francisco
Eight films from new Italian directors will be presented in San
Francisco under a program called N.I.C.E (New Italian Cinema Events)
from November 18-22. Presented by the San Francisco Film Society, in
association with the Italian Cultural Institute under the auspices of
the Consulate General of Italy, the films were selected from Italian
entries at the Cannes and Venice film festivals by a jury of Italian and
American film critics and journalists. Film Society, Artistic Director
Peter Scarlet noted, "Several of these films will be receiving their
North American Premieres, and a few will be getting their first United
States screenings." The lucky eight include: Gala Closer Marco Risi's
"Kaputt Mundi," Fulvio Wetzl's "First the Music, then the Words," Marco
Turco's "Belleville," Vincenzo Terracciano's "Acts of Justice,"
Ferdinando Orgnani's "Open Sea," Davide Manuli's "Go Around the World,"
Antonio Capuano's "Napoli Dust," and Mimmo Calopresti's critically
praised, "Notes of Love," whose last film, "The Second Time" was a
highlight of last year's N.I.C.E. event. New Italian short films will
screen before the features, many directors will be in attendance, and a
special award for best film will be given out, as selected by the San
Francisco and New York audiences.
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A rumbling, low-level hum lies under each word spoken. First, we're taken to an abandoned room, and obey instructions to lie down on the bed and meditate. The voice is familiar, but only in the sense that it's an eerie pastiche of 1980s new age culture, both instantly familiar and utterly meaningless.
Escorted through to an experimental lab, we're handed a book-thick mental health assessment form. Broken televisions play dated, ultra-capitalist commercials, both the searing colours and message verging on pastiche.
Instructed to put down their forms, an increasingly exasperated group are then led down a cold, sterile corridor – all the while wondering what the hell was actually going on. Informed that we are to be shown the root of the infection, the crowd is crammed into a tiny space, dry ice pouring up from under us.
Then scorching lights sear through the fog and a guitar erupts. It's Jack White. Fresh from a Radio 1 session, the guitarist is on incredible form blasting out material from new album 'Lazaretto' (review) and rifling through the archives.
Dressed entirely in white and joined by full band, blazing through title cut 'Lazaretto' before plunging into 'High Ball Stepper'. Plucking the riff for The White Stripes' classic 'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground', the band stretches the song out towards hysteria before White screeches the lyrics to gospel standard 'John The Revelator'.
Throwing in a quick-fire version of 'St. James Infirmary Blues' for good measure, the band closes with 'Icky Thump' and a demented White wanders into the crowd for the guitar solo, collapsing on his knees in the process.
Staggering back onstage, he collapses again. The crowd is hauled away as a medical team straps the guitarist to an emergency bed – the heart of the infection hauled away from one of the most incredible, flamboyant, bizarre shows of his life.
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So after a five year absence, "Little Miss Sunshine" directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are returning with "He Loves Me Not," a whimsical-sounding project -- described as a mix of "Adaptation" and "Weird Science" -- written by actress Zoe Kazan that will star herself, her boyfriend Paul Dano and possibly Jeff Bridges if all goes well. This morning, Fox Searchlight announced it had picked up the picture and it would shoot later this summer. Finally!
Rewinding the tape a little bit, earlier this year it was reported that James Franco may or may not be directing an adaptation of "Blood Meridian" which seemed to be news to producer Scott Rudin (he owns the rights and it appears that Franco's take on it was unsolicited). What we were more concerned with was: what did this mean for Todd Field? Director of two great little dramas, "In the Bedroom" and "Little Children," the actor/filmmaker had been developing the aforementioned bleak and bloody Cormac McCarthy novel for what felt like ages. Both stories made us think of Field, Dayton/Faris and a host of other directors who haven't made a film in years for one reason or another. So here's five filmmakers who haven't made a feature-length film in over five years, some of the reasons why, and what they are cooking up next.
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Time Away From The Game: Going on five. They haven't made a feature since "Little Miss Sunshine," 2006.
The Brief:: Two years after Fox Searchlight made Oscar contenders out of indie dramas and blossoming indie filmmakers ("Sideways" started it all for them), the company did it again with "Little Miss Sunshine," this time earning four nominations for this story about a quirky family on a beauty-paegant-for-kids roadtrip. Directed by music video veterans Dayton and Faris (who swept up at the 1996 MTV Music Video Awards for the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight Tonight" clip), their feature-length debut was a hit and the world should have been their oyster. While several opportunities did present themselves, no feature film has arrived yet and it's going on five years.
What Happened: Reps for the duo tell us their adaptation of "The Abstinence Teacher" is no longer in development (Lisa Cholodenko has been rumored, but that's not confirmed or fact yet), but still in the works is the Demetri Martin-written "Will" which is supposed to star Zach Galifianakis and Paul Rudd. We did hear mid last year that Paramount had issues with the script and went as far as killing some early location scouting plans. That was more than six months ago, so perhaps the project is in a better place now, but Rudd and Galifianakis' schedules aren't getting easier as the two continue to become larger stars. A few months ago Variety mentioned that the pair were on board the long-gestating "Used Guys" project once to be helmed by Jay Roach ("Meet the Parents"), but their reps say this is no longer the case and in fact the intel was way out of date. But either way, "He Loves Me Not" is on deck and we'll assume once it's shot this summer it'll arrive in theaters sometime in 2012. Whether you think 'Sunshine' is overrated or not (a similar second guessing happened to "Juno" once it became mainstream), there's no denying this couple is talented and we're very glad to hear they're back on the cinema landscape again.
Todd Field
Time Away From The Game: Going on five. He hasn't made a feature since "Little Children," 2006.
The Brief: A character actor who's been working since the late '80s (one of his more memorable turns is in Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut"), the 47-year-old added writer/director to his resume as far back as 1992 with lots of short films and the occasional stint for TV (Ed Zwick's "Once and Again"), but it wasn't until 2001's dark, family drama "In the Bedroom" (which was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay) that Field truly landed as a director. Field followed that drama with another dark suburban portrait, this time with a sardonic little edge (best sarcastic use of voiceover ever? could be) called "Little Children." It earned three Oscar noms including yet another nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (Field and the book's author Tom Perrotta). Eight Academy Award nominations after your first two feature films? Doors surely opened.
What Happened: One of the first passageways to become available was the always-keen-on-talent door of Scott Rudin, who eyed the director for an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian," a savage tale of Indian-massacring scalp hunters who fall in with a teenage runaway referred as "the kid," but only after Ridley Scott had walked away thinking the adaptation was impossible (there's a lot of killing and roadtrekking, but not a lot of plot or story in the film). Field presumably tried to crack that nut for a few years, but no film ever came. While we don't 100% know whether Field is officially off the project -- and Rudin isn't talking -- we assume regardless of James Franco taking an unsolicited crack at the film adaptation, the triple threat moved on long ago. So what's next? Two projects have popped up in the last few years, "The Creed of Violence" and "Hubris." The former is an adaptation of Boston Teran's 2009 novel which takes place in Mexico during the 1910-set Mexican Revolution, while focusing on the American intervention in the war. The latter is a gangster heist tale of retribution and revenge being written by Bobby Moresco who co-wrote "Crash" with Paul Haggis centering on the same Chicago gangster set to feature in Michael Mann's "Big Tuna" project (but they are very different and unconnected stories -- we have major details here). Both films are set up over at Universal, but it's unclear which will come first and when either would go into production (neither is green lit yet).
Alexander Payne.
Time Away From The Game: Going on seven. Hasn't made a feature since "Sideways," 2004.
The Brief: Known for wicked and sharp satires like "Citizen Ruth" and "Election" (now a certifiable classic), Alexander Payne hit mainstream paydirt with his more humanist effort "Sideways," about two friends on a wine roadtrip through Santa Ynez Valley leading up to the lesser man's wedding. Nominated for five Oscars (including writing and directing for Payne), the picture should have been Payne's meal ticket, and in many ways it was, but that picture arrived in 2004 and there hasn't been a feature-effort since (though there was a brief short in "Paris J'Taime," some producing in between and script doctoring; he's credited on the "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" script).
What Happened: Lots of good things. Payne struck a multi-film development deal with Fox Searchlight (the studio who birthed "Sideways"), but projects marinated for probably longer than he hoped. Searchlight bought the rights to the "The Descendents" in 2007 for the filmmaker, but the director kept a low heat to several simmering projects, one of them being an adaptation of Denis Hammill's "Fork In The Road," a dramedy/romance set in Ireland written by Kerry Williamson -- who penned Darren Aronofsky's still unproduced "Breaking the Bank" gritty, heist movie -- and it's still in development (many of Payne's films sit in his queue for years waiting for the right moment). Another was a picture about Latino life in America's Heartland called "La Vida Norteña," but it seems to have gone quiet. Payne almost mounted his most high-concept project in 2008 about a semi-futuristic world that miniaturizes people to help combat over-population, waste and global warming called "Downsizing," but the potential budget got Searchlight nervous and then went back to the drawer and recruited George Clooney for "The Descendants," which is in the can and already set to hit awards season in December (producers close to Payne's projects have told us "Downsizing" is still a project he aims to make down the road). So that will make it approximately seven years in between features. Hopefully that's not the case moving forward and it sounds like it's not. Payne has already lined up his next project and it's a father/son road drama called "Nebraska" (itself a project that was kicking around in Payne's queue since 2003). The director is looking at casting now and Casey Affleck was one of the actors circling at one point, but nothing is formalized at the moment and he's actually rewriting the script now. When we talked to the producers earlier this year, they were hoping to shoot the film this late spring or early fall, depending. The filmmaker also has an adaptation of Daniel Clowes' "Wilson" in the works that the cartoonist will also be co-writing. He's also been producing along the way and a recent project is "Keep Coming Back," which is a 2010 Black List script about an adrenaline interventionist. Let's hope there's no major waiting time in between pictures moving forward. (Extra credit: Payne was also supposed to write an untitled film inspired by Oscar Wilde's"The Picture of Dorian Gray" but this was announced back in 2000, so who knows what happened with that other than the idea being folded into his "Paris J'Taime" short.)
Jonathan Glazer
Time Away From The Game: Going on seven. Hasn't made a feature since "Birth," 2004.
The Brief: Two of the greatest films of the early aughts -- both made our best of the decade lists for 2001 and 2004 -- "Sexy Beast" and "Birth" were directed by Englishman Jonathan Glazer, known for his visually imaginative and inventive commercials (Levis, Stella Artois) and some striking and haunting music videos (Radiohead, Richard Ashcroft, UNKLE), that earned him a spot in the now-defunct Directors Label series (many of that alumnus is awol too though Anton Corjbin has done well for himself). "Sexy Beast" gave us one of Ben Kingsley's most savage performances, "Birth" introduced many of us to the great composer Alexandre Desplat and proved once again, in a good role and under a strong director, Nicole Kidman is one of our finest actresses. But "Birth" was 2004 and Glazer's barely been heard of since.
What Happened: He's been developing and developing a creepy sci-fi-ish novel called "Under the Skin" by Michel Faber about aliens who pose as humans in the English countryside and prey off of unsuspecting denizens of the region, but until recently there has been little public movement. Gemma Arterton had been quietly attached for some time, but in the fall it was announced that Scarlett Johansson had now taken on the lead role of the sexy female alien who uses her seductive charms to entrap human prey. It's a great script, another strange and icy-toned thriller-drama that's very much in Glazer's wheelhouse. Hopefully it happens, because again, Scarjo is just a tiny bit in demand and "Under the Skin" is a much smaller (and interior, think "Never Let Me Go" with a more horrific bent) film that will probably have to wait for tentpoles like "The Avengers" to finish up first.
Cameron Crowe
Time Away From The Game: Six years, but Crowe is already back and hits hard with a vengeance, returning with three films this year.
The Brief: Almost six years have gone by since Cameron Crowe disappointed his rock n' movies constituency and critics with 2006's "Elizabethtown," a picture so poor it also derailed Orlando Bloom's attempt at playing lead fiddle characters. The writing my have been on the wall with the ill-conceived idea to Americanize the Spanish sci-fi-ish mystery "Abros Los Ojos," which was never particularly good in the first place (the mediocre "Vanilla Sky" was the output). Still, the promise of beguiling pictures like "Jerry Maguire" and "Almost Famous" make us yearn for something more and give us the patience to stick around for a while longer. While no picture has arrived in six years, Crowe has kept busy, he's written a biopic of Marvin Gaye he's been trying to get off the ground, once attempted to write a Phil Spector film with Tom Cruise playing the titular loony producer and came very close to making "Deep Tiki" with Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon, a Hawaiian-set movie not unlike "Jerry Maguire." But funding for "Deep Tiki" fell out, the picture got delayed and everyone walked away from the project. More recently, Brad Pitt's Plan B production company allegedly hired him to pen an adaptation of two memoirs from a father and son's point of view about meth addiction. Crowe's reps declined to discuss and Plan B has reportedly moved on to another writer so there's likely nothing there either way. Crowe's next big screen project already debuted earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. Titled "The Union," the documentary look at the making of Elton John and Leon Russell's collaborative album, "The Union," produced by T-Bone Burnett, met with decent (but not outstanding) reviews. It has no U.S. release date as of yet, but a six-minute version exists on the deluxe version of said album if you're an early-adopter completist. The first of Crowe's 2011 triple return to hit theaters of some kind will be the the 20-year Pearl Jam anniversary documentary "Pearl Jam Twenty" which will receive a September theatrical release and a TV release that follows on Friday, October 21st as part of the PBS "American Masters" series. Lastly, the filmmaker is finally returning to feature-length dramatic narratives with an adaptation of "We Bought a Zoo," starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Hayden Church. It sounds vaguely like a family-film and/or sweeping romance picture, but we suppose we have to give Crowe the benefit of the doubt. The picture is shooting now in California and is set for a late December 2011 release. The same date held by the vaguely-familiar "Marley & Me" in 2008, but we'll try and not hold that against it. Regardless, a six-year absence begets three films in one year? We're not complaining.
That's just a quick five. Other director's you've been missing? Vincent Gallo maybe? (though he does have something that premiered at Cannes last year). This is obviously just a quick taste and filmmakers get waylaid all the time. Just ask Terrence Malick about his years between "Days of Heaven" and "The Thin Red Line." We asked this question -- where did all our fave directors go? once back in 2008. Worth checking again, but as you'll see a lot of these filmmakers, particularly two we love -- Lynne Ramsay and Whit Stillman -- will be back later this year.


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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0201384078, Hardcover)The sixth edition of this best-selling text balances solid mathematical coverage with a comprehensive overview of mathematical ideas as they relate to varied disciplines. This book provides an appreciation of mathematics, highlighting mathematical history, applications of mathematics to the arts and sciences across cultures, and introduces students to the uses of technology in mathematics. Exercise sets are now organized into Concept/Writing, Practice the Skills, Problem Solving, Challenge Problems/Group Activities, Research Activities. An updated Consumer Math section including updated material on sources of credit and mutual funds. Motivational, chapter-opening material demonstrates connections between math and various other disciplines. KEY MARKET For those who require a general overview of mathematics, especially in the fields of elementary education, the social sciences, business, nursing and allied health fields.
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i want to install zimbra suite 6.01 (i think that's the latest) on an ubuntu 9.04 server.
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As cities across California struggle with how to handle medical marijuana dispensaries and police agencies blame them for an increase in lawlessness, academics are delving into data to find out whether pot shops really do influence neighborhood crime.
Bridget Freisthler, an associate professor of social welfare at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, has turned up some surprising findings. In her research, she's found that the hundreds of pot dispensaries operating in the city of Los Angeles are clustered in better-off places, like beachside Venice, Hollywood and Westwood, but are notably sparse in places like South Los Angeles.
Worried about crime? Well, you're better off within 100 feet of a dispensary than a liquor store, bar or even a restaurant, according to a 2007 study Freisthler conducted with UCLA social welfare doctoral student Nancy Williams that compared average crime rates.
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The Blanco High School baseball team won six games to capture 1st place in the Blanco County Tournament held Thursday March 12 through Saturday March 14.
The Panthers posted their first win on Thursday, March 12 defeating the Lampasas Badgers 3-2. Pitcher Jake Breeding picked up the win in relief of Ty Preiss. Preiss went 6 strong innings, striking out 6 and scattering 6 hits. CJ Lovalvo batted 2 for 3 with 2 rbi. Kyle Gray and Ryan Ronces each hit singles. Gray had 2 stolen bases.
In the next round, Blanco beat the Jourdanton Indians 7-1. Breeding was the winning pitcher for the Panthers going 3 innings. Ty Royce and Logan Dodd had some mound time as well. Cross Caldwell was 2 for 2 with one rbi. Breeding went 2 for 3, with Lovalvo going 1 for 2 with 2 rbi. Dodd posted strong offensive stats hitting 1 for 2, with 2 runs scored, a rbi, and 2 stolen bases.
In the third round, Blanco won a close game over San Antonio Feast, 3-2. Gray pitched for the win in relief. Gray hit 3 for 4 with 2 rbi. Dodd was 2 for 3. Lovalvo hit a walk-off double to win the game in the the seventh inning.
On Saturday morning, the Panthers delivered a 12-0 shutout over the Nixon-Smiley Mustangs. Lovalvo, Ronces, and Jordon Wagner combined time on the mound on the 1 hit shutout. Lovalvo picked up his first career win. Preiss hit 2 for 4 with 3 rbi, Gray went 2 for 2 with 2 rbi, and Wagner was 2 for 4 with 2 rbi.
In the semi-final game Blanco tied 3-3 with the Lytle Pirates. Blanco advanced on a tiebreaker determined by the number of runners reaching 3rd base on each team. Dodd, Gray, Breeding, Royce, Ronces, and Wagner all singled.
In the championship game, Blanco defeated the San Antonio St. Anthony Yellowjackets 3-2. Royce and Dodd went 3 innings each scattering 6 hits. Gray picked up the win in the last inning facing 4 batters and striking out 3. Royce hit 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Caldwell smashed a solo home run to put the Panthers up 3-2 in the sixth inning. Wagner, Lovalvo, and Dodd all hit singles.
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I'm getting a value of "not yet defined" for opal_process_info.job_session_dir in the usnic BTL (is this also what is happening for http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/07/15276.php?).
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Lata Mangeshkar praises Kareena Kapoor's performance in Talaash.
Lata Mangeshkar was so spellbound by the performance of Kareena Kapoor in Talaash that she has not only praised her but even called her up to congratulate her.
Indeed, it's been around four and a half months since Aamir Khan, Kareena and Rani Mukherjee starrer Talaash hit the theatres but the nightingale of Hindi cinema Lata got to see it recently in the cosy comfort of her home when the film was telecasted on satellite Television. The playback singer just could not prevent herself from noticing the performance of Kareena in the film and praising it.
A source said, "Last week Kareena got a call from Lataji. The singer happened to see her film on TV and really loved her performance. So she thought of conveying her message to Kareena and made the call." The source added that Lataji has always believed that Kareena is one of the best talents in the contemporary Hindi film world but has never expressed this in words because despite working in the same industry, the two ladies have never met. But after watching Talaash the singer made it a point to call-up Kareena and express her appreciation and liking for her work.
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In a shocking announcement days ago by Zambian songstress Salma Dodia, she stated to her fans that her and Big Brother The Chase contestant, Sulu, will be releasing a song called "Ruby Ruby". Salma posted her Facebook Fanpage.
The man himself later confirmed the rumors of the this collaboration with the following tweet:
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We all wondered what more after the Big Brother house and now we know. He has officially convinced himself that he can sing and in the essence of fair play we will reserve comment until the song is released and we can judge for ourselves where or not Sulu is a hidden genius or simply delusional. One can only hope its the former and not the later.


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"Improvising musicians all pay lip service to the idea of working without a net, but most end up building safety precautionsno matter how slight or subtle they may beinto their work. Dom Minasi, however, isn't one of those musicians. The indefatigable guitarist has no interest in sonic safeguards or insurance. He's a law unto himself, creating music that speaks to his intelligence, fearlessness, and mischievous nature. And while Minasi has been at it for half a century, he shows no sign of slowing down or taking an easy road. These three duo dates, full of mayhem and mirth, confirm Minasi's reputation as one of the great creative guitar artists operating today."
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André Greipel gets his favorite lead-out man and the yet-unnamed Luxembourg team signs three more in another busy day in the rider market.
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Four-time world track champ Alex Rasmussen wants to develop as a sprinter.
Peter Velits, Mark Cavendish highlight solid week for HTC-Columbia
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Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia) was surprised as anyone that he won Wednesday's 46km time trial at the Vuelta a España.
André Greipel wins opener at 2010 Tour of Britain
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The HTC-Columbia sprinter flats, gets a wheel from Marco Pinotti and takes the victory.
Tejay Van Garderen is eager to show his stuff at the 2010 Vuelta
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HTC-Columbia says there's no pressure on the rising young star, who is in Spain to learn.
HTC-Columbia wins Vuelta opener, puts Mark Cavendish into overall lead
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HTC-Columbia set the early top time in the nighttime stage and it withstood challenges from Liquigas-Doimo and Saxo Bank.
American Tejay Van Garderen ready for Vuelta a Espana debut
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Walkable communities are healthier and happier
Interviews in 20 New Hampshire neighborhoods found sizable benefits to living in places where many activities can be reached on foot.
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"A walkable community means people have an easy stroll to such destinations as parks and playgrounds, club meetings, and services such as a post office, coffee shops and restaurants, explained study author Shannon Rogers and colleagues, from the University of New Hampshire.
"They interviewed 700 residents in 20 neighbourhoods in two New Hampshire cities about the number of locations they could reach by foot in their community, their trust in the local community, participation in community activities and socialising with friends, all of which comprise what is called 'social capital'."
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After World War II, two Jewish GIs returned to Los Angeles and founded a synagogue in Westchester. Beth Tikvah, as it was called, finally found a permanent home in 1959 on the Westchester bluffs.
But last month, the Conservative congregation -- known since 1968 as B'nai Tikvah after merging with the nearby B'nai Israel in Baldwin Hills -- held its last service at the historic Westchester building, with its 204-seat sanctuary. On Aug. 20, about 100 people showed up for a final Havdalah service to say goodbye.
Because of dwindling membership and a lack of Jewish families in the area, the congregation decided to sell the property and look for a new location on the Westside.
"We got well over the appraised price, and about a half a million over the asking price," said Rabbi Jason van Leeuwen, or "Reb Jason," who did not disclose what the congregation received from a real estate company that plans to build condominiums.
At its apex in the 1960s, B'nai Tikvah had some 400 member families, said Rabbi Marvin Bornstein, who served as its leader from 1953-1984.
"It was humming day and night there," he told The Journal.
But then white flight happened, and Jews began leaving Westchester and the nearby neighborhoods of Inglewood and Ladera Heights. The airport also needed more land and started buying up property.
"They cut our membership in half just by expanding the airport. It reduced us to maybe 150 families," Bornstein said. "That was a big blow."
But things are not over for B'nai Tivkah, said Van Leeuwen, who had been brought in a year ago to drive up membership.
The congregation will move its religious and nursery schools to the site of the former Montessori school at 8820 Sepulveda Eastway in Westchester, and will hold most services at the adjacent Westchester Christian Church. In addition, the congregation will share a location with Temple Beth Torah in Mar Vista, which has about 60 families.
Van Leeuwen said he hopes in the next three to five years to increase membership, cultivate a donor base and find a new site.
Bornstein delivered the keynote speech at the goodbye ceremony.
"I told them that the spirit of a synagogue is not expressed in the building that they have. It's expressed in the hopes and dreams of the congregation, and that I hope they will continue to dream and rebuild. And someday, I hope they will invite me to put a mezuzah on their new building."
"It must have been a pretty emotional speech," he said, "because for the first time in my life, I got a standing ovation."
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Michael Chusid was 10 years old when he first tried to blow a shofar, the traditional ram's horn sounded on the High Holidays.
"I did not have a teacher, so I huffed and puffed until my cheeks hurt without getting even a small toot," he said.
It was so difficult that he did not touch a shofar again for 30 years.
"During that time, I would go to synagogue on the High Holidays, but I felt alienated from what was going on there. When I would hear shofar during the services, I noticed everyone around me was excited, but I could not feel any connect with the ritual."
But Chusid has come a long way. These days he is such an expert in the art of the horn that he teaches classes around the city for other amateurs who were once like himself.
How did he come so far?
In 1994, he began attending Makom Ohr Shalom, a Jewish Renewal temple in Granada Hills. There he discovered how to participate in all aspects of worship -- including blowing the shofar, which was accomplished by many members of the congregation instead of just one leader.
"The sound they made was on a whole different magnitude, both acoustically and spiritually, from anything I had experienced before. When I heard the shofar, I felt a great relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from my spirit."
Chusid went out and bought himself a shofar, learned how to play it -- and started teaching others. Now, this Rosh Hashanah (Oct. 3, 4 and 5), he expects to hear the sound of 100 people blowing shofar at Makom Ohr Shalom. That's a twist on the tradition that Jews are meant to hear 100 blasts of the Shofar throughout the holiday.
For anyone who wants to participate -- or learn for their own synagogue -- Chusid is teaching workshops this month around the city on the art and spirituality of shofar-blowing.
He compares it to "blowing raspberries," except that the lips have to be curled over the teeth and pressed together. The sound is made by the buzzing of the lips, and when you force air through the pursed lips, they vibrate and make a sound.
"Many people know the shofar as a battle cry, like at Jericho," Chusid said, noting that it can also be used to call the end of war, for teshuva or repentance, as well as a wake-up call for tikkun olam, the obligation to help repair the world.
"When I blow the shofar, I visualize my blast creating a vibration that travels throughout the community and around the planet to wherever healing needs to take place."
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Will driverless cars roll into reality?
Google, auto companies say automated cars coming by 2020 or earlier
Instead of gripping your steering wheel as you slog through gridlock, imagine sitting passively while your car chauffeurs you to work and on errands around town. Picture traffic bottlenecks disappearing forever. Think of the elderly or disabled residents being able to use automobiles far more than they do today.
These scenarios may sound far off. Impossible, some might say.
But automakers across the globe, plus the tech giant Google, are competing to produce the first fully automated vehicle for consumer purchase. Within four years, some experts predict, robot cars could start pulling up at a stoplight near you.
Specialists from the legal, transportation and digital-communications fields are gathered in San Jose this week to discuss the implications of driverless cars. They're attending TransOvation, a national conference that began Monday.
Participants are wrestling with a thicket of difficult questions, including who should be liable if a robot car crashes into another vehicle and how should roadways be reconfigured to ensure seamless integration of this new technology. Their discussions are set against a background of increasing efforts to design and test driverless cars, including some high-profile contributions made in San Diego County.
Those gathered at the conference will debate another key question: Will the general public feel safe in automated cars?
"Socially, psychologically, humans are not ready to give the keys away," said Mohan Trivedi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California San Diego.
"(Acceptance) will be an evolution," said Trivedi, who runs the university's Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles and has collaborated with many of the leading automakers and tech companies working on driverless car technology.
The mechanics
Google's goal is to begin selling a self-driving car to Californians by 2017.
General Motors, Nissan, Toyota and Mercedes-Benz are all promising similar products before 2020.
Based on current industry prototypes, driverless cars would depend on computer software to synthesize and respond to roadway information detected by a combination of cameras, radar and LIDAR, which measures distance using a laser.
Semi-autonomous car technology is already on the market, and it helps drivers to stay in their lanes and park their vehicles.
Much is still unknown about how fully autonomous cars would operate on today's roadways. They could run independent of one another, or as connected streams of vehicles constantly sharing data to create a fluid and efficient system of traffic. In San Diego County, they might find an initial home on the region's future network of express lanes — separate from lanes with traditional, human-controlled vehicles.
The ramifications
Most experts predict that it will be at least a decade or two before driverless cars gain widespread use.
But once they reach that milestone, the paradigm of driving could shift dramatically: People could be banned from operating vehicles on public roads, a function of the safety and precision of driverless cars that should far outpace human abilities over time, experts said.
Traffic signals and stop signs could become obsolete if vehicles can communicate effectively among themselves. The military could send robot tanks onto the battlefield to retrieve wounded service members, reducing the risk of injury to other troops.
Of course, driverless cars could also create chaos in the legal and law-enforcement arenas, causing societies across the world to rewrite vehicle safety and liability codes.
In reaction to the emerging technology, California, Nevada and Florida have already passed broad rules governing driverless cars. Several more states and the federal government are expected to weigh with their own rules soon.
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The convoluted procedures by which the U.S. government purchases weapons and other military systems are rendered almost intelligible in a new report (pdf) from the Congressional Research Service.
The report introduces the defense acquisition structure, summarizes several recent analyses of that structure, and points towards some unfinished business.
"The unparalleled complexity of DOD's defense acquisition structure lends itself to the continued emergence of many problematic issues," the CRS report said.
"Simply put," the House Armed Services Committee said last year, "the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition process is broken… The rising costs and lengthening schedules of major defense acquisition programs lead to more expensive platforms fielded in fewer numbers."
A copy of the new CRS report was obtained by Secrecy News.
See "Defense Acquisition: Overview, Issues, and Options for Congress," June 4, 2007.


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Avoiding Matrimonial Misery
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
as God in Christ forgave you."
Ephesians 4:32
A trip to Trader Joe's last week produced an unusual conversation between a young man working the cash register and my friends and me. Out of the blue he asked my friends, "What's the secret to a long marriage?"
I guess that's one way to start a conversation!
When I offered my opinion on the answer—knowing Christ and forgiving your spouse—the cashier followed up with another surprisingly direct question, "Well, what if your husband committed adultery?"
*Gulp* Whatever happened to "Paper or plastic?"
I acknowledged how painful that trial would be, but told him that if my husband repented, I would hope I could… No…I knew that with God all things would be possible. Although my answers may have sounded far too simple for such complex questions, I do believe them to be true. Forgiveness, although difficult, holds the promise of untold freedom, while unforgiveness and bitterness will only produce ongoing misery within marriage.
In his recent message on FamilyLife Today, Pastor Voddie Baucham addressed the vital role of forgiveness within marriage and explained how the power of the Gospel makes it possible. He included sober warnings for those who would ignore the Scripture's clear command to forgive as we have been forgiven in Christ. Here's an excerpt…
I'm going to say this as gently as I can—if you're a person who's not forgiving, then, you are actually a disobedient, arrogant hypocrite who does not appreciate the body of Christ…
Why disobedience?—because you are commanded to do it. If you don't forgive your spouse, you are in sin because you've been commanded to forgive. By the way, it is difficult for us to understand that unless we know what forgiveness is; right?
Forgiveness is a cancellation of debt. That's what it means. Forgiveness means I give up my right to punish you for what you did. If I come over to your house…I knock over a lamp, and I break the lamp. You look at me and say, "No, brother, that's okay. I forgive you;" and then, you say, "but that will be $195," you didn't really forgive me because you're making me pay. Forgiveness is the cancellation of debt; okay?
Why is this important?
Remember—our experience of forgiveness is rooted in our understanding of the forgiveness that we've received in Christ. If I am a person that doesn't understand forgiveness as a cancellation of debt—and forgiveness just means I say, "I forgive you," but I still make you pay—then, my understanding of salvation is going to be the same. Then, my forgiveness from God is something that doesn't cancel my debt. I still have to work to earn that which I've already been given.
It's all rooted in the fact that I do not comprehend this concept of forgiveness because remember that first point. These things are linked inexorably. It's a cancellation of debt. That means that if I say to my wife, "I forgive you,"—but then, we have an argument, like a couple of days later, and I bring it back up—now, I'm punishing you when I said I would give up my right to do so—which means I lied. If the debt is cancelled, it's cancelled. Again, first of all, if we're not forgiving, we're not obedient.
Secondly, if we're not forgiving, we're arrogant. Here's why—because, basically, here is what I say if I'm not forgiving—and let's just keep this in marriage; okay—here's what I say if I'm not forgiving my wife—what I say if I'm not forgiving my wife is this, "All those things that I have done to offend God—those things are absolutely forgivable because that's how good God is. However, my standard is higher than God's standard; so, though He can forgive you, I can't." That's the height of arrogance…
You can read or listen to Voddie Baucham's entire message [broadcast date March 7, 2012] HERE.
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If a friend has betrayed you, Jesus knows how you feel. He fed Peter breakfast on the beach before Peter even asked for forgiveness. But He also addressed the sin; He didn't ignore it. He gave Peter three opportunities to state his love, paralleling his three failures. Peter put it right. Judas also betrayed the Lord, but he did not put things right.
Sometimes your friends will wrong you (or your kids' friends will wrong them), and this will result in a chilly distance. If you are the wronged party, you are obligated to extend forgiveness, but you are not obligated to continue to be best friends. If someone steals from you while fixing your sink, you may forgive him, but you may decide to call someone else next time the drain is plugged.
Forgiveness is one thing; friendship and trust are other things. If your friend has broken your trust, forgive him, and don't entrust that friend in the future. This is wisdom. But beware of bitterness. Don't mistake one for the other.
~Nancy Wilson in "Forgiveness and Broken Friendships"
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Struggling to Forgive?
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
as God in Christ forgave you."
Ephesians 4:32
Last week during a conversation with my husband and me, a friend told us how he sometimes struggles to get over hurts inflicted by others. He said, "I don't know if you're like that or not. Do you just have a forgiveness button that you press or something?"
I could only laugh. If God created me with a button like that, I definitely haven't found it yet. I only wish it were so easy.
If you, too, have yet to locate your forgiveness button, then you'll benefit as I did from the biblical advice Brian Borgman shares on this topic in his book Feelings and Faith…
Here is where we must breathe in deeply the sovereignty of God. Embracing God's sovereignty over our lives and even the pain caused by others can liberate us from bitterness and vengefulness. Joseph modeled this for us in Genesis 50:20: "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today." This does not relieve people of their moral responsibility, but it frees us to forgive them and do them good (see Rom. 12:17-21).
Grab hold of God's sovereignty with one hand and the cross with the other. The sovereignty of God gives teeth to Romans 8:28, "We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." It is the cross that reminds us of our forgiveness (Col. 2:13-14) and then empowers us to forgive others.
Consider the fact that God judged our sins on the cross, and we bear them no more. Justice was satisfied. If those who have sinned against us are in Christ, then their sins, too, have been dealt with at the cross. If they are not in Christ, God will still deal in justice through their eternal punishment. So either on the cross or in hell, all sin will be dealt with by God, and we can leave the ones who have hurt us with him. Romans 12:19 brings it into focus: "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.'"
The power of the cross, the power of grace, the power of the Spirit, and the truth of the Word all work to give us what we need to forgive from the heart.
[Feelings and Faith, p. 120]
Forgiveness—it's not easy, but in Christ it is possible.
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You've probably heard the story Jesus told of the servant who owed a king a huge amount of money. The king forgave the servant, but that servant refused to forgive someone else who owed him a small amount.
The king found out about it and was angry. Jesus said that the king "turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed." One translation says, "He turned him over to tormentors."
When we refuse to forgive, God turns us over to tormentors. I think those can include the chronic emotional and physical disorders that many women experience. In some cases those problems come from unforgiveness. You see, God never intended that our bodies should hold up under the weight of bitterness and unforgiveness.
Is there some debt you're still trying to collect? Do you want to be free from the torment? Then choose to cancel the debt and forgive.
~Nancy Leigh DeMoss in "Tormentors"
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Did you know that God doesn't forget our sins? You say, "Yes, He does." Well, how could an omniscient God forget anything?
In the book of Jeremiah, God says, "I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin against them no more." God doesn't promise to forget our sins, but He does promise that He will never hold them against us again. That's what He's called us to do.
He doesn't ask us to forget the wrongs done to us, but to simply forgive. Then we can remember the situation with a greater sense of rest. We can focus on how much God has forgiven us.
Is there a painful situation in your life? It may not be possible to forget about it, but you can choose to forgive.
~Nancy Leigh DeMoss in "Forgive and Don't Forget"
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Although I'm paralyzed from the shoulders down, there are a lot of people who are paralyzed from the shoulders up. They are paralyzed by envy or bitter, hard feelings. And, hey, maybe it's time you had a check-up from the neck up.
Ephesians 4 says, "Get rid of every sort of bitterness…be kind toward one another, tenderhearted, mutually forgiving, even as God has in Christ forgiven you." We handicap ourselves when we allow bitterness to fester.
A lot of people may wink at bitter, hard feelings, thinking it's far worse to be paralyzed, but they're wrong—I've lived in both camps, and I'd rather be confined to a wheelchair than be confined by hard feelings toward others! Today, follow the advice of Ephesians 4 and make a Holy Spirit-inspired effort to shut the door on every sort of bitterness. When you do, you'll pass the check-up from the neck up!
~Joni Eareckson Tada in "Check-Up from the Neck Up"
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I believe the greatest demonstration of our love to one another is the readiness to forgive each other on the basis of God's forgiveness of us. Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant (Matt. 18:21–35) is very instructive on this subject. The first servant owed his master 10,000 talents — the equivalent of 200,000 years of wages for an ordinary laborer — a sum impossible to repay. The second servant owed the first servant 100 denarii — the equivalent of about one-third of a year's wages. In itself it was not an insignificant sum. Not many of us would want to write off a debt equal to one-third of a year's wages, but compared to 200,000 years, one-third of a year is insignificant.
The point of the parable is that each of us is the first servant. Our debt to God, because of our own sin, is a staggering one—an amount impossible to repay. By contrast, another person's debt of sin to me, though maybe significant in itself, is nothing compared to my debt to God. Therefore, when someone sins against me, either actually or merely as perceived by me, I try to respond, "But Father, I am the servant who owes 10,000 talents." That helps me put the other person's sin in proper perspective, and it enables me to forgive freely even as God has forgiven me.
~Jerry Bridges in "Transforming Love"
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As God opens your eyes to see how you have sinned against others, he simultaneously offers you a way to find freedom from your past wrongs. It is called confession. Many people have never experienced this freedom because they have never learned how to confess their wrongs honestly and unconditionally. Instead, they use words like these: "I'm sorry if I hurt you." "Let's just forget the past." "I suppose I could have done a better job." "I guess it's not all your fault."
These token statements rarely trigger genuine forgiveness and reconciliation. If you really want to make peace, ask God to help you breathe grace by humbly and thoroughly admitting your wrongs. One way to do this is to use the Seven A's:
- Address everyone involved (All those whom you affected)
- Avoid if, but, and maybe (Do not try to excuse your wrongs)
- Admit specifically (Both attitudes and actions)
- Acknowledge the hurt (Express sorrow for hurting someone)
- Accept the consequences (Such as making restitution)
- Alter your behavior (Change your attitudes and actions)
- Ask for forgiveness
See Matthew 7:3-5; 1 John 1:8-9; Proverbs 28:13.
~Ken Sande in "Seven A's of Confession"
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Unforgiveness is a toxin. It poisons the heart and mind with bitterness, distorting one's whole perspective on life. Anger, resentment, and sorrow begin to overshadow and overwhelm the unforgiving person–a kind of soul-pollution that enflames evil appetites and evil emotions. Such bitterness can even spread from person to person ultimately defiling many (Heb. 12:15).
Forgiveness is the only antidote. Forgiveness is a healthy, wholesome, virtuous, liberating act. Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest virtues of love in motion.
In a sense, forgiveness is Christianity at its highest level.
~John MacArthur in The Freedom and Power of Forgiveness
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When I was in junior high, some friends and I discovered mercury. We were in an out-of-control science class, and we had too-easy access to the chemical cabinet. We started experimenting with different chemicals, and mercury was our favorite…We were fascinated by mercury, and we were extremely foolish. Much later, as a chemistry major, I learned that mercury is highly toxic. Get mercury in your system, and it will go to your brain and make you crazy (literally)…
Bitterness is like mercury. It is tempting to play with it. we can stew for hours on end thinking about how we have been treated unfairly and how we hope that someday justice will be done. We slide bitterness around in our minds and slip some of it into our pockets. And we are oh so foolish because all the while it is attacking our bones (Proverbs 14:30). Fooling around with bitterness is like drinking poison and hoping that someone else will die…
Bitterness is not something done to us. Others may create a situation that tempts you to be bitter, but if you live with bitterness, you do so because you have invited it to be your houseguest.
You can defeat bitterness in these ways:
- Trust God's justice and providence.
- Listen to wise people.
- Love those people to whom you are close.
- Decide not to sin.
Beat bitterness, or it will beat you.
~Chris Brauns in Unpacking Forgiveness
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Through forgiveness God tears down the walls that our sins have built, and he opens the way for a renewed relationship with him. This is exactly what we must do if we are to forgive as the Lord forgives us: We must release the person who has wronged us from the penalty of being separated from us. We must not hold wrongs against others, not think about the wrongs, and not punish others for them. Therefore, forgiveness may be described as a decision to make four promises:
- "I will not dwell on this incident."
- "I will not bring up this incident again and use it against you."
- "I will not talk to others about this incident."
- "I will not let this incident stand between us or hinder our personal relationship."
By making and keeping these promises, you can tear down the walls that stand between you and your offender. You promise not to dwell on or brood over the problem or to punish by holding the person at a distance. You clear the way for your relationship to develop unhindered by memories of past wrongs. This is exactly what God does for us, and it is what he calls us to do for others.
~Ken Sande in "Four Promises of Forgiveness"
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Erik Fitzgerald and Matthew Swatzell's story serves as living proof that God will cause all things, even the very worst of things, to work together for our good and His glory…
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[U]nforgiveness not only makes you a prisoner to your own past but unforgiveness produces bitterness. It produces bitterness. The cumulative effect of remembering without forgiveness some offense done against you no matter how brief the time or long the time is that you become a bitter person… Bitterness is not just a sin, it is an infection. And it will infect your whole life. And bitterness can be directly traced to the failure to forgive. It makes you become caustic, it makes you become sarcastic. It makes you condemning. It gives you a nasty disposition, harassed by the memories of what you can't forgive, your thoughts become malignant toward others, you get a distorted view of life and you have literally diseased your whole existence. Anger begins to rage in you and it can easily get out of control. Your emotions begin to run wild. Your mind becomes the victim of that. You entertain continuing thoughts of revenge. And what happens? Even casual conversation becomes a forum for slander, a forum for gossip, a forum for innuendo against the offender and your flesh, that horrible remnant of your old self, has gained control.
I suppose this happens most notably and most frequently in marriages. Two Christians married to one another should never be divorced. They should never be separated and they should enjoy a happy relationship. That's by God's design. Now when I got married I married a sinner. What is even more unthinkable is so did my wife. And the fact of the matter is that it is an utter impossibility for us not to offend each other. It doesn't just happen now and then through the year, it happens quite regularly. But where forgiveness operates an offense is one moment in time come and gone. Where there is no forgiveness for that there is the accumulated bitterness that begins to turn you against your own partner, that makes you caustic and sarcastic. You shut off your affection, you shut off your kindness. You look for ways to get back and the bitterness results in the devastation of the relationship. Forgiveness, on the other hand, dispels bitterness and replaces it with love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and self-control. Why would anybody want to live in the prison of their past? Why would anybody want to live with accumulated bitterness that makes them violate every relationship?
~John MacArthur in "The Actions of One Who Forgives"
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Let the Healing Begin
"I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity"
Psalm 32:5
I've heard it said that "I love you" are the three hardest words for human beings to say. I have to disagree. Although I don't doubt there are times when saying "I love you" is a challenge, in general the words flow from our lips with relative ease. There are three other words, however, that seem to lodge in the throat like a mouthful of peanut butter crackers…
"I was wrong."
Think about it. Compare the number of times you've told someone you love them with the number of times you've told that same person you had sinned against them. Now, of course, I'm not saying these two statements should be made equally, but if we're honest with ourselves, we know we're far more willing to vocalize the first fact, "I love you," than we are the second, "I was wrong," even when an admission of guilt may be needed far more than a profession of love.
Here are three more words that seem to leave our mouths with a bitter taste: "Please forgive me." How long has it been since someone has said those words to you? How long since you've spoken them to another?
A couple of years ago, I received an ugly-looking gash down the front of my shin which sent me to an urgent care facility for a much-needed repair. By far, the worst part of that experience occurred when the doctor cleaned the debris from my wound before sewing everything back together. Oh, the pain and agony! The process brought tears to my eyes and more than one complaint to my lips.
Even though the process was painful, not once did I attempt to convince the doctor to stop what he was doing and just slap a band-aid on instead. Why? Because I knew, as we all do, that if I wanted to achieve total healing, I had to let the doctor clean the wound properly. Any shortcut could result in infection, scarring, and far greater pain than the initial cleansing would cause. Once the wound was clean, my body could begin the healing process without hindrance.
Not many of us are so wimpy that we'd avoid the temporary pain necessary to promote physical healing, but quite a few of us regularly allow relational wounds to fester in the filth of our unconfessed sin. Admitting our sin is a painful and unpleasant thought, so we concoct various methods of applying bandages over debris-filled injuries such as…
- Waiting to see if the other person will simply forget what we did
- Being unusually nice to try making up for the sin
- Apologizing without actually admitting any wrong: "I'm sorry if you were hurt…"
- Acknowledging just enough wrongdoing to smooth things over
- Blaming the person we hurt for being unforgiving
As a result of this type of mistreatment, wounds in our relationships often fail to heal properly. Over time, they become more painful, infected, and impossible to ignore. Confession may hurt for a moment, but a truly repentant person knows that temporary pain is necessary to bring about lasting healing. "Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).
Are your relationships characterized by ugly scars and lingering injuries? Perhaps you've been waiting for time to heal wounds that have long been infected by your pride. Humble yourself before the Lord and the people you've sinned against.
I was wrong.
Please forgive me.
You'll soon discover that humility and healing walk hand in hand.
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Continuous support for Health Workers 4 all (HW4All) project
As a fundamental pillar of the social and welfare model that defines and strengthens European identity, a solid health workforce is a public resource that must be secured at the local, national and global levels. Therefore EPHA supports the HW4All initiative with its goal of reinforcing the ethical guidelines outlined in the 2010 WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel.
Recent developments
On 15 and 16 July, EPHA attended separate meetings with select Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg, to discuss their potential involvement in support of the HW4All project and its vision for health workforce sustainability, expressed by the European Call to Action. The intended outcome is to establish a firm background for cooperation with stakeholders whose mission echoes the principle of building strong health workforces in a global dimension.
Since its launch on 5 June 2014, the European Call to Action 'A Health Worker for Everyone, Everywhere' - pronouncing recommendations on the implementation of the WHO Global Code of Practice - has already gained the support of over 170 institutional actors and individuals through online signatures. The Call is powered by the HW4All project coordinated by Wemos and its partners including the African Medical and Research Foundation - Amref (Italy), Health Poverty Action (UK), terre des hommes (Germany), Center for Health Policies and Services (Poland), Humanitarian Aid Foundation Redemptoris Missio (Poland), Memisa Belgium, and the Federation of Associations of Medicus Mundi (Spain), and Medicus Mundi International (MMI). Many other organisations, including EPHA, have joined them to sign the call.
Register and sign the Call for strong and sustainable health workforce - as an organisation or an individual. It will be submitted by HW4All to European decision makers at a conference in 2015.
'Health Workers 4 All' is a European civil society initiative, funded by the EU, that contributes to a sustainable global health workforce. HW4All is also the driving force behind the 2014 Call to Action to European decision-makers for strong health workforces and sustainable health systems around the world.
The Call to Action contains the following key messages:
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5-0 feature format changes at Mt Lawn
Mt Lawn Speedway officials announced format changes to this week's running of the May 5-0's. Each class in the Van Hoy Oil series Late Models, Thunder Cars and Hornets will start with a twenty lap segment. A second twenty lap segment will be ran in each class with the starting order determined by a complete inversion of the finish in segment one. The third and final segment will be a ten lap segment with the starting line-up to be determined by points earned in the first two segments. The point leader will start on the pole in segment three. Ties in the point standings will be broken by qualification times. Final results will be determined by the finishing order of the third segment.
Practice and grandstand gates open at 5:00, qualifications start at 6:15 with racing getting underway at 7:30.
Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for kids 6-10 with 5 and under free.
Mt Lawn is located at 1494 S CR 400 W in New Castle. Call the track phone at 765-521-4244 or check the website at mtlawn.com for race day updates.


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