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Science in Christian Perspective
The Role of Segregation In the Theory of Creation
WILLIAM J. TINKLE Ph.D.
Albany, Indiana
From: JASA 4 (March 1952): 15-16.
As Doctor Barnes pointed out so ably at the Grand Rapids Convention, the way to combat a false theory is to build up a better one in its place. The theory of creation needs to be built up carefully and firmly, part by part, and this paper deals with one of the parts.
The broad meaning of segregation is a separation or moving apart of different sorts of things or entities. It is the opposite of amalgamation or fusing. In the genetic sense, in which the word is here used, it mean separation of characters which have been together in a plant or animal, so that in the next generation one of these characters is in one individual and the other in another. For instance a Shorthorn cow may be hornless and roan colored (roan being caused by a mingling of red and white hairs). A calf born to her this year may be horned and roan while another born later may be hornless and white; or a calf might be hornless and roan like the mother. In the first two examples of offspring there has been segregation of characters while in the third there has been none.
As an example in plants, consider garden pea seeds that are yellow in color and spherical in shape. Some of the offspring may be yellow and wrinkled, some may be green and spherical, while still others are likely to be like the parents, spherical and yellow. Again the first two examples illustrate a separation or segregation of characters that have been together but now are in different organisms.
It is readily seen that this diversity would not arise if there were no latent possibilities in the germplasm of plants and animals. The cow mentioned first had no horns yet she had had a potentiality for producing horns, as evidenced by the fact that horns appeared in some of her calves. Likewise the peas had latent hereditary factors for green color and wrinkled shape. These latent and recessive factors are not found in all organisms, but usually have come from a grandparent or more remote ancestor which had not only the hereditary factor but the actual character. An animal or plant that has such a diversity of hereditary factors is termed heterozygous. On the other hand there are some organisms that have no factors except for the characters they themselves manifest. If such peas are yellow and are mated with. yellow peas, all the offspring will be yellow. Such a germinally pure plant is termed homozygous.Biologists find these terms very useful, and while they are big words there are no shorter words with the same meaning. The word mixed may not mean the same as heterozygous, for we could have a mixture of kernels of yellow and white corn, both of which were homozygous for color.
Since every organism is a collection of many characters with a hereditary factor or gene for each, when characters segregate from each other they do not remain alone. They become members of new pairs or groups in the young plant or animal. Thus the term recombination of characters has about the same practical significance as segregation of characters. The words are not synonymous however, since one refers to the separation of traits and the other to the formation of new groupings in the next generation.
The best place to observe the above phenomenon is the offspring of organisms that have been crossed; but not so much the first filial generation as the second and succeeding generations. Crossing of varieties makes the first filial generation very heterozygous; and these plants or animals in turn, without further crossing, will manifest segregation and recombination of characters in succeeding generations.
It is possible to point out how this process is germane to the theory of creation, now that the process itself has been explained. We observe the heterozygous first filial generation segregating, thus giving rise to new combinations of characters, which we call new varieties. What if God created his creatures heterozygous in the first place? There is every reason to think that He did just that.
This means that in each kind of plant or animal created at the beginning there were a number of hereditary factors for traits that were not expressed in the original creatures, but since that time have expressed themselves by forming traits in the descendants of the original creatures. Thus in the people who were created there were hereditary factors for round heads, long heads, straight, curly, and kinky hair, various shades of skin pigmentation, high foreheads, sloping foreheads, supra-orbital ridges, and so on. Which of these traits originally were expressed and which were latent is unknown at the present time. In the original cattle were hereditary factors for red, black ' white, and other colors, a series of cumulative factors for milk production and another series for degree of beef type, etc. Lack of horns, called the polled character, seems to have arisen by mutation, which is different from simple segregation and will be explained below. In the original rock dove, if it be proved that from it have sprung all the domestic pigeons, were hereditary factors for fan tail, homing instinct, and others that are no less remarkable.
If organisms were created heterozygous in the first place the different potential characters would be sure to segregate out in succeeding generations. It is easily observed that inbreeding of heterozygotes gives rise to segregation; as for instance, mating animals of a first filial generation among themselves. Since we suppose that the Creator formed only a few of each kind of creature, of course the result was in breeding. Relatives had no choice but to mate with each other.
The occurence we are attempting to explain by this discussion of segregation is the appearance of varieties and breeds of plants and animals. It might be claimed (a) that these varieties have always been as they are now (b) that the environment developed them, (c) that they arose by mutation, or (d) that they are the result of segregation. The first suggestion is not tenable for many new breeds and varieties have been developed by man and others have appeared in nature. The second suggestion is that of J. B. Lamarck who said the giraffe got its long neck by stretching it to reach leaves of trees, and the duck developed the webs of its feet by stretching its toes apart. In this of course he overlooked the creation of diverse hereditary factors as well as segregation. This theory, known as the inheritance of "acquired characters" is in poor repute among the best scientists because it can not be made to work under observation. Different types of environment may indeed cause much diversity, especially among plants, but these changed characters are not passed on to the next generation and do not occur again unless the peculiar environment occurs again.
As for mutation, there needs to be an extensive study made to determine which characters have arisen by this process and which by the segregation of latent factors implanted at the beginning. Unquestionably the best known mutant characters are those that have arisen under observation in the laboratory and breeding plot. These are characteristically a loss of something, usually are negative entities, a majority are lethal, and few if any have been shown to enhance the welfare of the plant or animal. To be sure, a mutant character that is transmitted follows the law of segregation like any other, but at its beginning it arises de novo. The majority of the characters that make up our organisms do not bear the ear marks of mutation. Thus we conclude that it is not environment nor mutation but segregation of characters that is largely responsible for the observed diversity of varieties.
In the mind of the Creator there must have been some purpose in making provision for these changes in characters. While we can not be certain what that purpose was we can make a good estimate. His command was, "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth." As the kinds of creatures spread to new regions, replenishing the earth, they encountered changed environments. A species that is perfectly uniform might become extinct in a new environment, while if it had segregated into different types one of these types might survive. From the standpoint of nature it is not so serious for individuals to die, since they can be replaced by progeny from the surviving stock; but if a whole species is wiped out it is lost forever.
In stating the theory of this paper the author makes no claim to originality but is merely voicing what is commonly believed by creationists. It is here explained in simple language for those scientists who are not trained in genetics.
In conclusion we are quoting Genesis 1:27 with a few words of clarification added: "And God created man in his own image, in, the image of God created He them;" heterozygous created He them.


text: Hi All, First of all, sorry for my english, I'm French. My question is about the Adox CMS 20 Developed in Rodinal. I have made some test with a film exposed at 20 iso, 10 minutes in Rodinal 1+100 (*) at 21°C (70°F). I used my Jobo CPE2 processor at low speed. The results are not so bad (no grain at all, great accutance, interesting tonal response ...). The constrast is of course very hight but my main problem is that I miss a lot information in the shadows. Shots wich were a bit under-exposed are unusable (the negative is perfectly transparent !). Now I'm wondering how I can get a better result without geting to much contrast. My numerous ideas are : - Expose the film at 10 Iso and use the same procedure. - Develope the film for a longer time without changing anything else. - Try 1+200 with a longer developement time or even stand developement. - Try at a lower temp with a longer time. As I don't want to try it all, I would like your opinion about it. I don't want to use the adox developer any more because it's getting expired too fast. I use many type of film and format and my adox developer was expired before I have made 2 films ... I use want Rodinal (or R09) for all off my films in all size because It's simple to use and I can be confident with it ... Thanks a lot for your help ! Bye, Sylvain. (*) : In fact, it's R09 at 1+80 but it should be the same.

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Hey there cousin..
It's been almost two months since we discussed data warehousing here. I apologize for the long delay since my last correspondence. It's been a very busy time here; we've been preparing the first offering of our four-week SQL Server Microsoft Certified Architect OLTP/Ranger certification training. We started teaching 18 students this past Monday, and I even I gave my first (brief) presentation this week and had a blast (no laughs I didn't shamelessly solicit). When I'm not presenting, I'm riding shotgun while an incredible array of the company's best SQL talent presents to our candidates. On the family side, we're closing in on closing on our house, which is way exciting, and up until pretty recently the weather here in
When we talked in August, I said..
[A] topic which any good Data Warehousing project should address [is]: how is the business going to use the data? If you answer [this question], then you're well beyond "Let's build the perfect solution to problems that don't yet exist" and "Let build a solution that solves only the problems we have already solved". Worth tackling? I think so.. I hope I've convinced you as well.
I really hope you were convinced, because I've been offered (and accepted) the opportunity to bet a portion of my career on the proposition. In addition to my ongoing Subject Matter Expert chores around OLTP schema design, application development, and performance optimization, I'll soon begin my grooming to become the group's Business Intelligence SME as well. To say I'm jazzed would be an understatement.
Once I get started in this training, we'll have lots to talk about here. I'll keep you posted, hopefully much sooner than two months away this time.
Give my love to the family..


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The test article is a þstage compressor geometry which models the midspan geometry of an experiment by Dring [10]. The experimental configuration consists of an inlet guide vane (IGV) followed by two rotor/stator pairs. There are 48 IGVs while each of the other rows contains 44 airfoils. It would be prohibitively expensive to compute the flow through the entire 224 airfoil system, so for this computation, the number of IGVs has been reduced to 44. The IGVs have been rescaled by a factor of 48/44 in order to maintain the same blockage as in the experiment. The flow has been computed only through one passage and periodicity has been used to model the other 43 passages.
The axial gaps between airfoil rows in the computational configurations were chosen to be 20%, 35% and 50% of the average of the axial chord of all airfoils in the compressor, and identically matched the axial gaps used in Gundy-Burlet [5]. The 50% axial gap case closely approximates the axial gaps found in the experimental configuration. The circumferential positions of the first-stage rotor (rotor-1) relative to the second-stage rotor (rotor-2) and the first-stage stator (stator-1) relative to the second-stage stator (stator-2) were not documented in the experiment. In the calculations, the rotors are aligned circumferentially. The full computational model with all 8 separate stator displacements in terms of percentage of pitch is shown in Figure 1. The zero displacement position is defined as the one in which the stators are aligned circumferentially. The other positions are evenly spaced at 12.5% of the pitch apart.
A zonal grid system is used to discretize the flowfield within the þ stage compressor. Figure 2. shows the zonal grid system used for the 0% displacement case. In Fig. 2, every other point in the grid has been plotted for clarity. There are two grids associated with each airfoil. An inner, body-centered "O" grid is used to resolve the flow near the airfoil. The thin-layer Navier-Stokes equations are solved on the inner grids. The grid points of the inner grids are clustered near the airfoil to resolve the viscous terms. The Euler equations are solved on the outer sheared Cartesian "H" grids. The rotor and stator grids are allowed to move past each other to simulate the relative motion between rotor and stator airfoils. In addition to the two grids used for each airfoil, there is also an inlet and an exit grid, for a total of 12 grids.
Fine grids are used to obtain detailed data regarding the steady and unsteady flow structure in the compressor. The inner grids are dimensioned (streamwise tangential). The average value of , the non-dimensional distance of the first grid point above the surface, was approximately equal to 1.0 for all five blade rows. The outer grids have an average of 110 points in the axial direction, but they all have 87 points in the circumferential direction. The inlet and outlet grids have 40 and 42 points in the axial direction respectively, for a total of 102064 points in the grid.


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Posted by @ 7:30
(Hat tip to Jeremy Thomas at 411mania.com.)
Denizens, either we have come upon the Apocalypse, and the Four Horsemen are trampling upon the countryside, or else the failing reputation of Disney as a family organization – which began to crumble with the adoption of the now-infamous "Gay Days" – has finally reached its nadir and pulled out its trusty jackhammer.
For Disney has now pulled off the absolute unthinkable epic fail – they've asked no less than Britney Spears to be a mentor/role model.
With her troubled past, Britney Spears might not seem the most likely of role models – but she has been picked by Disney bosses to mentor the studio's child stars.
Executives approached her in a bid to avoid another meltdown such as that suffered by 18-year-old singer and actress Demi Lovato earlier this month.
Britney's fellow former Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer Justin Timberlake has also been asked to counsel young performers.
Justin I could possibly understand, although I'm rather dubious about Mr. "Bringing Sexy Back".
But Britney?!
Great. Honkin'. Cthulu.
If ever Luke 6:39 ("Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?") were to apply to a situation, I think it'd be here.
Idiots, all of them.
Posted by @ 9:56
Denizens, remember when Desperate Nymphoid Eva Longoria – she who dumped her husband so she could go shack up with French-born San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker – said this about him?
"He's very sweet," she says of her French-born boyfriend. "I'm the experienced one. I'm the teacher, especially about love. He's always telling me he's never met anyone who loves the way I do – wholly and freely and unconditionally."
Well, it looks like ol' Frenchie took to his lessons very well, hawhawhawhaw!!!
Brent Barry's father, NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry is worried his son will be devastated by the news that his wife Erin was having an affair with Tony Parker. Barry played with Parker from 2004 to 2008, and he is currently in the middle of his own divorce from Erin.
Live by the extra-marital affair, die by the extra-marital affair.
Though I (curiously) didn't blog on it at the time, I was telling whoever would listen to me that this marriage would last three years, tops.
And the news came down just a couple days ago – the marriage is done, over, toes up, fini.
Karma's kind of a bitch, isn't it Eva?
Posted by @ 22:33
(Hat tip Doug Powers off a buzzworthy from Michelle Malkin.)
The "Down Is Up, Up Is Down" Department, seeing His Rudeness feeling like crap the last few days, has decided to try and brighten his mood by telling him a funny.
I mean, how else could you explain Kaiser Wilhelm von Slickmeister going all PotKettleBlack on us, hm?
Former President Clinton has sent out a fundraising letter on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee under his own name warning that Republicans are trying to "derail' President Obama's agenda.
Gee, he says that like it's a Bad Thing…
Yes, Der Kaiser, but we're not trying to "derail"-sneer-quotes it, we're trying to derail it.
Destroy it.
Disrupt it.
Put. A. Fuckin'. Stop. To. It.
What specific part of that does your feeble, one-track-only-and-that's-sex mind not effing understand, hmmm?
Oxford must have been pretty damned desperate to have taken you as a student, lemme tell ya.
Not much unexpected there.
Well, at least someone at the Post gets it.
But along with the letter, Clinton has included a flyer from the DSCC that's bound to raise eyebrows.
Okay, Denizens, last warning. I'm putting the money-quote here below the fold. Make sure you're sitting down before you open it up. MASSIVE SPEW WARNINGS.
Posted by @ 12:39
Miley Cyrus has caused yet more controversy during her promotional trip to Britain – the star shocked fans by flashing her underwear at a gig in London over the weekend.
The teenage star took to the stage and once again faked a smooch with a female dancer during her rendition of new single "Can't Be Tamed."
She then stripped off her shirt to reveal a mini-dress, with a bare midriff and cut-out panels around the thighs, and showed off her underwear during a series of dance moves.
Shame, Miley. Given who your dad is, we out here were hoping you'd spare us a modicum of angst by not becoming a clone of Britney Spears. That you might grow up to be someone we'd want our daughters to emulate – someone wholesome, upright, even pure (relatively speaking, anyway).
Guess we can't have everything we want in life, huh?
Posted by @ 23:25
Item: OwlBore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage.
Reaction: Looks like Al's mistress – Mommy Gaia – finally won out. (Shame Tipper can't sue the earth for alienation of affection.)
Posted by @ 21:08
Was kinda wondering, Denizens, what I was going to do for tonight's entry.
Y'see, Mrs. Venomous has me…hanging curtains. (Don't laugh. Our bunk is on the top floor of our loft, and we've got a couple of Gen-Y pussies back behind us that have no qualms about walking by our windows to get to their own loft. (Long story. Short version is, these curtains are needed in the Worst Way.))
So I go to check email – and lo & behold, LC Rurik of the Rott has taken care of it for me.
Posted by @ 13:20
(Hat tip to the beautiful & talented Michelle.)
So help me Cthulu, I would Damned Near Pay Real Money if these pussies would try this in Texas.
A group of homeless people and housing activists took over a privately owned Mission District duplex on Sunday in what served as the climax of a protest designed to promote use of San Francisco's vacant buildings as shelters for the needy.
But the owner of the property – who was targeted over his eviction of a tenant – said the demonstration was nothing more than breaking and entering.
"It's not actually vacant. I use it for my own personal uses," Ara Tehlirian of Daly City said in an interview, adding that he was in contact with the San Francisco Police Department. "I know nothing other than my property was apparently broken into."
But that's not the half of it, Denizens.
When the police were called, they did exactly…dick.
More than a dozen police officers were on hand, most standing on the sidewalk on the other side of the street. Asked earlier whether they would take action if protesters occupied the property, officers declined to comment. One said, "We'll see."
By 3 p.m., all had left but one, who stayed to ensure that "nobody is out of hand," said a police official, Sgt. William Escobar. No arrests had been made.
Memo to you "Homes Not Jails" douchebag cowards out in San Transexual.
Come here to Texas and try to pull that shit. I guar-an-fuckin'-damn-tee you that none of you will survive the attempt.
We have answers for chickenshits like you, and they come in various calibers, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by @ 22:32
A friend of mine from a previous
job career counts as one of his family friends one Erykah Badu. (For the Uninitiated Erykah Badu is a semi-well-known rhythm-and-blues/soul/rap singer/crooner/hip-hop diva.
And she's just shamed the hell outta my friend – not to mention her family – by doing this.
A City of Dallas spokesman said Erykah Badu broke the law by filming a music video in downtown Dallas in which she strips and feigns being shot in Dealey Plaza.
City officials had no immediate comment on the content of the video – either the nudity or the clear references to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.
But whatever she chose to put in her new video, Badu – a Dallas native and renowned graduate of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts – should have gotten a permit before filming it, said City of Dallas spokesman Frank Librio.
"All commercial film/video or photo shoot projects must be permitted through the City of Dallas Office of Special Events/Film Coordinators," Librio said in a written statement. "The production company that produced this video never contacted the city to seek the proper permits. This is known as 'guerrilla filming' where production companies circumvent the proper permitting procedures and usually shoot these scenes in one take, knowing that if they are discovered they would face arrest and/or penalties."
Now, should you have the stomach to go seek out the video and view it (I have – and quite honestly, it isn't that good), you might notice that she did this in full view of regular Dallas citizens. Men, women…and children.
That's right, sportz fanz. Erykah Badu did herself a little striptease for all the nice folks in downtown Dallas. Without so much as a cover charge, or even the strip club tax the Texas Supreme Court's looking at right now.
Sad, huh?
And y'know…the really sad thing is that she'll probably win some sort of award for the video. If nothing else, she'll win one for sticking it to whitey, aka Dallas city government. Little black girls – and little white ones, and Asian ones, and Hispanic ones too – will, sadly, look up to her as some sort of role model, instead of the two-bit stripper she's turned out to be.
It's just another sign that our society and culture has been flushed down the shitter. And at some point, He who has not turned one blind eye to us, will have had enough, and we will reap the whirlwind.
Posted by @ 13:15
("WITY", of course, standing for "What'd I Tell Ya?")
The Vicar & I were conducting an email exchange yesterday, whereupon he committed…well, not a cardinal sin, but it got a good-sized virtual mock-glare from me, anyway.
His trespass: referring to me as a Baptist. (The Southern part of that was not "voiced", as it were, but given where the Realm is geographically located, one could say it was at least implied.)
Whereupon I immediately reminded him that (in the words of the Romulan Nero) that I do not speak for the Southern Baptist Convention, that they & I stand apart.
Which, in turn, reminded me that I had never followed up on my promise to layeth the smacketh downeth on their candy asses for the aforementioned folly of carrying water for a failed movement.
The world's leading climate change scientists have been caught out making unfounded claims about global warming for the second time in just over a week.
Experts appointed by the United Nations said rising temperatures were to blame for an increase in the number and severity of natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods.
But it has emerged that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change based the statement, made in 2007, on an unpublished report that had not been properly reviewed by other scientists.
Feel most free to go read the rest.
So tell me, Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, my former pastor and a leader in this mad scramble to climb into bed with the Gaia-worshippers & tree-
humpers huggers – how does it feel knowing that you were sold a bill of goods? And highly defective goods, at that?
How does it feel to know that you and your fellow SBC high-muckety-mucks willfully disobeyed God and focused more on pleasing man than on pleasing Him? I know how it feels when I'm reminded that I fail the Lord on a daily basis – how does it feel, knowing that not only did you do it, but then made a fucking spectacle of yourselves in announcing it to the world at large?
You people foolishly sold your souls for the hope in acquiring something resembling the acceptance of the world – hell, you morons even said as much…
"Our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed. We can do better."
…so how does it now feel knowing that you got caught red-handed caring more about how the fucking world saw you than how Christ saw you – and it wound up biting your on your ample asses as a result, hm?
It is time for the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention to take its turned-into-linguini-spines, step the fuck aside and allow new, fresh blood that isn't willing to compromise as they have, to take over and carry the banner forward.
Before that passage in Revelation that I mentioned really does come back to devour them.
Posted by @ 23:55
If you ask me – and I know you didn't, like I give a flying… – the motherfucking bastards who came up with this idea should be shot on sight.
— A New York City-funded guidebook for heroin users offers information on how to prepare drugs carefully and care for veins to avoid infection.
The state's top official with the Drug Enforcement Administration calls the "Take Charge Take Care" guide a "step-by-step instruction on how to inject a poison." DEA special agent-in-charge John Gilbride says the handout is disturbing.
Which – and do pardon me for pointing this out – was still illegal, last time I checked…?
"Oh, well, don't break the law, yer not s'posed to, but if you do, here's how you do it…"
Oh, well, don't blast a .45-caliber hole through someone else's head, mkay? But if you really wanna, this is how ya go about it…
Great. Honkin. Cthulu.
Posted by @ 23:02
Never mind that 75% of the people of the state of Texas clearly stated they wanted nothing to do with heterophobic marriage.
Never mind the United States Constitution says not one fucking thing about heterophobic marriage.
Never mind that no less a man than the Attorney General of Texas himself said Texas wanted nothing to do with faggots pissing on our institution and pretending to be married.
Nosirreebob, we've gotta have a Stupid Cunt of a tin-horned, tyrannical bench jockey bitch gonna force it on us, anyway.
In a first for Texas and a sweeping rejection of the state's ban on gay marriage, a judge has cleared the way for two gay Dallas men to divorce.
A voter-approved state constitutional amendment and the Texas Family Code prohibit same-sex marriages or civil unions. And the Texas attorney general had intervened in the two men's divorce case, arguing that since a gay marriage isn't recognized in Texas, a Texas court can't dissolve one through divorce.
And you would think that'd be the end of it. But here comes a stupid bitch who can't even spell her own fucking name right – and yes, I'd be honored if you'd quote me – who thinks she knows better than 3/4 of the entire Godforsaken state.
But Dallas state District Judge Tena Callahan ruled Thursday that the state's bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
She denied the attorney general's intervention and said her court "has jurisdiction to hear a suit for divorce filed by persons legally married in another jurisdiction."
Bullshit. Teeny-Weeny, honey, if you're so hot to see multiple dicks, there's an adult theatre just off Northwest Highway in Dallas. You might as well go – it's probably more than you're getting, anyway
Oops. Looks like I'm right about that. This bimbo's ugly as sin:
This case probably gave her a fucking hot flash.
"This is huge news. We're ecstatic," said Dallas attorney Peter Schulte, who represents the man who filed the divorce. The man, identified in court documents as J.B., asked that he and his former partner not be identified.
Schulte said the ruling was a surprise and that he hoped to have a divorce order for the judge to sign in the "next few weeks."
With any luck, we'll all have trees with all your fucking heterophobic names on them RealSoonNow.
Tall, sturdy ones. With lots & lots of rope for decoration.
Some assembly required, of course.
Posted by Supreme General Rayegun @ 8:00
(NOTE: I'm bumping this to today because the PFW post didn't give The Six Or Seven Of You a chance to read it in all its glory.
Besides, I'm gonna be busy pretty much all weekend, so I can get posting for today out of the way. (grin) -DV)
While everyone in the "Fringe Media" (aka MSN aka what Glenn Beck is now referring to them as) was needing more drool bibs from the slopfest that was Al-Obambi's debut on the United Nitwits stage….back at home this was going on.
Need we say this AGAIN America?
Al-Obambi told us to judge him by who he associates with during the campaign. Wellll, isn't that just speeehhh-shhhullll…… Let's see now, he associates with a church leader who advocates that "America be damned", an avowed Communist, several handfuls of Marxists, and who knows how many social justice advocates and whacko progressives. Lovely crew there Bambi. Just farking lovely.
Now you are going to appoint a sicko-phant that wants nothing more than to ensure that "Heather Has Two Mommies" or that GLAAD be given Cabinet-level status as your "Safe Schools" czar.
Holy W-T-F????
He actually wants someone
…who has advocated promoting homosexuality in schools, written about his past drug abuse, expressed his contempt for religion and detailed an incident in which he did not report an underage student who told him he was having sex with older men.
Once again….HOLY W-T-F!
How difficult is it to understand Leviticus chapter 18? I get it, I'm fairly certain most everyone else reading this gets it too. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out (trust me, I know….I have ready access to a whole spaceship full of them down here by the Southern HQ).
I really want to go on an major rant here, but my blood pressure is rapidly approaching explosive levels as it is. At least someone has already called shenanigans on this.
"Jennings was obviously chosen for this job because of the safe schools aspect… defining 'safe schools' narrowly in terms of 'safe for homosexuality'," Peter Sprigg, a senior fellow at the Family Research Council, told FOXNews.com.
The Generalette (being a teacher herself for many seasons now) has been reading this over my shoulders and appropriately stated that "The government has no business being in education in the first place. Leave teaching to the teachers! And if this is how "safe schools" are going to be defined, then I'm hanging up my teaching license because I WILL NOT be part of any agenda that wants to promote that sort of thing to MY students!" (she's just a wee bit defensive of her kids)
(Note: You DO NOT want to know what happened when the "messiah" brought his dog and pony show to the schools back on Sept 8.)
November 2, 2010….mark your calendars denizens. Our voice WILL BE heard.
Posted by @ 23:30
It's no big secret that the United Methodist
Quilting Bee Made Up Of Spineless Wimps Who Think They're Sorta Spiritual Church isn't exactly the penultimate authority on things Scriptural.
Sunday, one of their members dropped trou, figuratively speaking, and showed
what asses they are their collective ass again, trying to get in the face of a Southern Baptist minister with the heterophobe issue – and failing miserably, I might add.
The pastor of little Grace United Methodist Church took a swipe at big First Baptist Church of Dallas on Sunday with a sermon titled "Why Gay Is OK."
The message was delivered as a counterpunch to "Why Gay Is Not OK," a November sermon by First Baptist pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress.
Ooooooh! Speaking TRUTH TO POWER!!!!!1!!!!!ONE!!11!!ELEVENTY!!
Bet it just gave that pastor a little stiffie, didn't it?
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Ropes, trees, Iowa Soprano Court Excuses-for-Justices.
Some assembly required.
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The Department of Up Is Down, Down Is Up, Etc. brings us this disturbing little item about a heretofore charming kids' park that's about to turn into the Last Chance Effing Saloon.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission administrator Alan Steen on Wednesday signed an order potentially clearing the way for beer sales next month at Six Flags and also at its nearby Hurricane Harbor water park. Three opponents granted party status, including Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck, have 23 days to file a request for another hearing or to allow the alcohol license to be issued.
Sharon Parker, a Six Flags spokeswoman, said she was confident park officials had presented a convincing case.


text: At the Sunday Times website, there is a very odd story about the recovery of the Enigma machine stolen from Bletchley Park. http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/sti/2000/11/19/stinwenws02039.html It includes this fun fact, which Haskellers may find of interest: Enigma machines vary and the official designation of this one is a Type G, or the G-machine; it was sometimes called the counter machine or "Zahlwerk-Enigma", because it has a letter counter. Will this hinder the adoption of Haskell compiler technology in France and Israel...? -- Frank Atanassow, Information & Computing Sciences, Utrecht University Padualaan 14, PO Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, Netherlands Tel +31 (030) 253-3261 Fax +31 (030) 251-3791


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Seven45 Studios thinks it is time to put real guitars in the hands of people living out rock star fantasies with music videogames.
"Power Gig: Rise of the Six String" is the US start-up's first videogame and hopes to be built on the success of titles "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero" in which players use plastic guitar-shaped controllers with colored buttons.
"This is the first full band game to use an actual six string guitar," said a leather-clad gamer Thursday at a booth converted into a mock nightclub, where players could try the game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
"You could fully plug it into an amp; it will be a real guitar. It's also a universal controller that works with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (consoles)."
Players must stay in tune with colored dots representing notes stream on a television screen, pressing strings on corresponding parts of the guitar neck and strumming at the right moments.
The action is similar to other guitar games in which players have to hit colored buttons on the necks of faux plastic guitars.
"It's as easy as pushing colored buttons, only you are pushing against all the six frets," said the player, who declined to give her name.
"It is not difficult at all."
There is even a tutor mode for players interested in learning how to play the real guitar, Mysha Chekmarev of "Power Gig" said as he led an AFP reporter through a try at the game, which will be released in October.
The game "is meant to be the answer for all of those gamers who have wanted to take their band game experience to the next level," Seven45 chief executive Bernard Chiu said in a press release.
"We believe that there is something unmatchable about the feeling of an authentic guitar in your hands," he continued.
The game features a fictional world of politics, heroes and villains governed by music, according to the studio.
Along with music duels in which top scores triumph, "Power Gig" has a mode that challenges a player to match chords by positioning fingers correctly on the neck of a guitar.
Game play is intended to help players actually boost their understanding of the basics of real-life guitar playing.
Seven45 Studios is a sister company to music instrument manufacturing giant First Act.
The game guitar and software will be sold bundled together for 179 dollars while a set consisting of guitar, microphone and drum pads for a band will be priced at 229 dollars, according to Chekmarev.
Explore further: On latest guitar game, players strum real strings


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Obama revamps birth control policy
Posted February 10, 2012
WASHINGTON — Retreating in the face of a political uproar, President Barack Obama on Friday announced that religious employers won't have to cover birth control for their employees. The administration instead will demand that insurance companies be the ones directly responsible for providing free contraception.
Obama's abrupt shift is an attempt to satisfy both sides of a deeply sensitive debate, and most urgently, to end a mounting election-year nightmare for the White House.
Women will still get guaranteed access to birth control without co-pays or premiums no matter where they work, a provision of Obama's health care law that he insisted must remain. But religious universities and hospitals that see contraception as an unconscionable violation of their faith can refuse to cover it, and insurance companies will then have to step in to do so.
"No woman's health should depend upon who she is or where she works or how much money she makes," the president said in a statement to reporters at the White House. "Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health, period."
By keeping free contraception for employers at religious workplaces – but providing a different way to do it – the White House asserts that it gave no ground on the basic principle of full preventative care that matters most to Obama.
Yet, it also was clear that Obama felt he had no choice but to retreat on a three-week-old policy in the face of a fierce political furor that showed no signs of cooling.
Obama said his staff consulted leaders on both sides of the debate to forge a decision, but he had to speed up the process because of the uproar.
"Religious organizations won't have to pay for these services, and no religious institution will have to provide these services directly," he said. "But women who work at these institutions will have access to free contraceptive services, just like other women."
White House officials said Obama has the legal authority to order insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage directly to workers. He will demand it in a new rule.
Following an intense White House debate that led to the original policy, officials said Obama seriously weighed the concerns over religious liberty, leading to the revamped decision.
It was just on Jan. 20 that the Obama administration announced that religious-affiliated employers – outside of churches and houses of worships – had to cover birth control free of charge as preventative care for women. These hospitals, schools and charities were given an extra year to comply, until August 2013, but that concession failed to satisfy opponents, who responded with outrage.
Catholic cardinals and bishops across the country assailed the policy in Sunday Masses. Republican leaders in Congress promised emergency legislation to overturn Obama's move. The president's rivals in the race for the White House accused him of attacking religion. Prominent lawmakers from Obama's own party began openly deriding the policy.
The sentiment on the other side, though, was also fierce. Women's groups, liberal religious leaders and health advocates pressed Obama not to cave in on the issue.
The furor has consumed media attention and threatened to undermine Obama's re-election bid just as he was in a stride over improving economic news. Political reality forced the White House to come up with a solution to a complex matter must faster than anticipated.
"Some folks in Washington may want to treat this as a political wedge issue, but it shouldn't be," the president said. "This is an issue where people of goodwill on both sides of the debate have been sorting through some very complicated questions to find a solution that works for everyone.
"We've done that. Religious liberty will be protected, and a law that requires free preventive care will not discriminate against women."
Under the new policy, religious employers will not be required to offer contraception and will not have to refer their employees to places that provide it. If such an employer opts out, the employer's insurance company must provide birth control for free in a separate arrangement with workers who want it.
The change will still take affect with an extra year built in, in August 2013.
Already, 28 states had required health insurance plans to cover birth control before the federal regulations were issued. However, they appear to have differing exemptions for religious employers.
Obama's health care law requires most insurance plans to cover women's preventative services, without a co-pay, starting on Aug. 1. Those services include well women visits, domestic violence screening and contraception, all designed to encourage health care that many women may otherwise find unaffordable.
The White House says covering contraception saves insurance companies money by keeping women healthy; how the insurance industry will see the mandate is another question.
Without adjusting his stand, Obama has risked alienated Catholics who have become courted swing voters in such pivotal political states as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. In 2008, Obama won 54 percent of the total Catholic vote, compared to 45 percent for Republican John McCain.
As the week wore on, the White House increasingly signaled that a change was coming.
Vice President Joe Biden, a Catholic, said in a radio interview Thursday that "there is going to be a significant attempt to work this out and there is time to do that."
Outside advocates were urging a quick resolution.
"As a Catholic I don't want to hear about this in Mass every week until the election," said Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats For Life of America. "I don't think it's good for the party and I don't think it's good for Obama's re-election chances."


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Hi there,
My husband and I are in Phnom Penh at the moment and will go to Siem Reap then are thinking about going to Ratanakiri before crossing the border into Laos. It sounds like a nice place to relax and escape the tourists.
Please could you help with the following:
- Is it possible to get a bus from Siem Reap to Ratanakiri? Or will we have to back track to PP?
- I realise that Ratanakiri is the province, can anyone suggest any particular places within the province that are worth visiting i.e. interesting villages and spots of natural beauty?
- Can anyone recommend any accommodation options?
Sorry for the questions but our Lonely Planet SE Asia on a Shoestring has limited info on this place!
Thanks very much!


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Krokodil, the deadly skin-rotting drug that originated in Russia, may have hit the New York club scene.
Following reports over the past month of cases of krokodil abuse in both Arizona and Chicago, Illinois, the drug is now believed to have hit New York.
A source has claimed that the drug is being sold in at least two nightclubs in New York City's hip Meatpacking District.
The Verge reports that Sal Ramirez, who witnessed the effects of krokodil while serving in the Peace Corps in Kazakhstan, saw a man being thrown out of Le Bain for selling the drug, and was approached by a deal at Westway, who reportedly tried to sell him krokodil and clean syringes in the bathroom.
Krokodil, whose medical name is desomorphine, has been called a 'moonshine drug' because addicts are often able to cook the narcotic at home.
Mixing the substance can leave traces of toxins in the final product which addicts then inject.
The drug is made of readily available ingredients such as codeine, iodine and toxins such as gasoline, industrial cleaning oil, lighter fluid and paint thinner. Users filter and boil ingredients together, then inject the drug. An opioid eight to 10 times stronger than morphine, krokodil is so-called because it leave addicts with scaly green skin near the injection site.
The high lasts only a couple of hours, but the drug is significantly cheaper than heroin.
Fears that the drug could head to the United States have been rife since 2011, when a Drug Enforcement Administration official said the agency was aware of its use overseas.
But even with a drug treatment physician publicly announcing medics have now treated four users within the U.S., the DEA has said it is not ready to recognize it as an immediate threat.
Agency spokeswoman Dawn Dearden told FoxNews.com: 'We, the DEA, are not seeing cases of it. Nothing's been turned into any of our labs. As far as the DEA is concerned, we have not seen any cases.'
The announcement comes after a worrying wave of some victims injecting themselves with krokodil because they think it is heroin, doctors said.
The first instances of its use in the U.S. were recorded in Arizona last month. It is already widely used in Russia.
Three cases have now been reported in Chicago and doctors say two of the women did not even know they had been sold the drug.
The victims were all aged between 18 and 25 and come from middle-class backgrounds.
Pictures and videos of users in Russia show blackened fingertips, large open wounds, and even exposed bone where skin has fallen off. Prolonged or even short-term use can damage blood vessels, muscle, cartilage, and bone, and amputation is frequently the only way to save a patient's life. Doctors have warned of the horrifying side effects of the homemade drug, which is said to give a more powerful high than heroin.
The flesh rotting that is specific to the drug occurs directly at the injection site, often leaving users with wounds to their feet or arms.


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And yes, the Chicago RNR half was too expensive.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Back In Business, I Think...
And yes, the Chicago RNR half was too expensive.
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Funny search terms! Your comment got famous on my blog today..haha, you have to check it out!ReplyDelete
So glad the Garmin is back to normal-but the concussion? Yikes! Take it easy!
Yes, please take it easy!! I love looking at my search keywords. My best ones were "Costco goat cheese rash" and "south park ants in the pants" . Your comment on Vanessa's blog was the best :)ReplyDelete
You do have some fab sweaty legs, they're at the right spot, haha!ReplyDelete
The vomit feeling after bonking your head makes me feel a little nervous, please keep us posted of when you feel better!! Make sure you have someone look at your pupils every so often to make sure they're still equal! Ok, my inner nurse is getting the best of me....
Woo hoo! The Garmin lives! That head bump sounds much like a concussion. Be careful with yourself. Take it easy, girl!ReplyDelete
Good to hear about the garmin getting back to normal!ReplyDelete
Not good to hear about you hitting your head. Yea, that sounds like the exact symptoms of a mild concussion. Neon blonde runner's advice seems dead on to me. Exercise can be dangerous with a concussion, you shouldn't feel any symptoms in your head during or after doing exercise. If you do then you are probably not fully healed yet. You might have to back off on activity for a bit for the symptoms to subside.
hahahahah i love this HILARIOUS and girl you are a freaking amazing elite runner in my book!!!ReplyDelete
Oh I'm so glad that you got your Garmin going again, I had quite a scare this morning with my Garmin Forerunner 305, it wouldn't charge but then it magically started working again, I think I was channeling your bad luck lolReplyDelete
Hahaha! You're pretty darn elite in my book!!ReplyDelete


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What is Marketing?
Most people think that marketing and personal selling are the same. Our continuous exposure to advertising and sales pitches leads us to believe that marketing activities begin only when goods or services have been produced. But that's only the tip of the iceberg; marketing also involves analysing customer needs and securing information needed to design and produce goods or services that match buyer expectations using strategic research methods. The process applies to profit-oriented firms as well as for not-for-profit organisations.
Careers in Marketing
A variety of jobs draw on marketing skills. These include positions in sales, advertising, retail management and merchandising, product management, and market research. Most of these jobs require both quantitative and interpersonal skills. Marketing careers provide a lot of variety, since the roles and functions of marketers are constantly changing as the business environment changes. Marketing also provides a foundation for other career paths. For example, many chief executives begin their careers in marketing.
Who Should Study Marketing?
Marketing is a discipline that requires a mix of skills and abilities. The ability to manage both people and information is critical, as are good communication and problem solving skills.
To succeed in marketing, you must be tolerant of ambiguity and able to adapt to changing circumstances. Marketers need to take into account the perspectives of a variety of people, customers, suppliers and people with responsibility for the wide range of functions within an organisation.
They must also be aware of the activities of competitors and monitor legal, political, economic and cultural trends that may impact on their products.
Preparing for a Career in Marketing
Marketers create and utilise market research reports, sales forecasts, promotional budgets, and a wide variety of other quantitative information. Therefore, a sound understanding of statistics and quantitative methods is essential preparation for a career in marketing. The marketing function is closely intertwined with other functions within organisations, so the aspiring marketer should also have a firm understanding of basic accounting, finance and organisational behaviour. Marketing provides an interface between an organisation and the environment in which it operates. To effectively perform this function, marketers should have a general understanding of economic, legal and psychological issues as well as an appreciation of the forces that shape and change a culture.
None of the preceding skills can be used effectively unless the marketer is a proficient communicator, so good writing and speaking skills are also of great importance to those planning a career in marketing.
Courses at Canterbury
Entry is available to all students upon completion of prerequisites except for MKTG 390 which has limited entry based on a selection process.
Students intending to specialise in Marketing are required to pass the BCom core as well as MKTG 100.
BCom: core course requirements
For in-depth course information please refer to the Course Catalogue section of the UC Enrolment Handbook.
Required: At least five 'core' courses selected from:
(1) ACCT 102 Accounting and Financial Information
(2) INFO 123 Information Systems and Technology
(3) ECON 104 Introduction to Microeconomics
(4) MSCI 110 Quantitative Methods for Business or STAT 101 Statistics 1
(5) MGMT 100 Fundamentals of Management
(Subject to NZVCC CUAP approval due December 2010)
Students intending to complete the BCom majoring in Marketing must be credited with five compulsory core courses and the following:
Required: MKTG 100
Note: Students intending to major in Marketing must take ECON 104 rather than ECON 105 from the list of core courses.
Required: MKTG 201, MKTG 202, MKTG 204, MKTG 280
Required: At least 90 points from MKTG 301-390, including at least two of MKTG 301, MKTG 302 or MKTG 303. Note: Students intending to proceed to the BCom(Hons) in Marketing or MCom in Marketing must have passed MKTG 302 (or equivalent).
A recommended Bachelor of Commerce programme for someone who wishes to concentrate in marketing follows. To supplement this, courses in psychology, sociology, and languages are recommended, as are additional commerce courses.
Marketing Course Descriptions
Please note that these descriptions and prescriptions are a guide only.
You should look in the University Calendar for all requirements and information.
BCom Major in Marketing
Details of the B.Com major in Marketing can be found on http://www.bsec.canterbury.ac.nz/for/undergraduate/marketing_major.shtml
Alternative Programmes at Canterbury
- Courses in marketing may form the core of a Bachelor of Commerce honours degree at Canterbury
- Graduates with adequate grades may enter the honours programme
- Recent graduates from other disciplines may take marketing courses as part of the postgraduate Diploma in Management
- Graduates with work experience should consider the Diploma in Business Administration or Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes
- Brochures on each of these programmes are available from the Department of Management
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27 Squadron
An elephant - approved by HM King Edward VIII in October 1936. The badge was based on an unofficial emblem first used in 1934 and commemorates the Squadron's first operational aircraft - the Martinsyde G100 'Elephant' - and the unit's long sojourn to India.
Quam celerrime ad astra - 'With all speed to the Stars'.
Key Dates:
1914 - Formed at Hounslow.
1947 - Took part in the Berlin Airlift.
1956 - Took part in the Suez crisis.
2003 - Took part in the Operation Telic in Iraq.
Current Aircraft and Location:
Current Aircraft: Chinook HC2
Current Location: RAF Odiham
Battle Honours:
Western Front 1916-1918*, Somme 1916*, Arras, Ypres 1917*, Cambrai 1917*, Somme 1918*, Lys, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Mahsud 19420, Waziristan 1920-1925, Mohmund 1927, North West Frontier 1930-1931, Mohmund 1933, North West Frontier 1935-1939, Malaya 1941-1942*, Arakan 1942-1944*, North Burma 1944*, Burma 1944-1945, Gulf 1991.
(Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
The History of 27 Squadron:
Formed at Hounslow on 5 November 1915 from a nucleus provided by No. 24 Squadron, No.27 became the first squadron to be fully equipped with the Martinsyde G100 'Elephant'. Although intended as a fighter, the aircraft found itself more suited to reconnaissance and bombing missions after moving to France in March 1916. It wasn't until the autumn of 1917 that DH4 light bombers replaced the G100s, and these remained with the Squadron for the remainder of the war. In March 1919, the Squadron returned to the UK and disbanded in January 1920.
Within three months, however, No. 99 Squadron in India was renumbered No. 27 and the Squadron assumed air-policing duties over the North West Frontier with DH9s. These were not replaced until 1930 when Wapitis arrived. These aircraft remained on strength until October 1939 by which time the Squadron became a Flying Training School at Risalpur. Operational status was restored a year later with the arrival of Bleheims, and the Squadron moved to Malaya a few months later. This proved to be a short-lived situation as the Squadron was decimated by the advancing Japanese forces and disbanded in February 1942. When the first Beaufighters arrived in India in September 1942, No. 27 Squadron was reformed and began ground attack operations at the turn of the year. During 1944, rocket-firing Beaufighters had arrived, and No. 27, along with No. 47 Squadron, formed an anti-shipping Strike Wing. Ground attack and air-jungle rescue duties in Burma followed, but the Squadron was disbanded in February 1946.
In November 1947, the Squadron was reformed at Oakington with Dakotas and, after taking part in the Berlin Airlift, concentrated on paratrooping and air-supply duties until disbanded once more in November 1950. In June 1953, No. 27 Squadron reformed as a Canberra bomber squadron and took part in Operation Musketeer, the Suez campaign, but was again disbanded on the last day of 1957. In April 1961, the Squadron reformed at Scampton and began a 13-year association with Vulcans in the strike and maritime reconnaissance roles before the type was replaced by Tornados in the bomber role in 1983. No. 27 Squadron relinquished its Tornados in 1993, reforming as No. 27 (Reserve) Squadron, the Chinook/Puma OCU, at Odiham and regained full squadron status in January 1998 solely equipped with Chinooks.
In recent years the squadron has seen a number of operational tours, notably the Balkans (Op Agricola), Afghanistan (Op Ptarmigan) and Iraq (Op Telic).


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Photo by Eileen B. McAdams 2006
Original Site of Methodist Church, Memory Hill Cemetery
This marks the original site of the Methodist Church erected about the year 1805. Bishop Asbury and Bishop McKendree in 1815 held here a conference which James O. Andrew attended. Bishop Capers, Dr. Lovick Pierece and many other notable figures of Methodism served as pastors. The daughter of Bishop Capers is buried near this spot. In gracious appreciation of the pioneer work done by this great church this boulder is erected by The Robert E. Lee Chapter U.S.C. 1929.
Church on Statehouse Square 1823-July 6,1914
Georgia Archives
Church on Statehouse Square 1823-July 6,1914
Georgia Archives
West Hancock St. 1914-2003
Submitted by Tom Freeman
first building of the Methodist Church was built around 1805 and located
at Memory Hill Cemetery. See marker above. The second church was
built on Statehouse Square in 1823 and faced Greene St. According
to Our Children's Ancestry when the new church was built this building
was removed and used in the construction of the city hospital. The
3rd site of the church (above) was on West Hancock St. in 1914. The present
location is Log Cabin Road, off N. Jefferson and 441 N and opened April
History of Baldwin County by Anna Maria Green Cook list the " Methodist Pastors at Milledgeville from 1805 - 1898: Samuel Cowles, P.E., 1805-6; Jeremiah Lumsden, 1806-1806; Eph Tucker, Jr., preacher, (no church) 1805; Josiah Randall, 1807-8; Moses Mather and Robert Porter, 1807; Jos. Tarpley and A. Judge, 1808; Lovick Pierce, P.E., 1809; Jas. Jennings and Thos. Mason, 1809; Lane Mills, (church built) 1810; A.M. McEwan, 1810; Jos. Tarpley, P.E., 1810-1814; B. Daloney, 1811; A. Pickens, 18111; Lane M. Meek, S. School begun) 1812; Lovick Pierce, (Con. held here) 1813; Thos. Mason, 1814; Lewis Myers, P.E. 1814-1818; Christopher I. Parsons, 1815; John Wright, 1816; Nicholas Talley, 1817; Joseph Tarpley, P.E. 1818; John B. Glenn, Sr., preacher, 1818; Samule Johnson, Jr., preacher, 1818; Jas. Bellah, 1819; Jas. Dunwoody, 1819; Jas. Bellah, 1820; Robert Flourney, 1820; Isaac Smith, 1821; Allen Turner, Bond English, on circuit, 1821; S. K. Hodges, P.E., 1822-26; Jep. Sinclair, John Bigby, on circuit, 1822; Wm. Capers, 1823-1824; Bond English, 1825; S.K. Hodges, P.E. 1825; R. Ffflournoy, 1826; Wm. Arnold, P.E., 1827-30; S.K. Hodges, 1827; S.K. Hodges, Challes and Hardy, 1828; Geo. Hill (died here). New Church built 1829; Lovick Pierce and W. P. Arnold 1830; John Howard, P.E., (1st. Session Ga. Conf.) 1831-32; Elijah Sinclair 1831; Jesse Boring, Myles Green, (twenty-three members) 1832; Cassell Harrison, (139) 1833; Jos. Travis, (131) 1834; R. A. Steele, (117) 1835; Calvin Danforth, (Supply) (89 mem.) 1836; Cobb Key, (113 mem.) 1837; Robert S. Wilson, (123 mem.) 1838; Walter R. Branham (Great Revival) (172-151) 1839; Alfred T. Mann, (135) 1842; Isaac Boring, J. R. Danforth (152) 1843; Edwin H. Myers, (137) 1844; Joshua Knowles, (124) 1845; Frederick D. Lowery, (129) 1846; Richard Lane, (117) 1846; Jackson P. Turner, (146), 1847; Wiley G. Parks, 1849; Robert W. Bingham, 1850; J. Bradford Smith, 1851; J. W. Hinton, 1852; Charles R. Jewett, 1852-1853; Charles P. Cooper and C. W. Key (6 months) 1854; Thomas H. Steward, 1855-6; Dr. Lovick Pierce, 1857; M. P. Norris, 1857; Walter Knox, 1858; Wm. J. Scott, 1859; H. J. Adams, 1860-61; Chas. A. Fullwood, 1862-53; Geo. W. Yarbrough, 1864-65; Wesley P. Pledge, 1866; W. C. Malloy, 1867; W. P. Almond (died), 1868; W. T. Caldwell, 1868; Peter A. Heard, 1869; A. J. Jarrell, (Mem. 164, 239, 244, 246) 1870-1-2-3; W. W. Wadsworth, (Mem. 312) 1874; H. J. Adams (Mem. 300) 1875; H. H. Parks, (Mem. 330) 1876; Geo. G. Smith (Mem. 312) 1877-8; H. H. Parks, 1879-9-; G. H. Patillo, 1881-2; R. W. Bigham, 1883-4-5; J. D. Hammond, 1886; J. R. King, 1886-7-8-9; J. M. White, 1890-1; R. J. Bigham, 1892; J. M. White, 1893-4; J. S. Bryan, 1895-6; J. S. Bryan and W. R. Branham, Jr., 1896; J. S. Bryan and W. R. Branham, Jr. 1897-8.


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Loki, you little Shit.
I always have to remind myself that in Marvel, Loki is Thor's brother rather than Odin's.
Why "rather than"? He is not really related in any way to Odin either .
He's Odin's brother in the Norse Myths, by rite of blood I believe, an adopted brother :P
Loki's origins and role in Norse mythology have been much debated by scholars. In 1835, Jacob Grimm was first to produce a major theory about Loki, in which he advanced the notion of Loki as a "god of fire". In 1889, Sophus Bugge theorized Loki to be variant of Lucifer of Christian mythology, an element of Bugge's larger effort to find a basis of Christianity in Norse mythology. After World War II, four scholarly theories dominated. The first of the four theories is that of Folke Ström, who in 1956 concluded that Loki is a hypostasis of the god Odin. In 1959, Jan de Vries theorized that Loki is a typical example of a trickster figure. In 1961, by way of excluding all non-Scandinavian mythological parallels in her analysis, Anna Birgitta Rooth concluded that Loki was originally a spider. Anne Holtsmark, writing in 1962, concluded that no conclusion could be made about Loki.[59]
Regarding scholarship on Loki, scholar Gabriel Turville-Petre comments (1964) that "more ink has been spilled on Loki than on any other figure in Norse myth. This, in itself, is enough to show how little scholars agree, and how far we are from understanding him."[60]
In her review of scholarly discourse involving Loki, scholar Stefanie von Schnurbein (2000) comments that "Loki, the outsider in the Northern Germanic pantheon, confounds not only his fellow deities and chronicler Snorri Sturluson [referring to the Prose Edda] but has occasioned as much quarrel among his interpreters. Hardly a monography, article, or encyclopedic entry does not begin with the reference to Loki as a staggeringly complex, confusing, and ambivalent figure who has been the catalyst of countless unresolved scholarly controversies and has elicited more problems than solutions".[61]


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In what looks like a newfangled video racing game, Microsoft is previewing new technology in Windows Live Local that shows a street-level view from a driver's perspective and includes an interactive element that lets a user "drive" down the street using a keyboard's Up and Down arrows.
On the bottom half of the screen, a cartoon car navigates the city streets in a view that combines an aerial satellite map and a road map with street names. Users can change the border of the driver's window to "race car" or "sports car," or they can switch to a walking view. For now, a limited number of city streets are covered in downtown San Francisco and Seattle.
The street-level photos are reminiscent of Amazon's A9.com maps site, which shows photos of both sides of a street.


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Key to families | Table of families and genera
1. Stipules of submersed leaves free from blade base or fused to it < 1/2 stipule length; leaves submersed, also floating or not; peduncle stiff; inflorescence generally floating to emergent ..... POTAMOGETON
1' Stipules of submersed leaves fused to blade base >= 2/3 stipule length; leaves submersed; peduncle flexible; inflorescence submersed ..... STUCKENIA
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Analytic Philosophy and the Return of Hegelian Thought
Part of Modern European Philosophy
- Author: Paul Redding, University of Sydney
- Date Published: December 2010
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This 2007 book examines the possibilities for the rehabilitation of Hegelian thought within analytic philosophy. From its inception, the analytic tradition has in general accepted Bertrand Russell's hostile dismissal of the idealists, based on the claim that their metaphysical views were irretrievably corrupted by the faulty logic that informed them. These assumptions are challenged by the work of such analytic philosophers as John McDowell and Robert Brandom, who, while contributing to core areas of the analytic movement, nevertheless have found in Hegel sophisticated ideas that are able to address problems which still haunt the analytic tradition after a hundred years. Paul Redding traces the consequences of the displacement of the logic presupposed by Kant and Hegel by modern post-Fregean logic, and examines the developments within twentieth-century analytic philosophy which have made possible an analytic re-engagement with a previously dismissed philosophical tradition.Read more
- Puts Hegelian trends in analytic philosophy in the context of major developments within that tradition
- Explains the difficulties facing analytic appropriations of Hegelian thought
- Examines the Hegelian conception of contradiction against developments in 'paraconsistent' logic
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Introduction: analytic philosophy and the fall and rise of the Kant–Hegel tradition
1. McDowell, Sellars, and the myth of the perceptually given
2. Brandom, Sellars, and the myth of the logical given
3. Individuation and determinate negation in Kant and Hegel
4. The Kantian route to Hegel's inferentialism
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REPUBLICAN presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a "transition" website that apparently went online briefly after Tuesday's election loss.
The Political Wire website published screenshots from what appeared to be "the office of the President-elect" and a photo of the losing candidate against an American flag backdrop.
"I'm excited about our prospects as a nation," said a quote on the site next to Mr Romney's photo. "My priority is putting people back to work."
Under Mr Romney's picture was a slogan: "Smaller, Simpler, Smarter: Believe in America."
The website run by author and former political advisor Taegan Goddard said the site "was quickly taken down but I saved screenshots."
The screenshots were dated Wednesday at 8:40 pm local time or nearly a full day after US President Barack Obama was declared the winner and Mr Romney conceded.
The site invited people to the inauguration in Washington on January 21, and included links to a newsroom and applications for jobs in the Romney administration.
"Please check back here in the coming weeks for more information and details about President-elect Romney's inauguration," the website said.
The screenshots showed three pages, including one with pictures of both Romney and his running mate, Representative Paul Ryan, described as "the vice president-elect."
The Romney campaign did not immediately respond to an AFP inquiry.
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Day 7: Cinnamon Spirals
7 has never been a lucky number for me. When I turned 7, my best friend in the whole world moved far away. In 7th grade my boobs reached a DD which resulted in tons of torture from the other kids (little did I know that big boobs would be a GREAT thing come highschool). And guess what? Lucky #7 failed me again. This time for the 12 Days of Ass Friendly Christmas Cookies. These cinnamon spirals were a big fat fail. I thought about moving things around and just filling in this space with another cookie…but I figured everyone needs to see that we all make flops in the kitchen from time to time. And trust me this one was bad.
Burnt, nasty, disc cookies…mmmm….appetizing huh?
The dough, was AMAZING. Seriously, holy yum. And I did step by step photos of the process of these cookies. I had such high hopes, but when I popped them in the oven this is what came out. Yes, I am sure I used all the right ingredients, all my ingredients were fresh, and I used the correct amounts. But they just didn't work.
So I dropped the temperature by 50 degrees and cooked them about the same amount of time…and they cooked ok. But they actually appeared to have shrunk when cooking. And they were still pretty crunchy…and had almost no flavor. they definitely did not taste anything like the dough did!
If I made these again, I would add vanilla to the dough, probably a teaspoon of brandy, a dash of nutmeg, and about a 3rd cup of sugar. And I would have to play around with the amount of baking soda to figure out how much. But at that point, it would no longer be anywhere close to the original recipe…and just not worth trying.
If anyone wants to try and find what went wrong, or what you would change, you can find the recipe here, Cinnamon Spirals.
But it definitely wasn't all bad…I got to play with my food and eat cookie dough. 🙂


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Ohios Republican law makers are renewing their efforts to strip $1.7 million in funding to Plan Parenthood,but Democrat state senator Nina Turner is not having any of it!
Didn't anyone tell her that the pretend war on women is over?
OP, is it okay with you that PP spends 2 million a year on lobbyists? I say PP get out of my pocket.
Ummm, I'm a republican and I don't want to be anywhere near anyone's panties.
Anyone remember an ad about comparing losing your virginity to first time voters..gag...
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Didn't anyone tell her that the pretend war on women is over?
It will only be over when the last free woman is rounded up, locked in a scold's harness and then sold by her closest male relative into a marriage where the man does the bread winning, voting, scriptural interpretation, disciplining and deciding whether the woman can refuse sex or not.
You shouldn't be so bitter. It will send you to an early grave. And you shouldn't remove a word when quoting me.
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Quoting Simmeringhearts:
Didn't anyone tell her that the pretend war on women is over?
It will only be over when the last free woman is rounded up, locked in a scold's harness and then sold by her closest male relative into a marriage where the man does the bread winning, voting, scriptural interpretation, disciplining and deciding whether the woman can refuse sex or not.
Really? There is no war on women ok then. I guess that these are all just casualties of the GOP platform then.
On Capitol Hill and in state legislatures, Republicans are attacking women's rights in four broad areas.
ABORTION On Thursday, a House subcommittee denied the District of Columbia's Democratic delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, a chance to testify at a hearing called to promote a proposed federal ban on nearly all abortions in the District 20 weeks after fertilization. The bill flouts the Roe v. Wade standard of fetal viability.
Seven states have enacted similar measures. In Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer signed a law that bans most abortions two weeks earlier. Each measure will create real hardships for women who will have to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy before learning of major fetal abnormalities or risks to their own health.
These laws go a cruel step further than the familiar Republican attacks on Roe v. Wade. They omit reasonable exceptions for a woman's health or cases of rape, incest or grievous fetal impairment. These laws would require a woman seeking an abortion to be near death, a standard that could easily delay medical treatment until it is too late.
All contain intimidating criminal penalties, fines and reporting requirements designed to scare doctors away. Last year, the House passed a measure that would have allowed hospitals receiving federal money to refuse to perform an emergency abortion even when a woman's life was at stake. The Senate has not taken up that bill, fortunately.
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE Governor Brewer also recently signed a bill eliminating public funding for Planned Parenthood. Arizona law already barred spending public money on abortions, which are in any case a small part of the services that Planned Parenthood provides. The new bill denies the organization public money for nonabortion services, like cancer screening and family planning, often the only services of that kind available to poor women.
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and the state's Republican-dominated Legislature tried a similar thing in 2011, and were sued in federal court by a group of clinics. The state argues that it is trying to deny money to organizations that "promote" abortions. That is nonsense. Texas already did not give taxpayer money for abortions, and the clinics that sued do not perform abortions.
Last year, the newly installed House Republican majority rushed to pass bills (stopped by the Democratic-led Senate) to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood and Title X. That federal program provides millions of women with birth control, lifesaving screening for breast and cervical cancer, and other preventive care. It is a highly effective way of preventing the unintended pregnancies and abortions that Republicans claim to be so worried about.
EQUAL PAY Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, the epicenter of all kinds of punitive and regressive legislation, signed the repeal of a 2009 law that allowed women and others to bring lawsuits in state courts against pay discrimination, instead of requiring them to be heard as slower and more costly federal cases. It also stiffened penalties for employers found guilty of discrimination.
He defended that bad decision by saying he did not want those suits to "clog up the legal system." He turned that power over to his government, which has a record of hostility toward workers' rights.
President Obama has been trying for three years to update and bolster the 1963 Equal Pay Act to enhance remedies for victims of gender-based wage discrimination, shield employees from retaliation for sharing salary information with co-workers, and mandate that employers show that wage differences are job-related, not sex-based, and driven by business necessity.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Last month, the Senate approved a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, designed to protect victims of domestic and sexual abuse and bring their abusers to justice. The disappointing House bill omits new protections for gay, Indian, student and immigrant abuse victims that are contained in the bipartisan Senate bill. It also rolls back protections for immigrant women whose status is dependent on a spouse, making it more likely that they will stay with their abusers, at real personal risk, and ends existing protections for undocumented immigrants who report abuse and cooperate with law enforcement to pursue the abuser.
Whether this pattern of disturbing developments constitutes a war on women is a political argument. That women's rights and health are casualties of Republican policy is indisputable.


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Beach Body
Kim Kardashian Gets Cheeky on the Beach in a String...
The drunken Jersey Shore star was taken into custody in July while filming Season 3 of the hit MTV series. Charged with disorderly conduct, she was released later that day. "I'm too pretty to be in jail," she later said.


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Tongues of Fire (2017) 16mm, HD, 5'Short, Avant-GardeDirected and edited by
With music of
1961, Northern Spain. After eating stolen apples from a tree, four peasant girls hear thunder and an angel of light appears before them. In the following days, as crowds of devotees gather in the village, the young visionaries synchronically fall on ecstasy before the Virgin, who delivers the prophecy of a terrible punishment for sinners.
From the fall of man to our day, the work of redemption has mainly been carried on by extraordinary communications of the Spirit of God. The 16mm documentary footage of the Garabandal apparitions recorded under the light of a lantern in the 1960s, acquires new significance upon adding a layer of reality meant to remain hidden. By superposition, the supernatural manifests in a visible, audible, touchable demonstration of its presence and power. Enraptured by the sacred vocal music of a medieval manuscript, the abstract visual narrative unravels into the apocalyptic visions of a sealed prophecy, nearly forcing the spectator to experience them intimately. Significant on its ability to conduct an ascetic voyage of the spirit, the film blurs the lines between the inner and the outer worlds, between the visible and invisible realities; as it questions the strange nature of a miraculous phenomenon. Like an ouroboros, the film circulates from beginning to end – from the fall of Lucifer from the heavens with the third of the stars to the pouring of the bowls of wrath, representing the infinite cycle of nature's endless creation and destruction, life and death.
Oscuro y Lucientes
Year: 2017Long-feature, Documentary
Directed by S. ALARCÓN
Produced by TOURMALET
in coproduction with TVE y MARMITA FILMS (France)
Discipline: Film, Production Design, Art Direction
El cadáver de Goya quedó olvidado en un panteón de Burdeos. Décadas después, la sorpresa de los asistentes a la exhumación fue enorme: habían robado su cabeza.
Goya's body remained forgotten in a pantheon in Bordeaux. Decades later, everyone present at the exhumation was greatly surprised: Goya's skull was missing. (Project in development.)
Title: Disco Inferno
Client: Alice Waddington
Year: 2015
As the production designer of award-winning horror short starring Aitana Sanchez-Gijón and Ana Rujas, I was empelled by director Alice Waddington to develop a personal fantasy: to design a devilish strictly-female universe. I was responsible of creating the overall look of the film, establishing the visual feel, style and settings for this aesthetically pleasant retire of a run-away Mephistopheles. Its screening history includes FantasticFest (US), Mórbido (Mexico), FrightFest Film (UK), Razorreel (Belgium), Lund International Fantastic Film Festival (Sweden), ToHorrorFilmfest (Italy) & Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (Spain).
Title: Girls!, Why did you decide to start a band?
Client: MUSAC
Year: 2016
Discipline: Curatorial, Exhibition, Video-installation
On display at MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum of Castille and Leon from February — June, 2016, the exhibition curated by Amparo Fuentes, Javier Mielgo and Elena Gallen, pondered about the glass ceiling and the roles of women within the music, entertainment and culture industry. Portraying musical artists of different backgrounds, genres and chronologies, that naturally have a revolutionizing savoir-faire, we aimed to boost meditation on a subject of social matter: the gender inequality within the cultural industry. I was invited to design the artistic intervention within the museum space through-though an audiovisual installation of 5 monitors that displayed fragments of interviews with artists Fee Rega, Lorena Álvarez, Ainara LeGardón, Las CasiCasiotone y PL Girls. This display worked on different levels -both individual and collective- as well as inviting the spectator into the discussion.
Title: La Terraza Magnética
Client: La Casa Encendida
Discipline: Creative Direction, Identity Design
Vanguard cultural center LA CASA ENCENDIDA commissioned us the identity design of film and music cycle La Terraza Magnética, where experimental concerts radiated in confluence with occult-driven cult movies about witchcraft, sects, and aspirations of access to other worlds. Besides logotype, poster design and art direction for the signage, we designed a conceptual Tarot deck by syncretizing the major arcana of Tarot Marseille. The abstract cards served as a program of the entertainment cycle. Project developed in collaboration w/ Silvia Bianchi.
Title: La ciudad en movimiento
Client: Reebok
Discipline: Art Direction, Film, Fashion Campaign
Reebok commissioned me to art direct a music video directed by Tomás Peña and styled by fashion designer Krizia Robustella for the 80s hit —La ciudad en movimiento— originally composed by Aviador Dro, covered by electronic pop singer BFlecha. Influenced by Bauhaus-inspired men-buildings and woman-skyscrapers, the Beaux Arts Ball, German Expressionist cinema, Art Decò and 70s Sci-Fi films, we cooked a melting pot of references with a D.I.Y. twist. Produced by Soon In Tokyo and impulsed by Reebok Creative Hub, the video premiered at La Casa Encendida (Madrid) and at the Whitebox Art Center (New York City). I was one of the brand ambassadors for the Reebok Classics Fall/Winter 2015 campaign.
Title: Pegasvs
Client: CANADA
Year: 2012
Discipline: Art Direction, Album Cover Design
The label of edging-cut production company CANADA invited me to art direct and design the PEGASVS album cover for SVPER. The duo consisting of producer and composer Sergio Pérez and Luciana Della Villa created an album in a strictly analogue universe that shifts brilliantly between german krautrock from the 70s and dreamy pop, outstanding in terms of its depth and richness of timbre. With an aim to enhance the atemporarity, elegance and mystery of the deep synthesized musical textures I designed a mat white cover with a varnished emboss. It appears plain white but as light falls upon the cover in the right angle, the figure of the mythical creature —ethereal and powerful—magically emerges.
Title: CamperLab
Client: CAMPER
Discipline: Art Direction, Event, Cocktail Party
Art Direction of launch event for CAMPER Spring/Summer 2017 at press agency TTarrago PR. Setting the venue with atmospheric elements —such as smoke, wind and fire— I aimed to recreate the ambiance of the rocky land of Fuerteventura. The 1920's style lighting of the main room with steel-blue tungsten lights matched one of CamperLab's key trend-colors for the upcoming season. The studied use of cinematic lighting and effects was determined to create a rarefied 360º experience where the film equipment was to be deliberately exposed such as in a movie set.
Title: Sharing Paths
Client: Ruben Brulat
Year: 2013
Discipline: Artists' Books, Edition, Art Direction
French artist Ruben Brulat commissioned me to edit and design his photography book, that documents a +600 days journey from Europe to Asia by land only, through Iraq, Iran, onto Afghanistan, Tibet until Indonesia, Japan and Mongolia. The sharp editorial design drives s the spectator to synchronize with the path and the pace of the journey circling around a repetitive layout which works as a mantra. The book was presented at Brulat's solo exhibition 'Sharing Paths' at Urban Spree Galerie (Berlin) and soon after, at Espacio Valverde (Madrid), in a pop-up exhibition curated by Gallen with the support of Perrier. A Special Edition of 50 books boxed in Walnut, numbered and signed were hand crafted by the artist at his fathers workshop.
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