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I've spent the past week reconnecting with family, sharing the memories of her life, and of all of us growing up together. She grew up with five sisters and three brothers. At this time one brother and four sisters remain.
One memory has risen to the surface and become fixed in my mind.
When I was nine years old I had fallen in with a bad crowd at school. At the time we lived in Bradbury Heights, Maryland, a suburb of Washington D.C. My Dad was working two jobs to make ends meet and keep food on the table, allowing my mom to focus on raising us kids. At the time I had a sister, two years younger than me, and a two year old brother.
After cutting school me and one of my so called friends, found ourselves outside a 7-11. The plan was my friend would distract the clerk and I'd grab a pack of Kools that were displayed on a plastic shelf within easy reach. Everything was going as planned. I grabbed the pack of cigarettes just as the clerk turned back to me and grabbed my hand. I tried to pull away but he had a pretty good grip. My friend, seeing our intricate plan collapsing right before his eyes did the only thing he could do. He ran, leaving me alone to take the fall.
The Police were called and I was taken to the local station house where they called my mom to come pick me up. After nearly an hour she arrived to take custody of me. I believe at the time I would have preferred jail time to what I knew was waiting for me.
We leave the station house and I climb into the passengers side of the car. Between us on the bench seat sat a bag of groceries. Sticking out of the top of the bag was a brand new pancake turner. You know the old metal kind with the oval holes.
"I see you did some shopping." I said as her eyes remained fixed on the road before us, her mouth set in a grim line. "You got a new pancake turner."
"That's because I'm gonna wear the old one out on your ass when we get home." She said.
That was my mom. She kept us straight, and out of trouble as best she could, and in my opinion I believe she did one hell of a good job. The more enlightened may frown on the fact that she resorted to smacking her children's ass when they got out of line. Others might classify it as child abuse. That's neither here nor there at this moment. Because even though my ass was indeed sore, it wasn't the beating that hurt, it was her disappointment in me that cut the deepest.
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June-19-1935 to May-27-2013

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Last night, "Saturday Night Live" actress Aidy Bryant revealed she's engaged!
Bryant kept quiet about her engagement to screenwriter Conner O'Malley for six months. She told Seth Meyers on Thursday on his late-night show about the proposal, "I was like, 'My dog doesn't wear a bow tie! Where is he going tonight?' Basically, the second I shut the door, a man — who I discovered was Conner — frantically came around the corner and was just like, 'Will you marry me?!' No box. No 'I love you.'"
She went on, "Just a man in full terror standing very far from a dog in a bow tie, just holding a loose ring, going, 'Will you marry me?' I was like, 'What?' I truly couldn't comprehend what was happening, and I kept saying, 'Is this a joke? Are you doing a joke?' And then I said, 'Of course I'll marry you. I love you.' And it was really nice." Watch!
The two dated for nearly a decade before he popped the question. She said, "We've been together a long time. We've been together almost nine years. So, a lot of the shimmer and shine has faded and we're just living every damn day as best we can. We've seen each other through a lot," she added. "Like, he used to work as a full-blown garbage man — not a joke, just a garbage man. I used to sweep up hair in a barber shop. I mean, we've like, been through it."
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Rev. Stephen E. Stults
St. Paul's Anglican Church
3rd Sunday after Trinity 2014
July 6, 2014
I Peter 5:8-9: "Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world."
Our Epistle selection for the day brings forth an interesting question… Is the idea of objective evil a myth, or is it truth? The answers will vary. Among those who deem themselves as secular intellectuals, yet whom are devoid of a lively faith, the answer one might receive is one of mild incredulity or even derision. "What," your associates might exclaim, "You believe in evil as an objective reality? You actually buy the idea that there's some sort of sinister supernatural being as your spiritual enemy? My, my, how quaint, how beautifully primitive and simplistic!" On the other hand, among those of faith, the answer may be as St. Peter, that "your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour."
So, brethren, which is it? Do we, as 21st century Anglicans believe that the Devil really exists, that there really is a supernatural enemy named Satan? Or, is he just a myth, cooked up by monastic Medieval minds?
That answer may hinge on your view of the validity and veracity of the Holy Bible. If, for example, you believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God, you probably have no problem accepting the concept that Satan exists. If, on the other hand, you take a more relativistic view of the Bible, or you hold it to be mainly myth, especially that part about the resurrection, you will certainly scoff at the outlandish idea that there is a supernatural adversary in pursuit of your soul.
So, there we have it. Again, perhaps our more "enlightened" friends will chuckle at the simplicity of our view, the life of faith. So be it. To my mind, faith makes life easier, cleaner, and certainly more comprehensible. It does explain why things are as they are to a great degree, and it helps one to make better sense of nonsensical situations
Simply, our worldview is this: we have a loving God and Creator, who made all things and loves all things to an infinite degree. This being has expressed himself to us as a tripartite Person consisting of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. His Creation is good. Yet, for some hidden and mysterious reason, evil entered into our world through the machinations of a fallen angel, Lucifer. Again, for some divine and mysterious reason, this same angel led a revolt in Heaven, as detailed in the book of Daniel. Here's an important point: God Himself did not fight against this fallen angel, but delegated that task to the Archangel Michael, who then led an army of faithful angels to defeat, evict, and humiliate Lucifer. His fate: to be sentenced to the nether regions of the Earth, and to remain in this temporal realm until God the Father sees fit to change his situation.
This story from God's Holy Word underscores a mightily important point. That point is that no matter how grievous evil is, and despite the titanic amount of suffering it causes, evil is in no way, shape, or form nearly as powerful as good. The Universe in general and the Earth in particular, are both inherently good, because they were made by God.
Here's the catch, however. The Earth still labors under her ancient curse, applied when our First Parents fell from grace. That is why we have briars, and thistles, insect pests, and things that bite and scratch us. It's why Nature is so brutal, and why we too must kill in order to eat. It's also why life is basically so tough, at its core.
How does this help us to understand the nature of evil in this world? How does it help to combat the chief objection to Christianity for many; namely, why does a loving God allow so much suffering in His world? How and why does He allow it to a happen? In short, how could He?
This priest knows that all of us here have either thought this thought, or been asked this question by enemies of Christianity. We certainly don't have the answer, except to say this: God is a god of order, and His processes are inherently logical and orderly. If, in the first instance when sin and evil entered his Creation, he pronounced a curse on it, so it is. If, as part of that curse, Man could follow the darker, more sinister side of existence, exemplified by Lucifer's rebellion, so be it. Finally, and lamentably, if chaos, suffering, death, and horrible human behavior springs from this, sadly, so be it. In short, God does not cause suffering, death, or even damnation. Our inherent fallen human nature takes care of that….
Yet, it gets worse…if our own fallen natures weren't bad enough; they are actually aided and abetted by that spiritual criminal and rebel, Lucifer, known in this world as Satan. This, as simplistic, Medieval, superstitious, or just plain silly as it sounds to our worldly friends, is the real spiritual truth here. If one ignores it, it accrues to one's own spiritual peril.
So, what of it? Are we just flotsam and jetsam on the spiritual sea? Are we humans just spiritual "cannon fodder" on the battleground between good and evil?
Far from it. Rather than being just passive objects of temptation, we are major actors in this drama. We actually have the ability to affect our outcome, and even the nature of the world around us. We take up the shield of faith, we put on the breastplate of righteousness, and we don the helmet of salvation. Most importantly, we seize the Sword of the Spirit. Then, as St. Peter tells us, we are to resist Satan, steadfast in the faith.
How? What power do we little Christians actually have at our fingertips?
We have the greatest power imaginable, the Name of Jesus. When a Christian prayerfully invokes the name of Jesus with unshakeable faith, miraculous things happen. The sick are cured, the lame walk, the blind see, and the satanic forces are dispelled. At the name of Jesus, they recoil in horror, fear, and loathing. They quit the battlefield, dispirited and weakened. You see, the satanic forces know they are defeated. They know, deep in their devilish beings, that they must lose, eventually. As Martin Luther once wrote about Satan, "for lo! His doom is sure. One little word shall fell him…"
That word, Jesus, is the one to whom we Christians owe eternal thanks and praise, not only for our salvation, but for the help we receive here and now. Thanks be to Christ, we can resist the spiritual foes that afflict us... Then, when the spiritual heaviness is over and we once again begin to feel light in the Lord, we should look up and say, "Thanks are to God!"


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SUSCEPTIBILITY-Introspection of a Homoeopath:
Susceptibility implies 'vulnerability' or 'receptiveness'; a propensity to be affected. This also means it is a weakness, in a sense. Like a tendency to be affected by – certain thoughts, diseases, certain external and internal impressions or influences.
Susceptibility is the intrinsic factor causing disease.
But susceptibility also bestows the potential and power to react to stimuli.
Susceptibility is important to us in many ways; because it is the prerequisite to develop a tolerance or resistance. It is an important component of the body's dynamic equilibrium.
As it has rightly been said, 'instability is a necessary prerequisite to stability'; similarly susceptibility is a prerequisite to develop resistance!
Were we not susceptible to knowledge, would learning be possible?
It is necessary to have a susceptibility to taking in new ideas, and experiences.
We need to have a deep susceptibility to suffering, healing and Homoeopathy in order to be good Homoeopaths!
No amount of teaching can teach if the receiver has not the susceptibility to learn.
If there was no susceptibility we would probably never have evolved;
and when there is no evolution, extinction is the rule.
However what concerns us is the nature and intensity of susceptibility so that it can be moderated and health be restored.
The body produces antibodies in response to an antigen, or what it perceives as an antigen. It may be its own cells, such as we see in autoimmune diseases.
This is a morbid susceptibility. We can sight a number of examples, where a reaction to a morbid stimulus, causes self harm. The reaction of the body, in its attempt to curtail, or wall off the infection leads to inflammation, necrosis, or fibrosis as in the case of tuberculosis or chronic appendicitis. This leads to loss of tissue, or intestinal adhesions and obstruction as in chronic appendicitis, or pulmonary fibrosis and bronchiectasis in lung diseases. These reactions as well as the virulence of the organisms are detrimental to health.
What if there were an ideal situation, where there would be organisms in the body, but they would not cause harm; live in a sort of harmony.
Is this not a form of non violence?
To quote Prof James Ewing, the highest authority on pathology in America of his time,
(Pg. 81, 'The Genius of Homoeopathy')
"The effort to produce passive immunity against the various infections by means of sera may fail in spite of the destruction of all the bacteria present in the body, by reason of the endotoxins thrown out in the process of bacteriolysis resulting from the serum injections."
"It seems therefore, that the effort must be made in the future to enable the tissue and the bacteria to live together in peace rather than to produce a state where the serum is destructive to the bacteria".
Also articles in leading medical journals, (Boston Surgical Journal, and the Therapeutic Gazette), explain that by diminishing the number of bacteria, the period required for formation of requisite antibodies was unduly prolonged.
So when we say that Homoeopathy heals the susceptibility we mean that it moderates the susceptibility from a morbid level that causes self harm, to a level, where the body and mind can defend itself without compromising its wellbeing.
The 'rapid gentle, permanent restoration of health'.
Susceptibility has been identified in Homoeopathy to be having certain specific patterns. Hahnemann with his penetrating observations classified some basic patterns and called them 'miasms'. Newer observations have been made on studying the trends that diseases follow today, and new miasms or disease patterns have been named like the 'malarial miasm', 'Aids miasm', 'typhoid miasm' and many more. But they confirm with the susceptibility patterns identified by Hahnemann.- Psora, sycosis, syphilis, and to go a little further, Burnett's Tubercular.
But where did this susceptibility come from?
If we consider ourselves and all beings as energy quanta, or energy packets of varying frequencies, (the 'varying' gives us individuality), and parts of the infinite universal energy, which recycles itself, the 'psora' or itch has developed during the process of separation from the universal energy.
Reference to this reasoning can be found in Misha Norland's 'Signature, Miasms, Aids' and the Bhagvad Gita.
Inheritance of susceptibility-
The susceptibility patterns which I will refer to as 'miasms', are the blueprint which is transmitted to the offspring. The offspring is the product from the gamete cells of its parents which have codes of their susceptibility. So, the offspring tends to have similar sensitivities and predispositions. Certain traits may remain latent, and may express themselves in subsequent generations. They may also be acquired during the lifetime of the person.
And they may get modified due to other factors, like suppressive treatment, or surrounding influences like weather, and state of nutrition. They will be modified by anti miasmatic treatment, in a curative way. So subsequent generations of people who have received the correct Homoeopathic treatment are healthier!
The similimum:
A proving unfolds the susceptibility patterns of a drug. It reveals to us, the ways in which it can produce a disturbance in the thinking and functioning of a person. This is then understood in its characteristics and related to a sufferer. A case taking does the very same, in the sense that we try to understand the person's inclinations, and ways of thinking and functioning. His points of energy stasis and the currents of its flow. We form an anamnesis, a picture, or rather a portrait –as Hahnemann says, of the disease, consisting of the characteristic features, and essence.
Modus operandi of the similimum:
The homeopathic drug is like the clone of the suffering soul, which 'vibrates on a similar energy frequency' so to say. The patient is most susceptible to the similimum, and its action is therefore quick and definite; not easily disturbed by antidoting factors. It has the potential to deepen the very flaws already present, so that the vital energy is made more aware of the disturbance, and it brings about a state of dynamic equilibrium, in which the disturbance is nullified or cured, with the innate power of a living body to constantly try to sustain its ideal functioning; this we term as 'dynamic equilibrium'. This again is the power to react, a susceptibility, which enables the body to heal itself.
This can be understood in terms of healing taking place on any of the different levels of existence of a living being- the spiritual, mental, and physical.
Homeopathy understands this natural power of the life force to heal and maintain itself.
We therefore find deep seated benefits, and long lasting spiritual, mental and physical health.
The susceptibility of a person can be identified by the symptoms presented on the various levels of the mind body and spirit, and classifying them under the miasms. A helpful definition of symptoms of each miasm has been given in J.H. Allen's 'Psora and Pseudo psora'.
This can give us a better and clearer graphic understanding of the depth and potential of his symptoms, and bring us closer to the similimum. A follow up diagram of the same can help us to study the changes in the susceptibility can be a proof of the progress of the case.


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text: DPG Essay Contests Open to All Students April 03, 2013 In conjunction with the Week of Writing, the Department of English and Philosophy is now accepting submissions for the 2013 Drexel Publishing Group (DPG) Essay Contest, and the Week of Writing (WoW) Contest. DPG Essay Contest categories include humanities, social sciences, the graduate student essay, and the Zelda Provenzano Endowed STEM Writing Award (previously known as the science and math category). The WoW Contest offers categories in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, humor, and op-ed/persuasion. Submissions to the DPG Essay Contest are due by April 11, 2013, and submissions to the WoW Contest are due by April 18, 2013. Both contests are open to students in all majors, and students are welcome to enter (and win) in multiple categories. Prizes will be awarded to the top essays in each category, and winning entries will be considered for publication in The 33rd, the College of Arts and Sciences' print anthology used in the First-Year Writing Program. This is an excellent opportunity for students to see their work in print! For more information on rules, categories, or how to submit, visit the Drexel Publishing Group website: Drexel Publishing Group Essay Contest 2013 » Week of Writing Contest 2013 »


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Im an avid reader of anything WW2 , planes/tanks/ships, so its always interesting to share some info.
Today's topic
Flying "pancake"
Starting in the 1930s, Vought engineer Charles H. Zimmerman began experimenting with disk-shaped aircraft. The first flying model was the V-173 , which took to the air in 1942. It had problems with the engine gearbox, but overall proved to be a strong, highly maneuverable airframe that was virtually stall-proof. While his company was churning out the famous F4U Corsair, Zimmerman continued to work on a disk-shaped fighter plane, which eventually became known as the XF5U.
Navy specifications for the new fighter indicate that it was anticipated to far surpass other aircraft available at the time. Using two huge Pratt & Whitney engines, the fighter was expected to reach a high speed of around 885 kilometers per hour (550 mph), with a landing speed as low as 32 kilometers per hour (20 mph). In order to give the airframe strength while keeping the weight down, the prototype was built with a material called Metalite, which consisted of a thin sheet of balsa wood laminated with aluminum. However, the engines experienced numerous problems, and World War II ended before the aircraft could be fully tested.
Vought pursued the project, but by the time it was ready for testing, the Navy had decided to focus on jet aircraft. With the Navy contract gone, Vought attempted to scrap the XF5U, only to find that the Metalite construction refused to be destroyed—dropping a wrecking ball on it only ended with the metal ball bouncing off. After a few more attempts, the airframe finally buckled, and blowtorches were used to burn the rest of it


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June and I spent last weekend at Pine Mountain State Park in Kentucky. June went with me for a photo workshop that the park puts on to bring people in during the winter. I was hoping for a foot of snow because winter in the mountains without snow can be a bit blah. What we got instead was a beautiful sunrise that just went on and on.
A good sunrise has enough clouds to pick up the reds, oranges, and yellows but not so many that you can't see the sunrise. Many times we have gotten up long before the sunrise to drive to a spot and wait to see what God does with the break of day only to find the sky completely overcast or no clouds at all. We never know what we will see when we head out.
On Saturday morning we went to what I thought was the best spot for sunrise. When we got there we found my friends Bill Harris and Roddy Addington from Wise VA already in place and set up waiting on the sunrise. As time went on other photographers began to show up. It was cold up on the mountain that morning but we all hung in there waiting. We were not disappointed.
Before the sun rose above the mountains to the east the undersides of the clouds were brilliantly lit with oranges, reds and yellows. There was even a sunbeam shining up from behind the mountains in the photo below. The valley was still dark but the fog reflected the warm light from the sky contrasting with the cool purple of the shadows.
As the sun rose above the mountains a layer of clouds formed just above the ridge. I was able to catch the sun shining between the two and radiating upward out in all directions.
As the sun rose above the cloud bank above the ridge the colors turned from red and orange to yellow. I shot this picture just as the sun was peaking over the clouds. A small aperture of f/22 produced the cool sunstar effect.
The cloud cover was moving and changing as the sun rose, constantly changing the scene. When the sun was high enough to shine down on the fog in the valley it burst out radiating golden "God Beams" down across the valley.
We were blessed with thirty minutes from the first photo to this last one, which is a long time for a sunrise. After this last shot the clouds closed in and the morning became overcast and rainy. Saturday's sunrise was over and it was time for breakfast.
The next day we went back to the same spot. This day the sunrise was completely different with no clouds and less fog in the valley. The sky just got brighter as the sun came up with very little color. The interesting subject this morning was the valley and the fog that was slowly burning off. I used my 400mm telephoto lens to zoom in on this community and church in the valley while capturing the fog in the hills and valleys. You couldn't see these buildings at all on Saturday morning because they were completely fogged in.
I hope you enjoy this series of sunrise shots from Pine Mountain Kentucky. These photos are available for purchase in my Pine Mountain Gallery.


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For those of you who have been looking to score one of the Black Rock Gear Vests – and I have been trying the last two batches of them – this is a very quick alert message to let you know that BRG has just released another batch of them!
Every single time they have put a batch of them up for sale the size large sales out within under an hour. Crazy!!
I am totally excited to be able to get one this time!!
No idea how many they have left but I suspect they are going to go very quickly.
No, I do not work for Black Rock Gear… and, Yes, I freaking LOVE their gear!!!
A 4.2 ounce vest with 2 ounces of down inside of it – it simply does not get any better than that!!


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Themes and Thoughts
Nothing Will Destroy Christ's Church, in Europe or Elsewhere
Lent: Why Not Take Up, Rather Than Give Up?
Just Why Do People Live on the Streets in Our Cities?
God is Very Much in Control
The Real Real Meaning of Christmas
Did the organisation of Christians Precede the Writings of the New Testament, or vice-Versa?
Thinking About Our Death is Beneficial, well, it Can Be …
When Is A Christian Not A Christian?
Are Ordinary Individual People Important?
In His Image …? What's That?
Is it the Church that has Moved, or Truth?
Is The "Baby Boomer" Generation Lucky? Why, Exactly?
Should We Edit Scripture to Suit our Ideas?
What form, exactly, did Jesus's resurrection take?
Will God, finally, "celebrate" the ideas, beliefs and practices of the "liberalisers"? We'll see …
Harry Blamires, one of the most important defenders of orthodox Christianity, died in November 2017, aged 101.
So, Christmas Day on a Monday, this year!
Is the World our True home, Are we Simply the Productions of Our Parents?
Can the Leaders of Churches Just Change Things?
God Created Sex, Sure, But …
What Does Pain Teach Us?
Are Some People Worth More Than others? Do We, Should We, All Have Influence Concerning the Way Things Are Ordered?
Are Animals Really Almost The Same as Humans?
Mankind Set Against God – Do You See It For What It Is?
Do you pray to Jesus, or …?
Only Being One Of Us Would Do
Virtue, and Displaying It
Trust to Luck – Or the Trinity?
Compassion – Does it Come Free, Easy, Without Consequences?
What Is It With So Many Church Leaders and Christian Truth?
Did We Think Up The Idea of God?
"Where there is No Vision, the People Perish" (Proverbs 29:18) – Indeed, But What Kind of Vision Should the People Have, Exactly?
Idealism – Is It Good For Us?
It's Having No Real Conception of Objective Truth That's The Problem
Do you Sometimes Think the Institutional Church is a Bad Thing?
Why Did God Made Laws and Rules and Suchlike?
Do You Sometimes Get The Feeling That The Anglican Church Has Been Hi-jacked?
The Journey of the Magi Is Ours
Why Do We Hear Little About Persecuted Christians in Our Churches?
Tell God What He Already Knows
God loves me, but … As I Am? Maybe Eternity Can Help …
What Should Be the Christian View of Asylum Seekers and Refugees?
Orthodox Christians Are Often Said to be Going Against the Flow, on 'The Wrong Side of History'. So What's New?
A Faith That Equips Us For All of Life – And That To Come
Do We Believe in Marriage, or Just "Marriage"?
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God and our rulers
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Lust – and infantilism
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It's time to get militant!
A society ruled by lies
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God becoming man … the most important thing
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It's the obsession with self that's the problem …
Being a sinner is surely fine, now? Wasn't Jesus drawn to sinners, OK about them?
Peace at all costs … Abjuring all killing … I have a problem …
Don't let the Gay Marriage Campaign Fool You …
We do have a right to know what goes on in their bedrooms …
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Do we have to have dignity When dying…?
Education without religion? Don't be fooled.
Episcopal advice about the BNP? Oh really…
Child sacrifice in Church – you know it's the future
What is Christian marriage for, exactly…?
The One Christian Truth – or something else…?
Omission – the hardest of all.
For the Church of England's future – look to America
Want to Die Forever? That's the world we exist in, if the truth is faced
The Most Important Thing. Of all the kinds of worship we offer, of all the blessings we receive, this is the very greatest…
Balance – So often, the Christian faith involves holding together two alternatives, or even seeming-opposites, keeping two different things in balance…
008 Will Replace Me – James Bond knew that if he couldn't complete his mission, M would send out someone else. The Holy Spirit does just the same; the important thing is to do what you can…
Different Paths Lead Down To …. – We've all heard the notion that all religious people are going in the same direction, despite their starting-point; I don't believe this for one moment – but I do believe the opposite: that all illusions lead, from many different places, to the same end…
The Cause of Crime – "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime!" – was the slogan of Britain's Labour government, when it first took office in 1997; but what, exactly, are the causes, or cause, of crime? I'd really like to get an answer…
Death, By Various Means
The Hardest Saying of All? Praying for Something in Christ's Name
The Incarnation, and the Trinity
Negationism– the Destruction of God's Work, in Our World Today
The Decline of British Christianity … Is It Really So? Why Should We Be Concerned?
Trust, Interpretation, and Authority. Who Do You Trust, for the Truth?
Why The Faith? Just Why Is It Called THE faith?
Is the C of E Becoming Feminised? Feminised Church? Well, Not As such…
What's Our Real Home? Going Home
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Tai Chi Boxer was one of the last of the wire-fu movies that followed in the wake of Once Upon A Time In China, the film to which it obviously aspires. Yuen Wo Ping directs and choreographs the action, and the film introduced new actor Jacky Wu, as a young kid who gets caught up in a battle with opium smugglers and corrupt officials. The film is chock full of fight scenes, and they are quite simply fantastic. Jacky Wu is a really impressive martial artist, sharing a very similar pedigree to Jet Li. Yuen Wo Ping is on top form as well, with the mixture of Tai Chi-influenced moves and OUATIC-style wire stunts being amongst his best work, though it features some of the least well hidden wires I've ever seen. Wu certainly doesn't have the screen presence or acting ability of Jet Li, but to be honest his fighting is probably better. It's something a mystery why Jacky disappeared after Tai Chi Boxer, and didn't resurface until he played a small part in Legend Of Zu 5 years later. Perhaps it just wasn't the right time for a martial artist to be making films in Hong Kong... he's still young though, so maybe there's hope for him yet. I haven't seen him in Drunken Monkey yet, but hopefully he's still got the moves.
edit: ah, a quick check at his website reveals he was pretty active in TV in between movies!
Anyway, Tai Chi II doesn't seem to be too popular even with the genre fans, but I think it deserves more credit than it usually gets. Sure it's not up to the same overall quality as OUATIC, but it's still a thoroughly worthwhile entry in the wire-fu halls of fame. The only real problem with it is that the visible wires - it's a shame HKL couldn't have done a bit of wire removal when they were restoring the print.
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A few years ago, states were playing tax incentive chicken with each other to see who could offer the best deals to lure film and TV productions away from the familiar confines of California and Toronto to shoot in their neck of the woods. And now they're paying for it. As the Los Angeles Times reports, some of those states are starting to find that those tax breaks don't always add up.
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|Dec. 19, 2011
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Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Mr. Craig Fische
President and CEO
Fischer Surgical Inc.
1012 Palmer Lane, Suite 200
Imperial Missouri 63052
RE Neusidl Corneal Inserter
Dear Mr. Fischer:
Refer to GEN1000249 when replying to this letter.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has learned that your firm is marketing the Neusidl Corneal Inserter in the United States (U.S.) without marketing clearance or approval, in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).
The Office of Compliance (OC) in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) reviewed your web site at www.fischersurgical.com for the Neusidl Corneal Inserter. The product is a device within the meaning of Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act . Corneal Inserters are Class I reserved devices, in that they require a 510(k) submission before they can be legally marketed. A review of our records indicates that you do not have a cleared 510(k) for the Neusidl Corneal Inserter.
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Kim, Chongam
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
(+82) 2-880-1915
(+82) 2-887-2662
Research Interests:
Computational fluid dynamics, Numerical methods for conservation laws & Higher-order methods, Compressible multi-phase flows, Fluid-Structure interaction, Bio-mimetic aerodynamics, Multi-disciplinary flow analysis, Aerodynamic shape optimization and Flow control, IT-based high performance computing and computational SW development
- B.S., Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 1988
- M.S., Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 1990
- M.S. & Ph.D., School of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Princeton University, 1997
- M2795.001800 - Aerodynamics
- M2795.002300 - Compressible Fluid Flow
- M2795.004400 - Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics I, II
- 2013 - 2015: Chair, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
- 2009 - present: Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
- 2004 - 2008: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
- 2000 - 2004: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
- 1998 - 2000: Instructor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
- 1997 - 1998: Research Fellow, CTR (Center for Turbulence Research), NASA ARC & Stanford University, U.S.A.
- 1991 - 1992: Researcher, KIST Supercomputing Center (KISTI), Korea
Honors and Awards:
- 2016 Aerospace Excellent-teaching Award, KSAS
- 2014 EDISON Achievement Award, National Research Foundation
- 2012 College of Engineering Best-teaching Award, Seoul National University
- 2013 HPC Innovation Excellence Award, International Data Corporation
- 2011 SinYang Scholarly Award, Seoul National University
- 2010 Best Paper Award, KSCFE
- 2008 College of Engineering Best-teaching Award, Seoul National University
- 2008 Aerospace Best Paper Award, Korea Aerospace Industries, LTD
- 2007 Best Paper Award, KSCFE
- 2006 High Efficiency Computing Award, KISTI-KSCFE
- 2003 Excellent Paper of Science and Technology, KOFST
- 2002 High Efficiency Computing Award, KISTI-KSCFE
Professional Memberships:
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Board Member, Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS)
- Board Member, Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (KSIAM)
- Board Member, Korean Society for Computational Fluids Engineering (KSCFE)
- Member, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
- Member, Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology (KIMST)
- Vice President, Korean Society for Computational Sciences and Engineering (KSCSE)
Selected Publications:
- Junhee Lee, Byunghyun Lee, Minhee Kim, and Chongam Kim, "Active Flow Control on a UCAV Planform Using Synthetic Jets," Int. J. Aeronautical Space Sci. 17 (3) 2016 324-331
- Minhee Kim, Byunghyun Lee, Junhee Lee, and Chongam Kim, "Experimental and Computational Study on Separation Control Performance of Synthetic Jets with Circular Exit," Int. J. Aeonautical Sci. 17 (3) 2016 296-314
- Jin Seok Park, and Chongam Kim, "Hierarchical multi-dimensional limiting strategy for correction procedure via reconstruction," J. of Computational Physics 308 (2016) 57-80
- Wooram Hong and Chongam Kim, "Computational Study on Hysteretic Inlet Buzz Characteristics under Varying Mass Flow Conditions," AIAA J. 52 (7) (2014) 1357-1373
- Sangho Han and Chongam Kim, "Integrated Fluid-Structure Simulation for Full Burning of a Solid-Propellant Rocket Interior," J. of Propulsion. Power. 30 (4) (2014) 883-900
- Jin Seok Park and Chongam Kim, "Higher-order Multi-dimensional Limiting Strategy for Discontinuous Galerkin Methods in Compressible Inviscid and Viscous Flows," Computers & Fluids. 96 (2014) 377-396
- JunSok Yi, Chongam Kim and Byung Joon Lee, "Adjoint-Based Design Optimization of Vortex Generator in an S-shaped Subsonic Inlet," AIAA J. 50 (11) (2012) 2492-2507
- Hyuck-Joon Namkoung, Wooram Hong, Jung-Min Kim, JunSok Yi and Chongam Kim, "Effects of Angles of Attack and Throttling Conditions on Supersonic Inlet Buzz," Int. J. Aeronautical Space Sci. 13 (3) (2012) 296-306
- JinWoo Yim, Byung Joon Lee and Chongam Kim, "Exploring multi-stage shape optimization strategy of multi-body geometries using kriging-based model and adjoint method," Computers & Fluids. 68 (2012) 71-87
- Jin Seok Park and Chongam Kim, "Multi-dimensional limiting process for finite volume methods on unstructured grids," Computers & Fluids. 65 (2012) 8-24
- Woore Kim, Chongam Kim and Kyoung Jin Jung, "Separation control characteristics of synthetic jets depending on exit configuration," AIAA J. 50 (3) (2012) 559-570
- Minhee Kim, Sanghoon Kim, Woore Kim, Chongam Kim and Yushin Kim, "Flow control of tiltrotor unmanned-aerial-vehicle airfoils using synthetic jets," J. of Aircraft 48 (3) (2011) 1045-1057
- Jin-Ho Kim and Chongam Kim, "Computational investigation of three-dimensional unsteady flowfield characteristics around insects' flapping flight," AIAA J. 49 (5) (2011) 953-968
- Kuen-Bae Lee, Jin-Ho Kim and Chongam Kim, "Aerodynamic effects of structural flexibility in two-dimensional insect flapping flight," J. of Aircraft 48 (3) (2011) 894-909
- Seok Woo Hong and Chongam Kim, "A new finite volume method on junction coupling and boundary treatment for flow network system analyses," Int. J. Num. Met in Fluids. 65 (6) (2011) 707-742
- Byung Joon Lee, Meng-Sing Liou and Chongam Kim, "Optimizing a boundary-layer-ingestion offset inlet by discrete adjoint approach," AIAA J. 48 (9) (2010) 2008-2015
- Jin Seok Park, Sung-Hwan Yoon and Chongam Kim, "Multi-dimensional limiting process for hyperbolic conservation laws on unstructured grids," J. Comput. Phys. 229 (2010) 788-812
- Jae Wan Ahn and Chongam Kim, "An axisymmetric computational model of generalized hydrodynamic theory for rarefied multi-species gas flows," J. Comput. Phys. 228 (11) (2009) 4088-4117
- Sang Hoon Kim and Chongam Kim, "Separation control on NACA23012 using synthetic jet," Aerospace S&T. 13 (4-5) (2009) 172-182
- Seung-Won Ihm and Chongam Kim, "Computations of homogeneous-equilibrium two-phase flows with accurate and efficient shock-stable schemes," AIAA J. 46 (12) (2008) 3012-3037
- ung-Sang Lee, Jin-Ho Kim and Chongam Kim, "Numerical study on the unsteady-force-generation mechanism of insect flapping motion," AIAA J. 46 (7) (2008) 1835-1848
- Byung Joon Lee and Chongam Kim, "Aerodynamic redesign using discrete adjoint approach on overset mesh system," J. of Aircraft. 45 (5) (2008) 1643-1653
- Sung-Hwan Yoon, Chongam Kim and Kyu-Hong Kim, "Multi-dimensional limiting process for three-dimensional flow physics analyses," J. Comput. Phys. 227 (2008) 6001-6043
- Seong-Mok Moon, Se-Myong Chang and Chongam Kim, "Parametric study on the mixing enhancement of parallel supersonic-subsonic wakes using wall cavities," Num. Heat Transfer A. 54 (4) (2008) 367-389
- Jeong-Il Lee, Sang-Hoon Han, Chongam Kim and Kyu-Hong Kim, "Analysis of segmented arc-heater flows with high argon concentration," J. of Thermophy. and Heat Transfer. 22 (2) (2008) 187-200
- Soon-Heum Ko and Chongam Kim, "Separation motion of strap-on boosters with base flow and turbulence effects," J. of Spacecrafts and Rockets. 45 (3) (2008) 485-494


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While Hyeri admits she refrains from sharing details of the relationship with her bandmates, who also don't ask questions about her relationship with 35-year-old An, a source says that "the group is supportive of her".


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Nokia 8.1 Unveiled Specification, Features, Price In India, Availability :- The newly launched Nokia 8.1 is now available in Indian market after a weak it was launched in Dubai. The HMD Global rocketed this solid mid-range phone.
The new Nokia 8.1 models are available in blue, silver and steel colors isn't an upgraded variant of the Nokia 8 or Nokia 8 Sirocco in terms of specifications or segment as those flagship smartphones. The nomenclature can confuse you, but instead it is the successor to the Nokia 7 plus – a segment that the company likes to call as 'affordable premium'. This model inherits the strong battery backup (3500mAh) of nearly one long working day, HMD's portfolio and many other design traits from Nokia 7 plus which makes it great.
- DESIGN Nokia 8.1
The Nokia 8.1 6.18-inch full HD+ edge-to edge display and resolution of 2280*1080 IPS LCD has an elegant dual-tone design with 6000-series aluminum frame that is packed in a sculpted glass body with demand cut edges and a sand-blasted smooth finish. It is a refinement of the design aesthetic that we have already seen in Nokia 7 plus.
The Nokia 8.1 has a definite flair to it without any outlandish design choices, and the glass and metal are sandwiched seductively which is a key change in model but also making it less grippy.
The Nokia 8.1 embeds a 12MP primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture and 1.4 micron pixel size which is combined with a 13MP depth sensor with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). The Zeiss optics are combined with some AI smarts like automatic scene detection and professional portrait shots, and Nokia's Pro Camera goodness as well as Dual-Sight mode that allows you to simultaneously shoot and stream from both the cameras.
The phone, surprisingly allows you to capture 4K video at 30fps. Apart from hardware stabilization, there's also EIS that would help in those videos.
On the front, there's a 20MP adaptive selfie camera with pixel binning technology that helps you take better shots in dimmer conditions.
The Nokia 8.1 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 710, Qualcomm's maiden SoC in its new 700 mobile platform series.
There's 4 GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, which can be expandable by up to 400GB using microSD card, underwhelming for multimedia hoarders.
The Nokia 8.1 packs a 3500mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.
It has a beautiful and bright display with an 18.7:9 aspect ratio and 420ppic.It's an HDR10 -compliant display with contrast ratio of 1500:1 which provides it great legibility outdoors in sun but it isn't polarized. With the notch and minimum bezels, the 8.1 manages to pack in a larger display than even the Nokia 7 plus.
The new Adaptive Brightness feature in Android 9 Pie automatically adjusts your settings learning from your screen brightness preferences.
The fingerprint sensor at back is reliable and fast. Power and volume buttons are on right side offering great tactile feedback. There's also a MicroSD slot that can take in cards up to 400GB and usual slate of connectivity options: Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, and aptX .Although it has single speaker.
Like the other phones of the series HMD Global portfolio, the Nokia 8.1 ships with magnificent Android 9 Oreo out of the box, and offers a wonderful, stock Android experience. HMD Global deserves big props for offering one of the most up-to-date Android experience on Nokia phones.


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By Featured Speaker Wendy L. Kinney
PARTIES ARE ABOUT PEOPLE, and so is the expo. There will be people attending whom you already know, and of course you want to talk to every one of them. Just don't linger too long. An Expo is a business party, which means meeting new people is the goal. So wear your name badge, practice your handshake, and give yourself one point each time you introduce yourself to someone new. If your conversation with the new acquaintance lasts more than three sentences, you get two points. When you find out what the two of you have in common it's five points. Rack up 25 points and go get a foot massage.
DON'T MISS THE MESSAGE, or anything else important. Of course you could map out a schedule in 15-minute increments, but another way to be sure you get to everything important is to make the question "What's the best thing you've seen?" a part of each exchange. In addition to being a great conversation fuel, you'll learn a little more about your colleague.
WORK THE BOOTHS, they have treats for you. All those free pens and flash lights and balloons are like trick-or-treat for adults. To have the most fun, walk in with your hands free. Hopping from booth to booth isn't as easy if you're also schlepping a purse, a portfolio and a presentation binder. Leave pictures and paper behind, grab a bag as soon as it's offered, and load up on information and toys. That's why you came, it's your reward, enjoy.
HAVE READY ANSWERS for the standard questions. You know people will say "So what have you been up to?" Reply with "Oh, you know, same old same old" and lose 20 points. You did something wonderful yesterday; you have great plans for tomorrow. Have three answers ready for each of the usual questions and you will feel new comfort and be more dynamic.
MAKE CONNECTIONS between the new people you meet and the people you already know. That's called networking, and it's a skill that builds careers and launches adventures. As the introducer it is your responsibility to give each person some information about the other. You could say "Chris, let me introduce you to Kim, we worked together in delivery five years ago. Kim, I just met Chris, he's in the Neo-natal unit at Emory." Their conversation will continue naturally.
Walk a little, talk a little, schmooze a little – Enjoy your networking adventure!
Ready . . . Set . . . Go Make Money!
That's Wendy Kinney's methodology, honed from 16 years of living and breathing referral marketing. For information on how to make networking profitable, visit www.ReadySetGoMakeMoney.com or call Wendy at 404-784-0699.


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Some of the biggest purveyors of market misinformation are uninformed academics. So beware the ivory tower.
"Of all the armchair players who constantly opine about the stock market in the press," Cramer said during Friday's Mad Money, "the professoriate is the most dangerous."
That's because being a professional economist has little to do with being a professional investor. There's little crossover, Cramer said. Academics aren't veteran traders, they don't know how corporations operate, nor do they know the "nitty-gritty details" of the economy.
Still, the Nouriel Roubinis and Paul Krugmans of the world command a lot of media attention. But, as Cramer said, they have "maximum influence but minimal understanding." That's why you have to be especially careful when heeding their advice.
Consider Roubini and Krugman's calls during the financial crisis to nationalize the biggest US banks. They pointed to the insolvency of these banks, but every one of them was able to raise private capital after passing the Treasury Department's "stress tests." Even some of the hardest hit, like Fifth Third , Huntington Bancshares and KeyCorp . Not only did the facts contradict Roubini and Krugman, but neither seemed to understand how detrimental nationalization would be been to the entire market.
What these guys didn't get was that nationalizing the banks would have wiped out their preferred share holders and probably hurt their bonds, too. Preferreds are one of the main ways that banks finance themselves, and the biggest holders of these shares are other banks. So the collateral damage from nationalization would have rippled out, causing as much pain as "half a dozen Lehman Brothers," Cramer said.
"We would never have recovered," he said, "let alone had the gigantic rally we caught in 2009 off the generational bottom."
Cramer's bottom line: Be careful not to give too much credence to academics with impressive credentials but little real investing experience.
Call Cramer: 1-800-743-CNBC
Questions for Cramer?
Questions, comments, suggestions for the Mad Money website? firstname.lastname@example.com


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As told to T. Cole Rachel, 2029 words.
Tags: Art, Process, Inspiration.
Tony Matelli on the power of objects
How do you approach making a new piece? Has the way you conceptualize and execute your sculptures changed since you started?
It hasn't changed at all. I would like to say that it has but it almost totally hasn't. It's been the same since graduate school. I came upon a way of thinking about making things that felt natural and, even though it's slow, still makes sense to me. Before then, I was mostly testing out different ways of thinking and different ways of going about making an art object. Now I just search around a lot in my head about how it is I'm feeling at a particular point in time and think about how to make an object that would be a kind of philosophical marker for the kind of feeling I'm having.
If I'm generally experiencing these really big feelings—ambivalence, loss, confusion, happiness, whatever—I just try to identify the feeling and find something that speaks to that, maybe just in terms of mood or maybe in some very direct way. I have to admit, I'm not very fast at this. I think I could probably be a lot faster but this is the only way I know how to do it now. So, after you identify your feelings, you then make a drawing or you write something on a post-it note and after maybe a month of looking at that word on a post-it note, something will just pop in your head. An image. A thing. It's not very scientific. It's almost like a romantic way of working, guided by feeling and intuition.
Untitled, 2014, Silicone and Stainless Steel
Many of your works are installed outdoors. Is it important to you that people be able to experience your work outside the confines of a traditional gallery space?
No. It's not that important. It depends on the work. I think some things benefit from being outside. They conceptually expand when they're outside. For instance, the Sleepwalker sculpture, I think the logic of that piece expanded when you put it outside. I also think it's actually a very poignant work when it's inside.
But once you situate it outside of a domestic environment or a gallery environment it really maximizes the subject of that work, which is largely about displacement. So that gets amplified when you remove it from a gallery context and situate it in the public realm. When you have lots of people moving around this statue or sculpture representing a person in a sleeping state, in a non-waking life, the contrast becomes really amped up once you put it outside.
Sleepwalker caused a scandal after it was installed on a college campus. People talked about feeling triggered by seeing the piece, which was the first time I ever heard that term being used.
Yeah, same here. That was a very unusual situation for me because it was the first time I experienced those kinds of politics. The whole situation was pregnant with all of these ideas I had never been exposed to—safe spaces and different kinds of campus rhetoric that you hear so much about now. People like to make fun of that kind of language now, but back then when I was hearing it for the first time, it was a little confusing in that I couldn't quite figure out where exactly it was coming from. What political forces were at work? Were these political forces of the right? Were they political forces of the left? Were they neutral? I didn't know how to interpret it at the time.
Sleepwalker, 2014, Painted Bronze
Sleepwalker, 2014, Painted Bronze
On that campus it certainly seemed to be a puritanical reaction to the work, even though it was coming from the left. It was very hard for me to square those ideas. In the midst of all of that, I was learning a whole new way to think about how campuses work. Now you hear about it all the time, but for me it was very new and having it associated with my work was surreal because it seemed so arbitrary.
There's a lot of different ways to interpret an experience like that—and it could all feel like a huge misreading of your work—but it must be gratifying on some level to have elicited such a strong reaction, even if it's not necessarily the reaction you might want.
Right. I like to think that it speaks to the power of the work and the sensitivity of the rendering of that piece. All of that stuff was very interesting. I don't know if gratifying is the right word, but it let me know something was there. Something is being communicated.
I got an amazing handwritten letter in the mail—shaky handwriting on a kind of old fashioned looking letterhead—from this guy who went on to say, "Thank you for your piece. I'd been a sleepwalker for many, many years and through many years of therapy and hard work I am no longer a sleepwalker. Now I see the sculpture everyday as I go on my daily walk." It spoke to him in a very real and personal way. It was one of the few positive reviews of that work at the time. I thought to myself, "Who else is getting a letter like this?" About a work that speaks so directly to their experience? This person was moved enough to hand write a letter. That was very gratifying and meaningful to me.
Your work often depicts things—people, plants, ropes, food—in a very hyper-realistic way. Your recent sculptures look like classical statuary that has been worn down by time, covered with fruit that looks fresh and pristine. It's a funny depiction of something that looks old covered with something that looks brand new—all of it actually made of materials that will never age, never degrade.
Both are forced. It's a kind of accelerated entropy and an arrested entropy at the same time. I always thought of those sculptures as being about a kind of eternal youth or something like that. They speak to both eternal youth and the passage of time. I think both forces need to be represented. I think the best way to talk about eternal youth would be to represent degradation or decay in juxtaposition with that other force.
Hermes (detail), 2016, Painted aluminum, concrete
Like for instance, maybe the best way to talk about romantic love would be to also talk about extreme violence. I like that duality very much and it's not just as a literary subject matter or conceptual issue but also just a formal issue. Shiny and bright and rocky and gray. Those two things together seem to make a kind of poetic sense.
After seeing you work in person, one can't help but wonder how the sculptures are made. Are people generally more interested in how you make things or why?
People often ask how things are made. Almost everything is done here in my studio and I have a team of people—painters, fabricators—that I work with. Often that's the most fun part for me. Today, I went to meet with some concrete fabricators, for example. I love that stuff. I love materials. It's generally a process of deciding what you want to make and then figuring out how to make it. In theory, it's simple. The more complicated thing is figuring out not just what you want to make but also why.
I think I come about it in a bunch of different ways, but to me the most clear way to say is that for a long time I always wanted to make things that felt somewhat situational in our world, that didn't feel like art objects necessarily or feel "art-y" or have a art language that was immediately identifiable. I like things that occupy real space—sculptures—because then they get in your way. They're actually taking up your space. And you can't just behold them. You need to reckon with them in a different regard.
When I make a sculpture of a weed, for instance, it isn't a painting of a weed. I want it to appear almost factual to the viewer at first. For however temporary the moment is, the viewer can be in a psychological headspace where they experience a real weed just for even a fraction of a second when they see my thing. And then they can figure the art stuff out after that, but that initial moment of seeing is important because that is the real experience of the work. Take Sleepwalker for example—from a distance it's good to think that it's a real figure because that's what I'm speaking to. And then, obviously, I understand that that breaks down after about a millisecond. But still it puts that person in a funny space. It shifts the way they rationalize artwork. It puts it in a different place. It becomes more visceral.
Weed, 2009, painted bronze
It puts the experience in a body and emotional place rather than just an intellectual space. That's also why I think there's an eradication of style at all costs in the work because I think style, like "artistic" style, needs to go. It should look real. It should look like the thing it's supposed to be. I'm sure in five years, 10 years, 20 years, somebody's going to be like, "Oh this is really stylized work" but to me, that would be another signpost of "art" and I think artwork can suffer when it's too art-y.
So when you make something, is it crucial that you entirely work out the concept—the "why"—before you start thinking about materials? Should the concept dictate the form?
I think that's good for some people. For me that's good. I think other people are different. There are other people that really do just get some materials in their hands and then find something in those materials. That's what is very cool about artists. A lot of times the process can lead them to a place that is more emotionally engaging than a simple, concrete idea can ever be. I think there's a lot of room for lots of different ways of thinking. I often think about if I was ever a teacher… what would I tell people? How do you not damage someone by giving them bad advice? I guess I'd tell them to think seriously about what they make but then stop thinking and just do whatever feels right. That's good, right? Because you never know. Everyone's so different. You have to just experiment until you find the thing that works best for you.
Old Enemy, New Victim, 2007, silicone, fiberglass, paint, steel, yak hair
Authorless music.
Any of those categories that are for tasks such as meditation or working out, etc. My current favorite is Power Music Workout. It's the music equivalent of nootropics.
This Old House
I don't care about houses. It's a good show for getting excited about building something, anything. Great material inspiration. Bunch of cool guys.
Waking Up Podcast with Sam Harris
Understanding the human mind and thinking rationally in an irrational world. Independent thought as survival strategy.
Delirious New York by Rem Koolhaas
Obviously the subject matter of the book is incredibly interesting, but what has really stuck with me are the formal aspects of his writing. His pacing and structure have given me the perfect template for formulating my own thoughts. This book taught me how to write.
The Annotated Fall
Dedicated to the lyrics of the band with the best name in music history. Even if you don't like the music, you can read the lyrics as poetry and the annotations are an amazing history project. A beautiful use of language.
Tony Matelli: Figure May 6 to October 22, 2017 www.aldrichart.org


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Jimmy Vivino
Guitarist Jimmy Vivino will return in July to Clinton to headline the Black Potatoe Music Festival, with the band Rumble & Twang.
(Courtesy Photo | MATTHEW ANGUS)
The group Rumble & Twang will headline the 18th annual
in Clinton.
The festival will take place July 9 through July 13 at the Red Mill.
Rumble & Twang includes guitarist Jimmy Vivino, of TBS's "Conan," drummer Anton Fig, of the "Late Show with David Letterman" and bassist Lee Rocker, best known for his work with the Stray Cats.
Other featured Black Potatoe performers for this year's festival are Ellis Paul, The Iguanas, Sarah Borges, The Matt Angus Thing, Jay Collins & The King County Band, Brian Charette Trio, Gregg Cagno, Milton, The VooDudes and Rachel Sage. Additional acts will be announced at a future date, according to the release.
Forty-six acts are scheduled to perform on two stages throughout the course of the five-day festival, according to the release.
Tickets go on sale Thursday to the public online at
. Ticket prices will be raised every two weeks until July 1; prices will then remain the same leading up to the festival, the release states.
In addition to his tenure as a member of the "Late Show" house band, Fig played drums on former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's 1978 self-titled solo album and on all but one song on Kiss' 1979 studio album "Dynasty" and on all of the songs on Kiss' 1980 follow-up album "Unmasked."


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Let's start by answering the question: What is health anyway? Good health is waking up feeling rested after 8 hours of sleep and being excited about the upcoming day.
Health is feeling positive and energetic, with the ability to put in a good day's work on the job, and still have energy for our family when we get home at night.
Being healthy means taking charge of our schedules and making time for our priorities. It means finding balance between proper nutrition, activity, and rest.
Preventive health means taking the time to be educated on how active we should be in the course of our day and knowing the proper foods that we should put into our bodies. At the same time we should know what foods to run from like our life depends on it. Because it does!
Many people don't realize that what we put into our bodies has a major effect on how we feel. This means learning to look at food as merely a fuel to keep the body going, as opposed to meals being major events that we plan our lives around.
We must ask ourselves the question: What do we have if we don't have our health? We cannot take lightly our responsibility in taking care of the one body that is given to us to manage for a lifetime.
Today let's start realizing the importance of living long enough to see our children, our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren grow up to lead long, healthy and happy lives.
Are you ready? On your marks, get set, go!


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I find myself on a pilgrimage. I thought I was tagging along with my wife's hiking group through rural, Northern Spain as a disabled person. But instead, I find myself on a pilgrimage. A pilgrimage of sounds. Buen Camino


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Teenage girls often change their minds about what's hot and not on a regular basis, making it tricky to find the perfect gift. Her Sweet 16th is a milestone occasion as she is beginning to mature into a young woman. Take note of her passions and interests and find a gift to cater to these. From fashion to technology, choosing a gift is easy once you have established the things she enjoys.
Pamper Products
Teen girls are beginning to experiment with new make-up trends and beauty products. Create a gift basket filled with items required for an evening of pampering, such as lotions, bath bombs, cleansers and face masks. Choose products which are suitable for sensitive skin and feature natural ingredients. Alternatively, a small purse filled with a few essential makeup items such as lip glosses or nail varnishes will be a useful gift that she can use for social occasions.
There are a whole range of gadgets available that cater to different teen personality types. For girls who struggle to get out of bed for school, purchase an alarm clock with wheels that will fall off her bedside table in the mornings. If she is a music lover, a new MP3 player with lots of memory capacity or speakers will be a welcomed treat. For the book worm, purchase an ebook device which will allow her to download and read books on the way to school or during long car journeys.
Fashion Gift Certificate
Our teenage years are when we discover what clothes suit us, how to dress for our body and develop individual tastes. Purchase a gift certificate for her favorite clothes store so that she can select a new dress, purse or knit cardigan. Whether she prefers to stand out from the crowd, wear classic pieces or cutting-edge fashion items, a gift certificate will allow her the freedom to choose what she really wants.
Magazine Subscription
For a gift that will continue, even after her Sweet 16th birthday bash, purchase a magazine subscription on her behalf. Her favorite magazine delivered to her door each week or month will be a gift that she can enjoy throughout the year. The beauty of a magazine subscription is that it is available to suit almost any interest or hobby from fashion, celebrity gossip, music, horseback riding or extreme sports.
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Share your excitement for the next Parliament of the World's Religions!
David Hazen said:
This is a once-in-a-lifetime journey for me to be with so many like-minded supporters of individualized spiritual freedom, and I look forward to the energizing effect of being face-to-face with you all as well as the chance to make new lifetime friends. I'm especially excited to experience your responses to my new book, The Work of Love: re-discovery of connection and belonging, which seems to be timed to fit well with the theme. (http://www.lovealwayswins.us/p/the-next-boo.html)
Manjeet Varerkar replied:
Hi David, glad to see your interest in this gathering. It will be my first as well and i'm thrilled to meet like-minded people!
Lara Fuchs said:
I have registered for the Parliament and now find that I will not be able to attend. Anyone wanting to register at the early bird rate can take my registration, please let me know and it will be transferred to your name.
mgopaul said:
Hi all. I just submitted my proposal to do a presentation. I hope it will be accepted. The title is Philanthropic Deeds: Enduring Justice through Divine Powers. It is based on my book 7 Ways to Obtain Divine Gifts & Powers.
lhuffman said:
Greetings! I'm looking forward to attendance as a certified candidate from the United Methodist Christian tradition! And, I desire to experience all the world has the offer. I recommend the New York Times Bestseller, Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy, by Sadhguru. And, I'm reading Ignatian Workout for Lent in conjunction in the spirit of reflection and contemplation in preparation for our Easter. See you in Toronto! Feel free to communication via my cell, if you'd like to grab coffee, USA ph #336.972.3340
AamirMunirlyb replied:
I have register myself too and really excited and looking forward for the event and want to see how the faith based people can be in harmony and can bring peace in the world.
[email protected] said:
I have registered for the Parliament and now find that I will not be able to attend so is it possible to transfer my registration to my daughters name so that she can attend on my behalf
Cassim PEER said:
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Dear Friends We are unable to attend this Parliament session due to some family commitments. We have TWO tickets and would like to offer these at a Discount. $200 US each. Please let me know if any of your Friends, Organizational Members, Family or interested parties would like to Purchase these.
Thank you
My contact details are:
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[email protected] replied:
Sorry you can not attend. Do you still have tickets to transfer? Are they for the whole conference?
janheart said:
Hello, I, too, unfortunately cannot attend the Parliament after purchasing a ticket for $150. I am happy to transfer the ticket to someone else for the cost of $150. Bargain! Please contact me at:
[email protected]
AamirMunirlyb replied:
Dear Jan,
I have visited your site and Blog posts , I am so impressive by your work and wish to enroll my self for any of your program. Already watched your videos but unfortunately you are not coming to Toronto .
LGoodman said:
So excited about being a Presenter at the 2018 Toronto Parliament. Hi, Laney Goodman here and I will be presenting The Mother Drum- Sacred Drum & Chant in the Four Directions. Just wanted to start the conversation and connect with any one interested in the healing sounds of the HeartBeat and Voice. I find a deep connection to Creator, Source or the ONE... within the rhythms of the Ancient Drum. And the healing power of voices singing together is so up lifting and gladdens the heart and soul. Please bring your drums or rhythm instruments for this interfaith circle. www.sacredwavesofrhythm.com
Paula Atlansky said:
Hello all,
Attending this event has been a calling, so I am thrilled to be going!
I am a 55 year old full time teacher and Master's/Ministerial student who is looking to share a room I have booked near the Toronto Convention Center for Nov.1-5 (five nights checking out on the 6th).
Female roommate. please. No smoking. Even if you cannot stay all five nights, let's still talk, okay?
JeanDE said:
In looking for interesting things to check out around Toronto I happened to see that the BATA Shoe Museum hosts an annual sock collection during November - pairs of socks then get donated to a local shelter. Wouldn't it be great if everyone coming to the PoWRs would bring a pair? It's such a small item to throw in to your bags....if you bring the pair to BATA on a Sat or Sun admission is FREE!
I wonder if there's a way for volunteers to set up a box in the exhibit hall & drop off for those who can't make it to BATA.