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Is God Dead?
Introduction: In this article you will discover and learn: Who is the atheist, what is atheism & where did it originate from!
What is 'The theory of Evolution' and 'The big bang theory'?
The bible wastes no time in proving the existence of God, and calls the atheist "the fool". "The fool hath said in his heart there is no God" (Psalm 14:1).
But Who is the atheist? What is atheism and where did it originate from one may ask?
Atheism is the position that affirms the nonexistence of God or gods or it is the absence of belief in deity. The term atheism predates to as early as 1571, with atheism as a label of practical godlessness used first in 1577. Atheism may encounter anything from the existence of God/gods, to the existence of any spiritual, supernatural or transcendental concepts such as those of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Philosophers such as Anthony Flew and Michael Martin have distinguished between strong atheism with weak atheism. Strong atheism is the explicit affirmation that God/gods do not exist and weak atheism includes all other forms. Under this demarcation of atheism, most agnostics qualify as weak atheists. Scottish philosopher J.J.C. Smart argues that "sometimes a person who is really an atheist may describe himself as an agnostic because of unreasonable generalized philosophical skepticism which would preclude us from saying that we know anything whatsoever, except perhaps the truths of mathematics and formal logic".
Practical atheism
In practical atheism, individuals live as if there is no God or gods and explain natural phenomena without resorting to the divine. The existence of God/gods is not denied but is designated unnecessary or useless. God or gods according to this view neither provides purpose to life nor influences everyday life. Practical atheism can take various forms:
(a) Absence of religious motivation-belief that God/gods do not motivate moral action, religious action or any other form of action
(b) Active exclusion of the problem of God and religion from intellectual pursuit and practical action
(c) Indifference-the absence of any interest in the problem of God and religion or
d. Ignorance-lacking any idea of God
According to the French philosopher Etienne Borne, "Practical atheism is not the denial of the existence of God but complete godlessness of action; it is a moral evil, implying not the denial of the absolute validity of the moral law but simply rebellion against the law.
Further information
Epistemological atheism argues that people cannot know God or determine the existence of God. The foundation of epistemological atheism is agnosticism. Skepticism, base on the idea of Hume, asserts that certainty about anything is impossible, so one can never know the existence of God.
Philosophers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Sigmund Freud argued that God and other religions are human inventions created to fulfill various psychological and emotional needs. This is also the Buddhist view. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels influenced by the works of Feuerbach argue that belief in God and religion are social functions, used by those in power to oppress the working class!
Theodicean atheists argue that an omniscient omnipotent and omni benevolent God is not compatible with a world where there is evil and suffering and where love is hidden from many people.
Axiological or constructive atheism rejects the existence of God in favor of a "higher absolute" such as humanity. This form of atheism favors humanity as the absolute source of ethics and values and permits individuals to resolve moral problems without resorting to God. Marx, Nietzsche, Freud and Sartre all used this argument to convey messages of liberation, full development and unfettered happiness.
One of the most common criticisms of atheism has been to the contrary – that denying the existence of a just God leads to moral relativism, leaving one with no moral or ethical foundation or renders life meaningless and miserable.
Although the term atheism originated in 16the century France, the 5th century BC Greek philosopher Diagrams is known as the 'first atheist' and strongly criticized religion and mysticism. Critics viewed religion as a human invention used to frighten people into following moral order.
The meaning of "atheism" changed over the course of classical antiquity. The early Christians were labeled atheists by non-Christians because of their disbelief in pagan gods. During the Roman Empire, Christians were executed for their rejection of the Roman gods in general and Emperor-worship in particular. When Christianity became the state religion of Rome under Theodosius I in 381, heresy became a punishable offense.
Criticism of Christianity became increasingly frequent in the 17th and 18th century, especially in France and England. In the late 19th century, atheism rose to prominence under the influence of rationalistic and freethinking philosophers. Atheism in the 20th century, advanced in many societies. Atheistic thought found recognition in a wide variety of other broader philosophers, such as existentialism, objectivism, secular humanism, nihilism, logical positivism, Marxism, feminism and the general scientific and rationalist movement. The Soviet Union and other communist states promoted atheism and opposed religion often by violent means.
In 1966, Time magazine asked "Is God Dead" citing the estimation that nearly one in two people in the world lived under an antireligious power and millions more in Africa, Asia and South America seemed to lack knowledge of the Christian God. This leads us to the Bible again whereby the Lord asserts that "my people perish because of lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). Therefore it is every Christian's duty to preach the gospel to the one who calls himself an atheist. However, no evangelism can be done without the Christian knowing what atheists believe, what their mentality is and what argument an atheist can come up with. For instance, starting with the atheist idea of creation.
The Theory of Evolution and its criticism
Evolution in biology refers to the continual process by which one form of life changes or evolves into another form. The Theory of evolution was invented by Charles Darwin (1809-1888). The theory claimed that man was descended from apes. This theory was thought in schools for various years including at University level. However, not too many believers in Darwin have looked closely at the theory of evolution because if they did, they would find that the Nebraska man was scientifically built up from one tooth which was later found to be a pig. Java Man was nothing more than a piece of skull, a fragment of thigh bone and three molar teeth. Heidelberg man was built up from a jawbone, a largechin section and some teeth. Most scientists of the day have rejected it because it's similar to the jawbone found in modern man. Still, many evolutionists believe he's 250,000 year old and don't look to Neanderthal Man for any evidence of evolution. He died of exposure. His skull was exposed as being fully human, not ape. His stooped posture was found to be caused by disease!
The following is a quotation from a television program on the subject of evolution "To make any kind of judgment, one has to appreciate how little evidence there is of all our ideas of human evolution. If we were to gather all the material on early human remains, from everywhere on earth, and bring it together in one place, it would scarcely fill a single coffin; there would be room to spare. The gaps are still huge. The missing link is more like a missing chain, stretching back longer than the period for which we had human fossils"
The big bang Theory
This theory states that everything was created from an explosion – a theory that an atheist embraces. This theory contradicts the bible's description of creation in Genesis. It is interesting to challenge all those who believe in this theory to think of any explosion that has produced order. Does a terrorist bomb creat harmony? Big Bangs cause chaos. How could a big bang produce a rose, apple trees, fish, sunsets, the seasons, birds and polar bears-thousands of birds and animals, each with its own eyes, nose and mouth?
Professor Louis Bounoure, Director of Research, National Centre of Scientific Research, so rightly states "Evolution is a fairy tale for grown ups. This theory has helped nothing in the progress of science. It is useless" when the theory of evolution came to public attention in 1859, it was met with a storm of protest and ridicule. With the spread of Christianity, men throughout the Western world accepted the story of Creation as told in Genesis -the first book of the bible. (New Standard Encyclopedia). Sir Arthur Keith (who wrote the foreword to Darwin's Origin of the Species, 100th edition) said "Evolution is unproved and unprovable". Malcolm Muggeridge, the famous British journalist and philosopher, said, "I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially the extent to which it's been applied, will be one of the great jokes in history books of the future". Even Time Magazine admits "Scientists concede that their most cherished theories are based on embarrassing few fossil fragments and that huge gaps exist in the fossil record" (November 7, 1977).
The argument concerned
The atheist asserts that there is no God, the Christian believes what the bible says. Who is right, and who is wrong?
To reply to this question, one cannot not refer to what Mr. Ray Comfort, the author of ' God doesn't believe in Atheists' states when he says "I can hardly believe that I once was a believer in such unfounded fables (referring to theories of evolution and man made speculations). The reason I approved of the ideas was that it wasn't very important to me. As a Christian, however, the subject of origins now matters greatly to me because if evolution is true, the Bible is false. Modern evolutionary theory (as opposed to Darwin's original theory) says that man was once an ape. But the bible says that there is one kind of flesh for man and another kind of flesh for animals (1Corinthians 15:39). It also says that every animal reproduces "according to its kind". Dogs have puppies, not kittens. Cats have kittens not chickens! It doesn't matter how many thousands of years pass, elephants don't have giraffes nor do monkeys have men.
The above underlined sentence is highly important to a Christian evangelizing to an atheist since the first reason the Christian must give the atheist for the discussion between them is to give him the reason why it is important to know the good news of evangelization. It can make a difference between where he spends eternal life: heaven or hell. The atheist may argue that he does not believe in Heaven or Hell, but one may reply that if they do not exist as he says, he has nothing to loose but if they exist as the bible says, then he has everything to loose, his eternal damnation!
The following is a typical fictitious role-play conversation between an Atheist and a Christian:
Atheist: "My philosophy is 'seeing believes'. So if I don't see God I don't believe in Him"
Christian "If that is so, then the next time you see watering shimmering on a hot road, stop and drink. Or the next time you watch a sunrise and see the sun move across the sky, remind yourself that your eyes are lying to you. The sun does not rise, move or set. It remains stationary while the earth turns. The next time you gaze at a blue sky, tell your eyes that they are not seeing correctly. The sky has no color-ask any astronaut. Sleight of hand magicians make their living on the fact that seeing believes. We believe in many things we can't see for example, right behind you, beside you and even right in front of you are masses of invisible television signals, cowboys, Indians, and soap opera characters are passing before your eyes. You can't see them. If you deny their existence because you cannot see them, would that alter the reality that they exist?
Atheist: "of course not, but still I need to see to believe!"
Christian: "ok then, so why do you believe a painting has a painter? Isn't it purely because of the existence of the painting? Do you insist on seeing Da Vinci before you believe the Mona Lisa was painted?
Atheist: "No, not really"
Christian: "Furthermore, the most brilliant minds on earth cannot begin to recreate an eye. If you loose one eye, the best modern science can do is give you a glorified marble to slip in the slot! We are still in the dark about its incredible workings. Do you realize that each eye you are currently using has 40 million nerve endings?
Atheist: "Interesting"
Christian "Find the most brilliant scientist on God's earth, put him in a laboratory and ask him to make something out of nothing. He can't do it! We can re-create but we cannot create!".
Atheist: "The word God itself offends me"
Christian "ok then, let me use the word 'creative force' instead of God (as Einstein called it). The universe must be awesome to say the least. What sort of supreme creative force could make something as incredible as the sun, tell me? The sun's average distance from earth is 93 million miles, yet light from the sun takes about eight minutes to reach us. Earth would not have any life on it without the sun's energy, which reaches us as heat and light to warm our days and illuminate our world. This creative force placed it 93 million miles from us so that it's just warm enough to maintain life. If it were a little closer, we would all die either from its heat or from drowning. If the sun were slightly further away, however, you and I would and all humans would freeze to death! It is said that the energy given off by the sun in one second is approximately 13 million times greater than the average amount of electricity used each year in the entire United States. What sort of creative force could make that sun, then hold it in space and sustain its brilliance? Take a moment and meditate on that thought.
Atheist: silence, then "umm"
Christian: "Let me ask you more. How could this power make the human heart and blood form the ribs within the body of an unborn baby? How could it create the human mind with its unending, complex corridors, its deepest thoughts and desires? The brain is utterly incredible. It makes you think...doesn't it.
Atheist "sure"
Christian: "Did you ever think also how can strawberries grow next to garlic and yet both derive their own tastes from the same soil and water?
Atheist "Never crossed my mind"
Christian: "The most godless person must be humbled with a sense of awe when standing beneath the mightly power of Niagara falls, gazing into the Grand Canyon or staring into the infinity of space. How much more should we be humbled by the Maker of these things?
Moreover, you know that plenty of people avoid taxes but no one avoids death!
Atheist "oh, that's for sure"
Christian "Years ago, a non-Christian man in his 20's was diagnosed with cancer and the doctor told him that he had six months to live. His friends advised him to visit a few prostitutes and enjoy the last six months of his life. He wasn't interested. He found that deep within his heart he had something far stronger than sex drive. It was his will to live. The bible tells us that God has put eternity in our hearts. Did you ever reflect on that fact that the will for all of us to live is stronger than sex drive?
Atheist: Smiles. But let me ask you now. Why you are so convinced there is a God and how would you define him?
Christian "God is the Creator, the sustainer of the universe. He revealed Himself to Moses as the one and only true God"
Atheist "But if everything needs a creator, then who or what created God?"
Christian: "He created time and because we dwell in the dimension of time, reason demands that all things have a beginning and an end. God, however dwells outside of the dimension of time. He moves through time as you and me flip the pages of a history book. This can be proved simply by studying the prophesies of Matthew 24, Luke 21 and 2 Timothy 3. He dwells in "eternity" having no beginning or end. This is a dimension in which all humanity will dwell when God withdraws time.
Atheist: "Since there are countless religions in the world today claiming to be the one true religion, why do you think yours is truer than theirs?
Christian: "No religion is truer than another. Religion is man's futile effort to try to find peace with God. The Christian doesn't strive to have peace with the Creator. It was given to him in the person of the Savior. The uniqueness of Jesus of Nazareth is His statement "The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins". No religion of man can do that. Christianity is not a manmade religion, but a personal relationship with the one true God. This can be achieved only through Jesus Christ, His Son who is the only mediator between God and Man (1Tim:2:5).
2Cor 3:16 tells us also that "whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away" and John 3:18 states that "Whoever believes in Him (In Jesus Christ) is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed".
If you are right dear friend, you and I have nothing to loose, however if the bible is true you have everything to loose! Are you willing to get to know more what the Son of Man, Jesus Christ has done for you?
Atheist: "go ahead"
Christian: "Ephesians 2 verse 8 and 9 shows us that "it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -not by works, so that no one can boast!"
Atheist "so you mean just like that! Just by faith you can be saved?"
Christian: That's what the bible shows us and all you have to do is just believe!
Atheist: "But how does faith come?"
Christian: "Romans 10: 17 teaches us that faith comes by hearing and reading the word of God. Here, take it, I have an extra bible which I am willing to sow into your life, if you promise me to read it my friend"
Atheist: "well ok thanks, but where shall I start from?
Christian: "Start from the very beginning, Genesis 1 "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.....; also, of particular importance for you is Romans 10:9-10, which states that "if you confess with your mouth 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved". For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved"........
For conclusion purposes, I cannot not refer to a recent article published by American Atheists written by a zealous but discouraged atheist who is a graduate at the University of Texas and president of the American Atheists. He related five basic coronary problems that plague contemporary atheist and because of the "diseased heart of atheism" or so he calls it, this group is "the most difficult to motivate" as he writes. However, notwithstanding that his statement is true, the Christian cannot be discouraged to witness the atheist because " it is not by might, nor by power but by my spirit says the Lord! (Zachariah 4:6).
In conclusion, it is to be postulated that although nowhere does the bible set out to prove that God exists, as was highlighted in the beginning of this essay, it just frankly states the obvious as we have seen - "The fool has said in his heart "There is no God" (Psalm 14:1). No wonder, we have a bumper sticker "National Athiest Day -April 1st!
Comfort, David (1982). God doesn't believe in Atheists; Florida U.S.A/
Nelson, P.C (2007). Biblical doctrine. Gospel publishing House U.S.A.
New Standard Encyclopedia
The Holy Bible (New International version)
Notes from Bible Course -Apologetics
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Courage of the oppressed at land dialogue
The Steve Biko Centre in King Williams Town is an apt location to witness the courage of the oppressed and the downtrodden, and this is where representatives from such communities have converged since the weekend.
Coming together under the banner of the Inyanda National Land Movement, delegates representing associations and community organisations of farm workers, farm dwellers, rural dwellers, fisher folk, women, youth, the landless and the unemployed, are aiming to come up with a new vision for land reform in the country.
They have been reflecting on real case studies from communities who are confronting land injustices, dispossession, threats to their environment and livelihoods, traditional authorities, or unresponsive, under-resourced and corrupt municipalities and government departments. These communities have one thing in common: they will not give up and back down from their struggles and their radical vision for agrarian transformation in their localities.
"We must get new paradigms and designs for development and governance that advance the interests of the downtrodden and oppressed," said Dr Wallace Mgoqi, a Commissioner on the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), and one of two invited guests who gave introductory remarks and opened the gathering.
"The case studies are harrowing and horrendous experiences which our people have to go through on a daily basis. It will be a sad day if these are not documented, as very little is known outside these settlements about where these people find themselves," he added.
The two-day Inyanda Land Dialogue is meant to allow the movement, which is made up of affiliate organisations in five provinces, to develop practical plans and strategies around land reform and agrarian transformation.
Among the key questions delegates have been grappling with are what land must be expropriated, who must lead this process, and what should be the role of government and traditional leaders.
In his introductory remarks to the gathering, the other specially invited guest Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza threw a challenge to delegates to rethink the notion of only demanding things. Prof Ntsebeza is a scholar in land reform and democracy and is based at the University of Cape Town.
"Demanding this and that gives you the impression that your task is only to demand; and then after that to fold your arms and do nothing more. But is that what our struggle is all about? Merely about demands; externalising our problems, and letting other people do the job for us?" he said.
"It is our business to say we have an idea of the kind of society we want. We have an idea of how we can get there and we are going to come up with our own programme of action. Not merely demands," he added.
Delegates at the Steve Biko Centre have been hearing from activists and community representatives who are engaged in current struggles around land and livelihoods. These included representatives from:
Centane and Peelton districts in the Eastern Cape, who reported on land grabbing for extractive agriculture, including the planting of GMO crops that threaten their soil and livestock;
- Farmworkers from both the Eastern Cape and Western Cape who have been left short-changed from share equity schemes on the farms, and where the white farm owners earned millions from government grants;
- Act 9 areas, such as Zoar and Suurbraak in the Western Cape, who reported on their struggles around access to communal lands to improve their food security;
- Small-scale livestock farmers in both rural and peri-urban areas who are fighting for adequate commonage land for grazing and who constantly have to battle against impounding of their animals because of the lack of commonage;
- Small-scale fishers in Dwesa-Cweba in the Eastern Cape, who reported on their battles to gain access to fish and marine sources that have now been fenced off in the name of conservation; and
- Activists in communal areas, specifically Cala in the Eastern Cape, who are challenging corrupt and despotic traditional authorities who fail to consider the views and interests of local people.
The Inyanda National Land Movement is a movement of the dispossessed, the oppressed and the exploited who are working for transformation of the countryside. It was established in 2014, and currently has a presence in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape and Limpopo Provinces. The Land Dialogue in the Eastern Cape is expected to produce a comprehensive strategy around land reform and agrarian transformation which will be taken up by Inyanda affiliate organisations in 2019.
For further comment you may contact:
Mr Adam Mabunda (Mopani Farmers' Association and member of the Inyanda National Council)
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Fani Ncapayi (Senior Researcher of Inyanda National Land Movement)
on Tel 082 440 6067
Mercia Andrews (Co-director of the Trust for Community Outreach and Education)
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Large-scale simulations of biological neuronal networks.
The Neural Simulation Tool (NEST) is an open-source software tool designed for the simulation of large-scale neuronal networks at the resolution of individual neurons and synapses. It is developed and maintained by the NEST initiative under the GNU General Public License, version 2 and can be freely downloaded from the website of the NEST simulator. The collaborative development of NEST follows an iterative, incremental strategy derived from the requirements and constraints given by the community. Users can control simulations either via a built-in scripting language (SLI) or a Python module (PyNEST). While the definition of the network in terms of the specification of neuronal populations and connections can be performed in procedural form in an interpreted language, all compute-intensive tasks such as the actual generation of connectivity or the propagation of neuron dynamics are executed by the simulation kernel implemented in C++. NEST supports a variety of computing platforms, from laptops to moderately-sized clusters and supercomputers using a common codebase. To optimally use the available compute resources, NEST supports hybrid parallelization employing MPI for inter-node communication and multi-threading via OpenMP within each MPI process.
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Where to Get Boston's Best Burger
The Burger Madman of Boston,* J. Kenji Alt is at it again.
The Cook's Illustrated associate editor and GoodEater.org blogger has branched out to the Boston Globe, checking out ten Beantown burgers (in one day!) for the paper. He divides the burgers into grilled and griddled categories, making the observation that the East Coast is all about thick, grilled burgers while the West Coast is about griddled fast-food-style sandwiches.
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Hello everyone, this will be the first in a new series of short-posts on my favorite tracks of boss music from video games.
Hopefully you'll all enjoy and learn something at the same time!
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie was a multi-platform game released in tandem with the film of the same names' release.
Despite the movie license, and the general ho-hum quality of most movie tie-ins, I found the game(s) to be a pretty solid entry in the side-scrolling beat 'em up genre.
As a youngster, I played both the Genesis and Super NES versions, though most my my time was spent with the Genesis version.
In my opinion, the Genesis version, despite it's technical limitations, (sound quality mainly) was actually the better iteration of the game.
Though both games were sidescrollers, the Genesis version maintained a more conventional design, I.E. each of the players had a one-button combo attack, utilizing both action buttons in tandem would perform a life-draining "knockdown" attack, players could move vertically and horizontally etc.
The Super NES version was an oddity among sidescrollers in that it had none of these features.
Instead of allowing the player free vertical and horizontal movement, the Super NES version instead restricted the players to moving on one of two separate planes, a foreground, and a background; though sometimes the players were restricted to a singular plane.
Using a single button-press, the player could switch to either plane, an action that was sometimes necessary to avoid obstacles.
Most of the enemies in the game were also dispatched with only one or two hits, a rarity in most beat 'em ups.
Also worth noting was the fact that, despite the fact that the various versions of this games' status as a movie tie-in, the enemy rosters of them largely consisted of characters featured on the TV show and not the movie.
For instance, the Super NES version makes extensive use of Lord Zedd's Z-Putties, who were completely absent from the movie.
The Genesis version does a much better job maintaining continuity with the movie I.E. it includes Ivan Oozes Ooze Men and Tengu Warriors as grunt characters, however even it is guilty of a few slip-ups, particularly in including characters like Goldar as bosses.
Perhaps most strange of all however, was the fact that the Super NES version's gameplay completely omitted any inclusion of the Power Ranger's Zords.
The Genesis version had numerous stages where the players would take control of the Mega Zord(s) and/or Falcon Zord (the best guy in the game), with the gameplay maintaining it's usual controls.
The Super NES version though, has the player assuming the role of an Angel Grove High School student or Power Ranger from the opening stage to the final battle with Ivan Ooze.
Speaking of Ivan Ooze, the whole reason I'm typing up this article, is the fact that the boss music in this game kicks ass.
Seriously, check it out:
I love the unrelenting energy of this track.
The rockin' over-the-top guitar/synth riffs really give the track a dangerous and dramatic flair, while at the same time doing a wonderful job of maintaining a similar sound to the Power Ranger's TV soundtrack we are all so familiar with.
For a game with mediocre action gameplay, it's pretty amazing to think that a track this energetic and powerful was actually composed for this game.
It's worth nothing that, despite my focus being solely directed at this track, the soundtrack as a whole is actually really solid.
In many ways, I think that speaks volumes as to the skill of the composers over at Natsume and Bandai.
The two companies also collaborated on a Super Famicom exclusive game, Gundam Wing: Endless Duel, which just happens to have a very similar soundtrack, with much of the same midi "instrumentation."
In example here's my favorite track from Endless Duel:
Did I mention Natsume kicks ass?
Well, they do, Ninja Warriors Again and Pocky and Pocky serve as living proof of that.
We'll revisit Pocky and Rocky on this blog sometime, that's a promise.
Anyway, the Super NES version of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie had a crazy-awesome boss theme, and thusly I hereby declare it ONE OF THE BEST BOSS TRACKS EVER.
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It was such a joy to visit Thompson Cancer Survival Center in downtown Knoxville this week with Coach Fulmer, Todd Kelly Jr. and Evina Westbrook! We visited with patients, they signed footballs and we hand delivered VOL-themed hats to patients. What a once in a lifetime surprise for so many patients. We're so honored Coach Fulmer, Todd and Evina would take time out of their schedule to come serve alongside 818 Ministries.
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ATLANTA -- Atlanta residents who are looking for work are invited to attend a large upcoming career fair.
The event, hosted by National Career Fairs, will be Thursday, Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza Atlanta Downtown. Employers will be looking for fresh talent in several areas, mostly accounting, administrative, banking, customer service, finance, insurance, restaurant, retail and sales.
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"TownHall.com" wrote: He's gutted their healthcare, plans to cut their pay and apparently, doesn't trust them either. David Codrea over at Gun Rights Examiner points out that Marines marching in President Obama's second inaugural parade recently were caring rifles without bolts, meaning they were removed.
"Didn't know the Marines had to take the bolts out of their rifles for the Inaugural," an email forwarded to Gun Rights Examiner from a United States Marine Corps source observed. "Wonder if someone can explain why [they]would be marching in the inaugural parade with no bolts in their rifles!"
The email linked to a YouTube video of the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade, embedded in this column, featuring Bravo Company Marines from the Marine Barracks Washington. Sure enough, the observation in the email is confirmed by watching the video, with screen shots provided in the photo and slide show accompanying this article.
This prompted an internet search to see if others had also noticed, and the Blur-Brain blog had.
"The bolts have been removed from the rifles rendering them unable to fire a round," the post stated. "Apparently Obama's Secret Service doesn't trust the USMC. Simply searching each guy to make sure he didn't have a live round hidden on him wasn't enough, they had to make sure the guns were inoperable.
Wondering if this may be an inauguration policy of long standing that transcends administrations, Gun Rights Examiner made a cursory search and found something even more curious. In the 2009 Inaugural Parade, the United States Navy marched with rifles that had not been so disabled (see 1:24 into that video plus the final slide).
As Gateway Pundit points out, this isn't the first time Marines have been disarmed for an Obama administration event.
"In a sign of the nervousness surrounding Mr. Panetta's trip, the Marines and other troops who were waiting in a tent for the defense secretary to speak were abruptly asked by their commander to get up, place their weapons — M-16 and M-4 automatic rifles and 9-mm pistols — outside the tent and then return unarmed. The commander, Sgt. Maj. Brandon Hall, told reporters he was acting on orders from superiors.
"All I know is, I was told to get the weapons out," he said. Asked why, he replied, "Somebody got itchy, that's all I've got to say. Somebody got itchy; we just adjust."
Normally, American forces in Afghanistan keep their weapons with them when the defense secretary visits and speaks to them. The Afghans in the tent waiting for Mr. Panetta were not armed to begin with, as is typical."
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Goodness me....so we are at the point of going over the top..to become as was Ancient Rome.
The Pratorian Guards and all that stuff. Everyone else unarmed in the presence of diety.
Someone here is afraid of a Coup d'état by the military because of the direction they intend to take the nation by "Entitlement."
I have stated in prior posts that there is a severe moral crisis as to fitness to govern when one does not trust the military or returning veterans and must brand them as possible domestic terrorists. That the political system is not the product advertised prior to elections..both political parties.
Did you notice many times last night at the State of the Union, when Obama was talking about the military and bringing them home, that many times all representatives from the branch of military stayed seated, and did NOT clap? I think it's very telling of the behind the scenes intelligence, that THEY do NOT agree with his roles as "command in chief."
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I was born and raised in Haiti. At age 14, I came to the United States with full residency in 1978. I attended high school, became a U.S. citizen, and adopted this country as my own. However, I never forget my roots and am passionate about helping the people of Haiti.
Grateful for the opportunities I've received in the U.S. I always knew I wouldn't be the type of person who gets the opportunity for a better life and forgets where I came from and the struggles I endured or watched my people endure. I felt compelled to do whatever I can to give back what I learned and the opportunities I was given to the people and country I was born to. I feel that the young people growing up in Haiti just need an opportunity to learn and do for themselves; unfortunately, circumstances beyond their control prevent this.
Knowing our history of service to Haiti, our friends and family members encouraged us to form a nonprofit to provide both immediate and long term help. Thus, The Monrovia Foundation for Haiti was born. The people of Haiti have suffered so many hardships, and yet they remain incredibly strong. So much needs to be done to rebuild the country, that the task at times seem daunting, however to us; not impossible.
I believe the education of the new generation is the key to strengthening the countries social and economic state and reinvigorating a rich history of culture, art and pride that was almost stripped away by the 2010 earthquake and years of neglect of these very youth and the systems needed to help them, help themselves. We must improve the lives and living conditions of these future leaders. They need to be current with technology and given access to a better education; this is where we focus our efforts.
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Felt Playfood Carrots
I finally got a few more carrots made and decided to put them up on Etsy as a made to order item. I have both "regular" orange and multicolored ones you would find at a farm stand. Check … Read More
I finally got a few more carrots made and decided to put them up on Etsy as a made to order item. I have both "regular" orange and multicolored ones you would find at a farm stand. Check … Read More
After much trial and error, I have completed my felt brownie with ice cream pattern. (complete with chocolate sauce and a cherry) It is now published on Etsy here! I tried really hard to give the top of the brownie … Read More
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From corporate to entrepreneur
After her study International Marketing, Nienke fulfilled various sales and management positions within the financial and telecom sector. In 2009 she obtained her MBA and in 3 following years she was responsible for Customer Experience at KPN. She has made excellent results in making the company more customer-oriented. Since January 2015, she is an independent entrepreneur in Customer Experience. She does this in the role of consultant, (keynote) speaker (since March 2020 she is a Certified Speaking Professional), co-founder of The Customer Experience Game and trainer for the CCXP accreditation. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) herself. She is one of the 7 Recognized and Training Partners (RTP) of the CXPA – worldwide – who can train CX professionals for their CCXP.
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Here are links to digital collections of British eighteenth-century caricatures and satires available online. Try searching within these by title or name.
Here are links to electronic resources with general collections of art, cultural, and historical images that include British eighteenth-century works.
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Here are links to online collections of digitized primary source visual materials focused on particular periods (pre-1700, Victorian), subjects (medicine, military), or formats (gravestones, maps).
Unlike most Yale images collections, the Lewis Walpole Library's collection is cataloged in Orbis, Yale's Library catalogue, with links to images in the Digital Images Collection online. Records include a link to the digital image.
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This Catalogue comprises descriptions, historical and biographical explanations and illustrations, measurements, and other details of satirical prints and drawings in the British Museum. Volumes include introductory essays. Digitized on Internet Archive (note vols. 8 and 11 do not appear)


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So I gave the horse the rein and rode at a reckless gallop over bushy expanses and through scattered woodlands, expecting each moment to hear the drum of hoofs behind me.
Robert E. Howard, "Blades for France"
The last post in this series ended with a mention of Agincourt. Since that battle was fought in 1415, it pretty much opens the period under discussion here, just as Nicopolis pretty much ended the previous one. And – relevantly to Robert E. Howard and Conan – the final big battle scene in Hour of the Dragon seems to owe more than a little to REH's reading on Agincourt.
In HotD, and also in "The Scarlet Citadel", King Conan is captured by his enemies and carried to their stronghold helpless in a chariot. I'm indebted to Deuce Richardson for drawing my attention to the lines in Shakespeare's "Henry V" which REH certainly read and which struck a chord with him. A sure bet.
Go, down upon him, — you have power enough, —
And in a captive chariot into Roan (Rouen)
Bring him our prisoner.
Henry V, Act III, Scene V
Agincourt occurred during the Hundred Years' War, with Henry V yet again pressing the English kings' claim to the throne of France, begun by Edward III. Henry's forces had taken Harfleur and were making for Calais, but due to heavy rain he had to travel further than he'd expected to ford the Somme, which is how he found himself near the village of Agincourt. (A sorcerous attempt to make a river impassable to Conan's army through massive rains occurs in HotD.) Henry's army was exhausted, and dysentery was rushing through it like a cattle stampede. Then a vengeful French host under the Constable, Charles d'Albret, caught the English in the pas-de-Calais with the intention of slaughtering them. It outnumbered the English by at least three to one (estimates vary; Shakespeare in Henry V says seven to one).
Luckily the English had a good commander in Henry, and thousands of the famous English longbowmen. They had the advantage of ground, too. Henry had drawn his soldiers for their stand on a rise with thickly wooded ground on either side, so that they couldn't be outflanked, and covered his front with trenches and stakes. If the French were going to attack, they had to attack across a narrow front, into a hail of the notorious cloth-yard shafts.
They did just that. To compound their folly, they opened the fight with cavalry charges by their aristocratic knights. Why? Because the knights, as always, wanted to be first in the fray, seeking personal honor and glory. Besides the disadvantages mentioned above, the knights were charging uphill, through a sodden quagmire at least knee-deep.
Even they realized after a couple of attempts that charges on horseback were hopeless. Most unwillingly, they dismounted and attacked on foot. The results were just as bad. They struggled through that sticky knee-deep morass in full plate armor, with the English driving longbow shafts through their breastplates as they came. (English arrows would pierce plate as easily as crossbow bolts would, and could be loosed a lot faster.) Numbers of French knights who fell drowned inside their own helmets.
(REH gave Cormac Fitzgeoffrey the line in "Hawks of Outremer" — "I am no French she-knight to fear wading in the muck. Anyway, I fight better on foot.")
The results were just what you'd expect. It was one of the most one-sided victories ever, and for a long time English accounts of the fight (not least Shakespeare's) made it appear a miracle on England's behalf. As Isaac Asimov once pointed out in his article, "The Unsecret Weapon," it would really have been a miracle if the English had lost.
Don't suppose for a second that I'm denigrating the English soldiers' courage and hardihood here. They were exhausted, sick, facing a foe athirst for their hearts' reddest blood, and the common soldiers at least knew there'd be no mercy if they lost. I've read recently that they stood with their trousers in their rucksacks and their own shit running down their legs into the cold mud, so that they'd have clean daks to wear afterwards, at least – if they survived. The dysentery, remember? And yet they fought and won. That they had priceless help from knightly French idiocy doesn't lessen their feat.
The comparison with Agincourt at the climax of HotD is striking.
The pride of the Gundermen was no less fierce than that of the knights. They were not spear-fodder, to be sacrificed for the glory of better men. They were the finest infantry in the world, with a tradition that made their morale unshakable. The kings of Aquilonia had long learned the worth of unbreakable infantry. They held their formation unshaken; over their gleaming ranks flowed the great lion banner, and at the tip of the wedge a giant figure in black armor roared and smote like a hurricane, with a dripping ax that split steel and bone alike.
The Nemedians fought as gallantly as their traditions of high courage demanded. But they could not break the iron wedge, and from the wooded knolls on either hand arrows raked their close-packed ranks mercilessly. Their own bowmen were useless, their pikemen unable to climb the heights and come to grips with the Bossonians. Slowly, stubbornly, sullenly, the grim knights fell back, counting their empty saddles. Above them the Gundermen made no outcry of triumph. They closed their ranks, locking up the gaps made by the fallen. Sweat ran into their eyes from under their steel caps. They gripped their spears and waited, their fierce hearts swelling with pride that a king should fight on foot with them.
Robert E. Howard, The Hour of the Dragon
Despite winning at Agincourt so decisively, though, and then bringing France to terms and marrying the French princess, Henry V didn't achieve anything lasting. He died of camp fever seven years after Agincourt, leaving a baby to succeed him. Technically he may have been a Renaissance king, but he was hardly a Renaissance man. The Renaissance is one of those terms that covers a lot of territory. Essentially it meant a general advance in the arts, sciences and literature that was inspired by a rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman culture. The Italian Renaissance might be said to have started around 1300 with the painter Giotto and the poet Dante Alighieri. It stalled in Italy then for a few decades before really taking off. After that it moved to France, and reached England in roughly 1500. Henry V was long dead by then.
Even if he'd lived, neither he nor anybody else could have made the French accept English rule over the long haul. Joan of Arc was actually a more characteristic Renaissance figure than Henry V. She had the sort of nationalistic fervor that emerged in the Renaissance, as distinct from the medieval ideal of Christendom united under the Pope's authority, and as Shaw stressed in his play "Saint Joan," she was even a Protestant at heart. She didn't accept the authority of bishops and cardinals when she saw clearly that they were wrong. Such lack of subordination, especially in a girl, was in the view of the time quite legitimately classed as heresy. That was the charge on which the Church tried her. The blather about witchcraft came from the English.
Joan had understood the political impact to be made by splendor on horseback, as well as any prince or count. When she confronted the Dauphin with her offer to save France, almost her first request was bright armor, a sword and — a horse. The Maid on her white charger leading the French armies in the name of God was a symbol that rallied the land. To achieve any good she had to command respect, which she knew she'd never do dashing around afoot.
As stated above, the Renaissance didn't bring its attitudes and culture to England until about 1500. Henry VIII of that nation saw himself as the quintessential Renaissance prince, and acted the role to the hilt, but except when young he scarcely had the figure for it. He came to the English throne at eighteen, and was certainly an athlete then. An enthusiastic hunter, it was said of him that: "He never takes that diversion without tiring out eight or ten horses."
His Gallic rival and counterpart, King Francis I, was also passionate about hunting, which required being a good horseman. The French court moved around, eating the country bare as it went, and while that entourage of nobles and ladies wasn't as governed by rigid etiquette as it became later, there were some social skills highly valued. Hunting counted as an important one. It called for entire stables of fine horses. A (Scottish) character in Dorothy Dunnett's Queen's Play describes it pungently.
Nothing in this lunatic country matters as much as the hunt. Fifteen thousand people, this man's father (the king's) went about with … signing state papers on horseback, and heralds running after him yearning in couples. They never stayed above fifteen days in one place, unless they were at war, and every ambassador in Europe hated hunting for life.
Thus fine hunting horses were greatly prized, by the king and every ambitious courtier. Hunting was a symbol of knighthood, the mark of a true gentleman – or lady. Henry VIII declared when young that hunting was the best way to avoid "idlenes the ground of all vyce and to exercise that thing that shal be honorable and to the bodye healthfull and profitable." That's ironic in view of his record in later life. He bred horses for racing, too, but they were not thoroughbreds as the term is used today. Those were bred in the 18th century from the descendants of just three great studs. However, Henry VIII did use stock from eastern countries.
For hunting and ceremonial the well-bred palfrey was de rigeur. Many were needed. Three companies of Scots Archers, each company one hundred strong, all mounted, accompanied the French court. In addition there were two companies of gentilshommes de l'hotel, again mounted. The only court troops that didn't ride were the Swiss halberdiers.
When Henry and Francis met at the Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520), they were both conscious of the need for suitable mounts. Henry's agents searched Europe for them. From the first Duke of Mantua, he obtained a fine Friesland bay. The Emperor Charles V obliged Henry with twenty-five beautiful Spanish horses. The English king rode a horse from Naples for the actual event, while Francis, who had just as assiduously sought a splendid mount, bestrode one from Mantua. All Renaissance princes craved horses on which they could look glorious.
In England King Henry's Gentleman Pensioners belonged to the royal household and had to provide horses for ceremonial and military occasions. The king granted many of them parks in which to keep studs. Sir Nicholas Arnold (who died in 1580) was among them. He imported horses from Flanders and kept a fine stud of war-horses from Naples. Doctrines of Italian horsemanship were influential in England. Henry VIII employed several Italians as officers in his stables – Alessandro de Bologna, Giacomo de Granado, Matteo of Mantua and a farrier named Annibale. Others were to follow under Queen Elizabeth.
To quote R.H.C. Davis in The Medieval Warhorse, "The most famous of these Italians was Federico Grisone, gentleman of Naples, whom his contemporaries hailed as a new Xenophon." I've referred above to the respect Xenophon's tract on horsemanship commanded in the Renaissance. Grisone published his book The Rules of Horsemanship at Naples in 1550. He maintained that the three essentials of a good horseman were "First, to knowe how and when to helpe your Horse. Secondlie, how and when to correct him. And thirdlie, how and when to cherish him, and to make much of him."
The old-fashioned lords of his day didn't agree with Grisone's principles. They believed in heavy horses and massive armor. They didn't see that it was out of date. The advances in firearms had made it so, even then. Breastplates and helmets were still useful, but the day of full plate had vanished. Warriors who saw this, knew a warhorse must now be nimble and obedient rather than powerful, trained to perform intricate maneuvers in the face of cannon and musket fire. The question was still being hotly argued in 1650, even though it wasn't really a question any longer. Pistol and musket fire had settled it long ago.
A mark of the time was the inspiration it drew from classical cultures. The courts of Europe revived that classic treatise on horsemanship, the Hippike of Xenophon (430 – 354 BCE). Veterinary medicine advanced greatly in Renaissance Italy also, though unless we're equitation professionals we tend to forget that. At least I do. Tournaments had become splendid spectacles for royal show, rather than practical training in war. They had developed into the kind of tournament we know from Hollywood movies. A wooden safety barrier divided the lists, contestants wore magnificent surcoats, and the caparisons of their horses would have fed and clothed a peasant village for a year. Chivalry was for the rich and famous. It always had been.
REH's de Montour story, "Wolfshead," is clearly set in the Renaissance. It has a Portuguese castle being built on the slave coast of Africa, and the narrator, long after the events of "Wolfshead," assures his listeners that they don't know what real terror is. "You are soldiers, adventurers. You have known the charges of regiments of dragoons … "
Dragoons were essentially mounted infantry, and they did first appear in France during the Renaissance. New types of firearms produced the need for them and made them effective. However, they were still in the future even at the time of REH's "Sword Woman," Dark Agnes de la Fere. She enjoyed her time of glory during the 1520s and – this blogger suspects – didn't survive much beyond them. She had little or nothing to do with the royal court, though she and her rascal of a comrade Etienne did once encounter King Francis's mistress, Francoise de Foix.
Dark Agnes must have had a gift for horsemanship, since her rearing in a squalid peasant village makes it doubtful that she'd ever seen a passable mount before she left. By the time "Blades for France" begins, she's able to kill a big swaggering bravo in fair fight, then take his "great horse … with rich housings of red leather and gilt braid," and ride it confidently through the dusk, "very grateful for the easing of my weary feet." When she meets her comrade in adventure, Etienne, he's also riding an excellent horse, which he'd obtained in his usual manner, no doubt … by stealing it. Both his mount and Agnes's, presumably, were fine blooded palfreys.
But the troops called "dragoons" made their first appearance in France in the 1550s – that is, a full generation after Dark Agnes's time. A new type of firearm made them effective, and gave such soldiers their name. A carbine or short musket, easily carried on horseback, was called a "dragon" or "dragoon." Its bearers fought as light cavalrymen on the attack. When required to defend, they dismounted and fought as infantry.
Wheel-lock horse pistols which could blast even through a breastplate brought new horse maneuvers. The caracole was introduced in the mid-fifteenth century, and employed by dragoon troops. They would advance on the enemy at a walk or canter, then increase their speed as they came within range. After shooting at the foe, they wheeled aside and fell back to reload, while the next rank repeated their action.
That other famous character of REH's, Solomon Kane, lived during the Renaissance also. He circumnavigated the world with Francis Drake in the 1570s and fought in the revenge with Richard Grenville in 1591. However, he appears to have been a seaman, not a horseman. His adventures in Europe and England show him travelling on foot, almost always, and in the depths of Africa he has to wander that way; neither jungle nor savannah was kind to horses. So Kane doesn't come into the purview of this post.
The early Cossacks do, most certainly. They appeared and became a distinct society during the years this post considers. But they deserve one entirely to themselves, and they'll get it, in the next article in this series.
They shake the world from the lands of snow To the deserts, red in the sunset's fire; Their horses swim in a sea of gore, And the tribes of the earth bow down before …
Robert E. Howard, The Riders of Babylon
Read Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part 4a, Part 4b, Part 5a, Part 5b, Part 6


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