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It's THAT time of the year - when medical aid schemes are hoping to attract new members.
Traditionally the schemes launch their new product plans and announce the revised benefits and premium contributions in September and October.
While it may be an information overload, knowledge is definitely power when choosing the right scheme and cover option for you and your loved ones.
With at least 80 medical schemes in South Africa, choosing the right one can be a mammoth task and a very confusing one.
So we spoke to a few experts in the game on the things to keep in mind when making a decision.
Mark Arnold, principal officer of Resolution Health says: "People who are joining a medical scheme for the first time and are not certain what their chosen benefit option entitles them to, are at risk of either not making full use of their benefits or discovering that they do not have adequate cover for their healthcare needs when they need it most."
A fundamental aspect in understanding how medical schemes work is that, by law, schemes must operate as not-for-profit entities.
Arnold adds by law, open enrolment schemes are obliged to accept all persons who apply for membership.
Gerhard van Emmenis, Bonitas principal officer, said diligence and homework was required ahead of choosing medical aid.
"The most important factor is to know what you and your family need in terms of cover:
Reflect on your family's health history to gauge the number of visits you make to the doctor and the cost of medication.
Whether anyone has a chronic condition or needs to see a specialist.
How much you spend on dental or eye care.
If you already have a medical plan, check what was covered, how much your co-payments (if any) were and whether your savings for the year were adequate.
"Once you have an idea of what you might need for the year ahead, then it's time to look at your budget. What can you comfortably afford?
"The rule of thumb is contributions should not exceed 10% of your monthly income. Once you have these two scenarios, then it's time to compare the various plans and see which best matches your needs and budget," Van Emmenis said.
The Board of Healthcare Funders of SA cautions members to be careful:
If you change schemes, you might suddenly find yourself having to pay adult rates for your child who is studying at university.
Or, if the specialist you've been seeing for the last 10 years is not on the new scheme's list and you want to continue using the doctor, you may have to pay for this yourself, especially if he or she charges more than your benefit tariff.
Never assume that the benefits under the new scheme may be the same as your current medical aid.
Some schemes allow you to keep your student children registered as dependants up to the age of 25 while others cut-off at 21 or 23.
Some medical aids restrict the number of specialist visits in a year while others restrict which specialists you can use by means of a list of designated providers or participating providers.
"Make sure the benefits of the new scheme are a good match for the health conditions you and your family experience," the board advises.


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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Jump for joy photo of the day – Honeybee Henderson! August 31, 2013
About a boy and a fish
Long, long ago there lived a very inquisitive little boy who loved his family. He was a sensitive lad and a silly one at that.
He loved dirt, trees, butterflies and all bodies of water. Outside, was where he preferred to be, whenever possible. He played sports in school but was distracted by the bugs, birds and butterflies that got in his way while trying to concentrate on the games.
His family was known in town for loving the game of baseball and living it night and day. He followed his cousin's footsteps and became a pretty good pitcher and hitter although not to the degree that his eldest cousin did.
The problem was, that this young boy did not feel the passion that he was expected to have for the game. He tried, but baseball was simply, not for him.
Where the passion flourished was on the water…
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Eerie images of London in the fog: Grim mid-winter pictures of the capital in the early part of the 20th century
As the balmy weather of recent weeks is set to last, winter seems a long way off in most parts of the country.
But a collection of photographs from the early 20th century is sure to send a chill down the spines of those who thought colder days would never come, with its grim depiction of dark, long drawn winters in the 1900s.
Among the dreary images which capture London's quintessentially British climate are several of the city's Great Smog of 1952, in addition to others which depict the clammy, summer fogs of the past century.
Putin tells Obama: show us proof Syrian regime was behind chemical attacks
The Russian President told journalists that if Barack Obama had evidence Bashar al-Assad's forces had the chemical weapons and launched the attack, Washington should present it to the UN weapons inspectors and the Security Council.
Speaking after the US released its intelligence report, Mr Putin said: "I am convinced that it (the chemical attack) is nothing more than a provocation by those who want to drag other countries into the Syrian conflict, and who want to win the support of powerful members of the international arena, especially the United States."
France Seeks "Punishment" For Assad After Chem Weapons Use
Christian Sentenced to Death by Hanging for Drinking Water Reserved for Muslims
Aasiya Noreen "Asia" Bibi has been sentenced to death by hanging in Pakistan for drinking water "from a well belonging to Muslim women, [and] using 'their' cup in the burning heat of the midday sun."
According the The New York Post, Asia described her plight thus: "I have been sentenced to death because I was thirsty. I'm a prisoner because I used the same cup as those Muslim women, because water served by a Christian woman was regarded as unclean by my stupid fellow fruit pickers."
After her initial lockup, Asia was then moved to a remote prison, where she sits isolated in a cell. She says she has no idea how long she has to live and admits that her heart beats faster every time her cell door is opened.
Her terrible ordeal began in June 2009, as she was picking fruit with…
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On checking the weather report given out by the Regional Meteorological Centre of Delhi, I have seen that the Delhi area is divided into 6 sections - Delhi Ridge, Safdarjung Airport, Lodhi Road, Palam Airport, Gurgaon and Ayanagar. There are also two additional areas - Hindon and Rohtak. Through the Delhi temperature maps available on their website, I have noticed two things -
- The maximum temperature is usually the highest in the South Delhi area of Ayanagar. It grows colder the more north you travel.
- The minimum temperature is usually the highest in the North Delhi area of Rohini. It grows positively colder in the nights the more south you travel.
It is really great that the Shiela Dixit Government announced that schools would be closed during this cold Delhi winter. I remember when I was in school, how we used to suffer coming to school in the extreme cold conditions. We had to reach school at 7.30 am. Today, when I wake up everyday at around 9.30, I can't imagine how we managed through the cold back then.
When I think of the homeless people out in the cold, I feel really bad I can't do anything. I have really no idea what to do or what can be done, other than contributing cash to my local religious charity. Lots of people have lost their lives in the current cold wave running in North India. I was really saddened to read in the newspaper that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi demolished some night shelters for some faltu bureaucratic reason.
On the other hand, some schools of New Delhi have opened their doors to homeless people during the nights. It is good of the Principals of these schools to make use of their facilities to help out the homeless people who have nowhere to go. The homeless people have a cup of tea and leave in the mornings by around 7.00 am. The classrooms or sports halls where the homeless have rested are then cleaned before the school kids arrive, in case it is a school day.
Well, this is how cold the Delhi weather was this winter. How is the weather where you are? Do you think these weather changes could have anything to do with environmental reasons?


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LNA Game of the Year Nods?
. It has had some time to allow the initial reviewers to let the masses know their thoughts and it has seemingly stuck very well. Is it possible that Grand Theft Auto V edges out both BioShock Infinite as well as The Last of Us for Game of the Year?
So far I have only played BioShock Infinite so I do realize that my thoughts on this subject will be a bit one sided for credibility. Based upon conversation with friends who have played The Last of Us as well as watching Let's Plays to understand the story, I will do my best to not seem like a Zealot that is hell bent on destroying your thoughts of me and my credibility. These are my first takes going into Grand Theft Auto V day one of release day.
BioShock Infinite had a very controversial game but once again one of the best stories told of the year. Likewise, the PlayStation 3 exclusive, The Last of Us almost mirrors certain emotions to its' audience with Joel and Ellie that Infinite does with Booker and Elizabeth. Grand Theft Auto never really had the compelling protagonist that it deserved but rather succeeded on game play mechanics as well as side activities that have been mimicked time-and-time again. If I were to guess, I would imagine that things probably will not change much, or have near the character attachment that was received in the other two games.
One thing that BioShock did bring to the table when it first hit the masses was the highly interactive environments. While turning on and off sinks are not typically considered fun it is nice to note that the developer wanted to cover as much realistic detail as possible. You have not quite lived until you have used water to conduct electricity on your enemies. Once you make it to Columbia, not much changes in this department except for the fact that now you also have more to interact with, whether it be trash cans or other NPCs. In The Last of Us this theme stays very similar with interactive environments, but also to know your environments to your advantage. Players should be wary about creating noises that clickers might hear. As far as interactive environments, while both of those games are very neat in that aspect, both are pale in comparison to what king-pin of interactive environments Grand Theft Auto has given, as well as what V will give its audiences.
These are just a few of the thoughts that I have considered in the beginning process of aligning my personal Game of the Year candidates. We still have a few months to go with many highly anticipated games to come such as Batman: Arkham Origins as well as Southpark: Stick of Truth. Given many others only time will tell who will really deserve the Game of the Year for 2013.


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Over the past century, childbirth has gone from being a natural function of the female body to a quick surgical procedure performed by doctors who have never seen a natural birth. Producer Ricki Lake and director Abby Epstein have made a film to explore the options open to expectant mothers, from midwife-assisted birthing at home or in birth centers, to "designer births" that can be pre-scheduled in hospitals months in advance.
Interviews with the mothers and footage of the birth process combine to offer intimate portraits of women preparing for and experiencing this natural phenomenon that has become increasingly mechanized. The footage of water births is awe-inspiring. The documentary clearly has a bias: It presents a barrage of statistics in favor of natural methods, and a historical overview of various smear campaigns against midwifery.
Actress and former tabloid talk show host Ricki Lake had wanted to make a film about the industry of childbirth since having her first child in 1997. After experiencing home birth with her second child in 2001, she approached filmmaker Abby Epstein with the idea of a film that would raise questions about the ways American women have babies. The result, "The Business of Being Born," brings to light some frightening statistics as well as some empowering possibilities. While promoting the documentary, Lake talked to me about her own birthing experiences and how she hoped the movie would motivate women to learn more about their choices.
On "The Business of Being Born":
The point of the movie is to educate the consumer about their choices, and to urge them to fight for their right to choose. I feel strongly that if someone does their homework and trusts their care provider and wants that C-section, then they should have it. I have no judgment against anybody's choice, but I want them to have a choice.
On her first birthing experience:
When I got pregnant, I went to a midwife group that had been recommended to me by a friend. I felt comfortable there and was happy with the care I received. Had I continued to have a low-risk pregnancy I would certainly have delivered at the birth center. Since I didn't go fast enough, I was moved to the hospital where they induced labor.
On filming her second birth:
I had my second birth at home, and it was filmed for my personal video collection. I never intended it to be shown to anybody. Then, when discussing the idea for the movie with Abby, I let her see it and she said she might want to use it in the movie. I'm still not totally comfortable with it, but I feel it's the right thing for the movie. I get strength even today from seeing how strong I was in that moment. No doctor delivered my baby. I did it on my own.
On changing public perceptions of childbirth:
People were telling me I was crazy when I had my home birth. Now, six or seven years later, there is a wave of different perceptions about it. It is thrilling for me that this little movie that I funded on my own from an idea I had years ago has turned out to be something that is raising eyebrows and getting people to ask questions. That is what it has been all about from the start.
On choosing where to have your baby:
It's not about hospital versus home. It's about being comfortable where you are. If you feel comfortable in a hospital, you can have a really empowered, family-connected birth there.
On the birth center option:
For most women who don't have complications, birth centers should be a viable option. Why should they want to be in places full of sick people when they are bringing a baby into the world? But the centers are being shut down, left and right, around the country. Doctors don't want to take the risk of backing up midwives when malpractice suits are going through the roof. And the centers can't operate without hospital backing.
On the future:
I'm really into this phase of my life, being a pro-midwife, pro-baby, pro-mommy advocate. Abby and I are working on a book to follow up on the movie. It will be published early next year. I still enjoy acting, but not full time. Really, I don't want to do anything full time. Movies, talk shows, filmmaking … it's really thrilling to keep changing it out.


text: WHEN I first started my job as an architect in the 1960s, I was on a three-year contract with a monthly salary of RM628. I bought my first car, a Peugeot which cost RM7,724, equivalent to approximately one year of my salary. The car became my reliable companion for 14 years. Those were the good old days, when a car could be bought with just one year of a fresh graduate's salary.


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I thought that Roma told me all I could know about Italy, but this was before going to Florence and, thus, I was wrong. Any follower of the latest news about fashion wouldn't visit Florence being indifferent to that place. Thanks to the bloggers, the frequent fashion events and the shopaholic atmosphere, I came informed to the city and, by the way, it was amazing the amount of scenes that came to my mind from posts that, without remembering the editor, took once my attention.
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FANWOOD, NJ — Harry Houdini had the rare ability to make the impossible seem effortless and became the greatest magician of all-time. The new Houdini Pizza on South Avenue in Fanwood shares this level of commitment and a remarkable flavor for life with the illusionist.
The original Houdini Pizza opened in Ridgewood, Queens, not far from Houdini's final resting place. It features a wood-burning brick oven that produces traditional thin crust pizza. The Lab comes to Fanwood though a partnership between Max Bartoli and Joe Mortarulo, who also owns Darby Road. The two restaurateurs have over 60 years of combined experience in the art of hospitality.
"Our belief is that a sublime meal comes from a delicate balance of preparation, freehanded naturalism and using the finest ingredients available," said Mortarulo. "Our dishes draw from our Italian heritage, others explore the imagination of what can happen when simple ingredients are combined in unexpected ways. Each recipe is thoughtfully selected to evoke its natural essence and to excite the palette. We are bringing integrity and a process that respects traditions."
Starters include Caesar salad, the Rocket Salad (baby arugula, grape tomatoes, beets, sliced apple, apple cider tarragon vinaigrette) and the Cheese Lab (gorgonzola, baby arugula, rum soaked cherries and truffle honey).
Pizza choices range from the classic Margherita (tomato sauce, mozzarella, fresh basil) to the inventive Houdini Green (zucchini, eggplant, shallots, savoy cabbage, goat cheese, mozzarella, tomato sauce) to the creatively named Stinky Feet (rum aged gorgonzola, Spanish onion, raisins, mozzarella), which smells and tastes better than its name might indicate.
Among the pizza topping choices are: zucchini, eggplant, broccoli rabe, truffle honey, goat cheese, handmade nduja sausage, bufala mozzarella, artichoke hearts, prosciutto san daniele, and Moroccan black olives. If you have room for dessert, Houdini offers Panacotta, a traditional northern Italian dessert of cream custard with berry coulis and Tiramisu (translation: pick-me-up), the classic coffee-flavored Italian dessert.
The eatery opened with a soft launch several months ago, but is planning grand opening celebration that will feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony in May.
While much of the restaurant operation is classic, Houdini also has a modern touch. Customers can order online and specify the time of pick-up or delivery in advance.
"This system makes it convenient to order at home, at work or on the train so that the food is hot and ready when you want it," Mortarulo explains.
Buon appetito!
Houdini Pizza Laboratory
25 South Avenue
Fanwood, NJ 07023
Call 908-288-7118
Twitter: @houdinipizzalab
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/houdinipizzalab/
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Saturday: 11 a.m.- 10 p.m.
Sunday: noon – 9p.m.


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Known to us all for his provocative, daring lyrics, and his infectious Konpa grooves, Love him or not, we all would agree that SWEET MICKY is absolutely one of the legendary Konpa Entertainer of this decade. MICKY has given us his life, his heart, his soul for the past 19 years, performing 4 to 5 nights a week consistently for nearly two decades. Other than the fact that Micky is a true artist, musician and entertainer, his passion for pleasing his fans is next to none, MICKY always gives 100% to his fans every time he steps on stage, whether it's a small crowd, or huge venue with thousands in attendance. You can always be guaranteed for the same caliber of show. MICKY is not just an entertainer and entrepreneur, he is first and foremost a family man with his loving wife and 2 boys whom are also involved in the music as well, they are producing and playing instruments already at a very early age, which is no surprise given that they are MICKY"S kids, as we say in Haiti, "PITIT TIG SE TIG" As the years go by, between the family, his numerous successful business ventures and his other personal aspirations, MICKY has made the conscious decision to give THE STAGE a rest indefinitely and focus on his other endeavors.
On This Friday April 21st, MICKY will be talking to his fans, and letting them know why he is retiring, and he will have his full band with him, that's right " ANSYTO AND THE CREW" will gracefully join MICKY again on stage to rock you all night long for this "PRE-BAL D'ADIEU" as MICKY prepares his last FAREWELL CONCERT.
And of course, to compliment the evening, we are going to bring you CARIMI one of the official leaders of the new generation, the hottest young konpa band in the business today, will help commemorate this Pre-Bal D'adieu as this legendary entertainer leaves stage for another level.
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About Jay D. Raxenberg
Not just any divorce attorney. Learn what makes Jay D. Raxenberg Long Islands choice for Divorce Law.
Can a military spouse relocate outside the state with children from a previous marriage, against the ex-spouse's wishes? A recent Appellate Division case from the Third Department answered this question in the affirmative. In Adams v. Robertson, a divorced mother petitioned the Court for permission to relocate with the parties' child, in order to live with her new husband on the military base.
Subsequent to their divorce, the parties' entered a custody agreement granting primary physical custody to the mother and alternate weekend parenting time to the father. However, one year after the agreement, Mother sought permission from the Court to move with new husband, a Marine Corporal, to his assigned military base in North Carolina, with the parties' child.
In order to modify the existing custody order, mother had the burden of demonstrating by a preponderance of the evidence that the move to North Carolina was in the child's best interests.
The Court found that the out-of-state relocation was in the child's best interests and granted the mother permission to move with the parties' child. The record showed that move to North Carolina would afford the child with emotional and economic stability, as the mother would receive a housing allotment towards their residence in North Carolina. Moreover, the child would have access to education in military school and would be eligible to receive college tuition assistance through the mother's husband's military affiliation.
Although the child would derive several benefits from the proposed relocation, the Family Court wanted to ensure that the child maintained a functioning relationship with his father. Therefore, the Court expanded the father's parenting time at his New York home during school breaks and summer vacation.
Are you a divorced parent considering relocation with your children? Alternatively, is your ex-spouse trying to move with your children? Every client should be informed of their parental rights and responsibilities regarding their children. If you have specific questions regarding your divorce judgment or custody agreement, want to ensure that you take the necessary time to properly address all of your issues and concerns, and would like to speak to a respected and experienced Long Island Divorce Attorney, contact the offices of Jay D. Raxenberg. Call (516) 491-0565 or toll free at (888) 543-4867.


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WAIS naturally has a preponderance of people in the social sciences, but others do research which has clear international implications; we therefore especially welcome those in the natural and geological sciences. Jose Sarukhan, who recently completed two terms as president of the University of Mexico (UNAM), is a specialist on biodiversity; his election as WAIS Fellow was warmly welcomed. We interviewed him in our TV program, and now the Stanford Report (7/1/98) has run a full-page account of his work as a scientist and as university president.
I thought of him when reading a report on Mexico. Mexico City is full of poverty and crime, but a Cultural Foundation has been set up to organize art exhibits in every district. I recall that some years ago I was taken to the Social Security Association (IMSS) to see a play. I think there was no entrance charge. The audience was middle class. My host described all the cultural activities of the Association. When I asked about unemployment benefits, he replied "That would cost too much." Because of shortage of funds, the University of Mexico is being forced to give up major projects, including the construction of new buildings. The amazing thing is that in Mexico, as in Spain, scientists do significant work despite all these financial problems.
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Emerald and Mint
Sunday, July 07, 2013
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I'm not huge on wearing too many colors - or wearing colors actually. I'm usually wearing black & white, nudes, neutrals or having one bold color. Today I felt adventurous though! I actually feel like I should incorporate more color into my outfits. I love color but I always feel unnatural while trying to color block and mix colors together.
These mint shorts are almost perfect for helping with that though. They're such a soft mint that they almost seem like an off white - which makes it easier to mix with other colors. Maybe tomorrow I'll be even more adventurous!
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Pure Camp is always naive. Camp which knows itself to be Camp ("camping") is usually less satisfying. From Susan Sontag's Notes on "Camp."
Last week I went to diabetes camp. I was naive and it was exhilarating.
Picture this: as an after-dinner surprise, a counselor's friend's band performs outside, in front of the dining hall. Everyone dances. A circle forms. A teenager who is normally kind of shy does The Worm across the circle. The song is Sugar Magnolia. A little girl does a cartwheel. The crowd goes wild. More kids cartwheel and backbend and front handspring across the circle, shirts riding up, pumps clipped to waistbands. Other kids do The Whip, or tango across together. That song ends and a Cindy Lou Hoo of a girl asks the stubbly-beard band guys to play Taylor Swift. Initially the band seems surprised (are the children not dead heads?), but then goes right into Shake it Off, and fluently. When the time comes for the campy rap/this sick beat, the lead singer aims the mic toward the crowd, and the crowd takes over while the band stops, right up to the whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohhh and then starts up again, even louder than before.
Or this: I didn't have to think of what to cook or eat for almost an entire week.
So it was mostly exhilarating, and possibly also a tiny bit instructive. Like this (all details blurred and changed):
At meals, I helped a wee eight-year-old figure out her insulin. She was a fascinating person, on a molecular level. By that I mean she was totally into her rainbow loom, but seemed to have slow-mo (can a second-grader get D in slow-mo?) LADA. Her regimen included one unit of Lantus and, at meals, one unit of Humalog per 100g CHO, delivered via pen. Pens with no half units. So she only took insulin with meals if she ate more than 50g CHO, which was practically never. She took no corrections. Her BG never went over 200 mg/dL. I asked her when she'd been diagnosed, assuming the answer would be approximately "last week." But no. She'd been diagnosed three years ago. WHAT?
This made me think of my favorite barely diabetic person. Could I do what Miss Teeny-tiny does? Should I want to? I'm about three times her size and five times her age; maybe one unit or so of Lantus would safely bloop me down so I don't wake up in the hmmm zone. And might an occasional unit of Humalog allow me to have—what would I even choose?—Heath Bar Flurry—without a dramatic, sickening rollercoaster? (Although why invite a Heath Bar Flurry into my life? It's not like I need to eat junk food to fit in with my peers, who only ever eat almond butter and kale.)
Almost immediately upon my return to parenting, the guys and I were in the ER. The last time we were in the ER was for the D dx. This time we were there with an ungraspable splinter.
(Our urgent care center had closed for the day. Our pediatrician's office sent us to the ER, because they didn't have the right tools to remove ungraspable splinters.) (It turns out this procedure can require an entire tray of scalpels and sterile drapes and things.)
We checked in and waited. You might wait a long time in an ER to have a splinter removed. Many families came and waited and were called into exam rooms before our turn came. I was sure all of the families who were not overtly bleeding had T1d: the Dad in the horn-rimmed glasses and Duran Duran shirt, skulking in alone with a backpack full of overnight supplies for his spouse and son who I'm sure were upstairs, flipping through the Pink Panther book. The forlorn family staring at the helmet safety mural while eating Doritos, who I'm sure were thinking these are our last Doritos.
Four hours and many imaginary D dramas later, the splinter was out. It was huge. We were sent home with three spare bandaids and advice to not swim for two days. That was easy.


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First I have to say: This is so much fun! When I started this blog I could not imagine I would come into contact with so many thoughtful people!
Today, Byron has responded to several of my posts with very interesting comments. I will address some of them here. (See also this post.)
The first comment took me completely by surprise. In a off-hand manner, in my post on resurrection, I said that Christianity teaches that time will not be a part of life after death. Byron asks Why not? and refers to Moltmann. As a student of the patristic era, it is perhaps no surprise that I regarded this as self-evident. It is also no surprise that Moltmann has issues with this idea, since it is the same idea that made the early Church rule out suffering in God.
It is quite likely that the fathers got this from Greek philosophy, but they just could not believe that God would be affected by time, and it was clear that precisely the being-in-time of this existence was what made this world inferior to the next one. This is not just Augustine, I think it is pretty universal, at least from Origen onwards.
Time implies change, which made it impossible to think time together with God. If God is perfect, then he can't possibly change. That would either mean that wasn't perfect and needed to improve, or that he was perfect at some point and no longer is. The same would be true of us: if we are to become perfect in the future world, how could we imagine change in that existence? Ergo: perfect existence requires the non-existence of time.
This is how the ancients thought. Can we think differently? The problem would then be if we can imagine an existence where time exists and change is possible, but evil is not. Now, the fathers would say to this: "well if that is possible, why didn't God create a world like that in the first place? The whole point of this world is that in it we can change, get to know God, grow." Their favorite parable of world is that it is a school. In it, by the grace of God, we are in training to be able to exist in the future world.
Surely God had a reason for creating this world?
Well, maybe I have drunk too deeply of the old fathers, because I kind of think their argumentation is pretty good in this case.
However, my point in bringing up the whole question in the first place was to emphasize that we cannot imagine what life after death would be like without doing violence to Scripture or adopting imagery with pagan origins. I want to defend the right to not know what life after death is like. My point is not to replace one conception with another. Our hope is not thematic: it is open. (It is analogue with creation - it is open as well, we decide ourselves who we are) God is not a human creator who forces his will on his creation.
Against this Byron suggests that the women at the grave indeed spoke (though not in Mark, according to the best manuscripts... or was this some kind of test?), and were told to do so by the angel(s).
Yes they did talk. And the Church is founded upon their talking about it. And I do not suggest that we should cease talking about these matters altogether. But we should not say more than we can! Maybe this is why the gospels differ so much regarding the details regarding Jesus resurrection?
But what does it really mean for our resurrection that Jesus' grave was empty? We are not to be resurrected in this world, are we? I suggested a symbolical interpretation of the body in a previous post. There I gave some reasons I found this interpretation likely. In fact I have difficulty understanding what a resurrection of "the same body" (as the empty tomb suggests. Or does it?) would actually mean? I mean, my body is not the same as when I started writing this post, in terms of the molecules that it is made of! What constitutes my body in this perspective? My DNA? What if I have cancer?
I'm not trying to be iconoclast here, I just don't know how to imagine it. I know that the fathers tended to interpret the resurrection of the body to have little to do with the physical body. (Origen's "spheres" are famous, but more often than not they believed that it had to do about a transformation of our personality). Isn't this us trying to say something about something we actually cannot say anything about? Maybe it is better to settle with the hope that there will be a resurrection and focus on living life here in accordance with the ideals we believe will mark that future existence?
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Time Out!
First I have to say: This is so much fun! When I started this blog I could not imagine I would come into contact with so many thoughtful people!
Posted by Patrik at 6:11 PM
13 comments:
- Looney said...
First, I think that the outside-of-time is on much firmer ground than universalism, but it still isn't bulletproof theology.
Here are my primary supporting verses:
"No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began." 1 corinthians 2:7
"before time began" fits sooo nicely with general relativity ...
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . ." Mark 2:10
I don't see how Jesus can forgive someone before the crucifixion and resurrection, unless he has a separate parallel existence that is outside of time ... i.e. Jesus is God.
I don't have any problem with God creating additional universes that have time as an element that might be out-of-sync with our time, although I sort of doubt it and would refer any advocate of such ideas to a good psychiatrist.
Now back to my Narnia readings ...
- krister said...
Patrik-I would recommend the book The Death of Death by Neil Gillman, a professor at Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC. He offers a great take on bodily resurrection. I, too, prefer the "not knowing" position regarding the afterlife. I'm not really able to do much about it anyhow. :)
- Joshua said...
Well Stated Patrik. I think discussion on the detailed nature of the age to come (i.e. how old will i look? if i am disabled will i have my hand back or have it for the first time?) are often distracting and superflous. (although disability theology has a point in protesting against some normed human body). the mystery of the resurrection is that god's truth, beauty, justice, and love swallow up all that is against God. we are to live into and in light of this hope. great post (although we might disagree a bit about the body issue)
- byron said...
Thanks for your lengthy response, Patrik. I too have been enjoying the exchange, being fairly new to this whole bloggernaut thing.
I confess my grasp on Patristics remains shallow, and conceded that such a conception of time and eternity may well predate Augustine. I'd love to have some references to other fathers to chase up. His discussion in Confessions, IX, is certainly the locus classicus on the issue.
Does God change? A fascinating question. I guess I find problematic the notion of perfection that lies behind the Greek fear of transience. I'm not sure that mathematical perfection is the most fruitful model for conceptualising his perfections. Because there's the key: perfections. God's perfections remain open-ended and so capable of growth and multiplication. For instance, although he was Father (and Son, and Spirit) without the world, he is now known as Creator, a new perfection. In a similar manner, the Incarnation brings about a new state of affairs for divine identity. There is more that can be said of him now. Not because he was deficient prior to the Incarnation, nor because he was already incarnate and we just didn't know it yet. But his perfections have been multiplied.
I agree that our hope is (in one sense) open. Yet it is in another sense bound, tied up with Jesus' and his future. That is why, whatever it means, it is important that our hope is to have a resurrection like Jesus'.
While not every speculative question is of equal value (and many may be distractions), I suggest that a timeless eternity is just as much speculative as an eternity of redeemed/fulfilled time.
I will try to post something more on this back over on my blog in due course. I'd love to keep this conversation going.
- byron said...
Oops - forgive tyops on prveious comemnt. ):-
- the lost message said...
Great discussion here chaps!
I wonder if 'resurrection talk' is all about the limitations of language.
When composing the experiences of the resurrection in the gospels the authors seemed to try to express the unexpressable. It is as if they ran out of language to explain: 1. What the risen Jesus looked like. 2. How he acted 3. His substance (he is both material - in an touchy way - and spiritual - walking through doors etc). Jesus seemed beyond any catergoy of experience they had encountered, and yet still totally real, infact more real than ever before.
In Corinthians 15 is Paul straining at the borders of language? Is he, in a Wrighten phrase, piling metaphor unopn metaphor to express both the reality and meaning of the event?
If language is struggling here, and the biblical authors are using a variety of methods (metaphor, analogy, symbol etc) to convey the event, then it does seem foolish to nail a particular view.
This is why a appreciate your point Patrick: I want to defend the right to not know what life after death is like.
I agree, however I still think we can speculate and discuss till the cows come home. And this is the best bit, especially with a single Malt whiskey and cigar in hand!
- michael jensen said...
My suggestion would not be for a time/eternity split BUT for a description of two TYPES of time. What we call 'eternity' is a different kairos, that somehow absorbs the current one without being merely an extension of it or a continuation of it by other means. So as part of material reality, time is transformed in the end... I suppose this is what people are getting at with the resurrection account.
BUT it is time for Byron to leave Moltmann for a second and do some exegesis of 2 Peter 3... What do you make of the disjunctive note there?
- Patrik said...
Well, can we imagine a different kind of time then? What would that be like? Howwould it differ and be similar to "normal" time?
- byron said...
2 Peter 3.10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
The destruction of the heavens is a symbol of exposure, that the present curtain between God's scrutinising gaze and humanity's self-destruction will be torn down and all the best and worst of human pride and folly will be bare. It is for this reason that (v.14) we are to live the kind of lives that accord with the life of God. We await a new heavens and new earth - so thoroughly renovated as to be almost unrecognisable. Just like at the resurrection there was a 'new' Jesus. What happened to him will happen to everything. Indeed, he is the only reason we can say anything about the future...
(...having fulfilled your request, I can revert to Moltmann...)
But how can anyone speak of the future, which is not yet here, and of coming events in which he has not as yet had any part? Are these not dreams, speculations, longings and fears, which must all remain vague and indefinite because no one can verify them? The term 'eschato-logy' is wrong. There can be no 'doctrine' of the last things, if by 'doctrine' we mean a collection of theses which can be understood on the basis of experiences that constantly recur and are open to anyone. ... But how, then, can Christian eschatology give expression to the future? Christian eschatology does not speak of the future as such. It sets out from a defginite reality in history and announces the future of that reality, its future possibilities and its power over the future. Christian eschatology speaks of Jesus Christ and his future. The recognizes the reality of the raising of Jesus and proclaims the future of the risen Lord. ... Death is real death, and decay is petrefying decay. Guilt remains guilt and suffering remains, even for the believer, a cry to which there is no ready-made answer. Faith does not overstep these realities into a heavenly'utopia, does not dream itself into a reality of a different kind. It can overstep the bounds of life, with their closed wall of suffering, guilt and death, only at the point where they have in actual fact been broken through. It is only in following the Christ who was raised from suffering, from a god-forsaken death and from the grave that it gains an open prospect in which there is nothing more to oppress us, a view of the realm of freedom and of joy. Where the bounds that mark the end of all human hopes are broken through in the raising of the crucified one, there faith can and must expand into hope.
- Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope, 2-5.
- Shane said...
I think there are good philosophical and theological reasons to think that God is timeless. I'll start with the philosophical.
Think about the problem of divine time like this:
Suppose we have something that we are calling God. God is supposed to be the greatest (most powerful or most perfect) thing. Now, if we can think of something greater than this thing we call God, then obviously whatever we had been calling God really isn't God and that thing that is greater than the pseudo-God is really God.
Now suppose that whatever thing we are calling a 'God' changes (suppose it gets angry or turns blue or dies), then that thing is subject to time, because there is time before and a time after the change. Moreover, that thing is subject to external forces causing that change within him. But, of course, we can suppose that there is something being which is so great as not to be subject to a change (and therefore, not subject to time either). This unchanging being is greater than the mutable one, hence the mutable one must not really be God at all.
This is a platonic line of thinking and is part of Plato's rejection of the mythological deities of ancient Greece. Zeus cannot really be a god, because a god should be perfect (lat. perfectus--'completed, unchanging') and Zeus obviously isn't perfect because he is subject to all sorts of things, passions, fate, etc.
Perhaps the early fathers took over this line of thinking as a polemic against the mythological deities of the pagan world. I don't know, it's just a hypothesis.
At any rate, Thomas Aquinas found the idea of God's being outside of time quite a helpful solution to lots of other problems, for example, how God knows the future. God being outside time, sees all of time instantaneously. We experience time as a linear progression, but God experiences all time in a single timeless instant. God knows when you will die, because he sees you dying when it happens (which is 'present' to him but 'future' to you).
God still acts in time and from our perspective it looks like he is doing lots of different things. God talks to Moses in 1200 BCE. Jesus becomes incarnate at 4BCE. But from God's perspective these things are not changes, since they all occur simultaneously. God is wrathful when I sin, but gracious when i repent, not because God's attitude toward sin changes, but because I, within time, am changing.
(I don't know what the scholastics say about the state of blessed in heaven, though.)
At any rate, if we give up on the idea of God's being outside of time then we reduce God to something finite, immanent and determined by something outside himself and greater than himself. Moltmann might be happy with that, but I certainly am not.
- jaem said...
what do you guys think about this question in light of physics?
i'm no physicist, but the more i read about theoretical predictions of super string theory, the more i wonder...
if some 11 dimensions could be part of this created reality (time being only the fourth), what might an unlimited eternity hold as possibility?
(for the record, i'm not saying super string theory is the answer to our problems b/w big and little physics. i'm partial to the idea though.)
- Patrik said...
Well, mostly I have no idea, and I am hesitant to bring in very much natural science into theology, since natural scinece will always change and become outdated.
I don't know if modern science really is working with some kind of "mystery-concept" although it seems like it to the layman.
- Looney said...
I think it is a bit presumptuous to believe that the theoretical physicists know what they are talking about.
Working in high-tech, I can testify that little things like getting a working product out to the customer have a wonderful way of cleaning out the garbage in the thinking processes. When a branch of science precludes a reality check, well ...


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Since her books were so well liked, it was almost impossible to get them at my local public library. They were always checked out. So I saved every French franc I could put my hand on to buy one of the Club des Cinq. Since I had no allowance and that my parents never bought books, I bet everything on birthday and Christmas money. A challenge for someone whose birthday is a month before Christmas and whose only source of income came from her grandparents. I learned to be patient but as soon as the money was there, I rushed to the bookstore. I was a fast reader so I was finished sooner than I wished, yet the hours spent with the fives summon some of my best childhood memories.
So this afternoon when I caught the name Enid Blyton in the news, I was instantly transported back to my childhood.
An original manuscript written by the prolific British author has been found among other writing pieces that belonged to the author's eldest daughter. The 180 pages are typed and have been authenticated by the Enid Blyton Society. It had been bought a few months ago by the Seven Stories, a British Center for children's literature located in Newcastle. Although the story had been published in a cartoon version after Second World War, nobody knew about the novel. The Seven Stories is planning a retrospective exhibit around Enid Blyton's work in 2014.
Enid Blyton who died in 1968 remains the fifth most translated writer in the world. More than 400 millions copies of her novels have been sold.
Claude, François, Mick, Annie and Dagobert have been part of so many children's lives that whenever I mention them to my husband, we forget they are the protagonists of a fiction series. It feels like we are talking about good old friends. And we are kids again.
Kids who despite adults' opinions could live for the time of a book on our own, could camp under the stormiest weather, and still be safe.


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OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian defense contractor Kongsberg Gruppen has signed a letter of intent to supply equipment for military vehicles in Qatar worth up to 15 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.93 billion), its largest deal to date, the company said on Tuesday.
Kongsberg was picked for an eight-year deal to supply weapons technology and digitalization systems to 490 armored vehicles that will be produced by France's Nexter, it added.
Qatar's deal with the French firm was announced late last year as part of a major military procurement package, but the Norwegian company's role had not previously been disclosed.
The deal is part of a wider Kongsberg cooperation agreement with Qatari authorities over technology development programs within defense, maritime industry and digitalization, the company said, while adding it saw "huge potential" in the country.
Kongsberg Gruppen's shares rose on the news, gaining 7 percent to reach an all-time high of 185.6 Norwegian crowns.
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I will elaborate here on the holistic mathematical significance of the symbols 2iπ, which play a central role with respect to the (fundamental) Euler Identity.
Now 2π represents the circumference of the (real) unit circle (i.e. with radius 1). Therefore, 2iπ can be expressed as the circumference of the corresponding "imaginary" circle (with radius i). However what does one holistically mean by "imaginary" in this context?
Well the holistic meaning of "imaginary" represents the indirect attempt to express the dynamic complementary notion of the union of opposites (i.e. + 1 and – 1) in the standard rational manner.
What this in effect means is that when the pure intuitive notion (represented by the complementarity of opposites) is fully realised in experience, any remaining linear notion of + 1 and – 1 as representing separate notions of distance are dissolved.
This can be easily seen through drawing the unit circle with its line diameter horizontally through its centre. Therefore the distance to the right of the mid-point is + 1 and the distance to the left – 1 respectively.
Now when the pure fusion of these opposite poles takes place in an intuitive manner, any remaining linear identification of + 1 and – 1 as being separate is thereby dissolved. So the situation is akin to a circle that now has shrunk to its midpoint (where its circular circumference is indistinguishable from its line diameter).
Therefore, quite literally, in a precise holistic mathematical manner, 2iπ represents now the important notion of a dimension as a single point (without quantitative characteristics).
Interestingly in Christian spiritual mystical literature this stage of contemplative realisation is likewise often represented by a point (as the point or apex of one's being). In Hindu literature the word "bindu" is used, which likewise carries the same connotation of "a point" , though now given a more impersonal meaning as the "seed", as it were, that potentially contains all of creation.
Indeed in more modern physical terms, we could refer to this point as a singularity (which likewise carries the potential sense of containing all creation).
However if the transcendent is later to be united with the corresponding immanent direction, it is important to appreciate this notion of point in both a personal and impersonal manner i.e. as the pure centre of one's personal being and likewise as the pure cosmic centre of the impersonal universe. And of course ultimately both meanings should be united in the same undivided experience!
I will also comment here briefly on the holistic mathematical significance of e (which as base number is raised to the dimensional power of 2iπ).
In conventional mathematical terms, e is unique in the sense that when we raise e to a power x, its differential (and of course corresponding integral) expression) remains unchanged.
So if y = ex , dy/dx = ex .
The holistic mathematical significance is likewise remarkable and revealing, for it implies the state where differentiation n psychological experience becomes dynamically indistinguishable from corresponding integration. In other words, when contemplative experience becomes highly refined, it no longer becomes possible to distinguish distinct phenomena of form (as differentiated) from the continuous experience of spiritual emptiness (as integrated).
Not surprisingly, this coincides with the arrival at that still point as the centre of being. And when both of these are simultaneously related, we have the pure notion of oneness as the transcendent holistic spiritual experience of the interdependence of everything (which is beyond all form).
However certain limitations with respect to this initial experience of pure transcendence are likely to remain.
The fact is that a point or dot (though without distinct physical characteristics) must still be given a specific location to have meaning.
Likewise in psycho spiritual terms, the arrival at the pure point of being implies that a certain attachment must still necessarily pertain to the volitional aspect of the will (which this point represents).
This means in effect that a certain conscious attachment will still exist at the "higher" aspect of personality with respect to the very desire to do what spiritually is deemed most appropriate in experience.
This likewise entails that a corresponding compensatory attachment will remain at the "lower" physical level of personality, that necessarily remains of an (unrecognised) unconscious nature.
In other words primitive physical projections of an involuntary nature therefore will still be emitted into consciousness.
In this way during Level 1 (Band 4) the "higher" spiritual self still attempts to exercise - to a degree - undue dominance over the "lower" instinctive self.
So this unfortunate tendency then needs to be addressed at the next stage.


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Anybody been watching that Newlywed show on ABC? Nothing beats the Newlywed game show, but this show is pretty funny too.
I've been in a gym slump lately. I've been good about going to the Body Pump class on Thursdays, but the rest of the week has been unmotivated. Lately I've been real busy doing things around the house that I'm too tired to go workout. I've actually cut way back on my portions and I've lost a couple of pounds. It seems like on weekends I'll gain a pound back, but at least I'm maintaining. I'd still like to lose 5 more pounds and work on muscle tone.
Ever since I gave up coffee for lent, I have hated my Folgers coffee and the crap they have at work (even though I used to water it down at work-it was like drinking oil). I'm still all about the fancy coffee from coffee places, my favorite is always a white chocolate mocha. But it's weird how I don't want it as much as before. I've been drinking hot tea again at work and it tastes really good with a dab of sugar of course.
My new patio chairs came in today! Good ol' Ace Hardware. This completes the set, I had only two chairs and a table. Now I hope I can find the same cushions as I have on the other two chairs.
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He stated this on air of Espresso.TV, Censor.NET reports.
"For the residents of rural areas, it is promising in terms of energy efficiency. Yes, this is a radical step... but it is necessary to consider giving up gas consumption," Rozenko said.
"Based on the dynamics of market economy, market gas prices, and economic situation in Ukraine, it is obvious that the gas price will not go down. That's why we need to look for an alternative, a cheaper alternative, and Ukraine in general needs to sharply reduce gas consumption, making it a national idea. Reducing gas consumption is a step toward energy independence," the official noted.


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Kisses on the BottomMusic CD - 2012
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Hear Music, p2012
Branch Call Number: CD 13 / McCar 3558ad 1
Characteristics: 1 sound disc (49 min.) :,digital ;,12 cm., in container +,1 booklet
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A great back-up band. If you are Paul McCartney, you can call on some great musicians from outside the pop field. Paul's singing on this album is definitely substandard. However, if you r=treat it as him having fun on holiday singing jazz music, it can be a lot of fun. But only on the mid-tempo numbers. The slow pieces with strings bored me. It takes a great jazz musician to be able to play jazz with strings attached.
Sorry, I wasn't impressed. There are no liner notes, but guest musicians include Eric Clapton & Stevie Wonder (on harmonica.)
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1 1/2 cup full cream milk
1 1/2 cup whipping cream or heavy cream
1 1/2 cup strawberry pulp made from about 250 gms of stemmed and hulled strawberries (I used my stock of fresh and frozen strawberry pulp)
1/4-1/3 cup sugar depending on your taste
1 tsp vanila extract
3 tsp agar agar powder (you can also use 3 tsp gelatin powder)
For strawberry compote
1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen strawberries washed, hulled and halved
1/4 cup water
3-5 tbsp sugar, depending on your taste
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp rose water
Mix the milk and sugar and sprinkle the agar agar on top. Let it stand for 5 minutes until dissolved. Now switch on the flame and while stirring constantly, put the pot of milk on medium flame. If using gelatin, be careful not to boil the mixture. It should be just hot with small bubbles just starting to appear on the sides.
If using agar agar, you will need to boil the mixture until the mixture is smooth and creamy and slightly thickened. Remember to bring it to boil for just once and that should be good enough to dissolve the powder.
Now remove from flame and mix in the cream and vanilla. Whisk well. Next add the strawberry pulp and mix again. Check the taste and add more sugar if needed. If adding more sugar, bring the mixture back to the flame and stir constantly till the sugar dissolves.
Cool the mixture slightly to being warm. Meanwhile, lightly grease the serving bowls, if you wish to unmould. If not, just keep them ready to pour in the cream. Once the mixture has cooled slightly, pour the mixture into the prepared ramekins and chill till set.


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Contrarian EasterGeneral Musings
I complain too much. I tend to be a contrarian. I'm not sure I like either trait. Okay, maybe they are really two aspects of the same trait. I, unlike the Savior and Joseph Smith do not have a cheery temperament. Most of the time I wish I did. My attempts are frequent and sometimes there is a glimmer of hope only to be dashed on the rocks of human failure. I'm certain I need to learn to be more forgiving.
That said, I left our ward Easter Sunday program with mixed feelings. On the one hand a woman whose voice I love (she's an islander and I love islanders because their spirits tend to the deep and beautiful) sang "His Hands" by Kenneth Cope. I soaked two paper towel squares I carry in my pocket for just such occasions. I love that song. If you're unfamiliar with it, I submit the lyrics for your review.
His hands
Tools of creation
Stronger than nations
Power without end
And yet through them we find our truest friend
His hands
Sermons of kindness
Healing men's blindness
Halting years of pain
Children waiting to be held again
His hands would serve His whole life through
Showing man what hands might do
Giving, ever giving, endlessly
Each day was filled with selflessness
And I'll not rest until I make of my hands what they could be
'Til these hands become like those from Galilee
His hands
Lifting a leper
Warming a beggar
Calling back the dead
Breaking bread, five thousand fed
His hands
Hushing contention
Pointing to heaven
Ever free of sin
Then bidding man to follow him
His hands would serve His whole life through
Showing man what hands might do
Giving, ever giving, endlessly
Each day was filled with selflessness
And I'll not rest until I make of my hands what they could be
'Til these hands become like those from Galilee
His hands
Clasped in agony
As He lay pleading, bleeding in the garden
While just moments away
Other hands betray Him
Out of greed, shameful greed
And then His hands
Are trembling
Straining to carry the beam that they'll be nailed to
As He stumbles through the streets
Heading for the hill on which He'd die
He would die
They take His hands, His mighty hands, those gentle hands
And then they pierce them, they pierce them
He lets them, because of love
From birth to death was selflessness
And clearly now I see Him with His hands
Calling to me
And though I'm not yet as I would be
He has shown me how I could be
I will make my hands like those from Galilee
— by Kenneth Cope
These are precious words describing the most precious life lived on this earth. Only He could have done what He did. It had to be done voluntarily. It had to be done for love and no other motive. I am continuously astonished that this being has done what He has done, and continues to do every moment of our existence. To say He is love is a galactic understatement. We have no idea what His love is. We are not capable of understanding His love. It is beyond our ability to comprehend. It is God's love. And all of it is available for us. This continues to astonish me, that I am somewhere on His radar, that He knows my name. Me, the contrarian.
So I'm sitting in Sacrament meeting today overwhelmed by this song. When it was over and I had soaked the aforementioned paper towel squares, I thought for a moment about the talk that had preceded the song. The woman who was assigned to speak, announced that her subject was something about the Relief Society and was based on two general conference talks. Oh joy. More vanilla pudding.
The contrarian in me wanted to stand and blurt out, "But this is Easter Sunday. Why is your talk not on the Savior?" Why indeed? But then the song, and I was awash in forgiveness and humility contemplating our precious Savior and "His Hands."
Then the next speaker stood to speak and humbly announced that his time was short and he would leave his subject, that of King Benjamin, for another time, bore a brief testimony and sat down. I was stunned. Neither talk in the Easter Sacrament Meeting was based around the Savior. Relief Society history and King Benjamin, those were our Easter messages. Certainly worthy messages on any other occasion, but today?
I wonder what a visitor would have thought, who happened into that meeting because they read the sign, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," thinking they might like to hear a message about Jesus on Easter. Surely a church with a name like that would have an inspiring message about Christ and Him risen, on Easter. But nooooooo.
My contrarian ways have gotten the better of me. I had meant to write something about the Savior today. This wasn't it.


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Sneezing can reach speeds of up to 160 km / h and we should not retain this process because then the organism cleanses the body of all the impurities and by retaining this process we are bringing our body in danger.
While we sneeze, the air flies through our nostrils at speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour, therefore if you retain this process, or simply said, if you stop the sneezing, all this pressure will move to another part of the body, that could easily get hurt. Stopping or constraint the sneezing, will make, all the pressure, move to your ears, and this pressure can easily cause damage to your ears, for example, cracking your eardrums.
It can also cause hearing loss and dizziness, which will not stop for a while. The blood capillaries in your eyes can also get hurt. In other words due to this kind of pressure they can burst. This pressure can also damage the diaphragm. By stopping a stronger gust of sneezes you are risking a potential neck injuries, as well as fresh wounds in people who had recently operated their sinuses.
In the worst case, retaining of this process can lead to rupture of the veins in the brain and it can even lead to a stroke, which can be fatal.
So if you come to sneeze in public, do not be shy, because the price that you can pay is not worth it. Instead of restraint it, put a handkerchief to your nose and sneeze"like a man". If you can't take out your handkerchief, you can cover your nose and mouth with your forearm or your left palm,and that way you will be able to handle it later if necessary.
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1 large red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1-inch squares
1 medium onion chopped
1/4 cup golden raisins
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons water
1-1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
pinch of paprika
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U.S. military purchases Gulf of Mexico seafood, boosting an industry battered by oil spill
Sales of Gulf of Mexico seafood are getting a boost from the military after being hammered by last year's BP oil spill, which left consumers fearing that the water's bounty had been tainted.
Ten products, including fish, shrimp, oysters, crab cakes, and packaged Cajun dishes such as jambalaya and shrimp etouffee are being promoted at 72 base commissaries along the East Coast, said Milt Ackerman, president of Military Solutions Inc., which is supplying seafood to the businesses.
Gulf seafood sales fell sharply after a BP gulf well blew out in April, spewing millions of gallons of oil into the sea. Consumers have long feared that fish, oysters and other products could be tainted by oil and chemicals used to fight the spill, although extensive testing has indicated the food is safe. The perception has lingered - along with the poor sales.
Bobby Barnett, a shrimper in Pass Christian, Miss., said he was glad the U.S. government was embracing domestic and not imported seafood.
"Every sale helps us out, and we need some help to come back," Barnett said. "You would have thought they would have been buying U.S. seafood all along."
The Defense Department-run Defense Commissary Agency - known as DeCa - sells groceries to military personnel, reservists, retirees and their families at cost plus a 5 percent surcharge. The stores have emphasized healthy diets as part of first lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" fitness and health campaign.
"What fits in with that better than seafood?" Ackerman said.
The gulf seafood promotion begins Tuesday at Belle Chasse Naval Air Station, La., where chefs from the military and New Orleans restaurants will prepare gulf delicacies. Some 20,000 people have commissary privileges at the air base just outside New Orleans.
"We're doing dishes that the home cook can take home and cook easily," said Chef Tenney Flynn of GW Fins' French Quarter restaurant, who will prepare black drum with tomato sauce.
Commissary shoppers will be able to take home the recipes.
The commissaries deal was brokered by Ready 4 Takeoff, a group that has worked since Hurricane Katrina to help the Gulf Coast, and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. Mabus was appointed by President Barack Obama in June to oversee the Gulf's recovery from BP's massive oil spill, which began in April.
DeCa spokesman Kevin Robinson said the agency viewed promoting Gulf seafood as an opportunity to expand its focus on domestic seafood and broaden choices for commissary shoppers.


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David Hare is the owner of Functional Training Ireland which he set up in 2008.
David completed his honours degree in Sports and Exercise Science in the University of Limerick in 2006. He is also a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and a level one weightlifting coach. David is also a fully qualified Sports Massage therapist.
David also works closely with numerous GAA clubs and is the Strength coach for the Irish Paralympic cycling squad, including Francine Meehan and Catherine Walsh (Silver and Bronze medalists at the Paralympics in London) and was the Strength and Conditioning coach for the Longford Senior GAA team under Glen Ryan, during this time they have won the Division 4 and Division 3 league trophies in successive seasons.
In his spare time David likes to train and compete in Olympic Weightlifting.
David Hare BSc (Sports Science) CSCS
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