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Case Reports in PsychiatryVolume 2014 2014, Article ID 512764, 4 pages
Case ReportUniversity of Florida, 4037 NW 86 Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA
Received 7 March 2014; Accepted 23 June 2014; Published 6 July 2014
Academic Editor: Jeronimo Saiz-Ruiz
Copyright © 2014 Amelia A. Davis and Mathew Nguyen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Anorexia nervosa AN is considered a relatively -modern- disorder; however, a number of scholarly works have cited examples of voluntary self-starvation dating back to several centuries. In particular, there are many examples of female starvation for religious reasons during the medieval period, with many being elevated to sainthood. We present a case of an elderly woman with AN who began restricting her diet when she was 13-years old while studying to be a nun at a Catholic convent. She reports that, during the development of her disease, she had no mirrors and, rather than restricting her diet to be thin or attractive, she restricted her diet to be closer to God in hopes of becoming a Saint. This unique case presents an opportunity to deepen our understanding of AN and the cultural context that affects its development.
Autor: Amelia A. Davis and Mathew Nguyen
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Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
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The wounded Confederates streaming into Shepherdstown after the South Mountain actions of September 14 became a flood totaling 2,000–3,000 by the 18th, the day after Antietam. Soon even places normally deemed unfit for human habitation were turned into hospitals. They included the old abandoned tobacco warehouse at the north end of Princess Street and the incomplete town hall, now Shepherd University's McMurran Hall, in front of you. Mary Mitchell wrote, "The unfinished Town Hall had stood in naked ugliness for many a long day. Somebody threw a few rough boards across the beams, placed piles of straw over them, laid down single planks to walk upon, and lo it was a hospital at once."
Shepherdstown experienced the passing of armies for another two and a half years, but the events of the 1862 Maryland Campaign proved the most traumatic for the residents.
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Reviewed: 12/05/02 | Updated: 12/05/02
One of the best GBA ever to come . . .
When I first played Red back in 98' I thought it was the best game ever, dozens of monsters to train and capture and NPC to battle. Then G/S/C came. They were good but I felt it wasn't quite up to R/B standards. Now this.
Graphics 10/10
I thought the graphics were a big leap from G/S/C. When I look back on those games and compare I see these are alot more colorful and detailed. Most buildings have their own sprites and aren't just a rehash the sprite of town buildings (ie. Power Plant in G/S/C). A big up is that mostly every trainer and EVERY pokemon has their own sprite. Sweet! Things are also moving more like the flowers and water and after it rains you even see cloud reflections in puddles!
Sound 9/10
The sound is the game is awesome. The toons are catchy, like always and I like how they remix the battle them depending on who u are battling. Check the jungle feeling u get from the Safari Zone music. The only small (very small) gripe is with some of the cries. I wish they were a little more realistic.
Story 10/10
I know Pokemon games don't exactly tell epic tales but the stories are meant to be simple. Everyone says this game has the same story as all the others but CUM ON! I think the story is way better. The beginning bit is good and the general plot of Team Aqua/Magma trying to catch the legendary is good. They seem a lot more focused than the ol' TR.
Gameplay 10/10
If theres a game that so many can understand and beat despite language then u know the gameplay has to be a least decent. Not saying its only decent, it's excellent. The battle system is simple and easy to learn and understanding the whole game isn't a big hassle. Most of the games menus are also picture based so u can see what u are doing even with having to understand.
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It's very fun and enjoyable. I mean who wouldn't want to collect powerful creatures and pit them against their friends in battles? The difficulty level is just right so you won't drop it because its too easy and you would scream and curse because it's too hard. The only really big challenge is catching some of the legendaries (d**n Kyogre!)
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NEW ORLEANS — Rookie Lonzo Ball says he will return from a sprained left MCL injury next Friday against Dallas in the Los Angeles Lakers' first game back from the All-Star break.
Ball, who will miss his 14th consecutive game on Wednesday against the New Orleans Pelicans, said on Wednesday that he could play right now if this were the playoffs. Instead, he will use the extra week during the All-Star break to mitigate any lingering discomfort in the knee. Ball, who sustained his injury on Jan. 13, will not play in Friday's Rising Stars game.
"I practiced yesterday, [and] it's at a point where I can play, but it still hurts a little bit," Ball said after the team's shootaround. "So they want to just get that out and take this week, and we are playing good right now, so no need to rush it."
Ball said he "definitely" expects to be back in the Lakers' first game against Dallas and that if he plays and suffers no setbacks, he expects to play the following night at Sacramento as part of the back-to-back.
Ball said he still feels some discomfort when he pushes off on his knee, especially when he is practicing sliding defensively. But he expects that to progress with another week of rest.
Despite the fact that Ball will miss a total of 15 games entering the All-Star weekend, the rookie has had a lot going on in his life. Ball is expecting his first child with his high school girlfriend.
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.Gen. Azubike Ihejirika has denied the report of ethnicity in postings and appointments in the Nigerian Army, saying it is the handiwork of mischief makers within the Army.
At a briefing in Abuja yesterday, Ihejirika described those behind the allegation as disgruntled elements projecting their personal grievances under ethnic and parochial banners.
He described the sponsors of the report as faceless groups spreading deliberate falsehood in an attempt to destabilise the Army and create chaos in the country.
Ihejirika said: "The motive of the writers appear to destabilise the Nigerian Army and negatively affect its cohesion thereby creating chaos in the country.
"It is a great disservice to the nation for anyone to choose through deliberate falsehood to link the routine activities of promotions and postings in the Nigerian Army with ethno-religious consideration.
"These faceless groups, if they had no ulterior motives, would have sought to air their grievances through official channels of communication which are available for redress by any genuinely aggrieved persons over any policy or actions of the Army.
The Army chief went on: "It is however surprising that some few media chose to celebrate this calculated attempt by some frivolous, unpatriotic and unscrupulous elements aimed at insinuating that the recruitment, promotion, retirement and recent deployment of senior officers in the Nigerian Army were ethnically motivated. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no ethnic or religious consideration in this routine exercise in the Nigerian Army"
Ihejirika said the recent postings and promotions in the Army were done on hard work and merit, against parochial interests that dictated the exercise in the past.
According to the Army chief, recruitment, promotion and retirement were done with the approval of the Army Council made up of the President (represented by the Defence Minister), the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Chief of Defence Staff and the Chief of Army Staff.
Apparently referring to the ethnic and religious prisms with which public policies and institutions are viewed by certain segments of the public, Ihejirika said the tendency for some people to latch on to these sentiments could be very tempting.
"Nigeria, just like every other nation, has its own fault lines. Unfortunately, some people have chosen to hang on these fault lines to cause disaffection in the Nigerian Army.
"When we commenced operations against Boko Haram in Maiduguri, some people started circulating text messages to the effect that the Chief of Army Staff had deployed an Igbo commander to avenge the killing of Igbo during the civil war even though the operation was co-ordinated by the Defence Headquarters.
He said: "I appeal to those behind this campaign of calumny to settle their political scores elsewhere. The Army is not just a public service. It is a public institution that should be protected by all.
"Serving in the Army is a sacrifice and I will not give an officer who I know is disloyal a strategic position just to satisfy him. If some people are complaining because they missed their promotion, I also missed my promotion in the past; from Lt. Col to Colonel . But here I am today as Chief of Army Staff", Ihejirika said.
The Army chief also alleged that the former Infantry Commander Jaji, Maj. Gen Muhammed Isa (rtd) got intelligence report a day before Boko Haram attacked Defence and Staff College in Jaji.
Ihejirika said Isah had sought for extension of service at the point of retirement but that his request was not granted by the Army Council which approves such privileges for officers of his cadre.
"At the point of retirement, Isah sought extension of service, saying that he still had much to offer the Army. But the Army Council did not sit before his retirement date was due".
The Army chief said Isah failed to take the necessary precaution prior to the Jaji bombing, stressing that the former commandant was away at an Army conference in Asaba when he was supposed to be at his duty post, thereby leaving his flanks open.
"Isah did not take actions that he was supposed to have taken. He did not give instruction to his subordinates on what to do. Instead, he went to attend a conference in Asaba when there was trouble at his duty post.
"Even the GOC 1 Division could not attend the conference as a result of the situation on ground. I was surprised to see Isah in Asaba and I made it clear to him that he was expected to be at his duty post instead of attending the conference", Ihejirika added.
The Army chief said those that attacked the convoy of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero in January had been arrested, adding that three assault riffles were recovered from the house of one of the suspects when security agents searched his residence.
The Chief of Army Staff, however, admitted that delay in effecting the retirement of senior officers who are due for retirement might have been one of the reasons for misgivings in the Army.
He attributed the delay to the fact that the Army Council that approves such retirements only sits quarterly and that some cases may not come up for review until it sits.
Ihejirika also said a policy he introduced when he became the Army chief may have inadvertently be responsible for the recent unsavoury developments in the Army.
The thrust of the policy is that senior officers whose promotion coincides with their retirements are always allowed to get their promotion, which automatically extends their retirement dates for a few months for them to enjoy their promotion.
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Hello all,
I just had this cross my mind and wanted your thoughts on it. How much do you all pay for dojo fees? Is there a maximum you would pay? Just how much is the practice of Aikido worth to people? Kind of extending this thought, do your fees go to anything beyond dojo rent/utilities etc? Should a
sensei (dojo cho?) profit from teaching Aikido? Sorry for all these questions in one post, and thanks for your time.
I pay $1000 New Taiwan Dollars a month (about $30us). I don't think it even begins to pay the rent here (Taiwan is small, land is limited so rent is pretty high) . This operated out of a community center by a couple of retirees.
From what I have read the Hombu HQ (for those who are assoiated with it) requires that the head instructor be at least a 4th Dan within any particular organzation. (i might be wrong). With that being said I would consider a 4th Dan in Aikido to have perhaps a B.A. or perhaps a masters degree in Martial Arts training. Should this person be able to profit from it? Sure, Aikido dojos aren't churches, they are private educational institutions which are set up to take in an income.
Perhaps another question should be put to those who are running a dojo. Are you making a profit? as in is your bottom line red or black?
Ryan, with all respect, where did you get the idea that Hombu (aikikai I presume) requires a head instructor of a dojo to be fourth Dan?
That said, I know there was a thread awhile ago about how much people paid for their aikido dues. I run a small dojo, and dues don't cover the lease, but I have a Yoga and a Pilates teacher who help split the cost. Hopefully over time, the dojo will completely support itself, but I run the dojo for the love and dissemination of aikido, and it is certainly not my day job. I think this is the norm.
The shihan and upper level teachers, in my mind, SHOULD be supported by their teaching; they've put the years of effort and experience into it, and are giving us all so much knowledge.
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aikido is hy workout/cardio routine,also my defense as a policeofficer.
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greg if your are satisfied with your workout then thate all that matters also if your instructors are good then stay where you are and enjoy.
How much is worth for you?...or how much do you pay for its instruction???
Two very different matters pal.
In my case i pay around 20 US dollars , and according to my sensei and his former teacher you cant make too much profit or have a comfortable living just by teaching MA's , their reasons to think this is that Martial Arts is something that's is fading out and there isnt too many people interested in invest its money training on it.
Guess the culture of the inmediate gratification is taking over , or at least so they think.
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Bokken - $20
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Being able to play cool grab my wrist aikido party tricks on my Demon Seed nephew - Priceless
Ryan, with all respect, where did you get the idea that Hombu (aikikai I presume) requires a head instructor of a dojo to be fourth Dan?
I don't think that's what he said, he was talking about the head instructor of an organisation rather than an individual dojo
From what I have read the Hombu HQ (for those who are assoiated with it) requires that the head instructor be at least a 4th Dan within any particular organzation. (i might be wrong).
In Tokyo, I was paying 6000 yen (about $60 US/ £40 GBP) a quarter, for that I could train every evening in any one of 4 dojo's, all directly associated to the Aikikai. All of the dojo's are in school's, I don't know if the association paid for their hire. I don't know if the mony is aportioned to the dojo-cho's or if it went directly to Kaicho, or elsewhere, it never really bothered me.
In the UK, I pay £3 GBP per session. The club Sensei's do not take any money, the fees just about cover the cost of renting out the community centre, depending on how many people show. We go through periods of a full house (about 15-18 on the mat, which kind of fills it at 24 tatami), to times when only 3 or 4 show. So far we've been lucky that it always seems to balance out.
Whether it be Japan or UK, the dojo's that I train in are all excellent value for money.
Having said all that, can I put a price on what Aikido is worth to me, probably not.
I pay about A$80 per month (about $50 US) for 3 classes per week.
I guess that's a lot, but there are other factors besides money that draw me to the dojo.
I think the cheapest local aikido is A$120 ($70 US) per 6 months. Good guys from what I hear, but too far away from me.
Jeff Tibbetts
Wow. I pay just $20.00 a month. That's with a student discount, it's $35.00 for others, I think. Anyway, I've always thought this was a hell of a deal. I think I'd be willing to pay a lot more, but I don't have a lot more; so I guess I'm lucky. I think that it would be nice for a Sensei to make a little extra pocket money (or a lot, for a Shihan or full-time instructor,) but I don't think that that's usually the case. I know we split the Dojo with a Goju-Ryu Karate club and a very small Judo club, so the cost may be a bit more manageable. We have, maybe, 20 or so dues-paying regulars give or take, but I haven't got a clue what the rent is.
Actually, the $80 / month is the student rate!
To be fair, JDJ is open 6 days a week, several classes a day. It's a commercial dojo in the heart of the CBD.
My judo place use to share the dojo with goju guys. Classes were $20 a month unlimited.
The MMA place I train in is in a old garage/warehouse. Costs 8 bucks a class.
Location, location!!
E. Winters
Hello, I pay 70 and 80 U.S. dollars between two dojos and if I could pay more I would.Part of the reason the dojos cost so much is that I live in California and property is very expensive here and one of the dojos that I attend is in the San Francisco bay area, which is considered one of the three most expensive areas to live in within the USA. I still feel I am not contributing enough.I feel that the instructors should be able to spend all their precious time teaching and traning. I also think that money is the minimum I should give to the dojo.I also feel a student should also help take care of the dojo by providing whatever service they are capable of providing. I have two great instructors that have given me something I could never repay them back for but I will do my best.
Train hard and have fun!
we pay £10 for insurance per year - and everything else is free!
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(3) The head of management or the chief of Aikido instruction of the relevant Aikido organization is 4th dan or above. The Person in Charge is a permanent resident of the country of that organization.
Just in case anyone wondered where I got that information.
Okay Ryan, that is what Bryan said; I guess I took it as the wording of heading a dojo, in which case there is nothing about being a 4th Dan, not the organizational sense, like AAA, ASU or USAF (which of course, all have much higher ranks at the top).
Cheers back!
I think the cost is probably like that of real estate - it depends on the location. New York and San Franscisco should probably be higher than Orlando just by virtue of economic factors. The cost should be higher for shihan level instruction. Top instructors should definately be paid, big bucks - the more the better. They have sacrificed more than most will ever know to get where they are.
As to how much instructors actually do make... that question is impertinant and considered out of line in polite society - which aikidoka always aspire to. At least in Orlando.
I think the cost is probably like that of real estate - it depends on the location. New York and San Franscisco should probably be higher than Orlando just by virtue of economic factors.
Kind of assumes that folks in NY and SF make more cash than those in Orlando. I have no idea if that true or not tho.
I pay £3 per session (about $4.5); children and unemployed pay £2. On top of that we pay £10 insurance and around £12 per grading.
All the money that we pay goes towards the rent, and also towards purchasing equipment. Instructors don't even get petrol money although one of them has to travel some distance to get to dojo. I suggested to reimburse him once and was told by another student that he would probably take offence.
Sensei told me last night that dues would be $50 per month, which currently comes out to about $6.25 a class. A third class on Saturday is a possibility, which would lower that to about $4.20. I'm willing to pay that much...it's about what I had budgeted (if you call my inane calculations budgeting).
Not sure how much money he's making off the classes, if any.
It looks like we have about 22 hours a week of class for adult regular members who pay $70/month for an unlimited number of classes. It looks like that comes out to an average of about $0.73 per hour of class available. Not bad...
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A minimum of 25 euro for 45 hours per month, thus 56 eurocents per hour. (People that can afford to pay more often do)
But we also disencourage enybody to make these calculations at our dojo. People don't pay per lesson but pay to maintain the dojo. And even besides that, participation in the dojo is what is considered the most important. We expect people to spent enough time. The dojo needs to be cleaned, the mats and equipment needs to be checked and repaired.
So we expect people keep the dojo running
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i think here in the UKAU we get a good deal we pay £20(pounds sterling) a month for that you are able to train 7 days a week approx 60 hrs a month specialized courses are avilable one weekend a month at £5 each one on a sat and one on a sun various two and three day seminars (these vary in price)and a week long summer school all grading is free:D
aubrey bannah
In Brisbane $70 mth, Less if you want to pay for a yr in advance. This lets you enjoy youself for 62 class's. Strangly enough over the last four yrs more students are doing this amount of training.
Joseph Huebner
I pay $40.00 USD for dues to our dojo. On top of this I drive 55 miles round trip 2-4 days a week. I am going to camp this yr, my first ever Seidokan Aikido camp... There's $200.00 bucks invested. Perhaps because I'm in my third month studying aikido I am more than willing to expend alot of time and money for aikido.
Yet, in comparison, it's more than 4 bucks for a pack of smokes nowadays. Potato chips are three bucks a bag, and a 20 oz soda is a whopping $1.29. Our satellite dish bill is around $70.00 a month. Wow! By comparison, it costs less to study aikido than it does being a couch potato including gasoline and oil changes.
I can't say if our Sensei makes any money since I don't do the books. I would say that he does not. If he did, I would not object. Having the opportunity to learn from his experience, and getting to know a great group of people is a hell of a bargain for what I am paying. Would I pay more? If I had to, yes indeed.
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My college (Carleton College) subsidizes our dojo. My roommate and I did the math ... it drops below a dollar a class if you pay for all three classes: beginning, intermediate, and advanced, which each meet twice per week for a total of 6 sensei-led classes per week. It's 25$ for beginning, 35$ for beginning and intermediate, and 40$ for all three. (That's for a 10-week term.) They run for about an hour each.
(There's also a 3 hour 'open mat' session each saturday, and a 'buki night' for an hour on thursday, but those are not led by the sensei.)
All in all, we're very fortunate to have college sponsorship, giving us poor college students the opportunity to train. ^_-
I can't say if our Sensei makes any money...
He doesn't. Actually he sometimes pays quite a bit out of pocket in order to keep it open :(
If he did, I would not object
Agreed, I think it would be great if he could make enough to be a full time sensei.
Myself, I pay the same $40/month that Joseph pays. I attend two classes a week (my choice, more are available). I also teach two classes a week in the next city over, 1 hour round trip. I make zero from my teaching. If I counted the cost of gas, photocopies for students, time spent organizing stuff for class, and various supplies for the dojo I "spend" quite a bit on aikido. It's worth every cent and every minute (unless you ask my girlfriend, she's not really happy that I spent my entire tax refund on martial arts stuff, oh well she knew what she was getting into :D )
I pay $75 every term to be in the Advanced class. So it boils down to about 15 dollars a month ( we're sponsered by the college).
When I go to denver it'll be about $30 a month.
Small price to pay in my opinion
Joseph Huebner
What's a tax "refund"?
Joseph Huebner
Gregory King
I train at our local Police Citizens and Youth Club, we can train twice a week for two hours at a time and although the club is very small at this stage with a maximum of five nearly regular students (but normally only two)we have the luxury of being instructed by a first dan, second dan, third dan and fourth dan, the last two being father and son, all this for a yearly fee of $30 aus. and a session cost of $2.20 aus. an absolute bargain if you ask me. In each lesson we end up with a combined experience in aikido of around one hundred years and that, is priceless.
aubrey bannah
Also paying for my wife and 4 children, it comes to paying 10 per cent of my gross annual income. The local PCYC tries to charge commerical rates for training, ypu pay $6 a lesson & instructed by 1st dan. In the dojo I attend, Sensei is 6th dan, always takes the class, nealy always a 3rd dan and plenty of 2nd dans in class, with this the training is always a high standard.
What's a tax "refund"?
It's something you sometimes get when you're single with no dependants and don't own anything worth more than $1500 :D
Greg Jennings
Just as a point of reference, when we eliminated our tuition, it made absolutely no difference in the number or quality of students in the dojo.
To me, the important part was having a situation where we didn't have to worry about making rent.
The gig we have now won't last forever (no gig does), but when we do go somewhere else, we'll probably just divide the cost of operation between the members.
Best Regards,
Greg Jennings
It's something you sometimes get when you're single with no dependants and don't own anything worth more than $1500
It's also one of the pros of having married a really good accountant.
colin slider
here in sunny singapore we pay S$ 24 annual fees plus S$ 80 per 3 months, so total over a year is S$ 344 (about US$196)that covers 1 session a week lasting 1 1/2 hours - 52 sessions for US$ 196 or US$3.80 per session
grading fees an additional S$40-S$50 (US$ 25-30) twice annually
for an extra S$300 per year (US$170) we can train 7 days a week, not everbody does that though but for those who do the typical schedule would be 4 sessions per week.
so for total of US$ 196 basic fees + US$ 60 grading fees + US$ 170 multidojo fees = US$ 426 we typically get 4 x 52 = 208 sessions at 1 1/2 hours each - works out to total of 312 hours at US$ 1.37 per hour.
and if all that's a bit much on the maths the simple answer is
US$ 426 a year, up to 7 days a week training
would it be surprising if i liked maths when i was at school ?
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Hero worship and idolatry
Hero worship is, unfortunately, a common problem among Christians today. We have our favourite preachers, evangelists, ministers and servants of God, authors and pastors. We may even have certain political leaders as our heroes. And we end up worshipping these heroes, knowingly or unknowingly.
There were few times when I saw some theology posted online and had the temerity to point out certain Biblical verses which directly contradict the said theology. And then the wolves would come out – how dare you question our pastor/preacher/minister of God? Do you have his anointing? No one knows who you are, but our pastor/preacher/minister has so many followers on Facebook, Twitter, etc,.
But no one would say whether what I wrote is correct or not, based on the Bible. That's never the problem. How dare you question our ….?
Especially in Pentecostal churches, the hero worship is so easily visible to human eyes, except those who are into it. The church attendance would drop if certain pastor is not preaching; the church will be full when a certain person leads the worship.
There are some Christians who believe that God our Father do not listen to our prayers, but if such a minister of God prays, then there will be an immediate answer to those prayers. So when they need prayers, they will write to those ministers of God or call them, so that they can get an instant answer from God through the "direct line".
Is it wrong to have someone else pray for us? Of course not. Is it wrong that some men of God are asked to intercede on our behalf. No, it is not. But to depend on them, to follow them blindly, is wrong and it will lead to spiritual idolatry and spiritual adultery.
In Exodus chapter 32, we see the idolatry of Israelites. But what we don't read between the lines is most revealing.
That morning, they collected manna – which was provided by our Lord God.
That day, they drank water that came from the rock – again the provision was from our God.
During the entire day, when they were busy preparing the idols, they were under the shadow of the pillar of cloud – provided by God.
During that night, when they were worshipping the idols and celebrating, they received light by the pillar of fire – provided by God.
If all these were not enough to remind them of the presence of God among them, they were at the base of Mount Sinai and the peak was covered with clouds, symbolizing the glory and presence of the LORD God.
There were thunders and lightning that would have reminded them the awesome power of our God.
Imagine this. After eating the manna and drinking the water provided by the Lord our God, they proceeded to create and worship an idol under the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire that the Lord had given them in His mercy. HIS awesome power and magnificent glory were visible whenever they looked up. Yet they went ahead and created the idols. Why? Because they were worried about their hero, Moses.
Exodus 21:1 says: Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
Since they could not see their hero and did not know what happened to him, they decided to choose another leader… no, wait, no, they did not do that. That would have been the right thing to do. Instead, when they thought they lost Moses, they replaced him with idols. Hero worship had led them to idolatry. And there were so many things that would have reminded them of the presence of the Lord among them, the LORD God Who actually brought them out of the land of Egypt. But when people have heroes, true and living God cannot be seen – only idols can be seen.
So, who is your focus? Are you looking only Jesus, Him crucified or your preacher? Are you focussing your eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, or some Christian author whose books have revived your faith? Let us focus our eyes only on Jesus and Jesus Christ alone. Amen.


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Month in Review #81
January 31, 2012
By Clare Bayard, War Times/Tiempo de Guerras
Welcome to the Year of the Water Dragon. It's time for the 99% to make some serious waves.
This year opened with the first anniversary of the Tahrir Square uprising, which gave birth to a new Egypt and inspired bottom-up movements around the world. We look ahead to what ground may be gained by these uprisings and movements that have not yet reached their adolescence.
This is a moment of new possibilities. The crumbs of empire have dwindled sufficiently that more people than ever in the U.S. are seeing their own interests opposed to the ruling elite, opening the door to building greater global solidarity. From Yemen to Nigeria to small towns in the Rust Belt, grassroots movements have shot up through cracks in the pavement of inequity.
Within the U.S., the 1%'s agenda of austerity and war-making is being challenged in the streets and spotlighted in mainstream media. But the upsurge of popular movements is still fighting uphill. Economic exploitation and resource wars still shape peoples' daily lives worldwide. The elite's austerity programs have not yet been slowed. And though the type of war-making Washington engaged in for the last decade has taken some major hits, the U.S. has only adjusted its approach, not cut back its violence and aggression. Our antiwar strategies must evolve in response, broadening our scope and becoming as much a movement against militarism and the military-industrial complex as a campaign against specific large-scale U.S. wars.
In the first week of the year, Obama announced his official plan for reorienting the U.S. military.
This shift is packaged as a move towards a smaller, more agile military. The change is said to be driven by the difficulties (they won't say losses) Washington encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan, by domestic fiscal crisis, and by alleged threats from China and Iran.
This restructured military orients away from battlefields towards airstrikes and maritime chokepoints. From the targeted assassination of Osama bin Laden to the team of Navy SEALS who parachuted into Somalia to rescue American and Danish hostages while Obama was delivering his State of the Union Address, special ops and "surgical strikes" is the new U.S. specialty. This new doctrine raises questions about the redefined goals of waging war.
Obama's doctrine explicitly focuses on the oil-rich "arc extending from the Western Pacific and East Asia into the Indian Ocean and South Asia". The increased emphasis on air and sea power maintains the imperial agenda of controlling oil transport.
The new doctrine also marks an escalation of two key trends during the past decade: increased privatization and remote-controlled warfare. Internal military functions have been largely outsourced. Combat is being privatized through contractors and transfer of U.S. Armed Forces functions including prisoner of war detention over to the CIA. The "trimming" of 100,000 service members will speed this.
The exponential growth of investment into unmanned arms systems is a cash cow for corporations. The Defense Department earmarked $18 billion over five years, and estimates $37 billion for development through 2020. The Air Force now trains more drone operators than fighter pilots, and PTSD is already appearing amongst operators launching Hellfire missiles that have killed about 2,000 people in Pakistan alone, averaging one strike every four days.
The Pentagon has almost 7,500 more drones than before 9/11 - a third of U.S. military aircraft. The "War on Terror" jumpstarted this new phase of warfare, currently focused on Pakistan. Last year also saw attacks on Somalia, Libya, and Yemen.
Transparency and oversight are slipping away even from the imperial army. The CIA, not the military, runs the drone program against Pakistan. The Obama administration will not officially discuss the program, not even to confirm or deny its existence. A secret base is under construction in Ethiopia, and the U.S. has use agreements with a number of other countries in Africa and elsewhere to use as staging and launching facilities. Secrecy in the oversight of programs bombing civilians is not a new development for the U.S. - ask Cambodians. But the number of functions transferred to corporations with government ties, and the amount of money changing hands, has reached new levels.
Accountability and the chain of command have entered the science-fiction future. This month, the first unmanned and unpiloted drone entered a new phase of testing in Maryland. Soon computer-programmed missions may eliminate the human finger on the trigger entirely.
The domestic side of the militarist coin is the stateside police growing ever more indistinguishable from the Army. The Occupy movement has provided an excuse for local and state law enforcement to request and utilize even more military equipment. Levels of violence that had once been deemed acceptable when used only against communities of color, homeless and poor people and queers have come back around for use against college students with linked arms and middle-aged unemployed moms protesting bank bailouts.
This month, the Border Patrol acquired its ninth Predator drone, the Army's favorite $20 million baby. The use of a drone in North Dakota to arrest three cow thieves in December broke the issue of using drones on civilians – or rather, on citizens. Anti-immigrant racism had curbed outrage against the drones that have already been continuously flying a loop from California to Louisiana, detaining almost 5,000 undocumented people in the past six years.
As always, what we allow to happen to marginalized communities expands to hurt everyone.
With very little outcry from anyone outside the usual suspects, the National Defense Authorization Act was passed. The NDAA legalizes practices including indefinite detention already being used against non-U.S. Citizens. It gives wide berth to whatever strategies for repressing domestic dissent may be required by the 1% in the coming years.
The prolonged theater of the Republican primaries reveals the spectrum of full tilt white supremacist nationalism that the right wing considers currently viable. Gingrich won South Carolina by upping dog whistle racism to a foghorn blast with his characterization of Obama as the "food stamp" president. This blatant racism, twinned with American nationalism, hypes a "war of civilizations" mandate to destroy all those dark-skinned and Muslim "others" who are allegedly out to destroy white Judeo-Christian civilization.
Obama's revamped military has drawn intense fire from the Neocon hawks, who claim it shows Obama wants to gut the military and weaken U.S. defenses in order to spend money on food stamps. They still champion the dream of massive ground wars for regime change and resource control, along with slashed safety nets. From the team of people who brought us the "Endless War," John Yoo of the "Torture Memos" published a call-out for the GOP candidates to jumpstart war with Iran. In South Carolina, GOP candidates vied with each other for who could get the biggest ovation for their variation on "Kill them all."
"We'll stand with Israel" banner-waving is another key card for Republicans. Romney brings a promise of partnership with Netanyahu, while Gingrich brings up the rightwing rear with his comments about Palestinians as an "invented people." The extremist pro-Israel barrage dovetails with calls for a war against Iran.
Halting the march toward war against Iran is an urgent task. Within Iran, assassinations of scientists and acts of sabotage have been taking place. EU Sanctions against Tehran are being tightened. And Israel (which has 250-plus nuclear weapons and refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty) keeps calling Iran (which is not proven to have a nuclear weapons program and which is a signatory to the NPT) an "existential threat."
There are signs that the Obama administration is trying to "lower the temperature." They postponed a joint military exercise with Israel that was the largest ever planned. But statements from top administration officials give mixed signals, and the State of the Union left the door wide open to war.
Following Tehran's announcement in mid-January that it was willing to resume talks with the West on its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu used International Holocaust Remembrance Day to reaffirm his willingness to launch a military assault. Demonizing Iran is the Netanyahu faction's go-to for taking the world's attention away from Israel's seizure of even more Palestinian land.
The main policy makers in the Obama administration, as well as most of the U.S. military brass, seem to think an attack on Iran would be a terrible blunder. They fear it would further destabilize this crucial petroleum-producing region; wreak havoc with the global economy; unite the Iranian people behind a regime Washington wants to change; and further weaken the U.S.'s position in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it's dangerous to rely on realist calculations or inconsistent Neocon/Israeli hesitations to back off an unpromising war? Only a popular outcry from the U.S. populace that effectively counters the current war crusade can tip the scales decisively against potential catastrophe.
As we reach the one-year anniversary of Mubarak's ouster, the Arab Spring is a project in process. Egyptians continue to demand real change as the military council has continued Mubarakism. The ripples have also spread far beyond Egypt, throughout the Arab world and the African continent.
On the January 25 anniversary, over 100,000 Egyptians turned out to claim the revolution as their own and not the military council's. The Peoples' Assembly now sits preparing to create Egypt's new constitution, after what many called the "cleanest and most democratic elections since the 1950s." The Muslim Brotherhood won a majority of the seats. While the new Assembly took oaths (some MP's wearing the slogan "No to military trials"), protestors on the street challenged the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' conduct and reluctance to yield power. In a beautiful convergence, four different marches on Parliament merged together and unified their slogans as they approached the barbed wire and soldiers blocking them from the building. The marches were against military trials, for the relatives of the martyrs of Tahrir Square, trade unionists, and several thousand artists demonstrating for freedom of creativity.
Far less publicized in the U.S. were the significant uprisings and protests that took place in 25 African countries in 2011. Africa, with its tremendous energy and tech-industry resources, will be a key global battlefield in this coming year.
2012 dawned with a massive national strike in Nigeria against the overnight doubling of gas prices due to removal of subsidies. Pambazuka News noted that people were in the streets protesting even before labor unions officially called for the strike. Days later, up to 120,000 Occupy Nigeria protestors claimed ground for the 99%, staging the biggest Occupy protest yet. This level of concerted demonstrations in Nigeria might be emblematic of the contradictions in post-colonial nations, fighting the accumulated impacts of decades of the "neoliberal model" of capitalism (privatization and subsidies for corporations, austerity for the masses) hitting common people, and exacerbating any and every divide-and-rule schema. These massive street demonstrations by the 99% occur at the same time that over 100,000 Nigerians have been displaced by attacks by fundamentalist Islamic group Boko Haram, in which hundreds of people have been killed.
India and China also made moves this month to broaden their African footprints. China funded and built the new African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, which President Hu Jintao's leadership inaugurated January 28 as China's "gift" to Africa. China is entering its third year of beating out the U.S. as Africa's biggest trading partner, which it has built up by 10,000% over the last ten years (from $10 billion in 2000 to $114 billion in 2010).
The U.S. continues to hover over Africa, expanding AFRICOM, building up adjacent bases and proxy agreements, as well as newly surfaced secret prisons in Somalia and the Horn. Strong U.S. movement is needed against resource wars in Africa. Some of these will be marketed as "humanitarian interventions." Others may build on the propaganda successes of air striking Libya and killing Qaddafi 'for human rights'. This is 2012 in U.S. wars to "spread democracy and liberty."
The Occupy movement (wintering like a healthy plant; pulling back some leaves while deepening its roots and turning toward foreclosure defense and reclaiming commons) has injected new energy into every progressive movement, including the antiwar movement
The 99% zoomed in this month on banks and the corruption of the criminal justice system. Nationally, the turn towards building occupations as foreclosure defenses, foreclosure auction disruptions, and reclaiming commons has also decentralized many Occupy encampments from downtowns out into neighborhoods. In Alabama, a current frontline struggle against vicious legislative attacks on the state's small immigrant population, Occupy joined to support migrant and Black-led efforts to push back racial profiling and detention.
Occupy energy has helped fill the sails of "Move the Money" campaigns. It has emboldened rank and file union activists, an increasing number of whom have been adding their voices to the antiwar pole in labor long nurtured by US Labor Against the War.
Antiwar veterans' organizing meanwhile goes beyond opposing specific U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It spotlights militarism returning home in the bodies of veterans, and reminds the rest of the country about the millions in the 99% who are Iraqi or Afghan. After years of grassroots pushing, mainstream media coverage is increasing on issues of soldier suicide, PTSD, and even military sexual trauma. VoteVets a large liberal veterans' advocacy organization, called out retired General William Boykin for his Islamophobic remarks about the U.S.'s holy war. These are promising signs for the development of a broad anti-militarist movement.
Other action continues against U.S. wars abroad despite their receding profile. Grassroots Global Justice, with its network of community-based organizations connected to international peoples' movements, continues its "No War, No Warming, Build a People's Economy." GGJ will be one of many groups across the country and the world mobilizing for the protests and counter-summit planned for the G8/NATO meeting in Chicago this May, bringing concerns and visions from communities of color.
An emerging multi-faceted antimilitarist movement can build on existing alliances. Iraqi trade unionists and the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq continue to reach out, both in support of formations like USLAW, and in reminding the U.S. that the people of Iraq retain the right to demand reparations. Iraqis continue to demonstrate almost weekly for basic rights and needs. Solidarity remains a priority as U.S. troop withdrawal drops Iraq out of news, although the U.S. has left not only tens of thousands of contractors and mercenaries, but social and environmental wreckage and a nonfunctional state.
Iraq Veterans Against the War, whose third point of unity is reparations to the people of Iraq (and Afghanistan), is taking steps on the slow road towards reparations and responsibility. In areas including Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco, IVAW is building face-to-face relationships with local Iraqi refugee communities. This work underpins IVAW's organizing to withdraw labor power and legitimacy from Washington's wars.
Anti-militarism must be central to the U.S. progressive movements as we reorient to 2012 conditions. Efforts that may be small today provide seeds that will grow larger action, such as this month's delegation of LGBTQI leaders to the West Bank to build the boycott/divestment/sanctions movement against Israeli apartheid. Others, like campaigns to cut the military budget and "move the money" to human needs, intersect with debates that are front page headlines. All these are critical, and must be woven together. As the 99% search for a political compass to ground our resurgent energy, it is useful to recall Martin Luther King Jr.'s words from another time of racist onslaught and imperial war:
"We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values…. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."
Such guidance, infusing new visions for 21stcentury alternatives, can help our movements dance delicately but powerfully - like a water dragon.
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People often ask me what it is I love about technology. It's got to the point where I feel it's time to say something.
I don't love technology. I love that there are tools which allow me to be creative in ways I wouldn't be able to be, otherwise. I'm not a great painter or draughtsman, so I use technology to help me make cool-looking visual art, as a kind of prosthesis for the skills I'm missing in that area.
That's it.
That's the extent of my feeling about it. Technology is a wooden leg.
Society values tech very highly, which is why I end up talking about it a lot; people pay me to talk about electronics more frequently than they would pay me to talk about charcoal.
But to me technology is just one tool in my creative kit, and a relatively insignificant one, at that. I am creative in many, many more ways. I like to write – so I do that. I like to put on shows and entertain audiences. I love making magazines and directing things. Last year I fulfilled a dream and co-wrote and produced a musical. This stuff is so, so much cooler to me, and so much more impressive and self-actualising (sorry) than the fact I can download some free software and mess about with it.
But so pervasive is digital's PR, the question keeps coming up, the assumption that it's connected to passion, not utility, and that it's something otherworldly and inaccessible to normal people. This does no one any favours, and leads to some really weird, nonsense characterisations of the person using the tech in their work.
You're a digital artist. You're a technologist. You must love technology. Why do you love technology so? I always thought it was so difficult, so cold. I'm sure you'll know about this, as a technology person. I don't get technology like you do, I struggle with it, but you must have an amazing passion for it. What is it you like so much about it? How did you get into it? It's such a strange thing to like.
Isn't it funny that tech, the medium, is something one must feel passionate about, at the expense of the point of the work, or the subject matter? Was Lucian Freud a 'paint artist'? Was he interested in the human form, colour, fragility, contrast and personality? Or was he mostly booked to talk about his fascination with, and innovative explorations of, oil paint? Was Degas known for his fascination with the theory and culture of the pastels community? Or for those ballet dancers?
There are people working with tech who are really into tech, don't get me wrong. It's a rich, new, and interesting area. People love the code-ness of code and want to express the beauty in the complexity of the data they see all around them. I mean, this is a very real phenomenon, and great work is coming out of it all.
I am a bit more straightforward – I just love colours and interesting people. It's actually sort of a shock to realise, recently, that I'm a kind of portraitist. But if you look back through the things I've done over the years, at the heart of it all you'll find interviews – hundreds and hundreds of interviews. And I've been driven to put interesting people centre stage, often literally. Now, of course you can call it what you want (a lot of it has been a kind of journalism) but portraiture sure fits a lot better than digital artist.
I have been contacted by strangers at least four times since I've been in Helsinki (two weeks), all of them asking for advice, connections, or contributions to projects for which I don't feel at all qualified. Not because of some kind of imposter syndrome, but because I feel I've been mis-categorised due to the tools I have sometimes used. These tools, and sometimes the aesthetic, are shared by people who buy into this thing called digital culture, which is quite alien to me and my intentions.
For the most part, the culture of digital has no relevance to the meaning of the work I make. The problem is that if you know anything about digital, and you want to make a living, digital will force you to become its evangelist. Digital is an extraordinarily jealous master. You can't just use it casually and expect it to keep quiet and get out of the way, so your message can stand for itself. Indeed, in my experience, you'll only get paid to use it in art – through commissions and residencies – if you also share some of its values and claims with your audiences. You set out trying to showcase the marvellousness of someone – a real , living person – and you end up selling the usefulness or cheapness or easiness or cleverness of the tech you're using, at the same time. This has happened to me over and over again, in everything from the Hack Circus shows to my most recent residencies.
Whatever you make, if there is one tiny digital aspect to it, then the press, write-ups, audience and language come from tech. Digital culture sends its messengers over first. Then the rest of the art world rejects it, like mother duck turning its back on a duckling after it was picked up by a child.
But my work has nothing to do with technology. Nothing. The common feature is people communicating playfully with each other. Communication tech has brought that to new audiences, sure, and electronics brings a new aspect of dance to life. But it has had no influence over the subject matter, which in the case of the dance stuff is not 'tracking movement' or 'displaying data' – but showing people. And yet I get about two messages a week from people (often people who've read my Rambert site) asking me about motion tracking, data, sensors, etc. (This dance example is just one, it's not my main point, but it's an important one.) To me at least, the movement is the least important thing about dance, and when tech fixates on movement, it can feel like digital is indulging itself again, trying to reduce dance to something that looks like tech, rather than get out of the way and see it for what it really is.
This is a bit of a lonely place to be, incidentally. The closest thing to what I've been doing with dance is, I guess, photography, but I have yet to be categorised with photographers. Perhaps they'll come later. At the moment I only hear from the digital world, and I struggle more and more with its culture, and the expectation that I am producing work in its name.
So this is why I say: I don't care about technology. I care about being paid, which is why I've ended up representing it to those who value it, but I can't keep doing this. It's the least important aspect of what I'm trying to do. Caring about being paid is of course a big problem for anyone with a clear sense of their identity – but when digital is holding the purse strings it absolutely demands that you are a techno mega fan, a full member of its club.
One reason why I find it so hard to accept digital as the future is because its conflation with a series of technological advances is erroneous. As it goes forward, it goes nowhere. Digital exists inside a culture which is, in some ways, regressive and controlling. In privileging the medium and its own agenda at all costs, and creating a value system where extraordinary feats of human nature count for nothing, it's the opposite of the reactionary art movements of the 20th Century. I feel like we are going backwards.


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Unfortunately, I have been quite sick with a suspicious case of Strep Throat turned vicious cold.
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While I am not entirely sure if the overly affectionate mob of littles—in all their germ covered glory—that I work with each week is to blame, the intense game of ultimate frisbee in the rain with high schoolers, or the natural crash of an overworked immune system, but I have been just that:
Thankfully, it is also Spring Break, so I have a wonderful husband to make me food and bring me things. So that I am also:
Spoiled ;)
Until next week, when I (hopefully) make another appearance among the lively folk!
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Belgium coach Marc Wilmots is delighted he can count on Chelsea winger Eden Hazard. Wilmots rates the youngster ahead of Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi.
"Eden with the Belgian team has found a team that can make his dreams come true," he told L'Équipe. "Even in a strong team Eden stood out, because he has something extra. In terms of technique, he is phenomenal. He stands on the stage of my Ballon d'Or, he has me completely convinced of his talent.
"If you ask me if I want Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar, then I choose Hazard.
"At Chelsea Eden is the one that matters. Messi and Ronaldo have taken their clubs for five years by the hand and Eden will do the same. In the match against Manchester City he played with his opponents.
"He's also very young, he has everything to reach the top. His small negatives that Jose Mourinho and I have pointed out, we barely see today.
"His nonchalance is gone."
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Tallahassee, Fla. - When the Florida State men\'s, ranked No. 26 in the nation, and women\'s cross country teams stepped to the starting lines on Friday evening, October 1, 2004, no one expected what occurred - the Seminole men beat No. 12 Indiana and No. 20 Miami (OH) , finishing in sixth place (143 points) behind five Mondo National Poll Top 30 programs. The women took ninth place behind with 311 points and a starting five comprised of one senior All-American, one sophomore and three freshmen.
\"We had a great meet,\" said head coach Bob Braman. \"It was a very cool day and a very big race for us. I was surprised by the women\'s team because five of the top seven runners ran lifetime bests. We have a very young team with three freshmen and one sophomore in our top five scorers so I\'m extremely proud of how well they did.
\"Lemoncello stepped in as our number one, running one of the fastest times in school history,\" continued Braman. \"We knocked off some big programs - (No. 12 ) Indiana, (No. 20) and Miami of Ohio. We\'re without (number one Luke Beevor) who\'s out with an injury. You add (Beevor) to the mix and we\'re in third place finishing that race. \"
Three Seminole men entered the top ten men\'s all-time 8K list while one bettered his time and standing from sixth to ninth. Four FSU men\'s runners scored in the top 30. The men\'s team had the best team place among Atlantic Coast Conference schools (Georgia Tech - 21st) and in the region, beating rival Florida by three spots.
On the women\'s side, five runners ran lifetime bests for a 5K race. The women were the first unranked team to cross the line and beat preseason No. 23 Penn State and Florida, who finished in 21st place.
Junior Andrew Lemoncello (St. Andrews, Scotland/Stirling) crossed the line in fourth place with the second fastest 8K time in school history, completing the course in 23:48, one second off Larry Greene\'s 1980 record of 23:47. Sophomore Tom Lancashire (Bolton, England/Turton) bettered his season and personal best mark of 2528.20, set at the Mountaineer Open in early September, to 24:16, moving him into fifth all-time. Senior captain Eddie Rodriguez (Miami, FL/FIU), was the third Tribe member to finish, taking 26th place in 24:17, bettering his personal record by 27 seconds and jumping from ninth to sixth in the record books. Junior transfer Sean Burris (Rockledge, FL/USF) and senior Ian Hornabrook (Queensland, Australia/Rend Lake College) completed the top five scoring, posting times of 24:19 and 24:46. Burris\' mark places him at number seven all-time while Hornabrook was three seconds off personal best mark of 24:43 (all-time 8th place, entering the race).
Five-time All-American Natalie Hughes (Grand Junction, CO/Palisade) completed the 5K course in 17:28, good for 27th place. Freshmen duo Kirsten Hagen (Blacksburg, VA/Christiansburg) and Laura Bowerman (Temple Terrace, FL/King) took 41st and 42nd in personal best marks of 17:42. Sophomore Meredith Urban (Davie, FL/Green Hope (NC)) and freshman Cristen Litz (Sarasota, FL/Sarasota) rounded out the top scorers with 106th and 109th place finishes of 18:27.
FSU returns to the course next weekend when the women\'s b-team heads to Orlando, Fla., for the Disney Invitational.


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Refuge is an extended time of worship and prayer. 6:30pm @ Cornwall Church. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3 though its waters roar and foam though … Continue reading
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Well, it is that time of year. You survived the onslaught of thanksgiving family and food, the holiday shopping clock is ticking away, and the seasonal decor has emerged from storage. But amidst the hustle and bustle of changing seasons and fall fashions, a subtle phenomenon occurs to those humans lacking in the facebook relationship … Continue reading
Joy is an Adventure
Life is ALWAYS an adventure. Such a beautiful thing. Just look at a typical day. Reflecting back you see that every event is marked by series of choices, one after another. Each choice representing an infinite number of possibilities. Embarrassing maybe, but I remain fascinated that each day can be lived out in so many … Continue reading
The Price He Paid to Love Us
Often I am overwhelmed at the reality of Jesus. The reality of the cross. Grace. Mercy. My heart has been captivated by a love deeper than I could have ever imagined. I have known this Jesus, for quite some time. Since I was young, stories of the New Testament filled our home. My mother prayed … Continue reading
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7 Ways to Use Business Skills in Church | The Resurgence – Sutton Turner. When I first became a Christian and started going to church, the Holy Spirit gave me a strong desire to serve, but I didn't know how. I ran a business that demanded lots of hours and travel, plus I was a new … Continue reading


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Tuesday night offered us the battle of the cooks, with Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen appearing on the schedule just as The Taste was finishing its short and often acidic run. Hell's Kitchen won the night with a 2.2 rating, which is ironically the exact same rating The Taste earned with its Tuesday premiere. Unfortunately, in its finale, The Taste dropped all the way to a 1.1 rating. This is what happens when you eliminate three people an episode, ABC.
In other news, Golden Boy returned to Tuesdays after one dismal outing on Friday. I wouldn't say that show is crushing, but a 1.6 rating isn't the worse I've seen on CBS. According to THR, between Golden Boy and repeats of both installments of the NCIS franchise, the network averaged 11.2 million total viewers, which isn't too shabby, even if the ratings numbers aren't as great.
The rest of the networks were less impressive. ABC's Body of Proof only pulled a 1.2 rating and over at NBC, new episodes of Betty White's Off Their Rockers and Smash only averaged a .9 rating and 3 million total viewers across the night. The CW's numbers fared even worse, thanks to the lack of original content on Tuesday nights. Now that Emily Owens, M.D. is cancelled, Hart of Dixie is the only anchor on Tuesdays and last night happened to be a repeat. I won't even give you the exact numbers because the CW averaged way under a million total viewers last night. I will say that in reruns, the network only managed a .2 rating for the night. I think we're pretty used to less-than-stellar ratings from the CW, but the network should never ever have a full night of repeats. It's depressing.


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The color purple
by luc • 18 November, 2003 • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
I just finished my first attempt at fabricating my version of moussaka, the shepherd's pie of Greece, a succulent combination of fried aubergines, delicately spiced minced lamb and rich cheese sauce. It's the most traditional Greek dish and it also happens to be absolutely delicious! When done properly. This one was done by me. I took ground beef instead of lamb, because that's what 3 of the 4 cooking books said. I also added potatoes, because 2 of the 4 cooking guides mentioned them. It's not easy when you have too much guidance. It was a lot of work too. But it was worth it. Says Yvonne. Me, I was not totally unsatisfied either, though I thought something was missing. I couldn't find what and that always spoils it for me. I'll try something different next time.


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It's been while but there has been so much going on in the world spiritually and energetically it has been hard to write something specific and coherent. But today I must share of the importance of women bonding and supporting each other.
We may look different and talk different but we all share the same feelings and experiences. It is essential for us to show up AND to be heard. The power that we can create by gathering, sharing, encouraging and helping each other is immeasurable.
It is now our time to shine and spread our knowledge, our love, our compassion with the world. It is needed NOW.
Please Ladies — don't play small anymore, we know our worth and what we can do to help other women……and the world.


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Litany of Confession and Repentance
NOTE: This is the final Day of Prayer, Fasting, and Action for Iraq. We invite you to post a note about what the past several weeks have meant for you. Thank you for your commitment, both now and in the future. While our formal time of gathering is ended, our prayers and actions will surely continue.
To Post a Comment:
1) Goto http://prayerandactionforiraq.blogspot.com/
2) Scroll down to the bottom of the posting you wish to comment on.
3) Click on the place that shows the number of comments made on the posting.
4) Scroll to the bottom of that page and click where is says, "Post a comment."
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
A Litany of Confession and Repentance
(based on Palm Sunday reading of Matt 21:1-11)
We sing Hosanna,
and shout "Crucify!"
We proclaim peace,
and pay for war.
We preach liberation,
and practice occupation.
We glorify freedom,
and imprison without trial.
We want to be disciples,
but weaken like Peter.
Jesus of Nazareth, humble king,
a donkey your throne,
palms and thorns your crown.
Your eyes see the people on the outskirts of the crowd:
Iraqi widows draped in black
Young men detained at Abu Ghraib
Fallujan refugees homeless now
children without parents
fathers without jobs
women searching for justice
And families whose soldiers
will never return.
May Your eyes be ours, our voices Your's,
and our Hosannas work for justice
'til the end of our days.
It is Holy Week. We are about to recall in a special way the suffering and death of Jesus, who nonviolently gave his life for the healing of all. Jesus, our Teacher, was put to death because his words and actions challenged the powers of the day. The leaders decided it was "better for one man to die" than for the Roman occupiers to feel too threatened. (John 11:48-50).
For the past four months, we have been gathering together weekly to pray, fast, and take action on behalf of the people of Iraq. We have committed ourselves to challenging the powers of the day: the powers of greed, fear, and materialism that foster the wars and occupations of our time. Although this commitment might lead us into times of darkness, death, or seeming defeat, we know from Jesus' Resurrection that life can spring from death. The truth will always rise again.
1. Review the last several Day of Prayer actions. Choose one that particularly spoke to you, and continue to build on it. Share your commitment with others, for support and encouragement.
2. Consider writing a letter for the Adopt-a-Detainee Campaign. A new profile about three Iraqi brothers who were detained on Dec 31, 2004 has been added (www.cpt.org/campaigns/adopt/adopt_a_detainee.php then follow links to "CPT in Iraq").


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The Trouble with the F word
Why Feminism became such an unpopular word? Is it misunderstood or has it become a sexist movement?
The Trouble with the F word
Why Feminism became such an unpopular word? Is it misunderstood or has it become a sexist movement?
What is the problem with "Feminism"? A question itself that has two meanings. Is there a problem with modern day feminism or is there a problem with people's understanding of what feminism represents today. So what is the problem with feminism today?
Is it outdated? - Now women and men have equal rights in the western world society, public and business, does it make it outdated?
Is it misunderstood? – Do people today really know what feminism is and represents? What is it fighting for?
Is it radicalised? – Have extreme groups taken over and diverted attention, making feminism portrayed as men hating, and transphobic?
Is it too complicated? – Have so many elements become a part of the feminist debate that it is difficult to take a position on them all?: radical feminists, black feminists, white feminists, pro-life feminists, feminist activists, queer feminists...what are the difference between the different sub-groups? is it not creating confusion after all? Is it possible to have view point on all the elements of the feminist debate?
According to the Oxford Dictionary: Feminism is "The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men."
The issue of rights for women first became prominent during the French and American revolutions in the late 18th century. In Britain it was not until the emergence of the suffragette movement in the late 19th century that there was significant political change. A 'second wave' of feminism arose in the 1960s, with an emphasis on unity and sisterhood. In the 1990's, third wave Feminism or "girly feminism" developed a rhetoric of mimicry, which reappropriates derogatory terms like "slut" and "bitch" in order to subvert sexist culture and deprive it of verbal weapons and challenged the notion of gender.
2013 was the 100th anniversary of Emily Davison's death, one of the main suffragettes who fought for women's right to vote in the UK. – The issues of the day 100 years ago were equality in the right to vote
Executive Producer Beverley Morrison and Director Vanessa Pellegrin asked themselves; What were the issues of women today in the modern and progressive west?
The team discovered several polls about feminism and were shocked to see that only 19% of the British public claim to be feminists, including 27% of women and 10% of men. Two-thirds (66%) stated they were definitely not feminists, including 77% of men and even a majority (57%) of women.
However, when asked about equal rights the public is unambiguous in its support. Four of every five (81%) believe men and women should have equal rights and status in society, and be treated equally in every way.
According to a Netmum survey, here are the reasons why women no longer like to claim themselves feminists:
In the US you see almost the same picture: 75% of Americans interviewed last year don't consider themselves feminists and even after providing the definition, a remaining 40% still don't want to be associated with the movement. This conflicting sentiment points to a problem with feminism, or at least how it's perceived. We became determined to identify if it is the label or the ideology that is so unappealing. We found Lucy and Nick and were delighted when they agreed to take on the challenge: to swap their points of view and canvas for the other side in order to investigate the trouble with the F word.
This conflicting sentiment points to a problem with feminism, or at least how it's perceived
The Trouble with the F word Documentary: Why?
Whether you want to see clarity on feminism arise or you want to see the death of it, this documentary is exploring the real meaning of the word "Feminism" and what is at the core of the problem as to why equality and feminism are no longer synonymous!
Our film follows Lucy Anne Holmes, the creator of the No more page 3 campaign and TV presenter Nick Lancaster – a woman and a man with differing views – as they participate in an experiment to test their beliefs about feminism and anti-feminism to the limit. Our aim is to take them and the audience out of their comfort zone, facing them with differing realities and points of view. Nick, despite being in favour of gender equality, dislikes Feminism. He thinks it is a movement that goes too far. Lucy doesn't understand how anyone can be against a movement that liberated women. In a series of sometimes funny, sometimes powerful and sometimes combative encounters, Lucy will meet anti-feminist groups while Nick will get involved with feminist activism. After this adventure, they'll be perfectly placed to understand what is wrong with the F word (Feminism) in the western world as we zone in on the issues of modern Feminism in the UK and the US.
We became determined to identify if it is the label or the ideology that is so unappealing. So far, Nick has walked a mile in high heels to support the end of violence against women and Lucy followed the first antifeminist political party on their campaign for the General Elections in May 2015.
The Trouble with the F-word is a performative rather than classical documentary, which means that we want to explore these issues subjectively, allowing for the emotions, context and viewpoint of a variety of different voices.
Why is it important?
An understanding of feminism is important to ensure we gain clarity to the debate. And the world agrees with us. Check out the press coverage we have already gained:
- The BBC
Everybody is affected by gender equality measures and laws, whether you are feminist, anti-feminist or not sure, these policies are affecting your life on a daily basis. From fighting sexism and catcalling to equal parental leave and child custody for both men and women, it also seems that people are getting more confused and that men and women are more divided. With this film, we hope to end the general confusion and hate as our aim is to inform and educate. We want to make a fair and balanced documentary where all the protagonists can speak openly. We want you, the audience, to get involved and provide your feedback for inclusion in the film! Indeed, if the film asks what is the problem with Feminism, we want you to tell us: Does Feminism need to be reformed? If not feminism, what is the alternative to reach gender equality?
The Team
Vanessa Pellegrin, a journalist and film-maker, the co-producer and Director of The Trouble with the F Word. Born in France and raised in Morocco, Vanessa started to work as a Journalist and became specialised in investigations and reports about current affairs, political conflicts and social issues. First in press and then in TV and broadcast. She came to live in London in 2009 and started to work in Film Production. She Produced and Directed her first film about the influence of Corporations on the freedom of the media and the press, 'Ownership Rules' between 2011 and 2012. Since then, she got involved in the production of short films such as 'Abramacabre' by Dominic Rossetti (2013) and 'Nasty' (2014) by the award winning director Prano Bailey-Bond.
Beverley Morrison is a Scottish Senior producer, writer and journalist. She worked at STV Group for eight years and successfully contributed to the development of TV series such as "The Ice Cream Machine" in (2005). Beverley has an extensive background in news and documentary, as well as children's drama and corporate production. She produced and directed location and studio based shows. She has also managed large production teams.
What's Next?
So far not only have we had a huge amount of support and coverage from the press, but we have also had a number of people that have provided their generous support to the project that have enabled us to film part of the documentary around the UK.
We had the great privilege to receive a10k donation from a company in Switzerland last year, that helped us to film some major events in the UK. We've also got an offer from a VOD platform which is ready to buy the documentary once completed! This has been made possible with the help of our Sales Agent Jenna Suru from Belle Époque Films.
But now we need your support!
This campaign will allow us to finish filming in the UK, France and finally the US. We need to finance the trips, the crew fees and expenses, as well as the insurance. Our previous shoots involved specialised crew such Steadicam operators; which are absolutely necessary to follow Lucy and Nick in their respective challenges.
How you can help
Show your support simply by casting your vote! Are you believing feminism is dead or that it is misunderstood? Pick up a perk and a benefit and you will help the film succeed.
But if you cannot contribute you can always help us in other ways!
- Follow us, tweet for us, spread our campaign everywhere, make the hashtag #Fword go viral, become PROACTIVE
- you know someone who knows someone who can help? Great! Put us in touch!
- Send videos of yourself about feminism and gender equality, create the buzz!
- Send us messages! Tell us what you think!
EVERYTHING is helpful, it is a great adventure but a long journey, being our best advocate will definitely make a difference.
Thank you all on behalf of the F word Team!!!
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Risks and challenges
We are aware that distributing this documentary worldwide might be another great difficulty. We did get an offer but it might be limited to one territory. To make sure that this film will be distributed worldwide, we are in talks with potential sponsors that will help us to go through self-distribution. We have also started to discuss screenings with universities and independent cinemas and we got some good feedback. Basically, we are anticipating every scenario and making sure that you, the public, will watch our film.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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