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Libre Albedrío, tío es el noveno episodio de la séptima temporada de la serie animada Futurama. Fue transmitida originalmente en Comedy Central el 8 de agosto del 2012 y transmitida en FOX el 19 de mayo del 2013. El episodio fue escrito por David X. Cohen y dirigido por Frank Marino.

Sinopsis

Bender se matricula en la universidad por el mero capricho de conocer a una fembot. Para ello, obtiene un préstamo estudiantil de la Mafia Robot. Rápidamente desdeña la universidad y empieza a frecuentar malas compañías. Se vuelve adicto a la droga robot "Chispa", se prostituye para el robot Hedonista y tratar de robar a Niñas Exploradoras para ganar dinero para Chispa; dinero que es requisado por la mafia robot como pago de su deuda con ellos. Finalmente acaba detenido y enviado a juicio, pero su abogado sostiene que, como robot, carece de Libre albedrío y fue su programación la que llevó a la secuencia de los acontecimientos. El juez dictamina que Bender es no culpable, para gran consternación de Bender.

La tripulación de Planet Express es contratada para entregar un paquete a Chapek 9 (visto por última vez en "Temor a un Planeta Robot"), lo que requiere los servicios de Bender como mensajero debido al intenso odio de los humanos a los robots nativos. Después de entregar el paquete y debido a su abatimiento, Bender decide quedarse en el planeta, iniciando un viaje de auto-descubrimiento. Con el tiempo se encuentra un grupo de Monjes Robots que se ofrecen a hospedarlo. Gracias ellos, se entera de que cada robot de la Corporación de Mamá tiene una ranura de libre albedrío, para que pudieran ser mejorados en el caso de crearse la unidad de libre albedrío correspondiente. Bender regresa a la Tierra para encontrar más respuestas, encontrándose con Fry y Leela juntos en la cama.

Bender, Fry y Leela alcanzan el laboratorio secreto donde podría estar el prototipo, encontrándose a Mamá esperando allí. Ella revela que una única unidad libre albedrío había sido diseñado por el Profesor Farnsworth cuando trabajaba para ella en el pasado. Farnsworth nunca lo terminó tras enterarse del plan de Mamá de utilizar dicha unidad para provocar un levantamiento robot, que luego sería repelido por robots obedientes. Bender regresa a Planet Express y le exige a Farnsworth que le entregue la unidad. El profesor admite que consiguió acabar ese único prototipo, escondido en un juguete parlante Bender. Bender intenta utilizar un arma contra Farnsworth para obligarlo a entregárselo, pero descubre que el profesor había programado un fallo de seguridad en todos los robots que les impide tomar la unidad o atacarlo a él. Cuando Bender estalla en lágrimas, Farnsworth, conmovido, le ofrece a Bender una demostración temporal de cómo es el libre albedrío, e inserta la unidad en la ranura de Bender. Al principio, cuando Bender intenta disparar Farnsworth una vez más, parece que la unidad no funciona. Farnsworth opina que puede ser debido a que realmente Bender no tiene un deseo genuino de dispararle... aunque Bender descubre que la pistola tenía el seguro puesto y acribilla al profesor. Es llevado otra vez a los tribunales y, ahora que tiene libre albedrío, es declarado culpable de intento de asesinato. La tripulación de Planet Express celebra que Bender es por fin un robot dueño de sí mismo (a excepción de Farnsworth, con heridas graves) y especula cómo quitarle la unidad de libre albedrío.

Episodios

Referencias culturales

 El título de este episodio es una referencia a la película Good Will Hunting.
 En el Robot natal, Bender ofrece un paquete para el señor 147573952589676412927. Este es el Número primo de Mersenne M67, cuyos factores fueron famoso revelado por Frank Nelson Cole.
 Bender se une a la pandilla los Chorros de Tinta. Su artista de tatuajes es nombrado N0Sd3.
 En el Monasterio de Robot, el monje se ve leyendo el "Todo libro electrónico": el Libro Sagrado.

Recepción

The A.V Club le dio a este episodio una "B".

Enlaces externos

Véase también

 Los robots y la cigüeña
 A brazo partido
 Decision 3012
 El Ladrón Bolsafaz
 Zapp el Idiota
 El Efecto Mariborla
 El tío de los Seis Millones de Dólares
 La monda con pan
 Libre Albedrío, tío
 Deseos de casi morir
 31st Century Fox
 Viva Marte Las Vegas
 Naturama
 La barriga de plomo
 Pavimento 2-D
 T: El terrícola
 El gran romance de Fry y Leela
 La antorcha inhumana
 Pozo de diversión del Sábado por la mañana
 Calculón 2.0
 Assie vuelve a casa
 Leela y la planta de los genes
 Juego de Tonos
 Asesinato en Planet Express
 Hedor y pestilencia
 Mientras tanto

Referencias

Episodios de Futurama
Episodios de televisión de 2012


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Posts Tagged 'Academy Award'
No Country For Old Men – An Argument
Posted 21 Jan 2014 — by Ezra Stead
Category Essay, Film Reviews, Most Confusing Films of All time, Movies I Didn't Get, Movies I Got
By Jason A. Hill & Ezra Stead
No Country for Old Men, USA, 2007
Written and Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Based on the Novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
[Note: "An Argument" is a new feature on Movies I Didn't Get, in which the site's founder and owner, Jason A. Hill, and head editor, Ezra Stead, debate the relative merits (or lack thereof) of various beloved movies on which they disagree. Please feel free to get in on the argument in the comments section below.]
JASON'S ORIGINAL REVIEW: I didn't get this movie. I wanted to, and I was fully engaged as I watched the film. However, by the "end" of this film, the only way I knew it was over was by lights in the cinema coming up, and for a film that wins Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor, I really expected a lot more. Of course, I saw the movie before all of that.
No Country for Old Men is full of excitement, suspense, and action, but I got the feeling that there was something deeper going on under the surface and I was expecting some revelation at the end. What I got instead was that feeling you get when you're at a big concert and the headlining band comes out on stage two hours late then leaves the stage after one song as the lead singer throws the mic down and flips off the crowd. At first, everyone thinks it's a great gesture, but after a while they start to feel conned. Read More
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10 Sequels That Are (Arguably) Better Than The Original
Posted 27 Nov 2013 — by Ezra Stead
Category Essay, Film Reviews, Movies I Got
We're used to movie franchises being victim to diminishing returns, with the sequels to classic films generally lackluster at best (Ghostbusters II, Halloween II), and at worst, utter travesties that threaten to tarnish the legacy of the original (the Matrix sequels, The Godfather: Part III). On rare occasions, though, the second film in a trilogy or franchise (which I consider to be any series with more than three movies) actually surpasses the original in some way. Here are ten sequels that are, in some circles at least, considered better than the films that spawned them, and my thoughts on each.
1. THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) – this is the one that got me thinking about the topic in the first place, and it's also the oldest of the films discussed herein. James Whale's follow-up to his 1931 hit, Frankenstein, ties up the loose end of Victor Frankenstein (Colin Clive) promising his monster (Boris Karloff) a bride to quell his loneliness. It also features most of the iconic images and dialogue associated with Universal Studios' most famous monster, including Frank learning to smoke in the hut of the blind man he befriends (which was cemented in the public consciousness by Mel Brooks' spoof of it in 1974's Young Frankenstein). Bride's expert blend of humor and pathos, as well as truly chilling moments such as Frank's hollow, soulless intonation of the classic line, "I love dead," make it not only better than the original Frankenstein, but also the best of all Universal monster movies. Read More
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Six Months On A Regimen Of Woman Filmmakers – Sarah Polley
By Alice Shindelar
Away from Her, Canada / UK / USA, 2006
Written and Directed by Sarah Polley
Based on the Story The Bear Came Over the Mountain by Alice Munro
Take This Waltz, Canada / Spain / Japan, 2011
Once in a while, an artist comes along who gives voice to your world, to your experience of life, better than you can imagine ever being capable of, and you're left exposed. Young writer-director Sarah Polley did this to me with her second film, Take This Waltz, and then again when I subsequently saw her first film, Away from Her.
Away from Her, Polley's faithful adaptation of Alice Munro's short story The Bear Came Over the Mountain, follows Grant (Gordon Pinsent) as he watches Fiona (Julie Christie), to whom he's been married since their twenties, descend into the throes of Alzheimer's Disease. Forgotten, Grant travels through memories of their marriage as he stands by and watches his wife love a fellow patient at the nursing home, Aubrey (Michael Murphy). Like all marriages, Grant and Fiona's wasn't a perfect one, but the moments we spend with them in their home before she's checked into the hospital, their quiet hours, the spark of lust between them that doesn't need to lead to sex before they sleep, provides witness to the survival of their love – a weathered love. Amongst many other awards, Julie Christie (Darling, Dr. Zhivago) was nominated for an Oscar for her role as Fiona. She nails the role in her ability to let Fiona's memories fall away with a grace that appears so effortless one cannot doubt the fear and pain she must feel. When you witness the maturity and insight with which this story is told, it's next to impossible to believe that Polley was only 26 when she made it, and to top it off, it was her first feature. Read More
Tags: Academy Award, Alice Munro, Alice Shindelar, Alzheimer's Disease, Away from Her, Darling, dirty-talk, Dr. Zhivago, film, film review, film reviews, filmmaking, Leonard Cohen, Luke Kirby, Michael Murphy, Michelle Williams, movie, movie review, movies, New York, NPR, oscar, Oscar nomination, Sarah Polley, Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Take This Waltz, The Bear Came Over the Mountain
Midnight In Paris – Casts A Weak Spell
Posted 01 Jul 2012 — by Ezra Stead
Midnight in Paris, Spain / USA, 2011
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Woody Allen's latest love letter to his favorite European city is the epitome of a lowbrow-highbrow movie, a film that makes its audience feel smart without ever actually being challenging or unpredictable. It starts out promisingly enough, with a gorgeous montage of Paris locales courtesy of the great cinematographer Darius Khondji (The City of Lost Children, Se7en) and a whimsical, mood-setting score by Stephane Wrembel, who previously contributed music to Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Then, over the trademark Woody Allen credits on a black screen, the talking begins, and the film's problems along with it. Read More
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Ezra's Top 10 Favorite Films Of 2011
Well, it's that time once again, and as always, I didn't get around to a lot of the films I would have liked to see – as I write this, a DVD of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris sits on my desk, glaring at me – but there comes a time when every movie lover has to call it a year. I have somewhat arbitrarily picked today as that time, so here now are my top 10 favorite films of 2011:
# 10) MELANCHOLIA – anyone with whom I talk movies already knows how much I love Lars von Trier, and though this is definitely not my favorite of his films (2003's Dogville still takes that honor), it is nonetheless a striking and powerful depiction of the nature of depression, as well as a highly unusual and compelling look at what the impending apocalypse might feel like. The stunning opening and closing sequences alone make this film impossible to ignore, or to forget. Read More
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The Help – Hooray For Heroic White People!
Posted 24 Jun 2012 — by Ezra Stead
Category Film Reviews, Movies I Got
The Help, USA / India / United Arab Emirates, 2011
Written and Directed by Tate Taylor
Based on the Book The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Tate Taylor's film version of The Help is basically 2011's answer to The Blind Side (2009); however you felt about that movie – whether indifferent, aggressively hateful, grudgingly appreciative or tearful and inspired – is undoubtedly how you will feel about this one. Both are well-made, well-acted films that are also, at their heart, about noble white people who take a stand against the appalling racism of their friends in order to help strong, stoic, oppressed black people. In other words, like The Blind Side, The Last Samurai (2003) or Dances with Wolves (1990), it is a film about non-white people told almost exclusively from the point-of-view of white people. Read More
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Movie Haiku
Category Animation, Anime, Film Reviews, Most Confusing Films of All time, Movies I Didn't Get, Movies I Got
Let's stray from the beaten path for awhile, shall we? Instead of a review in the usual format, today I'd like to offer up thoughts on over 25 films, mostly some of my favorites, but with a few that I love to hate thrown in for good measure. Only a few of these actually work as reviews; most are free-form poetic interpretations of the feelings they brought up in me. Some are just plain silly. At any rate, all are written in the form of the ancient Japanese art of haiku. For those who don't know, that means five syllables in the first line, seven in the next, and another five in the last, preferably with some sort of twist in the last line or, failing that, at least a sense of poetry throughout. Almost all of these were written sometime in 2005, which explains why there are three inspired by Frank Miller's Sin City, my favorite film that year. Let's begin with a couple of actual Japanese films:
The net is vast and / infinite. Now that we two / have merged, where to go?
– Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Tetsuo – not the / Iron Man, but a bike punk / transcends earthly life.
– Akira (1988) Read More
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Brentwood Academy senior Darius Garland joined another exclusive club Tuesday night in Murfreesboro.
Just days removed from winning his TSSAA-record-tying fourth state championship, scoring career point No. 2,500 in the process, Garland became just the second player in state history to claim three consecutive Mr. Basketball awards, joining former Eagle Brandan Wright, who won three straight from 2004 to 2006.
Garland, a five-star Vanderbilt signee who donned a black suit, white shirt and black and gold bow tie at Tuesday's Mr. and Miss Basketball awards presentation, averaged 27.6 points per game on an impressive 59.7 percent shooting from the field.
The 2018 McDonald's All-American and Naismith National Player of the Year semifinalist also posted a team-leading 5.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game for the four-time defending champion Eagles.
Memphis East senior Alex Lomas was also aiming for his third straight Mr. Basketball award in Class AAA, but the 5-foot-11 Wichita State signee was beaten out by Cordova's Tyler Harris, a three-star guard with offers from more than a dozen Division I schools including Baylor, Mississippi State and Tennessee.
A pair of Nashville-area girls – Brentwood Academy's Sydni Harvey and Upperman's Akira Levy –captured their second consecutive Miss Basketball awards at MTSU's Murphy Center.
Harvey, a South Florida commitment who concluded her career as the Lady Eagles' all-time leading scorer, helped lead Brentwood Academy to its fourth state title in five seasons on Sunday, while Levy, a senior Western Kentucky signee, looks to lead the top-ranked Lady Bees to a second straight Class AA championship at this week's TSSAA BlueCross Basketball Championships in Murfreesboro.
Fellow Midstate Mr. Basketball recipients included The Webb School sophomore Keon Johnson (DII-A), Van Buren County senior Caden Mills (Class A) and Marshall County junior K.J. Johnson (Class AA).
Keon Johnson, whose mother Conswella Sparrow Johnson won two Class AAA Miss Basketball awards in the mid-1990s, won in Division II-A after averaging 26 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals per game while helping lead the semifinalist Feet to their first state tournament appearance since 2010.
Mills, a 6-foot-6 Tennessee Tech signee, averaged 28 points, seven rebounds three assists and two steals per game for the Region 3-A semifinalist Eagles.
K.J. Johnson, a 6-foot-2 guard who averaged 30 points, four rebounds and four assists per game for the Region 6-AA semifinalist Tigers, beat out East Nashville's Jayden Lockett and Brainerd's Jesse Walker for the award in Class AA.


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[Ilyo Seoul](9/20/2019)An Interview with KWAFU President Lee Mi-il
Name: Hwang Kihyun
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An Interview with KWAFU President Lee Mi-il
By Hwang Ki-hyun, Ilyo Seoul
"I want to confirm for myself the bodies of South Koreans buried near the bank of the Daedong River."
In the wee hours of Sunday, June 25, 1950, North Korea mounted an illegal invasion of North Korea as part of a military operation called "Storm." The invasion came as a surprise to South Korea. Most South Korean soldiers were on rest and recreation for the weekend or otherwise not on their military bases. Faced with a surprise attack by North Korea, the South Korean military suffered retreat after retreat having failed to put up a strong defense. Just three days after the war began, South Korea – also known officially as the Republic of Korea – suffered the indignity of having its capital, Seoul, taken by North Korean troops.
South Korea's military continued to flounder in the face of North Korean troops, and soon South Korea's entire territory, except for a small sliver of land near Busan, was taken by enemy forces while South Korean troops formed their last line of defense at the Nakdong River. Meanwhile, North Korean leaders, who fully expected to soon take control over the entire country, committed terrible war crimes, including the abduction of intellectuals and other leaders active in South Korean society. An estimated 100,000 people were abducted by North Korea at the time. Even after more than 70 years following the end of the war, families of those forced to part with their loved ones are still in the dark about their fate. Families of the abduction victims have been unable to forget their loss and formed the Korean War Abductees' Family Union (KWAFU), which, to this day, gives voice to victims of North Korea's abduction campaign. Ilyo Seoul recently met with KWAFU Director Lee Mi-il to hear more about her organization and the abductee issue.
The full interview with Director Lee can be found below.
"North Korean leaders are clearly a group of criminals for abducting 100,000 people"
"North Korea will collapse if we (South Korea) stop giving them anymore money"
Q. What does KWAFU do?
As the name of our organization suggests, KWAFU has fought for a full investigation into North Korea's wartime abductions and the repatriation of the 100,000 South Koreans taken by the regime during the war. North Korea, for its part, has never admitted to abducting any South Korean citizen since the Armistice Agreement meetings that ended the Korean War. KWAFU has uncovered documents and other evidence, however, that shows what the North Koreans are saying is false. KWAFU has fought for the passage of the 'Act on Finding the Truth of the Damage from North Korea's Abduction during the Korean War and the Recovering Honor of the Victims' to recover the honor of the abductees, and has made efforts to recover their place in modern Korean history. We are also fighting to repatriate the abductees back to South Korea. We also are working to ensure that North Korea takes responsibility for the crimes it has committed through, for example, international pressure and sanctions. We don't believe that the use of "carrots" (as opposed to "sticks") is the right way to deal with North Korea.
KWAFU intends to fight until North Korea takes appropriate measures to deal with the problem and those responsible face justice for the abductions. The first family union focused on the abductee issue was established in Busan in August 1951. The current organization was formed on November 30, 2000, to continue the work of the first family union. When I heard former (and now deceased) South Korean President Kim Dae-jung announce that there were only around 400 abductees, I knew I couldn't just sit around, so I established the organization. I even published advertisements in the Chosun Ilbo and other newspapers announcing the organization's establishment. Today, we have around 700 family members of the abductees who are KWAFU members.
Q. How is the organization run?
After 'Act on Finding the Truth of the Damage from North Korea's Abduction during the Korean War and the Recovering Honor of the Victims' was established in 2010, we have been receiving KRW 100 million from the South Korean government each year. Up until 2010, we survived off membership fees and private assets. While the government still provides us with funding, we still must cover about 20% of our costs, or about KRW 20 million won. We can't use that money from the government for personnel costs or for our operations. Essentially, we need even more money to run our organization than before we were receiving government funding because we must hire more employees to conduct projects. But, we can't give up the money from the government to avoid the extra cost and do nothing (smiles).
Q. You'd agree, however, that it is still not really that well known that South Koreans were abducted during the war, right?
I recently discovered the reason for that, namely the fact that there are many people in South Korea who simply bow down to North Korea, desire friendly ties with North Korea, and who are frankly little more than spies for North Korea. These people, however, are not people without any status in society; they are people who have lots of power in South Korea. Whenever we hold a demonstration, there have been many people who have come over to us and picked a fight by calling us "pro-American." There have even been people who have told us to call abductees people who "voluntarily" went to North Korea.
I knew, however, that this day would come. Now people who support anti-communism are considered old-fashioned. In short, people today can't freely talk about crimes committed by North Korea. Of course, it's not like we as an organization can simply complain about why South Korean society has become like this. The South Korean government only focuses on ensuring its people eat and live well. Government officials have become snobbish, and have given taxes South Koreans have paid to North Korea without any strings attached. South Korea is dependent on North Korea now. That's because South Korea put everything on the line with money. North Koreans are starving to death, but South Korea has simply focused on helping the regime. We shouldn't be engaging in dialogue with North Korea. If we don't hand over money to them anymore, North Korea will collapse.
Q. What kind of people were abducted during the war?
People who loved their families were abducted. They could have just run away without their families, but they couldn't leave them. They hid out to escape North Korean soldiers, but many were captured when they went to see their families. That's how organized the North Korean effort to abduct them was. North Korea created cell-level people's committees as soon as it captured Seoul. The committees were able to be established because of socialists and Workers' Party of Korea members living in South Korea. There was a case where a father was abducted to save his son after North Korean soldiers took his son hostage. For another case, a man's wife hated him all her life because he fled from the North Korean soldiers and his son was taken to the North instead of him.
Q. Has the South Korean government provided support to your cause in some way? Japan's government has taken a proactive stance on the abductee issue.
After the Law Concerning Truth Investigations for Korean War Era North Korean Abductees and the Restoration of Their Honor was supported by and passed under the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations, not much has happened, except for an investigation report into the abductions and the establishment of a memorial. The memorial was built to recover the honor of the abductees. The current government, however, doesn't do anything to promote the issue in South Korea, although they haven't said they will cut funding for us. I'm very envious of Japan and wonder if South Korea will ever have a similar view of the issue. Of course, the conditions faced by Japan and South Korea regarding the issue are different, but both countries need to believe that the lives of their citizens are precious. Some time ago, I went to Japan to attend an event and the Japanese prime minister went down on his knees in front of the families of abductees and asked what his government could do for them. He didn't just make a speech and then leave.
Q. What do you want to achieve from your organization's work?
I want to go to the Daedong River with other KWAFU members. I heard from a journalist who was a wartime correspondent during the Korean War that large numbers of South Korean civilians were buried by North Korea near the river. The journalist even drew me a map. We have been able to discover through American State Department documents information about a mass killing near the Daedong River. My ultimate goal is to first make sure North Korea collapses, and then visit the site of the killing with my family, and also for those responsible in North Korea to be punished.
172 [Ilyo Seoul](9/20/2019)An Interview with KWAFU President Lee Mi-il
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171 [Asia News Agency] 142 people were added to list of abductees totaling 4,7..
170 [Newsis] Poems with longing for 'abducteed father'
169 [Jungbu Ilbo] Memorial Hall for abductees will be built at Imjingak
168 [Newsis]"Abduction damage during the Korean War should be investigated"
167 [Herald Economic News] Prime Minister Hwang "We will make efforts to sol..
166 [Catholic News Now Here] "Abductee's stories should be
165 [Kukbang Ilbo]"65 years passed, but still tears never
164 [Kukbang Ilbo] "News from father, I wish to hear in my life"
163 [Yonhap] "he said he would be back soon.."
162 [Daehan Laywers Association Newspaper] The Korean war and Korean lawmaker
161 [Newsis] Ministry of Unification, appoint Honorary Ambassador
160 [Yonhap] Governemnt, 'serious regret' about North Kore
159 [Yonhap] North Korea made abductees as public figur...
158 [Chosun Ilbo] Darusmann, Rapporteur of North Korean Hu
157 [Newsis] Appointment of honorary ambassdor for Abducti
156 [Polish Daily Rzeczpospolita] Abduction by oppressive
155 [Yonhap] Running to 'save war abductees' at Hangang Citizens Park
154 [New Daily] "We are running. .not to forget abductees"
153 [Hwankyung Ilbo} Abductees during the Korean was are 3,306
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JUSTROM a new joint programme of the Council of Europe and the European Commission
Today the Council of Europe Support Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for Roma Issues and the European Commission DG Justice and Consumers launch the Joint Programme on Access of Roma and Traveller Women to Justice (JUSTROM) in Ireland.
Strasbourg 14 october 2016
The launch event, hosted by the Department of Justice and Equality, an associate partner of this programme, will take place at the Atrium Conference Room of the Department of Justice and Equality, 51 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, from 9.30 a.m to 2.15 p.m.
The launching event was attended by the representatives of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, relevant state and local authorities from Dublin and Tallaght, Traveller organisations such as Pavee Point, the Irish Traveller Movement (ITM), the National Traveller Women's Forum (NTWF), implementers of the Tallaght Roma Integration Project, the Legal Aid Board, the Free Legal Aid Centre (FLAC), the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, numerous solicitors and Roma and Traveller community representatives, in particular women.
The JUSTROM programme is a pilot project that will be implemented by the Council of Europe in Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Romania for the next 18 months. It aims at increasing Roma and Traveller women's awareness about their rights and existing complaint mechanisms, establishing two legal clinics in Dublin city centre and Tallaght, supporting Roma and Traveller women's empowerment and autonomy and reinforcing cooperation between relevant Irish stakeholders, the European Commission and the Council of Europe as regards access to justice for these vulnerable groups.
It is an 850,000 Euros programme co-financed between the European Commission DG Justice (80%) and the Council of Europe (20%). After the launch event, the next activities of the programme will include training on non-discrimination for lawyers and the setting up two legal clinics in Dublin and Tallaght where Roma and Traveller women will be able to seek legal advice and eventually legal assistance for their case.
Other launch events of this pilot joint programme will take place in Rome on 18 October, in Sofia on 8 November, in Bucharest on 10 November and in Athens on 22 November 2016.
Follow the hashtag #CoERoma;
SRSG Support Team Contact: Mr Robert Rustem, Outreach Officer, +33 (0)3 90 21 43 31, robert.rustem@coe.int;
To learn more about our work: www.coe.int/roma and www.coe.int/justrom


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We were too busy to take photos during the session!


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Well, I've been in a bit of a cocoon stage, I guess you could say.
The kids have been out of school since the last time I posted. The anniversary of Nathan's death has come and gone. DeDe surprised me with a visit about that time (June 7th) and kept me too busy to dwell on things, as I am wont to do. I powerwashed sidewalks for a few days for money. Still no job.
If you don't have anywhere to work, the only other option is to work on yourself. Talk about a mountain to climb. I am attempting to step back and take an objective view of myself. Not only of myself, I should say, but the position I'm in as a result of my choices. It ain't pretty, but it ain't all bad.
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And then there are the little surprises. Wonderful treasures you'd forgotten were in there after living so long without them. Woo-hoo! Christmas in July.
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Girl, I've been so busy getting this book ready for publication I've not even stopped on any blogs and left comments for my friends. Good analogy to the closet and taking a step back and doing that cleansing thing for yourself.


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Here it is. As of Episode VIII, these are my "Top 10 Most Hated Star Wars Characters."
Note: This is a serious exercise, so only significant characters from the live-action films were eligible—no Clone Wars-only characters, no obscure extras, no non-speaking Jedi created purely to sell toys. I debated with myself whether to include Rogue One, but after trying to do this without it, I realized that I am not naturally a hateful person, and I would not have been able to name 10 characters I despised from only the saga films.
This is a living list. It is subject to change as new movies come out, or as my mood changes. Snoke contended for that last spot, but I realized that it was not so much the character I hated as it was the way he was handled.
What about Donnie Yen's friend? Why isn't he on the list?
Donnie Yen's friend (AKA the other Chinese guy in Rogue One) was just as pointless, but he was not nearly as annoying, and the movie mercifully never asked us to pretend that he was anything more than a guy who carried a big gun.


Watch this for an example of what I experienced, especially starting *00:04:35.
Before the sun could set, I could hear the songs of celebration filling the air as men, women and children of all ages sang and danced together with all their might in holy joy. As those who were with me approached the scene, our professor, who was guiding us into this experience, encouraged us to not merely observe, but to join in the joyful celebration. However, I must confess that most of us seminary students who had grown up keeping the Sabbath most of our lives, didn't quit know how to celebrate the Sabbath like these joyful Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and just stood by sheepishly or walking closely behind our professor. Seeing our timidity, our professor started to move quickly through the crowd at such a pace that most of us couldn't keep up and soon we started to get dispersed into little groups among the celebration. I soon found myself with one other seminarian looking at a group of Jewish men singing joyfully and dancing in a circle as the sun was setting. The sheer joy and passion they had was contagious. We looked at each other like what are we doing just sitting on the sidelines. At this same time some of the men, with bright smiles on their faces, as if to say, "Yes, you, come join us", pulled us into the circle of singing and dancing. I welcomed in the Sabbath like I had never done before. We all worshipped Yahweh Elohim, the LORD God, together; Jew and Gentile, Orthodox Jew, Ultra Orthodox Jew, Liberal Jew, all in celebration of Shabbat Shalom, Sabbath Peace. And all the while I knew that I was not only worshipping Him as Creator, but as Redeemer. I've never forgotten this experience of worshipping at the Western Wall with the Jews that Sabbath, because I honestly felt rebuked, though I had an amazing time. How could I claim to truly keep the Sabbath, especially as someone who knows Jesus and is resting in Him for salvation, but my weekly Sabbath experience be lacking such joy and holy celebration?
Jesus says to come to Him and He will give us rest. The word for "rest" in verse 28 is Sabbath! Then He says at the end of verse 29, that in Him we "…will find rest for our souls." Jesus wants to give us soul rest or as Dr. Elizabeth Talbot from Jesus 101 puts it, Jesus wants to give us a "Sabbath-ed soul." Jesus is intentionally linking the experience of the weekly Sabbath rest and the daily soul rest He gives you. In other words, in order for you to truly enter into the full experience of the weekly Sabbath rest, you need to be resting in Jesus everyday! This is critical to understand as we continue! This rest only comes when you daily trust that Jesus has saved you by grace through faith and therefore you're in a daily relationship with Him.
Preparation is Needed in Order to Truly Enter the Experience of Sabbath Rest.
It's like when you're preparing to go on a date with someone special. You prepare your home, your clothes, maybe even a dinner reservation, all for the arrival of that special someone you've set aside time to be with, free of distraction. Well, think of the Sabbath as a weekly date day with Jesus. It takes preparation of clothes, food, cleaning the house, etc., in order to be free to meet with and experience Jesus on the Sabbath, without having to worry about those other things. You prepare in order to experience rest in its fullness!


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The main measure of effect was the mean change on the Young Mania Rating Scale from the start to the end of the trial; this tool is used by clinicians to assess the severity of mania. After three weeks of treatment, aripiprazole was better than placebo at reducing the severity of mania when used on its own or when added to other mood stabilisers. The effect was modest. However, aripiprazole caused more inner restlessness (akathisia), nausea, and constipation than placebo. Aripiprazole was similarly effective in reducing the symptoms of mania when compared with other drug treatments (haloperidol and lithium). Aripiprazole caused fewer movement disorders and less raised prolactin (a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland) than haloperidol. People taking aripiprazole were more likely to remain on treatment than those taking haloperidol but were no more or less likely than those taking placebo or lithium. The main reason for the difference in dropouts between aripiprazole and haloperidol groups was the adverse effects associated with haloperidol.
In summary, aripiprazole is an effective treatment for mania when compared with placebo. This finding is based on studies that included mixed populations (i.e. children, adolescents and adults). For the adult population, studies have directly compared aripiprazole versus haloperidol, lithium and placebo, but evidence obtained for treatment of the child and adolescent population is available only from placebo-controlled studies. Given the lack of evidence obtained by comparing aripiprazole versus other drugs, its exact place in therapy is unclear. Further studies focused on particular populations are needed to determine whether this treatment is equally effective in different age groups.
Aripiprazole is an effective treatment for mania in a population that includes adults, children and adolescents, although its use leads to gastrointestinal disturbances and movement disorders. Comparative trials with medicines other than haloperidol and lithium are few, so the precise place of aripiprazole in therapy remains unclear.
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder characterised by episodes of elevated or irritable mood (manic or hypomanic episodes) and episodes of low mood and loss of energy (depressive episodes). Drug treatment is the first-line treatment for acute mania with the initial aim of rapid control of agitation, aggression and dangerous behaviour. Aripiprazole, an atypical antipsychotic, is used in the treatment of mania both as monotherapy and combined with other medicines. The British Association of Psychopharmacology guidelines report that, in monotherapy placebo-controlled trials, the atypical antipsychotics, including aripiprazole, have been shown to be effective for acute manic or mixed episodes.
To assess the efficacy and tolerability of aripiprazole alone or in combination with other antimanic drug treatments, compared with placebo and other drug treatments, in alleviating acute symptoms of manic or mixed episodes. Other objectives include reviewing the acceptability of treatment with aripiprazole, investigating the adverse effects of aripiprazole treatment, and determining overall mortality rates among those receiving aripiprazole treatment.
The Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group's Specialised Register (CCDANCTR-Studies and CCDANCTR-References) was searched, all years to 31st July 2013. This register contains relevant randomised controlled trials from: The Cochrane Library (all years), MEDLINE (1950 to date), EMBASE (1974 to date), and PsycINFO (1967 to date). We also searched Bristol-Myers Squibb clinical trials register, the World Health Organization (WHO) trials portal (ICTRP) and ClinicalTrials.gov (to August 2013).
Randomised trials comparing aripiprazole versus placebo or other drugs in the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes.
Two review authors independently extracted data, including adverse effect data, from trial reports and assessed bias. The drug manufacturer or the trial authors were contacted for missing data.
Ten studies (3340 participants) were included in the review. Seven studies compared aripiprazole monotherapy versus placebo (2239 participants); two of these included a third comparison arm—one study used lithium (485 participants) and the other used haloperidol (480 participants). Two studies compared aripiprazole as an adjunctive treatment to valproate or lithium versus placebo as an adjunctive treatment (754 participants), and one study compared aripiprazole versus haloperidol (347 participants). The overall risk of bias was unclear. A high dropout rate from most trials (> 20% for each intervention in eight of the trials) may have affected the estimates of relative efficacy. Evidence shows that aripiprazole was more effective than placebo in reducing manic symptoms in adults and children/adolescents at three and four weeks but not at six weeks (Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS); mean difference (MD) at three weeks (random effects) -3.66, 95% confidence interval (CI) -5.82 to -2.05; six studies; N = 1819, moderate quality evidence) - a modest difference. Aripiprazole was compared with other drug treatments in three studies in adults—lithium was used in one study and haloperidol in two studies. No statistically significant differences between aripiprazole and other drug treatments in reducing manic symptoms were noted at three weeks (YMRS MD at three weeks (random effects) 0.07, 95% CI -1.24 to 1.37; three studies; N = 972, moderate quality evidence) or at any other time point up to and including 12 weeks. Compared with placebo, aripiprazole caused more movement disorders, as measured on the Simpson Angus Scale (SAS), on the Barnes Akathisia Scale (BAS) and by participant-reported akathisia (high quality evidence), with more people requiring treatment with anticholinergic medication (risk ratios (random effects) 3.28, 95% CI 1.82 to 5.91; two studies; N = 730, high quality evidence). Aripiprazole also led to more gastrointestinal disturbances (nausea (high quality evidence), and constipation) and caused more children/adolescents to have a prolactin level that fell below the lower limit of normal. Significant heterogeneity was present in the meta-analysis of movement disorders associated with aripiprazole and other treatments and was most likely due to the different side effect profiles of lithium and haloperidol. At the three-week time point, meta-analysis was not possible because of lack of data; however, at 12 weeks, haloperidol resulted in significantly more movement disorders than aripiprazole, as measured on the SAS, the BAS and the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) and by participant-reported akathisia. By 12 weeks, investigators reported no difference between aripiprazole and lithium (SAS, BAS, AIMS), except in terms of participant-reported akathisia (RR 2.97, 95% CI 1.37 to 6.43; one study; N = 313).


You stubborn warrior, hard and fierce.
and you would lie there softened.
and be covered in your own pieces.
would be your own eyes.
you will ever look in the eyes.
So look long and look hard.
the one you cannot runaway from.


Can fresh Swiss mountain air be a tonic for people who live in polluted cities?
One Swiss start-up thinks so. Launched last week, Swiss Alpine Air is bottling fresh air from Switzerland with a view to selling it to residents of heavily polluted cities elsewhere in the world, for example in China and India.
Collected from various locations around the Swiss Alps, the air is compressed into an aerosol can and comes with an attached face mask to assist with breathing, the company said in a press release.
A seven-litre can of air will set you back 19.95 francs and contains enough air for 120 breaths – around ten minutes' use.
As well as residents of polluted cities, the company is targeting commuters in Europe and tourists to Switzerland.
Contacted by The Local, the company's CEO Danny Wurr acknowledged that people in Switzerland may feel "bewildered" by the concept of bottled air "as they can already breathe nice clean fresh air just by opening the door".
But the canned air is not aimed at the Swiss, he said. "This product is for a population who live with terrible pollution every day, a pollution that may shorten their lives and cause debilitating health problems. One can of Swiss air is not the answer to their problems but it is so nice to be able to breathe clean fresh air even for a little while.
Switzerland's clean, fresh air is "of course one of the main reasons why they come to Switzerland on holiday".
Wurr said he expected his new company to become "a major world player in the new breathable air market".
"China is already buying air from Canada and Australia, we feel Swiss alpine air is better still.
He confirmed the company had just completed its first batch of orders. "Although initial numbers are small we are pleased with the start," he said.
Wurr isn't the first person in Switzerland to capitalize on the fresh air of the Swiss mountains.
Earlier this year British expat John Green launched an online business selling jars of Swiss air.


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Russian entry for Eurovision 2021 to be chosen on 8th of March!
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By Nikola Stojanović	 Last updated Feb 26, 2021
As 360tv.ru reports we will find out who will be the one to represent Russia at Eurovision Song Contest on 8th of March. In addition to that their source claims that after announcing their representative Russia will be choosing a song even though Russia didn't have an open selection for their contestants at this year's Eurovision the source of 360tv.ru reports that an artist or group has already been selected to participate at the show with claims that the group Russia selected are their representatives at the last years cancelled contest "Little Big". There are high chances that several songs from the band will be presented to the audience and from those Russian audience will have an opportunity to choose the one they like the most in a show hosted by Yana Churikova.
Last year "Uno" by Little Big broke the record of being the most played video at the official YouTube channel of the contest as of today "Uno" has more than 187 million views. You can watch it below.
If claims of 360tv.ru are true then on 8th of March we will be getting 2 songs as Senhit is set to reveal her Eurovision entry on the same date. Are you excited to see who will be the Russian representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2021? Would you like it to be "Little Big"? Let us know in the comments below and at our social media links!
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Serbian guy with Nordic soul and Japanese heart enrolled in Scandinavian studies. I like languages, flags, anime, coins, travelling, exploring foreign cultures art and Eurovision. First ESC related memory I have is watching the performance of Doris Dragović with Marija Magdalena back in 1999 when I was just 5. I started to watch Eurovision from the year 2003 and never missed a show since.
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What is the Service Charge and why is it on my bill?
The Service Charge is a monthly fee that is charged to all Alger Delta members to help cover the fixed costs of supplying electricity. Poles, wires, cross arms, transformers, hardware, trucks, vehicles, insurance, interest, and taxes are just a few examples of costs that Alger Delta must pay regardless of how much or how little electricity is used by our members. These costs, which are reasonably predictable, are distributed fairly through a monthly service charge.
Who determines the service charge?
Service charges and rates are determined through a collaborative effort between the cooperative's members, the Alger Delta board and management, and advisors or consultants with special expertise in rate development.
On October 1, 2010, the board of directors approved a service charge of $25 per month/per meter for residential, seasonal, and small commercial members.
There is a line on your bill that shows the previous meter reading, the current meter reading, and the kWh (kilowatt-hour) Usage. The number under the heading kWh Usage is the number of kilowatt-hours consumed between the two reading dates. The number of kWH's is multiplied by the energy rate to determine the energy charge.
It is the charge per kilowatt-hour that you pay for electricity. For residential and seasonal members the energy rate is $0.149 (14.9 cents) per kilowatt-hour. There are other energy rates for other types of members. To find the rate, simply multiply the energy charge by the number of kWH's shown on your bill. Another way to find the rate is to call Alger Delta and speak to one of our Customer Service Representatives.
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These 10 Disney Songs are Pure Magic
Kids (and their parents, it seems) just can't get enough of these all-time hits. Find out which classic tunes made the top 10 list of the most popular Disney songs.
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Disney magic is real – and for many of us, it's not just that childlike wonder you feel when you enter the Magic Kingdom or watch one of the classic fairytale films.
Instead, it's encapsulated in the rhythm and lyrics that hook our kids instantly and get stuck in our heads for weeks. From Moana's "You're Welcome" to Frozen's "Let It Go," Disney songs hold a special place in the hearts of kids and parents around the globe.
And now we know which ones have made the greatest impact so far. This recent roundup from Play Like Mum of the top 50 Disney songs ever is a fun walk down memory lane for many parents – and a fresh reminder of just how many of our kids' favorites (and, let's admit it, ours too!) are courtesy of the Mouse.
Here's a look at which Disney songs have been played the most on Spotify, according to the report. You can find the full list here.
1. Let It Go, Frozen
With more than 1.7 billion views on YouTube, it's obvious kids haven't let this song go just yet. The irresistible tune may even be making a comeback soon with the release of Frozen 2 on Nov. 22, 2019.
2. How Far I'll Go, Moana
Inspiring lyrics, a memorable hero and stunning landscapes made this animated film easy to love for parents and kids alike. With 587 million hits on YouTube and counting, "How Far I'll Go" is certainly going the distance.
3. You're Welcome, Moana
For the tides, the sun, the sky … and for this song that was stuck in our heads for a year straight! Parents have Moana to thank for this addicting hit, too. You might say it's a love/hate relationship.
4. Life Is a Highway, Cars
This one was a shocker on a recent Fatherly post about the top Disney songs. But we're not surprised this Rascal Flatts hit took the No. 4 spot – parents control these Spotify accounts, after all, and lots of us got over broken hearts back in the day with "Bless the Broken Road" and "I'm Movin' On."
5. Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast
Is anyone surprised this song has more than 148 million plays on Spotify? The 2017 live-action retelling of this "tale as old as time" was sure to be a hit thanks to its music and its familiar star Emma Watson – better known to many kids as Hermoine Granger from the Harry Potter films.
6. You'll Be in My Heart, Tarzan
Disney's Tarzan came out in 1999 but this Phil Collins song has sentimental value far surpassing the film. It's still a common choice for graduation ceremonies, father-daughter dances and more.
7. A Whole New World, Aladdin
Think this magical tune's 56 million views on YouTube and 121 million plays on Spotify is impressive? Keep an eye on the video for the live action version of the song released this spring when the new film came out – it has already racked up more than 22 million views!
8. Try Everything, Zootopia
A modern-day anthem for kids everywhere, this Shakira song encourages kids to "try everything" and keep persevering, even though they might fail. It's the perfect soundtrack for the adorable 2016 film Zootopia.
9. Love Is an Open Door, Frozen
Even knowing how Hans turns out in Frozen, it's easy to get hooked on this charming and ultra-catchy duet.
10. Under the Sea, The Little Mermaid
When Sebastian tells Ariel the human world is a mess, we can't help but agree. Sometimes you just need a three-minute imaginary escape where "we've got no troubles, life is the bubbles!" Based on the upbeat tune's 137 million views on YouTube, we're not alone.
Did your favorite Disney song make the cut? If not, tell us what it is and why you love it so much in the comments.
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Shark Tank: ABC show adding 6th shark to mix things up
The show will feature 6 sharks, rather than the usual 5, in at least 2 episodes
By C. Molly Smith
September 22, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT
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What could be more dangerous than swimming with five sharks? How about swimming with six? This year, Shark Tank, which returns to ABC with its eighth season on Friday, Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. E.T., will feature at least two episodes with six moguls fighting for investments at once.
"It mixes up the dynamic and the chemistry on the panel," showrunner Clay Newbill says of the new season, which features regulars Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, and Kevin O'Leary, as well as relative new guy Chris Sacca. "We got a lot more humor, collaboration, bidding wars, and opinions."
He adds of how the six-shark panel, which Newbill expects the show will feature again in the future, has impacted the hopefuls: "It was a great opportunity for entrepreneurs that came in because now they didn't have just five shots at a deal, they had six. We actually saw sometimes where if it had been our regular lineup they wouldn't have gotten an offer, but they did manage to get an offer because there was that extra shark on the panel."
Deals were more intense than usual with an extra shark in on the fight, but they haven't been made left and right, despite some entrepreneurs getting offers who might not have without the adjustment. "We thought initially that there would be a lot more deals because you've got more opportunities, but actually it was about even," Newbill explains. "Probably a little bit more, but it wasn't as much as we thought there might be."
As for the sharks, the change hasn't altered their approach much. "The thing about the sharks is they're always unpredictable, and it really all is determined by the business and the person that's in front of them pitching," Newbill says. "The sharks have gotten really good at sensing when there's something in front of them that they want, but not only do they want it, they sense that other sharks want it as well."
To read more from our Fall TV Preview, pick up the issue of Entertainment Weekly currently on stands, or buy it here – and subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW.
However they're handling pitches, it seems there'll be plenty worth fighting over. "During a pitch, we know we're doing really well if [crew members] start screaming at the screen they're watching," Newbill says. "'Take the deal! What are you doing?!'" Pitches will include a 16-year-old girl with an app she created after reading a story about bullying, a scientist with a product that shows where sunscreen has been applied, and three tech-smart guys with a new take on skateboards. Let the feeding frenzy begin.
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Today Abbot Philip Lawrence, OSB, announced the Easter schedule for the Monastery of Christ in the Desert. He emphasized that the public is cordially welcomed for all of the liturgical service being offered. The weather is expected to be fine but in any event, anyone make view a daily road condition report by going to the Monastery's website: www.cristdesert.org.


Blowing the Lid Off - #3826 | Ron Hutchcraft Ministries, Inc.
One of the great privileges of my life was serving in the leadership of the Northern New Jersey Billy Graham Crusade in the Meadowlands. For many of us who had been trying to reach people in this very hard corner of America, it was thrilling to see that arena nearly full on that opening Wednesday night. The arena seats 18,000 people, and filling it in Jesus' name was a victory of historic proportions. By Thursday, it was totally full--but I was strangely restless. By faith, we had set up 8,000 chairs and jumbo-tron video screen in the parking lot, just in case there was overflow. It looked like we wouldn't need it - as the press so graciously reminded us. Even though we were seeing unprecedented attendances and spiritual harvests, I felt led to pull together several of our Crusade leaders after the second night. After thanking God for all He had done, I asked them to pray with me a prayer that I had never prayed before. "Lord, if anyone other than You is holding a lid on this thing, if there's even more You want to do - blow the lid off!"
The next night the arena filled pretty quickly. I was on the platform, seated next to Dr. Graham, when they handed him a note. He showed it to me. It said, "There are 13,000 in overflow!" Dr. Graham said, "I think you should go see it." Well, I did. And what a sight! Eight thousand chairs full, 5,000 people standing, sitting on car hoods, on the ground, even on the porta-johns...and Billy Graham preaching the Gospel on the big screen! It looked like a cross between the feeding of the 5,000 and a drive-in movie. And the rate of response that night was higher in the parking lot than it even was indoors! So much for that lid!
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A WORD WITH YOU today about "Blowing the Lid Off."
You might be saying, "Well, that's a wonderful page from your spiritual scrapbook, Ron." No. It's actually a wonderful lesson in a way God may want you to be praying right now. Our word for today from the Word of God is from Ephesians 3:20, where God is being praised as "Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to the power that is at work within us." A few verses earlier Paul has said, "I kneel before the Father, from whom His whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name."
Paul says, "The God to whom we pray is one awesome God. And He can do so much more than we can imagine!" Which leads us to the kind of prayer that I learned to pray that night in the arena - the "blow the lid off" prayer. It's for those situations where the Holy Spirit seems to be saying, "I have more for you, much more." I'm convinced that we are often under-living because we are under-praying. We are praying under the mighty thing that God really wants to do.
So for your family, for your ministry, for that unreachable person, for that relationship, for that huge need, for that mission impossible - as the Spirit leads, pray something like this, "Father, if anyone other than you is holding a lid on what's happening here, blow the lid off in Jesus' Name." That kind of God-sized faith may unlock a God-sized answer that will not only blow the lid off - it will blow you away!
Let's believe God for the kind of breakout, the kind of breakthrough, the kind of miracle that only He can do!


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I feel pretty strongly about this…
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Why should your friendships change just because you got engaged?! If you and your guy friends did one-on-one meals and movies pre-engagement, I see no reason for that to stop. You wouldn't spend time with single guys who are a threat to your relationship before there's a ring on your finger, and if you've agreed to get married, no male (or female, for that matter) should be able to change your carefully thought out decision.
I have a few guy friends who I've been close with for 10 years or more who I occasionally meet up with on our own. Does it mean that I love or respect Paul any less? Uh, no. There isn't an ounce of sexual tension between me and these dudes, and we'll usually talk about our relationships with our significant others (it helps to get the male perspective!). The only slightly uncomfortable thing that ever happens is when we're at lunch or dinner and, at meal's end, the server passes the bill to my buddy, assuming we're on a date and he'll pay. Even then, we get a giggle out of it. (For the record, we never go anywhere that could be thought to be romantic.)
A few of my girlfriends who have recently gotten engaged have put the kibosh on one-on-one meet-ups with their man friends. One now thinks it's weird to be seen out in public alone with a guy she's not engaged to ("what if someone thinks I'm cheating?" she asked); another's fiance told her, as much as he trusts her, he's just not keen on her hanging out alone with other men. This baffled me. I would see the cause for concern if these gals never spent time with their male friends alone until after they got engaged, but if they're just continuing what they've done throughout their relationships, what's the big deal?
You tell me: Will you stop making plans to meet up with your guy friends alone once you're engaged? Do you think there's something messed up about an engaged girl hanging out alone with men besides her betrothed? Would it bother you if your guy friends stopped spending one-on-one time with you once they proposed?
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