I am attaching the David Ranier column for Outdoor Alabama. I have included only the portion that addresses the hunting/wildlife subjects, since this is our main focus.
In wildlife news, a significant threat to Alabama's deer hunting tradition occurred last season when a 4½-year-old buck in west-central Mississippi tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), which is always fatal. Mississippi has tested more than 1,400 deer since October 2017 and no other animals have been detected with CWD. Louisiana has also conducted extensive testing inside the 25-mile CWD containment zone, which crosses the Mississippi River, and none of those animals have tested positive for CWD.
Since that positive test, Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) officials have been working rapidly to update the plan to deal with CWD if necessary.
Agriculture and Industries Commissioner John McMillan, who sits as an ex-officio member on the Advisory Board, said the CWD testing equipment that was recently purchased with funds provided by WFF has been certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The technician tasked with operating the equipment, which can test up to 90 samples per day, has also been certified.
WFF Director Chuck Sykes highlighted the potential devastating effects CWD could have on Alabama. Sykes has been traveling around the state to speak at seminars hosted by ALFA (Alabama Farmer's Federation) and the Alabama Treasure Forest Association. The next seminar is scheduled for Monroeville on May 29 and another is set for Tuscaloosa on June 7.
"We're not trying to scare people to death," Sykes said. "We want them to be informed that this is a serious issue. I don't want to pour water on anybody's issues here, but dog hunting, baiting, night hunting, poaching, all of that pales in comparison to problems we're going to have if CWD ever gets in the state. As Commissioner McMillan says, we all need to band together. This is not a dog hunter issue or a private landowner issue. This is a hunter issue. I encourage your friends, families and hunting partners to come to one of the seminars and listen and ask questions.
CAB member Jessica Butler of Scottsboro introduced motions that would change turkey season for the 2018 fall and 2019 spring turkey seasons. Butler's first motion proposed a change to the starting date of the spring season from March 15 to the third Saturday in March, which could range from March 15 to March 21. After discussion, the Board passed the motion.
Butler's second motion to reduce the season bag limit from five birds to four led to considerable debate among the Board members. At the conclusion of the discussion, the Board voted down the reduced bag limit by a 7-4 margin.
I will add other updates as they are known. Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have.


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Retroactive credits are credits granted in recognition of previous language study. Retroactive credits earned at UW-Madison do correspond to particular courses, but the credits are not graded and do not factor into your GPA. With some exceptions, retroactive credits will generally not fulfill the requirements of any School/College or major, but please check with your academic advisor to determine how your academic program will treat these credits.
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The course must be your first course at the college level in the language. This does not include college-level coursework taken during high school, but does include courses transferred from another institution where you were working towards a degree.
Students cannot earn retroactive credits in or for Spanish 223 and 224.
You must take the course before you have earned 30 degree credits. This does not include AP, CLEP, IB, or other college credit earned in high school, nor does it include retroactive credits earned in another language. It does include courses transferred from another institution where you were working towards a degree.
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Retroactive credits may be transferred from other universities.
Students who earned retroactive credits at another institution under the same guidelines listed above may transfer those retroactive credits to UW-Madison with the rest of their transfer credits.
Retroactive credits do not count toward the Spanish major.
Students may earn up to 16 retroactive credits, 4 each for Spanish 101, 102, 203, and 204. The Spanish major begins at the 300-level.
Retroactive credits cannot be earned for the same course for which AP credits were earned.
While students are able to earn both retroactive credits and AP credits, they cannot do so for the same course. For example, students with a 3 or a 4 on the AP Spanish Language exam will earn AP credits for Spanish 204. If they then begin the language sequence in Spanish 226 and meet all the eligibility requirements above, they will earn retroactive credits for Spanish 101, 102, and 203, but not for 204 as they already have AP credits for that course.
If you meet the above requirements, retroactive credits will be applied automatically to your record generally early in the semester following completion of the qualifying class (ie: if you take the class in the fall semester, the retroactive credits should appear on your record early in the following spring semester).


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Georgian President Declares 2016 Year of Europe
The year 2016 will be the year of Europe, President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili said.
The President made the announcement at the 25th anniversary ceremony of the National Guard.
Margvelashvili highlighted Georgia's strengthened independence, having achieved freedom.
"The Georgian National Guard was founded 25 years ago and it played a very important role in developing Georgia as a modern and new state after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Next year we will celebrate the new Georgian statehood, the independence that we achieved together. In 2016 we'll see new goals and opportunities," he said.
According to Margvelashvili, Georgia aspires becoming a member of the European Union, no valid alternative exists, and to become member of the EU family is Georgia's main goal.

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This new third edition of Bradt's Israel has been fully updated to reflect all the most recent changes and includes a comprehensive and detailed history section, plus improved maps and structural revisions to aid navigation.
Israel is a land where three world religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - meet in stunning landscapes, where ancient architecture stands next to modern, where the fertile north spills into the arid southern desert and where the secular live alongside the devout. From its ancient history and the sacred Jewish, Christian and Muslim sites of Jerusalem, to modern Tel Aviv with its trendy districts, countless museums and bustling markets, Israel has a lot more to offer than meets the eye.
In Bradt's Israel you'll find tips on the top hotels and restaurants, details of local wines, fascinating hiking routes, plus all the information to get the best from Israel's range of attractions. Each town shows the vast diversity of culture and traditions. Jerusalem offers an insight into the history of one of the world's most poignant cities, whilst Tel Aviv is awash with boulevards and epitomises modernity. In turn Haifa is a true seaside gem, with its striking Baha'i Persian gardens, whilst Nazareth is the throbbing heart of Arab hospitality and warmth.
From archaeological remains of Crusader castles and Roman cities, scuba diving off Eilat's coast, marvelling at the mountainous Golan Heights to floating in the Dead Sea and discovering cool wadis and thermal baths, Bradt's Israel is the perfect travelling companion, enlightening and enhancing every trip.
Samantha Wilson spent several years living in Israel and is a regular visitor from her home in the UK. She has explored every corner of Israel's little land, meeting people, unearthing fascinating stories and learning about the deep-rooted cultures. Along with the two previous editions of Bradt's Israel she has authored many guide and travel books, and penned articles for a wide variety of publications including National Geographic Traveller. Samantha currently lives in rural Somerset from where she can write with views of rolling countryside. She makes regular trips back to Israel to travel, research and visit the in-laws, for a country that wasn't originally on the trip itinerary has become a second home.
"Among the many good guidebooks, the Bradt Guide to Israel by Samantha Wilson is well written and useful."
'Although the first [edition] was produced only two years ago, this updated version includes fresh information on eating places and hotels and in typical Bradt style features a wealth of useful material on everything from single words and phrases, to a potted history and touring essentials.' .... Samantha Wilson has included most of what not only the first time traveller but the seasoned visitor to Israel might need to know about the country.


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Pakistan need 137 runs to win against South Africa
By: News Desk Published: 10:52 AM, 1 Mar, 2020
South Africa on Sunday set Pakistan a target of 137 runs to win in the 15th match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Sydney.
It was a crucial match for both the teams as the winner will be almost qualified for the semi-finals.
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, scoring 136 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
L Wolvaadet was the top-scorer with 53 runs off 36 balls studded with eight fours. The other notable batsman was M Kapp scoring 31 runs off 32 balls.
For Pakistan, Diana Baig took two wickets for 19 runs in her allotted four overs.
In reply, Pakistani openers scored so far five runs in one over.
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During the conference of Caixin (world group that deals with the release of financial news) held in Beijing on the weekend, former ECB governor Jean Claude Trichet (who currently holds the position of president of the trilateral) claimed to be a great bitcoin detractor and that cryptocurrencies will never be the future of money. More in detail Trichet stated that:
"I strongly oppose Bitcoin and I think we are too complacent in its regulation; this coin is not real and does not have the characteristics that a currency should have "
For Trichet, as for many others in top positions in financial institutions, bitcoin and any other cryptocurrency have no function other than being speculative assets and, as such, are not healthy forms of investment. In the course of the intervention, there were also a couple of pounds even at pounds and at stablecoin more generally. Trichet, for the uninitiated, is 76 years old and it is not surprising that he assumes such retrograde positions on cryptocurrencies, the very fact that he has not argued but limited himself to always supporting the usual arguments suggests that he probably did not even deign to study the technology that holds bitcoins before criticizing it; the fact that all the sites in the sector have relaunched their statements does not mean that they have any value. Not everyone, however, thinks like him, a few days ago, for example, Giulio Tremonti, who spoke during an event dedicated to the blockchain world in Rome, supported the exact opposite of Trichet and said he was convinced that cryptocurrencies are destined, sooner or later, to replace money as we know it. Even Tremonti is not exactly a first-rate young man, however the 72-year-old former minister of the economy has shown considerable capacity for vision since he left politics and has anticipated on several occasions some tendencies that have subsequently come to light. Moreover, the theses exhibited by Trichet, and by so many others, stand only on paper, we have already had the opportunity to prove it in some of our old articles; it is said for example that bitcoin is not a means of payment, yet it is used daily in this way so that, in Italy, it is the third most popular online payment method after PayPal and the PostePay rechargeable card, it is said that it cannot serve as unit of account, but online you can buy a lot of goods and services whose prices are now denominated in BTC and not in fiat currency, it is said that a currency can not be so volatile, yet to those who use bitcoin this does not seem to interest.
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Recently, my friend, Ariel from PMQ for two asked if I wanted to join a Halloween tablescape and I jumped at the idea! I love decorating for fall, but since we moved to the middle of nowhere and don't have trick or treaters, we don't decorate for Halloween anymore. My kids are always thrilled when I set the table fancy, but a Halloween tablescape would really delight them. It's not a secret that I love color. But orange is generally not one of those colors. So, I tried really hard to stick with blacks, whites and grays. It looked unfinished though, so color was added!
I found spiderweb placemats at my local grocery store (Wegman's if you're curious) and went from there. My table has a walnut top, so I layered it with a white tablecloth to make the placemats show up. I used my normal white dishes and bamboo silverware that kind of looks like bones with a little imagination.
Then I added in a runner to add more pattern. I had a vision of skeleton cameo silhouettes. I made the runner with heat transfer vinyl that was very kindly provided by Craftables and deserves it's own post entirely. Spoiler alert, I LOVE this htv!! Tutorial here.
I used the heat transfer vinyl on some glasses as well. Probably not a project for the faint of heart, but I'll do a full post on that too. The glasses aren't perfect, but they did turn out super cool.
Let's move on to pretty pictures!
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Emy, your black and white table is so festive, and the pops of blue and green make it so much more fun! I pulled my bamboo flatware out because I thought it could pass for "bones" too! 😉 Your table looks fantastic!
Thanks Jennifer! It was such a fun blog post to put together!
I love love love all the skulls! Super fun! The blues and greens are a lovely touch as well.
Thanks Ariel! It was so much fun to put together! Thanks for inviting me to play!
I'm loving all of the DIY decor you've incorporated! They really bring this beautiful tablescape to life!
So my brain is on halloween and in the "tablescape" graphic i read "apocalypse." haha!!!! loving your mix of blues and greens and black and white! those green mums are awesome!
That's a whole different kind of dinner party. Don't drink the kool-aid. Seriously, don't. 🙂 The mums are from Wegmans.
This so beautiful Emy. The simplicity of the color choices make the room appear even more elegant.
Your DIY runner is amazing and so creative!! Lovely and classy table with non traditional pops of color. Love it!
What a super fun table! Really creative! That table cloth!!!
Thanks Heather! I loved being part of this blog hop!


Late last month I announced that I would be taking a break from the blog and part of the reason was due to the fact that I have been experiencing a distressing loss of energy.
I thought that the symptoms were being caused by stress with graduate school, but I discovered this weekend that the causes were actually much worse. I initially did not visit a doctor about the symptoms, but fortuitously I did have a standard blood test last week for some prescription medication. The doctors were alarmed to discover that the hemoglobin level in my red blood cells was half of what it should have been, and I was suffering from severe anemia. For an ordinary adult male of my age, the average hemoglobin level is around 14-17 gm/dL, but my hemoglobin was around 6-7 gm/dL. I was literally running on only half of my normal blood count!
The doctors were surprised that I could still walk around without fainting and I was checked into a hospital for blood transfusions. During the visit, the cause of the blood loss was discovered to be from a very bad ulcer in my esophagus that was causing internal bleeding. The doctors hypothesized that I must have been experiencing the blood loss for a couple of months now, since otherwise there was no explanation for how my body could still be functioning at only half my normal blood count, except through gradual acclimation.
I was hospitalized overnight, given blood transfusions, and have started treatment for the ulcer. The good news is that once the ulcer heals and my hemoglobin returns to normal levels, I should be perfectly fine and healthy with no long-term damage. I'm starting to feel more energy already, so maybe I can return now to blogging here more regularly again, provided that my energy level continues to return and I have the time to do so.
I will say that I owe none of recovery to the supernatural. To my knowledge, nobody prayed for my recovery. My problem was not diagnosed through revelation, but through physical medical instruments. My return to health has been brought forth by doctors trained in physical medical procedures, not by any miraculous faith healing of the sort a rumormonger like Craig Keener is fond of. Indeed, the only "miracle" that has been at work is the miracle of modern medicine.
Nevertheless, if I were bent on seeing a miracle in this weekend's events, it would not be difficult. I often meet believers who claim to have witnessed miracles, but their stories always break down when the details are examined. "It was extremely unlikely that my loved one would have survived!" "What were the odds that we would have caught the illness when we did?" "The doctors still cannot figure out what caused the healing!" Of course, I always first tell these people that I am very glad that they or their loved ones are doing better. But then I point out that these are only figurative, not literal miracles that do not escape the realm of natural explanations.
If I wanted to, I could identify a number of "miracles" in my weekend hospital visit: I wasn't even looking to identify any illness, so what would the odds be that I would just happen to have a standard blood test, in which the doctor (who was actually testing for other conditions) would just happen to notice that my hemoglobin was low? The doctors were amazed that I was still able to stand and function relatively normally, when I was suffering from extreme anemia at only half of my needed blood count. In fact, I had even (very dangerously) worked out at the gym a couple days before without fainting. Am I a miraculous man who can function with only half of his blood? Or is the long-term bleeding and gradual acclimation theory proposed by the doctors a more likely natural explanation?
The point being is that people who are looking for miracles will find them anywhere. Superstition in the mind is drawn towards the more incredible and profound explanation, searching for some sort of plan, intervention, or conspiracy that makes an event symbolic or scandalous. But the mundane reality is that less incredible and more ordinary explanations are, not surprisingly, more probable.
The unfortunate truth is that, although I had a good deal of fortune this weekend in catching the problem before there was any major damage, many people are not so lucky. In fact, one doctor informed me that another man of my age in the hospital had just recently had the same problem, but not caught it before his esophagus ruptured. That does not even speak for the billions who live in the third world, for whom my illness, treated here in only a couple days, could easily have been a death sentence. Out of millions of prayers that go unanswered, people looking for miracles only count the positive results.
Regardless, I do have a real miracle to be grateful for and that is the miracle provided by my fellow humans whose research, innovation, and labor made my recovery possible. I owe a million debts to the men and women – both ancient and modern, anonymous and famous – who have advanced technology and made the modern age possible. Just think of how many of us would not be alive today without vaccines, emergency room childbirth, or industrial farming (just to name a few man-made "miracles"). And yet I do not owe a single debt that I can observe thus far to any invisible angel, demon, or deity. Part of the reason I am a secular humanist is to give credit where it is due.
My god! Take care bud.
Asclepius would be a great future post too! Many xians don't know about him.
Good call, I like it better too. The post has been edited. Aesculapius is a fun chap. I could see maybe doing something on ancient miracle claims in the future.
Glad this was caught, diagnosed and treated in time. Still can be a bit scary.
Thanks! It came as quite a surprise.


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A delightful modern townhouse located in the heart of Moira, situated just off Moira Main Street to the rear of Rawdon Court. The Mews is accessed via remote control gates to which only residents have fobs. Whilst benefiting from this quiet location it is also extremely convenient to Lisburn, Hillsborough, and Sprucefied plus many other parts of the province accessible via the nearby motorway network. This property is ideally suited to cater for all modern day living requirements and more. Early viewing recommended.
• Entrance Hall plus downstairs Cloakroom with W.C.
Feature UPVC entrance door and fan light, spindled staircase to first floor, understairs storage cupboard,, single panel radiator.
White suite comprising low flush w.c., pedestal wash hand basin.
20' 1" x 14' (max) (6.12m x 4.27m) Feature sandstone fireplace with inset gas fire, wooden laminate flooring, double patio doors to conservatory, single panel radiator, double panel radiator.
feature tiled floor, feature breakfast bar, 2 double panel radiator.
10' 3" x 10' 1" (3.12m x 3.07m) Built in wardrobe, single panel radiator.
Modern white coloured suite comprising fully tiled shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin, low flush w.c., single panel radiator.
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Modern white coloured suite comprising panelled bath with handgrips and chrome telephone mixer tap, pedestal wash hand basin, low flush w.c., part tiled walls, single panel radiator.
Enclosed landscaped rear garden in pebbles, plants and shrubs.
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The film opens with a re-run of the ending of Hammer's original 1958 film, with an added narration by Andrew Keir, in which Christopher Lee is destroyed by Peter Cushing. The action then moves forward ten years, as brothers Charles and Alan Kent, with their wives Diana and Helen, are holidaying in the Carpathians. Deserted in a remote forest by a superstitious coachman who will go no further at night, they are rescued by a driver-less coach and horses and taken to Castle Dracula. There they meet Klove, Dracula's manservant, who explains that, although his master is dead, he left instructions that the castle always be ready to receive guests. Later that night, Alan is lured by Klove from his bedroom down into the vaults of the castle, where a ghastly fate awaits him…..
Christopher Lee speaks not a single word of dialogue in this film. On its release, Hammer's publicity people sought to explain this as a deliberate decision to make the Count more sinister. Years later, however, it emerged that Dracula's silence came about as a suggestion from Lee himself, who was of the opinion that he would do better saying nothing rather than having to utter the appalling lines he had been given in the script, which, it also transpired, had been written after all by none other than Jimmy Sangster using the pseudonym John Sansom! The script also seems to have had problems with the British censor and the scene in which Klove's unfortunate victim provides the blood for Dracula's resurrection had to be toned down. Instead of decapitating him, as originally written, Klove merely slits his throat instead! In order to reduce production costs, four films were made back to back at this time, using virtually the same sets, production staff and cast. The other three were "The Plague of the Zombies", "Rasputin – the Mad Monk" and "The Reptile" (all 1966).


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using Appium.Net.Integration.Tests.helpers;
using NUnit.Framework;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Android;

namespace Appium.Net.Integration.Tests.Android
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class SearchingTest
    {
        private AndroidDriver<AndroidElement> _driver;

        [OneTimeSetUp]
        public void BeforeAll()
        {
            var capabilities = Env.ServerIsRemote()
                ? Caps.GetAndroidUIAutomatorCaps(Apps.Get("androidApiDemos"))
                : Caps.GetAndroidUIAutomatorCaps(Apps.Get("androidApiDemos"));
            var serverUri = Env.ServerIsRemote() ? AppiumServers.RemoteServerUri : AppiumServers.LocalServiceUri;
            _driver = new AndroidDriver<AndroidElement>(serverUri, capabilities, Env.InitTimeoutSec);
            _driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = Env.ImplicitTimeoutSec;
        }

        [SetUp]
        public void SetUp()
        {
            _driver.StartActivity("io.appium.android.apis", ".ApiDemos");
        }

        [OneTimeTearDown]
        public void AfterAll()
        {
            _driver?.Quit();
            if (!Env.ServerIsRemote())
            {
                AppiumServers.StopLocalService();
            }
        }

        [Test]
        public void FindByAccessibilityIdTest()
        {
            By byAccessibilityId = new ByAccessibilityId("Graphics");
            Assert.AreNotEqual(_driver.FindElement(byAccessibilityId).Text, null);
            Assert.GreaterOrEqual(_driver.FindElements(byAccessibilityId).Count, 1);
        }

        [Test]
        public void FindByAndroidUiAutomatorTest()
        {
            By byAndroidUiAutomator = new ByAndroidUIAutomator("new UiSelector().clickable(true)");
            Assert.IsNotNull(_driver.FindElement(byAndroidUiAutomator).Text);
            Assert.GreaterOrEqual(_driver.FindElements(byAndroidUiAutomator).Count, 1);
        }

        [Test]
        public void FindByXPathTest()
        {
            var byXPath = "//android.widget.TextView[contains(@text, 'Animat')]";
            Assert.IsNotNull(_driver.FindElementByXPath(byXPath).Text);
            Assert.AreEqual(_driver.FindElementsByXPath(byXPath).Count, 1);
        }

        [Test]
        public void FindScrollable()
        {
            _driver.FindElementByAccessibilityId("Views").Click();
            var radioGroup = _driver
                .FindElementByAndroidUIAutomator("new UiScrollable(new UiSelector()"
                                                 + ".resourceId(\"android:id/list\")).scrollIntoView("
                                                 + "new UiSelector().text(\"Radio Group\"));");
            Assert.NotNull(radioGroup.Location);
        }
    }
}

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Q: nested id object not getting deleted in mongoose Hello I am trying to delete pushed (data) _id from a document array, but I am getting no response while executing.
Also, since it is a relational _id which I am trying to delete. How can I delete  from the collection it is actually stored ?
here is my delete route:-
router.delete('/userDelete/:userId', checkAuth , (req, res, next) =>{
    if(req.userData.role2 === 'admin') {
        Admin.findOneAndDelete({_id: req.params.userId},{ $pull: { 'admins.users': {_id: req.params._id}}},{new: true})
        .exec()
        .then(result => {
            res.status(200).send(["Deleted"]);
        })
        .catch(err =>{
        if (err.code == 500)
                    res.status(500).send(["Didn't get deleted"]);
            else
            return next(err);
        });
    }else{
        res.send(["Unauthorized. Not deleted"]);
    }
});

This is the nested object looks like :-
{
    "admins": {
        "users": [
            "5d0364048db4957100f33fea" //<===want to delete this relational id
        ],
        "email": "1cf1eede89@himail.online",
        "password": "$2a$10$vHyGxX9P.t0/ybKcmIzkc.ZCX18oHaVnvTgJIWA2gTNzJ3TCdXS4a",
    "_id": "5d0339d5b4b28b6ddff06802",
    "companyName": "GH",
    "__v": 0
}

This is my controller :-
var admin = new Admin();
    admin.companyName = req.body.companyName;
    admin.admins = {
                    email : req.body.email,
                    password: req.body.password,
                    users : []
    };

Is is also possible to delete records from each and every collections where particular _id data is located ?

A: You need to find the Document and update,
Data
{
    "_id" : "5d0339d5b4b28b6ddff06802",
    "admins" : {
        "users" : [
            "5d0364048db4957100f33fea"
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Dawned on the Danube
Travel writer Charlene Andre jumps on an assignment to visit Hungary soon after the fall of the Iron Curtain …and her marriage. Budapest! That most fabled of cities… but is it safe? War threatens along the border. The government is in chaos. Charlene throws her fate to the wind and makes the journey.
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"When I started acting I always felt alienated because I was considered exotic, or different, or too skinny for this, or too light for that. These pigeonholes can only make you feel different or excluded. Overtime you just start to ask yourself, 'When will I be considered for what I have to contribute?'" said Zoe Saldana, the actress best known for her roles in Avatar, Star Trek and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Saldana was inspired to start BeSe after she became a mother. "I want my children to have the same ample opportunities that other people have. I want them to grow up in an America that is worthy of them," she said.
Research undertaken by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative in 2016 found that Latinos remain the most underrepresented minority group when it comes to speaking roles in film and television. "We need to hire, develop and promote talent from diverse backgrounds in order for us to create a workforce that more accurately reflects the demographic make-up of America," said Saldana.
"It is important for me to be able to provide inspiration by highlighting the role models, both past and present, who can change perceptions of these communities," she said. In this interview Saldana shares why we need more diverse heroes in Hollywood and how she is working to make that happen.
Michelle King: Why do you think there is a lack of diversity in media and entertainment?
Zoe Saldana: It is just that media companies, network studios, publishers and executives are all still predominately white and male. Additionally, the news media overall has a significant under-representation of Latinos. It is really about 4%. If you look at the producer level it is less than 2%. So, it is no wonder that the stories of Latinos comprise less than 1% of all news media coverage, and often they are not positive stories.
King: What are you hoping to achieve with the launch of your company BeSe?
Saldana: I really want to broaden and reshape the narrative so that I can better reflect the America we see today, when we walk outside our front door. I want to unite us, by celebrating our diversity. Half of America today, under the age of 35, is multicultural. And half of that is Latino but this is not reflected in our mainstream media. I want to participate in the broadening of the narrative.
King: Why is it important to start with mainstream media?
Saldana: If we start with mainstream media, then other areas will follow like education, politics, finance, science, technology and healthcare. By showing what American faces really look like today, versus 50 years ago, you will be able to show the younger generation role models that better reflect their own faces and stories.
By doing this we are invoking aspiration. When you don't have a role model, you have very limited ideas of what you want to be when you grow up. I know this sounds corny (or like a Marvel movie) but it is true. Younger generations are always looking for a hero to aspire to.
King: Why are role models such an important part of increasing diversity on screen?
Saldana: When I was growing up and started to become inspirational (through my work) I felt excluded. I felt that I wasn't highlighted enough and that people who looked like me we were not highlighted in a positive way. That can become very disheartening. I would love to have been the next Jane Austen and have written an impact-full novel. But when I was growing up not that many people of color were breaking the glass ceiling of best sellers.
So, overtime you start to think do I have to fight harder or is it just impossible? If that is the case then that is unfair because I don't want to change who I am. I don't want to become something else. I just want the opportunity to believe that I can become anything.
King: What are your plans for BeSe and what can people expect?
Saldana: We are going to start with the Latin community because it is the most marginalized, according to its size and growth. But we will also focus on all communities that have been underrepresented or misrepresented, like women and the LGBTQ community. You can expect to see multicultural stories (in a range of formats) with an initial focus on stories that cover social impact, culture and identity. Making diverse stories will give the under-served the representation that they need to feel included and a part of America.


Eduardo Galeano | Democracy Now!
One of Latin America's most acclaimed writers, Eduardo Galeano, appeared several times for extended interviews on Democracy Now! He made headlines when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave President Obama a copy of his classic work, The Open Veins of Latin America.


Mariano was born and raised in the region known as "la pampa" in Argentina. Mariano's father worked herding sheep and cattle, and later as a professional butcher for many years. Mariano learned the art of the "asado" and "parrilla" fom his father, who to this day grills the best whole cuts in town.
Mariano now lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with his wife of 11 years, Luisa, and their five year old son, Tomé. Mariano earned his cooking degree in Argentina in 1997 and has cooked professionally ever since. He has cooked in Patagonia, Buenos Aires and coastal Argentina, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, as well as honed a farm-to-table local, seasonal foods emphasis from his years on Woodberry Kitchen's original team of cooks, mastering the woodburning oven.
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This instance is the WoTLK version of Black Morass... Just 10x better. When you zone into the instance you'll see guards fighting Dragonkin and a mage nammed Lieutenant Sinclari to your right. Talk to her in order to start the instance. Once the instance is started you'll see portal's open up just like Black Morass. You need to kill the mobs that come out of the portals, and prevent them from reaching the door (Picture the door being Medivh). Bosses spawn at the 6th portal and 12th portal.
Normal Strategy: This guy is pretty simple, He spawns with two guards and fires lightning bolts at a random person in your group. He also has a Windfury attack and a very quick casting Chain Heal. Don't worry if you get this boss, He's one of the easiest there is.
Heroic Strategy: This guy is cake on heroic, Focus on him and offtank the adds. When he dies take down the adds.
Normal Strategy: This boss is the easiest boss in the whole wide instance. It's a simple tank and spank, the only thing he does that is of any concern is target a random person and channel a beam on them, inflicting damage over around 10seconds.
Heroic Strategy: This boss is the same as normal, just hits harder.
Normal Strategy: This boss has a shield that decreases all damage taken by 99% with 35 charges on it. Each time you hit him it takes away a charge, when it reaches 0 he explodes and summons a bunch of little water elementals. Kill the little water elementals before they reach his body and merge with him. When he pops back up have the tank kite him around avoiding the remaining water elementals.
Heroic Strategy: Same as normal, just do everything better.
Normal Strategy: A bajillion times easier then heroic, Tank and spank him and kite him around dodging the orb that he summons.
Heroic Strategy: Start the fight with all party members standing on the rubble ramp to the left or the stairs to right. After he's done his speech he'll run to the party. Have the tank pick him up and tank him on the ramp or stairs for 10-15 seconds. When he summons his first and second adds move him up the balcony and along the bridge slowly. Ranged and healers try to stay a little ahead of the tank.
The adds will come up the ramp or stairs where you were standing and follow you along the bridge. Simply move the boss to the other Ramp/Stairs that you did not start on. This will cause the orbs to despawn before they get to you. Rinse and repeat this method for easy victory.
Heroic Strategy: Same as Normal, just hits harder.
Normal Strategy: Through out the fight he will summon Void Sentrys which will AoE the group every few seconds. In order to kill them you need to wait and get hit with Void Shift. You'll get a debuff which will allow you to attack them for 15 seconds. Kill as many as you can before your buff runs out.
Heroic Strategy: Through out the fight he will summon Void Sentrys which will AoE the group every few seconds. In order to kill them you need to wait and get hit with Void Shift. You'll get a debuff which will allow you to attack them for 15 seconds. Kill as many as you can before your buff runs out.
Normal Strategy: She will cast blizzard at times, have the tank move out of it. Also she will use an ability called Uncontrollable Energy. It's a dispellable magic debuff that does minor amounts of damage.
Heroic Strategy: She will cast blizzard at times, have the tank move out of it. Also she will use an ability called Uncontrollable Energy. It's a dispellable magic debuff that does minor amounts of damage.
- Defeat Xevozz, Lavanthor, Ichoron, Zuramat the Obliterator, Erekem, and Moragg in The Violet Hold on Heroic Difficulty.
- Defeat Ichoron in The Violet Hold on Heroic Difficulty without allowing any Ichor Globules to merge.
- Defeat Zuramat the Obliterator in The Violet Hold without killing any void sentries.
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It is not until now that I am typing this that I realized…I picked St. Andrew's because it had a 4:00pm Mass. I had to pick this time for Mass because I was going to a BBQ at my friend ANDREW'S house……kind of funny, ironic, or coincidental….It never is!!
I was sure in that moment God had been listening to my conversation with my girl in the car!!!
I started running through my head…….I need patience, I need the grace to let go of my growing children as they become adults, I need to recognize that I do not have control over the things in their lives that I used to control, I need a skill set that matches my parenting role for the here and now not the same skill set I have always used. Does HE really know that?? I wish HE would graciously and generously bring to me what I need right now.
I left St. Andrew's a little more settled than when I had walked in. As I pulled out of the driveway I had 3 thoughts….
1.	Be patient. He knows what I need and I will just have to be ready for when the shift happens.
2.	Stick to texting with my girl……we always do better that way!! Someday, maybe we will communicate better…but I have always believed she and I are more similar than we are different…so hopefully we will figure it out.
3.	Remember to pick up the lemons and limes for the vodka clubs at Andrew's!!


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Equality Bill: more articles
on Friday, 5 February 2010 at 8.16 am by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as Church of England, equality legislation
The Church Times today carries my report of recent events under the headline: Churches to keep their exemption from equality law, Harman confirms.
THE LAW covering church employment will stay as it is, the Minister for Women and Equality, Harriet Harman, said on Tuesday. She was speaking after the defeat in the Lords of an amendment to the Equality Bill (News, 29 January), which sought to clarify the exemption for religious bodies from the existing legislation, to ensure that it applied only to church ministers…
This report also includes two sections on more of the House of Lords debates from Monday and Wednesday of last week, including the one on Civil Partnerships venues.
Earlier on Monday of last week, the House considered a proposal from Lord Alli to to amend the Civil Partnerships Act to allow religious venues to be used.
Lord Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford, spoke in support. He said: "The Government were absolutely right to respect the religious sensitivities of the Church of England when the Civil Partnership Bill went through Parliament, but since that time a new situation has emerged. The Quakers, liberal Jews, and other religious bodies have made it quite clear that they want permission to conduct these ceremonies in a religious context with religious language. This is a fundamental issue of religious freedom…"
Cif: belief yesterday carried a comment article by Riazat Butt headlined More Catholic than the pope.
There is still much anger over the pope's comments about UK equality laws. Part of me wonders why people are surprised by the nature of his observations – they are exactly what one would expect – and part of me also wonders why people are focusing on the equality bill, which was more about Anglicans than Catholics. The Catholic bishops did not turn a blind eye to the proposed legislation, but it was the Lords Spiritual who went to war over it. They won. Well done them. That the established church is trying to shut out people whose lifestyle is at odds with Christian ethos brings the words "stable", "door" and "bolted" to mind. Their attempts to legitimise "sexual cleansing" also reminds me of the time that Katharine Jefferts Schori accused the C of E of double standards…
and she concludes:
While I accept the pope was out of order for passing judgment on equality legislation and UK attitudes towards homosexuality, the same level of anger and outrage must be directed at those Church of England bishops who fought tooth and nail to keep the status quo, to preserve their right to discriminate against gays and lesbians and to institutionalise and legitimise prejudice against anyone they deemed to be unfit for purpose because of their lifestyle.
I really don't think anything has changed. The intention was always that religious jobs only would be covered, and that is still the case. It just hasn't been formally clarified, and that may be less beneficial to the church than they realise, given that there will be tribunals if they try and apply it any further. And the chances of them winning given that statements made by Government and the European directive are small indeed.
Revd L Roberts
This really needs saying, and needs to be repeated in season and out. '…the same level of anger and outrage must be directed at those Church of England bishops who fought tooth and nail to keep the status quo, to preserve their right to discriminate against gays and lesbians and to institutionalise and legitimise prejudice against anyone they deemed to be unfit for purpose because of their lifestyle.' It is vital that we don't capitulate to this innovation the bishops want to thrust on us, contrary to the more liberal practices of the recent past in many dioceses including Southwark,… Read more »
Popes, bishops stood loud and strong for God's created-revelation orders in a whole number of important legacy areas: Ptolemaic Cosmology, demon possession instead of infection microorganisms, standing against anatomy studies, males first-males only rules with women relegated to home/hearth only, the heionous sins of usury often linked to anathematizing the dirty Jews who handled money, …. the historical list is long indeed. So add these latest items from B16 and others, to that same list. As with slavery, we hope for pretty similar results – standing up for mean stuff, unfair stuff, and flat earth stuff does speak loud, clear,… Read more »
Rev L Roberts
'And the end of words is to bring men to the knowledge of things beyond what words can utter. So, learn of the Lord to make a right use of the Scriptures: which is by esteeming them in their right place, and prizing that above them which is above them.'
Isaac Penington: Letters, ed. John Barclay, 1828, pp. 39-40. Letter XVI, undated


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The Wrath of God II
Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus
Nigula's Orthodox Bible Canon(s) list
Jehovah Witnesses & Protestant Restorationism
Calvinism and Human Responsibility
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They are all connected now
Predestination, Providence, and Prayer
A Mission from God: the Two Essentials to Building...
British Press & Middle Eastern Christians
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Early Church Fathers and Early Christian Witnesses...
Free Will: part II
God is not the author of sin
Different degrees of error
Fullness of the Faith
First Episcopal Assembly of Germany
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The Need For Creeds: Jaroslav Pelikan
Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue in the Sixteenth Centur...
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Address to the Greeks
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.iii.ii.vii.html?
"Chapter VII.—Concerning the Fall of Man.
For the heavenly Logos, a spirit emanating from the Father and a Logos from the Logos-power, in imitation of the Father who begat Him made man an image of immortality, so that, as incorruption is with God, in like manner, man, sharing in a part of God, might have the immortal principle also. The Logos, too, before the creation of men, was the Framer of angels. And each of these two orders of creatures was made free to act as it pleased, not having the nature of good, which again is with God alone, but is brought to perfection in men through their freedom of choice, in order that the bad man may be justly punished, having become depraved through his own fault, but the just man be deservedly praised for his virtuous deeds, since in the exercise of his free choice he refrained from transgressing the will of God. Such is the constitution of things in reference to angels and men. And the power of the Logos, having in itself a faculty to foresee future events, not as fated, but as taking place by the choice of free agents, foretold from time to time the issues of things to come; it also became a forbidder of wickedness by means of prohibitions, and the encomiast of those who remained good. And, when men attached themselves to one who was more subtle than the rest, having regard to his being the first-born, and declared him to be God, though he was resisting the law of God, then the power of the Logos excluded the beginner of the folly and his adherents from all fellowship with Himself. And so he who was made in the likeness of God, since the more powerful spirit is separated from him, becomes mortal; but that first-begotten one through his transgression and ignorance becomes a demon; and they who imitated him, that is his illusions, are become a host of demons, and through their freedom of choice have been given up to their own infatuation.
Clement of Alexandria
The Stromata, or Miscellanies: Book II
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.vi.iv.ii.viii.html?
But there being but one First Cause, as will be shown afterwards, these men will be shown to be inventors of chatterings and chirpings. But since God deemed it advantageous, that from the law and the prophets, men should receive a preparatory discipline by the Lord, the fear of the Lord was called the beginning of wisdom, being given by the Lord, through Moses, to the disobedient and hard of heart. For those whom reason convinces not, fear tames; which also the Instructing Word, foreseeing from the first, and purifying by each of these methods, adapted the instrument suitably for piety.
The Stromata, or Miscellanies: Book 7
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"But if one say to us, that some sinners even obtain according to their requests, [we should say] that this rarely takes place, by reason of the righteous goodness of God. And it is granted to those who are capable of doing others good. Whence the gift is not made for the sake of him that asked it; but the divine dispensation, foreseeing that one would be saved by his means, renders the boon again righteous. And to those who are worthy, things which are really good are given, even without their asking.
Whenever, then, one is righteous, not from necessity or out of fear or hope, but from free choice, this is called the royal road, which the royal race travel. But the byways are slippery and precipitous. If, then, one take away fear and honour, I do not know if the illustrious among the philosophers, who use such freedom of speech, will any longer endure afflictions."
Fragments from the lost writings of Irenaeus
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The will and the energy of God is the effective and foreseeing cause of every time and place and age, and of every nature. The will is the reason (λόγος) of the intellectual soul, which [reason] is within us, inasmuch as it is the faculty belonging to it which is endowed with freedom of action. The will is the mind desiring [some object], and an appetite possessed of intelligence, yearning after that thing which is desired.
Justin Martyr
Dialogue with Trypho a Jew
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For the circumcision according to the flesh, which is from Abraham, was given for a sign; that you may be separated from other nations, and from us; and that you alone may suffer that which you now justly suffer; and that your land may be desolate, and your cities burned with fire; and that strangers may eat your fruit in your presence, and not one of you may go up to Jerusalem.' For you are not recognised among the rest of men by any other mark than your fleshly circumcision. For none of you, I suppose, will venture to say that God neither did nor does foresee the events, which are future, nor foreordained his deserts for each one. Accordingly, these things have happened to you in fairness and justice, for you have slain the Just One, and His prophets before Him; and now you reject those who hope in Him, and in Him who sent Him—God the Almighty and Maker of all things —cursing in your synagogues those that believe on Christ.
Against Heresies: Book 3
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"Matthew might certainly have said, "Now the birth of Jesus was on this wise;" but the Holy Ghost, foreseeing the corrupters [of the truth], and guarding by anticipation against their deceit, says by Matthew, "But the birth of Christ was on this wise;" and that He is Emmanuel, lest perchance we might consider Him as a mere man: for "not by the will of the flesh nor by the will of man, but by the will of God was the Word made flesh;" and that we should not imagine that Jesus was one, and Christ another, but should know them to be one and the same.
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"Long-suffering therefore was God, when man became a defaulter, as foreseeing that victory which should be granted to him through the Word."
The Epistle of Barnabas
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"Behold, therefore, we have been refashioned, as again He says in another prophet, "Behold, saith the Lord, I will take away from these, that is, from those whom the Spirit of the Lord foresaw, their stony hearts, and I will put hearts of flesh within them," because He was to be manifested in flesh, and to sojourn among us. For, my brethren, the habitation of our heart is a holy temple to the Lord.
The Stromata: Book 2
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He, then, who has received the forgiveness of sins ought to sin no more. For, in addition to the first and only repentance from sins (this is from the previous sins in the first and heathen life—I mean that in ignorance), there is forthwith proposed to those who have been called, the repentance which cleanses the seat of the soul from transgressions, that faith may be established. And the Lord, knowing the heart, and foreknowing the future, foresaw both the fickleness of man and the craft and subtlety of the devil from the first, from the beginning; how that, envying man for the forgiveness of sins, he would present to the servants of God certain causes of sins; skilfully working mischief, that they might fall together with himself.
Who is the Rich man that shall be saved?
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He was asked respecting those things on account of which He descended, which He inculcates, which He teaches, which He offers, in order to show the essence of the Gospel, that it is the gift of eternal life. For He foresaw as God, both what He would be asked, and what each one would answer Him. For who should do this more than the Prophet of prophets, and the Lord of every prophetic spirit?
"In order, therefore, that man might have a goodness of his own, bestowed, on him by God, and there might be henceforth in man a property, and in a certain sense a natural attribute of goodness, there was assigned to him in the constitution of his nature, as a formal witness. of the goodness which God bestowed upon him, freedom and power of the will, such as should cause good to be performed spontaneously by man, as a property of his own, on the ground that no less than this. would be required in the matter of a goodness which was to be voluntarily exercised by him, that is to say, by the liberty of his will, without either favour or servility to the constitution of his nature, so that man should be good just up to this point, if he should display his goodness in accordance with his natural constitution indeed, but still as the result of his will, as a property of his nature; and, by a similar exercise of volition, should show himself to be too strong in defence against evil also (for even this God, of course, foresaw), being free, and master of himself; because, if he were wanting in this prerogative of self-mastery, so as to perform even good by necessity and not will, he would, in the helplessness of his servitude, become subject to the usurpation of evil, a slave as much to evil as to good. Entire freedom of will, therefore, was conferred upon him in both tendencies; so that, as master of himself, he might constantly encounter good by spontaneous observance of it, and evil by its spontaneous avoidance; because, were man even otherwise circumstanced, it was yet his bounden duty, in the judgment of God, to do justice according to the motions of his will regarded, of course, as free. But the reward neither of good nor of evil could be paid to the man who should be found to have been either good or evil through necessity and not choice. In this really lay. the law which did not exclude, but rather prove, human liberty by a spontaneous rendering of obedience, or a spontaneous commission of iniquity; so patent was the liberty of man's will for either issue.
The Five Books Against Marcion: Book 3
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Now there are two conditions of prophetic announcement which I adduce, as requiring the assent of our adversaries in the future stages of the discussion. One, that future events are sometimes announced as if they were already passed. For it is consistent with Deity to regard as accomplished facts whatever It has determined on, because there is no difference of time with that Being in whom eternity itself directs a uniform condition of seasons. It is indeed more natural to the prophetic divination to represent as seen and already brought to pass, even while forseeing it, that which it foresees; in other words, that which is by all means future."
On Repentance
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"These poisons of his, therefore, God foreseeing, although the gate of forgiveness has been shut and fastened up with the bar of baptism, has permitted it still to stand somewhat open."
On Idolatry
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"These things, therefore, the Holy Spirit foreseeing from the beginning, fore-chanted, through the most ancient prophet Enoch, that even entrances would come 71into superstitious use. For we see too that other entrances"
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An Answer to the Jews
"For God, foreseeing that He was about to give this circumcision to the people of Israel for "a sign," not for salvation, urges the circumcision of the son of Moses, their future leader, for this reason; that, since He had begun, through him, to give the People the precept of cir154cumcision, the people should not despise it, from seeing this example (of neglect) already exhibited conspicuously in their leader's son."
Minucius Felix
The Octavius of Minucius Felix
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""Neither let any one either take comfort from, or apologize for what happens from fate. Let what happens be of the disposition of fortune, yet the mind is free; and therefore man's doing, not his dignity, is judged. For what else is fate than what God has spoken of each one of us? who, since He can foresee our constitution, determines also the fates for us, according to the deserts and the qualities of individuals. Thus in our case it is not the star under which we are born that is punished, but the particular nature of our disposition is blamed. And about fate enough is said; or if, in consideration of the time, we have spoken too little, we shall argue the matter at another time more abundantly and more fully. But that many of us are called poor, this is not our disgrace, but our glory; for as our mind is relaxed by luxury, so it is strengthened by frugality. And yet who can be poor if he does not want, if he does not crave for the possessions of others, if he is rich towards God? He rather is poor, who, although he has much, desires more.
Origen Against Celsus: Book II
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"The Saviour, foreseeing the sufferings which the Jewish people and the city of Jerusalem were to undergo in requital of the wicked deeds which the Jews had dared to perpetrate upon Him, from no other motive than that of the purest philanthropy towards them, and from a desire that they might escape the impending calamities, gave utterance to the prayer, "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me."
Origen Against Celsus: Book 6
Chapter XLV
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"For God, comprehending all things by means of His foreknowledge, and foreseeing what consequences would result from both of these, wished to make these known to mankind by His prophets, that those who understand their words might be familiarized with the good, and be on their guard against its opposite."
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Of First Principles: Book 3
"in the same way, God also, who knows the secret things of the heart, and foresees future events, in His long-suffering, permits (certain events to occur), and by means of those things which happen from without extracts the secret evil, in order to cleanse him who through carelessness has received the seeds of sin, that having vomited them forth when they came to the surface, although he may have been deeply involved in evils, he may afterwards obtain healing after his wickedness, and be renewed."
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"Now were it not for the words that are added, "Lest perhaps they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them," we might be more inclined to return the answer, that the Saviour was unwilling that those individuals whom He foresaw would not become good, should understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, and that therefore He spoke to them in parables; but as that addition follows, "Lest perhaps they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them," the explanation is rendered more difficult."
Chapter XVIII.
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After this the Jew makes another silly remark, saying, "How is it that, if Jesus pointed out beforehand both the traitor and the perjurer, they did not fear him as a God, and cease, the one from his intended treason, and the other from his perjury?" Here the learned Celsus did not see the contradiction in his statement: for if Jesus foreknew events as a God, then it was impossible for His foreknowledge to prove untrue; and therefore it was impossible for him who was known to Him as going to betray Him not to execute his purpose, nor for him who was rebuked as going to deny Him not to have been guilty of that crime. For if it had been possible for the one to abstain from the act of betrayal, and the other from that of denial, as having been warned of the consequences of these actions beforehand, then His words were no longer true, who predicted that the one would betray Him and the other deny Him. For if He had foreknowledge of the traitor, He knew the wickedness in which the treason originated, and this wickedness was by no means taken away by the foreknowledge. And, again, if He had ascertained that one would deny Him, He made that prediction from seeing the weakness out of which that act of denial would arise, and yet this weakness was not to be taken away thus at once
Chapter XX
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"Chapter XX.
Let us see how he continues after this: "These events," he says, "he predicted as being a God, and the prediction must by all means come to pass. God, therefore, who above all others ought to do good to men, and especially to those of his own household, led on his own disciples and prophets, with whom he was in the habit of eating and drinking, to such a degree of wickedness, that they became impious and unholy men. Now, of a truth, he who shared a man's table would not be guilty of conspiring against him; but after banqueting with God, he became a conspirator. And, what is still more absurd, God himself plotted against the members of his own table, by converting them into traitors and villains!" Now, since you wish me 440to answer even those charges of Celsus which seem to me frivolous, the following is our reply to such statements. Celsus imagines that an event, predicted through foreknowledge, comes to pass because it was predicted; but we do not grant this, maintaining that he who foretold it was not the cause of its happening, because he foretold it would happen; but the future event itself, which would have taken place though not predicted, afforded the occasion to him, who was endowed with foreknowledge, of foretelling its occurrence. Now, certainly this result is present to the foreknowledge of him who predicts an event, when it is possible that it may or may not happen, viz., that one or other of these things will take place. For we do not assert that he who foreknows an event, by secretly taking away the possibility of its happening or not, makes any such declaration as this: "This shall infallibly happen, and it is impossible that it can be otherwise." And this remark applies to all the foreknowledge of events dependent upon ourselves, whether contained in the sacred Scriptures or in the histories of the Greeks. Now, what is called by logicians an "idle argument," which is a sophism, will be no sophism as far as Celsus can help, but according to sound reasoning it is a sophism. And that this may be seen, I shall take from the Scriptures the predictions regarding Judas, or the foreknowledge of our Saviour regarding him as the traitor; and from the Greek histories the oracle that was given to Laius, conceding for the present its truth, since it does not affect the argument. Now, in Ps. cviii., Judas is spoken of by the mouth of the Saviour, in words beginning thus: "Hold not Thy peace, O God of my praise; for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me." Now, if you carefully observe the contents of the psalm, you will find that, as it was foreknown that he would betray the Saviour, so also was he considered to be himself the cause of the betrayal, and deserving, on account of his wickedness, of the imprecations contained in the prophecy. For let him suffer these things, "because," says the psalmist, "he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man." Wherefore it was possible for him to show mercy, and not to persecute him whom he did persecute. But although he might have done these things, he did not do them, but carried out the act of treason, so as to merit the curses pronounced against him in the prophecy.
And in answer to the Greeks we shall quote the following oracular response to Laius, as recorded by the tragic poet, either in the exact words of the oracle or in equivalent terms. Future events are thus made known to him by the oracle: "Do not try to beget children against the will of the gods. For if you beget a son, your son shall murder you; and all your household shall wade in blood."
Now from this it is clear that it was within the power of Laius not to try to beget children, for the oracle would not have commanded an impossibility; and it was also in his power to do the opposite, so that neither of these courses was compulsory. And the consequence of his not guarding against the begetting of children was, that he suffered from so doing the calamities described in the tragedies relating to Œdipus and Jocasta and their sons. Now that which is called the "idle argument," being a quibble, is such as might be applied, say in the case of a sick man, with the view of sophistically preventing him from employing a physician to promote his recovery; and it is something like this: "If it is decreed that you should recover from your disease, you will recover whether you call in a physician or not; but if it is decreed that you should not recover, you will not recover whether you call in a physician or no. But it is certainly decreed either that you should recover, or that you should not recover; and therefore it is in vain that you call in a physician." Now with this argument the following may be wittily compared: "If it is decreed that you should beget children, you will beget them, whether you have intercourse with a woman or not. But if it is decreed that you should not beget children, you will not do so, whether you have intercourse with a woman or no. Now, certainly, it is decreed either that you should beget children or not; therefore it is in vain that you have intercourse with a woman." For, as in the latter instance, intercourse with a woman is not employed in vain, seeing it is an utter impossibility for him who does not use it to beget children; so, in the former, if recovery from disease is to be accomplished by means of the healing art, of necessity the physician is summoned, and it is therefore false to say that "in vain do you call in a physician." We have brought forward all these illustrations on account of the assertion of this learned Celsus, that "being a God He predicted these things, and the predictions must by all means come to pass." Now, if by "by all means" he means "necessarily," we cannot admit this. For it was quite possible, also, that they might not come to pass. But if he uses "by all means" in the sense of "simple futurity," which nothing hinders from being true (although it was possible that they might not happen), he does not at all touch my 441argument; nor did it follow, from Jesus having predicted the acts of the traitor or the perjurer, that it was the same thing with His being the cause of such impious and unholy proceedings. For He who was amongst us, and knew what was in man, seeing his evil disposition, and foreseeing what he would attempt from his spirit of covetousness, and from his want of stable ideas of duty towards his Master, along with many other declarations, gave utterance to this also: "He that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me."
"Celsus supposes that we may arrive at a knowledge of God either by combining or separating certain things after the methods which mathematicians call synthesis and analysis, or again by analogy, which is employed by them also, and that in this way we may as it were gain admission to the chief good. But when the Word of God says, "No man knoweth the Father but the Son, 630and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him," He declares that no one can know God but by the help of divine grace coming from above, with a certain divine inspiration. Indeed, it is reasonable to suppose that the knowledge of God is beyond the reach of human nature, and hence the many errors into which men have fallen in their views of God. It is, then, through the goodness and love of God to mankind, and by a marvellous exercise of divine grace to those whom He saw in His foreknowledge, and knew that they would walk worthy of Him who had made Himself known to them, and that they would never swerve from a faithful attachment to His service, although they were condemned to death or held up to ridicule by those who, in ignorance of what true religion is, give that name to what deserves to be called anything rather than religion. God doubtless saw the pride and arrogance of those who, with contempt for all others, boast of their knowledge of God, and of their profound acquaintance with divine things obtained from philosophy, but who still, not less even than the most ignorant, run after their images, and temples, and famous mysteries; and seeing this, He "has chosen the foolish things of this world" —the simplest of Christians, who lead, however, a life of greater moderation and purity than many philosophers—"to confound the wise," who are not ashamed to address inanimate things as gods or images of the gods. For what reasonable man can refrain from smiling when he sees that one who has learned from philosophy such profound and noble sentiments about God or the gods, turns straightway to images and offers to them his prayers, or imagines that by gazing upon these material things he can ascend from the visible symbol to that which is spiritual and immaterial. But a Christian, even of the common people, is assured that every place forms part of the universe, and that the whole universe is God's temple. In whatever part of the world he is, he prays; but he rises above the universe, "shutting the eyes of sense, and raising upwards the eyes of the soul." And he stops not at the vault of heaven; but passing in thought beyond the heavens, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, and having thus as it were gone beyond the visible universe, he offers prayers to God.
The Treatises of Cyprian
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"In the first place, martyrdom is not in your power, but in the condescension of God; neither can you say that you have lost what you do not know whether you would deserve to receive. Then, besides, God the searcher of the reins and heart, and the investigator and knower of secret things, sees you, and praises and approves you; and He who sees that your virtue was ready in you, will give you a reward for your virtue. Had Cain, when he offered his gift to God, already slain his brother? And yet God, foreseeing the fratricide conceived in his mind, anticipated its condemnation. As in that case the evil thought and mischievous intention were foreseen" by a foreseeing God, so also in God's servants, among whom confession is purposed and martyrdom conceived in the mind, the intention dedicated to good is crowned by God the judge. It is one thing for the spirit to be wanting for martyrdom, and another for martyrdom to have been wanting for the spirit. Such as the Lord finds you when He calls you, such also He judges you; since He Himself bears witness, and says, "And all the churches shall know that I am the searcher of the reins and heart." For God does not ask for our blood, but for our faith
"9. Besides, that the indications of the divine providence may be more evidently manifest, proving that the Lord, prescient of the future, takes counsel for the true salvation of His people, when one of our colleagues and fellow-priests, wearied out with infirmity, and anxious about the present approach of death, prayed for a respite to himself; there stood by him as he prayed, and when he was now at the point of death, a youth, venerable in honour and majesty, lofty in stature and shining in aspect, and on whom, as he stood by him, the human glance 474could scarcely look with fleshly eyes, except that he who was about to depart from the world could already behold such a one."
Basil the great
The Hexaemeron
Homily III: On The Firmament
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"Therefore the prodigious mass of waters was spread around the earth; not in proportion with it and infinitely larger, thanks to the foresight of the supreme Artificer, Who, from the beginning, foresaw what was to come, and at the first provided all for the future needs of the world. "
Dogmatics: Against Eunomius
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"It is urged that if the Son is first begotten, He cannot be only begotten, and that there must needs be some other, in comparison with whom He is styled first begotten. Yet, O wise objector, though He is the only Son born of the Virgin Mary, He is called her first born. For it is said, 'Till she brought forth her first born Son.' There is therefore no need of any brother in comparison with whom He is styled first begotten. "It might also be said that one who was before all generation was called first begotten, and moreover in respect of them who are begotten of God through the adoption of the Holy Ghost, as Paul says, 'For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.'"
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I saw two adventurous and entertaining shows recently and while their styles couldn't be farther apart, they both were startlingly insightful as well as a lot of fun.
Singer Jackie Draper returned to the Laurie Beechman Theatre with a one-woman show called Designing Woman. Accompanied by her longtime music director Gregory Toroian on piano, Ritt Henn on bass and Robbyn Tongue on woodwinds, Ms. Draper illuminates each song from "Something In Your Smile" (Leslie Bricusse) to "Make Some Magic" (Blossom Dearie, Johnny Mercer/Duncan Lamont) with unique clarity and unadorned appreciation. Each song tugs at both mind and heart with a unique personal meaning for her and audience members.
Money Lab, conceived and directed by Edward Einhorn, head of Untitled Theatre Company No. 61, is a brilliant potpourri of cabaret and Brechtian vaudeville. Often performers directly address the audience interrupting the narrative in fresh and humorous ways as well inviting people to be part of the show. Money Lab is at HERE, 145 Sixth Avenue through April 11.
Actor Mick O'Brien, who plays the MC, keeps the evening rolling right along by asking the audience to bid on items with plastic chips they have purchased. The competition is fun as well as instructive. But, surprisingly, several people pooled their chips altruistically to help another make a purchase — something that seems out of kilter with strictly competitive business practice.
The climax of Money Lab was a segment called "Love and Greed," sung by Jenny Lee Mitchell. The glamorous Ms. Mitchell, who studied classical voice in Vienna and Munich, transports us to Germany in the 1930s. Yet the piece speaks to our own unstable economic times where cut-throat greed, the love of money, overshadows the love of humanity. The "Dead Cat Bounce" segment was entertainingly and satirically instructive, pointing to market highs and lows which are not as final as they do appear.
Ms. Draper's rendition of songs in Designing Woman also often go beyond joie de vivre. She nimbly treats us to soulful elements not primarily associated with pieces. I found this was especially true with "Let Me Be Your Mirror." With two of her songs, "It's My Party" (Herb Wiener, Wally Gold, John Gluck, Jr.) and "The Ballad Of Pearly Sue" (Gerry Mulligan) I noticed some audience members so enthusiastically engaged I thought they were almost tempted to join Ms. Draper on stage.
Oscar Wilde is said to have once quipped that some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. But you can't put a price on the artistry of Money Lab and Designing Woman. They take you on a refreshing musical journey of self-discovery as well as joy.