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extinction speciation
Sixth mass extinction, but no news on defining "species"?
Posted on March 22, 2018 Author News	Comments(17)
From Phoebe Weston at the Daily Mail, who offers a convenient bullet point format:
Revealed: The worrying state of Earth's species in numbers as scientists warn the sixth mass extinction is here and wildlife is in a 'global crisis'
Two species of vertebrate, animals with a backbone, have gone extinct each year
Currently more than a quarter of mammals are threatened with extinction
There are an estimated 8.7 million plant and animal species on our planet
About 86% of land species and 91% of sea species remain undiscovered
Starting Saturday, a comprehensive, global appraisal of the damage, and what can be done to reverse it, will be conducted in Colombia More.
The problem is, if we takes ecology seriously, how do we know?
Here are some questions one might ask:
Revealed: The worrying state of Earth's species in numbers as scientists warn the sixth mass extinction is here and wildlife is in a 'global crisis' Why does this "global crisis" stuff remind me (b 1950) of the Cold War?
Two species of vertebrate, animals with a backbone, have gone extinct each year The whole business of speciation is a scandalous mess that won't be addressed any time soon because frite lit is politically useful, especially for fundraising. Who decided that these life forms were species? What does that mean, exactly? When we say that they have "gone extinct," how do we know that they have not simply mingled with a larger population with which they could hybridize and later separate from? I'm not trying to minimize the problem, just asking what, exactly, we are talking about?
Currently more than a quarter of mammals are threatened with extinction But again, what does "threatened" mean? At one time, beavers were threatened in Canada, now not much, apparently.
There are an estimated 8.7 million plant and animal species on our planet But how was this figure determined? By the random assignment of "lumpers" and "splitters" to the job, long before genome mapping became a tool? And if genome mapping is a tool, what are the cutoffs? How are they made? Are they applied across the board?
About 86% of land species and 91% of sea species remain undiscovered How do we know that these are correct numbers? They sound precise but what really underlies them? The situation could be much worse, or better, but who knows?
Starting Saturday, a comprehensive, global appraisal of the damage, and what can be done to reverse it, will be conducted in Colombia Well, it's nice to see people assessing the problem but what tools are they using? Will this be real information or just more fundraising letters about situations that may or may not be the most serious ones?
See also: First mass extinction "engineered" by animals?
Lazarus species: animals listed as extinct that turned up again.
Nothing says "Darwin snob" like indifference to the mess that the entire concept of speciation is in
More rubbish on consciousness: "not a nonphysical phenomenon"
A Materialist Gets It (Almost)
17 Replies to "Sixth mass extinction, but no news on defining "species"?"
outside_observer says:
If they knew precisely which species haven't been discovered, then they would cease to not be discovered.
Such figures must be a guess, but the problem is how it's calculated. Every time a new "species is found, it has become discovered. One may speculate that the rate of of discovery can be used to calculate how many are left undiscovered, but making a purely linear calculation to estimate such figures would probably give you such large figures. The problem is that experience indicates that the discovery of new species, however they are defined, would most likely follow the law of diminishing returns and could not follow a linear calculation ad infinitum.
It's like children hunting for Easter eggs. The first 90 are easy. The last 10 are hard. But just because you find the first 90 at such a consistent rate does not mean that 86% or 91% are still undiscovered. Some were just easier to find.
asauber says:
if we take ecology seriously
This is the big IF these days.
There are a lot of people running around yelling SCIENCE! who, after you get past the initial bluff, do not take the subject seriously.
They haven't really got their own thoughts in order about it, they just are Pop Media Science fans.
Nonlin.org says:
http://nonlin.org/speciation-problems/
2.	Why keep "species" or why not redefine the concept if failed? Redefining would likely have been done long time ago if better criteria were available, while discarding the concept of "species" is opposed by those fond of Darwin's "Origin of Species". Those that believe the "reproductive isolation" story point to minor adaptations, which they call "speciation" (implying stability) and then ask us to extrapolate these small changes into the dramatic transmutations imagined yet never observed by Darwin or his followers. This is a classic trick – employed extensively by magicians, cinematographers and con artists among others – where one thing is shown and the brain then "sees" another that is not there.
What some of us would like to see is a specific set of genomics-based criteria. So we know what we are discussing when we are asked to set aside funds for conservation.
Funds for running around and shrieking about the end of life as we know it should, in my view, be raised privately.
goodusername says:
Nonlin.org,
It has been redefined – many times. That's why there are so many different definitions floating around to choose from. The reason that the concept isn't discarded is because I think we all know – regardless of one's belief as to how they originated – that something like "species" exists. I don't think the current view of "species" would be much different (if any different) if Darwinism had never appeared.
Incidentally, I've been seeing suggestions lately that biologists have become increasingly "splitters" due to Darwinism.
Historically, however, biologists generally leaned much more towards being "splitters" prior to Darwinism. There's been a move towards "lumping" for the past century. Darwin was relatively a lumper for his time. And his anti-evolutionary chief arch-nemesis, Louis Agassiz, is widely considered to have been the all-time king of the splitters.
In other words, goodusername at 5, it's a freaking mess.
"It has been redefined – many times. That's why there are so many different definitions floating around to choose from."
And no one wants to take responsibility.
It would be nice if nothing depended on the utter breakdown.
Stop trying so hard.
cornu says:
What some of us would like to see is a specific set of genomics-based criteria.
How do you imagine this would work? You have the complete genome of, say, a Southern and a Northern white rhino. How do you decide if they're different species?
I appreciate you won't be able to provide a technical answer, but how to you think "species-ness" is encoded in the genome?
"I don't think the current view of "species" would be much different (if any different) if Darwinism had never appeared."
I beg to differ. Seeing as the hypothetical 'transitional fossils' of Darwinists are STILL, 150 plus years hence, few and far between, then the 'kinds' mentioned in Genesis still seems to be holding up quite well.
For example, despite tremendous variety everybody knows a dog when they see a dog.
The Dog Delusion – October 30, 2014
Excerpt: In his latest book, geneticist Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig of the Max Planck Institutes in Germany takes on the widespread view that dog breeds prove macroevolution.,,, He shows in great detail that the incredible variety of dog breeds, going back in origin several thousand years ago but especially to the last few centuries, represents no increase in information but rather a decrease or loss of function on the genetic and anatomical levels.
Michael Behe writes:
"Dr. Lönnig shows forcefully that one of the chief examples Darwinists rely on to convince the public of macroevolution — the enormous variation in dogs — actually shows the opposite. Extremes in size and anatomy come at the cost of broken genes and poor health. Even several gene duplications were found to interfere strongly with normal growth and development as is also often the case in humans. So where is the evidence for Darwinian evolution now?"
The science here is indeed solid. Intriguingly, Lönnig's prediction from 2013 on starch digestion in wolves has already been confirmed in a study published this year.,,,
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2.....90751.html
Same for 'kinds' of fish:
"For all the diversity of species, I found the cichlids to be an unmistakably natural group, a created kind. The more I worked with these fish the clearer my recognition of "cichlidness" became and the more distinct they seemed from all the "similar" fishes I studied. Conversations at conferences and literature searches confirmed that this was the common experience of experts in every area of systematic biology. Distinct kinds really are there and the experts know it to be so. – On a wider canvas, fossils provided no comfort to evolutionists. All fish, living and fossil, belong to distinct kinds; "links" are decidedly missing."
Dr. Arthur Jones – did his Ph.D. thesis in biology on cichlids – Fish, Fossils and Evolution – Cichlids at 29:00 minute mark (many examples of repeated morphology in cichlids) – video
http://edinburghcreationgroup.org/video/14
Same for etc.. etc.. etc.. ,, The only thing that is decidedly missing, and the thing that is the primary source for such confusion on what a species exactly is, are the imaginary transitional fossils of Darwinists,,,
Erwin and Valentine's The Cambrian Explosion Affirms Major Points in Darwin's Doubt: The Cambrian Enigma Is "Unresolved" – June 26, 2013
Excerpt: "In other words, the morphological distances — gaps — between body plans of crown phyla were present when body fossils first appeared during the explosion and have been with us ever since. The morphological disparity is so great between most phyla that the homologous reference points or landmarks required for quantitative studies of morphology are absent."
Erwin and Valentine (p. 340)
"Over the past 150 years or so, paleontologists have found many representatives of the phyla that were well-known in Darwin's time (by analogy, the equivalent of the three primary colors) and a few completely new forms altogether (by analogy, some other distinct colors such as green and orange, perhaps). And, of course, within these phyla, there is a great deal of variety. Nevertheless, the analogy holds at least insofar as the differences in form between any member of one phylum and any member of another phylum are vast, and paleontologists have utterly failed to find forms that would fill these yawning chasms in what biotechnologists call "morphological space." In other words, they have failed to find the paleolontogical equivalent of the numerous finely graded intermediate colors (Oedleton blue, dusty rose, gun barrel gray, magenta, etc.) that interior designers covet. Instead, extensive sampling of the fossil record has confirmed a strikingly discontinuous pattern in which representatives of the major phyla stand in stark isolation from members of other phyla, without intermediate forms filling the intervening morphological space."
Stephen Meyer – Darwin's Doubt (p. 70)
Scientific study turns understanding about evolution on its head – July 30, 2013
Excerpt: evolutionary biologists,,, looked at nearly one hundred fossil groups to test the notion that it takes groups of animals many millions of years to reach their maximum diversity of form.
Contrary to popular belief, not all animal groups continued to evolve fundamentally new morphologies through time. The majority actually achieved their greatest diversity of form (disparity) relatively early in their histories.
,,,Dr Matthew Wills said: "This pattern, known as 'early high disparity', turns the traditional V-shaped cone model of evolution on its head. What is equally surprising in our findings is that groups of animals are likely to show early-high disparity regardless of when they originated over the last half a billion years. This isn't a phenomenon particularly associated with the first radiation of animals (in the Cambrian Explosion), or periods in the immediate wake of mass extinctions.",,,
Author Martin Hughes, continued: "Our work implies that there must be constraints on the range of forms within animal groups, and that these limits are often hit relatively early on.
Co-author Dr Sylvain Gerber, added: "A key question now is what prevents groups from generating fundamentally new forms later on in their evolution.,,,
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-s.....ution.html
"It is a feature of the known fossil record that most taxa appear abruptly. They are not, as a rule, led up to by a sequence of almost imperceptibly changing forerunners such as Darwin believed should be usual in evolution…This phenomenon becomes more universal and more intense as the hierarchy of categories is ascended. Gaps among known species are sporadic and often small. Gaps among known orders, classes and phyla are systematic and almost always large."
G.G.Simpson – one of the most influential American Paleontologist of the 20th century
"A major problem in proving the theory has been the fossil record; the imprints of vanished species preserved in the Earth's geological formations. This record has never revealed traces of Darwin's hypothetical intermediate variants – instead species appear and disappear abruptly, and this anomaly has fueled the creationist argument that each species was created by God."
Paleontologist, Mark Czarnecki
"There is no need to apologize any longer for the poverty of the fossil record. In some ways, it has become almost unmanageably rich and discovery is outpacing integration. The fossil record nevertheless continues to be composed mainly of gaps."
T. Neville George – Professor of paleontology – Glasgow University,
"Evolution requires intermediate forms between species and paleontology does not provide them."
David Kitts – Paleontologist – D.B. Kitts, Paleontology and Evolutionary Theory (1974), p. 467.
"The long-term stasis, following a geologically abrupt origin, of most fossil morphospecies, has always been recognized by professional paleontologists" –
Stephen Jay Gould – Harvard
"The sweep of anatomical diversity reached a maximum right after the initial diversification of multicellular animals. The later history of life proceeded by elimination not expansion."
Stephen J. Gould, Harvard, Wonderful Life, 1989, p.46
Given the fact of evolution, one would expect the fossils to document gradual steady change from ancestral forms to the descendants. But this is not what the paleontologist finds. Instead, he or she finds gaps in just about every phyletic series. New types often appear quite suddenly, and their intermediate ancestors are absent in the earlier geologic strata. The discovery of unbroken series of species changing gradually into descending species is very rare. Indeed the fossil record is one of discontinuities, seemingly documenting jumps (saltations) from one type of organism to a different type. This raises a puzzling question: Why does the fossil record fail to reflect the gradual change one would expect from evolution?
Ernst Mayr, What Evolution Is (New York: Basic Books, 2001), 14 – Professor Emeritus, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University
"What is missing are the many intermediate forms hypothesized by Darwin, and the continual divergence of major lineages into the morphospace between distinct adaptive types."
Robert L Carroll (born 1938) – vertebrate paleontologist who specialises in Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians
"In virtually all cases a new taxon appears for the first time in the fossil record with most definitive features already present, and practically no known stem-group forms."
Tom S. Kemp, Fossils and Evolution (New York; Oxford University Press, 1999), 246. – Curator of Zoological Collections
"Every paleontologist knows that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of family appear in the record suddenly and are not led up to by known, gradual, completely continuous transitional sequences."
George Gaylord Simpson (evolutionist), The Major Features of Evolution, New York, Columbia University Press, 1953 p. 360.
"The record certainly did not reveal gradual transformations of structure in the course of time. On the contrary, it showed that species generally remained constant throughout their history and were replaced quite suddenly by significantly different forms. New types or classes seemed to appear fully formed, with no sign of an evolutionary trend by which they could have emerged from an earlier type."
Peter Bowler, Evolution: The History of an Idea (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1984), 187.
goodusername @5
It would be great if all Darwinists acknowledged the problems with "species" and "speciation" and stopped making unsupported claims. But they won't because this would further weaken Darwin's already crumbling sand castle.
If it's a mess, it's because nature is messy.
I'm guessing that this is a reference to preservation.
I think you may be putting too much importance on having an agreed upon definition of species when it comes to preservation efforts. Even if biologists the world over came up with an agreed upon single definition of species, it may not actually help that much (if at all) in making preservation decisions.
What is it that we're actually trying to preserve? I would say it's "variety" more than just a species count. For instance: If all dogs except for a single breed were to die out, has nothing been lost since the species still exists?
Many species have sub-populations with a remarkable amount of variety, and which biologists may have categorized as separate species in the past, only to later find out that the populations often inter-breed. That doesn't necessarily mean that the sub-populations shouldn't be protected though, if we're trying to preserve variety.
The reverse also happens, where it's discovered that two or more populations turn out to not readily interbreed, even though biologists have trouble telling the populations apart. Should that influence preservation decisions?
For instance, these marmosets:
https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/once-again-the-pygmy-marmoset-is-two-species/
The common working-definition of species now is when you have two populations that don't tend to inter-breed despite the opportunity to do so. That is using genomics-based criteria.
For instance, these giraffes:
https://uncommondescent.com/speciation/dna-giraffes-are-four-separate-species/
Well, who do you think should take the blame for it not being clear whether those marmosets are one or two species?
goodusername, before trying to (ab)use "genomics-based criteria" to try to determine what a species is, don't you think it might be wise for Darwinists to first try to prove that 'genetic reductionism' is true?
Darwinism vs Biological Form – video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyNzNPgjM4w
'Now one more problem as far as the generation of information. It turns out that you don't only need information to build genes and proteins, it turns out to build Body-Plans you need higher levels of information; Higher order assembly instructions. DNA codes for the building of proteins, but proteins must be arranged into distinctive circuitry to form distinctive cell types. Cell types have to be arranged into tissues. Tissues have to be arranged into organs. Organs and tissues must be specifically arranged to generate whole new Body-Plans, distinctive arrangements of those body parts. We now know that DNA alone is not responsible for those higher orders of organization. DNA codes for proteins, but by itself it does not insure that proteins, cell types, tissues, organs, will all be arranged in the body-plan. And what that means is that the Body-Plan morphogenesis, as it is called, depends upon information that is not encoded on DNA. Which means you can mutate DNA indefinitely. 80 million years, 100 million years, til the cows come home. It doesn't matter, because in the best case you are just going to find a new protein some place out there in that vast combinatorial sequence space. You are not, by mutating DNA alone, going to generate higher order structures that are necessary to building a body plan. So what we can conclude from that is that the neo-Darwinian mechanism is grossly inadequate to explain the origin of information necessary to build new genes and proteins, and it is also grossly inadequate to explain the origination of novel biological form.'
– Stephen Meyer – Functional Proteins and Information for Body Plans – video – 5:55 minute mark
https://youtu.be/hs4y4XLGQ-Y?t=354
,,, In other words, the specific 'Biological form' that any particular organism may take is found to forever be beyond the grasp of reductive materialistic explanations, and as such, since Darwinism is based on reductive materialism, any Darwinian explanation of what constitutes a species will forever be based on a false premise.
Not that the science ever really mattered to Darwinists in the first place, but I would hold that the inability to explain the basic 'biological form' of any particular organism to be a fairly major roadblock for Darwinian explanations seeking to explain 'transformation of forms' i.e. speciation.
GUN,,, You are basically putting the cart way before the horse as far as the science itself is concerned.
Allan Keith says:
As would be expected if evolution were true.
BA77,
First, it's Denyse that keeps demanding for genomics to be used for determining species.
Second, the quote from Meyer has nothing to do with the validity of using genomics to determine if populations inter-breed. You may as well use the quote to question the validity of paternity tests.
You may as well use the quote to question the validity of paternity tests.
I don't care what the paternity tests say. I am not BA77's father. 🙂
Well GUN, While genetics can be useful for paternity tests, validating genetic entropy, and such as that, it is also, in the hands of Darwinists, severely ripe for abuse.
In order to supposedly validate common descent patterns, (patterns that exist only in the imaginations of Darwinists), Darwinists cherry pick sequences that align with their presuppositions and ignore sequences that do not align with their presuppositions.
Richard Dawkins: How Could Anyone "Possibly Doubt the Fact of Evolution" – Cornelius Hunter – February 27, 2014
Excerpt: Not surprisingly evolutionists carefully prefilter their data. As one paper explained, "data are routinely filtered in order to satisfy stringent criteria so as to eliminate the possibility of incongruence."
http://darwins-god.blogspot.co.....nyone.html
Darwin's Tree of Life is a Tangled Bramble Bush – May 15, 2013
Excerpt: ,,, One whole subsection in the paper is titled, "All gene trees differ from species phylogeny." Another is titled, "Standard practices do not reduce incongruence." A third, "Standard practices can mislead." One of their major findings was "extensive conflict in certain internodes."
The authors not only advised throwing out some standard practices of tree-building, but (amazingly) proposed evolutionists throw out the "uninformative" conflicting data and only use data that seems to support the Darwinian tree: "the subset of genes with strong phylogenetic signal is more informative than the full set of genes, suggesting that phylogenomic analyses using conditional combination approaches, rather than approaches based on total evidence, may be more powerful.",,,
,,,tossing out "uninformative" data sets and only using data that appear to support their foreordained conclusion. Were you told this in biology class? Did your textbook mention this?
http://crev.info/2013/05/darwi.....mble-bush/
That Yeast Study is a Good Example of How Evolutionary Theory Works – Cornelius Hunter – June 2013
Excerpt:,,, The evolutionists tried to fix the problem with all kinds of strategies. They removed parts of genes from the analysis, they removed a few genes that might have been outliers, they removed a few of the yeast species, they restricted the analysis to certain genes that agreed on parts of the evolutionary tree, they restricted the analysis to only those genes thought to be slowly evolving, and they tried restricting the gene comparisons to only certain parts of the gene.
These various strategies each have their own rationale. That rationale may be dubious, but at least there is some underlying reasoning. Yet none of these strategies worked. In fact they sometimes exacerbated the incongruence problem. What the evolutionists finally had to do, simply put, was to select the subset of the genes or of the problem that gave the right evolutionary answer. They described those genes as having "strong phylogenetic signal."
And how do we know that these genes have strong phylogenetic signal. Because they give the right (preferred) answer.
This is an example of a classic tendency in science known as confirmation bias.,,,
http://darwins-god.blogspot.co.....f-how.html
"The computer programs that analyze the sequence similarities, or differences, are programmed in advance to generate a tree-like pattern. In other words, the assumption of a common ancestor is built into the way in which the analysis is performed. So there is no way you would get anything other than the conclusion,,, It's a question begging assumption."
Stephen Meyer – on the Cambrian Explosion – podcast (15:25 minute mark)
http://intelligentdesign.podom.....3_15-07_00
Genome-Wide DNA Alignment Similarity (Identity) for 40,000 Chimpanzee DNA Sequences Queried against the Human Genome is 86–89% – Jeffrey P. Tomkins – December 28, 2011
Excerpt: A common claim that is propagated through obfuscated research publications and popular evolutionary science authors is that the DNA of chimpanzees or chimps (Pan troglodytes) and humans (Homo sapiens) is about 98–99% similar. A major problem with nearly all past human-chimp comparative DNA studies is that data often goes through several levels of pre-screening, filtering and selection before being aligned, summarized, and discussed. Non-alignable regions are typically omitted and gaps in alignments are often discarded or obfuscated.
In an upcoming paper, Tomkins and Bergman (2012) discuss most of the key human-chimp DNA similarity research papers on a case-by-case basis and show that the inclusion of discarded data (when provided) actually suggests a DNA similarity for humans and chimps not greater than 80–87% and quite possibly even less.
http://www.answersingenesis.or.....n1/blastin
Darwinian theory is never allowed to be falsified by countervailing evidence. You may think this is all fine and well for Darwinism since it supports your atheistic druthers, but I consider it to be reprehensible science.
My point about the basic form of an Organism being irreducible to DNA is, contrary to you playing it off on Denyse, devastating to Darwinian presuppositions.
Your failure to honestly acknowledge this devastating fact is par for the course for Darwinists. It never is about the science for Darwinists, it is about defending their atheistic worldview no matter what the evidence says to the contrary.
And all for what??? God existing it is the greatest thing that could possibly happen for mankind, and yet Darwinists choose a hopeless nihilism over God. Which is, IMHO, pathetic and insane!
ET says:
Allan Keith:
Seeing that Intelligent Design is NOT anti-evolution, what does that mean?
LocalMinimum says:
AK @ 12:
Could as easily be expected if species are stable expressions of an adaptable code.
If an alien civilization 1,000 years in the future had to figure out how many versions of Windows were released purely from the final working state of pre-installs (and somehow never figuring out they could check the version number under "about"; (maybe they "evolve" their software, having fully realized the power of Darwinian principles to build things beyond their understanding?)), how messy would that be?
The major version differences would probably land into some larger category hierarchy; but they'd be pretty clueless with all the apparently random app installs (lateral gene transfer) and user settings (epigenetic feedback). Especially if they approached it as if it hadn't been designed.
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Fox Theater irreplaceable
PUBLISHED: November 28, 2004 at 12:05 p.m. | UPDATED: August 17, 2016 at 8:31 a.m.
THE RECENT fire at the Fox Oakland Theater underscores the importance of restoring and reopening this historic and irreplaceable venue. The city of Oakland has already invested money in the purchase, repair and maintenance of this cultural asset, and we need to protect our investment.
Friends of the Oakland Fox has been in existence since 1999, and for the first time since our formation there is a viable plan before the Oakland City Council to reopen the theater.
The plan, as put forth by Phil Tagami and the California Capital Group, will provide for a partial renovation of the main theater and a remodeling of the adjacent wrap-around structure. The theater will be configured as a 650-seat cabaret style venue for live entertainment, while the wrap-around buildings will house the Oakland School for the Arts and retail/restaurant tenants.
We disagree with the opinion that the Fox Oakland has outlived its useful life and should not be restored. The theater is a cultural asset and a one-of-a-kind architectural treasure that is irreplaceable in today's dollars and valuable as a community venue.
Phil Tagami has a proven track record for redevelopment and historic preservation, and we are in full support of his plans for a partial renovation of the theater until funds are available for a full restoration.
We implore the community to pull together to support this project, which will go before City Council next month for approval.
Patricia Dedekian
President, Friends of the Oakland Fox
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The Crash Moderns
About The Crash Moderns
"Every generation has its favorite pop flavored rock. The '60s had The Monkees,
the '70s had Sweet, the '80s had The Cars, the '90s had Barenaked Ladies,
and 2009 has The Crash Moderns…Absolute Punk
The Crash Moderns, NYC's stand out Power Pop Rock quintet, have been touring the US Canada and Japan since the 2008 release of their highly anticipated debut full length record, "Goodnight Glamour, Good Morning Disaster".
In just a few short years The Crash Moderns have had the extreme pleasure of sharing the stage with some really great acts such as Bowling for Soup, American Hi-Fi, and The Ataris. The Crash Moderns also landed several sold-out dates with Geffen recording artists Lifehouse.
With a sound that is often described as pulling the best of the classic styles of timeless pop bands like The Cars, Elvis Costello and Cheap Trick, coupled with the energy of today's best modern rock acts, The Crash Moderns are winning over new music fans daily who are buzzing about their infectious melodies and undeniable hooks that stick in your head after just one listen!
2008 and 2009's constant touring schedule included stand out showcases at Austin's SXSW Music Festival as well as headlining a high profile show in front of thousands on South Padre Island for the Blender Sessions Spring Break 2008 concerts at the renowned Louie's Backyard. Cartel, Forever the Sickest Kids, and All Time Low were a few of the other bands on the event.
In spring 2009, The Crash Moderns first single, "Pimp My Life" was seen and heard across US television sets, as the trailer theme song for the 20th Century Fox movie, "The Rocker", starring Raiin Wilson.
Summer 2009 saw another great achievement as The Crash Moderns were given the incredible honor of traveling to Japan to play for our US troops stationed on the island of Okinawa.
After returning home from Japan, The Crash Moderns immediately began working on brand new songs as their follow up to "Goodnight Glamour". Currently the band is hard at work in the recording studio with producer/engineer Mike Lisa assistant to David Bendeth (Paramore, All Time Low, Mayday Parade).
With an exciting 2010 just getting started, The Crash Moderns are looking forward to recording and then begin plans for a full US tour.
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It sounded like a great idea at the time: L.A. would give students a boost into the 21st century by putting tech directly into their hands. The city's United School District would buy 700,000 iPads from Apple, each loaded with educational software supplied by Pearson, the major textbook publisher.
"In June 2013, the [Los Angeles] Board of Education approved a deal with the Apple/Pearson team after senior staff assured members that its proposal was both the least expensive and highest in quality, Pearson provided curriculum; Apple was to supply iPads," Howard Blume writes in the Times.
When government bureaucracies wind up paying too much money to private contractors for goods and services that fall short — especially when the deal gets cut quickly — it's reasonable to wonder whether the bidding process was open and transparent. Based on a series of emails disclosed at the request of the Times under the California Public Records Act, communications between L.A. schools superintendent and executives at Pearson and Apple, and the complaints of rivals who tried to land the district's business, appear to indicate that an arm's-length approach gave way to a level of institutional coziness that verges on outright political corruption.
"It looked like Apple was positioned to be the choice," Chiara Tellini of Irvine-based Mind Research Institute, groused to Blume.
In one email, from May 24, 2012, then-Deputy Supt. Jaime Aquino seems to strategize with higher-ups from Pearson, an international education-services company, on how to ensure that it got the job.
"I believe we would have to make sure that your bid is the lowest one," wrote Aquino, who was an executive with a Pearson affiliate before joining L.A. Unified.
Deasy was one of the last to participate in that email exchange and made his comments after Aquino's, which covered several topics.
Under fire and possibly facing an ethics probe, L.A. Unified has suspended the Apple/Pearson deal.
"You should make every bidder think they have a slim chance of getting the job," Stuart Magruder, a school bond oversight committee member who questioned the deal at the time and got fired over it only to be later reinstated, told Times columnist Steve Lopez. Deasy "didn't do that." Lopez is not alone in wondering aloud whether Deasy's days at L.A. Unified are numbered.
If not, they ought to be. In politics as in business, there's little effective difference between the appearance of impropriety and outright corruption. Taxpayers have the right not to have to wonder whether their money is being safeguarded — and students have the right not to know they're being shortchanged by a regime heavy on high tech and low on actual teaching.
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With processed refined soybean oil as the main ingredient in most mayos, there's NOTHING healthy about mayonnaise. It causes internal inflammation and harms your omega-6 to omega-3 balance with excess omega-6 fats. Tartar sauce has the same issues as mayo. If you can find a mayo made with 100% olive oil instead of soybean oil, this would actually be a healthy choice.
Yes, ketchup is made from tomatoes so it does contain the beneficial nutrient lycopene. Unfortunately ketchup has a high % of sugar, and most brands are made with nasty high fructose corn syrup . Not good. Hey, I'm a ketchup lover myself, but I just try to keep the quantity small to minimize the sugar intake.
As you know from this salad dressing article of mine , there's not much healthy about most store bought salad dressings...most contain HFCS and soybean oil or unhealthy canola oil as the main ingredients.
Most "fat-free" salad dressings are simply loaded with extra sugar. Plus, remember that you need a good fat source to go with your salad to help absorb the vitamins and minerals in your veggies, so fat-free dressing is not a good option. Even most salad dressing brands that claim to be "made with olive oil" only have small amounts of actual olive oil, while unhealthy soybean or canola oils are main oils used. Instead, follow my healthy salad dressing recipe if you want a lean healthy body.
That's right... mustard is absolutely one of the healthiest condiments! First, it has no added sugar. Also, mustard seed itself is a source of powerful antioxidants. In addition to the antioxidants in the mustard seed, most yellow mustards also contain turmeric (one of the healthiest anti-cancer spices) and paprika, which both contain powerful antioxidants as well!
I know, I know... when do I ever stop talking about avocados and guacamole. Sorry, it's one of my favorite foods, and I eat avocados or guac just about every single day. At this point, I don't think I need to explain why Gauc is healthy, as I think everybody knows this by now... but a quick recap: lots of healthy fats (that satisfy your appetite and regulate hormone balance), lots of fiber, and plenty of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
And creamy guac just makes anything taste better! I put it on eggs, on burgers, on chicken or fish, or just eat it with veggie sticks. If you buy pre-made guac from the store, just be sure to check the ingredients and make sure it doesn't have added trans fats or other artificial ingredients. But it's so simple and fast to make fresh guac, I don't know why anybody would buy pre-made guac.
Although ketchup was on the unhealthy list due to the sugar content, salsa makes the super healthy list as it almost never has added sugars if you get a good brand. Salsa is mostly just vegetables so it's hard to go wrong. I like it on my morning eggs for variety sometimes. I also like to mix salsa half and half with guac for a delicious party treat!
And if you're a ketchup lover and want to reduce your sugar intake, just try salsa instead for a much healthier option. Trust me... salsa on a burger is just as delicious as ketchup on a burger.
Just remember that the corn chips that people generally cram down their throats with salsa are NOT even close to healthy. Corn chips are almost always fried in a heavily refined omega-6 oil such as corn or soy oil, and are inflammatory. Plus, most corn used for corn chips is genetically modified. Organic corn chips are a small step in the right direction (this ensures it's not GMO corn), but I'd still try to keep the quantity small if you're going to eat corn chips with salsa.
The main thing to look for when buying a good hummus is to make sure it's made with olive oil and NOT soybean or canola oil . Unfortunately most brands use cheap soy or canola oil, but if you're a label reader, it's easy to find a brand that uses solely olive oil.
Pesto is generally a mashed mix of garlic, pine nuts, basil, olive oil, and grated cheese. It's a great source of healthy fats and also powerful antioxidants, mostly from the garlic and basil, but to some extent from the pine nuts and olive oil too.
What about hot sauce? Actually, hot sauce is fairly healthy. Most hot sauces don't have added sugars. And the hot peppers are actually good for you too and could even cause a slight and temporary metabolism increase. The only drawback to most hot sauces is a moderately high sodium content. But unless you go nuts with loads of hot sauce on every meal, the sodium content in hot sauce will not be an issue.
So now that you know 5 of the healthiest condiments, don't be afraid to indulge next time you need one of these tasty additions to your meal.
On the next page , I want to share with you exactly why you should STOP eating whole wheat bread, vegetable oil, sugar, soy, and even some 'heart healthy' foods, as well as how these foods are silently KILLING you and your family.
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The Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, D.C.
I have been part of more than a few conversations with pastors about whether to allow patriotism into a church sanctuary or service. Sometimes, before Memorial or Independence Day, there will be an argument (sorry, "discussion") about whether "Battle Hymn of the Republic" can be used in the order or service or "God Bless America" can be a prelude. Sometimes, the discussion is whether there should be a U.S. flag in the sanctuary, and if so, should it be taller than the Christian flag. At the heart of these discussions is whether giving honor to the country and not just God in church constitutes idolatry.
The more well-known debate, of course, is whether religion should be allowed in government institutions, meetings and ceremonies. One lawsuit after another has been litigated about allowing prayer in schools and governmental meetings. Should a statue of the Ten Commandments be allowed in front of a court building? Should "In God we trust" be on our coins?
Thomas Jefferson wrote of a wall separating church and state, but more accurately it might be called a line of traffic cones which are continually being moved one way or another. As Americans we all seem to agree there should be a line of division between church and state but border disputes continually erupt.
The National Cathedral was built very close to that line. Because the District of Columbia was completely ruled by Congress back in the day, in 1893 that legislative body passed a charter that allowed the Episcopal Church to build a cathedral. In 1907, when the cornerstone of the church was laid, President Theodore Roosevelt was there, and when the final finial (decorative piece) was placed 83 years later, President George H. W. Bush was there. The United States Congress designated it as "the National House of Prayer." Three Presidential funerals (Eisenhower, Reagan, and Ford) have been held at the Cathedral. Inaugural prayer services for a number of Presidents (FDR, Reagan, both Bushes, and Obama) have been held there.
So is it a place built to honor God or the Nation?
Inside the cathedral, near where the choir sits and behind the pulpit and lectern (I think this part is called the "apse"), there is a seat for the bishop of the diocese. The chair indicates that the church is the home church of the presiding bishop; it's called a "cathedra," and it's what makes a church a cathedral in the Episcopal Church. But the back of the cathedral, near the entrance, there's a statue of Abraham Lincoln. For the last century (at least!) there has been debate about Lincoln's faith, and yet he is a prominent figure throughout the Cathedral.
In one of the many chapels, there are cushions honoring a great variety of Americans, including names from Gerald Ford to Jefferson Davis, Harriet Tubman to Jane Addams, Wilbur Wright to Horace Greeley. These are all persons of note, but are they all people worthy of places of honor in a church? There is an Alexander Hamilton cushion, and everyone agrees (at least since the musical came out) that Hamilton should be honored everywhere.
According to our tour guide (who happened to be an acquaintance of Mindy's -- thanks, Lenelle!), there was a bit of controversy of a Church/State nature in the Cathedral back in the 1970's. One of the stained glass windows has a unique feature: because it portrays creation, the window's creator included a moon rock. The Nixon administration didn't believe that this artifact, brought to earth through millions in taxpayer dollars, should go to a church. Some higher power than Tricky Dick must have decided otherwise.
As one watches school tour groups wander from one sight to another, one might forget that it's a place of worship. But at 10:30 a.m. an amplified voice asked for a moment of silence, followed by a priest praying aloud for the nation. Our tour guide, who used to attend Saints Peter and Paul, said she appreciates these reminders that the National Cathedral is place of worship.
Some of the chapels in Cathedral don't seem to have anything to do with to do with the Red, White and Blue. There is a small little chapel named Good Shepherd, with a statue of Jesus, small pews for worship, and no reference to Presidents that I could detect.
And there are regular worship services in the Cathedral. The Sunday morning service is usually the best attended Episcopal service in the diocese (Wikipedia says that in 2009, 1,667 was the average attendance). We attended a Thursday noon service in the Bethlehem Chapel. Only fifteen people were in attendance. There wasn't any music in the service, but we followed an order of service from the Book of Common Prayer, shared Scripture, prayer, a sermon, and the elements of Communion. It was just worship.
That Church/State line is a difficult place to be. When wars have ended, people of a variety of faiths have gone to the Cathedral to give thanks. When Martin Luther King or Billy Graham or the Dalai Lama needed a pulpit, the National Cathedral has provided it. When the nation mourned the deaths of 9/11, the Cathedral provided a place to remember the victims. It is difficult to find where that line of church and state should be, but there are times our nation has to deal with spiritual issues, and there are times we should praise God for the good gifts He gives us through this nation. I'm glad the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is there to rest darn near that line.
We went to the National Cathedral on Thursday. So what did we do on Sunday?
We went to quite the Odd Couple of churches in Washington D.C. We went to Capitol Hill Baptist Church in the morning and the Table Church in the evening. At Capitol Hill we sang hymns, and at the Table we sang choruses and Carrie Underwood. Capitol Hill has a policy of one service in one place, while the Table usually has several services in different communities. Capitol Hill began promptly at the announced time, and the Table not so much. The sermon at Capitol Hill was nearly an hour of exposition, and the pastor at the table didn't even want to call his talk a sermon.
It seemed Capitol Hill and Table drew different demographics. Though both seemed to be composed largely of millenials, I talked to someone at Capitol Hill who had been pulling for Rand Paul to win the Republican nomination, and I met someone at the Table who is a big Bernie Sanders fan. I met someone at Capitol Hill who works as a representative for a defense contractor, and I met someone at the Table who works for an environmental lobby and is concerned about global warming.
On the other hand, both services had baptisms of adults proclaiming their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. At Capitol Hill, a man told of his transformation from drug dealer to escort bodyguard to Christian. At the Table, we heard the story of a woman who went from Hindu to atheist to Christian.
Despite the many differences as we saw between the two churches, we saw the commonality of Ephesians 4:5: "One Lord, one faith, one baptism."
National Cathedral
Service Length: 31 minutes
Sermon Length: 12 minutes
Visitor Treatment: Everyone greeted each other during the passing of the peace (and it seemed likely that everyone was a visitor). The priest greeted all as they left.
Followup by Tuesday Morning: none
Our Rough Count: 15
Probable Ushers' Count: no ushers to count us
Snacks: none
Musicians: none
Songs: none
Miles to church: 6 miles
Church website: http://cathedral.org/
Capitol Hill Baptist Church
Service Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Visitor Treatment: Early in the service, visitors were encouraged to fill out the cards in the church information brochures behind each seat (there wasn't a card in the brochure in front of us, but we found one).
Followup by Tuesday Morning: none email Wednesday afternoon, apologizing for responding slowly to our visitor card.
Probable Ushers' Count: 1100
Snacks: coffee, hot water for tea, lemonade, cold water, cookies
Musicians: acoustic guitar (man), vocals (2 men, 1 woman), piano (man)
Songs: "Thou Who Wast Rich"
"God, Whose Giving Knows no Ending"
"See the Destined Day Arise"
"Come, Behold the Wondrous Mystery"
"Victory in the Lamb"
"Come, ye Sinners, Poor and Needy"
"Dear Refuge of my Weary Soul"
"Speak, O Lord"
"He Will Hold me Fast"
"Christ the Lord is Ris'n Today"
Miles to church: 18 miles
Church website: http://www.capitolhillbaptist.org/
The Table Church
Service Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Visitor Treatment: We were greeted at the door and asked if we usually attended at the other location (this was a special gathering of the whole congregation in honor of the Church's birthday). We happened to notice a visitor's card and filled it out, but didn't find the box where it was supposed to be deposited. We gave it to a regular attender who promised to turn it in for us.
Snacks: decaf and water before the service, sandwiches, cake, decaf, and water for a special celebration after the service
Musicians: acoustic guitar (man), keyboard (man), vocals (woman), percussion (man), electric bass (man), electric guitar (man), choir (5 women, 3 men)
Songs: "Rejoice"
"You Brought me Back to Life"
"You are Good"
"You're a Good, Good Father"
"Down to the River to Pray" (choir, a capella)
"Must be Something in the Water"
Miles to church: 1 mile
Miles from start: 13,491
Total 2016 Miles: 13,184
Church website: http://thetablechurchdc.org/
Labels: Capitol Hill Baptist Church, National Cathedral, Table Church, The Table Church, Washington DC
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India jailed thousands in Kashmir crackdown – official data
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Authorities in India-administered Kashmir arrested nearly 4,000 people since scrapping the region's limited autonomy last month, government data accessed by Reuters shows.
Her husband Shameem Ahmad Ganai was arrested during the clampdown on Kashmir by India, Fareeda said as she spoke about her ordeal from her house in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, August 13, 2019. (Reuters)
Authorities in India-administered Kashmir have arrested nearly 4,000 people since New Delhi took its limited autonomy last month, government data shows, the most clear evidence yet of the scale of one of the disputed region's biggest crackdowns.
In an attempt to stifle the protests after Article 370 –– which provided Kashmir with a special status –– was scrapped, India cut internet and mobile services. India placed the disputed region of Kashmir under a de facto curfew by deploying thousands of troops in addition to the 500,000 already there.
India also arrested more than 3,800 people, according to a government report dated September 6, and seen by Reuters news agency, though about 2,600 have since been released.
A spokeswoman for India's Interior Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. Neither did Indian police in the region.
Extent of detentions
It was not clear on what basis most of the people were being held but an Indian official said some were held under the Public Safety Act, a notorious law that allows for detention for up to two years without trial.
The data for the first time shows the extent of the detentions, as well as indicating who was picked up and where.
More than 200 politicians, including three former chief ministers of the region, were arrested, along with more than 100 leaders and activists from an umbrella organisation of resistance groups.
The bulk of those arrested — more than 3,000 — were listed as "stone pelters and other miscreants." On Sunday, 85 detainees were shifted to a prison in Agra in northern India, a police source said.
'Distinct and unprecedented' crackdown
Muslim-majority Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan, has been in turmoil since August 5, leading to clashes between government forces and residents and inflaming tension with Pakistan.
India's ruling right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP said the removal of the status of the disputed region would help integrate it into the Indian economy, to the benefit of all.
But Kashmiris –– including those involved in pro-India politics –– say the decision is an attack on the region's unique identity and culture. Resistance groups say New Delhi plans to alter the demography of the region by settling non-locals.
Rights group Amnesty International said the crackdown was "distinct and unprecedented" in the recent history of the region and the detentions had contributed to "widespread fear and alienation."
"The communication blackout, security clampdown and detention of the political leaders in the region made it worse," said Aakar Patel, head of Amnesty International India.
The report contains data from the 13 police districts that make up the Kashmir Valley, the most populous part of the Himalayan region where the main city of Srinagar is located.
The largest number of arrests have been in Srinagar, the data shows, at nearly 1,000. Earlier unrest often centred in rural areas.
Pro-India politicians detained
Of the detained political leaders, more than 80 were from the People's Democratic Party, formerly in coalition in the region with BJP.
About 70 are from the National Conference, which has for years dominated politics in the region, and more than a dozen from India's main opposition Congress party.
Police also arrested more than 150 people accused of association with rebel groups fighting Indian rule since 1989.
An Indian official said it was likely that more than 1,200 people were still held, including all the high-profile politicians and resistance leaders and activists mentioned in the report, while dozens more are being arrested every day.
In the 24 hours before the report was compiled, more than two dozen people were arrested, mainly on suspicion of throwing stones at Indian troops, the data showed.
The data did not include those under informal house arrest, nor people detained in a round-up of resistance activists that began in February after a bomb attack on Indian troops.
Days before India's move to strip Kashmir of nominal autonomy, one prominent resistance leader told Reuters that more than 250 people with links to the movement were already in detention.
Decades-old conflict
Kashmir has been the spark for two major wars and countless clashes between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed arch-rivals.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir's mostly Muslim population and most people support the rebels' cause against Indian rule. Nearly 100,000 people have been killed in the uprising and the ensuing Indian military crackdown since 1989.
The Indian military has been accused of suppressing the Kashmiri uprising using brutal tactics, including the infamous pellet guns, which have wounded or blinded many Kashmiris.
Pakistan, in turn, has been accused by India of supporting the militants in Kashmir and of harbouring terror groups.


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Saints, Volume 2
Part 1: Rise and Go
Chapter 1: Gather Up a Company
Chapter 2: Glory Enough
Chapter 3: Word and Will of the Lord
Chapter 4: An Ensign to the Nations
Chapter 5: Bowed Down to the Grave
Chapter 6: Seven Thunders Rolling
Chapter 7: Keep Up Good Courage
Chapter 8: This Time of Scarcity
Chapter 9: As the Spirit Dictates
Chapter 10: Truth and Righteousness
Part 2: By Sea and by Land
Chapter 11: A Glorious Privilege
Chapter 12: Their Faces Are Zionward
Chapter 13: By Every Possible Means
Chapter 14: Hard to Be Separated
Chapter 15: In Storms and in Calms
Chapter 16: Not Doubting nor Despairing
Chapter 17: The Folks Are Reforming
Chapter 18: Too Late, Too Late
Chapter 19: The Chambers of the Lord
Chapter 20: Handwriting on the Wall
Chapter 21: The Same Great Work
Chapter 22: Like Coals of Living Fire
Chapter 23: One Harmonious Whole
Part 3: The Trying Hour
Chapter 24: An Immense Labor
Chapter 25: The Dignity of Our Calling
Chapter 26: For the Best Good of Zion
Chapter 27: Fire in the Dry Grass
Chapter 28: Until the Coming of the Son of Man
Chapter 29: To Die in the Harness
Chapter 30: A Steady, Onward Movement
Chapter 31: The Shattered Threads of Life
Chapter 32: Stand Up and Take the Pelting
Chapter 33: Until the Storm Blows Past
Chapter 34: Nothing to Fear from the Wicked
Chapter 35: A Day of Trial
Part 4: A Temple of God
Chapter 36: The Weak Thing of This World
Chapter 37: To the Throne of Grace
Chapter 38: Mine Own Due Time and Way
Chapter 39: In the Hands of God
Chapter 40: The Right Thing
Chapter 41: So Long Submerged
Chapter 42: Inspiration at the Divine Fountain
Chapter 43: A Greater Necessity for Union
Chapter 44: Blessed Peace
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"Blessed Peace," chapter 44 of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 2, No Unhallowed Hand, 1846–1893 (2020)
Blessed Peace
The days leading up to the dedication of the Salt Lake temple were full of energy and commotion. Work on the temple was still in progress on the day before the doors were scheduled to open. The city streets, meanwhile, were thronged with visitors arriving hourly by train, buggy, and horseback.1 Church leaders had decided to hold two dedication sessions a day until every Church member who wanted to participate could attend. Now tens of thousands of Saints were planning to come to Salt Lake City that spring to see the house of the Lord with their own eyes.2
The day before the first dedicatory session, Church leaders gave a tour of the temple to local and national reporters as well as dignitaries who were not members of the Church. Many of the guests praised the temple's craftsmanship, from its elegant spiral staircases to its delicately tiled flooring. Even the Church's staunchest critics were amazed.
"The interior was a revelation of beauty," wrote one reporter from the Salt Lake Tribune, "so much so that the visitors stopped and stood still involuntarily, totally engrossed in their surroundings."3
The next morning, April 6, 1893, dawned bright but chilly. Over two thousand Saints with recommends for the first dedicatory session began lining up outside the temple gates hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin. After the temple doors opened and the Saints started filing in, the weather grew colder and a stiff breeze began to blow. Soon, frigid rain fell and the breeze became a howling wind, blasting the Saints who huddled patiently in line.4
Just as the Kirtland temple could not seat everyone who wanted to attend its dedication, the Salt Lake temple's spacious assembly room was too small to accommodate everyone in the line. Even after the doors closed, crowds of Saints remained near the temple. Around ten o'clock, when the session was set to begin, the wind picked up once again, sending gravel and debris flying. To some, the devil himself seemed to be raging against the Saints and the temple they had built.5
Yet those who stood outside the building saw a sign that reminded them of an earlier manifestation of God's watchful care. Lifting their eyes to heaven, they glimpsed a large flock of seagulls pirouetting in the sky, circling the temple spires in the midst of the storm.6
Inside the temple, Susa Gates sat down at the recorder's table at the east end of the assembly room. As one of the official reporters of the dedicatory services, Susa would be taking shorthand minutes of the meeting. Even though she was just weeks away from giving birth, she planned to attend and report on every one of the dozens of scheduled sessions.7
Hundreds of electric lights, arranged in five hanging chandeliers, illuminated the room with dazzling brilliance. The hall had a seating capacity of twenty-two hundred and occupied the entire floor. Among the people in the room were Susa's husband, Jacob, and her mother, Lucy Young. Chairs trimmed in red velvet filled the main seating area, and rows of elevated pulpits for Church leaders stood at the eastern and western ends of the room. Every available seat was filled, and some people were standing.8
Soon the three hundred members of the Tabernacle Choir stood, the men dressed in dark suits and the women in white. Their voices rang out as they sang "Let All Israel Join and Sing," a hymn by Joseph Daynes, the choir's organist.9
President Wilford Woodruff then arose to address the Saints. "I have looked forward to this day for the last fifty years of my life," he said. As a young man, he had seen a vision of himself dedicating a magnificent temple in the mountains of the West. More recently, he had dreamed that Brigham Young had given him a set of keys for the Salt Lake temple.
"You go and unlock that temple," Brigham had said, "and let the people into it—all who want salvation."10
After recounting these visions to the Saints, Wilford knelt on a cushioned stool to read the dedicatory prayer. Speaking in a strong, clear voice, he pleaded with God to apply the Savior's atoning blood and forgive the Saints of their sins. "Grant that the blessings which we seek may be bestowed upon us, even a hundredfold," he prayed, "inasmuch as we seek with purity of heart and fullness of purpose to do Thy will and glorify Thy name."
For over thirty minutes, Wilford offered thanks and gave praise to God. He presented the building to the Lord, asking Him to watch over and protect it. He prayed for the priesthood quorums, the Relief Society, the missionaries, and the youth and children of the Church. He prayed for the rulers of nations and for the poor, afflicted, and oppressed. And he asked that all people might have their hearts softened and be free to accept the restored gospel.
Before closing, he asked the Lord to fortify the faith of the Saints. "Strengthen us by the memories of the glorious deliverances of the past, by the remembrance of the sacred covenants that Thou hast made with us," he prayed, "so that, when evil overshadows us, when trouble encompasses us, when we pass through the valley of humiliation, we may not falter, may not doubt, but in the strength of Thy holy name may accomplish all Thy righteous purposes."11
Following the prayer, Lorenzo Snow, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve, led the congregation in a jubilant Hosanna Shout. The choir and congregation then sang "The Spirit of God like a Fire Is Burning."12
The dedication moved Susa profoundly. Her father had broken ground on the temple a few years before she was born, so all her life faithful women and men had been consecrating their money, means, and labor to temple construction. Recently, her own mother had anonymously donated $500 to the temple fund.
All of them were sure to receive blessings, Susa believed, for offering their gifts upon the altar of sacrifice and Christlike love.13
Joseph F. Smith spoke later in the service, tears streaming down his face. "All the inhabitants of the earth are the people of God," he said, "and it is our duty to carry the words of life and salvation to them, and to redeem those who have died without the knowledge of the truth. This house has been erected to the name of God for that purpose."14
A radiant glow seemed to emanate from Joseph, and Susa thought a shaft of sunshine had come through the window to illuminate his face. "What a singular effect of sunlight," she whispered to the man next to her. "Do look at it!"
"There is no sunshine outdoors," the man whispered back, "nothing but dark clouds and gloom."
Susa glanced out the windows and saw stormy skies. She then realized that the light shining through Joseph's countenance was the Holy Spirit, descended upon him.15
That same day, Rua and Tematagi, a young couple on the Anaa atoll, attended a conference with other Saints from the Tuamotu Islands. With mission president James Brown presiding, the conference started at seven o'clock in the morning, the same time that the first dedicatory session began in Salt Lake City.16
For several days before the conference, missionaries and other Church members had been gathering at Putuahara, the same place on Anaa where Addison Pratt had met with more than eight hundred Saints nearly fifty years earlier. High winds had recently whipped the ocean into a fury, but the squally weather had since subsided and a warm sun was now rising over the village.17
Rua and Tematagi had joined the Church a few months after James Brown arrived on the islands. When he came to Anaa, James found the atoll bitterly divided over religion, but he and his son Elando had baptized a few new Saints. In accepting baptism, Rua and Tematagi were uniting their faith with Rua's younger sister, Terai, and her husband, Tefanau, who had joined the Church nine years earlier. Rua's father, Teraupua, was also a member of the Church and had recently been ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood.18
After the conference began, James Brown spoke about the temple dedication and its importance. Joseph Damron, one of the elders who had reopened the Tahitian mission, spoke about building temples in the latter days. Though the Salt Lake temple was thousands of miles away, the Tuamotu Saints could celebrate the historic day and learn more about the role temples played in redeeming the living and dead.
When the meeting ended, the Saints walked down a path to the ocean to watch Elando baptize five new converts in the warm Pacific water. Among the Saints baptized was Mahue, Rua and Tematagi's nine-year-old daughter. Following the baptism, she was confirmed by her uncle Tefanau. Rua was then ordained an elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood by Terogomaihite, a local Church leader. Two other Saints from the islands were ordained elders and set apart as branch presidents.19
The conference concluded two days later, and the Saints agreed to meet again in three months' time. Joseph Damron and others from neighboring islands then bade farewell to their friends on Anaa. Before Joseph left, Rua presented him with a gift of a small pearl.20
Snow blanketed the ground at Temple Square on April 9 when about fifty Hawaiian Saints from the Iosepa settlement assembled at the temple gate to present their recommends.21
More than two years had passed since the First Presidency visited Iosepa to celebrate the founding of the settlement. The Saints had continued to work hard to cultivate their land. Although they had bought eight hundred additional acres of land and successfully raised a wide variety of crops, money was still scarce. Even so, when the First Presidency called for donations to push the temple to completion, the Iosepa Saints had donated $1,400.22
When they learned that a date had been scheduled for them to attend the temple dedication, the people in Iosepa were filled with new energy. They worked tirelessly to plant their spring crops before the time came to make the two-day trip to Salt Lake City. Every plow, leveler, harrow, and grain drill was put to use until the Saints were ready to depart.23
Although a recommend for the dedication required nothing more than membership in the Church and a desire to attend, the Iosepa Saints wanted to be sure they were spiritually prepared to enter the temple. Nearly thirty had sought rebaptism, and a special baptismal service was held at the town reservoir.24
After presenting their recommends at the temple gates, the Iosepa Saints entered the building and walked through its many rooms. The Saints in Laie had sent a small table inlaid with Hawaiian hardwood for the temple, and two poles decorated with the feathers of Hawaiian birds were on display in one corner of the celestial room. Women in Hawaiian Relief Societies had crafted the poles, called kāhili, which symbolized royalty and spiritual protection.25
Soon the Iosepa Saints and more than two thousand others took their seats in the assembly room. Together they sang, listened to the dedicatory prayer, and gave the Hosanna Shout. After another hymn, Wilford Woodruff thanked the people for their contributions to the temple and testified of Jesus Christ.26
Wilford then called on George Q. Cannon to speak. "Our mission is a far greater one than that of those who have preceded us," George said. "The Saints are laying the foundation of a work, the extent of which they cannot grasp."
Before concluding, he addressed the Iosepa Saints in their own language.
"There are millions of spirits who have died but are unable to go before the presence of God because they do not possess the key," he said. He alluded to the Hawaiians on the other side of the veil who would accept the gospel, and he testified that the Church needed the Hawaiian Saints to do temple work for their kindred dead.27
Later, at a branch meeting in Iosepa, a man named J. Mahoe spoke of his experience at the dedication and the important lesson he learned there. "I rejoice in having been able to attend the temple and witness the happenings found therein," he said. "We need to take care of our genealogies."28
At ten o'clock on the morning of April 19, the First Presidency held a special meeting in the temple for all general authorities and stake presidencies. Once the men assembled, the presidency invited them to share their feelings about the temple dedication and the work of God in the lives of the Saints.29
All morning, one man after another bore powerful testimony. When they finished, Wilford stood and added his witness to theirs. "I have felt more of the Holy Ghost here at this dedication than I have ever felt before, except on one occasion," he said. He then spoke about the time when Joseph Smith gave his final charge to the apostles in Nauvoo.
"He stood upon his feet for three hours," Wilford testified. "The room seemed to be filled with consuming fire, and Joseph's face shone like amber."30
Wilford also spoke of seeing Brigham Young and Heber Kimball in a vision after their deaths. Both men were riding to conference in a carriage, and they invited Wilford to join them. Wilford did so and asked Brigham to speak.
"I am through with my preaching on earth," Brigham told him, "but I have come to impress upon your mind what Joseph had told me at Winter Quarters, and that is: seek always to have the Spirit of God, and it will direct you aright."31
Now Wilford's message to the general authorities was the same. "You want the Holy Ghost to lead and guide you," he said. "Teach the people to get the Holy Ghost and the Spirit of the Lord, and keep it with you, and you will prosper."32
As a young woman, Relief Society general president Zina Young had heard angels sing in the Kirtland temple. Decades later, she had served faithfully in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City and the temples in St. George, Logan, and Manti. Now she would oversee all female ordinance workers in the Salt Lake temple.33
The night after the first dedicatory session, Zina bore testimony of the temple at a crowded Relief Society conference. "There has never been such a day in Israel before," she told the women. "The work of the Lord will roll on faster from this day forth."34
Her secretary Emmeline Wells bore a similar witness in the pages of the Woman's Exponent. "No event of modern times is so important," she wrote, "as the opening of this holy edifice for the administration of ordinances that pertain to the living and the dead, to the past and the present, to the endowments and covenants that unite families and kindreds in bonds inseparable."35
That spring, after the Saints held the final dedicatory session of the temple, Zina and Emmeline made final preparations to travel east to attend a conference of women at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a monumental fair meant to showcase the marvels of science and culture from many nations. Like the first conference of the National Council of Women two years earlier, the exposition would provide a chance for Relief Society and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association leaders to represent the Church and meet with influential women from all over the world.36
The two friends left for Chicago on May 10. In a matter of days their train covered distances it would have taken weeks to travel nearly fifty years earlier, when the Saints first came to the Salt Lake Valley. Crossing the Mississippi River, Emmeline was overwhelmed with emotion as she thought of the past. Although the Saints had endured many trials over the last half century, they had experienced many triumphs as well.37
Zina also found her thoughts returning to the past. "The mantle of time is fast draping its folds around many of us," she later told Emmeline. "When we go hence to our rest after our sacrifices indescribable, may it be like Utah's most beautiful sunsets, that many in the future may have reason to praise God for the noble women of this generation."38
Around the time Zina Young and Emmeline Wells traveled to the World's Columbian Exposition, Anna Widtsoe received a letter from her son John at Harvard University. For nearly a month, John had been eagerly awaiting letters from his mother and younger brother, Osborne, about the temple dedication. But so far nothing had arrived.
"I am tired of reading the newspaper about the dedication," John wrote. "I want to hear about it more personally because there is more life in a letter than in a whole world of newspapers."39
The family had already written to John about the dedication, of course, but the mail service, as fast as it had become over the years, was still not fast enough for him.
Anna and Osborne had attended a dedicatory session together. Later, Osborne had attended a special session with the children and youth of the Sunday School. As he walked through the temple, he had seen a painting of three pioneer women, one of whom was Norwegian.40 The painting was a tribute to the faith and sacrifice of the many immigrant women, including Anna, who had left their homelands to gather to Zion.
Nearly ten years had passed since the Widtsoes had made their journey to Utah. Now, in Salt Lake City, they had a small, comfortable place to live, only a few blocks from the store where Osborne worked. Anna had a dressmaking business and attended her ward Relief Society meetings. She also gathered regularly with other Scandinavian Saints at the old Social Hall.41 She had found a home among the Saints, and she cherished her faith in the restored gospel. Before embracing it, she had been as one born blind. Now she could see.42
But Anna was concerned for John. He had recently written about his struggle to believe some aspects of the gospel. At Harvard, he had learned a great many things from his professors. But their lectures had also led him to question his faith. His doubts cut him to the bone. Some days he denied God's existence. Other days he affirmed it.43
Anna prayed daily for her son, deeply distressed by his doubts. But she knew he had to gain his own witness of the gospel. "If you have not had a testimony for yourself before, then now is the time that you should have one," she wrote John. "If you seek sincerely and live purely, then you will receive it. But everything that we have, we must work for."44
For Anna, the temple affirmed her faith in God's promises to His children. Even before leaving Nauvoo, the Saints had placed hope in Isaiah's prophecy of all nations gathering to the Lord's house in the top of the mountains. By the end of April 1893, more than eighty thousand men, women, and children—many of them immigrants from Europe and the islands of the sea—had entered the temple to attend a dedicatory session. A spirit of love and unity had rested over each meeting, and the Saints felt as if the word of the Lord had been fulfilled.45
Now, with a new century in view, the Saints could look forward to still brighter and bolder days. The four temples in Utah, representing so much sacrifice and faith, were only a beginning. "What a work there is before us if we are faithful," Brigham Young had once declared. "We shall be able to build temples, yes, thousands of them, and build temples in all countries of the world."46
When Anna made her way through the Salt Lake temple, she had felt the sacredness of the place. "I tried to stay in the celestial room as long as possible," she told John in a letter. "I saw it and felt as if a light was shone on me and that no place on earth had any value for me anymore."
"Everything is so glorious there," she testified, "and such a blessed peace fills the place that no language can explain it but those who have been there and received the holiness of holiness."47


Forbes.hu reports that the Bisnode Index of Women Influence 2018 (BIWI) has been announced to the public. This index makes possible to compare how influential women are in business affairs in each country, and the Index 2018 brought to light some surprising results concerning Hungary. Let's see how powerful European women are in companies.
There has been much discussion about women's empowerment and the fight for equal rights these days, and that is why it is important to examine how successful these attempts have been and how much influence women have today in such sectors as the economy. The Bisnode Index of Women Influence provides an opportunity to see what we have achieved in this domain by comparing the results of European countries.
and share in net profits.
The ranking made with this method clearly shows that Hungary is in leading position and is far above the European average index. The base BIWI value was 100, and in countries with a better result, women's influence was greater on the domestic economy, as can be read in the report.
Slovakia became the 1st in the study with an incredible result of 127.6, while Hungary at 2nd place (124.0) and Austria at 3rd place (106.6) were also far above the average index.
What is surprising is that analysing the results in more detail, it turns out that Hungarian women entrepreneurs have the largest shares as far as the number of companies and employees are concerned.
However, while considering the average revenues and the net profit of Hungarian women, the country still rests in the TOP 3. Amazing, isn't?
Regarding the revenues women earn in companies, the position of Hungary is stable, but its result shows a shortfall compared to that of the TOP countries. In this chart analysing the income, the results show a small difference compared to the previous ones as Austria, Poland and Slovakia constitute the TOP 3. However, in all the countries except for Slovenia, women-owned companies still earn less than men-owned companies.
The results of the study are promising, and they show that the effort and dedication of millions bear fruit in the long run, but global collaboration should not stop until all inequalities are not erased in society.
If you are interested in the study, click here to read it in English in its full length!
Let's celebrate these trailblazer women on International Women's Day!
Last year total R+D expenditures in Hungary reached 1.372 billion euros, some 1.21 percent of GDP.


The death of Richard Rutt in England on July 27 deserves to be recorded in Korea. He was deeply attached to this country, to which he devoted the central years of his life.
Born in England on August 27, 1925, he came to serve in Korea as an Anglican priest in 1954. For many years he lived alone in remote rural villages where traditional ways were still being practiced.
In 1966 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Daejeon and in 1968 he became the Bishop of Daejeon. The next year he married Joan Ford, a teacher he had known for many years. She too came to love Korea and edited a Korean cook book as well as the autobiography of the last Korean Crown Princess.
In 1973, feeling that the time had come for Koreans to take charge of their portion of the Anglican Communion, he offered his resignation as Bishop of Daejeon, intending to serve as a simple parish priest in the country he had come to love so much. That proved to be impossible and in 1974 Richard Rutt returned to England and became suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Truro. While in Cornwall, he learned the Cornish language in order to celebrate weddings in Cornish. In October 1979 he was named Bishop of Leicester and as such, in 1985, was introduced into the House of Lords.
He retired in 1990 and went to live in Falmouth, Cornwall, which he had come to love. In 1994 he and his wife became Catholics and in June 1995 he was ordained as a Catholic priest. His wife Joan's health declined and she died in Falmouth in 2007. Father Rutt spent his last years at St. Mary Immaculate Parish in Falmouth. In 2009 he was made a Prelate of Honour by Pope Benedict XVI. He was an honorary canon of Plymouth Cathedral.
On arriving in Korea, he began to explore in great depth its language, culture and history, as well as Classical Chinese. He was an active member of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch, serving on the council, overseeing its publications and serving as its president in 1974. He published several scholarly papers in the RASKB's journal, Transactions, which reveal his deep knowledge of the Classical Chinese used in pre-modern Korea.
His deep affection for the traditional culture of Korea, which had almost ceased to exist by the time he arrived, was particularly expressed in his popular 1978 volume, "Korean Works and Days: Notes from the Diary of a Country Priest". His most outstanding work of scholarship, apart from his translations, must be his annotated edition of the "History of the Korean People" by James Scarth Gale, which was first published in 1927. It includes a thoroughly researched biography and bibliography of the author.
Rutt was fascinated by traditional, formal "sijo" and older forms of Korean poetry in general. This led to the publication in 1971 of "The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo", containing pioneering translations of many of the most celebrated Korean sijo. Like Gale, Rutt was deeply interested in Classical Chinese, and after his retirement he published a new translation of the challenging ancient Chinese classic, "The Book of Changes" in 1996.
He also co-authored the scholarly encyclopedia "Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary" with Keith L. Pratt. When he retired as Bishop of Leicester, he gave many of his rare Korean books to the University of Durham and in later years the Bodleian Library at Oxford University acquired the bulk of his remaining Korea-related books. He developed a passionate interest in knitting, and authored a definitive history of the craft in "A History of Hand Knitting" (Batsford, 1987). Characteristically, he collected a unique library of knitting-related books which included some very rare items from the nineteenth century, which he finally donated to the University of Southampton.
Brother Anthony of Taizé is an educator and translator of Korean literature who has lived in Seoul since 1980. He taught English literature at Sogang University for about 30 years. The naturalized Korean citizen is the laureate of many translation awards and serves as a judge of The Korea Times Translation Award. His Korean name is An Son-jae, meaning "little pilgrim". ― ED.
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Q: Ghost screen in the background...like water mark in my cell phone screen I'm using Moto G4 plus bought during Feb'17.I have been noting this problem for a few weeks.If I stay long in a screen for eg. a chess game, the screen stays on all the following screens in the background like a ghost or watermark.It is not caught by screenshot.it stays even if I restart the phone and disappears eventually. Can u plz explain this?

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Reduce display intensity for better results.  Some bright monotonic flashing bright color images have been known to discharge the residual ghosted image on full screen.

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T he idea of hell can haunt dreams and disturb sleep. Many wonder at the justice (or injustice) of it all, feeling confounded by a God who deems it necessary to send the majority of humanity to burn there forever. Seventy percent of Americans believe in hell, as do ninety-two percent of those who attend church every week. Clearly, it's a hot topic. Baker offers readers a safe space to contemplate tough issues as they rethink traditional views of hell. In her candid and inviting style Baker explores and ultimately refutes many traditional views of hell, presenting instead theologically sound ways of thinking that are more consistent with the image of God as a loving creator who desires to liberate us from sin and evil. This is an excellent selection for general readers, students, pastors, professors, and grief counselors, and will provide clarity for those with questions about hell, God's judgment, and what happens to us when we die.
To listen to Sharon Baker's interview about this book on WJK Radio with Dan and Jana, click here.
Sharon L. Baker is an associate professor of theology and religion and the author of Razing Hell: Rethinking Everything You've Been Taught about God's Wrath and Judgment, as well as numerous articles on hell and non-violent atonement.


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Two of Malta's most prominent professional boxers, Daniel Micallef and Clayton Vella will be back in action on the 7th of June at the 'Bugibba Hotel' in Qawra in what promises to be an action filled fight card.
Daniel Micallef is taking on Alexander Menges, a rising star of German boxing who has won all his professional fights by KO and last November beat Marcen Gierke by a unanimous decision to take the German International Welterweight Title.
Micallef and Menges will be fighting for the MBC International Title.
Next on the fight card for Malta we find the popular Clayton Vella who will be taking on Marcen Gierke. Last December Vella failed to take the MBC International Title when he was stopped by Valentin Stoychev of Bulgaria in the 5th round.
Both German boxers will have in their corner Robert Rolle "The German Gladiator" whose mother Eva Rolle is the president of the Malta Boxing Council.
On the under card Ali Keklik of Turkey will be making his professional debut and Arouna Coulibaly will be entering the ring for his second professional fight. Last December Coulibaly beat Jonathan Mifsud in his professional debut.