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What is "Sacred" to the Modern Left?
I think that the most telling thing about General John Kelly's press briefing last week was when he lamented the things no longer held "sacred" in our country today. When speaking of American soldiers dying on the battlefield, General Kelly rightly declared,
And I thought at least that was sacred. You know, when I was a kid growing up, a lot of things were sacred in our country. Women were sacred, looked upon with great honor. That's obviously not the case anymore as we see from recent cases. Life—the dignity of life—is sacred. That's gone. Religion, that seems to be gone as well.
Gold Star families, I think that left in the convention over the summer. But I just thought—the selfless devotion that brings a man or woman to die on the battlefield, I just thought that that might be sacred.
The secular usage of "sacred" is derived from its religious meaning. In Scripture, something sacred was something "set apart" or "holy"—something like God, and apart from the world (or the "profane"). As most familiar with the English language well know, "sacred" in the secular sense—which is the usage employed by General Kelly—simply means that which is highly valued, or important, or that which is held in high esteem. As General Kelly implies, you can tell much about a person by what he or she rejects as sacred.
Women, life, religion, marriage, family, hard work, the military, et al are no longer widely held sacred in American culture because the values that demand such have largely been abandoned and attacked by the modern left. Rejecting the laws of the Law Giver, the left long ago decided it was time for human beings to write their own rules and decide for themselves what was and was not "sacred."
Especially targeted are any values deemed "Christian." Never mind the actual words and deeds of the Founding Fathers, and the words and deeds of the early Americans who actually lived in that era, references to God and His Word in the public square have been under assault in the U.S. for generations. Hollywood, the mainstream news media, and the kindergarten-through-university government school system in the U.S. at least ignores, and more often mocks, what is truly sacred.
Entertained by the vulgar, informed by the ignorant, and educated from a godless Darwinian worldview, it should come as little surprise that tens of millions of Americans have little to no idea what is supposed to be sacred. How can a culture that's been taught to slaughter—or at least support the slaughter of—the most helpless and innocent among us expect to honor those who've made the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefield? What can a foolish clown of a woman who has long reliably supported "sacrificing" an unborn child in the selfish name of "choice" know about real sacrifice?
What can those who kneel for a lie understand about truth and justice? How can we trust those who have waged a relentless war on the oldest and most sacred of all human institutions to grasp what is truly holy, healthy, and good for humanity? How can we trust the precious fourth estate to individuals who rarely hesitate to lie and distort in order to keep those of like mind in power? How can we expect those who peddle goods for votes in order to maintain power to serve sacrificially and keep the nation's best interests at heart?
Even more revealing than what one rejects as sacred are the things that a person actually holds as sacred. To find out what is sacred among today's liberals, look no further than the "deeds of the flesh." Whether supporting and promoting fornication, pornography, homosexuality, transgenderism—and virtually any item from the sick LGBT agenda; whether killing children in the womb and demanding that employers pay for such; whether waging war on the family, and—through judicial fiat and, again, with little to no regard for the lives of children—redefining the oldest institution in the history of humanity, the left has abandoned truth and taken the profane and made it "sacred."
If you want to find out just how sacred, take a public stand against what is "set apart" by the left, or refuse to allow your business to participate in what used to be deemed perversion, or speak out—or attempt to speak out—on a college campus against modern liberalism. Do so and you might just face violence, massive fines, lose your job, lose your business, and so on.
In addition to undoing the work of our founders—often "interpreting" the U.S. Constitution beyond recognition— for decades the Democrat Party has worked hard to ensure that Americans were governed according to what modern liberals hold as "sacred." Aided and abetted by the efforts of their like-minded allies in the media and academia, through the courts, congress, and the White House, American democrats have given legal legitimacy and political cover to the profane.
Unable to take comfort in or direction from any righteous power beyond this world, political power has been the dominant instrument by which today's leftists have forced those unwilling into acquiescing to sacred leftist dogma. Whether a minority or a majority, American leftists have been able to implement their agenda. While constantly lamenting the "legislation of morality," liberals have forced (especially through the courts) their immorality upon hundreds of millions of unwilling Americans. Thus, along with the pleasures of the flesh, political power is of utmost importance to contemporary leftists.
C.S. Lewis was right. In the end, there are only two kinds of people: "those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'" To find out in which camp an individual currently resides, look at the things he or she finds sacred.
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Harvey Weinstein Proves Why the Left Really Hates Trump
Chalk up the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal as one of the most unsurprising big media stories of the modern era. It's like when a magazine run by liberals and devoted to promoting and encouraging the "sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll" lifestyle flubs a story about campus rape. (And subsequently—and quite deservedly—gets sued into near oblivion.) In other words, almost no one should be surprised that a big-time Hollywood producer and film studio executive such as Harvey Weinstein is a sexual miscreant.
If you want to find a "rape culture," look no further than Tinseltown. Hollywood is littered with men—and women—who are sexual predators and provocateurs ready and willing to take advantage of most anyone and/or any situation in order to satisfy their lust and/or greed. Again, it should come as little surprise that an industry built on the notion that "sex sells" is filled with people who act out that perverse proverb for their personal pleasure or personal profit. People who have no qualms about filling their movies and television shows with smut are also prone to filling their personal lives with smut.
I can think of no culture, no industry, no group of people less qualified to lecture anyone—especially the culture at large—about sexual immorality than the depraved, sex-crazed deviants that permeate Hollywood, U.S.A. The smug Jimmy Kimmel—whose early claim to fame was as the co-host of Comedy Central's trashy The Man Show—should get nowhere near a compass of any sort, but especially a "moral compass." Likewise, most every well-known Hollywood actor, actress, producer, director, et al, has played a role in corrupting the sexual mores of America.
Thus, when these "nasty" Hollywood harlots, gigolos, pimps, perverts, and like-minded stooges in the general public (thank God, an electoral minority—for now!) don their vagina hats and Antifa masks and start howling about the sexual misconduct of President Trump—or any other politician or pundit of whom they disapprove (read: Christian, conservative, or republican)—we know that it's not really the sexual immorality that troubles them.
In spite of the claims of Hillary Clinton and her ilk, nothing President Trump has done in the sexual realm runs afoul of the sexual standards presented by Hollywood—which, of course, are the sexual standards of liberalism. It's not what President Trump "has said about women"—like many of us, in his worst moments he sounds like one corrupted by liberalism—that sets liberal snowflakes to melting. Rather, it's the threat that conservatism and Christianity present to their selfish, hedonistic lifestyles that really terrifies these Hollywood hypocrites.
Craving the power that big government affords them—and with little to no qualms about any perceived (or real) hypocrisy—these liberals take every opportunity presented them to go after republican politicians—especially the President. Joy Behar recently explained this quite well when discussing Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy. Murphy, from Pennsylvania and a member of the U.S. House Pro-Life Caucus, was caught encouraging his mistress to get an abortion. He is resigning next month, as well he should.
Addressing her aghast audience, Behar attempted to explain how democrats like herself don't have a hypocrisy problem when complaining about the behavior of men like Tim Murphy. As she tellingly revealed, "the difference between me and the people who voted for [Murphy] is the Democrats are not the family of values…They're not hypocrites — they're just dogs. You see the difference?" Yeah, we got it. According to Behar's liberal logic, it's better to be a reliably immoral "dog" than a hypocrite.
Yet, whether in their TV monologues, protests, talk shows, political speeches, tweets, posts, and so on, as they attack President Trump and court the American electorate, liberals aren't presenting themselves as "dogs." Far from it. As they continue the Obama mission of remaking America into a nation our Founders would not recognize, the modern American left presents itself as wise, rational, reasonable, and compassionate. They brazenly tell us that they have the solutions we crave if only we would give them the power to act.
As long as President Trump acts on conservative—especially Christian conservative—principles, he is undermining the left's agenda and reminds them that, at least to some extent, they are losing their grip on the American culture. Thus, he must be politically destroyed.
Andrew Breitbart often declared that politics is downstream from culture. If this is to be believed, then the last decade has seen the culture—at least the voting culture—slip from the hands of the modern left. In addition to the federal courts, the U.S. Presidency was the last firm grip liberals had on power in D.C., and until about 9 p.m. on November 8, 2016, they were quite sure they were going to control at least the executive branch of the U.S. government. When this was lost, an angry despair set in, one that has rarely let up since.
The more that Trump appoints sound conservative judges and officials, the more he works at repealing Obamacare and building a wall, the more tax money he keeps out of the hands of abortionists, the more religious liberty is restored—the more that the federal government operates according to the laws of the Law Giver, the more President Trump and his allies will be vilified and attacked.
(Read this column at American Thinker.)
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Christopher Columbus Deserves His Holiday (an excerpt from The Miracle and Magnificence of America)
In my research for The Miracle and Magnificence of America, I spent a good deal of time looking at the life and exploits of Christopher Columbus. In spite of what you might hear from many modern pseudo-historians and ignorant Antifa fools, Columbus is a man worthy of his recognition.
One of the most skilled mariners of his day, Christopher Columbus not only knew that the earth was a sphere, but was also extremely capable in all of the known science required to navigate an ocean. In addition, Columbus was a devoted Christian who was known to be a man of prayer and a serious student of God's Word.
Born in late 1451 to Domenico Colombo, a poor to middle-class wool weaver, and Susanna Fontanarossa, at a young age Cristoforo (Italian for "Christ-bearer") Colombo showed intelligence, drive, and a distinct impression of God at work in his life.
As Columbus would explain later in his life:
I have had commerce and conversation with knowledgeable people of the clergy and the laity, Latins and Greeks, Jews and Moors, and with many others of different religions. Our Lord has favored my occupation and has given me an intelligent mind. He has endowed me with a great talent for seamanship; sufficient ability in astrology, geometry, and arithmetic; and the mental and physical dexterity required to draw spherical maps . . . with everything in its proper place.
During this time I have studied all kinds of texts: cosmography, histories, chronicles, philosophy, and other disciplines. Through these writings, the hand of Our Lord opened my mind to the possibility of sailing to the Indies and gave me the will to attempt the voyage. . . . Who could doubt that this flash of understanding was the work of the Holy Spirit . . . ?
With access to the personal papers of Columbus, noted sixteenth century missionary, theologian, historian, and Dominican friar Bishop Bartolomé de Las Casas was able to describe in great detail the "Divine Providence" present in Columbus's life. In order to achieve "one of the mightiest and divine exploits" in the history of the world, Las Casas noted that when the time had come, the "divine and supreme Master" entrusted the "illustrious and great" Christopher Columbus with "virtue, mind, zeal, labours, knowledge, and wisdom."
Las Casas also revealed the significance of Columbus's name:
He was therefore named Cristóbal, i.e. Christum ferens, which means bringer or bearer of Christ, and so he often signed his name; for in truth he was the first to open the gates of this Ocean sea by which he brought out Saviour, Jesus Christ, to these remote lands and realms, until then unknown…His surname was Colón, which means repopulator, a name befitting one thanks to whose labour so many souls, through the preaching of the Gospel.
With prophetic accuracy, Las Casas wrote of the "Christian and happy republic" that Columbus aimed to bring to the previously unknown "remote lands and realms." In his History of the Indies, Las Casas described Columbus as,
a gentle man of great force and spirit, of lofty thoughts and naturally inclined to undertake worthy deeds and signal enterprises; patient and longsuffering, a forgiver of injustices who wished no more than that those who offended him should recognize their errors, and that the delinquents be reconciled to him.
Most importantly, Las Casas also described the faith of the "Christ-bearer:"
In matters of Christian religion no doubt he was a Catholic and of great devotion; …He fasted with the utmost strictness when ordained by the Church; he confessed often and took Communion; he prayed at all canonical hours as do Churchmen and friars; most averse to blasphemies and oaths…he seemed to be very grateful to God for the benefits received at the Divine Hand, and so it was almost a proverb with him, which he quoted every hour, that God had shown him great favour, as to David…He was a most jealous keeper of the honour of God; eager to convert the peoples and to see the seed and faith of Jesus Christ spread everywhere…
Contrary to what many modern historians reveal, Columbus was not heading out across the vast Atlantic Ocean merely searching for gold and spices. Though there was a desire for gold, as Las Casas reveals, among other things, Columbus had a desire to fund a crusade to rid the Holy Land of its Muslim invaders. On December 26, 1492, in his personal journal, Columbus recalled that he urged King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the Spanish sovereigns, "to spend all the profits of this my enterprise on the conquest of Jerusalem."
Because of events such as the Great Plague, during the fifteenth century there was widespread belief that the end of time was near. Many Christians of this time also believed that before Christ would return, Jerusalem had to be in the hands of Christians. As the result of his study of Scripture, along with his study of the works of first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus and noted theologian and philosopher Saint Augustine, Columbus believed the same. Thus Columbus literally saw himself as an agent of the apocalypse. Also, as the result of reading of the travels of Marco Polo—where it was revealed that the Chinese monarchs expressed an interest in Christianity—and because he believed that sailing west he would land in Asia, Columbus wanted to convert the Chinese.
When it came to his quest for the "New World," Columbus's faith was instrumental in most everything that he did—from his initial efforts to obtain funding from European monarchs to his later expeditions into the Americas. Not everything he did was Christ-like, but as Columbus notes in his own journal,
It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel His hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies…There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, because he comforted me with rays of marvelous illumination from the Holy Scriptures…
It is not known exactly when Columbus first conceived his plan to cross the Atlantic. It is known that by 1484 Columbus was in the exclusive business of mapmaking with his brother Bartolomeo. This experience, combined with his significant time at sea, made him as knowledgeable of the Atlantic as nearly anyone in the world. By 1484 Columbus began seeking funding for his ambitious expedition.
For eight years Columbus traveled throughout Europe seeking a sponsor. The waiting was trying for Columbus. He almost certainly began to doubt any holy calling upon his life and his quest. He sought direction and comfort from Father Juan Perez, the Prior of the monastery where Columbus had left his son Diego several years earlier when he had no means to care for him (a common practice during this time).
Perez was close to Queen Isabella, as he had at an earlier time been her confessor. He convinced Columbus to approach the queen again with his plans and obtained the explorer an audience with her. Perez also wrote a letter to her highness telling her that he was convinced that God's hand was upon Columbus. Moreover, by late 1491 the Spanish war against the Moors was about to end, with Spain being victorious. The Spaniards were jubilant, and the king and queen were in the mood for adventure, especially one that would advance the kingdom of God.
On August 3, 1492, with three ships—the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María—Columbus and his crew set out on their journey for the New World. Heading out into the vast Atlantic Ocean without a really good idea of how long it will be before you reach land requires not only faith, but great boldness. Of course, as time passes on, boldness can turn into frustration, and frustration can breed fear and anger. With hope waning and mutiny brewing, two months after departing Spain, Columbus told the Pinzón brothers (owners of the Pinta and the Niña) that if land were not sighted in three days, they would turn about and head home.
On October 12, 1492, with less than four hours remaining on the deadline, a cry of "Tierra! Tierra!" ("Land! Land!") rang out from the Pinta. Columbus was the first to set foot on dry land, followed by the Pinzón brothers carrying a huge white banner adorned with a large green cross and the crowned initials of Ferdinand and Isabella on either side of it. Columbus christened the island San Salvador, which meant "Holy Savior."
Columbus and his crew later erected a large wooden cross, as they did on every island at which they stopped, to be, in his words, "a token of Jesus Christ our Lord, and in honor of the Christian faith." Sadly, Columbus often failed miserably to live out his Christian faith. As Peter Marshall and David Manuel note, Columbus succumbed to "the three things the world prizes most: money…position…and power."
Yet, in his journal Columbus noted his reasons for seeking "undiscovered worlds:" to "bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the heathens" and to "bring the Word of God to unknown coastlands." In these efforts, Columbus was eager to note the presence and power of God. In March of 1493, upon returning to Europe after his initial voyage to the Americas, Columbus wrote,
Of this voyage, I observe…that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal miracles that He has shown on the voyage, and for me, who for so great a time was in the court of Your Highnesses with the opposition and against the opinion of so many high personages of your household, who were all against me, alleging this undertaking to be folly, which I hope in Our Lord will be to the greater glory of Christianity, which to some extent already has happened.
In spite of all of his shortcomings, at his core, Columbus was a man of faith. Time and again he would prove himself devoted to the Great Commission of his Lord and Savior—to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to all the nations of the earth. In spite of frequent failures and repeated rejections, the faith, devotion, and hard work of one man would change the destiny of the world. The efforts of Columbus would lay the groundwork for even more miraculous events that would culminate in the most magnificent nation the world has ever known.
Labels: America, Christianity, Christopher Columbus, holiday, Trevor Thomas
Hugh Hefner's Real Legacy: Disease, Despair, and Death
A timely and stunning statistic befitting the recent death of America's patriarch of pornography: a shocking 110 million Americans—over one-third of our population—are saddled with a sexually transmitted disease. According to The New York Times,
The incidence of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis is increasing, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 110 million Americans now are infected with a sexually transmitted disease.
Chlamydia is the most common S.T.D., and the number of cases rose 4.7 percent from 2015 to 2016… Adolescents and young adult women have the highest rates of chlamydia: one survey found that 9.2 percent of girls aged 15 to 19 were infected… The rate of primary and secondary syphilis in 2016 is the highest it has been since 1993, and it increased among both men and women from 2015 to 2016. Men account for almost 90 percent of cases, and most are among men who have sex with men.
Rates of syphilis increased in every age group and all races, and they were highest among people in their twenties.
Additionally, more than one out of every six people aged 14 to 49 has genital herpes. (Thus the rise of all of the Valtrex commercials on TV.) Among many other tragic outcomes, the rampant rate of STDs in America is the real legacy of notorious sexual provocateur, Hugh Hefner. Thanks to the desire to make our own rules when it comes to sex, following the lead of Hefner and his like-minded moral deviants, we find ourselves with STD rates in the U.S. at an all-time high. According to the CDC, there are more than 20 million new cases of STDs in the United States every year. As CNN recently reported,
"STDs are out of control with enormous health implications for Americans," said David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors. The coalition represents state, local and territorial health departments who focus on preventing STDs.
"If not treated, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis can have serious consequences, such as infertility, neurological issues, and an increased risk for HIV," said Harvey.
Also among the "serious consequences" of many of these STDs: cancer. In addition to cervical cancer, which is caused by certain types of the STD, Human Papilloma Virus, just days ago, the Los Angeles Times reported on (surprise!) the "anal cancer epidemic" that exists among homosexual and bisexual men. The article notes that men who engage in homosexual activity are 100 times more likely to contract anal cancer than HIV-negative men "who exclusively have sex with women." The article also declares that, "Some in the medical community have identified anal cancer as the next big crisis among HIV-infected gay and bisexual men." I have breaking news for the medical community: there will always be a "next big crisis" looming for men who treat the human septic canal as a vagina.
Nevertheless, and no-doubt taking their cues from perverts like Hefner, this past July, Teen Vogue—a magazine whose target audience is teenage girls—took it upon themselves to instruct their young readers on the finer points of sodomy. The article, entitled "Anal Sex: What You Need to Know" and subtitled, "How to do it the RIGHT way," declares itself to be "anal 101, for teens, beginners, and all inquisitive folk." The garbage piece ends with this shocking admission:
That being said, yes, you will come in contact with some fecal matter. You are entering a butthole. It is where poop comes out. Expecting to do anal play and see zero poop isn't particularly realistic. It's NOT a big deal. Everyone poops. Everyone has a butt.
This, from a member of the "party of science." Forgetting to floss one's teeth every now and then is "NOT a big deal." Hillary's choice of pant suits is "NOT a big deal." Global climate change is "NOT a big deal." Choosing to engage in sodomy—even once—can have horrific life-changing—even deadly—consequences. Of course, "anal 101" neglects to mention the rampant disease associated with such disgusting behavior. In other words, like Hefner's Playboy magazine, Teen Vogue is an accomplice in the shocking rise of STDs among America's youth.
In a sick attempt to justify promoting evil and dangerous sexual activity, just as they have with killing children in the womb, the left has now stooped to "normalizing" (an STD is "pretty bad*ss; it's like a sex wound") and even celebrating (with a "#ShoutYourStatus") STDs. The perverse gotta pervert, I suppose. As Matt Barber concluded, political correctness needs to be declared an STD.
Of course, one need not contract an STD to suffer as a result of the plague of pornography. A 2015 UK Telegraph article on porn use among British youth contains a shocking revelation from a general practitioner (Sue):
"I'm afraid things are much worse than people suspect." In recent years, Sue had treated growing numbers of teenage girls with internal injuries caused by frequent anal sex; not, as Sue found out, because she wanted to, or because she enjoyed it – on the contrary – but because a boy expected her to. "I'll spare you the gruesome details," said Sue, "but these girls are very young and slight and their bodies are simply not designed for that."
Yeah, no one's body is "designed for that." The boys were "expecting" such from their young girlfriends because they had bought into one of the many lies of porn. Instead of worrying over the condition of their skin or what earrings went with their new outfit, many of the young girls Sue was treating found themselves battling incontinence. Imagine the shame of a youth—because they bought a favorite and common lie of the left (sex without consequences), the muscles of their rectum are stretched out such that they must live in daily fear of soiling themselves.
Furthermore, the porn saturation of America, along with most of the rest of the Western world, has resulted in longtime and widespread devastation that extends far beyond the physical. If you think "saturation" too strong, consider:
People watched 4,392,486,580 hours of porn on PornHub in 2015. Just to put that in perspective, that means that in one year, people around the world spent 501,425 years watching pornography—on one porn site.
On PornHub, people watched 87,849,731,608 porn videos. As the porn site hastened to point out, that's 12 porn videos viewed for every single person on the planet.
That, my friends, is the sad math of porn addiction. As a result, tens of millions of teens and adults worldwide have little to no idea what is a healthy sexual relationship, or, in many cases, how to have any type of a healthy relationship with those who share the gender of the objects of their sexual fantasies. Any notion of self-sacrifice and service to another is abandoned, and sex becomes an end unto itself. Regular porn consumers (especially men) literally lust after porn-like encounters in order to be sexually satisfied. In the minds of many men, porn has reduced women to a commodity to be consumed and an object to be abused (e.g., 50 Shades of Grey Dismay).
Breaking the bonds of trust between husbands and wives, porn has destroyed millions of American marriages. Porn use within a marriage leads to a long list of troubling issues. A recent study revealed that once porn enters a marriage, the chances of divorce double. Driven by lust that was born of porn consumption, millions of young adult Americans are shunning marriage in favor of the hook-up culture.
Thus, whether born out of wedlock, killed in the womb, or forced to witness the destruction of the most important human relationship in their lives, over the last six-plus decades, tens of millions of American children have suffered because of their parents' selfish sexual desires. As I've noted before, if these children survive the womb, they face a wide array of difficulties.
Hugh Hefner was prince of the pimps. He was a destroyer of lives and cultures. The level of his destruction is so wide and deep that it will only be fully known in the light of eternity. If you are trapped in his world, turn and flee now. There is hope and healing, and there are those who can help.
(See this article at American Thinker.)
Labels: Hugh Hefner, left, legacy, liberals, marriage, Playboy, porn, pornography, sex, STDs, Trevor Thomas
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When lawyer and proud family man Chris Cleek stumbles across a wild, feral woman bathing in a woodland stream near his isolated country home, he immediately makes a decision that will dramatically change both their lives. Chris captures the woman and chains her up in the fruit cellar below his house, intending to tame and civilize her. To assist him, he enlists the help of his long-suffering wife Belle, their two teenage children, Peggy and Brian, and even their youngest daughter, Darlin'. But when the task at hand proves to be more difficult than first imagined, the Cleek family's fascination and well-intentioned compassion quickly turns to abhorrence and sadistic cruelty. Now, the animal in everyone is about to be revealed, along with one or two of Chris' other little secrets.
Director Lucky McKee's harrowing study of the darkness of human nature, The Woman, has polarized opinions since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film's journey to the UK has taken in a premiere at FrightFest, where it was one of the most talked about and enthusiastically received films, and a UK-wide cinema release, including a unique collaboration with leading horror festivals and film clubs for special screenings including Cigarette Burns, Celluloid Screams, Abertoir, TerrorVision, Mayhem, Dead By Dawn, and Grimm Up North.
Social satire or horror movie? Misogynistic or an attack on misogyny? These are the kinds of questions that have been pondered by audiences and critics. Whether the film is viewed as "an unflinching, accurate and undeniably powerful portrait of an extreme kind of misogyny" (Daily Mail) or simply "one of the nastiest films out this year" (The Times), The Woman is essential viewing for fans of uncompromising cinema.
Described over at Eye for Film as the "horror film of the year so far, and likely to become one of the most memorable and celebrated of the coming decade," The Woman (cert. 18) will be available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray from 17th October 2011 courtesy of Revolver Entertainment at the RRP of £14.99 for the DVD and £15.99 for the Blu-ray.
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The Film4 FrightFest Total Film panel with Lucky McKee, Andrew van den Houten, Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Ti West and Larry Fessenden.


Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacterial cells, employ an arsenal of chemical weapons. Microbiologist Vincent Fischetti of Rockefeller University describes how to use tricks learned from the phage in developing new antibiotics that may be effective even where others fail.
Vincent Fischetti is a professor at the Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology at Rockefeller University in New York, New York.


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Goals, resolutions, reviews, are you on track, did you stick with your plan, how do I get started, and on, and on, and on. These are the things that a person like me thinks about all the time! As we are now halfway through February, I am asking myself a few questions about my professional goals this year and how they tie in to my personal goals that I set for myself for the start of the year. I have the privilege of "talking" for a living; I talk to my family, my colleagues, my team, and guests. Of course the conversation about resolutions came up at the start of the year and recently work goals have come up. I am surprised how many people plan them and work toward them separately. While the measure of success for my professional versus personal goals is different, the basis of my goals and the way I go about the plan is the same.
Let's explore goal setting. We have SMART goals (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound), I recently attended a webinar and this was taken a step further. The presenter shared that she likes to make SMARTER goals! The same as SMART goals but add the ER, make them Exciting and Rewarding (the motivating part). I thought this was a great addition because you are most successful when buy in to your goals. Now, this may seem simple reading it but time and time again, individuals put together goals and they are vague. When you ask them how they expect to achieve the goal, the answer is "I am not sure", well if I am not even sure of a path, how will I ever have a chance of actually achieving it. I like to bounce my goals off of others so they can ask me the questions and I can go back to adjust them. I appreciate this practice because it makes my goals much less private, I can't hide them (accountability)!
Be realistic when you are setting your goals, this is the part that I think people just don't get. I hear people say, I want to lose fifty pounds this year, while this is measurable and time-bound, if you weigh one hundred fifty pounds, I am not sure this is wise (solely my opinion, not a medical professional). Another example is, I want to save $5,000 this year, well is this financial plausible for your household? These goals are general, maybe you can step back and look at it as a percentage of your current weight or savings. I suggest also setting up levels of achievement. What is the minimum you will be satisfied with? Then what is the sweet spot number, the one you will be satisfied with? Then push yourself to a stretch goal, what does that look like?
In my profession, I see all levels. Every year, inevitably, I have someone say, I want to learn all of the financials of the hotel. What does that even mean? I ask myself and the individual, if neither of us can answer th at, go back to the drawing board. On the flip side to that, some make their goals really complex- one goal has four parts and all of the levels I spoke of. When you go back to have a check in for progress, you are so confused about where to start. Try to find some middle ground. Are your goals give up goals or are they go up goals?
I love the saying "a goal without a plan is a wish", I heard this many years ago and have repeated it constantly since. Sometimes in conversation, personal and professional, I hear people say "you are just more motivated than I am". I am not, by any means, I just don't commit to anything I don't buy into. Once I buy into it, I own it, and I just work to get it all done, I even share some tips in an earlier post. The key to goal setting no matter the part of your life you are planning, you have to understand why it is important to you and what motivates you.
You should always be working on your goals! Thanks for sharing.


i just got a Wii fit and i can say, if you do not like criticism, don't buy it!
My brother was setting his Mii up with it and getting all the starter tests done like weight, BMI (body mass index) scale, height and balance. He weighs alot and the BMI scale will make your Mii fatter if you are overweight or obese. He is 21 years old, his balance wasent that good because of the new interface and he was not familiar with the instructions, so he didnt do to well on the analysis. And by the time he was done Wii fit categorized him with 51 year olds.
We got the basic console and wii sports a couple of weeks back. Planning on getting the board and fit this week. I've never really been one for this type of thing (not since pac man) but I have to say this is quite fun.
i don't know much about this game, but if it gives you scores etc for doing certain types of excercise and people keep trying to beat those scores (like i did laptimes in sega rally years ago) it might just solve obesity, especially if those excercises are a bit funny and entertaining.
dang it those pints contain too many calories!
My Aunty's just got this game, so hopefully I'll go and check it out pretty soon.
I did enjoy Wii Sports, so this does look promising.
That told me all I needed to know about the wii...Real helpful....Not.
Maybe the marketing guys got the name right after all.
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Katarina Thalbach's delightful 2009 production is a delightful blend of traditional and modern elements. Set on a modern-day beachfront,what initially appears to be Figaro's factotum, plopped down in the middle of the boardwalk, is revealed to be a second stage. As the drama deepens, the principle change into period dress and perform on the smaller stage. It isn't so mucha high-concept production as pure fun. The overture is a highly choreographed affair with nuns scurrying to the propulsive melody, extras on bicycles greeting each other as they zipped down the boardwalk, a monk leading a donkey across stage, a tractor pulling the collapsible stage and Count Almaviva cruising along in a convertible. Figaro makes his entrance from the prompter's box, which is disguised as an enormous seashell. And that was only the first five minutes! Splashy and occasionally zany, the production is ambitious without being overstuffed.


The metabolic performance of ectotherms is expected to be driven by the environment in which they live. Ecologically similar species with contrasting elevation distributions occurring in sympatry at mid-elevations, provide good models for studying how physiological responses to temperature vary as a function of adaptation to different elevations. Under sympatry, at middle elevations, where divergent species ranges overlap, sympatric populations are expected to have similar thermal responses, suggesting similar local acclimation or adaptation, while observed differences would suggest adaptation to each species' core range. We analysed the metabolic traits of sympatric species pairs from three ectotherm groups: reptiles (Reptilia: Lacertidae), amphibians (Amphibia: Salamandridae) and beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), living at different elevations, in order to test how adaptation to different elevations affects metabolic responses to temperature. We experimentally tested the thermal response of respiration rate (RR) and estimated potential metabolic activity (PMA) at three temperature regimes surrounding the groups' optimal activity body temperatures. RR was relatively similar among groups and showed a positive response to increasing temperature, which was more pronounced in the high-elevation species of reptiles and beetles. Relative to RR, PMA displayed a stronger and more consistent positive response to increased temperature in all three groups. For all three groups, the average biochemical capacity for metabolism (PMA) was higher in the range-restricted, high-elevation species, and this difference increased at higher temperatures in a consistent manner. These results, indicating consistent pattern in three independently evolved animal groups, suggest a ubiquitous adaptive syndrome and represent a novel understanding of the mechanisms shaping spatial biodiversity patterns. Our results also highlight the importance of geographic patterns for the mechanistic understanding of adaptations in physiological traits, including species' potential to respond/adapt to global climate changes.


Italian-food merchants in the Belmont section of the Bronx have banded together with the Bronx Zoo to make it easy for New Yorkers without cars to reach them. Last Saturday was the first run of a 25-seat jitney that travels from the Metro-North Fordham station to the zoo and the shops, groceries and restaurants around Arthur Avenue. The jitney runs hourly every weekend from 10 A.M. to 8 P.M., until Nov. 1.


EXCERPTS FROM THEIR WEBSITE: Now meeting at our new location in Humble, Texas. WHETHER you are visiting an Orthodox Church for the first time, or are an Orthodox Christian currently living in the Houston area, you are most welcome! We invite you to come to our services and visit with us at coffee hour. We would like to share our life and have you become part of our community. To all who seek Christ and His fulness we say: Come and see! Full directions are available at our website, http://stcyril.us/driving-directions/. All services are in English.


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Rate per night, £150/night up to 6 nights.
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Pool heating is an optional extra at £100 per week.
Discounts may be available for long stays or late bookings.
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We are an informal interest group with different levels of ability. More advanced members help to guide newer members.
We focus on developing the correct body structure as a foundation for all movements in Wing Chun.
Our teacher is Kenneth Chung, disciple of Leung Sheung who was in turn a disciple of Ip Man.


Nettleton, Miss. – Officials from United Furniture Industries have announced the company is expanding operations at its manufacturing facility in Nettleton, Miss. The project represents a company investment of $277,000 and will create a minimum of 100 new jobs. The company currently has 400 employees at the Nettleton facility.
United Furniture is a manufacturer of upholstered furniture including chairs, recliners, sofas and loveseats, sectionals and more. The company also has two manufacturing facilities in Okolona, Miss., and one manufacturing facility and one distribution center in Amory, Miss. Currently, the company employs 1,800 in the state.
The Mississippi Development Authority provided assistance in support of the project for infrastructure improvements.
United Furniture Industries is the exclusive U.S. manufacturer of Simmons Upholstery. The company offers a large range of styles and designs that include stationary sofas, Beautyrest upholstery, reclining sofas, recliners, sectionals and Hide-A-Bed sleepers. For more information, please visit www.unitedfurnitureindustries.com.
Mississippi Development Authority is the State of Mississippi's lead economic and community development agency. Nearly 300 employees are engaged in providing services to businesses, communities and workers in the state. While the agency is best known for its efforts to recruit new businesses to Mississippi, the Authority provides services to promote tourism, help communities improve their quality of place, help existing employers identify and meet opportunities and challenges and help workers improve their skills – all with the goal of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of Mississippians. For more information, visit MDA's website at www.mississippi.org.


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Cheerleaders Gone Wild clickjacking spreads virally across Facebook
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We're seeing many messages right now being posted from the accounts of Facebook users saying:
Cheerleaders gone wild - have to see this
accompanied by the image of a midriff-baring cheerleader carrying two pom-poms.
If that's enough to tempt you into investigating further, you may well click on the link which will take you to the following Facebook page:
The page claims that the content you are about to access is "inappropriate for some users" as it "may contain shocking graphics, nudity or disrespect other individuals". The warning (which is designed to appear like an official Facebook message) asks you to confirm that you are 18 years old or older before you can proceed.
With your appetite now whetted, you are next prompted to press the numbers 1, 2 and 3 in a particular order to prove that you really are a human being.
Unfortunately for you, when you click on the buttons you are really being clickjacked. You may think you are just pressing numbers in a particular sequence, but in fact your mouse clicks are invisibly confirming that you "Like" the "Cheerleaders gone wild" page (something that you may not want your friends and family to see), which gets communicated to other Facebook users via your newsfeed.
Furthermore, you were also clickjacked into liking pages called Funniest Videos On the Web" and "Free ringtones every day". But you may not realise this unless you examine your profile carefully and check your list of "liked" pages.
But you probably haven't noticed any of this, of course, because by now you are watching a YouTube video of a group of young cheerleaders up to antics which, quite frankly, I didn't find at all shocking and didn't involve any nudity. At least that was the case when I checked it out.
Of course, there was no need to help the spammers by jumping through all these hoops in order to watch the video – you could have just seen it on YouTube.
If you were hit by this latest Facebook scam, clean up your profile and remove references to the "Cheerleaders Gone Wild" and other pages.
You should always be wary of suspicious out-of-character posts made by your Facebook friends. If you want to learn more about security threats on the social network and elsewhere on the internet, join the Sophos Facebook page.
Shocking 17-year-old public high school antics clickjack unwary Facebook users into scam
Baby Born amazing effect? No, another Facebook likejacking scam
Want to see who has viewed your Facebook profile? Take care..

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Reckless Self-Interest Of The Fragrance Industry
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In today's statement, the Cancer Prevention Coalition called for people to be protected from fragrance ingredients that may cause cancer, fetal toxicity or hormonal toxicity. Despite this, federal agencies do not regulate these ingredients, leaving the public at risk as a result of the fragrance industry's "recklessly irresponsible" behavior, says CPC Chairman Samuel Epstein.
Lautenberg's Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 will ensure the public's safety by requiring manufacturers to disclose the presence of "chemicals of concern" in their products, Dr. Epstein explains.
Dr. Epstein says the bill is necessary to inform the public of these products' dangers, especially since the FDA has not done so since passage of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act."
It is estimated that perfumes and fragrances account for about 50 percent of all prestige beauty dollars spent in the United States now. These products include products for hair, face, and eyes as well. In addition to being extensively used in household cleaning products, fragrances are also used extensively in cosmetics and personal care products.
Unlike household cleaning products, cosmetics and personal care products expose users primarily to toxic ingredients through their skin. In contrast, household cleaning products expose users primarily through inhalation.
According to 1938 Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, the FDA is directly responsible for regulating toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products, but it hasn't done so yet. This toxic ingredient is also still not regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seven decades after it was created.
"In the absence of federal regulations," Dr. Epstein says, its International Fragrance Association (IFRA) determines the policies and practices of the cosmetics and personal care products industries. More than 100 perfume and fragrance manufacturers are members of this international trade organization, which spans 15 regions including the United States, Europe, South America, Australia, and the Far East."
Through the development of a Code of Practice and safety guidelines, IFRA's primary objective is to safeguard industry self-regulatory practices and policies, says Dr. Epstein. It is important that perfume and fragrance ingredients remain "trade secrets" and that international legislative labeling and safety initiatives are avoided.
Over 1,300 fragrance ingredients have been tested by the International Research Institute for Fragrance Materials of the over 5,000 used in the fragrance industry. In 1966, IFRA founded this institute to conduct fragrance ingredient research and testing as a "non-profit" organization.
"But these tests are minimal and limited to short-term toxicity tests in rodents."
Evaluation of ingredient safety is then made by a board of toxicologists, pharmacologists, and dermatologists, identified by the institute as "independent" without disclosure of their qualifications, let alone conflicts of interest.
Their findings are presented to IFRA's Scientific Advisory Board, and then published in its trade journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology. According to Dr. Epstein, the FDA doesn't require manufacturers to disclose their ingredients on product labels or in any other way because fragrances are classified as "trade secrets," as the information reported in this journal is the basis for IFRA's own "safety guidelines."
A variety of allergens are included in these ingredients, as well as synthetic musks, specifically tonalide and galaxolide, which mimic natural scents from musk deer and ox," according to Dr. Epstein. As well as bioaccumulating in the body and having toxic hormonal effects, they have also been identified in breast milk.
This listing has been periodically updated since 1973, when IFRA created its Code of Practice on prohibited ingredients to prevent damage.
In May 1999, the Environmental Health Network of California hired two testing laboratories to identify the ingredients in Calvin Klein's Eternity perfume in response to repeated complaints of respiratory and neurological effects.
Cancer Prevention Coalition's analysis of these results, as outlined in Epstein's Toxic Beauty, reveal the following:
26 ingredients whose "Toxicological properties have not been investigated," or "toxicology properties have not been thoroughly investigated."
25 ingredients that are "Irritants."
5 ingredients that are "Skin sensitizers," or allergens.
3 ingredients that show "Fetal, hormonal, and reproductive toxicity."
2 ingredients that "May cause cancer."
IFRA agreed to make information about allergenic ingredients in perfumes like Eternity available to dermatologists only on request. IFRA president Matthias Vey failed to respond to repeated warnings from the Cancer Prevention Coalition from August to October 2003, denying the public its right to know about "Fragrance On-Call List." "This action violates the rights of the public," he warns. "All fragrance products should be labeled to indicate that they do not contain known carcinogens, genes damaging, hormonal, or otherwise toxic ingredients in addition to the absence of known skin and respiratory allergens. Women's Voices of the Earth reported in June 2010 that IFRA initiated a compliance program in 2007 in response to criticism of unresponsiveness.
He asserts that IFRA restricts fragrances because of a number of factors, including sensitization, photosensitization, phototoxicity, allergenicity, neurotoxicity, carcinogenicity, undefined biological effects, and inadequate data. This resulted in the test being conducted on only 50 fragranced products available on the global market in order to detect prohibited ingredients, says Epstein.
The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials' pre-approval process for ingredient safety is the only pre-approval process, Epstein emphasizes.
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Arinthod ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Jura in der Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Sie gehört zum
Kanton Moirans-en-Montagne und zum Kommunalverband Terre d'Émeraude Communauté.

Gemeindegliederung

Geografie
Arinthod liegt im Südwesten des Départements Jura, 90 Kilometer nordöstlich von Lyon, etwa 50 Kilometer nordwestlich von Genf und 17 Kilometer nordwestlich von Oyonnax, zwischen den Nachbargemeinden Chisséria im Süden, Dramelay im Nordwesten und Cézia im Osten. Die Valouse fließt westlich des Ortskerns durch das Gemeindegebiet. Etwa 41,65 % des Gemeindegebiets sind bewaldet. Die Weiler Vogna und Néglia gehören zur Gemeinde.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Die (Gesamt-)Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinde Arinthod wurden durch Addition der bis Ende 2017 selbständigen Gemeinde Chisséria ermittelt.

Geschichte
Arinthod wurde 1155 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Die Ortschaft wurde am Rand der Befestigungsanlage der Burg von Dramelay gebaut, deren Ruine auf dem Gemeindegebiet von Dramelay liegt. Ihr Donjon kann noch besichtigt werden. Der Großmeister des Templerordens Bernard de Tromelai (1100–1153) hat dort gewohnt.

1793 erhielt Arinthod im Zuge der Französischen Revolution (1789–1799) den Status einer Gemeinde und 1801 das Recht auf kommunale Selbstverwaltung. 1822 wurde der Weiler Vogna (damals Vognat), der im Jahr 1821 164 Einwohner hatte, eingemeindet. Von 1793 bis 2015 war Arinthod außerdem Hauptort des Kantons Arinthod.

Von 1901 bis 1939 lag Arinthod an der Eisenbahnlinie La Bifurcation – Arinthod der Eisenbahngesellschaft Chemins de fer vicinaux du Jura. Die Linie war eine Abzweigung der Linie Lons – Saint-Claude. Das Bahnhofsgebäude ist nicht erhalten geblieben.

Zum 1. Januar 2018 wurde die Nachbargemeinde Chisséria eingemeindet.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Die Kirche Notre-Dame de l'Assomption wurde im 16. Jahrhundert erbaut. Sie wurde 1991 in das Zusatzverzeichnis der Monuments historiques (historische Denkmale) eingetragen.
 Im Weiler Vogna steht der megalithische Findling Pierre Enon.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur

Im Norden von Arinthod liegt das Gewerbegebiet Zone d'activité de la Forêt, im Westen liegt ein Industriegebiet, in dem die Firma Smoby eine Produktionsstätte betreibt. Wichtige Erwerbszweige in Arinthod sind Forstwirtschaft und die Zucht von Hausrindern und Speisefischen. Es gibt außerdem eine Molkereigenossenschaft vor Ort, die Käse herstellt.

Verkehr
Der Ortschaft wird von der Départementstraße D109 durchquert, die D3 mündet im Osten des Ortskerns in die D109.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website von Arinthod (französisch)

Ort in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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When I work with an application in fullscreen mode (e.g. IntelliJ IDEA on macOS Sierra), the menu bar is hidden and shown only when I move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen.
The menu bar pops up after a short delay, but to my taste, that delay is way too short. I constantly trigger the menu bar by accident when I just want to click a button on the application's tool bar.
Is there a way to increase this delay?
Note: This has been asked before, but as far as I can see, not recently (this question asks about OSX Lion) – the answer was "nope, not possible", perhaps this has changed with Sierra / High Sierra?
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Anyone visiting the area between Bentonville and Fayetteville for the first time would be surprised at just how urban that region has become. There just isn't any one particular large city anchoring it all together in a traditional city & suburbs sense. Yet a visitor can drive along I-540 through places like Rogers and Springdale and see restaurants and retailers they would find only in other large cities; I'm talking 500,000+ population and over cities.
The region has grown enough that planners really need to start identifying future superhighway corridors to improve traffic movement in the area before every possible loop route from I-540/49 gets boxed in with development. For instance, I think the route between Tulsa & Springdale needs to be Interstate quality (mostly along US-412) the whole way, not just the Cherokee Turnpike leg of it. But as each year passes it will become ever more difficult to build such a thing. The development along the border in Siloam Springs would be difficult/expensive to bypass due to the terrain. Businesses in Tontitown along US-412 are close to the road. Any future freeway connection through there would have to be on a new alignment to the south of US-412.
Rogers, Lowell, Springdale, Johnson & Fayetteville already need an East loop off I-540. Looking at what's on the East edge of those cities in Google Earth makes me think building such a loop would be a very difficult proposition, both in terms of price and politics. However, the widening that is in the works for I-540 isn't going to be enough for this area for very long.
College football is another matter. There's no question the SEC is dominant in football, but that's mainly Alabama & LSU doing a lot of the domination.
Avalanchez71
Location: Middle Tennessee
Quote from: O Tamandua on July 31, 2013, 03:56:23 PM
Quote from: Bobby5280 on July 31, 2013, 03:15:34 PM
But the Rogers/Fayetteville/Bentonville metro has turned into a very important destination along the Interstate highway system, enough so that I would expect increasing pressure for Arkansas to get I-49 completed even if that means cutting out Texas' part of the proposed route.
Here's a wild one:
Northwest Arkansas (Rogers/Fayetteville/Bentonville), with three Fortune 500 companies (and their adherents) has more Fortune 500 companies than 22 states or the District of Columbia.
With two Fortune 100 company headquarters, Northwest Arkansas alone has more in that category than Arizona (Phoenix), Colorado (Denver), Florida (Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Tampa/St. Pete, Orlando, Jacksonville), Indiana (Indianapolis) or Missouri (St. Louis, Kansas City).
And that's before you factor in "S.E.C., Inc." which right now is the most highly-decorated college athletic conference (with the SEC West including member Arkansas having the last 5 of the last 6 BCS champions and 3 of the last 4 Heisman winners).
This metro area is a boom town and has been for some time.
Last I checked the area already has I-540 running through it. US 71 provides multiple lanes and I-49 is almost built out in MO. First the US highway sign isn't good enough so they put up the spur interstate, I-540. Now that isn't good enough. Folks knew the limitations of the highway system when they moved in. Why should other property owners' have their property divided up for the sake of these newcomers?
O Tamandua
Location: Bella Vista, AR
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on August 01, 2013, 01:54:34 PM
I'm guessing the other boomtowns Las Vegas and Orlando had people asking the same question.
But it may be because right now it's estimated that Northwest Arkansas/Fort Smith has a combined metro population, right now, of 784,000 people, which would be bigger than:
Des Moines/Ames (area has two thru interstates)
Wichita/Hutchinson (area has two thru interstates counting the turnpikes)
Chattanooga/Cleveland(TN) (area has three thru interstates)
Mobile/Daphne (area has two interstates, one thru)
Huntsville/Florence (area has one thru interstate)
Springfield/Branson (area has one thru interstate)
Shreveport/Texarkana (area will have 4-5 interstates, 2-3 thru ones depending upon how you count them)
Jackson/Vicksburg (area has two thru interstates)
In addition, in 30 years Northwest Arkansas alone is predicted (without Fort Smith) to have 1,000,000 people. (Right now, Fort Smith has just under 300,000 in its metro. If I-49 is linked some studies indicate it will grow to around 400,000+.)
So, indeed, I think it makes sense to finish at least the Bella Vista Bypass (though as always I am sorry some property owners will be impinged upon...always happens but it is a pain for some, boon for others). And a whale of a lot of sense to finish I-49 between Fort Smith and Texarkana. Now, whether common sense will be exercised or not...
If the population of NW AR keeps growing at a fast pace they'll be forced to build additional superhighways. Traffic is already pretty bad in some areas there. They certainly don't want to have situations like those the cities of Austin and Phoenix faced (and are still dealing with in spite of new freeways finally being built in recent years).
I certainly like the approach used in many areas of Texas: identify a possible future freeway corridor. Secure the right of way and build a divided street with a median wide enough to hold a freeway that would/could be built 10-20 years or so in the future. In Wichita Falls it was relatively easy for them to build Kell Freeway as funds came available. The divided surface street had the right of way reserved for the freeway since at least since the 1970's.
I'm disappointed that kind of approach hasn't been used here in Oklahoma. In Oklahoma City, the Kilpatrick Turnpike would probably be a complete loop around OKC and Norman if ODOT and other powers that be had at least some foresight to secure that entire corridor while it was still pretty much undeveloped. Today Mustang, OK has grown over where OK-4 could have attached into the Kilpatrick Turnpike. All the development around Riverwind Casino south of Norman is covering up any possible upgrade of OK-9 into I-35. In the long term that loop highway may have to be completed, but if so it will cost a whole lot more than it would have thanks to lack of long term planning.
Nit picker of unprecedented pedantry
Location: Norman, OK
Quote from: Bobby5280 on August 01, 2013, 03:41:32 PM
If it was really desired they could extend the OK-9 expressway in Cleveland County along the river for a bit and have a second bridge crossing, then tie into the current expressway west of Santa Fe Avenue (NW 24th Street in Goldsby). It would be expensive though.
Unfortunately I don't think any sort of planning here would have been possible, or at the very least really hard to pull off, since northern McClain County is a bit of mess when it comes to jurisdictions. Despite everything in that cluster having a Norman mailing address, the north side of the highway (Love's, the bank, Mason's) is all in Newcastle and the south side (Riverwind, McDonalds, Shell, the medical clinic) is in Goldsby. I don't think Goldsby even has a planning department, as it's a town of about 1,500. Meanwhile, Riverwind sits on Indian trust land, so it would have been impossible to convince the Chickasaws not to build anything on that since they don't really have a whole lot of places they can operate a casino (it is possible to get new trust land but there's a whole process to that making it more complicated than just buying a parcel of land).
J N Winkler
Location: Wichita, Kansas
I happened to look through one of the Arkansas official state maps US 71 was handing out at the Wichita road meet last month, and realized that freeway I-540/US 71 (soon to be I-49) is entirely within the corporate limits of one city or another all the way from Exit 60 (Fayetteville) to Exit 93 (south end of projected Bella Vista Bypass)--a distance of about 33 miles. It also looks to be more solidly urbanized than some of the city pairs Bobby5280 cites, such as Wichita/Hutchinson and Des Moines/Ames.
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Quote from: J N Winkler on August 04, 2013, 08:15:07 PM
This is unofficial, but going on US Census Bureau figures and growth rates for the nine counties (4 in Northwest Arkansas metro, 5 in Fort Smith metro) it looks like the population may be up to around 815,000 between the two for this year if the growth rates hold, which they certainly seem to be doing in Benton County. And that's before this Interstate between Fort Smith and Winnipeg/Duluth is completed, completely opening FSM/NWA to the northern half of the U.S. via Interstate highways.
BTW, Bella Vista is a planned community, and the corporation which developed it, last I'm aware, bought for future development (at least a decade or two ago) the entire bloc of undeveloped land on the west side of Bella Vista's corporate limits, squarely where future I-49 will run north to south (after it curves northward west of the former Hiwasse community). That's also where Bella Vista, currently at 25,000 plus people, will have its first paved road connection, not just Interstate, from the west. Good planning on their part.
Note the dotted interstate line immediately south and west of Bella Vista, which has more than 25,000. I don't know how many miles it extends to the state line but I'm guessing we're looking at between 5-8 miles. There are a lot of people in the cul-de-sacs of this area (and from development I'm seeing there may be significantly more coming) so we may be looking at 40 miles of more-or-less urbanized area from the state line to West Fork (south of Fayetteville) on future I-49 in northwest Arkansas.
The problem is Texas doesn't appear to want their section of I-49. At least that's how the situation appears to me. The I-69 corridor and various projects in Texas' biggest cities seem to be a far greater priority.
For Arkansas I-49 would have to be one of its top priorities, and logically a bigger priority than I-69. Arkansas is seeing its best growth in the Northwestern part of the state along the I-49 corridor. I think a completed I-49 corridor would do more for the state than some of the other big projects they've been pursuing.
Arkansas has been extending the US-67 freeway from Little Rock toward Walnut Ridge, but not pushing the freeway corridor through to Southern Illinois (where it might be an extension of I-30 or I-57). They're slowly extending I-530 South from Pine Bluff to a spot where I-69 might be built, maybe a decade or two from now -especially when that bridge over the Mississippi River is figured into the situation.
The I-49 corridor is far closer to completion than I-69. And that's even counting the difficulty going on with I-49 between Lafayette and New Orleans. The segment between Fort Smith and Texarkana won't be easy or cheap to build due to the mountainous terrain along parts of the route. But the Rogers/Fayetteville/Bentonville metro has turned into a very important destination along the Interstate highway system, enough so that I would expect increasing pressure for Arkansas to get I-49 completed even if that means cutting out Texas' part of the proposed route.
First off, I can't see TX not wanting at least a piece of I-49, if only to connect the proposed western loop to the Tex Americas Center development.
Second..there is simply no way to adequately construct a western loop using the existing US 59/TX 151 freeway due to extensive development, so any western loop connecting the I-x69 extension from Carthage to Texarkana with I-49 will have to go though some portion of Texas anyway. Plus, the way that Arkansas has AR 549/Future I-49 extending beyond the US 59/71 ROW to the west would preclude any northern alignment E of that roadway.
I-69 will be the main priority for TX for the forseeable future, but that doesn't mean that they aren't considering the possibility of a connection with a future I-49 to Kansas City.
Now, if Shreveport gets wise and completes the I-49 Inner City Connector, then it gets a bit interesting, because an alternative routing northward (I-69 Carthage to Stonewall, I-49 through Shreveport) could surplant the need for an I-x69 spur to Texarkana. But, that would really tick off Marshall and Tyler and probably Texarkana, because that would put them out of the loop.
I believe they ultimately get it together and find a way to make the connection work, and the Western Loop gets built with I-49 getting some Texas mileage. Just my nickel.
codyg1985
Location: Huntsville, AL
I wonder how the exit numbers will work with I-49 dipping into Texas. I assume it may do like I-24 in GA and the numbers will just carry over?
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States
Quote from: codyg1985 on August 06, 2013, 07:06:33 AM
I wondered that too. But I assumed the same I-24 situation.
What is the signifigance of the yellow US 71 shield on that map?
What is the significance of the yellow US 71 shield on that map?
Yellow shields = scenic highway. Blue shields = scenic byway (I have no clue what the difference is.) White shields = plain old highway.
Quote from: bugo on August 09, 2013, 04:21:41 PM
Yellow = keep driving fast
Blue = pull over for RVs
I would be ticked off if I bought one of those homes off of a quiet cul-de-sac only to have I-49 bisect it. The road noise alone is enough to be ticked off about.
Scenic Byway is an "official" designation, such as Boston Mountains Scenic Loop or the Pig Trail.
The Bella Vista bypass has been planned for at least a decade. Anyone should do a lot of research before dropping $100,000 on...anything, really.
Stop making sense
Location: Joliet, IL
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 16, 2013, 05:15:35 AM
Never stopped the idiots near the proposed (since the 1960s) IL-53 extension in Lake County, Illinois. Why should it stop these folks?
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton
Do you not recall Eric Estrada advertising this area back in the nineties? He said they were quiet peaceful tracts just minutes away from convenience.
lamsalfl
I-369 now appears on Google Maps.
Quote from: Grzrd on February 16, 2012, 11:46:11 AM
I gave AHTD another shot and they emailed me the Executive Summary of the Texarkana to DeQueen US 71 and Texarkana Northern Loop FEIS
Quote from: Gordon on August 28, 2013, 10:01:32 PM
The Interstate 49 Coalition will host a conference at 10 a.m. Thursday at the new Arkansas Highway District 4 headquarters in Barling, Ark.
The conference will discuss updates of the I-49 project in Missouri, Louisiana and Arkansas.
(above quote from I-49 at Fort Smith's Chaffee Crossing thread)
AHTD has posted its August 29 presentation to the Interstate 49 Coalition, and it appears that AHTD considers the entire Texarkana Loop, in addition to mainline I-49 going through Arkansas, to be part of the overall I-49 Corridor. It also appears to exclude the current US 59/I-369 from the overall I-49 Corridor because it shows the West and Northern Loops as both being proposed instead of showing the completed US 59/I-369 (page 8/13 of pdf):
Similarly, AHTD appears to include AR 151 as being part of the overall I-49 Corridor (page 9/13 of pdf):
Quote from: US71 on June 20, 2013, 06:39:47 PM
There are NO signs along I-30 for 245 (now posted as Four States Fair Blvd), nor along AR 296. Also no signs north of I-30 in either direction, nor SB along 549 south of I-30.
The above "Texarkana Area" map also shows a remnant of AR 245 south of AR 296. Unsigned 245?
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I can barely tell because the map is tiny... will there be a Texas I-49?
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Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 09, 2013, 04:25:39 PM
Yes, but it won't be very long, just sort of a "hook" from Texarkana back into Arkansas.
Quote from: US71 on September 09, 2013, 04:34:04 PM
Here's the Selected Alternative "hook" identified in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (page 4/24 of pdf):
Possible, I suppose. One would probably have to ask AHTD.


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The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
February 22, 2022 / Sheree / 2 Comments
Too often, conversations about identity are reduced to binaries: man/woman, rich/poor, gay/straight, black/white. In reality, not one of us can be so easily reduced to one label or another. That's what makes the premise of The Vanishing Half so interesting. This historical fiction novel examines the lives of twin girls who grew up together in a small Southern community; one grew up to "pass" as white, the other married a dark-skinned man and had a dark-skinned daughter. Through this multi-generational family saga, Brit Bennett plays out the domino effect of reductive labels.
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Initially, the scene is set in Mallard, a small town primarily populated by light-skinned black Americans "who would never be white but refused to be treated like Negroes". Part One begins in 1968, when Desiree and Stella – the "creamy skinned, hazel eyed" identical twins – run away to New Orleans. They fear a life trapped in Mallard, cleaning houses without so much as a high school diploma, and dream of forging new futures – and new identities – for themselves in the big city.
The girls are opposing forces, in more ways than one. Stella is the bookish, sensitive one, dependent on her sister for strength and conviction. Desiree is headstrong and spirited, but misses things her more perceptive sister picks up on. Their paths diverge when, not long after getting their fresh start in New Orleans, Stella disappears.
Years later, Desiree returns to Mallard with her daughter in tow. She had married a dark-skinned black man (knowing full well that it would baffle/infuriate her light-skinned community, the ingrained colourism running strong), but left him when he became violent. She had no place to go but her hometown, knowing that her dark-skinned daughter would not be completely welcome.
In Part Two, Desiree's daughter – Jude – has grown up, and she escapes Mallard for university in Los Angeles. She falls in love with a trans man, and they build a little life for themselves, with Jude working as a caterer to help make ends meet. While working a fancy party, Jude finds herself face-to-face with a woman who looks just like her mother. It's Stella, Desiree's twin, who has been passing as white and living her life in the wealthy California suburbs.
Part Three circles back to tell Stella's full story, how she came living as "white" in Los Angeles, married to a white man and raising his child. The careful boundaries she has drawn around herself and her identity are threatened when a black family moves in across the street. Then, in Part Four, the ground beneath her gets even shakier, as Jude secretly befriends Stella's daughter (Kennedy) without revealing the lineage that connects them. The final two Parts offer a denouement – emotional, geographical, and otherwise – for both generations, where each "half" must reckon with the other.
The Vanishing Half is as complex as the issues it tackles. On its face, it is most explicitly a book about colorism, the divisions within the black community on the basis of skin (and, indeed, the divisions within the characters themselves). It's an all-too-common and extremely dangerous value system, borne (naturally) of white supremacy more broadly, that prizes lightness for its proximity to whiteness. This is spelled out for the reader both literally and metaphorically (e.g., the twins witnessed their father's lynching as a child, and the trauma response manifests in Stella as a drive to satisfy the status quo).
There are other identities and boundaries explored in The Vanishing Half too, though – particularly around gender. The inclusion of a trans character as a primary love interest, and the role of the queer community in the novel, hasn't been the focus of much of the chatter about The Vanishing Half, which made it a pleasant surprise. Bennett writes with a deft touch; she doesn't shy away from the issues, but she doesn't manhandle them either (e.g., her allusion to the AIDS epidemic towards the end of the novel was particularly well done). As a New York Times review put it: "Bennett balances the literary demands of dynamic characterisation with the historical and social realities of her subject matter".
The Vanishing Half lands somewhere between An American Marriage and Little Fires Everywhere, in terms of tone and style, with a dustier accent of historical fiction. It's certainly a provocative read, and one that rightfully holds a prize place in the recent wave of interrogative popular fiction.
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I didn't care for this book as much as you did. The other identities she introduced could have been more fully explored I thought. It wasn't a poor book, just one I thought didn't live up to its initial promise.
Sheree (Post author)
Ahh, that's a shame! Bennett's still fairly early career though, so maybe her future books will be winners for you 😉 Hope springs eternal!


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