Today, Willow Creek Community Church's elders released another statement. It is apparent that their initial statement was not cutting it. Here is the latest update.
As a Board, we have been working and praying hard over the past few weeks. We promised frequent updates on our progress and, in that spirit, I come to you now.
Since the posting of our letter to the Willow family, we continue to listen and process.
Our top priority has been reaching out to the women who have made allegations against Bill. We have talked with several of them and are deeply saddened by the experiences they are sharing with us. We do believe we owe these women some apologies.
The tone of our first response had too much emphasis on defending Bill and cast some of the women in an unfair and negative light. We are sorry. Initially, it was stated that the stories were all lies and the individuals involved were colluding against Bill. We apologize for those sweeping statements. We do not believe the stories were all lies or that all the people were colluding against him. It takes courage for a woman to step forward and share her story, and we are doing everything we can to listen respectfully.
Based on the conversations we have had to date, we believe at least some of Bill's choices were inappropriate. We are grieved that this situation is difficult for so many people. On behalf of the Elders, both past and present, we now see that while we have many policies in place, they did not prevent the situation we are now in. We regret that, and we are looking into what additional safeguards could be implemented in the future.
We still have work to do and we are committed to keeping you updated. We plan to provide an update every other Wednesday through the end of this 45-day period.
There continue to be online stories that reflect our processes inaccurately. We know that leaves many of you wondering why we are not responding, but we are convinced that this will not be resolved by going back and forth in a public way. This Board has made every effort to function with integrity and to address the information we have. We will continue seeking to have personal conversations, in a spirit of humility and listening, to speak directly with those who have raised concerns.
We will continue to humbly extend apologies and accept ownership where appropriate, both privately and publicly. We will continue to take steps toward understanding and toward restoring relationships. We will also continue to walk alongside Bill pastorally, and we will work closely with the WCA board to take appropriate next steps with him.
We know we need outside expertise to help, and we have already consulted with several outside experts who are guiding us with next steps. We are working on reviewing our policies and guidelines as well. Specifically, we are looking at ways we can improve our guidelines for how men and women work together, our email retention policy, and our policy on how someone can raise a concern about senior leaders.
In closing, please allow me to say a few personal words. My term as the chair of the Elder Board is up this month, and I will be passing the baton to Lane Moyer. Lane has been a part of Willow since 1988 and is beginning his 3rd year as an Elder. I will leave the seat with a heart that is broken over the grief this season has brought to so many.
Please join me in continuing to pray for everyone involved in this situation and to pray for our church. We are trusting God to redeem this situation in a way that only He can do, and we are continuing to see God work every day. We are as committed as ever to this church and to what God is doing through all of you here and around the world.
The Chicago Tribune weighs in.
The Chicago Tribune published Willow Creek elders apologize for casting doubt on women's allegations against founder Hybels. Pam Orr, the head elder, is stepping down at the end of her tenure. I received a report by those in attendance at church on Sunday the the elders and pastors seemed subdues and somewhat depressed. No surprise here. They have a tiger by the tail.
Orr also told the congregation that her two-year term as chair of the elder board ends this month.
"I will leave this seat with a heart that is broken over the grief this season has brought to so many," she said.
Steve Carter, the church's teaching pastor, choked back tears as he asked the congregation to pray for the church, its elders, the women who came forward and the Hybels family.
Vonda Dyer responds to the WCCC statement.
People have been asking for my thoughts on the Willow Creek Community Church statement, yet again. I will post the similar response I gave to a woman in another stream.
Before I do so, I will share that I recently had leadership opportunities taken away from me at a separate event, due to the "concern that people had FOR me" regarding my coming forward to regretfully and (throw up in my mouth) fearfully admit what happened to me regarding leadership misconduct from #billhybels many years ago. It was also suggested that I stop commenting about it on social media.
I would like to say that I will not be silenced on matters of injustice, on matters of theological misuse, and when I believe that others are still being victimized.
Some would like to refer to this justice as "doing the right thing", others refer to it as ethics, and even others refer to it as "standing on the word of God, or the gospel". Whichever way we define it, we know that if the Spirit of the Lord is at the helm of an issue, the action taken will bring freedom and life, not just to those with the most power, the biggest PR backing, or those who wield the greatest threats. The heart of the gospel beckons the wounded to come out of hiding to be freed from the weight of injustice. Justice reveals WHAT we worship.
I've been in contact with an elder from Willow recently and was aware of this gesture.
Willow is fully aware of what ownership would and should look like if they were to come clean on these matters. Reaching out to me may have also been only a gesture. If it was partially well meaning, it still lacked any intention from Willow Creek to reveal what they are hiding. I have spoken my heartfelt thoughts about the chasm that lies between the allegations and Willow Creek leadership's longstanding, inadequate investigations in my responses to this elder who reached out, and who happens to also be a 20-year friend in ministry.
As far as I can tell from their statement, they have not moved to say they believe Bill has lied.
If women are telling the truth, then Bill has lied.
If Bill has lied, they are still protecting him and themselves, and the people in response are giving all of their leaders who misled and continue to mislead this charge rousing standing ovations.
These serious allegations call for gut-wrenching, face-on-the-floor sorrow and confession, not standing ovations.
Church, have we no soul? Have we lost our theological minds?
"Loving everyone always" in the biblical definition of love means laying down self-protection (laying down one's life) for the good of others in matters where people are wronged. I am not seeing humility, contrition, compassion, or theologically sound action taken on this complex matter, so you will have to be the judge on whether this new statement is helpful or just another generalized apology toward non-specific things.
Feels like more PR to me and less like love.
I do fully believe that the "stick" that willow creek attenders have beaten the women who have come forward with, is the same Matt 18 command that Willow leadership has NOT, themselves, followed.
This issue and many others have been brought to Bill himself, then to the elders repeatedly, then to leaders, also repeatedly, and now the church, through media (as Willow leaders still prove to be hiding what they know). Willow would not address it for 4 years and counting and still have not owned the dark underbelly of what they DO know.
This is not a "slap on the hand" dark, it is an unsurrendered kind of dark.
This is a problem friends.
We cannot force people to tell the truth in full.
Conviction or brokenness is actually the road to reconciliation and healing of injustice. This requires the perpetrators of destruction to surrender to the Holy Spirit on matters of the heart. We know that where our hearts place their confidence, our treasures are found there also.
In case anyone is throwing Matt 18 around without actually knowing its purpose in relational conflict, here it is for review.
This is a thing still bound up on earth.
Who will step forward in godly leadership to unbind it from within the ranks?
The Wartburg Watch is not impressed with the recent update by WCCC. It is obvious to many that WCCC is experiencing a significant loss of support from a diverse groups of former supporters. The fact they released this update and plan to make more is indicative that the know they are losing in the court of public opinion.
Bill Hybels' reported disturbing activities appear to have taken place over decades. It is difficult for us to believe that the church leadership were in the dark for the entire time. If they were, then they were not paying attention. If they knew and covered it up to protect the ministry, they have stopped functioning as a church.
We've received numerous reports that it was well known that Bill Hybels and his wife had serious and significant marital problems throughout the entire existence of WCCC. If this is true then the elders should have intervened. If they didn't intervene because they were *protecting the ministry* then they failed their church members as well as the Hybels. Hybels and his wife became a means to an end instead of beloved members of the church who needed transparency and help.
Thanks for pulling this together, TWW.
Ms. Dyer is correct – one cannot have it both ways. Hybels called the testimonies of the women who came forth, "flat-out lies". IOW, Hybels called the women "flat-out" liars.
One cannot sympathize or be in accord with both the women and Hybels. Not possible. If that's where WC leadership stands, then they, actually, are lying to themselves.
Crisis management is too often the priority over true repentance and true change.
Ministering to Bill's victims should be THE priority.
Bill's pastoral care should continue but with another ministry NOT WCCC. His days at WCCC should be over. Period.
If the board can not SEE or understand those basic concepts they should ALL step down. In fact, For all the damage their inadequate response has been they would best serve WCCC in stepping down.
We need the healing to start with a new board.
This stuff sounds more like Washington politics all the time. When I hear one of them say their earlier story is "inoperable" I'll know they are former apparatchiks.
Yes. And the more they attempt to manage it without the truth the more people see who they are. The more people see the spin the more they walk away. The full truth would be so much better and take less energy. Ah, pride….
My take – It's all about money and protecting the ca$h cow Hybel$ and the multi-million dollar Willow Creek business entities. Past and present elders and leadership did nothing for YEARS, if not decades, and are still protecting Bill Hybels to this day. Sad. Hey elders, you can't have it both ways – believing Bill and believing the women. COME CLEAN! Why 4+ years and possibly 4 DECADES of secrets? I'm sure the secrets would have continued had the press not gotten involved. And what about putting Heather Larson in charge? Did B.H. have an encounter with her too? Makes one wonder. All so sad. Expediency of truth is so much better then spinning a political tale that turns in to a hurricane of denials and fibs.
Hybels took early retirement last month – he's out of WCCC and WCA.
So we see them iterating on their crisis communications plan. As a PR professional who wrote the book on this for a different megachurch, I feel like reverse engineering their statement a bit (all my own opinions of course)….. Actually you know what I went through and did it, and I'm not comfortable teaching them how to do this better. After doing the work on this for a few minutes, I'm pretty sure this was actually written by the board and only lightly edited by a professional. If I'm wrong, sorry mate. This ain't your gig.
Church leaders only seem to listen to people's wallets these days.
Vonda is on point, and calling them on the matt18 nonsense and how it always seems to come apart when it comes to the end and someone is powerful or well liked.
The statement from Willow was hard to read. Saying that the stories were not *all* lies makes it sound like they were mostly lies and half-truths at best. I object to the statement that Bill behaved inappropriately. No, he behaved like a skilled predator over a long period of time. Let's not forget that there was a standing ovation at the chuch because really, it is the biblical role of the body of Christ to support and cheer on predators and enablers when they elude to their sin.
I am waiting for the day wheb Vonda and the other women receive a genuine heartfelt apology from Willow. Any elders who covered. ill's sin should be removed from their position.
I was talking to a minister friend recently about something. He pointed out to me that we are not seeking revenge in situations, but to right that which is done wrong. I think that is the situation here. Vonda and those ladies who were abused by Bill Hybels and the like, just want to right that which is wrong. To make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. We want those that have done us wrong, or protected the ones who have done the deed, to make amends in what ever fashion they can do. I mean true amends. Not just lip service. But true apologies that come from the heart. From there we go one to healing of our soul. We can then forgive. But it takes time. Things that happened years ago can still haunt us in many ways.
Until I read Mrs. Dyer's statement on Matt 18 it became apparent to me that she smacked that point dead on!!!!
Using Matt. 18 to deal with abusers is not what that scripture content was meant to be used for. I love how she articulated her point and no one could have said it better. It literally makes me want to send a copy of her statement to every elder in our former church! They abuse Matt 18 and those whom they try to use it on.
It's a funny thing when these churches who allow abusers to continue in ministry, they are being forced to now deal with not only the abuse but the aftermath of how they have treated the abused. It's Christians and unbelievers who are working together to expose them. I say unbelievers meaning the media outlets who are writing about churches who have gotten away with it until now.
It proves the point that God will not only expose your wrong doing/sin but He will use whom ever He chooses to make that happen. It's time a lot of their shenanigans are brought to light and dealt with. It's also becoming an example to other churches that they should be very careful when they are thinking about how to deal with abusers.
It's sad that it has to come down to exposing a churches (leadership) bad behavior but it's also a blessing even to the ones committing the wrong, they are being given an opportunity to see their error's and have a change of heart.
Yes, the elder(s) did in fact fail (if all was as bad as the women wrote in their statements). Elder, B.Schmidt, was told by Julia W the horrible information in 1986, and Vonda D told BS her horrible information in 1992 and Elder Betty S did nothing with it until 2 years ago?!! WHY??? Maybe she wasn't actually told? Or maybe the info wasn't as horrible, but 20-30 years later it is because embellishment and now jumping on #metoo train. Something to think about……..
Who embellished what, in your opinion?
By putting the (s) in parentheses, specifying only former elder Schmidt, and stating the failure in the past tense, you'd like us to think the current elders might not be failing right now. One way they are failing right now is their failure to address Betty Schmidt's 5 specific ways she claims they misrepresented her just within the last 2 months. Do they affirm or deny any of her 5 specifics? She may have done horrible things in the past by doing nothing or covering up abuse and this current failure by the current elders remains.
Just so you know, many people involved in this situation do not believe that is true.
No kidding. Behind the scenes?
Julie: Saying that the stories were not *all* lies makes it sound like they were mostly lies and half-truths at best.
Embellish definition: to make something more attractive by adding decorative details or features — (the women's blog posts) no video, no pictures – no proof, no eyewitnesses to say EXACTLY what happened.
Society, including the church, is on a learning curve in regard to how iconic men with mainly women behave, privately in sharp contrast to professional public personna. Then how to deal with – almost – unbelievable duplicity. How, and when is the right time and where to go and who to involve.
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Another update from the WCCC elders. The court of public opinion is not on their side.
Then they can play the "PERSECUTION!!!!!" Card.
Willow Creek's latest statement features a lot more of the same spin, liberally sprinkled with Christianese.
Oh, really, Pam? So, the "season" is what has brought grief to people. Not Hybels, and not the incompetent elders — all this grief and misery is the fault of the season that you're in, and no fault of yours at all.
Tell me another joke, Pam, and this time make it funny.
As others and I have said before, the entire elder board needs to resign. Not only did they enable what occurred and botch the original investigation, they became PARTICIPANTS when they wrote in "unified voice" defending Bill and took the stage to stand by his side.
There is only one way for them to individually and collectively regain their honor: resign.
I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth [a]shall have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth [b]shall have [already] been loosed in heaven.
Im afraid this truthseeker has little trust in the innocence of Bill Hybels at this point. I would also like to ask if anyone else sees Vonda making broad hints at something much bigger and darker than what has so far come out? How bout it, deebs? Is she hinting that there is something she wants to be asked about?
The problem is the season. And the email policy. The problems are not related to Bill Hybels' character and the elders who covered his sins and continue to "serve".
Most of the women Bill Hybels pursued – as reported so far – rejected his advances. I wonder how many other women he pursued that didn't turn him down but don't want the public attention of being romantically linked to Bill Hybels, especially if they are now married and have children.
C'mon WCCC – get your act together, get the facts out there and get beyond this ASAP. Hiding, hedging, word parsing and partial explanations just keep this story going. I hope they have the guts to hire an outside investigator bc the credibility of the Elders is not what it once was.
This has been weighing on my heart, and I thank God in His wisdom in protecting me, and feel this is as a safe place to share. I went to WC for 20 years starting end 80s. I so badly wanted to work there and was very qualified but was turned down every time I applied. It hurt. I was not a stick thin blonde and know I was rejected because of my looks. I knew I did not fit the "mold" of WC but applied anyway multiple times believing my qualifications and experience were good enough. I had felt "less than" when I was there. 20 years, slow learner, and felt that God, too, had rejected me. Thanks for listening.
Much Afraid: Thanks for listening.
Welcome. Thanks for sharing. Sorry for what you went through at WCC, the rejection for "looks", which was shallow and hurtful on the part of WCC. Ungodly, really.
Regarding, slow learning, there are quite a few of us. However, thank God that He perseveres with us and we eventually get it.
Seems like Jesus suffered and died (The Passion) for our very real sins with confession and fruit-proven repentance, NOT for parsing words, sissy sin cover-up and phony pretense. They are pretending to play church, on stage with spineless statements.
They pretended Hybels was OK for many years, with his flavor-of-the-week chick etc. Now they continue to pretend church and church network (didn't they claim "most influential in the world"?) They better hope that they are not spreading their fake leadership and fake church practice everywhere. That's a lot of confessing to do if they ever come conscience-clean.
We don't like believing that our Christian leaders/idols can fail. So, we minimize, we deny, we say it wasn't all that bad…and the shadow of that person never seems to go away. Some will always try to defend the person, and that leads to more conflict. I have a feeling that WCC may not be here in five years if they can't break away from Bill's shadow. Others might even blame those who came forward with the truth for the 'failure", which is even worse.
Yeah, that's the "Christian" way to manipulate while lying to themselves that it is for the manipulated's benefit. Disgusting.
To much afraid: I went to Willow in the 90s and did some volunteer work there. It was the worst church experience I've ever had. Everything was surface, appearance, and PR. If your experience wasn't good, then you were given to understand it was your problem because the church was terrific. Rah! Rah! No one ever wanted to hear about, let alone admit, there was anything ever wrong there. A huge emphasis on success, money, fame, etc.
I left that group and was quieter in the next, until two more family members were suddenly in the hospital, one in a coma (brain aneurysm) and not expected to recover. That group told me to go talk to someone else. They didn't want to hear about it. And not once in the ten years it took my mother to die did anyone from willow ever ask how she was or even offer prayer. Their whole attitude was, if bad things happen, you're either doing something wrong or you need to learn a lesson. Cold, cold, cold.
As for "Much Afraid" what I can say is, that I doubt you were alone. People were very much judged on appearance, money, etc, as I mentioned earlier. The church looks at the surface, not the heart. They want everything to look great, never mind the reality. The singles in my second small group told horror stories about the singles group, referring to it as a "meat market." I do remember reading a printed interview with Hybels back in the day in which he said he urged guys to come to Willow because it was a great place to meet girls(!).
Leadership will never admit that anything is wrong with Willow. It is a church willfully blind about itself. They will always try to blame someone else.
I have nothing but high regard for the women who have come forward and no regard left for the Willow Creek leaders.
Truthseeker00: I just want to make clear that truthseeker is distinct from truthseeker00, which is me.
When seeking the truth, 00 is a good place to start.
Truthseeker: Embellish definition: to make something more attractive by adding decorative details or features — (the women's blog posts) no video, no pictures – no proof, no eyewitnesses to say EXACTLY what happened.
So it's up to you to tell us WHICH decorative details or features you believe the women likely added in (made up later) to make a story more attractive. They ARE the eyewitnesses. You think Vonda should have said "Thanks for the belly rub, boss– let me run and get my camera and I'll get a pic for the type B leader back home"?
I am so sorry to hear of your story. I attended WCC in the late 80's too and accepted Christ there. I did not know until we moved and went to another church how much that WCC culture based on appearance and wealth crept into my soul and caused damage, even in a small group I was in where my husband and I were marginalized because we were more average than perfect according to the world's standards. But know that you are enough and God loves you so very much.
Wondering if Mr Hybles has returned the keys to the jet ?
Embellish definition:to make something more attractive by adding decorative details or features — (the women's blog posts) no video, no pictures – no proof, no eyewitnesses to say EXACTLY what happened.
So if there are no pictures, video or eyewitnesses, then it should be dismissed AND it should be assumed that it is all embellishment? Sounds like the type of thing that WCCC would say. It plays directly into the hands of people who prey on others as the situations are specifically setup to be in the absence of witnesses.
The problem with your position (along with the statements from Hybels and WCCC) is that there are now several women telling their own stories but significant details align. It paints a narrative where "embellish" is very unlikely.
The other problem is the mechanics of how memory works. Strong emotion cements a memory. So when a woman is able to pull up very specific actions and words from years ago, it is because it was an emotionally charged and significant event. The odds of Bill Hybels being able to recall the same details if it was a non-event and normal thing are minimal, yet he claims to remember it all clearly.
If anyone is "embellishing", it isn't the women.
I say this with all love in Christ and admit I'm broken and in need of a savior like everyone else, but I in good conscience I cannot agree and did not agree when Bill put a woman as the of the church as I understand a man should be the head of the church as the Bible teaches the way I understand it and I know Pastor Bill did consult RC Sproul as I heard RC Sproul discuss on a podcast that Bill asked him his opinion about making a woman the head of the church and RC Sproul said he was in direct violation of what the Bible teaches for a woman should not be lead pastor or elder. I know that also is a Hot Topic and women want equal rights and I believe women have great gifts just like men but there is a fundamental difference between men and women and that's why there's Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and if we as Christians continue to blur the lines between men and women society's view is going to continue to be confused and allow Satan sexual agenda to come in as we already see and if it weren't for God's original view for man and woman none of us would be here we were not designed to be birthed from test tubes or surrogates. After wise counsel and prayer I attend another church but I attended Willow Creek since the Sun City days and study the Bible everyday and in the end of all this I Pray most importantly God be GLORIFIED and all involved be heard comforted loved and corrected by our heavenly father as I know he will not be mocked .
My opinion, Vonda is spot on in her comments, as is Dee. Vonda's words below especially hit the heart of the WC Elders' deceptions.
"This issue and many others have been brought to Bill himself, then to the elders repeatedly, then to leaders, also repeatedly, and now the church, through media (as Willow leaders still prove to be hiding what they know). Willow would not address it for 4 years and counting and still have not owned the dark underbelly of what they DO know.
WCCC leadership is continuing to cast their darkness on current attenders, staff, and volunteers. The 'dark' is more murky with each day there no real repentance as taught by Jesus.
This is legalism, plain and simple. The differences between men and women are not the ones that matter in church, nor do arbitrary exclusions of all women from leadership roles mirror how Jesus viewed women.
CJ's single-paragraph comment has the density of a Kook Rant in Heavy Christianese.
Assuming he/she/it's not a bot like "Call a Ginger" was years ago.
Powerful words from Nancy Beach.
Reading Vonda and Nancy's statements, I recall a couple messages from Willow that seem relevant.
About 8-10 years ago Bill spoke about David's sin with Bathsheba. He described the fundamental sin that led to all the other sins during that sad episode was "abuse of power." David refrained from going to war, was on the rooftop, took a woman not his wife and killed her husband all as an abuse of the power he had as king. Sound familiar?
Second was a message delivered by Henry Cloud on three types of people (the Wise, Fools, and the Evil) and how to deal with them. A Google search will provide the full message, which I commend. Cloud said the Wise will respond to conversation… "Oh, I didn't realize I had hurt/offended you. What can I/we do to resolve that and get back having a good relationship?" Fools are clueless/unable to recognize that they had a role in discord in the relationship… "What? I hurt you? What are you talking about? I didn't do anything." The Evil seek and enjoy the opportunity to do harm and cause pain and damage.
The solution to dealing with a fool is consequences. "If you do that again, I will…" For Evil People, one must leverage the authority or power of the police (violence), attorneys (lawsuit) or money (to make the problem go away).
For Bill, it seems apparent that he does not fall in the category of the Wise, as he has avoided responding to conversation for decades. See Julia Williams's description of Bill's response to her confrontation, as well as the "understood" he gave to Vonda when confronted by her. Similarly, neither are Willow's elders responding as a group of wise individuals with their accusations of lying and conspiracy, followed by the more recent vaguely worded non-apology.
As much as they are reluctant to do so, the women involved may have to raise the stakes and apply the leverage of consequences to the Fools they are dealing with. Vonda and Nancy's responses to the "apology" is a good start. They may have to to more closely coordinate their efforts and communications. Might a defamation lawsuit be necessary to secure the attention and cooperation of the parties involved?
Lastly, I find it interesting that Willow, Heather Larson, and Steve Carter have avoided social media posts regarding the apology. They are learning that reasonable people, like John M above, can read and think and will respond to nonsensical statements that attempt to find some middle ground that seeks resolution without a full and thorough accounting for Bill's actions and their leadership malpractice.
"Vonda Dyer Posting here from another stream.
I understand this dilemma and confusion over the allegations and denials.
We have similar sentiments as you about the impact of Bill in positive ways (when he was leading in the spirit) and the ministry of Willow Creek throughout the years, even to this day. (My positive comments on much of my experience at Willow we're included in a tribute at the 40, from what I am hearing). This situation doesn't negate the poor leadership and destructive behaviors that some have experienced from Bill for more than 30 years. This warning in the new testament about choosing to walk in the spirit is essential for us to understand how to walk in righteousness as humans who sometimes fail. We all do. It is why Christ came to die for what we could not do in our own righteousness.
The essence of Galatians 5 is to remind us that when our behaviors become hurtful patterns, and when we see destruction around a leaders life, it is a sign of lack of surrender in certain areas that will ultimately be unhealthy for the person exhibiting the behavior and will wound those around them in its wake. It also goes against the essence of the gospel and impacts people's perception about whether Christ actually makes a difference in people? ➡Sexual misconduct and abuse of power surely fall in this category.
Un-surrendered Christians look a lot like unsaved sinners, but the difference is that believers are now a "new creation (with Christ indwelling them as a resource) acting like something they are not"—even with the conscience of the Holy Spirit as their guide. God gives us free will to listen to the spirit on matters of conscience.
A person without Christ indwelling them is not aware of sin in the same way and does not have the conscience of the Holy Spirit to guide them.
Dependence upon Christ is utterly important in the hidden areas of our lives, so that these areas that lack submission do not take over and destroy ourselves and others.
Heather is the sister in law of my closest friend of more than 30 years. I believe that she actually knows my story is true, and yet she has discounted my story to the Willow staff entirely and has stood WITH elders of Willow Creek on the platform to discount it to the entire church world through WCA mediums without ever even giving me a call. She knows my number. I was texting my love and prayer to her husband and family the week after the story broke, when his mother fell ill and I was praying for them. Why would she stand so firmly to support Bill's claims that I was lying after knowing me since her college days?
I do not know the answer to this question.
People have tried to discount this situation by making Bill/Willow all bad OR the women who came forward all bad. We simply know that this isn't true.
Christ came for human beings because he knew that we could not live up to complete righteousness by the law. Therefore, Paul explains in Galatians 5 the extreme variance in behaviors that we can see from Christians within the church. One picture displays the deeds of the flesh, which are displayed when Christians act upon their own self interest and self-reliance. These actions bring ultimate destruction to all involved.
Paul sternly warned us believers not to pick up that yoke of slavery ever again. It is in fact, slavery.
The fruit of the spirit, born out of surrender, occurs when people rely on Christ, in every moment, to love, be faithful, have self control, and the like. He produces these things.
People like to assume that the deeds of the flesh are a description of people without Christ. Exactly the opposite. This passage of scripture details the kind of destructive behaviors that occur when people who love Jesus do the most ungodly things. Both can be true.
Can God use these people in spite of their destructive behaviors? Of course. You can be fighting with your wife in an ungodly way, and go to work and still be used by God in a powerful way. This is why surrender is such a big deal to God.
Scripture also highlights that things done in the flesh, even though good, if not surrendered to the spirit, will have no bearing in heavenly terms. That can mean a lifetime of un-surrendered self-effort. To what end?
So the question is, who is doing the work?
We ourselves, or Christ through us?
I don't believe that the things that Bill has done to these women as described in the media and in their blogs, would ever be spirit led behaviors initiated by Christ, through a spiritual leader, in the church. I think that you would agree with me on this.
God can use people to do great things while they also at the same time exhibit duplicitous and hidden behaviors. The New Testament describes why choosing this form of leadership and behavior is not of God and will not ultimately serve the church nor the people within it.
This is a thing that cannot be controlled by legal matters, and requires the breaking of the human spirit to a deeper and more trustworthy, faithful God.
We cannot decide this surrender for others, but when we are wounded by hidden behaviors of leaders, it highlights the problem/lack of spiritual surrender and begs a larger question when they go so far as to deny and hide it.
Denial digs a deep hole that ultimately creates a more humbling outcomes when truth is revealed.
Thank you Thomas0555 and Julie2. Thoughtful, deep and so helpful words about WIllow Creek's current and past leadership. Your thoughts also helped clarify my own beliefs about how critical 'surrender' is. Without true repentance, grace and forgiveness, and love itself, may wither.
A Willow response that I would welcome would be an announcement that BH is receiving inpatient therapy for sexual predator behaviors.
Interesting what John Macarthur says about roles in the church and John is one of the most respected theologans. Thanks also for your comments I appreciate it. Grace to you in Christ!
Sorry for any confusion. My comments about leadership roles have nothing to do with the women who are sharing there testimonies. I hope everyone understands that. Sorry for any confusion. I was a member for over 17yrs and new of most of the ladies seeing them regularly around church service. Peace be with you all !
My take – It's all about money and protecting the ca$h cow Hybel$ and the multi-million dollar Willow Creek business entities. Past and present elders and leadership did nothing for YEARS, if not decades, and are still protecting Bill Hybels to this day.Sad. Hey elders, you can't have it both ways – believing Bill and believing the women.COME CLEAN! Why 4+ years and possibly 4 DECADES of secrets?I'm sure the secrets would have continued had the press not gotten involved. And what about putting Heather Larson in charge? Did B.H. have an encounter with her too?Makes one wonder. All so sad. Expediency of truth is so much better then spinning a political tale that turns in to a hurricane of denials and fibs.
Regarding putting Heather in charge.
CJ: John is one of the most respected theologans.
Respected by whom? I personally consider him to be one of the worst of the wolves in sheep's clothing.
Sorry I didn't mean to bring John into this he is only a man as we are also. Leadership is also not a hapax legomenon either below is one of many verses. Again I come with no intent to argue just discussing openly. Peace in Christ always !
3 This is a trustworthy saying: "If someone aspires to be a church leader,[a] he desires an honorable position." 2 So a church leader must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife.[b] He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach. 3 He must not be a heavy drinker[c] or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money. 4 He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him. 5 For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?
People who bring serious life damaging accusations must allow questions, investigation, interrogation of their accusations. That's what happens in a court trial in our Justice system. The Accused is afforded counsel and defense which are what the precepts of our great Justice system are built on. The burden lies with the accusers. In the court of Public Opinion everything is up for grabs. Nothing is verifiable. It the most unfair of trials. Having said that its bothersome to me (who by the way am not taking sides to a party but concerned about the process) that the accusers made their accusations via Media, blogs, FB etc…but then shut off all access to questions, scrutiny, investigation. Here's hoping for open discussions on both sides which are fair and balanced. Otherwise the quest for Truth and Justice is in vain.
Again I apologize for bringing John into this. Sincerely I'm surprised I don't like any of his teachings though as you know he is calvinist just like wade Burleson from what I have read. Proverbs 27:17 iron sharpens iron as one man sharpens another. Thanks for your encouragement in advance!
Our Father loves His church. He loves His children. In Christ Jesus people's lives don't have to be ruined. The crisis of the church, when placed in His hands in true humility and surrender, can trigger a genuine revival in the individual life which can serve to bring revival to the whole body of Christ. When God tells stories about His people and His church in the Bible, He does not hide their sins. He deals with them as they are.
Instead of worrying about her "reputation" in the eyes of humans (actually God's reputation suffers too), WCCC and WCA can let God do His redeeming work during this very critical time by yielding to the Holy Spirit, so they can be transformed from inside out, to reflect God's greater glory in the future. Then the world shall see: Christianity indeed works! Jesus Christ is real and powerful.
There is always HOPE in our Resurrected Savior.
Oe comment not allowed. TWW does not believe that Jodi's attempt at *humor* was appropriate and we no longer will allow links to her stuff on our blog. We care about real victims. Stop playing games.
I see no Christian love from this side. It's all a me against you thing, just like is going on in the world, in politics. Nothing is ever good enough.
It may not be accurate to say that "Nothing is ever good enough" for the people who had alerted the church and later the public about the reality. My understanding is that they wanted to be treated with honesty and respect, and hoped to see the leader(s) have a desire for humility, then see God's redemption work in real lives. They have a concern for the health of the church. It's about God's kingdom work, not man's work. It is not the same as the world.
Now the elders/church stands on the side of sin, so the entire elder board and church needs to be confronted. While it started with a few, there are now several very credible witnesses all telling the same basic story. This is about confronting sin in the hopes that it leads to repentance. Unfortunately, it is playing out in the news, blogs and social media because the church refused to deal with it internally.
Hi Kate. Do you not feel love from the side of the web site because of comments on jodi walle statement. Sincerely just curious.


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How much is George Lopez worth? – Wondering how wealthy & rich is George Lopez? Or maybe you're just curious about George Lopez's age, body measurements, height, weight, hair color, eye color, bra & waist size, bio, wiki, wealth and salary?
Lopez in August 2010
Birthday/Birthplace
(1961-04-23) April 23, 1961
Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Stand-up, television, film
Observational comedy, black comedy, blue comedy, insult comedy, physical comedy, political satire
Mexican–American culture, American politics, race relations, family
Ann Serrano (m. 1993; div. 2011)
Notable works and roles
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George Lopez (born April 23, 1961, in Mission Hills, California, United States) is an American actor, comedian and television presenter of Mexican descent.
George Lopez's Biography
Lopez was abandoned by her father at birth and raised by her maternal grandmother, Benita Gutiérrez, a factory worker, and her grandmother Refugio Gutiérrez, a construction worker, who grew up in Monterrey Nuevo León. There he became a popular comedian, especially among the Latino community for his satirical way of looking at Latin American life and culture in the United States [citation & nbsp; required]. Much of his humor comes from financial poverty, his education and the Latino community in general. In 1993, Lopez married Ann Serrano. The couple has a daughter in common, Maya Lopez, George has released four studio albums with performances of his. He was nominated for a 2004 Grammy for the best comedy album. On July 10, 2010, he leads the American Top 40 as a special guest.
A DNA test read by Mariah Carey on her show Lopez Tonight revealed that he is 55% European, 32% Amerindian, 9% East Asian, and 4% African.
George Lopez Net Worth – $45 Million
George Lopez's Salary – $12 Million
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Name Index for "Bookmarking Book Art"
Resources (in progress)
Curated by Robert Bolick
Tom Sowden
Bookmarking Book Art – The Vedute Foundation
The Vedute Foundation was established in 1991 to create a special collection of "spatial manuscripts" — visualized, tangible and accessible objects to convey concepts of space. The key constraint on the invited artists, architects and designers: the work's dimension must be that of the Gutenberg Bible, 44 x 32 x 7 cm in closed form. Given that constraint, it is odd how rarely the collection is mentioned in the domain of bookworks, book art or artist books. It shows up in Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden's 2020 "A comprehensive reading list for artists' books", but book artist and trained architect, Marian Macken has most thoroughly redressed this oddity in Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice (2018).
At the end of 2020, the Vedute collection stood at 223 items. Among them, Piranesian Window by Cees Nagelkerke performs the ideal introduction. Its form and title capture the multiple meanings of vedute (views), some intended by the collection's founders, some not. Views are things seen — which this art object is. Views are prospects from which to see — which a window offers. Views are perspectives — for which Giambattista Piranesi's etchings are famous. Views are thoughts held — which "Piranesian" implies. The work's title could be that of a manuscript on art history and philosophy.
Piranesian Window (1996)
Cees Nagelkerke
Rojo Alicante marble (8 mm thick) and mirror panels (8 mm thick), secured between metal frames. H44 x W32 x D7 cm. Number 0070 in The Vedute Foundation Collection, Rotterdam. Photos: Reproduced with permission of the artist.
Piranesi's mid-eighteenth century etchings Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) and Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) are the obvious sources of inspiration. Alongside the images on the Foundation's site, however, Nagelkerke relates a dream of about the work. The dream's logic and the mirror in the window frame might recall for some Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass.
– … Please, continue relating your dream …
– I wandered through vast ruins … along wrecked bridges … feeling remarkably at ease.
– How did you find the window in this windowless world?
– When a cool breeze wafted inside, I suddenly saw it. It showed a landscape, within the distance a city. There was complete tranquillity and harmony there, like in a painting by Piero della Francesca … I stood there for some considerable time and I became increasingly saddened, because I discovered that I was looking at something that had vanished forever.
– But how did you manage to take the window?
– I wanted to touch it … as a result, I immediately fell down. The gap left in the wall closed by itself … I picked it up and continued on my way, meeting people who spoke to me saying that I should leave the Carceri. I was taken to a gateway. No one looked at, or said anything about, the window… In the square where I found myself, there was an intense, chaotic commotion. The window still reflected something of the vast space I had left. The exterior showed traces of the wall in which it had been mounted. I looked through it and saw everyday life …
Together, the embedded mirror-to-mirror view and the window enact multiple enigmas. The mirror-to-mirror view recreates that Escher-like perspective to which Piranesi's Imaginary Prisons was a forerunner. The open window invites the reader/viewer to look through: "Reader/viewer, read and look by means of the Piranesian Window, read and look to the other side of the Piranesian Window". In the context of Nagelkerke's dream, the spatial manuscript brings dreams and traces of the vanished into everyday life. Imagination has created the form that captures imagination but also frees it.
In Piranesian Window, Nagelkerke has delivered a surreal object that, messing with our minds, embodies Piranesi's distinctly non-neoclassical quip: Col sporcar si trova ("by messing about, one discovers") (Lowe, p.19). It is a dictum well suited to The Vedute Foundation's 223 works (1990 to 2019) and those to come.
"Architecture", Bookmarking Book Art, 12 November 2018.
Bodman, Sarah, and Tom Sowden. "A comprehensive reading list for artists' books", University of West England, 2020. Accessed 29 December 2020.
Cridge, Nerma Prnjavorac. Drawing the Unbuildable: Seriality and Reproduction in Architecture (London: Taylor and Francis, 2015). For discussion of Carceri d'invenzione, see chapter 6.
Lowe, Adam. "Messing About With Masterpieces: New Work by Giambattista Piranesi (1720-1778)," Art in Print Vol. 1 No. 1 (May–June 2011). Accessed 28 December 2020.
Macken, Marian. Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice (London: Taylor and Francis, 2018).
Quevedo, Steven. "Enigmatic Constructions", 95th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Fresh Air (2007), pp. 863-870.
The Vedute Foundation (1990 to the present).
Book Art/Book ArtsCees Nagelkerke, Cornelis Nagelkerke, Giambattista Piranesi, Lewis Carroll, Sarah Bodman, The Vedute Foundation, Tom Sowden
Books On Books Collection – Michalis Pichler
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Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira le Hasard: Sculpture (2008)
Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira le Hasard (Sculpture) (2008)
Offset and laser gravure, perfect binding. H325 x W250 mm, 32 pages. Acquired from Printed Matter, 10 April 2020. Photos: Books On Books Collection.
Appropriated and sculpted bookwork was taking off in numerous forms even before 1964 when Marcel Broodthaers half-embedded the last fifty copies of his poetry book Pense-Bête in plaster. Bruno Munari had introduced libri illeggibili ("unreadable books") in 1949. John Latham had already encased books with plaster in Shelf Number 2 (1961) and much else in his various skoob works. Tom Phillips' line-by-line, found-book alteration A Humument was underway, first appearing in 1970, as was Dieter Roth's string of sausage books Literaturwurst (1961-74). So Broodthaers could have taken any of several directions before deciding to replace Mallarmé's lines of verse in Un Coup de Dés N'Abolira le Hasard: Poéme (1914) with printed and engraved placeholders in paper and anodized aluminum, respectively, to create Un Coup de Dés N'Abolira le Hasard: Image (1969).
Le Vite dei Libri 26 directed by Giulio Maffei, 12 January 2016. Accessed 14 August 2020.
Son of Giorgio Maffei (bookseller, curator, scholar and book artist in his own right), Giulio Maffei has made video catalogues for Studio Bibliografico Giorgio Maffei since 2015. Each catalogue is a work of video. In this twenty-sixth outing, Maffei has created a video from the 1914 edition and Broodthaers' 1969 Image version of Un Coup de Dés.
By 2008, Michalis Pichler had an even greater wealth of forms from which to choose for his double appropriation/homage to Mallarmé's Poème and Broodthaers' Image. Since the '80s scores of book artists had been introduced to ingenious structures by Hedi Kyle and Keith A. Smith, among others, so why not an Aunt Sally's shipwreck of string, canvas and torn paper? Long-Bin Chen had been sanding books and phone directories into busts since the '90s, so why not a bust of Mallarmé from old editions of Un Coup de Dés and a bust of Broodthaers from catalogues of his works (a variation on Buzz Spector's treatment)?
Instead Pichler appropriates Mallarmé through Broodthaers' design and production: an efficient and direct double appropriation. He follows the trim size and layout of the 1914 and 1969 works. Further underscoring the double appropriation, he reprints verbatim Broodthaers' preface (the full text of Mallarmé's poem set in small type as a single paragraph with obliques separating the lines of verse). Like Broodthaers, he produced limited editions of three versions: 10 copies in plexiglas (rather than Broodthaers' 10 in anodized aluminum), 90 copies in translucent paper (just as Broodthaers had done) and 500 copies in paper (rather than Broodthaers' 300). Where Broodthaers had solid black stripes, though, Pichler substitutes laser cuts in the translucent and paper editions and engraving or abrasion in the plexiglas edition. Hence Sculpture (2008), rather than Image (1969) or Poème (1914).
Not until 2016, though, was Pichler able to cap his double appropriation. Just as Broodthaers had held an exhibition entitled "Broodthaers: Exposition littéraire autour de Mallarmé" (Antwerp, December 1969), Pichler held one entitled "Pichler: Exposition Littéraire autour de Mallarmé" (Milan, December 2016). Like the Broodthaers exhibition, Pichler's was an opportunity to showcase his own work: it was his first solo exhibition in Italy. Like Broodthaers, he included the Nrf 1914 edition, but also included numerous other editions and translations that had occurred since. Also, key to Pichler's artistic intent, he included a host of other artists who by appropriation had made homage to Un Coup de Dés … Poème and, in some cases, Broodthaers' … Image.
Book art is so self-referential in its instances (think of Real Fiction: An Inquiry into the Bookeresque by Helen Douglas and Telfer Stokes) and as a genre (think Burning Small Fires by Bruce Nauman) that appropriation offers a natural next step. In Pichler's case, the subtlety of that step comes in how he reaches through Broodthaers' Image all the way back to elements of Mallarmé's Poème to achieve his aims.
When Broodthaers first appropriated Mallarmé's layout, type sizes and roman/italic styles, he was engaged in a kind of reverse ekphrasis. Usually ekphrasis runs from the work of art (say, a Grecian urn) to the text in response ("Ode on a Grecian Urn"). Here, the poem and its shape come first, then the work of art — the Image of the poem. By calling his exhibition an exposition littéraire, Broodthaers underscored this. By calling out the shapes on the page, he elevated the original's semblances of waves, an abyss, a foundering ship and a constellation and, in exposing them, performed a kind of literary study as well as artistic work.
Count it down from Pichler's appropriation of Broodthaers' exposition littéraire, from the inclusion/appropriation of other artists' appropriations of Poème and/or Image, from his own work of book art Sculpture, from his own other works: Pichler's appropriative ekphrasis is squared, cubed or perhaps raised to the fourth power. Clearly, book art and appropriation are Pichler's chief palettes — or rather his twin decks from which, as DJ, he mixes what he calls "Greatest Hits". The phrase simultaneously names Pichler's imprint on Sculpture's cover and the series on his website. The series includes other appropriations such as Every Building on the Ginza Strip (2018) from Ed Ruscha and Some More Sonnet(s) aka Poem(s) (2011) from Ulises Carríon. "Greatest Hits", however, suggests another subtlety in Sculpture, albeit one best appreciated in the context of all the exhibitions.
The first instance of Broodthaers' exhibition in Antwerp included a continuous playing of the artist's tape-recorded reading of the poem. In Cologne for its second instance, Broodthaers renamed it Exposition littéraire et musicale autour de Mallarmé. Broodthaers was simply taking Mallarmé's musical cue in Un Coup de Dés's preface, which advises reading the poem as if it were a "score" for music to be heard at a concert and its blank spaces as "silences".
Taking Mallarmé's and Broodthaers' musical cues and that of his piano-roll-like slots in Sculpture, Pichler created for his exhibition Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira le Hasard: Musique, a piano-roll version of the poem to be played by any visitor who cared to sit and pedal the pianola on which it was installed. So in further appropriation of Mallarmé through Broodthaers, Pichler's piano roll turns the empty spaces, where the words and black strips would be, into music while the blanks around them become what Magnus Wieland calls "white noise".
Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira le Hasard: Musique (2009) Michalis Pichler
In traditional literary ekphrasis, the referring text can stand on its own. Homer's description of Achilles' shield does not require a side-by-side engraving or painting of what Hephaestus forged. Nor does Auden's exposition of Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (c. 1560) need an art history book to hand.
But without the context of the exhibition, the presence of other appropriations, or even Pichler's translucent and plexiglas editions, what to make of Pichler's paper edition on its own? The traditional Nrf cover design suggests no surprise to come, although the trim size looks non-traditional in today's market. The book's slimness, subtitle and preliminaries also warrant a raised eyebrow: how can this be a sculpture? Turning the pages, the reader/viewer comes to the cuts and sees through to the pages beneath. Shadows move through the leaves. The laser cut technique hints at something that a die cut does not. Do the burnt edges where the laser has cut suggest a more surgical approach to book burning, an allusion to burning decks, or a 19th century and 20th century legacy to the white spaces?
Both Mallarmé and Broodthaers noted the intent to draw attention to the white space of the page. Pichler appropriates both the poet's and artist's form and intent. He sculpts a conceptual double-palimpsest not by overwriting the first level of overwriting but by removing it and the original layer altogether. The core subtlety of Pichler's paper edition of Un Coup de Dés lies in those empty spaces defined at their burnt edges and by the blankness around them. For Sartre, Mallarmé was the poet of nothingness. Broodthaers appropriated the nothingness with black ink. Pichler has appropriated both. The paradox is a work that stands on its own by invoking and eliminating what it appropriates.
Durgin, Patrick. "Witness Marcel Broodthaers: The docile aphorism", Jacket2, 24 October 2014. Accessed 6 August 2020.
Gilbert, Annette, and Clemens Krümmel. Thirteen Years: The Materialization of Ideas from 2002 to 2015 (Leipzig: Spector Books, 2015).
Sartre, Jean-Paul; Ernest Sturm, trans. Mallarmé, or the Poet of Nothingness (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2004).
Sowden, Tom. "Exploring Appropriation as a Creative Practice," MDPI Arts / Issue 8 / Volume 4 (2019). Accessed 6 August 2020.
Wieland, Magnus. "Sculpture Lecture Reading Un coup de dés". Accessed 6 August 2020.
Among the other artists in Pichler's Exposition littéraire autour de Mallarmé were these whose works are also represented in the Books On Books Collection: Jérémie Bennequin, Jim Clinefelter, Sammy Engramer, Cerith Wyn Evans, Rodney Graham, Brian Larosche, Michael Maranda, Guido Molinari and Eric Zboya.
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A change in the winds aloft
"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return"
Pandas, Cheetah, Humans and Other Doomed Species
What is it that dooms a species to extinction? In some cases it is because of predatory pressures or habitat loss, but history tells us that the lack of adaptability is often the most telling in extinction events.
Climate and dietary demands change, over time, and the key to a specie's survival is the ability to adapt within that time frame. As a species, human being's ability to adapt has made us successful. The problem that arises is when a species falls into a niche.
Pandas have a narrow niche. Their diet consists of 99% bamboo. The problems occur when the bamboo begins its cycle of mass flowering and complete die-off. At the point of die-off, the main food source for the panda is gone if they do not have a second species of bamboo to eat. With loss of habitat the chance of having a second species of bamboo diminishes. The mass flowering and die-off has a direct effect on humans also. Watch Rat Attack HERE.
Posted by Hugo at 5/09/2014 05:07:00 PM
Here is the information about my Gimp-o-mobile:
1) No, you can't ride it
2) No, it doesn't tip over
3) No, I don't have to balance
4) It runs on electricity
5) It will go 15 MPH
6) It will go 24 miles on a single charge
7) 8 hours to recharge a fully depleted battery
8) $6000 and change
9) The inventor did not die going over a cliff
10) Yes, it's fun to ride (A LOT more fun than my crutches)
Posted by Hugo at 2/10/2014 09:49:00 AM
Treat Your Man Like A Dog!
I have neighbor who has an obnoxious little Chihuahua mix. It was a total pain in the ass kind of dog…hyper, barking, pooping, biting, pissing kind of dog. I watched how she trained him.
When the dog was calm (rarely) and not pooping or pissing in the house, she pretty well ignored him.
When the dog was being his normal and irritating self, she would launch into prolonged didactics aimed at the dog. She would withhold treats 6 hours after he had misbehaved as though he would understand. She could not understand what she was doing wrong.
After explaining that a stupid Chihuahua could not connect a behavior from hours ago with the current punishment, I helped to train her how to have a better dog. Punishment for infractions were loud, swift and immediate. Then…nothing more. When the dog was doing a wanted behavior, he was quickly rewarded and the reward was lonnnnnng and "BIG". I showed her how to "good puppy" her dog.
The dog has calmed, considerably, and exhibits good behavior as the "norm" now. This is Behavior Modification in its purest form. I call it the "carrot and the toothpick" approach. I give the carrot often and without hesitation for ANY wanted behaviors. Unwanted behaviors are greeted with a quick stab of the toothpick to the ass (figuratively) with a sharp "NO!" and then back to the carrot if the behavior is corrected.
When men do something wrong and we have to endure the prolonged admonishments, we hear, "blah, blah, blah…you always…blah, blah, blah". Yes ladies, we tune you out. When we manage to get our dirty clothes into the hamper instead of dumped in a heap in the middle of the floor, we get a brief and tepid, "thanks"…period.
Using the carrot and the toothpick approach, here is how to treat your man like a dog:
He manages to actually bring in his dishes from the living room and to get them into the sink, what do you do? Is this a behavior that you want him to continue? You make a big deal out of it. Praise him. Explain how much you appreciate his help and how it makes you feel like he cares about you. Go on and on. Next time, he may even rinse them and get them into the dishwasher. Again, BIG carrot time! Heap the praises on him. He will love it and work his ass off to get more.
So, now he left a slice of bologna on the floor and during the night, you slipped on it while getting a glass of water. Tell him that what he did was rude and inconsiderate…and then stop!
Men have a 5 second attention span when we are being scolded. Anything more than that is a waste of time. Remember the toothpick. Jam it (again, figuratively) into his ass and then walk away. We will know we screwed up and you don't need to try to explain it in 137 different ways to make us understand. Think "BAD dog!" and let it go.
Men need to be petted and told we are doing well. At first, it may be every time. Over time, you can look for that expectant look from us and give us the occasional "Good dog!" as a reinforcement for wanted behaviors. Make sure the "GOOD dog" is long and sincere.
So…does it work? Remember, this is my program. I taught it to my ex-wife and she used my own program on me. Even though I knew she was using the program…MY program…on me, it worked.
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Portland Half-Con
Well...the Portland Half-Con is now forever enshrined in history. Klaatu was first to arrive at 12:05. As he hadn't seen the updates recently, he had no idea what name the reservation was under and [hilarity ensues] finally figured it all out and realized nobody was there yet.
Also, found out that 21Quest was going to be a no-show. He said his head blew up on the way in. Obviously, he was preparing a new and great idea that turned out to be too much for his brain(?)
Klaatu left for 20 minutes to kick up his carboxyhemoglobin levels. When he returned, Gisho was waiting.
Klaatu and Gisho waited together...and waited...and waited. Finally, 2 familiar faces showed at the door and the Canadian contingent had arrived. We sat around playing Edward Forty Hands until we were all falling down drunk. Toward the end of the Half-Con, 2Fries tried to pay with that funny money that they have up north and the waitress refused to accept it. The ensuing brawl brought sirens racing into the city. 2Fries noticed that the sirens south of the border sound a bit different than the Canadian sirens. While this was all going on, the sky opened up and hail and rain descended upon the restaurant.
The waitress came by about 14:00 hrs and asked if there was someone named "Shinook". We all shrugged and said, "Sorry, no." Later, she came by and spelled the name, "C-A-N-U-C-K" and said Chris had called from London. Day-uhm! Sorry Po...
Klaatu called 21Quest on the way home and Quest said he was only an hour away at mile marker 148. (I sure wish I had a car that could go 148 M.P.H.!) Quest was disappointed that the Canadians had to beat a hasty retreat and he wouldn't be able to meet them, but 2Fries has that ticket, eh?
Click on the pictures to view them full-size...
Gisho
From L to R: 2fries, Canuck, Gisho
L to R: Klaatu, Canuck, Gisho
L to R: 2fries, Canuck, Gisho
(Picture was taken after we escaped police custody)
Briton Pleads Not Guilty After Drunken Bomb Threat
DUBAI (AFP) — A Briton who sparked a bomb alert on an Emirates flight from Manchester to Dubai in July while he was drunk told a court in the Gulf emirate that he was joking, newspapers reported on Thursday.
"It was a joke," Mark Winter, 37, told the court on Wednesday, as he pleaded not guilty to attacking a civilian airliner, the papers said.
Winter, who triggered panic by claiming he had a bomb that would explode in seven minutes, admitted he had been drinking, the papers said.
Emirates airline said on July 9 that a drunken Briton sparked the bomb alert as its flight from England landed in Dubai.
An official for the Dubai carrier said the passenger had an argument with one of the crew and then claimed a bomb was on the aircraft, which was later searched and no explosives found.
A prosecution spokesman said last month that Winter would be tried on charges of assaulting the aircraft and passengers as well as drunkenness.
"I was drunk. I was unaware of what I was doing ... I did not assault the flight attendant. I did not assault the passengers but I was trying to defend myself," the English-language daily Khaleej Times quoted Winter as telling the court.
The court will issue its verdict on September 17, the newspaper added.
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Another Drunk Passenger Incident - August 14, 2008
From SkyNews:
A flight between Ireland and Crete have been diverted and five people removed by police after a fight broke out on board.
One eyewitness who was on the plane when it was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Venice last night said a man began smashing overhead compartments.
One of the 167 passengers on the Futura Gael flight 2815 from Dublin to Heraklion, Aoife O'Reilly, from Dublin, said those responsible had been drinking.
"We were up in the air and two guys - who were surprisingly a lot older than us - started fights," she said.
"Then we had to be redirected to Venice for a couple of hours. The police came on and had to get them off.
"They had a couple of drinks on them, they were extremely aggressive. One of the guys half-way through the flight stood up and started smashing the overhead compartments."
Italian border police based at Marco Polo airport in Venice said the men were all Irish and aged between 25 and 30.
They were not arrested but put on a plane back to Ireland, the authorities said.
Dublin-based Futura Gael, which runs charter flights to holiday destinations, apologised to passengers who were delayed by several hours.
"The incident occurred in Italian airspace at approximately 10pm Irish time, where a number of passengers were involved in an incident on board," said a spokesman.
"The captain then made the decision, for the safety of all on board, to divert to Venice, where the aircraft was met by members of the Italian police.
"Five people were removed from the aircraft by Italian police and the remaining passengers continued their flight approximately two hours later and have arrived safely in Heraklion."
The airline said it had launched its own internal investigation.
This Country Is Run By Idiots
Here is the response to my request to ban all alcohol from U.S. flights:
Dear Mr. Hxxxxxx:
Thank you for contacting me regarding voter registration for our nation's veterans. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue, and I share your concerns.
Our nation's veterans have selflessly answered the call to serve, and many have paid a heavy price for their service and now require care at VA facilities. Their ability to register to vote should never be hampered by their need for medical treatment.
With this in mind, I have cosponsored the Veteran Voting Support Act. This legislation allows states to require the VA to make voter registration services available at their facilities and to assist veterans in receiving and using absentee ballots. The legislation would also allow non-partisan groups and election officials to visit VA campuses and conduct voter registration drives.
Additionally, I have written to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, James Peake, and asked him to reconsider the ban on voter registration drives at VA facilities. VA medical centers should serve as a place of civic engagement for some of our most patriotic Americans, not a place where they feel displaced or forgotten. America's democracy rests on the ability of all voters – veterans, soldiers, and civilians alike – to make their voice heard on Election Day.
As you may know, on April 25, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) issued policy Directive 2008-023, which required all Veterans Affairs facilities to develop a comprehensive plan to assist veterans with voter registration. Less than two weeks later, the VHA replaced this policy with a new directive. While still aimed at assisting veterans with voting and registration, this new policy makes one major change from the original – a prohibition on third-party voter registration drives at VA facilities.
I agree that a blanket prohibition on all registration drives prevents a potentially valuable resource from reaching these veterans. The very least our country can do is provide them with every convenience and resource available to cast their ballots on Election Day. Please rest assured that as I continue to work on behalf of our veterans, I will keep your views in mind.
Again, thank you for keeping me apprised of the issues that are important to you. If I may be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
United States Senator
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Also known as the "bandwagon effect," herding is the tendency for individuals to mimic the actions of a larger group.
The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information received.
The tendency to ignore information contradictory to prior beliefs.
Investors tend to sell winners too early and hold on to losers too long. This occurs because investors like to realize their gains but not their losses, hoping to "make back" what has been lost.


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All Leagues & Cups
NXGN
Is Abraham key to Chelsea getting the best out of Werner?
Nizaar Kinsella
Tammy Abraham
Chelsea v Rennes
After a summer spending spree, the competition for places at Stamford Bridge is intense, but last season's top scorer is again proving his worth
Tammy Abraham did not fear Timo Werner's arrival at Chelsea. On the contrary, he welcomed it.
"I don't do too well when I'm in my comfort zone," he told The Times. "It's good to have me on edge. That's how I love to be."
Abraham admitted, though, that he would rather play alongside the Germany international, rather than have to compete for a place with a man who struck 34 times in just 45 appearances for RB Leipzig last season.
Of course, Abraham was Chelsea's top-scorer in 2019-20, but his strike-rate paled in comparison: 18 goals in 47 outings.
Consequently, his hopes of starting regularly this season looked slim, particularly with Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz also arriving at Stamford Bridge during the transfer window to battle Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi for attacking berths in Frank Lampard's preferred 4-3-3 formation.
However, Abraham is relishing the fight.
As Lampard acknowledged after watching the homegrown forward shine in a 6-0 Carabao Cup rout of Barnsley in September, "Tammy's such a positive player and person."
He was never going to shy away from the challenge of proving himself worthy of a starting spot, which is exactly what he is now doing.
Indeed, with Lampard now having seemingly found the right defensive set-up after a fifth successive clean sheet, Abraham has emerged as a key component in what could potentially become Chelsea's first-choice forward line.
With the England international leading the line, and flanked by Werner and Ziyech, the Blues have recorded consecutive 3-0 wins, over Burnley and Rennes.
Ziyech's availability after his fitness issues has obviously added a whole new dimension to the attack.
However, Abraham's influence cannot be underestimated, particularly in terms of getting the very best out of Werner, who had, at times, been left too isolated when selected as an orthodox centre-forward during the early part of the season.
"I'm very happy with Tammy," Lampard said after watching his No.9 bag the third goal in the Champions League win over Rennes on Wednesday night. "I've had numerous conversations with him about his role and I've a good relationship with him.
"We brought in players who are versatile in their nature and the qualities that Tammy can bring to the team are never lost on me. I thought the link-up play between Timo and Tammy was good.
"I know from talking to Timo a lot that he is comfortable on the left side and playing him means we can call upon the attributes of Tammy or Oli (Olivier Giroud) as central strikers.
"The way we want to play in a 4-3-3, you get plenty of opportunities as a left-side winger or inside winger to get into the box, so it really suits Timo. We saw loads of fluidity in the front three as a whole tonight."
Abraham played his part in that regard. He may not be considered as mobile as either Werner or Ziyech but it was noticeable how often – and effectively – he dropped deep to pick up the ball or create space for his team-mates to attack.
It is also worth noting that as well as scoring three goals this season, Abraham has already racked up five assists – which is just one shy of his tally for the whole of 2019-20.
When the Werner deal was confirmed, former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole argued that rather than spell the end of Abraham's Chelsea career, the increased competition would actually bring the best out of the 23-year-old.
We are certainly seeing encouraging early evidence of that, which should come as no surprise, given he has improved immeasurably since being afforded regular game time by Lampard after returning to the club following a successful loan spell at Aston Villa in 2018-19.
A man who grew up idolising Didier Drogba and now takes inspiration from Robert Lewandowski is clearly doing his utmost to become the kind of all-round centre-forward that other players will adore playing off.
Abraham has an excellent rapport with Pulisic off the field and has already shown signs of developing a productive understanding on it, while he has also linked well when fielded in the same team as Havertz.
The fact that he is now proving he can play in the same attack as Werner is a good sign for the academy graduate.
After a summer spending spree at Chelsea, Abraham is now surrounded by star players. Happily, he looks right at home among them.
He is still a long way off securing a regular starting berth, of course. The competition for places remains intense.
The last two games are little more than a good start. He cannot afford to relax. He will have to remain on edge.
Luckily, that is just the way Abraham likes it.


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#if !UNITY_EDITOR_OSX || MAC_FORCE_TESTS
using System;

namespace UnityEditor.VFX.Test
{
    class VFXOperatorFloatOne : VFXOperator
    {
        public class OutputProperties
        {
            public float o = 0;
        }

        // HACK FIX
        private static VFXExpression defaultValue = null;
        private VFXExpression GetDefault
        {
            get
            {
                if (defaultValue == null)
                    defaultValue = VFXValue.Constant(1.0f);
                return defaultValue;
            }
        }

        override public string name { get { return "Temp_Float_One"; } }
        protected override sealed VFXExpression[] BuildExpression(VFXExpression[] inputExpression)
        {
            return new[] { GetDefault };
        }
    }
}
#endif


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Q: Oracle DB, Glassfish, Hibernate and character encoding We have an Oracle DB using UTF-8 (NLS_CHARACTERSET = AL32UTF8).
We then have a J2EE application in Glassfish which uses Hibernate.
While using SQL Plus or SQL Developer we can read and write the data correctly but we are not able to get special characters programmatically.
Reading an ä we get √§
Looking at similar questions I tried:

*

*tuning Hibernate properties
<property name="hibernate.connection.characterEncoding" value="utf8" />

*adding the defaultNChar=true connection property in Glassfish

*adding the defaultNChar connection property through Hibernate
<property name="hibernate.connection.defaultNChar" value = "true"/>

*setting the charset to utf8
<property name="hibernate.connection.charSet" value="utf8" />

But I'm still not able to get any character which is not basic ASCII.
Any hint on what am I doing wrong?
Edit: with get I mean fetch with a select statement. Checking with a debugger or comparing with the correct (e.g., "ä") string with an assertion.

A: As discussed in the comments to the original question using NVARCAR and the following line added to the Hibernate configuration file seems to work.
<property name="hibernate.connection.defaultNChar">true</property>

It did for me.

A: You haven't said anything about your connection url from the datasource declaration. Did you try to set the encoding on the connection url?
jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/yourDB?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8
I can't test for oracle, but for mysql it solves the problem.

A: As stated in the comments I realized that the question does not make sense since there actually is no problem in the DB connection. As suggested in a meta-discussion I am explaining this as an answer.

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Q: jQuery object in animate step function returning "undefined" on every function call I am trying to slightly modify a jQuery animation with the following code:
web_links.mouseenter(function() {
    var site = $(this).closest('.site');
    var image = site.find('.image').first();
    var offset = '-' + image.height();
    var caption = site.closest('.caption').first();
    site.find('.image').first().stop().animate({top: offset}, {
        duration: 400,
        step: function(curTop) {
            console.log(caption);
            console.log(caption.css("top");
            if (curTop < -191) {
                caption.css({top: curTop + "px"});
            }
        }
    });
});

Oddly, caption seems to be a valid jQuery object that implements css(), but when I try to call the css() method on it, it returns undefined.  The same happens when I try offset().
Does anyone have an idea of why this might be happening?  I've been racking my brain on this overnight, but it just doesn't seem to be making any sense.

A: I would guess that this line isn't matching any elements:
var caption = site.closest('.caption').first();

Test the .length to find out for certain. If it's 0, then that's the issue.
console.log(caption.length);

FWIW, you don't need .first() after .closest(), since .closest() returns a maximum of 1 element... hence the "est" part of the function name. ;-)


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Q: EditTexts inside ExpandableListView Hi I'm trying to make an activity that displays an ExpandableListView as shown in the figure.
When you click on the group it expands and shows a LinearLayout with a textview and an editext.
Right know the problem I have is that when a click on the EditText it doesn't get focus and I have to tap twice on it in order to make it get focus and display the keyboard, and then when I enter text I see nothing initially while I'm typing and then when I hide the Keyboard the EditText is updated with the text I typed
I've tried adding android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants" to the expandableListVie layout, but the behaviour is the same.
Any Idea?? or any other way I could implement this layout??

A: add this to the manifest right after the android:name in your activity
 android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

A: I am not sure how to fix the focusing problem, but I know why you have to collapse and expand the group to see the text in the editText. The listview doesn't refresh unless you scroll or you do something like expanding and collapsing the listview. So the best way I can think of to fix this problem is to create a list of strings that will be the values of the editTexts in the listview. Then create a onKeyClick() listener for each of the editTexts and do this:
editText1.setOnKeyListener(new EditText.OnKeyListener()
{
    public boolean onKey(View editText, int keyCode, KeyEvent keyEvent)
    {
        // Get the position of the item somehow
        int position = 4;
        // Get value from List<String> for editTexts
        String textValue = listOfValues.get(position);
        textValue = ((EditText)editText).getValue();
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        return false;
    }
});

What happens here is that you are getting the value of the editText once a key has been pressed, and are changing the value of the string in the list to the new value. Then you are telling the adapter that the value of one of the items has changed an it needs to refresh. Although this is not an efficient way to fix the problem, it is a backup solution in case you can't think of a better way.

A: Try to store the values in the Edittext to a String variable using the function
String temp;

editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
    int after) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        temp = s.toString();//editText.getText().toString();

        childValues[groupPosition][childPosition][]= temp ;

        Toast.makeText(context, ""+childValues[groupPosition][childPosition], Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
});

and in the getChild() function always check for the data in temp and settext() value to that particular edittext.

A: You have to add two things.
1) expandableListView.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_AFTER_DESCENDANTS);

2)In manifest(on your activity) android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"


I've spent the past decade working to clean up most aspects of my life. The aim is progress rather than perfection (let's face it, my purple hair isn't made with beets and blueberries). But I've been trying to get rid of environmental toxins like formaldehyde, pesticides, phthalates, VOCs, and other cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting things commonly found in homes and yards in America.
I'll admit, it can get a bit exhausting searching for it on my own or going to multiple events. So instead of telling you all of the scary stuff that's out there and leaving you to fend for yourself, I want to bring lots of info into one event.
We have several different speakers ranging from herbal bitters to toxin-free cleaning, from Traditional Chinese Medicine to infrared saunas, and more.
The first half of the event will be presentations from our panel, followed by a Q&A session (which we'll broadcast on our Facebook and Instagram pages!), and then starting around 2:30, we'll open it up for some mingling, conversation, and getting to know each presenter's expertise.


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London's V&A celebrates the Sixties
A new exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum explores the late 1960's and its impact on our world today.
The popstars of this era were absolute gods and they were leading society
Victoria Broackes Exhibit co-curator
Through more than 350 items, it shows how a young generation deeply revolutionised western societies, at a time when homosexuality was banned and only married women could get the pill or a credit card.
"There were so many things that were actually transformed in this period legally," said exhibit co-curator Victoria Broackes.
"But beyond that, we're really looking at also how people's mindset changed and their openness to other ways of living and their rejection of authority and their independence changed."
Key to that was music: The exhibit features John Lennon and George Harrison's Sgt. Pepper suits, a drum kit played by 'The Who' drummer Keith Moon, and the remains of a guitar once played – and smashed – by Jimi Hendrix at London's Saville Theatre in 1967.
"The popstars of this era were absolute gods and they were leading society, so their impact with their dress and the places they went and the boutiques they went to and so on, bought things from and wore on album covers, that was hugely important on a wider culture," Broackes said.
Rebels and records
Through these rebels and their records, the exhibit explores an era of protest and fighting for civil rights. It's also when Europe embraced America's consumer culture – and televisions, futuristic furniture and record players invaded our homes.
The exhibition, "You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970" runs until 26 February 2017 at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
Next year, the V&A will also be staging a major Pink Floyd retrospective.
The museum's director Martin Roth resigned earlier this month, citing his "disillusionment at the Brexit vote" as the reason for his departure. He said he would return to his native Germany. When he was appointed to the job in 2011, Roth was the first foreigner to lead the V&A.
He recently told German broadcaster DW that Britain's vote to leave Europe was worrying. "Dropping out always means creating cultural barriers and that worries me," he said.
Traditional Azerbaijani dance lies at the heart of the Azeri culture
Generation pandemic: Saatchi showcases work of graduate artists
Konstantin Ishkhanov: InClassica is 'beacon of light' for music fans
InClassica - the world's biggest musical observatory
The street actors spreading awareness about social issues in India
Female DJs step up and break taboos in Tunisia
Diamond that came from meteorite to go on sale in London


SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall cancer rate in South Korea dropped for the first time in twelve years according to a report published by the Ministry of Health & Welfare and National Cancer Center.
Lee Kang Hyun, president of the National Cancer Center said that this optimistic figure might be owing to national anti-smoking campaigns and national undertakings of hepatitis B vaccination. The cancer rate in Korea had been steadily increasing since 2000.
According to the report, the number of Koreans diagnosed with cancer in 2012 decreased to 319.5 per 100,000 people from 323.1 in 2011. This means 3.6 less people per 100,000 were diagnosed with cancer in 2012 compared to 2011. The number of Korean males diagnosed with cancer decreased to 337.2 per 100,000, which is 9.8 fewer than in 2012.
However, cancer rates for Korean women increased to 321.3 per 100,000 in 2012 from 320.1 in 2011. Lung, stomach, colorectal, liver and prostate cancer rates in men decreased compared to 2011, while women experienced decreases in liver, stomach, cervical and lung cancer rates over the same time period.
From 2008 to 2012, the overall five-year survival rate for cancer increased by 3.1 percent to 68.1 percent from 65.0 percent between 2006 and 2010. Three out of five survived cancer more than five years. President Lee of the National Cancer Center said that this could be due to Korea's National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP).
The NCSP was established in 1999 to provide free cancer screening services for low income families. The NCSP's mandate has been modified several times to expand the number of beneficiaries. The NCSP now targets the five most common cancers found in Korea, including stomach, liver, colorectal, breast and cervical cancer. President Lee said that the five year surviving rate for these five cancers in Korea is higher than the equivalent rate in the U.S.A., Canada and Japan.
The Ministry of Health & Welfare also announced that it would strengthen its preventive measures for cancers affecting women next year. The ministry is planning to expand the number of beneficiaries of cervical cancer checkups and cover the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) under the National Immunization Program (NIP).