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A Perspective From The Pew & Street
One man's view from the pew & street on his journey with God and man.
Today's Thought's
gods That Were Put Before The Lord God Almighty
9May 2013
Today we have put many god's before our true Lord and master. Who is really your God? In the bible times they worshipped many god's. This was unpleasing and angered God. It caused many problems and calamitys for the people of that time. If you have a desire then read about some of them below. If you do then ask yourself as I have asked myself. Who do you really serve?
Gods and Goddesses, Pagan. God early and clearly commanded the descendants of Abraham not to have any other gods besides him (Ex 20:3). This strict, undivided loyalty was the basis of the covenant relationship God established between himself and the people of Israel.
Sadly, the whole of biblical history is punctuated by the numerous times the people of God turned away from him to engage in the worship of a strange god or goddess. People in the lands surrounding Israel had deities that continually tempted the Israelites to turn from their own God.
Artemis. Greek goddess (K. J. V. Diana) of fertility worshiped at Ephesus and elsewhere during the New Testament era. Her worship combined Greek, Roman, and Anatolian elements and dates back to ca. 1000 B.C. In Ephesus a temple was built in the third century B.C. to replace an earlier one that burned down and became known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. A well-known statue of Artemis emphasizes fertility. Paul's preaching directly challenged her worship and precipitated a riot that only official interaction could quell (Acts 19:23-41). In the end the worship of Christ prevailed and the cult of Artemis disappeared from history.
Asherah. The people of Israel had been settled in the promised land for only a brief time before their attention turned to the deities of the Canaanites. The Book of Judges chronicles this apostasy. The people forsook the Lord God to serve Asherah and her husband Baal (Ashteroth is an alternative name for Asherah; Judg 2:13, 3:7).
The name "Asherah" and its variant spellings occur thirty-nine times in the Old Testament. In a number of these instances, Baal is mentioned along with Asherah. Evidence from Ugaritic mythologies and other texts suggests that the term refers to both the Canaanite goddess and cultic objects facilitating her worship.
That Baal and Asherah are mentioned together in several Old Testament passages suggests that the Canaanites and other peoples considered Asherah to be an important "high deity" along with Baal. The most explicit passage disclosing the close relationship between the two comes from the narrative about Ahab and Jezebel's confrontation with Elijah (1 Kings 18:1-19:18). Their endorsement of and participation in the worship of these Canaanite deities is the most extreme of any incidents related in Scripture concerning Israelite rulers who adopted the worship of these gods. In fact, Jezebel went so far as to insist that Ahab provide for the worship of her Phoenician deities.
Asherah was one of the three chief consort-goddesses within the Canaanite pantheon, along with Astarte (or Ashtaroth) and Anath. These three goddesses were jealous rivals. In the mythology, Asherah is portrayed as the consort of both El and Baal. In the Ugaritic myths she clearly emerges as the consort of El, the chief high god of the west Semitic pantheon. The Canaanite myths associated El with the source of fresh water, located in the distant west or north. On this basis El's consort was identified mainly as a sea-goddess. During the kingdom period of Israel's history she was the goddess at the side of Baal. On some occasions, however, she comes across as a fierce opponent of Baal-particularly when she thought she would lose her authority or influence among other members of the pantheon or when Baal preferred Anath instead of Asherah as his sexual intimate. The conflict and enmity between Baal and Asherah provided an explanation for the alternating two-climate season each year in the Mediterranean region.
The most shocking endorsement of Israel's buying into Canaanite religion was the construction of a temple for the worship of Baal at Samaria. This, as mentioned above, was promoted by Ahab (869 B.C. – 850 B.C.) and Jezebel, his wife, who was the daughter of the Tyrian king Ethbaal (1 Kings 16:29-34). This temple was constructed with the help of Tyrian artisans, along with an altar on which to offer sacrifices and a "sacred pole" (NRSV) or "wooden image" (nkjv). Because of this apostasy, judgment was poured out on Ahab and Jezebel. Jehu later destroyed this temple (2 Kings 10:18-31).
During the reign of Manasseh (687 B.C. – 642 B.C.) Canaanite religion was appropriated by the people of Judah from Geba to Beer-sheba (2 Kings 16:4-14). Manasseh added various aspects of Canaanite (a carved image of Asherah, 2 Kings 21:7) and other religions to the city of Jerusalem. He even offered his own son as burnt offering (2 Kings 21:6). Josiah later cleansed Jerusalem of the excesses of Canaanite worship (2 Kings 23).
The Israelites had been warned before settling the land of Canaan about established religious worship sites, particularly the "high places" taken over intact during the conquest. These sites were often furnished with basic cultic objects and resident sacred personnel. Cultic features included the following: small clay figurines (Judg 3:7; Mic 5:13); "sacred pillars" (1 Kings 14:23); an "incense altar" (2 Chron 30:14); an altar for offering the whole burnt offering (2 Kings 21:5) and "priests" and "priestesses."
Several Canaanite high places were appropriated by Israel's religious leaders early in the settlement, including Bethel (Judg 1:22-26), Shiloh (1 Sam 1:1-18), and Gibeah (1 Sam 13:1-4). Both Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-4) and Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1-17) encouraged worship at high places. Asherah and Baal worship caused the downfall of the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel.
Ashtoreth. Ashtoreth was a popular goddess in several cultures. Her worship attracted the Israelites shortly after their settlement in Canaan. At the heart of this pagan religion was the worship of the fertility or fecundity "forces/features" that characterized the animate aspects of the created world. Ashtoreth's popularity among the Phoenicians and other northwest Semitic peoples was long-standing.
The major confrontation between Ashtoreth and Yahweh took place during the days of Eli, Samuel, and Saul. Particularly after the defeat on Mount Gilboa, the people of Israel faced an almost imponderable theological dilemma. Instructions were sent throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim victory over Israel and their God Yahweh. The proclamation was to be made in the temples of their idols and among the people (1 Sam 31:6-10): the Baals and Ashtoreths were mightier than the Lord!
Ashtoreth's influence was finally discredited by Josiah, who "cleaned house" by destroying the shrines erected by Solomon. He made clear that Yahweh was the only-and true-God for the people of Israel
Baal. Baal-the most significant male deity of the Canaanites-and his consort Asherah were the most alluring deities confronting Israel in the promised land following the conquest. The numerous references to Baal in the Old Testament indicate his attractiveness and influence on the Israelites. The Book of Judges chronicles the numerous times the people fell to the temptation to worship Baal. During the time of Ahab and Jezebel Baal was declared the official national deity. A temple and hundreds of officiants were established for Baal's worship in Samaria (1 Kings 16:29-34). A final chapter concerning Baal worship was written during the reigns of Jehu and Josiah, when the southern kingdom and its capital were purged of the worship of Baal (2 Kings 10; 23:1-30).
Baal's name derives from the Semitic word ba'lu, meaning "lord." He was assumed to fulfill several significant roles by the peoples who worshiped him. As god of the storm the roar of his voice in the heavens was the thunder of the sky. He was the god who both created and granted fertility. He was the deity slain by enemies who thus fell into the hands of Death. During the time that Baal was under the control of Death, the vegetation wilted or ceased and procreation stopped. He was the god of justice, feared by evildoers.
The Book of Kings recounts that Jezebel used the plan of the Baal temple in Sidon for the construction of a similar temple in Samaria. Ahab agreed with her to make Baal worship the royal religion of the northern kingdom (1 Kings 16:29-31). Baal, like Asherah, was also worshiped at high places.
The cult of Baal involved the offering of many animal sacrifices. Priests would officiate on behalf of the persons presenting sacrificial animals to the god. Some of the northern kingdom rulers even "made their sons pass through fire" — offering their own sons as sacrifices to Baal. "Holy prostitutes" — both male and female-were available to worshipers, encouraging the fertility of both land and people.
Baal-zebub, Beel-zebul. Phoenician god worshiped at Ekron in Old Testament times (2 Kings 1:2-16). Original meaning of the name is unknown but the Old Testament form, Baal-zebub, means "Lord of the flies"; in Jesus' day this god is derisively called Beel-zebul (NIV Beelzebub), "lord of dung," and identified with Satan, the ruler of demons (Matt 12:24). Jesus' enemies accused him of casting out demons by invoking Beel-zebul (Mark 3:22) and even of being his embodiment (Matt 10:25). Jesus, rejecting this calumny, pointed out that the expulsion of demons was Satan's defeat, heralding the arrival of God's kingdom (Luke 11:20-22).
Chemosh. Chemosh was the primary national god of the Moabites and Ammonites. The Moabites are called the "people of Chemosh" in the passage of Scripture that details the travels of the Israelites through Edom, Moab, and Ammon, (Num 21:21-32). During the reign of Solomon worship of Chemosh, along with that of other pagan gods, was established and promoted in the city of Jerusalem. Jeremiah specifically condemns the worship of Chemosh (chap. 38). The prophet focuses on the god's impotence by showing him going into captivity with his priests and people.
Dagon. Dagon was the highly venerated national deity of the Philistines. Each city of the Philistine pentapolis had its temple for the worship of this god. The temple statuary portraying Dagon was characterized by an upper human torso, with the lower torso of a fish. The major cultic rite in Dagon's worship was human sacrifice.
When the Philistines captured and overcame Samson, the five Philistine cities planned a great celebration. Dagon had delivered their enemy into their hands (Judg 16:23-24)! The Philistines called for a sacrifice to their god. Presumably they intended to offer Samson as a human holocaust/offering. Dagon was, however, defeated by Yahweh.
Dagon haunted the reigns of both Saul and David. The Israelites relied on their theological understanding that Yahweh was mightier than Dagon-but, unfortunately, with an inexcusable naivete. When they brought the ark of the covenant from Shiloh and took it into battle against the Philistines, it did not result in their victory. However, the presence of the ark in Philistine hands led to the challenge to their god, Dagon, and the return of the ark to the Israelites.
Throughout the narratives relating the encounters between the people of Israel and the Philistines, there persists an underlying theological dilemma. Which deity is greater-and therefore the one to worship and serve: the Lord God or Dagon?
Hadad. Hadad was a prominent god among the Arameans, Syrians, and other west Semitic peoples. The name appears especially in the Edomite genealogy of Gen 36 and in the history of the two Israelite kingdoms to the downfall of the northern kingdom in 722 B.C.
Hadad was the deification of natural forces and war. He was viewed as the god of the storm, who displayed his power in thunder, lightning, and rain. He was credited with both the good (desirable) and bad (undesirable) sides of storms. He was regarded as the origin and regulator of the beneficial rains, making him the principle of life and fertility. The Assyrians saw him as a mighty warrior-god. He was portrayed as standing on the back of a bull, wearing the horns of the bull on his helmet and wielding a mace and thunderbolt.
The name "Hadad" was used in reference to a human individual to indicate the essence or being of the patron deity, the power bestowed on that person, and bestowal of favor or help against an enemy or opponent. The name is used of a number of important persons in the scriptural record. Several rulers of the Edomites contemporary with David and Solomon had the name "Hadad."
Leviathan. Leviathan can be identified with Lotan, sea-monster of the Ugaritic Texts mythology. The Ugaritic myth recounts how Lotan and Baal were locked in mortal combat, until Baal killed the sea-monster. Leviathan is also mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The references to Leviathan in Scripture occur almost exclusively in poetic or semipoetic passages, emphasizing the might and control of the Lord God over the forces of nature.
Marduk. Marduk was the chief deity of Babylon. He became the supreme god among the older Sumerian gods as creator and ruler. Enlil was the original chief god until the Code of Hammurabi and the Creation Epic focused on Marduk instead. Jeremiah prophesied that Marduk would be put to shame (Jer 50:2).
Milcom. Milcom, called the "abomination" of the Ammonites, was apparently the chief deity of the Ammonites or Moabites. The "abomination" label seems to convey both the detestable aspect of origin and of the worship of Lot's descendants. Solomon built a worship facility for this foreign deity (see 1 Kings 11:5,7,33). Milcom is sometimes identified with Molech, but this is incorrect since the two gods were worshiped individually.
Molech. Molech or Moloch was another "abomination" of the Ammonites. Solomon also built a high place for this god in Jerusalem. The worship of this god was particularly odious, as it required human sacrifice.
Queen of Heaven. Jeremiah was directed by God to speak out the Lord's disapproval of Israel's worship of the "Queen of Heaven" (7:18; 44:17-19). This female astral deity was particularly worshiped by the women in Judah and Egypt during the time of Jeremiah. Children were gathering firewood; women were busily kneading dough for cakes to be offered to this queen. The details and activity suggest that the Canaanite goddess Astarte was the deity motivating the people in Jerusalem to such frenzied worship activity.
Tammuz. Tammuz was a Syrian and Phoenician god of fertility, venerated in the worship of idols and elaborate, extreme rituals. The Greeks adopted Tammuz as one of their prominent deities, changing his name to Adonis. Ezekiel lists the worship of Tammuz as one of the abominations in God's sight (8) that was being practiced in the temple precincts in Jerusalem. The chanting of a litany of woes (or, singing a song, of lamentation-see Ezek 8:14) shows that the cult of Tammuz was active in Jerusalem.
(from Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Copyright © 1996 by Baker Books. All rights reserved. Used by permission.)
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As the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) began its annual commemoration of National Professional Social Work Month on March 1, the School of Social Work in the Falk College has planned a series of activities as part of its month-long national celebration.
The NASW designated March as National Social Work Month in the 1960s to provide recognition and a voice for social workers, who represent one of the largest professions in the country. The Syracuse University School of Social Work, which has educated generations of social workers for more than 50 years, has been recognized nationally for community organization and activism, clinical training in family systems, gerontology, and concentrations in health and occupational social work.
Members of the NASW New York State Central Division and Falk College will co-sponsor lunch or dinner for social work students, which includes a meal of soup and bread to remind students of the profession's history of advocacy and to emphasize that many families share only the humblest of meals each day. This year's Soup Day will take place Tuesday, March 24, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. The location is the second floor of the new Falk Complex, just outside of the Student Lounge (Room 216).
A workshop, for field instructors only, titled "Refilling the Cup: Self-Care for You and Your Intern," will focus on the importance of effective communication, readiness for field work and balance. Students and faculty will spend time in March preparing for the annual New York City Social Welfare History Tour sponsored by the Alan B. and Barbara Mirken Foundation. During the field learning experience that will take place April 1-3, students will study the development of U.S. social welfare touring sites important to social work history and contemporary practice, including: Goddard Riverside Community Center, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Mount Sinai Hospital and The Center.


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Just as Moses was commanded at the end of Deuteronomy to "tell" the Hebrew children his teachings, and as we "tell" the story of the Haggadah each Pesach to our children, so we should tell our personal stories and teachings to those who matter most to us.The TELL project evolves naturally from our synagogue's "Make Your Mark" project. We move from writing a single letter with our families in the Torah, to writing a multi-page letter for our families in our homes.The purpose of this Guide is twofold. First, it is intended to urge you to prepare a living legacy. Second, it provides you with information and advice to help you get started creating your own personal living legacy. If we may slightly amend the famous Talmudic injunction, you are not called upon to complete the task [alone], but neither are you free to evade it. Take advantage of this Temple Emanuel initiative. Let us help you prepare a living legacy. It will be one of the most valuable things you do for your family.
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Many of the times I failed at cooking fish, I did not marinate the flesh first. Skipping that step definitely makes a difference.
Editor's note: By the looks of the notations on this card, my mother made this in what looks like July of 1995, although that last digit is difficult to clearly determine–her handwriting has always been a challenge. It might be 1990. She noted that it was "Very Easy" on the back–sounds like Adam may have had a similar experience.
Um, okay. "Indian" is being used liberally here, as far as I can tell. It was an okay dish, but didn't exactly conjure up images of India. This seems more like West Indies/Caribbean "Indian" than India "Indian".


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A Parent's Guide to Teen Horror Movie 'Slender Man'
Here's everything parents need to know.
By Lizzy Francis
Aug 23 2018, 5:15 PM
The popular horror movie, Slender Man, is rated PG-13 and follows a group of teen girls after they summon a tall and skinny internet creature. Like many modern-day horror films, the movie leans on the internet and computers and screens as portals for unspeakable horrors, following in the footsteps of The Ring, Paranormal Activity, Unfriended, and more. What's different here is that Slender Man's origins are distinctly born out of internet culture. The titular creature is basically a meme. And although memes are basically harmless, Slender Man (and his place in popular culture) is particularly fraught. So should parents let their kids see this movie? Here are the essential facts.
Slender Man isn't a real "myth." He was born out of an internet forum in a photoshop contest
In 2009, an online forum called Something Awful held a photoshop contest in which users of the site created "paranormal" images. A user created the Slender Man — a tall, faceless man, who had tentacles that grew out of his back. The fake paranormal being quickly gained a somewhat-joking following; internet users wrote fan fiction based on the Slender Man, and more people continued to draw him, and add to his mythos. His powers include causing amnesia, coughing, and paranoid behavior. He stalks kids. He hides in forests. He's an amalgamation of many creepy paranormal figures, but he was born distinctly from the corners of the internet. For the most part, this was innocent, creepy fun, although the Slender Man's photoshop contest origins became obscured with time. Which made some people believe he might be real.
His supposed existence led to a very real, and frightening tragedy
In 2014, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, had a sleepover with another 12-year-old girl named Payton Leutner. They had recently come across the Slender Man meme and believed him to be real. They took Peyton out to the woods with the intention of killing her to curry favor with the mythical paranormal being and ended up stabbing their friend 19 times. They then left her in the woods to die — she only survived by crawling out to the road where a cyclist found her. In the aftermath of the attempted murder, Weier and Geyser have been forcibly placed in mental hospitals, Weier for 25 years to life and Geyser for 40 to life. They were tried as adults for the crime.
Real-life tragedy aside, the movie is not getting great reviews
The movie has only been out for a few days and Rotten Tomatoes has given it a 9 percent Tomatometer rating based on critical reviews. (Thought 25 perecent of the audience liked it.) The New York Times all but eviscerated it; calling it boring and crass. Boring is a really bad way to describe a horror movie, especially one that comes with a lot of baggage.
Movie theaters in and surrounding the area of the attack refuse to show the movie in theatres
Because of the real-world context surrounding Slender Man, movie theatres in the Wisconsin area (where the attack on Leutner occurred) declined to screen the movie. The theatres released a statement stating that showing the film would be disrespectful to the victims and the families who were involved in and related to the stabbings. After all, those victims are still living in the Wisconsin area — and the victim of the stabbings still has to live with the attempt on her life at the hands of two girls she thought were her friends.
Given all that, is Slender Man okay for teens?
The movie is only rated PG-13, meaning that some mature tweens could go see the movie. But the question is: do parents want their kids to see this movie? Given the fact that there were real-life, potentially fatal implications to a made-up paranormal figure, maybe not. Given that two impressionable tween girls started to believe in this figure, enough to ruin their lives and the lives of others over it, maybe not. And, given the fact that critics are calling the film straight up boring — a tough feat considering its complicated origins — it may be best to hold onto that $20.00 for the next teen-friendly, no-strings-attached, scary movie.
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The meeting will focus on members projects they have made with a short program on how to use the internet for more education from the NAWCC website.
There is no cost to attend and everyone is welcome.


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There are several kinds of hazelnut cakes you can make. Use hazelnuts in any form that you like. Add whole or chopped nuts to the batter or use grounded hazelnuts to substitute some part of flour. No matter what kind you prefer, the distinctive and rich nutty flavor is a winner.
Hazelnut flavor goes well with chocolate. This can explain the popularity of Nutella paste, that is perfect for morning sandwich. We recommend you combine hazelnut cake with chocolate frosting. This combination is very simple, but very rich in flavor.
Hazelnuts are commonly used in confectionery. Pralines, chocolate truffles and tortes are made with hazelnut paste and whole nuts. Hazelnut flavor goes well with coffee and to many the drink seems to be slightly sweetened.
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Permitting deal: Pipeline boom or 'propaganda exercise?'
By Mike Soraghan, Carlos Anchondo | 08/19/2022 06:47 AM EDT
Congress is weighing a permitting deal that could affect the Mountain Valley pipeline. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (illustration); Architect of the Capitol/Flickr (Capitol); ProjectManager/Wikipedia (pipeline)
A proposal backed by the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress to speed up federal permitting is targeting an industry that many environmentalists dislike: pipelines.
But will the plan really do much to boost pipelines, and is the industry backing it?
For some companies, hope remains that permitting changes could be passed as part of a stopgap spending bill next month, as promised by Democratic leaders. But others are sticking to their talking points and expressing little enthusiasm as they wait for signs of whether the plan — which has not been formally introduced as legislation — gets the bipartisan support it would require. Some conservatives, meanwhile, are pushing back on the idea that the proposed permitting changes would work.
"The whole thing looks like what it is: a propaganda exercise driven by people who have never permitted a project and, therefore, don't understand how the process actually works," longtime GOP energy lobbyist Mike McKenna said.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Joe Biden agreed to pursue permitting reform legislation in exchange for Manchin's vote on the Inflation Reduction Act — the climate, tax and health care bill that Biden signed into law this week.
Supporters of the deal have said that changes are needed to speed up energy projects. Manchin has called National Environmental Policy Act rules "burdensome," saying in a statement this month that "that's why I fought so hard to secure a commitment on bipartisan permitting reform, which is the only way we're going to actually fix this problem."
The proposal floated by Manchin includes well-known concepts such as two-year limits on environmental reviews under NEPA, revisions to Clean Water Act approvals and limits on judicial review. It also includes the creation of a new priority list of projects to include those for fossil fuels, nuclear energy, carbon capture and renewables (E&E Daily, Aug. 2).
Manchin and Schumer have said they're committed to getting a permitting measure done during this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. But there are significant obstacles, including opposition from some progressive lawmakers.
Passage in the Senate would require 60 votes, and many Republicans are not committing to support the proposal, which they see as linked to the climate and energy provisions of the reconciliation bill that passed the Senate on a party line vote (Greenwire, Aug. 5). Lobbyists say congressional leaders have committed to a vote on the changes, not a commitment to round up votes.
"People are deeply skeptical," said another lobbyist for an oil trade group.
Still, some observers see a path for passage, if not a specific legislative strategy.
Xan Fishman, the director of energy policy and carbon management at the Bipartisan Policy Center, pointed to recent "bipartisan wins" in the energy space, including the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Science Act.
"Historically, this has been somewhat more of a Republican issue, but … more and more Democrats have been talking about how to speed up clean energy infrastructure building and talking about permitting reform," Fishman said.
Democrats have said the proposal will get a vote in September, and they have indicated that it could be included as part of a stopgap government funding measure, known as a continuing resolution. But numerous Senate Republicans have said they want a "clean CR" and will resist any efforts to add items to the basic measure to fund the government.
Robin Rorick, vice president of midstream policy at the American Petroleum Institute, said that with Manchin's proposal, things seem to be "headed in the right direction."
But "for every rumor we hear that it will get done, we hear a rumor that it won't," Rorick said in an interview. After the Inflation Reduction Act became law, the trade group said the package "fails to address permitting reform, which is essential to effectively delivering affordable, reliable energy to consumers in a growing economy."
One company that is backing permitting changes is Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC, a joint venture of five energy companies.
The project is included in a list of energy permitting provisions Manchin's office put out last month. It calls for the completion of the Mountain Valley pipeline project, a 303-mile natural gas conduit that's designed to run from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia. The project was initially approved by federal regulators in October 2017 but has faced years of delays.
"We believe the proposed permitting reform legislation would address issues that have presented costly, time-consuming delays in the construction of energy infrastructure projects and supports Americans' demands to execute a timely transition to clean energy, while at the same time ensuring energy reliability and affordability," said Natalie Cox, a spokesperson for Mountain Valley, in an emailed statement.
"By providing a timely and certain permitting process, the proposed legislation would benefit all energy infrastructure projects, which is just as important for renewable energy infrastructure projects as it is for oil and gas," Cox continued.
Mountain Valley was not included in draft bill text reported by Bloomberg earlier this month, although Manchin's office has called that legislative text "inaccurate and incomplete" (Greenwire, Aug. 4).
'Bipartisan wins' and NEPA
Although it has been pitched to environmentalists as a way to speed progress on renewable energy projects, many have been urging their allies to contact members of Congress to oppose the proposal floated by Manchin.
"We cannot let a side deal with literal coal barons reverse our course on climate and our future," anti-pipeline crusader Jane Kleeb said in a message to supporters.
Some Democratic lawmakers also are pushing back on the plan. After passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said "environmental justice communities know all too well that permitting reform is nothing more than industry code for the systematic gutting of our most foundational environmental and public health protections. Polluting industries may have won that promise in a deal with a select few, but I intend to do everything in my power to convince the rest of my colleagues to break it."
For their part, many pipeline companies say changes are badly needed, even as they are declining to back Manchin's specific proposal at this stage.
John Stoody, vice president of government and public relations at the trade group that recently changed its name from the Association of Oil Pipe Lines to the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association, said it's too easy for the opponents of projects to manipulate the permitting process.
"We understand how some groups demand more time, more analysis or more reviews simply as a delaying tactic in hopes of killing a project they don't like," Stoody said.
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said in a statement that it is supportive of permitting legislation broadly, adding "we have not yet seen legislative text, but based on the outline, this proposal expedites and streamlines the permitting process."
Pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. said that it was hopeful permitting legislation would yield bipartisan support and "better align investment signals in the Inflation Reduction Act with a permitting process that allows for necessary energy infrastructure to advance in a timely, inclusive and predictable manner."
But McKenna, the Republican energy lobbyist, questioned whether the ideas Manchin laid out can really speed up projects. The list from Manchin's office proposed maximum timelines for permitting reviews, "including two years for NEPA reviews for major projects and one year for lower-impact projects."
He said it's easy for agencies to sidestep permitting deadlines. By focusing on NEPA, it misses the real problem, according to McKenna.
To really get at the issue, he said, Congress would have to fix problems in the major environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act or the Endangered Species Act.
"It is not really 'permitting reform' like any person who has ever tried to get a project does understands permitting reform," he said. "It is doing some landscaping on NEPA."
But Suzanne Mattei, lawyer and energy policy analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis — whose mission is to "accelerate the transition to a diverse, sustainable and profitable energy economy" — called the Manchin proposal a solution in search of a problem. She said the federal government prevails in about 80 percent of NEPA cases.
"I think the process does what it's supposed to do," Mattei said. "Generally, when a project gets held up, it's because it's a bad project."


Context: Foundation Conservation Carpathia ('FCC') was established in 2009 to create what will become Europe's largest wilderness reserve in the Southern Carpathian Mountains of Romania. The Carpathians are under severe threat from uncontrolled logging of virgin forests and unsustainable hunting practices. FCC is protecting and restoring this precious ecosystem by purchasing key areas of virgin forest, taking on all available hunting concessions, assuming management of the Fagaras Mountains Natura 2000 site and engaging local stakeholders and communities in sustainable enterprises.
Our Role: FCC has already invested more than €100 million to purchase an initial 30,000 hectares of land in key strategic locations and the EU LIFE programme is financing an ambitious restoration programme within the project's core area. Having completed initial due diligence, Conservation Capital is now designing an ambitious enterprise-driven programme to help finance FCC's work into the future and also incentivise the positive engagement of local stakeholders and communities in a range of enterprises, including ecotourism, sustainable forestry, organic agriculture, renewable energy and related service sectors.
Outcomes: FCC aims to create what will become Europe's largest wilderness reserve, showcasing ways in which a wild and natural ecosystem can generate a significant range of economic and social benefits for Romania. This will be the first time in Europe that a dedicated conservation enterprise programme has formed an integral part of a land-purchasing initiative on this scale, and considerable scope exists to replicate it elsewhere.


There had been a big hype for the "kettavan" movie from the grapevine. Silambarasan's Kettavan has been in the news – good or bad - right from the day it led off. It's really worth mentioning here that during the film's inaugural function the entire city was bedecked with different posters conjuring curious glances from the onlookers. But this film turned a break pyrotechnics with a breach between its producers Baradhan Films & Silambarasan. Also the actor became busy with projects like Kaalai and Silambattan requiring his attention. Afterwards, industry sources revealed that Simbu Cine Arts purchased this project from Baradhan Films. The incertitude over this project ends now, as reports come in that Radaan TV and UTV have pimped the rights to produce this film at a budget of about twenty crore rupees! One more great news for simbu fans is that he is not only acting as hero in the movie, but also directing the movie. Would "kettavan" be a box-office hit like "manmadhan"???!!!
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Tovey Halleck lead the Sanctuary's welding sculpture workshops for our public art project. His sculptures are made out of metal bars, rails, beams, and other found objects. He saws them systematically before shaping and soldering them, thus suggesting and interesting sence of space, movement, and force. These sculptures, which, like lost caterpillars, seem to be in constant search for a hard to find state of rest and peace, manage to alienate but also charm the viewer through their bewildered sense of movement.
Tovey is a member of the Rivington School, with which he has welded art gardens and other fantastic structures. Tovey is also the farmer of a 12-acre farm in Roxbury, NY, dedicated to sustainable growing techniques.


How do we know that God exists? And even if God exists, how do we know what he is like?
This is part three in a four-part series that provides a few foundational arguments for the truth of Christianity. In part one, we examined the life of Jesus and showed that he presents us with a dilemma: we must either reject him as an evil megalomaniac or accept him as our king and rescuer. In part two, we looked in more detail at one important reason to accept Jesus' claims: his resurrection. To quote the late non-Christian philosopher Antony Flew, "the evidence for the Resurrection is better than for claimed miracles in any other religion. It is outstanding in both quality and quantity." In this third essay, I'd like to look at a whole array of arguments drawn from natural theology, the study of the knowledge of God that we have from nature and experience.
I'd like to quickly examine four different arguments: the success of mathematics, the cosmological argument, the argument from fine-tuning, and the moral argument. One important preface to this entire discussion is that, in my opinion, these arguments should not be viewed as 'proofs' of God but as 'evidence' for God. Why? Because 'proof' is generally relegated to the field of mathematics. Speaking as a professional scientist myself, I can attest that scientists rarely demand 'proof' that theories are true. Instead, scientists and those in many other fields such as economics, medicine, and archaeology seek the best explanation for the evidence that they have. When considering arguments for God's existence, we should not demand 'proof' but should instead ask ourselves "Which worldview is the best explanation of the evidence provided?" After looking at these four arguments, I'll then discuss the issue of God's special revelation and its role in our lives and in our evangelism.
First, the success of mathematics in the physical sciences is extremely surprising. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Eugene Wigner wrote an article over fifty years ago in which he repeatedly used the words 'miracle' and 'miraculous' to describe two phenomena: 1) the fact that nature is so uniformly described by mathematics and 2) the fact that human beings can comprehend this mathematical uniformity. After all, why do the same, beautiful mathematical equations seem to apply uniformly across all time and space? We could easily imagine a universe that was haphazard and chaotic, in which the laws of nature varied from time to time and from place to place. And why are human beings alone able to discern, comprehend, and marvel at these deep physical laws? Chimpanzees and dolphins are both highly intelligent; yet their capacity for abstract thought is nowhere close to that of an average human being. An atheist might object that evolution selects for intelligence, leading to our highly developed cognitive abilities. And, certainly, organisms which do not have the intelligence to avoid saber-toothed tigers or high cliffs would quickly die off. But why would evolution provide nomadic hunter-gatherers the mental capacity to understand quantum mechanics? Or topology? Surely, these abilities are far, far beyond what would be needed for survival and reproduction.
Both of these phenomena remain puzzling if God does not exist. But if God exists and created man and woman in His image, then these facts are not puzzling at all. The beauty and rationality of the Creation is merely a reflection of the beauty and rationality of the Creator. Man himself was uniquely made in the divine image with the capacity to comprehend and marvel at all that He had made.
Second, the origin and existence of the universe raise interesting questions. The vast majority of modern physicists believe that the universe had a beginning in the finite past in an event known as the Big Bang. What is not as well-known is the fact that, prior to the advent of the Big Bang theory, most scientists believed that the universe had existed eternally. Furthermore, many scientists resisted the Big Bang for decades, believing that it was too close to creationism. As recently as 1989, John Maddox -the editor of Nature magazine- wrote that the Big Bang was "philosophically unacceptable" and that "creationists and those of similar persuasion seeking support for their opinions have ample justification in the doctrine of the Big Bang" [Nature, 340, (1989), p. 425]. The reason for his frustration is apparent: if the universe had existed eternally, it would have needed no cause. But if the universe came into being in the finite past, then what caused it to come into being? Also, even apart from asking "what caused the universe to begin to exist?", we can ask "why does something exist rather than nothing at all?" All of us can conceive of nothing existing at all: no people, no stars, no planets, no atoms. So why does the universe exist? To put it another way, what explains the universe's existence?
If God does not exist, both of these questions are difficult to answer. Perhaps the Big Bang theory is wrong and the universe did not begin to exist, or the universe caused itself to exist, or the universe does not require a cause? Perhaps the universe is just a brute fact that needs no explanation or the universe explains its own existence? These are possibilities open to an atheist, but they are problematic. For instance, apart from its problematic implications, does the skeptic have any evidence that leads him to the reject the Big Bang? Or can we really be satisfied with the assertion that the universe is a 'brute fact' that needs no explanation? On the other hand, if God does exist, then we have clear answers to both of these questions. According to the Bible, God is eternal and uncaused and brought the universe into being. Moreover, God's choice to create explains why the universe exists. God's existence does not need to be explained by something external to Himself because He is self-existent; He does not depend on anything for His existence but is instead the reason for the existence of everything else (see Acts. 17:24-25).
To explain this fine-tuning, many atheists posit the existence of an infinite number of undetectable parallel universes. In each parallel universe, the fundamental constants are all slightly different such that every possible value for the constants is sampled somewhere in the infinite multiverse. We live in the one universe in which life is possible. While there are physical objections to this explanation, a reflection on its implications are particularly astonishing. If an infinite multiverse actually exists, then there are actual universes in which pink unicorns exist or which are composed entirely of Gorgonzola cheese. Those implications alone are enough to make most people hesitate to embrace multiverse theory.
On the other hand, if God exists, created the universe and designed it to be habitable by embodied creatures like ourselves, it is not surprising to find it finely-tuned to support life.
Finally, the existence of objective moral facts and obligations needs to be explained. Objective moral facts are propositions about good and evil that are independent of human beliefs. Just as physical facts like 'the Earth orbits the sun' are true regardless of whether anyone affirms them, objective moral facts are statements like 'torturing children for pleasure is evil' which are true independent of whether people affirm them. Moral obligations are duties like 'You should love your neighbor' that are binding on us regardless of whether we acknowledge them.
Some atheists choose to deny that objective moral facts and duties exist. There are numerous responses to this position, but the most straightforward one is that few if any people actually live a life consistent with moral relativism. For instance, a consistent moral relativist should not protest the immoral practices of other cultures, or demand justice for oppressed and marginalized groups in today's society, or condemn God's actions in the Bible as 'immoral.' All of these activities assume that there is some objective standard of morality to which we can hold other people and even God accountable. But if moral relativism is true, then no such standard exists. Moreover, no atheist who denies the existence of an objective standard of morality can claim that we are obligated to seek the truth. If neither knowledge of the truth nor ignorance is intrinsically good, on what basis does the moral relativist demand that you seek to find out whether atheism is true?
On the other hand, God's existence does provide an explanation for the existence of both moral values and duties. Because God is perfectly loving, merciful, and just, His character provides a grounding for moral values. His commands to us like 'love God with your whole heart', 'love your neighbor', and 'seek knowledge and understanding' constitute our moral duties.
In summary, I've chosen four pieces of evidence that I believe point to God's existence: the applicability of mathematics to nature, the origin and existence of the universe, the fine-tuning of the fundamental constants of physics, and the existence of objective moral facts. The question before us is whether atheism or theism provides a better explanation for the evidence. Although atheistic responses to each of these pieces of evidence exist, in no case do I think that atheism provides as plausible an answer as theism. Indeed, many atheists acknowledge that these phenomena are currently inexplicable, even if they hold out hope that science or philosophy will one day be able to provide a better explanation. However, unlike the majority of scientific and philosophical issues, our belief in God's existence has a profound and immediate impact on our lives. While we may genuinely desire more time to explore questions that we've never before considered, we need to recognize that any deferred decision is an implicit 'no' to God's authority over us and His offer of salvation to us. At the very least, agnostics and others who are skeptical of Christianity should begin to grapple seriously with the pieces of evidence presented above and should genuinely consider whether the Christian worldview provides better answers than those afforded by atheism.
There are two final points to make with regards to our discussion so far.
Frist, one major obstacle to any discussion of God's existence is the demand that Christians 'prove that God exists' because 'extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.' While much can be said about this demand, one observation is especially crucial. Instead of asking the question "Is Christianity true?", skeptics are often really asking the question: "Is the evidence you present so unbearably strong that it will force me to believe in Christianity against my will?" That is a dangerous approach. A reflection on the enormous implications of God's existence should make us reexamine the motivation behind our questions. Furthermore, the very notion of 'extraordinary evidence' is extremely subjective. As a Christian, I consider the existence of the multiverse or claims of moral relativism to be extraordinary. Yet few skeptics seem to think that they are required to provide evidence, let alone extraordinary evidence, for either of these claims. Since Christianity entails an entire worldview with its own plausibility structure, atheists should be willing to 'step inside' the Christian worldview to see whether it makes more sense of reality than their own worldview.
Second, Christians should remember that while arguments from natural theology can provide strong support for our claim that God exists, they are neither necessary nor sufficient for personal knowledge of God. If arguments from natural theology or any other discipline were required in order to know God, then people who had never heard of or reflected on such arguments would be unable to know God. But, obviously, God desires to be known not just by professional philosophers and 21st century scientists, but by children and 6th century peasants. And while natural theology can tell us generally about God's existence and attributes, it cannot give us specific information: Does God love us? What does he require of us? Does he interact with human history? Does he answer prayer? To answer these questions, we need more than just God's general revelation in nature; we need his special revelation in Scripture. It is in the Bible that God definitively tells us who He is and what He is like. Scripture is sufficient for us to have personal knowledge of God and it is primarily through Scripture that God makes himself known and has made himself known to people throughout history.
To illustrate this point, imagine that you were walking through the halls of some beautiful building. From your observations alone, you might be able to infer a great deal about the architect: he is a man of great intelligence, ingenuity, and love of beauty. But imagine that the architect tapped you on the shoulder and began speaking to you. Now you would have definitive and detailed access to this man's character. You could have a personal relationship with him in a way that would be impossible from staring at his work alone. The same is true of God. While we can learn about Him and praise him for His works, it is His words that make it possible for us to know him personally. We must always go beyond natural theology to a proclamation of the gospel. God's power and glory are made known to all people by what He has created, but His love, mercy and message of salvation are made known to us in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Craig-Krauss debate – A debate between Christian philosopher Dr. William Lane Craig and atheist astrophysicist Dr. Lawrence Krauss on whether there is evidence for God's existence.
Does God exist and why does it matter? – A forty-minute presentation to Duke's Intervarsity Christian fellowship.
Neil Shenvi is a member of the Summit Church and works as a research scientist in the Department of Chemistry at Duke University. His full bio and testimony, along with more of his writings and apologetics resources, can be found here on Neil's personal website.
If you had two minutes to provide a rational defense of Christianity, what would you say? This is part one of a four-part series of essays attempting to answer that question.
Have you ever heard someone say: "It's fine to be a Christian if Christianity makes you happy. But there's no evidence at all to believe that Christianity is objectively true"? How do we respond to that kind of statement?
Historically, one of the most attractive features of atheism has been its claim to stark realism. No matter how unappealing a godless universe may turn out to be, atheists claim to be committed to adhering to the truth at all costs.
If someone asked you to explain to them the most fundamental reason that you were a Christian, what would you say?


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James Harden becomes all-time Houston Rockets assists king
Rockets superstar James Harden made history in Thursday's first quarter by recording assist number 4,403 of his Houston tenure. Appropriately, it occurred in Harden's hometown of Los Angeles, where the Rockets (18-9) faced the Clippers (21-8) in a clash of perceived NBA title contenders.
That assist — which led to a dunk for big man Clint Capela — allowed Harden to pass Hall of Fame guard Calvin Murphy (4,402) for the franchise's all-time assists lead.
Entering Thursday, Harden was the NBA's leading scorer this season at 38.9 points per game. However, on the all-time Rockets points list, Harden (16,881) trailed No. 2 scorer Murphy (17,949) by nearly 1,000 points and No. 1 scorer Hakeem Olajuwon (26,511) by almost 10,000.
In many ways, it's symbolic for Harden to pass Murphy on the assists list before the points list. Though the 2018 MVP is revered for his scoring, it's the diversity of his skillset and his ability to both score and facilitate that has largely defined his eight seasons to date in Houston.
🔥 Beard to Capela Connection 🔥 pic.twitter.com/2LVxbyo7q1
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) December 20, 2019
Murphy, who now works as an analyst for Rockets television partner AT&T SportsNet Southwest, addressed Harden's looming history on Monday.
People are going to ask me about him breaking my record. Number one, I've held it for 50 years. Can you believe that? All my contemporaries are gone, and they're still talking about Calvin Murphy.
I've always said that if any of my records fall, I want them to be broken by somebody of quality. Not somebody that accidentally stepped into it. James Harden is more than qualified to break any of Calvin Murphy's records.
The thing I like about James Harden is that when he does something of that magnitude, he always brings me along for the ride, and I appreciate that. … The fact that he appreciates what we did before him makes me feel good. This man has class.
.@JHarden13 is now TIED with @CalvinMurphyHOF for the #Rockets ALL-TIME assists record.
ICYMI … Calvin talked about it earlier on the Pregame Show.@HoustonRockets I #OneMission pic.twitter.com/Q5PkNNgSFk
— AT&T SportsNet SW (@ATTSportsNetSW) December 17, 2019
When asked last weekend to compare Harden to other current NBA stars and MVP candidates, Orlando Magic defensive ace Jonathan Isaac pointed to Harden's passing as a distinguishing characteristic.
"I would say he's the toughest so far, with the way that he's able to get everybody else involved on top of him having a great shooting night," Isaac said after Harden's 54 points and seven assists in a blowout win.
In star-studded week, Jonathan Isaac puts James Harden atop list
As for the franchise's all-time leaders in cumulative statistics, Harden also ranks first in three-pointers made and attempted.
Barring injury, the 30-year-old guard should soon become the all-time Rockets leader in made free throws, as well. Harden entered Thursday's game 255 made foul shots short of Olajuwon (5,121 to 5,376), but with an average of 13.1 free-throw attempts per game on 88.4% accuracy and 55 games left to play this season, Harden should easily clear Olajuwon's mark before the 2019-20 campaign is complete.
For perspective, heading into Thursday's game, Harden had made 312 free throws within just the first 27 games for the Rockets.
With Harden under contract through at least 2021-22, he'll have every opportunity to break numerous other team records in the years ahead.
James Harden is eight assists away from being Houston's assist king


I am a budget traveller. (read: cheap) After a lot of research, I am very pleased to have reached the summit (2918 metres) of the highest mountain in Greece and this is the tale of how I got there – including some tips for you about making YOUR way there and what to expect.
If you have private transport you can do without this bit.
I came up from Athens having spent a week there. I caught the morning train from Athens to Katerini. I booked my ticket well ahead and all worked well. It's a pretty standard train trip first through agricultural land and then through the mountains for the last 30 kilometres or so – which is quite scenic looking over the sea to the east. The train passes through Litochoro station but doesn't stop. I think SOME trains do stop there but they are the very slow local trains.
From Katerini I took the bus to Litochoro. The Katerini bus station is out of town – allow about 20-30 minutes walk from train station to bus station. I was lucky that I asked a couple in the street for directions and the guy promptly took me to his car and drove me to the bus station. He was almost offended when I offered to pay. Train and bus were both on time, clean and efficient. The bus drops you off at the central square of Litochoro (at the fountain) and the old part of the town goes uphill from there. I used an Air BnB for this night and the same place again for another after I got off the mountain.
Litochoro town itself, on the side of the hill near the entrance to the Epineas Gorge, is a pleasant town which is flooded with tourists in season and very quiet out of season. It does have an outdoor gear shop if you've forgotten any walking gear. You can access the bottom stretch of the Gorge by walking a little out of town down to the river but DON'T cross the bridge, stay on the same side as the town and take the trail that goes past the Walking Club headquarters. The track on the far side just takes you up behind a sports centre and doesn't allow you access to the river.
I planned to walk the trail up the Gorge to Prionia (a car park and restaurant at the Mt. Olympus trailhead) a distance of about 13kms according to some blogs. The alternative is to take a taxi or hitch-hike up the road to Prionia. After that I would get onto the walking trail at Prionia and head for the Refuge (already booked some time before).
Thankfully, I changed my mind at the last minute and instead walked out of town along the road, stopped in at the National Park Information Centre and started walking and hitching. I got about three kms along the road (in about 30 degree C heat) when a nice couple from Holland in a motorhome stopped for me.
The road would have been a long walk – it's about 15kms – so I arrived at Prionia without wasting any energy.
You can get something to eat and drink at Prionia, park your car or van and use the public toilets and get fresh water.
Telephone: (23520) 81800 or 81329. The staff at the Refuge speak good English.
The trail is mainly uphill from here. No surprise there! Ponies are used to take provisions up the hill to the refuges. There is a small shelter about half way up (after the zig zag section). The trail is well maintained but rocky in places. You can't get lost. The vistas open up and the Epineas Gorge is visible most of the way.
Refuge 'A' is quite a large stone place with beds for about 110. In high season, they run out of beds and there isn't a camp ground nearby. You should book ahead. They open in mid-May and close again in about October. They do simple and substantial meals for a very reasonable price. I paid about $AU12 (July 2017) for a big spaghetti bolognese. There are two communal eating / sitting areas, each with their own open fire. Bunkrooms have two bunks per room (4 beds) and a heater in each. The Refuge supplies blankets and pillows but it's best to have your own sleeping sheet or bag. Showers are downstairs and only have cold water.
I struck it lucky with the weather because it had snowed and rained all the day before but only rained for about an hour and a half on my way up. Excellent! There was pink lightning and thunder in the valleys but it wasn't too cold on the way up. It was very cold overnight but the next day was beautiful, clear, cool and without wind. Apparently it snowed the day after I got off the mountain so I got the best window of opportunity.
Refuge 'A' is just below the treeline so after about 20-30 minutes walk (depending, of course, on your speed, fitness, load etc.) you get above the trees and into the open territory. You may see wild deer / goats. The trail is well-marked and well-maintained and not particularly demanding. Some people I passed seemed to be struggling with breathing. At about 9,000 feet this sort of to be expected. As you approach the top ridge, a different trail heads away from the summit and out towards a separate hill. A description of the trails is here. At the Refuge, I had met two retired Englishmen who have made it their goal to summit the highest peak of each country in Europe. They had started early that morning and were using ropes, carabiners and harnesses to make their way slowly across the steeper slope toward the summit. I was travelling light and in good boots so I tripped past them and made my way quite easily across the final rocky slopes up to the summit. Some blogs talk about the danger of the final section so I was expecting something hard. Maybe the Australian trails / walking I am familiar with is harder than European trails.
Great views (of course) right up and down the coast, up to Thessaloniki, inland across the low mountains and across the local hills.
There is a very short stretch with this metal rope to hang on to. No big deal but some blogs rave about it… Yes, there's a steep gully to look down but just walk around the steep bit.
After about 30 minutes at the summit, Mytikas, (sign the book and take the obligatory photos) I returned to the ridge and made my way back to the Refuge, collected my remaining gear and fairly trotted down the hill because I knew I had to get back to Litochoro for dinner. I planned to walk the Gorge on the way home. It's only about an hour and a bit (from memory) from the Refuge to Prionia if you jog most of it.
From Prionia, the start of Gorge trail looks very pleasant and very easy. Don't fall for it! The first couple of kms are nice, passing through flowery glades and past swimming pools but after the old monastery it gets a bit steeper and more uppy-downy. As you progress, it gets more difficult and seems to go on forever. It probably felt that way because I didn't know what to expect. There is also a nice little monastery built on a spring under a cliff / cave a few kilometres short of Litochoro. I think the road must pass nearby because there were some people tending it who didn't look like they had walked far to get there.
I spoke with a trail jogger coming uphill who said it was hard going and that it didn't get any easier further down. So. Be warned. The Epineas Gorge is a bit of a surprise after a full day trip to Mytikas.
The bus from Katerini to Litochoro had come by a pretty direct route. My next trip was to Meteora from Litochoro so I needed to catch the train. I didn't realise that the bus actually has a stop at the highway intersection quite close to the train station. So, I could have caught the bus to this place instead of taking a taxi from Litochoro.
So. Go and have fun 🙂 It's a great weekend or even a three-day walk if you want to stretch it out.
Next: Creative session – Saturday Feb. 10 at 10am.


Bronze figure of a dancer with lifting skirt. The Oriental Rug is gracefully draped onto the marble base. This Sculpture was cast using the Lost Wax Method and has a brown patina and is mounted on a marble base. Bronze Dimensions with Marble Base: Height 18 X Width 9 inches. Weight: 15 LBS.


In response to recent revisions to the UC Office of the President Smoke and Tobacco Free Environment policy as well as campus feedback, Business and Administrative Services is proposing updates to the UC Santa Cruz Smoke and Tobacco Free Environment policy and invites your comments.
Minor changes include minor wording changes, clarifications, structural changes (combining or reorganizing sections), addition of definitions and references, elimination of repetition, elimination of outdated requirements, fixed/changed links.
Changed policy title and number to Smoke and Tobacco Free Environment BAS-0007.
Changed the responsible department from EH&S to Risk Services and added implementation authority for the Assistant Director, Workers Compensation.
To include individuals practicing recognized traditional ceremonies involving tobacco use. Added guidelines for who will be consulted in the event of a denial and appeal.
Deleted the exception for theatrical productions requiring the appearance of smoking.
Deleted the exception for property acquired or received by gift or bequest to the university.
Deleted "tobacco use for educational or clinical purposes" from the research exception.
The current, proposed, and redlined versions are available online.
Please submit your comments to Elise McCandless (emccandl@ucsc.edu) by October 30, 2018.
If no substantial comments are received, this policy will be forwarded to the CP/EVC on or after October 31, 2018, for approval. The final policy will be effective as of the date of CP/EVC approval and published on the Administrative Policy website at https://policy.ucsc.edu/index.html.
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Does eating fruits manage diabetic problem?
The diabetic problem is one of the major problems that most of the people on this earth are facing in their life. In fact, the diabetic problem occurs when your blood sugar level goes high. This is the main source of your energy which comes from your healthy food intake. Although the blood sugar is important for your body energy, the extensive level of glucose in your body causes some major health issues.
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Quaedvlieg's girlfriend torn between relationship and law, court hears
Sacked Australian Border Force commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg's girlfriend was a "mouse in a political jungle" who was torn between her partner and the law when she misled corruption investigators, her lawyer has said.
Solicitor Bryan Wrench said his client, Sarah Rogers, was naive at the time she was called to give evidence before a secretive probe into her controversial employment in 2017 and has since "paid a high price" for her relationship with the former high-profile figure.
"Overall, this is a tension between the law and the emotional entanglement of being in a relationship with someone," Mr Wrench told Downing Centre magistrate Jennifer Atkinson.
"It's a conflict of loyalties in some ways."
Ms Rogers, 24, pleaded guilty in February to misleading investigators and disclosing the existence of, or information about, her summons before the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity.
Mr Quaedvlieg, 54, who sat beside Ms Rogers during Thursday's sentencing hearing, was sacked in March 2018 following the investigation over claims he helped Ms Rogers secure a job at the law enforcement agency.
He has maintained his innocence.
According to a statement of agreed facts, Ms Rogers told the corruption probe Mr Quaedvlieg hadn't given her advice regarding the Border Force recruitment process.
But after she handed over her phone, investigators claimed text messages between the pair showed she had given false evidence.
Mr Wrench said his client's deception wasn't sophisticated, rather a "spur of the moment answer … to protect her partner."
"For whatever reason, she just didn't say the right answer, but she certainly made up for it by giving them the phone," he said.
But Crown prosecutor Jennifer Single said there was "no ambiguity" in Ms Rogers' evidence.
"It's not just a case that Ms Rogers became anxious or confused or wasn't quite sure how to answer the question," Ms Single said.
"This was a sustained and prolonged breach throughout the entire interview."
In the lead-up to the hearing before the Integrity Commissioner on June 29 and 30, 2017, Ms Rogers texted Mr Quaedvlieg, saying, "I really hate this. I really just can't deal [with] stress or anxiety that well and I always end up in tears."
The next day, Mr Quaedvlieg wrote, "It'll all be over in 12hrs. I feel sick for you; it's a crap situation for you to be in. Don't forget you're a witness, not the subject. There's nothing to hide or lie about. Just tell it as it is."
Ms Single said Ms Rogers was put on notice that disclosing the existence of the inquiry could see her imprisoned for up to two years.
"This wasn't a case of just maybe nodding 'yes' to her partner in answer to a question … this was a blatant disregard for the law," she said.
Mr Wrench said Ms Rogers was put in the "unusual situation" of being in a relationship with someone who was the focus of the investigation, describing it as a "traumatic thing for her".
"This wasn't a fly-by-night relationship, they're still together today," Mr Wrench said.
In arguing his client should escape conviction, Mr Wrench also mentioned Ms Rogers' relationship with Mr Quaedvlieg had come under major public scrutiny, including from comments by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton accusing Mr Quaedvlieg of "grooming" a woman 30 years his junior.
Following the September 2018 remarks, Mr Quaedvlieg shot back on Twitter, demanding the comments, protected under parliamentary privilege, be withdrawn.
Mr Wrench said Ms Rogers had lost her anonymity and was now suffering from significant anxiety.
"She's paid a high price for the relationship," he said.
"In some ways, she's going to have to live with this."
Ms Rogers is set to be sentenced on July 29.
Original Article: https://www.smh.com.au/national/quaedvlieg-s-girlfriend-torn-between-relationship-and-law-court-hears-20190523-p51qib.html
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Vivica C. Coxx: the life of a drag diva
Victor Cho
Campus Life's Mosaic, Interfaith Center & Queer Student Lounge welcomed Justin Clapp, also known by her drag persona Vivica C. Coxx, who performed and spoke about her life as a drag diva. Coxx is a UMBC alumna who graduated in 2007. As a student, she was an RA at Patapsco Hall and the Walker Avenue Apartments.
The PAWTalk was held in the Commons Skylight Room on Tuesday, April 3 and was open to the public. Coxx also brought fellow drag queens Naomi and Stormy Day. The drag divas danced to a variety of songs and discussed their drag queen history afterward.
Coxx spoke about the beginning of her career. "I was given the opportunity to compete in an amateur drag competition," she said. "The first show I did was in the House of Coxx amateur show. I was in my late twenties."
The drag diva presented pictures of herself. "I also do characters, such as Ursula. I also made a Rose Quartz costume from Steven Universe — [that costume] was really expensive," she said.
Coxx founded the House of Coxx and described the history of the community she built. "As long as you're interested in drag and care about entertaining people, the House of Coxx will welcome you," she said.
Coxx calls Stormy Day and Naomi her daughters. She said, "we are unique as a drag house and family. Not only are we the most diverse, but we have people of varying gender identity, varying race and sexual orientation."
The House of Coxx was also built as a platform for social justice. Coxx said, "we fought for prisoner's rights and we drew attention to queer Latino and Black history. We're partnered with QORDS, where LGBT teenagers meet other LGBT teenagers."
The drag diva emphasized the importance of consent in any relationship. "We start every show on the topic of consent," she said. "We usually ask the audience if they know what enthusiastic consent is. If your response is an excited 'yes,' that is what enthusiastic consent is."
Stormy Day mentioned that others often misunderstand drag queens. She said, "being a drag queen, I get offensive, transphobic questions from family members outside the circle. Some people don't understand that we are living in a whole different world."
Naomi experienced similar reactions from her family: "My family is very religious. They know that I do drag, but they completely ignore it and refuse to acknowledge it."
Mechanical engineering alumnus Dante Wheeler has no connection with the LGBT community. He said, "I came to the event because it looked interesting. I learned a lot about drag and saw how they seemed like a tight community. Before, I never knew how a lot of different people did drag."
Body politics play a large role in the trans-drag community. "You aren't seen as human. You aren't seen as normal. People will come up and touch you," Coxx said. "[The House of Coxx] created a space based on consent so everyone is comfortable. We will not hesitate to kick anyone out of our show who disrespects anyone's body in any way."
"We usually adopt anyone to the House of Coxx if they fit what we do," Coxx said. "We ask, 'do you want to promote social justice, put on a good show and become a part of the family?' Because those are the real questions."
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Great thought. Reminds me of something I recently heard on fear. We can Face Everthing And Run or we can Face Everything And Rise but it really is a matter of choice.
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List of proper nouns regularly used with the definite article.
I. Astronomical names.
The Milky Way, the Great Bear, the Little (Lesser) Bear.
II. Geographical names.
1. The North Pole, the South Pole, the Arctic, etc.
2. Mountain ranges:
the Alps, the Pennines, the Urals. But single mounts take no article.
3. Rivers:
the Thames, the Hudson, the Amazon, the Rein, the Nile, the Neva, the Danube, etc.
4. Seas and oceans:
the North Sea, the Red Sea, the Black Sea, the Baltic (Sea), the Arctic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the
Pacific (Ocean), etc.
5. Canals:
the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, etc.; also the English Channel.
6. Some countries, areas, provinces:
the USA (the United States of America), the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Ukraine, the
Crimea, the Caucasus.
7. Deserts:
the Sahara (Desert), the Gobi (Desert), the Karakum (Desert).
8. Parts of towns:
the West End, the East End, the Soho, the City (of London), the Bronx (in New York).
9. The de facto capital of the Netherlands:
the Hague.
III. Names of public institutions (museums, theatres, hotels, restaurants), unique buildings and monuments:
the Tate (Gallery), the National Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum (Opera), the British Museum, the
Louvre, the Hermitage, the Prado, the Grand (Hotel), the Savoy,the Kremlin, the White House, the
Bronze Horseman, the Sphinx.
IV. Names of vessels:
the Discovery, the Titanic, the Queen Elisabeth, the Dolores, etc.
V. Names of most newspapers (in English-speaking countries):
the Times, the Washington Post, the Canadian Tribune, etc.
Absence of the article
§ 196. The absence of any article, which is sometimes referred to as the zero article, is as meaningful as their actual use. It is regularly observed with count nouns in the plural, with non-counts used in a general sense, with proper nouns.
§ 197. The indefinite article has no plural form and thus it cannot be used with nouns in the plural in any of its functions.
The plural form without an article corresponds to the classifying and generic uses of the indefinite article and sometimes to the generic use of the definite article.
Jane is a student. A dog barks. A man who has nothing to say has no words. The tiger lives in the jungle. Jane and Mary are students. Dogs bark. Men who have nothing to say have no words. Tigers live in the jungle.
If the idea of number is retained, an indefinite pronoun (some, any, no), adjectives (several, a lot of, many), or a cardinal numeral accompanies the plural noun.
Have you a record teaching English pronunciation? There grew a cherry-tree once. Have you any records teaching English pronunciation? They have some (several, many, ten) records of the kind. There grew three (some, a lot of) cherry-trees once.
§ 198. Non-count nouns, abstract or material, when used in a general sense, are not preceded by any article, as in:
Time will show who is right.
He has such huge pride.
She said with astonishment, "Where are you, Maurice?"
We walked forward in silence.
They greeted him without enthusiasm.
Premodifiers of abstract non-count nouns do not influence the use of articles, they only restrict the meaning of the noun, as in: history - English history, medieval English history; music - folk music, pop music, classical music; art - modern art, abstract art; weather - nasty weather, fine weather; advice - valuable advice.
He doesn't love abstract art.
The same refers to material non-counts beautiful silk, Venetian glass, stained glass.
However the indefinite article is used with both kinds of noun if the classifying idea predominates (An English grammar - a kind of it, a soil of it); with words denoting feeling the indefinite article suggests a manifestation of that feeling, with nouns of material a particular kind of the substance mentioned. In contexts of the kind non-counts are usually accompanied by descriptive attributes.
That, sir, was a profound knowledge of man.
He always had a love for the concrete.
I can't remember a time when I wasn't painting with my father standing beside me.
I was no good at football, but does it make an unhappy boyhood?
It is incredible to me that there should be an after life.
She put down the mirror with a feeling of hopelessness.
In nouns which may function as both counts and non-counts the absence of the article indicates a non-count with general meaning, whereas the indefinite article shows that it is a count noun, abstract or concrete.
Compare the meanings in such pairs of nouns as:
Language is a means of communication.
It is always interesting to study a foreign language.
Light is necessary for life.
They saw a light in the distance.
Absence of the article before an originally count noun may suggest a shift in its meaning. Thus in to teach piano (violin) the noun piano means a subject to be taught, just as history, literature, etc., whereas in to play the piano the noun piano denotes a musical instrument with the article in its generic function. In such expressions as to go to school, to be at school the adverbial meaning predominates and the noun loses its nominal quality.
If partition or indefinite amount is meant, it is expressed by an indefinite pronoun (some, any) or a partitive noun (a piece, an item, a bit). With material nouns partitive meaning is also expressed with the help of nouns denoting measure or amount (a cup of tea, a glass of milk, a pint of beer, a slice of bread, a loaf of bread, a spoonful of medicine, a sack of coal, etc.).
All non-counts can be preceded by the definite article in its specifying function. Thus we say the art of the nineteenth century, the music of the Renaissance, the history of England, (but: English history) the history of the Middle Ages, and also: What's the weather like today? How did you like the music?
Note the difference between English (French, Spanish) literature and the English (French, Spanish) language. Here literature is a non-count, whereas the word language is used as a count noun. The adjectives operate as specifiers restricting the abstract notion of language to one particular language.
Compare also the use of in darkness, in the darkness. The first suggests the state of darkness as such, the second is situationally or contextually determined, as in these two examples: The yard and the lane outside it were in darkness. In the darkness he could discern the figure of the watchman.
§ 199. Proper names point out individual objects. Their individualizing meaning makes the use of an article unnecessary. All proper names of living beings are situationally specified (when we say Tom, Mary, Mrs Brown, Mr Wilson, etc.), for there are hundreds if not thousands of people bearing the same name.
When a proper name is preceded by a modifier no article is used in case the latter denotes a title, relationship, or rank, or if the proper name is accompanied by adjectives which sometimes form part of it: simple Simon, lucky Jim, old Jolyon, young Jolyon, poor Smith, Miss Dodson, Mister Brown, Colonel Pickering, Queen Elisabeth, Professor Jones, President Kennedy, Doctor Manson.
When modified by other adjectives, not commonly used, proper names may take the definite article.
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