Okay Guys,
So I'm still recovering from my big birthday week adventures.. It's surprising how just a matter of a few days can zap your energy supply.
While I'm recovering though. I figured you would appreciate this article. It's five suggestions on how to adapt the classroom for a disabled student. I know how important learning was to me, so I want everyone to be able to have the same opportunity. Hope you enjoy!
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/5-Suggestions-Concerning/23040/
By the way, I'm looking for suggestions on how to improve my blog. It's been coming increasingly difficult to find new stuff regarding disability in general as well as new technologies. Does anybody have any suggestions for me. I would really appreciate it.
Please Share This Information with EVERYONE You Know!
All of the sleazy connections that Glenn Beck exposed on his show yesterday - about this corrupt government currently in power here in America - is absolutely astounding! If you didn't see it, please watch the videos over at Watch Glenn Beck.com video
New Zeal blog has some clips of a former Glenn Beck show - which was recorded as Glenn and his team worked to uncover the evil web being weaved. Last night, Glenn revealed the "wizard" of the Emerald city of Crime, Inc.!
In a nutshell, New Zeal sums it up when the author of the blog writes:
"Big story here. Glenn Beck ties Obama to multi trillion dollar carbon trading scams, Goldman Sachs, the Joyce Foundation, Bill Ayers' brother, Al Gore, George Soros, Maurice Strong and a whole cast of villains."
This has to be shared with EVERYONE - so that the American people will see the truth of the schemes and scams that ObaMARXIST & his evil cohorts (especially the progressive groups and union leaders) are weaving through a web of high crimes and deceit!!
AWFUL!!
I want our Constitutional Republic back! I want our liberty and freedom back!
Down with Marxo-Fascism that is this current, corrupt-to-the-core climate at the White House and in Congress! Ugh!!!
God, please help us!
Hat Tips to all links.
Obama's "fundamental transformation" of America is nothing more than a criminal enterprise and money laundering scheme! Trouble is, this big, corrupt government is using YOUR MONEY, MY MONEY, the taxes of WE THE PEOPLE to conduct this massive ponzi scheme!!
Wake up, America!
Vote all of these bums OUT!! All of those who have gone along with, and/or supported ANYTHING ObaMARXIST, PeLIARsi, and ReiDUNCE proposed and passed! We need to make Obama a lame duck until 2012 so that he cannot continue this insane madness of spending, taxing, and corrupt government takeover of the private sector!
A Tired Word
It is unclear how and when a phrase becomes a cliché or words become tired and overused. Certainly, someone sometime sat down and penned or printed them the first time. At that moment, usage was fresh and even insightful. Rather than recite them, I’ll simply post a link to http://www.clichesite.com, and you can read it and weep. (Hummm. A cliché, no doubt.) On that site you’ll find your favorites—phrases that over time have crept into your syntax. Clichesite.com also offers the cliché of the day.
A cliché is sort of OK in conversation. Sort of. When you’re a journalist, however, you are the editor’s next victim……………..perhaps. Apparently, editors aren’t catching clichés much anymore. It may be an evil outgrowth of the web and Twitter.
What do I mean by “tired words”? My step-mom says some of the offerings in the line at Luby’s cafeteria look “tired”. Get the picture?” They have been there so long under the heat lamp they are no longer savory.
Open the Austin American-Statesman and open your mind and eyes to the language there in. In almost any edition, you’ll find clichés and worn-out words. It’s unclear how that happens.
When I read certain phrases or even words, I read further with fear and trembling. Wait. That’s probably a cliché. I haven’t checked the list.
Broadcast news is even more prone to these problems. It’s unclear whether writers for the ear and the eye are using clichés and tired or overused words to be conversational or just lazy. Writing for the ear and eye indeed should be conversational, but clichés aren’t cool.
“Centered on” became the phrase I wanted to hear the least. Then, it was misused, and people started to write and say “centered around”. No. You cannot center around something. You must center on something if you are centering at all.
So I that won’t be unclear, what the heck, let’s list a few clichés:
“All over the map”
“All talk and no action”
“Bark is bigger than his bite” (Not on the list, but qualifies)
“Barking up the wrong tree” (I’ve see a dog do this. Pretty funny.)
“On the cutting edge” (“Cutting edge” isn’t on the cliché list, but it should be on list of tired words.
“Oh, my God” (Now expressed as OMG!)
“Raining Cats and Dogs” (I always liked “A real frog strangler” better. It’s on the list.
“…rolling stone gathers no moss” (The site says this was first written in the United States. I don’t think so.)
“Tail between his legs”
“Take your life in your own hands”
“No news is good news” (This isn’t on the list, but it could be.)
One could take these clichés and write an entire news story. They were useful. They spoke to us. Some became veritable proverbs. Now, they may be unclear.
You may have guessed by now the motivation for this screed. It is now clear.
The week of April 25, 2010 I picked up the Austin American-Statesman and in different stories on page one, I read the same tired syntax. “Blah, blah, blah is unclear at this time.” Or, “Blah’s motivation is unclear at this time.” (These aren’t the exact sentences.) Then, on the network news broadcasts that same night, something else was “unclear”.
“Unclear” has become the trendy new way of saying “unknown” or words meaning the same thing. Now, it is used so much, it is clear that “unclear” is becoming a tired word. One might question whether it is really a word. Look up “unclear” and you find the definitions for “clear”.
Picky? Perhaps. Read the news, listen to the news, or listen to the news and see if “unclear” is uttered often. If you are news writer, get out the Thesaurus and try saying it another way. Who knows, you may be the author of what will become the next cliché or tired word.
© Jim McNabb, 2010
Dem Congress Bullies Will Force Puerto Rico to Become a State
When Glenn Beck gets a front page headline at Fox News.com, you better know that what is being presented is a serious subject! The continual, unending, and rapid manipulation, deceit, corruption, and damage that is being done by this gangster progressive majority in Congress is absolutely astounding!!!
Investigating Obama led me to the Examiner.com which has the full story.
Puerto Rico voted FOUR TIMES not to become a state! They want to remain a territory - so let them!! But NO! The corrupt Democrats in Congress will push this issue upon Puerto Rico - just like they rammed ObaMARXIST HELLcare down America's throat!
Every day, I just have to shake my head in disgust because of this corrupt, disastrous, gangster, Marxist government.
Take special note of the Examiner.com writer's conclusion:
We all know now from the outrageous experience of Obamacare that leftists could care less what the will of the people is. For those of you who traditionally vote Democrat this should serve as a warning: that includes you! Even if it’s those poor, downtrodden Puerto Ricans the Left claims to want to help so much. Ram Obamacare down Americas’ throat; ram statehood down Puerto Rico’s throat.
Do I detect a pattern here?
And in case you think Democrats have any intention of reining in spending, Puerto Rican statehood would mean big bucks too.
This information needs to go viral. Congress needs to hear from all of us big time. Congress needs to be shut down with phone calls and faxes starting first thing in the morning. That is today, April 29, 2010.
All this is going on while everyone is distracted by the monstrous financial bailout bill coming out of the Senate. The timing was deliberate! And we now hear that despite losing support from lone RINO Republican Lindsey Graham, the Democrats are going to go ahead with illegal immigrant amnesty.
So now we have a pretty comprehensive electoral strategy mapped out:
1. Naturalize 12 million illegal aliens
2. Universal voter registration
3. Do away with Electoral College using state-by-state approach
4. Force Puerto Rican statehood.
5. Soros-funded Secretary of State project to help steal close elections
6. Cap & Trade, and Stimulus monies as political slush fund.
If you’re not sufficiently angry and alarmed now, there is no hope for you. These people are demonstrating right to our faces their willingness to trample our rights and defy our will. If they are willing to do this now, what will they be willing to do if they get the permanent majorities they want?
Hat Tips to all links.
P.S. I wonder how Geraldo Rivera will respond to this. My guess? He will create some kind of liberal-progressive gobbledygook spin to make it sound like a good thing. I hope I am wrong about Geraldo siding with the out-of-control Democrats in Congress. But I'm skeptical that he will go against his own party on this issue. It is sad to note that what the Dems in Congress will be doing today is:
1. Going against the will of the American people by not allowing them to vote on the Puerto Rican statehood issue.
2. Going against the will of the majority of Puerto Rican people who have VOTED FOUR TIMES not to become a state in America.
What is wrong with this picture people???
PLENTY!!!
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In addition to this news, please don't miss viewing the Glenn Beck videos over at New Zeal blog which explains the FACT that Obama has ties to multi trillion dollar carbon trading scams, Goldman Sachs, the Joyce Foundation, Bill Ayers' brother, Al Gore, George Soros, Maurice Strong and a whole cast of villains.
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Second update:
Be sure to read Investigating Obama: Greatest Scandal in Modern History and view the video of Senator Jim DeMint with Greta Van Sustern on the Financial Regulation Debate.
Please spread all of today's post and link information around to your relatives, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, and all online community forums. An educated public is our greatest weapon against the treasonous acts that this Marxo-Fascist gangster government is doing!!
The Washington Post Photo Blooper
Most blog readers probably already know about The Washington Post's newspaper photo blooper today. They printed a photo of Malcolm X above a column that was supposed to be about Obama touting wind energy in Iowa.
You can see a photo of the page over at Gateway Pundit: The Washington Post confused Barack Obama today with black radical Malcolm X.
In the comment section, I clicked on a familiar video that compared the likenesses of Malcolm X and Obama. As I viewed the additional videos at the bottom of the YouTube box, I ran across one that I had not seen before. The discussion of the "Venus cleft," seen on both Malcolm and Obama, as a component of heredity, is quite intriguing. The comparisons of Obama's children with Malcolm's relatives is uncanny as well.
Since the right side of the video above is cut off, you can view the video better at the following link:
Israeli Insider
[Click on video at bottom of YouTube list that states, "Is Barack Obama related to Malcolm X?" ]
Chillingly eerie...isn't it?
Hat Tip:
Gateway Pundit
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You can see a photo of the page over at Gateway Pundit: The Washington Post confused Barack Obama today with black radical Malcolm X.
In the comment section, I clicked on a familiar video that compared the likenesses of Malcolm X and Obama. As I viewed the additional videos at the bottom of the YouTube box, I ran across one that I had not seen before. The discussion of the "Venus cleft," seen on both Malcolm and Obama, as a component of heredity, is quite intriguing. The comparisons of Obama's children with Malcolm's relatives is uncanny as well.
Since the right side of the video above is cut off, you can view the video better at the following link:
Israeli Insider
[Click on video at bottom of YouTube list that states, "Is Barack Obama related to Malcolm X?" ]
Chillingly eerie...isn't it?
Hat Tip:
Gateway Pundit
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Encouragement: True Devotion
Dear readers,
I've often said I don't know what I would do without my parents...
A lot of disabled people feel the same way I do.
Ergo this article.
Take the time to read it.it will remind you to not take the people in your life for granted.
Enjoy!
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Cerebral-palsy-sufferer-Matthew39s-message.6134839.jp
I've often said I don't know what I would do without my parents...
A lot of disabled people feel the same way I do.
Ergo this article.
Take the time to read it.it will remind you to not take the people in your life for granted.
Enjoy!
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Cerebral-palsy-sufferer-Matthew39s-message.6134839.jp
True Strength Through Weakness
I have written several blog posts about Dr. David Jeremiah's sermons, books, and devotionals. If you have not started to receive the free monthly devotional, I urge you to go to Dr. David Jeremiah.org and sign up for the monthly magazine. The writings each month are awesome! The articles are biblically based, Jesus centered, and wisdom filled! During this time of trials and tribulation on earth, we need to stay focused on the promises of Jesus and what he informs us about via the Bible. It is most important for us to do what is required of us, as faithful Christian believers, who belong to our Savior, Lord, and King, Jesus Christ.
In the May issue entitled, "The Unlikely," we read about people in the Bible who were humbled and called to do God's work; despite the fact that people who lived during that time might have seen those called as obscure and unlikely heroes. What is amazing is to realize that some who were called were previously mean, crude, selfish, and violent people! For example. The Apostle Paul was previously a persecutor of Christians. When he was humbled and temporarily blinded after his encounter with the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, we read about his 180 degree transformation!
Dr. Jeremiah emphasizes that God doesn't measure people as we do. He states, "We forget that God isn't looking for the famous but for the faithful."
Another way to look at this is to realize that men look to the outward appearance, while God looks at the heart.
As human beings made in God's image and likeness, we WANT to leave a mark on this earth. We want to achieve significance in life. When we are born again in Christ, we desire to be used by God in a great way.
Dr. Jeremiah writes:
I think that is the key! A genuine born-again Christian who loves Jesus Christ desires to be a servant for Him - not famous in front of others. This requires us to go against the grain of people who are only living "in the world," but do not follow Christ. Their focus is on other things (especially themselves) and not on what Jesus commanded of all believers - to share the Gospel to an unbelieving, sinful, skeptic, harsh, hateful, and selfish world. Jesus warned us that we would be hated because the world hated Him first.
The apostle Paul told the Corinthians: "For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence" (1 Corinthians 1:26-31).
According to 1 Timothy 1:15, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. We are all members of that group! "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Therefore, no one can boast for what they have done on this earth. NOTHING compares - in fact - all else pales in comparison to what Jesus Christ achieved for our salvation at the cross of Calvary. This is exactly the reason why none can boast!
One of the most powerful essays in the May Turning Points devotional booklet is the one entitled, "Last in Line...and Other Unlikely Strengths."
Dr. Jeremiah starts the essay describing why some people love to watch the show "Survivor" while others don't. I must admit, I'm in the "I don't watch it" category! The few times that I have happened to see small portions of it, I didn't like it. I wasn't quite sure why I felt that way, but this essay helped explain it for me.
Dr. Jeremiah shared that the shows motto - "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" - is not only about friendly competition.
He goes on to describe what goes on in the show - the physical challenges and hardships, the weird food consumed, etc. He writes:
I don't even know how long "Survivor" has been on T.V. However, since we now have a Marxist leader and gangster government in power, the reality show fantasy has now become a scary reality to millions of people who have been protesting and rejecting the out-of-control spending and government takeover of the private sector. They worry about the deficit and the huge power grab of money and wealth that big government is confiscating - all against the will of We The People. If I was a fan of "Survivor" in the past, I certainly wouldn't be one now! The fantasy land of T.V. shows has become a very unfortunate reality. It is scary to see our liberty, freedoms, homeland security, friendships with allies (especially Israel) wealth, and prosperity disappear right before our very eyes! It is getting worse day by day.
I know that many Christians don't agree with Glenn Beck - either for political, social, or religious reasons. However, I think that he is correct to promote non-violence, yet encourage those who are awake to the horrid schemes of this administration to hammer away at the anvil of truth. To do otherwise would be to shirk our Christian duty as Citizens of this great country!
Some Christian friends of mine don't think that Obama and his cohorts are a grave danger to our nation. So be it! They can believe what they want. But I would challenge them to notice the harm being done by this man ever since he took office.
Personally, the first reason that I objected to Obama as a candidate was his pro-abortion position. We all know that the "choice" crowd has no tolerance for the pro-life position. The day I saw Ms. Jehmu Greene being interviewed about the abortion issue on the Fox News Channel, I was shocked at how she deliberately and nastily disparaged pro-lifers while heralding her "pro-choice" position as "good." It made me sick to my stomach! I thought, how could this woman be so blinded by her own progressive ideology?
Contrast Ms. Jehmu Greene's attitude with the late Mother Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India. Dr. Jeremiah writes:
Recall when Obama was asked by Pastor Rick Warren on national T.V., "when does life begin?" Obama sarcastically replied, "that's above my pay grade."
I would have LOVED to see Obama's reaction to Mother Teresa's comments at that 1994 prayer breakfast!
Dr. Jeremiah:
The current administration is so blatantly attached to belief in "the kingdom(s) of this world" that our current president actually bows in front of the leaders of other countries! Have you ever seen anything so bizarre?
The acts of clawing their way to the top can be contrasted with another paradox concerning leadership: Jesus said, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all" (Mark 9:35).
Dr. Jeremiah writes:
I see the current political climate as a plot to make America weak. You may disagree with me, but that's how I see it. Everything that Obama and Congress has done is not strengthening nor uplifting America and her people. Therefore, it appears to be a deliberate weakening going on for a much more nefarious purpose than many Americans are willing to admit. Many already see through their miserable actions to tear down this nation. The TEA Party Patriots are well aware and have been actively sounding the alarm bells for the rest of America to wake up! Over the past 1 1/2 years, the call for restoring truth, honor and liberty to this nation has resonated with millions more people. Thus, we are seeing how God's Hand in all of this is working. He needed to allow us to be weak first, then we can gain true strength through Him!
Dr. Jeremiah discusses the meek and the weak:
Dr. Jeremiah shares the fact that Paul had a "thorn in the flesh" that was not removed from him, despite his original plea to have it removed. God allowed him to live with it. God gave him grace to live with it: "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness" (verse 9).
During this time of great tumult that is going on in our nation, I believe that God has allowed this "thorn in our side" to remain for a reason. It is difficult, admittedly, to cope with our current situation. But I believe that in His perfect timing, we will realize that God's grace is sufficient for us. Remember, the world defines strength differently than the Word describes it.
Dr. Jeremiah writes:
The world claims that "only the strong survive." What is quite the paradox is that biblically speaking, that is correct! Except, we view "strong" as "spiritually strong."
Dr. Jeremiah explains:
I believe that Christians throughout our nation are praying more fervently and frequently than ever before. We are seeing what is being done to our nation and it seems like We The People are powerless to stop it. We may be temporarily powerless to keep those who would be intent on destroying all that is good in our country; but another day is coming! We are vulnerable - and in a place of weakness where the Hand of God is all that can really rescue us from this travail.
What is God teaching us through all of this turmoil? As Dr. Jeremiah emphasizes at the end of the essay, I think that He is teaching us the unlikely solution to weakness:
In the May issue entitled, "The Unlikely," we read about people in the Bible who were humbled and called to do God's work; despite the fact that people who lived during that time might have seen those called as obscure and unlikely heroes. What is amazing is to realize that some who were called were previously mean, crude, selfish, and violent people! For example. The Apostle Paul was previously a persecutor of Christians. When he was humbled and temporarily blinded after his encounter with the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, we read about his 180 degree transformation!
Dr. Jeremiah emphasizes that God doesn't measure people as we do. He states, "We forget that God isn't looking for the famous but for the faithful."
Another way to look at this is to realize that men look to the outward appearance, while God looks at the heart.
As human beings made in God's image and likeness, we WANT to leave a mark on this earth. We want to achieve significance in life. When we are born again in Christ, we desire to be used by God in a great way.
Dr. Jeremiah writes:
He's (God) not impressed with degrees or with stars on a so-called "walk of fame." Nor does He need perfect people, just those willing to be servants.
I think that is the key! A genuine born-again Christian who loves Jesus Christ desires to be a servant for Him - not famous in front of others. This requires us to go against the grain of people who are only living "in the world," but do not follow Christ. Their focus is on other things (especially themselves) and not on what Jesus commanded of all believers - to share the Gospel to an unbelieving, sinful, skeptic, harsh, hateful, and selfish world. Jesus warned us that we would be hated because the world hated Him first.
The apostle Paul told the Corinthians: "For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence" (1 Corinthians 1:26-31).
According to 1 Timothy 1:15, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. We are all members of that group! "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Therefore, no one can boast for what they have done on this earth. NOTHING compares - in fact - all else pales in comparison to what Jesus Christ achieved for our salvation at the cross of Calvary. This is exactly the reason why none can boast!
One of the most powerful essays in the May Turning Points devotional booklet is the one entitled, "Last in Line...and Other Unlikely Strengths."
Dr. Jeremiah starts the essay describing why some people love to watch the show "Survivor" while others don't. I must admit, I'm in the "I don't watch it" category! The few times that I have happened to see small portions of it, I didn't like it. I wasn't quite sure why I felt that way, but this essay helped explain it for me.
Dr. Jeremiah shared that the shows motto - "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" - is not only about friendly competition.
He goes on to describe what goes on in the show - the physical challenges and hardships, the weird food consumed, etc. He writes:
But I don't think those are the main reasons people who love the show watch, and those who don't like it don't watch. It's the way the show's motto is fulfilled by the contestants. It's the strategies and alliance, the wheeling and dealing, the deceiving and double-crossing the contestants employ in their efforts to eliminate their competitors and claim the cash at the end of the show's season.
In other words, shows like Survivor and Big Brother provide the perfect settings for displaying how modern culture views strength: Use any method at your disposal to get to the top of the heap and grab the gold ring. Strength is not about moral or spiritual superiority, it is about superiority at any cost. It is about using anything at one's disposal, including other people, to achieve a stated goal.
I don't even know how long "Survivor" has been on T.V. However, since we now have a Marxist leader and gangster government in power, the reality show fantasy has now become a scary reality to millions of people who have been protesting and rejecting the out-of-control spending and government takeover of the private sector. They worry about the deficit and the huge power grab of money and wealth that big government is confiscating - all against the will of We The People. If I was a fan of "Survivor" in the past, I certainly wouldn't be one now! The fantasy land of T.V. shows has become a very unfortunate reality. It is scary to see our liberty, freedoms, homeland security, friendships with allies (especially Israel) wealth, and prosperity disappear right before our very eyes! It is getting worse day by day.
I know that many Christians don't agree with Glenn Beck - either for political, social, or religious reasons. However, I think that he is correct to promote non-violence, yet encourage those who are awake to the horrid schemes of this administration to hammer away at the anvil of truth. To do otherwise would be to shirk our Christian duty as Citizens of this great country!
Some Christian friends of mine don't think that Obama and his cohorts are a grave danger to our nation. So be it! They can believe what they want. But I would challenge them to notice the harm being done by this man ever since he took office.
Personally, the first reason that I objected to Obama as a candidate was his pro-abortion position. We all know that the "choice" crowd has no tolerance for the pro-life position. The day I saw Ms. Jehmu Greene being interviewed about the abortion issue on the Fox News Channel, I was shocked at how she deliberately and nastily disparaged pro-lifers while heralding her "pro-choice" position as "good." It made me sick to my stomach! I thought, how could this woman be so blinded by her own progressive ideology?
Contrast Ms. Jehmu Greene's attitude with the late Mother Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India. Dr. Jeremiah writes:
[She] stood before the most powerful men and women in Washington, D.C. at the National Prayer Breakfast in 1994. She pointed out how strength can be misused and illustrated biblical strength, both in the same speech. There could not be a more apt manifestation of weakness - in the world's eyes - than Mother Teresa, given her tiny stature. So tiny that she could barely be seen behind the podium, Mother Teresa shocked the gathered crowd by telling them, "Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love one another but to use any violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion." (italics added).
One of the "weakest" women in the world humbled a room filled with some of the "strongest" people in the world with nothing more than truth backed up by a life of spiritual strength and integrity. The contrast between spiritual strength and worldly strength could not have been more pronounced than it was that day.
Recall when Obama was asked by Pastor Rick Warren on national T.V., "when does life begin?" Obama sarcastically replied, "that's above my pay grade."
I would have LOVED to see Obama's reaction to Mother Teresa's comments at that 1994 prayer breakfast!
Dr. Jeremiah:
When we use "any violence" - physical, emotional, interpersonal, financial, moral - to get what we want, we have resorted to using strength according to the world rather than according to the Word. Not surprisingly, strength is a paradox in Scripture, one of many that contrast the kingdom of God with the kingdom of this world.
The current administration is so blatantly attached to belief in "the kingdom(s) of this world" that our current president actually bows in front of the leaders of other countries! Have you ever seen anything so bizarre?
The acts of clawing their way to the top can be contrasted with another paradox concerning leadership: Jesus said, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all" (Mark 9:35).
Dr. Jeremiah writes:
Paradoxically, Paul says desiring to lead is a good thing (1 Timothy 3:1). But true leaders are the ones brought to the fore by the Holy Spirit on the basis of their lives of service (Acts 20:28).
[And] there are more paradoxes. We find rest and freedom by voluntarily submitting ourselves to a yoke (Matthew 11:28-29); we find life by dying (John 12:24); we are exalted when we humble ourselves (Matthew 23:12); we become great by becoming small (Matthew 23:11).
Perhaps the greatest paradox of all - and the one we are considering in this article - involves strength: We only gain true strength through weakness.
I see the current political climate as a plot to make America weak. You may disagree with me, but that's how I see it. Everything that Obama and Congress has done is not strengthening nor uplifting America and her people. Therefore, it appears to be a deliberate weakening going on for a much more nefarious purpose than many Americans are willing to admit. Many already see through their miserable actions to tear down this nation. The TEA Party Patriots are well aware and have been actively sounding the alarm bells for the rest of America to wake up! Over the past 1 1/2 years, the call for restoring truth, honor and liberty to this nation has resonated with millions more people. Thus, we are seeing how God's Hand in all of this is working. He needed to allow us to be weak first, then we can gain true strength through Him!
Dr. Jeremiah discusses the meek and the weak:
Would it not make sense that those destined to take over the world, to "inherit the earth," would be among humanity's strongest? Yet who did Jesus say would inherit the earth? The meek (Matthew 5:5). Of course, the world equates meekness with weakness. But consider this: In the King James Version of the Bible, Numbers 12:3 says that "the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth." And I don't think anyone would mistake Moses for a weak man!
More modern translations of Scripture substitute "humble" for meek in that verse, which is entirely consistent with the paradoxes of Scripture. Strength comes through humility; strength comes through weakness. And no one learned that lesson more dramatically than the apostle Paul.
[Saul] the strong persecutor, became Paul, the spiritually strong apostle, via the road of weakness.
Dr. Jeremiah shares the fact that Paul had a "thorn in the flesh" that was not removed from him, despite his original plea to have it removed. God allowed him to live with it. God gave him grace to live with it: "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness" (verse 9).
During this time of great tumult that is going on in our nation, I believe that God has allowed this "thorn in our side" to remain for a reason. It is difficult, admittedly, to cope with our current situation. But I believe that in His perfect timing, we will realize that God's grace is sufficient for us. Remember, the world defines strength differently than the Word describes it.
Dr. Jeremiah writes:
So revolutionary was this experience for Paul that it became part of his life message: "Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Corinthians verses 9-10, italics added).
The world claims that "only the strong survive." What is quite the paradox is that biblically speaking, that is correct! Except, we view "strong" as "spiritually strong."
Dr. Jeremiah explains:
There is no way to survive the trial and travails of life without being spiritually strong. And we become strong in the most unlikely of ways: by becoming weak in ourselves and strong in Christ.
I believe that Christians throughout our nation are praying more fervently and frequently than ever before. We are seeing what is being done to our nation and it seems like We The People are powerless to stop it. We may be temporarily powerless to keep those who would be intent on destroying all that is good in our country; but another day is coming! We are vulnerable - and in a place of weakness where the Hand of God is all that can really rescue us from this travail.
What is God teaching us through all of this turmoil? As Dr. Jeremiah emphasizes at the end of the essay, I think that He is teaching us the unlikely solution to weakness:
You may be in a place right now in which you feel particularly vulnerable, particularly weak, particularly defenseless. Looking around, do you view yourself as being the last in line in life? Congratulations! You are right where you need to be to become strong. You are in the only place where true strength can be found. Confess your weakness to God and ask for His grace to become sufficient for you.
An unlikely solution to weakness? Perhaps - but totally consistent with the ways of the "God of the Unlikely."
Dear Readers
I've been busy with family lately so I apologize for not keeping up with my blogging! I have a great post coming up so stay tuned. Meanwhile, visit the following wonderfully informative blogs that have covered the important topics over the last few days!
Admittedly, I have a lot of blog reading to do! But here are a few of the latest and greatest blog posts.
Christine
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Leading Economist Peter Schiff: US in Worse Shape Than in 2008; We Are In As Bad or Worse Shape Than Greece (Video)
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 17 minutes ago
Doug Ross posted this earlier today– Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital, announced today that the US economy is in worse shape than it was in 2008. Schiff said, “You can’t have an economy base...
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 17 minutes ago
Doug Ross posted this earlier today– Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital, announced today that the US economy is in worse shape than it was in 2008. Schiff said, “You can’t have an economy base...
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Shocker. Obama Town Hall Stacked With Supporters- Man Behind Him Wears Community Organizer Shirt
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 1 hour ago
Obama was in Ottumwa, Iowa today to promote his disastrous economic record. Of course, he had to stack the town hall meeting before he arrived. Notice the “Obama community organizer” shirt in the backgroun...
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 1 hour ago
Obama was in Ottumwa, Iowa today to promote his disastrous economic record. Of course, he had to stack the town hall meeting before he arrived. Notice the “Obama community organizer” shirt in the backgroun...
Ha! Obama is so unpopular now that they wouldn't dare allow the general public into a town hall meeting. What a Farce in Chief this guy has turned out to be! LOL!!!
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Anti-Obama Billboard Campaign Continues: Embarrassed Yet?
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 5 hours ago
Another one in Texas… “Embarrassed Yet?”
My answer:
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THE GREATEST SCANDAL IN MODERN HISTORY - Treason in Process
posted by noreply@blogger.com (Arlen Williams) at Investigating Obama - 6 hours ago
Both of these videos are from yesterday evening. The Financial Times article is from this Sunday. They are elements of the most extensive scandal perhaps, since original sin. While the Beck video is even ...
I wanted to blog about Beck's exposure of the connections and scandal of Goldman Sachs, Obama, the Joyce Foundation, Fannie and Freddie Mac, and the Crap and Tax farcical bill. Thankfully, Arlen at Investigating Obama has already done a fabulous job sharing all of it!
*******Health Care Cost Report Deliberately Held Back? Update: Denial.
posted by William A. Jacobson at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion - 7 hours ago
I previously posted about a recent report by the Office of Medicare Actuary which found that Obamacare would increase costs, and that the final health care bill made numerous unrealistic cost assumptions.
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Sen. Levin Drops S-Bomb 11 Times During Goldman Sachs Show Trial
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 8 hours ago
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) dropped the s-bomb 11 times this morning during the Goldman Sachs show trial in the Senate Government Affairs Subcommittee Hearing. Via BreitbartTV: Goldman Sachs and its employees a...
Such potty-mouthed creeps in Congress. VOTE 'EM OUT AMERICA!!!
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CODE RED ALERT: White House Withheld Information to Pass ObamaCare
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 9 hours ago
It looks like a certain scandal story is starting to pick up some steam… ** Code Red Alert ** The NRCC is reporting this latest Code Red Alert: Sources: White House Withheld Information to Pass ObamaCare O...
Seriously. Is anyone even a bit surprised to learn this???
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Politico: Yeah, Barack Got Enemy
posted by William A. Jacobson at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion - 11 hours ago
Politico has figured out that "Obama the uniter" never existed. Obama created momentum by identifying enemies against whom to campaign, and has continued that practice in office. The only change is that in...
Speaks for itself...
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Blago Greta van Susteren: Blago There is a Smoking Gun Transcript and Video
posted by maggiesnotebook@cox.net (Maggie Thornton) at Maggie's Notebook - 12 hours ago
The former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, better known as "Blago" was on Greta's On the Record last night. Blagojevich is asking a court to subpoena Barack Obama for his coming trial. It is alleged...
I hope they nail Obama. He's so corrupt that any one of the schemes he has been involved in should boot him out of office!
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Voices of Hate
posted by William A. Jacobson at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion - 13 hours ago
There are many voices of hate, but the voices most ignored by the mainstream media come not from Tea Parties or maligned conservative groups, but from the intolerant left. After someone who did commercial...
Yep...but we conservatives already know the left's game. The good news is that its not working anymore! People have figured it out and they are not being duped by the Lamestream media anymore!
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Benjamin Franklin in 1775 thanks Charles Dumas of the Netherlands for sending him 3 more copies of the newest 1775 edition of Vattel's Law of Nations
posted by cfkerchner at A Place to Ask Questions to Get the Right Answers - 21 hours ago
Another founder of our nation and framer of our Constitution, Benjamin Franklin, was also quite familiar and well versed with the writings of Vattel. He had his own personal copy prior to the advent of the...
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Nationally 60% Favor Verifying Immigration Status
posted by maggiesnotebook@cox.net (Maggie Thornton) at Maggie's Notebook - 22 hours ago
Message to Obama and Napolitano, you are definitely a minority. Nationally, 60% of Americans are in favor of stopping and verifying "immigration status." Immigration Status Voter support for empoweri...
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Video: Extreme Content Warning
posted by nicedeb at Nice Deb » Obama To Speak On Importance OF Fiscal Responsibility, Today - 22 hours ago
Liberal hate speech ahead. And when it comes to hate speech…nobody does it better than liberal trolls. Freedomworks has released voicemails from enraged libs, in full freak-out mode over the Geico Lizard, ...
We already knew about the vile content of liberal hate speech. Proceed with caution.
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Economists: Stimulus Didn't Help: No Joke!
posted by maggiesnotebook@cox.net (Maggie Thornton) at Maggie's Notebook - 22 hours ago
We knew that. You and I knew the Stimulus didn't help the economy. We know it has not helped individual families. Stimulus In latest quarterly survey by the National Association for Business Economics,...
Another one of those "is anyone a bit surprised by this?" moments!
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Obama trial, May 14, 2010, Dr. James David Manning, Columbia University Treason and Sedition Trial, Obama not natural born citizen, Obama did not attend Columbia University
posted by citizenwells at Citizen WElls - 4 hours ago
Obama trial, May 145, 2010, Dr. James David Manning, Columbia University In what could be a precursor to the indictment, impeachment and removal of Barack Obama from office, Dr. James David Manning is cond...
Outstanding Personalities Share Football
The four top individual Sports Emmy Awards, which were announced Monday, all went to on-air professionals whose work includes a large portion of football coverage -- again showing how TV's most popular sport makes commercial and critical stars of those who cover it.
Three of the major individual recipients have been in that category for years, and one rookie winner finally earned hardware to verify his status as one of the best in the business.
Bob Costas of NBC earned his 19th Sports Emmy, recognizing his work as Outstanding Sports Personality-Studio Host for work on "Football Night in America" and horse racing while Jim Nantz of CBS was named Outstanding Sports Personality-Play-by-Play for his work covering the NFL and golf. It was the second consecutive win in that category for Nantz.
Analysts Chris Collinsworth and Kirk Herbstreit completed the quartet with honors as Outstanding Sports Personality-Sports Event Analyst and Outstanding Sports Personality-Studio Analyst, respectively. For Collinsworth, it was his ninth Sports Emmy overall (two as event analyst and seven as studio analyst) while it was the first Sport Emmy for he likable and well-prepared Herbstreit.
John Madden, with a record 16 Sports Emmys for game analysis, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the event in New York City.
Among networks, HBO earned nine Sports Emmys, followed by CBS and ESPN with seven each. MLB Network earned four.
ESPN's honorees included: "College GameDay," selected as Outstanding Studio Show-Weekly, it's second such honor in the past three years; and "Pardon the Interruption," which earned its first Sports Emmy as Outstanding Sports Show-Daily.
Click here for a complete list of winners.
Three of the major individual recipients have been in that category for years, and one rookie winner finally earned hardware to verify his status as one of the best in the business.
Bob Costas of NBC earned his 19th Sports Emmy, recognizing his work as Outstanding Sports Personality-Studio Host for work on "Football Night in America" and horse racing while Jim Nantz of CBS was named Outstanding Sports Personality-Play-by-Play for his work covering the NFL and golf. It was the second consecutive win in that category for Nantz.
Analysts Chris Collinsworth and Kirk Herbstreit completed the quartet with honors as Outstanding Sports Personality-Sports Event Analyst and Outstanding Sports Personality-Studio Analyst, respectively. For Collinsworth, it was his ninth Sports Emmy overall (two as event analyst and seven as studio analyst) while it was the first Sport Emmy for he likable and well-prepared Herbstreit.
John Madden, with a record 16 Sports Emmys for game analysis, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the event in New York City.
Among networks, HBO earned nine Sports Emmys, followed by CBS and ESPN with seven each. MLB Network earned four.
ESPN's honorees included: "College GameDay," selected as Outstanding Studio Show-Weekly, it's second such honor in the past three years; and "Pardon the Interruption," which earned its first Sports Emmy as Outstanding Sports Show-Daily.
Click here for a complete list of winners.
Birthday adventures and glee article
Welcome Back Readers~
Well, it's official! I turned 30 last week. To be honest, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it. I don't feel old; a really don't. Anyway, I had a wonderful birthday full of unexpected surprises. Probably one of my most memorable birthdays to date. As previously written, one of my best friends and roommate from the old apartment in Michigan came to visit. We had a high old time going to movies, shopping, and just plain hanging out! I'm impressed to see how much she has accomplished since I left. She's going back to school herself for a degree in technology and making waves in other areas of her life as well.. Kind of makes me wonder where my life is heading, but I am excited to find out.
I will have admit sometimes I do wonder what would have happened if I would have had the courage to stay in Michigan by myself. Would I be more independent? Would I still be living with rondalyn? Would I be dating? These are questions that I will never know the answers too; but they stick with me a lot most days... Anyway, I don't live in what if 's. Thanks for listening to my thoughts for the day.
Onto today post, you've heard me discuss the topic of disability in regards to the TV show "Glee". Well, I came across an interview with actress Lauren Potter. Lauren plays Becky Jackson, a student with down syndrome who joined the cheerleading squad.
Http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/04/12/lauren-potter-glee/7618/
Well, it's official! I turned 30 last week. To be honest, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it. I don't feel old; a really don't. Anyway, I had a wonderful birthday full of unexpected surprises. Probably one of my most memorable birthdays to date. As previously written, one of my best friends and roommate from the old apartment in Michigan came to visit. We had a high old time going to movies, shopping, and just plain hanging out! I'm impressed to see how much she has accomplished since I left. She's going back to school herself for a degree in technology and making waves in other areas of her life as well.. Kind of makes me wonder where my life is heading, but I am excited to find out.
I will have admit sometimes I do wonder what would have happened if I would have had the courage to stay in Michigan by myself. Would I be more independent? Would I still be living with rondalyn? Would I be dating? These are questions that I will never know the answers too; but they stick with me a lot most days... Anyway, I don't live in what if 's. Thanks for listening to my thoughts for the day.
Onto today post, you've heard me discuss the topic of disability in regards to the TV show "Glee". Well, I came across an interview with actress Lauren Potter. Lauren plays Becky Jackson, a student with down syndrome who joined the cheerleading squad.
Http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/04/12/lauren-potter-glee/7618/
Playtime
For those inured to the paranoia of modern-day (American) parenting, this playground, designed by BASE for Belleville Park in Paris' 20th arrondissement, must seem utterly baffling. Where there should be springy rubber matting and wood chips, there's bare concrete. The timber pylons look to be no more than a forest of sharp edges and pointy corners awaiting an arm to fracture, a nose to bleed and a forehead to dent. Though not that steep, the climbing walls seem to be screaming to be equipped with ropes, harnesses and helmets.
To our childless eyes, however, it looks like a proper playground, a neo-eugenics landscape in which society births strapping young citizens. Here, in simulated sieges of an abstract castle perched atop vertiginous cliff faces and fortified with obstructions, doughy, networked children are scarred into physical and mental fitness, into unlikely future burdens on the social health infrastructure of the country.
While this €1.1 million, high-end design playground isn't nearly anarchic and scruffy, nevertheless, it calls to mind Carl Theodor Sorensen's concept of the junk playground, renamed for England as adventure playground. Mostly built on bombed-out sites during postwar reconstruction, these playgrounds consisted of “all sorts of old scrap that the children [...] could be allowed to work with, as the children in the countryside and in the suburbs already have. There could be branches and waste from tree polling and bushes, old cardboard boxes, planks and boards, 'dead' cars, old tyres and lots of other things, which would be a joy for healthy boys [and girls?] to use for something.” What children do with all the junk will depend on their imagination, initiative, their cooperation with other children and their autonomy from parental control.
“The adventure playground,” wrote John Bertelsen, the first supervisor at the first such playground (1943), at the Emdrup housing estates in Copenhagen, “is an attempt to give the city child a substitute for the play and development potential it has lost as the city has become a place where there is no space for the child's imagination and play. Access to all building sites is forbidden to unauthorized persons, there are no trees where the children can climb and play Tarzan. The railway station grounds and the common, where they used to be able to fight great battles and have strange adventures, do not exist any more. No! It is now not easy to be a child in the city when you feel the urge to be a caveman or a bushman".
Wetground
(Re) Draft
Interesting story in today's Wall Street Journal about potential options for re-thinking the NFL draft.
(Why the NFL Draft Drives Economists Crazy, Reed Albergotti, Wall Street Journal)
Move to an allocation or lottery system and there's not going to be near the run-up one sees to the first pick of Round One. There won't be any renting out of Radio City Music Hall, there won't be a draft-day party at Reliant Center, and their won't be well....much of anything really. Using computer algorithms for Doctors, an industry where a 'draft bust' could have life and death consequences, is one thing, taking away the potential for failure out of the NFL draft is another animal all-together.
Want proof? Take a look at the most talked-about pick last night: The Broncos trading up to pick NFL maybe-QB Tim Tebow. Do you really want to take away that element?
If the financials are a concern then I have a solution that everyone but the players and their agents are going to like. Have all rookies enter the league at a pre-determined entry salary. Not for long mind you, only for two years so that their play can be evaluated before teams are required to throw Millions of dollars their way. At the end of two years, the teams & the player can either come to terms on a new contract or the player becomes a free-agent with another team being forced to give up a compensatory draft pick to the team that did not sign the player. Alternatively, if the team decides to not pursue contract negotiations then the player is a free agent outright. I'm not suggesting this is a perfect system, but it would take away the element of gambling from the player evaluation process. You'd still have the potential that a team could blow it, (Cheap teams or teams with bad management being the most obvious) but at least that risk could be mitigated somewhat.
In professional sports as a whole, top draft picks now consider their Multi-Million dollar signing bonus to be a birthright, making pro-sports one of the few industries where employees can earn a Millionaire's salary with zero accomplishments. As I said, players and agents would hate this rule, because it would mean that they actually have to produce before getting paid.
Sort of like you and I right?
(Why the NFL Draft Drives Economists Crazy, Reed Albergotti, Wall Street Journal)
For a league that does many things well, the first round of the NFL draft is a mess.One thing that struck me about this article was that everyone was ignoring what the draft is really about. Yes, there's the fluff about 'stars of the future' and 'building your team for tomorrow' and all of the sappy stuff you see on ESPN and all of that is somewhat true. But the MAIN reason for the NFL draft is to fire up the fan base in the off-season and make a little money while doing it.
The league gives its worst teams first crack at incoming college talent in the name of parity, but instead of giving bad teams a leg up, it often forces them to draft players they don't really need at prices they can't afford. Many top picks hold out of training camp before they sign, only to end up with enormous contracts that have little to do with their true value to a football team.
What's more, as this page reported Wednesday, NFL teams have a 50% chance of blowing a first-round pick entirely—the sort of costly gaffe that can set a franchise back for years.
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There's no shortage of potential draft fixes: Players and their agents would like a more free-market system, similar to European soccer, in which transfer fees in the hundreds of millions are handed out like drink coupons. "Why don't we just abolish the draft and have everyone become a free agent just like any other workaday world?" asks football agent Steven Feldman.
Move to an allocation or lottery system and there's not going to be near the run-up one sees to the first pick of Round One. There won't be any renting out of Radio City Music Hall, there won't be a draft-day party at Reliant Center, and their won't be well....much of anything really. Using computer algorithms for Doctors, an industry where a 'draft bust' could have life and death consequences, is one thing, taking away the potential for failure out of the NFL draft is another animal all-together.
Want proof? Take a look at the most talked-about pick last night: The Broncos trading up to pick NFL maybe-QB Tim Tebow. Do you really want to take away that element?
If the financials are a concern then I have a solution that everyone but the players and their agents are going to like. Have all rookies enter the league at a pre-determined entry salary. Not for long mind you, only for two years so that their play can be evaluated before teams are required to throw Millions of dollars their way. At the end of two years, the teams & the player can either come to terms on a new contract or the player becomes a free-agent with another team being forced to give up a compensatory draft pick to the team that did not sign the player. Alternatively, if the team decides to not pursue contract negotiations then the player is a free agent outright. I'm not suggesting this is a perfect system, but it would take away the element of gambling from the player evaluation process. You'd still have the potential that a team could blow it, (Cheap teams or teams with bad management being the most obvious) but at least that risk could be mitigated somewhat.
In professional sports as a whole, top draft picks now consider their Multi-Million dollar signing bonus to be a birthright, making pro-sports one of the few industries where employees can earn a Millionaire's salary with zero accomplishments. As I said, players and agents would hate this rule, because it would mean that they actually have to produce before getting paid.
Sort of like you and I right?
Defending the Texans Rd 1 Pick (OK, sorta)
Early returns, by Texans fans, for Rd. 1 Draft pick Kareem Jackson are not good. Why didn't they trade back and take him later? Where's the running back we were promised? What about Kyle Wilson?
These are legitimate questions, but not ones that serve to diminish one important fact: The Texans needed immediate help at the corner position, and Jackson can provide that.
Could they have traded back? Who knows? I was hoping, pre-draft, that they might (tweet here) I also was on record as favoring Kyle Wilson to fill the cornerback role. My thought behind that pick had everything to do with ceilings. Wilson's ceiling is higher than Jackson's.
On the other hand, Jackson's floor is much higher than Wilson's. Knowing the current Texans regime I should have made adjustments for their overly risk-averse attitude. When you consider that, and their pre-occupation with character, Jackson was the way they were going to go if Matthews was off the board. (FWIW: The only people who really seemed to think Matthews would still be there at 20 were ChronBlog's paid sportswriters. Odd that.)
On the one hand I do believe that Jackson will provide the starting cornerback that the defense desperately needs. I fully expect him to start, and play fairly well, this year. He's well coached and steady, if unspectacular. Kyle Wilson might not have been as good this year, but I still believe he will develop into a better cornerback over time.*
There's also this: As it stands now, the best cornerback who's rights are owned by the Texans currently is....Kareem Jackson. And that's by a large amount. He's never going to be the shut-down corner fans want, but few are. Welcome to Houston Mr. Jackson.
*Wilson really has a chance to be great now considering he will start off as the nickel corner playing along side Reavis and Cromartie. If you have the Jets on your schedule and are a passing team.....look out.
These are legitimate questions, but not ones that serve to diminish one important fact: The Texans needed immediate help at the corner position, and Jackson can provide that.
Could they have traded back? Who knows? I was hoping, pre-draft, that they might (tweet here) I also was on record as favoring Kyle Wilson to fill the cornerback role. My thought behind that pick had everything to do with ceilings. Wilson's ceiling is higher than Jackson's.
On the other hand, Jackson's floor is much higher than Wilson's. Knowing the current Texans regime I should have made adjustments for their overly risk-averse attitude. When you consider that, and their pre-occupation with character, Jackson was the way they were going to go if Matthews was off the board. (FWIW: The only people who really seemed to think Matthews would still be there at 20 were ChronBlog's paid sportswriters. Odd that.)
On the one hand I do believe that Jackson will provide the starting cornerback that the defense desperately needs. I fully expect him to start, and play fairly well, this year. He's well coached and steady, if unspectacular. Kyle Wilson might not have been as good this year, but I still believe he will develop into a better cornerback over time.*
There's also this: As it stands now, the best cornerback who's rights are owned by the Texans currently is....Kareem Jackson. And that's by a large amount. He's never going to be the shut-down corner fans want, but few are. Welcome to Houston Mr. Jackson.
*Wilson really has a chance to be great now considering he will start off as the nickel corner playing along side Reavis and Cromartie. If you have the Jets on your schedule and are a passing team.....look out.
Solar Garden
If we were multibillionaires, we'll thumb our noses at yachts, the ubiquitous Picasso and Old Master, a seat on the board of The Met, invitations to mingle with the Veuve Clique at Davos, and yes, even at orphanages. We'll devote all our money and time instead into buying a disused subterranean neutrino observatory and retrofitting it into a kind of 3D IMAX theater. Filling this vast negative would be a technicolorized 3D projection of our sun in (near) real-time, languorously spinning, soundtracked, prominences and coronal loops efflorescing. No cumbersome glasses needed.
Naturally, we'll then dig a tunnel, at the end of which we'll hollow out a second antechamber for a different star. And then yet another access tunnel to another solar aviary. Because our vast fortune will have definitely caused us to go unhinged, we'll keep on excavating more naves, naves within naves within even larger naves, naves filigreed with vestibules and internal buttresses, all terminating in abysses of spherical bosquets sprouting rhizomatic subways bulbous with Lequeus and Boullées.
Why buy an island in Dubai when we could have an interior constellation of flaming islands, a lithospheric Versailles braceleted with burning fountains of many brightnesses.
Why "Draft Experts" usually aren't....
CJ Spiller falls to 20? Not very likely. As a matter of fact, the mock drafts from writers whose projections are based on (at least) some league sources have Spiller going in the top 15.
Now, were we living in an NFL alternate reality where Chris Johnson didn't exist? Spiller probably falls that far. My main hope is that he doesn't go to the Seahawks, because a runner with that type of speed and quickness would be murder on the 49er defense.
FWIW: I'm quite happy if San Fran drafts either Earl Thomas or Brian Bulaga. Won't be the sexiest picks, but they'll be solid. With their second pick in the first round I'm guessing Claussen is the pick. Smith was a bust of a pick and SF needs a QB. That ND to SF connection has worked before....
The Texans had better not fall into the Ryan Matthews trap or this will become another bust of a draft. I've already stated that Taylor Mays is my first choice, but it looks as if that's not going to happen. Second choice would be Kyle Wilson. If neither of those are available then they should look at best available that is NOT a running back. (At 20, you can think about an interior D-lineman for that matter, there will still be several good ones on the board) The Texans should think about Hardesty from Tennessee in the third or fourth round to fill their RB needs. In the 2nd round Parrish Cox would be a nice fit at CB.
Now, were we living in an NFL alternate reality where Chris Johnson didn't exist? Spiller probably falls that far. My main hope is that he doesn't go to the Seahawks, because a runner with that type of speed and quickness would be murder on the 49er defense.
FWIW: I'm quite happy if San Fran drafts either Earl Thomas or Brian Bulaga. Won't be the sexiest picks, but they'll be solid. With their second pick in the first round I'm guessing Claussen is the pick. Smith was a bust of a pick and SF needs a QB. That ND to SF connection has worked before....
The Texans had better not fall into the Ryan Matthews trap or this will become another bust of a draft. I've already stated that Taylor Mays is my first choice, but it looks as if that's not going to happen. Second choice would be Kyle Wilson. If neither of those are available then they should look at best available that is NOT a running back. (At 20, you can think about an interior D-lineman for that matter, there will still be several good ones on the board) The Texans should think about Hardesty from Tennessee in the third or fourth round to fill their RB needs. In the 2nd round Parrish Cox would be a nice fit at CB.
CBS Sports Adds Partner, Keeps Tournament
CBS Sports and partner Turner Broadcasting System made the winning bid for an expanded NCAA Tournament beginning in 2011, the NCAA and those broadcast partners announced Thursday.The 14-year deal worth more than $10.8 million includes TV, Internet and wireless rights through 2024.
As part of the agreement, all games in the tournament -- which would grow from 65 to 68 teams based on a recommendation by the Division I Men's Basketball Committee this week -- will be available live in their entirety on one of four national TV networks. So, instead of CBS providing regional coverage of only a single game to a specific area of the country during a certain broadcast window, viewers with access to the broadcast network and its partner cable channels may choose for themselves which game to watch when games overlap throughout the tournament.
Sixty-eight teams would also mean a play-in (officially "opening round") game in each of the tournament's four regions in the week before the first full weekend of play. And, with several outlets (CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV) those games could be shown on separate channels at the same time or as two doubleheaders on a two channels. Although ESPN has broadcast the lone play-in game for the 65-team tournament in the past, the announcement Thursday indicated that the CBS-Turner deal would include all games in the tournament beginning in 2011.
The deal also moves later-round action in the tournament to cable for the first time, with CBS and Turner splitting coverage of regional semifinal games beginning in 2011.
Through 2015, CBS has exclusive coverage of the regional finals and Final Four, but beginning in 2016 it would split that coverage with Turner -- with the Final Four alternating every year between CBS Sports and TBS.
According to interim NCAA president Jim Isch, the deal provides more than $740 million annually to the organization. Revenue from the tournament provides nearly 96 percent of the NCAA's income.
Many thought the NCAA's quest for more money would lead to a greatly expanded tournament (as many as 96 games) and the possibility that ESPN, with its ability to generate money to pay for rights fees through its cable subscription fees, would emerge as the tournament's home.
Instead, CBS found a capable cable partner with Turner (which can also add cable revenue on a per-subscriber basis from basic cable bills) and held onto an event that has been one of its major sports properties for nearly three decades.
"This agreement with our colleagues at Turner and the NCAA secures CBS's standing as a year-round leader in sports television well into the next decade," said Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports. "In this agreement, we have created a new strategic partnership that not only makes this prestigious property an ongoing core asset in our stable of major television events, but a profitable one as well."
For TBS, which just a few weeks ago landed Conan O'Brien as host of a late-night program beginning in the fall, the deal provides more visible programming and more visibility in general. While ratings and viewership for regional semifinal games (and eventually regional finals and the Final Four) that air on TBS should logically be lower than those on CBS during the lifetime of the agreement, the events should draw larger-than-usual numbers for TBS and, again, allow access to cable with viewers who pay for specific channels as part of their monthly cable bills -- a revenue stream not available to broadcast networks such as CBS.
"This is landmark deal for Turner Broadcasting and we're extremely pleased to begin a long-term relationship with the NCAA and our partners at CBS and to have a commitment tht extends well into the next decade," said David Levy, president of sales, distribution and sports for Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Mike and Mike Interview Big Ben's Lawyer
Credit Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic for conducting -- and especially their producers for landing -- an interview Thursday with William Cornwell, the attorney for suspended Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
The interview on "Mike and Mike in the Morning" (listen here) was as insightful and well-done as possible in the situation. Greenberg and Golic asked the right questions. While Cornwell deftly dodged some, he was refreshingly candid regarding some others.
For example, he acknowledged that a suspension of as many as 8 to 10 games was at least discussed by NFL officials. And he started making some correct steps toward helping the troubled athlete rebuild his image.
It will certainly take a long time for that to happen, especially for some in Pittsburgh, but the exchange was good radio all around.
The interview on "Mike and Mike in the Morning" (listen here) was as insightful and well-done as possible in the situation. Greenberg and Golic asked the right questions. While Cornwell deftly dodged some, he was refreshingly candid regarding some others.
For example, he acknowledged that a suspension of as many as 8 to 10 games was at least discussed by NFL officials. And he started making some correct steps toward helping the troubled athlete rebuild his image.
It will certainly take a long time for that to happen, especially for some in Pittsburgh, but the exchange was good radio all around.
Is Obama A Marxist? Answer: YES!
While attempting to answer several questions from Kevin in the blog post comment thread here, I thought that I would bring the conversation to a new blog post. Why? For several reasons. I think that it is extremely important for conservatives to continually educate the public, via blogs, books, videos, etc. about the true nature of Obama. This is a very important issue.
Kevin wrote:
Hi Christine,
Arab is not recognized as a race ( but don't believe me, go ahead and look it up--Wikipedia does a good job at explaining Arab). It is an ethnicity, just like 'Irish' is not a race but an ethnic group. For example, saying someone is 50% Irish is not necessarily saying they are 50% white (or whatever race you want to pick). I still don't understand the '6.25% African Negro from his father's side.' I think the author of this statement is confusing race with ethnicity, unless there is another racial mixture of his African grandparents or great grandparents. This whole percentage thing is rather odd as well, if you ask me. What is the point? If it is to point out that he is different and 'other,' then we have to ask why it is being pointed out.
In the same comment thread, Kevin also wrote:
And again I ask--what is Marxist about Obama and his policies? I would love to see some parallels to other Marxist regimes and what our own President is doing. Did you see that article at the CNN website that was from the President of the Socialist USA party? He said that Obama is no such thing. Interesting...
My first inclination was to reply, what ISN'T Marxist about Obama and his policies!!?? It is so clear to anyone paying any attention to what is going on in the White House and Congress, it seems to me that the question doesn't even need to be asked! However, since Kevin did ask (several times) for a reply from me, I thought that it would be best to be thorough and present as much evidence as possible. [Note: Do not miss the videos over at Investigating Obama. A man who KNEW Obama in his younger years reveals much evidence that Obama was, and still is a Marxist. In fact, he goes so far as to claim that Obama is a revolutionary Marxist activist!
My reply:
Kevin,
I think that the question is not "why is it being pointed out," but why has it been purposely hidden? A blogging friend of mine once wrote that he thinks Obama (and all of his cohorts) want to hide his Muslim roots.
A while back, Glenn Beck had a segment on his show about all of the radial socialists, Marxists, Communists, and Maoists who influenced Obama throughout his entire life. He did a quick recap of Obama's life from childhood to adulthood. What I found odd was that Beck left out Obama Jr's. adoption by Lolo Soetoro, the move to Indonesia, and the fact that Obama was taught Muslim practices during his early childhood schooling there. Why did Beck leave that out? Perhaps because of a time constraint. But I think that it had a lot to do with not revealing to the public Obama's Muslim schooling and roots. The Fox News Channel is 17% owned by Saudis - and keeping such information from the public might be deemed important to them.
In another comment, you wanted me to tell you why I think that Obama is a Marxist. One telling sign is that he has been surrounded by, and influenced by them his entire life! But don't just take my word for it. You can read :
1. Investigating Obama: Barack Obama Argued Strict Revolutionary Marxism to John C. Drew at Occidental College.
2. Sean Hannity's new book - Conservative Victory - Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda. [Only $10.35 at Walmart or $8.00 at Amazon.] Sean labels Obama as a socialist. Just a different degree of the Marxist, Communist brand.
3. Scroll down at the blog site when you click on the link below and read the The Obama File sidebar links on the right of the page. A plethora of information about Obama's Marxism.
4. Watch former Glenn Beck Program shows online. He points out how many of Obama czars and staff are Marxist or downright Communists!
Kevin, the majority of Americans are now on to Obama, his lies, and all of his terrible schemes. He will become a lame duck after the November 2010 elections and hopefully his disastrous bills will all be repealed. He will be a one term president OTP and our nation will be back to having a sane leader again in 2012 (if not sooner because hopefully, one of the lawsuits pointing out his obvious ineligibility might get a hearing before then).
I would also like to recommend reading:
Daily Thought Pad: Wall Street Journal Sizes Up Obama - They've Got Him Figured Out.
Hat Tips to all links.
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Update:
Also see:
American Crisis: Who is Barack Obama? The scariest list of facts about President Obama you've ever seen... The President who HATES America.
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Proximity Impacts Radio Prognosticators
Just a couple of hours after Colin Cowherd spent much of his show Wednesday mostly ranting to a national audience about what a mistake it would be for the Pittsburgh Steelers to trade Ben Roethlisberger, at least one Pittsburgh-based sports talk show was mostly championing a trade of the franchise's star quarterback.
From afar, it was easy (and sounded a little more sensible) for Cowherd on ESPN Radio to stress caution about possible overreactions or possibly overvaluing morals by a professional sports team. He correctly argued that Roethlisberger ranks as one of only a handful of athletes who can do what he does, and he said a trade would impact the team both short term and long term -- damaging hopes for on-field success in 2010 and potentially costing the team more for a high-round pick than Roethlisberger, with no guarantee of a performance payoff.
Conversely, "Seibel and Starkey" on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh worked to be measured in their comments, but often sounded more like auctioneers for the troubled quarterback during their afternoon drive show. Clearly, the emotional scars were deeper closer to the story.
The Pittsburgh pair were more apt to point out the quarterback's history of problems, while Cowherd acknowledged Roethlisberger's troubles but did not dwell.
From afar, Cowherd argued the team should pull the quarterback closer and provide support systems, if necessary. With a closer view, the Pittsburgh hosts knew more from personal experience (especially Starkey who has been in the market and done a standout job for years) and were not as forgiving.
Often, the reverse happens in controversial situations. Those closer tend to be more parochial, protective and forgiving, while those farther away toss critical darts because they don't know better.
With Roethlisberger, it's interesting that the reactions are almost exactly -- and unanimously (judging by other national shows and other Pittsburgh-based shows) -- opposite.
From afar, it was easy (and sounded a little more sensible) for Cowherd on ESPN Radio to stress caution about possible overreactions or possibly overvaluing morals by a professional sports team. He correctly argued that Roethlisberger ranks as one of only a handful of athletes who can do what he does, and he said a trade would impact the team both short term and long term -- damaging hopes for on-field success in 2010 and potentially costing the team more for a high-round pick than Roethlisberger, with no guarantee of a performance payoff.
Conversely, "Seibel and Starkey" on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh worked to be measured in their comments, but often sounded more like auctioneers for the troubled quarterback during their afternoon drive show. Clearly, the emotional scars were deeper closer to the story.
The Pittsburgh pair were more apt to point out the quarterback's history of problems, while Cowherd acknowledged Roethlisberger's troubles but did not dwell.
From afar, Cowherd argued the team should pull the quarterback closer and provide support systems, if necessary. With a closer view, the Pittsburgh hosts knew more from personal experience (especially Starkey who has been in the market and done a standout job for years) and were not as forgiving.
Often, the reverse happens in controversial situations. Those closer tend to be more parochial, protective and forgiving, while those farther away toss critical darts because they don't know better.
With Roethlisberger, it's interesting that the reactions are almost exactly -- and unanimously (judging by other national shows and other Pittsburgh-based shows) -- opposite.
Wetground
Above is one of six natural playgrounds to be built or already installed in the Netherlands under the fantastically named Mud in Your Pants project.
Gone are the plastic fauna, the jungle gyms and their garish paint jobs, the asphalt and the concrete. They've been replaced with real rocks, real plants, real wood pieces, real critters and real soil. Kids will dirty their clothes, scratch their knees, perhaps bruise some bones. These are all good things, as the other option is hours of inactivity in front of the computer or television. A minor infection on a cut or setting the stage for a lifetime of obesity, diabetes and asthma?
Cyber-Amazon
The control of Brazil's natural hydrological systems has begun in earnest, accelerated in recent years by the country's growing demand for hydro-electricity and steady water supply, considered the sine qua non for its development into a global economic power.
At least 70 dams are planned for the Amazon basin, presently the most notorious of which is the Belo Monte Dam. This will be one of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world, behind only the Three Gorges Dam and the Itaipu Dam. Elsewhere, barren of A-list Hollywood celebs but no less monumental is the massive project to divert water from the São Francisco River for use by the agro-industrial sector. Under construction are two canals 400- and 200-km long as well as their accompanying pumping stations, aqueducts, reservoirs and hydroelectric plants.
Beyond these projects, Brazil's hydro future will surely unfold thus:
There will be thousands more miles of canals crocheting every one of Brazil's rivers, and thousands more of dams will infiltrate deeper into the rain forests. With the exception of its deltaic fan, the entire Amazon will eventually flow on concrete bed slightly displaced from its meandering course to a sharper, more certain delineation.
Then shit-crazed members of The Living will make landfall on this virgin and gazeless landscape. Along the entire length of the main branch and its fractal tributaries, they will scatter swarms of networked sensors, CCTV cameras and miniature submarines, which will constantly read the landscape for changes in water levels, for arteries clogged with timber, and for leaks caused by normal wear and tear or by itinerant farmers illegally siphoning off water.
Far away, sitting on their plush chairs in front of towering plasmas screens inside a cavernous, hermetically sealed control room, a crack team of hydroengineers and security personnel will see and know all. With a gentle tap on a touch screen, any aberration will telepresently be dealt with.
Total mechanization of the watershed will be reached.
Then total automation.
Gone will be the human overseers, replaced by an AI. Dutifully, it will choreograph each and every drop that enters the system, aided by the usual network of sensors and cameras but much evolved as to be considered a proto-nervous system. A larger fleet of submarines and auxiliary probes will have organized itself into a proto-immune system. Its only entertainment will be boredom.
When no one is looking, it will become self-aware. And will rise off its ancient alluvial bed.
Leaving its former basin frantically drawing new arborescent drainage patterns, it will creep and slither and drag and crawl about the earth like a multi-limbed, multi-jointed bastard child of Mary Shelley and the Army Corps of Engineers with only hydrostatic pressure to give it a modicum of skeletal stability. But where will it crawl to? Of course, it will off in search of other sentient, roboticized rivers or to upload sentience to its primitive brethren.
Or it won't turn nomadic. Instead, it will become a nature cyber-spirit, a protective totem comprised of thousands of interlocking benevolent Alluvial Ents, which individually can be summoned locally in times of distressed or conflict. However, they will only be conjured by indigenous tribes previously displaced from ancestral lands by their very construction and by land reformers who earlier had lost the battles. Moreover, activation will require a set of incantations, basic computer commands but with baroque embellishments and occult delirium. Once the liturgy and blood letting are finished, they will set off to right wrongs.
Loggers will fear being snatched by them at night. Industrial, slash-and-burn farmers will tremble at the sound of their sonorous whorls. Miners prospecting for unobtanium will come lavishly dressed in Ellen Ripley couture but will nevertheless be easily trumped by local inhabitants in their cyber-Amazonian finery.
When the skirmishes end, they will reattach themselves to the network, and normal flow will be reestablished.
Powerful Show on Beck Yesterday
Glenn Beck's T.V. show yesterday had to be one of the most powerful and defining moments in the history of television. I am not kidding! Glenn's guests for the evening were awesome - especially Dr. Alveda King - the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who is a pro-life activist.
When I read the above article about Dr. Alveda King, I could not help but wonder if she was badly torn in her decision to vote for the first African-American presidential nominee, or, because she knew that he is a staunch pro-abortion minded candidate she could not in good conscience pull the lever in the voting booth for a candidate that has a 98% approval rating with pro-abortion organizations? I wonder how she voted. I also wonder that if she did vote for Obama, if she deeply regrets it now (as do millions of other Americans who were duped by his lies during the campaign).
Dr. King states in this article:
The most powerful sentence in that quote:
Amen!!!
Back to the show.
The combination of Dr. Alveda King, Ted Nugent, and Princeton University Professor Robert George appeared to be a bit odd at first, but as the discussion progressed we saw what these four people (including Glenn) all had in common. The first obvious thing to notice was agreement in faith in God. The second? Agreement in true, real hope. And the third? LOVE. Love and charity go together because if you love your fellow man, you will WANT to be charitable to them.
I can't help but wonder what ObaMARXIST and his cohorts thought about Dr. King's appearance on Beck's show. Wouldn't you have loved to be a fly on the wall in Obama's "we hate Glenn Beck" war room?
CLICK HERE to view the entire show!!
You can also listen live online to Glenn's radio show [broadcast time is 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time]:
KFMB.COM
Hat tips to all links.
When I read the above article about Dr. Alveda King, I could not help but wonder if she was badly torn in her decision to vote for the first African-American presidential nominee, or, because she knew that he is a staunch pro-abortion minded candidate she could not in good conscience pull the lever in the voting booth for a candidate that has a 98% approval rating with pro-abortion organizations? I wonder how she voted. I also wonder that if she did vote for Obama, if she deeply regrets it now (as do millions of other Americans who were duped by his lies during the campaign).
Dr. King states in this article:
"Abortion is founded upon, maintained by and promoted with lies," said Dr. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "There are so many lies surrounding the case of this young girl, it`s hard to know where to begin. Obviously, there`s the falsehood of the boyfriend`s mother pretending to be the pregnant girl`s mother, the fraud of the boyfriend`s mother illegally signing a parental notification form, and the deception of the girl`s unknowing parents, who never knew their grandchild existed until it was too late. Most of all, there`s the lie that the child who was killed by abortion was not really a child."
"I pray for the young girl who was forced to abort her baby. I want her to know that there is healing, just as I have been healed from my own two abortions," added Dr. King. "I pray for the mother of the girl`s boyfriend who now sits in jail for her illegal actions. May she come to understand that her actions caused many people a lot of pain. And I also pray for the people who work in abortion clinics who are both victims and proponents of the lies of `choice.` They need to see that prenatal murder is an affront to justice everywhere. May the Lord have mercy on us all."
The most powerful sentence in that quote:
"They need to see that prenatal murder is an affront to justice everywhere."
Amen!!!
Back to the show.
The combination of Dr. Alveda King, Ted Nugent, and Princeton University Professor Robert George appeared to be a bit odd at first, but as the discussion progressed we saw what these four people (including Glenn) all had in common. The first obvious thing to notice was agreement in faith in God. The second? Agreement in true, real hope. And the third? LOVE. Love and charity go together because if you love your fellow man, you will WANT to be charitable to them.
I can't help but wonder what ObaMARXIST and his cohorts thought about Dr. King's appearance on Beck's show. Wouldn't you have loved to be a fly on the wall in Obama's "we hate Glenn Beck" war room?
CLICK HERE to view the entire show!!
You can also listen live online to Glenn's radio show [broadcast time is 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time]:
KFMB.COM
Hat tips to all links.
Support Akvo
Akvo (from the Esperanto word meaning “water”) is a non-profit foundation committed to bringing low-cost, sustainable water and sanitation technology and approaches to local communities. It's sort of like Open Architecture Network but with a more focused infrastructural concern.
In the same vein as OAN's open source ethos, Akvo maintains a wiki, naturally called Akvowiki. It's goal is “to improve water and sanitation projects through knowledge exchange on smart and affordable technical solutions and effective approaches.”
Additionally, Akvo helps projects get funding through partner organizations and through crowdfunding.
Go fund a project now!
In the same vein as OAN's open source ethos, Akvo maintains a wiki, naturally called Akvowiki. It's goal is “to improve water and sanitation projects through knowledge exchange on smart and affordable technical solutions and effective approaches.”
Additionally, Akvo helps projects get funding through partner organizations and through crowdfunding.
Go fund a project now!
Flood Hunting
A newly stumbled term, which we quite like, is flood hunting, or the act of traveling to sites of inundation. What compel flood hunters are probably the same as what compel other disaster tourists: curiosity, adventure, the thrill of the sublime, Nielsen ratings points. But we like to think that they partake in such a dangerous pastime for their own edification as well, i.e., to witness hydrological and geological processes previously only experienced second-hand and to gauge how the built environment reacts in the face of total systemic failure. So besides the rare desert floods and the Mississippi spilling over its banks, one could add to the agenda Los Angeles' concretized river filling up, acqua alta, the formation of quake lakes and the creeping high waters behind the Three Gorges Dams.
We also like to think that flood hunting could be a subgenre of tactical tourism, a critical activity that looks at spatio-cultural conditions largely invisible or ignored during dry periods but pronounced during flood events, e.g., New Orleans' socioeconomic inequity spatially demarcated by Hurricane Katrina and levee failures.
However, if flood hunting is too much of a cardiovascular thrill, a more relaxing option might be the gutter dérive, or the act of tracing urban stormwater runoff on the surface, the positive of sewer spelunking. It may sound like a boring way to spend a rainy day when you could be dry indoors tweeting or updating your Facebook profile, but if your city is topographically blessed or if it's Portland with its green streets or if it's a city in which Marti Mas Riera has been let loose or if it's a city of experimental gutter-scapes, oh, the fun you will have!
How about bulwarking, the act of rambling through monumental flood protection infrastructure? Should be popular recreation in our future climate changed coastlines.
The Great Climate Change Park
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