EKen132
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Just finished the Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck) and the Screwtape Letters (CS Lewis). I'll be moving on to Moby @#$% in a few weeks.
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Here's a good word. Salient.
http://img.sparknotes.com/content/testprep/pdf/sat.vocab.pdf
Here's words that you can learn, and they have a good application besides just having a bigger vocab. Some of them are kind of advanced or rare, but without being too pretentious.
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I know I know! Good catch, I realized that the night after I posted it. We might as well just delete this one.
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Yeah that's why this one has had no replies except you. Maybe we can delete it?
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Bummer man. I feel for you.
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Yeah someone told me he was a ex-nazi and I freaked out. I found that it was he was a Hitler youth, during a time when it was mandatory, but got out of it somehow because he was studying to be a priest.
This guy's definately conservative. Chances are we won't see any reform in the church for the next... 10 years maybe. I have a feeling, like David said, that he's kind of a transition guy. Pretty old already, but whatever. In any case, I hope he continues the traditions of "international-ness" and peace between the religions that JP2 really started.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19...sday/index.html
VATICAN CITY (CNN) -- Wearing traditional papal robes and a large smile, Joseph Ratzinger of Germany appeared Tuesday on a Vatican balcony as the 265th pontiff, Benedict XVI, as tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square to cheer him.
"Dear brothers and sisters, after our great pope, John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in God's vineyard," according to a translation of remarks he made in Italian. "I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools, and I especially trust in your prayers.
"In the joy of the resurrected Lord, trustful of his permanent help, we go ahead, sure that God will help. And Mary, his most beloved mother, stands on our side."
He then delivered his first "Urbi at Orbi" ("for the city and for the world") papal blessing, after which the crowd in St. Peter's Square chanted, "Viva il papa," or "Long live the pope."
Benedict XVI will dine and spend Tuesday evening with the cardinals in their Santa Martia residence, said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.
He will give Mass in the Sistine Chapel at 9 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) Wednesday, Navarro-Valls said.
In Ratzinger's hometown of Traunstein, Germany, seminary students happily reacted to the news, according to The Associated Press. (Full story)
But not everyone was enthralled with the selection.
"It seems that he is too conservative. Hopefully the Holy Spirit can help him change," Jurandir Arauj of the National Conference of Bishops Afro-Brazilian Section told Reuters. (More reaction)
Powerful figure in Vatican
Once the archbishop of Munich, Germany, and for many years prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, Ratzinger has been one of the most powerful men in the Vatican and is widely acknowledged as a leading theologian.
Ratzinger, who turned 78 on Saturday, was John Paul II's chief theological adviser for 20 years.
As a young priest he was on the progressive side of theological debates but shifted to the right after the student revolutions of 1968.
In the Vatican, he has been the driving force behind crackdowns on liberation theology, religious pluralism, challenges to traditional moral teachings on issues such as homosexuality, and dissent on such issues as women's ordination.
The dean of the College of Cardinals since November 2002, he was elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI in June 1977. (Profile)
On Tuesday, Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez announced Benedict XVI's election in the traditional Latin, but he prefaced it by saying the words "brothers and sisters" in several languages, an introduction that is likely a bow to the universality of the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.1 billion members.
Warning against 'relativism'
There had been a great deal of speculation about who would be chosen to succeed John Paul II, who died April 2 at 84.
John Paul was widely credited with extending the reach of the papacy. He spoke more than a dozen languages and set an unprecedented pattern of pastoral travel, drawing huge crowds all over the world.
He was also strictly traditional on issues of sexuality and the role of women in the church, which won him support among some Catholics but alienated others. Similar disagreement exists over the next pontiff's stances on issues such as birth control, stem cell research and the ordination of female priests.
Benedict XVI, however, has been critical of progressive Catholicism. In a homily delivered at a Mass before the cardinals began the conclave Monday, he warned against "relativism, which is letting oneself be 'swept along by every wind of teaching.' [it] looks like the only attitude [acceptable] to today's standards. We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism, which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires."
White smoke, bells
White smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney gave the first indication that the cardinals had chosen a pope.
The crowd clapped and waved flags as the smoke billowed over Vatican City about 5:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. ET). Suspense built for the next 10 minutes as pilgrims waited for the ringing of bells -- at which point the onlookers let out a roar of jubilation.
Pope John Paul II had decreed that white smoke be accompanied by the ringing of bells, to avoid a repeat of the confusion after his election in 1978.
Chemicals were added to the ballots to turn the smoke white or black.
The conclave of 115 cardinals had voted three times previously -- once Monday night and twice Tuesday morning -- before selecting the new pope.
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In a capatilist nation, there is always a gap between rich and poor. Where should the boundary be drawn legally? Where is it morally? If you've ever read Grapes of Wrath, you'll know right what I'm talking about.
What are the ultimate benefits and disadvantages of having private charity versus government welfare.
That's all I can think of right now.
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But why do we always complain about dictators of the majority? We will never have everyone pleased at the same time. If there are two options with two distinct sides, and the majority wants one side, why would you go with any other way in a democracy?
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David, you bring up such great questions! Keep going with your thoughts!
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Well, TLA is composing it's own music, and that's been the plan from the beginning.
I happen to be a concept musician aroud here, so I'm in on these sorts of things
.As far as is currently planned, each race will have their own feature tracks for both peace and war, and each age will also have it's own track. There will be plenty of original music in the game, for sure.
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Over the years, I came to think that democracy has a deep problem : it cannot support anything that tries to go agaisnt it.
Oh? Just democracy?
Any group that threatens the life or limb of any particular group of individuals should be abolished.So on those grounds are you opposed to abortion? I'm just trying to stir stuff up, I don't want this to become another abortion thread.
Very good and insightful topic David. Sorry I didn't really add anything.
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Now if this wasn't the biggest coincedence ever. I was just going to post a topic about maps.google.com yesterday.
So far, I've seen my house, a marina that I used to sail out of on Lake Michigan, MIT, the Virgin Islands, where my family sailed this summer, Chicago, and my school.
My cross country team is going to use the satellite images to put maps of our courses on our website.
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Whoa...
If I have your permission, David, I would like to meet you (don't kill me!). Also, it wouldn't be too bad to meet the rest of the TLA team like Adam (who I almost met last week), Shane, and co. (sorry guys you've been all replaced by two letters). And while I'm at it I'll meet zezar (is he still around?), Quacker, Nate and the rest of you... oh heck I love all you guys.
So what's the deal with this wrap party?
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LOL, Quacker I know where you're going with this. Save it for HoI or PM.
In other news, I wonder who will be the next pope.
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1.) Do you plan on getting married?
I most certainly do.
2.) About what age do you plan to get married?
Well, if I'm getting out of school around 24, then maybe between 26 and 30.
3.) What are the motives that you want to get married for?
I love girls and I love kids. I guess I just have always wanted to raise a family, experience life.
4.) Have you had positive or negative experiences with marriage?
Well the one very positive one I've had would be my parents who have been married my entire life.
5.) If you got married, do you plan to stay married for life?
Yup.
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Heh, number 7 is really good. I like this. Dark Lords: dramatics meets pragmatism.
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Yes, there's that great enigmatic papal infallibility, which many come to take to mean the Pope does not sin, or cannot make a mistake, or cannot misjudge something or even disagree in opinion with prior popes. Infallibility instead refers to official teachings on morals and faith, not to things like judgements or decisions on how to run the church. Certainly, the pope is still a sinner. In fact, I heard that John Paul II confessed every week!
Just for the record, the modern church heirarchy looks a bit like this:
Pope
Cardinals
Bishops and Archbishops
Priests
Deacons
Lay people
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16 flags? Either I'm in the dark or you're 10 too high. I only know of a Six Flags, specifically "Great America" which is about 40 min from where I live.
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Yup John Paul II was a man to model your life after. I think he was so cool of a guy. Apparently, although he seemed very serious oftentimes, he had a good sense of humor. I am the most pleased with his effort to reconcile different types of people, whether it be Catholics with the world, or Catholics with other religions, or different nations. I really can't say enough good about him.
Now it should be interesting to see who's next pope. If people thought he was conservative, they should see some of the cardinals. Ah well, I pray whoever it is does as great a job as John Paul 2.
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Hey you could study for standardized tests, go half way across the country to visit colleges, have LAN and Halo 2 parties, go to running practices, hang out with friends, read books and play violin- like me! My spring break is packed! I almost wish I was bored (but I don't! It's much better to be overworked than bored, that's my take on it)
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Hey nice job on your accomplishment. How many kids your age have published a book of poetry? Not many. It's good to see someone like you really make use of your talents.
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I came across something referring to Freud and his ideas, and I thought I should share:
"What is original about Freud's ideas is not good, and what is good is not original"
The more I study and think about him, the less I agree with him. I'm definately more of a humanist than all this dark stuff.
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The "bambi molesters"?! Yikes!
International Superhits, Green Day.
It's hard to say. I like so many.
Kingdom of Heaven controversy
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Wait what are they doing to the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?