tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87389992560706544432024-03-22T09:00:32.048-04:00Eye on FaithLinda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-75070560756141215922024-03-22T09:00:00.004-04:002024-03-22T09:00:00.189-04:00Bit the Hand that Fed It<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBULVWk1EYq_HQsQ_U0ZVq6U0R0KWj3hWX0rWMEhopiIIHkhJsFq4w859bhBnzWO8cRalmc0wObagZfYRB8MWypw5PsKgVOqVbvbjwD6yc3-CNJlWavvhGmsNbNJR8-l3PjCs6f4YxlnyLFC-c35RLAbNcErzlSX330RJGQaZOGw-eATf2cEZjsnrYg-K/s220/220px-Echse_auf_Handschuh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="220" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBULVWk1EYq_HQsQ_U0ZVq6U0R0KWj3hWX0rWMEhopiIIHkhJsFq4w859bhBnzWO8cRalmc0wObagZfYRB8MWypw5PsKgVOqVbvbjwD6yc3-CNJlWavvhGmsNbNJR8-l3PjCs6f4YxlnyLFC-c35RLAbNcErzlSX330RJGQaZOGw-eATf2cEZjsnrYg-K/s1600/220px-Echse_auf_Handschuh.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gila Monster</i><br />(Photo by MonsterDoc)</td></tr></tbody></table>The
cognitive brain knows full well that </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">it
better kiss up to the hand that feeds it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
lizard brain does not necessarily feel </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
way.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">In a fit of frenzy, it will destroy </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">anything
in its path.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Respecting such </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">venomous
instincts is a surefire key to </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">staying
alive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Time
and again we read about humane </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">folks
who cozy up with their exotic pets. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sometimes
this works out well for both, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">yet
sometimes it ends in tragedy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not
too long ago, 34-year-old Christopher </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ward
was bitten by his (illegal) pet gila </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">monster.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The name alone indicates that </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">this
is a lizard with dangerous tendencies. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whereas
most people don’t die from its </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">poisonous
bites, Ward did.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Authorities
who came to his home wound </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">up
removing “two Gila monsters and 26 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">species
of spiders.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Medical toxicologist </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr.
Nick Brandehoff warned, “I </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">think
this case highlights that any </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">venomous
animals should be </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">respected.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">And respect
can best be served with a heaping </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">helping
of healthy boundaries...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Resources</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.iheart.com/content/2024-02-21-colorado-man-killed-after-illegal-pet-gila-monster-bites
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•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-30799632711448207692024-03-15T08:30:00.006-04:002024-03-15T08:30:00.256-04:00Julius and the Jews<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #222222; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 5px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPrY22ELu_4yRNAd1Y2dqSMv025_HF6KduGCylY98prM9eZcdNdz6rHJRFGTYWWNsHjd9KLQN-6x0ALCo8fi13zXrz2fTkmUqecchq3jfRUpae2FXbsPGea0UkUhPqR__8D62_uN6jDw/s1600/300px-Carl_Theodor_von_Piloty_Caesars_Death.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #2288bb; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="123" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPrY22ELu_4yRNAd1Y2dqSMv025_HF6KduGCylY98prM9eZcdNdz6rHJRFGTYWWNsHjd9KLQN-6x0ALCo8fi13zXrz2fTkmUqecchq3jfRUpae2FXbsPGea0UkUhPqR__8D62_uN6jDw/w200-h123/300px-Carl_Theodor_von_Piloty_Caesars_Death.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.56px; text-align: center;">Beware the Ides of March</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Although the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Ides of March</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> are the most famous, they are by no means the only Ides.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Every month of the early Roman calendar had one.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> During March, May, July and October, they fell on the 15th. During all other months, they fell on the 13th. All of the Ides are thought to have originally coincided with the full moon.</span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Caesar had been repeatedly warned not to attend the Senate on the 15</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">of March in 44 BCE.</span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">One seer had predicted that harm would come to him “no later than the Ides of March.”</span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">On the way to his fateful date with destiny, Caesar saw this seer and joked, “Well, the Ides of March have come.”</span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">“Ay, but they have not gone,” the seer somberly replied.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Many earnestly mourned the passing of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">Julius Caesar</a>, but none so vigorously as the Jews. Caesar’s biographer, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, <a href="http://www.livius.org/caa-can/caesar/caesar_t10.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">wrote this</a>: <em>At the height of the public grief a throng of foreigners went about lamenting each after the fashion of his </em><i>country, above all the Jews, who even flocked to the place for </i><i>several successive nights</i>. Why were the Jews so shattered over the passing of this former high priest of Jupiter (who had also claimed to be a direct descendent of Venus)?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_enemy_of_my_enemy_is_my_friend" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">proverb</a> “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” definitely applies in this case. Although Hyrcanus, Judea’s high priest, had been somewhat in alliance with Pompey (the great Roman general), he later allied with Caesar against Pompey. Hyrcanus’ change of heart might have been partially motivated by Pompey’s harsh decrees and</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">burdensome taxes, and partially motivated by the power that Caesar was rapidly gaining over Pompey.</div><div style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If Hyrcanus hadn’t committed thousands of Jewish soldiers to Caesar’s Alexandrian siege, Caesar’s ending might have come a lot sooner than 44 BCE. As it were, the Jews were instrumental in helping Caesar to win this civil war and become the sole ruler of Rome. Caesar <a href="http://www.netours.com/content/view/14/29/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">never forgot</a> this. According to <a href="http://www.jewishhistory.org/julius-caesar-and-the-jews/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">Jewishhistory.org</a>, not only did</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Caesar revoke Pompey’s decrees and taxes, but he also “allowed the walls and fortifications of Jerusalem to be rebuilt and restored Jaffa as well as a number of other coastal cities to Jewish rule.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><strong>Resources</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://www.livius.org/caa-can/caesar/caesar_t10.html</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://www.jewishhistory.org/julius-caesar-and-the-jews/</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: medium; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-13188865069453298292024-03-06T09:00:00.003-05:002024-03-06T09:00:00.136-05:00Beware the Apple<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd63s59e8ub3Ric6QYQbLUPuB7iQoFg-uSZ3X4LsSYefLG7u6m-qw-TqVWdclH3m_f65b_X0MMkOkCmjUiaKdr3xhzxlRAB8KJvhanRvraqCWcw0KeW-DEyZuwGrgIKIiE6DHVxB_rTmqTg-ZK_HW6lGHHNXclWpahUBXPuTjAkXXwloPNIm_6SHjEC-EN/s220/95apple.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="220" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd63s59e8ub3Ric6QYQbLUPuB7iQoFg-uSZ3X4LsSYefLG7u6m-qw-TqVWdclH3m_f65b_X0MMkOkCmjUiaKdr3xhzxlRAB8KJvhanRvraqCWcw0KeW-DEyZuwGrgIKIiE6DHVxB_rTmqTg-ZK_HW6lGHHNXclWpahUBXPuTjAkXXwloPNIm_6SHjEC-EN/s1600/95apple.jpeg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Public Domain)</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Had
Eve never partaken of the proverbial </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">malus,
today’s world might be fraught with </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">far
less malice.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
apple’s lure is as strong as ever, albeit </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">in
quite a different form.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today’s Apple </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">can
manifest as a Vision Pro headset that is </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">difficult
to resist, even while cruising down </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
roadway.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fortunately for one such driver, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">police
stopped him before a brick wall would.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
parent company had been savvy enough </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
issue this warning: “Never use Apple Vision </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pro
while operating a moving vehicle… or in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">any
other situations requiring attention to safety.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just
as in biblical times, humans routinely ignore </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">benevolent
guidance.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Resources</b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">https://www.iheart.com/content/2024-02-05-watch-tesla-driver-wearing-apple-vision-pro-headset-gets-pulled-over/?mid=1228317&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsletter&cid=NATIONAL&keyid=National%20iHeart%20Daily%20NewsTalk&campid=headline5_readmore</span></p><p>
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word “pious,” often used to describe </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">a
devoutly religious person, is sometimes </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">sarcastically
used to connote hypocrisy.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">During
World War II’s Holocaust, Pope </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pius
XII remained publicly silent.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">He did, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">however,
discreetly aid numerous Nazi victims. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Was
his public silence a sign of cowardly </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hypocrisy,
or did it pragmatically facilitate </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">his
clandestine efforts to save lives?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Practical
as his stance may have been during </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
war, what happened next seems murky. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Archbishop
Sergio Pagano, current Prefect </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">of
the Vatican Apostolic Archive, pointed out </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
Pius continued this stony silence long after </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
war ended.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pagano firmly declared, “After </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
war, I would have expected a word more, for </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">all
these people who went to the gas chambers.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pagano
has also shown “disdain for the incomplete </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">research
behind Pius’ sainthood cause, which is now </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">apparently
on hold…”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pius may very well have been </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">a
confusing mixture of saint and sinner, very much </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">like
many a human here on Earth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://news.yahoo.com/keeper-vatican-secrets-retiring-wants-090357472.html</span> </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-42501286023209757522024-02-15T08:30:00.007-05:002024-02-15T08:30:00.134-05:00United We Land<p> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q09i367oyhFzt5pizYQvtY6QSbvOJi8dNgNPeviR2sitk1-ryIyBK0tLcl1__inyX4khE7Wc-LwN2I0kKmuKkh3BZTAJlH9jJJxr0SIm57s7tfpFllGmk_RaBJYCPWSUJggRp6Q6KKMP9TdwHi_lwV0JUt_QSlJ-UyxwAm4prXAGttlOmtIU1TMGO42I/s331/Sunriseatsojiji.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q09i367oyhFzt5pizYQvtY6QSbvOJi8dNgNPeviR2sitk1-ryIyBK0tLcl1__inyX4khE7Wc-LwN2I0kKmuKkh3BZTAJlH9jJJxr0SIm57s7tfpFllGmk_RaBJYCPWSUJggRp6Q6KKMP9TdwHi_lwV0JUt_QSlJ-UyxwAm4prXAGttlOmtIU1TMGO42I/s320/Sunriseatsojiji.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sunrise at Sojiji Zen Temple</i><br />(Atlanticpuffin)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Have
you ever needed assistance </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">during
a commercial flight, but were </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hesitant
to interrupt the attendant’s </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">cell-phone chatter?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">United
Airlines feels your pain and has </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">issued
a memo reminding staff that personal cell-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">phone usage is forbidden during shift </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">times.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
not only seems rude to ignore </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">customers
while on the job, but also seems </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">downright
dangerous.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">While eyeing texts </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">rather
than cabin developments, attendants </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">might
miss some clear and present threats.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many
a worker has endured on-the-job </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">lag
times without resorting to dopamine </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hits.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mindfulness practices can help to </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">uplift these so-called downtimes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://news.yahoo.com/united-airlines-leaked-memo-reveals-145707446.html</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
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might not play dice or football, but may </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">instead
hurl asteroids the size of football fields. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">One,
in fact, will be whizzing past Earth shortly before</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 2024’s Super Bowl Sunday.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Should
it perchance strike our planet with the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">force
of “141 gigatons of TNT,” the destruction </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">would
be considerable.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If a city were directly </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hit,
the resulting crater would be “11 miles </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">wide.”
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The human casualty count could be </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">as
high as 13 million, two million of which </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">would
be subject to instant vaporization.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
statistical chances of this occurring are </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">one
in thousands, which sounds lucky unless </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Earth
happens to be that one.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If such a strike </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">were
to occur, then even the Super Bowl would </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">be
second-rate news.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-issues-warning-asteroid-size-150847943.html</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p>
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for the good old days of Aaron Burr and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alexander
Hamilton!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">So what if one wound </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">up
dead and the other was wanted for murder?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not
to worry, Burr was able to soon pick up </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">where
he left off as Vice President of the United </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">States.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">His New Jersey indictment was removed </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">on
the technicality that Hamilton actually died in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">New
York.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sounds
about as logical as what’s been happening </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">lately.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Senator Nick Schroer of Missouri flippantly </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">proposed
that dueling be reinstated as a way of </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">settling
political disputes.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">His explanation: “I </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">mean,
if we’re going back in time and acting like </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">an
uncivilized society…”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">In other words, if
the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">shoe pinches, blow it to smithereens…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some
of us still hold out hope for a peaceful </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">solution,
one that sounds more like a duet than a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">duel.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It might not be in perfect harmony, but </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">discordant debate sounds a lot better than raucous violence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr%E2%80%93Hamilton_duel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.iheart.com/content/2024-01-26-missouri-lawmaker-wants-to-bring-back-duels-to-settle-differences/?mid=1223430&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsle</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
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been creeping farther and farther into that domain.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Those
who have lost loved ones may soon be </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">fooled
into thinking that technology can bring </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">them
back.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As audio and visual replications </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">become highly sophisticated, folks </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">may
soon be virtually attending their own </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">funerals.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This holographic trend has been dubiously compared </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
watching videos of loved ones long after </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">they’re
gone.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Such videos, however, have </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">not
been interactive.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">When doppelganger </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">avatars
begin to talk back, it’s a whole new </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">ball
game with many potential strikes.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
what might AI prompt the deceased to say?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Would
it be anything like what a spiritually </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">resurrected
mother, father, husband, wife, son </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">or
daughter might proclaim? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Will they speak </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">of
wonders that resemble heavenly accounts, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">or
will they simply disclose where the life-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">insurance
papers are hidden?</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.yahoo.com/news/ai-can-allow-us-to-talk-to-the-dead-but-is-that-healthy-204447488.html</span></p><p>
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•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-41162812937105196552024-01-18T09:00:00.050-05:002024-01-18T09:00:00.149-05:00Can't cuddle a burger<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsS_TL5ZdMppK91D6QkkUx_QbMLzKSqPTKUSUjOGXX4zfIc6hpSnLdthY2JeUHzd-CN40YCYgpNm31X-yJqemllRFhlklE36kTUp4iZw1bajI588lYQt_b5zHiefN8H8jMV04MiFWOyypJm_A1Ux0GpI1VnyLQOuARuvNu2mOnEJVsM5KdzoLWWF9aQEm/s247/CowPosture_20150612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="220" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsS_TL5ZdMppK91D6QkkUx_QbMLzKSqPTKUSUjOGXX4zfIc6hpSnLdthY2JeUHzd-CN40YCYgpNm31X-yJqemllRFhlklE36kTUp4iZw1bajI588lYQt_b5zHiefN8H8jMV04MiFWOyypJm_A1Ux0GpI1VnyLQOuARuvNu2mOnEJVsM5KdzoLWWF9aQEm/s1600/CowPosture_20150612.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Photo by Niranjan Arminius)</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">When
Lawrence Fox learned that the cows </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">on
a friend’s farm were to be sold for beef, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">he
had an epiphany.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why not buy them and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">begin
cuddling his way to health and wealth?</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anyone
who’s had the urge to release </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">supermarket
lobsters into the nearest ocean </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">can
relate.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fox
then proceeded to bring his plan to fruition. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aptly
named Cow Cuddling Co, his enterprise is </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“designed
to promote calmness and improvements </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">in
mental health…”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Clients have reported
feeling </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">so
much better while cozying up with the herd.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now known as “cow therapists,” these bovines </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">are currently worth more alive than dead.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">After
all, only </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
most dedicated of foodies would cuddle up to a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">burger.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://cowcuddlingco.com/these-cows-saved-my-life-the-queensland-farm-offering-healing-cattle-cuddles/</span></p><p>
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•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-48510106654000015982024-01-12T09:00:00.005-05:002024-01-12T09:00:00.263-05:00Rogue Robot<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdshCYaKnAHDFzMQopfr6YfKIA-o3lysw1R-34S5lSZtaTG3Ck4GyRtrCHf9R90PTzNzfOdl1WtoT73cnQn7WtaQPWv-MCXq8lPOsGpdchig0S2fsVGFM42-S_mm3SJQM5sYxHKx1E0l_kygPeEDXC_VXAYyQqVhl0doxO0KRHOHVhptoqvvTBuwqsvO29/s375/Rogue_(Marvel_Comics).png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdshCYaKnAHDFzMQopfr6YfKIA-o3lysw1R-34S5lSZtaTG3Ck4GyRtrCHf9R90PTzNzfOdl1WtoT73cnQn7WtaQPWv-MCXq8lPOsGpdchig0S2fsVGFM42-S_mm3SJQM5sYxHKx1E0l_kygPeEDXC_VXAYyQqVhl0doxO0KRHOHVhptoqvvTBuwqsvO29/s320/Rogue_(Marvel_Comics).png" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Marvel's</i> "Rogue"<br />(Fair Use)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If
and when robots revolt, the results can be </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">revolting.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">A
Tesla bot recently dug its metallic claws </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">into
an unsuspecting human.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">While blood </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">trailed
from this “engineer’s back and arm," </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">witnesses
were left with more questions than </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">answers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As
artificial intelligence seeps more and more </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">into
our lives, one question seems particularly </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">disturbing:
Can such an attack be premeditated </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">by
the robot itself?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Safety
measures can certainly be implemented, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">but
will some be readily sidestepped by savvy </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">bots?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is currently said, "Guns don’t kill people, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">people
kill people."</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">That might now be the case, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">but
what will occur as devices become smarter</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">?</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Resources</b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-12-27-tesla-robot-attacks-engineer-at-texas-factory/?mid=1207871&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsletter&cid=NATIONAL&keyid=National%20iHeart%20Daily%20NewsTalk&campid=headline4_readmore</span></p><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-51745629706256536512024-01-04T08:30:00.050-05:002024-01-04T08:30:00.135-05:00Does the punishment fit the crime?<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH0TfL7-Nd-kY4kWeWAQ8sINWGIJFZLQhkbPe8xjxWUmzYLBi5T6JpSGmvkrFaIFzQHM8tyGJxU6azkUYJe9JPPvWpVbf3FeIfNnpg7W24vmuAbyCkJ08j1eYab2MAbycMdOf3OVlio3EnIlRJfMW5TSUBmmNHGiqSXDbeJ-FnswbVTlCp3gsV28KaPJ3/s295/220px-Carl_Lutz_letter_of_protection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="220" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH0TfL7-Nd-kY4kWeWAQ8sINWGIJFZLQhkbPe8xjxWUmzYLBi5T6JpSGmvkrFaIFzQHM8tyGJxU6azkUYJe9JPPvWpVbf3FeIfNnpg7W24vmuAbyCkJ08j1eYab2MAbycMdOf3OVlio3EnIlRJfMW5TSUBmmNHGiqSXDbeJ-FnswbVTlCp3gsV28KaPJ3/s1600/220px-Carl_Lutz_letter_of_protection.jpg" width="220" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Carl Lutz's Letter of Protection</i><br />(Public Domain)<br /> <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
happens when an allegedly “good” kid </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">posts
“a detailed plan” to gun down worshippers </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">at
a synagogue?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">After
pleading “true” to this charge in juvenile </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">court,
the youth was ordered to attend therapy, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
be on probation for one year, to refrain “from </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">using
the internet without adult supervision,” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
to write a book report about Carl Lutz.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lutz was a Swiss diplomat who had been </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">stationed
in what was then Mandatory Palestine. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">While
there, he witnessed the mob lynching of </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“an
unarmed Jew.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This may well have
inspired him</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to save the lives of more than 62,000 Jews </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">during
World War II.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Will
summarizing Lutz's heroics change the trajectory </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">of
an impressionable youth’s life?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or will
it merely </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">be
one more bump on the road to nowhere? </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-12-19-teen-who-planned-mass-shooting-at-synagogue-ordered-to-write-a-book
report/?mid=1203081&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsletter&cid=NATIONAL&keyid=National%20iHeart%20Daily%20NewsTalk&campid=headline2_readmore</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lutz</span> </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-74329414113387501602023-12-27T09:00:00.045-05:002023-12-27T09:00:00.564-05:00Be Here Now and Again with Bells On<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbixBbNSdb4wtZHHmrBlkLLpCMxvMtdrRoDJzVFqOSkep02T3kb727tH7u8k-LkS6W5pgB9LFEEd-rp57WohS-8G_gCr09-POqAZqO08xfiS1tE0c1Rx16Jju4RvI1tA8cmufhSZhqlSGmM9GiU9lvRbf499GhjKQqjz-NTpEfPuF-jegFqrjgqjDvvF8f/s224/Beherenowcvr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="220" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbixBbNSdb4wtZHHmrBlkLLpCMxvMtdrRoDJzVFqOSkep02T3kb727tH7u8k-LkS6W5pgB9LFEEd-rp57WohS-8G_gCr09-POqAZqO08xfiS1tE0c1Rx16Jju4RvI1tA8cmufhSZhqlSGmM9GiU9lvRbf499GhjKQqjz-NTpEfPuF-jegFqrjgqjDvvF8f/s1600/Beherenowcvr.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Fair Use)</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Back
in 1971, the book <i>Be Here Now </i>was all the
rage. It emphasized an ability to be </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">present
to What Is on a moment-to-moment </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">basis.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Currently,
one question seems to overshadow </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
whole process: Are such moments really </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">worth
it if they can’t be branded on TikTok?</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">For
many, TikTok videos seem more real </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">than
daily life.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Authentic” has become a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gen
Z byword.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It often refers to a polished </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">presentation
of a “mischievous” enactment. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Claiming
to debunk the veneer of other </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">staged
videos, these so-called “chaotic” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">vlogs
are the new cool.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">So
if you’re bellowing on the subway, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">retching
in the shower, or simply stepping </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">out
bare-faced, you too can become a Tik</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tok
star.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or is it influencer?)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Call it what </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">you
will, just don’t call it authentic…</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Resources</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Here_Now_(book)</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://news.yahoo.com/from-that-girl-to-rat-girl-tiktokers-are-sick-of-manicured-wellness-content-and-now-crave-mischief-232103355.html</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p>
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•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-39759068210493786682023-12-19T08:30:00.092-05:002023-12-19T08:30:00.130-05:00Tannenbaum, O No<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbiyNByZhyphenhyphen-VnupWDFba3-V-oKLx5o07_xkKtgFWPZXgb77JY62sq6Z4bqzUz7I6zmW1Ubd0SpeP6rhCR6jh_X_Ry8WrIHkXKtWWIOUHwPX04xE5wUnlaCUKIH5GH1jkEWCCM3_GA9TWOsrLifsQlfPOnPg62QZXHtGiwEQkhTiCwnftDFkDdiWWPyaQc/s293/220px-Abies_alba1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="220" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbiyNByZhyphenhyphen-VnupWDFba3-V-oKLx5o07_xkKtgFWPZXgb77JY62sq6Z4bqzUz7I6zmW1Ubd0SpeP6rhCR6jh_X_Ry8WrIHkXKtWWIOUHwPX04xE5wUnlaCUKIH5GH1jkEWCCM3_GA9TWOsrLifsQlfPOnPg62QZXHtGiwEQkhTiCwnftDFkDdiWWPyaQc/s1600/220px-Abies_alba1.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Silver Fir</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Although
the German word “Tannenbaum” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">is
often said to mean “Christmas tree,” the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">famous
song lyrics tell a much broader tale.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">F</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">or
starters, “</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">tannenbaum</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">”
literally </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">means
“fir tree.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 1924 lyrics by Ernst </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anschutz
speak of a faithful tree that remains </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“green
and blooming… through summer’s heat </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
winter’s chill.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Subsequent versions
continue </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
emphasize </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">tannenbaum</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">’s evergreen
qualities </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">throughout
all seasons.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">All
well and good when </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">tannenbaum</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is
allowed </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
live a full life within its natural setting.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">But </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">when
</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">tannenbaum</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is cut down, bundled, then </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">propped
back up in artificial environments, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">trouble
sets in.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Household fires have long </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">been
associated with “never-greens” that </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">easily
ignite.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If
that weren’t enough, there are plenty of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> moldy </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>tannenbaums.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It turns out </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
dead trees are prone </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
parasitic infections.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">A human disease called </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Christmas
Tree Syndrome” has recently made headlines.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It occurs when susceptible people </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">come
in contact with mold spores that </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">flourish upon felled and bundled trees.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Symptoms </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">include
breathing difficulties and skin disturbances.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">A modern “O Tannenbaum” lyric reiterates </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“how
sturdy God hath made" this tree.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kicking it to the curb</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> within a few short </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">weeks seems at odds with the Christmas spirit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Resources</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Tannenbaum</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-11-28-christmas-tree-syndrome-hospitalizing-people-across-the
us/?mid=1191103&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsletter&cid=NATIONAL&keyid=National%20iHeart%20Daily%20NewsTalk&campid=headline5_readmore</span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-39659526737982394752023-12-11T09:00:00.003-05:002023-12-11T09:00:00.138-05:00Wolves Within<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcY3w5eXHlDxq5bbyWpJ4ztMS2qdSXxPBD5An-QlVlqsUNbczxGwFSZCiSueGjFz1vRamuU2K_mAUkBrmr7ih72iPuALKzeZIRvRAyO4MdxV8fuD-WGp490lllvEUzo5sksAF9is-J0gWxtx6wX6t2LrxtL54Id-nJ729a_5e1uFb_RsXiCRIxcFO7eHlB/s225/220px-Francis_wolf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="220" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcY3w5eXHlDxq5bbyWpJ4ztMS2qdSXxPBD5An-QlVlqsUNbczxGwFSZCiSueGjFz1vRamuU2K_mAUkBrmr7ih72iPuALKzeZIRvRAyO4MdxV8fuD-WGp490lllvEUzo5sksAF9is-J0gWxtx6wX6t2LrxtL54Id-nJ729a_5e1uFb_RsXiCRIxcFO7eHlB/s1600/220px-Francis_wolf.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(by Carl Weidemeyer, 1911)</td></tr></tbody></table>Although
dogs are said to be people’s </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">best
friends, wolves are said to be big </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">and
bad.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet there is an genetic </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">wolf
within each and every dog, and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">a
metaphorical wolf within each and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">every
person.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Last
month, two stray canines went </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">on
a rampage at a Houston car dealership, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">causing
approximately $350,000 worth </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">of
damage.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> An</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> employee theorized </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">that
“only a wolf would </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">be
capable” of such behavior.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The v</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">ideo </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">footage
instead showed dogs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hungry
pups or peeps will sometimes become desperate</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hunger for food and/or love </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">can
yield sorry results.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Who let </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">these
dogs out?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Were they </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">abandoned
pets, or had they spent entire</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> lives scrounging? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">What
would it take to turn them around?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">There’s
a famous story about Saint </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Francis
and the wolf of Gubbio.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">This </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hungry
wolf had been terrorizing Gubbio’s </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">people
and animals.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Saint Francis approached </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">it
with holy love.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Empathizing with the
wolf’s </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hunger,
Francis arranged for Gubbio’s people </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
feed it regularly if it would henceforth stop </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
attacks.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is said that “the wolf
placed </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">his
paw in Francis’ hand in agreement” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">and remained docile from then on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Resources</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/st-francis-and-the-wolf-of-gubbio/
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-15612798725845801542023-12-03T08:30:00.009-05:002023-12-03T08:30:00.152-05:00Death by Selfie<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 12pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVmfiCB-3OO6FW7YObmgBKy254GvnkzU4vV6cECW-V4FAClaGRUXLwJ0LxJrwTtfsOvVQRb2yXS-b8KnSvRTahcdCjQhm4q_1FrBZDRvou3l5taXKeVbDLAIVEk-O3RIRmfiy6gPumlie2rR98PKOBL6Hv6cHuyFl-h7dQdwZrHostWyvDpBL9k0UoUv-/s317/Jan_Roos_-_Narcissus_at_the_Spring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="220" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVmfiCB-3OO6FW7YObmgBKy254GvnkzU4vV6cECW-V4FAClaGRUXLwJ0LxJrwTtfsOvVQRb2yXS-b8KnSvRTahcdCjQhm4q_1FrBZDRvou3l5taXKeVbDLAIVEk-O3RIRmfiy6gPumlie2rR98PKOBL6Hv6cHuyFl-h7dQdwZrHostWyvDpBL9k0UoUv-/s1600/Jan_Roos_-_Narcissus_at_the_Spring.jpg" width="220" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Narcissus at the Spring</i><br />(Painting by Jan Roos)</td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">There's an Ancient Greek myth about Narcissus,
who was so in love with his </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">own
watery reflection that he lost his </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">life
while admiring it.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Before
grabbing a camera and heading </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">for
precarious cliffs, it might be wise </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
recall this tragic tale.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s one thing </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
carefully navigate a hiking trail, but </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">quite
another to clown around on edgy </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">ground.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The selfie you take while </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">pirouetting
atop a ledge might very </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">well
be your last.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Journal of Medical Internet Research </i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">recently
published the results of a study </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">about
selfie-related deaths.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">These are </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">increasing
to the point where they’re </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">being
called “a public health problem.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">According
to Sam Cornell of the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">University
of Sydney, the average </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">age
of such deaths “was 22 and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">most
casualties were female tourists.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Even
when the body survives, the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">psyche
can be crushed by habitual </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">self-absorption.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Resources</b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-11-27-taking-selfies-is-now-considered-a-public-health-problem/ mid=1190335&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsletter&cid=NATIONAL&keyid=National%20iHeart%20Daily%20NewsTalk&campid=headline4_readmore</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span> <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-65925891961287355332023-11-25T09:00:00.042-05:002023-11-25T09:00:00.149-05:00Munch a Bunch of Seaweed<p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPFo0TIdwieg7GSVu9kR9krcMejKctB2sSZt03zOQak_9bNC3Vsc_F1BMTaJGhdAJImtU3prcdE-oawc-C47tiP1tpYW_PxJXXAiDBphAwgCVOZY0by1SwCtuDgsQ5i3Zq2kMORP-U8GighU9pROYov7vF80Aolem9Gn9hPYAAVzapBZp_fXF1eDJJrbg/s200/Dulse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPFo0TIdwieg7GSVu9kR9krcMejKctB2sSZt03zOQak_9bNC3Vsc_F1BMTaJGhdAJImtU3prcdE-oawc-C47tiP1tpYW_PxJXXAiDBphAwgCVOZY0by1SwCtuDgsQ5i3Zq2kMORP-U8GighU9pROYov7vF80Aolem9Gn9hPYAAVzapBZp_fXF1eDJJrbg/s1600/Dulse.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dulse</i><br />Photo by tiny.ian</td></tr></tbody></table>Farming can be hard work.
Why bother to sow when you can simply reap Neptune’s bounty?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forget fish, crabs, shrimp, lobsters and the like. There’s a quick and renewable resource within easier reach, and that delicacy is seaweed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having once been a routine part of European diets, this “healthy and sustainable source of protein” remains a staple within “some Asian countries.” No need
to freeze those leftovers - for centuries they’ve been used for “fuel, fertilizer, or to feed livestock.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Don’t like your seaweed wet and sloppy? Try munching on some crisp dulse or crinkly nori. Just
steer clear of rotting algae and so-called “stinging seaweed” (the latter of which is actually composed of bacteria). </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>Resources</b><br /></p><p>https://news.yahoo.com/back-menu-europeans-once-ate-163149549.html</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-880160357195323822023-11-17T08:30:00.040-05:002023-11-17T08:30:00.132-05:00Shock and Awful<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBguCIeZtBmh2nRcvlDGg60wE46Bv_82Rgamb4DdVoytOu76IyA0C_FRR6jqLgF8BJh6g8b30o0QhPJhb6KL1S1DpBKWQVlqHyuoidMAOdg4cEg5GSJALW51YFO1mWPZfCrpE6PGQF78ZE6lTHFk1mLYrmWwtDFWQDn71_XbALLlceRVjgBkYNQ5Jg69BV/s220/9to5sleeve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBguCIeZtBmh2nRcvlDGg60wE46Bv_82Rgamb4DdVoytOu76IyA0C_FRR6jqLgF8BJh6g8b30o0QhPJhb6KL1S1DpBKWQVlqHyuoidMAOdg4cEg5GSJALW51YFO1mWPZfCrpE6PGQF78ZE6lTHFk1mLYrmWwtDFWQDn71_XbALLlceRVjgBkYNQ5Jg69BV/s1600/9to5sleeve.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fair Use</td></tr></tbody></table>A recent college graduate expressed “shock” regarding the intensity of her first 9-to-5 job. She lamented that it left little time for “sunlight, exercise, adequate sleep, healthy eating, and forming connections with other people.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some who’ve endured decades of commuting to full-time work sites might curtly respond, “Welcome to the real world!”
Yet some might also ask, “Must worldly reality be that way?” Human biology seems designed for a lifestyle that includes plenty of outdoor activity, rest, friendships and physical nourishment.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sitting in a vehicle and then at a desk for hours on end precludes much of that.
With just enough breaks for fast-food gulps and bathroom relief, this type of grind seems just what the doctor didn’t order. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some are calling upon Gen Z to pave the way toward a more healthful work-life balance. Others are currently requesting “the option of remote work.” This quote by
Dolly Parton (who famously parodied the 9-to-5 regimen) speaks to all that and more: “Don’t get
so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Resources</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/college-graduate-just-started-her-185249035.html</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-77289781670113782162023-11-10T08:30:00.008-05:002023-11-10T08:30:00.143-05:00When God called Florence Nightingale<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoVek0DovN3n4Hek6shsBXvLGl4X4GHjyhMbPam2vHDY3mFOMZE35BSUoqibqcrMc30LbmDsSfL6BH81KkgtCjvZbMnONfx0YKMjrl62k0259It9TUsq1g5oXL-Hyu8KeoBklUARMwkaDm3aLHhd_WH4BlBybWeg3ilGrMWOxPWMN1Lj-YIGhDIf7Xi9M/s264/Florence_Nightingale_by_Augustus_Egg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="170" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoVek0DovN3n4Hek6shsBXvLGl4X4GHjyhMbPam2vHDY3mFOMZE35BSUoqibqcrMc30LbmDsSfL6BH81KkgtCjvZbMnONfx0YKMjrl62k0259It9TUsq1g5oXL-Hyu8KeoBklUARMwkaDm3aLHhd_WH4BlBybWeg3ilGrMWOxPWMN1Lj-YIGhDIf7Xi9M/s1600/Florence_Nightingale_by_Augustus_Egg.jpg" width="170" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Young Florence</i><br />Painting by August Egg</td></tr></tbody></table>One day in 1837, Florence Nightingale was sitting beneath a huge cedar tree at her family's estate near London. Although only 16 at the time, she received a message that would alter her life forever. Florence identified this experience as a "first calling from God."<br /></p><p>Greatly inspired, Florence felt drawn to the field of nursing. This was not looked upon kindly by her mother and sister. Ladies of their social stature were expected to become wives and mothers, not "lowly" nurses!</p><p>Florence never married, but not for lack of suitors. She felt that marriage would inhibit her primary calling. This one-pointed devotion enabled her to work especially hard. In 1853, she became Superintendent of the Institute for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in London. In 1854, she (plus a staff of 38 nurses whom she had personally trained) went to Turkey to help improve horrific conditions from the Crimean War.</p><p>It was there that Nightingale successfully met her biggest nursing challenges. Fatal mass infections were commonplace due to medication shortages, unsanitary conditions, and official neglect of the situation. Nightingale became known as "The Lady with the Lamp" because she would continue her visits to the sick and dying far into the night. She was called "a ministering angel" and was even immortalized in the 1857 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem <i>Santa Filomena</i>: <i>Lo! In that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room</i>. </p><p>Throughout it all, Nightingale never forgot the Source of her calling. Putting into practice her lifelong study of biblical perspectives, Florence remained a finely-tuned instrument of Divine love and mercy.</p><p><b>Resources</b></p><p>https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/history/history-embley-park-florence-nightingales-4741799</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
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•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-78771196035516681932023-10-25T09:00:00.002-04:002023-10-25T09:00:00.240-04:00Biblical lifespans: Retirement and then some<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifn1IUqK-duywWdO3R2oNYGKibGOCRsqK2SrRPV9LQIhTFxRRgLhohabDIVhlxFlT3QXsGJXO4euGc0YmtsfP-vNzmGzhdsny2XqyDCjgIspyMGEq-UINI60KT5HslCHuZvNcxEhQrpoi10lWnSsfYqXDz55-iJz_Ylw681p2Fk9KHuAKnsBcO0jqQljvo/s467/220px-Methuselah_Stained_glass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifn1IUqK-duywWdO3R2oNYGKibGOCRsqK2SrRPV9LQIhTFxRRgLhohabDIVhlxFlT3QXsGJXO4euGc0YmtsfP-vNzmGzhdsny2XqyDCjgIspyMGEq-UINI60KT5HslCHuZvNcxEhQrpoi10lWnSsfYqXDz55-iJz_Ylw681p2Fk9KHuAKnsBcO0jqQljvo/s320/220px-Methuselah_Stained_glass.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Methuselah</i><br />Canterbury Cathedral</td></tr></tbody></table>If social security had been around in biblical times, it would have gone bankrupt long ago. For some lucky patriarchs, human life was the gift that kept on giving.</p><p>Sometimes dubbed "Antediluvian" (having lived before the Noah's Ark flood), these elders allegedly earned the following number of candles for their final birthday cakes: Enoch (365), Lamech (777), Mahalalel (895), Enos (905), Kenan (910), Seth (912), Adam (930), Noah (950), Jared (962) and Methuselah (969). As math would have it, that's thousands of years of virtue, wisdom, and slipped disks.</p><p>If you're wondering why Enoch "only" lived to be 365, rest assured that his fate was even better than that of his com-patriarchs. It is said that Enoch never actually died; he was instead "translated" by God, perhaps into another dimension. Some even believe that Enoch is alive to this day (move over, Methuselah).</p><p>For the rest of us mortals, accelerated aging seems genetically predetermined. Perhaps the Genesis flood, which severely limited the human gene pool, led to hereditary mutations that shortened lifespans... </p><p><b>Resources</b></p><p>https://www.oldest.org/religion/people-bible/ </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-43292777733630142372023-10-19T09:00:00.001-04:002023-10-19T09:00:00.183-04:00Salacious Salome: A walk on the Wilde side<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MruiKK2RTAdo0rpynXn6_7nMeurt1_UsIN81c4OZvWNzjarNn-3bahnZ69xQqcusegCeROVOQ1-sBKIAOaAzKbZ3RzjcnO2NE8Yr2wTI8FYnKMVbjxw3M3kpWFzNvnqnVLwaYEac5XogQGxntGlQYs7T3OSTA53hXcSxIHq09cRRMLIHf-r6i2gu-QbT/s303/Fra_Filippo_Lippi_-_Herod's_Banquet_(detail)_-_WGA13288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="220" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MruiKK2RTAdo0rpynXn6_7nMeurt1_UsIN81c4OZvWNzjarNn-3bahnZ69xQqcusegCeROVOQ1-sBKIAOaAzKbZ3RzjcnO2NE8Yr2wTI8FYnKMVbjxw3M3kpWFzNvnqnVLwaYEac5XogQGxntGlQYs7T3OSTA53hXcSxIHq09cRRMLIHf-r6i2gu-QbT/s1600/Fra_Filippo_Lippi_-_Herod's_Banquet_(detail)_-_WGA13288.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Herod's Banquet</i><br />Painting by Fra Filippo Lippi</td></tr></tbody></table>Throughout many stories concerning the Daughter of Herodias, one common theme emerges: disgust.</p><p>Although her name derives from the Hebrew root word for peace, few interpretations of Salome's life were soothing. Violence, hypocrisy and political intrigue were dominant themes until Oscar Wilde came along. He then made sure that Salome's salaciousness was given top literary billing.</p><p>In Wilde's famous play, it doesn't take but an instant for Salome to fall totally in lust with Iokanaan the Baptist. As she stares at his tortured imprisoned body for the very first time, she immediately notes that his eyes "are like black lakes troubled by fantastic moons" and his chaste flesh is "like a shaft of silver." He, on the other hand, calls her a "daughter of Babylon" whose "mother hath filled the earth with the wine of her inquities."</p><p>Not an auspicious first encounter, and it only get worse from there...</p><p>This initial assessment of her and her closest kin only serves to fan the flames of Salome's passion. Whereas most might run (or at least hide) from such condemnation, Salome merely replies: <i>Speak again, Iokanaan. Thy voice is as music to mine ear.</i> All the "Daughter of Sodom" accusations in the world couldn't dissuade her from yearning to kiss his pomegranate-like lips.</p><p>No need to recount (and every need to recant) all the subsequent details. Suffice it to say that Salome did get to kiss those lips - at which point, even Herod concludes: <i>In truth, what she has done is a great crime. I am sure that it is a crime against some unknown God.</i></p><p><b>Resources</b></p><p>http://www.wilde-online.info/salome.html</p><p>http://en.wikipedia.org/siki/Salome</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-89907904939259110182023-10-13T08:30:00.066-04:002023-10-13T08:30:00.154-04:00Don't bite off more than you can chew<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HmbXAi0j_9WCjtjsf4l17dwIELjDw0hWLEH3jGpwwDnxKHlrv0xkhQHtj6cOX3_5ll2Tac3eOOr2DvxdHDSdeLILH2mlEoiQV2m-ETZblHhR0dhLu8LNGhI4w29BfI3cJav18oMIFUcaPplw6evOIg2uH3HQf54U2h08iw5ccjN11MpUZuiFkYJUD5pf/s220/220px-Benny_Trapp_Vipera_berus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="146" data-original-width="220" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HmbXAi0j_9WCjtjsf4l17dwIELjDw0hWLEH3jGpwwDnxKHlrv0xkhQHtj6cOX3_5ll2Tac3eOOr2DvxdHDSdeLILH2mlEoiQV2m-ETZblHhR0dhLu8LNGhI4w29BfI3cJav18oMIFUcaPplw6evOIg2uH3HQf54U2h08iw5ccjN11MpUZuiFkYJUD5pf/s1600/220px-Benny_Trapp_Vipera_berus.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vipera berus</i><br />(Photo by Benny Trapp)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even
God took a day off: we call it the Sabbath. Yet
humans tend to think they can go and go,
get and get, take and take without dire consequences.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Humans aren’t the only ones. A viperine snake
was recently stuck with an oversized fish in
its mouth. It had attempted to swallow a
spiny specimen
that just wouldn’t go down. The spines had
lodged in the snake’s esophagus, which then hoisted
the viperine upon its own greedy petard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At
that prickly point, along came an empathetic human. He managed to gently dislodge the fish spines
from the snake’s mouth – just as
one would remove a hook from a fish’s mouth - just as people seek to remove
the Serpent’s sting from their own lives...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Resources</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/snake-choking-invasive-fish-size-065828441.html </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-60488136888855052382023-10-07T09:00:00.016-04:002023-10-07T09:00:00.148-04:00Your Looks or Your Life<p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 12pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFvIAK6UxkJao0bRf_Lr8fH-kK3QaD-B7Ig7MCViFBma8dC_trLcua9VhH5uVp5ISv9HtKc-MtfBjql_VAIuZenXV_CTC48T5I9PpTgbxVQPYsJ4-QQIsaY4mb7s3HFBySMBYLSRHjpaEs1UQEx78cltYeLdoaB-iIheH1W1NN4Iu2XmnOU7FLyin5g1N/s287/220px-Jack_Benny_-_1964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="220" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFvIAK6UxkJao0bRf_Lr8fH-kK3QaD-B7Ig7MCViFBma8dC_trLcua9VhH5uVp5ISv9HtKc-MtfBjql_VAIuZenXV_CTC48T5I9PpTgbxVQPYsJ4-QQIsaY4mb7s3HFBySMBYLSRHjpaEs1UQEx78cltYeLdoaB-iIheH1W1NN4Iu2XmnOU7FLyin5g1N/s1600/220px-Jack_Benny_-_1964.jpg" width="220" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jack Benny in 1964</i><br />(Public Domain)</td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Some might remember the Jack Benny skit in which he was commanded, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“Your money </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
your life!”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Because Benny cultivated the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">comic
image of being notoriously cheap, he </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">would
assume a contemplative position, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">hesitate
and say, “Hmmmm…”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">There
are those who would do the same with </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">their
looks.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">When confronted with a dilemma </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">of
whether to sacrifice vanity for well-being, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">they
might choose vanity over life itself.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Some </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">have
died from the aftereffects of cosmetic </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">surgery - o</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">thers from over exercising while </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">trying
to appear younger, sleeker, stronger, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
all of the above.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">An
alleged example of risking health for </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">stealth
recently surfaced in the news.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">An </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">ex-White
House aide named Cassidy </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Hutchinson
claimed that Donald Trump </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">generally
refused to mask up during the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">pandemic,
even before vaccines and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">treatments
were developed.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">And why? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Hutchinson
said this was because Trump’s </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">bronze
make-up would leak onto the mask.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">After
noticing this on the straps of his N95, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Trump
declared, “I’m not wearing this thing!” Numerous fans then followed suit.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Who knows how many </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">might
have then traded life for vain </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">idol
worship?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Resources</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tVzdUczMT0</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-white-house-aide-reveals-061332617.html</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-71327868055394454052023-09-29T09:00:00.000-04:002023-09-29T09:00:00.144-04:00Shakespeare: To See or not to See<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLd6FKyE7O16jZr9AcVqQEtl-_FZXfKK5KJreLbCDoccDfF6Oezc35YdpDP5Pt3yP3hqrlCQ_Vvy1RYL0Xly62R-lsbcnAbnxSw8jfJ2jHBXkz4Hn48IOo4JE0RiajIDVO4_GrVDTH59Qq6jQZF_stcNeOWtC7iXjPhUF2owV83hx8wEbE2jVci9L7A/s282/Shakespeare.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="220" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLd6FKyE7O16jZr9AcVqQEtl-_FZXfKK5KJreLbCDoccDfF6Oezc35YdpDP5Pt3yP3hqrlCQ_Vvy1RYL0Xly62R-lsbcnAbnxSw8jfJ2jHBXkz4Hn48IOo4JE0RiajIDVO4_GrVDTH59Qq6jQZF_stcNeOWtC7iXjPhUF2owV83hx8wEbE2jVci9L7A/s1600/Shakespeare.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>William Shakespeare</i><br />Public Domain</td></tr></tbody></table>The difficulty of writing Hamlet was nothing compared to the difficulty of being Catholic in Elizabethan England. Therefore, people are still trying to figure out whether or not Shakespeare was actually Catholic.<p></p><p>Although Shakespeare's parents were practicing Roman Catholics during the reign of Queen Mary I (who espoused Catholicism), they may not have been during the reign of her successor, Elizabeth I. That's because Elizabeth I's anti-Catholicism was literally quite deadly.</p><p>Elizabeth's spies had already tortured, killed, drawn and quartered Robert Southwell, a Jesuit priest and poet whom Shakespeare had admired. If Shakespeare <i>were</i> a practicing Catholic, these events could have surely encouraged him to keep his religion a closely-guarded secret.</p><p>Elizabeth ordered all citizens to attend Church of England (Anglican) Protestant services - keeping track of those who did, and closer track of those who didn't. The latter were identified as recusants. Shakespeare's father was identified as such, as was Shakespeare's daughter. Plus, there is no record of Shakespeare himself ever having registered as a member of the Anglican Church.</p><p>In 1613 Shakespeare purchased Blackfriars Gatehouse. Its tunnels were said to have been a hiding place for London's Catholics. There was also talk that he had befriended Edmund Campion (a Counter-Reformation leader), and that his father's will included a copy of Campion's Catholic materials. An Anglican minister had even written literary notes affirming that Shakespeare had "dyed a Papyst" (one loyal to the Pope).</p><p>Some of Shakespeare's memorable characters were Catholic, such as Friar Laurence (<i>Romeo and</i> <i>Juliet</i>), Friar Francis (<i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>), Hamlet's purgatorial ghost (?), Thomas More and others. The question remains: <i>Was Shakespeare also?</i></p><p><b>Resources</b></p><p>https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2008/04/25/april-25-2008-was-shakespeare-catholic/5519/#:~:text=His%20works%20suggest%20that%20he,by%20the%20Church%20of%20England.</p><p>https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/hamlet-ghost-catholic-protestant/</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
•RSS 2.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss</div>Linda Van Slykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04367242483542359757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738999256070654443.post-19370353709869423982023-09-21T09:30:00.000-04:002023-09-21T09:30:00.147-04:00Forget Nazareth: Jesus of Japan<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzyWc6aj0rWIyh4ZMLOxjzBEFbW7FAs2hrwEreynHPUiIYOOebGRfK8pSRUOqzW2r7tR8Za6uxur2Jrop5YKqejEGKwXBQeebGtFSjJLFHx6HEe6x1fjc3joX0i-AIS1kZ9S4Oks7fNPANvKF0AS0bYli1C_7eLpNeWrUCEovx--b8t_tS5SM1PSTuHw/s220/Tomb_of_Christ_road_sign.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="220" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzyWc6aj0rWIyh4ZMLOxjzBEFbW7FAs2hrwEreynHPUiIYOOebGRfK8pSRUOqzW2r7tR8Za6uxur2Jrop5YKqejEGKwXBQeebGtFSjJLFHx6HEe6x1fjc3joX0i-AIS1kZ9S4Oks7fNPANvKF0AS0bYli1C_7eLpNeWrUCEovx--b8t_tS5SM1PSTuHw/s1600/Tomb_of_Christ_road_sign.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Road Sign in Shingo, Aomori</i><br />Photo by calebincatania</td></tr></tbody></table>Although only 1.5% of Japan's population is Christian, a legend persists that Jesus once lived there.<p></p><p>As the story goes, an itinerant shepherd turned garlic farmer settled in a mountain hamlet of northern Japan approximately 2,000 years ago. He allegedly lived to be 106 after falling in love and fathering three children. Some call him Daitenku Taro - others call him Jesus Christ.</p><p><i>Smithsonian Magazine </i>reports that this Japanese hamlet, Shingo, now advertises itself as "Christ's Hometown." Never mind that the village church has been repurposed into a tourist attraction, the annual Christ Festival is still going strong.</p><p>So how did Jesus of Nazareth happen to end up in the hills of Japan? Local folklore has an answer for that. It is said that Jesus did not die on the cross, but rather his "kid brother, Isukiri" did. It is also said that Jesus was over in Japan during those twelve "lost years" that many have wondered about.</p><p>It therefore makes perfect sense (assuming you believe the rest of this tale) that Jesus would seek refuge in the "promised land" of Japan after being persecuted in Jerusalem.</p><p><b>Resources</b></p><p>http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Little-Known-Legend-of-Jesus-in-Japan-183833821.html?c=y&page=1</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">•Atom 1.0: http://eyeonfaith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
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